Great Tang princess

Chapter 361

Although he proposed a method to produce large amounts of salt, the beach is not something that can be visited just by saying it.

Now that Qianniuwei's army expansion is still in chaos, if she doesn't keep an eye on it, something might go wrong.

At least wait until the army starts to get on the right track before we can really consider this matter.

It would take five or six days to run from Dongdu to the seaside, even if it is eight hundred li urgently, not to mention that if Li Yuechen passed by, he would definitely bring a lot of people with him.

It is estimated that it will take nearly two months, and counting the production of the salt farm, the time from drying the salt to harvesting is definitely not short.

Even if he had to leave, at least he had to wait for his mother to thoroughly train Pei Huaiyi's mad dog. At the same time, most of Qianniuwei's strength would stay here to protect her.

But Qianniuwei alone is obviously not enough!
Now that my father has passed away, most of the people in the court are obedient and obedient. If I leave, I am afraid that someone will suddenly cause trouble. When I am out of town, it will be too late when I get the news and come back!

So even if he wants to set up a salt farm by the sea in the future, he must settle everything here now.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen couldn't help sighing, if this is a world of martial arts, it's okay, when the time comes, I'll find a few master maids to accompany my mother...

Ok?
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen who was drinking tea suddenly froze, feeling as if he had caught a blind spot.

Some time ago, Wang Xiaojie told himself that his daughter seemed to have the intention of joining the army to make contributions. At that time, he said that women were not suitable for the battlefield, and they could be assigned to the hidden guards or royal bodyguards.

Thinking about it carefully, this really doesn't seem impossible.

Originally, Li Yuechen thought about gradually weeding out the eunuchs so that this system would disappear completely.

Speaking of it, the reason why there are eunuchs in the palace is very simple. There are too many women in the emperor's harem, and most of them may never see the emperor's face in their entire lives.

In order to ensure that the blood of the royal family is not chaotic, it is impossible for the emperor's harem to allow a second man to come in besides the emperor, but there are still some heavy tasks that require men to do, so eunuchs were born.

But it would be different if all the court ladies could be replaced with female soldiers after rigorous training in the future!

They can also do the heavy work that men can do, and at the same time they can also serve as the emperor's bodyguard!
It can be said that if this matter can be done, all the maids in the palace will become an important force to defend the emperor and the palace!

It's just... there is a premise to do this.

That is, the status of a maid in the future can no longer be a slave, but a soldier!

Similarly, they are no longer women in the name of the emperor, which means that they are serving in the military, and they will be retired after a certain number of years.

The more Li Yuechen thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. If so, with the cooperation of the palace maid and Qian Niuwei, they would definitely be able to protect the entire imperial palace like gold!

……

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately called Wang Xiaojie to his office.

"What orders does Your Highness have?" Wang Xiaojie asked impatiently as soon as he entered the door.

To be honest, from last year until now, he feels quite boring.

Originally, he was supposed to be the fighting instructor of Qianniuwei, but after teaching, the things in the army can form a system and then pass on by themselves, so his role as an instructor is much smaller.

But Li Yuechen didn't want his abilities to be wasted like this. As a general who came out of the battlefield, his experience was extremely valuable.

So he was asked to be a teacher in the military academy, teaching the art of war while combining his own experience and Qianniuwei's military philosophy to teach these future officers.

Of course, he is willing to listen to Li Yuechen's orders, and being a teacher is also a very novel thing for him, so he is willing to try it.

But after a long time, Wang Xiaojie felt that this kind of work was too troublesome.

A group of kids who don't understand anything, but they are very curious, catch him every day asking this and that.

At the beginning, they were willing to answer with a smile, but later on, Wang Xiaojie didn't have a good face, and asked them to think about some questions that they still didn't understand after explaining it three or five times.

Today I heard that His Highness called me, I thought I had something to do, so I ran over hurriedly.

"Oh, a few days ago, didn't you say that you wanted your daughter to be a soldier too?" Li Yuechen waved his hand to let him sit down, "Speaking of which, I am also a princess after all, if I don't have a personal bodyguard around me, it seems There's always something missing..."

Hearing what she said, Wang Xiaojie immediately reacted, and nodded again and again: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the little girl is pretty good, although not one out of ten of His Highness, but..."

