And that Wang Jinghong is also a eunuch, during the Jianwen period, Wang Jinghong raised troops with Zhu Di to help Zhu Di seize the throne, and Zhu Di appreciated. In the third year of Yongle, on the order of Zhu Di, he assisted Zheng He, the envoy, to go to the West as a deputy envoy. Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, Wang Jinghong almost participated in every time, and after Zheng He's death, in June of the ninth year of Xuande, Wang Jinghong was ordered to lead a fleet to the Nanyang countries as a regular envoy. The flotilla first reached Sumatra and then Java. On his return, the king of Sumatra sent his younger brother Hani Zhehan with a fleet to Yanjing to pay tribute. In February of the first year of orthodoxy, Yingzong ordered Wang Jinghong to stop buying and building, and no longer make foreign.

During his tenure as the garrison of Nanjing, Wang Jinghong was in charge of the internal affairs of the palace together with Zheng He, and presided over the construction and repair of palaces and temples many times, and was rich in architectural talent. Before the seventh voyage, Ming Xuanzong also gave Wang Jinghong a poem, saying that he was "the most loyal in the past". Among the ministers, only Zheng He and Wang Jinghong were given poems by the emperor.

And the deeds of these two people, not only for the world to recite, but also to the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade, played a role in fueling the fire, it can be said that without seven to the West, the Ming Dynasty's commercial trade, will not be so vigorous.

It is a pity that the emperors of the past lacked real business acumen, and completely regarded this trip to the West as a political task, just to expand the influence of the empire, but did not think about how to use the experience gained from these seven Western voyages to create a greater cause.

And Zhu Qizhen has been observing Cao Jixiang for a while, this guy is indeed a courageous and capable eunuch, and his previous experience is similar to that of Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, who was born and died on the battlefield, has the temperament of a martial artist, and is quite righteous, and is very good at winning people's hearts, at least he has been away from the imperial horse prison for more than two years, but as soon as he returned, he won the allegiance of those feudal generals, and recruited a group of dead soldiers.

It is precisely because of him that when Yuan Bin and others attacked the Forbidden City, they were able to rush into the palace in the shortest time and rush to the Renshou Palace to protect the Queen Mother, otherwise, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

What's more, Cao Jixiang is not as domineering as in history, in fact, Zhu Qizhen feels that the reason why Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang appeared after the emergence is not because the original Zhu Qizhen is used to people.

When I think of the people recommended by Shi Heng in history, whether they are people or ghosts, talented or not, rats or cats, as long as they are recommended by Shi Heng, Zhu Qizhen will not allow them, isn't this a habitual person?

-------------------- is like spoiling a child, asking you for candy, you give it, give it every day, and when it becomes a habit, he will naturally want more. So, it turns out that Zhu Qizhen is really not suitable to be an emperor, and it's almost the same to be a good man.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but pout, fortunately he came, that guy let him go to other historical time and space to be a good man, and he would be a villain.

"The old slave knocks on the long live lord. I don't know what the old slave has to say? Cao Jixiang, who was tall and big, with a beard and a meaty face, came to Zhu Qizhen, lifted the placket of his robe and bowed to the ground respectfully. However, perhaps because he has been in the army for a long time, he has been contaminated with the spirit of martial arts, and his every move has the momentum of a martial artist, which is much better than the sissy eunuchs that Zhu Qizhen usually sees.

"Cao Jixiang, come here, come and sit down here. I'm not used to talking to people with my head up. Zhu Qizhen pointed to the cushion not far in front of him, and motioned to Cao Jixiang, who stood with his hands down after worshipping him, and smiled.

"Hurrah Xie, Lord Kick." After Cao Jixiang respectfully saluted again, he sat down on the cushion, but he played a small drum in his heart, because he really couldn't think of what Zhu Qizhen had called him over at this time.

After all, he fell from a high place to the bottom, and then, he took the opportunity to climb back to this position, which is already a rare opportunity for a martial eunuch like Cao Jixiang.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen did not lose his trust, and also promised his son Cao Qin a position of 100 pro-army households, you know, this is not the 100 households of the 26 guards such as Jinyiwei, but the 100 households of the pro-army around Zhu Qizhen, although now, Cao Qin is an ordinary pro-army sergeant, gritting his teeth in the school field and training with other pro-army 26 guards.

But with Zhu Qizhen's promise, as long as he can be trained and capable, when the time comes, Cao Qin will definitely be in the position of a hundred pro-army households.

This is for Cao Jixiang, who first married a wife and had children, and then had to enter the palace because of poverty, hoping to make his wife and children live better. This is definitely an affirmation and grace for one's own dedication.

And during this period of time, Cao Jixiang has also worked quite hard, very humbly asked Yang Hong and Shi Biao for their new military training methods, and also made a lot of notes, these days, among the 26 guards of the original pro-army, the most cooperative, is really this Cao Jixiang.

It is precisely because of his loyalty and hard work that Zhu Qizhen decided to list Cao Jixiang as his first choice, because he is a eunuch and does not have much intersection with those ministers. This is what Zhu Qizhen values the most; In addition, he is quite talented, quite familiar with military strategy, has been on the battlefield, and has made military exploits. has a similar experience to Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, so that he will be more decisive when dealing with decisions.

After seeing Zhu Qizhen let him sit down, he stopped talking, but kept staring at himself with a smile, as if he was thinking about something, which made Cao Jixiang's heart can't help but play a small drum.

"Cao Jixiang, how old are you this year?" Zhu Qizhen looked at Cao Jixiang, who looked like a butcher who killed pigs and not like a eunuch, and felt more and more in his heart that this guy was very suitable for what he wanted to do, but all this was not just his own decision, because he couldn't just look at the surface.

"Back to Long Live Lord, the old slave is thirty out of forty today."

"Forty-three, well, in the prime of life, quite appropriate. By the way, I heard that you were in the inner school field, not only did you personally accompany the training of the troops, but it seems that you also asked Yang Hong and them for advice and made a lot of notes, right? ”

"General Yang's method of training their troops is really unheard of, but it can make the discipline and morale of the soldiers rise a lot, the old slave has also led the soldiers, see the hunting heart, hehe, plus the old slave forgot his surname, worried that he would not be able to remember, so he excerpted it so that he could participate in the research later." Cao Jixiang observed Zhu Qizhen's face while cautiously replied.

(To be continued)