It was already lunch time while talking, and Wuding Hou left him for lunch, and there was no excuse.

He and Wudinghou are actually in-laws, Wudinghou's daughter is his sister-in-law, and she is really her own family.

"The little nephew is in a hurry, and he came from the Gao Xiang's Mansion again, and he didn't bring any gifts." Besides.

"Don't bother, I still lack something here, it's enough for you to come. In the future, you will talk when you have something, and you will often come back to see it if you have nothing to do, and treat this place as your home. "Wuding Hou said.

Lunch was very simple, it was an ordinary family banquet, and Brother Zhao Yang and Brother Zhao Yan accompanied them and ate together.

"Why didn't the old man go to work in the yamen?" Besides, he asked.

"There's nothing going on in the yamen, just take a turn every few days, and if there's anything really going on, they'll come and report to me right away." Wuding Hou Dao.

"But my eldest brother goes to work every day, is the Beijing Governor's Mansion more leisurely than the Nanjing Governor's Mansion?" Besides.

"Hmph, where does he like to work, he just doesn't like to stay at home." When Marquis Wu Dinghou heard this, his face sank, obviously not very satisfied with his son-in-law.

Zhao Yan hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother, the Governor's Mansion is such a place, there is nothing to do in normal times, nothing more than browsing some military newspapers from all over the world. Only when the emperor wants to use troops abroad will he be busy. The Ministry of War sent the holy decree to the Governor's Mansion to appoint which Metropolitan Governor would lead the troops to battle. This governor will order his troops according to the holy decree, and then swear to go on the expedition. When the battle is over, the army returns, the soldiers and generals return to their original guards, and the governor returns the seal to the military department and returns to the governor's mansion, which is the general process. ”

Wuding Hou said: "This is the rule set by Emperor Taizu, called the impermanent commander of the army, the commander of the impermanent soldiers, the military department has the right to transfer troops, but there is no military power, the metropolitan governor's office has military power, but does not have the right to transfer troops, only the emperor has the right to transfer troops." In the final analysis, it is to prevent the generals from rebelling. ”

Besides, he knew a little bit about the situation introduced by Wudinghou's father and son, but he didn't know much about it.

Zhao Yan said with a smile: "This is a superfluous rule, whoever is full of food has nothing to do to rebel, the strength of a place or a province is simply not enough to rebel, and whoever is whimsical is looking for death." The ignorant and foolish people of the people would raise rebellions from time to time, and they were suppressed within a few days. ”

Marquis Wuding said with a smile: "Don't talk about these things, it's troublesome to be heard and spread to the imperial court." ”

Moreover, all three of them laughed and no longer talked about the taboo topic of "rebellion".

"Virtuous nephew, I originally thought that the emperor appointed you as a commander to let you guard the palace gate, but I thought wrong. Your master is a generation of great masters, you are naturally a young master of science, the emperor asked you to guard the palace gate, and even be on duty beside him, which is also the glory of the royal family. I didn't expect to send you to an overseas expedition outside Cyprus, what's going on? Marquis Wu Ding frowned.

He didn't ask what's going on, he asked himself.

Besides, he smiled bitterly: "I am willing to be a bodyguard for the emperor, it is better to lose face than to lose my life." ”

"It's not that serious, is it?" Zhao Yan said with a smile.

"Why isn't it serious, put my place next to Beizhen Fusi, this is a warning, if you do it well, you don't have to say, if you don't do it well, you will be sent directly to the Imperial Prison, and even the arrest will be omitted." Besides, he took a big sip of wine.

The Marquis of Wuding laughed, thinking that it was an exaggeration, and the emperor would not treat the children of meritorious heroes like this, unless there was really evidence of rebellion.

"Uncle, I'm not joking, it's true, Liu Shouyou said it to me personally." Besides, solemnly.

"Don't worry too much, if you train the troops according to what I said, if you don't say anything else for half a year, at least it can be comparable to the Qi family's army, and when the time comes, the team will pull out to practice the target, and the emperor will have nothing to say when he sees it." Marquis Wu Ding said calmly.

"That's good." Besides, I wiped a cold sweat.

When he talks about it now, he breaks out in a cold sweat and is about to become phobic.

"Virtuous nephew, is there a matter of funds? The household is now an iron rooster, and it is difficult to get money from them. Marquis Wu Dinghou asked.

"He's fine, Xu Xiang, Gao Xiang, and Zhang Xiang will help him, don't worry about not being able to get the money from the household department." Zhao Yang said.

"Yes, brother, this is with the help of nobles." Zhao Yan also said gently.

"This matter is simple, the emperor does not use the money of the ministry this time, but pays out of his own pocket, and all of it is paid by the silver." Besides.

"Silver?"

Hearing this, the three Marquis of Wuding all felt that the situation was serious, and the emperor's silver was by no means easy to take. This shows that the emperor is doing everything to do this, and he is really going to mess up, and the consequences are unimaginable.

"Brother, do you dare to spend the emperor's silver? I'm sure you're striding your way to the edict! Zhao Yang exclaimed.

"I walk on the way to the edict every day, what can I do, next door to me is the edict of the Zhenfu Division." Besides.

"These are two different things." Zhao Yang shook his head.

"Alright, he's annoying enough, don't make a mess." Wu Dinghou said.

