"Your Majesty, do you want to go see Miss Xia?"

Liu Jin asked cautiously. He knew the most about the relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Miss Xia who lived in the quiet courtyard behind Chunhua Building. He also knew about the emotional entanglement between Zhu Houzhao and Miss Xia.

Miss Xia, whose real name is Xia Zhi, is the queen of Zhu Houzhao. The Zhang brothers plotted to assassinate Zhu Houzhao but failed, and were violently retaliated by Zhu Houzhao. The Zhang brothers were driven to farm in Liaodong, and the Zhang family also suffered a heavy blow.

Empress Xia had a younger sister who was married to Zhang Yanling's son Zhang Zongshuo. Seeing her husband's family in trouble, she begged Xia Ru, Empress Xia's father, Qingyang Bo, who was also the governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion.

Xia Ru also has no discernment. He knew that Zhu Houzhao was furious, but he still went to plead for the Zhang brothers. As a result, Zhu Houzhao was angered and became angry. He didn't care about his father-in-law or not.

Xia Ru was also sent to Liaodong.

Unexpectedly, although Xia Ru was a military attache, his health was not very good. He died within two months of arriving in Liaodong. Zhu Houzhao and Empress Xia, who had a relatively good relationship with each other, immediately fell out.

Later, Queen Xia simply moved out of the palace. Zhu Houzhao was a stubborn man. Anyway, he did what he did and it was impossible to bow his head. As a result, he was in this state now. Zhu Houzhao came to Chunhua Tower as usual, but he didn't go to see her, just because

He could not let go of his dignity as an emperor.

Even if it was indeed his fault to kill Xia Ru unintentionally, the emperor knew his mistake and corrected it, but he just refused to admit it.

"Forget it, she doesn't want to see me, so why should I bother her."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand in disinterest.

He was not merciless towards Xia Zhi, but no matter what, he couldn't keep his head down. As long as he could coax her nicely, he wouldn't have reached this point.

"Send someone to keep an eye on her and try to satisfy her if she needs anything."

Zhu Houzhao ordered.

Sitting in front of the window and listening to the sparse sound of the piano not far away, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a little irritable. He thought he was worthy of anyone in his life, but he owed too much to Xia Zhi.

It is precisely because of this debt that he always comes to Chunhua Tower to sit in his spare time, listen to her music from a distance, and inquire about her current situation. For her, he has not established a queen for so many years, and even

Never touched a woman.

"Master, your food is here!"

The waiter came in with a tray and placed a few side dishes on the table.

"Boy, how is your boss doing lately?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"It's very good. I heard from my boss's maid, Miss Xiaohong, that my boss is in good health and he even goes out for outings outside the city from time to time."

The waiter answered very skillfully. It was obviously not the first time Zhu Houzhao asked him this!

"It's okay."

Zhu Houzhao drank the wine in one gulp, and the old Ner Hong had lost its taste at this time.

He didn't feel that he was wrong about what happened back then. The Zhang brothers were filthy and unruly in the palace, domineering and committing many evil deeds. After being reprimanded by him, they dared to send assassins to deliberately assassinate him, which almost led him to hell. It was not a pity for the Zhang brothers to die. For Zhang

Xia Ru, who begged for mercy, deserved it.

He is the emperor, he controls the whole world, and he will never bow to anyone.

Even if you know it is wrong, it must be right, at least on the surface.

But in my heart, I couldn't stop thinking of that beautiful figure over and over again. When he first came to power, everyone wanted to go against him. Even Liu Jin had the idea of ​​becoming the second nine-thousand-year-old Wang Zhen.

, only Xia Zhi is by his side and will support him no matter what he does. That mutual support is something he will never forget.

He wanted to take her back to the palace, but Xia Ru's death was always a wall between them. Unless he lowered his head and rectified Xia Ru's name, could he do it?

What he can't do is that his many years as emperor have long developed a domineering and domineering personality in him. He will not bow to anyone, let alone clear the name of a dead official who has been identified for a long time. It is impossible for him

Slap yourself in the face.

The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he simply stopped thinking about it, turned around and left. Perhaps only busy work could make him temporarily forget about this bad fate caused by him.

"Liu Jin, let's go and have a look at the third camp."

Then he took Liu Jin to the Third Battalion to find out the progress of Wang Yangming's dismantling and rectification of the Three Battalions.

The three major camps are the Fifth Military Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion.

The five military camps are composed of a mixture of infantry and cavalry, divided into central army, corps, left sentinel army, left Ye army, right Ye army, right sentry army, cavalry and infantry, and the combat methods are changeable.

There are three thousand battalions, all of which are cavalry. Their tactics are learned from Mongolian cavalry tactics, and they charge in a surprise attack with no disadvantages.

The Shenji Battalion plays with firearms, such as artillery, muskets, matchlocks, etc., based on the three-stage shooting method invented by the famous founding general Mu Ying.

The three major battalions were founded by Yongle Emperor Zhu Di. At their peak, they defeated all the grassland tribes and were unable to lift their heads. Later, Zhu Qi Town buried all the elites in Tumubao. They never regained their former glory, until they gradually became the gilded sons of nobles.

, a place to eat empty meals.

Arriving at the No. 3 Battalion, after being reported by the guard, Wang Yangming led us to visit various places in the No. 3 Battalion.

"Wang Qing, how is the situation?"

Looking at the slightly messy Third Battalion garrison, which had no appearance of a Ming Dynasty military aircraft hub, Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly, but did not get angry. The Three Battalions had been in ruins for more than a day or two, so they probably had to be tidied up.

"Worse than imagined."

Wang Yangming smiled bitterly. The three camps were not only rotten, they were rotten to the core.

Not to mention the large number of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, the number of them was not even uniform. After eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, the remaining soldiers with good foundation were less than 3,000. It is conceivable that the Xungui Group will have three major

What the hell has happened to the camp.

"No matter what, the three major battalions will be re-established. After the old, weak, sick and disabled are disbanded, twenty taels of silver will be given as settlement expenses. Newly recruited soldiers can also increase their salaries as appropriate. Don't be stingy with money. Just ask for the amount you need.

Liu Jin asked him to assign it to you."

Zhu Houzhao said very grandly that as long as the money he accumulated was used in decent places, he would not be stingy at all.

"I understand."

Wang Yangming nodded. He was one of the few people who knew Zhu Houzhao's family background and understood that Zhu Houzhao was not short of money.

Except for the part needed for the operation of the imperial court, most of the money in the entire Ming Dynasty was accumulated in Zhu Houzhao's Leopard Room. The wealth owned by Zhu Houzhao was truly the richest country.

Originally, a lot of wealth had to be put into the national treasury, such as the silver obtained from mining the Ishimi Silver Mountain, but Zhu Houzhao still forcibly included it in the Baofang treasure house, not giving anyone a chance to reach out.

According to the urine of those civil servants, putting a large amount of silver into the treasury was like putting a piece of fat meat in front of hungry wolves. After they tossed it up and down with their hands, if only one-tenth was left in the end, Zhu Houzhao regarded them as highly regarded.

"The recruitment of soldiers has already been arranged. Your Majesty, who do you plan to send to lead the new three battalions?"

Wang Yangming asked, he was only responsible for the abolition and rectification of the three major camps, but he could not supervise the three major camps. After all, he was in charge of the reform affairs. He still had many things to do and was simply unable to manage the three major camps.


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