When the moon is in the sky, the stars are shining.

On the long bluestone road, Zhao Heng was in front, Zhao Xu was behind, and the two of them walked slowly in the direction of Qianqing Palace.

Not far behind the two of them, there was Zhang Chu, the minister of Da Chu, who was bowing down and holding a lantern.

On both sides of the street, the little yellow men who were cleaning the ground saw the father and son coming from a distance, hurriedly bowed and saluted, and quietly avoided the side, for fear of disturbing His Majesty's interest.

"Xu'er, just looking at the battle report, I can already feel the risk, but I have heard that this time to suppress the bandits, your reward for those soldiers far exceeds the previous specifications?"

Zhao Heng walked in front with his hands behind his back and said intentionally or unintentionally.

"Father, you listen to your son's cunning and explain. To be honest, Erchen didn't expect that the bandits would be able to find so much stolen silver this time. Zhao Xu smiled bitterly and said, "However, before sending the troops, Erchen had already promised the soldiers that they could share fifty percent of the gold and silver seized this time." If it weren't for the money and incentives, the sons would not be able to command this group of soldiers. As the saying goes, a gentleman's word makes it difficult for a horse to chase. If the retainers repented at that time, I am afraid that the soldiers would have complaints in their hearts, and if the news was accidentally leaked, it would even cause the soldiers to mutiny, and at that time, the trouble would be big."

Zhao Heng was noncommittal and said:

"The soldiers of the Beijing camp are arrogant, and I know it in my heart, but what I didn't expect is that a group of bandits can accumulate such a large amount of gold and silver, which is really beyond my expectations."

Having said that, Zhao Heng still had some complaints in his heart.

This kid, who is a big spender, doesn't know how to save some flowers for his Lao Tzu, and the silver reward for the casualties is so high, two hundred taels of silver for the dead, tsk......

As the emperor of Chu, although he has lived in the palace for a long time, he still has a good understanding of the purchasing power of silver among the people.

150,000 taels of silver was spent lavishly by this kid, and he really didn't know how expensive firewood and rice were at home!

150,000 taels, for the Great Chu Imperial Court, although it is not much, it is enough to do some small things.

It's just that this silver was sent down by this bastard boy, can he, as a monarch's father, still be able to take it back?

This little rabbit cub, my silver!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Heng was a little angry, but he couldn't say anything, otherwise it would be mean for the monarch to spread outside.

"However, my father, except for most of the gold and silver that was rewarded to the soldiers, the rest such as jewelry, jade, silk, silk, and all kinds of miscellaneous items have not been touched, and these add up to about 200,000 taels. Erchen has asked the reliable soldiers to guard the storehouse, and only wait for the household department to go and collect it. ”

Listening to Zhao Xu's tone, Zhao Heng knew what his cheap father was thinking, and hurriedly whispered.

Coupled with the two percent of gold and silver, the total value is about 250,000 taels, which is enough to seal the mouths of those misers in the household department.

Thinking of this, Zhao Heng no longer continued the topic, and instead asked:

"Third brother, after the battle to suppress the bandits, do you think this Beijing camp can be of great use?"

When Zhao Xu heard this, he thought for a long time, and then said, "Does my father want to hear the truth, or is it a lie?" ”

"What about lies, what about truths?" Zhao Heng sighed lightly, smiling and smiling.

Zhao Xu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"Father, the lie is that although the Beijing camp is rotten, there may still be a glimmer of life; And the truth is, Jingying is rotten and not saved at all! ”

Listening to his son's words, Zhao Heng's eyebrows were tightly twisted together.

He had some understanding of the situation in Jingying, but he didn't expect that Zhao Xu's evaluation of Jingying would be so simple and rude...... Leave no stone unturned.

"Is it really that bad?"

After asking, Zhao Heng couldn't help but ask again.

"Really...... Not saved? ”

Before the words fell, Zhao Heng waved his hand and said:

"That's it, Xu'er, you don't need to say it, I already have the answer in my heart, so why should I ask you again?"

