Imperial City, Qianqing Palace, Imperial Study.

Emperor Longtai was commenting on the imperial case, and the great eunuch Dai Lun was standing beside him.

After a small eunuch entered the door, he said softly, "Your Majesty, Lord Tang Kuitang, a cabinet scholar, asks to see you." ”

Emperor Longtai put the music in his hand on the case and said, "Xuan." ”

"Lord Tang Kuitang, a scholar of the Xuan Cabinet University, will meet you."

I saw an old man with crane hair and white beard at the age of a sixtieth birthday, slowly entering the imperial study.

Just about to bow to the ground, Emperor Longtai said, "Tang Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, come here, give a seat." ”

Then a little eunuch brought a round chair made of thin brocade and gold silk made in the palace and sat with Lord Tang.

After Tang Kui sat down, he slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, today the Queen Mother actually sent a decree to the outside of the palace, this matter is a bit unruly." ”

Emperor Longtai waved his hand and said: "The Queen Mother is just rewarding a young junior, and there is nothing wrong with her old man's own preferences, and it is not a favor." ”

The old man nodded, and brought up the matter again,

"Now that it is winter, the last platoon and review of the 12th regiment battalion this year will be in seven days, will Your Majesty come to the school in person?"

Emperor Longtai didn't have any good impression of these troops that he couldn't fully grasp at the moment, and he didn't have the slightest interest in the army review, and he was afraid of any mistakes.

"I won't go, if there is stability today, the livelihood of the people is the top priority. The progress of disaster relief in Shandong and Gansu has not yet been reported, and I am not at ease. ”

Tang Kui didn't say anything anymore and nodded in agreement.

Emperor Longtai exchanged a few words with him, told him to pay more attention to his self-cultivation, and then sent him away, and picked up the fold again.

Suddenly, Emperor Longtai looked back at Dai Lun and said, "Do you know why the Queen Mother wants to reward that Jia Rong?" ”

Dai Lun thought for a while and said: "It seems that the Queen Mother suffered from anorexia when she first recovered from her illness, and she ate very little. The seasoning seems to have been made by Jia Rong. It's also funny to say that the disciples of the sect don't go to the customs to polish their qualifications at the same time, and they actually ponder the art of making ninth-rate spices in a small workshop. ”

He laughed as he spoke.

Dai Lun, who was still complacent, saw that Emperor Longtai's face became more and more gloomy, and immediately stopped laughing.

"What kind of spice haven't I tasted?" Emperor Longtai asked.

Dai Lun said cautiously: "The slave first let the Tai Hospital test it, although it is non-toxic, it is impossible to determine whether long-term consumption is harmful." Moreover, this thing is sold publicly on Dongcheng Street, and it is not worthy of His Royal Highness's royal use, so it has not been added to His Highness's meal. ”

"Ridiculous!" Emperor Longtai reprimanded, "The queen mother can eat, but I can't eat?" Quickly order the imperial dining room to deliver the food, I want to taste it myself. ”

After a while, Emperor Longtai tasted a delicacy that tasted better than before, and said with satisfaction:

"Tell me about this MSG as it is."

Dai Lun told Emperor Longtai all the news he knew, how Jia Rong sold MSG with Xue Pan, and there was Yongding Hou, Prince Zhongshun snatched and was driven away by Jia Rong, but Jia Rong was recruited by the eldest princess Liu Jun, and finally Jia Rong agreed to do this business with the eldest princess.

Hearing this, Emperor Longtai confirmed again: "You mean, Jun'er didn't buy this MSG recipe, but did this business with Jia Rong?" ”

Daeron replied in a low voice, "Exactly, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess's personal guards have been discussing with Jia Rong how to carry out this matter during this period of time. ”

Emperor Longtai nodded with satisfaction, "It is worthy of Jun'er's handwriting, if this thing can be done, I don't have to wait another year." ”

……

Seven days, like an arrow,

On the school field, thirty miles away from the capital, the Dare Yong Battalion and the Liwei Battalion were arranging troops.

The martial arts parade of the Liu Song Dynasty was composed of 12 regiments and battalions, each of which selected 500 elites to compete in the martial arts arena.

One side attacks and the other defends, in order to reduce casualties, arrows go to arrows, spears go to the tip of spears, and foot soldiers are also wooden shields and wooden knives.

With such a martial exercise, the attitude of the soldiers towards them can be imagined.

And the Liu Song Dynasty has been stable for more than ten years, and it has not been a foreign army for ten years, and the Beijing camp at this time is no longer the Beijing camp that broke the golden Tartar in the north and the grassland.

I saw that the attacking side below was the Liwei battalion, which was composed of 500 light armored cavalry, and the arrangement could not be said to be orderly, it could also be called a temple fair.

The brave battalion of the defending side complemented each other even more, and the soldiers were still chatting when they were arrayed, where to drink flower wine and where to find joy after the end.

The sound of drumming came from the high platform on the side of the school yard to signal that the battle could start at any time.

It was already such a battle, and the captain on the attacking side had to say a few words to raise the morale of the people.

"Brothers, this is the first of our Liwei camp, so I will take the dare to brave the camp of these wine bags and rice bags to Liwei, the bows and arrows that will be put for a while are all without arrows, and they all grit their teeth to resist a few battles, if any cowards are accidentally thrown off the horse and trampled into mud by the brothers behind, I will not send you a pension."

Everyone laughed.

After saying that, the lieutenant turned around, held the wooden knife in his right hand, held the reins in his left hand, kicked the stirrups, and shouted, "Okay, brothers, rush with me, stand up and stand up, only at this time." ”

Everyone echoed: "Liwei Liwei, only at this time!" ”

The infantry phalanx also fell silent at this time, the front row of foot soldiers stood with wooden shields in their hands, the men in the back row resisted the rear waist of the front row to resist the impact of the cavalry, the third and fourth rows held spears as the main force to kill and wound, and the back row was archers.

When the cavalry had reached eighty paces, the infantry captain stood on a high platform and shouted, "Shoot the arrows." ”

A row of "arrows" shot at the Liwei battalion, and such arrows could not cause attrition.

Fifty steps and then put it for a while, but it didn't have much effect, thirty steps were closer, and the wooden stick had some strength, and finally a few unlucky people fell off their horses.

Twenty paces are replaced with spears, waiting for hand-to-hand combat......

After several rounds of charges, the infantry was finally defeated.

The infantry itself is a disadvantage to the cavalry, and the exercise does not place a horse to resist the cavalry impact, and there is no strong crossbow to suppress the formation, so it is difficult to win.

In the cheers of the Liwei battalion, the soldiers of the brave battalion hung their heads and the dejected generals regrouped into the warehouse.

After everything was finished, the storekeeper of the first warehouse double-checked the number, and was a little shocked:

"How can this be, two hundred out of five hundred people are equipped with bows, and two hundred bows are only collected more than one hundred and fifty, and there has never been such a large number of damage during training in the past."

In the palace of the King of Qin, Chen Xian, who had recovered from his injuries, was a guest here.

Liu Heng lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said to Chen Xian in a deep voice, "Business is booming, the Queen Mother will reward him, at this time he is the most slack, the opportunity has come, and the time to make a move is today." ”

Chen Xian was overjoyed, recently, he didn't want to eat Jia Rong's meat raw and drink Jia Rong's blood, "Really? ”

"Plan well and wait for the news." After Liu Heng finished speaking, a fierce look appeared in his thin eyes.