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It would be wrong to say that Vézé did not have the idea of having multiple wives. However, no matter how much he said that he wanted to have a bunch of beauties to play with, Vézé was actually quite serious about marriage. Like the young engineers in the industrial society, Vézé believed that having a bunch of beautiful women as his wives was naturally the happiest state of his life. However, there was one thing that he had to achieve before he reached this state, and that was to achieve his goal before he married a wife. Vézé felt that his "career" was at a critical stage, so he did not want to marry a wife.
Although King Of The East Yang Xiuqing was a serious person, according to Vézé's observations, King Of The East Yang Xiuqing would be responsible for the words that he said. If he continued to stay in Tianjing City, the King Of The East might send a bunch of women to Vézé's residence one day. If that happened, Vézé would be put in a difficult position.
In such a situation, the best thing to do was to slip away. King Of The East Yang Xiuqing was busy with work, so it was impossible for him to keep Vézé's wife in his heart. He was afraid that if he did not see Vézé for a few days, he would completely forget about it. With this thought in mind, Vézé immediately prepared to return to Luzhou. The three Prime Ministers of the Northern Expedition were all old brothers, and they had a lot of connections in Tianjing City. When Vézé asked them when they were leaving, the three of them told Vézé that they were going to stay in Tianjing City for a while. Vézé could only go and bid farewell to King Of The East Yang Xiuqing.
When Yang Xiuqing saw Vézé, he asked a question. "You have a cavalry staff officer called Li Guangfei, right?"
This question gave Vézé a shock. Although he knew that someone under him was tipping off Yang Xiuqing, Vézé did not expect Yang Xiuqing to know him to such an extent. Since Yang Xiuqing mentioned this person, Vézé could only tell the truth. "There is indeed such a person. He has broken the military law and is being locked up. "
"Locked up?" Yang Xiuqing looked at Vézé meaningfully. "If you locked him up, how did he escape Tianjing City and get caught?"
"Ah?" Vézé was stunned. He really did not expect Li Guangfei to escape from prison.
Looking at Vézé's stunned expression, Yang Xiuqing could not help but reveal a mocking expression. "After he was caught, he said that Vézé, you changed the military system and publicly said that you did not need to listen to the Heavenly King's orders. Because he found out that you were up to no good, you framed him for stealing the map. "At this point, Yang Xiuqing could not help but burst into laughter.
Vézé stood there awkwardly. He really did not expect Li Guangfei to escape from prison. Before Vézé could think of a response, Yang Xiuqing stopped smiling and asked, "Since he stole the map, why did you not kill him with a single slash?"
"At that time, I thought that he was just lusting after me and was blinded by lust. It would be a pity to kill him with a single slash. "Vézé answered.
Yang Xiuqing snorted. "You think it was a pity, but he did not think that you let him go. Vézé, you are excellent in war and tax collection. Why are you so muddle-headed when it comes to commanding your subordinates? Anyone who did something wrong would always have a mouth full of excuses. You have done so many things in the Taiping army. When have you ever said an excuse? "
Vézé did not want to talk about this. He asked, "How did the King Of The East deal with Li Guangfei?"
Yang Xiuqing answered, "Bring him back and kill him in front of everyone. Then, he would tell his staff that whoever dared to steal the map would end up like Li Guangfei. You have to explain everything clearly to everyone. Even if you die of exhaustion, you will not be able to do it. "
Faced with such a "domineering" method, Vézé could only lower his head and say, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Yang Xiuqing could see that Vézé did not have a strong murderous aura. Li Guangfei's report seemed to be of no importance to Vézé. He was rather unhappy. "Vézé, do you think that no one knows that you have set up the General Staff Headquarters? I was not the only one who mentioned this to me. I told them that everyone has staff in the army. You just used your own method to organize these people. The reason why I allowed you to do things on your own is because you are capable of doing things. If you can't control your subordinates, then why should I let you make decisions on your own? "
These words really made Vézé's spirit rise. He hurriedly replied, "I am also extremely ashamed to have troubled the King Of The East with this matter. When I return to Luzhou, I will first kill that bastard Li Guangfei in front of everyone. If anyone dares to do this again in the future, I will never spare him again. "
Seeing that Vézé finally toughened up, Yang Xiuqing nodded with satisfaction. His voice was not as harsh as before, "When you go back, you will use troops against He Chun, right?"
"I still want to defend the Huai River and break the Jiangbei Camp first. If we can break the Jiangbei Camp, our army can join forces to break the Jiangnan Camp. "When it came to war, Vézé couldn't help but get excited. This was the job he was best at at this stage, and also the job he was most confident in.
