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December 28. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Two days ago, there was a will in the palace, in order to verify the combat strength of the new army, the special purpose of the warrior battalion out of the palace.

This decree was not only unexpected by everyone, but at the same time it was expected by everyone, in fact, before this, there had been a lot of controversy in the imperial court, especially within the military department, because of the palace's intention to expand the new army.

Many officials of the Ministry of War pointed out that although the new army defeated the Tile Thorn Iron Cavalry last time, this victory could only be regarded as a coincidental victory, and the reason was very simple, the place where the drill was carried out was in Wengcheng, the area was narrow, and the Tile Thorn Iron Cavalry could not be used, so the Tile Thorn's best tactic of roundabout side attack could not be effective at all.

In addition, the imperial court already has a Shenji battalion, and the establishment of a new army with the same as the Shenji battalion will inevitably have some overlapping functions, not to mention that the amount of money required for a large-scale expansion of the new army is huge, and the military salary for raising a new army of 800 people is ten times that of a thousand households, and it is better to invest this money in border towns.

Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, thought that it was imperative to expand the new army, but in the Ministry of War, Liu Daxia still could not suppress the criticism of other officials, so he had no choice but to bring this controversy to the cabinet and let the cabinet deal with it.

And the cabinet is obviously disagreeing, for a while is not accurate, for the imperial court, this is a big deal, because once the new army is expanded, the imperial court must at least prepare hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, this army consumption is particularly huge, whether it is the way of recruitment or the method of training, it requires great attrition, if you don't show some strength, who is willing to believe?

The elite in Beijing is none other than the warrior battalion, if the warrior battalion is allowed to try this new army, the performance of the new army can be as outstanding as ever, everyone has nothing to say.

In this way, this matter is logical, the warrior battalion is all out of Beijing, and the defense of the Beijing division is temporarily led by the pro-army, but the protection of the emperor is left with a lot of henchmen to protect the guards.

At the same time, it will be the end of the year in two days, so according to the rules, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military is to enter the palace to congratulate, after the greeting, the New Year is coming, and everyone goes home for the New Year.

Therefore, the palace is as busy as ever, and the palaces in various places have been repaired, dressed in red and green, and are preparing for the congratulations of hundreds of officials.

In the celebrant supervisor, Xiao Jing reluctantly acted for some official duties in spirit, his face looked very bad, there have been too many things recently, don't look at Jinyiwei's side always shines, but these efforts, Dongchang's side is not idle.

He coughed violently a few times, took out a snow-white silk scarf and covered his mouth, and waited for his throat to feel more comfortable, before folding the silk scarf and putting it into his sleeve.

The eunuchs under the case are also busy with their own things, but in front of Xiao Jing, no one dares to make any sound, they are all tiptoeing; Only every time Xiao Jing coughed desperately, everyone's faces relaxed a little and made some small movements.

A eunuch came with a smile, everyone knew that it was Liang Ru, the eunuch with the palm print of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, this Liang Ru came in with a smile, saluted Xiao Jing, and said, "Ancestor Xiao, hasn't you been in good shape lately?" ”

According to common sense, the celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor can also be regarded as the two internal officials and yamen who are divided into courts. It's just that last time, the palm print eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch was overturned, and the new palm print eunuch was immediately replaced by Xiao Jing's henchman, of course, this Liang Gonggong did not dare to make a mistake in front of Xiao Jing, and he was very polite to Xiao Jing, and the ancestor shouted very cheerfully.

Xiao Jing showed a gentle smile on his face, put his hand on the case, and said slowly: "When you are old, where is the time when your body and bones are getting better." Hey, sometimes I really want to be idle, and tell Your Majesty to go to the Zhongdu to guard the mausoleum, take a good rest, and take care of your days. ”

Liang Ru's fat face immediately became serious, and said, "Ancestor Xiao, what are these words?" Where can the palace be separated from Ancestor Xiao? Even Your Majesty can't do without you, the slave maid got a prescription, saying that it is to nourish qi and prolong the years, no, it is to pay filial piety to Ancestor Xiao. ”

Xiao Jing smiled slightly, and said, "It's rare for you to bother, let's get down to business, don't you let Liu Chang from your Imperial Horse Supervisor come for a trip?" Where are his people? ”

Liang Ru said with a smile: "I'm here, but I don't dare to come in, I'm waiting outside." ”

Xiao Jing touched his smooth chin, and said with a smile: "What is this like, they are all members of the family, how can they not say two words, call in, the miscellaneous family has something to say to him." ”

Liang Ru bowed and saluted, and went out quickly, and after a while, led the admiral eunuch Liu Chang in, Liang Ru laughed while scolding this Liu Chang, and said, "Ghost thing, what kind of person is Ancestor Xiao?" Will it still eat you? What are you afraid of? After that, he said to Xiao Jing: "Ancestor Xiao, my child is not sensible, you have to take care of it." ”

Xiao Jing looked at Liu Chang, Liu Chang's age is not young, there is already a little gray hair between his temples, and the whole person is thin and thin, but he looks capable. As for Liang Ru, he is wide and fat, and he is younger than Liu Chang in age, and Liang Ru called Liu Chang a child, needless to say, Liu Chang must have worshiped Liang Ru as his godfather.

