"Thousands of people, all of them are strong men, waiting in line on the streets of the north wall of the imperial city early in the morning to join the army! Ancestors bless, Daming is saved now......"

The old eunuch was about to cry with joy, and wiped his tears while giving Zhu Cihong the good news.

Zhu Cihong couldn't help frowning when he heard the old eunuch in front of him with gray hair and eyebrows, who was at least over 60 years old, saying that his ancestors blessed him.

Is that the blessing of the ancestors? It's obviously an ancestral pit person!

"Let's go, go to Bei'anmen!"

When Li Jizhou came, Zhu Cihong was using breakfast, so he picked up two steamed buns and planned to go out.

The internal officials and guards in Duanben Palace have all adapted a little, and no one dares to persuade them, so they are all packed up and ready to follow. The old eunuch Li Jizhou was taken aback by Zhu Cihong's behavior. Why go to Bei'anmen?

Although Bei'anmen is still within the imperial city, it is outside the imperial city! Can the prince go to this place casually?

And the prince still has to go to the court to study and listen to classes! Imperial Physician Zeng reported yesterday that the prince was unwell and needed to recuperate for a few days. However, Li Jizhou only approved it for one day, and whether he can ask for leave today can only be decided after he has met Zhu Cihong in person.

The crown prince is going to be the emperor in the future, so his homework cannot be delayed...... If you don't study hard now, how will you be an emperor in the future? If you become a faint king, you won't be able to suffer tomorrow?

In addition, how can this prince hold a meat bun in one hand and nibble on it while walking? What is this system? When did the Ming Dynasty have a king who ate while walking? If the foreign court knows, the East Palace speaker and the East Palace Sixth Bureau must not be impeached?

"Chitose Lord, Chitose Lord, where are you going?" Li Jizhou wanted to stop Zhu Cihong, but Zhu Cihong moved faster, and the wind seemed to go out of the gate of Duanjing Palace. He had no choice but to trot all the way and follow behind to persuade.

"Go to Bei'anmen!" Zhu Cihong said, "Li Julang, you should follow too." ”

"Chitose Lord, you still have to go to the morning court today, and you have to listen to the lecturers in the afternoon, and you asked for leave yesterday, so you can't stop going today......

Zhu Cihong because he was still young, so he didn't have to go to court every day, Emperor Chongzhen asked him to go to court every three days, and the days when he didn't go to court were to practice martial arts in the morning and literature in the afternoon. Today is the right time for the DPRK to listen to the government.

"Don't go, don't go...... Zhu Cihong shook his head, "There are important things in this palace, I don't have time to go to court, Li Julang, didn't this palace take three days off yesterday?" You don't know? ”

A leave of absence is three days...... It can't be compared with Emperor Chongzhen's diligence!

The old eunuch sighed in his heart, what's wrong with the prince? Is this going to be on the path of the faint king?

Zhu Cihong ignored him and just walked briskly. seems to want to get rid of this old foolish eunuch, but although Li Jizhou is old, his legs and feet are very good, and he has not fallen behind all the way.

"Chitose Lord, look at you like this, but you are not sick, the old slave does not dare to hide it for you......"

What's not sick? That's because you're not good at medicine! Zhu Cihong said: Lao Tzu's soul has changed, how can he not be sick? Changing an organ in the future is a serious illness, but can the disease of changing the soul be smaller?

However, Zhu Cihong didn't want this old eunuch to spoil his own affairs. Although he has a tossing method, Emperor Chongzhen will soon know. But after all, the palace is not like ordinary people, and it takes an hour to walk around casually! Moreover, the personnel relationship is complicated, and the matter involving the prince is even more involved, so it is difficult for Emperor Chongzhen to grasp all the situation at the first time.

In addition, these are extraordinary times. What Zhu Cihong did might be the emperor's secret decree? Whoever wants to figure out the situation will go to make a small report, and maybe they will put their good life into it.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong estimated that it would take a while for Emperor Chongzhen to discover the conspiracy between himself and Wang Chengen...... At that time, Emperor Chongzhen should have nothing to do with himself.

"Wang Qi, take Li Julang and let's go with us." Zhu Cihong heard that the old eunuch was going to expose himself, and hurriedly ordered his East Palace guard Wang Qi to control the old man.

Wang Qi is a big man, with a height of more than six feet, that is, one meter eighty-six seven. It's not a slender strip, but a wide body, and the front looks like a door panel.

