In fact, Sima Tu didn't need to come over in person for this matter, but Sima Tu knew that the king had not had much time, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that at present, this prince Zhou Bian was the first choice for the next king, and he Sima Tu was naturally not the young master who always looked cool, nor was he the old silent and speechless son, so he still wanted to stammer, and the truth that he would be favored if he showed favor first seemed to be understood very early. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Although the royal family is weak, it is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and Sima Tu's mind is clever.

However, Zhou Bian was very dissatisfied with these people who were recruited, and asked, "Lord Sima, these people are determined by the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhou Bian's tone could be heard, but Sima Tu shook his head honestly.

"That's what the master decides?"

Sima Tu shook his head again, realizing that Zhou Bian's tone was not good, his forehead was already sweating slightly, and he didn't think about the first thing and messed up, too, he didn't figure out the temper of this little prince, so he took it for granted that he would really pay attention to it in the future.

"Oh, is it the Taibao?"

Sima Tu still shook his head, he wanted to say something but moved his mouth and didn't make a sound, the first time he dealt face-to-face, where did he think that this eight-year-old little prince could have such pressure in his words.

Zhou Bian raised his voice, "Then who chose such a person for Prince Ben?" Look at the appearance of these people, are they still the warriors of my Great Zhou? I wonder what Master Sima thinks? ”

This time, shaking his head again couldn't be mixed, Sima Tu hurriedly responded, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, these people are indeed a little scattered, but I don't know that His Highness is coming." But if the prince is not satisfied, I can change it immediately, but I don't know what the prince wants. Seeing that Zhou Bian still didn't pay attention, Sima Tu had no choice but to grit his teeth, wave his hand vigorously at everyone in the courtyard, and shouted, "Let's go back first, the prince has no other arrangements." ”

Although the samurai were reluctant, they had no choice but to get up and leave. Zhou Mi also went out with him, but Zhou Bian didn't stop him, just smiled at him and nodded. After a while, the talent was finished, and the courtyard was suddenly clean.

Sima Tu wiped his sweat and said, "Then change the prince in the afternoon?" ”

Zhou Bian didn't answer, but just asked, "How many people are there in this palace guard, are they all this kind of people?" Sima Tu had no choice but to explain that they were only here to play with the prince today, so they didn't take it seriously, in fact, the warriors who inspected the palace were still very good, but they didn't behave well today. Is it really good? Zhou Bian couldn't help but think of the guards who were napping outside the courtyard gate that day, so he shook his head gently. Seeing that there was no sound in the surroundings, Sima Tu had no choice but to continue, it turned out that there were only about 500 palace guards, led by five centurions, about half of whom were descendants of nobles, and the other half were children of poor families. In fact, during the Warring States Period, the status of samurai was no longer high, and the armies of various vassal states recruited a large number of children of former slaves to increase their combat effectiveness, and the royal family was no exception. Even if the children of the nobility are down, they either farm or do business, and few continue to be soldiers, and those who come to serve as soldiers are just mixed food and drink, so the quality is naturally not high.

After a while, Zhou Bian had already thought about it properly, since he couldn't pick it up with others, why not pick it himself, so Zhou Bian put forward his own request to see if he could gather these 500 people together and choose his own people. Sima Tu thought about it and felt that since the Queen Mother and several adults had no opinion on this matter, it was up to him to make trouble, so he nodded and agreed, and the time was set for the afternoon.

After eating, Qiao'er was still chattering about the commotion of the gang in the morning, and it could be seen that Qiao'er had a lot of opinions about the mess in the yard. And Xiu'er never spoke much, always just lowered her head to do things, in fact, when she saw Xiu'er, Zhou Bian also felt a kind of sadness in her heart. People can't be resurrected after death, the dead are gone, and the living still have to live, so it's not easy to persuade him, so Zhou Bian asked Qiao'er to help accompany Xiu'er more.

In the afternoon, Na Sima Tu really came as promised, and brought Zhou Bian to the square in front of the Chongde Palace, and this place in the palace was big. I saw that there were hundreds of people in the field, divided into four parts, lined up in a not very neat queue, and each stayed there very casually, some were sitting, some were chatting back and forth, and some simply fell asleep to the ground. As soon as they saw Zhou Bian and the others coming, they were a little more busy, and the chiefs shouted and scolded, and those who were sitting and lying down also stood up slowly. Zhou Bian looked at it one by one, but he didn't make a sound, he really didn't bother to care.

I only heard Sima Tu say, the guards in this palace are all here, except for those on duty and on leave. Zhou Bian saw that there were less than 400 people, and couldn't help but recall that when he was a child studying and doing recess exercises, there were thousands of people in that field, which was like this ancient time. Zhou Bian frowned, "Is there only so much in my royal army?"

Sima Tu hurriedly explained, "There are still three divisions in Shan's place, and three divisions in Zhou Gong's place, and we can't move it." Zhou Bian thought to himself, Duke Zhou will forget it first, but this Shan clan is really hateful, he is in charge of the royal army but is still committed by Han soldiers, and Ling'er's death is also his responsibility, and sooner or later he will have to pay back the debt.

