The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 35

After leaving the teahouse, Mu Xu felt bad luck in his heart. If there was anyone in the capital he didn't want to get in touch with, it would be Prince Yizhong.

Since ancient times, which deposed prince will end well?The same goes for the son of the deposed prince.In order not to be liquidated in the future, he will definitely not be caught without a fight.

Mu Xu really didn't want to get involved in the battle for the throne, but what made him a little puzzled was that Tu Yu was a little weird today and didn't even win him over.Of course, if he directly opened his mouth to win him over, he would look down on him instead.

Who has achieved major events since ancient times, who would be so impatient.For a moment, he couldn't understand his intentions, so he stopped thinking about it and went to Liu Xianglian's house.

Liu Xianglian was at home today, so she was very happy to see Mu Xu here.

The two chatted and chatted, and Liu Xianglian told Mu Xu carefully about his recruiting situation these days.

According to Mu Xu's instructions, he has already recruited a hundred households. Most of these people have been known by him during the years of darts, and they are all very skilled.

Mu Xu was very satisfied when he heard this, and added, "Although these people have some skills, they still can't make good use of them. They must be trained according to the method of the army."

Liu Xianglian wondered, "It's not difficult for me to teach them fighting skills, but I don't know how to train soldiers."

Mu Xu recalled the military training in his previous life, thought about it, and decided to go back and combine the military affairs he learned in this life to develop another method of military training.So he comforted him and said, "Don't worry about this, I'll write down the training method for you later."

Liu Xianglian was very grateful, because he knew that this was the secret of Jiangmen.Immediately he promised, "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely train them well."

Mu Xu believed in his character.Then I discussed with him where to train troops, but I couldn't find a barracks for a while, and finally decided to change a farm outside the city and practice there.

Having had wine with him at Liu Xianglian's house, Mu Xu bid farewell and returned home.

In the next few days, he went to the Xiuyiwei yamen every day, slowly reorganizing the Xiuyiwei in the capital.

Regarding the other provinces, he planned to send people to rebuild the thousand households guarding various places when he had enough money.

After thinking about it, the general framework has been set up, and it is necessary to report to the emperor, so he came to the palace to ask to see the emperor.

When he arrived in the palace, his own eunuch went to pass the pass, and the emperor received him in the Palace of Qinzheng.

He reported in detail the progress of the current reconstruction of the Embroidery Guards to Emperor Jiading who was reviewing the memorial.

What Emperor Jiading heard from Mu Xu was consistent with what he had received.A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Well, I understand. You have done a good job. Outside of the capital, there is really no rush at the moment, but you have to hurry up, time will wait."

After speaking, he took out two memorials from the table and asked Wang An to hand them to him.

Mu Xu took the memorial and opened the first one. It turned out to be a memorial from the prefect of Fangshan under the rule of Ping'an Prefecture. He said in it that [-] horses escorted by the imperial court to Ping'an Prefecture died of illness for no reason.

Mu Xu didn't see the problem after reading it, so he opened the second book. He frowned after reading it. It was the Fangshan magistrate's report. More than [-] people died of illness.

After reading the memorial, Mu Xu returned it to Wang An, and couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't the imperial court ask for a detailed investigation?"

Emperor Jiading sneered, "Why didn't I check it carefully? Since I received the report last year, I ordered Li Meng, the prefect of Fangshan, to check it carefully and then report it."

"As a result, one month later, Li Meng's mansion caught fire, and all thirteen members of his family died in the sea of ​​flames. The Jiedu envoy of Ping'an Prefecture reported that after careful investigation, it was because of the accidental accident."

"This is too much of a coincidence. Didn't His Majesty send officials to check?"

Emperor Jiading said, "I sent three more magistrates in succession. The first magistrate missed and fell off his horse just a month after he arrived. The second magistrate died on the way before he arrived. It turned out that the magistrate was safe and sound, only because after his investigation, Li Meng's mansion was indeed flooded accidentally, and all the soldiers and horses died of illness."

Mu Xu couldn't help but be speechless, this is too rampant.Can't help wondering, "The report said that those horses died of illness one after another in the past three years, didn't they find out before then?"

Emperor Jiading nodded, "That's the problem, that's why I want to rebuild the Embroidery Guards."

Seeing Mu Xu nodding, Emperor Jiading continued, "So after you set up the capital intelligence network, the first thing to do is to send people to Ping'an Prefecture to let me know what's going on in Ping'an Prefecture."

Mu Xu took the order, "Your Majesty understands, what else can your Majesty order?"

