The day of the enthronement ceremony was set on the ninth day of the sixth month, and there were still two months before now, which was enough time for the princes to send envoys, and also for Ye Zhao to make enough preparations.

After a busy time, Ye Zhao was idle.

Not only him, but also Xi Zhicai, Li Ru, Fa Zheng, and Guo Jia have also stopped being busy, which is also the characteristic of today's Chang'an official system.

Ye Zhao and the most core people will formulate the strategy and direction, and then assign the task, and then refine it by each department, this process will not exceed three days at most, and then it will be implemented.

The altar used for the enthronement ceremony outside the city has begun to have a rough outline, and in order to ensure that it can be completed within two months, Ye Zhao also specially transferred 10,000 slaves from Zhangye to speed up the completion.

"Childe." Uncle Liang's rickety body tried to take the biggest step to come in from the outside.

"Uncle Liang, calm down, you're almost seventy years old, what if something goes wrong, just let someone do it." Ye Zhao stood up helplessly, picked up a bowl of water from the table and handed it to Uncle Liang with a smile: "What's so urgent?" ”

"I've been running for a lifetime, and I'm used to it." Uncle Liang smiled: "Zheng Gongzi is back!" ”

Although Ye Zhao is now a supreme minister and has the power of the world, but in the Ye family, for Uncle Liang, Ye Zhao has always been a son, and he has not changed this title over the years.

Hearing that Ye Zheng came back, Ye Zhao said angrily: "It's not big or small, can't you come in?" Why are you still tired of Uncle Liang's travels? ”

He was nothing, but Liu Wei beside him stood up excitedly and said, "Uncle Liang, what about Zheng'er?" ”

It's no wonder that Liu Wei is excited, when Ye Zheng came back with Ye Zhao, he was sent by Ye Zhao to enter the military camp to practice, until now, for two years, Liu Wei has not seen his son, although he has a second son now, but his love for Ye Zheng has not changed at all, so he has complained about Ye Zhao a lot.

"Just outside the door, the son has not been summoned, and he does not dare to overstep the courtesy." Uncle Liang smiled.

"That's right, since you go to the army, a soldier should look like a soldier." Ye Zhao smiled at Liu Wei's resentful gaze: "Let him come in." ”

"Good!" Uncle Liang nodded, and was about to run out, but was stopped by Ye Zhao.

"Uncle Liang is sitting here, this kind of thing, just let the people do it." Ye Zhao turned his head to a maid and said, "Go, call Zheng'er." ”

"Whoa!" The maid said yes and trotted out.

"Madam, I heard that Zheng'er has done well in the army in the past two years, although there is no big war, but he has performed well in several military exercises, and he has led troops to suppress bandits." Ren Hongchang took Liu Wei's hand and smiled.

Although since marrying Ye Zhao as a concubine, he has rarely asked about the military, but Ma Nanxiang will tell her some information from time to time, Ye Zheng is Ye Zhao's eldest son, although Ye Zhao said that he didn't care on the surface, but in fact, Ye Zheng's every move in the army was under Ye Zhao's control.

"You said a good soldier, why did you want to go to the army, or start as a pawn?" Liu Wei looked at Ren Hongchang complainingly, although she was talking to Ren Hongchang, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was for Ye Zhao.

"I want him to go to the army, it is to hone his will, officers above the rank of lieutenant and above in the army, who doesn't know that Ye Zheng is my eldest son, don't say too much, just let him be a general, after being known by the generals, how can he still play a role in honing?" Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "Madame, have you ever heard that a loving mother has many defeated children?" ”

"But......" Liu Wei wanted to say something more, but saw a teenager come in from outside the door.

Seeing the group, his face was filled with joy: "Father, mother, second mother, third aunt, fourth aunt, the child is back!" ”

The person who came was naturally Ye Zheng, who had been in the military for two years, his face was a little more immature and elegant, a little more resolute, and his skin became dark.

"Childe, have you noticed that Zheng Gongzi is almost exactly the same as Childe when he was his age!" Uncle Liang looked at Ye Zheng and smiled.

"Uncle Liang, Zheng'er is my son, of course like me." Ye Zhao stood up, walked in front of Ye Zheng, stretched out his hand and punched Ye Zheng, and said with a smile: "However, it's not all like that, when I was fifteen years old, I wasn't as strong as this." ”

Uncle Liang nodded when he heard this, indeed, when Ye Zhao was sixteen years old, he looked like a weak scholar, and now Ye Zheng is a little less elegant than Ye Zhao at that time, and has more fortitude and coldness unique to a soldier.

"Zheng'er, come on!" Liu Wei hurriedly pulled Ye Zheng to her side, groped Ye Zheng's cheeks, and said distressedly: "My son has lost weight." ”

Ye Zhao said: "Where did Madam see it?" I just feel that Zheng'er is a lot stronger than before. ”

Although in the Taiwei Mansion, Ye Zhao will also teach Ye Zheng martial arts and temper his body, but after all, it is not as good as the atmosphere in the army, and Ye Zheng had to follow Ye Zhao to learn governance at that time, and there is not much time to exercise every day, but in the army, most of the time is spent training, especially in the recruit stage.

"Mother rest assured, the child is participating in the elite soldiers who defend Chang'an, there are two eggs every day, a pound of beef supply, and the bread is enough, how can I lose weight?" Ye Zheng smiled and said with relief.

"I said you're thin, you're thin!" Liu Wei glared at Ye Zhao with some shame and said to Ye Zheng.

