Better to live forever [Rebirth]

Qian Hui slammed the Dali Temple's grievance drum as a commoner, and the news spread throughout Luojing in less than half a day.

Immediately afterwards, His Majesty summoned important civil and military officials, and the Luo Jing family waited with bated breath for the development of the situation.You must know that the military and the government were separated in Dajing, and they did not interfere with each other. In previous years, except for the matter of military pay, civil and military courtiers had almost no chance to face the Holy Spirit together.

But even though they thought about the worst scenario, they never expected that His Majesty the Emperor acted resolutely, and even directly "retained" all the ministers above the third rank in the military plane to "discuss important matters" at the military plane!The leaders of several hundred officials, Dong Peng, who were released, did not disclose a word to the outside world, and stayed in the palace the next day like those military ministers.

There was also Lord Zhenbei who was the only one who was outside the palace, but he directly closed the door without giving anyone face, and all those who came to inquire were dismissed.

There is another group of people in Luojing who know the inside story. They are the people sent by Dou Changdong to assassinate Qian Hui. They knew that they would suffer disaster when they learned that Qian Hui had stepped into Dali Temple.Unable to stop them, they immediately wanted to escape from the capital, but they didn't expect that they would be stopped for one reason or another. When they finally escaped from the trouble, they found that the capital was already like an iron prison. It can't be passed on, and it's even harder to escape if you want to escape.

And they fled for two days before they were all arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The tense situation in Beijing has little effect on the Guozi who don’t know the inside story. Two days will be Laba Minor Cold Day. After the first snow, it will snow for several days in Luojing. Everyone was busy arranging their holidays, and the faces of the younger students were full of joy.

Among Zhu Dingbei, Qin Xi was the happiest. He had made an agreement with the elders in his family to stay in Beijing for the Laba Festival, and then went directly to the garrison of Shangluo County with the government soldiers to find his father.

Zhu Dingbei thought about making him happy for two more days, so he didn't think that his plan would be forced to give up because of the storm that was about to sweep through the major garrisons, so he patiently listened to his proud words.

Different from the envy of the Lou family brothers for his trip to the military camp, Jia Jiaming was full of worry, but he resisted not saying a word and pouring cold water on Qin Xi, and only opened his mouth when Lou Ankang asked him what plans he had for the twelfth lunar month rest, " The Chunwei Children's Examination is coming soon, and I have made an agreement with my father and master that I will stay at the master's house during this period and prepare for the exam quietly."

Qin Xi put his arms around his shoulders and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I have you, so I can go here with peace of mind."

Lou Anning covered her mouth and giggled, and after a while she couldn't hold back and said, "You can go, the elders in the family will have your little daughter-in-law to honor you."

In this cold winter when drops of water turned into ice, Jia Jiaming blushed in shock, while Qin Xi lay on top of him and laughed loudly: "It's been a hard day."

Zhu Dingbei looked at him jokingly and said: "We will be the No. [-] man of our Dajing in three to five years at most, and Qin Xi will be an eighth-rank soldier if he dies. It's not certain who will marry whom. .”

Jia Jiaming: "..."

Qin Xi was unconvinced, "Look at my master's body, and look at Eleven's appearance, who will marry whom?!"

Jia Jiaming couldn't bear it anymore, he grabbed the back of Qin Xi's hand and twisted it, and said angrily: "Nonsense!"

Qin Xi yelled, covered the back of his hand and didn't dare to make fun of him anymore, but still looked at Zhu Dingbei, as if what he said was reasonable.

Lou Ankang also laughed for a long time before stopping, coughed and turned to Ning Heng with a serious expression, "Aheng, I heard that there is a plum garden in your house where the plum blossoms are very gratifying, brother and I want to go there in a few days I wonder if it would be convenient for you to draw a picture of plum blossoms there as a birthday gift for Grandpa?"

This was just a small request, and Ning Heng naturally did not agree. Zhu Dingbei put his elbows on Ning Heng's shoulders, and said to Lou Ankang, "Tell me when you set a time, and I will be with you."

