Chapter 404: Cut off, that's all
"Your Majesty, Wang wants to see you."
The next day, Concubine Lu Jing received news that Miss Wang wanted to see her.
She held the teacup and said calmly, "Tell her to get lost!"
……
Miss Wang stood beside the carriage, looking at the people coming in and out with some uneasiness.
Someone came to the house yesterday and discussed with her father for a long time. Then Wang Zhu called her over and said something serious, telling her to seize the time and win Prince Yu's heart.
"Whatever it takes!"
Wang Zhu looked a little grim when he said this.
Miss Wang didn't know what was going on, but she felt a sense of urgency.
The eunuch who was going to report arrived.
"Mister." Miss Wang's maid came over, and the eunuch said calmly, "The queen ordered."
Miss Wang stood with her hands behind her.
"roll!"
The eunuch felt that he had never felt so refreshed before, so he turned around and left.
Miss Wang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Why?"
The eunuch did not reply to her but shook his head.
After an unknown amount of time, the maid said, "Young lady, let's go back first!"
Miss Wang shook her head and bit her lower lip, "I'll wait for him."
The winter sun makes people feel warm, and they can't help but slow down their pace.
"I have met His Highness!"
Prince Yu came out.
The first person he saw was Miss Wang standing beside the carriage. He stopped and hesitated for a moment, then got on the horse.
"Your Highness!"
Miss Wang came over quickly.
"Stop!"
Yang Xi stood in front of the horse and said coldly: "You are not allowed to bump into His Highness."
Miss Wang looked up at Prince Yu with pain in her eyes. "Your Highness, have you forgotten..."
"What does your Highness have to do with you?" Yang Xi's eyes were cold and stern. "Don't think that those things are hidden from the eyes of the gods. Someone once said that God is watching what you do."
Miss Wang was shocked, "Your Highness, I..."
Prince Yu took one last look at her and said, "The Jinyiwei should be at your house right now, but I said, I'll let you go... Take care."
Miss Wang was struck by lightning. She stood there in a daze, watching Prince Yu go away. Suddenly she turned around and said, "Go back quickly!"
When she rushed home, the outside had been blocked by the Jinyiwei.
"Father, mother!"
When Miss Wang wanted to go in, two Jinyiwei drew their swords and blocked the door.
A centurion came out, "But Miss Wang?"
"Yes."
The captain said calmly, "The palace has ordered that Wang is suspected of treason. All of them except you should be arrested."
"father!"
Miss Wang knelt on the ground and cried.
Wang Zhu, who was also kneeling inside, laughed and said, "So this is how you seek wealth and fame? Either you succeed or you die, ha ha ha ha! Either you succeed or you die!"
……
"That Miss Wang is quite capable."
After learning about this, Li Tian sighed, "In fact, she may not be using Prince Yu with all her heart."
"It's no use." Jiang Qingzhi said, "After His Majesty learned about this, he immediately ordered the Royal Guards to search the house. The third brother knelt down and begged bitterly, and only then did he let Miss Wang go."
"Prince Yu is a man of loyalty." Li Tian said.
"Yes!" Jiang Qingzhi thought of Prince Yu in history, who shared the same sentimentality as the Taoist priest.
But he is quite philanthropic when it comes to women.
Everyone has two sides. Li Tian, who is gentle and affectionate in front of Jiang Qingzhi, is friendly and reserved when facing the visiting lady.
After some communication, the lady left satisfied.
"Her husband is a military hero. She tried to ask if she could let him join the imperial guards. He only needs to be a deputy commander. The woman said she was willing to pay 20,000 strings of cash."
Li Tian held the reluctant Duoduo and said with a smile: "When you are at home, money will come from the sky. Now I understand the dilemma of those ladies. If you don't accept it, you will feel uncomfortable and feel that you have lost a lot. If you accept it, you are worried that you will be caught."
"If it happens once, there will be countless times," said Jiang Qingzhi.
"Meow!" Duoduo was calling for help, but Jiang Qingzhi was unable to help.
"Yesterday, Mr. Xia wanted to hug Duoduo and got scratched. But when I held it, it was particularly well-behaved." Li Tian looked down at Duoduo and touched its head lovingly.
