In the room of the celebrant supervisor, there were only four great eunuchs, but he couldn't see the figure of the old manager Chen Hong. For this half-killed old ancestor, the four great eunuchs were very repulsive, Yang Feng yīn did not say anything, and there was no half respect between his words. The ancestors didn't care about them, they didn't show up in the room when they had nothing to do, and lived in their own small garden to live for the rest of their lives.

At this time, Meng Chong and Teng Xiang were restless as if they had lost their souls, and although the other two eunuchs pretended to comfort them from time to time, they were a little gloating no matter how they looked at it.

As soon as Feng Bao came in, the two of them stood up and looked at the savior and said, "The master is resting?" ”

In the past year, Ren Qianqing Palace has been in charge of the brand, living in the transfer of qi and the cultivation of the body, Feng Bao's heart has grown greatly, looking at the two of them, he sighed and said: "What are you doing?" He walked into the hall.

The two hurriedly moved a stool and poured tea, and said attentively: "The surname Shen has complained to the master?" ”

"Don't say that, Shen Ge is old." Feng Bao frowned and said, "If it weren't for his kindness, I'm afraid the two of you would have to stay in another place." "Saying that 'you are too angry' said: "Our old people in Yudi, who doesn't know that Shen Ge Lao and the emperor are also teachers and friends?" Now that Gao Ge is old, he has become the emperor's only baby bump, but you still want to provoke him. ”

"But...... The matter of sending the supervising army is the emperor's most concern. Teng Xiang's eyes flickered and said: "No matter how benevolent the master is, it is impossible to let go of the military power, even if it is Shen Ge Lao, he can't change this." This is what he relied on to plan this matter, and he thought that even if he was a little out of line, the emperor would definitely protect him.

"Who said that Shen Ge Lao didn't agree with the prison army?" Feng Bao tilted his head and looked at the sky and said: "His seven-trick exquisite heart, how could he not know that it is a forbidden area for ministers, of course it will not stop it......" After a pause, seeing the surprise on the faces of the two of them, he teased again: "But he can mix sand into it." ”

"Sand?" The two of them stared widely.

Feng Bao told the two of them about the three items that Shen Mo proposed to Longqing...... For the eunuchs, the emperor had no secrets.

"Ah......" Teng Xiang and Meng Chong glanced at each other, and both saw three points of luck and seven points of disappointment on each other's faces, Teng Xiang said in a lost voice: "If this is the case, then what else is there to do?" "Yes, the number of people is strictly limited, the power is strictly limited, and the imperial history is always staring, and I want to take advantage of the difference between relatives and relatives, and sue in front of the emperor, and people have another chance to face up. Unless the emperor is mediocre and can treat the military as child's play, it will be too difficult to meddle in the military and make a lot of money.

"Let me say something, don't like to listen to it, if you discussed it with me first, our family would definitely let you go and talk to Shen Ge Lao first." Feng Wei's white fingers gently smoothed out a trace of folds on the edge of his robe, and said, "You can win Ge Shouli and Lei Li, not because of your great ability, but because of the emperor's holy family. But here in Shen Ge Lao, this trick is not good, and his holy family is only higher than the two of you combined. After a pause, he said mysteriously: "Shen Ge just blocked the court staff in the morning, and the emperor invited his whole family into the palace in the evening to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together, what does this mean?" ”

What does that mean? The eunuchs couldn't think through it for a while, but at least it could show that the emperor was not angry with him at all because of today's incident, but seemed to be more and more intimate...... Perhaps, it is to sue these eunuchs in jǐng, don't see the situation clearly, and bite indiscriminately.

After Feng Bao's preaching, Teng Xiang and Meng Chong finally realized that there was no good result in fighting with Shen Mo. I had to accept the current situation and no longer fight the idea of making money from the army. The cronies who were originally going to be sent to supervise the army were replaced by some unpleasant guys, and they were left to fend for themselves.

In fact, if he did it, Feng Bao would definitely instigate the two of them to oppose Shen Mo, and then he would help Shen Mo destroy these two people, so that they could ascend to the throne of the celebrant eunuch. But he was very jealous of the palm print eunuch who was not in the duty room, and the old thing that had become jīng must have secretly monitored every move in the palace through eyeliner, and the conversation in the master of ceremonies could not escape his ears and eyes.