Lou Anning let out a snort, and said with a suppressed smile, "Changsheng, do you also want to see plum blossoms? Haha, you don't even care about beauties, and you know how to appreciate flowers. You're going to kill me from laughing."

Zhu Dingbei looked at him with a smile and said, "I don't mind letting him laugh like this for three days and three nights."

Lou Anning covered her mouth, and shrank behind her brother, admitting she was cowardly.

Zhu Dingbei wasn't joking, he had a bit of quackery, when he put a little bit on people, he made you cry when you cried, and laugh when you laughed.Last time, a student from Tianpin Academy saw Mr. Eleven getting together with these low-level students from Huangpin Academy, so he made fun of it. But he didn't know what tricks Changsheng used. The student laughed for an hour. It was only then that Master Wu solved the acupoints.

In just an hour, the student's face was crooked.

Lou Anning was happy to see it at the time, but if she put it on herself, she would feel cold when she thought about it.

Qin Xi said: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. How about going tomorrow while I'm still in Beijing before Laba?"

Lou Ankang shook his head, "Tomorrow, Grandpa and we will go to the family tomb to pay homage to our grandmother."

Tomorrow is his grandmother's memorial day.

Qin Xi gave up after hearing this, since he didn't like any flowers or plants anyway.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Laba porridge in various prefectures is cooked, but the excitement of previous years is destined to not be there this year.Laba, a third-rank officer, was finally released back to the mansion that day. Afterwards, the contents of Qian Hui's complaint spread all over Luojing.

In contrast, Zhenbeihou's Mansion is extremely warm.

The old lady ordered someone to make Laba porridge early in the morning and sent it to the homes of five aunts. After the old Hou Ye and Zhu Dingbei practiced their morning classes, they got a bowl of hot Laba porridge.

"I know that both of you don't like sweets, so I asked the kitchen to make salty ones. Is it okay to eat?"

Zhu Dingbei nodded straightly: "Although the cook Ah Heng sent is a little worse than Uncle Ning's skill, it is much better than our previous cook."

The cook was sent to Zhenbei Hou's mansion with the birthday gift from Ning Heng last month. He is proficient in the cooking skills of the Northern School, and he is in line with the old Hou Ye and his taste.

After hearing this, the old lady smiled and nodded his forehead, "You child was tricked by the cook of Changxinhou's mansion, and Ah Heng indulged you too much."

Zhu Dingbei grinned and didn't answer.

After the grandpa and grandson had finished eating, the old Hou Ye asked, "Can you send it to Kid Qian?"

The old lady gave him an angry look, and said: "Everyone in the whole house got a bowl, how can we miss the guests. The porridge was brought by Shuisheng himself, you old thing is much more dishonest than Changsheng."

Old Hou Ye chuckled, he is a big bastard, it would be nice if he remembered to ask the last question at this time.

Qian Hui's injuries are important, but fortunately they are all external injuries and heal up quickly.

However, after this incident happened, even if he recovered his health, he would not be able to participate in martial arts again.Although he was meritorious in suing Dou Changdong for the crime, he committed some taboos after all by suing his father against his son, and he delayed reporting for a year, and he also committed the crime of concealment and failure to report.Although merits and demerits offset each other, the emperor probably didn't want to give him a chance to show his face too much.

When the old Hou Ye thought about it, he felt sorry for Qian.

Zhu Dingbei could only comfort him and said: "Qian Huizhi is in the army. Although it is not easy for him to go to the Zhu family's army, it will not be difficult to recommend him to join the army after the limelight passes. As for what will happen afterwards, it depends on his own good fortune." .”

The old master loves talents, admires Qian and regrets that he can't bear to be silent at a young age, so why isn't he?

Qian Hui was much more optimistic than them, he no longer had any hope for his own future, he planned to stay in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion as a soldier or servant to repay the Zhu family for their life-saving grace when he came back from the palace.

Unexpectedly, the grandparents of Zhu's family had such a plan for him, and they were immediately grateful, and there was no regret or hesitation at all.

