.Chapter 797 The East Wind Blows the War Drum (Part 1)

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Ji Town is 150 miles away from the capital. The next morning, Qi Jiguang received a hundred thousand urgent sends from the capital. The letter ordered him to set off immediately. Qi Jiguang did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly explained his job to the deputy general, so he quickly set off. The next morning, he arrived in Beijing.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, he came to the Ministry of War’s office to report. When generals arrived at the Ministry of War, they would be more or less troubled. Qi Jiguang had already experienced it, so he had a stack of money in his arms and was waiting to be slaughtered. Who knew that the people in the Ministry of War suddenly became honest and dedicated, kind and kind, and he took the initiative to give money to others. Fortunately, the tea was served with kind words and asked him to wait in the living room.

Qi Jiguang couldn't help but think, did he think I gave less? Wouldn't he just pass on a message? Twenty taels are not bad... If not, double it?

While he was thinking about it, he came over and asked, "General Qi, please come with me."

Qi Jiguang then confirmed that the sun really came out from the west, and dogs didn’t eat anything to eat vegetarian food. But... why?

With full of doubt, he followed the clerk to the cross-yard of Lord Shangshu, and saw a young man in first-class crane uniform standing in the courtyard smiling at him.

"The last general will pay homage to the Prime Minister Shen." Qi Jiguang quickly took two steps and came to Shen Mo half a foot in front of him and knelt down on one knee.

"Don't be too polite." Shen Mo immediately reached out to help him, but Brother Qi had practiced it, so he almost flashed his waist, which didn't stop him from kneeling.

"You go." Shen Mo looked at the clerk and said, "General Qi and I want to talk, so don't let anyone disturb you."

When the clerk stepped down, Qi Jiguang stood up. Shen Mo hugged at him and smiled. He also smiled and whispered: "I think the elders are all very majestic."

"Don't I have majesty?" Shen Mo stroked his three-inch middle beard and said, "Is my beard left blank?"

Qi Jiguang almost laughed and said in a low voice: "Shandong people have a loud voice, let's talk to you in the house."

When the two entered the house, Shen Mo personally poured tea for Qi Jiguang: "Thank you all the way, haven't you rested yet?"

"It's okay, I'm just a marching rush." ​​Qi Jiguang smiled and said, "The people who are in the army can afford it."

"Is sister-in-law okay?" Shen Mo looked at Qi Jiguang and said.

"Very good..." Qi Jiguang smiled.

"Don't bully you again, are you?"

"..." Qi Jiguang said with a dark face: "Sir, let's talk about serious business."

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"Okay, talk about serious things." Shen Mo smiled enough, took a sip of tea, and recalled: "Do you still remember being in Longshanwei back then?"

"I will never forget it for life." Qi Jiguang nodded and said, "In that small house on the back mountain, I spent half a month with the adults day and night, I really remember the best memories of this life."

Shen Mo hates chills, thinking you're taking revenge on me, right? He coughed twice and said, "I remember I took many unrealistic ideas from the wall. Every time I picked one, it was like taking your life."

"Yes, that's the real way to cure the root cause." Qi Jiguang was excited and said, "Is the time here?"

"Doing things is not cooking, how can you wait until the ingredients are done before putting them in the pot?" Shen Mo shook his head slightly and said, "But the conditions are much better than twelve years ago. The court all realized the necessity of reform, and the slogan of 'National Defense First, the North First' has been shouted for a long time. You and I are even more different from the past. Although we still can't do it happily, we can always do more with me."

"Yes." Qi Jiguang said with a quick look: "I remember when the adults advised me to go north, they once said: 'I have been born, and if I want to compete for the character of a hero of a generation, I should be content with the southeast. If I want to compete for the character of a hero of the ages, I should be content with the northwest.' I have always remembered this."

"Haha..." Chen Si smiled embarrassedly, "When he talked, two years have passed, but he has never had the chance to make you have a great vision, but he is like I have deceived you."

"Sir, joking," Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "Yuan Jing has learned a lot in the past two years, accumulated a lot of experience, and won a beautiful victory, which are all precious."

