Chapter 217 Power is the Devil
"The Tiger Guard Left Guard formation transition is quite unique, which shows that Jiang Qingzhi is not just a name."
On the parade ground of the vanguard of the government army, several veteran generals were discussing.
Qiu Luan stood at the front, watching the drills on the parade ground. Qin Yuan beside him said, "The formation changes of the Tiger Guards are natural and smooth, which is inseparable from their hard work in drills. However, I think that when two armies meet, the brave one wins."
"Why does this sound familiar to me?"
"That's what Jiang Qingzhi said."
"When two armies meet, the brave one wins." Qiu Luan chanted in a low voice, hatred flashing in his eyes.
He had a chance to be reinstated, but was interrupted by Jiang Qingzhi. It would be very difficult to be reinstated again.
To ruin someone's future is like killing his parents.
"My good brother is currently observing at the Huben Zuowei. I go to him for advice every day."
"You are quite arrogant." Qiu Luan said calmly.
"If I can defeat Jiang Qingzhi, I am willing to bow my head." Qin Yuan said with a smile.
"I like people who are straightforward." Qiu Luan said, "You want to step on Jiang Qing to get to the top, I don't mind helping you. Those veterans have been on the battlefield for a long time, and you can learn from them how Jiang Qingzhi commands the army."
Qiu Luan's eyes suddenly turned cold and stern. "If you can make Jiang Qingzhi feel ashamed at his most proud moment... If you can't do it, I won't care what kind of son-in-law of the royal family you are..."
"Don't worry, Lord!" Qin Yuan said, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. I know Jiang Qingzhi, but he doesn't know me. Once the vanguard of my army is reorganized, it will be time to make Jiang Qingzhi's reputation as a famous general fall."
"And you, Qin Yuan, will take his place?" Qiu Luan glanced at him, "I will give you a piece of advice."
"Your Majesty is all ears."
"The strength of the grassland cavalry is beyond your imagination. It's fine to say that you are a famous general behind closed doors in the imperial guards. But if you think you are really a famous general and want to lead the army to fight the grassland cavalry, I advise you to give up this idea. Otherwise, your royal wife will become a widow!"
"Hahahaha!"
Qiu Luan couldn't help laughing when he saw Qin Yuan was surprised.
Historically, when Altan Khan went south, Qiu Luan was frightened and quickly sent people to communicate with him.
——Boss, if you don’t leave my defense zone, I will turn a blind eye to you, okay?
So Altan's army avoided Qiu Luan's defense zone and took another route.
Qin Yuan watched Qiu Luan leave, with a smile on his face. "I married a daughter of the royal family and relied on my father-in-law to get to the top. Many people say that I relied on women to get to where I am today. These people don't think about it. If I don't have the ability, it won't help even if I marry the princess.
But until today, you still think I am a waste, and the women in my family also look down on me... I am a man, who the hell is willing to smile warmly every day...
I'm gentle to your mother! Who the hell is willing to smile? I don't want to! "
The handsome face showed a ferocious look, "But what should I do? It is so difficult for a soldier with an ordinary background to stand out in the army!
Do you really think I want to marry a reserved and almost arrogant girl from the royal family? I would rather marry a girl from a peasant family, where at least there is someone to ask about my well-being when I go home every day, rather than that idiot who shows off his family for no reason! "
Qin Yuan panted and suddenly laughed.
"I will let everyone see that I don't rely on women to achieve my goals!"
He walked over to a few veterans and said with a smile, "Everyone, is there any room for improvement in the current government army's vanguard?"
"Boy, there are too many!"
"Please give me some advice."
Qin Yuan smiled very kindly, with a hint of flattery...
……
"Marriage?"
"Yes. Lord, have you ever thought about your marriage?" Hu Zongxian suddenly asked this question today. "It is not our place to interfere in such matters. But Lord, you have no relatives around. To be honest, the woman in the palace... who is a good woman in His Majesty's eyes, you probably can't afford."
This was indeed true. Every time Jiang Qingzhi heard Emperor Jiajing ask him if he had a woman he liked, he would be terrified, fearing that the Taoist priest would marry him off blindly.
"Now, Master Bo has a preliminary foundation, but if a man does not get married, he will still be a teenager in the eyes of the world."
Hu Zongxian spoke cryptically, but Jiang Qingzhi understood it.
In the early days of later generations, the sign of a man's maturity was also marriage and having children. Until the era of lying flat, under the huge pressure of internal circulation, more people chose not to marry.
Therefore, whether or not one is married is no longer a sign of whether a person is mature.
But in the Ming Dynasty at that time, if one was not married, he was either too young or... had a problem.
"Old Hu, what's that look in your eyes? And Xu Wei."
The two old men chuckled.
"Master, you won't..." Xu Wei raised his eyebrows wildly, "Many times, all a man needs is to open a door. After trying it once, I guarantee that Master will never forget it. Once you have tasted it, you will never forget it."
Jiang Qingzhi chuckled, thinking that if I told you about my experiences in the glitzy world of feasting and drinking in my past life, you two country bumpkins would be dumbfounded.
But it is indeed a problem.
Hu Zongxian said sternly, "My Lord, Lu Shan'er may seem good, but she is the daughter of a relative by marriage after all. If my Lord marries a relative by marriage, many people who originally wanted to stand on my Lord's side will choose to wait and see, or even stay away from me. After all, the road of a relative by marriage is usually short, and the so-called favor is nothing but a passing cloud."
It’s recorded in history books!
The foreign relatives of the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty were almost synonymous with the suicide squad.
Jiang Qingzhi did not comment.
"To be honest, the Mu girl is not bad, but she has too many troubles. Since you want to make achievements, you shouldn't get involved."