"Okay, okay," Li Yuechen interrupted with a wave of his hand, "You call her here first, and talk to me. And I need to go back and think about it."

"Yes!" Wang Xiaojie quickly agreed.

……

After confirming to meet tomorrow, Li Yuechen decided to go back and talk to his mother and sisters first.

First, I went to the Hall of Renshou, told my mother what I thought, and listened to her reaction.

Holding a teacup, Wu Zetian commented: "The idea is really good. Now that the joint sitting system is abolished, the number of people implicated into the palace due to crimes will decrease in the future. Using this method, it will not make no one available in the palace..."

Li Yuechen nodded: "That's right, and in this way, all the maids in the palace can become bodyguards!"

"But the problem is, court ladies have been the emperor's women since ancient times, if one day the emperor gets interested..."

"Don't worry, Auntie, every emperor in the future will come from the army, and he will definitely respect these court ladies who are also soldiers. In the final analysis, this is still a matter of education!" Li Yuechen replied.

Mom's worry is not unreasonable, but it is also because in this day and age, the prince's education since he was a child is that there is nothing he cannot do when he is an emperor!

But if you tell these princes in the way of education from an early age, even if you become an emperor one day, you can't do everything, and you will naturally have the corresponding judgment.

What's more... To put it bluntly, people subconsciously want to climb up.At that time, it is not certain whether the emperor is molesting the court ladies or the court ladies are molesting the emperor.

"Alright, since you have an idea, you don't need to implement it right away. You can try it first." Wu Zetian nodded, "Let's train a group of female soldiers in the name of forming Chen'er's personal guards, and we'll see when the time comes."

"Well, the boy thinks so too." Li Yuechen nodded.

In the evening, after returning to the princess mansion, Li Yuechen told his family about his thoughts again.

The two sisters expressed their support for this. No matter how powerful the sister is, she can't single out an army alone, so it is very important to have bodyguards around her.

Shangguan Wan'er next to her raised her hand immediately: "Your Highness, let me come!"

"Bullshit!"

Mrs. Zheng immediately taught her a lesson: "You have never learned the art of riding and archery, how can you serve as His Highness's personal guard? At that time, I don't know whether it is you protecting His Highness, or I need His Highness to protect you!"

Shangguan Wan'er curled her lips: "I can learn..."

"Wan'er doesn't need it!" Li Yuechen gently patted her head, "Your specialty is not here, don't waste all your talents. Now Wan'er only needs to manage the hidden guards well, it will be the greatest help to me! "

"Ok!"

Hearing what she said, Shangguan Wan'er nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Wan'er will definitely do her best!"

As long as she hears Li Yuechen's praise, she will be very happy.

……

The next day, Li Yuechen ran into the barracks after practicing.

After staring at the soldiers' training for a while, and nodding in satisfaction, he saw Wang Xiaojie leading a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl across the straight road and heading straight for this side.

When they came to the front, the two saluted respectfully: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

"Exemption."

Li Yuechen raised his hand and carefully looked at Wang Xiaojie's daughter.

This little girl is about 1.6 meters tall, and she wears a bun that is more popular among women in this era.The figure looks very fit, neither fat nor thin, very well-proportioned.

But the shoulders are wider than ordinary women, and a layer of calluses can be seen on the palms.

The facial features are very regular, it can't be said to be beautiful, but it is definitely not ugly. It belongs to a face that looks ordinary at first glance, but is more attractive.

A pair of eyes were piercing, staring at Li Yuechen with scorching eyes, not concealing the feeling of fans after seeing their idols.

"What's the name?" Li Yuechen asked.

"Return to Your Highness, Anu's name is Wang Wuqiong."

Li Yuechen nodded: "Why do you want to be a soldier, a girl of the first rank?"

"In order to be like His Highness, to prove myself!" Wang Wuqiong replied.

When she answered, she could see that her eyes seemed to be shining brightly.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Okay, not bad!"

Now she really appreciates this girl a little bit, and she actually has such thoughts in this era.

But if you think about it carefully, maybe this idea is caused by your own influence?
She turned her head and smiled at Wang Xiaojie: "I plan to form a personal guard, your girl, just follow me for the time being. Let's see later, how to come up with a training process suitable for women."

