The next day, Jin Yiwei's commander Luo Sigong and his son Luo Yangxing were summoned together. Luo Yangxing recognized Wei Zhongxian when he saw him, so he was not surprised when he saw Zhu Youxiao. After the two knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Zhu Youxiao asked them to get up and sit down, Luo Sigong sat down, and Luo Yangxing stood behind him.

"Luo Qing, I heard from the ministers that the loss of Kaiyuan Tieling was all because of the destruction of the city, is this statement true?"

"Your Majesty, it's true, it's a dereliction of duty, please punish Your Majesty!" Luo Sigong knelt down again, and when Luo Yangxing saw it, he quickly knelt down.

Zhu Youxiao didn't let him get up either: "I heard that during the Korean War, Jinyiwei played an important role, but I don't know why I didn't see Jinyiwei in the battle with Jiannu?" ”

"Your Majesty, in the Korean War that year, it was also a small minister who led the brocade guard. However, during the Korean War, Jinyiwei could be provided by the Koreans with intelligence, manpower and even money, but there was no such convenience in Liaodong, and the local garrison enjoyed peace for a long time, so it had no intention of cooperating with Jinyiwei. The annual salary of the Jinyi guards is only 50,000 taels, and the existing Jinyi guards have more than 7,000 people. ”

"Why are there so many brocade guards and so little silver?"

"There has long been a fixed amount of silver salary, and there are actually not many people, there are nearly 7,000 people in the forty-fifth year of Wanli, but later the imperial court favored the number of Jinyi guards, and the original these people did not take pay from Jinyi Wei, but now they all take pay from Jinyi Wei, and because of their high official status, the more they take, so Jinyiwei's silver salary will not be able to make ends meet."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao let him get up: "Listening to you, it seems to be excusable, let me listen to it." I came to you because I wanted Jinyiwei to make more contributions to the war in Liaodong. If you want the horses to run, of course, you have to give the horses grazing, first of all, I have asked those who do not hold real positions in the Jinyi Guard not to take money from the Jinyi Guard, and dismiss those who are unworthy in the Jinyi Guard, so that you can better feed the people who are in charge. Secondly, Jinyiwei can take part of the funds from my internal funds and use them exclusively for Liaodong, as for how much to take, it depends on how well Jinyiwei does. Let's start from September to August next year, I will take out 50,000 taels, how much will I take in September next year, and you will show me the results of this year, I will be satisfied, dissatisfied, half, and take your black yarn, how about it? ”

Luo Sigong knelt down and kowtowed again: "Your Majesty is deeply gracious, your subordinates are difficult to repay, there is Your Majesty's will, your Majesty should personally lead the Jinyi Guard, and be born and died for Your Majesty in Liaodong to repay Your Majesty." ”

"I want to listen to his words, but I also want to watch his deeds. Luo Qing also has to sit in the capital division, Luo Qianhu I have met once, he acted shrewdly and decently, and was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, specifically responsible for Liaodong affairs. ”

The two of them prostrated together, and called out "Thank you, Lord Long." ”

"Choose capable people, plot rebellion or eliminate traitors who surrender, spy on enemy intelligence, incite righteous people, create unrest in their rear, investigate traitors, and ensure that the incident of Kaiyuan Tieling will not be repeated. I believe that the vast majority of Han people are loyal to the imperial court, if we are really good to them, they will also believe in us and help us, I Han people are more than Jiannu, I don't know how many, Jinyiwei does a good job, the Liaodong officers and soldiers will be easier to win. ”

"I feel that it is a top priority to thoroughly investigate whether the lieutenant generals of the Liaodong Army have selfless slave builders, and once they are discovered, they can be immediately escorted back to Beijing after reporting to the local officials, and if the situation is urgent, they can also be killed on the spot."

After the two fathers and sons thanked him, they left the palace in a hurry. Luo Sigong inquired in detail about the encounter between his son and the emperor, and said excitedly: "This is really God's eyes, my father is worried that you will not be able to keep your glory and wealth in the future, and now you have the emperor's blue eyes, as long as you work hard, you don't have to worry about it in the future." ”

Luo Yangxing said: "The emperor listened to what he just said, it can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to the matter of bandits and spies, and he just wants to do more for the emperor, as for the glory and wealth, as long as there is merit and willingness to do things, then there is no need to worry." ”

"My son's words made my father ashamed."

"My father's words are serious, my father is old, and he cares for his son, and it's too late for my son to be grateful."

Zhu Youxiao is now preparing to reorganize the armament. The first thing to rectify is the Beijing camp, Lu Qin and Zhou Yuji are not good, the officials are too small, and more importantly, they are all military generals, they can't hold down the formation, they must have a civilian official to go, who to find? Now there is no rebellion of the people's army, Sun Chuanting is too condescending to be a magistrate, this person seems to be very powerful in killing the people's army, it is better to send him to try.

The next day, Zhu Youxiao sent someone to send a message to Sun Chuanting, and at this time Zhou Yuji came, Zhou Yuji took out a letter and handed it to Zhu Youxiao after saluting: "Weichen went home last night and picked it up at the bottom of the door." ”

The envelope said Zhu Xiaoqi opened the envelope, and when he tore open the envelope, a few simple words were written on a piece of paper: "My family is strictly forcing me to be a beauty pageant, please return the sachet to me." ”

It's been half a year since I've seen the orb, and although I often miss it, I really have a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to leave the palace at all. I have a deep love for the orb, and the orb should also be interesting to me, so what does the letter mean? I wanted to ask Wei Zhongxian, but I thought that he was a eunuch, so I was afraid that it would be useless to ask him. Let's ask the Hakka family.

He briefly told the Hakka about the matter, and the Hakka smiled: "Our brother has grown up, congratulations." She carefully read the words on the letter, asked some specific information, and said: "Next year, the beauty pageant will serve Your Majesty, this is something that everyone knows, so if you don't want to participate in the selection of concubines, you have to get married or engaged this year, Your Majesty said that this little lady is actually urging you to get engaged." ”

"Could it be that she wants to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, so she wants to return the sachet?" Zhu Youxiao had seen the temptation of money to women in his previous life, and the temptation of power should be greater than that of money, so it would make him sad if he was worried that it was like this.

"Your Majesty should think like this because she is too nervous, if she wants to choose a concubine, she doesn't need to return the sachet at all, is it true that after she becomes a concubine, will anyone dare to frame her with this thing? Besides, there is only one word on the sachet, how can it be proved that she did it? It stands to reason that if she really wants to get the sachet back, she should first return the jade pendant. ”

Zhu Youxiao really put his mind at ease, but he was worried about how to solve this matter? Ke said: "It's better for Your Majesty to explain her identity, and when the time comes, the concubine should be able to participate in her affairs, and then she will be selected." ”

Zhu Youxiao thought carefully for a while and said, "That's too uninspiring, I want to surprise her." ”