King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 176 Preliminary Training
In the imperial palace, outside the Longwu Hall, Zhu Jinghong is shooting arrows.

Today is the second day after he received the errand. Yesterday, the troop transfer procedure was completed, and he was just waiting for Zhu Jinghong to send someone to select sergeants.

He originally wanted to do it himself, but doing so would delay the time and would be too much of a loss, so he asked Hou Jing and Zhang Lin to go.

Hou Jing and his group can be selected into the Dragon Guards. They are very good at horseback riding and archery, and they still have a vision for selecting outstanding sergeants.

What's more, these guards are all related in the army, so it's smoother to some extent.

So at this time, Zhu Jinghong stayed in the school grounds to wait for the results, and at the same time summoned the rest of the guards.

Zhu Jinghong was not very familiar with the people selected by the guards, so he had to choose some trustworthy people to supervise them, and the guards who played well were excellent candidates.

"Master Thirteen, everyone is here!" A guard came to report.

After the last arrow hit the bull's-eye, Zhu Jinghong threw the bow to Yu Hai who was beside him.

Then he walked towards the pergola not far away, where more than 20 guards were already waiting.

After Zhu Jinghong approached, these people wanted to salute according to the rules, but Zhu Jinghong waved his hand to stop them.

"It's okay, it's okay, we are old acquaintances, there is no need to engage in these false rituals!"

While speaking, Zhu Jinghong sat on the chair, and everyone stood respectfully in front of him.

"I called you here today, do you know what it is?"

Some of them have known about the situation, but most of them are still in a daze, because the current efficiency of information transmission is too low.

"This time, the Holy Majesty handed in my errand, and asked me to train an army, and it will be reviewed during the Shengshou Festival!"

"This matter is an important errand that the Holy Majesty called the cabinet to discuss with the five military governors' offices, and finally decided!"

There is no doubt that this is Zhu Jinghong putting money on his face again. The real situation is that the cabinet and the five-army governor's office do not object to this matter.

"If the errand is completed, it must be a great achievement. It is useless for me to ask for credit...so I called you!"

Before handing over the task, it is essential to paint cakes for the guards, and this set of Zhu Jinghong is getting more and more slippery the more he plays.

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinghong got up and walked towards the crowd, and said with a smile on his face: "We are friends between life and death, can I forget you if there is a good thing?"

The guards who were present had risked their lives to protect him outside Yingtian City back then, so they naturally formed a small group because of their deep feelings.

Hearing Zhu Jinghong's words at this moment, they all felt their blood welling up, and a sense of collective honor suddenly rose.

At this moment, someone shouted: "Master Thirteen, we will obey you no matter what you say!"

"Master Thirteen, just give me orders!"

Pressing his hands empty, after everyone calmed down, Zhu Jinghong said: "The main task this time is to train the troops selected from the guards!"

"The goal of the training is also very simple, that is, everyone's movements should be uniform and neat..."

Next, Zhu Jinghong began to explain in detail to everyone, and it took a full half an hour for everyone to understand.

"Master Thirteen, it's not too difficult to be neat, but it's difficult to achieve the neatness you said..."

Zhu Jinghong said with a serious expression: "It's not a difficult job, do you still need me to supervise it personally?"

"Now... you 24 people, according to what I just said, stand in three rows in order of height!"

No matter how much it is said, it is nonsense, Zhu Jinghong plans to practice it now, so that these people can deepen their memory.

It was impossible for him to personally train those more than 1000 people. These guards were quick-witted, and they happened to be trained by him as instructors.

At this time, someone laughed and said, "Master Thirteen, what are you doing standing in three rows?"

Obviously, they haven't entered the state yet.

Zhu Jinghong also smiled, and then said loudly: "I count to ten, if I can't finish, we will wrestle and play later!"

"one two Three……"

When they heard that they were going to wrestle with Zhu Jinghong, everyone present turned pale with fright. After all, no one wanted to be beaten with black noses and swollen faces.

