Faced with such a sentence, everyone was stunned. Zhu Houzhao almost didn't stare out of his eyes, and almost opened his mouth to yell, but Liu Jin on the side had quick eyes and quick hands, and grabbed his sleeve, which made the impulsive little boy
The prince held back forcefully. The six big bosses on the other side were also unexpected, but after all, they were deep in the city. Taking this opportunity, Liu Daxia, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, simply stepped out of the line and raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty
, in this case, please take back your life!"
Emperor Hongzhi on the throne ignored Liu Daxia's speech, but stared at Xu Xun for a long time. Seeing Xu Xun straightening up, his face was calm, and the trace of sullenness he had just felt disappeared, replaced by
An inexplicable curiosity. He waved his hand and then asked gently: "Xu Xun, go on."
Emperor Hongzhi was not furious because of this. Xu Xun suddenly felt more confident. He did not look at the anxious Zhu Houzhao and said calmly, "Among the Beijing guards, six out of twenty are going to the Zhiwei, and they will take turns to go to the Zhiwei."
In the imperial city of Suwei, everyone has money and food, and each has his chief officer, among whom is the vanguard of the imperial army.
The minor ministers are young and inexperienced. If we select people from the young regular soldiers in the vanguard of the government army, even if they are young, many of them have been in the army since they were young and have been in the army. It is inevitable that they will not be able to suppress them. Moreover, they
They all have their own training methods on weekdays. If they feel that Wei Chen's methods are not legal, they may cause trouble. Even if only 500 people are stationed in Xiyuan, they will easily cause trouble. Therefore, I asked the emperor Xu Chen to choose a young man.
There are five hundred soldiers left, and they will be given three months of money and food. If they cannot form an army after three months, they will be sent home and they will still be soldiers. If they can form an army after three months, they will be used as the prince's retinue!"
Everyone had heard the reasons before, but after hearing what happened, the six ministers couldn't help but be horrified and moved. Even the emperor was full of surprise. As for Zhu Houzhao, who had just hit the bottom of his mood, his eyebrows were dancing and he clenched his fists.
〗While he was so excited that he waved twice, a word burst out of his mouth.
"good!"
"Huzhao!"
Emperor Hongzhi glanced at his son displeasedly and couldn't help but smile when Zhu Houzhao quickly returned to his serious look, but in a moment he returned to his upright imperial dignity: "Xu Xun, do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know.
Xu Xun bowed deeply, and then said without raising his head, "Your Majesty, your Majesty trusted me and promoted me to the commander. You know that my age and qualifications are not enough to command a guard, so I dare not ask for five hundred regular troops. Therefore, I would like to test five hundred soldiers."
With hundreds of troops remaining, if it succeeds, it will be a blessing to the prince; if it fails, please ask the emperor to blame the minister for his incompetence."
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
Liu Daxia had completely forgotten what he had said to Li Dongyang. Since Ma Wen had been promoted to Xu Xun's rate, he would just pretend that it was nothing. At this moment, he was still faster than anyone else. He blurted out an objection, and then said categorically:
"There has never been any reason to train troops in the imperial garden!"
"Why did Liu Shangshu say this? When the First Emperor took over as the vanguard commander of our army and trained five hundred troops, he already mentioned the training ground in Xiyuan. At that time, Liu Shangshu didn't seem to object?"
That's because I didn't see through your cunning heart. Otherwise, I would have rejected the decree as soon as it reached the Ministry of War!
Liu Daxia kept slandering him in his heart, but he couldn't say it with his mouth. He snorted coldly and said: "I just didn't think carefully before! Besides, soldiers are murderous weapons. What's the point of tossing these things in the imperial garden? Even foreign countries have to do it."
You mocked me for not having any rules in the Ming Dynasty! The prince is the prime minister of the country. If he indulges in these military ways, he will inevitably make the same mistake again..."
Xu Xun knew very well that he would be asking for trouble if he really wanted to argue with these old and experienced bosses, so he waited for Liu Daxia to turn the topic to Zhu Houzhao. At this time, Liu Daxia suddenly said this
When he hesitated, he knew that Liu Daxia would never say anything like repeating the mistakes of the Yingzong, so he suddenly said: "What Liu Shangshu said is true. Compared with the Confucianism of the saints, the military is indeed just a trail. But I am the one who trains the soldiers.
Not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince occasionally comes to observe, you must know that the Crown Prince is the Crown Prince of the country. He is not only the Crown Prince of scholars, but also the Crown Prince of military households, and the Crown Prince of all people in the world. Only by knowing the dangers of military affairs can you know how to use soldiers in the future.
Be cautious, this is the blessing for all people in the world!"
After decades of being an official, Liu Daxia has seen all kinds of people, and those so-called genius prodigies who talk arrogantly at a young age are not uncommon. But he really didn't expect that he had heard that the Prince of Xing'an did not have
He had read many books, but he was not inferior to others in terms of principles. Moreover, the other party was obsessed with these principles, and he couldn't give too many examples. At the moment, he could only say with a low face: "Even if it's five hundred soldiers,
, three months of food and salary expenditure is still not a small amount. Not only does it mobilize the troops, but every penny is the people's support. If you fail by then, it will only lose your face, and the money from the Ministry of Revenue's treasury will be in vain?"
