The streets of Liangcheng are still so lively, up to the upper floor, Zhao Feng is only +| looking down at the street scene of Bianliang City is particularly tasteful, when he stands at the window on the second floor, he finally understands why his father likes to stand on a high place to see the world.

Zheng Juzhong has been staying in the box on the second floor, Zhao Feng and they were also invited to the second floor, these three people all know in their hearts that Zheng Juzhong has already chartered the entire third floor, but the strange thing is that Zheng Juzhong did not mean to invite them to the third floor at all, he only cared about chatting with Tiannan and Haibei.

Zhao Feng entered Beijing this time, and he was awarded the title of Captain of Shangqingche, Xuan Zhenglang, and General Zuowei......

This official position is the fifth grade, but it is a military position, and even if the martial arts officials see the seven-rank county order, they do not dare to be arrogant, but Zheng Juzhong insists on welcoming Zhao Feng with the courtesy of an official, and his attitude is not like words.

It is said that Zheng Juzhong, a Dazai, is qualified to participate in the court meeting, and he is also a leader in power, how can he recognize himself as an official to Zhao Feng, which starts from the official system of the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Cheng and Tang dynasties, the three divisions and the three dukes were not always placed, and they were all added to the prime minister and the prime minister, not permanent positions. Among them, Taishi, Taibo, Taibao; Young master, less Bo, less protection is a positive product; The prince and the teacher, the Taibo, and the Taibao are from the first product; The prince is a young master, a young master, and a young insurance is the second product. The "Three Princes" are more pitiful, Taiwei is better for the second product, and the Southern Song Dynasty has become the first product; Situ and Sikong official positions were rarely seen in the Song Dynasty. And Dazai is from the fourth grade, and too often is pitiful from the fifth grade.

Historically, Zheng Juzhong relied on Cai Jing to ascend to the throne, but after becoming Dazai, he immediately consciously and voluntarily became the guardian of the royal interests and began to say "no" to Cai Jing loudly - this is very rare in the Huizong Dynasty, which has been brutally tossed by party struggles. At that time, since Wang Anshi started the party struggle, the atmosphere of "either friend or foe" and "opposition for the sake of opposition" has lasted for half a century, and a whole generation has grown up in the environment of party contention, and they have no consciousness of loudly expressing dissent, so Zheng Juzhong's behavior immediately made him the leader of the government and the opposition Shilin, and gained great prestige.

In history, Zheng Juzhong died violently, and the "violent death" recorded in Chinese history books, that is, this person went out in the morning and was fine, and when he was carried home, he was a dead body.

Regarding Zheng Juzhong's death, there were many speculations in the Song Dynasty, not to mention that, because history has changed, Cai Jing was driven out of the court early and became an overseas resident.

Zheng Juzhong was able to survive this purge of the court, it was also a pure fluke, he had just come to power, and before he had time to show his position against Cai Jing, Zhao Xing had already launched it, so that he had not had time to express his attitude, the situation in the court had changed greatly, so that he did not need to show his attitude.

However, even if Zheng Juzhong has lingering palpitations about the purge of the court, he should not be so humble, because Dazai has now become the spokesperson of the emperor, and there are not many nosy things in this official position, but Hua Shigang's affairs cannot rely on him, so Huang Tingjian and Zhang Shangying are too lazy to hold Zheng Juzhong accountable, how can Zheng Juzhong still be so humble after the purge of the court...... Zhao Feng could only blame this on his father's murderous reputation.

Off the street. The cries of selling came and went. Four men sat around a square window. While sipping fruit wine. While admiring the people on the street. Zheng Juzhong seemed absent-minded. Every now and then he looked out the window. Finally. He found the target. Hurriedly pretended to be surprised and got up and greeted: "Ah Ye." Zongzheng Zhao Liangfu came over. Well done. It came at a good time. Hurry up and send someone to say hello. ”

Ma Mengde shook his fan. A sneer in his belly. Ma Xi was even more surprised than Zheng Juzhong. Surprised, he asked, "Why is it so coincidental?" Well done. Call it up. ”

Zhao Feng was also sneering in his belly. But he still had a blank expression on his face. Hide it from whom. This teahouse is open to Zhao Feng's family. When Zhao Feng went upstairs just now. Zheng Juzhong specially sent someone out to inform someone. But they have to pretend to be a chance encounter. I don't know. Got it. But you have to be cold for the other party's artificiality.

