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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 143: Shangyu Standby

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    Sushun is currently a bachelor of the cabinet. He also serves as deputy commander of the Eight Banners, commander of the Xianglan Banner Guards, and Luan Yiwei. Although his official position is not high, he is a close minister of the emperor.  Ronglu and Chengen hurriedly cleaned up their appearance and washed away the blood on their faces, but the bruises and swelling on their faces could not be covered. After changing into court clothes, they lowered their heads and followed Sushun to the southeast corner of the Forbidden City. Luan Yiwei  's residence.

    Arriving in a dark room at the Luan Yi Guard Station, I saw more than a dozen people sitting inside. Judging by their uniforms, there were mostly imperial guards, first-class guards, and second-class guards. The only third-class guards were Ronglu and Chengen.  .  .

    Seeing Sushun come in, all the guards stood up and saluted. Sushun returned the salute, smiled and asked everyone to sit down. The guards all sat down next to each other, and after serving tea to everyone, they closed the door and went out.

    After Sushun took a sip of tea, the smile on his face disappeared and he said lightly: "The men here are all the best among our Manchus at that time. After being honored, they are loyal to the Qing Dynasty and the emperor. Now the imperial court  We are in a troubled time, and it is time for us to do our best to serve you. The reason why I have chosen you here today is to rebuild the Shangyu reserve."

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????mbOUT??  When Emperor Yongzheng was still a prince, there were some tall trees in the mansion near Xinqiao in the northeast of Beijing. Every midsummer and early autumn, there would be cicadas chattering among the lush branches and leaves. Yinzhen, who liked silence and feared the heat, ordered Hakka Ding to live in his house.  Use the pole to catch cicadas.  In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign, Yinzhen was promoted from "Dorobele" to "Prince Heshuoyong". At that time, the competition for the throne among many Kangxi princes also reached a fierce stage.  On the surface, Yinzhen was indifferent to the world, but secretly he formulated strategies and stepped up the pace of fighting for reserves.  He recruited martial arts masters from all over the world, trained his team of servants, and recruited capable people and foreigners to join him in the name of Sticking the Stick. Since then, Sticking the Stick has become Yongzheng's tool for spying on intelligence and eradicating dissidents. There are many bloody drops in the legend.  It comes from this.

    After Yongzheng ascended the throne, in order to consolidate the throne and reward his party members, he established the Shangyu Reserve Office under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and officially renamed the Niangan Office to the Shangyu Reserve Office to continue to spy on intelligence and eradicate dissidents for him.  The head of Shangyu's backup department is named Niangan Guards, and he is served by a distinguished spy.  Most of them were former members of the vassal estates of the Qing Dynasty. They held high official positions and were very powerful.  The ordinary members of Niangan Department are named Niangan Baitang, and they are acted by small spies.  On the surface, the Shangyu Reserve is a place for the royal family to have fun, but in fact it is a spy organization.  It is not difficult to infer that Yongzheng compared all enemies to small animals like fish, cicadas, and dragonflies that he cast a net to catch and control.  However, during the Qianlong period, in order to eliminate the bad relics left by his father, Qianlong changed the Lama Temple, the headquarters of the Shangyu Standing Office, into a Lama Temple. The Shangyu Standing Office was gradually abolished and was not established again in subsequent dynasties.

    At this time, Xianfeng suddenly asked Sushun to rebuild the Shangyu reserve. What was his intention?  Could it be that Xianfeng was afraid of someone trying to seize the throne and wanted to use spies?  Thinking of this, all the guards' hearts were pounding.

    Sushun continued: "Since I have selected all of you, please keep your thoughts in mind. Although the lowest ones here are all third-class guards, the youngest is a military attache of the Dusi if you go outside, let alone the first-class guards."  Fang is the position of a general. I, Su Laoliu, tell you that in the reserve position of Shangyu, your official position may not be prominent, but what you do is to share the emperor's worries, and you are also a close official of the emperor. As long as you can endure the loneliness, in a few years I dare  I guarantee that your official position will not be lower than mine!"

