Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1988 Inside and Outside the Palace ([-]) The Heart of the Emperor is the Heart of the Emperor

Early the next morning, the Marquis of Nanning quietly sent someone to Chen Ju's residence outside the palace to send a proposal for the garrison of Kunning Palace.The plan was formulated extremely rigorously, and nearly a thousand soldiers were required to be divided into six shifts day and night and three batches.

It can be understood in this way: the nearly [-] soldiers will be divided into three groups, and each group will have two shifts every day.Obviously, this is taking into account the fatigue of shifts and meals.

Apart from Liu Xin, Gao Wuzheng, and Gao Wuruo, the Military Affairs Section of the Jinghua Secretariat did not have other staff members, and these people were the ones who actually formulated the details of the garrison proposal.This also shows to a large extent that Gao Pragmatism has achieved considerable success in promoting institutionalization over the years.

Within the Jinghua system, since there are not too many constraints from the old system, the high-practical requirements can be strongly promoted and implemented, and such success comes more naturally.

Chen Ju sent his cronies to the mansion in the morning to obtain this suggestion, and then asked people to start making defense changes according to the suggestion.At the same time, he sent a message to "Seventeen" who followed him to his mansion last night, saying that if there were any difficulties in the plan, he would go back to the mansion for advice during the break after serving the emperor's lunch.

It is not necessary to elaborate on these things one by one, but it is not easy for Li Wenjin, the chief eunuch in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, to have a day.Although 20 taels was a huge sum of money, he found that the money was not very easy to earn.

The Kunning Palace itself is very large, and it is quite troublesome to figure out how many people are deployed to defend where and where. As a result, the Kunning Palace is still working in batches, and the complexity has become even higher.

Li Wenjin pretended to pass by in the morning to take a look, but found that he couldn't understand, so he mobilized several palace aides to observe one side in four directions.But this is not too strong, because until the evening, they came to a very bad conclusion: the guards of Kunning Palace did not change shifts at the same time, but seemed to arrange several or more than a dozen areas. Rotate in sequence.

But the problem is that although there should be some kind of law in this rotation order, judging from today's actual situation, it is not clear where the law is for a while.

Li Wenjin wanted to report the situation to Guangjinfang casually, but after the news was sent, Guangjinfang was not satisfied with this, thinking that such investigations were not detailed and clear enough, and demanded more accurate time or rules for changing guards Otherwise, it would be "difficult for them to make up the remaining silver taels".

Well, yes, they paid the 10 taels of the Federal Reserve’s bank note on the spot yesterday, but Li Wenjin’s follow-up request doubled—that is, another 10 taels. Although they agreed, it was after receiving all the arrangements and It will only be given after it is confirmed to be true, which is equivalent to paying the balance.

Li Wenjin didn't think the request was so difficult at the time, and he didn't worry that the other party would dare to renege on his promise and lose weight after he made it, so he agreed without hesitation.Who knew that he would face such a difficult problem today, and even though he sent so many confidantes there, he still couldn't figure out the rules of changing shifts.

However, Li Wenjin was not discouraged. His influence in the palace was strong enough. If he couldn't figure it out today, he would continue tomorrow. If there were not enough people today, he would send more tomorrow.In short, he was going to settle the final payment, how could the duck in his beak let it fly away!

In fact, Li Wenjin's people couldn't figure out the first day's garrison, and there was also an objective reason, that is, the Jing army assigned by Chen Ju didn't do a very good job on this day, and many time points were a bit confusing.

They can't be completely blamed for this, after all, the Jing Army is not the Imperial Guard Army, and they can only be regarded as rotten fish and rotten shrimps in front of the real elite troops.

In addition, the plan formulated by the secretariat is very complicated. How complicated is it?There are not only clear requirements for a certain area to be rotated at a certain time, but also detailed plans for the way those who come to the rotation should take, and the way for those who go to take a rest to leave, etc. .

From the perspective of the Jing army, this is simply to punish them deliberately. Most of the Jing troops participating in the defense are confused, and naturally it will delay the time node.

The "chaos" in the Kunning Palace was also learned by the emperor. Zhu Yijun called Chen Ju to him after dinner and asked him what the Kunning Palace guards were doing today. manpower?

Fortunately, Chen Ju had already figured out how to answer this question.He first told the emperor frankly that he and Liu Ping visited Nanning Marquis Mansion last night.

Sure enough, Zhu Yijun was attracted by these words and asked them what they were going to do.Chen Ju said that they mainly went to ask Lord Hou if there was any clear statement on the specific arrangements of Nanyang Huangzhuang, and by the way, they also wanted to know if there was any public opinion in the outer court after the birth of the emperor's son.

