Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 347: The Eastern Expedition (Part ) East Zhejiang Intelligence Station (asking for monthly tickets)

The Military Command Intelligence Bureau has three major stations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The Jiangning Station is responsible for a large area west of Changzhou and north of Huizhou, and its headquarters is located in Jiankang. Now this area has been captured by the Shengwu Army, and the station chief Ji Xuan has also become the prefect of Shuntian.

In the southern part of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, there is also a Huizhou Station responsible for intelligence in southern Zhejiang. It mainly manages a large area south of Ningguo Road, west of Quzhou Road, and north of Qianshan Prefecture. The stationmaster He Jingchuan is ostensibly a merchant selling stationery because this area is rich in paper and Huizhou ink.

There is also a Changzhou Station in charge of the eastern Zhejiang region. The stationmaster is Yu Yunzhou, who is in charge of a large area of ​​eastern Zhejiang east of Changzhou and north of Taizhou Road, including the Jinqu Basin. The jurisdiction of the Changzhou Station is mainly covered by the identity of operating the medicinal materials business.

Firstly, Lu Jin's territory was close to the Dabie Mountains and rich in medicinal materials, but the territory was blocked by the Yuan army, and he needed to find a market for the medicinal farmers in his jurisdiction. Secondly, there were two famous doctors in eastern Zhejiang who were the focus of Lu Jin's development. He could use their names to gather intelligence and facilitate his activities. Thirdly, the Taihu Lake area was densely populated, and people had to be treated, and to treat illnesses they had to have medicine. It would not be easy to arouse suspicion wherever he went under the guise of selling medicine.

However, as the Shengwu Army captured Jiqing, Zhenjiang and Taiping, Changzhou became the closest place to Lu Jin's territory and became the rear. Therefore, in order to allow the intelligence station to be deployed in advance, the intelligence headquarters in eastern Zhejiang, which was originally located in Changzhou, was moved to Wu County, the capital of Pingjiang, which was later Suzhou.

In Suzhou city, there is a clinic called "Fu Sheng Tang", which forms a sharp contrast with the "Qing Nang Zhai" diagonally opposite. Fu Sheng Tang is the clinic of Suzhou Ge's family. The famous doctors Ge, who are well-known all over the country, sit here to see patients. Every day, there is an endless stream of people coming to see the doctor.

The Qingnangzhai diagonally opposite it is a pharmacy. Qingnang was taken from Hua Tuo's medical book "Qingnang Jing". The medicine box that ancient doctors carried when they went out for consultations was called Qingnang. The name Qingnang means doctor's medicine box.

However, this pharmacy does not do retail business of medicinal materials, but mainly focuses on wholesale. The medicinal materials handled are counted in hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of kilograms, and the business is very big.

Naturally, few Suzhou residents who were familiar with the place would come here. Only the family members of patients who occasionally came from other places to seek medical treatment at Ge's would come to buy medicine. Then they would be sent away by the clerk with a sentence saying that they only sold wholesale and not retail. Therefore, although the Ge's Medical Clinic diagonally opposite was bustling with people, this pharmacy seemed to be deserted.

"What kind of pharmacy is this if you don't sell medicine?!" The patient's family members immediately left cursing, but the clerks were used to it and were too lazy to talk back. They just cleaned for a living.

In fact, this pharmacy has another identity, which is the new headquarters of the Intelligence Bureau's Changzhou Station, responsible for the collection and receipt of intelligence in the entire eastern Zhejiang region.

The local intelligence offices of the Intelligence Bureau are all operated in the form of Yin-Yang shops. Yang-Yang shops are generally more upscale, mainly consisting of study rooms, pharmacies, and restaurants. They are convenient for dealing with local celebrities and conducting intelligence business. For example, to inquire about the backgrounds of local officials and powerful people, a higher-end identity is required.