After saying that, Zhou Bian walked to the queue accompanied by Sima Tu. The guards already knew that the group of people who had been selected first had been driven back in the morning, and they all cheered up at this time, and when Zhou Bian approached, they straightened their waists extraordinarily. Zhou Bian looked next to each other, only to see the old and the young, too, in ancient times, the soldier was generally a lifelong system, until the old man could not walk, regardless of the age, there were many sick and weak people, his face was yellow, standing that trembling, Zhou Bian shook his head, and there were hippie smiling faces, as soon as he saw Zhou Bian approaching, he was busy flattering as if he was smiling.

After walking around, Zhou Bian had a number in his heart, and said to Sima Tu, "Can this prince choose at will?" Sima Tu nodded hurriedly. Zhou Bian walked straight to the few people he was optimistic about just now, and brought ten people back, including Zhou Mi.

Sima Tu looked at it, and saw that these ten people were all teenagers, although a few of them were yellow and thin, they were all energetic, and they seemed to be slaves or homeless people. Although Sima Tu was puzzled about why Zhou Bian did not choose a disciple of the sect, he did not say it. The son and the other centurions stood on the other side and said nothing. Those who have a heart should think that this is the future king's choice of cronies, while those who have no heart only think that this is a child's game and should not be taken seriously.

It was Zhou Bian who spoke up first, "Lord Sima, these ten people are about to be taken away." Their prince will ask the prince for another one, and I will conduct special exercises on them, so Master Sima doesn't have to worry about it. ”

Sima Tu nodded hurriedly yes, and after explaining to those people, Zhou Bian and the others left. After returning to his small courtyard, Zhou Bian asked the ten people to stand in two rows. Fortunately, this small courtyard is still a bit big, otherwise it would not be able to stand still, but it is still unable to meet Zhou Bian's requirements for training, Zhou Bian couldn't help frowning, it seems that he has to go to the square.

According to the modern tradition, Zhou Bian first asked everyone to sign up in turn. Zhou Mi stood at the head of the line and was the first to report. Then there were Zhang Jia, Cai Sheng, Zhao Yi, Liu Ding, Uncle Zheng, Zheng Ji, Li Geng, and when it came to the last two, the front one trembled and hesitated, "The little one is nameless, so he joined the guard, my mother's name is the little dog leftover, this is my younger brother, called the dog egg." Several other guards burst into laughter, and Zhou Bian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and finally held back.

Thinking about what is called this, what is called A, B, C and D are all taken at random when entering the palace, and the one who is called uncle should be ranked in the family, Zhou Bian couldn't help but look at Cai Sheng and Zheng Ji, it is not easy to choose a name in the family this year. After thinking about it, Zhou Bian said, "Since you are my people, then don't call them A, B, C or D, this prince will give them names one by one." So he changed his name to Zhang Hu, Zhao Yan, Liu Zhi, Li Yuan, Zheng Ming, Zhou Tong, Zhou Zhan, simple and easy to remember, these people expressed their gratitude, especially Zhou Tong Zhou Zhan was even more excited, the prince not only gave a name but also a surname, so he secretly decided in his heart that this life is Zhou Bian's, this Zhou Bian naturally does not know, if he knows, he will sigh the simplicity of the ancients.

When Zhou Bian was about to give the next order, he was unexpectedly interrupted by Cai Sheng, "Please give me a name too." Zhou Bianqi said, "Didn't your parents take this name?" Cai Sheng nodded, but said, "If you get the name of the master, it will be a blessing, and it will be fulfilled by the prince." Zhou Bian looked at Zheng Ji again, but Zheng Ji said, "The villain should use what his parents have taken, and forgive the prince." ”

Zhou Bian thought about it and said that it was called Cai Wu, so he didn't feel at ease.

Then, Zhou Bian began to lecture again, "Since you are all my people, then I will conduct strict training, if you practice well, this prince will naturally have a reward, if you practice badly, this prince will also be punished." The crowd said yes. Zhou Bian looked at the ten people he chose, and there was a surge of excitement in his heart, this was the first group of people he had personally selected, and it would also be the first group of people he had trained by himself, and he believed that it would be the first force he had, and he couldn't help but be excited.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Bian decided to train first, and in the past few days, the Taishi and the young master and others have been busy dealing with things, so they have not come to teach Zhou Bian. The group returned to the square where they had been, and by this time the other guards had dispersed, and the whole square was empty.

Zhou Bian first asked these ten people to stand in a row according to their heights, which was the basis of the queue in later generations, but it was not difficult, presumably there should be similar things in this era. But I didn't expect it to be so difficult to operate, many people didn't pay attention to who was tall and who was short, just this tall and short order was lined up for a long time, and then taught everyone how to stand in a line for another long time, and this team had a look. Zhou Bian wiped his sweat, he was really tired, but fortunately, although these people reacted slowly, they were all obedient. I think that when I was training in the military, the instructor was also in the same mood as I am now.

When he got to the left and right of the teaching, Zhou Bian was dumbfounded, no one could figure it out, it was not all wrong, but he didn't listen to the order at all, he looked to the right when you shouted right this time, and the next time he shouted right, he looked to the left, Zhou Bian had to teach repeatedly, and he had to let everyone roll up the sleeve on the left hand, and no one was wrong for a while, but there were still people who looked down at their sleeves when Zhou Bian shouted to look left and right, so that Zhou Bian was speechless, and couldn't help but think of his appearance during military training.