open sea

Chapter 254 Lower Limit
Chen Mu didn't expect Feng Bao to come in person, and Feng Bao didn't expect Chen Mu to bow to him.

It’s not that it’s wrong to salute Feng Bao. In fact, when Feng Bao entered the hall, none of those people gave Feng Bao a big salute. They just gave up their seats, and the scene suddenly became lively. Even the person hosting the banquet didn’t need Chen Mu to worry about it. , several high officials in the court volunteered, and they even showed a lot of respect to Chen Mu that shouldn't have existed.

All the officials presented tea cups, golden hairpins, and jade bamboos, and rewarded each other for drinking.

The musicians brought by Feng Bao played the piano and sang songs. Before the tea was served, Feng Dabaner waved his hand, and his own people prepared horses to lift the sedan chair and cleared the way. Many officials went out of the mansion to see them off, and then hurried away.

From the beginning to the end, Feng Bao didn't say a word to Chen Mu, and he didn't even look like he came here for a special trip. Obviously, everything here didn't interest the governor of the East Factory at all. He didn't talk to people, drink tea or eat Drink, but he still sat here for a while.

Feng Bao didn't make a special trip to be a guest, but he listened to Qu'er very seriously. After listening to three songs sung, he came to drop by the door, and walked back to the palace from Dong'an Gate by the emperor's detour.

This is indeed a visit, because the distance is not far away. Feng Bao used to be the grandson of the emperor's grandson when he was in Prince Yu's mansion. Now the emperor's grandson has become the prince, but Feng Bao still often goes to the East Palace to take care of the prince, and sometimes stays with the prince in the East Palace. read.

Everyone knows that Gao Gong can stop Feng Bao for a while, but not for the rest of his life.

Chen Mu knew better, because there were only two palace gates away from him, and the seven-year-old living in the East Palace was the future Wanli Emperor.

Even Xu Jue didn't know that Feng Bao would come, and Chen Mu didn't know why Feng Bao came to support him, no one knew.Others only know that Feng Bao, who will be in charge of the inner palace in a few years, will come to the mansion in person when General Zhaowu, who is living in the capital, moves to his new residence.

Because of this incident alone, 23 guests later gave additional gifts, which made Chen Mu receive an extra 700 taels of congratulatory gifts.

Especially those officials who laughed at Chen Mu because he was happy to accept Liu Chenglong's dressing box. A table of people pooled 1000 taels for Chen Mu and made it up the next day, hoping that Chen Mu would not blame them.

In the dead of night, Yan Qingyao put a thin cloak on Chen Mu who was sitting by the table. Her master had been staring at the 1000 taels of silver on the table for a long time, like a fool.

Although it is true that a thousand taels of silver can easily make people stupid, Yan Qingyao still can't help worrying that her master will really become stupid because of the money.

"Nanyang earns quite a lot of money, why is the military master looking at the money?" Yan Qingyao curled her lips and said, "Your son can earn you as much as twenty coins by going to sea."

Chen Mu took a deep breath, reluctantly moved his eyes away from Yin Zi, and shook his head extremely slowly.

"What I look at is not money, but power."

Chen Mu saw the silent Feng Bao from the money, and saw himself as the original owner of the money.

"Why doesn't Mr. Jun kneel? Eunuch Feng won't be happy if he doesn't kneel? That day everyone knelt down, only Mr. Jun was still standing." Yan Qingyao whispered carefully: "It would be great if they all followed Mr. Jun It won't be rude."

Chen Mu frowned and recalled, in fact, at that time his mind was very confused, everyone stood up and left the table to bow down, their movements were consistent as if they had been rehearsing for many times, but he didn't take this matter to heart at all, instead his mind was full at that time All I could think about was why Feng Bao came here: "If you don't want to kneel, then don't kneel."

Kneeling to the sky and kneeling to parents, at least kneeling to the emperor in this era is not unacceptable.

If you kneel down to others, you will be exempted.

"Unhappy?" Chen Mu raised an eyebrow, with a bit of teasing on his face, but he didn't say anything inconsistent with his current status. He raised his hand and knocked on the table, asking Yan Qingyao to call the servant to put away the silver, "The silver is at home Keep the flowers, I will leave tomorrow, to Changping."

"Tomorrow, a North Korean will come, named Liu Chenglong, and will give you a mother-of-pearl dressing box for the family to receive. I left him a letter and don't need to see him. If he has anything to say, you can send it to me. Leave the letter and send someone to Changping."

Yan Qingyao was extremely surprised and asked, "Leave tomorrow?"

"Soldiers and horses from all walks of life are about to arrive at the Beijing camp. I want to go back to Changping for training. You can live here for a few days to help me get addicted to having a house in the capital. I will go to Xuanfu to live next year at the latest."

Chen Mu clenched his fists as he spoke, raised the corners of his mouth and said to Yan Qingyao: "Your military master is going north this time, and he is very angry."

He had a feeling that the development of the situation was moving in the direction he expected.

When this grand reading is over, no one will be able to stand in his way for the next two years.

His military book is almost finished, but if it is said that what he wrote is a military book, I am afraid that it is not all. To be precise, what Chen Mu wrote is still a manual, and it is a manual that needs to be distributed separately, covering the flag army and the small flag. , General Banner, Hundred Households, Thousand Households, Commander, and subdivided into six categories of cavalry, chariot, artillery, soil, equipment, and music, and the drill and command manuals for generals at all levels.

In addition, there are two sets of method manuals to restore the guards to the early Ming Dynasty or even surpass the early Ming Dynasty according to their geographical environment, one for production and the other for rewards and punishments.There are many kinds of rewards, and the punishment will be much less.

Chen Mu didn't intend to be a good person. If things develop as he thinks, when others come to Xuanfu, the external resistance they will encounter can be ignored, and the easiest way to deal with internal resistance is the old way—they are all first-time offenders. Whole body.

Most military books in this era raise the upper limit of the general's combat ability, while Chen Mu's manual raises the lower limit from the banner army to the commander. His manual does not teach people how to fight, because even Chen Mu himself, Not enough to teach people how to fight.

Although he has never lost a battle, his family knows his own affairs, and he knows very little about strategizing and defeating the enemy thousands of miles away.

If all the banner troops can meet the [-]% standard in accordance with the requirements in the manual, then the Ming Dynasty's Wanquan defense line stretching five hundred miles along the northern border will have a reserve force that is not worthless; Deal with the main army in the north.

That's what Xu Jue said when he heard that the court appointed Chen Mu as the secretary of Wanquandu: It's all money.

When this standard is reached, the Xuanfu has nearly 13 soldiers, of which the battalion recruits other than the guards can be dismissed or transferred to other places. The financial pressure of the Xuanfu has been relieved, and the capital does not need to send tens of thousands of taels of silver subsidies a year. Xuanfu.

If it reaches [-]%, Wanquan Dusi will be able to set up some fields outside the Great Wall, plant some land, raise some horses, and kill some people.

Then Chen Mu's expectations for the guards would be fulfilled, from the self-sufficiency of military rations, military expenses, ordnance, and military horses, to the self-sufficiency of heads, meritorious service, and silver rewards.

It was late at night, Chen Mu blew out the lamp, and there was a letter lying peacefully on the table. The letter was for Liu Chenglong, hoping that he would help him find an old friend after returning to North Korea, take care of him, teach literature and martial arts, and learn more about maritime affairs. Come and see him at the right time.

That old man is now just a poor boy from a down-and-out country bumpkin named Yi Sun-shin.

(End of this chapter)