When Zhu Qiming heard this, he was shocked in his heart, he never expected that there would be nearly 10,000 elite Beijing troops watching every move of the training ground not far away!

The Ming Dynasty is so paradoxical, the defense is more important than the outside, the country's resource mobilization capacity is already low, and after endless internal friction, even if it is rich in the world, it is difficult to form an effective external tension.

The Son of Heaven is young, how can he have such a deep sense of precaution? Some people around the emperor mentioned the so-called hidden risks out of nothing, but they were just unwilling to let go of any opportunity to show their loyalty, in order to step on the heads of others to compete for favor, so that their weight in the eyes of the Son of Heaven became heavier and heavier.

Wang Zhen! Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth, and when he raised his eyes to look at Yang Pu, he saw that his face was light and light. Many times, the government is inseparable from transactions, at this moment, Yang Pu seems to have eaten him, the prince, and the conclusion of the transaction seems to be without suspense, it depends on what Zhu Qiming makes the deal.

"If Yang Ge has something to say, you might as well say it directly, Xiao Wang will listen to him."

Yang Pu's expression was still calm, and before he spoke, he didn't forget to browse several calligraphy and paintings on the wall, with a slight look of appreciation in his eyes. "The pre-government of internal officials is not in line with the ancestral system, but how can we talk about the ancestral system now? The celebrant has been in power for a long time, and its momentum is difficult to reverse. Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong faded out of the government, the balance of power between internal and external officials became increasingly unbalanced, and the empress dowager no longer asked about politics. ”

No one can make it? Not necessarily! If foreign officials are united, the Son of Heaven is often helpless, and the imperial power is easily hollowed out. The internal officials are different, they are just the house slaves of the Son of Heaven in the end, relying on the Holy Family to gain power, and with the acquiescence of the Son of Heaven, they can be powerful; Whenever the Son of Heaven rejects them, it will be easy to eradicate their power!

Behind the inner official is hidden as the unfathomable holy will of the sea, so the impression left by Wang Zhen is not good, but how dare a prince rashly touch the scales of the Son of Heaven! So, Zhu Qiming suppressed the anxiety in his heart, raised his lamp to drink tea calmly, and waited for Yang Pu's next words.

Yang Pu glanced at Zhu Qiming, and the calm attitude on the face of this tired old minister was gradually fading. "The old man knows that His Highness is embarrassed, but it is a matter of social affairs, and His Highness cannot stay out of it. Besides, His Highness only needs to do what he can do, and he doesn't have to take risks. ”

"What can Xiao Wang do?"

"It's been almost three months, and from time to time someone has informed Lao Yu of His Highness's military training, and Lao Yu has a fixed number in his heart. Daming and Warat bumped and bumped for three years, the small war was unfavorable, the big war did not dare, however, all this will become a thing of the past, Daming will rely on His Royal Highness to taste the victory for the first time, in this regard, the old man is convinced! ”

"Xie Yangge trusts the elder."

"Wang Zhen is persuading the emperor to send a certain eunuch with him to His Royal Highness to serve as the eunuch of the supervising army. His Royal Highness looks down on fame, others are not, some people are accustomed to inviting merit, it is the day His Royal Highness won the battle, the merit book will not be a note to the celebrant over there, if so, the celebrant must be more powerful! ”

If the celebrant participates in a winning battle, even if there is only one person, and this person only has a pair of eyes to come in handy, he will have enough capital to show off afterwards and overpower others, so Yang Pu's worry is not unreasonable. Zhu Qiming returned to the case, raised his eyes and browsed the interior furnishings indifferently, and the corner of his eye caught Yang Pu's slightly anxious look.

