Chapter 617: Expanding the Territory, Dog Thief
Hejian City is adjacent to Cangzhou, from Hejian Fu City to Cangzhou Qingchi City, one hundred and fifty miles, horses walk slowly, one day to arrive.
When Zheng Zhi returned from Hejian, he was already thinking about moving the palace to Hejian, which is now the center of Yanyun and Hebei, and many official affairs are in Hejian Mansion, and it is obviously more appropriate for the palace to work in Hejian Mansion.
But the relocation of the palace is not so simple, involving all aspects, several yamen and the families of officials in the yamen. The money and food for armaments in the treasury, and the factories outside the city.
There are also family members in the army, there are too many family members of military and Han people, and when they go to Dehejian Mansion, they need a lot of money to be resettled, and this is still only about the families of the men of the Western Army and some officers, if many family members of Cangzhou soldiers also have to be relocated, it will be an even more troublesome matter.
So Zheng Zhi is also hesitating.
When Zheng Zhi arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw Lao Hu sitting outside the gate of the palace with a smile on his face, a rocking chair slowly swaying, Lao Hu was shaking his head on the rocking chair, and there were several old men sitting around on the left and right, most of whom were missing arms and legs.
Several people were sitting around talking and laughing, but the guards at the gate of the palace were standing straight, and now this sentry was no longer these old soldiers, and the soldiers below the palace were enough. Most of these old soldiers live around the palace, and they gather near the palace when they have nothing to do, and they can be regarded as living for a long time.
Seeing a team of healthy horses coming in the distance, everyone looked up and saw Zheng Zhi beating the horse in front. Everyone hurriedly got up and stood up, waiting to see them.
Zheng Zhi saw these old men in the distance, and they had already dismounted in advance. The old men bowed down and bowed.
"Lao Hu, why are you so happy?" Zheng Zhi saw that Lao Hu had a smug face, and joked.
When Lao Hu heard this, he was already dancing with his eyebrows, and said straightly: "Your Highness, my Lao Hu has a grandson, a big fat boy, if you want to say that the body and bones of this princess of the party are really good, and more than eight catties have been born, effortlessly." Looking at such a big belly in front of my head, I was still worried, I didn't expect it to go so well. ”
When Zheng Zhi heard this, he looked at Lao Hu's face full of smiles, he was in a good mood, and he was also happy for Lao Hu in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, this daughter-in-law is good, this time Xiao Hu is also back, and she should have another one." ”
Lao Hu nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, my Lao Hu doesn't know a few big characters, and I ask Your Highness to help me with this name... ”
"What's so hard about that!" Zheng Zhi obviously would not refuse, and after responding, he thought for a moment, and said: "Your name is Hu Jingzhong, your son is called Hu Baoguo, and your grandson is called Hu Kaijiang, and if you have another one, you will be called Hu Tuotu." What do you think? ”
Expanding the territory is obviously what Zheng Zhi thinks in his heart, and he also subconsciously said it.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for opening up the territory, this name is good, excellent." Lao Hu was overjoyed when he heard this.
But as soon as the old nonsense finished speaking, an old man with only one arm next to him hurriedly stepped forward with a smile, and said: "Your Highness, the little one also has a grandson, can Your Highness also help choose a name." ”
When the old man heard this, he stretched out his hand to catch up twice, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Go, go, your grandson is five years old, isn't it called Zhang Musheng?" What's the name? ”
"Your grandson asked His Highness to choose a name, and my grandson should also let His Highness choose a name." The old man with a broken arm pulled Lao Hu's arm and said seriously.
When Zheng Zhi heard this, he also smiled and said: "The name Mu Sheng is not bad, I think I asked someone to calculate a hexagram, and I called Mu Sheng if I lacked wood." It's good, I don't need to change it. ”
As soon as Zheng Zhi's words came out, the old man with a broken arm looked a little regretful.
But I heard Zheng Zhi say again: "Your grandson is five years old this year? Kyle is also more than five years old this year, and will be six years old soon. Why don't you let your grandson study and practice martial arts with Kai'er? Later, when the two grew up, they also had a care. ”
When the old man with a broken arm heard this, his regret disappeared, and he said with joy in his mouth: "It's good, but according to His Highness's orders." Being able to accompany His Royal Highness King Zhao to study and practice martial arts is Mu Sheng's blessing. ”
Zheng Zhiben also had a temporary idea, thinking about giving Zheng Kai's entire partner, but at this time he had a plan again, and turned around and shouted: "Duwen." ”
Zhou Duwen hurriedly stepped forward and took out a pen and paper, now that Wu is in Yanjing, these things to record orders will be done by Zhou Duwen for the time being.
"Du Wen remembered, next to the martial arts school, a juvenile school was established to teach the scriptures and classics, and also to teach martial arts riding and archery. The descendants of the generals above the head of the army can enter the school free of charge. Those who are fifteen years old can take the graduation examination, and those who have passed the examination, if they are in the army, can directly become the leader of the squadron. Zheng Zhi's move is already to reserve talents for the army, and the head of the squadron is also the head of ten people.
Zhou Duwen quickly recorded. The old men on the left and right are all happy, and it is a great thing that the children of the family can learn literature and martial arts for free, and it is even better to enlist in the army and become officers directly.
This is already a junior military academy, teaching civil and military affairs, and there will probably be more subjects in the future.
Zheng Zhi is like this, and obviously has a little selfishness. This Zheng Kai is afraid that he is "in a catastrophe", and under incognito, he will probably be a student of this youth academy. Zheng Zhi's power on horseback, if Zheng Kai wants to gain power in the future, he will inevitably have the support of horseback.
This juvenile academy is Zheng Kai's greatest support in the future.
