The palace maid said worriedly: "Niangniang, the slave maid heard that His Majesty and Xun Guiren talked and laughed, and they talked very happily. ”

Tonight, Xiao Tianyu dissolved the medicine into the tea without leaving a trace, and coaxed Xun Guiren to drink it, she had done this too many times, and then when the effect of the medicine came up, she carried Xun Guiren to the bed, and she called Chun, and called Xun Guiren until midnight, and Xun Guiren fell asleep.

Xiao Tianyu checked his chest wrap and buttoned his pajamas to the top one, before falling asleep with Xun Guiren.

The next day, Xiao Tianyu couldn't get out of bed, didn't have to go to court, didn't have to criticize and fold, it was really cool.

But the concubines in each palace are going to ask the queen for peace, especially on the first day of entering the palace, they have to go to the queen to say goodbye, even if Xun Guiren is not feeling well, he has to struggle to get up, but he woke up Xiao Tianyu.

"What?! It's rare to sleep late, and I'm sleepy. Xiao Tianyu was sleepy-eyed, half-asleep and half-awake.

Xun Guiren said softly: "Your Majesty, today's harem concubines are the first time to greet the queen, and the concubines dare not be absent." ”

Xiao Tianyu pulled Xun Guiren back to the bed, "I went to bed very late last night, please be safe or something, the queen will understand." ”

"Your Majesty, this won't work, the queen will blame the concubines." Xun Guiren is a newcomer, but he doesn't want to offend the queen.

Xiao Tianyu sat up abruptly and shouted outside, "Gu Yunlong, Gu Yunlong, get me in." ”

Gu Yunlong thought that he had done something wrong, and hurriedly walked in, "Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Tianyu was a little blinded by the sunlight outside the house, "You go and tell the queen in person, Xun Guiren is unwell and can't go to ask for peace, whoever has an opinion, come to ask me in person, don't embarrass Xun Guiren." ”

"No." Gu Yunlong bowed down and exited and closed the door.

Xiao Tianyu pulled Xun Guiren back to the bed and lay down, and fell asleep again.

When he woke up again, it was already three poles in the sun, Xiao Tianyu could sleep so late for the first time, he had already slept until his bones were crispy, stretched out on the bed, and then slowly got up.

Xun Guiren posted it, "Your Majesty, the concubine will change your clothes." ”

Xiao Tianyu pressed Xun Guiren's shoulder, "I think you are serving for the first time, and I am not angry, this is the first time and the last time I have said it, I have Gu Yunlong to serve and change clothes, and I don't need concubines to serve." ”

Under Gu Yunlong's service, Xiao Tianyu put on complicated clothes.

Xiao Tianyu asked casually, "Gu Yunlong, when you went to talk to the queen, how was the queen's expression?" ”

Gu Yunlong replied truthfully, "Back to Your Majesty, the queen was stunned at first, and then said that it was okay, expressing her understanding of the hard work of Xun nobles." But the girls next to her don't look very good. ”

Xiao Tianyu got dressed and walked to the dining room, and Xun Guiren was busy directing his subordinates to set up the dining table.

It should be mentioned, people's hearts are unpredictable, if Xun Guiren blackens or bullies, the harem will not be at peace, Xiao Tianyu thought to himself.

"Xun Guiren, I didn't let you go to the queen to say goodbye today, don't fall behind tomorrow, you have to respect the queen and get along well with the concubines, I will spoil you in the face of the prime minister, but if you do something wrong, even if the prime minister comes to intercede with you in person, I will not be soft-hearted."

Xun Guiren also knew that Xiao Tianyu was beating her, so that she should not be pampered and arrogant, "The concubine knows." ”

Xiao Tianyu's vacation only has two days left, and in these two days, Xiao Tianyu has not been "lucky" to be anyone else, so he favors Xun nobles, just like Ning nobles at the beginning.