Zhao Liangfu shook the small gold silk fan. Staggered up the stairs. When he opened his mouth, he said, "Qiaoya." I made an appointment with King Jane to meet on the third floor. Go together, go together. We went up to the third floor together. ”

Zongzheng is also the fourth product. These people with official positions and places met each other. Very welcoming. Instead, he threw Ma Mengde's father and son aside. A few people sat down on the third floor. Zhao Liangfu shook the small fan. Asked Ma Mengde in confusion: "Ma is in charge." I heard that Cai Jing sold officials before. From Brother Ma's hands, he has taken hundreds of official positions. Brother Ma is now often in the business of 'flying across the sea'. Why don't you get a job for yourself? ”

Ma Mengde shook the small fan. He smiled and said, "Do I still need an official now?" ”

Zhao Liangfu looked at Zhao Feng and replied: "Yes, Brother Ma has Zhao Liren to protect him in this life, and the Zhao family will not speak in the future, Ma Xi will hold his stomach and go straight to the ground."

。 When these people stopped laughing, Ma Mengde couldn't help but smile and asked: "Virtuous nephew, you)|This bamboo handkerchief comes, hey, is it possible that your father has not predicted the prophet to this point, and let you bring the embroidered handkerchief to Beijing in advance?" ”

Ma Xi smiled and interjected: "Haha, when you first entered Beijing, there were clans talking about recruiting you as a concubine...... Haha, Zheng Juzhong is by no means a chance encounter this time, even King Jian has been dispatched, I thought it was difficult to shirk this matter, but I didn't expect you to take out the embroidered handkerchief first, you see, Zheng Juzhong couldn't say a word, especially if you pretended to be honest. ”

Ma Meng couldn't laugh back: "I remember that your father likes to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger the most, whenever he laughs honestly, others will always suffer a big loss, but I didn't expect that the nephew is out of the blue, this ability to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger is not inferior to your father." ”

Zhao Feng didn't seem to know that everyone was praising him, so he asked with a simple face: "Oh no, shouldn't Zheng Juzhong go for a while......?" This guy hasn't settled yet. ”

At this time, Yiwu.

Zhao Xing was looking at the two sides of the dispute innocently, and kept muttering: "I don't understand what you said?" ”

Yang Shi always wanted to step forward to translate, but when Zhao Xing said this, he stepped on his foot fiercely, Yang Shi was more old-fashioned, in order to take care of the officialdom decency, he was embarrassed to scream on the spot, in order to endure the pain, he had to grit his teeth and resolutely not speak.

Zhao Xing made a stupid goose appearance, and asked stupidly: "I don't understand what you are saying, so let's do it, you two will be placed in the pavilion first, and then I will find a few people from the local area who understand the official language, and then come to listen to your conversation...... Okay, okay, it's been noisy all day, let my ears be quiet. ”

The attendants led the clan representatives on both sides of the fight down, and Zhao Xing let go of Yang Shi's foot, at this time, Mr. Kameyama was covered with cold sweat, but everyone was present, he could only continue to insist on not opening his mouth.

The attendants led the people out and waited under the corridor according to the regulations, waiting for Zhao Xing's further arrangements, Zhao Xing arranged, and he ordered: "Charter a building and place both sides of the fighting in the building." They're not criminals, so they shouldn't be sent to jail, right?

However, this building needs to be carefully selected, you go to arrange it first, there is no porcelain in the building, the bowl for eating must be a wooden bowl and a wooden spoon, in short, a principle: anything that may become a murder weapon is not allowed to appear in the building, and tables, chairs and benches are no exception.

Well, I also heard that there are martial arts masters who can tie cloth into sticks, so bed sheets and other things are exempt, just use straw mats, and bed boards can't be available, I'm afraid they will use them to smash people. Anyway, I don't want to find something in the building that can pick up and smash people.

The accommodation is also arranged in such a room for two people, and these two people must also be rivals of equal status, and they are forbidden to go out of the room during the period of control; Give them an hour every day to let the wind out, but room by room, and you have to make sure that they are only allowed to see the people in the room and the guards during the period of these people's control, so as to prevent them from communicating in private......"

Zhao Xing carefully explained his arrangement, and Yiwu County Commander kindly reminded: "Taishi, the master who understands the local dialect can be found everywhere, there are ready-made ones in my yamen, and the master needs them, I will call them immediately, not to say much, but there are many such masters." ”

Yang Shi finally couldn't help it, he ignored the officialdom's decent breach and scolded Yiwu Zhixian: "Bastard, don't you see how bitter I endured, Master Taishi needs a tongue person, and he has already let me speak, why use you stupid mouth." ”

The Yiwu County Commander suddenly paused, and he asked cautiously: "Master, I don't know how long you have to wait...... I mean, how long will it take for the Master to tell them that the Tongue Man has been found? ”

Zhao Xing smacked his lips: "The clan fight is very complicated and complicated, and it is inconvenient for the government to participate, because there is no reason to say who is justified in this matter." When the two sides understand the negotiation and no longer blindly believe in violence, then let them out and tell them that they must negotiate a solution before they are allowed to go home, and if they don't solve it for a day, then negotiate for a day, and if they don't solve it for a year, then negotiate for a year, I have patience and can afford to wait. ”

After a pause, Zhao Xing immediately asked again: "What is the situation in Yiwu County?" ”

The county official thought that Zhao Xing was asking about taxes, and immediately replied: "Yiwu County is close to Huhuan Mountain, since the Taishi opened an artillery training ground in the mountains, those soldiers are well paid, and they always buy daily necessities locally, so the people's lives are still passable.

