The Yanfu Palace gradually became quiet, and the eunuchs waiting at the side were already waiting.
When he saw that there was no one around Guo Zongyi, he came up to him step by step and said, "Li Mei, the left supervisor of the chamberlain, please pay homage to your highness."
"Prince Li, please rise." Guo Zongyi offered a hand and said warmly. After all, he was Guo Wei's personal companion and the number one eunuch in the palace.
"Who are you, Li Jimei?" The name suddenly popped into his mind and he asked in a strange way.
"Your Highness, Li Jimei is my adopted son." Li Mei straightened up, but still lowered her head, and replied respectfully.
Guo Zongyi said oh and didn't ask any more questions. The five generations of dignitaries loved to adopt sons, and most of their successors were adopted sons. It was nothing new.
But I felt a little wary about the eunuch and his son. After all, the father served the emperor and the son served the prince, and they were suspected of being under surveillance.
"Which palace should I live in?" Guo Zongyi asked again.
Li Mei raised her hands to the sky and replied: "Your Majesty has already issued an order to change the Shuibei residence in the west of the imperial city into the emperor's grandson's mansion, and to accompany the Xiaodi Army and the Guangrui Army in Beijing, each of them will select 500 clean and elite soldiers.
Organized into an army to protect the emperor and grandson, he was also given ten servants, ten maids, one hundred thousand coins, five hundred pieces of silk, and twenty horses to support the servants in the palace."
Only then did Guo Zongyi remember that he could not live in the palace, so he asked: "Where is the Shuibei residence?"
"On the right side of the inner city, next to the palace, it has been the residence of the Minister of Finance in previous dynasties. After years of renovation and reconstruction, it has become a magnificent mansion."
"I see, then please ask Supervisor Li to take me there." Guo Zongyi said clearly.
Li Meilian said he didn't dare, and called Long Qizhi's guard, the black-faced officer, and asked him: "We are going to Shuibei Residence. Can the squad provide some manpower to escort His Highness?"
The superintendent agreed readily: "The ones on duty cannot move, but the bid has been placed, so the bid will take a few brothers to escort His Highness."
Li Mei turned to look at Guo Zongyi, waiting for his approval.
Guo Zongyi nodded: "Supervisor Li is very considerate and very good."
So Li Mei led several chamberlains in front carrying lanterns, and the escort led a group of tall and strong soldiers behind, guarding Guo Zongyi, and marched towards Shuibei House.
Diagonally across the inner city and out of Qianqiu Gate, the west gate of the imperial city, there is a large piece of newly tamped open land, with only a few military buildings and official offices under construction scattered here and there, and no other buildings.
Not far from walking north along the west wall of the Imperial City, a small and quiet lake suddenly jumped into view, sparkling and floating under the moonlight.
He suddenly remembered the "melting moon, light wind" described in Yan Shu's poem. The beauty of that high-level sect is no different from the current one.
Guo Zongyi searched his head again and remembered that this small lake expanded several times in later generations and flooded the palace. It was called Longting Lake and was divided into two parts by the imperial road of the Song Dynasty.
, and at this moment, what is its name?
"Supervisor Li, does this small lake have a name?"
"Your Highness, I have never heard of a name." Li Mei turned around and replied, and immediately added: "But this lake is also enclosed in your residence."
"Oh?" He understood the meaning of this sentence.
"Then let's call it Rongyue Lake."
Li Mei only responded, but it was the dark-faced guard who praised him: "Your Highness is a talented person. This name is both elegant and appropriate for the occasion."
Guo Zongyi looked back at him in surprise: "Have you read the book?"
Abban smiled sheepishly. Under the moonlight, his face was very dark and his teeth were extremely white.
"When I was young, my family had quite a lot of money, and I hired several gentlemen."
Guo Zongyi nodded approvingly and said in an old-fashioned way: "Yes, not many military generals have read. If you have time, you should read more."
"provoke."
Not long after, everyone arrived in front of the mansion. The plaque had already been removed, leaving a large space on the lintel, waiting for the new owner to hang it again.
Cao Han and Cao Bin had already arrived. They heard from the guards in the mansion that a group of people were coming from a distance with lanterns and fires. They guessed it was His Highness. They looked at each other, rushed out and waited outside the door.
Seeing that it was really Guo Zongyi, they both stepped forward to greet him.
"Excuse me." Guo Zongyi waved his sleeves and asked, "Have everything been settled?"
