After leaving the warehouse, Zheng Xianli went to the military marshal hall in the north of the city overnight, he wanted to find Qin and Jin dignitaries, each cannon must have at least five people to operate, and sixty-five cannons need at least three hundred and twenty-five people. So, he planned to form an artillery battalion of 500 people.

Seeing that the remnants of the Tubo army entrenched in Lingwu are about to be launched, everything has to speed up the process, even if the artillery can't be trained and formed, at least they have to know the simple rules of artillery, and the rest will be slowly experienced in the battle.

Qin Jin is accustomed to working at night, so after nightfall is also the most active moment of his thinking, Zheng Xianli and the fifth Qi went to the south of the city to the warehouse, he also heard about it, it is said that the huge explosion caused by the test artillery made the soldiers and civilians nervous for a while, and there were even rumors in private, saying that the ghosts of heaven and earth entered Chang'an City.

Chang'an is like this, even after the night, rumors can go viral.

Fifth Qi planned to have a good relationship with Zheng Xianli, and Qin Jin was happy to see it, but this person seemed to be a little clever against Li Kaifang. On that day, he said that he wanted to find out the mastermind behind the report of Zheng Xianli, not to retaliate, but to worry that someone was making a fuss about Zheng Xianli, and the real blow was the Shenwu Army.

Soon the secret agent investigated clearly, Li Kaifang just had a little bit of a personality, if he was found to be an excuse to rob his house and go to prison because of the person who reported the Shenwu Army, I am afraid that the reputation of the Shenwu Army will also be ruined. Seeing everything well, Qin Jin was not in a hurry to correct the matter, he had to continue to watch the play for a while to see how the actors in the play played their roles.

Hearing that Zheng Xianli was coming, Qin Jin was very happy, he knew that Zheng Xianli's coming must have something to do with artillery and firearms.

Sure enough, Zheng Xianli planned to select elite soldiers from the army to serve as artillerymen, and at the same time, he would also be accompanied by a Shenwu army of at least 30,000 people.

According to the practice of the imperial court, the expedition is often more than 50,000, and Zheng Xianli's request for 30,000 people really takes into account the situation that the Shenwu army in Guanzhong is overstretched, but even so, Qin Jin still discounted him.

"30,000 people will definitely not be able to take it out, tighten your belt, you can only give you 20,000 people, any more, there will be problems in Chang'an's defense!"

Zheng Xianli also knew the difficulties of Qin and Jin, because the Shenwu army expanded too quickly, there was simply no sufficient number of Shenwu troops to control the three provinces of Gyeonggi, Dugi, and Hedong. More often, the Shenwu army was used to garrison the key places, and the rest of the places had to retreat to the second place and let the private sector be responsible for the defense.

Especially in Dugi Province, the entire south of the Yellow River to the north of the Huai River is a jurisdiction, densely populated, scattered cities, and more than half of the elite of the Shenwu Army are pinned down there. And the Shenwu army in Hedong has to deal with Shi Siming's attack, so it must not be transferred. After all, the only way to do it is to divide the Shenwu army in Guanzhong again.

Qin Jin suddenly thought of the newly established Shenwu Army Preparatory School, especially among the more than 300 students enrolled in the first phase, they were all among the best in the city, and many of them were even scholars from the imperial examination.

"There are many candidates with good quality in the preparatory school, and now the scale of the three phases of simultaneous enrollment has reached more than 1,000 people, and you can choose 300 places at will!

Zheng Xianli also heard about the new thing in the preparatory school, and he felt that since Qin Jin attached great importance to it, there must be something that he had to pay attention to, so he immediately agreed.

"Ten days, ten more days, the army must go out, otherwise the last time to pass through the Qilian Pass will be missed!"

Zheng Xianli was not worried about this, and said:

"It's really not good, you can go directly from Lingwu through the next door and go straight to Hexi, when the subordinates followed Doctor Feng a few times, it just saved the effort of detouring to Longyou!"

It is very dangerous to cross the next door, if you are not careful, it will cause a large number of non-combat attrition, the last thing Qin Jin wants to see is a large number of casualties in the Shenwu Army, but Zheng Xianli is the person with the most combat experience in the Shenwu Army, and he is very familiar with the terrain of Hexi and Anxi, so he only thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, as soon as the curfew was lifted, Zheng Xianli couldn't wait to rush to the preparatory school, when the preparatory school had already received a military order from Qin Jin, so he received him very cooperatively.

The person who received it happened to be Wang Renli, he was the first like Zheng Xianli recommended Ge Wenqing, Ge Wenqing since he beat his sister and was rescued, and after the revenge was avenged, whether it was training or drills, he was full of energy, and all the instructors looked at him and felt that he was a good seedling.

Wang Renli knew that Zheng Xianli would not only go west to crusade against the remnants of Lingwu and Tubo, but also to take advantage of the situation to move westward, and it was conceivable to expand the territory, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ge Wenqing, who was a little eager for quick success. As the saying goes, merit and fame are taken right away, and it is better to go to the battlefield to fight for the future than to boil up qualifications in the preparatory school step by step.

"Ge Wenqing was born as a Jinshi, and he can get on the horse, and he can start work, he is definitely a first-class good seedling, as long as it takes time, he must be an all-rounder who is Yunwen Yunwu!"