"Yuan Jing comforted me..." Silent smiled and looked at him seriously, "You Qi Jiguang are trying to compete with the heroes of all ages, and these are not worth mentioning at all."

Qi Jiguang wanted to say a few humble words, but when he saw a silent face, he sat upright and listened to the instructions.

"You'll be transferred back this time." Chen Si finally said the main topic: "In name, he re-controlled the Shenji Camp and intimidate the jumping Liang Xiaoxiao, but this is an excuse. When this storm is over, you will be the Prime Minister's training in the Beijing Camp, and I will do my best to cooperate with you to realize our dreams back then."

"Yes" Qi Jiguang, who had long since collapsed, suddenly became excited and said, "I will definitely live up to the entrustedness of the Lord."

"As for this period," Chen Si said in depth: "In addition to taking the Shenji Camp back into your hands, you also have to prepare a notebook to write down your views on military system reform, show it to me, and then hand it over to you."

After hearing the silent words, Qi Jiguang pondered for a moment, took out a memorial from his sleeve and said, "I have already written something, please read it."

"Oh..." said silently, "It seems you are always ready." Then he took Qi Jiguang's memorial and saw that it read "The Memorial on the Four Things to Invite Soldiers to Defeat the Capitols", but he didn't open it, saying, "Tell me first, when I look back, I can better understand your subtle meaning."

"Yes." Qi Jiguang nodded and cleared his throat, "In this memorial, I proposed to train a 100,000 elite troops in the coordinated combat of chariots, infantry and cavalry, and to promote military power, completely reverse the military situation of passive beatings in the north, and then use this force as a demonstration regiment to go to the nine borders as the backbone to drive the training of the entire army, so that the entire border troops along the Great Wall would become powerful brigades. In this way, the northern border defense can be consolidated, and the dream of counterattacking the Tartars and sealing the wolf Juxu will be realized."

"What's specific?" Chen Mo knew that a meticulous general like Qi Jiguang could not just use some empty talk to dissuade him.

"For the source of soldiers, based on my experience in recruiting and training troops in the southeast, if the original soldiers are trained, it is difficult to change the appearance of the army. Even if they are trained on the surface, they will be defeated and even fled once they encounter a strong enemy. Therefore, I requested to adjust the source of soldiers. First, select 30,000 materials that can be made from the original 100,000 Beijing soldiers through the 'front selection', and then use the method of recruiting Yiwu soldiers in Zhejiang to select 50,000 loyal, honest, brave farmers and mining work as supplements. In addition..." He looked at the silence and knew that he could talk about everything here, so he plucked up his courage: "In order to train soldiers faster, I suggest that 20,000 well-trained and long-standing combat-tested Southeast anti-Japanese soldiers be used as backbone. I don't know if it is possible..."

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"Is it a little difficult for the last one?" Qi Jiguang asked in a low voice when he saw that he was silent for a long time.

"Nothing is easy," Chen Si rolled his eyes angrily, "I can imagine that I will be flooded with saliva."

"Of course, you can't make things difficult for the adults..." Qi Jiguang said sadly.

"This is not something you should worry about," he was interrupted by silence before he finished speaking, "You just need to care about the specific things, and leave the blame to me."

"Yes." Qi Jiguang felt warm in his heart. Only under Lord Shen's command could he be so relaxed and free without having to bother with military affairs.

"So let's talk..." Although he didn't say much, his silent mouth was so dry that he picked up the teacup and drank it all the time.

While pouring tea for him, Qi Jiguang told him about his reform opinions on military supplies, training and organization.

After listening to Qi Jiguang's words, Chen Shu gave a high evaluation: "I think Yuan Jing's suggestions are all about experience and the essence of military governance. They are really talented and wise. If they can all be realized, the northern border defense will definitely be completely improved."

With silent praise, Qi Jiguang hung a faint joy on his face, but soon changed to a sad look and said, "However, do you think the court will approve the suggestion of the last general?"

"This is hard to say." Chen Si shook his head slightly and said, "This matter is very large, involves too many things, the court is complicated, and the public opinion is difficult to adjust. I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve everything."

"It's okay, didn't the lord say 'It's all for me'?" Qi Jiguang said with a clear view: "I'm asking for a price all over the place, just waiting for the court to pay back the money."

