Everyone in the court, including Emperor Chen, was busy with the ceremony, and Tang Ning was finally temporarily forgotten by him.
He could have lived a comfortable two-person world with Tang Yaoyao, but there were always people around him who were careless. Xiao Jue was forced by Lu Ya to study with Tang Ning all day long, not only to learn how to coax girls, but also to learn how to cook.
, which took up a lot of his time.
In the kitchen, Xiao Jue wiped his face, which was all black and white, and sighed: "Woman, your name is Mystery..."
He looked at Tangning and asked, "Do you really have nothing to teach me about making women happy?"
"People are different." Tang Ning said: "What suits me may not be suitable for you, and what suits Yaoyao may not be suitable for Lu Ya. The same method, used on different people, will sometimes be counterproductive. About
You can ask more powerful people for advice on this."
Xiao Jue said: "Is there anyone in this capital who is more powerful than you?"
Tang Ning nodded and said: "There are people outside the world. There is a sky outside the sky. The strong will have its own strong hand. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Maybe you can learn from King Run..."
"Him?" Xiao Jue curled his lips and said, "What does a little brat without even hair know..."
Half an hour later, Xiao Jue looked at the vegetables that he had burned into black charcoal, pinched his nose and poured it out, sighed helplessly, and prepared to go home.
He walked out of the kitchen and saw Zhao Yuan and the little girl from the Wang family standing in the yard.
The little girl from the Wang family held a flower in her hand and said, "This flower is so beautiful..."
"This flower is not beautiful at all." Zhao Yuan took the flower from her hand, put it on her temples, and said, "It is beautiful when it is worn on your head..."
"Hate……"
The little girl from the Wang family blushed and kissed Zhao Yuan on the face, then ran away shyly. Zhao Yuan was about to chase after him when Xiao Jue grabbed him.
Zhao Yuan looked at him and said, "Your Highness Prince Run, let's have a chat."
Zhao Yuan rushed to chase the little girl from the Wang family and said, "I still have something to do, let's talk about it next time..."
Xiao Jue looked at him and said, "You help me this time, and I will help you next time if something happens to you."
Zhao Yuan was stunned and asked: "Really?"
Xiao Jue nodded and said: "Really."
Zhao Yuan stretched out his palm and said: "High five as an oath!"
Snapped!
Xiao Jue raised his palm and touched his hand heavily.
…
Tang Ning found a master for Xiao Jue. Whether it was courtship or cooking, Zhao Yuan was qualified to be Xiao Jue's master.
A master is a teacher, and in this regard, he can sometimes be Tang Ning's master.
This saved him a lot of trouble and gave him an additional disciple for no reason.
This allowed him to not be disturbed by Xiao Jue when he and Tang Yaoyao were together. After all, when the two couples were getting tired of each other, no one wanted to have a light bulb next to them, the kind that glowed super brightly.
In recent days, if Emperor Chen didn't notice him, he wouldn't. Tang Ning couldn't help but go to Shangshu Province once and for all.
Many of the recent excerpts from the Minister of Public Affairs were about rituals. When he was reviewing the memorials today, he found a very interesting excerpt.
Regarding the security of the festival, a young official made a suggestion.
It seems more reasonable to entrust the responsibility of guarding the festival to a specific guard. It is better to select several hundred people from each of the sixteen guards.
If it is handed over to a certain guard alone, if the general of that guard disagrees, the festival may become a festival for many people.
But if the guard consists of sixteen guards, this risk is greatly reduced.
There are only about 300 guards in each of the five thousand guards. Even if one or several guards want to rebel, they will not be able to cause too much trouble.
Unless more than half of the Sixteenth Guards rebel, even if something unexpected happens, things will still be under control.
And if half of the Sixteen Guards really rebelled, there would be no need to wait for the festival to take action. Together, they could overthrow the imperial power.
The suggestion was made by a young official at Yushitai. Tang Ning thought it made sense, so she kept the note.
