Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 379 Sapphire Returns!

Li Qi secretly took note of this person's name, intending to use him as a breakthrough point to get a better understanding of the situation on Jing Haijun's side.

After the two finished their meal, Wang Jianlin stacked the plates together with a wink, and put them in the designated place.

Seeing this, Li Qi asked in puzzlement.

"What kind of rule is this?"

Wang Jianlin smiled.

"Rules of the cafeteria!"

"It makes it easier for them to clear their plates and save them from having to go back and forth."

"Oh……"

Li Qi secretly cursed in his heart, this Jing Haijun really is a ubiquitous rule.

Wang Jianlin sent Li Qi back to the value room. Li Qi wanted to have a good chat with him, but unexpectedly this guy was busier than him, the commander.

"Meet Lin, can you find a place to have some tea and chat?"

"No, the humble job has to go to class, tomorrow morning..."

"Attend class?"

"Returning to Tongzhi, according to Jing Haijun's rules, everyone has to study for an hour at night after completing the training during the day."

"His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun recruited a large number of gentlemen from the Imperial College to teach us how to read and write."

Li Qi fell into a daze again when he heard this.

"Everyone learns?"

"Yes!"

"all!"

"Besides, if the corporal chief and the chief officer want to be promoted, it's not enough to just know how much they can read. They have to test their subordinates. If the soldiers under them are not literate enough, then they will never be promoted in this life."

"This……"

Li Qi was completely shocked by the "nonsense" of the emperor's grandson. It was enough to feed the soldiers so well, but he even taught them to read and write?

If the million guards of the Ming Dynasty were raised according to this standard, then the Ming court would have to go bankrupt!

In fact, not only did Fu Youde think this way, but Fu Youde, the commander of the Jing Navy, also expressed his incomprehension of Zhu Yunxi's requirement that all soldiers read and write.

This kind of thing is completely wasteful in their view.

What is a soldier?

That's the cannon fodder on the battlefield, and it might kill almost [-]% of them if they meet each other.

Spending so much manpower and material resources to cultivate a group of cannon fodder is not worth it at first glance.

But Zhu Yunxi was very stubborn. No matter who persuaded him, it didn't work. He still insisted on raising and training soldiers like this.

As time passed, Fu Youde didn't bother to talk to him anymore, he just ate and drank in the Jinghai Navy every day, never interfering in military training and management matters.

Li Qi was puzzled, but he never thought of persuading him.

Just as Fu Youde said, he had never hung out in Daming's barracks before, and he didn't know what a normal barracks was like, but he was more accepting of Jing Haijun's rules.

Therefore, when Li Qi encountered something he didn't understand, he just thought that he didn't understand military affairs, and he would only try to adapt himself.Instead of doubting the rationality of doing so, let alone questioning for no reason.

After more than ten days of familiarization, Li Qi gradually adapted to the rhythm of Jing Haijun.

Get up on time every day, go out to exercise, eat, train, and study with the guard camp.

My life has become more regular, and my mentality has become more peaceful. The old problems of headache and insomnia that I have developed for many years have also disappeared unconsciously.

When he stayed in the military camp for half a month, he returned to the princess mansion, and seeing the graceful figure of the princess, he was a little excited!
How many years has it been like this?

Princess Lin'an was stunned when she saw her husband who had been "missing" for half a month.

Husband lost weight and became more energetic!
The beard that had been left untouched for half a month added a bit of wildness to him.

"Lin'an!"

When Li Qi called out this name, his mouth felt dry and hot, and his nose seemed to be emitting fire.

Lin'an couldn't help trembling when he heard this call.

How many years has this dead ghost called himself so emotionally!
"what?"

Hearing Lin'an's coquettish accusation, Li Qi rushed forward in a few steps and hugged Lin'an up.

"What do you say?"

"Ah... um... um... oh... ah..."

After a five-hundred-character storm, the Qiangongbabu bed in the Princess Mansion finally stopped shaking.

