"I heard that the eight soldiers have always been arrogant, you went to them, and they didn't make it difficult for you?" Lin Yiqing asked Xingyue Liuli.

"Nope." Xingyue Liuli shook her head, "I showed them the silver medal rubbing of the lord, and they responded to their requests, and their leader also showed me in a hidden language that they wanted to take refuge in the lord. Xingyue Ruri replied.

"Hehe, in that case, I should go and have a look at them." Lin Yiqing raised his eyebrows, picked up the copper shield, and looked at it again.

This tiger-striped bronze shield is very exquisitely made, and the tiger face on the shield is extremely hideous and ferocious, but judging from the words engraved on the inside of the shield, it shocked him - this shield was actually made by Ning Xu in the past twenty years, and according to the time of this era, it is older than his own age.

"They use all such old antiques, don't they?" Lin Yiqing asked.

"There's something older than that." Xingyue Liuli couldn't help but smile when she thought of the ancient weapons she saw in the garrison of the Eighth Army, "I think they are probably too poor to stand it, so they want to take refuge in the lord, right?" ”

"It shouldn't be like this, right?" Lin Yiqing asked a little strangely, "The 'salary' that the imperial court spends on the eight soldiers every year is about 20 million taels of silver, how can they be so poor?" ”

"I don't know this, maybe the eight soldiers in the capital are richer than the eight soldiers outside this pass, right? Maybe all the money was spent on the eight parts of Kannai. Xingyue Ruri said.

"You're right, it should be." Lin Yiqing understood and nodded.

He has been to Beijing and seen the troops of the Beijing army, and the scenery is indeed not comparable to these troops in Shanhaiguan.

But if that's the case. Troops outside the gates. The combat effectiveness should probably be stronger than that of the troops in the Guannai......

Lin Yiqing at this time. Suddenly I had an alternative idea in my mind.

"Liuli, do you think that if they receive training like yours, they will achieve the same combat effectiveness as you?" Lin Yiqing asked.

"I guess so." Xingyue Liuli remembered the skills of the Boren commander Zakdan, and nodded, "They can endure hardships more than those tiger-clothed soldiers, and if they have good training, they should become good soldiers." ”

"That's the case. At the court, I also have a way to make them stop thinking nonsense. Lin Yiqing couldn't help but feel a little funny when he thought that the solution to the imperial court's fear of his relationship with the Huai family would fall on the eight soldiers who were the military pillars of the founding of the Great Qian Dynasty.

In order not to let the flash of inspiration in his mind disappear, Lin Yiqing couldn't wait to take a pen and paper and began to prepare a draft.

When Lin Yiqing's secret music arrived in the capital, the Empress Dowager Renxi, who received it, was concerned about another seemingly inconsequential matter.

Beijing, Qingqi Garden, Daya Zhai.

Empress Dowager Renxi sat on the couch and played against the Empress of the Erut clan. After the snow and the winter is clear, the Empress Dowager Renxi seems to be in a very good mood. But the queen of the Erut clan sat upright and thought, as if she did not see everything.

Liu Shengyin bowed and stood behind the Empress Dowager Renxi. Sometimes he eagerly went up to massage her shoulders and back, and sometimes he took the hot tea from the palace maid's hand and handed it over when the temperature was just right.

"Liu Shengyin, the queen hung a hand above my new chess piece, how do you think I can deal with it better?" Empress Dowager Renxi tasted the Pu'er tribute tea produced in Yunnan and asked with a smile.

Liu Shengyin bowed, looked at the chess game and pondered for a moment: "The intention of the queen's master seems to be to cut off the twelve sons of the queen mother with the momentum of 'wild goose cutting', the tricks are sharp, but if they are too sharp, there are flaws. If I think about it for the queen mother, I might as well jump to the left and drop the son, so that the queen master still wants to get out of the 'wild goose cut' situation, so he has to take at least two steps, judging from the plate, the queen master will not take these two steps to break the queen mother's twelve sons. ”

Before he finished speaking, the Empress of the Erut clan had already thrown a dark jade chess piece in her hand into the wooden box, which meant admitting defeat.