That old thing is Longqing's most trusted henchman, if he provokes trouble from it, leaves him with a dangerous impression, and then says two bad things about himself to the emperor, I am afraid that not only is the master of ceremonies hopeless, but he will not even be able to do the main brand of the Qianqing Palace.

But Feng Bao has the guidance of a master, and learned the method of 'borrowing strength to fight', he believes that Chen Hong is full of white eyes, it is impossible not to retaliate, and now it is not triggered, in order to kill it when the time comes, as long as he shows the attitude of understanding the general situation and taking the overall situation into account, and then has a good relationship with the old eunuch, when he cleans up the door in the future, the chair vacated in the master of ceremonies will definitely have his own. Besides, the old man won't be able to do it for a few years, and it won't be his own world by then?

By cutting off political opponents by others, you can save your reputation, which is what the foreign aid told him.

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Fengtai Daying.

Shen Mo came to Fengtai this time, firstly, to inspect the military training, and secondly, to appease Qi Jiguang.

For the former item, Shen Mo was not worried at all, and after a brief turn in the hot barracks, he sent a group of civil and military attachés to the battalions to investigate, and he came to the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Office accompanied by Qi Jiguang.

"Time is in a hurry, it's a little rudimentary, so you can settle for it first." Shen Mo looked at the simple style of the Prime Minister's Office, and said to Qi Jiguang with a smile.

"It's already very good, thank you for your attention." Qi Jiguang said respectfully.

"Hey, thank you, let's take a look inside." Shen Mo smiled a little weakly, and entered the hall with Qi Jiguang.

The hall is very spacious, with a table in the middle and a Taishi chair behind the desk. There are chairs, coffee tables, wall kitchens and other things around, because the furnishings are too simple, and even look empty.

"I just moved here, and I haven't had time to set it up." Qi Jiguang said apologetically: "Please also invite Lord Haihan." ”

"Alright, neither of us should be polite." Shen Mo looked at him, sat on the Taishi chair with a big sword and golden horse, and said with a bit of arrogance: "When you come to the barracks, you have to have the pride of a soldier, if you have any opinions, put them on the table."

Seeing that Shen Ge was more anxious than himself, Qi Jiguang was a little surprised, but he didn't know that people had to rush back to the banquet.

But this is a good thing after all, Qi Jiguang sat on the chair at the bottom and said: "There will be something at the end, I don't know whether to ask or not?" ”

"Something to say." Shen Mo nodded and said, "I'm here to answer questions." ”

Qi Jiguang said unceremoniously: "In the middle of the song, I proposed to the imperial court to train 100,000 soldiers, but the military department only gave 50,000 places; I proposed to recruit new recruits for training, but the military department wanted to draw 40,000 from the old battalion for training; I proposed to transfer 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers, but the imperial court only gave 10,000. The last general, may I ask your lordship, if you lower your requirements, isn't this weakening your own combat power? ”

"Hehe, that's what it is." Shen Mo picked up the teacup, moistened his throat, and said softly: "Yuan Jing, we can't go against each other, so I'll tell you the truth, according to the meaning of the cabinet, it is only 30,000 people who practice, and it was I who slapped the table and blushed at the meeting, so I relied on 20,000 more." ”

"Didn't you say 100,000?" Qi Jiguang was unwilling.

"I'm asking for a sky-high price, and people always have to sit on the ground and pay back, right?" Shen Mo smiled and comforted him: "As we all know, being able to train 100,000 jīng soldiers will definitely greatly strengthen the border defense force, and everyone hopes that this can be achieved." After a pause, he looked at Qi Jiguang and said, "But Yuan Jing, the court has no money." The salary of a recruited soldier is equivalent to three world soldiers, if according to what you said, recruit 50,000 new soldiers, according to the minimum standard, each person will be given one or six dollars of silver per month, and it will cost more than one million taels a year, which is not a small amount! Now the government is sluggish, the treasury is empty, and the imperial court is simply unable to pay. Therefore, the Cabinet considered this request to be 'too much hope and too much ambition'. ”

