"Your Majesty!"

It is not surprising that this Zhu Houzhao came over to see the excitement, because this current prince was originally a character who loves to play as he pleases, however, Xu Xun really didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi would deign to come to this place. At this moment, while he hurriedly saluted, he couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he didn't speak ill of people behind his back.

"Get up, I'm just here to see what's going on with Houzhao for so long, who knows what I've heard!" After Emperor Hongzhi sat down, he smiled and ordered, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "I've been soaking here all afternoon, and I don't know how to visit your mother!" ”

"What my father taught me is that my son, Ming'er, must visit my mother and come back."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao agreeing with a serious face, Emperor Hongzhi was angry for a while: "It's still Ming'er, it's rare for you to have such a long surname!" Why don't you have such a good surname when you study in Wenhua Palace, you are crooked when you sit, if it weren't for the gentleman I picked for you with the best surname, who could stand you being so snubbed! ”

"It's good to have a surname...... I have to say a sentence upside down more than a dozen times, and every time I am asked to read it, I don't say it three times, and I also say that reading a hundred times is self-evident, and I know what things are...... Try reading it a hundred times for an illiterate one? Zhu Houzhao muttered softly unconvinced, and when he saw Emperor Hongzhi's angry eyes sweeping over, he turned his head unwillingly, but said with a little humility, "Originally, if you can't study and use it, then it will become a dead book......

The emperor admonished the crown prince, Xu Xun stood here and suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, originally only planned to pretend to be a wooden man. Who would have expected that Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao fiercely, but suddenly turned his gaze to look at him, and then opened his mouth to ask something that made him very embarrassed.

"Xu Xun, you heard the prince's words, what did you say?"

"Huh?" Xu Xun was caught off guard for a while, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao's eyes brightening, he actually looked at him with expectant eyes, as if encouraging him to help him, and he didn't feel even more headache. After thinking about it, he stubbornly said, "Back to the emperor, Weichen is stupid, he was playful when he was young, and he didn't read many books......"

"Don't be humble, an old and dignified Confucian like the Southern Supervisor Wine Zhang Demao also takes care of you a lot, and he sends you a book, and introduces you to the Northern Supervisor Wine Xie Duo, which values your heart and surname. As long as the heart is good, there is never a bad reading! Emperor Hongzhi said in an aggravated tone, and then said meaningfully, "Moreover, the prodigal son does not change his money, and I take you the most." ”

Well, why did he forget, Fu Rong said before that the emperor was going to use him as a teaching material to mention the crown prince!

Stretching out his head and shrinking his head is also a knife, Xu Xun glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and after settling down, he said: "Back to the emperor, the minister feels that reading a book a hundred times will see its righteousness, which may suddenly be clear to people who have accumulated a lot of reading for many years, but for more people, just reading is indeed too boring." ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao suddenly showed a happy expression, and Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, he changed his words and said: "Of course, the lecturers of the Wenhua Hall are all well-educated Confucians, and most of them will explain from the sidelines, and I don't think they will just let the prince read it over and over again." It's just that their age is too different from the prince, even if they have the same reason, their cognition is too different, after all, different experiences are different. ”

In a hurry, Xu Xun was able to say such a thing, and he took care of Zhu Houzhao's complaints, and took care of the face of those East Palace officials, although Emperor Hongzhi still felt that it was insufficient, but he also praised it, and immediately nodded and said: "You have said a little bit of gravity." It's just that you can't help but be frivolous when you're young, according to what you mean, do you use those new scholars to give lectures to the prince? Besides, even they, standing in the Wenhua Palace, tremble and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool, they can say something new! ”

"What the emperor said is very true, but what if the speaker doesn't know that it is the prince?"

When this sentence came out, Xu Xun immediately found that Emperor Hongzhi's face changed, and Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened. The next moment, Emperor Hongzhi said to Zhu Houzhao: "Houzhao, you go outside and wait first, I have something to ask Xu Xun." ”

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's face full of reluctance, he took a long time before turning back and leaving, and at this time, Xu Xun spoke: "Your Majesty, among the young soldiers selected this time, only a dozen of them are literate among the five hundred people, so the minister plans to teach them to learn some simple characters and the simplest queue. As for those who are literate, they are going to be promoted to the general flag of the small flag and so on, and teach them to give orders. Of course, the ministers are young, and they only have a superficial understanding of the art of war, and these ministers plan to entrust Wang Shouren, the director of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. He was born in a famous family, both civil and military, and has traveled all over the world, and he is in his prime. ”

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi finally understood, to say that surprise is naturally surprise, but after thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao is now fresh and energetic, and it is ironclad to come to see the excitement every day, so it is a pity that the whole afternoon is wasted. And when Zhu Houzhao's initial momentum passes, he may not be so enthusiastic. And Xu Xun was able to say this, obviously his previous praise was good, this young man was definitely not a villain who instigated the prince as the courtiers said, but was loyal.

Wang Shouren...... I remember that Xiao Jing mentioned that it was the son of Wang Hua, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and a jinshi in the twelfth year of Hongzhi. is indeed the same as Xu Xun said, from a famous family, as for both civil and military affairs...... Go back and let the East Factory investigate and investigate!

