Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 52 Qi Wang's personal guard practiced night attack and Yu Qian praised the camp state guard

According to Yu Qian's point of view, to judge whether an army is truly elite, first look at logistics, secondly look at morale and military discipline, and then look at equipment and drills.

If an army cannot even guarantee the most basic food and military pay, then there is no need to look at it later, it is just a waste of time and emotion.

Xu Tong didn't say much, and immediately led everyone to the kitchen.At this time, a group of cooks were cooking, and the kitchen was buzzing and buzzing.

Yu Qian asked curiously: "Although it's getting dark earlier now, it's still a bit early for you to cook this dinner, right?"

Xu Tong replied: "Yes, we eat dinner earlier because we have to train for night combat after dinner. Our kitchen stays open until late at night. After training in the evening, the soldiers can come to have another meal at any time."

"Night battle?"

"Yes, night battles. His Highness ordered us to practice night battles diligently to prepare for the night attack on the Oirat camp."

Yu Qian asked curiously: "But most of our soldiers have symptoms of night blindness, and they can't see clearly at night."

Xu Tong replied: "That's true, but fortunately, the soldiers of our Yingzhou Guard are relatively young and strong, and they eat chicken, duck, fish, tea, eggs, fruits and vegetables openly every day, and they also conduct targeted training every night.

Yu Shangshu also knew that normal night blindness was caused by lack of nutrition.Now our army is well-supplied and well-trained, and the situation of night blindness has been greatly improved.Give the last general another month, and he will surely be able to train a strong soldier who is good at night battles. "

Hearing this, Yu Qian turned to Zhu Qiyu for instructions: "Your Highness, I would like to have a meal in the camp."

Zhu Qiyu beckoned: "All right, all of you have a taste of our Yingzhouwei's food today."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu took the lead and sat down.

After a while, the cook brought the food up.

Yu Qian looked at the food on the table, quickly stopped a cook, and then asked: "What do you usually eat? Don't take special care of us just because we are here. We will eat whatever you eat on weekdays. "

The chef replied with a puzzled look: "We eat this on weekdays, what's the problem?"

Yu Qian looked at his meal in front of him: a bowl of fragrant rice, two steamed buns with white noodles; a large bowl of stewed vegetables, with large pieces of pork and cabbage tofu; and several small dishes, Inside are several slices of pork liver, two eggs, and fruits such as grapes and red dates.

Yu Qian still didn't believe it: "Your ordinary soldiers usually eat this every day?"

The cook said with a smile: "Of course, and you can add more if you are not full. Your Highness has ordered that the soldiers must eat until they are full."

Yu Qian turned his head and looked at Zhu Qiyu, still astonished and unbelieving.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly stated impassionedly: "I'm all here to welcome back my eldest brother as soon as possible. I would rather not have enough to eat and wear warm clothes. I would rather tighten my belt and let the soldiers eat and drink well, so they are so strong." Go to battle and kill the enemy, defeat Oala, and welcome back the eldest brother as soon as possible, and stabilize the world."

Yu Qian asked again: "Then how much is the monthly salary for each ordinary soldier?"

"One or two in January."

Yu Qian didn't know what to say, according to Zhu Qiyu's method of raising soldiers, the money would have to be spent like running water, every time he looked at the account book, it was absolutely shocking.

But Yu Qian didn't know that Zhu Qiyu never looked at the account book, neither could understand nor wanted to read: why bother to take care of the housekeeper himself after spending so much money to support the concubine and side concubine.

When a group of people came out after eating, it was already dark.Coincidentally, at Yu Qian's request, everyone watched the night riding and shooting of the soldiers of the Yingzhou Guards, and then entered the main tent of the Chinese army.

Next is negotiation.

Everyone sat down as guests and hosts, and Zhu Qiyu spoke first: "Yu Shangshu, do you think my personal guard is okay?"

"Your Highness is too modest. It's not just a matter of making do. What the Duke of Cheng said is true. This army really has the potential to become a powerful force."

"Then you see, the potential of my bodyguard is not bad, and it is the first King Qin army to rush to the capital, and it is guarding outside the Desheng gate, and it is the first to face the soldiers of Oara.

Should the Ministry of War give priority to dispatching a batch of guns, artillery, weapons and armor? "

When Yu Qian heard the words, he murmured in his heart: Good guy, so he was waiting for me here.This absurd prince really refuses to let go of anything, so I just came to inspect the barracks, and after a simple meal, I will give me a goose plucking.

Yu Qian still wanted to struggle a bit: "Your Highness is right, but the king's armies have already arrived one after another, and the military supplies should be deployed as needed to show fairness."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu changed the subject: "In the battle of Yanghekou, my entire army was wiped out with [-] elite troops from the Ming Dynasty. No one has been responsible for this until now. Where did Guo Jing, the eunuch guarding the army at that time, go? Zhan Shiheng fled back to Datong alone, did the Ministry of War investigate Shi Heng?"

Yu Qian replied: "In the face of the national crisis, the Ministry of War has not had time to investigate Shi Heng. The whereabouts of the eunuch Guo Jing is unknown."