Hu Zongxian's overall perspective was something Xu Wei lacked. Old Xu listened, drank, and rolled his eyes.
"Excuse me." Hu Zongxian said, "For the Lord, he should either choose a noble lady who can help him. Or he should choose a virtuous wife."
Hu Zongxian stood up, bowed and left.
Xu Wei said lazily, "Master is so handsome, and there are girls coming to him as soon as he opens his mouth. What are you worried about? My female disciple next door, her eyes light up and her voice changes when she mentions Master. Alas! A girl's thoughts of love are the most touching! It's a pity that I have feelings for you but you don't."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Xu Wei.
"Old Xu, how long have you been single?" Xu Wei: "..."
Even when they arrived at the front yard, Jiang Qingzhi still remembered Xu Wei's expression at that time.
There was a mixture of surprise and annoyance.
The relationship with the two think tanks became closer and closer, and gradually it felt like a family. It was a pity for Xia Yan. Jiang Qingzhi had always coveted this experienced veteran and wanted to pull him into his own camp.
"Mr. Xia."
Just as I was thinking about Xia Yan, Old Xia came.
"Make some hot tea." Xia Yan said impatiently as soon as he entered the house.
He quickly drank a cup of hot tea and poured a second cup. Jiang Qingzhi looked at him anxiously, worried that the old man might burn his throat. "Drink slowly!"
"Hey!" Xia Yan slowed down and complained, "I met an old friend on the way and he greeted me. It was so cold, and he was shivering while asking about my health. Just when I was touched, he asked about your marriage."
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned.
"He has a granddaughter at home. He said she is pretty and has a good personality." Xia Yan glanced at Jiang Qingzhi. "She's just a little clumsy. But my old friend said that you should marry a virtuous woman."
Being clumsy means being virtuous?
Jiang Qingzhi didn't know why more and more people were paying attention to his marriage affairs recently.
"It's the end of the year. Whether you have money or not, you should find a wife to celebrate the New Year with." The old playboy also came to the Jiang family with a mission.
"Don't tell me that you are here to propose marriage too." Jiang Qingzhi said unhappily.
"When did you learn fortune-telling?" Zhu Xizhong pretended to be surprised, then smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law has recently found a few women for you. To be honest, I think they are all good. Not only can they marry you, but they can also be your princesses."
"You said being the queen isn't so bad." Jiang Qingzhi rolled his eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Xizhong frowned. "There are rumors in the palace recently that your majesty is planning to establish a queen. If you spread such rumors at this time, be careful that someone will cause trouble for you."
"Your Majesty, do you want to establish a queen?" Jiang Qingzhi was really shocked.
Daoye was such a smart man. After he retired to the West Garden, he was worried that someone in the harem would become too powerful, so he simply did not even appoint a queen. A group of women who could not get any rain or dew would only make so much noise.
"It is said that the virtuous concubine... maybe there is a chance."
……
"Bullshit!"
Concubine Lu Jing's shouting and cursing could be heard from the harem.
"Your Majesty, perhaps His Majesty has this idea?" Chen Yan and others were delighted.
Concubine Lu sneered. Others might not know, but because she had spent a long time with the Taoist priest, she had vaguely guessed some of his thoughts.
Establish a queen?
What is the purpose of establishing a queen?
Would it cause trouble for myself to establish a queen?
She sat there, holding an embroidery sample in her hand, staring blankly.
"If I can't be the queen, then being the empress dowager is not bad either." Concubine Lu Jing looked at the mandarin ducks on the embroidery and raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Your Majesty is here."
The Taoist priest was surrounded by people and came in. After entering the palace, he frowned and said, "Let those women enter the palace less recently."
"Your Majesty..." Concubine Lu, who had just been looking forward to her husband's death, went forward with a guilty conscience, "Why is this?"
"Everyone talks about marriage and it comes to me. People who don't know the truth think that I am practicing the way of the matchmaker." Emperor Jiajing was full of complaints.
"Whose marriage?"
"Who else could it be?" Emperor Jiajing sat down, took the teacup and took a sip. "After this year's celebration, he will be sixteen. That boy is handsome and capable. He has attracted many young ladies."
Previously, a powerful nobleman came to see me, and when he left, he mentioned that his daughter was still unmarried.
"I thought this man wanted to offer his daughter to me. I was about to scold him for being shameless, but I heard him say... I heard that there is no one in Chang Wei's family to manage the household affairs. I have learned to manage household affairs since I was a child. I am a perfect match. Listen, he is eager to become the father-in-law of that idiot."
Concubine Lu listened with a smile, and suddenly realized that the Taoist seemed to be enjoying himself while complaining.
Tsk!
Concubine Lu Jing felt a little toothache and thought of her niece Lu Shaner.
Despite repeated instructions and urging, Jiang Qingzhi remained unmoved.
"If you have someone suitable..."
Concubine Lu woke up and said, "Your Majesty."
The Taoist turned his face away awkwardly, "I want a virtuous woman. If there is none, forget it. Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Think about it, he is the emperor, with such an arrogant personality, but he asks a woman to do things for him, how shameful!
Concubine Lu Jing said sternly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will search carefully here."
"I have something else to do." Emperor Jiajing stood up, stopped when he was about to reach the door, and said without turning back: "You are okay... It's cold, walking can help to circulate blood."
"Yes."
As soon as the Taoist priest left, Concubine Lu suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha!"
Who has ever seen Emperor Jiajing like this?
That's her.
When she smiles, there is more warmth in her eyes.
"Actually, it's better not to be the queen. At least I won't be alienated from you."
(End of this chapter)
