Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

This specification is also the standard configuration of Furongyuan.

It's just that when Hou Junji was serving as Minister of the Ministry of War, he transferred all these more than 1000 people away in the name of resisting the Turkic invasion and strengthening the walls and clearing the country.

So far, the loyal and well-equipped defense forces raised in the Furong Garden have been destroyed in the hands of Hou Junji.

Even now, the guards in the entire Furong Garden are guarded by servants and students from Furong Academy.

And limited by the organization problem, they cannot wear armor, and cannot hold long guns, spears and other military standard weapons.

In theory, only swords can be worn.

Although the surrounding area of ​​Chang'an City is peaceful now, there is no thief who dares to break into the Furong Garden without opening his eyes.

But compared to before, it is still too shabby.

Seeing Li Jing mentioning this matter, Li Qiu couldn't help frowning.

"Marshal, theoretically speaking, this Furong Garden has become my personal property now."

"Even if you transfer those guards back now, the minister of the Ministry of War or the right servant who will take office in the future may be transferred away again."

"Also, don't even think about it, if the guards are called in again this time, there must be a lot of eyes and ears involved."

"At that time, I'm afraid that the Furong Garden will not be so quiet."

"So I think, forget it."

Li Jing nodded with a smile at this moment, "Actually, that's what I mean too."

"A guard like this is not well-known, his words are not right, and he is easy to be restrained..."

"However, you have forgotten one thing."

"In your Furong Garden, there is a county king and a court princess."

"The combined bodyguards of the two, according to the court system, still have as many as 500 people."

"Even if it expands to 600 people, it is reasonable."

"Now that I, as a teacher, have assumed the post of Secretary of the Ministry of War, I have to seek some convenience for my students, don't I?"

"You can select 600 trustworthy elite soldiers from the Youzhou Army outside the city, and divide them into your guards in the Furong Garden."

Chapter 448 Suing Li Jing, disobedience

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the guards of the county king and princess are not subject to the jurisdiction of outsiders, or even the Ministry of War. "

"If these six hundred elites are selected well, they may not be worse than the thousand or so Shenwu soldiers before, and they are enough for your daily defense in Furong Garden."

"At that time, you just choose people, as for other arrangements, leave it to me."

"Now that I am the minister of the Ministry of War, and my eldest grandson Wuji is the right servant, no one else can say anything."

Hearing this, Li Qiu and Luo Kexin's eyes lit up at the same time.

Then he said with a smile: "If you don't tell me, handsome, I really didn't expect to come here."

"I only remembered the original guards in the Furong Garden, but I forgot that in Chang'an City, Yunzhong and I were also accompanied by guards."

At noon, the Furong Garden naturally prepared good food and wine, and Li Qiu accompanied Li Jing to have a good meal.

While the two of them were chatting and drinking in the Furong Garden, the official minister Hou Junji, who was far away in the imperial city, had hatred and anger in his eyes from time to time.

Since His Majesty appointed him as Minister of the Ministry of Officials and studied the art of war with Li Jing, he has devoted almost all his time and energy to it.

Especially for the attitude of learning the art of war, he is even more positive and very humble (at least on the surface).

After all, this is what he has longed for for many years and has always wanted to learn.

Now Hou Junji is in his 40s and has reached middle age. What he always cares about is that he has not read many books.

Not to mention that no famous teacher has instructed him.

Otherwise, with his talent, hard work and hard work, his achievements would be much higher than what he is now.

But this Li Jing has always been ambiguous about his study, and he even seems to be evasive.

Whenever he came to the most essential part of the art of war, he avoided talking about it and played sloppy.

Very perfunctory.

Hou Junji was a man who had joined the army since he was a child, so he had a big temper and even more hostility.

The more Li Jing was like this, the more anger and resentment he felt in his heart.

Li Jing, what kind of person is that?

The military god of the Tang Dynasty, his art of war can be compared with that of Sun and Wu.

In later generations, Li Jing was even more popularized by folk myths, and only then did he have the image of Tota Li Tianwang.

How could Hou Junji escape Li Jing's eyes with his city and temperament?

That's why Li Jing said that he was a man with a wicked mind, so naturally he refused to teach him the art of war with all his money.

Today, seeing Li Jing absent from work and running directly to Li Qiu's Furong Garden, Hou Junji was even more annoyed.

He couldn't figure it out no matter what, how could Li Qiu, a lowly merchant with a yellow mouth, be able to compare with himself, a great general with great military exploits?

That Li Qiu was tired and lazy, and gave the military book that Li Jing gave to his wife directly, and even taught it to the students of the academy.

Even though he was so disrespectful, Li Jing still begged others to learn his art of war.

But such a person who holds the military power in his hand, the great general of the court, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials came to beg him in a low voice, but he still liked to ignore him.

It's really unreasonable, it's so hateful!

So, Hou Junji took advantage of the opportunity of daily affairs and went directly to Li Shimin to file an imperial complaint.

Seeing the expression on his face, Li Shimin, who was in a good mood because the disaster was under control, said with a smile, "Junji, your complexion is not very good."

"Did these courtiers give you some problems again, this Minister of the Ministry of Officials, isn't it easy to do?"

