son-in-law

Chapter 443
The finances were tight, and everything was kept simple. The Jingxingfang recruit camp was changed into a "military academy".

In the past, the highest officer in the recruit battalion was only a captain named Ma Shaofang.But now five high-ranking officers suddenly appeared, and Captain Ma was not even qualified to sit in the conference hall.Instead, everyone can command him and beat him to the back of his head.Complaining endlessly.

Zhao Yafu, one of the five generals, personally served the sacrificial wine for the military academy, but Zhao Jijiu only came once on the day of the school's ribbon cutting, and then he stopped coming.From Su Yu's point of view, Zhao Yafu is the commander-in-chief of Kyoto's security. He has a special position, so of course he can't stay in school all day.As the executive principal, Su Yu, the head of the Jingtong secret service, became the daily head of the school.

Principal Su's work is very busy. In order to formulate various light and dark rules, it can be described as "forgetting sleep and eating" and "all night".I often take my work home and work hard all night, sometimes until dawn.It is said that the princess was not very happy, and sent people to persuade him to rest many times.

Finding that the servants could not persuade him, the princess went to Xiaoxilou in person to snuff out the candles.But later it was discovered that Su Yu was actually hiding in Xiaohuan's room, lighting a small oil lamp and continuing to write.And Xiao Huan's room was closed, without even a window.Seeing that Su Yu was so serious, the princess sighed and left him alone.

Since the military academy is affiliated to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, the chief eunuch Hong Dun also came to have a look at it from time to time, and also had to point fingers and say a few words.Since he served as a horse supervisor, he is also familiar with the army, so it cannot be said that he is a layman.And in some respects, he also has a lot of experience.It is said that yesterday he had a whim and went to the training camp to give lessons to the recruits.

President Su requested that the number of veterans be counted at the beginning of each year, and then recruit troops in advance according to the number of veterans.For example, this year, due to the three mutinies that have just occurred, as many as 1 recruits have been recruited.It is estimated that among the 1 people, after the first batch of screening, only 1000 people will be left and gathered in the training camp.Other recruits were sent directly to Baguan to serve.

Of course, the recruitment has just started.The recruits from various provinces have not yet been sent, and there are only more than 500 people in Luoyang who have signed up.After passing the first round of screening, only more than 40 people were left in the military academy.It is worth mentioning that the illiteracy rate in the Liang Dynasty was too high, which was really a headache.

After this group of people have been trained, they will face a second selection, this time to select young officers.During the selection process, apart from some basic individual skills, President Su mainly took liberal arts.Moreover, the test questions given by President Su all gave people a feeling of "very awkward".No answer can be found in the Four Books and Five Classics.The liberal arts exam is also divided into two parts: a written test and an interview. President Su called it "administrative ability test" and "application theory".

Not to mention the interview, it was the written test that overwhelmed a group of people.For example, there is such a type of test question, which obviously has four different symbols, but Principal Su still asks the candidates to find the different one.There are also a few sentences listed to allow candidates to find the most reasonable order of arrangement.President Su called these topics: analogical reasoning, logical judgment, definitional judgment, sentence expression, graphical reasoning and so on.

What does this have to do with the selection of military officers, Su Yu never explained.Not only did he not explain to his colleagues in the military academy, but he didn't even bother to explain to Hong Dun and Du Xiangui.The Queen Mother felt puzzled after reading the test paper, and asked Su Yu what the hell are you doing?Su Yu said that these questions can filter out some people with confused logic.Those who can get high scores have higher analytical ability, judgment ability, and decision-making ability.In the future, I will be more comfortable directing them.

Empress Dowager Cao sat upright in the back hall, and said in a deep voice, "You said just now that it is estimated that thirty spies can be trained in a year. You are too slow. In what year and month can you infiltrate all fifteen divisions?"

