Wu Haogu's entry into Beijing this time is not small, although he did not enter Beijing as a member of the Privy Council - the edict of Xuanma, who officially appointed him as a member of the Privy Council, has not yet been issued.

He is now in Beijing as the director of the coastal city's shipping system. It's not entirely because of Zhao Ji's summoning, in fact, Wu Haogu has been planning two major things for a long time, and now it is time to enter the implementation stage.

One of them is Ji Yi's envoy to the Great Food Country - now everything is finally ready, and only the north wind is owed. Ji Yi, as the chief envoy, and Li Gang, as the deputy envoy, naturally had to enter Beijing to face the saint and receive the national letter and gifts, and then they could set off.

Of course, due to the peculiarities of this mission. Wu Haogu hoped that Zhao Ji could give the coastal city shipping department the power to "transfer diplomacy", so that diplomacy could be carried out in the form of a more flexible coastal city shipping system and construction department without the need for national documents.

After all, the national letter is a very formal diplomatic document, and it is impossible to bring Ji Yi a stack of blank national letters abroad. There is no problem with changing to the documents of the coastal city, just prepare 100 blank documents with official seals, and all the countries that pass through can stuff a copy. As for the content, Ji Yi can play freely.

The second is naturally the Western Expedition of the Indoctrination Regiment. The Hexi Army of the brothers Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun is now ready. Just wait for Zhao Ji's "Crusade against Anxi Edict" to be delivered, and you can wave your army to attack the four towns of Anxi.

Therefore, the Great Religious Corps must also be in place as soon as possible, so that it can catch up with the dispatch of troops.

Because of these two major events, Ji Yi and Zhang Yuan entered Beijing with Wu Haogu this time. Coupled with a Pan Xiao'an, the team entering Beijing is also mighty, and it is very imposing.

However, Wu Haogu and others did not travel along the way, slow action, but hurried to the road, and arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Great Song Empire, at the beginning of March.

Since Wu Haogu and others stayed at the pavilion along the way, the news of their arrival was also sent to Kaifeng Mansion in advance. In the northwest of Kaifeng Mansion, in front of the official pavilion on the bank of the Jinshui River, the dusty Wu Haogu saw Li Zhong sent from the palace, and more than a hundred young officials wearing green robes, all of whom wore swords, and were obviously the right list jinshi of the new branch.

Li Zhong came by order, and those right-list jinshi in green robes are, in a sense, all of them a faction of martial arts, so they naturally want to come to greet them. And only Wu Haogu can arrange official positions for them as soon as possible...... In addition, during this time, there were many rumors that some scholars who failed in the Ministry of Rites test were angry and wanted to kill Wu Haogu who entered Beijing with a sword.

Therefore, these Jinshi of the Shixue School all carried long swords to greet Wu Haogu in the capital gate, also to protect the Wu traitors.

As for the other officials and relatives of Kaifeng Mansion, they will not come to greet the head of the "positivist school" of Wu Haogu now.

Although the last argument and brawl caused by the book on the bus ended with a complete victory for the students of the Biyong School Palace and the Yuntai School Palace, public opinion was overwhelmingly supportive.

It's no longer a matter of reasoning, it's a matter of ass. Anyone who supports positivism is a crooked ass.

"Daguan Li, it's been a long time." Wu Haogu's eyes swept left and right, and he didn't show much surprise, but turned over and dismounted, and greeted Li Zhong with a smile.

"It's been a long time." Li Zhong smiled. He is now the Imperial City Division, and he is the most powerful eunuch in Kaifeng Prefecture. "Our family has been ordered by the emperor this time, and we have come here to wait for Wu Chongdao to you. The official family misses you very much, so let our family take you into the palace immediately. After a pause, he said in a low voice: "The official family invites you to go to the Jinmingchi Shuixin Hall to play, and you don't need to change into official clothes, just plain clothes." ”

Hearing Li Zhong say this, there was an indescribable look on the faces of the more than 100 green-robed officials present. The official family obviously still regards Wu Haogu as their own!

Wu Haogu arched his hand at the more than 100 green-robed officials who came to greet him, and said loudly: "The Son of Heaven has a call, and Wu can only go first." Then he turned back to Zhao Jiadao, who followed him into Beijing, "Master Zhao, entertain you for a certain good student." ”

This time, Wu Haogu entered Beijing, and the entourage brought a lot of guards - he was also afraid of being assassinated by a certain Confucian who used a sword to protect the way - but the staff did not bring much, except for the master Zhao Jiaren, that is, the big form He Tianran, the scribe Lu Renjia, a total of three people. There are also two women, Bai Feifei and Guo Xiaoxiao who accompany Wu Haogu all the way, but they will not be lonely.

said goodbye to Pan Xiao'an, Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi, and invited Guo Xiaoxiao again, asked her to take two changes of clothes, and the two followed Li Zhong together and got on the horse to Wansheng Tower. Then he went up to the city wall of Wansheng Tower, and then went along the city wall to Qionglin Palace.

All the way into the palace, the Son of Heaven was discussing in the palace. Wu Haogu and Guo Xiaoxiao were led by Li Zhong to the Aowu on the north bank of Jinmingchi, where the big dragon boat was parked. There were already palace maids and little yellow doors preparing on the dragon boat, and when they saw Li Zhong coming, they saluted him one after another.

