In early November, the weather turned cold, and while military training was in full swing in Beiyuan, the prince of the East Palace, Zhao Zaicheng, suddenly contracted a cold illness. The saint Zhao Yumin, who was recuperating in the hot spring of Nanshan Palace, returned to the palace overnight to preside over state affairs.
The sage Zhao Yumin had a lazy temperament. After twelve years of prosperity, the sage Zhao Yumin left the state affairs to the prince, and he only made corrections.
However, with the power of supervising the country in hand, for the prince Zhao Zaicheng, no less than a huge burden suddenly fell on him. The prince Zhao Zaicheng worked hard to ensure that the government affairs were flawless.
However, there are at least a thousand documents sent to Chang'an every day from the various prefectures in Daqian. There are three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons, twenty-three purple-robed ministers and more than a thousand subordinate officials. Although the documents are sorted into priorities for review , but there are hundreds of documents sent to the East Palace every day.
Many matters need to be discussed by the prince in his early twenties and the three prime ministers before the central government can approve and issue government orders.
The entire Thirteen Years of Longsheng had come to an end, and Prince Zhao Zaicheng collapsed from exhaustion after a long period of hard work.
The prince of the prison state was seriously ill, and the sage Zhao Yumin returned to the palace. There was no transfer of power.
However, this incident caused some discussion in the court.
The prince Zhao Zaicheng had not been in good health since he was a child. When the sage Zhao Yumin came to the throne, there were many wars and political affairs, and the sage Zhao Yumin had no time to take care of the young prince. It was at that time that Zhao Zaicheng, who had just been established as the prince, contracted an illness.
The second prince, who is only two years younger than the prince, is not weaker in martial arts than the prince. The third prince and the fourth prince, who are fourteen or fifteen years old, are only one year apart in age. The third prince has been fond of martial arts since he was a child, and the fourth prince has learned a lot from the prince. He has little knowledge in government affairs and is a civil and military officer in the south. Although he is still young, he has seen the horn and flute for the first time.
“Easy to store!”
When these two words appeared, the entire city of Chang'an fell into panic.
Royal affairs are a top-secret matter. It is precisely because some people speculate that the prince Zhao Zaicheng may have a hidden illness, so there are always people in Daqian who support the second prince to take over the East Palace.
Now that Prince Zhao Zaicheng is ill, this topic has been brought up again.
The first thing the sage Zhao Yumin did when he returned to the palace was to ask the entire army of the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya to take to the streets to cooperate with the bad guys from Chang'an and Wannian counties to arrest those who spread rumors.
You must know that on weekdays, not all of the twelve armed guards in the Nanya Sixteen Guards are on duty in Chang'an City. Only half of the imperial guards are in Chang'an City, and the remaining half are in the Bashang Camp to the east of Chang'an City.
The illness of Prince Zhao Zaicheng was originally the concern of the sage Zhao Yumin. Now someone spread the rumor. The sage Zhao Yumin became angry and ordered the Ministry of War to mobilize soldiers from the Bashang Dayingfu to Chang'an late at night.
The entire city of Chang'an has entered a wartime state of military control. The generals of the Sixteenth Guards were not wearing their armor. The magistrates of the two counties of Chang'an Wannian ordered all the officials and unscrupulous people to investigate the city.
After half a month of turmoil, news came from the East Palace that the prince was fine because of the coldness in his body due to fatigue, but thousands of people in Chang'an City were arrested because of people who couldn't control their mouths.
They are all ordinary people, or people under the emperor's feet. They are nosy and talk about government affairs. They are not so powerful that they can't hear bad things. But when it comes to talking about the prince, the good-tempered saint Zhao Yumin can't help but get angry. .
After the prince recovered, the sage Zhao Yumin took care of the people with care and let the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian release the arrested people.
However, the punishment was exempted, but some physical pain was required. Among the thousands of people, a dozen people who were the first to spread the rumors were picked out and dragged outside the East Palace Gate. Each of them was flogged fifty times to vent his anger on the prince.
It was just this belated care that made the prince Zhao Zaicheng smile bitterly. He sent palace officials to send more than a dozen cowhide, saying that the prince was kind, so the officials whipped him with whips, and the cowhide could not hurt anyone.
The majesty of the emperor shrouded the sky over Chang'an City, as if the emperor should be majestic.
