Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh and said quietly: "Why should I guard against him? I shouldn't guard against him. What I should guard against is the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty."
Chen Lin opened her mouth to admonish, but Zhao Zhen waved his hand to stop him from speaking.
Chen Lin didn't understand Zhao Zhen's thoughts.
It’s not that Zhao Zhen, as a ruler, has a somewhat unpredictable mind.
But now Zhao Zhen knows too much and is a little helpless.
Jiaozipu and the forging iron workshop are certainly important.
But Kou Ji's approach made him feel very relieved.
Kou Ji knew that Jiaozipu and the forging iron workshop were important, so he took the initiative to help the Tian family retain his role, so that the Tian family could control Jiaozipu and the forging iron workshop anytime and anywhere.
And what about others?
Those who are in charge of salt and iron, those who are in charge of coining money, those who are in charge of wine, koji, wine, tea, silk, porcelain and so on.
If they encounter a shocking deal, they will only find ways to take it for themselves.
I never would have thought that I would get 10% of the Tian family.
Or take the initiative to let Tianjia take over, so that you can control it anytime and anywhere.
They will only continue to take advantage of Tianjia.
I wish I could empty out Tian's house and move into my own house.
Comparing the two aspects, who is really good for the court and good for the Tian family must be guarded against?
Those moths in the imperial court are eager to hollow out the people of the Tian family, but there is no need to guard against them?
What's the point?
Kou Ji didn't know Zhao Zhen's troubles.
After Kou Ji returned home, he found a suit of armor, put it on himself, and left the house.
When he was about to leave the house, the little panda hugged his legs and refused to let go.
That's right.
The two animals that Kou Ji got from Zhu Neng's house were pandas.
Ko Ji pulled the little panda from his lap, and as soon as he took a few steps, the little figure crawled to catch up with him and hugged his leg.
A pair of watery eyes stared at him, refusing to come down even if he said anything.
In the end, Kou Ji could only forcefully pull it off, put it into Xiang Yan's hand, and restrained it before leaving.
Kou Ji put on his armor and left the house, all the way to the military camp outside the city.
Di Qing and others, who had already received the news, were waiting at the gate of the camp.
When they saw Kou Ji, they all came forward to greet him and saluted him.
"Those in humble positions have seen Zongzhi!"
Kou Ji said calmly: "No need to be polite...enter the camp..."
Then a group of people entered the military camp.
As soon as I entered the military camp, I saw the soldiers in the camp practicing with weapons in hand.
They seemed to be practicing battle formations, which was a little different from when Kou Ji first saw them.
Kou Ji's eyes looked questioning.
Zhu You whispered to help Kou Ji clear up his doubts, "General Zhu came over a few days ago to teach them how to practice battle formations and cooperate with heavy cavalry in combat..."
Kou Ji pondered and nodded, "General Zhu, do you mean to use heavy cavalry as the main force, with bows and crossbows, and infantry as auxiliary forces?"
Di Qing, Zhu You and others nodded.
Kou Ji continued to ask: "What do you mean?"
Di Qing said solemnly: "I agree with General Zhu's suggestion. Compared with the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, our advantage is not only the advantage of armor, but also heavy cavalry. There are many casual cavalry, wandering cavalry and light cavalry in the Forbidden Army, but there is no heavy cavalry."
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Facing the charge of heavy cavalry, it is difficult for them to stop them."
Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded.
Di Qing is right.
The imperial court had many soldiers and horses, but there was only one heavy armored cavalry force, the Jingsai Army.
Nowadays, the Jingsai Army has been eroded and is stationed on the border.
It is impossible to be dragged to Bianjing City to fight.
Without the heavy armored cavalry to counter the heavy armored cavalry in the Tiger Army, the Forbidden Army soldiers could only use some large ordnance to deal with the heavy armored cavalry in the Tiger Army.
But since the Tiger Character Army entered Bianjing City, no heavy armored cavalry was exposed.
The armor has always been hidden in the warehouse.
When the Forbidden Army soldiers confront the Tiger Army, they may not bring out large-scale ordnance.
"Go to the barracks and say..."
Kou Ji gave instructions and took Di Qing and others to the barracks.
After sitting down.
Kou Ji said: "The imperial court has decided that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the troops of the Tiger Army and the Dragon God Guards will confront each other at the school field next to Jinming Pool. At that time, in addition to the officials and the Manchu civil and military personnel, all the people in Bianjing City will fight against each other.
The common people will also go and watch."
The reason why the imperial court chose the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
It is also to have fun with the people through school competitions.
Nowadays, we are still in the period of great mourning for the late emperor, and we cannot celebrate in a big way during the New Year and festivals.
But we can use martial arts performances in the school grounds to let people relax.
Di Qing and others had already received the news through the imperial court's decree.
So after Kou Ji told the news, they just nodded in unison without saying anything.
