At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 60

The soldiers bowed and saluted: "Meet the general."

Cheng De glanced at the soldiers, "How's the investigation going?"

"Reporting to the general, I found out clearly that the woman is from Asuo. She is just passing by here. After resting for a few days, she will take a boat at Malu Port and return to Dadu."

Cheng De couldn't help being a little disappointed when he heard this.

Apparently, it wasn't what he thought.

"By the way, what's your name?" Cheng De looked at the soldiers and asked.

Soldier: "The younger one is Luo Erhu."

Cheng De: "You did a good job on this matter, go down and have a good rest first!"

"Yes." The soldier bowed and retreated.

Cheng De was thinking, who on earth is the Aso people?

Unfortunately, he didn't know about it.

He has reached the blind spot of his knowledge.

What Cheng De didn't know was that there was an ace army in the Yuan Dynasty. This army was called the Asu Army, and the Asu Army was composed of Asu people.

The Aso Army was an important military force that affected the political situation of the Yuan Dynasty, and even history could not bypass it.

According to historical records, the hometown of the Aso people is on a grassland north of the Caucasus, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. They believe in Christianity.

Christianity is a collective name for the various denominations that regard Jesus Christ as the savior, also known as Christianity.

Having said that, during Meng Yuan's second western expedition, Meng Ge and Gui You took advantage of this opportunity to recruit a large number of Aso people as their trusted troops.From this point of view, the attitude of the two towards Christianity tends to be friendly.

After Meng Ge ascended the throne, he deliberately included some of the elite Aso people into his guard system. This practice continued until the era of Kublai Khan. The Aso people were an important military force in the Yuan Dynasty.

In 1279, Kublai Khan split the Asok people into two parts out of some political balance considerations, and reorganized them into the front and rear guards.

In 1309, during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty, some people were selected from the Aso people to re-establish the left and right guards of the guards.

At the same time, the Aso people are also an important part of the Semu Guard.

The Aso people were a key force that could determine the political situation in the late Yuan Dynasty and even the current emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Tuo Huan Tie Muer.

The reason why the current emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was able to ascend to the throne smoothly was that the Aso people played a decisive role in it.

Therefore, in the current 12 years to Zhengzheng, the Aso people are still pinned by the Yuan Dynasty on military affairs.

Although Cheng De didn't know the Asu people, he guessed one thing from the woman's temperament and clothes, that is, the Asu people should be a nobleman of the Yuan Dynasty.

Putting aside these messy thoughts, Cheng De felt a little tired.

So Cheng De took his armor to rest.

The next day.

At dawn, Cheng De woke up.

In order to solve the doubts in my heart yesterday, I found Luo Mao who was about to leave for Haozhou.

"Why did Master Lv and Master Li not send anyone to inform me about the chaos caused by the four major landlords in Haozhou?" Cheng De stared at Luo Mao.

Luo Mao didn't dawdle: "At that time, the general was away in battle, Master Lu and Master Li were worried that the general would be distracted by this matter, so they didn't report it, but sent the official document of the news to the general's residence in Sizhou , only to be checked when the general returns to Sizhou City."

Cheng De nodded: "If Master Lu and Master Li handle the locust disaster control in Haozhou, Sizhou, Xuyi, Dingyuan, etc., let them return to the general's office in Sizhou City. At that time, Hongze, Huai'an City, Qinghe, and the soon-to-be captured Qingjiang, let Master Lu and Master Li spend more time on the matter of controlling the locust plague."

Hearing this, Luo Mao nodded solemnly, and said seriously: "Students will definitely bring these words with them, and I hope the general can rest assured."

Cheng De glanced at Luo Mao with satisfaction, then looked up at the sky, "Let's go now! In this way, you can reach Haozhou City earlier."

Luo Mao said softly: "Students leave."

Immediately after Luo Mao bowed and saluted, he followed Cheng De's personal soldiers and head of a hundred households, a total of one hundred and one people, and headed towards the east gate of Huai'an City.

Looking at the back of Luo Mao's group leaving, Cheng De, with his hands behind his back, went to the courtyard where He Sanwu was resting.

When he saw that He Sanwu was still unconscious, Cheng De had no choice but to leave here and return to the barracks.

As soon as he returned to the barracks, Cheng De saw Fang Ming and his party of seven.

"Greetings, General!" When everyone saw Cheng De, they immediately bowed and saluted.

"Follow me to the big tent!" After Cheng De dropped his sentence, he walked in the front and walked towards the big tent.

Fang Ming and his party hurriedly followed Cheng De.

After entering the big tent, Cheng De asked his soldiers to bring seven desks, seven chairs, and seven sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones. They were divided into two rows, with three on the left and four on the right.

