Chapter 308
Jincheng is the capital of the country, and it is also an important town in the north. It is dozens of miles away from the Great Wall. After passing the customs, it can go directly to Mayi City outside the Great Wall. One inside and one outside rely on each other. The emperor and his party arrived a day earlier than the estimated time. They have to wait here for five days. Wan Bei Army.
While crossing a bridge, Han Ruzi rode up a nearby hill to observe the army under his command.
After being reprimanded, Liu Jie, the supervisor of the Central Division, was very ashamed. The next day, he gave the emperor an idea: "Your Majesty wants to choose people, first of all, you have to use people, Wen is in the imperial examination, and Wu is in the army, can Jiao Ying be in these two things Only those who come out can be further tried, and then see if they are recommended by colleagues and superiors, and those who have received compliments can be entrusted with important tasks. This is what Emperor Wu did. As far as I know, the selection of the previous emperors Probably so.”
Han Ruzi felt that Liu Jie's words were very reasonable, so he ordered the powerful children of the Yiwei Camp to take turns commanding the march, especially when crossing the bridge and over the mountain, he wanted to see if the team was neat and orderly, compared with Fan. Thousands of elite soldiers led by Crash Mountain.
Fan Zangshan is more than brave and lacking in tact, but he was born in the army and has a lot of experience. The trivial matter of marching is not a problem for him, and his subordinates are all selected soldiers from the southern and northern armies. Narrow bridges can be crossed with little or no slowing down.
In contrast, the Yiwei Battalion was a little worse. Due to the complicated sources of soldiers, they were not convinced by each other, and no one was willing to give way. There were several disputes at the bridgehead, and the dozen or so powerful children who were on duty did not dare to give orders directly, and could only go back and forth. Persuasion, after all, did not cause too much confusion.
Han Ruzi on the hill saw it in his eyes, and he rejected the group of powerful children first. The generals are different from the civil servants. If they don't even dare to take charge of the task during the march, if they really go to the battlefield, they will definitely hesitate, which will delay the fighter opportunity.
But these noble disciples who accompanied him were not useless. In the past few days, he had taken a fancy to a few people, and he had already kept them in his mind.
According to the practice of the Great Chu, the literati of the fifth rank and above are basically jinshi. The soldiers were much faster, and Han Ruzi could only select generals from among them first.
There will be a meeting in the capital next spring, and Han Ruzi decided to select more talents at that time and slowly cultivate qualified civil officials.
Ten years later, he thought that in just ten years, he would be able to change the appearance of Da Chu, and even if he could not restore the strength of Emperor Wu, he would not be shaky.
Han Ruzi's heart was filled with ambition, wishing that time would go by faster, Cui Teng suddenly laughed, "Your Majesty, look."
Cui Teng had been tried for a long time. Like everyone else, he didn't understand the emperor's intentions. A chance to block one side.
Seeing Cui Teng's loyalty and the queen's face, Han Ruzi decided to keep Cui Teng by his side, just to form a check and balance with the East Sea King.
The East Sea Kingdom fell, and the King of the East Sea could not go to the country, so he could only follow the emperor to the north. He was very willing, and even hoped to be able to return to the capital again. At this time, he also looked at the bridge and shook his head: "Your Majesty is watching, just do this kind of thing, it will be done. What kind of system?"
The two disciples of the powerful were whipping each other with horse whips, interfering with the marching team. Many people gathered around to persuade each other, but they did not dare to get too close.
"I'm going to teach them a lesson." Cui Teng said enthusiastically, gently shaking the whip in his hand. His so-called lesson was to rush in and fight. With his identity, no one dared to fight back.
"No, it's a trivial matter, whoever should take care of it." Han Ruzi wanted to see how the rotating commander would deal with it, "Whose family is the two fighting?"
Cui Teng squinted for a while, "One is Han Xing's grandson, and the other seems to be... Oh, isn't that Yin Xiaoyan'er, Prime Minister Yin's nephew?"
"Han Xing doesn't have a grandson, that's his grandson, adopted to Han Xing's nephew, but he's not a member of the pedigree, so he doesn't count as a descendant of the clan." King Donghai corrected.
Cui Teng glanced at the East Sea King coldly.
The two were fighting for some unknown reason, and no one listened to their persuasion. More and more people were watching, and some even booed and almost blocked the bridge. Han Ruzi shook his head regretfully and was about to send his generals to end the chaos. Someone came forward.
It was a young man who looked young, but was riding a tall and steed horse. With a loud shout, he ordered the crowd to move away, then galloped through the two fighters, and quickly turned the horse's head. Passing through again, forcing the two back, unable to swing the whip at each other.
The others swarmed up and persuaded them to stop. Someone pointed to the flag on the hill in the distance. The two finally returned to the team, but they were very dissatisfied with the young man who rushed in. They pointed at him with a horsewhip, I don’t know what to say. What, like a threat.
"Who is this person?" Han Ruzi asked again.
Cui Teng couldn't answer, so Donghai King pretended to be surprised and said, "You don't even know your own nephew?"
"My nephew? Where did my nephew come from?" Cui Teng was puzzled.
"That's Miao Yuan, Marquis Ping'en's son, why don't you remember?"
"Oh, it turned out to be him, maybe I've seen it before. There are so many relatives in the Cui family, how can I recognize them all?"
Han Ruzi wrote down the name. Mrs. Ping'enhou once supported him, but she was a woman who fell with the wind, blowing loudly, but in the end it was of no use. Han Ruzi hoped that her son would be better.
It was time for the emperor to return to the line. Cui Teng led the way. The King of the East Sea approached the emperor, slightly behind half a horse, and whispered, "Your Majesty, beware of being deceived."
