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Chapter 346

The identity of the emperor will always give people a mysterious aura, even if he has been with you day and night for a year, even if he was an incompetent, lazy little fat man at the time.

Li Hutou never expected to hear such a sentence after seeing Emperor Wanli, and was stunned for a moment. He heard someone coughing repeatedly behind Wanli, but saw Zhang Cheng covering his mouth and lowering his head quickly.

"Your Majesty is the emperor of the real dragon, so he is naturally tall...Your Majesty, you are several years older than the minister, so you should be taller too!"

Emperor Wanli is 15 years old this year, and Li Hutou is less than 12 years old this year. Moreover, Emperor Wanli was short in the past, due to lack of exercise and unbalanced nutrition.

He worked hard all day in the Huwei Martial Arts Hall, devoured his meals, and at his age, he naturally grew up fast, and Li Hutou was not slow either. After all, he was young, and now he was half a head short of his height.

Even though Li Wenyuan, Zou Yi, and Lu Wancai gave thousands of instructions before coming to the Delicious Restaurant, and taught them in advance that they must abide by etiquette in front of His Majesty. The habit of time is brought here.

However, the young mind, when he was in the martial arts school, "Huang Yijun" was about the same size as him, and he had to protect himself when he started fighting, but now he has to kowtow and say hello, and he even said that he is taller than him, no matter how hard Li Hutou endured it Unable to hold back, he replied.

His casualness made Emperor Wanli even more proud. He put his hand on top of Li Hu's head, moved it to his side, and it really reached his forehead.

To put it on other people, the emperor did it like this, but he had to bend his legs slightly to make the Long Live Lord happy, but Li Hutou had a straight back, and he was almost on tiptoe.

But it is indeed shorter, Emperor Wanli said with a smile:

"Look, I'm taller."

"Your Majesty, I am so young!"

Li Hutou emphasized again angrily, and looked at Wanli, both of them burst into laughter. Emperor Wanli punched Li Hutou hard on the chest, and asked excitedly:
"Hutou, how is Tianjin Wei, how is Wang Tong? How about Sanbiao and Tan Jiang?"

In the end, there are actually detailed instructions in the secret letter, but just to ask, Li Hutou said with a smile:

"I'm tired in Tianjin Weibihuwei Wuguan. I go out to practice hard every day, and I have to change defenses every few days. The soldiers under my command have to worry about everything. I have to practice more. I can't let them belittle me because of my age."

Emperor Wanli nodded, and took two steps back to sit on the chair. Li Hutou subconsciously wanted to follow him. Zhang Cheng hurriedly waved his hands, and Li Hutou stopped immediately.

"You have all gone to Tianjin Wei, which is much more interesting than this capital. Every time I read a letter from Wang Tong, I always want to go there with you. It is better than doing something the same every day. good."

"Your Majesty doesn't know that Tianjin Wei is working hard. Brother Wang only sleeps late at night every day, and there are dangers. Brother Wang led us out of life and death a few times."

Even though Li Hutou was still a child, when he talked about this, his voice couldn't help but grow low. He remembered the hard work in Tianjin Wei, the training in the barracks, and those life-and-death fights.

"...It's not easy for me to wait in Tianjin Wei..."

After Li Hutou finished speaking, the atmosphere in the delicious restaurant was a bit dull, and Emperor Wanli's face became serious, and he pondered for a long time before slowly saying:
"I know that the cabinet and the six ministries don't like Wang Tong. I'm under the control of my mother and Mr. Zhang. I can't help you. I helped the widow, but I was kicked out of the capital. I have to suffer all kinds of troubles in Tianjin Wei. , the widow is really..."

Depressed as he was speaking, Emperor Wanli reached out and slapped the table viciously. Standing behind him, Zhang Cheng smiled wryly on his face, and made some facial expressions at Li Hutou. Li Hutou reacted quickly, clearing his throat and turning around. topic says:
"Your Majesty, before coming to the capital, Brother Wang told Hutou that he had good news to tell His Majesty. If nothing goes wrong, the additional 100 million taels of Jinhuayin will be able to get together before March next year. Ben said One year, now the second half of the year can be collected."

Speaking of this, the little emperor also smiled, nodded and said:

"Wang Tong's hard work in Tianjin Wei was not in vain. I said that I would raise millions of gold flowers and silver by myself. The six ministries of the cabinet, all the officials in the capital, and even Feng Daban didn't speak, but I knew they were watching a joke and waited for me. It can’t be done, but Wang Tong really raised 100 million in Tianjin, which greatly boosted my ambition.”

After the topic was discussed, the atmosphere improved a lot. Emperor Wanli asked them about their experience in Tianjin Wei, how to recruit troops, how to quickly seize the Haihe River, how to deal with Chuantouxiang, and how to charge ships. Li Tao and Sun Xin were in Tianjin How Wei is doing, what things in Tianjin Wei that the capital can't eat or see, and what the sea looks like, all of them are carefully asked.

