It was obviously very cold tomorrow, but Li Jinglong was sweating all over his forehead after leaving the Zhenfu Division.
Soldier Li Xiaowai stepped forward and said, "Master, get in the car!"
"Don't take the car! Bring the horse!" Li Jinglong felt so excited that he simply threw off his mink cloak, "Let's go out of the city and follow me to the military field in the suburbs of Beijing!"
There were 180,000 troops stationed in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, distributed throughout the capital.
Among them, the most elite cavalry battalions, heavy armored infantry battalions, and the Imperial Guard battalion with all firearms are all stationed on the banks of Purple Mountain on the outskirts of the capital.
The highest management authority of this armed force has always been in the hands of the Chang family brothers.
Although they are the emperor's uncles, they only have management rights but not command rights. If you want to command these Ming Dynasty's most elite troops, without the emperor's direct order, unless the five military governors of the Ministry of War come up with the troop deployment talisman at the same time.
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As for the tiger talisman of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Duke of Wei, Duke Cao, and Duke Zheng of Song, that is, Chang Sheng and the other four Dukes, plus the Marquis of Wuding Guo Ying, can only be used.
This arrangement not only fundamentally prevented military power from threatening the imperial power, but also firmly grasped the military power in the hands of the emperor. Moreover, it would not be possible for the soldiers to know the generals and the generals, and they would be able to fight if they wanted to take it back.
Just take it back.
This is a rule set by the old man. He has been fighting for a lifetime and has long been proficient in this matter.
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"Drive! Drive!"
Li Jinglong led his people out of the city and beat horses hard in the suburbs.
In the blink of an eye, a heavily guarded military camp with waving war flags suddenly appeared in front of us.
Before the rangers outside could approach, Li Xiaowai, a private soldier, held up Li Jinglong's waistband and shouted loudly from his horse, "General Jianwei and Governor Cao Guogong are about to enter the camp!"
Among Li Jinglong's series of official positions, the most important ones were his title as a first-grade general and his position as the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army.
In the Ming Dynasty, there is no general Zhaowu of the first rank, but no one is alive today. He is the first rank, and he is already at the top.
You Qi is the elite of the army, so he naturally recognizes Li Jinglong.
Not daring to stop him, he hurriedly reported and opened the camp gate.
Li Jinglong and his men rushed in like a gust of wind, and the soldiers at the gate of the direct education camp were stunned.
"Dong Cao Guo is so anxious, is he going to fight?" Someone whispered.
"The Tatars are coming?" Someone grinned, "I haven't beaten them so damn hard, and they're here again just a few days ago?"
"It's great to fight now. It's the New Year and the emperor wants to pay double the salary!"
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"Hush!"
Li Jinglong reined in his horse in front of Shuai Tang and then jumped off neatly.
As soon as he got off his horse, a burly man came over to greet him.
This man was originally Zhu Yunxi's bodyguard, the Mongolian warrior Aslen, and is now the deputy general of the cavalry battalion.
"Mr. Cao Guo, long time no see!" Aslen laughed heartily.
"Is Zheng Guogong here?" Li Jinglong asked hurriedly.
"They're watching the artillery demonstration over at the firearms camp!" Aslen said, "Is your rank going to take you there?"
"No, just call him back quickly and tell him that I have urgent matters to see him!"
Seeing that he said it solemnly, Aslen did not dare to neglect and went quickly.
Afterwards, Li Jinglong went straight into the handsome hall and waited anxiously in the front hall.
Not long after, sonorous footsteps sounded outside, and Chang Sheng, dressed in military uniform, strode in.
"Mr. Cao Guo, you..."
As he was talking, he suddenly saw Li Jinglong's eyes and quickly waved his hand behind him, "The realm is ten steps away!"
"Here!" the soldiers following behind responded.
"Something happened?" Chang Sheng was shocked when he saw Li Jinglong's appearance, and asked hurriedly, "Is it something outside or something inside?"
Outside refers to the border.
Inside, it refers to the Forbidden City.
Li Jinglong's eyes were bloodshot, "Where is the Marquis?"
"The third child?" Chang Sheng thought about it, "Have you been patrolling the city?" He said, and asked, "But in the palace?"
"Master, your family is in great danger!" Li Jinglong stamped his feet.
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There were only two of them in the handsome hall. As Li Jinglong narrated, Chang Sheng's forehead was covered with cold sweat and his body began to tremble.