"Um?"
"March selection is not a new method. In the first two days, everyone couldn't see it. Now there must be some smart people who want to understand. They intend to show their hand in front of His Majesty."
Han Ruzi sighed, "Is it so difficult to choose a few generals who can fight?"
"This kind of thing can't be rushed. Your Majesty observes it yourself, and you have to be recommended by veterans. Famous frontier generals are born in large numbers, so they will not have their names. In this Jincheng alone, there is a famous general. It is the former general Deng. The descendant of the same clan of Liao, named Deng Cui, is now the commander of Daiguo, and he is also the brother-in-law of Daiwang."
Han Ruzi glanced at Donghai King more, "You really know a lot of people."
The King of Donghai smiled and said: "I know them, but they don't know me. Your Majesty is either marching every day, or burying his head in the memorial, I think I have to do something to share the worries of Your Majesty, so I asked the accompanying officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to chat. After a chat, I asked them about the famous officials and generals they passed along the way, and I thought that if Your Majesty needs it, I can save your Majesty a little time."
Han Ruzi was even more surprised and walked silently for a while, "You still have to go to the East China Sea."
"Of course, so I have to hurry up and do something for His Majesty."
The change of King Donghai was too great and abrupt. Han Ruzi asked, "Are you doing this for yourself or for the princess?"
The King of Donghai blushed, murmured a few words before it became clear, "The princess really doesn't want to go to Donghai Kingdom, she said that it is too remote, and she also said... She also said that she would try her best to return to the capital, but if she couldn't, she stayed in Luoyang. "
"Well, is the Tan family still not giving up?"
"No no, Your Majesty misunderstood. The Tan family knows that the situation is over. All they think about now is business. Luoyang is located in the middle of the world..."
"Needless to say, the war to pacify the chaos is over, and the Tan family has to go to the East China Sea with you."
"I only ask for one thing. Your Majesty's will must be stricter, and the princess will not be able to blame me." The King of Donghai said pitifully.
Han Ruzi quickened his speed and ignored him. This younger brother was scheming and tried his best to stay by the emperor's side and grab the last bit of power.
When the king and his ministers traveled 30 miles out of the city to meet the emperor, the sound of drum music could be heard from a distance.
King Dai and Emperor Wu were of the same generation, they were already very old, and they had changed the title several times.
The accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Central Division Supervisor Liu Jie went to see the Dai King early to comfort him in the name of the emperor, and the Dai Wang frequently sent people to express his gratitude to the emperor.
This was a strange conversation. Liu Jie was speaking on behalf of the emperor in front of him. Han Ruzi had no idea what he was talking about.
The etiquette is like this, and the acting king is not the most excessive. Han Ruzi has seen more flattering officials along the way. His position is too low to directly reveal it to the emperor. Shou, the loach has become a little rich man. As for other people, such as Cui Teng, Han Ruzi doesn't know the specific situation. I just heard that everywhere there are vehicles driving to Luoyang and the capital overnight, with loads on them for the Cui family. gift.
Han Ruzi couldn't bear it for a while, because he had more urgent military affairs in front of him, and secondly, he wanted to find out the situation, so he could have a target.
When he saw the king, he was different from the kind and benevolent image in the rumors. The king was a fat old man with sagging skin. He looked like a drunkard. As soon as he saw the emperor, he wept loudly. One of.
Obviously, this is also a habit.
Han Ruzi didn't make such a fuss, and immediately drank a glass of dust-cleaning wine, thanked the king for guarding the frontier, and praised him as the mainstay of the clan.
In the evening of the same day, the team arrived in Jincheng. Here, the emperor could no longer live in the military camp outside the city. From the day he knew that the emperor was going to patrol the border, he was preparing to pick up the car, and he even sent a number of memorials, imploring the emperor to stay in the palace. Willing to lead his wives and concubines to move elsewhere.
After several concessions, Han Ruzi moved into the palace, occupying half of the house and leaving the other half to the king.
Han Ruzi wanted to summon Deng Cui immediately, and then discuss the military situation outside the Great Wall with the generals, but he had to pass the banquet first.
The banquet was originally planned to last until the early morning. Han Ruzi left early in the middle of the night. The more places he walked and the more officials he saw, the more he felt that there were many problems in Da Chu and he had to take powerful medicines to cure them. Why did Emperor Wu, who lived in prosperous times, leave such a mess for future generations?
Cui Teng has always been a drinker, never leaving the stage until the last moment without drinking, but today was an exception. He pushed the King of the East Sea and the eunuch away, and insisted on sending the emperor back to his room to rest in person, and his state of intoxication was not so obvious.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." In the bedroom, Cui Teng said with a smile.
"Say."
"Since Your Majesty is staying in the palace, someone must meet you."
"Who?"
Han Ruzi thought that Cui Teng was finally enlightened and wanted to recommend talents to himself, but what he heard was an unexpected answer.
"My sister."
"Um?"
"Not the queen, another sister, the one who once married the champion." Cui Teng frowned, unable to remember the name of this sister.
"Why is she here?"
"Champion Hou didn't leave a son. He couldn't give it to the Tan family or the Cui family, so he had to give it to the Deng family of Daiguo. It was the uncle of the champion Hou. My sister was softhearted and sent it in person. She listened to it. Said that the emperor is coming, begged me for a long time, must see His Majesty, nothing else, just want to say a few words for the son of the champion Hou Ren, and she is also considered to be the most righteous to the champion Hou Ren."
Cui Teng gave a reason that Han Ruzi was hard to refuse.