He was born as a general of the Han Dynasty and was selected as the guard of the East Palace because of his mighty appearance. Now that Zhu Chunjie was ordered to go out of the palace to do business, Zhu Cihong appointed him as the leader of the guards of the East Palace.

Hearing Zhu Cihong's order, Wang Qi was stunned at first, what is the situation? What is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to do?

"Wang Qi! What are you doing in a daze? Zhu Cihong saw this big man hesitating, and immediately snorted.

Wang Qi woke up at this time, hurriedly responded, went up a few steps, said "offended", and stretched out a big hand to clasp the old eunuch's wrist.

The wrist was buckled, and Li Jizhou was at a loss, what is the situation? What is this going to do, Prince? In order to skip a class, as for this?

Zhu Cihong didn't talk nonsense with Li Jizhou, strode out of Duanben Palace, and then went north, all the way out of Xuanwu Gate, crossed Wansui Mountain, and came to Bei'anmen, the north gate of the imperial city.

Wang Chengen and Wu Xiang had already arrived, and they were discussing something at the gate of Bei'anmen, which was halfway open, and there were a large group of Wu family members, Dongchang Tiqi and Nanhaizi Jingjun around. Seeing Zhu Cihong coming, the two hurriedly stopped talking and stepped forward to bow down.

"Wang Banban, how is it? Has Juyongguan been lost? ”

Li Jizhou, who was dragged over by Wang Qiyi all the way, heard Zhu Cihong's words, and his mouth opened wide in surprise.

Wang Chengen replied: "Taizu Tuo Mengguo is a miracle, and the Tang newspaper I got yesterday afternoon showed that the thief of Tang Tong really sacrificed the city and took refuge in rebellion. ”

At this time, Li Jizhou was even more surprised, and looked at Zhu Cihong with wide eyes.

Zhu Cihong ignored him, but continued to ask, "How many people are here?" Don't have a point? Can you be strong? ”

Wu Xiang replied: "Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has already sent people to roughly count them, and a total of four or five thousand people have gathered outside, and there are constantly people coming. ”

"That's a lot." Zhu Cihong nodded.

This amount was expected by him. The population of Beijing in this era was very large, and it was over 1.2 million in the year of the Apocalypse, but in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, there was a large-scale plague and many people died. In addition, the situation in the surrounding area is not good, the price of food in the city is expensive, and many people have left, and there are still about 500,000 or 600,000 residents. Because plague and famine are more likely to weed out the old and weak, the proportion of the able-bodied in the city should be higher, no less than 100,000.

And there is no way to make money in Beijing now, at least no one will pay a penny of silver a day to hire strong workers. Therefore, the "sky-high wages" offered by Zhu Cihong, the "unjust boss", will definitely be able to fool many people today.

"It's more than four or five thousand...... Zhu Cihong smiled, "Admiral Wu, Wang Companion, how much do you two think we can use?" How are you going to use it? ”

If there is enough time, it is of course better to have a little more troops. However, now that time is limited, there is no time to train, and there are not many officers available, so naturally we cannot ask for more, but we must recruit troops within the scope of control.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Wu Xiang replied, "the minister has discussed with the prince and the prince, and I feel that it is just right to recruit three war battalions of more than 1,000 people, and it will be difficult to bring any more." There are only more than 100 people in the minister's family plus the family of the ancestral family, and according to Qi Wuyi's military system, there are only more than 100 people who can serve as the flag general and the general. Coupled with the internal officials and cavalry drawn from the Jingjun and Dongchang, they can manage a battalion of soldiers and horses at most. The Chen's family, the ancestral family, the Jingjun and the East Factory can send out a few hundred people, and it is enough to raise another 2,500 people. ”

The establishment used by Qi Jiguang to supervise the army of Jiliao is roughly a team of twelve people, three teams and one flag, three flags and one division, three divisions and one bureau, and three bureaus and one battalion. They are commanded by the captain, the general of the hundred, the general and the thousand.

Not counting the officers and attached attendant soldiers, it is 972 people, counting the officer attendants, it is just over 1,000 people, and 3,000 people is almost three battalions. However, in the eyes of Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu, these 3,000 people may not be able to fight. Therefore, the real combat power was concentrated in the Chinese military camp. Including a fire bureau, a fighting and supervising bureau, and a cavalry bureau, that is, a thousand people. Once the situation is critical, rely on this battalion to protect Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong and leave!

"Good!" Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "In this case, take care of it, take 2,500 people today, and those who have worries in Beijing can leave on their own, and those who have no worries can come to earn a penny of silver this day." ”