After everyone left, Li Shimin said to Huang Hao and Zhang Yan:
"Now that the soldiers used by the other two guards have been accounted for, I haven't made up my mind yet on where the soldiers of the secret guard will come from. Why don't you two give me some suggestions and see if I can get some inspiration from them."
After hearing this, Zhang Yan was very excited and said proudly:
"Brother Adou, don't worry, my little sister has a solution to this problem!"
Seeing Zhang Yan's performance, Li Shimin became interested and asked with a smile:
"You, a heroine who has been shouting and killing all day long, what solution can you come up with? I'm a little curious."
After Zhang Yan heard this, she said proudly:
"Before, my mother, like the late emperor's grandson wife, selected and trained fifty personal guards for me, all of whom were heroic women. Now my little sister has become His Majesty's bodyguard. She has not seen the fifty personal guards for many days, and there are still some Miss them!
Since the secret guards are short of troops, how about I generously donate my money and lend all fifty personal guards to Brother Adou? "
After hearing this, Li Shimin felt happy. Zhang Yan's personal soldiers must be loyal enough, and they are all heroes, making it even harder to be discovered when they are snooping around.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin said happily:
"Since my little sister said this, I will accept it with a smile!"
After saying this, Li Shimin turned to Huang Hao and continued:
"In addition to the 50 female secret guards, I also need some secret guards who can often enter and exit the forbidden palace and contact the ministers of the DPRK and China.
Huang Hao, I order you to select 50 smart and loyal eunuchs in the palace to serve as secret guards. "
"My slave obeys the order!"
After Baiqisi had finished discussing all matters, Li Shimin left the Gold and Silver Palace.
At the end of October of the 12th year of Jianxing, Li Shimin was selecting and distributing servants sent by various families.
The able-bodied ones were naturally assigned to the "Flying Cavalry Guard", and those servants who usually served the family head and managed the family home were mostly assigned to the "Honglu Guards".
While Li Shimin was immersed in it, Huo Ge arrived.
"Your Majesty, I have received news that Li Yan has arrived in Chengdu. Where do you want to place Li Yan?"
Li Shimin stopped what he was doing and asked calmly:
"How is Li Yan's condition? Is there any room for maneuver?"
"This... I haven't been able to see him in person. Judging from what I heard from the escort, I'm afraid it's not very optimistic."
“I have recently been busy setting up the Hundred Cavalry Division, interrogating and investigating the civil uprising of the past few days, and I am indeed a bit overwhelmed.
Let's do this. Place Li Yan in the old place of the Prime Minister's Mansion and select the best imperial doctors from the palace to treat him.
It would be best if he could be rescued. If he is really helpless, let him go to the meeting to be a saint. "
After discussing Li Yan's matter, Huo Ge went down to take care of it.
Li Shimin saw that Baiqisi had begun to take shape, so he decided to formally issue an edict to establish Baiqisi the next morning.
That night, Li Shimin was in a daze facing several prisoners in the Gold and Silver Hall.
These prisoners were all those who instigated the civil uprising that day. Except for one who was killed by Zhang Yan, all the others who were discovered were captured alive.
"Your Majesty, let alone you, I have led several eunuchs in the past few days and used threats and inducements, but these thieves just refused to confess.
These seven or eight people seemed to be on the same page. They were interrogated separately many times and the confessions they obtained were almost identical.
Yesterday, a man could not bear the severe torture and died of illness in prison. Even so, the remaining people..."
While Li Shimin listened to Huang Hao complaining in his ear, he stared blankly at the prisoners kneeling in front of him.
"Who trained the dead warriors? They were not afraid of life and death, were not tempted by bribes, and did not relent even after being tortured to death...
If I find this person, I will definitely take him under my command and let him train such dead soldiers for me! "
Thinking of this, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly and said:
"In that case, let's continue to lock it up. Maybe they will want to talk about it after some time?"
When several prisoners in the hall heard His Majesty's words, their faces showed disdain.
There was even an older prisoner who said viciously:
"The tyrannical king, never expect to get a useful word from our mouths! If one day we are lucky enough to escape, we will give in..."
Chen Zhong heard this man's fierce words and wanted to collide with His Majesty, so he flew up and kicked the man unconscious.
"Your Majesty, what are these madmen doing here? Anyway, we can't get any useful information, so why not just..."
Li Shimin stretched out his hand to interrupt Chen Zhong, but he himself fell into deep thought.
What the prisoner said inspired Li Shimin. At this time, a plan to find out the matter had already taken shape in Li Shimin's mind.
"It's okay, it's just a few bad words, I can hear them. It's a bit late today, so I'll temporarily keep a few people in the wing.
Huang Hao, you have sent a few of your confidants to guard outside the door of the wing. These prisoners will be taken to the prison early tomorrow morning. "
After saying this, Li Shimin walked out of the Gold and Silver Palace and took Zhang Yan and Chen Zhong to the harem.
Halfway through the journey, Li Shimin saw no one around, whispered a few words in Chen Zhong's ear, and then continued towards the harem with Zhang Yan.
In the morning of the next day, Li Shimin followed the plan and ordered Huang Hao to read out the imperial edict of the new "Hundred Cavalry Division".