Lin'an lay in Li Qi's arms, beating her husband with her small fists.

"devil!"

"Why did you go to Jing Haijun for a few days and become so brave after you came back?"

Hearing his mother-in-law's praise, Li Qi was shaking with laughter.

"do not know!"

"It should be Feng Shui over there, hahaha!"

"If I knew there was such a place, I would have thrown you there..."

"Lin'an, the grandson of the emperor has helped us a lot this time, we have to thank him very much!"

"Hmm, I listen to you..."

The next day, just after Zhu Yunxi had a small meeting in the Wenhua Palace, he heard Wang De running over, telling himself that Princess Lin'an and his wife had given him three cartloads of gifts, all of which were piled up in the courtyard of the Prince's Mansion. up.

Zhu Yunxi asked in puzzlement when he heard the words.

"Why did these two people suddenly give themselves gifts?"

"I don't know!"

"However, according to Xu Qianhu from Jinyiwei, the Princess Mansion was very lively last night."

"What kind of excitement?"

Seeing Zhu Yunxi asking this question, Wang De blushed on the spot.

Now he can't wait to slap himself to death, why mention this to the emperor!

"It's such a fun..."

"Your Highness, you are still young, you should stop asking..."

"If you don't ask, don't ask!"

"Wait, Jin Yiwei is also under control in the Princess Mansion?"

"Your Highness, there are not only princesses in the princess mansion, but also Li Qi!"

"This is an important person, how could Jin Yiwei not monitor him?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he suddenly showed a surprised expression.

"Call Jiang Yu and Xu Liuzi to Gu, I have a few things to tell them to do!"

"promise!"

"Xu Qianhu is easy, just wait outside the Wenhua Palace."

"The servant called him over first, or let him come with Jiang Yu?"

"Call here first!"

Not long after, Xu Liuzi ran into the main hall, hurriedly saluted Zhu Yunxi courteously.

"Your Highness, is there something wrong with your humble official?"

"Find a few competent subordinates to sneak into the Shibo Department, and take care of things in the Shibo Department for Gu Gu."

"The corresponding procedures will be replenished later!"

"promise!"

Zhu Yunxi chatted with Xu Liuzi about some details, and Jiang Yu also arrived after a while.

Jiang Yu has been living in ups and downs during this time. Since the last time he settled the military department for the emperor's grandson, the emperor's grandson has not called him again.

What made him even more uncertain was that the emperor's grandson treated the Ministry of War lightly, which made him wonder whether his handling had gone too far and made the emperor's grandson dissatisfied?
In fact, Zhu Yunxi was indeed a little dissatisfied, but it was not because of this matter that he was cold, but because he didn't want him to be too arrogant, so he was put aside.

"Jiang Yu!"

"Do you Jinyiwei have any records about the Nine Great Merchants?"

"Have!"

"About the Nine Great Merchants, we began to collect them as early as the 22nd year of Hongwu, and now we have sorted out more than a dozen volumes about them. I wonder what aspect does Your Highness want?"

"Move them all here!"

"Then you will recruit some people from Jinyiwei to infiltrate the business of Nine Great Merchants and monitor everything about them for me."

"The war between Gu and them is about to begin, Gu needs a few more eyes!"

When Jiang Yu heard this, he was so happy that he wanted to shout.

The grandson of the emperor finally remembered their Jin Yiwei!
Their dog, Jin Yiwei, finally has a place to play again!
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely keep a close eye on them. If there is any disturbance in them, I will report to Your Highness as soon as possible!"

This is what Jiang Yu is most happy about.

Because as long as he is in charge of this matter, he can often go in and out of the Wenhua Palace, and often show his face in front of the emperor's grandson!
After Zhu Yunxi assigned the task, he stopped paying attention to this matter.

Anyway, the battle between him and the nine big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will not start for a while.

In other words, before his Jing Haijun is fully formed, he can't fight even if he wants to.

However, once his Jing Navy takes shape, the nine sea merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will be just a bunch of pigs.

