History of Yongwu

In the small room next to the study, Qin Yu was holding a volume of books, but his mind was not on the books, peeking at the people next to him from the corner of his eyes.

"Prince" Xuetang was still sitting in the opposite seat, and suddenly said, "It's getting late, should I take a rest?"

Qin Yu looked up at the window, put down the scroll, "Indeed, let's rest."

"Then Xuetang is resigning." Xuetang Yingying stood up and stood opposite King Jin and said.

"Well, be careful on the road, let Xiaofuzi see you off." Qin Yu also stood up and said to him.

"Thank you, my lord," Xuetang saluted and retreated.

Xiao Fuzi was waiting at the door, saw him come out and asked, "Master Xue is going back today?"

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble Eunuch Fu," Xuetang said flatly.

Xiao Fuzi nodded and led the way with a lantern beside him. These two have been like this for many days. If King Jin didn't stay, Young Master Xue would leave. If King Jin didn't stay, he wouldn't see any joy. For the first time, he knew that this weak and weak A weak son can be more indifferent than King Jin.

Nothing seems to have changed, everything seems so normal, the young master still comes to him every day, and Qin Yu talks to him every day, but he always feels that something is wrong. A transparent wall firmly blocked between the two of them.

Qin Yu looked at the closed door and took a deep breath. How long has he been like this, three days or five days, and he will not stay unless he asks him. It was only then that Qin Yu remembered that the young master would always ask himself, is he I always thought that the young master just liked to stay with him, so it turned out that this was not a matter of three or five days.

He also tried to live in his yard, but it was too normal, even in the bed curtain, it couldn't hide the little master's alienation from him, gradually he didn't dare to go.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of September, and in the late autumn, maybe the young master had a conflict with the King of Jin. As long as His Royal Highness was worried about him, the court and the northern border would not be at peace.

Since Jingwei stabilized, Qin Yu threw Wang Meng to the South Camp. Since His Majesty used Lin Feng to poach the wall in the north, he was naturally not far behind. He wanted to use Wang Meng to test how tough the South Camp was.

However, in recent days, the official documents from Fan Wentian indicated that in the matter of poaching the wall, His Royal Highness Prince Jin was left behind by Emperor Xuan. Most importantly, Qin Yu also found out that the assassin who assassinated him before was not Kong Guopei.

The situation is like chess, complicated!

Qin Yu pushed away the messy official documents in his hands, rubbed his brows wearily, and took a deep breath. Sure enough, he was gone, and the scent of orchids that soothed him was gone.

"See you, my lord." Zhao Zhiping came in from the door.

Qin Yu pointed to the chair next to him and motioned for him to sit down and asked, "How is Wang Meng?"

"The four lieutenants of the Southern Camp are very loyal to His Majesty, and I'm afraid they will not be able to gather them all at once."

"En." Qin Yu nodded, put the matter aside temporarily, looked at him and said, "Lin Feng from the north, what do you think?"

"Lin Feng can only use words to inspire people's hearts. You don't have to worry too much. My minister has a way to make the generals in the northern region remember you."

"Military pay?"

"The prince is wise"

"This will anger His Majesty," Qin Yu muttered, and before Zhao Zhiping persuaded him, he said, "Let's do it!"

"Yes" Zhao Zhiping promised to leave, but when he reached the door, he suddenly turned his head and said to King Jin, "My lord and my minister heard that you had a conflict with that Mr. Xue from before."

Qin Yu glanced at him in surprise, frowned slightly and said, "Didn't Zhiping never care about these things?"

"My lord, I shouldn't be talking too much about the matter between you and the son of the inner palace. It's just that the lord has taken good care of this Mr. Xue. I'm worried that you will lose your sense of proportion. If you lose your sense of proportion, not only will you be in danger, but you will also be in danger." Involving many people and officials in the Jin Kingdom, I hope the prince will respect himself," Zhao Zhiping said earnestly.

As the King of Jin, how can he do things on his own will, how can he be angry for a young man in the inner palace, he has always been displeased with those people who are angry at the crown and become a beauty, they are as high as the King of Jin, balancing all parties, what is more important than holding on to responsibilities all important.

Qin Yu looked at him calmly, and after a while he got up and cupped his hands and said, "What the teacher taught me is that I have written it down."

The study door was slowly closed, Qin Yu watched the light disappear outside the door, and as soon as he sat down on the chair, Mr. Zhao's words were harsh, but they were true and could not be refuted.

