Chapter 424: Thriving

In the next few days, Xue Shao spent time in the busyness of the new yamen of the Martial Arts Academy and the sweetness of the newlywed.

Princess Taiping, who was a wife at the beginning of her love, put her heart completely on Xue Shao's body. It seems that everything she has done in her life is for Xue Shao. From the progress of Xue Shao's work to the wrinkles of each of his clothes, Princess Taiping had to take care of them all.

Xue Shao never thought that Princess Taiping, who had only enjoyed being pampered since childhood, would become a good wife and mother after she was newly married and took care of him meticulously. It is true that Princess Taiping will not personally wash and cook for Xue Shao, but her subordinates have never lacked top "talents" in this area. Xue Shao sometimes even felt a little uncomfortable, because Princess Taiping and her "assistant team" took care of him almost like a cripple who could not take care of himself.

Even the moon slave was about to be "unemployed", and Xue Shao saw that she was idle all day long, so he brought her and Wu Ming to the Martial Arts Academy as a personal assistant. After all, these two people are the most loyal and familiar to Xue Shao, and they are very easy to summon without scruples.

Although there are many and complicated things in the martial arts academy, because of Wu Zetian's personal attention and assistance, it is carried out quite smoothly. In less than three days, almost all the human resources that Xue Shao wanted had arrived. There are Xiao Zhizhong, Li Xianyuan, Zhong Shaojing, Su Wei and Liu Youqiu, Wu has ten personal entourages brought by Guo Yuanzhen, Xue Chuyu and Zuo Fengchenwei, plus Wu Ming and Yuenu, two personal assistants, and Shangguan Wan'er, the "senior secretary" who is named in the Lecture Martial Arts Academy and is responsible for communicating with the Queen of Heaven, these people together formed the first batch of organizational teams of the Lecture Martial Arts Academy.

Although it is not said that there are many talents, both civil and military, at least Xue Shao no longer feels that it is difficult to support himself.

The problem of personnel matching is solved, and other things are solved accordingly.

Xue Shao first moved the Xuanwu Academy from the Xuanwu Hall of the Ming Dynasty harem to the Beiya School Yard outside the palace wall, and became neighbors with Yu Linwei. In this way, it will be much more convenient for the people of the martial arts academy to enter and leave the official office to do things, and they will no longer have to be constrained by the prohibitions of those palaces. Yu Linwei's two bigwigs, Cheng Wuting and Li Jinxing, took good care of Xue Shao, not only giving them the best military buildings and school grounds, but also sending many sergeants to help Xue Shao move and settle down. Within the scope of his ability, some of the military supplies that Xue Shao needed were also provided by the Yulin Army.

The efficiency of military personnel is high, and within a few days, a temporary new "military academy" was established. Compared with the temporary institution that lived in the Xuanwu Palace, the current Jiangwu Academy is quite a bit of a formal yamen with a military academy. According to Xue Shao's plan, this new martial arts academy, which covers an area of nearly 100 acres, is divided into several clear parts, including office offices, guest classrooms and meeting halls, as well as special dining halls and military dormitories, as well as school fields and water and grass woodlands for horse grazing.

Xue Shao's career in the Lecture Martial Arts Academy has finally made a good start, and it is thriving.

It can be seen that Wu Zetian really cares about the Martial Arts Academy, she brought Xue Shao's immediate boss, Cen Changqian, the head of the military department, and Xue Kegou, the head of the household department in charge of finance, to inspect it three times, in addition to paying close attention to the work process of the martial arts academy, she also repeatedly ordered not to be harsh on the military academy financially, and all the manpower and material resources that Xue Shao wanted, the imperial court must meet them to the greatest extent.

The people who spoke about the martial arts academy were of course overjoyed and motivated when they got the news. Only Xue Shao, Cen Changqian, and Xue Kegou knew in their hearts that on the surface, it seemed that the queen of heaven was now taking great care of Xue Shao, and almost gave him the greatest convenience. But in fact, there is a deep reason for this.

Not long ago, after returning from the Northern Expedition, Xue Shao, who had made great achievements, not only did not get any benefits, but was also kicked out of the army by Mingsheng and secretly surrendered. But anyone who knows these inside stories all feel that the imperial court has mistreated Xue Shao. Unclear rewards and punishments are unfair to the imperial court, especially for soldiers, which is very demoralizing and easy to lead people to disperse.

Therefore, whether it is out of doting on his daughter or appeasing the heroes, it is necessary for Wu Zetian to give Xue Shao some compensation afterwards. It is precisely because of this that Princess Taiping's dowry is shockingly rich, and Wu Zetian's attention to the martial arts academy is far beyond the normal scope.

Of course, Xue Shao knew this. So on the one hand, he thanked the Holy Grace, and on the other hand, he accepted Wu Zetian's care without refusal-if he didn't, the Queen of Heaven might still think that Xue Shao was making trouble because of the previous incident.

In addition to taking special care of the martial arts academy in terms of manpower and material resources, Wu Zetian also did one more thing to appease Xue Shao. In the near future, the imperial court is about to execute the Turkic war criminal Ashina Funian, and the sentence will be carried out together with the reward. When chasing the credit, it was written on the credit book that it was Xue Shao's attendant An Yuenong who personally captured Ashina Funian in the Black Shaw Surprise Attack.

Capturing the enemy chieftain alive is a great military feat.

