Song Nan's mention tonight was by no means cowardly, in fact, since Zhang Lun became the governor of the regimental battalion, the discordant voices in the regimental camp have been very loud, and the voices of secretly discussing whether Zhang Lun is worthy of the position of governor of the regimental battalion have never stopped.

If it's just rumors, in fact, as if to prove that Zhang Lun is not capable of holding this position, there have been many mistakes in the regimental camp. First of all, the regimental camp armory was found to be missing hundreds of sets of ordnance and equipment, reminiscent of the situation when King Anhua rebelled, the whereabouts of these hundreds of sets of weapons and equipment aroused suspicion; Then there was the Fenwu battalion personally supervised by Zhang Lun, where the officers withheld military salaries, causing a fight between the soldiers and the officers, and three regimental soldiers died.

This gives people the impression that the regimental camp is the main military force in the capital, and the regimental camp of more than 100,000 people is the greatest guarantee of the imperial court in the Gyeonggi area.

And the Hou Masters openly contradicted Zhang Lun, or the things that violated the yang and the yin, were just trivial things compared to the above things. In terms of qualifications, Zhang Lun is indeed not as good as any of the marquis of the regimental camp, they are all the same generation or the younger generation as the old man, in front of Zhang Lun, some people will also rely on the old and sell the old, pointing at Zhang Lun's nose and calling himself an uncle, Zhang Lun is not a tough person, so these people have to inch in, and Zhang Lun also ended up with a weak and gentle evaluation.

These Song Nan all knew that the so-called armory equipment was missing, and what kind of things such as deducting food and salary caused mutiny, Song Nan could think of it as someone deliberately doing it with his ass; For so many years, why didn't so many strange things happen when my husband was alive? As soon as the little grandfather took office, he immediately came out of these crooked ways? Without him, it's just to force the little grandfather to step down.

Song Nan couldn't directly intervene in it, and secretly gave Zhang Lun an idea, asking him to be tough and kill a hundred people, and ruthlessly diagnose and treat the most powerful person among them; For example, if an impossible military order is issued, as long as they do not complete it, they will be punished by military law to combat their arrogance. However, Zhang Lun is not Song Nan after all, he always looks forward and thinks about it and refuses to do it again and again, Song Nan is also helpless, this is probably the tradition of the British government, the little grandfather is to imitate Zhang Mao's caution when he was alive, everything must be planned and then moved, and he is willing to do it after careful consideration.

Compared with Song Nan, Zhang Lun has no shortage of ability regardless of status and identity, what he lacks is the indomitable courage, Song Nan dares to go out, but Zhang Lun can't.

When there were frequent incidents in the regimental camp and public opinion among the court officials was boiling, Song Nan understood that Zhang Lun, the acting governor of the regimental camp, would not be able to do it. Out of respect for the kinship between Song Nan and Zhang Lun, Zhengde had already vaguely asked Song Nan a few days ago, and Song Nan knew that he had to persuade Zhang Lun Taoguang to release the position of governor of the regimental camp.

In fact, Song Nan didn't think it was a failure, if Zhang Lun was not the governor of the regimental camp, Song Nan could have no scruples about attacking those old things in the regimental battalion, Song Nan knew very well in his heart, if you want to master the soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion, you can't sit in the position of the governor of the regimental battalion and everything will be fine, and the experience over the years tells me that only by driving these old guys out of the regimental camp and letting the people close to him enter the regimental camp will have practical significance.

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The next morning, when the dynasty was about to end, Zhang Lun, who had been silent, finally stood up, his face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot, obviously yesterday's night was not very easy, maybe after Song Nan left, Zhang Lun did a night of ideological struggle, and people also survived a lot of depression.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." Zhang Lun knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhengde smiled: "The British public invites you to play if you have something." ”

Zhang Lun said: "Thank you, the emperor has thought about it for a long time, and decided to ask the emperor to resign from the post of governor of the regimental camp. ”

There was an uproar and looked at Zhang Lun in surprise.

Zhengde frowned and said, "British Duke, why is this?" ”

Zhang Lun said: "The minister feels unwell recently, often coughing up blood and asthma, and feels that he has no energy to command the regimental battalion, the regimental battalion is a heavy army in Gyeonggi, and the affairs are numerous and important. Therefore, after thinking about it, he decided to resign from this post and let someone with the ability and energy to command the regimental battalion. ”

Zhengde pinched his chin and didn't make a sound, he was a little suspicious that Zhang Lun deliberately spoke like this to test himself, he did feel that Zhang Lun was not suitable for this important position, but he never had the right reason and time to put it forward. At this moment, Zhang Lun's initiative to resign saved a lot of things. But after all, Zhang Mao has only been dead for more than two months, and he was immediately removed from Zhang Lun's position as governor, and Zhengde's heart was a little unbearable.

"Hmm...... I think you are upset because of the death of your husband, and you will be able to adjust it over time, I ......" Zhengde thought in his heart to agree to Zhang Lun's request, but he had to keep it. First, I feel sorry for the psychology of blame, and secondly, this is also an unwritten rule, and important courtiers always have to keep it several times to express their resignation, although everyone understands that this kind of retention is etiquette.

