It is now the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, tomorrow is the New Year, this year, Jiafu can be described as a happy event, Jia Jue Jin Jue is loyal to the martial arts, commanding the Ruishi camp, and Jia Lian served as the five pins of governance in Shuntian Mansion, the will came from the palace in the afternoon, Jia Zheng was appointed by the emperor as the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, the house is filled with joy and peace, Mrs. Wang is holding on to the sick body and leading Zhou Ruijia and other henchmen to scatter happy money everywhere, and the slaves and maids of the three mansions are all happy, and they are all thinking about how much reward they can get tomorrow.

As early as the New Year's banquet, Jia's mother passed the word that this year, the three mansions will celebrate the Spring Festival together, and in Rongqing Hall, You and Sister Feng will do New Year's affairs.

"Brother Jue, you wait!"

As soon as Jia Jue walked out of the Qianqing Palace, Niu Jizong followed after him.

"Elder Ge, are you okay?"

Jia Jue stopped.

"Why are you so stingy!"

Niu Jizong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Tomorrow is the Spring Festival, everyone is busy after the New Year, while it is still early, let's get together and talk." ”

Speaking of this, Niu Jizong paused slightly, and added, "There is no one else, so I invited the Duke of Qi Guo." ”

"Okay."

Jia Jue nodded.

...........

Zhenguo Mansion, main hall.

After listening to Niu Jizong's words, the hall fell silent, Jia Jue put the tea bowl in his hand on the eucalyptus table, and looked at the silent Qi Guogong Chen Ruiwen.

Just now in the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Tianyou announced the news of the expansion of the army, the Royal Forest Army from less than 80,000 horses directly expanded to 300,000, of which the Ruishi battalion is 30,000 horse infantry army, the original emperor meant to directly expand to 50,000, but was rejected by Niu Jizong, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, on the grounds that it would reduce the combat power of the Ruishi battalion, which was supported by the Shoufu Wen dialect.

A series of changes in the past two days, each of which is shocking, and the development of things has exceeded everyone's expectations, especially Zhang Fu's death to the emperor with a testament, which makes many people worried, worried that Zhang Fu betrayed himself in order to keep the Wu family.

In the upper study, Emperor Tianyou mentioned the matter of Zhang Fu's widowhood, but only said that officials in Henan and Shandong embezzled tax silver, as for other things, Emperor Tianyou did not say, and even whether he would deal with Zhang Fu's family of officials did not mention it.

Niu Jizong talked about the gossip he got from the crown prince, the emperor had ordered to purge the families in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the emperor still did not accept the advice of Wen Fangyan and others.

After a while, Chen Ruiwen coughed and said: "Although the emperor has not carried out a thorough purge of civil officials, it has become a fact that he has full control of the government and politics, and there is no need to get involved at this time." ”

Hearing this, Niu Jizong nodded, looked at Jia Jue and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"The cleansing of the Jiangnan family is a foregone conclusion, we don't need to get involved, and we don't have the ability to change Your Majesty's mind. What I am most worried about now is what the emperor will do next, the Imperial Forest Army will be expanded to 300,000 at once, which is not the previous 80,000, this force is enough to change the situation of the court, you say, Your Majesty will rest assured that it will be handed over to the hands of the nobles? ”

"Well, yes, that's why I'm against expanding the Sharps Battalion to 50,000. Your Majesty will definitely send officers from the Forbidden Army and the Provincial General Military Office to serve in the Imperial Guards, and it is likely that my deputy will be a general soldier from the Forbidden Army, or a military marquis from a civilian background..."

Although Niu Jizong did not say it explicitly, Jia Jue and Chen Ruiwen both understood that in order to deal with possible changes in the future, the Ruishi Camp must be firmly in control.

Chen Ruiwen sighed and said: "Everything pays attention to a balance, now the vitality of the civil official group is greatly damaged, although our nobles have become very declining because of decades of suppression, and they will not occupy the dominance of the imperial court for a while, but, with the rise of the one on the grassland, there will definitely be a protracted battle of life and death, this war will give birth to many nobles, and the strength of our honorable military will skyrocket, which is not a good thing!"