"The queen mother has superb chess skills, and her daughter-in-law has no chance of winning at all." She bowed and saluted, and then raised her eyes to look at Liu Shengyin, "Manager Liu is also a master of chess, and now there are more than 70 pieces on the board, but Manager Liu can remember the position of each chess piece, and make a judgment so quickly, if I didn't see it with my own eyes, I would not dare to imagine it." ”

Liu Shengyin respectfully replied: "The queen's master has a good reputation, and the slave is ashamed, for the slave, the thing in his mind is everything in the world, and when I learned chess from my father, I relied on the board." Therefore, this kind of thing is difficult in the eyes of the queen's master, but it is a simple thing for me. ”

The Empress of the Erut clan thought slightly, and also returned the salute to Liu Shengyin: "What Chief Manager Liu said is very profound and convincing. ”

"The slave doesn't dare, and the queen master praises him." Liu Shengyin returned the salute again.

Empress Dowager Renxi laughed, "Seeing you salute like this, you worship me and worship, it's not over yet, it's really interesting." But don't forget that I won this game, Liu Shengyin, just a military advisor. ”

"In the chapter of "Sun Tzu", "Seeking Attack" says, 'The soldiers who surrender without a fight are also the good ones.'" Therefore, the army is attacked, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city. 'Employing people is the greatest strategy, it is the power of the scheme, and it is the work of the powerful. The queen mother can use talents like Liu Daguan, which is a strategy, and the situation in the world also depends on the strategy of the queen mother to keep safe. The Empress of the Erut clan said respectfully.

Empress Dowager Renxi was slightly stunned, then covered her mouth and smiled, "Liu Shengyin, you said that the queen can talk a lot, and the minister of the council has done everything well, and it is my credit to say it." I'm greedy for their great work, shouldn't I die happy? ”

Liu Shengyin just smiled and didn't speak.

Empress Dowager Renxi seemed to remember something. She was stunned for a moment, her eyes wandered, looking at Liu Shengyin's face, and her voice was flickering: "But I am suddenly worried again, will an unborn talent like the Minister of the Council of Ministers quit working one day and never do things again, so what should I do?" ”

Liu Shengyin and Empress Erut were both startled by her words, and they couldn't make a sound.

At this time, a young official of the Ministry of Rites put his hands in his sleeves, bowed his head and walked quickly, and as soon as he stepped into Daya Zhai, he knelt by the door and bowed. I didn't even dare to raise my head from beginning to end.

Empress Dowager Renxi glanced at him lightly. Slightly irritable.

Of course she does. This Ministry of Rites official is here to report something.

She turned her head slightly and glanced at Liu Shengyin, Liu Shengyin put his hands in his sleeves, bowed silently and stood solemnly, his somewhat sunken, smoke-covered pupils quietly looking ahead, with a faint smile.

"The Queen Mother, after careful deliberation by the Ministry of Rites, we already have an idea about the name of the Ding system. I hereby report to the Queen Mother, and I would like to hear the meaning of the Queen Mother. The voice of the Ministry of Rites official was clear and respectful.

"Oh? The hands and feet of the ministers of the Ministry of Rites have become numb. Empress Dowager Renxi smiled lazily, "Let's hear what name they want to give to the Ding system." ”

"According to the adults of the Ministry of Rites, Ding Zhitai is known as a clean and honest person, and his voice is all over the world, and he is honest and thrifty, and loves the people...... Respectful and frugal is said to be keeping, so the name set by the Ministry of Rites is 'Wen Ke'......"

"Wen Ke? Hum! The Empress Dowager Renxi didn't have the patience to continue listening, got up and grabbed a jade cigarette bottle on the case, and smashed it at the official of the Ministry of Rites.

The cigarette bottle landed with a loud "bang". Falling apart, the richly colored jadeite was smashed into white powder under the anger of the Empress Dowager Renxi. The Ministry of Rites officials trembled in shock. Prostration. He also knew that most of the Empress Dowager Renxi, who was nicknamed Empress Dowager, was not satisfied, and he had already thought of a few words in his heart before coming, but under the majesty of this woman, he couldn't say a word.

"In the name of righteousness? Straight all over the world? Hehe, that's true. Empress Dowager Renxi laughed angrily, "It's okay to be diligent and thrifty, this loves the people, I'm afraid it's not necessarily, right?" I heard that in Sichuan, it was because of him that he provoked the people's uprising! If he hadn't died now, he would have been forced to rebel against Qi Chuanmin! ”

Liu Shengyin slowly stepped forward: "The queen mother must not be angry, she hurts her body, and the person is gone, what is this nickname, just give him one......"

