In the palace, on the palace of nourishing the heart.

A middle-aged man with a slightly plump figure, wearing a yellow casual dress and a scarf on his head, was listening sideways to a report from a person lying below.

"Besides, you've been riding horses for the past two days? He was so excited that he forgot what I had told him. The man said lightly.

"Long live Lord, besides, maybe he has understood the emperor's holy will, he didn't want to ride a horse, but now he is practicing riding hard, maybe he knows that he will go into battle to kill the enemy in the future." A eunuch next to him whispered.

"Didn't you remind him?"

This middle-aged man is the current emperor Emperor Longqing, and the one standing next to him is Zhang Whale, who went to deliver the goods that day and was angry and ran away.

"Long live the lord, the slave never reminded him, but he is a well-behaved person, since the long live lord gave him ten royal horses, where does he still have a reason that he doesn't understand." Zhang Whale hurriedly said.

"Yes, Jiangnan genius, young master of science, this exquisite trick is still there. Haha, his master Musa Gong is going to find me desperately, saying that I insulted their master and apprentice. However, Musa Gong will understand in the future, I will not let his precious disciple guard the palace gate for me, but let him guard the gate of the country for the country. ”

"That is, the friendship between Long Live Lord and Mu Sha Gong is really a swan song for the ages, and it has never been seen since the beginning of the world." Zhang Whale sneered.

"You haven't had this sycophant since the beginning of the world, can you say something else, something new?" Emperor Longqing sneered.

"Long live the lord, the slave is telling the truth." Zhang Whale wiped the cold sweat with a gesture, but there were no beads of sweat on his head.

Emperor Longqing didn't pay attention to Zhang Whale, but continued to say to the little eunuch lying below: "Besides, how is the recruitment situation over there?" But I heard that he really launched it with great fanfare, and he really wanted to train like Qi Jiguang? I wondered how he could train an elite soldier in half a year. ”

"He is also desperate, I heard that poison has been prepared, if he can't complete the task of Long Live Lord, he will take medicine and commit suicide, saying that he will not go to Liu Shouyou to be a guest." Zhang Whale smiled.

Emperor Longqing laughed: "He's acting with me, acting in a tragic drama and adding bitter tricks, but don't try to hide it from me." ”

"That is, Long Live Lord Shengming, how can there be anyone in the world who can hide from Long Live Lord." Zhang Whale said flatteringly.

"Alright, you all go down."

Emperor Longqing didn't reprimand Zhang Whale's sycophancy, and waved them back.

When the main hall was empty, he smiled and said, "The national teacher can come out, but now there is no one." ”

Behind a heavy curtain in the depths of the main hall, a thin man crept out and bowed to Emperor Longqing.

"Sir, please be seated." Emperor Longqing pointed to a Nanmu chair in front of him.

"Does the emperor still have doubts in his heart?" The national teacher sat down and said with a smile.

"Sir, this matter is not trivial, everyone outside is full of doubts about me using such a young man with no qualifications, in fact, I also feel that the task given to him is too heavy." Emperor Longqing Road.

"Your Majesty, I can't answer what you asked, I only know that Your Majesty wants to count a candidate, and I will calculate such a person. If Your Majesty is suspicious, you can use an old adult to take the lead. The national teacher said lightly.

"No, sir, I don't mean to disbelieve Mr., Sir's divination has been verified many times in the time of the first emperor. However, the stakes are very high, and it has to be related to the success of the opening of the sea ban, so I have to think twice. ”

"Your Majesty, I am just a fortune teller, I can only calculate this, and he is the key person in His Majesty's determination to open the sea ban this time, only he can assist His Majesty to succeed, and there is no other candidate. I don't know anything else. ”

"Well, since Providence is like this, then the only way to trust him is to the end." Emperor Longqing said resolutely.

Your Majesty outside, Zhang Whale looked at the high hall, and said helplessly in his heart: "Besides, boy, I have been entrusted by someone to say a few good words for you, and I have done my best." ”

He knew that the emperor asked everyone to withdraw to discuss with the mysterious national teacher, but unfortunately, with his status, he could not know the details of this national teacher. Although I have seen the national teacher several times in the palace, the distance is very far, and I can't even see my appearance clearly.

Besides, the next day, Ji Chang sent everyone out to investigate all over the city, leaving only a few people at home to guard. When he went to the yamen, he took only four guards with him.

Zhou Dingcheng went to urge his contact person to send the candidate over quickly, if there is no big problem with this channel, even if there is a mistake in the external recruitment, it will not be a big problem.

The clerks in the sixth guard of the Jinyi Yamen are all busy, and they don't even know what they are busy with, and now they clearly have nothing to do, but these people can find something to do, and they are busy in full swing, to show that they have not eaten the imperial food in vain.

Besides, sitting at his desk, first asking someone to light the fire, and then boiling water to make tea, he is now a little used to the gloomy atmosphere here, and he no longer has to rely on drinking to keep out the cold.