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was hesitant, but did not immediately open his mouth to reprimand, Xu Xun knew that this matter had already been divided into three parts, and immediately in order to avoid adding more oil and vinegar, he no longer added oil and vinegar, and only stood there respectfully with his hands down, and his whimsical ideas in his heart were simply extraordinary.

That's what makes the best use of people!

"That's the end of today's talk, without my permission, you are not allowed to reveal half a word to anyone, whether it is the crown prince or that Wang Shouren!"

"Yes, you obey! According to the rules, the minister should live in Xiyuan for these three months, but the king still has to go home every day, and the minister asks the emperor to let him stay. ”

"Hmm...... That's right. ”

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's unwanted answer, Xu Xun almost wanted to laugh three times. For three whole months, Wang Shouren is waiting to be squeezed by him!

Although Zhu Houzhao wanted to inquire whether Xu Xun's previous words about Emperor Hongzhi were accurate or not, but he was forced by his father, and he was not easy to ask, so he had to blink Xu Xun a few times before leaving, but he didn't expect that this kind of look would completely fall in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi. And Xu Xungong sent the No. 1 and No. 2 people of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately went to find Wang Shouren, only to see Wang Shouren come out of the shed.

"Commander Xu, you really know how to send people!"

Wang Shouren never thought that Xu Xun would actually send him, the head of the military department, who was obviously supposed to be here to supervise, to say loyalty to these young soldiers, and he couldn't refuse. After all, he invited himself here to supervise, not to really be this overseer, but to really verify what he had learned in his chest.

When he built the tomb of the late Wei Ningbo Wang Yuejian, he also trained those people, but the people are the people's husbands, and the young army is the young army, even if these are only fifteen or sixteen years old and a half old boys, but now they are a serious training army. After he just preached, he deliberately picked a few people to ask about the situation at home and what his ambitions were, but the answers of these people made him very helpless.

A total of ten people were asked, and four of them had the ambition of eating meat at once, four of them had the ambition of marrying a beautiful wife, and the remaining two all replied blankly that they didn't know.

"The king is a talented person, and the four words of loyalty and patriotism sound simple, but if you want to explain it thoroughly, then you can only entrust it to a learned person like Wang Zhuzheng." Xu Xun didn't feel that this tall hat was a little numb at all, and said with a smile, "Besides, you also saw that people from the East Palace have come to investigate." These will be subordinate to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future, if you can't let everyone really engrave the word loyalty in their hearts, isn't this a loss of fundamentals? ”

"But the prince lives in the deep palace, and the so-called subordinate is just a name, do you want to take these people to war?"

Wang Shouren's question was extremely sharp, and his eyes were also blazing. At this moment, Xu Xun couldn't answer immediately, after thinking about it, he beckoned Wang Shouren to come with him, and waited until he entered the hut where Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao had just stayed, and then he asked: "Dare to ask the king, was the Xuanmiao of the year a Ming Jun?" ”

"Naturally."

"Xuanmiao had marched north from Emperor Taizong back then, and even once put himself in danger, if the government army was avant-garde at that time, why was it so? After Xuanmiao ascended the throne, one had personally pacified the rebellion of the Han Shu people, and the other had personally led troops to the north, and once broke the attacking Wuliangha people, and many of them used troops personally, but they were all big victories. Now in the Chengping years, it seems useless to raise such a mere 500 people with knives, but if there is a case, it is of great use. You must know that the things in this world are not afraid of 10,000, but only in case. ”

Wang Shouren originally had a supportive attitude towards the training of Xiyuan, but this question was not a temptation. You must know that although he has not been in the military department for a long time, it is enough to understand the current military situation of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the imperial court is Qingming, but when he went to Shandong to preside over the township test, he found that there was starvation on the road, and in Jiangnan, there were bandits rampant from time to time, and the local government could not control it! There are so many guards and so many military households, and there are few who can really pull into the battle array, so what is there to question about the prince's training of the avant-garde of the government army?

"Good!" At this moment, he smiled appreciatively, then narrowed his eyes and asked, "Then let me ask Commander Xu, if this army can be trained well, what are you going to do?" ”

"Please ask the emperor to select brave and strong men from among the provincial garrisons for additional training, and commission them to catch thieves and suppress bandits, and use the proceeds of commercial taxes and other expenses to supplement food and wages, and the others are used for ordinary garrisons. At the critical moment, three or five thousand elite soldiers are far better than hundreds of thousands of troops! Xu Xun replied without thinking, and then smiled bitterly, "But it's still early." And make good use of these three months, so that you are qualified to say anything else! ”

"Okay, just for your few words, you are knowledgeable, far better than those who are old but have a vegetarian diet!" Wang Shouren Huo Ran stood up, and then said with a straight face, "It's just that the foundation of your young army is too poor, how are you going to make up for it?" ”

"Well...... Of course, it will fall on the king. ”

Xu Xun knew in his heart that for his previous proposal, Emperor Hongzhi's side would be able to nod his head, and he would keep this great god beside him! So, he immediately smiled slightly: "Just now, the master of ceremonies, Gonggong Xiao, sent a message, saying that the time is tight for these three months, and the king should not go home, and the so-called supervision is originally day and night." ”

(To be continued)