Zhu Ping'an had just returned to the official hall, Wang Jinfa brought clear water, and waited for Zhu Ping'an to finish purifying his face, and then he said that an extremely interesting thing happened just now.

"What's so interesting?" Zhu Ping'an threw the towel to Wang Jinfa and asked with a smile.

"It's about the prince and the princess!" Wang Jinfa is eloquent, and he deliberately flattered Zhu Ping'an at this time, and even said that he was dancing. "That prince was originally proficient in riding, but today for some reason, he looked absent-minded, and when he just got on the horse, he stepped into the air and fell off the horse!"

When Zhu Ping'an heard this, his hand serving tea couldn't help but stop in mid-air, "Fell off the horse?" ”

"That's right! The fall was really not light, and after being helped up, he couldn't even get on the horse, but his subordinates found a carriage to pull him back! ”

Zhu Ping'an was very surprised, it was not a day or two since he knew Wang Pin, although he always had a cold face in front of people, but he treated himself really well, and he was graceful and steady, how could he ever have seen him have such a gaffe.

"Tomorrow morning, remember to remind me to visit the house!"

Wang Jinfa smiled and waved his hand, "Uncle can't, after the prince became a monk, he also felt that he had no face, and his face was very ugly, wouldn't the uncle make him feel even more embarrassed!" Let's delay a few days and visit the house! ”

Zhu Ping'an nodded, "It's still thoughtful!" ”

Wang Jinfa took the basin away. Zhu Ping'an gradually calmed down from the excitement after learning that the troops were dispatched. Since coming to this world, although the trajectory of the whole life has been ups and downs, it has finally not run out of the known range. I'm afraid that I can only get along with Zeng and Zhu Yujian. CRBT Zhu Ping'an was doubly careful.

Today's poisoning case is really strange when I think about it now. Zeng's cousin was not unexpectedly Zhu Ping'an. I was just caught off guard. According to his childhood memories, Tsang has always hated himself.

Think about it, too. Just married to the palace, the family became a prisoner, although she had a good relationship with her husband, but as soon as she entered the Zhu family, she learned that her husband had already given birth to a son with another woman, and Zeng had never been pregnant, her perception of Zhu Ping'an can be imagined.

Therefore, although Zeng is decent to others, his demeanor is dignified. But she was very harsh to Zhu Ping'an, under her influence, Zou Jing did not carry Zhu Yujian to teach Zhu Ping'an a lesson, fortunately, there was still the role of Yao Shaoqin in the palace at that time, and Zhu Ping'an was lucky to leave a life.

Thinking about it today, the Zeng family insisted that Zhu Ping'an did it, that is, they suspected Zhu Ping'an of what he did in order to retaliate against him, and even more so to compete for Zhu Yujian's son-in-law.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but laugh dumbly. This short-sighted woman who doesn't know the times. Although the historical evaluation of her is okay. But she didn't expect that in fact, she was too similar to some of the characters in those palace fighting dramas in later generations.

Zhu Ping'an and Zhu Yujian are father and son, even if the heavenly family has no family affection, but the two are connected by blood after all. But Zhu Ping'an and Zeng's have no relationship at all. Now Zhu Yujian is in prison. Zeng's still has a strong sense of hostility and hatred towards Zhu Ping'an, which means that he doesn't know the times.

For the sake of Zhu Yujian and the younger brother who had just been born, Zhu Ping'an didn't plan to do anything to the Zeng family for the time being. But if once the Zeng family wants to shake Zhu Ping'an's position and interests. That Zhu Ping'an will never show mercy.

On the contrary, I just heard Wang Jinfa talk about Wang Pin, but Zhu Ping'an paid attention. Wang Pin was in a state of confusion. It can only be said that there is a problem, and Zhu Ping'an suspects that he knows very well in his heart who actually did this poisoning case. It's just the people behind this. He couldn't afford to offend him, otherwise he wouldn't have been so out of shape. Fortunately, now that Lu Zhenfei has intervened and taken over all the affairs of Zhu Yujian's family in Gaoqiang, this is equivalent to ensuring the safety of their family, at least so that Zhu Ping'an has no worries.