Zhu Qiyu was silent when he heard the words.

Yu Qian also knew that there was no other way, Zhu Qiyu was wronged.If the Ministry of War does not allocate a large number of ordnance to Yingzhou Wei, Zhu Qiyu will investigate the crime of dereliction of duty of the Ministry of War in the battle of Yanghekou.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Qian had no choice but to reply: "Fifty cannons, one thousand firecrackers, three hundred chariots, one thousand horses, and three thousand sets of armor. What do you think, Your Highness?"

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "King Qin has so many troops, and they have to distribute armaments. The military department is also very difficult, and I understand you. I don't want a thousand horses. Please send other armaments to Shangshu as soon as possible."

Yu Qian quickly thanked him, he had a lot of blood, and he had to thank Zhu Qiyu for his understanding of the Ministry of War.

After talking about the matter, the military camp was inspected, and Xu Tong and Gu Zhong escorted the group out of the camp.

Zhu Qiyu smiled at Xu Tong: "Okay, let's send it here. In the next few days, you go to select a thousand sharp warriors with strong martial arts, and I will send you three hundred god-armed crossbows later."

Xu Tong and others were overjoyed when they heard the words, and quickly thanked them.

Yu Qian felt a chill in his heart, it seemed that the absurd prince in front of him, just after blackmailing the military department, turned around and went to blackmail Jin Yiwei again.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care about what everyone thought, ordered the things for tomorrow, and went back to the palace to rest contentedly.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu was lying on the bed with his arms around the little princess, when she saw Suxi and Qianxue walking in with a large stack of documents each.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu complained: "Why did you barge in so straightly? It would be so embarrassing if you ran into something that Wang Hao and I can't do well."

Qianxue asked innocently: "My sister allowed us to come in and out at will. Besides, we are His Highness's concubines, and we will have to go through things in the room every day from now on. What's there to be embarrassed about?"

"Where are the concubines? How old are you, don't yell at concubines and concubines all day long. I'm not a real slave owner. Let's see the situation after you are old enough. If you have a beloved man by then, I will I will give you a generous dowry and let you go out."

"What a beloved man! We are all innocent women and have never met other men. Why does Your Highness always suspect that we are not chaste?"

Qianxue and Suxi's noses were sour, and they were about to cry.

Seeing this, Lin Xiangyu laughed quickly and said: "Your Highness is already in a daze, so don't bother with him, I will be the master for you, and I will formally confer you as side concubines in a few days. But why are you hugging so many concubines so early in the morning?" Where are the documents coming?"

When Qianxue and Suxi heard that they were going to be made side concubines, they burst into laughter and replied happily: "Who wants to get up early in the morning? This is the list of the previous Jinshi sent by the Ministry of Rites. His Highness specially asked for it from the Ministry of Rites."

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "Bring it here and let me have a look."

Qianxue hurriedly piled up the documents beside the bed, and Lin Xiangyu took a book and flipped through it.I saw that it recorded in detail the name, native place, date of birth, life experience, and family situation of each Jinshi.Some even come with the answer sheet of the palace examination.

"Your Highness, are you going to cultivate your cronies?"

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Hey, try your luck, as long as there are one or two who are willing to be loyal to me, I will burn incense and kowtow to Guanyin Bodhisattva."

"So many documents, His Highness can read them?"

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu looked innocent: "I didn't say I wanted to see it myself. I am a slave owner and I have slaves under my command, so why should I work by myself.

Come on, my little concubine and concubine, you three should work hard for me.

First pick out those who have won Jinshi before the age of 25, then arrange them in order according to their materials and examination papers, and finally present them to me for review. "

Qianxue smiled and said, "Well done, is there any reward for Your Highness?"

"Good fellows, you are my slaves, you should work. I don't need a small leather whip to beat you, but you dare to ask for rewards. Whose slaves are like you?"

Suxi retorted with a face of dissatisfaction: "Your Highness is really a mean slave owner, even if he let the donkey pull the mill, at least he would have to feed two carrots."

"Okay, so what do you want?"

Qianxue replied firmly: "We will serve His Highness in bed."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu quickly waved his hands: "Okay, okay, although I really want to play with you, but you are still too young, wait a few years. Let's go to the warehouse to pick a few treasures, see Take whatever you want, don't be shy."

A pair of little sisters grudgingly thanked her with pouting lips and unhappy faces.

At this time, Lin Xiangyu took out another letter from under the pillow and handed it to Qianxue: "Give this letter to your sister Lingxi, let her go to the palace for me, and personally deliver the letter to the imperial concubine Zhou Niangniang.

Just say that I miss the princess of Chongqing, and pick her up to play at home for a day tomorrow.And tomorrow His Royal Highness will also be resting at home, and it happens that the whole family is lively and lively. "

Qianxue quickly agreed.

Zhu Qiyu didn't say much, got up and changed his clothes to freshen up, and took his personal guards to the Benren Hall to govern, leaving only the three little princesses there to screen the past three Jinshi.

(End of this chapter)