Zhu Yousong's enthronement ceremony was very simple, one was a tight war, the other was limited in funds, and many people in the Nanjing group did not sincerely support King Fu's accession to the throne.

After the ceremony was held in the morning, Shi Kefa was in charge of all the affairs of the court tomorrow in the afternoon, and all the officials in the court were very busy, only Zhou Hao was like an outsider, wandering around the city of Nanjing. Zhou Hao did not have any foundation in the court, just a grass people, so Zhou Hao almost did not participate in major events.

The next day, when I first handed over the fifth watch, a hurried knock came at the door: "My lord, it's time to wake up." ”

Today is the first time in Zhou Hao's history to go to the court, afraid that he will oversleep at once, and he will go to court on the fifth watch, Zhou Hao set an alarm clock for himself, that is, to ask a guard to guard the door, and let him knock on the door to wake him up.

In fact, Zhou Hao barely fell asleep all night, lying on the bed and tossing and turning, the first time he went to the court was indeed a little exciting for Zhou Hao, and he didn't know that this ancient dynasty was as different as in the TV series.

Zhou Hao quickly put on his court clothes, probably washed his face, and hurriedly walked towards the main hall.

At this time, the eastern sky was not yet bright, and the stars were still in the sky, and a gust of wind came, making people feel a chill.

Because it was not too far from the main hall of the previous dynasty, Zhou Hao did not take the car, and only brought two guards.

To the Taihe Palace, there were already dozens of courtiers waiting there, Zhou Hao saw that Qian Yiqian, the leader of the Donglin Party, was also among them, only to see that he was wearing a red brocade robe, with a white jade belt around his waist, and when he saw Zhou Hao coming, a smile appeared on his thin face: "Mr. Zhou, morning!" ”

Zhou Hao also smiled: "Lord Qian is early! ”

The two of them were in a cold and noisy situation, and all the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee arrived one after another, and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, also arrived. Shi Kefa was obviously the leader of the ministers, and as soon as the big officials saw Shi Kefa coming, they stopped talking about family life, and subconsciously began to stand in order.

I only heard a big eunuch pull a shrill voice and say, "All the major members have entered the court." ”

Zhou Hao followed the ladies into the hall quickly, and suddenly looked up, only to see Zhu Yousong wearing a brocade robe with a high crown, and walking towards the throne in the middle.

Zhu Yousong obviously saw Zhou Hao among the ministers, and smiled knowingly. Zhou Hao secretly thought that this little prince usually looked frolicking, but he couldn't see anything when he wore shabby clothes, but at this time, he did have the might of an emperor, and he was not from the royal family.

Zhou Hao quickly found his place and learned from the others to stand there.

Zhou Hao was still in contemplation, and suddenly all the ministers knelt on the ground in unison, Zhou Hao woke up from his contemplation when he saw this, and hurriedly knelt down with everyone, and shouted in unison with everyone: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Yousong looked calm and said, "You guys are flat." ”

Zhou Hao stood up straight, Zhu Yousong issued a new order, all the civil and military attaches who originally assisted Zhu Yousong to ascend the throne were all given an official and a half position, Zhou Hao listened quietly below, and finally heard the commander of the Shenji Battalion that he had longed for for a long time. Since the headquarters of the Shenji Battalion was in Beijing, it had been occupied by the Manchus at this time, so the Shenji Battalion had to be re-established in Nanjing.

As soon as Zhu Yousong proposed to establish the Shenji Battalion in Nanjing, Qian Yiqian suddenly came out of the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, since the Li thief occupied the treasury of Beijing, there is no extra money in Nanjing City that can be used to create the Shenji Battalion. ”

As soon as Qian Yiqian finished speaking, many ministers also echoed: "Yes, now the imperial court doesn't even have the money to recruit troops and buy horses, how can there be money to build a Shenji battalion." ”

"yes, and besides, it's not too useful."

"But isn't it, ten years ago, my Ming shells against the Tartars outside the pass, didn't it fail, the Manchus had no guns and no cannons, and they didn't break into the pass by relying on iron swords and swords."

"Isn't it?"

……

The ministers said one sentence to me, and they immediately discussed in private, and then Shi Kefa came over the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, what the ministers said is right, even the money to recruit soldiers and horses is not enough, how can you get the money to set up the Shenji Battalion, please think twice." ”

Zhou Hao was full of ambition, he never expected that the plan would encounter resistance at the beginning, and he was a little dumbfounded at this time, looking at Zhu Yousong with a blank eye.

For a moment, Zhu Yousong didn't even look at Zhou Hao, his expression was solemn, and after a moment, he said: "If this is the case, then this matter will be put aside first, and then it will be done when the situation in the court is better. ”

Zhou Hao was completely dumbfounded, Zhu Yousong was obviously unwilling to offend more than half of the ministers in the court for Zhou Hao, and the current fact was indeed that the court was financially urgent, Zhou Hao had no foundation in the government and the opposition, and no one stood up to speak for Zhou Hao.

