"This kid actually came here to show his kindness!"
After Yuan Lin left, Shen Jia came back to his senses and blurted out: "The sun really comes out in the west!"
Obviously, this matter has something to do with His Royal Highness the Prince's personal visit to the border army many years ago. His Royal Highness must have personally warned or reminded the Yuan family not to continue to make things difficult or confront him.
Shen You's mood was a little complicated.
This feeling of being protected is a bit strange and unexpectedly beautiful.
Of course, Emperor Qing'an also protected him. However, as a cold, majestic, wise and powerful emperor, he would not and could not do it too obviously. He never wrote letters in private, and occasionally sent people to send some rewards, but he could not go beyond the boundaries of the monarch and his ministers. status.
On the other hand, Zhu Yun, who came to the border army this time, showed his closeness in public and privately. Moreover, Zhu Yun's gentle and humble temperament made it easy for people to feel close to him.
Even though Shen You has a heart of stone, he still needs to be softer.
"The Yuan family listened to His Highness the Crown Prince's signal and came to show their goodwill to us." Shen You swallowed the sigh in his throat and whispered to Shen Jia: "Third brother, let's restrain ourselves in the future so as not to embarrass His Highness."
Shen Jia breathed out: "I understand. There are many factions in the border army, and fighting back and forth is really inappropriate. Since His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to do so, the Yuan family also took the initiative to lower their heads. We will also pretend to be pretentious in the future. We can pretend to be good. Be more harmonious and let His Highness feel at ease."
Shen You nodded: "That's right."
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The few days of New Year's holiday passed by in a hurry.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, Shen You and others said goodbye to their wives and children and returned to the cavalry camp again.
The imperial court approved the memorial submitted by Shen You years ago, and the Ministry of War officially issued an official document, allowing Shen You to form two thousand heavy cavalry.
Without saying a word, Shen You immediately passed on the order. He first screened the cavalry camp and selected 3,000 cavalrymen in half a month. Half of these 3,000 cavalrymen were slowly eliminated during future training, and only one was left in the end. One thousand and five. The other five hundred places are reserved for cavalry with outstanding daily training to supplement.
The heavy cavalry has better equipment, more powerful weapons, more generous military pay, and the best food, clothing and treatment, and is led by Shen You personally. The selected cavalry are all excited and no one wants to be eliminated. They are particularly dedicated during training.
For those who have not been selected, there are still 500 places hanging in front of them. Of course, everyone is eager to do so and practice hard.
For a time, the morale in the cavalry camp was greatly boosted. Everyone was vying to be the first, and drills continued every day.
The infantry camp was not to be outdone. It also made a lot of noise.
Yuan Jiang carefully selected 5,000 elite soldiers from tens of thousands of infantry. Each team was composed of five people, each armed with swords, guns, shields, bows and arrows. Ten teams formed a small square formation, and hundreds of teams formed a large square formation.
These elites are led by Yuan Lin.
The generals of the Chinese army, seeing the cavalry and infantry battalions training separately, were also ready to make a move. They simply went to see General Meng together, expressing their strong ambition.
"General Meng, our Chinese army cannot lose to them."
"That's right, we also need to train elite soldiers. There are heavy cavalry and infantry phalanx over there, and we will train a divine archer battalion. We will only select soldiers with strong arms and bodies who are good at archery for training."
General Meng had also thought about it for a long time. The three major factions of the border army were fighting each other and competing with each other. This was not entirely a bad thing. It had a certain effect on promoting bravery in the army.
The Chinese army has the most sharpshooters and thousands of divine arm bows, so it would be appropriate to set up a divine bow camp.
General Meng quickly made up his mind and agreed to the request of the generals to form the Shen Gong Battalion. The general who commanded the Shen Gong Battalion had a surname of Meng. He was the nephew of General Meng. He was twenty-eight this year and was young. Brave.
All kinds of news in the frontier army reached the capital, and Emperor Qing'an said to the prince Zhu Yun: "The morale of the frontier army is high, and it is a good thing to be brave in training and strive for the first place."
Zhu Yun also smiled and said: "I didn't expect that a trip to the border army would have such good results. It seems that if I have free time in the future, I should go to the border army more often."
Emperor Qing'an glanced at Zhu Yun.
Zhu Yun caused such a big stir among the border troops. He went to Shen You's home to hold a banquet, and got close to the Yuan family in the infantry camp. While wooing and demonstrating, he beat and gave favors. A series of methods that were shocking. Said to be exquisite.
Of course, these things could not be hidden from Emperor Qing'an. Moreover, after Zhu Yun returned to Beijing, he told Emperor Qing'an one by one what he had done and said.
Emperor Qing'an didn't say a word at that time. During these days, he received news from the border troops one after another, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did Yuan Lin write to you in private?" Emperor Qing'an asked casually.
Zhu Yun nodded slightly and replied in a low voice: "Yes, from the year before to now, there have been two letters in total. He took the initiative to go to Shen You's home during the Chinese New Year, and the originally tense relationship was greatly eased."
"He also told me that he planned to marry Shen You in the future."
Emperor Qing'an frowned.
Shen You's embarrassing identity lies here. The Yuan family has always been at odds with Shen You. After he was in power for a day, the Yuan family had nothing to do with Shen You. But he is already over fifty this year. Among the previous emperors of Da Qi, the longest lived About sixty years old.
He had to think about Shen You's future situation. It would be a good thing if the Yuan family took the initiative to show their kindness and marry Shen You. Firstly, they would turn hostility into friendship, and secondly, the daughters of the Yuan family were carefully raised and they were all outstanding girls. .This can be seen from Yuan Min.
Emperor Qing'an thought for a moment and said slowly: "Shen Xu is only eleven this year. After three or four years, I will decree a marriage between him and the little Yue'er of the Yuan family."
Zhu Yun: "..."
He hasn't finished speaking yet!
Yuan Lin is willing to marry his daughter, but his fifth uncle Yuan Jiang is reluctant to give up. He also wants to marry Shen so that he can become his granddaughter-in-law!
Emperor Qing'an raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why don't you say anything? Is there something else going on?"
Zhu Yun immediately said: "No. I am thinking that since my father wants to grant a marriage, it is better to summon Shen Xu to the palace first and train him in the palace for a few years."
Emperor Qing'an's heart moved: "Is this appropriate?"
"Why is it inappropriate?" Zhu Yun had already thought about this matter and said confidently: "Dong'er wants to choose a companion to study with, and I plan to choose a few sons of civil servants and a few sons of military generals for him. Shen Xu is of a suitable age."
"When Shen Xu turns fifteen, my father will decree a marriage for him. After he gets married and has children, he will be released back to the frontier army."
Emperor Qing'an's heart moved again.
Yes! Being a great-grandson’s companion is a honorable and honorable thing for the general’s disciples.
There are many benefits for Shen Xu to be his grandson's companion. He has the most profound Confucian scholar, a martial arts master with outstanding skills, and a circle of top second-generation officials in the capital. Shen Xu and his grandson get along day and night, and they can cultivate profound The friendship is a real benefit to the future...
The only problem is to convince Shen You and Feng Shaojun to agree.
Emperor Qing'an thought for a while and ordered: "I'll leave this matter to you."
