After Xu Zi went out first, the post house had already packed up his residence.

Outside the room, Chen Zuocai, Chen Daojian, Liu Yi, Zhang Huchen, Jin Jian and others were already waiting at his residence.

Xu Zixian didn't say too much detail, but just told everyone that Wang Zhi was full of worries about the trip to Beijing, and wanted to cooperate with the Nan'an Hou Mansion to add a little more self-protection.

Zhang Huchen chirped: "This old fox, the tail hair is really white, and it is slippery." ”

Chen Zuocai smiled: "The prince promised him, right?" At this time, we are many friends, better than many enemies. Although Wang Zhi is also one of the five pirates at sea, he has done us no harm on Fujian Road. During the battle of the river embankment this time, it was also before and after Wang Zhi was about to enter Beijing, and he strictly ordered the group of thieves not to disturb the place at this time. If there are 2,000 Qishan thieves who come back to attack Nan'an, we really can't stop it. ”

"That's what I said!" Zhang Huchen is from a family of cavalry generals, and his personality is really upright, so he patted his leg and said: "Cooperation is beneficial to both sides, Wang Zhi, the old horseman, understands what is going on, he is afraid that Han Zhong will deal with him, and our opponent is also the left minister, and the two join forces, so they are not afraid of someone playing any crooked ideas!" ”

Chen Daojian frowned and said: "The capital is heavy, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, is there really anyone who dares to use force?" This is not Fuzhou. ”

Xu Zixian smiled slightly and said: "The source of the local chaos is the ...... of the Jingshi" He looked at Chen Zuocai and said: "You have been paying a lot of attention to the military affairs of the Jingshi recently, you talk to the prison." ”

Chen Zuocai has been paying attention to military information such as Di Copying and the Imperial Court's military records in the past two months, and he also understands that Xu Zi first intended to ask him to behave, and then looked at Chen Daojian, but said to everyone: "The Beijing Division was originally the core of the Yanbei Defense Line, east of Jizhou, Yongzhou, Shanhai Zhuzhou Military Village and Pass, west of Bauhinia Pass and Pingzhou, Beijing Division was Youzhou at that time, the old Yan Ancient Capital, the core of the Qianli defense line. Taizu started with Jiangling, included the world in his bag, and began to prepare for the relocation of the capital to Beijing in less than ten years. Taizu is eloquent and strategic, and knows that it is absolutely impossible to be trapped in a corner of Jiangling, whether it is geography or military morale, living in Jiangling is only a partial pattern. At that time, there were three discussions, one was to move to Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, the other was to move to Xi'an, and the other was to move to Kaifeng. Taizu thought that Guanzhong was dilapidated and difficult to support himself, and after moving the capital, he suddenly added hundreds of thousands of garrisons and imperial palaces plus civil and military officials, which was not suitable. Luoyang is dilapidated, Kaifeng has no geographical advantages, and the place of the four wars is not suitable for the capital. Later, he decided to move to Youzhou as a capital division, mainly to prevent the northern captives. At that time, the north was the beginning of the rise, 200,000 iron cavalry strength to, Taizu moved the capital to Yanjing, built the Great Wall of thousands of miles of defense line, to Pingzhou to Jizhou and other places to set up a military village, garrison more than 600,000 people garrison, at the beginning of the country, often with the north of the hard war non-stop, the Beijing division is not only the core of the imperial court, but also the place with the most garrisons, one side of the police, then the imperial camp forbidden army sent out to support, if there is no son of heaven in Beijing, all the officials are in Yanjing, how can it be so fast and convenient? Some people often say in this dynasty that moving the capital to Yanjing costs the people and money, and they have to supply money and grain from the north every year, but they don't know that the northern defense line with Yanjing as the core first blocks the northern captives, and then the Xiqiang, and now there is Donghu. Always want to be in a corner of peace, the most successful is only the Southern Dynasties after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but also the internal strife, the war is not stopped, once the north is unified, the south is waiting to be unified in the south, since ancient times, the south to unify the north is only my Great Wei Taizu alone, there is no other family. ”