Zheng Zhi chatted with the old men for a long time, asked some trivial things, and then entered the palace.
Zheng Kai has been much more relaxed recently, Li Gang went to the river, and Zheng Kai's palms have grown white and tender again. But every day to practice martial arts, Lao Hu even cut a handful of small bamboo nu to him, the cats and dogs in the house, all fell into bad luck, although the crossbow arrows are not clustered, the power is not great, can not really hurt these cats and dogs, but they are also shot in all directions to escape.
As soon as Zheng Zhigang entered the front house, he saw a big man with a small bamboo crossbow chasing a big dog, and a few small maids behind him followed.
I heard the big man shouting: "General Ben wants your dog life today!" ”
Zheng Zhi couldn't stop laughing, there was a wooden stick under the crotch of the big man with a bird, holding a stick in one hand and a crossbow in the other, and there was constantly the sound of beating horses in his mouth, and he was also jumping up and down to make a posture of beating horses and galloping.
"Wow yes... Look at a certain hundred steps through Yang! Zheng Kai was full of posture, flew up, the bamboo crossbow in his hand was out, and the feather arrow galloped away, just to take a dog's life.
How flexible the big dog is, how can it be easily taken by someone, and in the blink of an eye, he hides behind a pillar and shoots his feather arrows into the air.
Then he saw a big man sitting on the ground with his feet, holding his crossbow arm with his feet, and pulling the bowstring with all his might. A five-year-old child, even this little bamboo crossbow, has to use all his strength to pull the trigger.
"The dog thief is going to run away! Drive... Zheng Kai got up again, and the "Jianma" galloped again, chasing the dog thief.
The front yard of the palace was full of officials, all of whom walked to the corridors on both sides, and did not pass through the courtyard, so as not to block the reason why His Royal Highness King Zhao pursued the dog thief. But they all laughed out loud, and they thought it was really funny.
Zheng Zhi just entered the gate, Zheng Kai didn't realize it, and saw that the people in the left and right corridors were bowing and saluting, Zheng Kai turned his head to look, and saw Zheng Zhi who entered the door with a smile on his face, and shouted again: "Father came back at the right time, quickly help me chase the dog thief, I must put it to death!"
Zheng Zhi also laughed when he heard this, and said casually: "Kaier, you chased this dog and scolded the dog thief, but you don't know what this dog stole before you suffered this catastrophe!" ”
Zheng Kai was stunned when he heard this, his eyes rolled, and he replied: "Father, this dog eats and doesn't do anything in the house every day, is he lazy and lazy, isn't he a thief!" ”
"How do you know that he only eats and doesn't do anything every day? During the day, it eats and lazily, and at night you go to sleep, he opens his eyes and stares at every move in the house, if a thief comes, it must be the first to find it, even if there are pedestrians passing by outside the courtyard, it barks in the middle of the night. How can it be a dog thief, and it is seen that it is loyal. Zheng Zhi said with a smile as he walked towards Zheng Kai.
When Zheng Kai heard this, he nodded thoughtfully and said, "Father, it seems that I have really wronged it, and I can really hear it barking at night." ”
Zheng Zhi had already approached, scooped up Zheng Kai and put it on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Bows and crossbows and blades are all things for the enemy, and when you treat your friends, you must not fight each other." If you shoot it with a crossbow for fun today, it will surely hide when it sees you in the future, and you will lose it, which is not right. ”
"Dogs can't shoot, and cats in the house often catch mice, so they can't shoot either. So what to shoot? Zheng Kai sat on Zheng Zhi's shoulder, thinking thoughtfully.
"Shoot the enemy, whoever is your enemy, shoot whomever you want!" Zheng Zhi suddenly replied seriously.
"Oh, but I have no enemies...
"There will be enemies later." After Zheng Zhi said this, he quickened his pace and went to the inner office, which was the wife and concubine at home, and he missed a lot.
There is a big bird on his shoulder, but he is still thinking with his little head.
On the road to the southeast of Cangzhou Qingchi, there are more than 1,000 iron horsemen under the command of King Yan, and they are running wildly. To the southeast is Qingzhou, Qingzhou belongs to Jingdong East Road, north is Hebei Dizhou, Cangzhou, west is Qizhou Yanzhou, east is Shandong Peninsula.
Qingzhou guards the entrance to the peninsula and is the real gateway to the peninsula.
Originally, Qingzhou did not belong to the jurisdiction of King Yan. Now it seems that Zheng Zhi has taken a fancy to him.
There are more than 1,000 iron horsemen, and the leader is Qin Ming, Zheng Zhi promised his life to Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, and now it is time to cash it out.
The city of Qingzhou is in Yidu, and the place name of Yidu has been used for thousands of years, according to the research, it has been used for more than 4,000 years, and has been used until later generations, which is longer than the place name of Qingzhou. In Kyushu in China, Qingzhou is one of them, and now Qingzhou is getting smaller and smaller, and the territory is less than half of Cangzhou.
However, the importance of Qingzhou is the throat of the Shandong Peninsula.
Qin Ming had been waiting for this day for a long time, and even Qin Ming was a little skeptical that Zheng Zhi had forgotten about this matter. But when he returned to Cangzhou this time, Qin Ming suddenly received a military order, ordering him to go south to Qingzhou and occupy the city of Qingzhou.
Obviously, Zheng Zhi is not a person of peace, the north resists the Jurchens, and the south resists the Great Song Dynasty. Zheng Zhi's hands and feet are getting faster and faster, never sitting and waiting, and they are all determined to forge ahead. There is an enemy on the back of the abdomen, and Zheng Zhi, who can't tolerate it, waits slowly, the Shandong Peninsula is mostly a good port, which is more convenient than the Bohai Bay, no matter where you go,
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