Coincidentally, the emperor was also very concerned about these two matters, and immediately praised Chen Ju and Liu Ping for being sensible, and then asked Gao Wushi how to answer, and why you guys made so many troubles with Kunning Palace today.

Chen Ju answered one by one. First, he explained some issues about the arrangement of Nanyang Huangzhuang that Gao Wushi had explained to Liu Ping a long time ago, which basically dispelled the emperor's worries.

Then he said that the comments about the birth of the emperor's son were generally positive when Lord Hou heard it, but Lord Hou also found that some people's faces sank when they heard this.Chen Ju said that he and Liu Ping were very worried about this, and planned to strengthen the defense of Kunning Palace, and briefly talked about the current defense situation.

Zhu Yijun immediately came back to his senses and asked, "But Rixin thinks your defense arrangements are insufficient?"

Chen Ju smiled bitterly and said, "It's not just a deficiency! I'm not afraid of the emperor's punishment. Although the slaves and maidservants didn't dare to say everything at that time, they did talk about it in general. But in the eyes of Lord Hou, these defenses are full of flaws."

Zhu Yijun was taken aback at first, but immediately calmed down again, nodded and said: "That's right, in his eyes, a famous commander like Rixin who has been victorious in all battles, if your defense arrangements can be regarded as foolproof, then you will see him." ghost."

After a pause, under Chen Ju's wry smile, Zhu Yijun asked again: "And then? How did he teach you to arrange the deployment of Kunning Palace?"

Chen Ju replied: "Good Pope knows, Lord Hou didn't directly instruct Kunning Palace how to defend, he just explained to the slaves and servants how he defended the camp during the march, especially the area where the commander-in-chief is located. .

In addition, Hou Ye said that 'the soldiers have no momentum, and the water has no shape'. Let the slaves and maidservants understand the essence of it by themselves. It should be arranged according to the actual situation of Kunning Palace, and it cannot be copied mechanically. "

Although these words sounded like it meant that Chen Ju and others had done a mess in their previous work, Zhu Yijun was not angry but happy, and said with a smile: "This is a secret that is worthless, you two owe Rixin a huge amount." love."

"Yes, yes, what the emperor sees is very true." Chen Ju hurriedly said: "But this is also because the defense of Kunning Palace is very important at the moment. Master Hou did this mainly because of his loyalty to the emperor, empress and young master. The two slaves and servants just happened to meet at the right time..."

"Oh, so I owe you this favor?"

Chen Ju's face froze, and he hurriedly said: "The emperor was joking. If Hou Ye's move is only for the sake of the slaves and maidservants, it is naturally a favor, but since he is for the Tian family, it is not a favor, but a public loyalty to the country." .”

Zhu Yijun chuckled lightly, waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, you can continue talking—since Rixin taught you what to do, why did you make such a mess today?"

"This..." Chen Ju said calmly: "Forgive me, the emperor. How can the Jing army compare with the elites that Hou Ye has personally trained? Those deployment methods of Hou Ye may be able to compete with the imperial guards and the elite of the Nine Borders." Such as commanding and prohibiting orders, but the Jing army has never done similar training, so it is a bit confusing to follow suit all of a sudden."

Zhu Yijun seems to be able to accept this statement, but the focus has changed instead.He pondered for a moment, then asked: "Just now you said that Rixin discovered that some people in the outer court were ashamed when they heard the news of the birth of the emperor's son?"

"Yes, Lord Hou said so."

"Who are there?" Zhu Yijun asked again.

"This... Lord Hou didn't go into details, and the servants and servants didn't dare to ask more questions." Chen Ju replied cautiously.

In fact, this answer is very clever, because "slaves and maidservants" are theoretically prohibited from participating in politics, and Gao Yushi, as a cabinet minister in the court, especially if he may succeed the chief assistant in the near future, he should also be "not allowed to communicate." "inner eunuch", so "Hou Ye did not elaborate" is also a matter of course.

Sure enough, although Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, he quickly showed his face, nodded and said: "You ask him how to defend Kunning Palace, and he is willing to teach you some methods without touching the word 'Kunning Palace'. I'm worried that someone in the outer court will jump over the wall in a hurry... isn't it?"

Chen Ju didn't dare to agree, but said: "This... I dare not say that, but the status of the empress and the emperor's son is very important, no matter what, always be careful and make no big mistakes."