The expedition was imminent, Zhu Ping'an quickly put aside these trivial matters, and immediately issued an order, ordering all his subordinates, including the auxiliary battalion guarding the bank of the Huai River, to also prepare for the expedition.

Three days later, the order of the Ministry of War and the messenger arrived in Fengyang, the central capital, and Lu Zhenfei, Zhu Ping'an and others were surprised that the transfer of troops from the Ministry of War and the Holy Decree did not mean the same thing.

The order of the military department was to mobilize the elite soldiers of the guards in the central capital to go to Beizhili, accept the dispatch of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, and block the Manchu iron cavalry entering the Kou.

The decree was drawn up by the Cabinet of Ministers, and the celebrant approved and sealed it. Lu Zhenfei was appointed as the governor of Huaiyang, and immediately went to Yangzhou to take office, and the governor was Caoyun.

Lu Zhenfei, who was taken aback, listened to the holy decree read out absentmindedly, and invited the eunuch who announced the decree to go down to rest, and looked at Zhu Ping'an, who rushed to Wang Pin after hearing the news, and was speechless for a while.

As we all know, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the governor was just a temporary institution sent by the center of the imperial court to the local government to take charge of military and political affairs. Since the beginning of the Jiajing period, the governor system has gradually become the norm, and the reason for this is that the southern maritime frontier was not quiet at that time, and the central government needed to send senior officials to coordinate and command the military and government affairs of two provinces or even several provinces, and even a vast area.

Later, the northern border towns gradually began to appear as a common practice of governors taking charge of military and political affairs in one or several towns.

The governor is above the three local divisions, especially after the normalization and localization of the governor system, the governor has become synonymous with the feudal officials, and he is in charge of military and civil affairs, and the signs of power expansion are undoubtedly emerging.

Later, in order to restrict the power of the governor, the imperial court began to set up two official positions: the chief soldier and the civil minister. It was also strictly ordered that the appointment and dismissal of the governor should go through the imperial court's recommendation, and the central center also dispatched the governor to supervise the governor's behavior according to the imperial history, so as to play a restraining role. But even so, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the governor could already be said to be the highest power holder in a province.

What's more, this time Lu Zhenfei will serve as the governor of Huaiyang. It is equivalent to controlling the two major yamen of Yandao and Caoyun in Jianghuai and Yangzhou regions. Emperor Chongzhen's trust in him can be seen.

The north is facing the two major scourges of Tartars and bandits, coupled with frequent natural disasters, and the failure of harvests in various places is a foregone conclusion. At this time, the transportation of grain became the top priority. Emperor Chongzhen's purpose in placing Lu Zhenfei in Huaiyang was to ensure Cao Yun. As long as Cao Yun is in. With silver, grain and grass, the Ming Dynasty has the possibility of survival.

Lu Zhenfei sighed. looked at Zhu Ping'an, "It seems that the old man can't go north with you!" ”

"Mr. is in Huaiyang, and the officers and men of our Northern Army can worry about the future, which is also to contribute to the front-line war!" Zhu Ping'an saw that Lu Zhenfei was a little disappointed, and hurriedly explained.

Lu Zhenfei nodded, "It's okay, it's just that you will lead the troops north alone, and the old man still can't rest assured." ”

Zhu Ping'an smiled: "Sir, I have forgotten it." Since Ping An entered the door of Mr., all he has learned is the battle formation and the practice of the military camp! This year, combined with the daily practice of the high wall guard, this is the best time to test! ”

Lu Zhenfei thought about it, Zhu Ping'an was originally born in the army, although he only fought a battle with the thieves in Fengyang, but in the past year, he and his veterans such as Yue Jinfeng and Qiu Ze have been fighting all day long, and the military affairs have become more and more sophisticated.

