My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 120 Uncle Gu Sub

That night, Li Tianxin stayed in Zhaoren Hall next to Qianqing Palace as before.

Although the imperial study room is called a "study", it is actually the place where the emperor usually reviews memorials, handles government affairs, and meets with ministers.

The palace that really functions as a study room is Zhaoren Hall.

This is where Zhu Jianshen usually studied and studied. There are three rooms at the back of the palace, where the palace's books are stored. This is the only palace in the harem suitable for Li Tianxin to live in.

After Zhu Jianshen began to practice, he gradually handed over government affairs to the cabinet.

Ordinary government affairs are decided by the cabinet itself. Only political affairs involving the general strategic direction will be handed over to him. The court meeting will also be changed to once every five days.

Therefore, there are not many political matters that he needs to deal with in a day now, and he can have a long talk with Li Tianxin.

The Ming Dynasty's cabinet system is, in a broad sense, better than the similar 'constitutional monarchy', but the power of the cabinet ministers is too great, and it is very confusing.

If the cabinet ministers are all loyal and virtuous ministers, the country will naturally be managed in an orderly manner, and the emperor will not need to worry too much.

But if the cabinet ministers are all traitors, then the emperor will basically become a puppet mascot and be completely ignored.

Zhu Jianshen was lucky. Li Xian, the chief minister of the cabinet, as well as Peng Shi, Shang Ren and other cabinet ministers were all good ministers who upheld integrity and fulfilled their duties loyally.

Without him gesticulating and gibbering, the cabinet would be able to handle political affairs more easily and without any constraints.

Therefore, Zhu Jianshen's life was quite nourishing.

Zhu Jianshen in original history was also indifferent to political affairs and relied solely on the wise ministers in the cabinet to hold up the country.

But at that time, Zhu Jianshen was just showing off. Until he died of illness at the age of 41, he never took the initiative to summon ministers, let alone go to court.

Today's Zhu Jianshen is very ambitious because of Li Tianxin, so it is impossible to fail him.

After he had more time, he did not indulge in wine and sex all day long.

Instead, he practiced martial arts with Huai En, and at the same time studied some of the governing strategies given to him by Li Tianxin, as well as some good strategies to gradually promote the development of the Ming Dynasty.

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Zhu Jianshen communicated with Li Tianxin until nightfall, and then he left with a pile of manuscripts satisfied.

Because he was really curious about Li Tianxin's method of strengthening the army, he couldn't wait to ask Li Tianxin to write it down. Li Tianxin spent half the day coding.

He wrote down all the military settings of later generations, the methods of separation of military and political affairs, and the methods of mutual adjustment of military commanders, and then explained them to Zhu Jianshen one by one.

After Zhu Jianshen had seen and heard about it, he was not yet sure how effective the new army's management and training methods would be.

He only knew that what Li Tianxin came up with must be something effective and good.

Zhu Jianshen had a blind trust in Li Tianxin. Fortunately, Li Tianxin never failed him.

Otherwise, if Li Tianxin wants to bring trouble to the country, he will be able to destroy the Ming Dynasty in a few years.

Regarding the separation of military and political affairs and the mutual coordination of military commanders, Zhu Jianshen could see the benefits at a glance.

According to Li Tianxin's operation, the Ming Dynasty will never be able to support its troops and respect itself again, fundamentally solving a major problem that has been unable to be solved by all dynasties since ancient times.

Because Li Tianxin formed a standard system for the training and management of the army, it will no longer exist. Each commander has different methods of leading troops and training. Once the guard is changed, the army will be at a loss.

The exchange of military commanders back and forth among the various armies can prevent the privatization of the army. It will no longer be possible to have armies with strong personal imprints such as the "Yue Family Army" and "Qi Family Army".

In addition, Li Tianxin also redefined the responsibilities of military supervisors in this era and set the position of military supervisors to be similar to a political commissar.

However, the supervisors of the Ming Dynasty's new army must receive special training before they can take up their posts.

The first batch of supervisors were personally taught by Li Tianxin. After the first batch was brought out, they would then teach more qualified supervisors.

As long as everything written by Li Tianxin can be carried forward smoothly, the army of future generations that is politically qualified, militarily strong, has a good style, and has strict discipline will appear 500 years in advance.

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The next morning, after Li Tianxin had breakfast with Zhu Jianshen, he and Wang Zhi left the Forbidden City and headed for Fenyang, accompanied by Zhu Jianshen.

Yesterday, Li Tianxin mentioned Tang Xin to Zhu Jianshen again. Zhu Jianshen took it to heart and would send someone to pay attention to this person.

After all, the court needs lonely ministers. Greedy ministers and sycophantic ministers can be used temporarily, but they cannot be used forever.

Because in order for Greedy Chen and Ningchen to do things, they always have to give some benefits. They are not fools if there is no benefit at all. No one will offend their colleagues for no reason.

Only a lonely minister will serve the public whole, without fear of offending others, and without caring about the benefits or disadvantages.