"Little beast! Evil! He should have been strangled to death when he was born!" Chang Sheng's big hands clutched the handle of the knife tightly, his eyes already turning scarlet.
The Chang family is the emperor's uncle's family. If the emperor knows that they have private dealings with the vassal king, then the Chang family...
Zhu Yunxi used to be the emperor's grandson, but now he is the emperor!
"What a bastard! What a bastard!" Chang Sheng continued to curse, "I've had enough good days, now I want to hold my whole family together and die together!" As he said that, he stood up suddenly, grabbed Li Jinglong's arm, and stared at him.
, "Who else knows?"
"I only have He Guangyi!" Li Jinglong felt his arm being clamped by pliers, and it took a lot of effort to break free, and whispered, "After He Guangyi told me, I immediately asked him to issue a gag order. Knowing this
The person who did it..." After saying that, he gave the other party a look that made him understand instantly.
"Then I will come directly to report to you without stopping. This is no small matter, Mr. Chang!" After saying this, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and sat directly on the stool. "Hey, my heart has been hanging on me all the way.
I didn’t let it go until I told you!”
"Mr. Cao Guo, I never say thank you for your kindness. My Chang family is not an ungrateful person..."
"Who among us is following whom?" Li Jinglong saw that he had said everything he needed to say, so he stood up again and said, "You should confront Mr. Hou about this matter quickly, and don't make things worse then!"
Chang Sheng was stunned, "You mean no one knows..."
"You are confused!" Li Jinglong whispered, "I can take the risk of being involved in reporting the news to you, but I can't keep this matter from you! Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that everyone is deceiving the emperor together?"
After speaking, he observed the other person's expression.
It was obviously a bad thing, something that made him anxious. But on the way here, he had already thought about how to deal with it. First, he got a huge favor from the Chang family, and then he entered the palace and left the problem to the emperor to handle.
He knew about the matter, suppressed it, and told the emperor. This saved other people's face and let the emperor know the whole story.
"Then..." Chang Sheng is a standard martial artist. There are so many twists and turns in his heart, and he has lost his sense of proportion. "Shall the third child and I enter the palace..."
"What do you think?" Li Jinglong leaned over and said, "Mr. Chang, it's better for your brothers to say it themselves than to say hello to the emperor?" He said, "Although some things can be suppressed, you must admit your mistakes!"
"Look at me, I'm confused!" Chang Sheng thought about it and slapped his thigh, "I'll ask someone to find the third child right now, and we two brothers will enter the palace immediately!"
"No!" Li Jinglong said, "You two have to be late!"
"Why?" Chang Sheng was puzzled.
"You have to wait for me to clear things up with the emperor before you go! Otherwise I will probably become a punching bag again. You are his uncle. He won't kick you, but he will kick me!"
Li Jinglong thought to himself and said sternly, "It's early to leave, the emperor is very angry!"
"Yes, yes!" Chang Sheng slapped his thigh again, and then said solemnly, "I won't say anything anymore, I will keep it all in my heart. This feeling..."
"Oh, this is the time to talk, this is not the time to talk about this!"
Li Jinglong said, "Who among us is following whom? I didn't take this risk just to gain favor from you!"
With that said, he turned around and walked out, "I still have to go back and finish the work. I won't worry if I don't keep an eye on it!"
Seeing him go out, Chang Sheng sighed, "He is still humane!" Then he shouted to the outside, "Go and sneak the third child back to me!"
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In the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, the hourglass has reached the afternoon mark.
The bastard came in quietly. Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was still looking at the folding book attentively, he said softly, "Your Majesty, you have come over at noon, don't you want to make up for it?"
Zhu Yunxi put down his hand and brought it over from the Chief Secretary of Guangdong, about the information about the expansion of the seaport next spring. He rubbed his temples and said, "If you don't tell me, I'm not hungry yet, let the small kitchen prepare... give me a bowl of noodles, add some An egg!"
"Yes!" The bastard replied shamefully, and just as he turned around to go out, he saw from the corner of his eye an anxious Li Jinglong coming over under the guidance of the little eunuch.
"Your Majesty, Duke Cao Guo is here!" Wang Bashi said, "My servant, it seems there is something extremely urgent!"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi put down his ink pen and looked outside.
Not long after, Li Jinglong hurried in, knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty..."
"Is something wrong?" Seeing him like this, Zhu Yunxi also had a solemn expression on his face.
"I..." Li Jinglong knocked again fiercely, "I have committed a capital crime!"
"What are you doing?" Zhu Yunxi said angrily, "Speak!"