Wu Dinghou thought about it, and suddenly patted the case: "I understand!" ”

Zhao Yang was taken aback: "Dad, what do you understand?" ”

Marquis Wu Ding looked at the situation and asked, "Haven't you seen Gao Gong in the morning?" ”

Besides, he didn't know why, nodded and said, "Yes, I came out of his mansion and came here directly." ”

"He didn't say anything to you?"

"No, he didn't understand what the emperor meant, and said that he would go back and inquire."

"This old fox." Wu Dinghou scolded.

"Dad, you are a sincere person, hurry up, I didn't see that my brother's face was purple, and if you hold it for a while, you may lose your life." Zhao Yang said.

Moreover, it was not as unbearable as Zhao Yang said, but he just stared at Wu Dinghou, knowing that he had something to say, and it was a very important word.

"The emperor is determined to open the sea ban." Wuding Hou Dao.

"It's impossible, I met Master Zhang the day before yesterday, and Lord Zhang said that this matter is not in a hurry." And some don't believe it.

"Yes, everybody says that, and no one dares to tell the truth until it's all finalized in the end. Zhang Juzheng will tell you everything in his heart? These bigwigs have become fine one by one, especially the high arch. ”

"And how do you know?" Besides, I wonder if noble generals are not allowed to participate in politics.

"I know that the emperor issued a decree a few days ago, which is roughly to ask us how many troops we need if there is a riot in a coastal city, how much time we need to calm down, how long it can be stabilized after that, whether there is a way to do it once and for all, and so on."

"What does this have to do with the emperor's desire to lift the ban on the sea?" Zhao Yang asked.

"Of course there is, you think, the emperor thinks that if the sea ban is opened, it means that the imperial court will directly trade overseas, and the overseas silver and jewelry will have to go ashore, those places are the territory of local wealthy families, and they can let the imperial court cut off their financial routes? It's strange if you don't rebel. ”

"If you rebel, you can directly put down it, and it's not that you can't destroy them." Zhao Yang said.

"It is impossible to exterminate them, but it is impossible for the official army to be stationed, otherwise, the official army will disturb the people more than the Japanese invaders, and the army is outside, and the silver consumed every day is also amazing, and the silver that comes ashore from overseas is not enough for the forage money of the army, and finally the court has to withdraw the army. After the official army withdrew, it was still the world of the wealthy family. With my many years of experience, the stability of the territory is the most difficult part of opening the sea ban. Wu Dinghou explained.

"Daddy, does what you said have anything to do with Brother Guo?" Zhao Yang asked.

Apparently the more he listened, the more confused he became.

"Of course, why is the emperor in a hurry to promote his virtuous nephew, and let you recruit people, train them into an army, and set a time limit, because the emperor will soon announce the opening of the sea ban."

"What?!" And he stood up in shock.

"It's impossible, if it's like this, if the local tycoons can't suppress it, the opening of the sea ban is empty talk." Zhao Yan couldn't help but interject.

"That's why there is this errand of the virtuous nephew, the emperor wants you to take this new army to the place where the sea is open and the ban is open, not only to suppress the local heroes, but also to open up the sea lane, protect the silver smoothly ashore, and go to the mainland safely." Wu Dinghou further explained.

After listening to Marquis Wu Ding's words, he sat down slowly and nodded incessantly, he finally knew the reason why the emperor used him. Although it is not completely certain at this time, it is clear that Wu Dinghou's analysis is the most reliable.

"Brother, yes, you can just go to the edict prison to report by yourself, then there is still one ten-thousandth way to live, take five thousand men and horses to the coast, and there are not even bones left." Zhao Yang said.

"That is, those Japanese can attack and retreat or defend, attack and go ashore to plunder, retreat to the sea and go far away, the court has no way at all, you go to fight for your life." Zhao Yan said.

"This is the reason why the emperor does not hesitate to pay his own money, and he will do everything to let you train into the army, if you let the household department allocate funds, this matter will not pass at all, and those people will fight to the death. You know how many people in the imperial court come from the major wealthy families along the coast, and in their eyes, the interests of the imperial court are far less important than the interests of their own families. ”

"A group of silverfish, if the emperor wants to completely open the sea ban, he should put all these people in prison." Zhao Yang said hatefully.

"That's impossible to do at all, they are all clean officials in the court, they are not greedy for a penny, they have political achievements as officials, and there is no excuse for wanting to arrest them."

"Then start with their family." Zhao Yang said.

"Their family is building bridges and roads in the local area, helping the poor, and caring for orphans and widows, all of them are moral models, and they can play the role of inscriptions, how can they clean up people's homes?" Marquis Wuding snorted coldly.

"Their only mistake was to intercept all the money that should have flowed to the court. Every family is rich and rivals the country, but the court is getting poorer and poorer year by year. Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh.

When it comes to being rich and rivaling the country, he has a deep understanding that when the Zheng family in Fuzhou dealt with him in Nanjing, he was arrogant, and he didn't even pay attention to the Zhongshan Palace, he heard that the eight families of the Pirate Alliance were actually the combination of the wealthy families along the coast, and they were said to be the eight families, among which the small and medium-sized clans did not know much.

The three of Wudinghou's father and son looked at the situation, revealing a sympathetic expression, if the troops are trained, they will go to the beach to die, and if the army is not trained well, the emperor will definitely not be able to spare him, and it is really possible to send him directly to prison, and there is no way to survive left and right. This pit is dug in a way that makes people want to cry without tears.