Zhu Houxi changed his clothes, tried almost all the training items, and finally stood in a military posture under the scorching sun, but he couldn't hold on for only five minutes, sweating profusely, and sighed: "Standing like this seems simple and easy, but it's not easy, no wonder Xu Jin said that this can train the endurance of the soldiers." Dingguo Gong, if you can hold on for half an hour? ”

Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo sneered and said: "The minister is already a handful of years, so compared with the young man of the five hundred battalions, if he is twenty years younger, it is estimated that he will be able to do it." ”

"Your Majesty, your clothes are all drenched with sweat, so let's go back to the house and change your clothes first, so as not to catch a cold." The celebrant and eunuch Bi Yun reminded.

Zhu Houxi waved his hand indifferently: "The current weather can be so easy to catch a cold." After speaking, he took the cold boiled water brought by another eunuch and drank it with a slurp, pointed to the Dongshan opposite, and asked with great interest: "Xu Qing, what is the place over there, is the horse farm?" ”

Xu Jin replied, "That is the place where the brothers of the 500 battalion are resting and having fun. ”

Zhu Houxi was immediately aroused by the words when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Take me over there to have a look." ”

This was exactly what Xu Jin wanted, and he immediately took the little emperor and a group of civil and military ministers to Dongshan.

There is a small ditch with a width between the East Mountain and the West Mountain, and the Ministry of Engineering has built two wooden bridges on the river for carriages and horses to pass, and everyone crossed the bridge to the side of the East Mountain, looking at the grassy slope in front of them, Xia Yan couldn't help frowning.

It is no secret that the household department allocated thousands of acres of barren mountainous land to five hundred battalions as tuntian, and Xu Jin used these tuntian fields to grow grass is even more well-known, so almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are very curious, what will Xu Jin take to feed the army when he arrives, although the number of five hundred battalions is not much, but it will cost a thousand taels of silver a month, if it is out of his own pocket, can Xu Jin afford it? Even if you can afford it, it's against the law!

At this time, Guo Xun couldn't help but smile weirdly: "Ouch, Lord Xu has planted all the grass in the tuntian, although it looks comfortable, but Lord Xu plans to let the brothers of the five hundred battalions eat grass in the future...... Ahem! ”

As soon as the words came out, Guo Xun regretted it, he mentioned this matter in front of the emperor, wouldn't that be equivalent to helping Xu Jin, if Xu Jin took the opportunity to break out the previous military status and weapons, it would be even worse, oops, was Lao Tzu's head kicked by a donkey?

Sure enough, when Zhu Houxi heard Tuntian, he immediately frowned and said, "Tuntian? Xu Jin, what the hell is going on? ”

Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo glared at Guo Xun's pig teammate dissatisfied.

Xia Yan has always had a good impression of Xu Jin in the military department, and Xu Jin put forward "Qingtianzhuang" under great pressure before, which made him admire him even more, so at this time, he immediately hugged Xu Jin and said: "Your Majesty, the household department has allocated all the two barren mountains in front of you to the five hundred battalions as tuntian, and the daily expenses of the five hundred battalions are all based on these thousands of acres of uncultivated mountain land, and the household department will no longer pay food. ”

Zhu Houxi's face sank when he heard this, he had been on the throne for a year, he was not the prince of the vassal who did not know about government affairs, he knew very well the difference between the Beijing camp and the local health center, the food and salary in the Beijing camp were allocated by the state treasury, and there was no need to cultivate in normal times, and the arrangement of the household department was clearly bullying the five hundred battalions, how could it be reasonable!

Zhu Houxi asked with a little anger: "Xu Jin, why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" ”

Ding Guogong and the others glanced at each other, it is estimated that Yang Tan, the head of the household department, is going to be unlucky this time, and at the same time secretly frightened, could it be that Xu Jin has been holding back and not sending it, and what he is waiting for is today? The city of this son is truly terrifying.

Xu Jin said calmly: "Back to the emperor, now that the treasury is tight, if you can save it, you will save it, plus the brothers of the five hundred battalions are indeed transferred from the local guards, and the essence is still the guards, and the practices of the household department cannot be said to be inappropriate, so the ministers did not mention this matter to the emperor." ”

Xu Guangzuo and Xu Pengju couldn't help but glance at each other in surprise, Xu Jin not only took the opportunity to sue, but even excused Yang Tan?

Xia Yan and Yu Shi Jitang both showed a look of approval, it seems that Xu Ziqian is indeed a person who understands righteousness and is open-minded, and after suffering such a big loss, he still thinks about the tight treasury, no wonder he is willing to take the risk of offending the world's magnates and take the lead in putting forward the proposal of "Qingtianzhuang".

Zhu Houxi glared at Xu Jin and reprimanded: "If you are smart, no matter how tight the treasury is, it will not shorten the food and salary of your five hundred people." ”

Although none of the people present at the moment are old foxes, they are not idiots, although the little emperor's words sound like a reproach, but they are actually a compliment, after this incident, Xu Jin is afraid that he will be more favored by the little emperor, Jane is in the emperor's heart!

Guo Xun thought angrily: "I have long known that this kid will not be so kind, and he dares to change his reputation and the emperor's trust in another way, he is really a cunning and insidious guy." ”

If Xu Jin knew what Guo Xun was thinking at this time, he would be ridiculous, although he was exquisite, but he was not hypocritical to that extent, the reason why he did not fall into the well and bring down Yang Tan, the head of the household department, was that he didn't want to stab the hornet's nest of the Yang Party, and he had just offended the nobles and heroes of the Manchu Dynasty, if he provoked Yang Ting and the party again, he would undoubtedly be looking for death, not to mention that the next "ban on opening the sea" had to pass Yang Tinghe.