And the prince's reputation for kindness spread again.
The people who spread this topic were the same group of emperors who said that the prince was suffering from a hidden disease.
It seems that the saint is losing his temper, but the effect is not on the people, but on the court. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. It is obvious that if there is no one to control it, how can the rumors spread so fast.
In one day, word spread throughout Chang'an that the prince had a hidden illness.
In this farce-like incident, who is under the greatest pressure is undoubtedly the second prince Zhao Zaixiao.
Although the second prince could not leave the Sixteenth Prince's Palace and seemed to be idle, in fact he returned from Yizhou and took charge of the Peony Internal Guard again.
"Anchang, a member of Zhongshushe, died drunk and drowned!"
A new topic arose in Chang'an City. The man from Zhongshushe, who was wearing a scarlet robe in the grand temple, fell into a roadside ditch and drowned on his way home because he was drunk. The people of Chang'an City had another topic to talk about.
But the ministers who really have a say in the court don't think so.
Because the person investigating the drowning of Zhongshuren Anchang was the Peony Internal Guard.
This is interesting. Generally speaking, matters related to Chang'an City are left to the bad guys of the two counties, the government officials, and the officials of each district. When will it be the turn of the Peony Guards to take care of this kind of thing?
But even if they knew it was done by the second prince, no one mentioned it, they pretended not to know and passed by.
Su Ce was training in the Beiyuan camp. He knew that the prince was seriously ill, but he just smiled. The last time the prince was on the Suzhuang campus, he was wearing a full set of armor and "beat" himself severely. The full set of armor was a few times.
Putting a ten-pound bag on your body is not something a frail person would do.
Soon, the prince recovered. The sage Zhao Yumin was afraid of tiring the prince, so he returned to the palace and began to deal with government affairs. At the end of November, the prince Zhao Zaicheng left the East Palace and came to Beiyuan Camp.
And when Su Ce looked at the prince in front of him, who was dressed in military uniform and came to the Beiyuan camp for inspection, he didn't look like he was just recovering from a serious illness.
Su Ce guessed that the reason for Prince Zhao Zaicheng's illness was to ask the sage to return to the palace. The sage Zhao Yumin knew that the prince did not rest in the East Palace, but went to Beiyuan Camp, and issued an oral order for two days to summon the prince back to the East Palace.
It's just that every time the saint's words came, Prince Zhao Zaicheng became "sick", and it was still the kind of disease that would cause him to die as soon as he moved on the bed.
After three consecutive oral instructions, the prince fell ill three times in six days. Now everyone understood that the prince was ill and was clearly forcing the lazy saint to return to the palace.
After all, the prince supervising the country was a method used by the emperor when he was not in the capital. When there was a prince supervising the country, it was an example of the emperor leaving the palace to hide in peace and quiet outside the capital.
Prince Zhao Zaicheng knew the army, but he did not have a deep understanding of the combat capabilities of each army. He stayed in Beiyuan Camp until the end of November, and went to Baxia Camp on the first day of winter.
It seems that the real purpose of the prince is to find time to see if the soldiers are available. Daqian does not conquer all directions. The neighboring countries think that Daqian's national strength is declining, and they often disturb the border this year and are ready to make moves.
The crown prince's decision to support the army was a very obvious signal. Although the national policy of Daqian was not to conquer for three years, the so-called "no expedition" did not mean the "no expedition".
Conquest means conquest, opening up territory and expanding territory!
To attack is to attack and exert the power of thunder!
The word "conquest" is two completely different words. They both refer to war, but they are two completely different wars.
Every time the army conquered the land, the people were relocated. It required the cooperation of nine temples, five prisons, three provinces and six ministries.
But the expedition is different. It only requires the deployment of an order from the Ministry of War and the deployment of an elite army. There is no need to occupy the territory. The only purpose is to demonstrate military prestige and national prestige.
Seeing what the prince meant, more than a hundred people in the entire Beiyuan Camp were injured due to military training in one day.
Even Su Ce is no exception. War is inevitable. War means glory and sacrifice. Those who serve in the army never care about the right or wrong of war. War is only about victory or defeat.
"The seven people injured yesterday returned to Zhechong Mansion in Chang'an. Tomorrow, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Guan Yi, you will take a rest and go there in person. Please ask Captain Zhao to go to the Desheng Building. The accounts will be hung in my mansion. The Desheng Building and my mansion are
There has been some correspondence." Su Ce put down the pen in his hand, dried the withdrawal document, put it in a bamboo tube and sealed it.
