Chapter 85 Amazing
Ever since deciding to get closer to Jiang Qingzhi, Lu has paid special attention to Jiang Qingzhi's movements.
Knowing that Jiang Qingzhi was going to purge the Huben Zuowei, Lu Wei enthusiastically asked a familiar military hero to take action and called a retired general to observe and, if necessary, to paint for Jiang Qingzhi at any time.
This was also a good intention, but the veteran was politely declined when he went to the Jiang family.
Lu Wei would have given up at that time, but the veteran was too embarrassed to sheath his sword and took the initiative to go and watch.
On this day, Lu Wei went to the palace to visit his sister as usual.
Although they are siblings, they cannot meet frequently. When seeing Concubine Lu Jing, Lu Wei was in a trance for a moment, "Just now, I inadvertently seemed to see the appearance of the queen when she was still at her mother's home."
Concubine Lu Jing said: "I have been in the palace for many years, and what I miss most is the time in the boudoir. At that time, I didn't say I was rich, but I was free... That's it, the passing of time is in vain."
The brother and sister sighed for a while, and Lu Wei mentioned Jiang Qingzhi.
"It was His Majesty's intention that Chang Wei Bo cleaned up the Tiger Guards and Left Guards." Concubine Lu Jing said, "My family will help if we can... Brother, are you worried about offending those military men and the Ministry of War?
I'm not saying anything bad about my brother, but as a relative by marriage you should be cautious, but you can't be timid and let others look down on you.
Besides, Long Wei Bo is your Majesty's cousin, so they can be considered relatives. What are you worried about? Just go and socialize with them."
Lu Wei smiled and said, "I am not worried about the military men. Since Lu is not a soldier, what can those people do to me? However, someone in the Ministry of War mentioned that Chang Wei Bo was too ruthless in the Left Guard of Huben..."
"Only by being ruthless can you gain a foothold." Concubine Lu Jing thought about her days in the palace. If she was not ruthless enough, she would have been lost in the crowd.
"However, after the rectification comes training, which tests the art of war. I invited a veteran to help him, but he refused." Lu Wei laughed at himself.
Jiang Qingzhi politely declined his kindness. Lu Wei seemed indifferent, but in fact he had some complaints.
"Oh!" Concubine Lu Jing was startled. "Young people are always arrogant, but you can't be angry. You can ask the veteran to help. Brother, there are many things to do ahead. The veteran may be useless, but what if he is useful? How can Chang Wei not be grateful to Lu?"
"I've already gone." Lu Wei said, "The veteran general said that he only needed to watch for half a day to know Chang Wei Bo's tactics and strategies."
"In that case, you can ask him." Seeing that Lu Wei was puzzled, Concubine Lu Jing whispered, "The fourth one also went with him today."
"Is this what the Queen meant?" Lu Wei's heart moved.
"If the fourth brother wants to make a name for himself, he has to take the literary path, which inevitably reminds people of Li Tai and others in the former Tang Dynasty."
When Li Chengqian was the crown prince, Li Tai took the literary route and packaged himself as a man of respect and profound knowledge.
"Your Majesty, do you mean to follow the path of a warrior?" Lu Wei frowned, then smiled, "Why does the prince need to lead the troops himself?"
"The day before yesterday, when His Majesty came, I heard him mention something about Altan being overbearing and the Nine Frontiers being incompetent." Concubine Lu Jing glanced outside the palace and said, "Let the fourth son go to the army and have some experience with Chang Wei Bo. If there is any trouble in the Nine Frontiers in the future, I will find an opportunity for the fourth son to have a chance to come to the fore..."
"Your Majesty, you have found a new way. This is a good idea." Lu Wei praised.
The crown prince is firmly in the Eastern Palace. If King Jing were to challenge him directly or take the literary route, those sarcastic literati would inevitably compare him with Li Tai, the former King of Wei in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Tai was once in high spirits, but it was only for a short time. Emperor Taizong used him to check and balance the crown prince, but he was unaware of it and was complacent. In the end, he ended up in disgrace, while the silent Li Zhi succeeded in making a comeback.
"All this depends on the ability of Chang Wei Bo." Concubine Lu Jing sighed: "If he can open up the situation in the Left Guard of Tiger Guards and make them reborn, the fourth brother can also learn some military tactics and gain more military experience. But those fierce warriors in the army are not so easy to deal with, it's difficult!"