It was really not difficult for 24 people to stand in three rows. Zhu Jinghong only counted to eight and completed it while everyone was pushing and shoving.

"Listen now, turn left!"

Ever since, the sudden training began. Under Zhu Jinghong's command, the guards continued to move.

In the beginning, it was inevitable to make these mistakes in training. Zhu Jinghong followed the training methods in his previous life and adopted the method that one person made a mistake and the whole team was punished.

Soon after half an hour passed, everyone was fined dozens of push-ups, and they finally walked in order.

Everyone was embarrassed by the punishment, but they finally stopped making big mistakes, but sometimes some people reacted slower.

This is just the first experience, and strictly speaking, it has exceeded the standard, so Zhu Jinghong ordered everyone to rest.

The logistical preparations were sufficient, and soon an eunuch brought tea, and everyone drank a few cups happily, and felt much better after quenching their thirst.

"How do you feel?" Zhu Jinghong asked in a deep voice.

"Master Thirteen, it's really difficult to achieve the uniformity you said!"

"Yeah, let's just go like this, coupled with what you said about drawing knives, holding guns, and swinging shields, it will be even more difficult to unify!"

Only Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "Now it's the Shengshou Festival, there is still one month left, enough time for you to practice!"

"In the next seven days, you will only practice this, if you don't do well...we will practice wrestling every day from now on!"

"Master Thirteen, if you practice well, so what?"

Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "When you are done training, go train others!"

After a short rest, the training for everyone started again, and Zhu Jinghong had to go through all the movements again.

After two hours in a row, under the high-pressure training, everyone has basically mastered the password and movements, and the next thing to do is to consolidate and dig out the details.

"Everyone, this matter is not only related to your meritorious deeds, but also to the extension of my Ming Dynasty's prestige. You must work harder and strive to give the Holy One good face!"

"I understand!" Everyone replied in unison.

Soon it was close to noon, and Zhu Jinghong let everyone go to rest, eat to replenish their strength, and agreed to continue training this afternoon.

And Zhu Jinghong himself returned to Chengming Courtyard to prepare meals.

When he walked out of Longwu Gate, he saw Deng An approaching.

"See Lord Thirteen!"

"Ok!"

In response, Zhu Jinghong walked straight out and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Back to Lord Thirteen, Ms. Xue's primary election has passed, and she is only waiting for the re-election by the Shangyi Bureau to pass. As for when Mr. Xue Pan and Mr. Xue will come back, Ms. Xue can't say for sure!"

"What you want to bring to Miss Xue, the slave has already conveyed it face to face!"

"Ok!"

"Do you have a clear understanding of who passed the primary election?"

"Returning to the Thirteenth Lord, among the 50 people selected, most of them are the daughters of Wu Xun's family, among them..."

Listening to Deng An's introduction, Zhu Jinghong frowned more and more. Most of these people have better backgrounds than the Xue family, but this time there are only four candidates.

It's no wonder that in the original book, Xue's family will be brushed down in the end, and she is too weak in comparison.

"The re-election is in charge of the Shangyi Bureau, right?"

Deng An replied: "The Shangyi Bureau will select eight people, and then the empress will kiss four people!"

Eight out of fifty were selected, and the elimination rate was not generally high. Zhu Jinghong guessed that Baochai should have lost the election at this time in the original work.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "After dinner, let's go to Shangyi Bureau!"

"Yes!"

Shangyi Bureau is not far from Chengmingyuan, so it's not a big deal to go there, and it won't attract attention because of its "remote" location.

After the queen kissed her, he said that he had to go through this hurdle for Baochai first, after all, he had promised her.

　Regarding Qin Keqing, many colleagues have set it as the blood of the royal family, but there is no such statement in the original book.

　　Secondly, at the beginning of this book, when the Donghuamen Incident was mentioned many times, the three brothers of the protagonist saw with their own eyes that all the cousins ​​were beheaded, which actually shows that Qin Keqing has nothing to do with the royal family.

　　To sum up, other colleagues can assume that Qin Keqing is a royal family, but this book assumes that she is an ordinary adopted child.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)