"Meow!"
The reconstruction of the Beijing Guard is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Wang Yiqi has been avoiding suspicion recently and has not been involved in many things.
"In order to avoid suspicion, Wang Yiqi has recently stopped interfering in the reconstruction of the Beijing Guards."
"Well, it's time to get moving."
"Tell them to get as many positions as possible."
"There are quite a few."
Chen Zhan left. Yang Qing sighed, "Once upon a time, we had everything we wanted, but now we have to save the country in a roundabout way. Who came up with this phrase? It's quite appropriate."
"Jiang Qingzhi," Han Yu sat in the waterside pavilion, the cold wind blowing, but he still fanned himself with his folding fan, "Don't talk about saving the country in a roundabout way. Getting rid of Wang Yiqi will be a heavy blow to Jiang Qingzhi and the Mo family."
"The Ministry of War is a crucial place." Yang Qing rubbed his hands. "Jiang Qingzhi is good at using troops, and the Minister of War is from the Mohist School. If the two of them join forces to face the outside world, who can defeat them in military affairs?"
Han Yu nodded, "Jiang Qingzhi is now a famous general. If he is allowed to lead the army in a few more battles, his prestige will be unmatched."
"Some people say that your achievements are so great that they threaten your master!"
"Fuck him!" Han Yu cursed. "Jiang Qingzhi has us Confucians as his opponents, so no matter how great his achievements are, they will be useless. If he makes any mistakes, we will bite him to death before the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang take action."
"This is because there are countless imperial censors watching his and the Mohists' every move. No one would be suspicious of such a minister. Lord Han, are we tying ourselves up in knots?"
"There are gains and losses." Han Yu said, "We need to hurry up with Wang Yiqi's matter. Besides, why did I hear what happened to Prince Yu?" Yang Qing took a sip of tea and felt it was chilly, so he pointed at the teacup and a servant came in to change the tea.
After the servants left, Yang Qing said sarcastically, "A few fools wanted to take a shortcut, so they found a beautiful and scheming young lady and deliberately flirted with Prince Yu when he was out of the palace. After a while, it was really interesting."
"If it works, it will be a great move!" Han Yu glanced at the unfinished chess game between the two on the stone table.
"I said those people were stupid because they ignored Jiang Qingzhi." Yang Qing sneered, "Jiang Qingzhi has the responsibility to take care of the prince. With him watching, a beautiful young lady suddenly appeared and bewitched Prince Yu. Not to mention that it was a premeditated move, even if there was no premeditation, Jiang Qingzhi would not sit idly by."
"Yes. The only problem is that this will cause discord with Prince Yu. I am a little curious, isn't Jiang Qingzhi worried?"
……
"I'm not worried that you'll have a quarrel with me, so why are you doing this?"
Prince Yu brought with him the Buddhist scriptures that he had copied himself.
Hand-copied Buddhist scriptures were quite popular among the powerful and wealthy as gifts.
Prince Yu said somewhat embarrassedly: "I know my uncle is doing this for my own good."
"Just know it." Jiang Qingzhi said, "That woman is very scheming. It won't be a bad thing for you to have such an experience in the future. But this woman will make you unforgettable for the rest of your life..."
"will not."
Prince Yu said firmly.
"Haha!" Jiang Qingzhi smiled and took a look at the Buddhist scriptures.
"Master." Sun Bu Tong came, "The Beijing Guards are about to start formal training."
The reconstruction of the Beijing Guards was very troublesome, and Jiang Qingzhi carried out a rough purge, turning himself into an enemy of the Beijing Guards. Then he patted his butt and went to the south, leaving the mess for Dao Ye to clean up.
The next step was selection, which was a long process. After that, they began to recruit new members, selecting strong men from various guards to fill the gap.
"When the people from the local guard posts heard that we were going to the capital, they were scared."
Sun Bu Tong accompanied Jiang Qingzhi to the front yard.
"Why?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"He said he was afraid that Master would come again." Sun Bu Tong winked at Sun Chong Lou, and Sun Chong Lou said, "It's just what Master said. The best way to deal with your enemy is to kill him."
"What if killing him doesn't work?" Sun Bu Tong said with a smile.