If King Jing can successfully gain experience in the army, it will be of great help in the future fight for the throne.
After she said that, Lu Wei couldn't sit still anymore and asked someone to rush for the news.
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"Left wing!"
On the high platform, Jiang Qingzhi looked calm.
The flag waved, and hundreds of people on the left wing began to run.
"The formation is disorganized and the centurions are incompetent. Drag them out and give them five strokes of the cane!" Jiang Qingzhi said coldly.
Five beatings with the cane, executed in public.
The tortured centurion struggled to stand up and knelt down to apologize.
"Keep practicing!" Jiang Qingzhi said.
Hundreds of soldiers on the left wing were awed.
When they practiced again, the formation of the left wing was indeed straightened out.
"What a trick!"
An old general beside him muttered, "The timing of the left wing's attack is just right. Moreover, how come I have never seen this left wing formation before? Hey! It seems I have heard of it before... It seems like the method used by a famous general in ancient times, but it seems to be true and not true..."
This is the veteran invited by Lu Wei.
What he didn't know was that Jiang Qingzhi was a small warlord in later generations and had learned the art of war. After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he won two battles and had his first exposure to the art of war in the cold weapon era.
Then he systematically studied the military strategies of all dynasties awarded by the big tripod and benefited greatly from them.
Moreover, Jiang Qingzhi combined the military tactics he had learned with practice and gradually understood some ways of deploying troops.
Today, he tried his hand at the training of Huben Zuowei and stunned the veteran generals.
Lu Wei's men came and asked him how he was.
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"Chang Wei Bo is a man of outstanding literary talent, and his two poems are well-known in the capital. If he can also stand out in martial arts, then the Lu family will have to reconsider the way to interact with him."
Lu Wei was a man from outside and couldn't enter the palace often, so Concubine Lu Jing kept reminding him.
"Don't worry, the New Year's gifts for the Changwei Palace are all first-class."
"Gifts? Gifts are just for face. A young man like him is in high spirits, how could he care about any gifts!" Concubine Lu glanced at her brother, "Have you ever been to the Jiang family?"
Lu Wei was startled, "I haven't been there."
"Look, you say you want to get close to him, but deep down you still look down on Long Wilbur. Do you think he rose too quickly and has a weak foundation, like a nouveau riche?"
Lu Wei laughed dryly, "I'll go later."
At this time, the eunuch who went to inquire about the news came back.
"how?"
Both brother and sister stared at him.
The eunuch said, "The veteran general said that he saw the shadows of several famous generals in the methods of Chang Wei Bo, but he also had his own unique style of grandeur... He said, congratulations to Lord Lu."
"What do you mean?" Lu Wei asked.
The eunuch said, "The veteran general said that such a person will become a famous general in the future. Lord Lu has a keen eye for talent, which is admirable."
Concubine Lu was delighted and stood up suddenly, "Brother, hurry up and get ready! Let's go to Jiang's house now!"
"Chang Wei Bo must still be in the camp at this moment." Lu Wei nodded and said, "But waiting in advance can show the sincerity of the Lu family." After sending her brother away, Concubine Lu narrowed her eyes and pondered for a long time, then ordered, "Chen Yan."
The female official Chen Yan came over and said, "Your Majesty."
Concubine Lu Jing said, "Go catch up with my brother and tell him not to send any money or else Chang Wei Bo will laugh at him."
"Then what to give?"
Chen Yan asked.
"Remember that my brother has several fine horses at home. Tell him to pick the best one and send it to him."
Chen Yan laughed and said, "Lord Lu loves horses the most. Asking him to give them away would be like cutting off his own flesh."
"If I really want to make Long Wilbur look at Old Four differently, then even if I have to cut off my flesh, what does that matter?"
"Yes."
Not long after, Chen Yan came back and couldn't help laughing before she spoke, "Your Majesty, Lord Lu is really heartbroken, but he said it was fortunate that Your Majesty reminded him."
"Brother is still sensible." Concubine Lu Jing said quietly, "If the fourth child has a bright future, he can have as many BMWs as he wants."
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"receive!"
Huben Zuowei, following Jiang Qingzhi's military order, today's training has ended.
The soldiers felt as if they had been pardoned, but no one dared to sit down. Otherwise, Chen Bao, who was accompanied by a group of soldiers holding big sticks and eyeing them covetously, was not a good person.