Before that, Li Jing and Hou Junji were sent directly to Shangshu Province to take up the positions of two ministers.

In Li Shimin's heart, he also intended to balance the court and suppress those gentry courtiers.

Then you can relax yourself.

But regarding the arrangement of Hou Junji, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, even he himself was a little hesitant and worried.

So when he saw Hou Junji's expression like this, based on Li Shimin's understanding of him, there must have been a big problem.

Unexpectedly, at this time Hou Junji took a deep breath and said directly: "Your Majesty, I came to you at this moment mainly to sue Li Jing."

"He has the heart of rebellion and disobedience!"

Upon hearing his words, Li Shimin was immediately amused.

"Junji, if you want to say that others have disobedience, I may have to think carefully about it."

"But this Li Jing is the only one. How old is he? If I hadn't stopped him this time, he would have given up his military power long ago, retired to his hometown, and retired to his hometown."

"Where did he have the desire to rebel?!"

"Tell me what's going on."

Afterwards, Hou Junji said resentfully that he had been learning the art of war with Li Jing for some time.

But when it came to the key points and subtleties of the art of war, Li Jing avoided talking about them and kept his words vague.

It is clear that he does not intend to teach himself.

Hearing this, Li Shimin shook his head and comforted him with a wry smile, "Junji, I didn't mean you."

"In this world, how can it be so easy to worship a famous teacher?"

"When I look back, I will see Li Jing, and I will intercede for you, and let him teach you more."

……

The next day, in Li Shimin's imperial study, just in time for Li Jing to come in to ask for instructions on military affairs, Li Shimin also told Li Jing about it.

Advise him that since Hou Junji is sincere in his studies, you should teach him more.

At this time, Li Jing bowed solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, before you asked Jing to teach Nahou Junji the Art of War, how dare Jing be perfunctory?"

"It's just that now that the Turks are gone and the Central Plains are stable, the art of war I taught him is enough to control the barbarians."

"This Hou Junji is so eager to learn the art of war as a minister, it is clear that he will have a different ambition."

Hearing this, Li Shimin also sighed helplessly, "Both of you are the pillars of my Tang army."

"We've been following me together for so many years, and what I know most clearly is that none of you will really have the intention of rebelling."

"Especially this Hou Junji, from the time when Taiyuan raised his troops, and later on during the reign of Wude and Xuanwumen, until now, he has always been by my side."

"Great military exploits, countless injuries."

"He has a bad temper and is in a hurry, but such disobedience is absolutely impossible!"

Therefore, this matter is over.

But since then, Li Jing has become more disgusted with Hou Junji, and taught him fewer things than before.

Seeing Li Jing like this, Hou Junji held a grudge, so he simply stopped asking and learning.

The matter of practicing the art of war has come to an end.

On the other hand, after Li Jing explained the selection of the guards of the Palace of Furong Garden, Li Qiu also took action.

This action directly detonated the enthusiasm of all the soldiers in the Youzhou Army outside the city.

Chapter 449 The Overlord's Aging and a Wisp of Sorrow

As soon as they heard that some people were going to be sent out to be the guards of the palace, the group of soldiers started to scramble for it.

"My grandfather, my father, and my grandparents were all the personal guards of the Luo family."

"Now, I must follow and wait by Miss Luo's side, and guard to the death."

"Count me in, don't you want to select the elite?"

"Which one of you on the battlefield is as brave as I am, and how many Turks are killed?!"

"I was the first group of refugees to arrive in Youzhou, and Lord Li Qiu saved the lives of my whole family."

"Now my life will naturally be repaid to the prince. I am not afraid of death, so let me choose it!"

"Bah, look at the brothers around you, which one is afraid of death?"

"Or let's compare the meritorious service on the black iron mask, and whoever has done more meritorious service will serve as a guard for the prince and lady."

Not only these soldiers, but even some generals of Youzhou Xuanjia Army did not hesitate to give up their ranks, and wanted to stay by Li Qiu, Luo Kexin, and Princess Yunzhong.

Seeing this, Li Qiu was also very helpless.

He laughed and scolded these generals to get the hell out of him.

This Youzhou Xuanjia Army is an absolute elite formed by myself.

It was so easy to go through the baptism of these battles.

What remains now, every soldier is a treasure.

Especially the generals who have been promoted by virtue of their strength and merit in this army are even more rare.

How could Li Qiu be willing to let them stand guard around the Furong Garden as bodyguards?

In the end, from the 3 Youzhou Xuanjia Army, the most elite 600 people were selected to serve as Li Qiu and A Ke's personal bodyguards.

The responsibilities are the same as the previous Shenwu Army, only responsible for the outer defense of the Furong Garden.

In terms of combat power, these 600 people are afraid that they will not be at a disadvantage in the face of an army of 4000 to [-] people.

Especially this time, they directly brought their armor, Mo Dao, black iron mask, and excellent war horses from the Turkic grasslands, all of them came together.

With veterans Li Jing and Changsun Wuji in charge of endorsement, this little trick is not a problem at all.

Since then, together with the group of more than 700 servants assigned by the deceased old prince, the absolute elite in the Furong Garden has reached nearly [-] people.

There are not many people, but their combat power should not be underestimated.

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