Li Zhong smiled and said to Wu Haogu: "The sky is gloomy, I'm afraid there will be a rainy night." Those who can float dragon boats on the water, listen to the night rain in the golden pool, and there are not many people in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

The so-called "night rain in Jinchi" is a rainy night, and the sound of rain hitting lotus leaves is transmitted into the water heart hall in Jinming Pond, which has a unique artistic conception. However, this artistic conception now belongs to the heavenly family (Jin Mingchi has been closed since it was incorporated into the expanded Qionglin Palace), and only a favored minister of the level of Wu Haogu has the opportunity to see a thing or two.

It's just that now these favored ministers of the Son of Heaven are also scattered all over the world, and only Pan Xiao'an can often enter the palace to accompany him. However, Zhao Ji is not a lonely person who can endure loneliness, and while the favored ministers are drifting away from him, the Taoists around him have begun to increase. In addition to Guo Jing and Liu Wuji, there are also Wang Laozhi, Wang Zai and Lin Lingsu, who often accompany Zhao Ji to talk about the lives of immortals.

Because Zhao Ji hadn't arrived yet, Li Zhong accompanied Wu Haogu and Guo Xiaoxiao on the dragon boat, drinking tea and waiting in a rather elegant room.

Li Zhong is Li Xian's adopted son, and he is also a soldier in the inner servant, of course, he also knows why Wu Haogu came, and what is the official Zhao Ji most worried about now?

So after chatting with Wu Haogu for a few words, he turned the topic to military training.

"Chongdao, do you know what Cai Yuanchang did wrong this time?"

Wu Haogu smiled, "Didn't you say that raising troops in Gyeonggi and blocking the way of speech?" ”

Li Zhong knew that Wu Haogu was pretending to be confused, so he shook his head and said: "The 500 government soldiers were not raised by Cai Jing, but were transferred to the Rapid Martial Arts by order of the official family. Students who have learned to train soldiers in the accelerated martial arts school are always natural to know hundreds of soldiers in school, right? Otherwise, the soldiers have not seen much, how will they train in the future, and how will they bring them?

As for the blocking of words, hehe......"

Wu Haogu showed a puzzled expression, "Then how did Cai Yuanchang fall?" ”

Li Zhong glanced at Wu Haogu, who was still pretending to be confused, and laughed: "I'll tell you the truth." The reason why Cai Yuanchang fell was because the 500 government soldiers were too easy to command, too obedient to the words of the officials, and too fierce!

There is nothing for such a soldier to be placed in the outer mansion, it can be placed in Kaifeng Mansion and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, which is very inappropriate. ”

Li Zhong was kindly reminding Wu Haogu - although he was not a figure of Wu Haogu's party, Jiehe Shangshi gave him a generous amount of filial piety every year. After taking so many people, it's not good to watch them fall into the pit and never be destroyed, right?

"I can't hide it," Wu Haogu didn't hide Li Zhong anymore, and said with a smile, "This official has long known that these simple villagers and mountain people are easy to be bewitched...... They have been soldiers for five years in a row, if the wife is not able to get a penny of military salary, and today's government soldiers are not farmers with property, but the desperate poor people are coerced by the wealthy and have to become soldiers, it is natural for them to want to make trouble. You can only get money if you have something!

And the official family has no kindness to them, and at the same time gets along with the generals day and night. To put it bluntly, the generals who lead the troops can get a little money to give them out, and they are likely to become the generals' henchmen and private soldiers. This is where the hidden danger of the government military system lies! ”

The current government military system is different from that of the Sui and Tang dynasties, in that the rich and upper families were recruited as soldiers, and basically the strong and destitute peasants served as soldiers, and they were not paid, but only trained and fought under the compulsion of officers.

As for the benefits of lifetime exemption, for them it is only a future, long-term benefit. It's not felt at the moment, and it's hard to say whether it can be implemented...... Therefore, such an army is relatively easy to cause military chaos.

"Yes, yes," Li Zhong nodded again and again, "You can see it clearly in Chongdao, and you are worthy of being a great Confucian in the world." ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "The Great Confucian doesn't dare to be a big Confucian, but he has brought the soldiers of the government and knows their temperament...... If the imperial court really wants to implement government soldiers, then there must be a good military attache to bring it, otherwise it is really easy to cause chaos. ”

Li Zhong nodded, "If you are reliable, the forbidden army is the best." ”

In Wu Haogu's view, the Eastern Army in the forbidden army was not a real army at all, it was just a group of ordinary people with their own livelihoods who went to stand guard in the barracks part-time. Such an army, of course, is reliable, but only if there are no enemies.

"The forbidden army will not make it." Wu Haogu shook his head, "Except for the Western Army, the Eastern Army is simply called the army for the people, and it's okay if there is nothing in the world, once there are soldiers, how will the imperial court deal with it?" ”

"Isn't it?" Li Zhong said, "The official family is worried! Chongdao, do you really have a way? ”

"There is a little way," Wu Hao Gu said, "I don't know how to train hundreds of thousands of government soldiers in the whole world, but there is still some way to train tens of thousands of reliable and usable soldiers for the official family in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

"Really?" Li Zhong raised his eyebrows, and was about to ask, when a small yellow door came in outside, and when he saw Li Zhong, he saluted: "Li Duzhi, the official family is almost here." ”