As soon as Zhu Yunxi lay down, the bastard crept in and whispered outside the bed, "Long live Lord, Mr. Park over there is here!"
Over there is the palace's description of Yong'an Palace, the old man's residence.
"so late?"
Zhu Yunxi stood up and opened the curtains, frowning and said, "Something happened?"
In my memory, the old man is still healthy for a while, but with the appearance of his butterfly wings, who knows whether...?
"It's okay. Manager Park said that the Supreme Emperor asked him to bring a message to you, Long Live Lord!"
Zhu Yunxi was even more puzzled. He and his grandson had something to say that they couldn't say in person, and they asked Pu Bucheng to go.
"Let him in!" Zhu Yunxi sat directly on the bedside, wrapped in a quilt.
Pu Bucheng came in from outside, "Slave..."
"Okay, why are you knocking in the middle of the night?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Why did the old man call you here?"
Pu Bucheng lowered his head and smiled, "The Supreme Emperor asked my servant to tell the Emperor that he knows about the affairs in the army!"
"Um?"
Abnormal, so abnormal!
Ever since the old man gave him this position, he has never interfered with these state affairs. If the old man retreats, he will completely give up. He is not like the later Qianlong who turned his back and deceived others.
Why did you suddenly start to ask questions today? And I still said I got it in a definite way.
Zhu Yunxi was left to make a fuss about military matters. Behind the millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty, there were a series of confusing accounts that were difficult to find out. It was not only the Beijing camp but also various local guards and border garrison troops.
It also involves the personnel transfer of hundreds of generals and the upcoming military reform.
What exactly does the old man's sentence "I know" mean, it's too vague.
Pu Bucheng continued to speak, "The Emperor also said that soldiers are short-sighted, stupid, and stupid, but they still have loyalty. Even if they offend you, the Emperor, you can't see them with their heads stuck in their pants.
The love on the belt should be raised when it’s time to raise your hands.”
"The Supreme Emperor also said that soldiers are no better than civil servants. Scholars in the world are like dogs, and they will not leave their homes no matter how hard they are beaten. But soldiers are all stubborn donkeys who steal whatever they can. Who knows that they are big animals?
Working!"
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi suddenly laughed.
I understand, what the old man meant was to be patronizing and just teach me a lesson.
In fact, Zhu Yunxi had no intention of making a big fuss in the army. As the old man said, civil servants are all their own dogs, and they will be fine no matter how they are beaten. But it is different in the army. If you move too much, problems will arise.
He just wanted to get those almost hereditary military generals to move their butts in the name of checking military registers and farming. Especially in the guard posts in various places. After more than 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the shortcomings of the guard posts have already appeared, and if they are not treated, they will become stubborn diseases.
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Suddenly, he thought of what the bastard had said about Guo Ying entering the palace when he returned to the palace in the evening.
"What did Marquis Wu Ding say to the old man?" Zhu Yunxi asked with a smile.
"Guo Hou was kicked several times by the Supreme Emperor!" Pu Bucheng smiled and told the entire conversation between Guo Ying and the old man.
As the saying goes, bystanders know everything, and Zhu Yunxi understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.
Resigning to old age and returning home is a temptation, and you are complaining to the old man.
To put it bluntly, "Boss, my brothers have followed you to take down the Ming Empire Group. Your old Zhu family has 100% control. The brothers have also made some money, but it is not painful. Now your grandson has taken over.
The brothers are not at ease because they want to check these bad debts. Do you think you always talk to the young master's family and show your favor?"
If someone else had said this, the old man might even be furious.
"You hacked my Zhu family's money and you asked me to say good things about you. Do you think we are being taken advantage of?"
But Guo Ying said it was different. Wu Dinghou had never made any mistakes in his life. He was diligent and dedicated to his duty. Even if the old man asked him to dig up his father's grave, he could just pick up a hoe and do it.
I have never made excessive demands to the old man in my life, but even when I am old, I still help others. At the same time, I also have the overall situation of stability and harmony as my top priority. The key is that he, Guo Ying, is still upright.