This king can't let his temper go, otherwise countless people will be buried with me, Xuetang, maybe we just broke up like this, it's not bad for you!

Jingshi Nanying

"See His Royal Highness King Jin"

"Please, generals," Qin Yu said with a smile.

Wang Meng took a step forward, bowed his hands to King Jin and said, "Please, my lord, review the army."

Qin Yu raised his head slightly, looked inside, "Okay, please, general," and walked into the camp first.

On the high platform, Qin Yu looked down, and had to say that the Southern Camp of the capital was very elite, and the four lieutenants were young, and most of them were promoted after Emperor Xuan ascended the throne. They were both talented and loyal, so he didn't like it.

After the military parade was over, Wang Meng led King Jin back to the big tent, where a banquet had already been set up, and when King Jin walked to the gate of the camp, he suddenly stopped.

"Are all the generals here?"

"Only the last general and the four lieutenants in charge of the army, the rest are too many to arrive, but the heart to welcome the prince is the same"

"How can I do that?" Qin Yu frowned and looked at him, "This king has never met any generals since he became a captain of the capital."

"This..." Wang Meng hesitated and didn't know what to do.

Qin Yu looked at the four lieutenants of the Southern Camp behind him, and said with a smile, "Every general has two junior lieutenants, let's have a drink together, so I can get acquainted with each other."

The four captains looked at each other calmly, cupped their fists and said, "The last general takes orders"

In the big tent

Qin Yu looked at the small school sitting on the ground, raised his glass and said, "Although this king inherits the throne, he is still a young man who joined the army and knows the hardships of the military camp. Here is a toast to everyone. You have worked hard for Dayong and Your Majesty."

"Thank you, my lord, the general is terrified," everyone said in unison.

Qin Yu glanced at the crowd, and smiled brightly, "Don't be cautious, generals. This king is here just to meet you. Generals, please drink freely."

"Thank you Lord"

Everyone thanked them again, and several small principals had relaxed a little bit. Wang Meng sat aside and looked at the smiling and pleasant Prince Jin, muttering to himself, the prince must be doing something again!

After drinking for three rounds, all the soldiers have relaxed. After all, they are members of the army, and they don't have so much thought in the court. King Jin talked with them about fine wine, beauties, and anecdotes in Beijing, and felt that the rumors were biased after all. Not that grim.

"Actually, this king should have come to see the generals a long time ago." Qin Yu looked at the crowd with a glass of wine in his hand. "It's just that there was an assassination a while ago, and this king was also injured, so it's delayed."

"This assassin is also a daring one. Fortunately, the prince is blessed with his life," a small school said flatteringly.

"This incident has made our Nanying embarrassing to some extent, and this king has also neglected his duties. I feel sorry for His Majesty, and I am worried day and night."

There was silence in the tent for a moment, and the generals didn't know how to answer for a moment, so they couldn't help but keep silent.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty didn't blame you." Qin Yuan smiled, then changed the subject and said, "But how can a courtier feel at ease, this king plans to strengthen the guards of the palace, what do you think?"

"I don't know how the lord thinks how to strengthen it?" Tong An, the school captain of the Forbidden Palace, said. He is mainly responsible for the entrance guard and patrol in the palace. The small school that Kong Guopei used before is his subordinate.

"Naturally, more people should be sent to the palace. At present, only Tong Xiaowei and Lu Xiaowei are in charge of guarding the palace gate and the carriages, which is still somewhat insufficient." Qin Yu thought for a while and said.

"But my lord," Qingche Captain Lu Yang said, "The newly recruited soldiers will lack cooperation among the ministries, and there will be omissions instead."

Captain Qingche and Captain Forbidden Palace are in charge of the guards inside the palace, as well as His Majesty going out to guard. This has been the case since the establishment of the dynasty. Jin Wang clearly has other plans for this move.

"This king naturally understands that recruiting new troops for training is really difficult, and I don't know how deep it is, so what I mean is that the four school lieutenants should each select some of the elite and station them near the palace. If there is something to support each other, I think you will always Training in one place, with a lot of natural tacit understanding”

"In this way, the general and others have all gone to the palace, who will handle the affairs in the barracks, the general and the captain Shan both have military officers who need to be trained, I'm afraid they have no skills at all," the infantry captain He Yuan said.