Kou Ji continued: "According to the wishes of the imperial court, only by defeating the two guards of Dragon God can we be qualified to confront the two forbidden armies of Pengri and Tianwu."
Di Qing and others nodded again.
Kou Ji added: "Before entering Bianjing City, I asked you to hide the armor of the heavy-armored cavalry to prevent this. It just needs to be used now."
Di Qing and others were stunned and looked at Kou Ji.
Di Qing muttered: "The plan is to hide the heavy armored cavalry and then take them out at the critical moment."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Yes... Only by taking surprise can we achieve a greater victory. If we take out the heavy armor cavalry from the beginning, we will definitely be praised and the commanders of the Tianwu and Tianwu armies will find out.
When they confront us, they will definitely come up with ways to restrict them.
Although heavy armored cavalry are powerful, they are not invincible.
After all, there is a way to exercise restraint on the battlefield."
Di Qing and others pondered for a while and nodded in unison.
Di Qing hesitated and said: "Control, this is what I thought before. It's just that in recent times, we have been under the guidance of General Zhu. General Zhu also secretly dispatched a lot of people. If we are against the Dragon God's second guard, we will not take any
Instead of bringing out heavy armored cavalry against Pengri and Tianwu armies, wouldn’t it be a bit unfair to General Zhu to bring out heavy armored cavalry?”
Kou Ji looked at Di Qing with some surprise.
Di Qing actually understands the ways of the world in official circles. Isn't it a bit surprising?
Di Qing glanced sheepishly at the female heroine sitting not far from him.
When Kou Ji saw this, he suddenly realized.
Obviously.
Di Qing still doesn't understand the politics of officialdom.
The reason why he was worried about Zhu Neng's face was also taught by the second sister of the Cao family.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Don't worry about this... I have already told General Zhu that General Zhu will not care about this..."
When Di Qing heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and nodded.
thereafter.
Everyone in the barracks sat together and discussed the order of men and horses to go into battle.
In a martial arts performance on the school field, it is naturally impossible to bring out tens of thousands of people to compete against each other.
Therefore, the imperial court stipulated that the number of people facing each other should be three thousand.
After discussion.
Di Qing and others left the barracks and began to drill with the soldiers.
Kou Ji left the second sister of the Cao family behind and planned to chat with the second sister of the Cao family for a while.
Facing the second sister of the Cao family sitting in front of him, dressed in military uniform, Kou Ji really didn't know what to say.
But thinking of the letter sent by Cao Ji before, Kou Ji still sighed and exhaled softly.
"Second sister..."
Hearing this, the second sister of the Cao family raised her eyebrows and cupped her hands and said: "Commander, there are no fathers and sons in the military camp, let alone brothers and sisters. You can just call the humble general Cao."
The second sister of the Cao family now serves as a general in the army.
His authority is somewhat similar to that of Peng Yue.
They are all instructors who teach martial arts to soldiers.
Although it was a bit inappropriate for her to hang out with a woman in the military camp.
But no one expelled her from the camp.
Female generals are rare in history, but they are not unheard of.
In the absence of Neo-Confucianism, although women's status was low, it was not so low as to be unbearable.
Women occasionally do some outrageous things, and the government and the public are tolerant of them.
Take the imperial examination as an example.
The few women who participated in science and technology recorded in history books all appeared in the Song Dynasty.
One of them, Lin Youyu, took part in the boy's examination at the age of nine. The examiner read her article and thought it was good. Not only did she not shout about beating or killing, she also sent it to the officials for their inspection.
The officials finally gave her the title of Ruren.
There was another one named Wu Zhiduan who took part in the boyhood examination. Although she was not as lucky as Lin Youyu, she was impeached by the officials. Although the officials did not give her any title, they also gave her some gold and silver.
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If a woman among the people does such outrageous things, the government and the public will tolerate her.
Besides, the second sister of the Cao family.
If she wanted to go out in public to oust the Cao family, the civil and military officials in the court had no reason not to agree.
As long as the court did not confer any high official or title on her, and let her appear in the court to discuss politics, the civil and military officials of the court would not bother to pay attention to her.
Kou Ji stared at the second sister of the Cao family, sighed, and said: "General Cao has returned to Bianjing City, why don't you go back to your hometown to worship her."
The second sister of the Cao family was not afraid of Kou Ji. She stared straight at Kou Ji and asked, "Does the ruler want to take care of the low-level family affairs?"
Kou Ji said with shame: "It's not me who wants to take charge of your family affairs... It's just that Cao Ji asked me to help him make peace and let you go back home."
The second sister of the Cao family narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "They want to lock me up again?"
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "The uncooked rice has been cooked into cooked rice. How can they possibly imprison you?"
The second sister of the Cao family frowned and said, "Then what do they want?"