This kind of thing seems a little funny outside the palace, but it is a common thing in this palace, the eunuchs have no relatives, so in order to form a gang, they have to pull some relatives, but there is a clear distinction between the top and bottom in this palace, so this godfather is all the rage, such as Liu Chang, who looks more old than Liang Ru, but being Liang Ru's godson is not ambiguous at all.

Xiao Jing saw a lot of this kind of thing, and he didn't feel any difference, but he just smiled, looked at Liu Chang gently, and said, "You are Liu Chang?" ”

Liu Chang hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Ancestor Xiao is above, and the slave is Liu Chang." ”

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Don't be so angry, you are also able to do things in the Imperial Horse Prison, and you haven't made any mistakes for so many years, okay, very good......"

Liu Chang cautiously looked at Xiao Jing's face and said, "This is all supported by Ancestor Xiao and taught by his godfather." ”

Liang Ru smiled with a shiny face on the side, and was honored.

Xiao Jing continued slowly: "Oh, yes, there is something I want to ask here, or during the Chenghua period, when the first emperor was there, do you remember that once you told the first emperor that there was an immortal medicine over there in Taichang Temple, and asked the first emperor to send someone to get it, you must remember this matter." ”

Liu Chang was confused, muttered for a long time, and said, "It's been so long, the slave really doesn't remember." ”

Xiao Jing's eyes closed slightly, and said, "Think about it carefully." ”

Liang Ru also urged on the side, and said, "If Ancestor Xiao asks, do you dare to be perfunctory as a ghost?" Think carefully and don't miss anything. ”

Liu Chang thought about it for a long time before he said: "The slave really can't remember, and I ask Ancestor Xiao to mention it." ”

Liang Ru laughed again, and was about to say a few words to Xiao Jing about this kid's confusion, but when he saw Xiao Jing again, he found that Xiao Jing's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and his amiable face was as cold as ice.

Xiao Jing lay down on the chair and picked up the teacup. However, dozens of eunuchs suddenly rushed out of the ear rooms on both sides of the duty room of this celebrant eunuch, and these eunuchs were all armed with sharp knives and were extremely vicious.

The one who took the lead was Xiao Jing's henchman eunuch, and shouted: "Take down this thief, since he can't think of it, we can naturally help him think of it." ”

Dozens of eunuchs rushed up, pressed Liu Chang to the ground, bit and beat him, Liu Chang screamed in pain, and then was grabbed by his hair and pulled out.

All this came too suddenly, and Liang Ru was stunned; But Xiao Jing was still holding the teacup and drinking tea slowly, as if what was happening in front of him had nothing to do with him, and he didn't see it at all.

Liang Ru was stunned, and only reacted after a long time, and said, "Ancestor Xiao, what's going on?" Where did Liu Chang, this bastard, offend your old man? If there's something wrong, you know, why do you have to? All...... It's all my own family......"

Xiao Jing put down the teacup for a while, and a pair of eyes fell on Liang Ru suddenly, these eyes were as sharp as a knife, which actually made Liang Ru have an indescribable fear.

Forthwith......

Xiao Jing sneered sharply, with a bit of cruelty on his pale face. He slapped the case suddenly, and the case made a loud noise, and even the tea cup on the case jumped up, and fell on the case with a bang, and the sound was endless.

Liang Ru was scared and couldn't help but take a step back.

Xiao Jing said coldly: "Made a mistake? Did he make a mistake? How did you become a palm print eunuch? There are people below who are plotting rebellion and rebellion, and some people are colluding with Mingjiao, and you don't even know at all? actually got into a relationship with him? Do you know that this rebellion is a great crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan? You are his godfather, when the time comes, it is not difficult to cut you alive with three knives and six holes, what an important inner palace supervisor is the imperial horse supervisor, you ignore it, this is a major crime of dereliction of duty, if it is not for the factory guard's side to investigate tightly, something happens, it is enough to kill you all over the house. ”

Xiao Jing's words made Liang Ru's cold sweat soak his clothes, and he hurriedly fell to the ground, at this time, when he heard that Liu Chang was a rebel, tears also flowed out, and he said in a tearful voice: "Ancestor...... My ancestors...... The slave doesn't know at all, Liu Chang looks very loyal, the slave really doesn't know at all, the slave and the maid should die, damn it...... Ancestor Xiao, the slave and maid are dizzy, damn it, the slave and Liu Chang actually have nothing to do with each other, the slave and maid ......"

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(To be continued)