Today's Shangshu Province mainly relies on him and King Huai to judge the issues. If the two of them can handle it, they usually handle it on the spot. If they can't handle it or if they don't have enough authority, they will let the other party take a look first. If neither of them has an idea,
Then he would hand it over to the imperial study room.
Before leaving the office, Tang Ning read the few envelopes that King Huai had just sent, handed them to King Huai again, and said, "I can't make up my mind on these matters, so I'll send them to His Majesty for your decision."
King Huai handed over the few folds that Tang Ning had just handed over and said, "Send these to Father as well."
Tang Ning just sent five envelopes to King Huai, but he only handed back four envelopes.
He flipped through it and found that he had left behind the folder about the composition of the festival guards.
The Zhezi left by the two people either already had a solution, or they felt that what the Zhezi said was meaningless and could not be implemented. This Zhezi was a suggestion rather than a question. Obviously, King Huai felt that this method was not feasible.
.
Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "His Royal Highness King Huai thinks it is not feasible to recruit guards from among the sixteen guards?"
"Master Tang is probably talking about that letter." King Huai smiled slightly and said, "Although Master Tang is General Zuo Xiaowei, he may not understand the rules of the Sixteenth Guards very well."
Although Tang Ning was General Zuo Xiaowei, he rarely cared about Zuo Xiaowei's affairs. He looked at King Huai and said, "I would like to hear the details."
King Huai looked at him and asked: "There have been proposals to draw manpower from the Sixteen Guards before, but they were all rejected by the emperor. Does Mr. Tang know why?"
Tangning was really confused and asked, "Why."
King Huai said: "Master Tang also knows that the Sixteenth Guards are imperial guards. Their duty is to protect the capital and the imperial city. Once the Sixteenth Guards change, it will definitely be a disaster for the capital and the imperial palace."
King Huai glanced at him and continued: "In the past few years that Mr. Tang has been in Beijing, have you ever seen the Sixteenth Guards working together?"
What King Huai said is true. Although the Sixteenth Guards seem to be free on weekdays, they have great responsibilities. They are under the emperor's nose. If the Sixteenth Guards rebel, the capital will fall immediately, so the choice of these people must be
Those most loyal to the royal family.
After King Huai's reminder, Tang Ning finally understood why it was not feasible to recruit people from the Sixteenth Guards.
The reason why the Sixteenth Guards are the Sixteenth Guards is not to be a separate imperial guard, but to decentralize power.
The emperor was worried that the imperial guard would be controlled by some people with ill intentions and threaten the safety of the royal family, so he divided the imperial guard into sixteen parts. These sixteen parts were independent of each other and did not govern each other. They only listened to the orders of Emperor Chen.
It is forbidden for the guards of the Sixteenth Guards to be too close to each other. The generals of the Sixteenth Guards do not have much contact with each other on weekdays, just to avoid suspicion.
If the guards interacted and joined forces frequently and became familiar with each other, then the purpose of decentralization would not be achieved. Emperor Chen would never allow such a thing to happen.
This was a taboo for the emperor, and it was also the reason why the envelope could not be passed.
Tang Ning looked at King Huai, cupped her hands, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for reminding me."
King Huai bowed his hands and returned the greeting: "Master Tang, you are very polite."
Tang Ning said, "Let's stop here today. I'm going back first."
King Huai nodded and said, "Master Tang, walk slowly."
After Tang Ning left, King Huai picked up the envelope again. After reading it for a long time, he threw it into the box of discarded envelopes.
…
Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Jue walked into the room with a red face, handed a flower in his hand to Lu Ya, and asked with a smile: "Does this flower look good?"
"It's not pretty." Lu Ya took a look, frowned, and asked, "Where did you pick this flower? It's so ugly..."
The development of things was not in line with his expectations, and the smile on Xiao Jue's face froze.
According to what King Run taught, when Lu Ya said the flower was beautiful, he put the flower on her head and told her with a smile that although the flower was beautiful, it was not as beautiful as you...
But Zhao Yuan never taught him how to answer if she said "it doesn't look good"...