"Indeed," said Gongshe Captain Tan Ning.

"Don't worry, I can do some military affairs for you, and I have neglected the military administration for a long time, so it's not easy for His Majesty to continue to worry about it." Qin Yu looked at them with a smile.

"But the prince is alone, and all the juniors are sent to the palace, so they will be afraid that the prince will be tired," Tong An said again.

"That's right." Qin Yu paused, looked at the little school in the tent and said, "It's better to promote some people. Each of you has four little schoolmen under your command, so how about helping me?"

The captains of the Nanying Camp have always been served by the sons of officials and meritorious officials. The most common civilians who serve as soldiers are small schools, but the two small schools stationed in the palace are indeed children of nobles, and they can be promoted to captains in all likelihood. .

So as soon as King Jin's words fell, the hearts of all the small schools immediately became alive. Although there are only four captains, it is better than staying in the barracks before. One day, if His Majesty is merciful, maybe I can also be made a marquis and a general.

Tong An looked at King Jin who was sitting above, and was secretly worried. King Jin's move was simply emptying them, and His Majesty absolutely did not want to see this situation.

"My lord, this matter..."

"Tong An!" Qin Yu's complexion changed suddenly, and he said coldly, "You have tried to evade, do you think His Majesty's safety is not important, or do you think this king can't handle military affairs?"

"The last will not dare"

"Tong An, disobeying the military order, do you think the king dare not punish you?"

"The Last General Takes Order"

Before the king of Jin, even the imperial censor was going to be chopped down in the street. Tong An didn't want to suffer from this bad luck, so he went back to His Majesty and let His Majesty deal with it.

"Generals," Qin Yu looked at the other three, "Who has any objections?"

"The last general takes orders" the three of them looked at each other and saluted.

It was getting dark before Qin Yu boarded the car and returned to the city. Before leaving, he told Wang Meng that the candidates for the four small schools should be carefully considered and not neglected.

When this matter came out, the military camp naturally accepted it. Wang Qianhe and Emperor Xuan understood King Jin's intentions, but Kong Guopei desperately agreed to it. If this matter was opposed one by one, the army would lose morale. It really made King Jin happy. Emperor Xuan It can only be solved slowly.

Northland

"Why are there so few this month?" A small military officer said dissatisfiedly to the small official who distributed the money.

The little official raised his head and replied helplessly, "Master Zhang, you can't blame the little one, that's what the above gave, what can the little one do?"

Grandpa Zhang glared at him, spat on the ground, and said, "Damn it, I just put my head on the waistband of my trousers, and it's worth a few pennies"

A soldier next to him saw it, and immediately pulled him forward and said, "Master Zhang, don't be angry, this is the idea of ​​the higher-ups, what can we do?"

"Yeah, if people hear about it, I'm afraid my brother's life will be difficult." Master Zhang turned his head and saw that he was also a small military officer, and he was acquainted with him on weekdays, and his surname was Li.

"Master Li, come to collect the money too," Master Zhang said politely.

Master Li smiled, and said helplessly, "Although I don't have much money, my wife and children are still waiting to spend. What can I do?"

Master Zhang felt the same way, and he leaned closer and whispered, "Yes, but it wasn't like this when King Jin was here before, why is it like this now, is it General Song?"

"Probably not! General Song has always been fair, and besides, he has a very close relationship with King Jin. Fan Xiangguo can't be guilty of deducting money from his brothers." Master Li frowned and thought.

"Could it be the superior?" Master Zhang said with gestures.

Another person came over to the side, glanced at it with a sly eyebrow, and said in a low voice, "I heard that it was buckled on the top. Seeing that King Jin is not here, I took advantage of General Song's negligence and stayed by myself. I heard that he bought a house in the capital. , this money is probably in our pockets."

"Hey, how did I hear that the governor's mansion of Beidi County allocated less money, so Fan Xiang used the money from the mansion to pay for it, so everyone lost a lot. What's the matter? Who wants us to go home?" The imperial court is not as good as it used to be.”

Mr. Zhang is impatient. Hearing what everyone said, he immediately felt unhappy. He padded the money in his hand and said with a cold snort, "It doesn't matter who it is, the brothers fought with their lives, so I just give it to these few sons." , I will never do it"

"That's right, this little money is not enough to go to the building and listen to the girl sing a ditty." There were a few soldiers who echoed beside him.

