Chapter 708: Thirty Thousand Forbidden Army
After Li Yanqing arranged the matter for Kaifeng Prefecture, he brought several personal soldiers to the East Palace. Yesterday, Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng had already secretly entrusted him. He would meet the prince Zhao Huan whether it was public or private.
In the Prince's study, Zhao Huanzheng and several ministers discussed the arrangements for the next year's enthronement. Li Yanqing waited for a while, and a group of ministers came out of the Prince's study. When they saw Li Yanqing, their expressions became richer. Yesterday, Li Yanqing roared in the Zichen Hall and the court had spread throughout the court. His momentum exceeded the emperor and forced the emperor to make a decision to punish the prime minister, King Fu. This news caused an uproar in the court officials. Some people praised him for not being afraid of power, and his youth was feared, and some people criticized him for being arrogant and ignorant. But no matter which aspect, Li Yanqing has already deserved to be a celebrity in the court.
So when these ministers saw Li Yanqing, they couldn't help but speed up their pace, fearing that Li Yanqing would greet him and be misunderstood by others as a member of the "Li Party".
After a moment, an eunuch came out and laughed, "Your Highness, please invite me!"
Li Yanqing nodded and quickly walked into Zhao Huan's study. It was obvious that Zhao Huan was in a very good mood. This was also the blessing of Li Yanqing. After Wang Fu was suspended, the court officials responded to the order of governing the country. In one morning, three groups of ministers had already come to the East Palace to pay their respects.
"I am here to see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Zhao Huan smiled, "No need to be polite, Yanqing please sit down quickly!"
Li Yanqing sat down and saw Xuanhe's seven-year Enko plan on the small table next to him. He smiled and said, "Have you decided to open Enko next year?"
Zhao Huan smiled and nodded, "It's almost decided, but it's a bit late, so this year's test will not be held. The tribute exam will be held directly in February next year. The scholars who passed the test exam before can apply for the exam directly. Then all state and government schools will give recommendation quotas, and students can directly register. Just now, everyone roughly estimated that at least tens of thousands of people came to participate."
At this time, the maid brought in fragrant tea. Zhao Huan took a sip of the tea and asked with a smile: "I heard from Li Gang that you want to write a list of city defense for him. To be honest, I am looking forward to it!"
"Weichen has already started writing. Because the situation in cities in different places is different, we have to write about the situation in the capital. We also hope to avoid defensive loopholes as much as possible."
Zhao Huan sighed and said, "What makes me most trouble now is the army. There is no elite army to defend the city. What should we use to defend against the Jin soldiers?"
Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I am here for this matter!"
Zhao Huan was immediately excited, "Is there any good news?"
"Yesterday, Weichen had already talked with Taiwei Gao. He expressed his willingness to cooperate with His Highness's combat preparations. He also adopted Weichen's suggestion and selected 30,000 people from the imperial guards to conduct targeted city defense training, with Weichen being responsible for guidance."
Zhao Heng was very happy. This is the best news he heard today. This is a plan to solve his major problems!
Li Yanqing turned around and waved to the eunuch at the door. The eunuch walked in with a copper plate. There was a sword and a cardboard box inside. The eunuch placed the plate on the table and then stepped down.
Li Yanqing pointed to the sword and said, "This is the sword that Taiwei Gao asked me to hand over to the prince. It is his portable sword for many years. As for the cardboard box, I'll talk about it later."
Zhao Huan picked up the sword, and he was really secretly happy. This meant that Gao Qiu, who held military power, was loyal to him. "What do I need to do in training military affairs?" Zhao Huan asked.
Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Your Highness needs to add a title to me, Kaifeng Prefecture Group Training Envoy, so it will be legitimate for me to guide the training."
The delegation training envoy is from the fifth-rank official and is the appointment of Zhao Huan. Although he is usually a virtual official, with this title, he can block the discussions that are not conducive to Li Yanqing.
Zhao Huan nodded, "I will appoint you today!"
Li Yanqing pointed to the cardboard box again and said, "This was given to my father yesterday by Grand Tutor Liang, and I asked me to hand it over to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"What's inside?" Zhao Huan glanced at the cardboard box with disgust.
"Tao Fu Liang said that it was some old things that His Highness used to use. What exactly is the Wei Minister who has never opened it."
Zhao Huan opened the box and looked at it, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "If I had known today, why should I have been there?"
Li Yanqing thought to himself, 'This Zhao Huan is indeed a person who only looks at real interests. Gao Qiu holds military power, so he attaches great importance to it. Although Liang Shicheng was confused and stood in the wrong team for a while, he was always protecting him. His old kindness was still there, but he was still abandoned by Zhao Huan, which was heartbreaking.'
At this time, Zhao Huan pushed the box aside and asked again: "When will the army train?"
"Master Gao said that he would start forming today, go to the recruit camp tomorrow morning, and then start training. However, some training methods, such as building a section of city walls, also require the strong support of His Highness."