Yindian is equivalent to a safe house and an action team, and is mainly composed of inns, low-end inns, warehouses, and warehouses. Even if a large number of strangers come and go, it will not arouse suspicion. It is usually responsible for the field work of the intelligence department and the transmission of intelligence. In addition, there are armed personnel who are responsible for the protection of the intelligence station. When the Shengwu Army attacked the city, most of the people who spread rumors, set fires, and caused damage in the city were local Yindian.

The Qingnangzhai in Suzhou City is the local Yangdian.

On the fourth day of the winter month, the waiter had just sent away a man who came to get medicine when a strange young man came to the door. Seeing that this man did not look like someone with a sick family, the waiter asked curiously, "Sir, are you here to get medicine? Although our store is a medicine store, we only sell wholesale and not retail. If you want to get medicine for your family, please go to another store."

The visitor was not annoyed, and immediately said with a smile, "I am a merchant from Huoshan County. I heard that the shopkeeper here is from the same hometown. The inn in Gusu City is too expensive, and I don't have much money on me. I want to stay in the medicine shop of my fellow villager for a few days. Is it possible?"

The waiter was stunned when he heard this. "A fellow villager from Huoshan County? Come to stay at the pharmacy?"

"Exactly."

Seeing the visitor's determined eyes and meaningful smile, the waiter looked towards the door and exchanged glances with a vendor on the opposite roadside. The vendor looked around the street and nodded when he saw no suspicious people. The waiter then said to the visitor, "This is a pharmacy, not an inn. But since you are from the same hometown as my shopkeeper, I cannot make the decision. Wait for me to find the shopkeeper. Please wait for a moment."

The visitor bowed and said, "Excuse me."

After a while, the waiter called Yu Yunzhou, the stationmaster of Changzhou Station, from the backyard. Yu Yunzhou looked at the man curiously and asked directly, "Sir, are you from Huoshan County? Or a businessman? I wonder what business you are in."

The man took off his hat and said, "It's great to know that Shopkeeper Yu is from Huoshan. What kind of business can he do? Yours is a medicine shop. If you were a butcher, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to find you."

Yu Yunzhou asked again, "Since we are from the same hometown and in the same industry, do you know what kind of medicinal herbs are abundant in your hometown?"

"How could I not know about the excellent Aconitum in Dabie Mountain?"

Yu Yunzhou asked again, "Since you came from my hometown and knew my identity, and you came to my house on purpose, I wonder if anyone in my hometown asked you to bring me a letter from home?"

"Of course there is a letter, otherwise how can I stay here with the shopkeeper?"

The codes all matched, and Yu Yunzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he asked in confusion, "In the past, the one who delivered the letter from my hometown was always my cousin. Why did someone suddenly change this time?"

The man then said, "My cousin only delivers letters to the pharmaceutical factory, but I am here to deliver letters specifically for my employer."

Yu Yunzhou was stunned, and quickly invited the man to the back hall, and asked the clerk to watch the store in the front and not let outsiders in. Then he asked, "I wonder if the boss has any instructions?"

The visitor took out an account book from his bosom and handed it to Yu Yunzhou. "I received a letter from my hometown saying that the Aconitum in the mountains is ripe. The boss asked the shopkeeper to put out the advertisement."

Yu Yunzhou took the account book, shaking with excitement. After working as a spy in the enemy's territory for more than half a year, his work was finally coming to an end, so he asked again, "I wonder how many medical medicines have arrived this time, and who is escorting them?"

The messenger immediately said, "Three hundred thousand kilograms of aconite root, the medicine will cure the disease as soon as it arrives. It will be transported by Yang Baotou and Zhu Baotou in two ways. This account book is the advertisement."

Yu Yunzhou was stunned. "30, 10,000 jin? Or aconite? What a strong and powerful medicine. Sir, wait a moment, let me take a look at the account book first."

“No problem.” Yu Yunzhou immediately took out two books, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, from the bookshelf and began to translate the numbers of medicinal materials, quantities, prices, etc. in the account book. He quickly translated the medicine advertisement and it appeared on the paper.