Fang Ming sat in the first position on the left, and the others waited until Fang Ming sat down before following suit.

Afterwards, Cheng De moved the piles of official documents that were full on his desk to the desk in front of Fang Ming, looked at Fang Ming and said, "I will leave these official documents to you. It is all assigned by you, and must be processed today. Because there will still be a lot of official documents sent tomorrow, and the longer they are piled up, the more things will happen later."

Fang Ming got up quickly, bowed and said, "Yes."

Afterwards, Cheng De sat at his desk, picked up a book "Han Feizi" collected by Jueshengwei, and read it on the spot, regardless of Fang Ming's and others' eyes.

Fang Ming and the others looked at each other. Under Fang Ming's arrangement, soon, there was a small pile of official documents on the desk in front of everyone that needed to be processed.

Because of Cheng De's presence, everyone present looked at the official document seriously, then thought about it, and wrote their own countermeasures.

The entire venue was very quiet, only the sound of official documents turning pages, the sound of writing with a brush, and Cheng De's flipping a book.

It was noon.

Cheng De ordered his soldiers to place a meal on the desk in front of everyone present, and when Cheng De was about to enjoy the prepared meal, Sapphire broke in.

Seeing the situation in the big tent, Lan Yu hurriedly bowed to Cheng De and said, "I've seen the general!"

Cheng De gave Lan Yu a look, then stood up, and said, "After eating later, take a rest for half an hour before continuing to work."

After Cheng De finished speaking, he stopped looking at Fang Ming and the others, but motioned for Lan Yu to follow him out of the tent.

After leaving the big tent, Cheng De looked at Lan Yu, "What's the matter?"

Lan Yu replied: "General, my brother-in-law is here, and now my brother-in-law is sleeping where I live."

Cheng De's eyes brightened, and he pondered for a while, "Let Chang Xianfeng sleep well, and I'll see him later."

"Yes." Sapphire replied.

"Is there anything else?" Cheng De asked while looking at Lan Yu who was still in place.

"General, can I go to the battlefield with my brother-in-law to kill the enemy?" Sapphire carefully looked at Cheng De.

Cheng De was stunned, and glanced at Lan Yu, "No! You are too young. If something happens in the battlefield, how do you ask this general to explain to Chang Xianfeng and your sister?"

When Lan Yu heard this, she was a little downcast, "Yes, Lan Yu knows. Then Lan Yu continued to inspect Huai'an City."

Cheng De nodded: "Well, you go first! There is no rush to make meritorious deeds and kill the enemy. At your age, you must learn the ability to be an enemy of thousands of people, so that I will let you go to the battlefield with confidence."

After hearing this, Lan Yu's eyes lit up, "General, this ability to be invincible to ten thousand people——"

Cheng De glanced at Lan Yu's expectant appearance, and Cheng De smiled, "Stay with me first, and study with Master Fang for a while. After a while, when you have learned something, I will let Feng Guoyong Teach you the art of war, and teach you how to fight, kill the enemy, and conquer cities."

After listening to this, Lan Yu said with a bitter face: "General, I don't know, how far do you have to learn to be considered successful?"

Cheng De replied without thinking: "Let's study for two years first, after two years I will inspect you, and then I will let you stay with Feng Guoyong and study with him for a period of time."

Sapphire suddenly became listless.

two years?It's so long!

Seeing Lan Yu's lack of energy, Cheng De didn't bother him any more, and returned to the big tent to finish the food quickly.

Afterwards, Cheng De inspected the barracks.

After the inspection, Cheng De unknowingly came to the courtyard where Ma Xiuying was resting.

Because last night, he had something on his mind that he couldn't let go of, so he came here specially to chat with Ma Xiuying to relieve his boredom.

Here, not far from the barracks.

At the gate of the courtyard here, there are twenty brocade guards stationed in two rows.

"See you, General!" The Jinyi guards quickly saluted when they saw Cheng De.

"Well. You continue." After Cheng De finished speaking, he stepped into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Cheng De saw Ma Xiuying walking towards him.

When Ma Xiuying saw Cheng De, she was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Cheng De with a smile on her face, and saluted, "I've seen the general!"

"It's just the two of us here, so there's no need to be so polite, it's too natural." Cheng De looked at Ma Xiuying and said.

"Well, I remember. I don't know if the general is here—" Ma Xiuying cast her eyes on Cheng De, her eyes full of doubts.

Cheng De took a deep look at Ma Xiuying, "Of course I came here to see you!"

Ma Xiuying was stunned, then her face flushed, she glared at Cheng De angrily and said, "You are not serious, I will ignore you."

With that said, Ma Xiuying was about to walk around Cheng De.

Cheng De stepped forward, came to Ma Xiuying, and stopped Ma Xiuying with his hand, "Wait!"

