Although the Ming Dynasty was able to destroy the Yuan Dynasty and drive Emperor Yuan Shun and others into the grassland, and then repeatedly swept the Mobei grassland from Hongwu to Yongle, and beat the Tatar Wara tribes to pieces, this cavalry and firearms were once invincible two ** treasures, but now it is too far away from that golden age, and there are even a lot of handcuffs made in the Yongle period in the army, and the policy of raising horses has undergone many changes. Now Yang Yiqing, who is in charge of raising horses in the west, is a capable person, so the horses in the Beijing regimental camp have finally been replaced sufficiently.

But it was the Beijing camp and the regimental camp, and now there are 2,000 people in the vanguard of the government army, and they still haven't seen a single horsehair. But this is nothing to the 500 young army who have been sealed with the sword. The title reward and money and food made everyone cheer up, so at this time, he practiced the spear formation that Xu Xun proposed Wang Shouren to improve, although there were only a few moves to come and go, and at first they were only using the bamboo pole that was rounded in front of them, which looked quite funny. But with the initial injury of many people due to lack of tacit cooperation, etc., everyone no longer dared to underestimate this seemingly playful training, especially after Xu Xun ordered the upper end of the bamboo pole to be sharpened.

If you don't care, you're going to stab someone to death!

Kill - In the shouting of killing the heavens, Xu Xun was discussing the matter of firearms with Wang Shouren. Xu Xun's heart was very open, after all, the avant-garde young army of the government army did not have much foundation before, no matter how it was trained, if it wanted to be pulled into the battlefield within a year, it was simply a joke. But whether it is Zhang Yong's prodding, Liu Jin's hints, or even Miao Kui's previous overtures, all show that a bad group of people really want to pull up, and there is only one best way - firearms. Therefore, at this moment, he said a lot of three-stage shooting to Wang Shouren with a dry mouth, and only after taking a sip of water, Wang Shouren picked up the conversation.

"When King Qianning was in Yunnan, all he relied on was firearms and these three-stage shooting. This not only makes up for the difficulty of the continuous firing of the firearm, but also can maintain the continuous output of firepower. Moreover, when Emperor Taizong went north, the Shenji Battalion repeatedly performed miraculous feats, also because of this firearm. But now, except for the Shenji Battalion, the other battalions are saying that they need to use firearms for training, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and if you really want firearms, then you have to be prepared at that time, and those officials who are in charge of gunpowder are all insatiable! ”

In the past, Xu Xun only thought that three-stage shooting was an invention of foreigners, but later he read a popular historical lecture and realized that it was the first creation of his ancestors. However, what he didn't expect was that Wang Shouren scolded the eunuch again after three or two sentences, and he had to sigh in his heart.

This one is really a bull temper that can't be changed!

At this moment, Ma Qiao's deliberately suppressed voice suddenly came from outside: "Lord Xu, the king is in charge, and the little marquis has something to discuss!" ”

With a little marquis, Xu Xun jumped up almost at the same time as Wang Shouren. Although Wang Shouren hadn't seen him for more than half a month, he still wanted Zhu Houzhao, but some time ago, when he was kept in the dark, he did too much and too much pain for His Royal Highness the Prince's ghostwriting articles, and he grabbed the hat on the side almost without thinking about it, and said to Xu Xun without hesitation: "Brother Xu, you deal with Your Highness, I will go and urge them to practice first!" ”

Seeing Wang Shouren slipping away quickly, Xu Xun was simply dumbfounded, but he still had to go out. After drinking Ma Qiao and coming in, seeing his sneaky appearance, he reprimanded angrily: "The little marquis is here and can be brought in directly, why do you have to make a fuss and report it?" But he didn't say a word-just because of this announcement, Wang Shouren was scared away!

"My lord, it's not that you don't know, because of the arrow of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when he was reading in the West Garden, who of the five hundred people in front of us didn't recognize the little marquis as His Royal Highness the Prince, wouldn't it be a good time to bring it in? And if there is anything ill-intentioned, if something happens at that time, you can't afford it. The people are in your barracks on the south side, and the little ones won't lead you through. ”

This big black man, who has always been honest, is not only clever now, but also knows how to play some inconsequential caution, although Xu Xun scolded him with a smile, he was quite appreciative in his heart. However, when he arrived at his own barracks, as soon as he entered, he saw Zhu Houzhao surrounded by several eunuchs, and everyone looked extremely vigilant.

Xu Xun looked at this scene and was simply dumbfounded: "Your Highness, what are you doing ......?"

"Xu Xun, this condition is too bad, it's worse than Xiyuan!" Zhu Houzhao angrily bypassed Ma Yongcheng and stepped forward, and shouted with palpitations, "There are still rats in the house of your commanding envoy!" ”

Xu Xun, who thought that something big had happened, suddenly didn't know what to say - although the conditions of Xiyuan were not good in the past, it was the royal inner after all, and it was much better than the old school field outside the stable gate. As for what kind of rats, he had seen them in his previous life during military training, and even more in the barracks, and once when he lived in an old-fashioned wooden house, he could still hear rats gnawing on the beams of the house when he slept at night, and he was not surprised.

had to laugh and laugh, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he had to step forward to comfort and coax, until Zhu Houzhao gradually calmed down, he saluted and greeted, but when he understood the purpose of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time, he was stunned for a while.