"Then kill them again." Sun Chonglou said as if it was a matter of course, "Until they are scared to death."
"What if you are not afraid all the time?" Sun Bu Tong started to compete with him.
"That's easy!" Sun Chonglou led his horse out of the house, "Just kill them all."
Jiang Qingzhi took his men to the Right Guard of the Palace Army.
During the last purge, the Right Guard of the Palace Army rebelled. Jiang Qingzhi ordered the suppression and used killing to subdue those ambitious people.
The camp gate opened, and acting commander Zhu Yuan led the generals to greet them.
"Hello, uncle!"
Jiang Qingzhi nodded, "Tell me about it."
"Now, 70% of the Right Guards of our army are elite soldiers drawn from various local garrisons. Although they are all strong and capable, I have experienced a lot recently. These people's training in local garrisons is not satisfactory."
Zhu Yuan looked at Jiang Qingzhi with complicated eyes. From the perspective of interests, he had to thank Jiang Qingzhi. Without that purge, he would not have been in charge of the Right Guard of the Palace Army.
But deep down he was afraid of this uncle.
"Do you understand the training method?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Uh!
This was a bit embarrassing, Zhu Yuan lowered his head and said, "My humble training method is not in line with your advice. Please give me some advice."
The Huben Zuowei troop trained by Jiang Qingzhi himself defeated the cavalry under Altan Khan several times, making other guards envious.
"I don't have time to teach you one by one. You won't be able to learn even if you wait." Jiang Qingzhi walked to the edge of the parade ground, where the soldiers were training.
He watched for a while and said, "It's too fake."
This was an old problem of the Ming army. Later, Qi Jiguang led the Zhejiang soldiers, who he had personally organized and trained and who had terrorized the Japanese pirates in the south, to the north. Just one formation shocked the northern border troops.
“Those who have seen blood are very different from those who have not seen blood.”
"Uncle, there is no chance for a fight now." Someone murmured, thinking that Jiang Qingzhi's words were in vain.
Zhu Yuan glanced at the man with a stern look in his eyes… If you want to die, go ahead and die, but don’t take me with you.
"If we can't fight, then there's nothing we can do?" Jiang Qingzhi said calmly, "Poke it and it moves. Are you puppets or pigs? Pigs know to grunt when they're poked."
The generals looked so pale that Sun Chonglou couldn't help laughing.
This fellow is so bold... Someone sneered at Sun Chonglou and whispered, "Look for an opportunity to fight this fellow later." The general beside him whispered, "That's Sun Chonglou, the killer embryo called Ashura by Altan's men! Are you sure you want to fight him?"
The man's expression changed drastically. "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Jiang Qingzhi in front said: "I have only one solution for this situation!"
The generals bowed their heads and listened attentively.
"Everything starts from actual combat!"
Jiang Qingzhi pointed at the soldiers and said, "Take away those fancy things. From today on, everyone must practice according to actual combat. Do you know what actual combat is?"
Half of the generals nodded.
“Practice hard!”
Jiang Qingzhi said.
Someone asked: "Master, how should we practice?"
Even if you practice hard, you have to have a standard, right?
"If you can't die from practicing, keep practicing!"
……
The generals escorted Jiang Qingzhi out of the camp, and Zhu Yuan said, "My Lord, the training method..."
You ask us to practice hard, but how can we practice?
This is a difficult question.
But the generals had shining eyes and looked at Jiang Qingzhi as if he were a big fat pig.
It is said that all the members of the Huben Zuowei learned the art of war from this earl from the rank of minor flagman to the rank of commander. Chen Bao once told people that a centurion of the Huben Zuowei would be more than qualified to be an official of a thousand households if he were sent to another place.
If we can learn the art of war from this uncle... not only will we be promoted and get rich in no time, but the art of war can also be passed down from generation to generation.
Passed down from generation to generation, this is a family of generals!
With their descendants' wealth and honor right before their eyes, the generals could no longer hold back and bowed one after another.
"Please teach me, sir!"
In front of the camp gate, Jiang Qingzhi stood with his hands behind his back and frowned as he looked at the generals who were bowing.
"Is this the point of success?"
(End of this chapter)
