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Chapter 161 The Prince Enters Beijing 3

Chapter 161 The Prince Enters Beijing 3

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was only one way to become an official, and that was the imperial examination.

After obtaining the fame of Jinshi, the imperial court will assign official positions, high and low.However, there are not many Jinshi candidates for each subject. If there is a vacancy in an official position in any place, the Ministry of Officials will arrange to select a suitable person from among the candidates to take up the post.This is why people who have achieved the fame of juren can be called masters, because they have the opportunity to be officials.Especially during the Hongwu period, after several massacres, there was an urgent shortage of officials everywhere, and the chances of raising someone to become an official were great, and their status naturally rose.

This is the way to become an official in the civil service system.

For military officers, it is much more difficult.

Zhu Yuanzhang established the Weisuo Tuntian system.Those who serve as soldiers have to be soldiers for generations, and they are farmers on weekdays.The military attache has already made a decision, one radish and one pit.If you want to be an officer, it's simple, kill or leave the top, and the position will be vacant, and the bottom will have the opportunity to take the top.

If the emperor makes the appointment without authorization, is it okay?It is also possible, but the ending will not be too good.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang held a martial arts exam. The martial arts system at that time was relatively rough, and not many people participated, so I won't go into details here.But in the final result, the martial arts champion of that session was named Xue Gui, who was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang to serve in the Longxiang Guard. Later, because he couldn't stand the crowding out of the army, he left abruptly.

This is the case in the military. It is extremely difficult for an outsider with no achievements and no qualifications to blend in and gain the approval of Pao Ze.Zhu Yuanzhang also figured this out later, so he didn't continue to hold the martial arts.

Now that Xu Ruyi mentioned the arrangement for the martial arts candidates, Zhu Yunqi couldn't help scratching his head: "The martial arts in the third year of Hongwu did not go well. Now that I think about it, if I still send the martial arts candidates to the army, I'm afraid it will end in a normal way." Bar."

"Your Majesty sees it clearly." Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "Soldiers don't know their generals, and generals don't know their soldiers. This has always been a big taboo in the army. If there is no war for a while, the new general will probably be pushed out soon."

"Then do you have any good ideas?" Zhu Yunqi asked.

"Your Majesty, how about setting up another army?" Xu Ruyi smiled and said her own countermeasure.

"Leave another army?" Zhu Yunwen thought thoughtfully.

"That's right, build another army." Xu Ruyi nodded and explained: "Although King Yan has the heart of disobedience, it will still take a year and a half. King Yan is expanding the army, why can't the court do it? Although there are many troops, but the guards have been stationed in the fields for decades, and only a handful of them are trained every five days. There is no combat power, but they are good at farming. They are farmers with swords and guns. If they match up The elite soldiers under the command of King Yan who fight outside the Great Wall all day may not have a great chance of winning. Only a new army, drilled every day, will be of great use in the future!"

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, then pondered: "Drilling every day, the military expenditure must be huge, I'm afraid the court can't afford it."

"Your Majesty, soldiers are more expensive than large ones. If you practice well, you can eat blood for three meals. The slaves think that 3000 men are enough."

Hearing Xu Ruyi's explanation, Zhu Yunqi asked again: "Then how much do you expect to spend a year?"

"20 taels! But when the new army is first established, it still needs to prepare military equipment, food and grass camps, and I'm afraid it will take another 10 taels."

"30 taels?" Zhu Yunqi was taken aback when he heard this number, and then pointed at Xu Ruyi and laughed: "You, you, I just received a windfall of 40 yuan, and you spent it before it was hot Most of the time, I really have you. Let’s do it.” With a flick of his robe sleeves, Zhu Yunqi made a decision: “A new army is established, that’s it. The topic of today’s martial arts exams should revolve around the strategy of training the army. .”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Of course."

. . . . . .

Poisoning is a technical job.If the target is just an ordinary person, it's fine to sneak it into his food and drink.But if the target were Zhu Di's three sons in Beijing, things would be much more complicated.

Before the three of Zhu Gaochi left, Dao Yan only gave them one instruction: "Be well-behaved, be careful in everything."

It goes without saying that it's mediocre.In terms of being careful in everything, they really did it to the extreme.For example, in terms of food, after entering Beijing, they ate their first meal with Zhu Yunqi in the palace, and for the second meal, they sent three guards to find three random restaurants in Beijing and bought some wine and meat. came back.Ma Sanbao tried the dishes himself, and felt that there was no problem, so he let the three of them eat.

"Master." Ye Yuze recounted the news he had heard, and said with a sad face: "If they still do this tomorrow morning, I'm afraid the poison won't get in."

Xu Ruyi also frowned: "Can you make some articles at the store where they buy wine and rice?"