After Zhu Yunxi sent Jiang Yu away, he took his guards and went outside the city.

Today he is welcoming a very important person.

His uncle, Master Sapphire!

In fact, it was time for Sapphire to return to the imperial court a long time ago, but Oara's side always invaded sporadically, making the border unstable, so he delayed until now.

Even if it was a squad teacher, only a part of the squad came back, and most of the soldiers stayed on the front line, following Chang Sheng to continue guarding the border.

Officials from the Ministry of Rituals had already arrived before him, and the stage for the triumphant soldiers to perform dances had already been set up ahead of time.

Now there are hundreds of dancers from the Jiaofang Division rehearsing on it.

Zhu Yunxi came to greet the triumphant return of the army on behalf of the emperor, so Lao Zhu specially lent his yellow canopy and dragon to his grandson.

On the one hand, it is to fill the scene for the eldest grandson, and on the other hand, it is also to show the importance to Sapphire.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi arrived outside the city gate, waves of probing horses came to report, saying how far the army was from the capital.

"Report!"

"General Sapphire is five miles away..."

"Report!"

"General Sapphire is still one mile away..."

"Report!"

"General Sapphire..."

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said.

"No need to report, Gu has already seen Uncle's carriage!"

Xiao Bing retreated immediately when he heard this, but Zhu Yunxie got on his horse and galloped towards Lan Yu's carriage.

When Lan Yu saw her nephew rushing over, she hurriedly jumped off the carriage, laughed and stepped forward to hug Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the thick gauze wrapped around Lanyu's head, and felt nervous for a while.

"Uncle, what's the matter with your head?"

"Why isn't it mentioned in the military newspaper?"

Sapphire doesn't care.

"Small thing!"

"It's just that when I was chasing, I was shot by a few tartars hiding in the grass!"

"If it weren't for the military doctor you sent there, uncle might never see you again!"

Zhu Yunxi hugged Lan Yu tightly when he heard the words.

"Uncle, you have worked hard!"

Lan Yu happily stroked his nephew's little head, and then gave him a hammer on his back.

"It's not hard!"

"We just eat this bowl of rice, so there's nothing to complain about."

"However, your kid has grown taller and stronger."

"Come!"

"Let my uncle hug you and see if I can still hug you!"

When Lan Yu was speaking, she stretched out her arms to hug Zhu Yunxi, and walked around the official road twice.

"Good weight!"

"In two years, my uncle won't be able to hug you anymore!"

Lan Yu put Zhu Yunxi on the ground, only then did Zhu Yunxi see that there were many soldiers with missing arms and legs sitting on the carriage behind Lan Yu.

"Uncle, these people..."

When Lan Yu heard her nephew asking this question, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face, and said to Lan He who was beside her.

"Lan He, come and explain to the grandson of the emperor!"

"promise!"

"Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor Taisun, these people are all adopted sons who accompanied their adoptive father to fight."

"Because of the fierce fighting on the frontier, all of them were wounded, and more than half of them were physically disabled..."

Zhu Yunxi was unhappy on the spot when he heard this.

"Uncle!"

"Didn't we agree, these people are all left to me!"

"You ruined them like this, how can you let me use them in the future!"

Lan Yu was even more embarrassed when she heard this, and wished she could find a crack in the ground and get in.

"Don't be angry, nephew!"

"You don't understand, this soldier without arms and legs is even more powerful!"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard the words.

"Uncle, do you think I look like a fool?"

Sapphire scratched her head in embarrassment.

"Come!"

"Get in the carriage with me, and I'll explain it to you!"

Zhu Yunxi followed Lan Yu into the carriage, and Lan Yu told him about the hardships of the war for more than a year.

After the big battle in the spring of this year, they fought more than a dozen battles with the Oirat cavalry.

Although the scale is not large each time, it can't stand the high frequency.

Moreover, Lan Yu likes to take the lead when he fights. If he takes the lead, how can his adopted son battalion not rush?
Over time, Lan Yu's battalion of several thousand adoptive sons was beaten up like this.

