The atmosphere in the room was very depressing, and the seven people would come out for some air from time to time. After Su Ce finished writing the paperwork, his eyelids became heavy.
By the early morning of the next day, all seven people had finished writing the paperwork. After checking it and checking that there were no problems, they stamped their seals one after another.
They couldn't sleep for two consecutive nights, and even the tough guys couldn't bear it, so the seven of them lay on the soft couch and dealt with it for more than an hour.
Chang'an City has returned to its former prosperity today, but everyone knows that too much blood has been shed under this prosperity.
The saint will return to Chang'an on the 15th. After all, the imperial examination cannot be delayed.
The prince supervises the country, but the imperial examination is the power of the emperor. This cannot be broken even if the saint favors the prince.
And as the news of the saint's return to Chang'an on the 15th came out, all the ministries and offices in Chang'an City seized the time to deal with the many affairs that came one after another during this period.
Su Ce took six people to the Ministry of War early in the morning. At this time, the Ministry of War gathered eight generals from the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya.
Chang'an City has been in chaos for a few days, and the Nanya Forbidden Army has vacated many positions. People always need to sit in these positions.
Su Ce except for a title, his rank is the same as Jiang Lan and others, but no one looks down upon these seven fourth-rank military generals.
These generals are very clear about the situation of Yongpingfang and Qingxin Temple, especially the situation of Yongpingfang, which is the land filled by the Nanya Imperial Army. Chang'an cannot have an underground dark city.
While everyone was saying hello, the Nanya Forbidden Army was still filling the ground with soil.
Su Ce had never met any of these eight generals, but with Jiang Lan among them being a good dancer, Su Ce chatted with these seven or eight generals for a while.
"Everyone, we're here, let's go first!" Su Ce said goodbye with fists in his hands. Eight of these Forbidden Army generals have gray beards and hair. They are over fifty years old. They are incomparable to the previous generals of the Sixteenth Guards.
I wonder where those generals in their prime have gone.
Su Ce didn't ask any more questions. He didn't have anything in common with what he said just now. He just laughed and laughed. When he saw Qin Tao, the Minister of War, waving to him, he took Jiang Lan and others to the Military Examination Department.
"Okay, I finally understand. This little guy doesn't take us seriously!" Seeing Su Ce leave, Xue Ping, the general of the Right Jinwu Guard, felt a little dirty in his mouth.
"Hmph! Little thing, that's what you called me too! If you, the Right Jinwu Guards, hadn't been slack, how could you have allowed the crickets to dig out such a large underground passage under Chang'an City. People scold us for our Jinwu Guards being incompetent, but we, the Zuo Jinwu Guards, are asking you to
Implicated." Li Sijing, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, immediately retorted.
Li Sijing was none other than the younger brother of Li Sizhe, Su Ce's former commander in the Anbei Protectorate.
"If you don't say a few words, our children and grandchildren may have to have a future in the hands of others!" Chang Qingshan, the general of Zuowei, put an end to the quarrel between the two.
In fact, the eight generals present felt the same as Ming Jing. The younger generals and generals in the Forbidden Army had all been transferred to the four major protective palaces.
Daqian said he was not fighting, but in fact the border troops were making a lot of noise.
Among the four major Protectorate's Palaces, An Dong'an, Bei Annan and others have been promoted to Great Protectorate's Palaces. Each Great Protectorate has one or two Upper Protector's Palaces under its jurisdiction.
When the sixteen generals of the Forbidden Army went to the frontier army, they became the Protector-General, and the generals of the Guards became the Deputy Protector-General of the Great Protectorate.
The reason for the current restructuring of the four major Protectorate Offices is closely related to the surrounding countries. In addition to the main Protectorate Office, the four major Protectorate Offices have jurisdiction over the Upper Protectorate Office.
The Great Protectorate faces the big countries bordering it, while the Upper Protectorate confronts small and medium-sized countries.