The ministers have some opinions on this, but they didn't go to Xiao Tianyu to advise, Xiao Tianyu's willingness to draft is already a big concession, and the rabbit will bite people if he is in a hurry, so let Xiao Tianyu get along with those concubines more, maybe he won't favor Xun nobles anymore.

The people in the harem have a lot of opinions, and when they see the wind and rudder, they all run to Chuxiu Palace to befriend Xun nobles, the queen is the queen after all, no one dares to treat her harshly, Ning Guiren is also an old man in the palace, and he didn't see Xiao Tianyu dislike her for the time being, so life is okay, as for those who have just entered the palace, they are miserable, their status is low, they haven't been favored, and their lives are not so good.

Zhou Zizhen married his sister, and Xiao Tianyu didn't want him to stay in the capital anymore, so he wrote a letter to him and asked the Ministry of Rites to send people back to Weiguo.

Xiao Hanmo married Zhou Jingrui home, and after Zhou Zizhen left, he completely ignored Zhou Jingrui, Zhou Jingrui also thought that she might be in love with Xiao Hanmo for a long time, but Xiao Hanmo deliberately avoided Zhou Jingrui, Zhou Jingrui was not favored, few people in the palace took her in their eyes, and Zhou Jingrui's life was very difficult.

The combat effectiveness of the soldiers trained according to Xiao Tianyu's method was comparable to that of the elite division in the army, and Xiao Tianyu asked them to have a duel in order to win the consent of the minister.

The weapon used in the duel was a wooden weapon, and Xiao Tianyu was afraid that there would be casualties, so for the sake of safety, he also asked people to wrap the blade part of the weapon in cloth.

One is the recruits who have been trained for several months, and on the other side are the elite soldiers selected from the army, and many people feel that this battle does not need to be compared, and the elite must be able to win.

The two teams were pulled to the square in front of the main hall and received their respective weapons, which were covered with flour.

Shen Xingzhou loudly announced the rules of the competition, "This is a fighting match, if you are hit by a weapon and leave flour on your body, you will be eliminated, and you need to sit down on the spot." ”

Behind is Xiao Tianyu and hundreds of civil and military officials, Xiao Tianyu hopes that Shen Xingzhou's people can win, General Huwei hopes that the elite troops can win, if they can't win, it will be simply a slap in the face of the entire military department, as for the other officials, they are all watching the play with the mentality of eating melons and the masses.

Xiao Tianyu said to Shen Xingzhou: "Drumming." ”

Shen Xingzhou walked to the drums and beat the war drums.

The two teams rushed towards each other, and the two thousand soldiers fought in the square, and the scene was spectacular.

Xiao Tianyu looked at the field nervously, she was afraid of losing, if she lost, she would miss the opportunity to reform the army and improve her own strength, if she wanted to reform next time, it would definitely be even more difficult.

The soldiers in the square sat down one after another, and the soldiers trained by Shen Xingzhou did not wear helmets, this was to distinguish between friend and foe, and now it seems that there are still more so-called elites.

General Huwei thought that he was dazzled, straightened his mentality, and watched the battle carefully, he found that Shen Xingzhou's soldiers basically shot those few actions, and the big swords of the elite soldiers danced vigorously, but in the end they were stabbed by the people behind them, and sat on the ground helplessly.

The war of 2,000 people ended quickly, and the last to stand was the soldiers trained by Shen Xingzhou, although there were only a few people left, but this was a proud record.

Xiao Tianyu was particularly happy, "Shen Xingzhou, the soldiers you trained have won." ”

Shen Xingzhou said modestly: "The method of military training is from the hands of Your Majesty, and your subordinates only train according to Your Majesty's instructions, everything is Your Majesty's credit, and your subordinates dare not take credit." ”

"The soldiers trained by Shen Xingzhou were given the name 'Flying Tiger Army', and each person was rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, which was led by Shen Xingzhou." Xiao Tianyu had something to say, "General Huwei, you have to talk to Shen Xingzhou about the method of training soldiers in the future, those soldiers can be called elite?" The military department is useless, and General Huwei should clean the house well. ”

General Huwei clenched his fists and said, "Weichen understands. When Shen Guard's training, Weichen sent someone to record Shen Guard's training methods, and Wechen would refer to Shen Guard's training methods to improve the army. ”

Xiao Tianyu nodded with satisfaction.