Without the restraint of civil officials, the emperor will be jealous! ”

Jia Jue and Niu Jizong glanced at each other, and they were both silent.

Chen Ruiwen continued: "You don't have to be pressured, after all, no one knows when this war will start and how long it will take? At that time, the civil servants stood up again, as they have always been, and their tenacity is enviable. ”

"Don't talk about that!"

Niu Jizong made a decision, "No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, we can only take one step at a time, and we can't control others, and we can't manage it, as long as we help each other." ”

"You're right."

Chen Ruiwen immediately affirmed, looked at Jia Jue and said: "You have been hiding in the barracks for the past two days, you kid won't have done anything wrong, I'm afraid of being discovered by others!" ”

Niu Jizong: "Yes, the prince of Wenhua Hall mentioned you early in the morning. ”

"Oh?"

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, "I don't know what's going on?" ”

"Hey, it's not the Zhongshun Palace. Zhu Houjiong entered the palace again in the morning, so he had to give an explanation. The imperial court has always been very strict in the control of firearms, and ordinary people can't touch it at all, let alone secretly possess firearms, after all, Zhu Zaimo died under firearms, and there were only three firearms in Shenjing City that night, and he couldn't afford to provoke the forbidden army. ”

Niu Jizong looked at Jia Jue's eyes fixedly and said.

"It's just a kid, why should I take this risk!?"

Jia Jue sat opposite him, not dodging, and also looked into Niu Jizong's eyes.

Hearing him say this, Niu Jizong nodded silently, feeling very reasonable.

Chen Ruiwen spoke at this time, "We all believe you, but I feel that this matter may still be related to you.... I'm referring to the Hyogo Division, from which I suspect someone has stolen a firearm, and it's a newly created self-generated firearm. ”

Niu Jizong also answered, "The prince and Shoufu also have this suspicion, according to the words of the forbidden army officer, the people from the criminal department carefully investigated the scene, and came to the conclusion that the other party shot at Zhu Zaimo at least two hundred steps away, such a big wind and snow, and also pierced the iron armor, it is very likely that it is the latest self-generated fire gun built by the Hyogo Division." ”

Hearing this, Jia Jue didn't say anything, and there was silence in the lobby.

"Let's look it up."

Jia Jue was startled and looked at Chen Ruiwen.

"Everyone has seen the power of the self-generated firecracker, once the matter is big, under pressure, His Majesty will definitely issue an order to investigate strictly, and no one will go to the Charui camp, so the Hyogo Division will become the focus of the search, no matter where it is, there will definitely be something to do."

Speaking of this, Chen Ruiwen's eyes flashed, "I suspect that someone deliberately took advantage of this matter to pull you into the water in order to take the Hyogo Division away from you." ”

Jia Jue was slightly stunned, and then seemed to remember something, an angry light flashed in his eyes, and soon retracted again, and turned to look at Niu Jizong, "What does the prince mean?" ”

"Yes."

Niu Jizong: "Too many children of the clan have died in the past few days, and they are all the heads of various provinces, and they can't do anything about it, so this incident has become the best excuse for them to vent their dissatisfaction." ”

Jia Jue's expression was solemn, when he learned that Zhu Zaimo was killed at the gate of the palace with a fire gun, Jia Jue didn't care, he simply thought it was revenge, it seems that things are not so simple, maybe he should check the Hyogo Division carefully, maybe as Chen Ruiwen said, someone used secret means to steal the self-made fire gun that had just been built from the Hyogo Division.

I couldn't help but think of Li Jiqing again, maybe I could start with him.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue slowly looked at Niu Jizong, "I will investigate this matter, but there is no need for others to interfere, especially the Zhongshun Palace, who knows if this is a bitter trick." ”

Niu Jizong and Chen Ruiwen were shocked when they heard this, and glanced at each other, someone would risk their son's life to act?

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