The next day.
Xu Lin handed over the letter plate again, not daring to look directly at Gu Zhengchen, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the letter plate has been sent to Hezhuang for the second time, and Guo Jie, Guo Ning and Guo Liang still can't shirk it."
Gu Zhengchen received the letter indifferently, took out another letter calmly, wrote it with a pen, and handed it to Xu Lin: "Pass it again!"
Xu Lin looked at Chen Zhong and Liu Boqin, but neither of them expressed anything.
Zhao Doubei even lowered his head and played with his toes, not taking it seriously at all.
Xu Lin had no choice but to take the letter and arrange for the yamen servant to pass on the person for the third time. This would also be the last time. If the person did not come again, the county government could send the yamen servant to arrest the person by force.
"Send these two documents to Jinling."
Gu Zhengchen sealed the document bag and handed it to Zhao Doubei.
Although Zhao Doubei was curious about what was written in the documents and why he always sent two documents, he didn't dare to read them, let alone open them. Even if they were damaged at any corner, they would get hit by the board, so he had to agree to send them out.
On this day, there is a small teaching ground in Jinling.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the high platform, Zhu Biao lowered his hands to one side.
Le Shaofeng, Minister of the Ministry of War, Tongzhi Muying and Zheng Yuchun, governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and Tang Shengzong, governors of the governor's office, stood on both sides.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mu Ying: "Let's get started."
Mu Ying walked out, looked at the 200 red-coated sergeants on the left, and then at the 200 black-coated sergeants on the right, raised the red flag in her hand, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is watching the battle. If your back touches the ground, you will die. You cannot rise again." ! Beat the drums and fight!”
The drumsticks hit the drum head hard, followed by rapid drum beats like raindrops. The red-coated sergeant and the black-coated sergeant's blood surged, and they started to fight with wild shouts.
"Biao'er, can you tell who is strong and who is weak?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao, and then turned his attention to the sergeant.
Zhu Biao stared at the red and black sergeants who were getting closer and closer. He was attracted by the shocking shouts, and it seemed that the blood in his body was a little hot.
This is the charm of the military formation, full of passion!
"Father, judging from the momentum, both sides seem to be equally matched. It is difficult to distinguish between strong and weak."
Zhu Biao leaned over and replied.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly and stretched out his hand calmly: "You have to see clearly that both sides seem to be evenly matched, but in fact, Black has the advantage. It should be noted that the black sergeant lost to the red sergeant more than once, but he can still be as powerful as a rainbow. , without fear, this is the mentality of a strong person!"
"They refuse to retreat when faced with a strong force and march forward bravely. They are rare warriors in the army! Mu Ying, these two hundred people - how do I think they are not inferior to the imperial guards? Are they the original weak brigade?"
Mu Ying hurriedly came over and said seriously: "Your Majesty, it is indeed them. They have been defeated in several military competitions. There is a list of names that can be checked. I dare not deceive you."
Zhu Yuanzhang stared, and the sergeant in black and the sergeant in red were like two torrents pouring out, directly colliding with each other!
In an instant, fists and kicks were exchanged, and the sergeants were fighting together!
Le Shaofeng didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking. It was rare that he didn't go to the evening court today, so he went to the small training ground to watch the sergeants training. What was there to see?
The close combat fist and kick competition tests strength, agility, and physical fitness, not momentum. The red sergeant is the victorious army, and the black sergeant is the always defeated army. No matter how you look at it, there is no suspense.
"Um?"
The faces of Zheng Yuchun, Tang Shengzong and others became solemn.
Le Shaofeng also widened her eyes.
What happened?
The black-clad sergeants descended down the mountain like tigers one after another. They were so powerful that someone actually lifted up the red-clad sergeant and threw him out!
Two sergeants in red besieged a sergeant in black. They even punched several times but were avoided. When the sergeant in black fought back, a sweeping kick knocked the sergeant in red to the ground!
On the competition field.