"Difficult." Ye Yuze shook his head.

Xu Ruyi narrowed her eyes and said nothing.

Qian Kemu beside the bed said at this time: "Elder-in-law." (With Ye Yuze by his side, Qian Kemu cannot be called the master of the sect)

"Say."

"In addition to direct entrance, there is actually a second way to poison anyone."

"Oh? Tell me quickly." Xu Ruyi urged.

"Smell." Qian Kemu said carefully: "If it can be made into smoke and inhaled into the lungs, it can actually have the same effect. It's just that grass people don't have this ability."

"Then what's the use of saying that!" Xu Ruyi glared at Qian Kemu with some irritability.

"Master." Ye Yuze continued from the side: "The shopkeeper of this pharmacy doesn't have this ability, but it doesn't mean that others don't."

"Shen Hongxian?" Xu Ruyi also responded.

In fact, from the bottom of her heart, Xu Ruyi didn't want Shen Hongxian to get involved.After all, fundamentally speaking, she is an outsider.But now that time is tight, the defense of Zhu Gaochi and the others is impeccable. With 36 guards around day and night, he was helpless for a while.

After thinking for a long time, Xu Ruyi nodded and said, "Go, call Shen Hongxian. Be careful, don't be seen."

"Yes." Ye Yuze turned around and left.

Not long after, Ye Yuze brought Shen Hongxian to the back hall of the Renxintang pharmacy, the white shoes stepped over the threshold, and a voice like a silver bell sounded at the same time: "It's almost dark, what do you want me to do at this time? And it’s so mysterious.”

"A thousand taels of silver, do our family a favor." Xu Ruyi pointed at the oiled paper package on the table next to her: "There is a package of medicine here, can I make it into poisonous smoke, are you sure?"

"A thousand taels of silver? Just do this?" Shen Hongxian's eyes lit up, she covered her lips and smiled softly: "Your Dongchang is really rich."

"The thousand taels of silver also includes the hush money, remember not to talk nonsense with others." Xu Ruyi said lightly.

"It seems like it's not a good thing." Shen Hongxian came to the table and opened the medicine bag, revealing a few heavy black medicine noodles.Shen Hongxian tapped it lightly with her finger, put some of it under her nose and smelled it.She opened her mouth and read: "Poria, croton, Panax notoginseng, flower snake gallbladder, sheep horn, alum..." Shen Hongxian suddenly became curious: "There is also Baicaoshuang?"

Lin Lin always recited more than ten kinds of medicinal materials, Shen Hongxian raised his eyes and smiled and said, "One day's injury to the liver and intestines? It's wicked enough. After taking this medicine, you have to laxate for a whole day, but it didn't happen at that time, and you can't find any traces and flaws afterwards. You Who is this harming?"

"Don't worry about it, just say can you do it?"

"Can, and can't." Shen Hongxian said: "I have the ability to make him into a sachet, the smell is volatile. But I can't make him into the kind of smog you mentioned. Do you need it?"

"What's the use of making a sachet? Did you ask our family to give him a purse?"

"That's not necessary." Shen Hongxian smiled mischievously: "Take this sachet with you and wave it in front of his eyes for a quarter of an hour, so that he can be tricked!"

Xu Ruyi thought for a while, then asked doubtfully, "Then our family will suffer too?"

Shen Hongxian spread her hands: "This is the only way I can do it. It's up to you to decide whether to use it or not."

"Eunuch." Qian Kemu said: "The medicine made by Caomin will take effect after an hour. Unless you can run to him at that time, it will still be useless."

"You don't have to worry about this." Shen Hongxian said: "Add a little three-day drunkenness here to prolong the attack. It depends on when you use it."

Xu Ruyi counted the time and asked, "If our family uses it now and wants him to have a seizure around tomorrow, can you do it?"

"Before and after Sishi?" Shen Hongxian nodded and said, "Yes, but the amount should be increased, and the taste may be a bit strong."

"What is the taste?"

"The sachet is naturally a fragrance."

"Okay, you go ahead and prepare. The medicine here is very complete and should be able to meet your requirements." Xu Ruyi nodded and finally made up his mind.

"Just wait." Shen Hongxian picked up the medicine bag, turned around and left.

. . . . . .

When the lights were on, there were not many people on the street.

Xu Ruyi carried Shen Hongxian's improved sachet in her arms and headed all the way to King Yan's Villa.

Riding the horse, the bumps and bumps made Xu Ruyi's crotch a little uncomfortable.This made him miss the little donkey he was abducted by Zhang Sanfeng.

Arriving at the gate of King Yan's Mansion, Xu Ruyi waved her hand, and a servant beside her stepped forward and knocked on the gate.

"Dong dong dong."