Just finished cooking tea, but saw Zhao Yang come in, and said with a smile: "Brother, how are you doing?" ”

Besides, he smiled: "Second brother, how can you be idle, don't you like me here?" ”

"Of course I don't like it, you said that it was not good for you to choose a place, but you chose here, what kind of place is this, let me tell you, the people who lived here back then were scared away, they were all scared away by the screams coming from the Suppression Division, and no one can stand listening to those voices every day."

Besides, he smiled: "It's okay, I'm completely soundproofed here, I can't hear the thunder outside, and I can't hear the artillery inside." One day, I have to suggest that Lord Liu deal with his edict in the same way. ”

"It's useless, you can block the voice, can you stop those unjust ghosts?" Zhao Yang said disdainfully.

"Second brother, what's the matter with you, tell me directly." Besides, knowing that Zhao Yang would not come to play with him for nothing, there must be something, at least something that he thought was important.

Last time, Zhao Yang offered to join the sixth guard of Jinyi, but after hearing about his errand, he immediately quit, and he will never see his figure again, probably because he is afraid that he will be pulled into the gang.

"That's the case, brother, can you reserve the quota of the thousand households for me, I don't want to be your deputy anymore, as long as the quota of the thousand households." Zhao Yang said with some surprise.

"Second brother, didn't you say that you would rather die than join in?" Besides, I was surprised.

"This, I haven't thought about it yet, but I've thought about it slowly for a while, and besides, I've helped you a lot this time when you're looking for a leader."

"That's the old man's help, and it's not your credit, don't sell your reputation." Besides, he snorted coldly.

"We are all a family, why are we so clear, besides, for the sake of your book, I am also running around, contacting various families to intercede for you, have I shown credit to you for these things?"

Besides, I had to nod: "Okay, second brother, you have said this, I will keep the quota of this thousand households for you." Otherwise, you're on the list, and you don't go when you're in danger. If you have military exploits, count you in as a share. ”

"Is that good?" Zhao Yang was extremely embarrassed.

"What's good or bad, I'll give you some of my share when the time comes. I don't want any credit, but that's all for later, and I haven't written it yet. Don't you think it's strange to see that I'm empty here? "Besides, I want to stop talking.

"How can it be that there is no score, didn't you post a recruitment post, when the personnel are recruited, my old man will find you a coach, you don't have to worry about it, and I will guarantee to train a group of elite soldiers for you when the time comes." Zhao Yang grinned.

"If you don't talk about the head of the sect, I forgot, you said that there are so many sect heads, why does the emperor still want Qi Shuai to train his troops?" Besides, he asked.

"They are two training methods, this matter is mainly owned by Zhang Daren, and the military department does not like Qi Shuai, it is only because Zhang Daren promised the court that Qi Shuai will train the troops, and the court agreed. Those instructors mainly train the Beijing army, and there are other people in the border army to train them, and now the training is booming, and there are many people training troops in various places, and it is not only Qi Shuai's family. Zhao Yang said.

As he spoke, suddenly a guard shouted outside the door and demanded to be summoned.

Besides, he sent a message to let him in, and after the guard came in, he said excitedly: "My lord, there are really people making trouble, and they are still people from within us." ”

"What's going on, you brainless person, explain it to me." Besides, he asked.

"My lord, that's right, we went out to inquire, and it turned out that where we posted the recruitment post, there were people nearby who said to those who were interested that the post was a lie, and there was no such thing at all. These people are still wearing our brocade clothes, so I can't help but be disbelieved. We checked, those people are really Jinyiwei's people, we went out and met a few, and we were really angry, so we fought with them. ”

Besides, he frowned and said, "The fight started, did you suffer?" ”

"Nope." The guards triumphed.

"We knocked them all down, but after the fight, we realized that it was the person who commanded Qin. They did so on the orders of Qin's commanders. We're afraid we'll get you in trouble, so we're going to come back and report it. ”

"Well played, what's the trouble here, I'm not afraid of this trouble! It doesn't matter who instructed it, it will be the same. How many have you caught, but it's a human witness? ”

"My lord, no, we thought we were in trouble, so we ran away."

Besides, he was furious: "Waste, what are you running from, hurry back to the city to find it, arrest all these troublemakers for me, and bring them here, one counts as one." ”

"Order." The guards ran away excitedly, thinking that they were young and had just taken office, and they must not want to offend their colleagues, so they were afraid that they would be handed over as scapegoats when the time came. Now that they have the order, what are they afraid of, go and do a good job.

"Brother, do you really want to do this, not afraid of getting into trouble?" Zhao Yang was frightened by him.

"What's the matter, isn't this obstructing my office, and it's preventing me from doing business for the emperor, can such a person be let go? When I catch some witnesses, I'll find this person surnamed Qin to settle accounts. "Besides, I'm really in a hurry.

Originally, the deadline was very tight, and I didn't know if I could hand over to the emperor at that time, but this Qin Duanming suddenly appeared and disrupted the recruitment plan. Is it tolerable or unbearable!

Besides, I thought to myself, even if I am the wronged leader, I have to find a backer, but I didn't expect you Qin Duanming to report by yourself!