Present. Zhu Ping'an received the handwritten official letter handed over by Lu Zhenfei and the official document jointly issued by the Central Capital Left-behind Division and the Military Garrison Yamen to mobilize 1,500 subordinate high-walled guards to return to the command of the governor of Jianxuanda. Of course, the name of the high-walled guard cannot be explained to the public. After all, the high wall guard is only the equivalent of the prison guard of the forbidden wall, and if the civil and military officials of Jingshi and Xuanda know about it, I am afraid that they will be furious. The country is in trouble. It is too much to say that Zhongdu only sent the guards of the Royal Prison to support.

Even Zhu Ping'an was unusually promoted to a commander of the Fengyang Left-behind Division because of this war. The official rank is four grades. At least he has the qualifications to lead the army.

Regarding Zhu Ping'an's self-recommendation, the military attachés of Fengyang guards simply regarded him as the reincarnation of a bodhisattva. Although a stupid hat had been buckled on Zhu Ping'an's head behind his back, the military attachés rushed to the door to give gifts. lest Zhu Ping'an change his hexagram. The political envoys and other yamen prepared the salaries, grain, and grass of the participating troops as quickly as possible, as well as a large number of armor and equipment, and all kinds of meat were even more openly supplied, opening a precedent in the history of Fengyangwei.

Zhu Ping'an was also unceremoniously, in addition to asking for supplies, he was to loot the equipment that could be taken over. The doors of the armory of the Left-behind Division, the various guard posts, and the military yamen were open, and Zhu Ping'an, the high-walled guard, was allowed to ask for it, although there was nothing good in it. But Zhu Ping'an still got a lot of armor, but most of it needed to be repaired.

The lowest-level soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had no armor and generally wore red cloth uniforms, which were commonly known as mandarin duck battle jackets. The better ones are cloth armor, cotton armor and leather armor, and the most elite soldiers, that is, family members and even guerrilla and staff generals, wear iron armor.

The armor I got from the guards this time was basically cotton armor, and it had some effect on firearms, but it was not very good against the knives and guns of the Tartars.

Zhu Ping'an's pig iron consumption was large, one reason was to build firearms, and the other reason was to make simple plate armor, which originated in Italy in the 14th century, and was obviously more protective. Of course, according to Zhu Ping'an's current financial resources and ability, it is not realistic to fully copy Europa's plate armor, he just used two pieces of armor to protect the vital positions of the soldier's chest, abdomen and back, with helmets, knee pads, elbow pads and other equipment, light weight, and the key positions have also been protected, much stronger than the current armor in the Ming army, and has been popularized in the infantry battalion.

The cavalry battalion and Zhu Ping'an's pro-soldier battalion are all iron armor. They are all ink iron helmets wearing caps, and the slightly official ones are the six-petal iron helmets in the style of high bowls, which cover the neck with iron armor leaves, and the armor with a round neck placket on the body, revealing the red jacket inside, red with black, which is definitely the true color of iron and blood.

Zhu Ping'an got all the armor for the auxiliaries, and he got a lot of standard bows and arrows from various guards, all of which were equipped with infantry battalions, and some of the spears were uniformly transformed into the shape of javelins and loaded into carts in case of emergency. It was too late to use the scavenged iron to build rockets, so Zhu Ping'an ordered all of them to be made into iron long arrows for the use of the divine machine arrow car. In the warehouses of the guards, it was also found that the Ming army had used the "swarm of bees" magic machine arrow car, but the design was too simple, and the wooden feather arrows were used, and the range was only 300 steps, so they were all eliminated by Zhu Ping'an.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of October, and it is the day when Zhu Ping'an's troops set out. (To be continued......)

PS: Recently, there have been a lot of things at home, and middle-aged men are so sad! I wanted to write more manuscripts in the first month of the shelf, but I was riddled with trivial matters, and I had to change it every day for most of the week, and my full-time attendance plan was also ruined. I'm sorry to my book friends, as long as I have time, I will make two shifts, and I will definitely ensure that I will return to normal next week!