'In the year of Renchen, in the 4049th year of the Xuanyuan calendar, the Grand Marshal of the Shengwu Army, Gongshu Jin, issued a letter to the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang:

'The sky tilts to the north, the earth splits Youyan! It has been 81 years since the Hu Jie stole the tripod, and they have usurped the throne with their fishy customs, and disrupted our moral principles with their dog-horse ethics. The seven deadly sins are hated by both heaven and man, and the ten unforgivable crimes are intolerable to gods and ghosts!
'One is that the barbarians have usurped the throne and destroyed our clothes and hats. They are like slaves herding horses on Mount Langjuxu, yet they dare to sit in the imperial hall and call themselves the Son of Heaven. They tear up the clothes of the Han people and make them into foreign clothes. They destroy the books of sages and fill the ditches. The rule that nine out of ten are scholars is still in place, and the evils of the five punishments and three massacres have not been eliminated!

'The second is the behavior of beasts, which destroys our moral principles. A father takes his son's wife and calls it an heir. An elder brother rapes his younger brother's wife and calls it the national custom. A son sleeps with his father's concubine like a dog or a horse. An official bullies the emperor's concubine and usurps the throne. Lewd and evil trends disrupt the country's politics, and the Hu and Jie beasts still enjoy themselves.

'On the third day, disasters arise from within the family, harming the people. The flames of war in the two capitals set nine provinces on fire. Fathers and sons fight for the great treasure. The Yellow River burst its dikes for three thousand miles. Starving people block the roads and fight beasts. The Zhizheng treasure notes plunder the people's wealth, and the stone men who opened the river bring punishment from heaven!

'Fourth, the treacherous prime minister stole the country, jackals were in power, the Tuotuo brothers held power, the bones of the canal were used to build the prime minister's residence, and their trusted aides were recommended to serve as prefecture and county officials. Their brother broke the law but was still at large, and he blocked the establishment of the East Palace and imitated Sima, and the Queen blocked the gate with a carriage! '

Yu Yunzhou was stunned when he translated this. It was a little unbelievable. Tuotuo blocked the establishment of the crown prince and had an affair with the queen. He wanted to emulate Sima Yi and usurp the throne? This, this, this, this, can't be true? Who wrote this manifesto? Could it really be true?

If this article spreads across the country, I'm afraid the twelve golden medals given to Tuotuo by Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty will come.
After Yu Yunzhou had translated the entire letter, the messenger stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, he asked Yu Yunzhou, "By the way, in addition to delivering this letter, the boss also asked me to ask what the attitudes of the Zhu and Ge families are? Are they interested in joining us?"

The Zhu and Ge families mentioned here are naturally the two famous doctors in Jiangnan, Zhu Danxi and Ge Kejiu. Lu Jin sent someone to contact them last year, but the two have not responded yet.

Yu Yunzhou immediately pointed his lips in the direction opposite, "No, my intelligence station is right across from the Fusheng Hall of the Ge's Clinic. Ge Kejiu also knows my identity, but he has never reported me. Why is that? I guess even if they didn't take the initiative to surrender, they just accepted it, with the idea of ​​multiple channels and multiple ways. And I guess it may be related to Xu Shouhui's previous expedition to Hangzhou."

The messenger nodded and said, "Then I will go back and report to my boss. Please spread this advertisement to all places as soon as possible. Before the fifteenth day of the winter month, it must be widely publicized and announced to the world."

Yu Yunzhou immediately bowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Excellency. I will do my best to complete this last task."

The messenger thought for a moment and said, "The shopkeeper should test the attitudes of the Zhu and Ge families. The boss values ​​these two people very much. If you can convince the two families to submit, the shopkeeper will have done a great job."

Yu Yunzhou hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then let me send out this ad first, and then give it a try."

"Okay, Shopkeeper Yu, take care of yourself. I won't stay here for long."

After sending the messenger away, Yu Yunzhou stood at the door of the shop again and glanced at the Fu Sheng Tang across the street. Just then, a man came out of the Fu Sheng Tang and exchanged glances with Yu Yunzhou. The man immediately greeted him, "How is business, Shopkeeper Yu? Do you have any new good medicines in your shop recently?"

