Better to live forever [Rebirth]

In February, Lou Ankang and Lou Anning left Beijing for the northern border under the escort of officials and government soldiers.In March, after Jia Jiaming's birthday on March [-]rd, Qin Xi also left Beijing the next day.

Their departure made the remaining three somewhat disappointed.

Zhu Dingbei was afraid that Jia Jiaming might lose control of his emotions if he was bored in the mansion alone, so he asked his grandmother to find the child herself, and told him to come to the mansion for meals more often.The old man saw that he was lonely, it would be better to have no father in this capital, and he also felt sorry for his exhaustion from studying, so he always had people boil soup and send it to him.

After the opening of the copy on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, apart from the harvest of the first batch of negotiations and compensation, there was only one important matter, and that was the matter of setting up troops in Xianbei Prefecture and moving troops to the northern border.

After the new order, Neizhou migratory troops arrived in Xianbei Prefecture one after another.Qin Xi went to the northern border with the Sizhou Migration Army, which was the last to leave, and arrived in late March.

It was already mid-April when Zhu Dingbei and others received Qin Xi's safety letter.

He said in his heart that he was lucky to be assigned to the training camp of Muzhu County, Xianbei Prefecture, where the commander-in-chief's mansion was located, and the leader of the training was the second-rank general of Zhu's army with rich combat experience.A letter consisted of three papers, two of which were full of pride and enthusiasm. When he first entered the training camp with the migrating army, Zhu's army practiced battles. I am proud of being a soldier, and I am full of infinite expectations for the future.

It can make Qin Xi, who has always been disgusted with pen and ink, speak eloquently, which shows his admiration and longing for those elite soldiers.

Zhu Dingbei felt a little satisfied in his heart, those elite soldiers were all trained by him himself, and now being pulled out by his father to show off, he is happy to see their success.

One is to let these new troops know the details of the Zhu family's army, and blatantly recruit some people with lofty ideals - just like Qin Xi, who has been dazzled and turned his head.The second is to let the imperial court believe in the ability of the Zhu family's army, and let them hand over the migrating army to them with confidence. .But not long after the opening of the dynasty, the emperor decided on the candidates for the training of the new army, which had been discussed for a long time. Except for the three second-rank military ministers sent by the court, all of them were the generals of the Zhu family army.

The emperor was jealous of Zhu's army, and he couldn't refuse the temptation that the Dajing army had Zhu's army.

Ever since the Zhu family was almost brought into an irreversible situation last year, Emperor Zhenyuan's trust and tolerance towards the Zhu family seemed to have deepened a bit because of guilt.However, Zhu Dingbei understood that the real reason was the certificate of life and death signed by his grandfather, which not only promised to train Dajing over [-] soldiers with the ability to be comparable to Zhu's army's strong army within five years, but also to retire after being successful. At that time, he took the initiative to move the general Zhu's army from Xianbei Prefecture back to Liangzhou.

Zhu Dingbei's mood changed a few times, and he came back to his senses after hearing Jia Jiaming's sigh.

Reluctantly putting down the letter that he had read three times, Jia Jiaming, who was afraid of neglecting it, couldn't laugh or cry: "His calligraphy is still so underdeveloped... I'm afraid that his temper will become more and more wild in the army."

I'm also afraid of his ambition, and I don't want to go back to this one-acre land.

Jia Jiaming was a little sad, but on second thought, he would win the chance to supervise the army in Jingxian County. No matter what, he always hoped that he could still be in Qin Xi's future, instead of being left behind, let alone passively waiting for him look back.

Zhu Dingbei smiled and said: "Don't worry, no matter how wild a person is, the army has a way to make him honest. You just need to prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and everything else is easy to talk about."

Jia Jiaming accepted his kindness and left the two of them to have lunch together before releasing them.

Coming out of Chen's Mansion, Zhu Dingbei and Ning Heng walked to Zhenbeihou's Mansion.Zhu Dingbei looked up at the sky in Luojing, and said with some emotion: "Time flies so fast."

The establishment of the Xianbei army was just a flash of his idea at first, but he didn't expect the day when it would really come true.

Ning Heng looked at him sideways, with a smile on his lips.

After entering the mansion, the old Hou Ye, who was boxing in the martial arts arena, saw them and pulled Ning Heng to practice.Ever since he saw his grandson fight Ning Heng once, he has been very itchy, always looking for opportunities to fight Ning Heng, this kid is much more winking than his grandson, whenever he should put in some effort to go along with his wishes , it will neither make him feel boring, but also allow him to fully exercise his muscles and bones.

After retiring from the martial arts arena, the old Hou Ye accompanied the old lady to go out to visit relatives. After Zhu Dingbei and Ning Heng changed their clothes, they talked in his study in the small courtyard.

On his seventeenth birthday last year, the old lady made the decision to expand the small courtyard where he lived, incorporating several wing rooms, and doubled the study room in the small courtyard for his daily use, so as not to save the sum of money. His grandfather shared a place.

After the two exchanged the latest news about Li Dang and the Xiongnu and Qiang people, they talked about Ningzhou and Liangzhou Zhoumu.