Chen Zuocai's words, some of which he saw himself, and many of which he got when chatting with Xu Zixian in private, saw that everyone nodded, and then continued: "There are a lot of things that the prince has said, and I think you will know it...... Yanjing is the top priority of the northern defense line, at the beginning of the country, Taizu was stationed in the capital with more than 120 forbidden troops and Xiang army, and reached its peak during the Xuanzong period, and the Xiang army and the forbidden army stationed in Beijing reached more than 300 and more than 600,000 troops, which was the peak of the Beijing camp. Later, because of the shortage everywhere, the forbidden army was transferred out one after another, and during the Chengzong period, several major expeditions to Donghu ended in fiasco, and the Beijing forbidden army also suffered heavy losses. Now Hedong Road, Hebei East Road, West Road, Jingdong Road, that is, Jizhen Defense Area, most of the Jingying forbidden troops who were transferred out of the town are here. Even so, because the capital division is an important place, the number of forbidden troops is still quite large. The Jingying Forbidden Army is divided into five compartments in the east, west, north, south, and middle, and each compartment is commanded by ten armies, with the infantry army accounting for eighty percent and the horse army accounting for two percent. Although it is two percent, it is also considerable, after all, the number of horse troops in the Great Wei is very small, except for the Beijing Division, I am afraid that there are not so many horse troops in other places...... The five chambers were all commanded, and the fifty horses were forbidden to the army, and they were only assigned by the Privy Council. Previously, the imperial court had strict laws, and even if it was an envoy of the Privy Council, he was not allowed to draw decrees, and he could be sentenced to death if he used all the troops without permission. Now, who doesn't need the forbidden army to guard the home? Arbitrarily transferring the forbidden army to perform miscellaneous service, occupying the strength of the army has become a chronic disease, difficult to cure, and the big families can call the forbidden army to do coolies, can't they be called to deal with us? The most important thing is the Dongcheng Army, the most elite, often fighting, nine out of ten generals are Han Zhong and Zhang Guangen's people, the most loyal to the left minister and the privy, and so on, if like an arm...... "The Beijing division has a forbidden army of 50 armies, more than 100,000 people, which is the most important defensive force of the Beijing division." According to the military system of this dynasty, the privy council is in charge of border military affairs, daily military affairs, military equipment, and government orders of horses. Even the guards of the class, the recruitment of the internal and external forbidden armies, the examination, the relocation, the cantonment, and the punishment of all things, are all in charge.

The privy council was originally set up to cut the power of the prime minister to control the army, the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty before the privy council, the government orders and military affairs were in charge, and the prime minister's power was too heavy, although the Tang Dynasty did not hold too much, and there were usurpers such as Wang Mang, Cao Cao, and Yang Jian, but the main reason was that after Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the power of the central forbidden army was in the hands of the eunuchs, and the Shence army did not listen to the emperor, of course, nor did they listen to the prime minister, but only listened to the words of the eunuch Lang Zhongling, so the imperial power, the relative power, the eunuch power, each other, and the foreign towns and towns were contained, So the power of the phase is weakened on another level.

The restriction of eunuchs in this dynasty is much better than that of the former Tang Dynasty, and the eunuchs are not allowed to pawn soldiers and supervise the army, which is an iron order, and it is under the jurisdiction of the two governments, and the eunuch group is completely suppressed with the power of the minister.

The privy council was introduced to divide the military power of the prime minister, so that the prime minister could not command the army, and of course it did not constitute the basis of the power of usurping the country.

Chen Zuocai continued: "Since Xuanzong, I felt that the privy envoy Yu had too much military power, and the Ban Zhi Lang Wei was changed to the direct leader of the Son of Heaven, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office was set up in various important places to manage the Xiang army, and since then the privy council has been in charge of the forbidden army inside and outside the Beijing Division. And the assessment, transfer, recruitment and other affairs are entrusted to the Ministry of War, and the privy council is only in charge of military affairs and the deployment of soldiers and horses, as well as the generals' meritorious service, rewards and punishments, etc., are left to the privy council. Even so, the power of the privy envoy over the forbidden army is very important, and once the power of the privy envoy is in charge of the privy envoy and has the power of the army, it will be very difficult to control. Therefore, the ancestral heart heirloom and the privy envoy must not communicate with the prime minister to avoid trouble. But today, the Privy Council envoy Zhang Guangen is appointed by the left minister, and the official family believed in Han Zhong at that time, and he didn't even care about destroying the ancestral system......"

Chen Zuocai shook his head and sighed, obviously disapproving of many of the current emperor's actions.