Yu Yunzhou was also stunned when he saw this person, and quickly returned the greeting, "It turns out to be Brother Yuan Li. When did you come to Gusu? Weren't you in Wuzhou before? Please come to our inn and have a chat."

The man immediately came over with a smile, "Hahahaha, Shopkeeper Yu is a very busy man, and he rarely goes out, so naturally he doesn't know when I came to Gusu. It's probably been half a year since we last saw each other."

It turns out that this person is Zhu Zhenheng, the contemporary miracle doctor of Wuzhou (Jinhua), the chief disciple of Zhu Danxi; Dai Sigong, whose courtesy name was Yuanli, was the first director of the Imperial Medical Bureau of the founding of the Ming Dynasty in history. He appeared frequently in the Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty and was the chief imperial physician of the Ming Dynasty who often treated princes and princesses. Of course, he is not yet the chief imperial physician now, but just a 28-year-old young doctor.

Yu Yunzhou nodded, "It's been almost half a year. I thought Mr. Zhu disliked my family's meanness and didn't want to associate with us, so he didn't dare to visit again. Xiao Liu, hurry up and bring the tea. Bring us the Huoshan Yellow Bud Tea from our hometown. I want to entertain our distinguished guests."

"okay."

Dai Sigong followed him into the house. After they sat down, he said, "The young master of Shopkeeper Yu's family has great ambitions. He has the ambition to help the world and save the people. No matter how he acts, he has a kind heart. He even wrote letters and sent books to exchange medical knowledge with my master. How could my master despise him?"

Yu Yunzhou was stunned for a moment, then asked with some surprise, "Oh, so Brother Yuan Li is here?"

Dai Sigong said immediately, "What you want to do is too grand, and my master is old and has a lot of inconveniences in traveling far away, so it's difficult for him to help you, so they sent me here. In addition, Uncle Ge next door is also my uncle, and the two elders asked me to be a representative to visit the young master. I wonder if you can arrange it for me?"

Yu Yunzhou smiled upon hearing this and said, "Why not? My young master is worried about not having a great talent like Brother Yuanli to assist him. It would be great if Brother Yuanli could stay and work with me. However, there is no rush to see my young master. If Brother Yuanli is not in a hurry, you can wait for another month or so. By then, the journey will be much easier."

Dai Sigong was stunned when he heard this, and immediately guessed, "Oh, so, the young master is coming to Zhejiang soon?"

Yu Yunzhou smiled and said, "My son is a nobleman, so he won't come to Zhejiang in person, but we do have a batch of medicinal herbs to transport over. There is chaos and disorder in the world right now, and the roads are not safe. If there is a caravan escorting him, Brother Yuanli will be safer on the road."

Dai Sigong nodded, "There's no rush, so why not wait another month?"

At this time, the tea was served. Yu Yunzhou poured him some tea and asked, "Brother Yuan Li just mentioned our neighbor, Doctor Ge. I wonder what your uncle's attitude is?"

Dai Sigong took a sip of tea before saying, "My uncle's status is quite special. Mr. Yu should understand that it is impossible for him to leave home to work in western Zhejiang. In addition, my uncle was good at martial arts when he was young. He wielded swords and clubs all day long and suffered from hidden injuries. Now that he has entered middle age, his hidden injuries have recurred and his health has been fluctuating. The master even asked me to come here to regulate his body. Naturally, it is impossible for my uncle to leave home for a long journey.

"However, my uncle is very interested in your extraordinary medical skills. Knowing that you have great ambitions, he did not stop me from interacting with you. He often asked me to discuss the cowpox technique for preventing smallpox, as well as the biology, chemistry, surgical anatomy, chemical anesthetics, schistosomiasis control, bacteria and microorganisms that you mentioned. I am also interested in them, so I want to meet you in person."

"So that's how it is." Yu Yunzhou suddenly realized. It seems that the lord can really grasp the pulse of this group of people. This trick really attracted these people.
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