The borders of Daqian continued to expand with the centuries of conquest, and they faced more and more enemies. The original four protective palaces were already a bit bloated.
Therefore, regardless of how noisy Chang'an City is, the movement of the four frontier armies is even greater. Otherwise, how many years can the surrounding countries be quiet if they declare a hundred national letters together?
It still relies on the horizontal sword of the border army.
The Protector of the Great Protectorate is of the second rank, and the Deputy Protector of the Great Protectorate is of the third rank.
The Shang Du Hu Zheng is in the third rank, and the Deputy Du Hu in the Shang Du Hu Mansion is in the fourth rank.
The original four major military governors only had the military governor and deputy military governor, and their status was in order of the strength of the respective border armies.
Now, the sage has allowed the civil servants to increase the number of Jinshi, and they must also compensate for the reduction of 10% of the military equipment.
The restructuring of the Four Protectorate Houses was born under the promotion of the five princes and the control of the saints.
The saint returned to Chang'an this time just to settle this matter.
Otherwise, the position of General Sixteenth Guards would not be filled by these veteran generals who are over fifty years old.
After Su Ce handed over the documents and asked Jiang Lan to do his own thing, he went to the East Palace by himself.
"I've seen the prince!" Su Ce rarely saw the prince wearing a royal robe. He usually wore a blue shirt, but today it was a little strange.
"Stand back!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng dismissed the servants in the palace.
He walked up to Su Ce and pinched the broken armor fragment on Su Ce's chest with his hands: "Su Ce, you have only been with Gu for a short time, but I'm afraid you won't be able to stay any longer in the Eastern Palace!"
Su Ce did not speak, but nodded thoughtfully. He indeed no longer had a place in the East Palace.
In the past, the commander-in-chief of the East Palace Ten Commands was appointed on a temporary basis, and Su Ce did not have a specific position. Now that the matter is over, as the prince said, he can no longer stay in the East Palace Ten Commands.
Because there is no room for Su Ce, let Jiang Lan or other guards make room for Su Ce?
That's not how things work. Moreover, many people have made great contributions to Wei Su over the past year, so Wei Su's position is very stable.
Let Su Ce be the Qianniu General. Prince Zhao Zaicheng is wasting Su Ce. Let a general with military power be the Thousand Niu General who has only a high rank and no soldiers. I am afraid that Su Ce will give up his job again. Already.
"I have some news for you, don't make it public. The four major protective offices are being reorganized.
The Andong Daduhufu is under the jurisdiction of the Dongyi Shangduhufu.
The Anbei Protector's Office is under the jurisdiction of the Dingbeishang Protector's Office.
Anxi Daduhufu is under the jurisdiction of Beiting Shangduhufu.
The Great Protectorate of Annan has jurisdiction over the Baiyue Shangdufu.
In a few days, this matter will be settled, and there will be several deputy governor positions vacant in the newly established Upper Protectorate." Prince Zhao Zaicheng said while looking at Su Ce's expression.
Seeing that Su Ce had no expression, he continued: "I want to ask you, would you rather stay in Chang'an or return to the frontier army?"
Su Ce didn't think much and blurted out: "Border Army!"
But as soon as the words came out, Su Ce regretted a little and said quickly: "Chang'an is fine too!"
Prince Zhao Zaicheng said nothing, clapped his hands, and two chamberlains walked in carrying a box.
"Open it and take a look!" Prince Zhao Zaicheng looked at Su Ce playfully.
Su Ce pointed to the wooden box put down by the chamberlain in front of him. Seeing Prince Zhao Zaicheng nodding, he knelt down and opened the box in front of him.
The box was opened, and what came into view was armor with shining black clothes. To be more precise, it was a set of Mingguang armor. It was simple in style and not as gorgeous as the azure blue Mingguang armor Su Ce was wearing now. But Su Ce touched it with his hand. , the cold touch conveyed two words - tenacity.
The armor is thick and provides comprehensive protection. This is a set of armor that is practical!
