The liquidation began, and in the next two days, corpses continued to be carried out from the palace, and many positions in the imperial army were transferred.
For a time, the imperial army in the palace underwent a major change, and even the deputy commander of the imperial army was taken down!
In just two days, there was a lot of discussion about this matter in Kyoto, even surpassing the upcoming imperial examination. People speculated why the emperor wanted to start liquidation!
The ministers in the court also had mixed opinions about this matter, and the whole court and the public were in an uproar. No one expected that the emperor would suddenly take action.
But what surprised them even more was what came next!
Three days later, the day came when Liu Changfeng returned to Beijing with the recruited soldiers. On this day, Shen Youwei took Su Cheng and went outside the city to greet him in person.
The sun was rising, the autumn wind was rustling, Shen Youwei's long hair was fluttering, and her delicate face faced the wind, looking a little fairy-like.
Just a moment later, she curled her lips and looked at Su Cheng, who looked like an old god: "Mr. sir, why haven't they arrived yet!"
Su Cheng looked at the sun above his head, then shook his head and said with a smile: "Madam, you are too hasty. They are all walking, and the speed is much slower than riding horses. But looking at the time, it should be almost there."
As soon as he finished speaking, many small black spots appeared in the distance, accompanied by the roar of footsteps that came closer and closer, and soon he was approaching Kyoto City.
Shen Youwei has sharp eyes. When she saw so many people, her eyes lit up: "This must be Liu Changfeng coming back with his soldiers!"
Next to her, Yang Lingxuan, who was also facing the autumn wind and was wearing a light blue dress, felt happy and looked over quickly.
This scene made Shen Youwei laugh out loud: "I don't know who looked like an old god just now, but now that my sweetheart is coming back, I can't help it anymore."
Yang Lingxuan blushed and glared at Shen Youwei: "I really should let Marquis Wu An separate from you for a while to see if you can still say such sarcastic words!"
Shen Youwei narrowed her eyes and was about to speak, but Liu Changfeng over there had already ridden his horse and took the lead in front of everyone.
After dismounting, Liu Changfeng first glanced at Yang Lingxuan, and then saluted Su Cheng and Shen Youwei: "I have met Mr. Hou and his wife!"
Su Cheng nodded slightly and was about to speak, but Shen Youwei smiled first and said: "I've already said it, we are all a family, there is no need to be so polite."
Su Cheng glanced at the woman who was talking, shook his head and chuckled: "Okay, let's get down to business, Changfeng, how are these people?"
Liu Changfeng said with a serious face: "Most of them are my former brothers, and a few of them retired from the front line together. They are all willing to come to Kyoto to follow the Marquis and have a career!"
While talking, the Thousand Man Mansion soldiers finally arrived in front of everyone, and Liu Changfeng immediately ordered: "I have seen the Marquis and his wife!"
All the soldiers bowed their hands and saluted, stood up and shouted: "I have seen the Marquis and his wife!"
The sound is like a bell, resounding through the sky, deafening and majestic!
Although they have not been trained by Shen Youwei, these thousand people have a solid foundation after all. They serve as county soldiers below. They know that the most important thing in being a soldier is to obey orders.
Su Cheng looked at the group of people in front of him with satisfaction: "Very good, you are more organized than I imagined. Since you are willing to be my soldiers, I will also give you a guarantee!"
"In addition to the rewards promised to you, from now on there will be a competition every month. Each of the top ten will receive one hundred taels of silver, and the top three will each receive five hundred taels of silver!"
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, almost roaring and shouting: "Thank you so much, Lord Marquis!"
With so much money and such good treatment, this is much better than when they were serving as county soldiers down below.
However, Su Cheng continued: "Of course, good conditions have strict requirements. The training here is very hard. You must be mentally prepared in advance. If you want to quit midway, I will no longer
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When the soldiers heard this, they looked at me and I looked at you. They actually understood in their hearts that if they were given more rewards, they would definitely have more things to do!
But they are used to being at the bottom. If they want to stand out in the future, they must have a chance. If they don't give it a try, they will only be soldiers at the bottom forever.
Instead of being cowardly for the rest of your life, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to do something big with Marquis Wu An.
Even then someone said: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, no matter how hard the training is, I can persevere!"
"Master Hou, we are originally the lowest class of people, and hardship is nothing to us!"
"Please rest assured, Lord Marquis, since we dare to come, we have made all preparations."
"It is an honor for us to come here and work with Mr. Hou. No matter how hard the training is, we will not back down!"
Instead of being intimidated by Su Cheng's words, everyone was aroused to be competitive in their hearts!
Enduring hardship?
Have they suffered enough at the bottom?
Rather than training hard, they are more worried that they can't change their destiny!
Su Cheng looked at the people who were swearing, with a look of satisfaction on his face: "Very good, that's the case, then from today on, you will be under the control of my wife, and she will be responsible for the rest of the training!"
As soon as these words came out, some people were immediately dumbfounded. They were brought here by Liu Changfeng, but now they have to be trained by Mrs. Marquis. What is this?
Could it be that Marquis Wu'an wanted to kill the donkey?
When Shen Youwei saw that everyone was silent, she immediately snorted coldly, stamped one foot on the ground, rose into the air, and flipped three times in the air before landing.
She looked at the soldiers with an arrogant expression: "My abilities are much higher than Liu Changfeng's. Why, I'm here to train you, aren't you convinced?"
Some of these soldiers were Liu Changfeng's subordinates. They had seen Shen Youwei's power. Hearing this, they shook their heads and said they didn't dare. Others had nothing to say after seeing Shen Youwei reveal her hand.
Only then did Liu Changfeng stand up and said with a smile: "Everyone, you are very lucky to be personally trained by Madam Hou, but don't worry, I will train with you when I am free!"
Although he didn't know what Su Cheng had planned for him, there was always time to rest, and he thought he could go see these soldiers if he had the chance.
But Su Cheng patted him on the shoulder: "You won't be free for a long time."
Liu Changfeng and Yang Lingxuan were stunned and looked at Su Cheng with some confusion.
Su Cheng chuckled lightly, and then took out an imperial edict from his sleeve: "This is the imperial edict given to you by His Majesty. From now on, you will be the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, starting from the third rank general!"
Liu Changfeng's expression changed, but he still took the imperial edict respectfully with both hands. When he opened it, he found that he was indeed named the deputy commander of the imperial army and would be responsible for the security of the palace in the future.
Only then did Liu Changfeng understand why he was not free next time. It turned out that he was going to be the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the promotion!" Liu Changfeng quickly saluted Su Cheng. Without thinking, he knew that it was Su Cheng who promoted him in front of the emperor.
Su Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "You fought for this yourself, but you have to pay attention to the safety of the palace next. Okay, someone will tell you the specific details when you arrive at the palace. Now go back to eat!"