The training of the army was in full swing, and the cities of the northern border cities began to be strengthened, and the cities began to hoard grain, grass and fortification equipment.

The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

The nomads in the north generally harass the border people after the autumn harvest, which troubles every generation of emperors, and once thought of organizing an army to exterminate, but unfortunately those nomads can't fight and run, and have not been exterminated.

Xiao Tianyu knew that he had the aura of the protagonist and was confident that he could exterminate the Huns, so he raised this matter above the court.

"The Xiongnu will invade our territory every time the autumn harvest comes, torture and kill the people, and rob the grain, I plan to attack the Xiongnu after the autumn harvest and completely exterminate them."

General Huwei also wants to fight on the battlefield to earn some military merits, so that his daughter can have a better time in the harem, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is very good, the Huns are cruel and unkind, and my Fengguo is doing the right thing for heaven." The border cities have been repaired, and a large number of garrison tools have been hoarded in the cities. ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu walked out, "Your Majesty, the bomb has been developed, and a ten-kilogram bomb can blow up a pit with a diameter of five zhang (one zhang is about 3.333 meters), which is extremely powerful and can be used to deal with the Huns." ”

Hube Shangshu walked out, "Your Majesty, there should be a bumper harvest this year, plus the grain and grass hoarded by the treasury before, it is enough to provide a large army to fight. ”

Xun Lingjun walked out, "Your Majesty, this battle will be fought, and the battle will be won!" ”

The hundred officials said in unison: "This battle must be fought, and the battle will be won." ”

Now that the general direction has been decided, it is now time for some details to be discussed.

The border needs to be cleared of the wilderness, and all the people will be moved into the interior, and the grain on the fields can be harvested by the people in advance, and the court will pay for it out of pocket, because there have been things where the Xiongnu have held the people hostage, so that the army is tied up, and it is not easy to fight.

There was a lot of controversy in the court about who to send to lead the army. Xiao Tianyu wanted to drive the expedition in person, but was opposed by everyone; General Huwei wanted to go, but was opposed by some people, because he was also the secretary of the military department, and if he left, who would take care of the military department; There are also people who think that General Jin Wuwei can go, and General Jin Wuwei is equivalent to the commander who guards the border, and it is reasonable to give him this important task.

Xiao Tianyu wanted to go to war or something by herself, but the ministers didn't allow it, so she could only go secretly, anyway, she had already discussed it with Shen Xingzhou in private, if she couldn't go to the palace in person, there would be a solution.

There is a position in the army called the prison army, that is the person sent by the emperor himself, if it is found that the general is against the emperor or does not listen to the emperor's orders, the prison army can be cut first and then killed, and then the emperor said, Xiao Tianyu is the idea of this prison army, anyway, no one knows the identity of Cao Qing, the last time he confronted him in the court, Zhou Zizhen did not say the name of "Weiyang Palace Maid".

"This battle is in charge of General Jin Wuwei, Shen Xingzhou is the left supervising army, and Cao Qing is the right supervising army." Xiao Tianyu said.

Regarding the arrangement of the supervising army, the ministers did not interfere, the emperor arranged a supervisor in the army, regardless of whether that person was talented or not, the most important thing was to gain the emperor's trust, but what kind of character was that Cao Qing? I haven't heard of it at all, Shen Xingzhou is okay, he is with Xiao Tianyu every day, and those ministers know him.

Shen Xingzhou knelt on the ground, "Thank you for your trust, and thank Your Majesty for Cao Qing." ”