Bianjing City, which is dozens of miles away from Wudang Mountain.

Palace.

The Imperial Study.

Emperor Hecheng, who had just been on the throne for eight years, was dressed in a cyan civilian dress, and if he didn't care about the majesty between his eyebrows, this emperor would look like an ordinary scribe. Emperor Hecheng held a book in his hand and looked at it devotedly, pacing as he looked.

"Your Majesty, the general has arrived. The eunuch bowed down and said softly

"Please. Emperor Hecheng put down the book and stood with his hands in his hands.

The general Li Rongsheng walked in wearing the armor given by His Majesty and knelt down on one knee: "The minister participates in Your Majesty." "The etiquette of the Great Song Dynasty, the military generals do not have to kneel and bow when they wear armor. However, Li Rongsheng returned from patrolling, so he should kneel and bow, but because the armor was too heavy, it was quite difficult for him to perform this ceremony.

Emperor Hecheng looked at him for a moment before raising his hand to help: "Get up." ”

Li Rongsheng exhaled a breath and knelt down in armor, which was simply torture. He saw that there was no eunuch beside him, and a smile appeared on his handsome face, and then the world-famous general of the Great Song Dynasty actually sat on the chair closest to him without the permission of the emperor, and sat on his butt really.

What's even more surprising is that Emperor Hecheng didn't seem to see it, and called out to the eunuch who could only wait outside the door without permission.

"Make tea for the general and bring some snacks. The emperor commanded, and the eunuch sang and left.

Li Rongsheng felt that the imperial armor on his body was very uncomfortable, moved his arm, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to Xiliang this time, and he understood some problems, then Ma Tang is about to die, no matter how he understands the general trend, no matter how devout he surrenders to our Great Song Dynasty, he will not use it, and Ma Tang may die of illness within three years." When the time comes, I think Ma Teng will be smarter, give him ten or twenty years, maybe he can make Xiliangli look decent, and the other princes are all waste...... Your Majesty, the next time I come to see you, can you wear civilian clothes, I really can't get used to wearing this armor!"

As the emperor of the most powerful country today, Emperor Hecheng has only been on the throne for eight years. In the whole world, the emperor who has been on the throne for eight years can still be regarded as a new emperor.

However, in the past eight years, Emperor Hecheng has done a lot of things that shocked the world. Therefore, although he is young, as long as the monarchs of various countries mention Emperor Hecheng, they are both admired and afraid.

Emperor Hecheng said: "It was you who asked me for this armor at the beginning, and now it is you who say that you are uncomfortable to wear." When you come to see me, you have to wear it, otherwise what's the use of the imperial gift?" Of course, Emperor Hecheng remembered that at the beginning, Li Rongsheng had to give the emperor an edict with great fanfare, and he also gave it the name of 'White Snow Silver Armor'. However, the Holy One added a sentence to the edict that when I see me later, I must wear the silver armor given by the Emperor.

Li Rongsheng said helplessly: "I asked Your Majesty for this armor because I wanted to suppress the arrogance of those civil officials who said bad things about me all day long. But now it seems that those literati are not afraid at all, and they still point at my nose and scold, alas..."

Emperor Hecheng waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, you said about the establishment of the Firearms Bureau before, do you have a plan?"

As soon as he talked about this, Li Rongsheng stood up, put on a cynical expression, and arched his hand: "The plan has been preliminarily drawn up, Your Majesty will take a look at it first." As he spoke, he took out the plan from his arms and discussed it with Chen Letian in Wudang Mountain for three days and three nights, and then he came up with a plan with at least 500 pages of dense fly-headed small letters, and handed it to Emperor Hecheng.

Emperor Hecheng looked at it, only for a moment, the dignified emperor's hand began to tremble uncontrollably, the emperor didn't know if he didn't want to show his inner turmoil in front of the courtiers, put down the plan, was silent for a long time, and said with a glint in his eyes: "I really underestimate you!" Although he only saw the tip of the iceberg, Emperor Hecheng, who was thrown into the forbidden army by the emperor since he was a child and was familiar with military affairs, saw how much real power this plan contained. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade, this plan, to put it mildly, is to plant a towering tree, and even does not need to wait for the descendants, ten or eight years later, it may be able to achieve great results.

Li Rongsheng shook his head and said: "I only contributed two or three percent of this plan, and the real contribution was an eighteen-year-old Wu Chang under the command of the minister. ”

Emperor Hecheng glanced at Li Rongsheng in surprise and said, "Eighteen-year-old Wu Chang, such a talent, why don't you bring me to see me?"

Li Rongsheng said: "This person has just been admitted to the Qingtian Pavilion Cultivation Academy this year, and the minister thinks that it is not a good thing to let him sharpen himself in the academy first, after all, he has been in the military camp for too long, and it is not necessarily a good thing to throw him directly into the court." Speaking of Chen Letian, the initiator of the Firearms Bureau, Li Rongsheng thought that the kid was now eating, drinking and playing in Wudang Mountain every day, which was very comfortable.

Emperor Hecheng raised his hand and nodded at Li Rongsheng, and said, "You are a pity, I think you are afraid that he will be accidentally cut by me, right?"