"Yes!" Wang Xiaojie agreed, and then slapped his daughter on the shoulder, "Thank you soon?"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wang Wuqiong quickly saluted.

……

In the next two months, the entire east was basically spent in a busy state.

First of all, Tianhou ordered a Dengwen Drum to be set up outside the imperial city. If anyone beats the drum, the censor will be heard and played.

Another conspiracy, anyone can see it.

On the bright side, this was set up by Tianhou in order to listen to suggestions and understand the people's sentiments.

However, in fact, the court knew that this was a means to strengthen their dominance, which basically meant that the Queen of Heaven could bypass them and directly understand the following things.

In this way, it is equivalent to putting them all in the middle, and all the eyes below.

As long as there is even the slightest thing wrong, it will be reported to Tianhou immediately, which will arouse suspicion.

Perhaps it was to verify their conjectures. During this period of time, Tongjia outside the imperial city received a large number of anonymous letters basically every day.

Then Tianhou ordered Shangguan Wan'er to start a secret investigation on some people.

Now the Royal Dark Guard has great power and strong penetration ability. Under the leadership of Gao Yanfu, they quickly caught a lot of criminal evidence.

Immediately after that, a round of purges began, but this time the purges were all small officials below, or they could be said to be the spokespersons of certain noble families.

The position is not high, and the power is not great.

However, many ministers in the court became nervous, and they all knew that this was Tianhou's tentative move.

Those who can get into the court are not fools. In the current situation, her purpose is basically very clear, which is to completely uproot the nobles like them, and make the entire court into her one-word hall.

Such a huge ambition made many ministers secretly panic and began to think about countermeasures.

At this time, it suddenly came out that Princess Taiping wanted to form a personal guard and recruit women into the army for training.

Many ministers thought this was a good opportunity to communicate with Princess Taiping, so they brought their daughters to the barracks to ask to see the princess.

There is no way, now that the emperor is under house arrest and King Yu is under surveillance, the only legal member of the royal family they can contact is Princess Taiping.

She also had the late emperor's death on her body, so the Queen of Heaven could not use coercive means against her.

During this time, Li Yuechen was in the barracks almost every day, staring at the training of recruits after the expansion of the army and the construction of the training ground.

For these ministers who brought their own daughters to see him, they all politely refused: "The training ground has not been built yet, so let's go back and wait for the notice. By the way, think about it carefully. After all, it is not a trivial matter for a woman to serve as a soldier. If If you still insist at that time, I will consider it myself."

……

No matter who he met, Li Yuechen always gave the same tone and answers, which made the ministers feel a little chilled.

Recently, Princess Taiping still frequently visits the palace. Could it be that the mother and daughter have actually teamed up?

The ministers who were confused tried their best to contact the people in the palace and asked them to find a way to find out.

But the people around Tianhou are all diehards, and they will not reveal any secrets, which makes them shut the door.

These people who were in charge of inquiring about the news were actually under the surveillance of the hidden guards. Under the order of the Queen of Heaven, these people were very "lucky" to contact Li Xian's personal eunuch Sun Jingbang.

It was good to be able to contact the emperor, and many ministers immediately began to inquire about the news, to see if Princess Taiping joined forces with Tianhou.

If true, prepare for the worst.

However, the emperor was unwilling to say anything, perhaps because he had lost his fighting spirit after being placed under house arrest. Every day he just played the piano and practiced calligraphy, or watched beautiful women dance, just to let them calm down a little.

Just when many gentry were thinking that they might die, Queen Wei Lian'er sent a message.

Princess Taiping made an agreement with Tianhou not to participate in the internal struggle of the royal family. The condition is that Tianhou and the emperor must promise her that no matter whether they win or lose in the end, blood relatives will not be killed!
It sounds a bit nonsense, but this matter is indeed in line with Princess Taiping's style.

Everyone knows that the princess puts a lot of emphasis on feelings. When she was fighting against the flood, she almost risked her life to save her soldiers, and she treated her subordinates like this, let alone her brother and mother.

But since this is the case... then there is still a turning point for this matter!
(End of this chapter)