"The Qing Yao Camp in Jiangbei Camp is mostly defensive. I am going to first attack He Chun, the Qing Yao who can fight with our army in the wild. As long as this Qing Yao Camp is destroyed, the Qing Yao Camp in Jiangbei Camp will have to retreat to the camp … "
Vézé spoke excitedly and was ready to take out the map to explain to Yang Xiuqing in detail. Yang Xiuqing waved his hand and stopped Vézé's impulse. "Wayne Brothers, I am still very confident in you fighting, but you are already 21 years old this year. Don't let me worry about the management of my subordinates. Wanzhong is now the real important town of Heavenly State. The food, fodder, and source of soldiers all come from here. If the food from Wanzhong is delivered to Tianjing one day later, the morale of the army will immediately waver. You have to fight well, and you have to manage Wanzhong well. "
"Yes!" Vézé replied.
After getting away from Yang Xiuqing with great difficulty, Vézé didn't immediately rush back. Because there weren't many opportunities to come to Tianjing City, Vézé had already sent people to inquire about the information of the book collectors in Tianjing City and was prepared to pay a visit to the young man. Being able to visit a book collector, his mood was originally very good. But after learning about Li Guangfei's news, Vézé's good mood had already flown beyond the clouds.
Vézé originally didn't really want to kill Li Guangfei. Of course, Vézé was very clear about the importance of a map. But in the 21st century, not to mention a map, satellite maps could even clearly display the buildings in various places on the Internet. When the UA marketed their cruise missiles, they claimed that they could accurately hit targets. As for drones, as long as they didn't kill civilians, they could probably still kill some seemingly non-civilians. Vézé, who grew up in such an environment, wasn't too sensitive to maps.
He originally wanted to establish the concept of the military court through Li Guangfei. It was the authority of the military officers, including Vézé, to send officers to the military court. However, the military officers didn't have the authority to interfere with the military court's trial.
If they did so, Li Guangfei might not necessarily die after being sent to the military court. But after Li Guangfei's escape incident, he already had to die. If Vézé investigated further, this matter would most likely become bigger. Vézé, who was originally very happy because he might be able to get some books, was now very depressed and had the urge to leave Nanjing immediately.
But for better or worse, Vézé had many experience of impulse shopping in the 21st century, so he deeply understood the correctness of the phrase "impulsiveness is the devil." Impulsively doing something that was not planned was certainly demonic, but impulsively not doing something that was planned was also demonic. In the end, Vézé decided to visit the book collector. After all, Vézé had already decided that once the conditions were met, he would set up a library. Confirming the book collector was also a kind of preparation.
The book collector's surname was Qi. Vézé had already sent someone to hand over the name card. When Vézé arrived at the Qi residence, the master of the Qi family was already waiting at the door. Seeing Vézé wearing a yellow dragon costume, the master of the Qi family in his forties was stunned. He asked, "May I ask who this young man is …"
"This is our Prince Of Qi." Vézé's guard immediately replied. Vézé didn't like the hat. He thought it looked stupid. So he just wore a yellow robe and tied up his hair. The master of the Qi family couldn't see Vézé's hat, so he wasn't sure who he was. Moreover, Vézé had never stayed in Tianjing City, so he wasn't famous and his appearance was not known. Even if they saw him with their own eyes, the Qi family couldn't believe that this young man, who was only 21 years old, was actually a prince of the Taiping Rebellion.
Vézé ordered someone to send a gift to greet him, then said, "Mister Qi, I know that you are a great book collector. This time, I want to ask about a few books."
"May I know what books Your Highness would like to ask about?" The master of the Qi family, Qi Yuchang, asked in awe.
Vézé smiled. "I am a person who fights wars. The books I want to read are the 'Thirty-six Stratagems' and 'Sun Tzu's Art of War'. If there are other military books, I would also like to read them. Rest assured, Mister Qi, I will definitely not ask for your books. If I think that the edition is good, I will order someone to copy it. "
There was a problem with ancient books, and that was that they didn't have punctuation. In the 'Shi Shuo', Han Yu's' Sentence Reading Without Knowing 'was referring to the problem of sentence breaking. If the edition of ancient books was good, although there was no punctuation, there would still be some hints. Moreover, the annotations would be more complete.
Vézé's words were reasonable. If a person who fought wars wanted to read books about romance, it would make people think that Vézé didn't do proper work. Qi Yuchang saw that Vézé's attitude was polite. More importantly, Vézé didn't directly ask to go to the library to choose for himself. This was completely in line with the habits of a book collector, so he was quite surprised.
Qi Yuchang didn't have a high opinion of the Taiping army. Such a military group with strange religious beliefs was not easy to be accepted by scholars. After conquering Nanjing, the Taiping army adopted many radical policies. That was even more unwelcome.
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