"Then, why did the 30,000 old battalion officers and soldiers who were said to be good increase by 10,000?" Qi Ji's face was not very good-looking: "Is it also to save money?" ”

"There's no way around it." Shen Mo said with a wry smile: "Originally, I talked about Tuntian and the military factory, and diverted 70,000 old battalion soldiers, but ...... The results were unsatisfactory, the number of acres of tuntian that could be recovered was too small, and the military factory could not be built in a moment. What's more, many people are still unwilling to do their part, and go to Xungui's house to make trouble, so Xungui will go to the military department and even the cabinet to find it, and get around, so I have to ask you to pull out the general and choose another 10,000. ”

"Why did the 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers become 10,000?" Qi Jiguang asked again. Although he knew that there must be countless exchanges and compromises of interests, when he heard it with his own ears, he still had a bitter mouth.

"This reason is more complicated, the southern troops are transferred to the north, and the imperial court is worried." Shen Mo said slowly: "Because of the arrival of these guest soldiers, whether they can live in peace with the old battalion soldiers, whether they will not obey the orders of the imperial court, or only obey their generals, these will need time to test, otherwise they will not rest assured." He sighed lightly and said: "Actually, according to the meaning of the cabinet, I didn't even give this 10,000 yuan, I just got it by begging for nothing, and I also took another 10,000 old battalion soldiers." ”

"......I see," Qi Jiguang said disappointedly.

"Yuan Jing, in fact, this is also common sense." Shen Mo said calmly: "In the land of Gyeonggi, how can the imperial court allow a military general to completely control 100,000 jīng soldiers?" I am afraid that in the eyes of many people, the threat to the imperial court will be no less than that of the invading Tatars. Therefore, even 50,000 soldiers are not allowed to be recruited, but must be selected from among the world's soldiers who are well-rooted. ”

"My lord," Qi Jiguang was anxious: "The last general is loyal......"

"Don't be in a hurry." Comforting with a silent smile: "Who doesn't know that you Qi Jiguang is loyal to the court and is dedicated to protecting the country and the people." However, the imperial court must take precautions, and no one can oppose it. We are powerless to change reality, we can only face it. Besides, it's not that it can't be achieved, it's just that the requirements are lowered and taken in two steps, so that although it is slower, it is better than taking too big a step and pulling an egg......"

"......Sneering" Such a serious conversation made Shen Mo laugh, but it also dispelled the tense atmosphere, and finally nodded in understanding: "I didn't expect the court to be so complicated, I, Qi Jiguang, am not a person who is blindly paranoid and ignores the overall situation, this matter is all arranged by adults." But the frown was worried: "It's just that in this way, isn't it difficult to realize our original plan?" ”

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so let's fight for it slowly in the future." Shen Mo sighed lightly and said: "How much appetite to eat, I am not the first assistant, I have no real power, to achieve this step, it is already a big outrage, I am afraid it will attract unwarranted disasters......"

"Ah......" Qi Ji said tightly: "My lord, I can't have anything to do" If he finishes playing silently, his mess will have to be broken up.

"Whoever wants to move me is not so easy." Shen Mo couldn't bear to be frightened by the idol, and confided in him: "As long as you persist for a year and a half, I think there will be a turning point, Chaofeng will be fundamentally transformed, and I will definitely make up another 50,000 for you at that time."

"The last general believes in my lord," Qi Jiguang said in a deep voice.

"Don't spread this word to the six ears." Shen Mo glanced at him and said lightly.

"The last will know." Qi Jiguang nodded.

"50,000 people can still do a lot." Finally untied Qi Jiguang's heart knot, and said with a silent smile: "Train them out and fight a good battle, I also have a reason to fight for you." ”

"I will live up to the trust of adults," Qi Jiguang said solemnly.

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After talking to Qi Jiguang, his head was already to the west, so Shen Mo hurried back, and finally rushed home before the end of the Shen Dynasty...... The family has already packed up their ropes, and they are waiting for him to come back and set off.

Ruohan added another kid to Shen Mo, once born, second ripe, and three times it was as normal as eating and drinking, so although she had just been out of confinement, she had completely recovered, and she couldn't see any postpartum weakness.