The imperial edict did not cause too much discussion. After all, it was an additional personal guard for His Majesty's safety, and the ministers could not fault it.
Only Guang Luxun Xiang Lang looked confused. After thinking about it, Xiang Lang stepped out and bowed his head and said:
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Li Shimin recognized Xiang Lang in the hall, and suddenly became enlightened when he thought of his position as Guang Luxun.
"Juda wants to ask you if Guang Luxun's duties have changed, right?"
Seeing that His Majesty had realized what he was worried about, Xiang Lang quickly bowed and said yes.
"Let me tell you, your responsibilities as Guang Luxun and the five generals under your command remain unchanged, and they will not interfere with each other. The Baiqisi is not under the supervision of the imperial court and belongs to my private bodyguards. You still have your own affairs. Just do your job.”
After listening to His Majesty's words, Xiang Lang finally solved the doubts in his mind, so he answered:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for answering my questions. I will fulfill my duties and stay in the palace."
After Xiang Lang's question, many people in charge of the internal guards of the Forbidden Army in the DPRK also calmed down.
At least His Majesty has no intention of weakening or dismantling other Forbidden Forces because of Baiqisi.
After the morning court, Li Shimin took Chen Zhong, Zhang Yan, and Huang Hao straight to the Gold and Silver Palace.
Chen Zhong was worried all the way. When he arrived at the Golden and Silver Palace, Chen Zhong still couldn't hold it back and asked His Majesty in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, I still feel that what happened last night was inappropriate. If they didn't act as you said, wouldn't our work have been in vain?"
Li Shimin patted Chen Zhong on the back and said confidently:
"There will be good news by noon at the latest. Just keep your heart in your stomach and wait and see."
Seeing His Majesty like this, Chen Zhong stopped asking any more questions and just followed His Majesty anxiously.
As soon as I arrived at the Gold and Silver Palace, I saw the eunuch who was responsible for guarding the prisoners in the wing last night running over.
"Your Majesty! Something bad has happened! This slave deserves to die! Then..."
Huang Hao saw several people with panic on their faces, trembling all over, and even unable to speak clearly, so he couldn't help but look towards the wing not far away.
When Huang Hao saw the mess in front of the wing door, he suddenly took a breath of cold air.
"You bastard slaves! Could it be that you were lazy at night and escaped from the prisoners in the wing?"
Several eunuchs were so frightened that they couldn't speak. They could only sit on the ground and keep nodding.
Huang Hao was furious and was about to punish several eunuchs, but Li Shimin stopped Huang Hao.
"This is not the time for punishment. Let's take a few people to the Gold and Silver Palace first. Wait for a few people to come to their senses and explain what happened before we deal with it."
When Huang Hao saw His Majesty's words, he suppressed his anger and ordered his accompanying guards to carry several people to the Gold and Silver Palace.
After a few people walked away, Huang Hao first glanced at Chen Zhong, and then whispered to His Majesty:
"Your Majesty, I'm not just trying to protect you. I'm just confused. How could a person who is normally diligent and alert suddenly make such a big mistake? Is there some misunderstanding?"
Li Shimin looked at Huang Hao, smiled and said nothing, and just asked Huang Hao to wait patiently.
Not long after, Zhang Shao came to the Gold and Silver Palace to ask for an audience with His Majesty.
When Li Shimin saw Zhang Shao's face glowing with spring and the wind blowing under his feet, he knew that the matter was probably done.
As soon as Zhang Shao arrived in the palace and saw that there was no one around, he said excitedly:
"Your Majesty has such a good plan. Last night, I and a group of female secret guards followed your Majesty's instructions and indeed made a major discovery!"
Li Shimin was completely relieved after hearing Zhang Shao's words.
Looking at Huang Hao who was meditating next to him, Li Shimin said with a smile:
"Zhang Shao, please tell everyone what happened before. I'm afraid some people will have their heads broken."
Zhang Shao also saw Huang Hao who was thinking hard at this time, so he patted Huang Hao on the shoulder and said:
"Brother Huang, don't think about it. It was me and Chen Zhong who let the prisoner go. Your little eunuchs are not lazy, they were deceived by us."
After hearing this, Huang Hao sighed and said awkwardly:
"I see, this servant thought that those incompetent men ruined His Majesty's important affairs!"
Li Shimin took over Huang Hao's words and said:
“The reason why I hid what happened last night from you is that I was afraid that if you knew about it, you would reveal your feelings unintentionally and prepare the eunuch on duty.
Those people are all well-trained soldiers. Once they find something wrong with the eunuch on duty, they should be careful and not easily fooled. "
Huang Hao had a vague feeling that something was wrong since Chen Zhong asked His Majesty worriedly.
Until His Majesty stopped him from punishing those eunuchs, Huang Hao had probably made a conclusion in his mind.
It's just that I haven't figured out some of the details, so I've been thinking about it alone.
"Zhang Shao, please tell me the whole thing in detail, so that I can reward the secret guard according to his merits."
Zhang Shao accepted the order and first told the result:
"Your Majesty, in addition to recapturing several fugitives this time, we also captured Ma Qi, the minister of the Yizhou gentry..."