Although An Yuenong (Yuenu) is not a real Tang soldier, as an ordinary person, he has made such a great contribution, and he must be rewarded heavily. In addition, when Xue Shao married Princess Taiping, the moon slave who followed Xue Shao for the longest time and was born and died with him did not become one of the concubines. Out of reward and compensation, or because the moon slave is a rare heroine among women, Wu Zetian is particularly appreciative, so Wu Zetian advocates that An Yuenong should be rewarded exceptionally.

In this way, the imperial court rewarded a woman like Yuenu as "Cloud Cavalry Captain", which is a seven-grade commander, which is equivalent to "official recognition" of Yuenu's military exploits. At the same time, he also named the moon slave as the captain of the seventh rank of Zhiguo, which is the seventh rank of the military officer, which means that the moon slave can enjoy the political and economic treatment of the seventh rank official.

Although the imperial court did not confer the title of minister to Yuenu, so that she would not have an actual job, but as soon as this paper reward order came, Yuenu officially became a real Tang military general, and she changed from a flat-headed ordinary person to an official of the clan, and she is still unique today - a female general!

When the reward order was issued, Xue Shao specially set up a table of wine banquet for Yuenu in the princess's mansion, and invited some military robes to the banquet, and several brothers of the Three Swords Brigade who returned to Chang'an with the army came. The old friends met and the happy event was coming, the wine banquet was very lively, and the moon slave took out the pride of a female man that she only had in the army, picked up the big wine urn and the people of the Three Knife Brigade to fight for wine, and drank a piece of people on the spot.

Princess Taiping was an eye-opener, and she also vaguely appreciated some of the heroic spirit of the army. At the banquet, the princess of the empire and the mistress of the family were quite generous, and she selected a set of bright and beautiful and valuable Mingguang armor from her collection and gave it to the moon slave as a congratulatory gift.

The moon slave was both grateful and liked, and immediately put it on her body, winning a congratulatory voice.

Xue Shao felt very relieved, in a sense, the moon slave was Xue Shao's own "private ownership", and Princess Taiping's care for the moon slave was a kind of magnanimity and generosity. Princess Taiping can have such an atmosphere and mind at a young age, which is very rare.

Time passes in busyness and fulfillment, and gradually autumn is getting stronger...... It's time for the queen of autumn to ask the condemned prisoner.

On this day, Xue Shao had something to ask to see the queen of heaven, so he took Xiao Zhizhong and Yuenu into the palace to prepare to go to the imperial study of the Xuanzheng Palace. When passing by the courtyard, Xue Shao's heart moved slightly...... I haven't seen Shangguan Wan'er since I got married, and there are some things I want him to help with in the martial arts academy, so why don't you stop by and have a look?

So Xue Shao asked Xiao Zhizhong to wait outside, and took the moon slave into the courtyard together.

It was as busy as ever, with many female officials, female envoys and eunuchs coming in and out in an endless stream, and walking was a trot. There are many decrees and edicts issued by the imperial court every day, and there are many requests and approvals to and fro. The prime ministers of the Tianhou and the government hall were only responsible for drafting and drafting the edicts, reviewing and approving those folds, and the specific copywriting system had to be completed in the court.

Therefore, the workload of the court ladies and court officials, the "private secretary team" of the Queen of Heaven, is actually very large.

Xue Shao came in just to find Shangguan Wan'er. He casually called a female officer who hurriedly passed by him to ask, and was about to speak, when the woman turned around, both of them were taken aback at the same time.

This is not called not a family not getting together, this woman is Xue Shao's wife who has been photographed in Bingzhou, Li Xiantong's wife, the Lu family.

After the last merger of states, Xue Shao only heard Wei Yuanzhong mention the whereabouts of Li Xiantong and his wife, it is said that Li Xiantong is currently serving as a military attache in the East Palace, who is not low-ranking but has real power, and his wife Lu is used as a female official by Wu Zetian. After Xue Shao returned to Beijing, there was no news of them, and he thought that he and his wife were deliberately hiding in obscurity. I don't know, I happened to meet it in this courtyard today.

"Xue Gongzi is here, it's really a long way to come!" The Lu family smiled very politely, she glanced at Xue Shao and then at the moon slave behind him, and said with a smile, "I don't know what happened when the son called the slave family?" ”

When Yue Nu saw Lu Shi, his teeth itched with hatred, and he turned his head directly.

Xue Shao said lightly: "You go, it's none of your business." ”

"Then the slave family was rude and took his leave." Lu Shi smiled disapprovingly and gave Xue Shao a proper salute, and then left with a bunch of papers.

"Childe, let the moon slave go find someone to inquire." Yuenu said.

Xue Shao glanced coldly at Lu's back and nodded.

In just a moment, the moon slave called a eunuch to lead the way and invited Xue Shao to the official office where Shangguan Wan'er worked.

Although she was pardoned from the Qiuse Courtyard and was called by the Queen of Heaven to serve from time to time, Shangguan Wan'er was no longer a female official in the inner court of the Liupin Siyan, but an ordinary female envoy in the palace without rank. Her current job is a handywoman in the courtyard.

When Xue Shao entered, Shangguan Wan'er was carefully framing and preparing an edict with several other female envoys. Although there were many people walking around the clutter, Xue Shaobian recognized Shangguan Wan'er at a glance.

Shangguan Wan'er is like this, although she is dressed ordinarily, does not apply powder, and even hides in an inconspicuous corner, she can still be as eye-catching and dazzling as a little fluorescence in the night.