In the imperial palace, outside Longwu Hall, Zhu Jinghong was shooting arrows.
Today was the second day after he received the errand. The troop deployment process was completed yesterday, and he was just waiting for Zhu Jinghong to send someone to select sergeants.
He originally wanted to do it himself, but doing so would waste time and would be a loss of status, so he approached Hou Jing, Zhang Lin and others.
Hou Jing and his group were able to be selected into the Dragon Guard. They were all very good at archery, horse riding, and archery, and they still had a good eye for selecting outstanding sergeants.
What's more important is that these guards have connections in the military, so things will go smoother to some extent.
So at this time, Zhu Jinghong stayed in the school grounds to wait for the results, and at the same time summoned the remaining guards.
Zhu Jinghong was not very familiar with the people selected by the bodyguards, so he had to choose some trustworthy people to supervise him. The bodyguards who played well were excellent candidates.
"Master Thirteen, everyone is here!" A guard came to report.
After the last arrow was shot and hit the target, Zhu Jinghong threw the bow to Yu Hai who was standing aside.
Then he walked towards the pergola not far away, where more than twenty guards were waiting.
When Zhu Jinghong approached, these people wanted to salute according to the rules, but they were stopped by Zhu Jinghong's wave.
"Okay, okay, we are all old acquaintances, there is no need to engage in these false etiquette!"
As he spoke, Zhu Jinghong sat on the chair, while everyone stood respectfully in front of him.
"I called you here today. Do you know what happened?"
Some of them are already aware of the situation, but most of them are still confused because the current message delivery efficiency is too low.
"This time the Holy Spirit gave me a job and asked me to train an army and review it during the Holy Life Festival!"
"This matter is an important matter that was finally decided upon after discussion between the Holy Lord's Cabinet and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies!"
There is no doubt that this is another way for Zhu Jinghong to put money on his face. The real situation is that the cabinet and the Fifth Army Governor's Office do not object to this matter.
"If the errand is completed, it must be a great achievement. It's useless for me to take credit... so I called you on!"
Before handing over the task, it is essential to draw cakes for the guards. Zhu Jinghong is getting more and more slippery with this routine.
Having said this, Zhu Jinghong stood up and walked towards the crowd, smiling and saying: "We are life-and-death friends, how can I forget you if there is something good going on?"
The guards present had risked their lives to protect him outside Yingtian City, so they naturally formed a small group because of their deep feelings.
Hearing Zhu Jinghong's words at this moment, they all felt their blood surge, and a sense of collective honor suddenly rose.
At this moment, someone shouted: "Master Thirteen, we will listen to you whatever you say!"
"Master Thirteen, just give your orders!"
Pressing his hands, after everyone calmed down, Zhu Jinghong said: "The main task this time is to train the troops selected from the bodyguards!"
"The training goal is also very simple, that is, everyone's movements must be uniform and clean..."
Next, Zhu Jinghong began to explain in detail to everyone, and it took him half an hour to make everyone understand.
"Master Thirteen, it's not difficult to be neat and tidy, but it's difficult to achieve the neatness you mentioned..."
Zhu Jinghong said with a serious expression: "It's not a difficult job, do you still need me to personally supervise it?"
"Now... twenty-four of you, according to what I just mentioned, stand in three rows in order of height!"
No matter how much he talks about it, it's all nonsense. Zhu Jinghong plans to practice it now to let these people deepen their memory.
It was impossible for him to train those more than a thousand people himself. These guards were smart and smart, and he just happened to train them as instructors.
At this time, someone laughed and said: "Thirteenth Master, why are you standing in three rows like this?"
Obviously, they haven't gotten into the groove yet.
Zhu Jinghong also smiled and said loudly: "I'll count to ten. If I can't finish it, we'll have some wrestling fun later!"
"one two three……"
Everyone present was shocked when they heard that they were going to wrestle with Zhu Jinghong. After all, no one wanted to be beaten black and blue.