"Do you like it?" Prince Zhao Zaicheng sat on the chair and watched Su Ce greedily touch the armor in the box.
Hearing the prince's voice, Su Ce was stunned for a moment: "Ah! I like it!"
"I'll put it on later. The second one's armor looks good but it's not practical. This is the armor I wore when I went to Dongduhu Mansion seven or eight years ago. I asked General to make it bigger and give it to you!" the prince said in his voice.
As soon as he landed, two chamberlains helped Su Ce take off his azure blue armor.
After putting on this set of armor, Su Ce jumped on the spot. The first thing he felt was that the armor was thick. Su Ce touched the material of the armor and couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.
"Thank you, Prince, for the armor!" Su Ce saluted with a hammer on his chest, a smile on his face that he couldn't hold back.
Prince Zhao Zaicheng looked at Su Ce with interest and muttered: "So you can laugh!"
After receiving a pair of treasured armor, Su Ce had a smile on his face. He took a folder handed over by the chamberlain, opened it, took a look at it, and stuffed it into his arms. The shape of this set of armor was drawn on the fold, and this set of armor had already been removed.
The general supervisor prepared documents, otherwise Su Ce would have to make a trip.
"Okay, let's go back to your Suzhuang first. After I've been busy for a while, I'll think about where to put you." Prince Zhao Zaicheng looked at Su Ce and didn't intend to tease Su Ce. Su Ce was too boring.
, no fun.
When Su Ce left the East Palace, the silly smile on his face subsided, he sighed, touched his armor, and rode out of the city.
Su Ce didn't understand what the prince said. When he separated from Jiang Lan and others from the Ministry of War, Jiang Lan whispered in his ears for a long time that Su Ce already knew about the restructuring of the Protectorate.
Therefore, the prince said that both the border army and Chang'an were fine. In fact, Su Ce didn't know where he wanted to go. If he stayed in Chang'an, he could be with his family, but he would have to face the intrigues in Chang'an City. Going to the frontier army was not so much.
It's troublesome, but it requires being separated from his family, which makes it difficult for Su Ce to choose.
Su Ce also thought about his own way out, especially the prince's words just now reminded Su Ce that it would be impossible to stay in the East Palace.
There are only four places he can go. One is to go to the frontier army and become the Deputy Protector of the Upper Protectorate. In a few years, he will become the Upper Protector and lead an army on his own.
The remaining three stayed in Chang'an.
One is to go to the Imperial Guards of Nanya to serve as the Zhonglang General of the Four Guards in the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya, and the Zhonglang General of the Qianniu Guards on the left and left is vacant.
One is to serve as the Zhonglang General of the Qinxun Yi Guards, and choose the outer twelve guards among the sixteen guards to find a vacancy to fill.
The last one is the captain of Shangfu of Zhechong Prefecture, but there is no captain of Zhechong Prefecture under the age of thirty in Daqian.
As for General Yulin Zhonglang in the Beiya Imperial Army, Su Ce didn't even think about it. He was not an orphan of the imperial army, so it was not appropriate to go to Yulin Guards.
The Left and Right Leopard Tao Guards and the Left and Right Ying Yang Guards have been taken to the Anbei Protectorate by Anding County Duke. Otherwise, Su Ce could just go there and become a lieutenant general.
Su Ce is currently in the fourth rank, neither above nor below. Prince Zhao Zaicheng is also in a difficult situation. Being a lieutenant or general is a high-level and low-level job.
If we want to say that Su Ce has merit, if he goes up one level, Su Ce is only twenty years old this year, and he is not yet old enough to wear purple robes, so the prince wants to suppress Su Ce for a few years.
After much deliberation, Prince Zhao Zaicheng decided not to think about it anymore. Let Su Ce go home and recuperate first. After all, he was still injured and a blunt injury to his chest would take some time to recover.
And Su Ce didn't think too much about it. There is a time in life that must be there, but there is no time in life. Don't force it.