The two nodded in agreement, and Guo Zongyi said: "From now on, I will live here forever if I can't. If you have time, you can bring your family over. The mansion occupies a very large area and there are many empty courtyards, so there is plenty of room for it."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After crossing the door, Li Mei stopped with Long Qizhi's soldiers. Li Mei and the adban said goodbye to him. Guo Zongyi thanked him again. As if he suddenly remembered, he asked the adban: "It's been a hard journey to protect you. What's your name?"
What is your current position?"
The security guard was overjoyed, and kept running after him even after the value was lowered, just to look familiar.
He hurriedly replied: "The current leader of the East and West Class, whose surname is Zhao and whose name is Kuangyin!"
Guo Zongyi was stunned on the spot. He knew that Zhao Kuangyin was serving as a guard in the palace at the moment, but he did not expect to meet him on the first day after entering the palace.
For a moment, his thoughts were changing, his heart was throbbing, and he even wanted to kill him on the spot.
In the end, we succumbed to reason.
Fortunately, the lights were dim and Guo Zongyi's changing expression was not noticed. He quickly calmed down and said with a gentle smile, "But is the son of General Zhao, the commander of Long Jiedu?"
Zhao Kuangyin was slightly surprised that His Highness knew his family background even though he was not in the temple?
He said humbly: "Your Highness, I am not the son of any commander, just the head of the East and West Squadron."
Guo Zongyi nodded and said with satisfaction: "That's it. Official Enyin in the court, I should follow your example. It's already late at night, and I'll send you my hard work. If I have some free time another day, I'll personally visit your father's house."
Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed and thanked him again and again until Guo Zongyi disappeared.
He straightened up, the smile on his face still undiminished. Li Mei looked at him deeply, wrote down the name in her mind, and said goodbye to him and left.
Guo Zongyi led the second cao into the main hall, waved back the left and right, sat down and asked: "Xiaodi, have the soldiers of the Guangrui Second Army arrived?"
Cao Han presented the roster and replied: "When we arrived, Xiaodi was the cavalry army, but he only brought 200 horses, and Guangrui was the infantry army. Most of the people coming from both armies were newly recruited soldiers, and only ten of them had official status.
Several people are currently housed in a newly built barracks not far away."
Guo Zongyi looked through it briefly, but still felt that there were too few horses. After observing these days, Tian Ping was indeed a good hand at raising horses, but now he could only serve the few horses in the stable in the backyard, and his family skills were useless.
The place of martial arts.
Nowadays, the world is torn apart. Years of wars have led to a desolate horse administration. The seven horse ranches left in the late Tang Dynasty are not left in the hands of many temples. I am afraid that in another twenty years, the military general will have no horses to use.
It seems that the civilians are waiting for exile, and the problem of insufficient war horses must be solved first.
Putting away his thoughts, he returned the roster to Cao Han, and Guo Zongyi made arrangements: "The selection of soldiers is subject to review. Tomorrow you go to Chai Wang and find out the background of these people. If you have any difficulties, go to Kaifeng Quan Prefect Yuan Long for help.
Report it to me as soon as possible."
"In addition, the mansion occupies an area of over 100 acres, and several yards in the north can be set aside to serve as military quarters for soldiers on duty. In normal times, the mansion can house 200 people and 100 horses for garrison and ceremonial purposes, once every five days.
, The rest are practicing in the barracks and taking one day off every ten days. Cao Bin, I will leave this military training to you."
"Wei!" Cao Bin accepted the order excitedly. He thought he would be a loser by following him, but he didn't expect that he would be able to lead thousands of troops as soon as he arrived, which fulfilled his long-cherished wish.
"You don't have to be too happy too early. Military training is like iron. After three months, I will review it. If you don't like it, you can leave."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I am a general and have studied military science since I was a child. Although I cannot prepare all four forces, I am confident that I can satisfy Your Highness just by talking about military skills, hands and feet, weapons, and mechanisms." Cao Bin raised his head and said loudly.
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Seeing his high fighting spirit, Guo Zongyi no longer had any doubts and said with a smile: "Okay! There are not many soldiers, so we must strive for excellence. Please take a charter and report it to me within three days."
"Provoke!" Cao Bin also responded in the manner of a military attaché.
Guo Zongyi stood up, and the two of them also stood up suddenly. He walked out of the palace and said as he walked: "The night is getting dark, let's go and have a rest."