Since the discovery of mineral deposits in the local area, this day is immediately different, Lord Taiwei stipulates that the mining profits are set aside by the local forty percent, which is forty percent, we and the township elders will each share their half, the government gets the two percent, one percent is used to maintain the county government, one percent is paid as a tax, Yiwu County has relied on mineral deposits in recent years, and the tax is rising steadily, the original small poor county, now than Wang County is not bad. ”

Zhao Xing retorted: "I asked about the lives of the people, not about your taxes...... That's it, it's useless to tell you this, I'm going to recruit 5,000 troops in Yiwu, and I'll write down the recruitment conditions when I turn around, and you send the government to the countryside, be sure to notify the townships and villages, this recruitment involves a lot, don't be sloppy. ”

The magistrate was overjoyed and replied yes.

Since the last time the Vermilion Bird Army made a mutiny in the palace, the army under Zhao Xing is famous for its generous treatment, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty also know that the soldiers under Zhao Xing are not ordinary soldiers, they are all officials, all of them hold the title of "general", and usually seek the official position of a general, I don't know how much favor to trust, how much money to spend, but as long as Zhao Xing's recruiting officer takes a fancy to him, he will immediately be a "general", and the salary is equivalent to a county order, and the oil and water he makes is more than the county order.

Zhao Xing in all wars, always pursued a zero-contact style of play, he hoped to use his advantage in long-range firepower to bully those barbarians who did not know how to create, in this style of play, the army's casualties were pitiful, which is Zhao Xing's army has a shockingly low casualty rate.

In general, being a soldier under Zhao Xing is not dangerous, and he does not need to tattoo words on his face, and the salary is rich enough, and for the enemy, Zhao Xing is never afraid of robbery, Zhao Xing's soldiers robbing the enemy is not a crime, it is a merit, compared to the total income from being a soldier, the danger is almost negligible, therefore, even the magistrate heard the news, he was quite moved, he asked tentatively: "How many nephews are there below, since childhood."

Could you please teach the Captain? ”

Zhao Xing raised three fingers and replied calmly: "I have three conditions for recruiting soldiers: don't mix in the market; Those who have relatives and nephews as officials do not want to; Don't ...... if you're narrow-minded."

The angry Yang Shi relieved the pain at this time, and he explained angrily: "In short, the conditions for recruiting soldiers are to put it bluntly: people are stupid, bold, and obedient. ”

"Great!" Zhao Xing's face was not red and his heart was not beating and he high-fived and praised: "Straightforward, this condition is clear, do you understand?" ”

The magistrate understood, he retreated gloomily, and after he left, Zhao Yun asked in surprise: "Father-in-law, we already have Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu, do we still want to expand the army?" ”

"This is not enough, I still lack a soul in my team, the soul that dares to fight to the end and fights to the death, that is to say, I still lack a hand-to-hand combat team", Zhao Xing said with emotion: "You know, why the army began to collapse when the casualties reached one-third, and this collapse can't actually be blamed on the soldiers, because a wounded person needs at least two people to carry a stretcher, even if it is a corpse, it also needs two people to carry the body bag, so the soldiers are killed or injured to one-third, which means that all soldiers who have no casualties are responsible for taking care of the wounded soldiers- They no longer have the manpower to fight.

But the people of Yiwu are different, they are seriously injured, even if they have a hand cut off, they can fight with their own wounds. At that time, I saw in Shanliang Mountain, they were all wounded, and they fought endlessly, everyone was wounded, this kind of strong combat effectiveness made me shudder, in this life, I have never seen such a strong enemy.

Since they may be the most terrible enemies, then we had better turn them into our subordinates before they become enemies, this is what I do, I want to recruit them, organize them into the two armies of Qinglong and White Tiger, cooperate with Suzaku and Xuanwu, and reorganize them into the army of the four divine beasts, which will be my upper four armies.