Ma Xiuying looked at Cheng De, and Cheng De also looked at Ma Xiuying.

After a while, Cheng De said, "I'm a little depressed, and I want to talk to you."

Seeing Cheng De seriously talking about this matter, Ma Xiuying froze for a moment.

Immediately, Ma Xiuying lowered her head and said, "Yes."

Seeing this, Cheng De dragged Ma Xiuying to a pavilion in the courtyard and sat down.

Ma Xiuying kept her head down, her ears were red.

Looking at Ma Xiuying's appearance, Cheng De couldn't help but feel a little funny, so he just stared at it openly.

Ma Xiuying seemed to have noticed Cheng De's gaze, and gave Cheng De a blank look, "General, if you look again, I will really ignore you."

Cheng De hastily said with a straight face: "Madam Ma——"

Seeing Ma Xiuying's suddenly angry look, Cheng De immediately realized something, "Sister Xiuying——"

Ma Xiuying smiled again, Cheng De breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "I know that sister Xiuying has read a lot of books, maybe talking to you can also clear up my doubts."

Ma Xiuying said with a smile: "Don't praise me so high, if I can't answer your question, why don't you put me in the fire?"

Cheng De smiled and said, "I don't blame you if you can't answer."

At this time, the idea of ​​not admitting defeat rose in Ma Xiuying's heart, and she looked at Cheng De suspiciously, "I don't know what the doubts in the general's mind are?"

Cheng De sighed, "Yesterday, Luo Mao said that Master Li and Master Lu hoped to reopen the imperial examination. Before I went to bed, I thought repeatedly, is this kind of thing really said by Master Li and Master Lu together? Thinking deeply, I always feel that Master Li and Master Lu are just speaking for some scholars behind them, and those scholars want Master Li and Master Lu to speak to me. Although this is just my guess, but Based on Luo Mao's expression at that time yesterday, I have repeatedly deliberated, and I always feel that this is the truth of the matter."

Especially Jueshengwei, in the last few days sent some news about Li Shanchang and Lu Yong, who frequently contacted many scholars in secret.

Because of this, Cheng De was sure that his guess was close to the truth.

Ma Xiuying was silent for a while when she heard the words, and then said: "The general's trouble is——"

Speaking of this, Ma Xiuying didn't go on, and Cheng De glanced at Ma Xiuying, and said: "My ambition has always been to drive out the barbarians and restore China. But what I didn't expect is that there are only a few signs now, and some people will I couldn't hold back anymore, I wanted to get a piece of the pie. The more they were like this, the more worried I was about them. In this way, my plan was even more determined, that is to train the talents of my Sizhou Army. However, the thoughts of those scholars cannot but take care of—"

Speaking of this, Cheng De continued worryingly: "When I take Jinling, I will resume the Sizhou imperial examination, but I have made some changes to this imperial examination. I am afraid that those scholars will not be satisfied by that time, and they may even accept it." Will fight against me, then, should I kill? Or should I not kill?"

Ma Xiuying was stunned on the spot, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Xiuying doesn't know about this either. But Xiuying knows that as long as she sticks to her original intention and remains unchanged, perhaps the general will naturally know how to deal with it."

After Cheng De heard this, after being silent for a while, his face regained his composure, "Sister Xiuying is also right, we will look at these things later."

Cheng De thought again: Just pretend that your guess is not true, and pretend to be confused!

As for the future, we will talk about it in the future.

Ma Xiuying nodded: "It's good that the general understands."

Later, Cheng De chatted with Ma Xiuying about some trivial matters, and then returned to the barracks.

At this time, it was almost dusk.

When I returned to the big tent, I saw Fang Ming and others chatting, so I asked, "Is everything done?"

Fang Ming bowed and replied, "Report to General, everything has been dealt with."

Cheng De nodded: "Then solve it according to the method you have discussed. Especially some unjust, false and wrongly decided cases in prison should be corrected in the shortest possible time, and it is best to present the results of the trial in front of the people. Announce."

Fang Ming heard the words, and said solemnly: "Yes, the students and others must follow suit."

"It's getting late, you go back and rest first!" Cheng De said to Fang Ming and his party.

After Fang Ming and his party bowed and saluted, they left the big tent together, left the barracks, and went back to their respective homes.

Not long after Fang Ming and the others left, Li Sanqi came to the barracks.

Cheng De met Li Sanqi in the big tent, and at the same time, he asked Lan Yu to call Chang Yuchun along.

As soon as Li Sanqi saw Cheng De, he was about to salute, but Cheng De stopped him immediately, "I wrote to you before, the matter of Sizhou City and Xuyi City must have been arranged properly, right?"

(End of this chapter)