"Please allow the emperor, the minister is also for the sake of the safety of Gyeonggi, the minister can't lead the chaos of the camp for personal reasons, and Gyeonggi is uneasy, that will be what the minister does not want to see." Zhang Lun said calmly.

Zhengde frowned and said nothing, trying his best to show that he was very hesitant, turned his face, and asked Song Nan, "Song Nan, what is your opinion on this matter?" ”

Zhengde was the first to ask Song Nan's attitude, not only because of Song Nan's status in his mind, but also because of the relationship between the little grandfather and Song Nan.

The minister thinks that the British prince is loyal and patriotic, and the starting point is also for the safety of Gyeonggi and the emperor's safety, and the minister understands the feelings of the British prince, after all, there are too many things in the regimental camp and too heavy, and dragging the seriously ill body can not do good errands will also aggravate the disease, but the two ends are not good. If the emperor asks the opinion of the minister, the minister's opinion is, and he asks the emperor to fulfill his wish. ”

"Oh? Song Nan actually agreed. Song Nan's attitude was greatly unexpected by everyone, the officials of the inner and outer courts, and even Hou Boxun's relatives were surprised, there were still many people who were thinking about countermeasures, once Song Nan objected, how could they refute Song Nan, but now all the words and reasons in his head are useless.

"Yang Tinghe, what do you think?"

Yang Tinghe folded his sleeves and saluted: "The minister does not think that the British Duke is not suitable for the post of the governor of the regiment and battalion, but the minister stands on the overall consideration, since the British Duke is ill, there is no reason for him to continue to work hard and become ill, it is better to let the British Duke leave his post to recuperate and recuperate, and he will be able to take on a big responsibility in the future." ”

Even Song Nan had to admit that Yang Tinghe's words were beautiful inside and out, and they didn't leak. did not belittle Zhang Lun, but also agreed that Zhang Lun would get out.

Zhengde nodded and sighed: "Since everyone thinks so, I have no choice but to grant the request of the British duke, I am actually unwilling in my heart, but I also don't want the British public to become ill; The decree was issued, allowing Zhang Lun to resign from the post of acting governor of the regiment and battalion, and still serve as the deputy governor of the regiment and battalion, and other official positions remained unchanged. In addition, Zhang Lun was rewarded with 30 brocades and 200 taels of gold, and the hospital sentenced him to take the imperial doctor to the British government for consultation and treatment every day, so as to cure Zhang Lun's illness as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Lun knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, bowed down and slowly retreated. Everyone in the court was silent, and the clear-eyed people knew why Zhang Lun wanted to resign today, and some of them secretly complained about Zhang Lun, after all, people went to tea and cool, as soon as the old man died, the British government had no backbone, although the little grandfather inherited the honorable title of the Duke of China, but he was forced to resign, it seems that the British government is about to fall.

It is understandable that Zhang Lun retreated in the face of difficulties, but with Song Nan's character and temper, he was indifferent and did not help Zhang Lun tide over the difficulties, which is really a bit incomprehensible, maybe things are not as simple as they seem on the surface.

These little feelings are just a fleeting thing, and the focus of everyone's eyes is now focused on one thing, that is, after Zhang Lun's resignation, who should sit on the golden throne of the governor of the regiment and battalion, this is a question.

The marquis could not hide their excitement in their hearts, this was a good opportunity they had dreamed of, and each of them would admit that they were not suitable to sit in this position, but they showed extreme humility and deliberately pretended to be indifferent; Today's sudden resignation made them a little confused, they really planned to make some more trouble and then jointly play to remove Zhang Lun, and then maybe they would discuss who would sit in this position, but now there is no such opportunity. But in any case, candidates can only be produced among the marquis, this is the bottom line, otherwise what are these people making trouble for a long time?

"The position of the governor of the regiment camp cannot be vacant, the minister thinks that the vacancy should be filled immediately, the emperor, my cabinet colleagues agree that a meritorious and virtuous general should be selected to command the regimental battalion, the regimental battalion Zhenwei Battalion Qian Taichang is suitable for this position, the three generations of Marquis Qian are loyal and loyal to the country, and the Marquis of Qian himself is also a meritorious servant, what does the emperor think?"

Yang Tinghe did not allow the representative of the foreign court to propose candidates,

Yang Tinghe's statement is the attitude of the outer court, Qian Taichang's heart is about to jump out of excitement, he doesn't think he is more qualified than others, but if there is a collective recommendation from the outer court, it will not be the same, although he knows that Yang Tinghe is returning favors; At the beginning, he made himself disgraced for his son's work as a colt, and Yang Tinghe probably felt guilty in his heart, so he decided to recommend himself to compensate.

"What do you think?" Zhengde asked.

The Hou Ye was not angry in their hearts, but at this time, they could only pinch their noses and keep silent, could it be that they opposed Qian Taichang's self-recommendation in court?

"The minister thinks there are other suitable candidates." Song Nan's voice rang out.

"Oh? Who is it? Zhengde looked at Song Nan with a smile.

"The position of the governor of the regiment and battalion is an important position, and it is necessary to command more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the regimental battalion to defend the capital and the emperor. Song Nan is colorful.

"According to what you say, the people who have fought in the past few years are suitable, could it be that Lord Song is talking about yourself?" Yang Tinghe said half-jokingly and half-teasingly.