The remaining five battalions of the New Army are all in the military camp over at Taipingcang. Only the Brave Battalion went to the Leopard Room for rotation today.
After receiving the emperor's order, Wang Yuan immediately rode into the city on his fast horse and entered the imperial city directly from Bei'anmen.
Because he held a special talisman, Wang Yuan did not dismount and walk, but rode a horse to the Baofang School Ground.
The real name of Baofang Campus is "Inner Campus". It was originally a place where the emperor reviewed and trained the imperial guards. Zhu Houzhao directly used it to train the border troops entering Beijing.
There is also a "Tiger City" south of the school grounds, which was built specifically for the tiger that Zhu Houzhao raised with his own hands and almost killed Jiang Bin. The other tigers were all raised in the elephant room, and there was no special treatment, just like the leopard room only raised
Like a leopard.
There is a "sheep house" in the south of Hucheng, and a "silkworm pond" in the south of the sheep house. To the southeast of the silkworm pond is the real "leopard house" building complex. It is close to Xihua Gate. If Zhu Houzhao wants to go to court or cabinet,
, it is actually very convenient, and there is no difference in distance from living in a harem.
However, today's civil and military officials collectively refer to the entire Xiyuan as the Leopard Room, and the inner school field far away from the Leopard Room has also become the Leopard Room School. Those who don't know the geographical location of the imperial city would have thought how far Zhu Houzhao traveled.
I think this guy lives close to the Forbidden City.
Wang Yuan rode his horse to the school field. Thousands of soldiers from the brave camp were resting because the general who trained them had been summoned to the leopard room.
People playing dice, playing football, telling jokes, sleeping... It's a complete mess. There are people doing everything in the school grounds. How can the smoky atmosphere be like "the emperor's own army"?
This is because the emperor has been ill recently and has not been able to go to the school grounds to review the troops. After Jiang Bin was promoted to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army, he went to Jiangnan with the emperor and did not care much about the troops when he came back. Neither the emperor nor Jiang Bin cared about it.
, the soldiers below naturally began to slack off, and they were considered "well-trained" if they came to take turns on duty on time.
Wang Yuan held the emperor's seal, jumped up on the general platform, and shouted: "Order the troops! If you don't arrive within a quarter of an hour, behead! If you are absent without reason today, be beheaded! If you are noisy or out of formation, behead!"
After three words of "cut" were shouted, the school grounds immediately exploded, and the soldiers near the stage gathered in panic.
Wang Yuan held a pocket watch made in the Ming Dynasty and stared at the time. After fifteen minutes, he immediately asked: "Who has the highest position?"
"Zheng Hu, a lowly official, pays homage to Wang Shilang!" A general knelt down on one knee.
Wang Yuan ordered: "Count the number of people immediately."
At this moment, several soldiers rushed over. It was freezing cold, so they hid in a corner and drank, and they were too drunk to react.
"Behead!" Wang Yuan shouted.
"ah?"
Zheng Hu thought he had heard wrongly, and thousands of soldiers were also confused.
Wang Yuan was wearing an official uniform of a third-grade civil servant, with a black gauze on his head, and a hat with three heroes. He jumped down from the general platform, came to Zheng Hu's side, pulled out Zheng Hu's saber with a clang, and walked towards the soldiers who were late to gather.
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Those soldiers were trembling, but they were lucky. They thought they were Jiang Bin's soldiers and Wang Yuan would not really dare to kill people randomly.
A soldier said: "Wang Shilang..."
The sound suddenly stopped, Wang Yuan slashed with his sword, and the head rose into the sky. His sword skills were no less than those of a professional executioner.
"Spare my life!"
The remaining soldiers were shouting and running away. They were all frightened by the alcohol, and they only regretted that they didn't have four legs.
Wang Yuan quickly chased after him and fired several fatal blows.
When Wang Yuan returned to the general platform, his official uniform was not stained with blood, and it was clean as if nothing had happened.
However, the audience was completely silent, and the school grounds were completely silent.
"when!"
Wang Yuan threw the knife back and landed it in front of Zheng Hu, scaring the guy from kneeling on one knee to kneeling on both knees.
"Count the number of people." Wang Yuan reminded.
Zheng Hu stood up with a loud sound, hurriedly called to the official school, called his name at lightning speed, and came back to report: "To the king's minister, a total of seventeen people have not arrived."
"Write down your names. Except for those who are sick and whose parents are dead at home, even if their wives and concubines have children, they will be punished," Wang Yuan emphasized, "Behead them all!"
"Yes!" Zheng Hu secretly swallowed his saliva and felt his mouth was dry.
Wang Yuan said loudly: "Jiang Bin has been captured and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
"boom!"
The whole place was in an uproar, shocked and unbelievable.
"Huh?" Wang Yuan frowned in displeasure.
The sound was not loud, but it seemed to spread throughout the school grounds, and the entire army fell silent instantly.