Su Yudao: "There are not many soldiers but good ones. After all, this is the selection of infiltrating spies, and we must be cautious. I will also select other people as appropriate, replacing some of the mediocre talents in each station now, and let the Jingtong stations The overall quality has improved."

The queen mother put down the test paper: "I asked you to increase the number of Jingtong stations to fifteen. Why didn't you take any action?"

Su Yudao: "The five generals verbally supported the entry of the Jingtong, but our people went, and the local garrison said that they had not received the order from the five generals. According to Chen, the five generals had no intention of letting the Jingtong enter the seven divisions at all."

"Then what countermeasures do you have?"

"Next year, after these secret service officers graduate, they will first enter the eight-level sequence, and then through the rotation system, these people will be infiltrated into the seven divisions in Zhengzhou, Xiangzhou, and Yunzhou. Let them operate there and set up underground stations .”

"How do you determine the loyalty of these Secret Service officers?"

"Chen usually secretly observes their words and deeds, and also analyzes their family situation. Once selected by me, their family members will receive special treatment. On the one hand, they will provide welfare to their families, and on the other hand, they will monitor their families."

"You have a lot of tricks." The queen mother waved her hand, gave Su Yu a belt, and said, "Then how do you ensure that they are also loyal to me?"

Finally getting to the point, Su Yudao: "When the ministers were selecting candidates, they were clearly told that it was the Queen Mother who was selecting candidates, not the ministers. The ministers are just a middleman."

The Queen Mother smiled but said, "I am very pleased that you are so considerate. But it is still not enough. I am in the palace, and it is not convenient to have frequent contact with them. But I hope that you can bring them to my palace when the time is right. Get to know each other in front of you."

"I understand."

The queen mother suddenly changed the subject: "This time Tang Zhen went to Chang'an, hoping that Tang Jian would hand over his military power, but Tang Jian refused. Later, I asked Hua Tingfeng to take a human head to Chang'an. Can't explain clearly."

"Boldly ask the Queen Mother, whose head is it?"

"Second son, Tang Kun."

Isn't Tang Kun's head already handed over to Tang Zhen?
Su Yu thought, this should be the conspiracy of the Queen Mother and Tang Zhen.These two people don't know what kind of drama they are singing, they want to use the wax-sealed human head to do something to get Tang Jian down.Maybe the second son's death was indeed related to Tang Jian, or maybe it was just a frame-up.This incident will definitely arouse Tangning's anger.Tang Li and Li Heng will not let it go.At this time, Tang Zhen wanted to use their anger.

"Your Seventh Senior Brother is very organized and extremely capable. I am very satisfied. I hope he will continue to work hard. If he continues to behave like this, I think it is too inferior for him to be a second-in-command. I hope he can be like Ji Lingyun Know the current affairs. In the future, the Ai family will definitely not treat him badly. Cao Xiaobao is too tired to hold several positions now, and I have appointed Ji Lingyun to take over the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Cao Yuzan's words contained a lot of information, she was telling Su Yu: Your second senior brother has already confessed everything to me.But Hua Tingfeng didn't want to be stabbed, so he asked his second senior brother Lu Xiao (Ji Lingyun) to convey some information.And the queen mother's move is also weakening Zhang Mi.The queen mother was worried that Zhang Mi would hinder her speech and suppressed Hua Tingfeng.

It seems that after Xiao Chong's death, Cao Yuzan has been looking for a new candidate.Obviously she thinks that Mei Hongshan is not good, but Hua Tingfeng is better.Her balancing act will not end with Xiao Chong's death.And the Mei Hongshan cultivated by Su Yu and Zhang Mi didn't have the expected effect.Su Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This woman is really difficult to deal with.

The Empress Dowager's engagement with Tang Jian was nothing more than to curry favor with Tang Zhen.At this time, Tang Jian's troubles were getting bigger and bigger, and it also gave Tang Ling'er an important weight in the fight for the position of elder, so as to please Tang Ling'er.The empress dowager's move can really kill two birds with one stone.

