Chapter 114: The Absurd Emperor and the Army
Emperor Chrysostom said that the matter was settled in this way, although Cai Jing felt a little sorry for Li Nan's future, but it could only be counted like this.
Although Li Nan didn't know the mystery, it was actually better for him to be able to control an army alone, and he was not very interested in the high-ranking officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, after all, it was not a few years before the rise of the Jin people.
It was not until the time of the child was approaching that the celebration was over.
Li Nan, who was about to leave with other courtiers, was left behind by Zhao Ji along with Cai You, Wang Hao and Li Bangyan and other favored ministers, and the unfulfilled official family decided to open another table and continue to drink and feast.
Halfway through the wine, everyone was a little drunk, and Li Nan finally saw what it meant to be debauched.
Cai You and Wang Hao skillfully took off their official robes, and only wore middle clothes and performed a scene with several singers and dancers to seduce a woman from a good family, full of banter and waves, while Li Bangyan sat next to Zhao Ji and sang a vulgar song.
Li Nan, who was originally hiding alone and drinking, did not escape the fate of being tossed by Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji said drunkenly: "Erlang, are you willing to perform for me, or do you also sing like Shimei?" β
Li Nan sighed, it was really difficult for him to be a clown like Cai You and Wang Hao, so he had to say, "I'd better sing a little song for the official family." β
After listening to Li Bangyan's singing of the silver tune, Li Nan knew that it might not be appropriate to sing some elegant songs at this time, and after a little consideration, he decided to sing a song adapted from the mountain song of Yunnan in later generations, "The Coachman Takes Me".
The coachman will take me, and my little sister will marry you!
Your carriage will ride me,.... Touch it for you.
Coachman, tell me, which one can be drawn?
Little girl, really good at coaxing, big brother doesn't dare to touch ......
Li Nan sang here, Cai You and Wang Hao performed with the two palace maids in His Royal Highness, which part of the singing, these two started to touch, and Zhao Ji, who was watching, shouted and was excited.
After a banquet and silver play, Zhao Ji became more and more interested, and ordered the eunuch Yang Jian to recruit seven or eight newly favored concubines to come to the dormitory to serve.
After many concubines arrived, the drunken Zhao Ji began to act excessively, and Li Nan, Cai You and others saw that the situation was a little bad, and hurriedly got up and retired.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji didn't forget Li Nan in his busy schedule, and said excitedly: "Erlang, don't go, you can paint here and keep the majesty of me conquering them!" β
Cai You gave Li Nan a self-conscious expression, and hurriedly withdrew from the dormitory with Wang Hao and the others.
Liu Guifei, who had a close relationship with Li Nan, and another Wei Shufei, brought him pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and sat next to him to study ink for him.
Even when Li Nan was dreaming, he didn't expect to watch the emperor make love with his concubine on the spot, and paint on the spot, although this Shengming was very bizarre, he could only use his painting skills to depict Zhao Ji's heroic posture on the bed.
Sitting between Liu Guifei and Wei Shufei, two different aromas diffused into Li Nan's nose, looking at Zhao Ji in the dark, Li Nan felt dry in his mouth, and hurriedly raised the golden cup and drank the wine to cool down.
Li Nan didn't know that this wine was different from the imperial wine at the time of the banquet just now, but it was the Jiuyang Tonic Wine secretly made by Zhao Ji in the palace.
Li Nan, who was full of thoughts, looked at the two concubines around him who had a relationship with him, and couldn't help but think of the mature and dignified Liu Guifei's former style, and Wei Shufei looked quiet and high-definition, but in fact, her skills and charm were not lost to Liu Guifei at all.
Zhao Ji was unscrupulous, and his favorite minister Li Nan was not honest at this time......
That night, Li Nan gave Zhao Ji a wonderful map of the battle of Huizong, and Liu Guifei and Wei Shufei also showed their friendship as landlords and personally rewarded him with body and mind.
The next day, Li Nan took his own soldiers to the military camp in Xinfengqiumen.
After summoning all the soldiers in the school field, Li Nan, who looked through the roster, was a little speechless.
The Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army was divided into the upper army, the middle army, and the lower army, and the upper four armies were the most elite troops in the forbidden army, mainly stationed in the capital, and only a small number were stationed in neighboring states and counties.
At present, the most elite forbidden army in Tokyo City is the four armies of Touri, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei, each of which is divided into left and right compartments, each with three armies, each army has five battalions, and the battalion has five capitals, each with 100 people.
Li Nan, the right wing of the Divine Guard, should be full of 7,500 people, but at this time there were only more than 2,000 people in front of him, among whom there were some old and weak people who were short in stature and did not wear military uniforms.
According to this ratio, the forbidden army, which is known as 800,000, is afraid that it would be good to have 200,000 or 300,000 people.
The military strength of the Great Song Dynasty is weaker, which is a good thing for Li Nan, after all, he does not plan to stay here all the time to develop, and it is likely that he will fight with the Song army in the future.
The number of people is smaller, Li Nan also admitted, the key is that in addition to a small amount of armor and weapons in the warehouse, the rest are knives, guns, bows and crossbows that have begun to rust, and the silver on the books has long been swallowed up by the original commander.
Waving his hand to beckon the three of them, Li Nan asked, "Have these soldiers ever trained on weekdays?" β
"General Qiyu, these soldiers are trained every day!"
Looking at this ruddy-faced, obese, and rich man, Du Yuhou, Li Nan, who couldn't be named, said, "Are you?" β
The fat general sneered and said: "His subordinate Qian Guangyuan is the rear army of Yu Hou." β
"Oh."
Li Nan nodded and pointed at the other two and said, "You are?" β
Both of them bowed their hands and said, "Subordinate Gao Siwu/Seinfeld, I've seen the general!" β
Li Nan waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down, and then asked, "How did I first arrive, can you give me a briefing on the situation?" β
Originally, the Divine Guard Army vacated a commander, so the three of them all expected that this official position would fall on their heads, but they didn't expect that a talented man would come to the official with air conditioning, so Gao Siwu and Song Fei obviously looked down on Li Nan and had a lukewarm attitude.
Only the fat man Qian Guangyuan smiled with a smile on his face, and said with some anxiety: "Don't hide it from the general, our Divine Guard Army is currently similar to other armies, and there are actually only more than 2,000 people in the army, which is also a common practice in the army." The thousands of elite soldiers under the Gao brothers and the Song brothers were all used to deal with the faΓ§ade of the imperial court, while the more than 1,000 people under them did some business in Tokyo City and earned some food. β
After listening to Qian Fatzi's words and learning about the inside story of the Divine Guard Army, it is estimated that the other new generals will definitely vomit blood, but Li Nan doesn't care.
The lack of people in the army is a good thing for Li Nan, the gap between the rich and the poor in Tokyo City is huge, and there are many poor people who can't eat, and it is obviously easier to buy this kind of person than to brainwash the soldiers of the Divine Guard, and you can take the opportunity to cultivate your own strength.
Therefore, Li Nan said to Qian Fatzi with an unchanged expression: "Let the soldiers disperse, you can bring some soldiers to help me move." β