He wasn't Zhuge Liang who frowned, how could he ask him about this kind of thing?

Finding that Xu Xun's eyes were full of accusations about what you were doing, Liu Jin immediately showed innocence, while Zhang Yong spread his hands helplessly, as for the other few who were familiar with him, they were all looking at their noses and noses, and they looked at their hearts, so they looked at me and didn't know anything. So, Xu Xunsuo blasted everyone out, invited Zhu Houzhao to sit down, and carefully inquired about all the requirements of the prince of the East Palace, and he finally came up with an idea.

"Your Highness, I have an idea, and you can listen to me......"

Zhu Houzhao didn't say a word, he was still a little suspicious at first, but after listening to it, he became energetic, and finally jumped up and patted Xu Xun on the shoulder twice: "Okay, it's really good, I know that only you can have this good idea!" However, I don't have any top use for writing poetry and articles, so can you write it? Ah, yes, yes, Wang Shouren is good at this! ”

"The king is in charge......" Xu Xun remembered that Wang Shouren had just fled from the desert, and knew that this matter was pressed on this person who was bent on military strategy, border affairs, military formations and other major events, it was really going to kill people. It's just that the people he knows have a lot of ideas and methods, but most of them can't do this. After thinking about it, a brilliant idea suddenly occurred in his heart.

"I still don't bother the king to rule, and His Royal Highness also knows that he is working very hard now, so I'll find another master. All in all, His Highness went back to prepare the preparations first, and the rehearsal of the rehearsal was done, in a total of a few days, although it was not difficult, but there could be no mistakes, right? ”

"Okay, then I'll leave it all to you!" Zhu Houzhao nodded happily, but before leaving, he smiled and gave Xu Xun a thumbs up, "You do things, I don't worry!" ”

When sending Zhu Houzhao away, Xu Xun took a look at the gap and told Liu Jin about Xiao Jing's attitude before. Seeing that although this old man from Shaanxi was still unwilling, he finally happily escorted Zhu Houzhao away, so he carefully calculated it.

Since Zhu Di moved the capital to Yanjing in the early years of Yongle and designated it as the Beijing Division, this ancient capital that had experienced several ups and downs has gradually prospered. Originally, there were ownerless wastelands on all sides of the city, and the land was vast and sparsely populated, but since a large number of officials and families moved into the capital with them, coupled with the extravagant lords and nobles, etc., these vacant lands were almost exhausted in a few decades. And the influx into the capital to look for business opportunities of the southern merchants are more and more, to the Hongzhi period, the inner city has almost few vacant houses, the government will gradually build a corridor outside the Zhengyang Gate to wait for the southern merchants, and the merchants who go north to do business are also not stingy to build a large number of buildings, so in the large area south of the Zhengyang Gate, there are hundreds of merchants gathered, a prosperous scene.

Compared with the gathering of dignitaries and dignitaries in the inner city, it is not so cramped to build a house here. Especially the giant businessmen from Nanzhili and Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong, those mansions are deep and secluded, and the number of rooms is just slightly less. At that time, in the year of the big competition for the bus examination, many giant businessmen and celebrities living in the outer city gave up most of their houses to their fellow villagers, and everyone called it the guild hall for a while.

This will try to release the list, and each club is just a few happy and a few sad. Most of the people who failed to make the list didn't want to see the complacent scenery of those fellow villagers, and they packed their bags and returned to their hometowns almost on the same day, but there were also people who stayed behind. Some want to see the policy topics of today's science palace exam, and some want to make friends with future scholars, but there are also people like Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming, who stayed just because of Xu Zhenqing's relationship.

Historically, the number of people in the township examination of Nanzhili has been large, coupled with the number of people who have been repeatedly admitted to the examination over the years, so every time they take the examination, the number of Jinshi in Nanzhili is often among the top three in each province. After Xu Zhenqing inscribed his name, he was invited back and forth to go to several back and forth to the literary meeting, but later seeing the huge cost, he asked for his surname and refused, and this day was still under the repeated persuasion of Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming, and then left the hall to visit the Qianmen Book Market.

"Xiao Xu, it's not me talking about you, although you have passed the exam now, the ranking of the palace exam is the most important, you should go to these literary meetings. Only by letting those bosses above appreciate your articles, can you be ranked at the top at that time, otherwise you will fall into the top three, will you be willing? Zhu Zhishan casually stuffed the two Han Chang Li Ji that he had just picked up from the bookstall into Xu Zhenqing's arms, and then said, "As for the cost, you don't have to worry." ”

Without waiting for Xu Zhenqing to open his mouth to refuse, Wen Zhengming on the side took over the conversation and said: "Lao Zhu is right, don't miss the opportunity and never come again, you must not lose a big one because of a small one." ”

Xu Zhenqing's trip to Beijing, in addition to his own pen in Suzhou, the rest is Tang Yin, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming's three people's funding, at this time listening to the two friends left and right, he is not without feelings in his heart, but he still hesitates to accept it. At this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion on his left, and when he turned his head, he saw several big men fighting in the street.

Suddenly, these scufflers overturned several stalls, and even grabbed stools and other objects to beat each other frantically, causing passers-by to retreat again and again, and at this mess, a stool actually flew towards Xu Zhenqing.

(To be continued)