The Fourth Army of Demons and Monsters has been formed early, and now the soldiers make too much money, and they only want to be familiar in the army, and even those Yi people want to return to their hometown to become officials after retiring, I need a new fish to cheer up the Fourth Army of Demons and Monsters, and tell them that it is difficult to live under me. ”

In the capital, Zhao Feng didn't wait for Zheng Juzhong to come over to pay after all, and soon after the guy left, the maid in the building came to report: "Lord Zheng took the opportunity to change clothes, got into the carriage and left, and the slaves and maids followed the carriage for a while, and found that he went to King Jian's mansion."

There are many carriages parked outside King Jian's mansion, and the carriages of King Yan and King Luzon are also there, and there are many carriages of the clan. The officials came forward to inquire on the grounds of recovering the tea money of Lord Zheng, and after the inner hall got the news, King Yan of the Jianguo sent someone to send out the tea money and the money for the box on the third floor, saying that King Jian was not coming. ”

Zhao Feng stood up sullenly and asked, "In this way, I don't need to pay for Zheng Juzhong's tea?" ”

The envoy responded with a smile: "Look at what the eldest prince said, even if Lord Zheng doesn't pay, how can we ask the eldest prince for this tea money?" ”

"Let's go!" Zhao Feng raised his feet and greeted Ma Xi: "Brother Ma, it's still early today, we only saw half of the street, and the second half, go quickly." ”

Ma Meng sat still: "I'm old, my legs and feet are inconvenient, my nephew will go by himself, I'll drink tea here for a while and take a look at the scenery." ”

Ma Xi went downstairs and asked puzzledly: "What is the scenery on the street?" How stupid is my father! ”

Zhao Fengren regained his wit behind him, and he replied: "My father once said: Human feelings and sophistication are the best scenery in the world, which is called 'life'!" ”

Walking to the door of the building, Ma Xi turned around to look at the small building, and muttered in disbelief: "That's it?" ”

Zhao Feng didn't answer, he pulled Ma Xi's sleeve and walked down the street, on the window sill on the second floor, Ma Mengde looked at the backs of the two children with a smile, and said to himself in his heart: "The children have grown up." ”

This time, the turmoil set off by the clan ended silently, and it was already strangled by Zhao Feng before it could let the ministers of the court know. Afterwards, the daughter of the clan who was proposed to marry was named the "Lord of Changguo County", the so-called Changguo, that is, the Zhoushan Islands opposite the mouth of Hangzhou.

Previously, a little earlier, another descendant of Zhezong, King Jian, was transferred to the title of "King Lü", and the fief was Bo Ni, so people used to call Bo Ni "Luzon" in the future, and that King Lu was also called "King of Luzon".

In November, after Zhao Xing summoned 5,000 Yiwu people, this time he planned to train himself, so he led this recruit into Huhuan Mountain to train them with his own hands. The training method is nothing more than the training methods of the SWAT unit he watched in the movie, plus some training techniques of the Song Dynasty.

With the success of the development of the new gun in Quang Nam, in the first month of the Xuanhe year, this new breech-loading rifle was officially equipped with the army, so this rifle was named "Xuanhe-style rifle".

The Xuanhe-style rifle is close to the later rear-loading smoothbore guns, but it is limited to the level of craftsmanship of this era, and Zhao Xing can't make rifles here. But even so, this kind of rifle, which is loaded with one bullet at a time, or fed by a magazine, has an astonishing rate of fire, reaching more than ten rounds per minute. It is conceivable that a volley of musketeers at such a speed would be enough for three thousand men to resist a cavalry of ten thousand.

This musket was also equipped with a bayonet, because it was a smoothbore gun, the bayonet was easy to install, it was mounted under the muzzle so that it did not interfere with the shot.

During his training, Zhao Xing also regarded assassination skills as a training goal, requiring soldiers to master shooting accuracy and daring to bayonet when the enemy rushed in.

In December, the mountainous area of Huhushan Mountain was already very cold, this year, Taihu Lake froze again, Zhao Xing sat by the fire, put on a heavy coat, while watching the soldiers hold shooting training, while reprimanding loudly: "Don't shake the muzzle, bastard, I have already reminded you, no matter how many enemies rush in, don't be afraid, you just aim at the enemy in front of the muzzle, if there is no enemy in front of the gun, aim to the right in turn."

Bastards, dumbas, fools...... Don't you understand this truth, if you thousands of you hit an enemy at the same time, then what will happen to the enemy who escapes the net, he will rush to you and cut you with a knife, so ask each of you to aim at the enemy in front of you, and this is to tell everyone to do his duty. ”

Zhao Xingzheng was scolding happily, Jin Buer flashed in, approached Zhao Xing's side and whispered: "The third prince received ten fast guns and took a few attendants out, he said that he wanted to be a ranger in the world, and he didn't plan to come back this time." ”