Zhao Xu opened his mouth, looked at the figure with a hint of twilight in the Xiao Suo in front of him, sighed lightly in his heart, and said no more.

Shenjing battalion, is the Taizu period established the Beijing division garrison, in addition to being used as a Gong Wei Beijing division, is also the standing army directly controlled by Taizu, in the early days of the founding of the Great Chu State, also made great achievements, can be called the first strong army of the Qi country.

Whether it is Burma or Qi, from the generals to the soldiers, all of them have changed color when they hear about the Beijing camp.

However, times have changed.

Dachu has now been founded for more than 200 years, and the Jingying is no longer the Jingying that makes the enemy country fearful.

During the suppression of bandits, Zhao Xu was also busy and asked Gao Yi, the old man in Beijing, about the current situation in Beijing.

However, the results he got made him shudder a little.

Eating empty wages is still one of them, and the ordnance and horses are shoddy, relatively speaking, it is not a big deal.

The most terrible thing is that the soldiers of the Beijing camp were used as temporary labor coolies, and were recruited by the nobles of the capital to build their own garden villas!

Is this Beijing battalion soldier a military force in the hands of the Son of Heaven, or a personal slave of the noble officials?

At that time, when he heard these words from Gao Yi's mouth, Zhao Xu was already shocked and broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

Now, Zhao Xu relayed these words to Zhao Heng, which also made this Ninety-Five Venerable angry.

"Xu'er, what Gao Yi said is true or false?"

Zhao Heng rarely showed an angry emotion and asked in a cold voice.

Zhao Xu calmed down and arched his hand:

"Father, Gao Yi may be untrue in his words, but since then, he has tried his best to suppress bandits, and his sons can guarantee that at least about eighty percent of his words are true! In addition, there is a person named Lin Chong under Erchen, who was the head of the Qi State Forbidden Army, and if he talks about the elite, my soldiers of the Great Chu Jing Battalion are far inferior to the Great Qi Forbidden Army. ”

When Zhao Heng heard this, his face changed several times, and finally he waved his hand and signaled Zhao Xu not to say more.

As if he hadn't seen Zhao Heng's movements, Zhao Xu took a step forward and said in a deep voice:

"Father, now that all countries are standing side by side, there is a world of great contention, and as far as my ministers know, except for the border army led by the two generals Qu Zhennan and Guan Fuguo, there is no elite army in my Great Qi that can fight a battle. But once the enemy army breaks through the border pass, Shenjing will have no danger to defend, and no soldiers can defend it! Therefore, Erchen thought that it was urgent to rectify the Beijing camp! ”

Zhao Heng's face changed slightly, and he groaned: "Xu'er, do you want to rectify the Jingying?" ”

Zhao Xu's voice was cold and firm.

"Father, the son didn't think about it that much. However, the situation of the soldiers in the Beijing camp during the suppression of bandits, as well as what the senior lieutenant said, made Erchen have to worry about the current situation of the Beijing camp. In the case of the Jingshan bandits alone, the Beijing camp failed to suppress the bandits one after another, and if the sons did not use heavy money to boost morale, I am afraid that this time there would be no defeat and no victory.

Thinking back then, the two emperors of my Taizu Taizong set up a Beijing camp, chased the dead and chased the north, competed with the countries, broke the Yunnan country in the southwest, and forced the Qi country to cut the three mansions, what a majesty and what a heroism! But today's Jingying is like a terminally ill lion, unable to even drive away the hyenas beside him, let alone guard the territory and compete with other beasts?

After this incident, Erchen has been thinking about it in the past few days, since Jingying is terminally ill, if you want to restore its former majesty, you must take fierce medicine and sink it! ”

Although he was carrying the moonlight on his back and couldn't see the expression of his father, Zhao Xu still said his thoughts.

In his eyes, rectifying the Beijing camp is to cut carrion and cut out thick sores, although there are labor pains, but it is imperative!