Xu Qi didn't believe half a word of Gao Ping's serious nonsense: a eunuch, if he didn't have the emperor's instructions, dared to swagger to Xiaoling to chat with the commander? Besides, a minister who had just risen in Beijing would be very familiar with the commander in Nanjing?

Gao Ping's cheeks are thick enough, anyway, I'll just say that, believe it or not.

As for Gao Ping's real purpose, it was to appease the emperor and win over Xiaolingwei, if Xiaolingwei was willing to be loyal to the emperor, he would be assigned to the management of the Nanjing Imperial Horse Supervisor, and continue to select young people from the two families of Fengyang Zhou and Li, and expand Xiaolingwei into three guards, that is, about 16,000 people.

Zhu Qiyu just looks stupid, but he is not really stupid. It is impossible to watch the South Beijing Battalion reorganize into a new regimental battalion without checks and balances.

If these troops loyal to Xuanmiao and Orthodoxy suddenly can't think of it, and there is a mutiny in Nanjing, then the matter will be a big deal.

Therefore, we have to make full use of the depressed Nanjing Imperial Horse Supervisor and Xiaoling Guard.

Nanjing Xiaolingwei, in the Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Orthodox dynasties, did not get any good face from the emperor.

The Nanjing Imperial Horse Supervisor is similar, and now it is a dilapidated yamen with no real power.

It is precisely because they are broken that they have enough value to attract them.

Zhu Qiyu is also very pitiful, and he really can't spare his henchmen and eunuchs to take charge of the Nanjing Imperial Horse Prison, so he can only let Gao Ping work part-time until the disarmament enters a stable period, and then go to Liangguang to take office.

After Xu Qi watched Gao Ping leave, he was deflated and sat on the chair without speaking.

Two years have passed, and the important ministers of the court have long understood the emperor's routines, and in the military, the emperor's favorite thing to do is to win over the depressed army and generals.

And what is the situation of Xiaolingwei, as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Xu Qi is too clear.

When it came to the step of winning over Xiaolingwei, it also meant that the emperor changed his laissez-faire attitude towards Nanjing in the past and began to tighten his control.

The more he thought about it, the more discouraged he became, Xu Qi stood up and began to walk out.

Yuan Cheng hurriedly called out from behind: "Xu Shangshu, don't go, we haven't finished talking yet." ”

Xu Qi replied: "The old man is gone, and there are no years to live anyway, so the old man should go home and live for the rest of his life." Tomorrow I will write my resignation and go straight home.

The remaining five of you will discuss and share the duties of the garrison. The affairs of the military department are presided over by another Shangshu and two waiters. ”

When Cheng Jing, Hu Xuan and others heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, but Xu Qi had already made up his mind, separated everyone, and left without looking back.

The rest of the people all looked at Yuan Cheng and asked what should happen next.

At this time, whoever takes the idea will bear the main responsibility.

Yuan Cheng gritted his teeth and said to everyone: "According to the opinion of the lower officials, there are a total of 50,000 people in the vanguard of the government army, plus 20,000 people in Nanjing Jinyiwei, to go to Huguang to suppress the Miao Rebellion.

In addition, Jiangxi's tax grain did not have to be transported to Nanjing, but was directly transferred to Huguang, and then the money and grain were transferred from Nanjing to fully support Wang to suppress the rebellion. ”

Tang Jie asked: "With the money and grain from Nanjing and Jiangxi, is it enough to support this war?" ”

Yuan Cheng replied: "In the past two years, there have been many fewer people in Beijing who eat imperial grain, and the share of taxes received by Nanjing and shipped to Beijing has been greatly reduced.

This part saved is enough to support the army's actions this year.

As for next year, let's take it one step at a time, and next year will talk about next year. ”

Several people nodded, it seems that this can only be the case, let's deal with this year first.

Tang Jie added: "Then Xuan Shilang and I will send 50,000 troops from Nanjing to Zhejiang and Fujian. Shengshang has already prepared money and grain in Zhejiang and Fujian, so these 50,000 troops do not need to be supported by Nanjing, and the pressure on Nanjing can be greatly reduced. ”

Everyone had no objections, so they began to act separately, counting the soldiers and writing the recital, and the emperor's Nanjing disarmament plan finally began to operate substantively.

said that Zhu Qiyu took the two favorite concubines and did not return to the Qi Mansion until the evening.

The chariot stopped at the gate of the Lingyu Palace, and after a while, Lin Xiangyu staggered down.

Standing at the gate of the palace, Lin Xiangyu turned around, but was startled by Liu Chang: "Oh, Wu Anbo, why don't you hurry home and rest, what are you doing here in a daze, scare me this jump." ”

Liu Chang smiled helplessly: "The princess is not strange, Shi Niangniang promised to give a few concubines to the minister, and the minister waited for Shi Niangniang to get off the chariot to make arrangements, and the minister will take the concubine home today." ”

"Wu Anbo, you are real!"

Liu Chang has recently learned to keep his mouth shut, and even complained: "The sage Lao Tzu said that if you don't see what you want, you don't think about it. Originally, the ministers were not close to women, and they were all damaged by their ears and eyes. ”

Lin Xiangyu was embarrassed: "It's all Ning Xiang's bad girl, who instigated everyone." You wait for her, and blackmail her hard today, not only to let her give you a concubine, but also to bring a large dowry. ”

The two reached a consensus, you and I said a word, and criticized the person in the car for half an hour, and Zhu Qiyu walked out of the car with Ning Xiang in his arms.

Zhu Qiyu was also a little stunned when he saw Lin Xiangyu, Liu Chang, Chen Lin, and Huang Qi all looking at him in a daze.

Still Ning Xiang reacted quickly, and immediately instructed Chen Lin: "Wu Anbo is here to collect debts, why don't you hurry up and go to Li Jin and ask him to send the four daughters of the Siyuan Bureau, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju to Wu Anbo's Mansion."

In addition, Li Jin asked Li Jin to give each of the four girls 1,000 taels of silver to buy jewelry.

Go ahead and do it immediately, and let Wu Anbo enter the cave room tonight. ”

Liu Chang received both people and money, and then he left with satisfaction.

Sent away to collect debts, Zhu Qiyu happily hugged the beauty back to the Hehuan Palace.

As soon as I entered the inner room, I heard the sound of a jingling bell.

Immediately afterwards, I saw two little women who looked exactly the same and dressed exactly the same and took them out with a smile.

Zhu Qiyu took a closer look, and saw that Qianxue and Suxi were only wrapped in two narrow strips of cloth on their bodies, and under the translucent gauze scarves, two pairs jingled like Yao bells.

The second daughter knelt directly at Zhu Qiyu's feet, and laughed in unison: "Slave and maid Qianxue, slave and maid Qianxue, welcome the master home." ”

Zhu Qiyu sighed in his heart: It's over, these two little clever ghosts are really demons, the two of them took off the red fragrant green jade bracelet with different identities, and they were dressed exactly the same, now it's okay, I can't tell who is who.

Stunned, Zhu Qiyu asked again with luck: "Where did Su Xi go?" ”

I only heard the second daughter reply: "Slave Suxi, slave Suxi, welcome the master home." ”

Zhu Qiyu scratched his head directly: "Feng'er, you come, I can't do it." ”

The two girls laughed in unison: "If anyone can distinguish our sisters today, she will have the final say in the next three days." If no one can tell the difference, in the next three days, the three of you will obediently listen to the two of us, and you will have to do whatever you want.

And we must be discerned correctly and reasonably, not by pure blindness. ”

(End of chapter)