"This mentality is very good." Chen Shu couldn't help but smile: "Yes, don't be too hasty in everything. We must believe that the situation will improve little by little. I will help you try my best to get it. If you can't get it, you can only make up for it." As he said that, he looked at Qi Jiguang with hope and said: "But I believe that no matter what kind of conditions, Yuan Jing will not disappoint people."

"I understand what lord means." Qi Jiguang nodded.

"Very good." Chen Shu said happily: "No need to be too pessimistic. Now the government is in chaos and the stern dying is crazy. It is a good time to take advantage of the troubled waters. If you are lucky, your memorial may be passed."

"I borrow the good words of the master." Qi Jiguang said with a smile. In fact, he didn't have much hope in his heart.

Chen Mo stopped talking about this and asked him a few more questions. Seeing Qi Jiguang's face showing tiredness, he said, "Go back and rest early. I can't invite you to my house. I'm so sorry."

"Where is the master?" After a long and energy-intensive discussion, Qi Jiguang couldn't hold on anymore, and he smiled and said with a forced smile: "This is a last resort." It is a taboo thing for the cabinet ministers to make friends with generals. Although silent now is in charge of military affairs and can legitimately meet Qi Jiguang, it is only limited to official affairs in the yamen, and we still have to avoid suspicion in private and in private places.

"Just be considerate." Chen Si stood up and said, "I usually stay in the afternoon. Today is an exception. If you have any problems in the future, come to the Ministry of War every day."

"Yes." Qi Jiguang responded again.

After seeing Qi Jiguang off, he looked at the pocket watch silently. It was only half past eight o'clock, which shows how early General Qi came.

"Are the gift ready?" said Hu Yong silently.

"It's ready." Hu Yong nodded.

"Prepare a sedan chair," said silently: "Go to the Dongning Marquis' Mansion"

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To the east end of Dongzhimen Street, there is a Yaowangmiao Hutong. From there, further east is the Wanli Hutong where the mansion of the Dongning Hou is located. Although this is located in Dongcheng where the nobles live, it is already very marginal. Because Jiao Ying's hereditary title is just a small count, his address is a reflection of his status in the Xunchen family.

Of course it was the old calendar. In the ten thousand alley today, the Earl's Mansion has become the Marquis' Mansion. Whether it is Jiao Ying's ability or the other person's luck, he is the only one who can accomplish this over the past hundred years. In addition to being promoted to Marquis, Jiao Ying also became the most trusted honorary of the late emperor, and was appointed as the commander of the imperial guards and in charge of the four guards of the imperial guards... This official position has always been passed down from several dukes' houses.

The current Dongning Marquis Mansion is vaguely ranked alongside the three Dukes Mansions in the capital and is known as one of the four major families. So as soon as the news of Jiao Ying's illness came out, there was a lot of traffic in front of the Marquis Mansion. Those who came to visit and comfort him were like crucian carp cars crossing the river, which made the gatekeeper overwhelmed.

Half past the morning of the morning, eight people carried oil silk curtains and green curtains and stopped at the door of the mansion. The Marquis's eyesight was fierce, and he could see the clothes of the guards who were working in the imperial city at a glance, and he knew that the sedan chair must be a certain Grand Secretary.

The gate of the Marquis' Mansion quickly stepped up, held his fists and bowed, and said, "The villain is the gatekeeper of the Marquis' Mansion. I dare to ask the name of the noble man, so I can go and report it to my Marquis."

Hu Yong handed over a simple blue-faced post, and the doorman took it and looked at it, and said with a whisper, "It turns out that it is the boss of the Pavilion Chen." He turned around and said loudly, "Hurry open the middle door, there are distinguished guests!" The main door of the Hou Mansion is usually not open, unless there are distinguished guests coming, or important ceremonies.

This made Hu Yong a little surprised. He thought to himself that this kid was too rash, so he opened the middle door without asking for instructions

The gatekeeper didn't want to be regarded as a second-hand man, so he explained in a low voice: "My marquis often says that without Master Chen, he would not be a marquis. Let us regard Master Chen as the number one distinguished guest, and if we don't open the middle door, we will eat the board."