"Elder Yang Ge, it will face the Tartar thieves one day, and the battle will be extremely tragic, how can you let a prominent internal government like the celebrant send a senior officer to accompany the army to commit danger? According to Xiao Wang, low-status eunuchs such as the Straight Palace Eunuch and the Imperial Horse Eunuch are more suitable to send personnel to serve as eunuchs in the supervising army. ”

Yang Pu was slightly shocked, and the smile between his eyebrows and eyes naturally revealed. He got up and paced a few steps, and said categorically: "Those five hundred pro-guards are too unreasonable!" The five armies all don't care about the Governor's Mansion, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong don't care, the old man can't be idle, and tomorrow morning the old man will go to face the saint, and advise the emperor to strictly punish those people, and give His Royal Highness the power of life and death. ”

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After lunch the next day, news came out from the palace that the palace annex had been repaired, and the emperor drove to the palace courtyard and passed Zhu Qiming to see the driver.

The palace annex is located in the north of the western end of the palace, about half a mile away from the palace of the concubine, and is separated from the outside world by a high wall.

When Zhu Qiming came to the outside of the courtyard, he saw dozens of chamberlains and palace maids standing respectfully beside the road, and Wu Yangyang occupied most of the passage.

After passing through a passage more than two feet deep, entering the courtyard, a small pond of clear water comes into view. There are two rows of flower forests by the pool, and a corridor is close to the small pond, leading directly to the palace and a row of houses on the north side of the palace.

When I arrived at the palace, I saw the emperor standing on the corridor and watching the scenery by the railing, his face was indifferent and thoughtful. At the edge of the flower forest a few zhang away from the emperor, Wang Zhen stood with more than ten guards, although he did not look at Zhu Qiming directly, but just look at his demeanor, he knew that they had a trace of caution.

Zhu Qiming stepped forward quickly, and was about to give a salute, but was stopped by the emperor waving his hand.

"Third brother, the military department and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies have neglected to supervise, and the five hundred people from the two guards of Yulin are messing around there, ridiculous! I have decreed that those 500 people, in addition to being controlled by the eunuchs of the prison army during the war, will obey your orders in battle and training, you don't have to have too many scruples, whoever dares to disobey will be engaged in military law! ”

Thinking that Yang Pu is worthy of being a downright person who does what he says, he made the emperor firm in his holy will so quickly, and Zhu Qiming was grateful. "It's all to blame for the minister's lack of control, thank you for your compassion."

"You went to Yang Pu's house three times to visit, it seems that Yang Pu treats you differently!" The emperor turned around and stared at Zhu Qiming, "You must have talked about many interesting things, you might as well talk about it, I am quite curious." ”

Zhu Qiming couldn't help but glance at Wang Zhen in the distance, and for some reason, he only felt that one of his hearts was pounding. "Your Majesty, that old man loves to teach people, and the minister doesn't want to get along with him, but he always says that he has served the holy decree, and the minister has to listen to his chatter, and he is tired of listening, so he pours out the bitter water of military training, which makes Yang Pu shut up. The minister was in a hurry, and said that he had leaked his mouth, and it was a matter of the dignity of the pro-guard army, so please forgive your majesty! ”

The emperor pondered for a moment. Turning his eyes at Wang Zhen, he chuckled a few times, and grabbed Zhu Qiming's sleeve, "What a crime!" He immediately pointed around and said proudly: "Third brother, you see, this place is not bad, right?" ”

Such a remote place, colder than the cold palace! Zhu Qiming was extremely unhappy in his heart, but said: "It's quiet here." However, after this repair, it must cost a lot of silver, and the minister is uneasy. ”

The emperor's face was slightly gloomy, as if he had been touched by the hidden thoughts, "Yang Pu said, the guards and troops all over the world are watching with wide eyes, so the treatment of the five hundred guards cannot be compared with the Yuefu guards, but the equipment cannot be ignored. ”

Zhu Qiming's heart was relieved when he heard this, Yang Pu was really thoughtful, and he didn't wait for him, the prince, to entrust him, so he made a statement in front of the Son of Heaven on his own, which saved him a lot of trouble as a prince. "This expedition is only to fight against the Tartar thieves, and the elite soldiers selected by thousands of people will naturally be matched with the best war horses in the world, and they will also gather the world's skilled craftsmen to create the best weapons and armor for them."