Listening to Wang Renli's almost chattering introduction, Zheng Xianli held back for a long time before he smiled apologetically:

"I came this time to choose artillery, I don't need to get on the horse, I don't need to shoot the bow, as long as I am brave and in good health, I can't read or write, and I don't have to ...... second."

Wang Renli couldn't help but laugh after learning about Zheng Xianli's selection requirements, he was completely the standard for selecting elite soldiers, and the people who went out of this preparatory school would all be generals in the future, how could they talk about the same day?

"No matter what you do, Yunwen Yunwu is better than not being able to write and not being martial, right?"

"That's what I said, then I'll see this Ge Wenqing!"

In addition to Ge Wenqing, Wang Renli recommended more than 30 people in one breath, these are all students he is very optimistic about on weekdays, so that these people can go to the battlefield as soon as possible, and serve the imperial court one day earlier, and be rewarded for meritorious service.

However, what is ironic is Zheng Xianli's selection method, which has never been seen or heard of.

The so-called boldness means that when the students to be selected are evaluated individually, he orders someone to strike the gong behind him unexpectedly, and after the loud gong sounds, he carefully observes the facial expressions and physical reactions of the examinee. As a result, there are naturally very few people who pass!

Wang Renli couldn't hold back his laughter, so he asked Zheng Xianli why he had such a strange method of selecting people. Zheng Xianli did not hide it, so he said again the problems that the artillery had to face, in addition to being bold, but also to have an extraordinary mentality, calm in the face of problems, and not to be alarmed, because above the battle, the artillery often has to rush to the front of the infantry to open fire, if you are too close to the danger and confused, it is likely that it will be too late to withdraw from the battlefield before the enemy launches an attack, but to suddenly beat the gong behind people's ears as the selection criteria, Wang Renli still disagrees.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Xianli stared at Wang Renli for a while, and slapped his thigh violently.

"It's really dark under the lights, Instructor Wang is the most suitable candidate, I don't know if I want to go to Anxi?"

In fact, it is better for Wang Renli to think in his heart that Anxi will kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions than to be an instructor in the preparatory school, and I don't know when he will have a bright future.

"Naturally willing, but I don't know if Doctor Qin agrees!"

Zheng Xianli patted his chest and promised:

"Don't worry, everything is on me, whether it's a student or an instructor, as long as it meets the standards!"

Ge Wenqing's performance is also very satisfactory to Zheng Xianli, and the most important thing for him is that this person is calm, surprisingly calm, and calmness makes people feel incredible.

In the end, Zheng Xianli did not fully select the three hundred people chartered by Qin Jin, and only selected two hundred and thirteen people and did not continue because there was not enough time. Seeing that it was noon, he led 213 men to the warehouse in the south of the city, where he had obtained the permission of the prime minister's fifth qi to serve as a temporary training ground for the artillery battalion. In order to make up for the shortfall, Zheng Xianli had to reluctantly select a hundred craftsmen who were skilled in handling guns from the ordnance prison.

Just when Zheng Xianli was intensively preparing for the Western Expedition, Fifth Qi was not idle, and immediately ordered his henchmen in the Criminal Department to review Li Kaifang's case, and if a grievance is found, he must be rehabilitated, and the responsibility of Dali Temple for bending the law for personal gain must be investigated.

The news of the re-investigation of Li Kaifang's case immediately reached the ears of Zhou Wenzheng, the secretary of Dali Temple, but he was frightened by this Dali temple secretary, thinking that Fifth Qi was learning Xia Yuanji's methods and wanted to clean himself.

However, except for fear, Zhou Wenzheng has no way to resist, in addition to being the prime minister, he is also Qin Jin's henchman, he doesn't have an advantage in either of these two points, so why should he fight with others?

The person who specifically handled the case was Dali Temple, and Dali Temple also learned the news, which was very different from Zhou Wenzheng's reaction, he single-handedly forged the evidence of Li Kaifang's accumulation of wealth in the catastrophe, knowing that he was in a catastrophe, in order not to affect his family, he committed suicide by throwing himself into the river on the moat of the imperial city where Dali Temple is located.

Dali Temple Cheng died, but the evidence he forged was difficult to destroy, only half a day's effort, Li Kaifang's case was thoroughly reviewed, and the conclusion was that Dali Temple Cheng accepted bribes from a man surnamed Huang in the Ministry of War, colluded with several scribes, and jointly concocted an unjust case.

As for the specific means, even Fifth Qi felt that it was too sloppy, because of the key physical evidence, 300,000 yuan was actually just a stack of loan vouchers. In the final analysis, that Dali Temple Cheng would not be stupid enough to scrape together the 300,000 yuan out of his own pocket, while using the fabricated loan vouchers to make up the amount.

After learning the truth, Fifth Qi smiled bitterly, and he had planned to charge the 300,000 yuan into the household department to solve the urgent need, it seemed that it was empty joy. Then again, if the official document of the government affairs hall arrives at Dali Temple, they can't get the money, won't the result be the same......

The officials of Dali Temple have been cleaned up ruthlessly, almost everyone has such and such a thing as a traitor, and the only one who has not been implicated is the Dali Temple Secretary who is in a panic!