Su Ce pointed at Zhang Lang, who was stuffing dried meat into his mouth next to him: "If you like it, I'll ask the housekeeper to bring you a portion next time. I'll go to the Ministry of War tomorrow and ask for more soldiers. I'll probably have more soldiers later.
A lot of troops will be withdrawn. Since we need troops, we can't go there too many times. It's better to take more troops at once.
Logically speaking, you are several years older than me. I shouldn't say this, but as a younger brother, I have to talk about you two. Brother Guan, your husband is a wealthy businessman in Chang'an, and your sister-in-law has never suffered any hardship since she was a child. She lives with you.
You don't feel bad about suffering in the small yard, but my father feels bad. The yard has been prepared for you three times, but you just can't live in it. My father-in-law is half a father. It's not shameful to spend his money. Just be nicer to your sister-in-law in the future.
And Brother Zhang, your father-in-law is the new minister of the Ministry of War. I heard that all the salary given by the court was spent on drinking and he is still renting a house. This is because you are ignorant. Tomorrow you go to Suzhuang first and let me know.
The steward will pull a cart of minced fruit for you and take me to give it to the elders.
In addition, I have several empty courtyards in Yonghefang. The entire courtyard was bought because of some things. They were all newly cultivated. The courtyards that I entered once or twice were originally intended to be used by brothers in the army. You will
I took my husband to pick out a set.
Living in Chang'an is not easy. In September, a captain in Nanya drank the blood of soldiers and almost caused a roar in the camp. This kind of thing cannot be done by you or me.
Deng Tianhe of the left army said that my former army was made up of a bunch of idiots. You can tolerate it, but I can't.
Soldiers, I want soldiers. Elite soldiers are all washed away by the waves. The more sand we have now, the stronger our elite soldiers will be in the future. If there is a war, I will definitely fight for a vanguard for you to attack. We are the front army and should be the strongest in the whole bodyguard.
, and the four of you, you haven't gotten married yet, Zhang Lang, you choose a yard and choose four small courtyards for them. Which girl you like, I will find someone to match you.
In the end, Su said some ugly words, "I am not short of money, and I will give you whatever you want, but if I go to the battlefield, whoever holds me back will be ruthless under military law."
The left and right generals and the four major captains were Su Ce's team in the army.
Su Ce would not have been able to say what he said just now if it had been based on Su Ce's previous temperament. However, the interesting military incidents recorded in Li Sizhe's notes reminded Su Ce.
People in the army will fight to get something, and if they don't fight, they will be cowards.
For subordinates, not to mention bribery, it is an act of kindness but it is indispensable. Especially when you encounter subordinates who are older than yourself and are young and lack power, you can use them to guide them.
Although what Su Ce said just now is purely for profit, it doesn't matter who you work for. You have to take advantage of it. If you don't take it, you will be a fool.
The Forbidden Army is no better than the Border Army. The Border Army is pure. There are many people with good backgrounds in the Forbidden Army. The Zuojun Deng Tianhe mentioned in Su Ce's words is the son of a county prince, and his ancestor is a county prince. Such veteran nobles are the most resistant.
A newly promoted member of the military.
Su Ce didn't want to fight with others, but that's how it is in the army. If someone steps on you, just step back. If you don't dare to step on someone, then why not stay in the army? It's better to go home and farm.
Su Ce pretended to be stupid and said this in a daze. His purpose was not to use some money to make these people obey his orders. This was simply impossible. Didn't these six people come out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood?
, but the battle was not won, and the military achievements were too low, leaving people with positions but no titles.
When it comes to talking about one thousand or ten thousand, only those who have the ability can live well in the military. Although money is the most easily looked down upon by others, ability is the ability.
A sentence from Li Sizhe's notes: It is better to learn from the villain than to lose from the gentleman.
The commander-in-chief of the army only has victory in his heart, and there are no taboos in front of victory.
Su Ce understood that a general's responsibility is not to be worshiped by soldiers, but to allow soldiers to annihilate the enemy on the battlefield and return home alive! As long as they win, as long as their subordinates have fewer casualties, and they are regarded as villains, it doesn't matter!