Half closed his eyes, Zhu Yicheng listened to Zhang Ran's story in his ears. After learning that Zhu Yicheng was summoned, Zhang Ran rushed into the palace without delay. When he knew that he was asking about Zhao Hongcan, Zhang Ran took out the booklet from his pocket and turned to one of the pages and started reading.

Not to mention, Zhang Ran, the spy leader, is doing really well now. After several bangs, the collection of information became more standardized and carefully. His booklet was used to record the information of officials at all levels of the Qing court. All officials of the Qing court, including the third rank (including the third rank), especially those in the Qing court, remember all the officials in the border areas clearly in his booklet. More importantly, the contents were added every once in a while to ensure the integrity and timeliness of the information.

"So Zhao Hongcan has a younger brother?" After hearing this, Zhu Yicheng opened his eyes and asked.

"Returning to the emperor, Zhao Hongcan's second brother was Zhao Hongxie. This man attacked Zhao Liangdong's first-class vile rank and is now the governor of Shandong. He was previously appointed as the Tianjin Daoshi, building Yixue, reducing corvee and building embankments. He has many good governance, and has a good reputation among the people and is deeply trusted by Kangxi."

Nodded slightly, it seemed that Zhao Liangdong's two sons were both officials, but now that Zhao Hongcan abandoned Guangzhou and entered Guangxi, I don't know if Kangxi would still use Zhao Hongxie. However, there is something strange. Logically speaking, Guangdong Governor Fan Shichong and governor Zou Henian privately submitted secret letters to Kangxi. This matter should be very confidential. How did Zhao Hongcan know about this? And it was also a bit different when a sudden decision was made at the critical moment of the offensive and defensive battle in Guangzhou.

"Go back to the emperor, this matter cannot be verified for the time being. Please forgive me..." Zhang Ran quickly explained.

When Zhu Yicheng waved his hand, he did not mean to blame Zhang Ran. No matter how capable the Jinyiwei is, it is not omnipotent. However, if he guessed it well, it must have been the people around Kangxi who deliberately leaked the news. Thinking of Kangxi's deposed prince before, he suppressed the princes. Maybe it was the wind released by Kangxi's kids. If this is the case, it would be an interesting thing.

"From you see, if I issued an order to recruit Zhao Hongcan, will this person agree?"

The purpose of Zhang Ran today is to learn about Zhao Hongcan's situation, and to take this opportunity to surrender Zhao Hongcan. Given Zhao Hongcan's current situation, he is obviously taking the initiative to protect himself in Guangxi. If he could take this person directly into his hands, it would not only make Guangxi soldiers return to the Ming Dynasty without bloodshed, but also use this to severely attack the Qing court.

"This..." Zhang Ran hesitated for a moment before saying: "Go back to the emperor, I can't guarantee..."

"Oh, then tell me what you think." Zhu Yicheng said.

Zhang Ran replied carefully: "I think that if Zhao Hongcan had the intention to submit to my Ming Dynasty, he could have surrendered directly in Guangzhou without having to abandon the city in the name of reinforcement of Baiyun Mountain. If I guess well, Zhao Hongcan has three things to do."

"First, Zhao Hongcan has no intention of betraying the Qing court, and just wants to use this to protect him. Second, Zhao Hongcan did this for the sake of his family. Emperor, don't forget that Zhao Hongcan's son Zhao Zhiyuan is in Beijing, and his family is also in the hands of the Qing court. In addition, Zhao Hongcan's second brother Zhao Hongxie is also the governor of Shandong. If Zhao Hongcan directly surrenders to my Ming Dynasty, his family may not be protected. As for the third, I think that the person who disclosed the secret letter to Zhao Hongcan might have made him a private promise, which is also the reason why Zhao Hongcan chose this."

After saying that, Zhang Ran paused and said, "But what the emperor considered makes sense. It is not harmful to send someone to recruit Zhao Hongcan. If he is willing to surrender, it is of course a good thing. Even if he refuses, it is not harmful. On the contrary, Weichen thinks that he can do some work in it..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yicheng couldn't help laughing. Zhang Ran really thought of going with him. Zhang Ran was right. Regardless of whether Zhao Hongcan was willing to surrender, sending people to contact him is not a bad thing. The worst result is failure.

Furthermore, there are many benefits to sending people to surrender Zhao Hongcan. Even if they are not successful, will there be no lip service to the world? Don’t forget that it is precisely because Zhao Hongcan escaped at the battle that Guangzhou fell into the hands of the Ming army. The real reason why Guangdong is occupied by the Ming Dynasty is also because of Zhao Hongcan.

Zhao Hongcan tried to conceal the truth from Kangxi and protect himself with the military power in his hands and Guangxi territory. This was too natural. Zhu Yicheng couldn't control what Kangxi thought, but Zhu Yicheng felt that it was more in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, not to mention that Zhao Hongcan fell into his pants and couldn't explain it clearly, he would have to rebel. Even if Kangxi wanted to pretend that he didn't know, it wouldn't work. With Kangxi's shameful personality, Zhao Hongcan's fate can be imagined. By then, the Ming Dynasty will have articles to do.