Standing up, he walked to the screen of Qinzheng Hall where the map of the whole country was drawn, and waved for Mu Xu to come forward.Emperor Jiading pointed to the location of Ping'an Prefecture,
"After you send someone there, if it turns out that someone in the army is selling military horses privately, that's all. If not, don't scare the snake away."

Mu Xu understood what Emperor Jiading meant, if it was just Ping'an Prefecture colluding to resell military supplies, it would not be a big deal.If there is another purpose, things will be big.

Because of the special location of Ping'an Prefecture, it is located between Yanmen Pass and Yunzhou, and it is the only place to go out of the customs.Externally, it can block the imperial court's control of Yunzhou, an important place outside the pass.Internally, after passing the Yanmen Pass, as long as you travel quickly, you can reach Jinyang, the important town of Hedong, in one day.

Mu Xu looked at the map and reminded, "Your Majesty, the envoys of Ping'an Prefecture are controlling Yanmen Pass, so we must guard against it."

Emperor Jiading hammered the map bitterly, "Of course I know, but I don't have the power of my father to delegate power, so I can't appoint civil and military officials above the third rank."

"Did Your Majesty not explain this to the Supreme Emperor?"

Emperor Jiading smiled wryly, "Why not, but the Supreme Emperor turned a deaf ear to this matter."

Mu Xu couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "Could it be that the Jiedu Envoy of Ping'an Prefecture is someone the Supreme Emperor trusts very much?"

Emperor Jiading nodded, "That's right, this person, like the former Rong Guogong Jia Daishan, was once the companion of his father."

Hearing this, Mu Xu also understood the helplessness of today.Since the abdication of the Supreme Emperor, he has become more and more partial to those veterans who are old with him, just like the Jinling Zhen family in the original book.

Because the old lady of the Zhen family was once the nurse of the Supreme Emperor, after the Supreme Emperor succeeded to the throne, he not only made her a holy lady, but also accepted her daughter as a noble concubine.She lived in Zhen's house four times when she went to the south of the Yangtze River, and even called her an old man of my family in front of civil and military officials, which shows the honor and favor she has for her family.

After reporting to Emperor Jiading about the Embroidery Guards, he was about to leave when he suddenly remembered about Xue Pan.So I told Emperor Jiading about the matter, such trivial matters are naturally not in the eyes of the emperor.

Emperor Jiading immediately ordered Wang An to bring up Xue Pan's dossier in the Ministry of Punishment and send it to Mu Xu at that time.But he still remembered Jia Yucun and Prince Teng who recommended him in his heart.

Coming out of the palace, Mu Xu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, once people get old, they tend to be paranoid.When the Taishanghuang was young, he was also a shrewd and capable emperor with excellent martial arts and martial arts.But after reaching middle age, he became more and more obsessed with power. He traveled around the south of the Yangtze River, pampered the veterans, and now he is holding on to the government, military and political power.

No wonder it was written sideways in the original book that there will be a change in Iron Net Mountain in the future, won't it be a big deal if it goes on like this?
Going back to Beizhen Fusi, now after Jia Lian has been looking for someone to repair it these days, it already looks like that.

The gate was guarded by Fan Zi of the Embroidery Guard. When entering the school grounds at the gate, the weeds were cleaned up, and the houses inside looked like new.

I have to say that Jia Lian's ability to handle affairs is still very strong.

Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive.Just as Mu Xu was thinking of him, he saw Jia Lian leading a few craftsmen coming out from the inner corridor.

After waving a few saluting craftsmen to go down, Mu Xu asked Jia Lian, "How long will it take to fix everything?"

Calculating in his mind, Jia Lian replied, "The project can probably be completed within ten days."

"Yeah." Mu Xu nodded, satisfied with the progress, and praised Jia Lian, "You've done a good job. When you're done with these things, you'll be in charge of the embroidered garment guard business." She still reminded him seriously, " You remember that you have a lot to do with it, whether our Xiuyiwei can return to the top depends on you."

Jia Lian nodded excitedly.

Suddenly I remembered that in the original book, Jia Amnesty had sent Jia Lian to send a letter to Ping'an Prefecture, indicating that the Jia family had contacts with Su Ding, the governor of Ping'an Prefecture.He asked inadvertently, "I heard that your family has a good relationship with Su Ding, the Jiedu envoy of Ping'an Prefecture?"

Jia Lian was startled, and thought for a long time before replying, "It seems that we have contacts during the festivals and give each other gifts. What's wrong, my lord?"

Looking at his expression, Mu Xu knew that he didn't know the inside story. The breakthrough in this matter should be on Jia Amnesty.

(End of this chapter)