Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 486 You don’t know how hard it is for us to wait

Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little moved.

indeed.

Compared with the courtiers in the capital, the officials of Yan State were his trusted ministers.

Moreover, those officials who were left alone in Yan State did not seem to hear anything about corruption and tyranny.

In fact, the governance of Yan State is getting better and better every year.

"It's just that if they are allowed to enter the court, all the officials in the court will definitely fight to the death to remonstrate with them!"

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, Guo An sighed slightly and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but I didn't think enough of it!"

Zhu Di: "..."

We don’t disagree, I’m just asking you to think of a way, not asking you to retreat like this!
As for Guo An, he said nothing. Anyway, he had already figured out a good strategy. If Zhu Di disagreed, it had nothing to do with him.

Half an hour passed.

Seeing that Guo An was still pretending to be dumbfounded, Zhu Di's face darkened, he couldn't help coughing, and glared at Guo An.

"Guo Qing, you have changed!"

"what?"

Guo An was startled, and then his face became full of fear.

"Your Majesty clearly knows that I am still as loyal as ever, loyal to Your Majesty, and cautious in my actions. This has never changed!"

Zhu Di stared at Guo An closely and asked, "Then why don't you continue to think of ways to bring back some officials from Yan State to serve as courtiers?"

"..."

Guo Jingjing looked at Zhu Di quietly. Is shamelessness a unique skill of the emperor?
"Your Majesty's lesson!"

Guo An saluted again and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to find a way, I just don't dare!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's face darkened and he asked, "Why is this?"

"Your Majesty, half of the officials of the Yan State are recommended by minor ministers, and there are nearly a hundred others who are members of the Guo and Liu families.

If Wei Chen recommends them again and allows them to enter the Ming Dynasty, then Wei Chen will be suspected of forming a clique for personal gain! "

"Furthermore, His Majesty has just said that those officials in Goryeo are not worthy of merit and are prone to criticism.

Although Wei Chen believes that the most important basic quality for officials is to have both ability and political integrity, in the final analysis, the appointment of officials in the court is still decided by His Majesty.

His Majesty has just denied it, and I cannot continue to recommend it..."

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Now that we have ascended the throne, your timid temperament has not changed at all!"

Guo An had a sneer on his face and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It is precisely because Your Majesty has ascended the throne that I should act more cautiously!"

Zhu Di sneered and said: "However, we think it's good to have both virtue and talent! We feel that the virtues of those officials in the Yan State are higher than those of the officials in the Ming Dynasty!
As many officials are involved this time, we will transfer as many officials back from Yan State! "

"This……"

Hearing this, Guo An's expression changed slightly and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, please be careful. If this happens, the officials of the Yan State will be hostile to the officials of the entire Ming Dynasty, and even the local gentry will be hostile to the officials of the Yan State."

"With us here, what is Guo Qing worried about?"

Zhu Di smiled lightly and said, "Is it possible that Guo Qing is still worried that someone will dare to assassinate those officials of Yan State?"

Guo An sneered and said, "No one should be so bold!"

"That's it, then it's settled!"

Zhu Di laughed happily, stood up, and prepared to walk out.

"Also, Guo Qing should go to the Shenji Camp as soon as possible and give the order to the Shenji Camp to set off with the Jin Yiwei early tomorrow morning!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Guo An responded quickly.

"Ugh!"

Watching Zhu Di go away, Guo An sighed softly, and then said to Xu Yong beside him: "Prepare the car and go to Shenji Camp!"

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Xu Yong responded and quickly ran away.Immediately, Guo An got on the carriage and headed to Shenji Camp.

……

"Stop, who are you?"

At the entrance of the Shenji Camp, the soldiers guarding the camp saw the carriage approaching and immediately stepped forward to intercept it with a solemn expression.

On one side, Xu Yongce immediately stepped forward and angrily shouted: "How presumptuous, you don't even recognize the Marquis now?"

"Master Hou?"

The guarding soldier looked blankly at Guo An who emerged from the carriage, and after a long while he saluted with a look of fear on his face.

"Meet the Marquis, little man!"

"Meet the Marquis, little man!"

"Okay, get up!"

Guo An didn't show any embarrassment, he just smiled lightly and walked in.

Anyway, if he had nothing to do for a year, he would never come to Shenji Camp. It was normal for the soldiers below not to know him.

Seeing Guo An leading Xu Yong and other Yanshan guards in like this, the soldiers at the camp gate couldn't help but look at each other.

"When did this Marquis become so kind?"

"Yes, is this still the ferocious Lord Marquis?"

"..."

Hearing this, the Yanshan Guard on the carriage on one side couldn't help but said: "What nonsense are you talking about? My Marquis has always been so kind to people!"

Regarding the coachman of his general, the soldiers at the camp naturally regarded him as one of their own and responded enthusiastically.

However, his eyes were full of disbelief.

"Brother, do you think the Marquis has always been so kind?"

"It's natural!"

Yanshanwei looked determined.

Hearing this, the surrounding soldiers were even more disbelieving.

"I wonder if this brother knows how difficult it has been for me to wait since this Marquis came to the camp last time?"

"Ok?"

The Yanshan Guard couldn't help but look surprised, "Why are you all having such a hard time?"

"We have heard that the Marquis specially requested your Majesty to hire hundreds of tutors for you to teach you how to read and write, and also teach you arithmetic!

You even have 20 taels of silver for food every month, which makes all the soldiers in the capital envious..."

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, the eyes of all the soldiers at the camp flashed with a look that was hard to describe.

"Brother, you may not know why we were kicked out and became camp gate guards?"

Yanshanwei asked curiously: "Why?"

"Alas, you are following the Marquis, but you don't know how miserable the days in the Shenji Camp for these Shenji Camp soldiers like me...

The Marquis asked us for food expenses, and even found a master for us, who taught us rough guys how to read, read, and do arithmetic...

I am extremely grateful to Mr. Hou! "

These camp gate guards seemed to be suppressed, and they complained directly to the Yanshan Guard.

"But you don't know that our daily training is more tiring than fighting against the northern Mongolian Tatars for days..."

I have to get up at about [-] o'clock every day, carry twenty kilograms of wood or weapons on my back, and run twenty miles around the mountain road... After I come back, I have to practice fighting with fists, feet, and bayonet...

After dinner at Mao's hour, we then performed some drills such as stone locks, shield lifting, wooden stakes, and stone throwing...

Then follow a group of masters and learn to read and write! "

"At noon, after lunch, learn arithmetic... At Shenshi, continue to practice boxing, assassination, and spear skills, shooting cannons, and throwing stones... At Youshi, a group of masters will also test us..."

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(End of this chapter)