"What's the point of stirring up trouble?" Zhu Houzhao had been holding back for a long time. Now he couldn't bear it anymore. He rushed out from the side of Emperor Hongzhi and simply knelt down at his father's feet. "Father, Emperor Hongzhi,
Isn’t it just three months of food and salary? Anyway, these people will be subordinates to their subordinates in the future, so any expenses for food and salary must be paid by the subordinates!"
Liu Daxia almost lost his temper at Zhu Houzhao's two words, and immediately glared at Ma Wensheng fiercely. Seeing that Ma Wensheng didn't react at all, he then remembered that the person's back was turned to him, and there were no eyes behind him, so he could only raise his voice for the moment.
The voice said: "Furthermore, your Majesty is aware that the ministers are now impeaching Xu Xun for instigating the prince. Even if the minister is impeached, he should ask for it, let alone a humble person like him."
minister…?
Before Emperor Hongzhi could say anything, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said loudly: "Father, I know that you are hesitant because someone has written a letter these days saying that Xu Xun instigated my son to skip classes! What do they know?
I am the prince and the future emperor, and I have my own opinions on things. If others instigate me, I will listen to whatever I say. What will happen to me! If they still say that, let them come to see me and let them instigate me too.
Give it a try! Besides, my son was obviously ill that day, so he came back early from Wenhua Palace, father, don’t you think so?"
This is simply a scam!
For a while, none of the six big guys over there had a good-looking face, especially Ma Wen, who had also written a letter to advise on Xu Xun's matter, and Dai Shan, who was the top one. At this time, Li Dongyang, who had been quietly sizing him up, knew that he could no longer be so silent.
After going down, he immediately said: "There are rumors spreading around, and it is inevitable that there are some untrue rumors. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was ill that day, and for some reason, some censors said that the Crown Prince had escaped to give lectures in the Wenhua Palace, so they started to stir up trouble.
Uproar**o.”
Qingqing Qiaoqiao excused Zhu Houzhao. Seeing that the young prince immediately became happy, Li Dongyang changed his words and said: "The worries of the ministers in the court are not unreasonable. After all, the officials in the East Palace are looking forward to it every day."
When the prince comes to Wenyuan Pavilion, there are many speculations, which is reasonable. In my opinion, since the emperor has entered Xu Xun's army avant-garde commander, and asked him to train five hundred troops, now that he
I am willing to issue this military order, but I am young and don’t have the courage to do it, so I might as well let him give it a try."
Liu Jian had already complained to Li Dongyang half to death in his heart, but when he came to the last sentence, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately stroked his beard and said with a half-smile: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Li Ge said is,
If Xu Xun is willing to issue a military order, this can be done.
There are rewards and punishments, so the officials in court will have nothing to say."
Ma Wensheng is hard of hearing as he is getting older, so he heard less than 50% of the quarrel just now. He was supposed to be the main force who had written a letter to get involved, but he didn't want Liu Daxia to get ahead of him.
Only this time Liu Jian deliberately raised his voice, and he heard it clearly. He thought quietly for a moment and then said: "I second the proposal."
Everyone was here, so I joined them.
Dai Shan saw that only he and Liu Daxia were left. After a brief thought, he said cheerfully: "I also second the proposal."
Seeing that he had sacked his bare commander, Liu Daxia was even more angry for a moment. After a long while, he said gruffly: "If Xu Xun dares to issue a military order, I will leave it to him! If it happens in three months,
If we cannot form an army, if anyone dares to protect him at that time, I will never give in!"
Since Zhu Houzhao suddenly joined in, Xu Xun kept his mouth shut knowingly. Seeing Li Dongyang's gentle words, although the original tit-for-tat situation was greatly eased, a military order came. He couldn't help but smile and calm down.
Ziruo came forward and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I thank you, Mr. Li Ge, for your support at this young age. I am willing to issue a military order and give it a try!"
Li Dongyang had never seen such a snake-killing person with a stick. He knew that his little care at that time was just to fool people, so he could only admit it with a smile. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi finally let out a long sigh.
In a tone of voice, the leader immediately said with a smile: "In that case, then this matter will be done according to Xu Xun's words and Mr. Li's proposal. Come and serve with paper and pen!"
Zhu Houzhao, who had already climbed up, was still a little confused as to what the military order meant. He only knew that since these people forced Xu Xun to write this thing, they must have bad intentions, and his little brows were naturally twisted together. When he looked at the ceremony,
Xiao Jing, the eunuch in charge of sealing, went down and guided Xu Xun to write many words quickly on the paper. He finally couldn't bear it anymore, took a step back, pulled Liu Jin and asked fiercely: "Tell me, why did they let Xu
What kind of military order should Xun write?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, it's okay. Didn't Prince Xu agree to it?" Even so, Liu Jin felt a little frightened when she thought about Liu Daxia's aggressive appearance just now. These court officials should rarely deal with each other face to face in the future.
good!
At this moment, Xiao Jing had already taken a piece of paper dripping with ink and presented it to the emperor.
Emperor Hongzhi took it and took a look, then motioned to Xiao Jing to take it to the six ministers. Finally, Liu Daxia rolled up the things solemnly and put them away. At this time, Hongzhi