The emperor groaned slightly, and his face was difficult, "Now there is no shortage of silver in the inner treasury, but the internal and external ministers have repeatedly said that the three major halls of the previous dynasty have been in disrepair for a long time, and the matter of rebuilding the three major halls of Fengtian, Jinshen and Huagai can no longer be suspended, and the silver of the inner treasury is only enough to rebuild the three major halls." ”

Civil engineering again! Chinese people have been fond of real estate since ancient times, and they like the prosperity on the surface, but they don't know where so many historical cities are today? Some incomparably prosperous famous cities were first slaughtered by the Jin people, the Mengyuan people, and then the Jurchens, and the accumulation of wealth for several generations came to naught. On the other hand, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, all the way to expand the territory, opened up a broad living space for the Han people, and the descendants were no longer poor, after thousands of tug-of-wars, they were still able to hold most of the territory, and these territories are still the ancestral land on which the Chinese nation depends.

From a long-term historical perspective, the high temple and Daewoo are very easy to turn into ashes, and only the territory can be left to future generations for a long time! It's a pity that now Warat is gradually compressing the strategic space of the Ming Dynasty, and quietly stretching out his hand to the ancestral land of the descendants of China, a group of bureaucrats still can't throw away the Taiping thinking, and dare not go-for-tat with Warat, fighting for every inch of land, but they are still intoxicated with the face project, and they are dreaming of peace in their fantasies.

Will people die after a few years of hard life on the temple? Zhu Qiming was angry, but he could only remain silent.

The emperor on the side sighed, as if he had made a lot of determination, "That's good, I ordered to allocate five thousand taels of silver to the five hundred men and horses." ”

Five thousand taels? That's generous! Zhu Qiming felt inexplicably disappointed. I want the emperor to have a dream of Emperor Wu, but I don't know how to be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"Great! With the five thousand taels of silver allocated by the inner treasury, the minister went to raise some silver taels, which was enough to buy a batch of decent war horses for five hundred people. ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment and muttered: "Could it be that five thousand taels of silver is not enough to buy a war horse?" ”

Perhaps, the young son of heaven was imperceptibly influenced by hundreds of officials, and felt that spending money on the high temple and Dayu could be a ready-made fruit, which could be seen and touched, unlike a war, and it was easy to make people feel that the war seemed to be avoidable afterwards.

It's a fluke, if that's the case, it's too sad for Da Ming!

Before the silver was settled, Wang Zhen couldn't wait, hurriedly walked over, bowed slightly to Zhu Qiming, turned to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, it just so happens that King Yue is here, and the old slave thinks that the matter of dispatching eunuchs to the prison army has been planned in advance." ”

Zhu Qiming pondered for a while, and said before the emperor: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for being bold and outspoken, the first time the Ming Dynasty trained troops to face the Tartar thieves who entered the Kou, this matter is very important, and the eunuchs of the supervising army should be appointed by the close attendants of His Majesty." ”

Aren't the close attendants and officials around the Son of Heaven all the people who are the celebrants? I saw a look of pride on Wang Zhen's face.

"When more than 1,000 men and horses go to war in the future, they will gallop from place to place, staying on horseback all day long. Princess, I wonder if there are any horsemen and archers among His Majesty's close attendants? ”

Wang Zhen's face turned pale, and he said with a little annoyance: "They are busy with cases all day long, and no one is good at riding and shooting!" ”

The emperor shook his head, "If you are not good at riding and shooting, how can you keep up with the army?" However, there are ministers in the palace and the imperial horse supervisor who have gone out with the imperial examination, and there are still some of the ministers who are good at riding and shooting. ”

I saw that Wang Zhen's face darkened, and his eyes were blank.