Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "I know that there will inevitably be generals in the old party who still want to use the old rites to control me!" ”

"Chuan Ji Guogong and Nanchang Marquis."

Zhu Yijun then commanded in a deep voice.

Half an hour later, Qi Jiguang and Liu Wei came to Zhu Yijun and stood up: "Your Majesty! ”

"You cooperate with the Marquis of Tieling to immediately arrest Wang Shangwen and Feng Mengfeng and all the people he instigated to return to Liaodong, and ordered the city to be closed and the army to take over the imperial city!"

Zhu Yijun commanded directly.

"Yes!"

Zhu Yijun then waved his hand: "Stand down." ”

Then, Zhu Yijun went back to his warm pavilion and continued to support the concubine to make up for sleep.

And quickly.

In the imperial city under the light of the bright moon, armor began to move around, such as an undercurrent of iron, and a large number of wind-chasing big guns (eagle's beak big guns) were also lifted out, like long snakes passing through the sky over the black bluestone slabs, and when they were illuminated by the moonlight, they all revealed the cold air.

At that time.

Wang Shangwen and Feng Mengfeng were calling a group of Northern Military Officers from Liaodong to their side.

Wang Shangwen said first: "I am ordered by the little marquis to ask you, would you like to go back to Liaodong with the little marquis and rebel against this bird court?" ”

At this time, Yang Jijing's general asked: "Why do you want to oppose the imperial court?" ”

"Why, you ask?"

Feng Mengfeng said coldly, and said:

"Naturally, it's because there are traitors and villains in the court who want to frame the old marquis and the little marquis! Kill loyalty! ”

"The faint monarch has no way, does the things of a lone husband and a thief, blindly violates the law of the ancestors, and does not obey the edict of the Taizu not to levy!"

"Moreover, we can get to this day, thanks to the kindness of the old marquis and the little marquis, now that the old marquis and the little marquis are in trouble, don't we serve for them?"

"But we have received military merit medals, and we have also received the grace of Your Majesty."

Sentinel Zhong Changdong replied.

"Then it's up to you!"

"I am willing to work hard for the old marquis and the little marquis, and I can do whatever I want in the future, I don't have to abide by any bird discipline, and I will get rich and enjoy great wealth; Or continue to work hard for the imperial court, and live so aggrieved every day, even the experience of soldiers and those birds from Xingming Academy can give you advice! ”

Wang Shangwen said.

"Then I am willing to serve the old marquis and the little marquis! These bird military discipline bird military regulations, Lao Tzu has had enough! Soldiers can't be private for generals, which will be in front of what else! ”

At this time, Mr. Qian, who was called Cheng Bangqi, shouted at this time and stood up.

"I do, too!"

"And me!"

At one time, several government schools were willing.

"I don't want to!"

"In the final analysis, it's all the emperor's favor, and the old marquis and the little marquis promote us impartially, just for the sake of the ministers."

"That's right, be loyal! The pro-military guards are all His Majesty's people, so naturally they are different from others, so if you don't want to, you can not come! ”

But there are also many government schools that refuse to do so.

Wang Shangwen glanced at Feng Mengfeng after expressing his opinions in these official schools, and said, "If you don't want to, don't blame us for being polite!" ”

Feng Mengfeng even threw the teacup: "Someone!" ”

Sonor!

Bang bang!

Bang bang!

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of bells outside.

Then, in the house where Wang Shangwen and the others were, a large number of infantry wearing cloth armor walked in, all holding eagle-beaked guns and wearing red helmets, and surrounded Wang Shangwen and Feng Mengfeng.

"Who are you?"

Wang Shangwen asked in a deep voice.

Li Juexian, the commander of the camp, came over at this time: "Naturally, it is also the Son of Heaven's pro-army guard." ”

"The people of the Southern Soldiers?"

Feng Mengfeng also glanced at Wang Shangwen in amazement and asked.

Wang Shangwen's face was already sinking like water at this time.

After a long time, Wang Shangwen looked at Feng Mengfeng and said, "It's the little marquis!" It must have been the little marquis who betrayed us, only he knew that we would do it. ”

"Why would he do that?"

Feng Mengfeng gritted his teeth and asked.

