After Li Yanqing arranged the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, he took a few personal soldiers to the East Palace, and yesterday Gao Yu and Liang Shicheng had secretly entrusted him, whether he was public or private, he had to see the prince Zhao Huan.

In the prince's study, Zhao Huan was discussing with several ministers about the arrangements for next year's Kaienke, Li Yanqing waited for a while, a group of ministers walked out of the prince's study, when they saw Li Yanqing, their expressions became richer, yesterday, Li Yanqing roared in the Zichen Hall The court has spread all over the court, and the momentum has overwhelmed the Son of Heaven, forcing the Son of Heaven to have to make a decision to punish the king, this news made the court officials in an uproar, some people praised him for not being afraid of power, and the future is terrifying, and some people denounced him for being arrogant and ignorant, But no matter what aspect it is, Li Yanqing has deservedly become a celebrity in the imperial court.

Therefore, when this group of ministers saw Li Yanqing, they couldn't help but speed up their pace, lest Li Yanqing greet them and be mistaken by others as a member of the 'Li Party'.

After a while, a eunuch came out and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Son of Heaven is invited!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, walked into Zhao Huan's study quickly, and could see that Zhao Huan was in a very good mood, which was also a blessing for Li Yanqing.

"Wechen see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Zhao Huan smiled, "No need to be polite, Yanqing, please take a seat!" ”

Li Yanqing sat down, and when he saw the Xuanhe Seven-Year Enke Plan on the small table next to him, he smiled and said, "Have you decided to open Enke next year?" ”

Zhao Huan smiled and nodded, "It's almost decided, it's just a little late, so this year's release test will not be held, and it will be opened directly in February next year. ”

At this time, the maid brought fragrant tea, Zhao Huan took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile: "I heard Li Gang say that you have to write a list of city defenses to him, to be honest, I am looking forward to it!" ”

"Wechen has already started to write, because the situation of the city is different in various places, so Wechen has to write for the situation in the capital, and Wechen also hopes to try not to have defense loopholes."

Zhao Huan sighed and said: "The biggest headache for me now is the army, there is no elite army to defend the city, what do we use to defend the golden soldiers when the time comes?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Weichen is here for this!" ”

Zhao Huan suddenly perked up, "Is there any good news?" ”

"Yesterday, Weichen had already talked with Gao Taiwei, and he expressed his willingness to fully cooperate with His Highness's combat preparations, and he also adopted Weichen's suggestion to select 30,000 people from the forbidden army to conduct targeted training to defend the city, and Weichen was responsible for guiding."

Zhao Heng is happy, this is the best news he heard today, this is a plan to solve the big problem of his henchmen!

Li Yanqing turned around and beckoned to the eunuch at the door, and the eunuch walked in with a copper plate, which contained a sword and a cardboard box, and the eunuch put the plate on the table and retreated.

Li Yanqing pointed to the sword and said: "This is the sword that Captain Gao entrusted me to give to the prince, and it is his portable sword for many years, as for the paper box, I will talk about it later." ”

Zhao Huan picked up the sword, he was really happy in his heart, which meant that Gao Yu, who held the military power, was loyal to him, "What do I need to do about military training?" Zhao Huan asked.

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I need His Royal Highness to add a title to me, the training envoy of the Kaifeng Mansion, so that it is justified for me to guide the training." ”

The regimental training envoy is a five-rank official, which is the scope of Zhao Huan's appointment, although he is generally a fictitious official, but with this title, he can block the discussion that is unfavorable to Li Yanqing.

Zhao Huan nodded, "I'll appoint it today!" ”

Li Yanqing pointed to the carton again and said, "This was handed over to my father by Mrs. Liang yesterday, and I was entrusted to give it to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"What's in there?" Zhao Huan glanced at the carton with disgust.

"Mrs. Liang said that it was some old things used by His Royal Highness in the past, and the specific ones Weichen had not opened."

Zhao Huan opened the box and looked at it, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "I knew today, why bother in the first place?" ”

Li Yanqing thought secretly, 'This Zhao Huan is really a person who only looks at practical interests, Gao Yu holds military power, he attaches great importance to it, and although Liang Shicheng is confused and stands on the wrong team for a while, after all, he has been protecting him, and the old favor is still there, but he is still abandoned by Zhao Huan, which is chilling. ’

At this time, Zhao Huan pushed the box aside and asked, "When will the army train?" ”

"Captain Gao said that he will start forming today, and he will go to the new barracks tomorrow morning, and then he will start training, but Weichen has some training methods, such as building a section of the city wall, etc., and he still needs the strong support of His Highness."

"No problem, I will explain to Li Gang, and the military council will fully support it!"

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Gao Yu did not disappoint Li Yanqing, and the next morning, he sent someone to invite Li Yanqing to go to the Beidaying together, along with Gao Shen, a fellow governor of the Privy Council, and Li Gang, a waiter of the military department.

