Chapter 492: Great news
As the name suggests, Xiaoling Guards are the soldiers guarding Xiaoling. Novels.
This army was the elite among the Ming Dynasty's elite. Even when the Ming Dynasty's military was at its worst, the selection criteria for Xiaolingwei still required that it could ride a horse and whip, gallop quickly, and ride a horse across a trench, cross a wall, and shoot arrows on the horse. Only those who hit two arrows were qualified.
This is the real elite soldier.
Their responsibilities, as the name suggests, are to guard the Xiaoling Mausoleum.
But in the past two years, the number of troops in the Xiaoling Guard has increased to more than 7,000. Sometimes, for special needs, one or two troops from the Xiaoling Guard can be drawn out from the Xiaoling Guard.
Of course, all of this... need to be approved by the emperor himself. No one except the Emperor of Ming Dynasty may mobilize Xiaolingwei.
Duke Wei thrust his face: "Then... report it immediately. These Japanese pirates, especially Erlang of Nakano, are incomparable to the crimes of humiliating the royal family. If they do not take them, it will be our dereliction of duty. How can we be worthy of Your Majesty, and even more sorry to Emperor Taizu Gao."
The three of them exchanged opinions, and then they wrote three memorials and entered Beijing at the same time.
In the warm room, Liu Jian raised his memorial, and his old face couldn't help but hold it in a bit. Without saying a word, he took the memorial to the warm room and took it to the warm room.
Emperor Hongzhi also had a memorial in his hand, which was a secret memorial by the official Xu Xi. Emperor Hongzhi frowned. When he saw Liu Jianlai, he naturally knew what Liu Jianlai was for.
"Your family has also received a memorial."
"Yes." Liu Jian sighed: "What I received was reported by Wu Huang, Minister of War, Nanjing."
Emperor Hongzhi's face was calm and he was not angry. He said lightly: "If I remember it correctly, a few years ago, it was this Nakano Erro who caused a big storm. Unexpectedly, it was him again this time. This time, what he was going to attack was Ningbo. At the beginning, what Xu and others reported was that this man was very skilled in martial arts and was a rival to thousands of people... Now, he is here again."
"Ningbo is in danger." Liu Jian sighed.
Wherever Nanjing is, people can come and go without a trace, and after showing off their power, they will leave. This time, this time, the Ningbo Prefecture was attacked, what would it take to resist?
Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes: "Sometimes... I'm so mixed with such a huge bandit when I see the memorials. I say they are thieves, but just these mere thieves can make such noises. But if there is anything great about them, aren't they still thieves entrenched overseas? Now, the official hopes that I will issue an order immediately and urgently mobilize the army to Ningbo Prefecture to suppress the bandits, and even... mentioned Xiaolingwei."
Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly: "Is this Xiaolingwei a suppression of thieves?"
"Your Majesty, this is a huge bandit."
"Yes." Emperor Hongzhi closed the memorial and sighed: "This is a giant bandit, which is not something that ordinary soldiers and horses can control. I don't understand why the Ming Dynasty raised two million troops, and this Jiangnan with 800,000 armor. Is there no military horse that can suppress this giant bandit? It's really a good general who is in trouble. The Ming Dynasty has tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, but there is no one who can control Erlang Nakano?"
Liu Jian pursed his lips and said nothing.
For him, although such feelings were discouraged, the ice was not cold for a day. The Daming Wei was customized by Emperor Taizu Gao. It has collapsed now, but it is not easy to change it. The garrison stations are abolished and soldiers are recruited again to practice? Then, you have to pay the wages to others. The essence of the garrison station is cheap. The recruited strong men will cost a lot. Where will the salary come from? It involves the tax system. The current tax system cannot support the court's reform of the military system.
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but smile: "No matter what, the most urgent task at the moment is to take the head of Erlang Nakano to avenge his revenge. Your family will draw a vote. I... I'm right and order Xu Bianyi to do things. If I don't take Erlang Nakano's head, I'm really unwilling to accept it."
"I obey the order." Liu Jian smiled helplessly. Once he used the Xiaoling Guard and even dispatched other guards, what if he took down Erlang Nakano, it would be too expensive. If he didn't take it, wouldn't he let it go?
Emperor Hongzhi's face was gloomy. In fact, he had the same thoughts as Liu Jian. If he really took the head to enter the capital, he would not be happy. If he did this, how could he talk about suppressing all the Japanese pirates?
He sighed: "The prince is in the West Mountain recently?"
"Yes." Liu Jian said: "I have heard that I am teaching the readers in the West Mountain to study. Isn't this coming year, and the spring exam is coming? Of course, I am just hearing about it. What's more, old minister..."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian with a strange expression: "Don't the son of Keqing's family also studied in Xishan Academy? Why did you hear about it? The Qing family should be right about the matter in Xishan."