"That's not going to work! The nickname is the most important thing of the country, how can it be child's play? Empress Dowager Renxi glanced at him and lowered her voice slightly, "You go back and bring a letter to the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, this 'Wen Ke' does not live up to its name, and it is resolutely unusable!" Empress Dowager Renxi said lightly and waved her hand, "Please all the adults of the Ministry of Rites to look at Ding Zhihuang's file again and think about it more!" Re-return! ”

The officials of the Ministry of Rites saw that the Empress Dowager Renxi waved him down, it was like a death row prisoner who had been granted amnesty, and he hurriedly bid farewell to the Empress Dowager Renxi, and almost crawled out of Daya Zhai. It wasn't until he stood in the sunlight outside the palace walls that he shivered violently, and a cold sweat gushed out of his pores and soaked his underwear.

This time it wasn't that he was afraid of the Empress Dowager Renxi, he was used to this woman's coldness and irritability, but the moment the Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes just now, he was so shocked that he couldn't breathe. In the Empress Dowager's faint gaze, there seemed to be a cold ghost pounced on his body.

After seeing the officials of the Ministry of Rites fleeing, the corners of the Empress Dowager Renxi's mouth actually showed a smile, Liu Shengyin knew that the Empress Dowager Renxi was taking the opportunity to take revenge on Ding Zhihuang, although this person was dead.

Ding Zhihuang killed Hai Desheng back then, and she didn't forget it for a day.

In all fairness, Hai Desheng was used to being arrogant and domineering back then, and he didn't even pay attention to Emperor Tongzhi and Prince Jing, there is indeed something he deserves to die for, but what the Empress Dowager Renxi can't forgive is that Prince Jing and Ding Zhihuang colluded inside and outside to attack Hai Desheng when she was seriously ill.

And at that time, Ding Zhihuang killed Hai Desheng, and it was a request to the Empress Dowager Rentai!

It was from that time that Renxi recognized the fact that her position was not secure!

If Prince Jing and Rentai join forces against her, she will die with no place to bury!

This is also the reason why she has been deeply wary of Prince Jing until now.

Because the death of his son Emperor Tongzhi was caused by Prince Jing's son Chengming, although Prince Jing personally killed Chengming to apologize to her, this does not mean that she forgave him in her heart!

And this time, she used Ding Zhihuang's nickname to make trouble, not just to retaliate against Ding Zhihuang, but also to warn Prince Jing!

Don't think that those things in the past are really like a passing cloud!

"The Queen Mother, the two ladies of the first-class baron Lin Yiqing have come to greet the Queen Mother." A little eunuch entered the inner room to report.

"It's just in time, good news for the two of them, Lin Yiqing has now arrived at Shanhaiguan, where he inspected the local garrison defense, and helped quell the rebellion. Let's spend the New Year in Kyoto! Empress Dowager Renxi remembered Lin Yiqing's secret recital that she had just sent. I can't help but be very happy.

I heard that the Queen Mother gave Lin Yiqing to celebrate the New Year in Beijing. The Empress of the Erut clan couldn't help but secretly feel happy for He Yunqing and Chiho Kirino, but when she thought of her child, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Chiho Kirino and He Yunqing came in to greet the Empress Dowager Renxi, and Renxi smiled and gave them a seat, chatting with them about their homely coming.

Chiho Kirino looked at the Empress Dowager Renxi, and couldn't help but think of all kinds of legends about the Empress Dowager Bingguo.

Empress Dowager Renxi's maiden name is Yehanalan, which is a surname that almost everyone knows, because this surname seems to be a bit legendary in the Qianguo. Legend has it that it was the end of the year and the beginning of the year. In the northeast, by the Jeho River, the head of the Jehanaran family has already lived here with his descendants. Suddenly, one day, there was a war between the Yehannaran family and the invading Mulinde family. At that time, the head of the family of Mulend, in order to bring the clan of Yahannaran into submission, pointed to the earth and said, "We are the most noble gold in the earth!" When the chief of Jehanaran heard this, he burst into laughter, pointed to the sun in the sky, and said, "What is gold, our surname is it!" The leader of Mullinde did not bargain for anything in words, so he became angry and ordered war. And the sons of Jehanaran were not to be outdone, and the two sides went to war outside the city of Jeho. At last. The Yehanaran clan defeated the Mulin clan and became the largest Bo tribe in the Northeast at that time. From now on. The Yehanaran clan has become a major surname among the Bo people, and it is also one of the surnames with earlier origins.