If Lan Yu said this to the old man, not only would the old man not agree, but he would also wonder if Lan Yu had an ulterior motive to win people over.
"Old man!" Zhu Yunxi laughed and cursed.
It was indeed unexpected that Guo Ying suggested someone else take the lead. But after thinking about it, it makes sense.
Those bad debts were not the business of Guo Ying alone, nor the business of Cao Zhen and his group, but major events involving many people, or even the entire Huaixi martial arts group.
The old guys have been leading the army for so many years, and they have promoted many key positions in the local area and the capital camp. These people have worked with the old guys to work for the Ming Empire, and they have long been indistinguishable from each other.
Furthermore, unity has always been the characteristic of the Huaixi martial arts group.
Tang He died of illness, Feng Sheng also died of illness, and Lan Yu disappeared. Among the Huaixi martial arts group, Guo Ying is now the oldest and has the most military exploits. The one with the closest relationship to the royal family is Guo Ying. If he doesn't come forward, who will?
I guess he had no choice but to bite the bullet and talk to the old man tremblingly.
Moreover, some favors can only be used once in a lifetime, so he used them in advance.
"Yeah!" Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "I understand!"
"Then slave, please leave!" Pu Bucheng saluted, bowed and slowly withdrew.
"Slow down!" Pu Bucheng retreated outside the palace before slowly turning around and facing the door. The bastard had already retreated outside the door while they were talking. When he saw Pu Bucheng coming out, he quickly stepped forward to help him and said with a smile, "
Watch the threshold beneath your feet!”
"Don't dare!" Pu Bucheng smiled, "Mr. Wang, please stay!"
As he spoke, his eyes rolled around the bastard, and he smiled again, "The color of this red robe looks so moist!"
The bastard stood there, suddenly confused.
Looking at Pu Bucheng's back and the red eunuch robe on his own body, he was confused for a moment.
He looked at Pu Bucheng's back again, and then seemed to understand.
Pu Bucheng has been serving the old man all his life. Unless there is a major ceremony, he wears coarse clothes at other times, just like a servant of an ordinary family.
"Are you trying to point me out? It's a bit too showy?" The bastard secretly thought in shame.
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Zhu Yunxi's guess was correct. Matters in the army were not Guo Ying's own business.
The back hall of Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen's outer house is brightly lit.
Guo Ying sat in the chief seat, Cao Zhen sat in the lower seat, followed closely by Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, He Rong, the Bo of Dongguan, Yu Tongyuan, the Marquis of Yuexi, Zhu Shou, Zhang Wen, Cao Xing, Xie Cheng and so on.
Almost all the living marquis and counts among the nobles of Huaixi came, and there was a table of these old men. There was also a table next to it, which was the second generation of the nobles of Huaixi, such as Feng Sheng's youngest son and Wang Bi's youngest son, who went to Gansu to rectify
The son of military officer Geng Bingwen, the old son of Duke Kang Maocai who died in the war, etc.
They are all the second generation who have no title but grew up in the Huaixi martial arts circle.
The second-generation nobles cannot compare with their father in terms of military achievements, but because of their father’s influence during his lifetime and his network of connections in the capital, they have made a lot of money over the years relying on their network of connections in the military.
Money that should be earned.
There was nothing that could be done about it. The eldest son inherited the title passed down by the old man, but the other sons in the family also had to deal with it. Speaking of Zhu Yunxi's investigation of the bad things in the army, the old man was second to none, and they were the ones he was most afraid of.
"Come on, let's all toast to the fourth brother!" Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen raised his glass and said with a smile, "Without the fourth brother, we would still be skinned even if we didn't die!" He said, scowling at the juniors, "What are you doing standing around?
Hurry up and make a toast. Damn it, without you four uncles these years, you would all have to drink the northwest wind!"
After a shout, a group of people gathered around.
Other veteran military leaders also raised their glasses to Guo Ying, and there was a flood of good words for him.
"Fourth Brother must have enough portion!"
"Be righteous! You can tell when something happens. Fourth brother is still righteous!"
"Forget about anything else, fourth brother, I owe you a big favor this time!"