"I'll leave this matter to you. I'll ask Wang Jingqi to help."

"I understand..."

Zhu Yicheng took a sip of tea and asked again: "How did I prepare for what I asked you to do some time ago?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Ran complained secretly, but he did not dare to show any strangeness on his face. Not long ago, Zhu Yicheng suddenly informed Zhang Ran that he would rectify the structure and power of the Jinyiwei, and then report it. Later, Zhu Yicheng asked Zhang Ran to prepare to adjust the current Jinyiwei's functions, which means that Zhu Yicheng planned to separate out some of the Jinyiwei's current functions and reorganize a new organization to take responsibility.

This incident made Zhang Ran very frightened. At the beginning, Zhang Ran thought that he was dissatisfied with Zhu Yicheng and wanted to weaken his rights in this way. If this were the case, he might not be able to do as a commander for a long time, and he might be convicted and imprisoned.

Don’t forget that Zhang Ran was inexplicably defeated by Zhu Yicheng and was directly removed from the position of commander commander by Zhu Yicheng, and he was temporarily appointed as commander. Now that the title of commander has been given to him for a few days, Zhu Yicheng directly attacked the Jinyiwei again. How could Zhang Ran not be frightened?

However, it seemed that he could see what Zhang Ran was thinking. Zhu Yicheng explained a few words for the first time. He did not want to deal with Zhang Ran, but now it is wrong for the Jinyiwei to be the only one in power. In addition, with the outbreak of the Battle of the South China Sea, it is not appropriate for the Jinyiwei to be directly responsible for all the intelligence. After that, there will be more and more cases of dealing with overseas countries. Therefore, Zhu Yicheng plans to set up a new agency to be responsible for external intelligence. This agency is nominally the General Staff Department, but is actually directly controlled by Zhu Yicheng, and is only called the "Communications Office" to the outside world.

Zhang Ran, who was eating the spy, didn't know the reason why Zhu Yicheng did this? In fact, this is no different from the previous establishment of the East Factory and the West Factory in the Ming Dynasty. The purpose was the same. After learning about this, Zhang Ran's heart was slightly relieved, but at the same time he felt a little lonely.

Zhang Ran told Zhu Yicheng that the preparations for the Jinyiwei here have been basically completed and the transfer of external intelligence can be carried out. As the commander, he will definitely do his best to complete the task.

After hearing his answer, Zhu Yicheng nodded with satisfaction, and Zhu Yicheng was also very clear about what Zhang Ran was thinking. However, as a superior, Zhu Yicheng is becoming more and more skilled in the art of imperial ministers. He smiled and praised Zhang Ran for being able to understand the general, and then praised him for some gadgets. Finally, he also said that he hoped that Zhang Ran could imitate the true loyal uncle. As long as he was loyal, Zhu Yicheng would definitely keep him rich and safe in his life.

After taking the reassurance pill, Zhang Ran burst into tears and kowtowed to thank him. After Zhang Ran left, Zhu Yicheng picked up the memorial beside him and looked at it. This memorial was posted by Wu Sidao not long ago. Zhu Yicheng had read the contents of it, but because the news of the Battle of Guangdong has not been returned, it has been suppressed and not dealt with.

The content of Wu Sidao's memorial is nothing else, it is the detailed rules that Zhu Yicheng planned to establish the Military Affairs Office. Wu Sidao had previously produced a first draft, and this was the final draft. Of course, this requires Zhu Yicheng's approval to implement it. Now that Guangdong has taken it, the General Affairs Office will be established soon, so the formal establishment of the Military Affairs Office is also imminent.

After many revisions and improvements, the details are still very rigorous. It can be seen that Wu Sidao has put a lot of effort into this. At least, Zhu Yicheng has read the contents many times and has studied them carefully for several days, but has not picked out any major problems from them.

The establishment of the Military Affairs Office will further stabilize the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it will also lead the Ming Dynasty to move from a revived dynasty to the beginning of an empire. These days, Zhu Yicheng has been thinking about which path the Ming Dynasty will take in the future, and now he has made up his mind that the Ming Dynasty will take in his hands to form an empire while ensuring the direction of capitalism development.

This path is at least the most favorable and suitable for development in this era. As for what will happen in the future, Zhu Yicheng cannot consider this long-term, but he believes that with the gradual change of the country, the Ming Dynasty in the future will reach an unprecedented height.

The other details of the Military Affairs Office will not be explained one by one. Now Zhu Yicheng is considering the personnel configuration of the Military Affairs Office. According to Wu Sidao's suggestion, the Military Affairs Office will set up military affairs ministers and ordinary military aircraft. In addition, there are some ordinary staff, including three military affairs ministers and five ordinary military aircraft. The rest can be added or reduced according to needs. Generally speaking, the entire Military Affairs Office will look about thirty to fifty people.

Zhu Yicheng had some opinions about this structure. After thinking about it carefully, he decided to merge the Minister of Military Aircraft and ordinary military aircraft to one. As for the number of people, he could first select five people to join the military aircraft.
Chapter completed!