Twenty-four people stood in three rows, which was really not a difficult task. Zhu Jinghong only counted to eight while everyone was pushing and shoving.
"Now listen up, turn left!"
Ever since, the sudden training began, and under Zhu Jinghong's command, the guards kept making movements.
In the beginning, these mistakes were inevitable in practice. Zhu Jinghong followed the training methods in his previous life and adopted the method of one person making a mistake and the whole team being punished.
Soon half an hour passed, and everyone was punished with dozens of push-ups, and finally they were basically walking in order.
Everyone was punished in a very embarrassed manner, but finally no big mistakes were made, but sometimes some people reacted slower.
This was just the first experience. Strictly speaking, it exceeded the standard, so Zhu Jinghong ordered everyone to take a rest.
The logistical preparations were complete, and soon the eunuchs brought tea. Everyone drank a few cups and felt much better after quenching their thirst.
"How do you feel?" Zhu Jinghong asked in a deep voice.
"Thirteenth Master, it is really difficult to achieve the uniformity you said!"
"Yes, let's just go away. If you add the swords, guns, and shields you mentioned, it will be even harder to unify!"
Zhu Jinghong said solemnly: "It's still a month until the Holy Shou Festival, which is enough time for you to practice!"
"In the next seven days, you will just practice this. If you don't practice well... we will practice wrestling every day from now on!"
"Thirteenth Master, what if you have practiced well?"
Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "After you have practiced, go and practice others!"
After a short break, the training for everyone began again, and Zhu Jinghong had to go through all the moves.
Two hours passed in a row. Under high-pressure training, everyone basically mastered the passwords and movements. The next thing to do was to consolidate and refine the details.
"Everyone, this matter is not only about your merits, but also about the expansion of the power of our country, the Ming Dynasty. You must work harder and strive to give the Holy Lord face!"
"I understand!" everyone replied in unison.
Soon it was approaching noon, and Zhu Jinghong let everyone go to rest, eat and replenish their strength, and agreed to continue training this afternoon.
Zhu Jinghong himself returned to Chengmingyuan to prepare for a meal.
When he walked out of Longwu Gate, he saw Deng An coming over.
"See Thirteenth Master!"
"Um!"
After responding, Zhu Jinghong walked straight out and asked, "How is the situation?"
"Back to the Thirteenth Master, Miss Xue has passed the primary election and is just waiting for the Shangyi Bureau to pass the re-election. As for when Mr. Xue Pan will come back, Miss Xue can't say for sure!"
"What you want to bring to Miss Xue, I have already conveyed it to you in person!"
"Um!"
"Do you know all the people who passed the primary election?"
"Reporting to the Thirteenth Master, most of the fifty people selected are daughters of the Wu Xun family. Among them..."
Listening to Deng An's introduction, Zhu Jinghong frowned more and more. Most of these people had better backgrounds than the Xue family, and this time there were only four candidates.
It's no wonder that in the original work, the Xue family was eventually wiped out. In comparison, she was too disadvantaged.
"The Shangyi Bureau is responsible for the re-selection, right?"
Deng An replied: "The Shangyi Bureau will select eight people, and then the Queen will kiss four people!"
Eight out of fifty were selected. This elimination rate was not unusually high. Zhu Jinghong guessed that Baochai should have lost the election at this time in the original work.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice: "After dinner, let's go to Shangyi Bureau!"
"yes!"
Shangyi Bureau is not far from Chengmingyuan, so it's not a big deal to go there, because it's "remote" and won't attract anyone's attention.
After the queen kissed him, he had to go through this hurdle for Baochai first. After all, he had promised her.
Regarding Qin Keqing, many fans set him as a royal bloodline, but there is no such statement in the original work.
Secondly, earlier in the book, it was mentioned many times that during the Donghua Gate Incident, the three brothers of the protagonist witnessed all the cousins being killed, which actually shows that Qin Keqing has nothing to do with the royal family.
To sum up, other fans can set Qin Keqing as a royal family, but this book sets her up as an ordinary adopted child.
(End of chapter)