Zhao Hailou took two steps back, looked at the red-coated sergeant Wang Liang in front of him, and grinned: "Brother Wang, we haven't fought for a month, and your strength has not improved."
Wang Liang took a deep breath. A month ago, Zhao Hailou could not hold his own fists, but this guy was taken away and trained secretly for a period of time, and he came out as if he was a different person.
"Zhao Hailou, you'd better lie down as soon as possible to avoid pain!"
Wang Liang tilted his neck and raised his right fist to threaten.
"It hurts?"
Zhao Hailou's eyes began to turn red.
Thinking back on these twenty days, which day didn’t you feel so damn painful?
Do you people know how we survived these twenty days?
The tortures of hell!
I don’t know where Mu Tongzhi got the physical training technique. He spent eight of the twelve hours a day exercising, including push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. He was also required to climb over walls and walk. On a single tree, I have to run twenty miles with sandbags tied to my legs. After that, I have to train martial arts and boxing skills. I have to train for another round before going to bed at night...
If it hadn't been for Mu Tongzhi's personal assurance that as long as we survived twenty days, we would be completely transformed and defeat everyone who had bullied us, we would have been unable to hold on long ago.
Buddha competes for a stick of incense, and people compete for a breath!
We are all men, heroes in the Beijing military camp. Why should we be beaten and defeated every time?
This time, let them see how powerful we are!
Seeing Wang Liang's punch, Zhao Hailou quickly moved to one side to avoid it. He raised his hand to grab Wang Liang's wrist and slowly pressed it down like an iron clamp. He said with sharp eyes: "Brother Wang, use more force." .”
"how so?"
Wang Liang was shocked. He stretched out his left hand to grab Zhao Hailou's wrist and tried to pull it back, but his face turned red.
boom!
Zhao Hailou suddenly stepped forward, and his chest directly hit Wang Liang's bent body. Wang Liang couldn't stand still and stepped back, knocking down a sergeant and falling to the ground again!
Just as Wang Liang was about to stand up, Zhao Hailou stepped forward: "You have already lost!"
"Damn it!"
Wang Liang sat on the ground unwillingly.
All around, sergeants in black and sergeants in red were fighting endlessly. There were fewer and fewer people standing on the scene!
At some point, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up.
On the field, five or six red-coated sergeants looked at the black-coated sergeants who were surrounding them. They all had evil intentions, and they suddenly lost the courage to fight.
The red-coated sergeant took action, was beaten by a group of people, and lay flat...
On the field, sixty-two black sergeants stood proudly!
"So strong!"
Le Shaofeng couldn't help but admire him, he can be called the master of tigers and wolves!
Zheng Yuchun and Tang Shengzong looked at each other, and their expressions became serious.
Zhu Biao was so excited that he hid his hands in his sleeves and clasped them tightly.
Mu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
Training on the 20th finally paid off!
Although the sergeant in black was originally weaker than the sergeant in red and was often bullied, after all, they were both members of the Beijing Army, so the gap was not that big, and it was not irreparable and beyond.
Exercise!
Gu Zhengchen's physical training skills made up for their shortcomings and gave them the possibility of transcendence!
Although the training period is not long, it has been confirmed that this strange body-building technique is more effective than the current body-building techniques such as lifting stones and swinging knives in the Beijing army, and can make soldiers stronger!
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this scene and nodded happily: "Give me a reward. It seems that that boy really has a way. Mu Ying popularized this body-building technique in the Beijing army camp. At the same time, he wrote letters to Xu Da and Li Wenzhong, taking advantage of his free time in winter, used this method to train the sergeants!"
"I accept the decree!"
Mu Ying solemnly agreed.
"Your Majesty, who is that boy?"
Le Shaofeng didn't know why, so she opened her mouth to ask.