"No problem, I will tell Li Gang that the Military Council will fully support it!"
Gao Qiu did not disappoint Li Yanqing. The next morning, he sent someone to invite Li Yanqing to Beidaying with him, and there were Gao Shen, the head of the Privy Councilor of the Privy Councilor and Li Gang, the Minister of War.
"I have reported this to the official family this morning. The official family requires all the imperial guards to strengthen their training, but in principle he also agreed to carry out targeted training, but the official family also clearly stated that I will take charge of the training."
Gao Qiu has a strong sense of market spirit, is not broad-minded, cautious, and quite cunning. Although he also wants to make friends with the prince, he is afraid that he will be discovered by the emperor Zhao Ji. Therefore, he is extremely cold to the military conference hall on the surface, and even has never slandered the important officials of the military conference hall such as Li Gang and Wu Min. However, he used Li Yanqing to secretly communicate with the prince Zhao Huan.
Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "The training led by the Taiwei should be what everyone hopes for!"
Gao Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "Is this a slap in my face by Yin Yin? Can I compare the army to Yin Yin Yin? The leader is not the leader, but the leader is just asking about the matters in the previous period. The specific training plan must be finalized by Yin Yin Yin."
Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I brought 100 personal soldiers this time. They are actually elite troops with many battles. They have rich practical experience and have participated in the fierce battle between Taiyuan City and Jin soldiers. I plan to insert them into 20,000 troops. Each of them will take office, leading two or three hundred people. In this way, a team of elite troops can be trained in the shortest time. I wonder if the Taiwei can accept this plan?"
Gao Qiu was speechless for a while. This plan was too ruthless. One hundred confidants inserted it. Aren’t these 30,000 people all his Li Yanqing’s army?
Seeing that Gao Qiu did not respond, Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said, "There are many solutions, and this is just one of the more fast-acting solutions. To be honest, after a siege battle, how much more this army can be left is a problem."
Gao Qiu just hesitated for a moment. Anyway, this army was going to be the crown prince in the end. Instead of giving the crown prince to someone casually, it would be better to hand it over to Li Yanqing himself. It would be a huge favor. If he returns to himself in the future, he will replace all the lower-level generals.
Thinking of this, Gao Qiu whispered: "These 30,000 brothers have followed me for many years. I have a deep relationship with them. I am really worried about them when I leave them to others, but I am willing to leave them to me. Then according to my plan, a small camp will be formed for every 300 people, and the camp will be headed by my own soldiers. You and I know this."
Gao Qiu's last words made Li Yanqing laugh. Gao Shen once told him that Gao Qiu had a strong sense of market atmosphere and he had never understood it very much. Now he knew that this was just a bargaining vendor? He was afraid that he would take advantage of it and did not know how to be grateful for the reward.
Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Li Yanqing will remember the favor of the Taiwei!"
Gao Qiu was immediately overjoyed, and Li Yanqing finally understood his difficulties.
The 30,000 troops are also located outside Fengqiu Gate, called New Taipei Camp. It is located to the north of Laobei Camp. It covers an area of about 3,000 acres. The training ground alone has 2,000 acres. It can train cavalry, garrisons of 30,000 to 50,000 troops, and lay more than 1,000 large tents.
The 30,000 troops mobilized this time were named because their resident was in the north. They were called the New Taipei Ya Imperial Army, and were abbreviated as the New Taipei Army.
After everyone left for half an hour, they saw the high military flags from afar, and then they saw the endless tents.
At this time, Li Gang followed Li Yanqing and asked in a low voice: "Who is the main general of this army?"
"The original intention of the official family was to let Wang Daoqi, the commander of the Xiangdu, serve as the head coach, but Taiwei Gao did not agree, and later decided that he would be the head coach himself."
Li Gang pondered for a moment and said, "What the Prince's meaning is that you should train this army in person."
Li Yanqing shook his head, "I'm afraid it's a bit unreasonable to be in charge of this army. I suggest that it's best to be in charge of the Zong Shizhong. I will try my best to take the time to guide you."
"Zhong Shizhong is still in Hebei, so it is probably unrealistic for him to come to preside over the training. The prince means that if you can't come and take charge, then let Zhang Shuye take charge!"
"Part sir Zhang is in the capital now?"
Li Gang nodded, "He has just been transferred back and served as deputy envoy of the Privy Council. In fact, he was demoted, but it is legitimate for him to come to the military camp."
"I'm afraid the official will agree. Currently, the name is still the commander of Taiwei Gao. In fact, Taiwei Gao will obey the Crown Prince's opinion. The key is still the official."
Li Gang was also helpless. The government was extremely cautious about the prince and would never let the prince get involved in the army. Otherwise, he would not want Wang Daoqi from the Tong Guan faction to be the head coach. If Zhang Shuye is the head coach, I am afraid the government would not agree. This matter is really difficult to deal with.
"But His Highness the Crown Prince still hopes that you will take the lead. Is there any compromise?"
Chapter completed!