Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 491 Great news

   Xiaoling Guards, as the name suggests, are soldiers and horses guarding Xiaoling.

This soldier and horse is the elite of the Ming Dynasty's elite. Even at the time when the Ming Dynasty's military equipment is at its most slack, the selection criteria for the Xiaoling Guard is still to be able to ride a horse, raise a whip, run fast, and ride a horse. Only those who cross a ditch, cross a wall, and shoot arrows with a bow on horseback, and only two arrows out of three are qualified.

   This is the real elite soldier.

   Their duty, as the name suggests, is to guard Xiaoling.

  But because in the past two years, the number of troops in Xiaoling Guard has increased to more than 7,000. Sometimes, for special needs, soldiers and horses from one or two thousand households can also be drawn from Xiaoling Guard.

  Of course, all of this...needs the emperor's personal permission. Except for the Ming emperor, no one is allowed to mobilize Xiaolingwei.

Wei Guogong Xu Chu's face twitched: "Then... let's play immediately. These Japanese pirates, especially this Nakano Erlang, who humiliated the royal family, have an unforgivable crime. If we don't capture him, it will be our dereliction of duty. How can we do it?" Face, I am worthy of His Majesty, and even more sorry for Emperor Taizu Gao."

  The three of them roughly exchanged opinions, and immediately, the three memorials entered Beijing at the same time.

  In the Nuan Pavilion, Liu Jian held up the memorial, and his old face couldn't help but feel a little suffocated. He didn't say anything, and went directly to the Nuan Pavilion with the memorial.

  Emperor Hongzhi also had a memorandum in his hand, which was the secret melody of Zhongguan Xu Xi. Emperor Hongzhi frowned, and when he saw Liu Jian came, he naturally knew why Liu Jian came.

   "The Qing family, you have also received the memorial."

   "Yes." Liu Jian sighed: "The one I received was played by Wu Huang, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing."

Emperor Hongzhi's face was calm, but he was not angry. He said lightly: "If I remember correctly, it was this Nakano Erlang who caused a big disturbance a few years ago. Unexpectedly, it was him again this time. This time, What he wants to attack is Ningbo. At the beginning, what Xu Yu and others said was that this person is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is the enemy of ten thousand people... Now, he is coming again."

   "Ningbo is in danger." Liu Jian sighed.

  No matter where Nanjing is, people can come and go without a trace, and after showing off their power, they will go away. And this time the attack on Ningbo Mansion, how can a mere Ningbo Mansion resist.

Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes: "This kind of giant bandits, I sometimes... see the memorials, I really have mixed feelings, saying that they are thieves, but this mere thieves can make such a commotion. But what is so great about them? But aren’t they still thieves entrenched overseas? Now, the Zhongguan hopes that I will immediately issue an order to urgently mobilize the army to suppress the thieves in Ningbo Mansion, and even... Xiaolingwei was mentioned.”

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled wryly: "Is this Xiaoling Guard responsible for suppressing bandits?"

   "Your Majesty, this is a giant bandit."

"That's right." Emperor Hongzhi closed the memorial, feeling a little emotional: "This is a giant bandit, and it's an extraordinary military force. I really don't understand why, why did the Ming Dynasty raise an army of two million, and this Jiangnan has 800,000 armored troops? , is there no army horse that can suppress this giant bandit? It’s really a disaster for the country, and there are tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in Ming Dynasty, so there is no one who can control Nakano Erlang?”

  Liu Jian pursed his lips and said nothing.

For him, such sentiments are discouraging, but freezing three feet does not happen in a day. The system made by the Great Mingwei was custom-made by Emperor Taizu Gao. Now it has collapsed. It is not easy to change it. Guard, re-recruit sergeants for drills? Then, you have to pay others. The essence of the guard system is that it is cheap. Recruiting strong men will cost a lot. Where does the salary come from? Then the tax system is involved again. The current tax system cannot support the imperial court's reform of the military system at all.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help smiling slightly: "In any case, the top priority right now is to take Nakano Erlang's head to avenge that year's revenge. Let the Qing family draw up a ticket. I... I have approved it, and ordered Wei Guogong Xu Yu to act cheaply. If Nakano Erlang's head is not taken Chief, I am really not reconciled."

   "Minister obeys the order." Liu Jian smiled helplessly. Once the Xiaoling Guard was used, he would even mobilize other guards. Even if Nakano Erlang was captured, the price would be too high. But if you don't take it, can't you just let it run away?

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was gloomy. In fact, he had the same thoughts as Liu Jian. If he really took the head and entered the capital, he might not be happy. If he is dealing with a giant bandit like this, what is the fuss about exterminating the Japanese bandits?

  He sighed: "The prince is in Xishan recently?"

   "Yes." Liu Jian said: "I have also heard about it, and I am teaching the scholars in Xishan to read. Isn't this the coming year, is there a spring? Of course, I just heard it, how about the specifics, old minister..."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian with a strange expression: "But isn't the son of the Qing family also studying at Xishan Academy? Why did he hear about it? The Qing family should know everything about Xishan."