The same scene happened in several cities in the northern region. For a while, there were rumors in the northern region that it was not as good as when King Jin was there, but no one blamed King Jin.

The gossip from the North and the cold wind from the North blew into the capital together, making the weather even colder.

Outside the Yongshou Hall, His Royal Highness King Jin walked back quickly. He wore less clothes and wanted to hurry to the carriage to warm up.

"Prince" Wang Qianhe came over, bowed his hands and said, "Can we go together?"

"Why not"

His Royal Highness King Jin smiled humbly, and led Prime Minister Wang into the carriage, and the carriage swayed along. After a while, the old prime minister cupped his hands at him and said, "My lord, there is a secret report from Governor Lin that many soldiers in Beidi County have mutinied. You know, my lord."

"Really? Because of the mutiny? This king has never heard of it." Qin Yu looked at Wang Qian and said in surprise.

The old prime minister's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "I heard that the soldiers mutinied because their salaries were cut short."

"Oh." Qin Yu smiled clearly, and said relaxedly, "This kind of thing often happens, the teacher doesn't have to worry, just reissue some."

"But the missing amount is huge, and the national treasury can't be allocated for a while. A while ago, the prince added a lot of generals to the South Camp, and I'm afraid it's even more stretched." Wang Qianhe was a little displeased, and he kept this matter in his heart for a long time up.

"Isn't that also for His Majesty's safety?" the old god Qin Yu said.

Wang Qianhe looked at King Jin, saw that he was still in the same state, and finally said, "My lord, Prince Jin's mansion has been managing the military pay in the north, can you make up for it?"

He didn't blame King Jin, and now he doesn't have the time to argue with King Jin. Lin Feng's secret letter was written in a mess, only a few words, which shows that the situation is critical. Now the soldiers have surrounded the governor's mansion and killed a general who was said to have deducted his salary. Before the situation endangers His Majesty, solve it immediately.

"Oh, of course." Qin Yu readily agreed.

Wang Qianhe was not happy, he looked at King Jin quietly, waiting for the conditions of His Highness King Jin's expulsion

"It's just that the teacher also knows that since I don't care about the northern border, I don't know many things. The military salary has always been arranged by Fan Xiang, but Fan Xiang told me a few days ago that the Jin Kingdom has a poor harvest this year, and only [-]% of the taxes are collected. More than half of the military expenditure in the northern border was spent, plus the relief of domestic disaster victims, the construction of cities, officials' salaries, etc., there was nothing left in the treasury. Last year, the king also relieved the disaster victims in Dongyang County, and even his own private treasury It’s all over the top, how about the northern border army..."

"Prince" Wang Qianhe saw him evasively, and couldn't help but interrupted, "The mutiny of the northern army is no small matter. Does the prince really want to see the army you built with one hand turn into a rebellious party?"

Whether you can become a rebellious party depends on you, teacher!

"Teacher, I didn't say I didn't care about it." Qin Yu continued to persuade, "It's just that this king is also very cash-strapped now, so when I go back, I will check the accounts thoroughly to see where I can save some money. I must give priority to the northern border."

Wang Qianhe still wanted to talk, but the guard driving next to him said out loud, "My lord, the prime minister's residence is here."

"Send off the prime minister" His Royal Highness Jin Wang got off the car and saluted.

In front of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Qianhe crossed his hands and bid farewell to the King of Jin, exhaled a white breath from his nose for a long time, and said, "My lord, I have something to ask you."

"Teacher, just say it" Qin Yu boldly agreed.

"The mutiny of the northern border army this time was due to the fact that several generals in the northern border withheld military pay. Please deal with it together, and choose a good general to make up for it. After all, Governor Lin has not been there for a short time."

Qin Yu looked at Wang Qianhe, the old prime minister bowed slightly to salute, the corners of his eyes gleaming, he suddenly smiled, the insolent meaning of the smile was fully revealed

"Of course, you don't have to worry, teacher. I estimate that the accounts will be counted in a day or two. At that time, the army's salary in the northern border will be replenished immediately."

"Thank you, my lord." Wang Qianhe gave a deep salute, and his face became gloomy again.

Qin Yu didn't make a sound, but patted the guard, and the guard immediately drove away from Xiangfu. Qin Yu saw from the car window that Wang Qianhe was still standing at the door when he left, staring at his car for a long time until he turned out of the alley.

He looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and sighed how the first snow fell so well.