Kou Ji said: "Although you did not marry Di Qing legitimately, the Cao family did not shout and kill or suppress Di Qing in this matter. Nor did they send people to kill you all to maintain the family tradition.
It is not difficult to see from this point.
No matter what outrageous things you do, the Cao family will always treat you as their daughter."
After hearing this, the second sister of the Cao family softened a lot.
Kou Ji continued: "According to Cao Yi, Uncle Cao plans to let you go back to the house and hold another wedding banquet for you so that you can marry Di Qing legitimately. Let you and Di Qing raise their heads in the future.
Instead of being unclear and confused like now."
The second sister of the Cao family was stunned and gritted her teeth and said, "Will they be so kind?"
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Uncle Cao is your biological uncle after all. Since he didn't yell at you when you married Di Qing, how could he lie to you about this matter.
You don’t think that with the Cao family’s status and power, it can’t embarrass you two, right?”
The second sister of the Cao family heard this, thought about it carefully, and said to Kou Ji: "I want to talk to Brother Yi about this matter..."
"Don't believe me?"
"No...there are some things I need to ask clearly."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Then I'll send someone to send you a message later."
The second sister of the Cao family stood up, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you for your work..."
"It should be..."
After the second sister of the Cao family left the barracks.
Kou Ji let out a long sigh and said to himself: "You are lucky to have an uncle like Cao Wei in Tan. If it had been anyone else, he would have killed you all in order to maintain the family tradition..."
After sighing.
Kou Ji sent someone to deliver a message to Cao Yi.
It didn't take long for Cao Yi to arrive outside the camp.
The second sister of the Cao family went out to meet Cao Yi.
Kou Ji didn't pay attention to what the two said.
He stayed in the barracks to prepare for the martial arts performance in the school field in a few days.
Time flies.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
A huge grandstand was erected next to Jinming Pond.
The surrounding school grounds have long been cleared.
Soldiers of the Forbidden Army, wearing armor and holding swords, were guarding the surroundings of the school grounds.
There were only six thousand soldiers and horses on both sides performing martial arts.
But the number of soldiers and horses guarding the school grounds exceeded 30,000.
The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army formed layers of human walls to keep the common people who came to watch the battle out of the school grounds.
When the imperial court approved the confrontation between the Tiger-Charactered Army and the Forbidden Army, it had already informed the people of Bianjing by sending out newspapers.
So there were a lot of people watching.
The time has come.
Zhao Zhen arrived at the school grounds in Long Chu, escorted by Yu Long Zhi.
Kou Zhun and other civil and military officials followed Zhao Zhenlong and arrived at the school grounds.
In addition, there are also royal family members and envoys from foreign countries.
When Zhao Zhen, led by Chen Lin, sat on the dragon chair in the stands.
The people shouted like mountains and tsunamis.
Zhao Zhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, smiled slightly.
The cries of the common people were the most sincere and the cleanest, which made him feel more comfortable than the flattering cries of the civil and military officials in the court who pretended to be submissive.
Wait until the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the royal family members, and the envoys from foreign countries are seated.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun discussed it and announced the start.
The Imperial Army soldiers guarding the school grounds made way for them.
A group of people dressed in civilian clothes entered the school grounds.
Afterwards, a Cuju competition kicked off on the school field.
It is impossible to verify when Cuju began.
The word Cuju first appeared during the Warring States Period.
Cuju developed into the Song Dynasty and reached an unprecedented heyday.
Most people in both the government and the public will play football for fun in their spare time.
Ding Wei, who had been beheaded, was said to be a Cuju master.
I have many Cuju players under my family.
Before the martial arts performance began, it was Zhao Yuanyan who suggested playing Cuju for fun.
After deliberation with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, they also agreed to the matter.
There are two Cuju teams on the field, one is the Royal Cuju team and the other is the Shifu Cuju team.
The Shifu was very wealthy and had ten Cuju teams.
They are all composed of Cuju masters, and only Shifu's Cuju team can compete with the Royal Cuju team.
In the eyes of many people in later generations, Cuju was played with takraw balls.
Actually it is not.
Cuju is played using inflatable balls.
The inflatable balls used in Cuju can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The ancients called the inflatable ball "Qiu".
Zhong Wupo of the Tang Dynasty also wrote an "Ode to Qi" for this purpose.
The goal is an inherent single goal, called the Fengliu Eye.
It is much smaller than the goals used in later football games and is more difficult to shoot.
Two Cuju teams were on the Cuju field, fighting back and forth for a long time.
In the end, the Royal Cuju team won.
After Cuju.
Just play polo.
After another fight.
It was then the turn to perform martial arts in the school field.
Under the auspices of the imperial court, this school martial arts performance turned into an exhibition competition.
But when Zhu Neng's lieutenant led the three thousand Forbidden Army soldiers selected from the Dragon Guard into the arena, no one regarded this as an exhibition match anymore.