When I came, I rode alone, but when I left, it was a mighty one.

This time Wang Zhi brought with him more than thirty servants with martial arts skills, whom Zhu Jianshen asked him to select in the palace as members of the leadership team of the West Factory.

In the future, each of these thirty people will become a stall owner in the West Factory.

Among them, the three with the highest martial arts skills are named Ma Jinliang, Tan Luzi, and Ji Xueyong.

The three of them are the first, second and third stalls of Xichang appointed by Wang Zhi. The other stalls are not eligible for ranking. Each of the top three stalls will be in charge of about thirty stalls.

The position of the stall head of the West Factory is equivalent to the general banner of the guard station. He is responsible for fifty or sixty people, but his status is much higher than that of the general banner of the guard station.

In addition to these internal servants, there was also a group of Jinyi Guards Qianhu who followed him. Qianhu's name made Li Tianxin look a little strange. His name was Zuo Guangxiong.

It's a pity that he only has one knife and is not good at darts and whips, otherwise he would be really awesome.

However, Zuo Qianhu's martial arts skills were not bad. Wang Zhi had fought with him, and after taking the Great Return Pill, Wang Zhi could not defeat him within a hundred moves.

You know, Wang Zhi, who has taken the Great Return Pill, will not be inferior to Wang Lianhua in martial arts.

Now Wang Zhi is the governor of the West Factory, and Li Tianxin is the governor of the factory. The two are considered equal.

However, it would take a while before the Ordnance Bureau would set off for Fenyang, because they had to wait for Li Tianxin to build the place first.

The third remaining deserted village around Fenyang now has a purpose, and Li Tianxin plans to build it into an industrial park.

In the future, the iron cavalry and ghost maidens can be used as the park's guards.

Now the Iron Cavalry can be expanded to a thousand-household unit, that is, 120 and 400 people. There are still more than [-] reserve members in Renyi Villa, and now they can all be directly converted to full-time positions.

There are still 400 people left, and we can openly recruit from the entire Jianghu.

As long as you can remain undefeated for a certain period of time under the old iron cavalry, you will be qualified to become an iron cavalry.

Of course, character and family background must also be investigated, and political review is the top priority of the Iron Cavalry.

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It took four days to go and six days to come back. Li Tianxin and Wang Zhi led a group of Xichang stall owners and headed straight for Zhu's Mansion.The Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station temporarily stationed at the Qianhu Station in Fenyang.

Now that Taibai Village has been built, Bai Feifei went to complete the acceptance inspection in person, and the ghost maids have also moved into their own small courtyards.

The Iron Cavalry takes turns to be on duty, and those who are not on duty will go out to date with their girlfriends.

Both the iron cavalry and the ghost palace maids feel that these days are getting more and more promising.

When Li Tianxin and Wang Zhi returned to their courtyard, they saw two little guys, Jing Wuming and Yang Yan. One was practicing swordplay in the courtyard, and the other was practicing the foundation-building exercises.

Several maids accompanied him, while Bai Feifei was sitting in the pavilion reading a book. All she read were story books.

"Brother Tianxin."

When the little girl saw Li Tianxin coming back, she immediately stopped practicing and called out with a smile, and then said to Wang Zhi, "Brother Wang Zhi is here too."

When Wang Zhi heard her call "Brother Wang Zhi", he immediately felt good. He stepped forward and picked her up, let her sit on his arm, and said with a smile: "Yan'er is still so good, do you miss Wang Zhi?" Brother?"

Yang Yan put her arms around Wang Zhi's neck to stabilize her body. Hearing this, she tilted her head cutely and said with a smile: "Yan'er is very busy. She has to practice every day and is also busy missing brother Tianxin, so she only has very little time to miss brother Wang Zhi. , Brother won’t be angry, right?”

"Hahahaha..." Wang Zhi laughed heartily, scratched Yang Yan's nose, and said with a smile: "Of course I'm not angry. Yan'er is so busy and has to take some time to miss her brother. It's not too late for my brother to be happy."

Wang Zhi really likes this girl and this place, because only here, when he is with Li Tianxin and his gang, does he feel like a normal person.

No one here will look at him strangely. He is not anyone else, just their good friend, good brother, and this little girl's brother.

Yang Yan's words of "brother" alone are enough for Wang Zhi to treat her as a relative and do everything he can to be good to her.

Anyone who dares to let this little girl suffer, let alone Li Tianxin and the others, even he will never let him go.

Bai Feifei had already put down the book and stood up, greeted Li Tianxin with a smile, and said softly: "You're back, are you tired?"

Li Tianxin took her little hand and smiled: "I'm not tired. How are you? Are you still suffering from morning sickness?"

Bai Feifei gently caressed her slightly pregnant belly, her face shining with a maternal light, she shook her head gently and said with a smile: "No more, but the little guy has started to move."

She was four months pregnant and gradually began to have fetal movements.

When Li Tianxin heard this, he said happily: "Really? I'll listen."

As he spoke, he squatted down and put his ear to Bai Feifei's belly.