Zhu Yijun didn't answer immediately, and walked around for a while before saying: "That's it, you should practice the defense of Kunning Palace according to the method Rixin taught you, and you should learn from its spirit and not stop at appearance. After that, you have to supervise and train again." Jingjun, don't be fooled like in the past."

"Yes, the emperor taught you the right thing, and the slaves obeyed." Chen Ju replied immediately.

Just as he thought that today's conversation was coming to an end, and was thinking about whether he should resign, who knew that Zhu Yijun suddenly asked again: "Chang Luo, what's going on today?"

Chen Ju was stunned when he heard this, and said awkwardly: "This... Tell the emperor, I am so busy today that I have forgotten this matter, I will die forever."

Zhu Yijun frowned as expected, but looking at Chen Ju, he thought that today he would rearrange the defense of Kunning Palace in accordance with high pragmatic standards. For an eunuch who was not well versed in military affairs, it was indeed a bit difficult for him, so he ignored it. It's not as good as asking for blame for other things.

"And remember first." Zhu Yijun said: "You go down first, and call Wang An by the way."

Chen Ju agreed.He knew what was going on with the eldest son of the emperor today, and he should have asked Wang An, the admiral of the East Factory and the eldest companion of the eldest son of the emperor, more.

When Wang An came, Chen Ju had already left for a long time.

At this time, Wang An was only in his early thirties, and at such an age, he had already achieved such an important position as the admiral of the East Factory. Many people regarded him as the successor promoted by Chen Ju.

Although whether to succeed or not depends on the emperor's attitude in the end, Chen Ju's status is stable and he has a good relationship with Gao Yushi. Once Chen Ju really wants to retire, the emperor will definitely ask him who he recommends to succeed him, and he may also ask Gao Yushi. Therefore, Wang An's chance Undoubtedly the largest.

[Note: Theoretically, it has nothing to do with the outer court, but in reality it is not necessarily the matter of who takes over the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies.For example, when Gao Gong recommended Meng Chong back then, he insisted on squeezing out Feng Bao, who was theoretically higher, which made Feng Bao fear and hate Gao Gong at that time. ]
Although Wang An was young, his body was indeed not very good. Not only was he quite thin, but his face was also a bit sallow. Fortunately, he was in good spirits and his waist was straight.

He is the admiral of the East Factory, and he was born as a servant, so he came to the palace to meet him soon.Zhu Yijun didn't talk too much, and asked when they met, "How is Chang Luo feeling today?"

"Emperor's eldest son today..." Wang An carefully chose his words, and said, "I'm a little uneasy."

"Is it 'slightly'?" Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang An: "I don't know, but Chang Luo already has such a profound skill in nourishing Qi. It seems that your big companion has contributed a lot."

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty didn't always call themselves Zhen. Once they did, it was a clear and unmistakable statement that they were speaking as emperors, talking about official business.

Wang An also knew that there was a pitfall in this question, but at this moment he had no choice but to answer directly: "To the emperor, the way of heaven has its own decrees. The eldest son of the emperor cannot be violated, let alone changed. What can I do except a little uneasy? Within reason, please ask the emperor to learn from you."

"Then, in your opinion, what is he worried about?" Zhu Yijun looked sideways at Wang An and said, "Although he is the eldest son, he is not the crown prince after all, so why should he be worried?"

This is simply which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, and it can even be said to be asking questions knowingly.

From Wang An's point of view, there have been several disputes over the country's foundation. If Gao Yushi hadn't made it clear every time that he wanted to wait for the empress to give birth to a son, the eldest son of the emperor might have become the prince.

And even if he failed to become the crown prince, since a large number of officials had already expressed their support for the eldest son of the emperor to be the crown prince in the previous national dispute, the emperor must have some ideas.

Now that the emperor's first son is born, the eldest son's dream of being a prince has basically come to nothing, so he has to worry about the old things being brought up again, and even if he takes a longer-term view, he also has to worry about the new king being punished after he ascends the throne. How can it be possible? Are you uneasy?

Wang An smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, the eldest son of the emperor had to face the 'relatives' of the third son of the emperor before, and he will face the 'orthodoxy' of the first son of the emperor in the future. The courtiers pushed him to the forefront. Today, how can he be as safe as a rock? At least, he can always be a happy prince, a rich and idle person."

Zhu Yijun frowned at first, but gradually, he seemed a little moved.Maybe he has a feeling that although his eldest son is not pleasing, he is still his son after all.

Although this world can't give it to him, it should be given to him for a lifetime of freedom and wealth, right?
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