Shen Mo still said a little apologetically: "If the emperor hadn't mentioned it himself, I wouldn't have wanted you to go out to socialize at this time." ”

"The emperor is reluctant to go." Ruohan covered his mouth and smiled: "If this word spreads, the imperial history can be used to join the master." Said curiously: "The concubine has lived in běijīng for so many years, and I haven't seen what the emperor looks like." ”

"What else? Two eyes and one mouth...... "It was Aji who answered, and I saw him walking calmly, with an expression of 'women are like this'.

"Stinky boy" Ruohan couldn't hold back on his face, and scolded his son: "Don't talk nonsense when you enter the palace, be careful that the emperor beats you." ”

"The emperor's temper is good." Shi Shi didn't take a horse step, but played chess there as usual, and interjected: "Usually, the emperor often plays with them, sometimes they get into trouble, and the emperor helps hide from the concubine, isn't it usual?" He usually smiled and shook his head.

"Look, the three children are more relaxed than you," Shen Mo changed into a swallow's suit under the service of the maid, and looked at Ruohan and said, "What else is going on?" "After more than ten years of husband and wife, the two have already had a heart-to-heart.

"In the afternoon, someone came to the palace and said that he would invite the Zeng family to the banquet together." Ruohan looked at a few children, and said in a low voice: "But Rou Niang is in confinement......

"How did you get there?" The silent god seried and did not move.

"I'm a woman, how dare I talk nonsense......" Ruohan shook his head and said, "I already told her, and she said she wouldn't go." But I told her to clean up first, and wait for the master to come back and get ideas. ”

"Her body is already weak, what should she do if she has postpartum wind at night?" Shen Mo shook his head slightly and said, "When the time comes, I will naturally reply." ”

"You are the master, you have the final say," Ruohan looked at him with complicated eyes, and said softly: "You go and talk to Rou Niang." ”

Shen Mo raised his head, asked the maid to press the snow-white collar of Zhongshan neatly on the collar of the official robe, and after a long time, she slowly nodded and said, "Well......"

went to the west wing to visit Rou Niang, kissed the little girl who hadn't opened her eyes yet, and got up silently and said, "This kind of banquet won't be very late." Don't take a break, come back and celebrate the holiday as a family. ”

Rou Niang smiled softly: "The slave waits for the master and the lady to come back." ”

So the couple took their two sons with them...... Aggie was ordered to stay at home with his aunt, so a woman can't be offended, not even your mother...... A family of four got into the carriage.

The car was rolling, and when it arrived at Dong'anmen, it stopped, there was already a sedan chair waiting there in the palace, and it was Feng Bao, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, who came to pick it up in person, and said a few polite words to him, and then let the family members get on the small sedan chair with a green mantle, and he and Feng Bao walked on the side, led the way by a line of attendants, until they stopped at the Qianqing Palace.

The first time they came to the palace, Ruohan and Shiwen were a little nervous, the two didn't dare to look up, only followed Shen Mo and usually bowed their heads slowly, vaguely feeling that the layout of the palace was vast and magnificent, white marble was the steps, and the gold and painted colors were the columns, which were tall and wide everywhere, and the momentum was magnificent.

Come to the magnificent main hall, kowtow to the emperor, kowtow to the queen, and then say hello to the concubine and the prince...... Ruohan is not happy, what kind of treat is this, Gu nǎinǎi has never kowtowed so much in her life. So the awe of the royal family was swept away, and the calm atmosphere of the rì was restored.

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The palace banquet, men and women were divided into tables, Shen Mo and the two children, accompanied the emperor and the prince to eat on the main seat, the prince and the usual chatter, very self-cooked, and soon chatted with the prince hotly, Shen Mo and the emperor also talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

It's just that Ruohan's table is suffering, and he is alone with the noble queen and concubine, and he is not called to eat, but he is guilty-

Partition -

In order to spur yourself, let's play like this this month, in addition to the rì regular one-shift, the monthly pass will be added every one hundred, if you don't add a change, everyone will not vote for one, until you make up for the debt, how about it?