"Who is it?" The door opened a crack and the concierge poked his head out.

Fan Yan didn't say much, he reached out his hand and took out a bright red greeting card from his arms, with five gold-plated letters on it, "Admiral Xu of the East Factory".

The concierge took the post, looked at Fan Yan, and then at Xu Ruyi who was riding on the horse behind him. The concierge smiled and said, "Wait a moment, let the villain go and report."

After about a cup of tea, the door of the mansion opened again, and the concierge bowed and said, "Eunuch, please, my three eldest sons are waiting in the side hall."

"Thank you." Xu Ruyi nodded, dismounted and followed behind the porter.

Pass through the corridor, turn seven turns and eight turns, and come to a side hall of the second entrance.

The three Zhu Gaochi brothers have sat down in order of priority and are waiting for tea.

"Xu Ruyi, the admiral of the East Factory, see the three Highnesses." Xu Ruyi said, and she was about to bow down.

"Excuse me, my father-in-law is polite." Zhu Gaochi smiled and got up and flicked his sleeves: "My father-in-law came here late at night, I don't know what to do? But what is the emperor's will?"

Xu Ruyi looked left and right, besides the three brothers Zhu Gaochi, there were also some guard maids in the palace.Xu Ruyi winked with embarrassment, indicating that she would not speak.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, and ordered left and right: "You guys go down first."

"Yes."

The servant girls and guards walked out of the side hall one after another, leaving the three brothers Zhu Gaochi, Xu Ruyi, and others alone. . .A eunuch?

He has a white face and no beard, and looks about 20 years old, with two thin eyebrows and thin lips, making him look a bit mean.

Following Xu Ruyi's gaze, Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Eunuch, don't worry about it. His name is Ma Sanbao. He is my servant who serves me personally. He is the most considerate."

Xu Ruyi focused her eyes, and said in her heart, "So you are that Ma Sanbao."

Xu Ruyi looked at Ma Sanbao, and Ma Sanbao was also looking at Xu Ruyi.Or. . .It's alert.For some reason, Ma Sanbao always felt that the eunuch in front of him gave him a very dangerous feeling.

"Now, father-in-law, can you speak bluntly..." Zhu Gaochi hadn't finished speaking.

Over there, Zhu Gaoxu sneezed two big sneezes: "Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!"

"Ah, cut!" Zhu Gaosui couldn't bear it, and followed him.

Rubbing his nose, Zhu Gaoxu said displeasedly: "Where does this smell come from? It's so fragrant and very pungent."

"His Royal Highness, forgive me." Xu Ruyi cupped his hands and apologized: "The slave girl hurt her body when she entered the palace, so she always wears some sachets to cover her body, which made His Highness laugh."

What Xu Ruyi said made sense.When the eunuchs were castrated in the palace, they did cook a lot of food uncleanly and were prone to incontinence, so they brought some sachets to cover up the smell.It's just not as strong as his smell.

After hearing Xu Ruyi's explanation, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui showed disgust on their faces, but they knew that the eunuch was a celebrity in front of the emperor, so they didn't say anything disgusting.

Zhu Gaochi's expression remained unchanged, but he looked at Xu Ruyi apologetically: "The two younger brothers are a little sensitive to this smell, please don't worry about it, father-in-law."

"Where does His Highness say, how dare the servants."

Zhu Gaoxu impatiently waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense. Talk about something, and leave as soon as you finish. Tomorrow, my three brothers will pay homage to the emperor's mausoleum to pay respects to the emperor. How can there be so much free time to talk nonsense."

In fact, according to what he meant, he didn't want to see the eunuch at all.It's just that Zhu Gaochi said that this person has a high position and power and should not be offended, so he came here patiently.

Counting the time, Xu Ruyi found that it was about the same, so she talked about the speech she had prepared: "The servant's Dongchang recently received news that someone may be trying to harm the three highnesses, so I came here to remind you.

It's okay if it's just an outright conspiracy. There are many masters around His Highness, and my East Factory also has secret guards.It's just that it's easy to hide a hidden arrow, but it's hard to defend against it. I'm afraid someone will use some indiscriminate methods, so please be careful, Your Highness. "

The three of them were taken aback after hearing this, never expecting that Xu Ruyi came here tonight to show his goodwill.How is this possible, does he intend to seek refuge?

Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment, and then said: "More father-in-law's kindness, I will remember it alone. I just don't know whether father-in-law came here for the emperor's intention, or?"

There was an inexplicable smile on Xu Ruyi's face, and he said leisurely: "The emperor misunderstood the villain's rumors and misunderstood the lord. The slaves hate that they are not trusted by the emperor, so they can only help a few highnesses in private. Sincerely, please Don't think too much, Your Highness."

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