    When the guards heard this, they all beamed with joy. Most of the military attach¨¦s sent out now were to lead the troops to fight with the long-haired thieves in the south. That was a life of narrow escape, and it was far less easy than the job at Shangyu's backup station.  After Su Shun finished speaking, everyone cheered.

    Sushun said with a gloomy face: "But you must endure it these few years, and you must know that there will be no good consequences if you quit midway."

    The guards looked at each other in silence. Some wanted to say if they could leave now, but seeing Sushun's gloomy and evil face, they swallowed their words.

    Sushun added: "You guys also know that since the emperor came to the throne, rebels and traitors have emerged in endlessly in various places. There are such things as the Tiandi Hui, Tianli Sect, God Worshiping Sect, and there are many unrest boxing gyms and martial arts clubs among the people. Nowadays, the God Worshiping Sect  The long-haired thieves are causing chaos and poisoning the land south of the Yangtze River. They are already as powerful as tigers. Therefore, the emperor wants to rebuild the Shangyu reserve. What we have to do is to share the emperor's worries, spy on the intelligence of the rebels, divide the rebels in various places, spread rumors, assassinate, win over, and persuade them to surrender.  , in short, we must use all possible means to dismantle the rebellious parties and rebels everywhere!"

    The expressions of the guards changed slightly. These things are easy to say, but not so easy to do.

    Sushun continued: "Gentlemen, don't worry. The Holy Father has allowed us to mobilize the military forces of local governments, and the necessary expenses will come directly from internal funds. The people in the market rebelled just for the sake of wealth. Divide,  Disintegration, co-optation, and final annihilation are nothing.Things.  In short, I will be in the center to provide support. It¡¯s easy for you guys to work hard, but don¡¯t let others look down on our Manchu elites!  "

    The guards knew that there was no turning back when they fired their bows, so they had no choice but to agree.  Following Sushun, he took out the regulations of the reserve office and explained them to everyone in detail. He arranged for everyone to live in the palace that night and sent people to start a secret training for the guards that lasted for several months.

    "Rong Lu doesn't matter. Being on duty at Shangyu's backup office is just like being a slave in his opinion. There is no difference."  But Sushun didn't know if he had ulterior motives and arranged for him and Chengen to live in the same house.

    After washing up in the evening, Cheng'en applied the medicine on his own wound, looked at Rong Lu angrily and said, "You are a disaster star, and you have hooked me into this. This job is much more dangerous than leading troops to suppress long hair."

    Ronglu lay on his gums and said calmly: "After fifty years of life, how can anyone in the world be immortal? Wouldn't it be just death if you die early and die late? Maybe you will thank me if you become famous in the future.  .¡±

    Chengen was angry and amused when he saw his silly look. He was the only one familiar with him at the moment. The others were all higher-level guards and didn't pay much attention to him. Chengen could only think about making peace with Ronglu.  In order to avoid being alone and being bullied, he threw the medicine bottle in his hand over and said angrily: "Thank you for your noble words, let's wipe it first. We will have a hard time in the future."

    Rong Lu was slightly stunned, but he still picked up the medicine bottle and started wiping it. He was secretly amused that Cheng En's face changed so quickly.

    Beginning on the second day, the guards began training, starting with physical training, and then on how to spy on intelligence, how to assassinate, how to divide the enemy, and so on.  No one expected that Shangyu's backup department would fight against Bai Zetang of the Taiping Army in the future, and they would meet on an invisible front. The two sides were founded at about the same time, but since the day they were founded, the two sides have become parties to the death.  Hugh's nemesis.

    Then bad news came one after another from the south of the Yangtze River. The Taiping Army captured Wuchang, claiming to have more than 100,000 people. They may move east or north along the river at any time.  The atmosphere in the court was extremely tense, and there was no time for training. Ronglu saw princes, nobles, and ministers coming and going frequently in the palace. Everyone looked sad, as if their own mother had died.