On the day of Laba, two decrees came out from the central palace:

Temporarily confiscated the seal of Dou Changdong, the second-rank garrison general of Xiping County in Xiping County, Liangzhou, and the second-rank garrison Li He, and detained Dou Changdong, Li He, his son and lieutenant general, and the entire army supervisor back to Beijing for trial for falsely reporting military merits.The rest of the officers above the captaincy are detained in the army, and they will be dealt with after ascertaining the facts.

Promoted Hao Dao from the third-rank Zhonglang in the garrison of Jinchang County in Liangzhou, and Zhu Shui was promoted to the third-rank general, and went to Xihai Xiping Second County to protect the overall situation and ensure the safety of the border.

Afterwards, His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation into the disappearance of the garrison and supervisory troops in each government, and spread from Luojing to the four regions at an extremely fast speed.But when they got the news, they were a step too late, and some guilty consciences showed their flaws because of this, and were caught by the spies sent by the emperor earlier.

Everyone in the army is in danger, and the joy of the New Year is gone.

On the ninth day of December, the Laba Festival just passed, Zhu Dingbei got into the carriage early in the morning and went to Changxinhou's mansion.

They agreed to go to the Biezhuang Meiyuan under Ning Heng's name on this day.

Zhenbeihou's Mansion is the farthest from Changxinhou's Mansion, and he was the last one to arrive. When he came, Qin Xi, who had already howled several times, rushed over when he saw him, and said with a grievance on his face, "Then damn it!" When will Dou Changdong not die? If he has to jump out at this time, he will not let anyone live a good life for a year! I packed all my bags, but my grandfather forcibly tore me off the horse. I hate it so much!"

The corner of Zhu Dingbei's mouth twitched invisibly, and Lou Anning tore him off Zhu Dingbei's body, and said angrily, "You won't lose a piece of meat if you go one year later, you've been shouting all morning, so let's change the word , I'm tired of hearing it."

Qin Xi glared at him, and went to find Jia Jiaming sullenly.

Zhu Dingbei touched his nose with a guilty conscience, met Ning Heng's playful gaze, turned his face seriously, and said, "Can we go?"

A few people got on the frame of Changxinhou's Mansion, and went to Meiyuan with noise and laughter all the way.

Out of the East City Gate, Lou Anning opened the car window and looked back at the Luojing City Gate in the distance, put down the car window, turned around and said, "I scared a lot of people yesterday. I heard that some important military officials returned to the mansion If you are sick, there must be ghosts in your heart."

Since yesterday, the atmosphere in Luojing City has been tense invisibly, making these smart children dare to discuss this matter only after leaving the city gate, even with their familiar and trusted friends.

Jia Jiaming said: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to be planning to deal with it lightly this time. I'm afraid there will be big moves after a group of people are dealt with."

Qin Xi scratched his head, "What big move?"

In his view, those soldiers who committed crimes could not escape punishment, but if they were to be killed and punished instead, the matter would be complete, and there would be no big moves.

Lou Ankang glanced at Zhu Dingbei, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty hasn't had much control over the garrisons of the states in these years. He will definitely take this opportunity to clean up the military and take back a large part of the military power."

Qin Xi understood, but he didn't worry much about it: "Anyway, the soldiers still have battles to fight, and the military power is taken back by His Majesty. They should train as they should, and they have to go forward when they should fight. The general who holds the military power—" He paused, looked at Zhu Dingbei a little stiffly, and then murmured in a low voice: "There is no difference."

Zhu Dingbei was amused by his cautious movements, and took his words: "Trees move to death, people move. The old system has been in use for so many years, and the disadvantages have far outweighed the benefits. There are battles against the enemy on the four sides of the border from time to time. It didn't ruin the background of the soldiers, but the troops stationed in several states in the interior, there are some bandit suppression, or the protection mission during the disaster year, even if they are pulled out to fight the Qiang enemy or the Xiongnu, there are probably 100 people Not a single one survived."

Several people were surprised when they heard this.

After all, they haven't opened up the pattern yet. Even if they know that there is a problem with the Dajing Army's governance and that it needs to be changed, they can't see the specifics.

Zhu Dingbei said this to make them truly aware of the seriousness of the problem of military governance.

The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a short period of time, if the soldiers can't even fight, what's the use of the imperial court digging out half of the treasury every year to support them?