This man was now a dog, and he only needed a glance from Chief Wilbur to bite whoever he caught. Over the whole day, more than fifty people were caned, the highest being a thousand-household official.
Even the thousand-household official will be beaten, who dares to question it?
The royal trio returned to the palace. The little girl, who had taken a nap in the duty room arranged by Jiang Qingzhi at noon, was full of energy, but her two brothers were hungry and listless.
"I'm hungry, let's go back and eat."
King Jing and his two brothers went their separate ways, and Zhu Shou'an went to live with her father.
"Shou's wife! Is it lively today?"
Emperor Jiajing had just woken up and had not yet started practicing.
"Father, you will never imagine that the army is so interesting..."
The little girl chattered about what she had seen and heard today, and Emperor Jiajing seemed to be listening intently.
After Zhu Shou'an finished speaking, Emperor Jiajing ordered, "Prepare something for the lady to eat."
"Thank you, Father."
However, after being away for a day, Zhu Shou'an seemed more cheerful, which made her old father quite pleased.
After his daughter left, Emperor Jiajing asked, "Did the Jinyiwei report anything?"
"Commander Lu is outside."
Seeing that Emperor Jiajing and his daughter were chatting and laughing, Lu Bing asked the eunuch to wait.
"Let him come."
Lu Bing came in and saluted.
"Today, Chang Wei Bo conducted training at the Tiger Guards Left Guard. He punished more than fifty people with sticks and expelled one person."
"Fighting more than fifty people? That's a lot of evil." Emperor Jiajing said calmly, "But expelling just one person is a little less."
Lu Bing said, "Captain Wei Bo said that we will give three chances. If anyone still cannot keep up with the training after three times, they will all be sent back to the Ministry of War."
"No wonder I heard people in the Ministry of War say strange and bad things about Qingzhi. It turns out that this is because the official has been in office for too long and is unwilling to take responsibility." Emperor Jiajing said sarcastically: "There are always people who say that I care too much about Qingzhi, but the guards are corrupt, and the Ministry of War turns a blind eye to it. But Qingzhi faced the challenge head-on. Comparing the two, the Ministry of War is a bunch of good-for-nothings."
"Oh, right." Emperor Jiajing thought of the issue that concerned him the most. "I sent someone to observe the training of the Tiger Guards Left Guard. Did you come to any conclusion?"
Although Jiang Qingzhi performed impressively in two battles in the south, the scale was too small and the enemy was not a regular army. Emperor Jiajing wanted to use his cousin, but was worried that he was not as good as Zhao Kuo.
Therefore, he and Lu Wei were in sync and both sent people to observe Jiang Qingzhi's military training.
Huang Jin sent someone to ask.
Earlier, when the Jinyiwei reported to Lu Bing, they said that the Huben Zuowei looked very lively, and Jiang Qingzhi did not have any majestic aura, so they didn't know how the drill went.
Yan Song and others also came to ask, but Lu Bing always replied that he didn't know.
The generals sent by Emperor Jiajing were those who had just returned to Beijing from the nine frontiers and were more capable than the veteran generals invited by Lu Wei.
Therefore, Lu Bing was also looking forward to the conclusion.
A young man might have a talent for military operations, but as Zhu Hao said, there is only one champion marquis in thousands of years, and he appears like a shooting star and then disappears.
Jiang Qingzhi is an outstanding writer. If he can command troops as well as the Marquis Guanjun, would that be fair?
There is no way God would be so kind to someone.
Unless he is God's illegitimate child.
illegitimate child?
Lu Bing thought of the rumor that Jiang Qingzhi was the illegitimate son of Emperor Jiajing, so he loved him very much.
But as a brother, Lu Bing knew that the rumor was unreliable.
If Jiang Qingzhi chose to be a civil servant, Lu Bing would not be worried at all.
Yan Song's faction is now cultivating its wings, and in a few years, it will be able to dominate the government. By that time, even if Jiang Qingzhi is favored by Emperor Jiajing, he can only avoid them.
Otherwise... the political world is ruthless, and who knows when a storm will arise!
At this time, the eunuch came back.
"How is it?" asked Emperor Jiajing.
The eunuch said, "He said that he wished he could return to the army and fight alongside Long Wilbur."
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