Even if Tang Jian refused to admit it this time, he still couldn't get rid of his serious suspicion.If he wanted to become an elder, Tangning's faction would strongly resist it.Then when Tang Ling'er competed for the position of elder, the vote of the twelve sons, Tang Dian, was firmly in his hands.

Seeing that Su Yu was thinking about something, Cao Yuzan smiled: "I planned to let Hua Tingfeng assassinate Tang Jian, but Princess Chang'an didn't agree. I think her strategy is useless. I think you should Guide her."

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Su Yu went home and praised the princess.

Tang Ling'er didn't know why Su Yu praised herself suddenly and thoughtlessly, and thought Su Yu was flirting.Pressing to ask Su Yu, what kind of wind is there?
Su Yudao: I don't want my wife to be an emotionless machine.Throughout history, how many brothers fought against each other in order to compete for fame and fortune.But my princess did not do this, and I am very pleased.

Afterwards, the couple started chatting, and Su Yu mentioned that he would marry Kong Xiang as a regular wife, and hoped that Tang Linger would introduce a princess's daughter to her.

Tang Linger asked suspiciously: "Why must it be the daughter of the princess's family and not the princess? Princess Wanquan is a widow at home, and the period of filial piety has long passed. I heard that she is looking for a young and strong son-in-law a while ago. A widow once. I think this is an opportunity, why not match them up."

"How old is Princess Wanquan?"

"32 is old."

Su Yu was startled: "It's almost as old as Kong Xiang's mother, so it's not appropriate."

The princess smirked and said: "No matter how big you are, you are still a princess. Now that Emperor Daxing has ascended the throne, she has been promoted to the eldest princess. Isn't this status worthy of him?"

"Worthy is definitely worthy. If you only judge it in terms of family, it is still high. But in terms of human feelings, it is really inappropriate."

"You didn't ask Kong Xiang, how did you know it must be inappropriate?"

Su Yu smiled wryly: "How can I tell him to introduce a young mother to him?"

The smirk on the princess's face deepened: "He can bring home Princess Taiping who is three hundred years older than him. I don't think he cares much about age."

Seeing Tang Linger smirking so badly for the first time, Su Yu couldn't help laughing and said, "You are a step-mother too much, how can you spoil a step-son like this?"

"Well, since you don't agree, I won't mind my own business. Now that the Queen Mother is reducing the royal salary, the life of those widowed princesses is even more difficult. With the financial resources of the Kong family, I don't think there is any problem marrying a daughter of the princess's family I just don't know how much dowry money Kong Xiang is willing to pay? I can put the ugly words to the fore, if it is less than [-] million, I won't show up."

Su Yudao: "It's reasonable for a princess's daughter to marry someone from Caomang's family, to get more dowry. Let me ask Kong Xiang."

Su Yu changed the subject: "Ling'er, now that Enke is about to open, Xu Luochen hopes to win a candidate. I don't know who in the Tang family can help."

"He's already famous, so what else is he going to do?"

"Don't mention it. A few days ago, Xu Luochen came to look for him in the middle of the night. He cried like a donkey, and shouted that Ximen's family had set new conditions. He would only marry his daughter if he had the status of a scholar. But he struggled to be a scholar. , Ouyang Jing got it by helping him move around in Huazhou. Now that he is applying for the provincial examination in Gyeonggi Province, he feels even more uncertain."

Tang Ling'er said: "The wife of the Ximen family really has a lot of things to do. Is she willing to marry her daughter? If you don't want to marry, just tell her not to marry."

Su Yudao: "That's what I told Xu Luochen too, but Xu Luochen is determined to marry, if I don't agree to help, he will cry to death in my room."

Tang Ling'er sighed and said, "Seventh Uncle's son-in-law, Feng Gang, is a Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and holds a title from the Ministry of Rites. Go and ask him."

(End of this chapter)