"Good, good!" Ye Zheng hurriedly said.

"Tell me, how do you feel about two years of training in the army?" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Back to my father, at first...... It's not too good, every day the rooster crows to get up, those teaching and training will be raided from time to time in the middle of the night, and even a good sleep can not be sleek, when recruits, there are a lot of training tasks every day, and if you don't squeeze the last bit of strength dry, the generals in the army are not allowed to rest, and the child almost became a deserter at that time. Ye Zheng thought of the unbearable career of the recruit, and his heart palpitated.

"Of course, that's where the top players are selected." Ye Zhao nodded, the new barracks guarding Chang'an are not like the armies in other places, they practice every three days, but there will be a lot of training time every day, he glanced at Ye Zheng with a smile, Ye Zhao smiled and asked, "Then why didn't you escape?" ”

"The army is tightly guarded, although it will not kill, but once the deserter is caught, he will be punished in front of the three armies, child...... Can't afford to lose this person. Ye Zheng said impressively.

"The training in the army is so hard?" Liu Wei said incredulously: "Who set such a training method?" ”

"Me." Ye Zhao glanced at Liu Wei lightly and said, "The Nefan Camp was also trained like this back then, and it was even more difficult than this. ”

"Sister?" Liu Wei turned her head and looked at Ren Hongchang.

"That's true, now the training of the Nefan Camp has been weakened." Ren Hongchang nodded silently and said, "But although it was bitter, in those days, it was the best time. ”

"Why is this happening?" Liu Wei looked at Ren Hongchang in amazement, and then at Ye Zheng.

"Just like the fourth aunt said, although it is bitter, but a group of brothers in the army share weal and woe, that feeling is not experienced here." Ye Zheng said with a smile.

"My son is the son of a court captain, how can he ......" Liu Wei was a little dissatisfied when she heard this, what is Ye Zheng's identity, how can he be called a brother and sister to a group of soldiers.

"This is the friendship of soldiers." Ye Zhao glanced at Liu Wei lightly and said: "My Ye family is not from a high background, don't raise yourself too high, if there are no these grassroots soldiers to protect the family and defend the country and bravely kill the enemy, how can the world be peaceful today?" ”

"I didn't mean to." Liu Wei complained a little, but when she saw Ye Zhao's face sinking, she suddenly didn't dare to say it, Ye Zhao has held half of the country over the years, monopolized power, and won many battles, and his power has been achieved, although it is not intentional, but once Ye Zhao sinks his face, that momentum is absolutely irresistible.

"Don't be angry, father." Ye Zheng hurriedly said.

"I heard that before you returned, you had already been promoted to captain, and if it weren't for this recall, I'm afraid you would have been promoted to lieutenant by now." Ye Zhao's expression slowed down, looked at Ye Zheng and said, "Without war, it is not easy to be promoted to the rank of captain. ”

"Back to my father, although there is no big war, but there will be a military exercise in the army every three months, those who perform well in the military exercise, can be promoted to a level, in the past two years, a total of eight military exercises, each time, the child can be ranked in the top three, first the elite soldiers, and then the captain, the chief, the team rate, the general, the military Sima, and then two times in a row, the child won a first, only once, you can be promoted to lieutenant." Ye Zheng said proudly.

It sounds very powerful, but Ye Zheng has been taught martial arts and the art of war by Ye Zhao since he was a child, and the starting point is higher than ordinary people, and in the academy, the contacts are all Xu Rong, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, these generals in the army, and Ye Zhao personally instructs, has a rich theoretical foundation, and has participated in the battle of Bingzhou with Ye Zhao, if it is said that from the recruit to the elite soldier is to see the personal combat strength, then from the beginning of the commander, it will be tested to teach the commander, the ability of the emperor, Ye Zheng has a rich theoretical foundation, as long as there is a starting point, It is not surprising that we have been constantly groping for ways to lead troops in practice, and we can achieve such results.

It may sound a little unfair, but in this world, where is absolute fairness? Ye Zheng did not rely on his own identity, but relied on his ability to get to this position step by step, which is already fair and a bit too much in this era.

"After this enthronement ceremony, you don't have to go back." After a moment of silence, Ye Zhao said.

"Why is that?" Ye Zheng looked at Ye Zhao puzzled.

"There's no need." Ye Zhao looked at Ye Zheng and said indifferently: "I let you go to the army, it is to hone your will and experience the hardships of a soldier, but it is not for you to be a soldier, your background allows you to have an indescribable starting point for ordinary people, but it also gives you a heavy burden that ordinary people do not have, what you have to shoulder is not only these, the experience in the army is over here, this enthronement ceremony, you don't have to participate, after the end, I will arrange for you to serve as a county commander as a student of the academy, in addition, you must not take office in the name of Ye Zheng, three years later, Take a taishou and come back to me. ”

Ye Zheng was a little reluctant when he heard this, but he still bowed down and said, "Huh! ”

"Leaving again?" Liu Wei was a little reluctant.

"This time it's not to join the army, you can't help but go home, there are monthly holidays in various county orders, and there will be a substitute, as for how far you can go, it depends on your ability." Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "During the period of serving as a county magistrate, you are still not allowed to reveal your identity, understand?" ”

"Rest assured, the father knows what to do." Ye Zheng hesitated for a moment, looked at Ye Zhao and said, "There are a few powerful subordinates in the army, I wonder if you can bring them together?" ”

"Yes!" Ye Zhao thought about it and nodded.

"Thank you, father!"