Chapter 103 From today on, you are mine
On the training ground of Huben Zuowei, Yan Xu supervised his subordinates' training under the scorching sun.
"kill!"
Teams of soldiers assassinated in unison with overwhelming momentum.
"All it takes is a battle." someone said.
“There is no such opportunity now.”
"There are Japanese pirates in the southeast."
"Our duty is to protect the north and the capital. The Japanese pirates are the business of the southern garrisons. If we go there, we will be crossing the border."
More than ten riders arrived outside the camp, and Yan Xu took a look and said, "It's Master Bo."
Jiang Qingzhi strode in.
Zhu Xizhong has already returned home as he has a lot of things to do, but they have agreed to gather at Jiang's house in the evening to discuss matters related to going north.
"I've met my uncle."
The generals saluted, but the soldiers on the parade ground continued to train without any distraction.
Jiang Qingzhi was very satisfied. "Just now I got an opportunity from His Majesty to go north. Do you have the courage to fight against the foreign tribes on the grassland?"
The generals were delighted.
"I am willing to follow my uncle!"
"Okay!" Jiang Qingzhi pointed to the training ground, "Take a rest. Today we have plenty of wine and meat. We will set off in three days."
"Order!"
Yan Xu and others were all delighted by this, and when the news reached the army, everyone cheered.
They are happy to hear about war. Their morale is incredibly high.
Jiang Qingzhi returned home and made some arrangements.
In the afternoon, Zhu Xizhong and all the generals arrived.
"Datong General Zhang Da was helped by Lord Bo last time, so he must be friendly to our army." Yan Xu showed a side that made Jiang Qingzhi very happy, "But Deputy General Xu Li is said to be a member of Yan Song's party."
Zhu Xizhong nodded, "Xu Li is a member of the Yan Party."
Jiang Qingzhi said: "Anything else to add?"
"In this case, after our army arrives in Datong, we need to be wary of Xu Li and supplies. The most important thing is supplies. After all, once the army runs out of food, it will collapse without a fight." Yan Xu said respectfully.
"Good vision." Zhu Xizhong praised.
Yan Xu lowered his head and said, "Without the teachings of Master, I would not be where I am today."
Jiang Qingzhi's military strategy courses were all-encompassing, especially the strategic courses, which made Yan Xu feel like a fish in water and broadened his horizons.
Therefore, in the eyes of generals such as Yan Xu, Jiang Qingzhi was not only the benefactor of the Huben Zuowei's revival, but also their mentor.
Jiang Qingzhi said: "The master can only lead you to the door, but it depends on the individual to practice."
He continued, "The northern grasslands have bred countless brutal enemies. For thousands of years, the Central Plains dynasties have suffered from invasions. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the grasslands have shown signs of unification. What will follow?"
Everyone was silent.
"You need to read history." Jiang Qingzhi said, "If you read history, you will find a pattern from it. What follows is bound to be continuous invasions until the Central Plains dynasty is destroyed. When the next dynasty is established, this pattern will repeat. It's like reincarnation."
"And I have a dream."
Jiang Qingzhi said firmly: "I want to interrupt this damned reincarnation, and make the foreign tribes on the grassland tremble when they hear my name. Let them kneel when they see the Ming Dynasty's battle flag. All over the world!"
"It's the king's land!"
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Three days later, Prince Yu's two brothers and their sister sent Jiang Qingzhi out of Beijing.
"Uncle." Zhu Shou'an's eyes turned red from crying. She liked this gentle uncle the most and was most reluctant to see Jiang Qingzhi go north.
Jiang Qingzhi touched her head and said with a smile, "Don't cry, my dear. I will bring you a gift later."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at the two brothers of Prince Yu, "Prince Jing, there is no need to say anything. Remember, don't be too clever."
"Yes."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Prince Yu, frowned, and pointed at him.
Prince Yu understood what his uncle meant, his face turned red and he nodded vigorously.
Why is this kid so lustful?
Jiang Qingzhi was puzzled.
