The king behind the empress

Chapter 228 The Real Imperial Army
Hearing what Yuan Zhi said, Mo Zizai shook his head and said, "That's what I said, but who can say for sure about the human heart."

After finishing speaking, Mo Zizai stopped entangled in this question, but asked, "Where is Qi Xiu now? Let him come to my king."

Now that this army has been decided to be handed over to them, he definitely wants to meet Qi Xiu.

"Go back to the prince, Qi Xiu is waiting at the palace."

Hearing what Mo Zizai said, Yu Heng said directly: "If the prince wants to see him, he can just summon him directly."

"Well."

Mo Zizai nodded, and said to Jia Fu: "Jia Fu, please ask someone to bring Qi Xiu, so that I can also meet this talented Tanhua Lang."

After receiving the news of Mo Zizai's summoning, Qi Xiu, who was waiting outside the mansion, rushed over quickly.

"Crassman Qixiu, I have met the prince."

Qi Xiu bowed to Mo Zizai, showing neither humble nor overbearing, after all, he had been a flower hunter, so he didn't feel any fear of Mo Zizai.

"Exemption."

Mo Zizai waved his hand, and observed Qi Xiu for a while. Qi Xiu's figure was relatively thin, and his demeanor was gentle. He looked no different from other scholars. Hundreds of soldiers chased and killed thousands of barbarian fierce men.

"Master Yuan Zhi intends to lead elite soldiers to wipe out the White Lotus Sect in the three counties, and this matter has been agreed by the king."

Mo Zizai looked at Qi Xiu and said, "But Master Yuan Zhi has no experience in commanding an army, so he intends to let you command this army, what do you think?"

"Go back to the prince, the grass people are willing to go."

The fact that I came here with Yuan Zhi and the others already represented my own attitude, and Mo Zizai's inquiry at this time was just a routine.

"it is good."

Mo Zizai nodded, and said, "You have experience in commanding troops and served in the imperial court, so I don't want to say anything else."

"Qi Xiu listens to the order!"

Qi Xiu took a step forward, bowed and said, "Caomin is here."

Mo Zizai directly appointed him and said: "This king has granted you the post of Thousand Households, temporarily subordinate to Yu Zhisi, responsible for commanding [-] elite soldiers from Jinlian Temple and Changchun Palace, and going to the three counties to pay against the rebellious party."

"Thousands?"

Qi Xiu was stunned for a moment, Qianhu was a fifth-rank official, and the appointment and removal of officials of this level required the emperor's nod, and now Mo Zizai just appointed him like this, which made him feel like he was handing over privately.

"Your Majesty, do you need to ask His Majesty for the appointment of Qianhu?"

After hesitating for a moment, Qi Xiu still couldn't help asking this sentence. After all, he didn't want to be caught back after leading the troops out of the capital.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, what this king said is what His Majesty said."

Seeing Qi Xiu's decree, Mo Zizai didn't mind, he said directly: "Just accept the order, His Majesty will make up a copy of the edict."

Hearing what Mo Zizai said, and the fact that Mo Zizai was solely responsible for what His Majesty said in the morning, Qi Xiu instantly understood, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, "It's really my great fortune to be in harmony with Your Majesty."

After thinking about it, Qi Xiu didn't hesitate any longer, and replied directly: "The grass people take orders."

After seeing Qi Xiu taking the order, Mo Zizai turned to look at Yu Heng and Yuan Zhi, "As for the two masters..."

After pondering for a while, Mo Zi said, "Because you two don't have official status, you can't confer official positions directly."

"So this king can privately appoint the two as deputy Qianhu, responsible for assisting Qi Xiu in managing the army, but they only have real power and no official positions. I wonder if the two can accept it."

"I would like to listen to the king's orders."

The two of them had no opinion on Mo Zizai's arrangement. After all, the two of them didn't come here to become officials. If they were not worried that the people of the three counties would suffer from war, they would not have made such a move at all.

"It's fine if you two don't have an opinion."

Mo Zizai nodded, and then said, "Qi Xiu, when you go to the three counties this time, in addition to destroying the White Lotus Sect, you also need to protect Shi Zhipei's safety."

"He is currently in charge of disaster relief in the three counties. If you go to the three counties, you must be restrained by him. If he has an order, you must not refuse it. You can ignore the rest of the people."

"Master Shi Zhipei?"

Qi Xiu nodded slightly, "Master Shi Zhipei has also heard of being a lower official. If he is under his jurisdiction, there is no problem with the lower official."

"Ah That's good."

Mo Zizai continued: "In this case, you should prepare first."

"Bingjia, equipment, supplies, if you need anything, go to the Ministry of War to ask for it. When you are ready, you can go directly to the three counties."

"The subordinate takes orders."

Hearing what Mo Zizai said, Qi Xiu agreed, and followed Yuan Zhi and Yu Heng out of the palace.

"Oh, there are still not enough people."

After they left, Mo Zizai sighed helplessly, if it wasn't for the fact that he really didn't have anyone available, he wouldn't have let Yu Heng, Yuan Zhi and the others team up to pay the White Lotus Sect.

Hearing Mo Zizai's sigh, Zhou Qi was also a little silent. He couldn't solve this matter. Most of the officials in the imperial court were from aristocratic families. It's not like those officials in the Ministry of War were able to lead troops into battle, but they were either from aristocratic families People, or they fell directly to King Bei'an, Mo Zizai couldn't use it at all, and he didn't dare to use it.

In contrast, although the three of Qi Xiu and the others came from sects, they were Mo Zizai's best choice because they were not related to the family.

"Forget it, let's settle this matter slowly later."

Mo Zizai shook his head and said, "Jia Fu, go and call Yang Yanzhang over."

This time Yang Yanzhang came out of the Yuzhi army's garrison not just for the banquet.

Of course, in Yang Yanzhang's mind, eating is equally important, but besides eating, he has other business to do.

After Yang Yanzhang came, Mo Zizai didn't ask him to be polite, but only asked him to find a seat to sit down and talk.

Mo Zizai didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and asked straight to the point: "How is Yu Zhijun's training now?"

"In general, there is no problem. The Yuzhi army is an elite soldier. What I did was to let them familiarize themselves with my military orders. This is not too difficult."

Yang Yanzhang thought for a while, and then said: "The biggest problem with Yu Zhijun now is that he has never seen blood."

"Have you ever seen blood?"

Hearing what Yang Yanzhang said, Zhou Qi couldn't help but frowned, "The men of the Yuzhi Division have experienced many bloody battles in arresting prisoners. How come they haven't seen blood?"

"That's different."

Yang Yanzhang shook his head and said: "Yu Zhisi used to fight sporadically, at most a dozen people fighting side by side, and it's different from the organized battles now."

"When I said they hadn't seen blood, I meant that they hadn't experienced a large-scale battle. Only after the Yuzhi Army experienced a real battle would their mentality change."

"At that time, the Yuzhi Army will be called the Yuzhi Army."

"After all, no elite team can be trained just by training."

(End of this chapter)