The border guards are divided into David and Xiaowei. The so-called David refers to the guards with more than 10,000 people, such as the Dragon Guard, Jade Guard, Wolf Guard and Ghost Guard, while the Xiaowei refers to the guards with more than 3,000 people. armies, such as the Snow Guard where Hu Li was located and the smaller border guards such as the Guar Guard, the Moon Guard, and the Tian Guard.
The Ghost Guard is the David Army, but in fact after the war in Saibei, there is no need for the two Davids to jointly deter Saibei. This is why Murong Ke tried every means to cause trouble for Zhang Xiaowu. After all, the resources are so little and the cake is so little. If there are 20,000 mouths eating at the same time, either everyone will not have enough to eat, or one of them will not have enough to eat.
Zhang Xiaowu was stunned and looked at Emperor Dade, who also looked at him in surprise. It seemed that neither the emperor nor the minister knew about this arrangement.
However, the reduction of ghost guards was not a whim of Du Shanbo, but a decision made after considering the national defense. Du Shanbo even prepared to continue to abolish the border guards. In the first year of the Holy Han Dynasty, the empire had a total of seventeen border guards. The number had been reduced to eight during the reign of Emperor Taigan, but after the addition of ghost guards during the reign of Emperor Dade, the number became nine. Du Shanbo believed that it would be enough to leave three guards in the north and south, and six guards in the whole country. Reduce the silver consumption of the army and ensure the continued strength of the Forbidden Army.
Emperor Dade's eyes widened and he was shocked. After all, he had never thought about rebuilding the Silver Guards, let alone appointing Zhang Xiaowu as the commander of the Silver Guards. Du Shanbo's move really disrupted his plan. According to him He had the idea that Zhang Xiaowu would take over the Royal Guards in the future, and Li Canglan would be sent to the frontier by him. Presumably for Li Canglan, Emperor Dade would naturally trust Zhang Xiaowu more, who did not take sides with Du Shanbo, but if Zhang Xiaowu took over the Silver Guards, he would be responsible for guarding the imperial city. What should we do if we become the guardian of the Dragon City?
Thinking of this, Emperor Dade suddenly laughed and said: "It's accurate."
When Zhang Kuan saw that something was wrong, how could he ask Zhang Xiaowu to rebuild the Silver Guards? Zhang Xiaowu was clearly a bastard and only obeyed the emperor's orders. If he were to serve as the commander of the Silver Guards, the future situation would be uncontrollable. So Zhang Kuan He immediately stepped out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, be careful."
Other ministers also hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, you need to be cautious when reestablishing the Silver Guards."
Zhang Kuan added: "The Silver Guards have always been under the control of the Crown Prince's Palace. Now His Majesty's prince has not yet been established as the Crown Prince. Even if he is established as the Crown Prince, he is only a six-year-old child and cannot control the Silver Guards. So what about this Silver Guards? Who do you listen to?" According to regulations, the silver-clad guards obey the prince's arrangements and assist the prince in governing Longdu City. But now the only prince Xuanyuan Chenghua is only six years old, so naturally he can't control Zhang Xiaowu. So Zhang Xiaowu has a ghost guard in his hands, and he has all the power. If he wants to rebel in the capital, he is afraid that the harm will be far greater than that of former Silver Guards commander Yuan Qi.
Of course, Zhang Kuan couldn't tell the court that Zhang Xiaowu was in danger, let alone tell the court that he could endanger the emperor's safety. Otherwise, Long Yan would be furious, and Emperor Dade would do many uncontrollable things in anger. Zhang Kuan also became more and more angry. I understand that my grandson has gradually matured and is not satisfied with being controlled by me.
Shitien, a member of the Ministry of War, immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ghost guard is divided into two, 70% will be transferred to the silver guard, and 30% will be left to guard the earth city. It is really important to make the best use of the wealth and the people. However, the silver guard is related to the dragon. They are all in danger, and it is not yet known whether these frontier troops can adapt to the Longdu with a population of one million after entering the capital. Therefore, I have a premature proposal." Shi Yong, the Minister of War, is loyal to the emperor and does not belong to the Dushanbo faction, nor does he He belonged to the Zhang party, and his son Stein was only loyal to the emperor. Knowing what the emperor meant, he immediately agreed.
"You can say as much as you like, "You are loyal to your Majesty and you love your country." When the Emperor saw the look in his eyes, he knew what he was going to say, so he sang in harmony.
Stein smiled slightly and said: "I propose that the new Silver Guards will only be responsible for maintaining law and order on the streets of Longdu for the time being, and will not be responsible for criminal investigation and arresting. With these Silver Guards transformed into ghost guards, there must be rogues on the streets.
I will also be afraid of three points."
The Great Virtue Emperor laughed: "According to what you said, where is Zhang Aiqing?"
"I'm here." Zhang Xiaowu immediately walked out from among the people in the Ministry of War.
Emperor Dade asked: "Do you have confidence in the security of Longdu?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Your Majesty, I have no confidence."
Emperor Dade asked: "Why don't you have confidence?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "The chaos in Longdu is not caused by the people, but by the evil servants of the noble ministers and families. These people used chicken feathers as arrows to cause trouble in Longdu City. Not only did they disrupt the security of Longdu, but they also brought disgrace on your faces."
, making everyone think that His Majesty has raised a group of evil officials." Zhang Xiaowu
He looked around and said: "So I am asking your Majesty to give me the Shangfang Sword. If any evil servant comes out and some high official or prince whom I cannot afford to offend comes to suppress us, I can use your Majesty's Shangfang Sword to scare us."
They, lest they don’t know who the emperor is and who is the true master of the empire.”
"That's fine." Emperor Dade laughed and said, "After the Silver Guards are rebuilt, I will give you the Shangfang Sword."
At this time, the ministers finally couldn't bear it anymore. Zhang Kuan took the lead and said: "I am telling you that the dragon capital needs to be recuperated and recuperated. If Zhang Xiaowu leads the ghost guards to the capital, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial to the people."
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
"I also second the proposal."
At this time, an official of the imperial censor hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say. Zhang Xiaowu is arrogant and domineering, murderous as hell, killing people and destroying families at every turn. I'm afraid that if he becomes a silver guard, Longdu City will be quiet, but
They were all frightened into silence by the heads. Your Majesty, Longdu is the face of our Holy Han Empire. There is no room for disrespect and no room for anyone to be in danger."
Another censor came out and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to impeach Zhang Xiaowu for killing the maids next to the Queen Mother without permission. He has committed a crime of great disrespect and must be severely punished."
Seeing that all the officials were about to attack, the Great Virtue Emperor Long Yan said angrily: "Do you want to interfere in my family affairs? Si Cheng of the Supervisory Academy! What do you do for food? There are frequent wars in Jiangnan nowadays, and the Sky Fire Sect
There are rebellions and rebellions everywhere, and the plague and drought are serious. Instead of caring about the livelihood of the people everywhere, you officials and censors are staring at
All the matters in the palace are really full. I decided that Sicheng Qiyi would select 17 people from the thirty-four censors of the Supervisory Council to follow the White Tiger Army southward and ask them to check who was helping me along the way.
Who is corrupting the country?” He pointed to the two officials standing below and said, “These two people must be among these!”
Zhang Kuan was shocked in his heart. Emperor Dade was getting more and more out of control. He was acting arbitrarily on such a big matter. He had to speak out to stop him. However, when he was about to go out to ask questions, Emperor Dade stood up and said: "Zhang Xiaowu enters Yangxin
The single person in the palace announced the news alone, and the rest of the officials will withdraw from the court!" After saying this, he turned around and left angrily.