The three siblings returned to the palace. Zhu Shou'an was very sad on the way. King Jing said, "Your cousin said he would bring you a gift. Why are you still crying?"
"No gift is better than my uncle's." Zhu Shou'an was originally a nobody, even more miserable than Prince Yu, and it was her uncle who pulled her out. Therefore, in the little girl's heart, her uncle replaced the role of her father, giving her a great sense of security.
"My cousin said so." King Jing said impatiently, "What will he bring back... a head to go with the wine?"
The little girl retched, then went into the palace with tears in her eyes to complain.
Emperor Jiajing was furious, "The fourth son will be confined to his room for half a month."
King Jing wanted to cry but had no tears.
He didn't know that Emperor Jiajing was taking his anger out on others.
"I know that after a long period of peace, the Ming Dynasty is now prosperous and peaceful. I also want to regroup, but there are too many obstacles. If I force it..."
Prince Yu said, "Father, is there anyone who dares to stop us?"
"There will be a mutiny." Emperor Jiajing said: "This will affect the whole body. If the generals at the bottom have other ideas, it will be dangerous."
Just as Emperor Jiajing was unable to suppress the scholar-official group, comprehensively rectifying the army was an even more difficult task.
Emperor Jiajing needed to think deeply and wait for the right time.
Jiang Qingzhi's trip to the north was an opportunity.
"Father." King Jing, who had just come out of the 'sorrow' of being confined, said, "If my cousin's trip is frustrated, those people will attack him in droves."
"But he still went. He didn't look back." Emperor Jiajing sighed: "Qingzhi went for the greater good, for me, and took the risk."
Dao Ye is a man who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment, and he is also a person who protects his own people.
With a flash of cold lightning in his eyes, the Taoist ordered: "Huang Jin."
"His Majesty."
Huang Jin stepped forward.
"Go to Suzhou Prefecture on my behalf and pay respect to my uncle!"
When the news spread, Lu Wei clapped his hands and laughed, "Your Majesty thinks highly of Chang Wei Bo, and loves him as much as I love him. I really chose the right ally."
Mu Shu, who was temporarily living in the capital, sighed after hearing the news: "I thought I had overestimated the status of Chang Wei Bo in His Majesty's eyes, but I didn't expect that I underestimated it."
Lu Bing got drunk in the quiet room at home and smashed everything in the room. Yan Shifan was silent for a long time, and said to Yan Song: "Dad, send someone to Datong, let Xu Li and our people in Datong take action, and make sure that Jiang Qingzhi returns empty-handed, preferably with nothing."
Yan Song nodded and said, "What a pity for Hu Zongxian. I wanted to train him better, but it's a pity."
"Hu Zongxian?" Yan Shifan didn't know this person.
"Hu Zongxian is a talented and smart man." Yan Song said, "If nothing had happened to him, he would have been able to take charge of this matter. What a pity..."
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Hu Zongxian was almost a military supervisor in Datong at the beginning. After he forced Zhang Da to go to war and was defeated, the capital was furious and his bright future was wiped out. Now he works as a clerk in Datong Prefecture.
It’s like the big bosses in later generations who were punished one day and became a secretary doing odd jobs in the office.
Hu Zongxian was not yet the famous anti-Japanese minister who later became famous in the southeast.
Zhang Da landed safely and continued to serve in Datong. Hu Zongxian, who had forced him to fight, became a rat crossing the street.
There was too much work to do, and there were troubles everywhere. Everyone was waiting for the day when Hu Zongxian would bow his head.
But Hu Zongxian suddenly changed.
"Someone wants to kill me today!"
Hu Zongxian walked into the duty room carrying a wine jug.
The clerk and the official on duty were stunned.
"Why did this man become a pile of mud?"
Yes, Hu Zongxian chose to lie down.
Either kill me or ignore me.
Someone asked Zhang Da for instructions.
"Playing mad or stupid?" Zhang Da sneered, "Keep an eye on him. I'm going to make him miserable in Datong for the rest of his life."
Thus, Hu Zongxian became the most unique clerk in Datong Prefecture.