Bai Feifei laughed and said: "He doesn't move all the time, he only moves occasionally."

Li Tianxin was quite lucky. After listening for a while, he actually experienced a fetal movement, which made him happy like a silly boy.

Over there, Jing Wuming finished practicing his sword skills meticulously, then sheathed his sword and walked to Li Tianxin, calling "Master".

Li Tianxin reached out and stroked Jing Wuming's head, and said with a face filled with relief: "I saw your swordsmanship. You practiced very well. You didn't disappoint me. Go and rest. That's all for today."

Jing Wuming's eyes lit up, and he said "yes", then took back the scabbard, returned the sword to the sheath, held the sword and sat on the beauty's back to rest.

Wang Zhi came over with Yang Yan in his arms. Bai Feifei smiled and said, "Brother Wang, it's been a hard journey. Sit down and rest for a while."

After that, he ordered Yingchun and Banxia to serve tea and fruits, and asked Jianqiu and Ophiopogon japonicus to go to other courtyards to inform Shen Lang and others.

Wang Zhi said happily: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

A few people sat down in the pavilion to rest. After welcoming the spring and midsummer, fragrant tea and fruits were quickly served. Now that it was October, there were quite a lot of varieties of ripe fruits.

"Hey, Brother Wang, you're in Fenyang again. What's the reason for this time?"

Not long after, Panda's voice sounded outside the courtyard gate. Shen Lang, Wang Lianhua and others also arrived together, but Ma Zhaoming and Xu Ruoyu were missing.

Now that these two guys have girlfriends, how can they stay together?

They are diners and do not need to take turns like the iron cavalry. They only need to let Leng Da know where they are. They are very free.

Wang Zhi looked at Wang Lianhua and said, "I am passing through Fenyang this time and am going to Jiangnan to announce the decree."

Wang Lianhua's heart moved, and she asked with a happy face: "Who is the target of this declaration?"

Wang Zhi smiled and said, "Brother Lianhua, haven't you guessed it already? The emperor is very appreciative of Happy City's suppression of bandits and the suppression of Japanese pirates, and is ready to officially canonize Dad as the Happy King of the Ming Dynasty."

Panda'er asked with great interest: "Is it just the canonization of Happy King? Where is Brother Lianhua?"

Wang Zhi said: "The emperor gave Brother Lianhua the title of earl."

The joy on Wang Lianhua's face froze slightly, and she became a little reluctant, "Are you sure it's the earl?"

Obviously, the underlying meaning of the question is: "Is it just the Count?"

Li Tianxin laughed when he saw this and said, "Brother Lianhua, could it be that he looks down on this mere Uncle Gusub?"

Wang Lianhua was stunned again, then looked at Li Tianxin with burning eyes and said, "What uncle are you talking about?"

Wang Zhi said with a smile: "Uncle Gusu, a first-class real count. When you enter, you can take charge of the five palaces and the six armies. When you leave, you can take the general's seal and become the commander-in-chief, with an annual salary of [-] dan."

This was the final result reached by Zhu Jianshen after discussing with Li Tianxin.

After all, the Happy Prince and his son are not fools. It is simply unrealistic to expect them to willingly work for the court just because they are two princes in name only.

That's why he was given the title of a powerful earl, because the marquis was too high, and the Ming Dynasty did not have viscounts and barons, so earl was already the lowest title.

But don't underestimate this lowest title. Earl is already a title that can command the army and lead the army.

Before Zhu Yong led his troops to fight against the Maoli children, his title was only Fu Ningbo, and he was promoted to Funing Marquis after he triumphantly returned to the army.

Li Tianxin half-jokingly and half-seriously said to Wang Lianhua, "Brother Lianhua, congratulations in advance."

"Now you are a real aristocrat. You are not the same as me, a marquis in name only."

Wang Lianhua was ecstatic in her heart. She never thought that he, a man from the world, could become a noble of the Ming Dynasty. This was a matter of honor for his ancestors.

But he knew very well that he was influenced by his father and Li Tianxin, so he suppressed the ecstasy deep in his heart, with a calm smile on his face.

"Stop pretending to be like me, talking about real power and empty position. Based on your relationship with the emperor, this marquis is just a joke. Even if you want a duke with real power, I believe the emperor will not be stingy."

Li Tianxin waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is an exaggeration. Do you think the Duke is just a cabbage? A personal relationship is a personal relationship, but things like titles are ultimately based on merit."

"The Duke of the Ming Dynasty cannot be granted a title unless he has served in the military. Even the emperor cannot act willfully. If he suppressed a few bandits and settled a chaos, and wants a duke with real power, then the duke is too worthless."

Wang Lianhua had no objection to this statement. There were only a few dukes in the Ming Dynasty, and some of them were ennobled for their contributions to the dragon at the founding of the country and were hereditary.

Some are promoted step by step through accumulation of military exploits. The four words "military merit of Sheji" already illustrate the difficulty of being awarded the title of Duke.

(End of this chapter)