It turned out to be that, Hu Yong suddenly said. At this time, the door creaked open, and the sedan was carried straight into the mansion. The mansion of ordinary officials and wealthy families was probably the sedan hall, the sedan hall was the screen wall, and the living room was the living room. This was probably the same, but the mansion where the Hou Dongning lived was not like this... As soon as he entered the sedan hall, the screen wall facing him turned into the side wall of the living room, close to the left wall, and there was a long corridor, which was more than ten feet ahead, and his vision suddenly became wider, and a garden about five or six acres was displayed in front of him.

The corridor from the gate is east-west, but this garden is north-south. Lotus is in full bloom in several square ponds of different sizes, and pine and bamboo are covered with pine and bamboo on the gentle slope; red pavilion and white pavilion, jade carved railings, Ip Man and the windings are bright, and the curtains are covered with flowers, and the flowers are shining on the bottom of the curtain are "near the mountains, dark cover the immortal cave, and the water hookah is crossed to the wealthy family"

The sedan chair passed through the corridor and fell in front of the five-chamber living room gate facing the garden. The sedan curtain was raised, and I asked silently to get off the sedan chair. Under the guidance of the servants in the mansion, I entered the main seat in the hall and sat down. As soon as I sat down, he realized the real function of the garden... The living room was facing the garden, and the host and the guest sat in it, with their ears full of heaven and their eyes full of beauty, as if they had entered a fairyland. They were drunk before they could speak, and they were whispering lightly without any worry about quarrels.

Even though he was knowledgeable and had been an official in Suzhou, which is famous for his gardens, he couldn't help but cheer for the scene in front of him and sighed in his heart: "I always hear people say that a nobleman has only been born in three generations. This is true. Although Suzhou's gardens are unique, with the water from the south of the Yangtze River and the stones from Taihu Lake... can gather the essence of the world together. However, it is this greed that reveals the nouveau riche of the garden owner. They are far inferior to the taste of these noble families..."

While he was thinking about it, he heard a hearty laughter sounding from the back hall: "Hahaha, what wind has blown Lord Shen."

Standing up silently, facing the direction of the visitor with a smile, I saw a bearded man wearing a light gauze python robe appearing at the back door of the living room. It was Jiao Ying, Hou Dongning.

The two of them smiled and said hello, and then gave in. Finally, the thing sat down. After talking about the tea, they looked at Jiao Ying silently and said, "Even if you are pretending to be sick... can you be more dedicated?"

Although Jiao Ying was wearing a marquis' golden python robe, he was very handsome. He crossed his legs with his upper body tilted to the back of the chair, grinning and said, "If you don't make an illusion in front of a real person, what are you pretending?"

Seeing his careless look, Chen Si said helplessly: 'I'll take back what I said just now.' He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's really hard to connect you with the master here."

Seeing his eyes falling into the garden, Jiao Ying said carelessly: "You said this garden, I have disliked it for a long time. I want to flatten it and build a martial arts performance venue, but my mother will not let it go..."

"Fortunately, there is a lady..." Chen Si felt ten thousand contempt for the behavior of burning the piano and boiling the crane.

"Haha..." Jiao Ying laughed and said, "You have precious time, so we won't talk anymore. What's the matter with me?"

"Cough cough..." Chen Si coughed twice, tidied up his confused nerves, and said, "Since you're cured, please take office quickly, Marquis."

"That's it..." Jiao Ying looked embarrassed: "I'm not pretentious with you, and I won't be pretentious either. You let me take charge of the four guards of the imperial guards, that's fine... To be honest, I've been getting furious for half a year after being dismissed from Yang Bo's position."

"Is it not good to go further?" Chen Si said lightly: "You are all under your jurisdiction of the 100,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp."

"No." Jiao Ying shook his head vigorously and said, "I took the commander of the imperial guards and offended the British Duke. Now I will be the admiral of the Beijing camp, and Rongguo Duke will hate me too." As he said, he spread his hands and said with a bitter face: "Brother, it's not that my brother won't help, but if he offended the two major Dukes, how can my family get along in the future?"

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