The ancestral family heirloom of the Great Wei Dynasty, such as those who do not sin words, encourage industry and commerce, suppress eunuchs, and appoint the clan, are all rules established since the Taizu years, although the ancestral system is good, but when today's son is really a sparse imperial heart, there is no good hand of cards, Chengzong began to Wen Tian Wu Xi, but when today's son has been on the throne for more than ten years, none of the major military and political events have been successfully repaired, but how many leaks have been poked out, what is the most harmful to the national government, what will the Son of Heaven decide.

Just like the support for Han Zhong is too much, and now he is too successful, thinking that Han Zhong is old and confused, and he is bent on kicking Han Zhong away and replacing him with the enterprising Liu Zhiyuan.

If you want to use Liu Zhiyuan, there is no big problem, but you have to act slowly, don't manipulate Meng Lang too much, slowly replace the officials of Han Zhong's family, appoint Liu Zhiyuan, and also score Liu Zhiyuan's power, so as not to cultivate another Han Zhong.

It's just that the Son of Heaven is too impatient, and now it seems that he doesn't even want to wait for a few years.

Of course, Han Zhong did not want to lose his position suddenly, and the suspicion between the monarch and the minister was already quite obvious.

According to Chen Zuocai's understanding, Han Zhong and Zhang Guangen joined forces to control at least more than half of the forbidden army, and those who were in command of the forbidden army might not dare to follow Han Zhong to rebel, but the mutiny may not be impossible.

It is not impossible to send troops and horses to eradicate hostile forces and force Emperor Chongde to accept Han Zhong to continue to be in charge of state affairs with a factual result.

Xu Zixian's memory is that Han Zhong left his home and was assassinated halfway, and now the situation has changed greatly, and it is difficult to say whether the overall trend will change.

"The Son of Heaven relies most on the forbidden army in Beijing, but Lang Wei." Chen Zuocai continued: "Lang Wei is divided into Cheng Shi Lang, Chao Lang Lang, as well as Ji Lang, Xuanjie Lang, Yu Lin Lang, and Wei is Jin Wuwei. Chengshi Lang and the court invite Lang are both civil officials, most of them are civil officials, and they are born in the inner court to serve the Son of Heaven, and there are many people who can be appreciated by the Son of Heaven, and there are many such examples in this dynasty, too many to mention. The halberd Lang is mainly guarding the imperial city, Xuanjie Lang guards the gates of the palace city, Yulin Lang used to be called Yulin Jian'er, most of the Yulin Jian'er during the Taizu period is the orphan of the soldiers who died in battle, Taizu has mercy on the soldiers and is loyal to the festival, and adopts many orphans for Yulin Jian'er, and later becomes a personal soldier to serve around, many famous generals from the beginning of the country to the Xuanzong period, are all born in Yulin Jian'er. Up to now, Yulin Jian'er is also the son of the clan and civil and military officials, plus the generations are hereditary, the number is not enough, only more than 500 people, all of them are official positions of the sixth grade, and they are directly under the battalion control or deputy capital control, all of which are Yuhou, which can be regarded as a means for the Son of Heaven to control the forbidden army. ”

With Lang Wei to control the imperial city and the palace city, with Yu Lin Lang with imperial equipment, with the Son of Heaven, a few years later released in the forbidden army as a military attaché, this is the royal family to envelop the disciples of the generals, control the forbidden army of the clever means.

"There are more than 3,000 people in Jin Wuwei, more than 2,000 people in the halberd lang, more than 1,000 people in Xuanjielang, plus more than 500 people in Yulin Lang, more than 6,500 people are in charge of the Son of Heaven himself, Jin Wuwei is in charge of Jin Wuwei, Lang Zhongling is in charge of the halberd and Xuanjielang, Yulin Lang is divided into left and right, and is in charge of the left and right Lang Zhongling, and is only assigned by the Son of Heaven."

Chen Zuocai finally said: "The forces of all parties in the capital are intertwined, even if it is the inner court guard, it is inevitable that they will be contaminated and implicated. Only Yu Lin Lang is the most trusted and close guard of the Son of Heaven, but in my opinion, in addition to the hereditary Yu Lin Lang, it is difficult for civil and military officials and clan sons not to be involved in political disputes. ”

"That's right." Xu Zixian said: "We don't say this to do anything, it's just that the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and you can be more careful in everything." ”

Everyone was relieved that Chen Zuocai had been analyzing the situation of the Jingshi garrison, and everyone was shocked when they heard it...... These things are not confidential, but discussing these things as Xu Zixian, An is still charged with "spying on the truth of the Jingshi and plotting against him".