Li Hutou answered in detail one by one. When it comes to the highlights, the little emperor has been listening attentively, not wanting to miss a single point. Just like this, you asked and answered and talked with memories for about an hour. Zhang Cheng called Zhao Jinliang to come in and boil water. Tea was made, and several snacks that had been prepared earlier were served together.

Emperor Wanli asked Li Hutou to sit down, but Li Hutou didn't understand the etiquette of emperors, so he sat down after thanking him, and had tea and snacks with Emperor Wanli.

On weekdays, Emperor Wanli drank a sip of tea, and he would be full after eating two yuan, but seeing Li Hutou's appetite, he also came alive, and the two of them swept up the tea and snacks.

Sitting there with a sigh of relief, Emperor Wanli looked at Zhang Cheng beside him, and then said with a smile:

"Hutou, don't go back this time, just stay by my side!"

Hearing this, Li Hu stood up head-on, shaking his head like a rattle, and said:
"Your Majesty, the minister's family is still a single pass, and the one who enters the palace cannot be cut off."

Emperor Wanli had tea in his mouth, but when he heard this answer, he spat it out in one gulp, Zhang Cheng coughed loudly, covered his mouth and lowered his head, Zhao Jinliang hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out.

The little emperor took out his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, pointing at Li Hu's head dumbfounded and said:
"Hutou, your head is still in a daze. I let you stay because I want you to find a job in the capital."

Having said that, he turned around and asked Zhang Cheng who was behind him and said:

"Zhang Banban, Hutou went to the frontier of the government army to be a hundred households, to accompany me every day..."

The avant-garde guard of the government army is a very special guard. The soldiers of this guard are called "the people with swords". They are the only military force in the imperial city. Although the Horse Supervisor has the Warriors' Battalion and the Four Great Battalions, they are all in the barracks and cannot be moved at will.

Those who can work in the vanguard of the government army generally have the rank of military officer above the seventh rank and have several generations of innocence. Most of them are the children of mid-level officers in the Jingying and Jingwei. I am used to leisure and wealth, and I often transfer to Jinyiwei or Dongchang to work as errands.

Emperor Wanli had just finished speaking, but he himself rejected the proposal, shaking his head and saying:
"Hutou learned the skill of leading troops to fight. Go over there and beat him. Hutou, I can also reach into the Imperial Horse Supervisor now. How about arranging you to go there to be a garrison?"

Garrison is a position, but to do this garrison, the grade is often the fifth rank. In the local area, it is a garrison, a real official position of general.

What's more, no matter whether he was in the vanguard of the government army or in the battalion below the Yumajian, with Emperor Wanli taking care of him, Li Hutou's future was the expected golden road.

Hearing this, seeing the little emperor looking at him earnestly, Li Hutou looked solemn, hesitantly got off the chair and knelt down, and said solemnly:
"Your Majesty, I am 12 years old this year. I have only been in the army for half a year. I am still learning everything. I want to learn all my skills from Brother Wang in Tianjin Wei before serving Your Majesty..."

After kowtowing, Emperor Wanli was stunned. What he said just now was the glory and wealth that he sent to others, but Li Hutou refused without hesitation, which was too straightforward.

He also couldn't get angry, not to mention Li Hutou's young age, and he has a pure and simple temperament, there will never be any twists and turns, he said he wanted to learn skills, that's how it was.

Emperor Wanli was quiet for a while, shook his head and said:
"Hutou, the capital is the best place in the world, and Tianjin Wei is just a small city near the sea. What is it that makes you so inseparable..."

Li Hu scratched the back of his head and looked up, a little embarrassed and said:

"Your Majesty, Brother Wang said that leaving Tianjin Wei to suppress the bandits after the seventh day of the first lunar month is a training for the Jinyiwei and Huwei Army. I have never fought any battles, and I must follow them. There will definitely be many such battles in the future. , if you come to the capital, it will be boring."

Emperor Wanli pointed at Li Hutou and nodded a few times, smiling helplessly, Li Hutou knelt there and laughed, and finally, Emperor Wanli shook his head and said:
"Zhang Banban, order the imperial dining room to cook and serve. I will have a meal with Hutou and then return to the palace."

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From the 27th of the twelfth lunar month to the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, there are people from outside the palace in Xiyuan, accompanied by the eunuchs in the palace, walking around to watch, and making suggestions from time to time. It is said that the eunuch Sun Hai, the admiral of the imperial horse, invited the builder from outside. , these people specialize in building pavilions and buildings, and it is said that there are everyone who participated in the construction of the Qin Pavilion.

Everyone is discussing that the Xiyuan is beautiful and scary now, and it still needs to be tidied up. It is really exciting to see what it will be like next year.

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On the [-]th afternoon of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Wanli, Wang Tong's generals of more than [-] households gathered at the Jinyiwei official office. There was a simple big map hanging in the main hall. Wang Tong pointed at it with a thin bamboo pole and said:

"Ninety miles to the south of Jinghai County, and sixty miles to the north of Qing County, there is a Zhuangzi. That Zhuangzi is the target of our campaign...——
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