   "This... this..." was exposed all of a sudden, Liu Jian blushed slightly, and he could only say: "Yes, in the coming year, the dog will also have Chunwei."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "There is also Fang Jifan, who has been surprisingly quiet recently. He must be worried about his protégé Tang Yin."

  Liu Jian thought for a while: "The old minister heard that he has been milking babies recently..."

   "..."

   "..."

  The two monarchs and ministers stared wide-eyed, feeling that the words were dead.

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "Is that Fang Xiaofan?"

"yes."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "What a good brother."

Liu Jian held back his words and didn't say anything. That utterly unconscionable thing actually fed sugar to his sister, carried it around every day, and tossed out a bottle, stuffing it into the baby's mouth all day long, which is even more outrageous. What's more, he also edited a book called Heart Sutra for Parenting, which was published in print, saying that dolls are the country's foundation and the most important event in the world. All scholars in Xishan Academy should take a good look at it. Thousands of copies of this book have been printed , I appointed scholars to buy it. Liu Jie is his disciple and grandson, so he must buy ten copies. This money... Liu Jian really didn't like it.

  He had read the Heart Sutra on Raising Children, and it was all nonsense. He actually talked a lot about how women induce lactation.

  This kind of people...has reached the point where it is shameless to ask for money.

  Liu Jian was not good at exposing this matter, so he could only laugh dryly: "Yes, he is a good brother."

"I misunderstood him. I used to think that he has no heart. Although he is talented, he is a little less emotional." Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "I like this kind of person. He is not like a prince. Look at him. He is a success." Every day is idle, Fang Jifan has a sister, the prince also has a sister, but look, besides bullying his sister, what else does the prince know?"

  Liu Jian's old face twitched, he lowered his head, and continued to remain silent.

   "I shouldn't have said this." Emperor Hongzhi felt troubled in his heart, and waved his hand: "You step back."

  Liu Jian had no choice but to step down and return to the cabinet. He found that his mind was full of the parenting scriptures. The grandson of Fang Jifan was really annoying. When Liu Jie bought it back then, he thought that Fang Jifan, a genius, must have produced something good, and he asked Liu Jie to take a look at it. As a result, the father and son looked at such a thing together, staring at the little one. Eye, it's really embarrassing.

   Shameless!

   went back to the cabinet.

   Before Liu Jian sat down, a scribe said, "Mr. Liu, you are here. Wen Yansheng, the prefect of Hangzhou, is playing."

   "Wen Yansheng, who mentioned a lot of fish soup in the memorial." Liu Jian had a weird expression.

   "Exactly, the Secretary of the General Administration just sent it, saying it was in a hurry." Wen Li said.

  Liu Jian was silent, then raised his eyebrows: "I think something happened in Ningbo."

  He had already been mentally prepared for this matter, so even if the terrible news came, he didn't feel surprised. Instead, he suppressed his emotions and returned to his own room before ordering someone to send the memorial.

  Looking down at the melody, Liu Jian's face became weird, he saw so many words.

  Captured...Private businessman...United will is sincere...Water village attack...Nakano Jiro...One-handed killing...A cup of tea kung fu...Japanese pirates are all wiped out...The rest escape...Prepare Japanese guards to chase...

  These words made Liu Jian a little dizzy.

  He had to take a deep breath, read it carefully, and then...he was silent again.

  The complexion...is weird.

   This is not just a good news, but a big good news.

  Liu Jian hurriedly took the teacup on the desk. The tea in the teacup was already cold. He didn't care, so he drank it in one gulp, and then looked up at the clerk: "Is there any more of the large yellow croaker that was delivered last time?"

   "This...is frozen in the ice cellar, but it was sent to the palace. Although His Majesty bestowed it, it still has to go through the imperial dining room."

Liu Jian hummed: "Let's kill one, cook the soup, let the imperial dining room cook it well, remember, don't waste it, you need to add more water, one fish, to put it bluntly, you need to cook two pots of soup, this fish...is not easy .”

Of course it’s not easy, it’s something you can’t eat anywhere from the flying horse in Ningbo Mansion, so His Majesty gave Liu Jian a few, but these things must be kept fresh in the ice cellar, but the Liu family doesn’t have an ice cellar, Therefore, although the royal gift was given to Liu Jian, it was still lying in the ice cellar in the palace.

  The civil official was stunned: "Liu Gong, at this time... eat fish?"

Liu Jian was suppressing the excitement in his heart. He very much hoped that he would be like Ouyang Zhi, who would remain calm before the collapse of Mount Tai, so he said with a smile: "Wen Yansheng, this guy, has presented several memorials. I read his memorials." , I don’t know why, I always feel that the things written in him have a taste of delicious food, and today I get his memorial again, so I feel hungry.”

  The clerk found it strange that this memento actually had the effect of appetizing?

  Which prefect is that prefect Wen?

   "Students go now."

   "And..." Liu Jian said with a smile on his face, "That... and, I'll call Qiao and Binzhi, the old man has something to discuss with them."

   "Yes." The Civil and Officials Department turned to leave.

"and also…"

  The official turned around: "I don't know..."

   "Remember, ask Yushanfang to put more onion and garlic in the pot of fish soup."

  The civil servants remembered that Liu Gong was from Henan, so that was fine.

  (end of this chapter)