"I don't think there will be any surprises...... Zhang Huchen grinned: "The dynasty has been in the past three hundred years, and there is really no one who dares to use swords in Beijing. ”

"Didn't the Pu family pretend to be bandits in Fuzhou, and nearly 4,000 people attacked the local regimental training and the prince of the country?" Chen Zuocai said coldly: "This dynasty is now stormy, and the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods have all come out, so be careful in everything, there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Chen Daojian didn't speak, it could be seen that his thoughts were similar to Zhang Huchen, but Chen Zuocai was also a shrewd person, this time Li Yi and Kong He, Fu Qian and others did not go north, Qin Dongyang and other old military attachés also stayed in Nan'an, Chen Zuocai, a mature staff civil official, of course, has full power to speak, and there is nothing wrong with reminding everyone to be careful.

Chen Daojian was glad that he didn't bring Da Ge and Xiao Ge to Jingshi, otherwise, with the violent temper of the Gushan thieves, he would really be able to cause trouble if he had nothing to do.

It's Liu Yi, although he is ruthless, but he doesn't like to meddle in things, as long as someone doesn't really kill the head of the inn, he just ignores everything, and the discussion here should not be heard.

"Rest early, everyone." Xu Zixian stood up, stretched his waist quietly, and said, "Leave tomorrow morning, don't delay here in the post house......"

Everyone dispersed, out of the door, the sky is already full of stars, this post station is the most important station in Jinhai to the Beijing Division, there are three or four hundred houses, more than a thousand people do not feel cramped and crowded, the stable in the outer courtyard is lively, tied to hundreds of horses, the people of the post house and people from all walks of life are feeding horses and mules one after another, the air is filled with the smell of horse manure and the neighing of horses.

At this time, several of Wang Zhi's subordinates came over with burdens, and asked who Xu Zixian was, and a leader came forward to hug his fist and salute, and said: "The general said that the Hou Shizi of Nan'an must have a lot of expenses after entering Beijing, and here is 3,000 yuan, which is kept for the prince to take to reward people, please don't shirk the prince." ”

Xu Zixian smiled when he heard this, of course he wouldn't take Wang Zhi's three thousand guan in his eyes, but this guy said that he would plug the dog hole before, and then he would give him money, which was too hateful.

But it's good to have money, Xu Zixian didn't plan to bribe anyone this time, first, the financial resources are not allowed, and secondly, although it is inevitable for the clan to make friends with officials, it is not good to act with fanfare on the surface, so that the imperial history knows that the impeachment is a trouble.

But the necessary friendship is also indispensable, and the important clan towns such as the Korean Gong must give some gifts, and they can't be too thin. If Xu Zixian was still the poor and dilapidated clan in his previous life, it would be good to prepare some gifts at will, with his status today, the gifts are too thin, which will make the people receiving the gifts dissatisfied, so it is better not to give them.

There are also relevant officials in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Privy Council and other yamen, and it is also necessary to make appropriate arrangements.

Although there may be a suppression, as long as the gift is delivered, many people will not have trouble with copper coins.

Recently, the training degree of the Nan'an regiment is insufficient, Xu Zixian went to Beijing with nearly 200 people, and the cost of the fee was 10,000 yuan.

"Accept it with shame, and be disrespectful." Xu Zixian smiled and said, "Please thank the general for me." ”

The festival degree envoy is at the same level as the palace marshal Taiwei, and can be called a marshal or a certain marshal, and Wang Zhi is the general of the left guard, and he can also be called a general.

The person who brought the gift was a middle-aged man of about forty, who was generous and extraordinary, Xu Zi first noticed that this person's legs were quite thick, which was a veteran who had been at sea all year round, and there were obvious signs even when walking.

The person in front of him must be Wang Zhi's henchman, Xu Zixian's attitude towards this person is also quite modest, and he does not despise him because he is in office.

The man chuckled lightly, didn't speak, just arched his hand and left, his arrogance quite obvious.

Gao Shilai was a little dissatisfied, and said: "This person looks too arrogant, I will meet him when I have a chance." ”

"You're no match for him." Liu Yi lazily opened his mouth at this time and said: "This person is a master, his right arm is obviously much thicker than his left arm, and his waist is also thick. ”

Gao Shilai was curious: "How does he compare with Da Ge Ye and Xiao Ge Ye?" ”

"The Ge brothers can't beat him at sea, he can't beat Da Ge and Xiao Ge on land."

"What about you?"

Liu Yi didn't answer, just smiled slightly.