Since the death of Ruan Qifeng and Huang Henian, due to the war, the prefecture positions of the two prefectures have been vacant. The state affairs of Ningzhou were temporarily replaced by Zhen Youxiang, while Liangzhou was directly taken over by the military.

In February, the emperor finally selected the candidate for Ningzhou state shepherd. This time, he did not entrust the state affairs of these two states to the local dignitaries as usual, but directly allocated them by the imperial court.The squires in these two states were naturally unwilling, but they had no energy to object, especially in Ningzhou. This time, the Southwest War caused heavy losses to the local rich and noble families in Ningzhou.Some dignitaries were also implicated in the Ruan family's incident, and their vitality was severely injured, and they could no longer listen to the waist and bargain with the royal family as before.

"The old man of the emperor has also taken advantage of it. The administration of officials in Liangzhou and Ningzhou has always been a headache for the royal family. Now that they kill two birds with one stone, Xinzhou Mu can continue to dominate Zhu's army for a while. Tsk, the emperor bestowed that point Thank you, it's too stingy."

Zhu Dingbei spat, then changed the topic and said, "I heard that His Majesty intends to let the Sixth Princess go to Ningzhou, the Xinzhou Shepherd?"

"Ah."

Ning Heng responded, "Zhang Fu was also a probationer in the imperial examination, and he has done well in Yangzhou and Guangzhou."

He avoided Zhu Dingbei's thirst for knowledge about the princess's marriage, and solemnly mentioned Zhang Fu's origin and life, and finally said: "The government of Yang Guang's generation is more complicated than that of Ningzhou. Since he was able to stand out there and make a breakthrough there, it can be seen that he has some real talents and is an extremely smooth person. His Majesty should choose him because he believes that he can stabilize the country gentry in Ningzhou. Farming and business affairs resumed."

"It's not bad. However, I heard that he is a bit old, and his fiancée died for three years to keep festivals for others, so he hasn't got married until now. How could His Majesty be willing to marry his daughter far away, and marry such a person? "

There are a lot of good families in Luo Jing looking forward to the princess's marriage, who would have thought that such a family would be chosen in the end.

Seeing that he had spared the topic, Ning Heng couldn't help but frowned and said, "Are you curious about His Majesty's decision, or... feel sorry for Her Majesty the Princess?"

"Why, I can't ask?"

Zhu Dingbei raised his eyebrows.

Ning Heng held back the anger rising in his heart, turned away his face and calmed down for a moment, then poured him tea and water as if nothing had happened, and said, "It's nothing. After all, Your Highness the Princess has reached her age. Besides, His Majesty the Emperor has great expectations for Zhangzhou. His Highness the Princess promised him, so he naturally has his considerations. Besides, Your Majesty is the biological father of the Sixth Princess, so he will never wrong her no matter what, the person he chooses is naturally a good match."

Zhu Dingbei snorted, "You talk a lot when you talk about this matter. I still remember that Her Royal Highness loves you so much that she wanted to take care of the eighteen concubines in the backyard for you when she was young."

Ning Heng was expressionless, "I also remember that there were rumors that you wanted to honor the Lord."

The two stopped in tacit understanding, looked at each other for a while, and suddenly laughed inexplicably.

Zhu Dingbei said: "Okay, after all, Concubine Chen is Grandpa Chen's daughter, and Her Royal Highness is also one of the few blood relatives of his old man. Naturally, I have to pay more attention to Qin Xi."

"Based on this alone, His Majesty the Emperor will not treat their mother and daughter badly."

He did not point out the relationship between the late Mr. Chen Gel and His Majesty the Emperor's master-student relationship. It's not that he should not tell Zhu Dingbei, but that the man has passed away. Means less risk.

Hearing this, Zhu Dingbei took the initiative to change the subject, "That Liangzhou governor, Xie Yonglin, is said to be a straightforward person. He used to be from Jiaozhou?"

"That's right. He is the first and so far the only number one scholar from Jiaozhou in all these years of Dajing." Seeing that he admired this man very much, Ning Heng said a few more words: "It was the emperor who ascended the throne and presided over it back then. In the first imperial examination, Xie Yonglin came from Jiaozhou, and his identity was criticized. When His Majesty ordered him to be the No. At that time, he was young and loyal, and perhaps he wanted to do different things from the late emperor to show a different political style, so he overcame all opinions and allowed him to be the first in the department."

Jiaozhou, Dajing's well-known place of exile.

Speaking of people from Jiaozhou, they are the same as criminals, and they will be looked at twice wherever they go.

Xie Yonglin's ancestors were exiled to Jiaozhou only after committing serious crimes. After serving their sentence, the innocent people born by their descendants were also branded as Jiaozhou.In that kind of poor mountains and rivers, where there is not even an academy, Xie Yonglin can still read poetry and books, and even surpass thousands of troops in the imperial examination with his outstanding literary talent. True talent and learning have to be admired.

"He served in the Zhu family's army for ten years as a supervisor. His Majesty trusts him deeply, and he has some connections with my Zhu family. I heard Grandpa mention this man and he was full of praise. I think he took the position of Liangzhou prefect. , my fifth uncle's life is better than when Huang was in charge of Liangzhou."

Zhu Dingbei said.

Ning Heng shook his head.

"Not necessarily."

He said.