Early in the morning, while others were working, he was drinking outside the gate of the general's mansion.
He was drunk and half-blurred when he saw more than a dozen of Altan Khan's warriors coming towards him, guarding the envoy Chen Pin.
This was the eleventh time that Chen Pin asked to see Zhang Da and requested to go to Beijing to meet Emperor Jiajing.
But this time was no exception, Zhang Da refused to see him.
"The general said, go back where you came from."
Normally, Beijing should have sent a royal edict ordering Zhang Da to execute Chen Pin, and then hang his head in Datong, or send his head to the nine border areas.
But this time the capital city was particularly strange, there was no movement at all.
This surprised everyone in Datong Town, and no one dared to act rashly.
Chen Pin keenly sensed the weirdness here, so he whispered: "We are all doomed. Then, let's make a big fuss. Test the Ming people!"
A guard suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Hu Zongxian who was drinking, and cursed: "You son of a bitch, you stole my money to buy wine."
Hu Zongxian was stunned, then laughed, "A desperate dog? No, it's looking for death!"
Bah!
The warrior punched Hu Zongxian so hard that his nose bled. Then he shouted provocatively at the soldiers outside the gate, "Do you dare to kill me?"
Several soldiers were furious and eager to take action, but a civilian official cursed: "You bastard, whoever dares to move without the order of the superior will be killed."
Several soldiers retreated in frustration.
"What a pity." Chen Pin whispered, "I wanted the Khan's warriors to show their courage and bravery outside the General's Mansion. Who would have thought that the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty would be so cowardly."
What he didn't know was that the Ming Dynasty now controlled the military with civil power. Without the order from the capital, how could Zhang Da dare to take action? The last time was a lesson for him.
Chen Pin coughed dryly.
The warrior actually picked up Hu Zongxian with one hand, spun him around, and shouted, "There is no one in the great Ming Dynasty? Hahahaha!"
Hu Zongxian's nose was bleeding wildly, but he smiled, "Haha! Whoever dares to deal with them, I will regard him as my master!"
The words have not yet fallen.
The sound of horse hooves came.
Then someone shouted, "Kill him for Benbo!"
The bowstring sounded, and a piece of arrow shaft suddenly appeared on the warrior's temple.
Pass through both ends.
He slowly turned his head and saw dozens of riders surrounding a young man. Beside the young man, a general was still holding a horse bow.
Chen Pin was stunned. He had made this trip with the intention of dying, but if he had to die, he had to die meaningfully.
His wishful thinking was shattered, and he could not help but shout angrily: "Who is coming?"
The young man pointed at the warrior who was still standing, "Stone."
A horseman rushed over like a whirlwind, with a long sword drawn, and swept it across Hu Zongxian's neck.
Hu Zongxian closed his eyes, thinking that he was finally relieved.
Blood spurted all over his head and face.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a headless corpse with blood still gushing out of its neck.
The young man rode his horse slowly over, and Chen Pin stepped forward to salute.
Snapped!
The horsewhip was waving, and Chen Pin covered his face and screamed.
The warriors all stepped forward, but the boy ignored them and looked at Hu Zongxian and asked, "Who are you?"
Jiang Qingzhi was quite curious about this minor official who dared to challenge Altan Khan.
"Your subordinate...Hu Zongxian." Hu Zongxian came back to his senses very quickly. He was also very curious about who this young man was and why the generals around him were so respectful to him.
"I just heard you say that whoever dares to deal with them will be your master?" asked the young man.
Hu Zongxian just said it casually, thinking that no one would dare to do it.
"Yes." Hu Zongxian did not dare to go back on his word, but he thought that he was just a minor official and the young man would not care!
"Then, from now on, you are mine." said the young man.
What the hell!
This guy actually wants to take me in? Hu Zongxian's eyes widened and he said in a lost tone, "Who are you?"
The young man looked at Zhang Da who came out of the gate to greet him and said with a smile, "Jiang Qingzhi!"
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(End of this chapter)