"I have already reported this matter to the official family this morning, and the official family has asked all forbidden troops to strengthen training, but he also agreed in principle to conduct targeted training, but the official family also made it clear that the training will be led by me."

Gao Yu's market spirit is relatively heavy, he is not broad-minded, cautious, and quite cunning, although he also wants to make friends with the prince, but he is afraid of being discovered by Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, so he is extremely cold to the military hall on the surface, and even never pretends to Li Gang, Wu Min and other important ministers of the military hall, but he uses Li Yanqing to make a secret communication with the prince Zhao Huan.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "The training led by the Taiwei should be expected by everyone!" ”

Gao Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Li Fuyin said this to slap me in the face!" Can I train the army to compare with Li Fuyin? The leader is not the host, the leader is just to ask about the previous affairs, and the specific training plan has to be finalized by Li Fuyin. ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I brought a hundred personal soldiers this time, in fact, they are all elite troops who have experienced a hundred battles, they have a lot of actual combat experience, and they have all participated in the fierce battle between Taiyuan City and the Jin soldiers, I plan to place them in the 20,000 army, each of them will be the head, and each will lead two or three hundred people, so that they can train an elite army in the shortest possible time, I don't know if this plan can be accepted by the captain?" ”

Gao Yu was speechless for a long time, this plan is too ruthless, a hundred cronies are inserted into it, aren't these 30,000 people his Li Yanqing's army?

Li Yanqing saw that Gao Yu did not respond, so he smiled lightly: "There are many plans, this is just one of the more quick-acting plans, to be honest, after a siege battle, how much of this army can be left is a problem." ”

Gao Yu just hesitated slightly, anyway, this army will eventually belong to the prince, rather than the prince casually handing it over to someone, it is better to hand it over to Li Yanqing himself, and he has to have a great favor, if he returns to himself in the future, he will replace all the low-level generals.

Thinking of this, Gao Yu said in a low voice: "These 30,000 brothers have followed me for many years, I have a deep affection for them, and I really don't feel at ease when I hand them over to others, but I am willing to hand them over to my brother, so according to my brother's plan, a small battalion will be formed for every 300 people, and the head of the battalion will be served by my brother's own soldiers, and you and I know about this matter." ”

Gao Yu's last sentence made Li Yanqing laugh dumbly, Gao Shen told him in the past that Gao Yu's market atmosphere was very heavy, and he didn't understand it very well, but now he knows, isn't this just a bargaining vendor? I'm afraid that I will take advantage of myself and don't know how to be grateful in return.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Taiwei's favor, Li Yanqing will definitely remember it!" ”

Gao Yu was immediately overjoyed, and Li Yanqing finally understood his difficulties.

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The 30,000 army garrison is also outside the Fengqiu Gate, called the new Beida Camp, located in the north of the old Beida Camp, covering an area of about 3,000 acres, and the training ground alone has 2,000 acres, which can train cavalry, can garrison 3 to 50,000 troops, and has set up more than 1,000 big tents.

The 30,000 troops mobilized this time were named because they were stationed in the north, and they were called the New Taipei Ya Forbidden Army, referred to as the New Northern Army.

After walking for half an hour, they saw the military flag standing tall in the distance, and then they saw the endless tent.

At this time, Li Gang followed Li Yanqing and asked in a low voice, "Who is the main general in this army?" ”

"The original intention of the official family was to let Xiangdu command Wang Daoqi to be the commander, but Gao Taiwei disagreed, and later decided that he would be the coach himself."

Li Gang pondered for a while and said, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means, this army is best trained by you personally. ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I'm afraid it's a bit unjustifiable for me to train this army, I suggest that it is best to be in charge of the seed master, and I will try to spend as much time as possible to come over and guide." ”

"The seed master is still in Hebei, I'm afraid it's not realistic for him to come over the training, the prince means, if you can't come to the town, then let Uncle Zhang come to the town at night!"

"Vice Marshal Zhang is in the capital now?"

Li Gang nodded, "He was just transferred back to serve as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, but he was actually deposed, but it is also justified for him to come to the military camp." ”

"This ..... I'm afraid that the official family has to agree, and at present, the name is still Gao Taiwei as the commander, in fact, Gao Taiwei will listen to the opinions of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the key is still on the official side. ”

Li Gang is also very helpless, the official family is extremely wary of the prince, and will never let the prince get involved in the army, otherwise he would not want Wang Daoqi of the Tong Guan faction to be the commander, let Zhang Shuye be the commander, I am afraid that the official family will not agree, this matter is really not easy to do.

"But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still wants you to take the lead, is there any way to compromise?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "I have a suggestion, it is better to let General Cao Yan take charge, of course, the premise is that the official family agrees." ”