Xianfu Palace is one of the six palaces in the west of the inner court, in the west of Chuxiu Palace, although the location is slightly remote, but it is the place where Zhenwu goes to the most times, Xianfu Palace not only lives in Qi Concubine Zhang Mengjiao, but also lives in the newly favored Zhou Roujia, in the palace, what status, status is secondary, the emperor's favor is the most real, there is the emperor's favor, but also worried about no name and no status?

Because of the number of times Zhenwu came, although the Xianfu Palace was a little biased, it was no longer the cold and quiet of the year, and the most snobbish eunuchs did not dare to have the slightest neglect of the trivial matters of the Xianfu Palace.

Qi concubine Zhang Mengjiao is very smart, knows the truth that flowers are not red for a hundred days, and is not spoiled but coquettish, and she is trying her best to envelop the queen and concubines, and she is even more protective of Zhou Roujia, the new favorite of Zhenwu who lives in Xianfu Palace, she knows that Zhenwu arranged Zhou Roujia to Xianfu Palace to take care of her.

In the warm Xianfu Palace West Warm Pavilion, Zhang Mengjiao drank tea while chatting with Zhou Roujia, who was sewing clothes for her dog, and chatted with Zhou Roujia, who was several years younger than her, gentle and gentle, a little innocent, and liked to raise birds, dogs and other pets.

"Master, the prince is here." The personal palace maid Zixia came in and squatted to report.

Hearing that the eunuch beside Zhenwu was coming, Zhang Mengjiao couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "Please." ”

"The slave asks for peace for Concubine Qi, and for Zhou Guiren." As soon as the little eunuch Wang Hong came in, he conveniently tied a thousand children, got up and continued: "Congratulations to Niangniang, the emperor sent his servants to come over and spread the word and eat in Xianfu Palace." ”

Zhenwu, who listened to it, came over to eat, and Zhang Mengjiao smiled and said: "Hard work, Zixia, look at the reward." ”

"Xie Qi's concubine is rewarded." Wang Hong bowed with a smile.

Wang Hong, who was waiting, withdrew. Zhang Mengjiao looked at Zhou Roujia. smiled: "Roujia, what do you want to eat?" ”

Zhou Roujia tilted her head and thought for a while, before she said: "Eat hot pot, the emperor likes it too, I like mutton shabu." ”

"Beware of you fattening you." Zhang Mengjiao got up with a smile and said, "You sit down, I'll go to the kitchen to have a look." ”

Zhou Roujia wrinkled her nose. chuckled: "I'm not afraid of being fat, but my sister should pay attention." ”

"Okay, I dare to say that this palace is fat, look back and see how this palace cleans you up." Zhang Mengjiao smiled and lifted the curtain and left.

Zhang Mengjiao and Zhou Roujia were happy in vain, Zhenwu missed the appointment, and just left the Qianqing Palace. He received a report that Wang Yinxiang of Yijun was handing over a sign and asking to see him. Yinxiang is in charge of the military department and is responsible for the recruitment of recruits, Zhenwu will naturally not slack off, and immediately returned to the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, wondering why Yinxiang came.

Yinxiang came quickly, and after coming in, he knelt down and said, "Minister Yinxiang respectfully invites the emperor to be sainte." ”

Zhenwu smiled slightly: "No courtesy." Bestow the seat. ”

After thanking him, Yinxiang did not sit down. Instead, he glanced at it. Seeing that there were no living officials and eunuchs in the palace, he took out two small sealed bamboo pipes: "Your Majesty." This is the first time I have received a pigeon letter from Rehe. ”

Pigeon letter from Rehe? Zhenwu couldn't help frowning slightly, Kangxi's condition has changed? It can't be that the condition is getting worse, right? He couldn't help feeling a little nervous in his heart, and checked the sealing wax slightly, he crushed the sealing wax and took out the secret letter, and glanced at it slightly, he didn't call anyone, he went straight out of the code book to check, and soon translated it, just one sentence, 'The Emperor Taishang's stroke has improved greatly, and he can already pronounce words clearly, but the speed is slightly slower. ’

Kangxi's condition is improving? Zhenwu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and handed the note to Yinxiang casually, but he was wondering whether this thing was a good thing or a bad thing, it was said that this was a great joy, but he couldn't be happy.

After being silent for a long time, Yinxiang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Shunyi battalion has basically been emptied, and only two thousand elites are left in the battalion, and there is also not much left in the Tianjin Navy. ”

Zhenwu glanced at him in surprise, the old thirteen actually bluntly asked him to take precautions, is it necessary? Shaking his head slightly, he said: "Brother Thirteen is too worried, Huang Ama has always cherished feathers all his life, besides, after this serious illness, what else can Huang Ama not let go?" ”

"Your Majesty." Yinxiang said in a deep voice: "The minister is not worried about the emperor, but about the royal family of the Jingshi, the prince and noble. After a slight pause, he continued: "Since the emperor reigned at the imperial pole, he has confiscated the military power of the Five Banners, transferred the people of the Beijing Division Banner into the Tianjin Military Workshop, implemented the apportionment into the mu, the officials and gentry paid grain as an errand, and carried out the reform of industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes.

Immediately afterwards, he sold Xi'an Mancheng, allowed the local Eight Banners to purchase properties in the local area, and transferred 10,000 new Guards to Xi'an, and at the same time reformed the Qing military system, reducing the status of the Eight Banners soldiers to equal to the green battalion, and the New Guards also began to recruit Han people in large numbers.

The emperor, the above piles are constantly weakening and depriving the Eight Banners of power in the hands of the princes and nobles, it has only been a year, the royal family of the Beijing Division, the reason why the princes and nobles are bankrupt and even do not hesitate to borrow money to develop overseas feudal countries is because they are afraid, afraid that the emperor will eventually completely deprive them of their privileges.

The Eight Banners Princes and Nobles have enjoyed privileges for decades, once they were all deprived, they are bound to be unwilling, and the improvement of Huang Ama's condition is an excellent opportunity for them, and the ministers are worried that they will sow discord between the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family, and trap the emperor in a difficult situation, and pray that the emperor will think twice. ”

Hearing this, Zhenwu was speechless for a long time, he also knew that it was not good to be in a hurry, but if he didn't do so, he couldn't force those Eight Banner Princes and Nobles to devote all their energy to overseas feudal countries, he understood what the old thirteen meant, and dispatched the most reliable navy and the Praetorian Guard New Army to station in the Beijing Division, in order to deter these Eight Banner Princes and Nobles, so as not to cause them delusional.

But now that the navy and the new Praetorian Guard have been transferred to the Japanese Kingdom, Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Bay of Bengal, the three major naval academies are all recruits, and the number is not large, the new Praetorian Guard army transferred to Xi'an cannot move, to prevent changes in the northwest, and moreover, such an obvious transfer of troops, how can Kangxi not know the reason? What would he think? Not only is it looking for nothing, but it may even be self-defeating.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "There is no need to make any extraneous branches, the recruitment of new soldiers is nearing the end, strengthen the training of new soldiers, and strengthen the control of the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing." ”

Seeing that Zhenwu was unmoved, Yinxiang stopped saying a word, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order." (To be continued.) )