Wang Shangwen smiled helplessly: "It seems that he is more loyal than we imagined, even if this incident involves the safety of his Li family!" ”

Wang Shangwen sighed as he said and said, "The Son of Heaven still knows him better!" ”

"Divine will is providence."

Feng Mengfeng suddenly thought of a sentence that had been widely circulated among scholars in Shilin recently, and asked Wang Shangwen:

"Could it be that the divine will, that is, the will of heaven, is really the supreme principle of heaven and earth?"

"Otherwise, why does His Majesty know the little marquis better than us? That's why I can rest assured that the little marquis's people will enter the pro-military guard! ”

"Divine will is providence!"

Wang Shangwen muttered, and then looked at Li Juexian:

"The generals of the Northern Army here don't all have to follow the criminals to rebel, these few are unwilling, and please report the general truthfully."

Wang Shangwen pointed to some Zhong Changdong and a few people as he spoke.

And Cheng Bangqi and the others were even more panicked.

Li Jue nodded first: "I will truthfully report to the court!" ”

As he spoke, Li Juexian ordered Wang Shangwen and the others to be brought down.

Zhu Yijun personally interrogated Wang Shangwen and Feng Mengfeng, the pro-army generals, the next morning: "Say, why fabricate rumors in an attempt to coax the Marquis of Tieling and the Marquis of Ning Yuan to rebel? ”

Wang Shangwen replied: "Because Fang Hongjing and Zhou Hongzu will confess to us sooner or later, we can only take risks first." ”

"You are the ministers of the Son of Heaven, why do you want to contact the ministers?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Wang Shangwen fell silent.

At this time, Feng Mengfeng replied first: "Back to Your Majesty, because not all generals are willing to fight for military merits and officials!" ”

"Most military generals, in fact, want to live a peaceful life, they don't want to fight on the battlefield for any prominent officials, and even treat soldiers as people in order to win military functions on the battlefield, they can't serve them casually, they can't be scolded casually, and they can't be deducted from military salaries casually!"

"Many generals think this is boring, they are actually more willing to be the same as before, when the official reaches the top of the general army, let the civil officials take care of the major affairs, and our generals just need to make money and see that the world is not chaotic!"

"But now, from the soldiers to the general soldiers, they all have to be tested, and they are all required to work hard to become a big official and become a lord."

"This makes us military generals who only want to live a peaceful life when they become generals of the general army, and they are more and more excluded, which forces us to turn to the old party, and also hopes that the military power can check and balance the imperial power, so that the bureaucrats in the world can be free and live in peace, without being forced to make progress and make meritorious contributions."

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "Is there any other reason?" ”

"Yes!"

Wang Shangwen also became bold at this time, knowing that since the holy will may be the will of heaven, there is naturally no need to hide it, so he replied:

"Since Qi Penglai proved that farmers and miners can become elite soldiers through firearms chariots and a month of training, I have become more and more unable to live in peace in the north!"

"Now His Majesty has also made him the prime minister, and there are a large number of southern soldiers and generals in the pro-army guard, and even the Beijing battalion must be mainly infantry artillery, and the infantry is also like the southern soldiers to operate firearms, and only choose honest and simple peasants, which makes it more difficult for our disciples to be courteous to the court because they are good at riding and shooting in the future!"

"Therefore, in our hearts, we actually don't want the imperial court to take the road of strengthening the army! I just want the imperial court to continue to worship the weak military lord, and the Wenchen can rely on a few of us to guard the nine sides! ”

"As long as Wenchen is in charge of the military power, and follows the old etiquette and does not expand, then firearms do not need to develop much, and my northern generals can still rely on superb cavalry and archery to become the pillar of the imperial court."

"It's not like now, let Qi Penglai practice firearms, or even more than 100,000 firearms drills!"

"If this continues, Your Majesty can control our gate by controlling the craftsmen and money, and you can kill as you want, copy as you want, and in addition, soldiers can also threaten the superior martial arts officials with just one firearm."

"Therefore, although the road to strengthening the army can allow our military ministers not to look at Wenchen's face, it also messes up the system, so that the soldiers' subordinates don't have to look at our faces much."

(End of chapter)