The Yehan Nalan clan is one of the eight surnames of the Bo nationality, and there have been many literary heroes and military generals, such as Nalan Xingde, who has always been known as the "first scholar at the beginning of the country", is a member of the Yehan Nalan family. But what really made the Yehana Ran clan famous all over the world should be the queen mother of the Yehana Ran clan - Renxi.

There are many theories about Renxi's life experience. Some people say that she was born in Anhui because her father Hui Zheng once worked as a Taoist platform in Anhui; Some people also say that she was born in Suiyuan because there is a Luofeng Street there. It is said that Hui Zheng was promoted from the alternate Daotai in Anhui to the Gui Sui Bing Bei Daotai, so he took his 15-year-old daughter Lan'er (Renxi's nickname) and the whole family to Suiyuan City, and lived in three places including Qingfeng Street. There are also many people who say that Renxi was born in Changzhi, Shanxi. Xianfeng's first year draft girl, Yehana Lan clan was selected, entered the palace on May 9 of the second year, was 18 years old, and was named Lan Guiren. In November of the fourth year, Nalan was named a concubine. On March 23 of the sixth year of Xianfeng, the Yehana Lan clan gave birth to Emperor Tongzhi in Chuxiu Palace. The next day, she was promoted to Concubine Yi. In the first month of the seventh year, she was named Yi Guifei. Emperor Xianfeng died, Concubine Yi was 27 years old, and Emperor Tongzhi respected her as the Queen Mother, with the emblem Renxi.

Many people say that Renxi's milk name is "Magnolia", but in fact, Renxi's milk name is not Magnolia. Renxi's name is Xingzhen, the real truth, and the nickname is Xing'er. The people in her hometown call her Aunt Xing'er. It is said that when she was born, her grandfather Yahanaran? Jing Rui was the head of the family, and he was 55 years old when he was serving as a shilangzhong in Henan. Just back to Beijing for vacation. At that time, the family planted several white apricot trees. In the eyes of the Bo people, red apricots are not as good as white apricots, so they planted a few at home. In this way, the grandfather named her Xing'er. Since then, the nickname is called Xing'er, and the big name is Xingzhen. Take the meaning of truth and purity. At that time, because it was an official family, she lived a pampered life since she was a child, and because the family conditions were relatively good at that time, and she was the eldest granddaughter, so when Renxi was born, the family invited a lot of maids. After Renxi was born, because her mother had no milk, she also invited two grandmothers to be nurses at that time. When she was 4 years old, Renxi's father hired three or four family halls for her, that is, tutors. The home hall is different from the private school, Renxi studied Bowen and Chinese when he was a child, and he liked literature and history, poetry, painting, etc. very much. She studied at home for 10 years, from the age of 4 to 14. It is said that at the age of 6, he can recite the three-character scripture, the surname of a hundred families, and the thousand-character text very fluently, including all kinds of poems, and can recite them in both Chinese and Chinese. She also loves calligraphy and painting very much, and began to practice calligraphy at the age of 8, and painted a lot of paintings, and was considered by her peers to be a very talented and intelligent girl.

When she was a girl, Renxi once lived with her father in Suiyuan City. At that time, Renxi was very interested in literature, calligraphy, painting and history, she read, learned painting, played chess, played the piano, and rode horses and archery, which was very intelligent and capable. She was born very beautifully, "every time she travels, the onlookers murmur joyful praises, saying that the incarnation of the heavenly immortals is nothing more than that." Judging from her current appearance, Chiho Kirino believes that Renxi was definitely very beautiful at that time.

When Renxi was 12 years old, that is, in May of the twenty-seventh year of Shaoguang, there was a big change in the family: Renxi's grandfather Yehanaran? Jingrui was sentenced to prison. The imprisonment of the head of the family is undoubtedly a disaster for the family. At that time, the whole family panicked and did not know what to do, and because of the grandfather's imprisonment, the family's life was also in trouble.

Renxi's father frowns every day and can't think of a solution to the problem. The clever Renxi senses that something has happened in her family. But because she was young and a girl, her father didn't want her to know about it. But Renxi is just a very sensible girl, knowing that her father's worries like this will not help her grandfather, and at the same time, the whole family is also panicking, so she decided to share the worries of her family, and finally understood what happened through many inquiries. (To be continued......)

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