"This...this..." was exposed all of a sudden, and Liu Jian's old face turned slightly red. He had to say, "Yes, the dog will be in spring for the next year."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "There is also that boy Fang Jifan who has been surprisingly at ease recently. He is worried about his disciple Tang Yin."
Liu Jian thought for a while: "I heard that he has been in a baby recently..."
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“………”
The king and his minister stared at each other with big eyes and felt that they were talking to each other and they suddenly died of conversation.
Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "Which Fang Xiaofan?"
"Yes."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "What a good brother."
Liu Jian was holding back his words and actually didn't say that kind of careless thing actually feeds his sister candy, and he hugged him around every day, and even made a bottle and stuffed it into the doll's mouth all day long. What's even more outrageous is that he also compiled a book called Parenting Heart Sutra, which was launched and printed, saying that the doll is the foundation of the country and is the most important thing in the world. The scholars of Xishan Academy should read it carefully. Thousands of copies of the book were printed and designated for scholars to buy it. Liu Jie was a disciple and had to buy ten copies. This silver... Liu Jian felt really uncomfortable.
He had also read the Heart Sutra of Parenting, and it was all nonsense. He even said a lot about how a woman lactation was caused.
This person... has reached the point of shamelessness for money.
Liu Jian was not able to expose this matter, so he had to laugh: "Yes, he is a good brother."
"I've read it wrong. People who used to think that he was heartless, although they were talented, had a little less emotional weakness." Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "I just like such people. They are not like the prince. Look at him, they are idle all day long. Fang Jifan has a girl, and the prince also has girls. But look, what else does the prince know to do besides bullying his sister?"
Liu Jian's old face twitched, lowered his head, and continued to keep silent.
"I shouldn't say this." Emperor Hongzhi felt troubled and waved his hand: "You go back."
Liu Jian had to retreat and returned to the cabinet. He found that his mind was full of the parenting heart scripture. Fang Jifan's grandson was really annoying. When Liu Jie bought it, he thought that Fang Jifan must have had something good again, so he asked Liu Jie to take it to see it. As a result, the father and son looked at such a thing together, staring at such a thing, which was really embarrassing.
Shameless!
Back to the cabinet.
Before Liu Jian sat down, a clerk said, "Duke Liu, you are here, Hangzhou magistrate Wen Yansheng has a report."
"Just that Wen Yansheng who talked about fish soup in the memorial." Liu Jian's expression was strange.
"That's right, the Tongzhengsi Department just sent it, saying it was a hundred miles of speed up." The civil servant said.
Liu Jian was silent, then raised his eyebrows: "I think something happened in Ningbo."
He was mentally prepared for this matter, so even if the great bad news came, he was not surprised. Instead, he suppressed his emotions and returned to his own room before he ordered someone to send the memorial.
When he looked down at the memorial, Liu Jian's face became strange, and he saw many words.
Get... Private businessmen... All united and succeeded... Water Village attack... Nakano Erlang... Killed with one hand... One cup of tea... All the Japanese pirates were destroyed... The rest fled... Prepare for Japanese guards to pursue...
These words made Liu Jian a little dizzy.
He had to take a deep breath, read it carefully, and then... he was silent again.
His face...has weird.
This is not just a good news, but a great news.
Liu Jian hurriedly took the teacup from the desk. The teacup was cold. He didn't care. He drank it in one sip and looked up at the clerk: "Is there any big yellow croaker I sent last time?"
"This... is frozen in the ice cellar, but this is sent to the palace. Although Your Majesty gave it, he still has to go through the imperial kitchen."
Liu Jian nodded: "Slay one, make soup, let the imperial kitchen cook. Remember, don't waste it. You need to add more water. One fish, and at least you can persuade them, you must make two pots of soup. This fish... is not easy."
Of course it is not easy. It was sent from Ningbo Prefecture. This was something that could not be eaten anywhere. His Majesty gave Liu Jian a few pieces, but this thing must be kept fresh in the ice cellar. However, the Liu family did not have an ice cellar, so although the emperor gave it to Liu Jian, he still lay in the ice cellar in the palace.
The civil servant was stunned: "Mr. Liu, at this time... eat fish?"
Liu Jian suppressed his excitement. He really hoped that he would be as calm as Ouyang Zhi, and his expression was still calm when he collapsed before him. So he said with a smile: "Wen Yansheng has written several memorials. When I saw his memorials, I didn't know why. I always felt that the things he wrote in him were full of delicious food. Today, I felt hungry when I got his memorials again."
The clerk found it strange that this memorial could actually have an appetizing effect?
Which hall did the prefect Wen get into?
"Students are going now."
"And..." Liu Jian smiled: "That...and, call Yu Qiao and Binzhi. I have something to discuss with them."
"Yes." The Ministry of Civil Affairs turned around and was about to leave.
"besides……"
The clerk turned around and said, "I don't know..."
"Remember, let the Royal Seating Room put more onions and garlic in the pot of fish soup."
The civil servant remembered that Mr. Liu was from Henan, so that was the best place.
Chapter completed!