"Hey, what are they playing?" Zhu Houxi's attention was soon attracted by the 500 battalion sergeants chasing on the football field.

Xu Jin asked Li Liang, the director of the Ministry of Works, to flatten the land for planting grass, which is a standard foot field, and the turf has grown for nearly two months, and it has become very lush, and at this time it has also made boundaries and dragon gates.

Xu Jin replied with a smile: "This is a new way to play Keju that the minister came up with, for the sergeants to have fun in their daily lives, and at the same time to train their physical strength." ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Let's go, go over and have a look!" ”

Seeing that Xu Jin did not take the opportunity to sue with his military status and weapons, Xu Guangzuo and others couldn't help but be secretly relieved, and hurriedly followed the little emperor's ass to the side of the football field.

At this time, there were 22 people in the field, divided into two teams, which is the modern way of football, and the two sides competed fiercely in the field. As for the soccer ball, it was remodeled with a rattan ball, and the outside was sewn with a pig's bladder, and although it was not as elastic as a modern soccer ball, the effect was not bad.

"Hey, that ...... Isn't that kid from the three knives? Zhu Houxi suddenly pointed to the middle of the field and shouted.

I saw a tiger guy in the field, who was rushing towards the dragon gate with the ball at this time, and a beautiful turn shook the opponent's defender, and shot hard, and the ball roared into the net from the upper right corner.

"Three knives...... Attaboy! The sergeants on the same team cheered in unison.

Zhu Houxi's kid couldn't help it after watching it from the sidelines for a while, and said eagerly: "This is fun, I want to try it too!" ”

Xu Jin was secretly funny, in fact, the main purpose of instigating the little emperor to patrol the camp was to promote football and then make money, otherwise the military salary would really not be paid.

"The emperor doesn't need to worry, the minister will tell you the rules first......" Xu Jin simply finished explaining the rules of football to Zhu Houxi, and then called the two teams on the field down to regroup.

Xu Jin took off his official robe, and inside was a tight-fitting short shirt, obviously ready to go down in person today.

"Wei Guogong, Wu Dingbo, are you interested in playing together?" Xu Jin asked with a smile.

Wei Guogong Xu Pengju hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay!" ”

Wu Dingbo Guo Xun wanted to refuse, but it was rare to have this opportunity to get close to the emperor, so he was reluctant to give up, and finally agreed to the end.

Xia Yan and Ji Tang are both officials, and their main responsibilities are to rectify the wind, supervise, and advise, at this time, when they saw Xu Jin "seducing" the emperor's game, they couldn't help frowning, but they are not pedantic people, the emperor occasionally plays games, it is naturally harmless, as long as he is not addicted, so he didn't say anything to disappoint the fun.

Next, the two teams competed on the field.

Xu Jin and Xie Sandao were on a team with the little emperor, and the team members were instructed in advance to pass the ball to Zhu Houyu as much as possible, while the other team also deliberately released water, so Zhu Houyu quickly scored a goal, and the kid was so excited that he shouted.

A ball game took more than half an hour to end, and in the end, it was naturally the emperor's team that won, but Zhu Houxi's kid was also so tired that he sat on the sidelines panting, and laughed loudly: "Happy, I will come to play next time." ”

Xu Jin naturally couldn't ask for it, as long as the emperor drove the trend, he would not worry that football would not be popular, and as long as it became popular, it would naturally be rich.

Next, Zhu Houxi bathed and changed clothes in the camp, and rubbed a big pot of rice for the sergeants, and then drove back to Beijing with satisfaction. It is estimated that he was tired, and on the return trip, Zhu Houxi did not ride a horse, but took the imperial chariot, and called Xu Jin to sit on the imperial chariot together. Xu Jin didn't want to tell the truth, so he politely refused, and just rode a horse to accompany the royal chariot.

"Xu Jin, in the future, the salary of the five hundred battalions will come from my inner treasury!" Zhu Houxi said suddenly.

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

Zhu Houxi frowned and said, "Why? ”

"Military salaries have always been allocated by the household department, if the emperor does not comply with the rules in allocating money from the inner treasury, I am afraid that the ministers will also become the target of public criticism!"

Zhu Houxi said a little angrily: "Then what to do, you can't be asked to pay out of your own pocket, if so, those guys will have to shout even more." ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "The emperor can rest assured, since the household department has allocated tuntian for the five hundred battalions, the minister will naturally use tuntian to solve the problem of military salary." ”

Zhu Houxi said curiously: "You have used it to grow grass in Tuntian, do you really want the brothers to eat grass to spend the day?" ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the fields don't have to grow grain to make money. ”

Zhu Houxi's heart moved, and he smiled: "Okay, you are the best at making money, then I won't be nosy, if there are any difficulties in the future, remember to tell me as soon as possible, don't carry it yourself." ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "When the emperor said this, the minister really has a difficulty to solve here." ”

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes and said, "You guy can beat snakes with sticks, let's talk about it!" ”

"There is a shortage of five hundred military horses!"

"Okay, go back and ask the Imperial Warden to send you five hundred horses." ()

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