Li Rongsheng hurriedly bowed down and said: "How dare the minister, the minister is really thinking about His Majesty and the society, that kid, his temper and temperament don't let the academy grind, I don't know what he can do in the court, when the time comes, the public will be angry, the dog head who killed him is small, and it is big for our Song Dynasty to lose a pillar!"

Emperor He Cheng suppressed the urge in his heart to find that pillar immediately, and said: "Even if what you say is reasonable, but the matter of this firearms bureau has to be delegated to someone, and you naturally don't have the time and energy to be responsible, so how about handing it over to that eighteen-year-old captain?"

"The Firearms Bureau is too important, and it is not appropriate to hand it over to me or him, and I think that His Majesty should be personally responsible for this matter. Li Rongsheng said.

Emperor Hecheng looked up suspiciously, but then he understood what Li Rongsheng meant.

Li Rongsheng nodded, tacitly.

Institutions such as the Firearms Bureau are, first and foremost, a matter of secrecy. In the process of research, the core things must be 100% confidential, and the slightest leakage of the core things may arouse the curiosity of other countries.

Once other countries are curious and devote themselves to research, then Da Song Ke will be passive.

Then in the process of research, a lot of manpower and material resources need to be invested, and this expenditure cannot be from the household department, because it is difficult to keep it secret. Therefore, this huge institution could only be established in the name of the emperor's private person.

More importantly, it involves the appointment and dismissal of many officials and responsible persons, and it is impossible to handle the huge personnel relationship between Chen Letian and Li Rongsheng, who is famous all over the world. So these can only be handed over to His Majesty the Emperor, after all, those iron-clad scholars and doctors in the Great Song Dynasty scolded people, and no one could bear it.

While speaking, the eunuch handed over tea and snacks, and Li Rongsheng ate it regardless of his appearance. The eunuch also knew that the general could eat, so he specially took five people's snacks from the imperial dining room.

It was similar to Emperor Cheng's treatment of Li Rong to eat raw, and then he said: "This plan will be carefully studied by me, and after the New Year, I will start to make it." When the time comes, you call that Wu Chief, and I will let him do things in it as an ordinary manager. ”

Li Rongsheng nodded: "That's the best, that kid is not very controlled, after all, he is still young." ”

Emperor Hecheng smiled and said, "It's okay, after squeezing out his value, I will cut him." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, and the few eunuchs standing outside looked at each other a few times, and they all thought in their hearts, every time this general came to see His Majesty, he could make His Majesty happy for a long time, and he really deserved to be the first general in the world.

Li Rongsheng wiped his mouth after eating and drinking, and told the emperor about the situation in the frontier.

At present, the four princes of Xiliang are divided into two factions, and the power is equal, and no one can destroy anyone. The rest of the tribes have taken refuge in the princes of all parties, but there are very few, and most of the tribes choose to wait and see. After all, Ma Tang, who is the lord of Xiliang, shows the tribal leader a body that is still healthy and can live for at least another twenty or thirty years.

Li Rongsheng also took a lot of effort to get the real news about Ma Tang's physical condition handed over by the spy.

Therefore, the leaders of the tribes in Xiliang chose to wait and see what seemed the wisest.

"Father!" a seven or eight-year-old pink-carved child jumped in, followed by the nurse groaned, but did not dare to come in without permission, only knelt at the door.

Emperor Hecheng saw his son, his eyebrows softened a lot, touched his son's head and said, "My father and the general are talking, really good, go outside to play." ”

The child turned his head to look at Li Rongsheng and said, "Hello general, when will the general teach Zhen'er to ride a horse and shoot arrows?"

Li Rongsheng bowed his head and said, "His Royal Highness King Qing is good." In another three years, when His Highness is older, the minister will teach His Highness. But before that, His Royal Highness must eat, drink, and sleep well, and it is best to be able to memorize the things taught by Taifu, so that he can learn to ride and shoot, and he will definitely be able to travel thousands of miles in a day. ”

Emperor Hecheng's only son so far, Zhao Zhen, lowered his head and thought about it, and pouted: "Okay, Zhen'er remembers." ”

Emperor Cheng and Li Rongsheng looked at each other and smiled, this Zhao Zhen was extremely smart when he was one or two years old, according to the current situation, it is estimated that it will be a matter of time before he becomes a prince in the future.

After letting the nurse take Xiao Zhao Zhen out, Emperor He Cheng continued to discuss the matter of Xiliang with Li Rongsheng.

Regarding the chaos within Xiliang, Liang and Wei liked to see it, but the Great Song Emperor did not think so. Chaos is the foreplay of Daji. Although Xiliang is chaotic now, in the long run, chaos is conducive to cultivating heroes. The inevitable result of internal elimination is survival of the fittest. Comparing the four princes of Xiliang to four wolves, the one who survives by biting each other is naturally the strongest wolf.

Therefore, Emperor He Cheng and General Li both need to think about it in advance.

Emperor Hecheng was born in the literati, although he has been in the forbidden army since he was a child, but after all, he has not really been on the battlefield, so the border defense still depends to a large extent on the sword of the seven emperors of the dynasty, the sharpest of which is the sword, the commander of the Northern Army, and General Li, who was trained and supported by the emperor, is naturally the person he relies on the most.

The point is that the emperor liked the great general. After all, in the emperor's family, it is very difficult to find a person who is also a teacher and a friend!