"Nephew, don't look at them missing arms and legs, but they are all veterans on the battlefield!"

"Even if they can't go to the battlefield, they can still be your instructors, teaching you recruits and so on."

"If you really dislike them, give each of them a sum of money, or give each of them some land, and send them away..."

Sapphire's last words were full of desolation in her tone.

Generals die in a hundred battles, and strong men return in ten years.

People hate dogs when they come back without a leg.

When the two were talking here, the army also came to the gate of the city to accept the triumphant ceremony prepared by the Ministry of Rites.

When the surrounding people saw the vanguard battalion full of missing arms and legs, they all burst out laughing.

"This is General Lan's army, could it be the beggar army, hahaha..."

"Hush, keep your voice down, don't let Madman Lan hear you!"

"But this army is too miserable, not much better than the beggars..."

The officials presiding over the triumphant ceremony saw that the elite of Sapphire was in such a mess. Although they did not dare to laugh at the ordinary people like that, their faces showed disdain.

They are all officials of the imperial court, how can they not know the way here?
Whenever on the battlefield, it is impossible that there will be no wounded.

However, when the generals return to the court and accept the court's triumphant ceremony, they will put their most powerful and powerful elites in front.

Firstly, it is to show up for oneself, and secondly, it is also to show mercy to the court.

When the common people saw how majestic Da Ming's mighty army was, they would definitely applaud and give the army a boost of prestige.

Lan Yu has fought for most of her life, so it is impossible not to understand this truth.

Now that he has made such a move, it is obvious that he wants to embarrass the court!

The laughter around and the contempt of the officials made the already depressed soldiers hang their heads even lower.

Sapphire naturally knew the truth about showing face, but he estimated that he might not have the chance to lead the army in the future, so he didn't care about whose face.

Therefore, he deliberately did the opposite, just to let the people of Ming Dynasty see that fighting a war is far from easy as they imagined.

What's more, Lan Yu didn't feel ashamed of her subordinates.

They lost arms and legs to defend Daming, and they should enjoy this honor.

Of course, Sapphire also has a little selfishness.That is to win the mercy of His Majesty and the court through the misery of these disabled veterans, and give them more pension money.

This is also the last thing he, the coach, can do for them.

However, when he heard ridicule coming from around him, Sapphire's violent temper could not be restrained immediately, and he punched a big hole in the carriage compartment with one fist.

Zhu Yunxi walked along the big hole in the carriage and saw the people watching the excitement on both sides, as well as the contemptuous and frowning expressions of the officials, and his heart became very angry.

He jumped off the carriage on the spot and shouted at the dancers on the stage.

"Stop dancing!"

Officials from the Ministry of Rites hurried over to inquire.

"His Royal Highness, the court's triumphal ceremony has just begun, and it's against court rules to stop it suddenly..."

Zhu Yunxi took the horsewhip from the driver's hand, and then followed the official's direction.

"Get out of your mother's court rules!"

"The rules of the imperial court have been ruined by you people!"

"Come on!"

"Chuan Gu's military order, the Jing Jing Navy will rush here to form an array within half an hour to welcome the Northern Expeditionary Army's triumphant return!"

"promise!"

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites heard this, disdain appeared on their faces again.

Jing Haijun's camp is ten miles away from here, and when they come over after gathering, they probably have finished their lunch.

Although Lan Yu didn't know what kind of medicine Zhu Yunxie was selling in the gourd, she also knew that his move was definitely to complain for herself and for the thousands of disabled soldiers behind her.

"Forget about nephews and grandchildren, don't worry about it. For many people, it is a blessing to be able to come back alive. There are still many people who will be buried in the yellow sand forever..."

"Uncle, don't persuade me."

"Since the people in the Ministry of Rituals can't handle the triumphant ceremony, let me arrange it myself!"

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　　I feel a little unwell today, maybe there is only one chapter, so don't wait tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)