    Ronglu also heard some news in the palace. Faced with the aggressive offensive of the Taiping Army and the fall of a provincial capital like Wuchang, Xianfeng could not bear it and finally dismissed Xu Guangjin. The governor of Huguang was sent to farm in Xinjiang.  Also assigned were Xiang Rong and He Chun, two men who had been defeated in the war. However, it seemed that Xianfeng had just left the capital, and changed his mind again. He demoted the two men and still led the soldiers and horses left by Xu Guangjin to pursue the Taiping Army.

    Rong Lu was very amused by Xianfeng's changes in orders, but he also understood that now he had no generals available and could only rely on old generals such as Xiang Rong and He Chun.  A few days later, Xianfeng issued another decree, reinstating Xiang Rongguan to his post and changing him to the imperial envoy to command the Qing army in Jiangxi to block the Taiping Army in Wuchang. He also sent Qishan as the imperial envoy to be responsible for the blockade in the north of the Yangtze River and the two rivers.  Governor Lu Jianhui was also responsible for blocking the eastward advance of the Taiping Army.

    Xianfeng appointed three imperial envoys in one breath. It seemed that he was really anxious. The Taiping Army became more and more powerful and almost uncontrollable. Even people like Qishan who were quick to enter the coffin were activated. It seemed that Xianfeng was really at his wits end.  the point.

    After Ronglu heard that the Taiping Army was killing Manchus, he gave up the idea of ??going south to join the Taiping Army. Although the soul in his body came from later generations, his body was that of a Manchu. He was not sure whether the Taiping Army would be able to kill him.  Get rid of it.  Moreover, the current life was quite comfortable, something he had never experienced in his previous life. Facing the luxurious aristocratic life, he began to feel a little nostalgic in his heart.  But if he really wanted to help the Qing Dynasty suppress the Han rebels, Ronglu asked himself that he could not pass the test of his identity as a Han in his previous life, so he simply did not help each other and waited to see what would happen.

    Sushun set up a branch for the Shangyu Standby Office in the Forbidden City. The Duixiu Mountain Yujing Pavilion in the Imperial Garden was their post on duty.  There are four large black lacquer benches placed in front of the doorway at the foot of the mountain. No matter day or night, there are four Niangan guards and four Niangan worshipers sitting on them.  Once a task is assigned by Xianfeng, the person on duty will quickly send it to the headquarters, Luan Yiwei, and then the Luan Yiwei headquarters will issue an order and send people to handle it.

    After dusk that day, it was Ronglu and Chengen's turn to be on duty. The two and six others went to the foot of Yujingting Mountain to take turns. The leading Niangan guard was a gambler and always bullied Ronglu and Chengen.  After arriving here, he ordered Ronglu and Chengen to stand guard outside the cave, and he took the other five people to hide in the cave and play dice.

    Ronglu secretly lamented that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was so decadent, how could it remain undefeated?  Cheng'en, however, had a look of anger on his face and sat on the bench sulking angrily.  No matter what you do in the palace, it all depends on the power of the family behind you. The leading Niangan guard is Zaiyuan's brother-in-law. Whether it is Cheng'en or Ronglu, the power behind them cannot compare to this man.

    Ronglu looked at the afterglow of dusk and said with a smile: "Why are you angry? In fact, you are considered to have a good family background. If you were born??In ordinary people's homes, they may be more angry than that.  "

    Cheng Ennian clenched his fists and said, "I just won't give in. I must be a master of others. No one can ride on my head."

    Ronglu smiled and said: "Don't even think about it in this life. Even if you are better than those people inside, in the end you will still be the emperor's slave. This is called being a slave for life."

    Cheng'en snorted and said, "I only need to be below the emperor and above ten thousand people."

    Ronglu gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "The ambition is not small."

    Cheng En sighed softly: "In this officialdom and the palace, if you have no ambition, you will be stepped on by others. Anyone can step on you, but I don't want to be stepped on."

    Ronglu chuckled lightly and did not answer. At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of a piano. The sound was melodious and long, but the melody was extremely familiar. Ronglu was shocked and stood up, with his heart beating fast.  He exclaimed in a low voice: "This, this is the tune of Cape No. 7!"
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