Zhou Hao suddenly came out of the crowd and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't do this, give the minister an officer of a few thousand people, and set up the Shenji Battalion, and the minister will figure out his own way." ”

Zhu Yousong paused for a moment and said, "Which military position is still vacant?" ”

At this time, a big man dressed in a samurai uniform came out of the crowd and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is better to let Mr. Zhou go to the Longwei camp, there is a shortage of a thousand generals, it just so happens that bandits from all over the country are rampant during this period of time, so Mr. Zhou can be suppressed and pacified." ”

Zhu Yousong listened, turned his head to Zhou Hao and said, "What do you think?" ”

Zhou Hao listened, if he didn't agree, I was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to get the sesame petty official, so he had to say: "The ministers are all under Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yousong said: "In this way, the Longwei Corps is a corps dedicated to suppressing bandits, how many bandits you destroy, the money and property of the personnel obtained belong to your Longwei Corps, and you can use the looted money to create a god camp." ”

When Zhou Hao heard this, this was indeed a good way, and immediately agreed: "The minister's decree." ”

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Zhou Hao walked all the way, returned to his mansion, changed out of the court clothes he wore when he went to court, and went to serve in the Longwei Corps with Lord Yang Lin Yang.

The Longwei Corps is located in the western suburbs of Nanjing, about 50 miles away from Nanjing, and is a corps established three years ago. Nanjing's as the capital of the Ming Dynasty is of extraordinary significance, so the Nanjing Army headed by Shi Kefa conveniently set up five corps, the main task is to protect the security around the city of Nanjing, and the second task is to suppress bandits.

Zhou Hao and Yang Lin sat in the same car, drove straight to Dayuan Mountain outside the city, and soon arrived at a relatively gently undulating mountain, the car entered the mountain, into a mountain col, it is a flat mountain hinterland, a camped camp appeared in front of Zhou Hao, a fence like a sword piercing the sky, soldiers in samurai uniforms are holding sharp weapons, patrolling back and forth. A huge banner hunted in the wind, and the gold thread on it was embroidered with the word "Longwei".

Yang Lin pointed to the gate of this camp and said to Zhou Hao: "This is the Longwei military camp, now there are about three thousand people, the original commander Gao Wenyuan was killed by the people of the White Tiger Hall half a month ago, now you will serve as the commander from here." ”

Zhou Hao said: "What is the White Tiger Hall?" ”

Yang Lin said: "It seems that Brother Zhou has just arrived in Jiangnan. White Tiger Hall is a Jianghu organization in Yangzhou, the number of about 4,000 people, the hall owner Chen Changlin was originally a lackey under Wei Zhongxian, after Wei Zhongxian lost power, Emperor Chongzhen ordered to cut off the eunuch party forces, Chen Changlin fled to the Jianghuai Belt when he heard the wind, and used his own connections and plundered money to create the White Tiger Hall in Yangzhou, recruiting Jianghuai black and white people from all walks of life, and soon developed into a force of about 3,000 people, and later colluded with the Dart Bureau to eat the same Lion Hall in Yangzhou, the number has expanded to nearly 4,000 people, In the Jianghuai area, it specializes in selling illegal salt, antiques, tea and other businesses, and it is said that it is also engaged in weapons business. ”

Zhou Hao said: "So that's the case." ”

Yang Lin continued: "A month ago, due to the lack of salt in the south of the Yangtze River, Baihutang did the business of the dart bureau again, escorting more than ten truckloads of salt from Jianghuai to Nanjing, and the commander of the Longwei Corps made Long Si prepare to do this vote, but died under Chen Changlin's knife. ”

Zhou Hao said movingly: "Why, it sounds like Chen Changlin knows martial arts!" ”

Yang Lin sighed and said: "Since the apocalypse, the social situation has been turbulent, business and trade are frequent, and if you want to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes, it is not possible to do it without a few moments, it is said that Chen Changlin was originally a native of Liangzhou, a horse bandit on the official road in the northwest, and was captured for robbing the jewelry that Wei Zhongxian sent to Ganzhou. ”

Zhou Hao said: "So that's the case. ”

Yang Lin continued: "After the death of Long Si, the Long Wei Corps could not find a suitable commander, I see that you are brave and extraordinary, and you have no job to do, just to fill this vacancy." ”

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The low mountain range encloses a basin in the middle of the more than ten miles, Zhou Hao stands on the mountain ridge and looks down, the camp tents are like small mountain bags, the flags are like wisps, the fence gates are like swords to the sky, and the dogs bark endlessly.

After Yang Lin left, Zhou Hao kept walking back and forth on the mountain range, looking down at the entire Longwei Corps from time to time. Today is the first day of his assumption of office, and the creation of the Shenji Battalion is far from being as simple as he imagined, and now he can only use this group of nearly 3,000 or so people to expand his power and accumulate wealth little by little.