Zheng Yuchun and Tang Shengzong also wanted to know. They asked Mu Ying, but the man was tight-lipped and never said anything.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Le Shaofeng: "One of my ministers. Le Aiqing, Xu Da and others wrote a letter asking the Ministry of War to allocate more cotton to the north. Do you have any countermeasures?"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, Le Shaofeng did not dare to ask more questions, so she could only reply: "Your Majesty, I have discussed it with the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the Ministry of Household Affairs said that there is not enough cotton cloth to lose to the border soldiers."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a cold face: "It is very cold in the north in winter, especially in the border areas and along the Great Wall. If there is no cotton cloth, no cotton clothes, no cotton quilts, my soldiers will be frozen! You live in Jinling, and you don't know the north. It’s freezing cold, and if you shirk responsibility and do nothing, wouldn’t you be harming my sergeant?”
Le Shaofeng was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and said, "My lord, I think that we can send the autumn grains from Fuzhou and County of Zhili and Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces to the people in cotton cloth for the border garrison."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "I think this method is feasible. I will inform the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Zhongshu Province to make an agreement and distribute it to the local government as soon as possible."
Le Shaofeng wiped cold sweat.
On the way back to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Biao seemed to be thoughtful, and couldn't help but ask: "Are you thinking about the art of physical training, or are you thinking about Gu Zhengchen?"
Zhu Biao was shocked. He couldn't hide his thoughts from his father's sharp eyes.
"Father, I am thinking that Gu Zhengchen's contribution to the body-building technique will be of great benefit to the strong army. Is this considered military merit..."
Zhu Biao said seriously.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao's unsmiling look, thought for a while and said: "This question is beyond my expectation. The physical training technique does have merits. It is not inappropriate to say that military merit is where a strong army lies. It depends on how much you care about this person. , tell me, do you want me to grant him a thousand households or a commanding envoy?"
Zhu Biao shook his head repeatedly and said, "Father, this is not what I mean."
"Oh, what does that mean?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao smiled and said, "My son just wants to know that if Gu Zhengchen makes a mistake one day, my father will spare his life because of his military exploits."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his sleeves and said coldly: "As long as he is not greedy and does not harm the people, it doesn't matter if I spare him three times."
Zhu Biao smiled.
Huagai Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorials piled on the table and picked up the top one. Just as he was about to review it, the eunuch Zhao Xun announced: "Zhang Huan, the pro-soldier, wants to see you."
"Let him come."
Zhu Yuanzhang unfolded the memorial and looked down.
Zhang Huan entered the hall, saluted, and reported: "Your Majesty, according to the information received from the inspection of the school, first a monk from Chongming Temple went to Tianjie Temple to see the abbot Zong Li, and then the elder of Tianjie Temple, Ruqi, went to Chongming Temple in Jurong to give lectures. According to the schedule, Ruqi Ying arrived in Jurong yesterday."
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up his pen, approved a memorial, and said lightly: "This Gu Zhengchen is really capable. It seems that he can really get money from Buddhist temples."
Zhang Huan hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty, can I arrest someone?"
"Arrest someone? Arrest who?"
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and shot a sharp sword-like gaze at Zhang Huan.
Zhang Huan trembled and said quickly: "This subordinate is guilty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang put down his brush and said solemnly: "The inspector is my vicious dog. If there is no order, whoever dares to take action without permission will die!"
Zhang Huan was frightened and responded in a low voice.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were cold.
Very few people can get benefits from Buddhism. If Gu Zhengchen can really do it, it can be regarded as "robbing the Buddha to help the poor." It just makes people curious, what method does Gu Zhengchen have to get these stingy monks to spend money?
"Go down and let people pay attention to the Buddhist movement."
Zhang Huan exited the Huagai Hall, already soaked to the skin.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map of mountains and rivers hanging nearby, pondered for a long time, and said to Zhao Xun: "Ask the prince to write a letter to Gu Zhengchen about today's military competition. In addition, ask Gu Zhengchen if he has any other strong armies." This is a strategy. If Yuan Ting is not dead, I will feel uneasy!"
