"Therefore, blessings turn into disasters, and disasters turn into blessings. They cannot be transformed to the extreme and are unfathomable." [Huainanzi·Human Lessons]
After the emperor reorganized the Imperial Army, especially the Yulin Tiger and Ben Army, the Southern Army's main duty was to shift from protecting the emperor's personal safety to sending troops to fight, and its organization was the same as that of an ordinary regular army.
As the Southern Army took on more complex tasks and its number of soldiers increased day by day, it became inconvenient for the Southern Army to continue to perform the duty of entering the palace and guarding the palace. In order to fill this gap, the emperor began last year to imitate the Southern Army's military personnel.
Treatment, all arrangements are made to leave the city, and no longer responsible for the palace confinement.
The "Lang Wei" who were originally composed of Yu Lin Lang and Hu Ben Lang to protect His Majesty were now in charge of the new Lang officials. They were respectively in charge of Yu Lin Jian and Hu Ben Pu She, and they were still called Yu Lin and Hu Ben.
Lang, but their sources are all selected from outstanding middle- and lower-level officers selected by various armies, and a group of promising young generals such as Liang Jiazi from the six counties.
Although the number of these Lang Guards was small, in terms of elite level and military quality, they were far superior to those of the Southern Army who were arranged to leave the city and shared the same title.
As a newcomer to the palace, Zhou Yufu was keenly aware of something strange as soon as he arrived at the duty room on the right side of the front hall of Weiyang Palace.
"I'm Xia Yulin Lang Taishi Ci." Taishi Ci, who has an outstanding figure and has the unique enthusiasm and generosity of Qingzhou people, took the initiative to introduce to Zhou Yu: "Don't look at the small number of us, including those Tiger Ben Lang, there are only a few ten or twenty.
, there are thousands of lieutenants and middle lieutenants compared to the three ministers. But our rights and responsibilities are the most important. We must always guard the majesty. Wherever the country moves to the palace, we must follow that palace. This is the same as those who
The three ministers who stick to one palace are different."
"I heard that not only that, your Majesty sometimes consults with ministers on military affairs, and he also calls me, Mr. Yu Lin, to come to the palace to observe?" Zhou Yu has a good eye for Taishi Ci. It seems that the overflowing enthusiasm in him reminds Zhou Yu of Sun Ce.
, he asked with raised eyebrows.
"Well." Taishi Ci nodded. In fact, he had only arrived not long ago, but he could not help telling the newcomers about the extraordinary features of this place: "Your Majesty sometimes gives orders to ministers to discuss military affairs, or to Xun Shizhong to explain the art of war.
, I, Yu Lin Lang, and Tiger Ben Lang can all be ordered to enter, but unless His Majesty asks, we can only listen but not speak, let alone spread."
The royal guards were originally from the army, and they were selected from the best among the good families in the six counties. They were all excellent choices in terms of martial arts and strategy. Zhou Yu thought carefully that these were not just ordinary guards in front of the palace, but should be the emperor's purpose.
Cultivate and prepare outstanding general officers for the future.
Looking at the look of respect on Tai Shi Ci's face when he mentioned the emperor, you can imagine that all the generals who were exposed to the emperor, influenced by the emperor, and loyal to the emperor were put into the army and became independent generals.
, will become the emperor's most powerful arm.
Zhou Yu suddenly understood the meaning of what Xun You said to him when he passed the government that day. This time, relying on the merit of presenting the seal, he could not be admitted to the Secretary's Prison, but ended up in the Yulin Prison, which was not necessarily a disadvantage.
"Taishi Ziyi, why are you talking so much to 'Xianxi Lang'?" A young man in the duty room was wiping his sword with a piece of Gebu, and his voice was a bit sharp: "Of course Supervisor Deng came to teach him the rules. You
Don’t overstep your authority.”
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Taishi Ci's face, and he said in a short voice: "Literary talent!"
"I wonder what your name is?" There were actually not many people in the entire Yulin Prison. Zhou Yu had already identified the other person's identity through his first name. The reason why he did this was just a polite question.
Sure enough, the man said without raising his head: "Wu Wei Zhang Xiu."
"Oh." Zhou Yu nodded and stopped talking.
Zhang Xiu looked at the sword carefully several times, and after confirming that there were no fingerprints or dust, he slowly inserted it back into the scabbard. He patted the scabbard lightly, stood up, and walked to Zhou Yu.
He was a little surprised that the man from the northwest was not much taller than Zhou Yu from Jianghuai.
"His Majesty once said when he established the Imperial Guards in front of the Imperial Palace, that the Yu Lin Lang and the Tiger Beni Lang do not care about their family background. The most important thing is strategy and courage. Anyone who joins the Imperial Palace Guards must follow the regulations for selecting generals in the Art of War." Zhang Xiu looked at him levelly.
Looking into Zhou Yu's eyes, the latter looked at him without fear: "I don't believe that Your Majesty will let you become Yu Linlang just because you found the jade seal, and I don't believe that you will rely on your status as the Lujiang Zhou family, but from now on
If you don't show any improvement, you'd better resign yourself. A child from a high-ranking family can be an official anywhere, so there's no need to rush here."
"Literary talent, literary talent!" Taishi Ci called out when he saw Zhang Xiu leaving after finishing speaking.
Zhang Xiu waved his hand behind his back and walked away without looking back.
'Xianxi Lang' is a name that is being circulated among the Langwei people these days. They don't know the important role Zhou Yu played in the Battle of Runan. They only think that Zhou Yu got into Langwei by chance by recovering the jade seal passed down from the country.
.A man like Zhang Xiu can be considered honest, but in private, there are countless Lang Wei who come from lower classes and look at him with distrust.
"Zhang Wencai's temperament has always been like this. Maybe it's because he has been hanging out with the Qiang people for a long time since he was a child, and he always likes to care about people and things. There used to be a man named Hou Zhe who was a Yulin Lang, and for some reason he couldn't get along with him. Zhang Wencai looked down on him.
Hou Zhe’s family background, later Hou Zhe was transferred due to merit, and he calmed down for a while.” A young man next to him came over, patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: “You don’t need to pay attention to him, because my uncle is a general.
I just think that I am self-righteous and don’t want to think about why even Hou Zhe, the Yulin orphan, climbed up, but he is still a Yulin Lang!"
"Zijing, I remember Zhang Xiu didn't look down on you at first?" Taishi Ci chuckled and asked instead.
"Aren't they saying behind my back that I rely on my master to contribute fertile land to the country, so the country is kind enough to let me be the Yulin Lang." Meng Da said disdainfully: "He's not a bad person, but he doesn't like it. I
That time he lost to me when he was discussing military strategy in front of the country, and he has been convinced since then."
After saying that, Meng Da turned to look at Zhou Yu who was silent: "You call me Zhou Yu, right? If you have any talent, show it to him as soon as possible, otherwise there will always be people gossiping. If you just want to hang out,
Listen to my advice, because of your family background, you shouldn't be here."
"Haha, Zijing, what you said doesn't sound good." Taishi Ci smiled to help Zhou Yu. In fact, between the expressions on his eyebrows, his attitude was consistent with Meng Da's.
Under this kind of gaze, Zhou Yu, who had always been gentle and gentle like a gentleman, suddenly felt a surge of heat in his chest. He turned around and looked in the direction Zhang Xiu was leaving, and said vowedly: "Okay, I will let you see how the real man will be a royal hero."