Zheng Hu knelt down again: "Wang Shilang, our brave soldiers are not direct descendants of Jiang Bin, nor have we collaborated with this traitor to deceive the emperor."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty only kills Jiang Bin and does not intend to implicate the soldiers. Otherwise, he would not have sent me, Wang Erlang, to comfort the army. It would be more convenient for the imperial guards to arrest people directly. Are you willing to believe me?"
Zheng Hu quickly said: "I have no doubts about this!"
"We are convinced!" The other soldiers also shouted.
Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "Very good."
Zheng Hu was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and asked: "Wang Shilang, what should I do..."
"Continue to practice as if nothing happened," Wang Yuan asked, "General Zheng, do you know why I killed people today?"
Zheng Hu thought to himself: It’s not just to establish his authority.
But Zheng Hu did not dare to answer like this verbally, so Zheng Hu flattered: "Everyone knows that Wang Shilang is strict in running the army. Those few people drank in the Baofang Campus and missed the time to start the army. They should have been punished by death. Wang Shilang killed well."
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Wang Yuan sneered and said: "As frontier soldiers, you are fortunate enough to be stationed in the capital, and you can even take turns to train in the imperial city. What kind of imperial favor is this? Ask yourselves, how many people are eating in the capital without paying, and how many people are in the capital?
The capital is oppressing good people? You receive full military pay and eat fine grain every day. Why don’t you think about repaying the kindness of the sage and slack off even six days of exercise? If you were the soldiers led by me, I would kill you all.
Light!"
Zheng Hu lay prone on the ground, trembling all over, and said: "The lesson learned by Wang Shilang is that in the future, the soldiers will be subject to strict restraint due to their humble position."
Wang Yuan ordered: "Today we will practice until the quarter hour, and then we will line up and return to the camp. Don't ask about anything else. Did you hear me?"
"I humbly obey my orders!" Zheng Hu responded hurriedly.
Wang Yuan asked the eunuch to get a chair and sat on the general platform to watch. His task was to calm the army and prevent the border troops from causing trouble in the imperial city.
Who dares to make trouble?
Several corpses were hacked to death by Wang Yuan, but no one dared to collect them. Thousands of soldiers trained frantically next to the corpses, for fear that this third-grade civil servant would have a seizure and chop others again.
Until it was getting late, Wang Yuan watched the brave camp leave the imperial city, and then headed to the direction of the Leopard Room to recover.
Zhu Houzhao enjoyed it very much. The entire Leopard House complex, in the middle of Taiye Lake, is surrounded by lake water in the north and south directions. The Leopard House is a large multi-functional lakeside garden. The multi-function is reflected in temples, markets, and zoos.
There is a large garden, a gym... it can be called a residential area with complete living facilities.
"Your Majesty, the brave camp has left the city." Wang Yuan reported.
"I know," Zhu Houzhao suddenly regretted and asked, "Erlang, am I a little impulsive this time?"
Wang Yuan replied: "I am often impulsive, but I never regret it."
Zhu Houzhao smiled dumbly and asked again: "Do you have any quarrel with Jiang Bin?"
Wang Yuan replied: "I am an enemy when it comes to matters rather than people. If the other party does something that benefits the country and the people, I will not report it publicly because of personal grudges. The matter of new money is of great concern. Anyone who dares to get involved will be killed by me."
Then quickly!"
Zhu Houzhao asked again: "You said, Jiang Bin has exceeded the limit countless times, does he really dare to rebel?"
Wang Yuan shook his head: "He does not dare to rebel, but he has the ability to rebel. He commands four of the six battalions of the New Army, and can even lead one battalion directly into the imperial city for training. There are thousands of border troops in one battalion. If one day he
He is really crazy. The Leopard House is not protected by a city wall, so even if I rush to rescue him, it will be too late."
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Do you want to persuade me not to let the new army practice in the inner school field?"
Wang Yuan said: "That's not the case. The new army can still enter the imperial city, and one person can command several battalions. However, a general who is sitting in the camp and training cannot control the army! Just like Jiang Bin, who is also the commander-in-chief of the left rear army, and
How dangerous is it to control the fourth battalion of the New Army and also be responsible for the training of the New Army? His Majesty handed a sharp knife to Jiang Bin with his own hands. It all depends on whether Jiang Bin has the murderous intention!"
Zhu Houzhao thought: "This statement makes sense. The generals in charge of the army and the generals in charge of the army must be separated."
"Your Majesty is wise," Wang Yuan said flatteringly.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly waved and said: "Erlang, come here and get closer. It's been a long time since you and I have talked all night. Let's stay in the Leopard Room and chat and drink together tonight."
While Wang Yuan, Zhu Houzhao, and the imperial concubine were having a drink, Yang Tinghe suddenly got the news and exclaimed: "Jiang Bin is really down?"