North of the capital, at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, there is a vast Zhuangzi. It was originally the Imperial Zhuang, but during this period it was handed over to the Jinyiwei, or to be precise, it was handed over to Chen Zhao, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

Now that it was October, Chen Zhao arranged for people to use horses and rollers to roll over the land of Zhuangzi. The land that could be leveled was leveled and turned into a training ground.

Early that morning, as soon as the city gate opened, Chen Zhao led his guards out of the city and arrived at Zhuangzi. A wooden platform was erected on the west side of Zhuangzi's pasture. Chen Zhao stood on the wooden platform and waited.

When the sun got a little higher, people from the Imperial Guard began to arrive.

Chen Zhao stood on the edge of the wooden platform, with three Jinyiwei Qianhu standing next to him. One was a royal servant who had been with Lin Ruhai for a long time. His official identity was Jinyiwei Qianhu Li Long. He had never returned to Beijing to report on his duties and was recognized by the emperor.

The arrangement was given to Chen Zhao.

The other one was a Qianhu family member named Sun Liancheng who came to him after seeing his majesty that day.

There is another guy named Zhao Hande, who is also a quick-sighted guy.

Chen Zhao's personal guards were all in the open space in front of the wooden platform. They drew grids with white ash on the open space. When someone came, the personal guards asked where they came from and arranged to stand somewhere and wait, that is, according to the location of the person.

Positions are assigned to the establishment of 100 households.

The reason why Chen Zhao chose this Zhuangzi is because it occupies a vast area and can accommodate two thousand people without any problem. However, the open space in front of the wooden platform is now sparsely populated.

"I took a look and found that there are about 600 people. The hundred households directly under the two of you must be here, and then the people close to you are also here. Can't the rest of them be out of control?"

Chen Zhao looked at the open space and asked Sun Liancheng and Zhao Hande with a smile.

Chen Zhao is a new member of the Jinyi Guard, and Sun Liancheng immediately knew everything and said: "Sir, please forgive me, this is what we do in the pro-army. If the younger one takes too much control, even if he offends others, I am afraid there will be punishment from the superiors!"

Chen Zhao grinned, indicating that he understood immediately.

It's nothing more than a matter of checks and balances.

The capital is at the foot of the world, and a thousand households cannot effectively control the hundreds below.

This is related to the safety of the capital.

After all, with more than a thousand people in hand, it is really a sensitive force.

Chen Zhao nodded and said: "The two Qianhu soldiers have more than a thousand people in total, but there are only four to five hundred new soldiers. Why are there so many other veterans?"

Zhao Hande continued: "Sir, in peacetime now, there are no big things. New recruits can't get promotions when they join the industry. Generally, they can't do errands until they are forty years old. Such people are safe in their work and are not afraid of getting into trouble at the feet of the emperor. Therefore, Jin Yiwei

The Lord uses them.”

Chen Zhao sighed and understood that this group of Jin Yiwei had a deep background and had almost degraded to the level of the civil service system. They didn't teach anything, they only relied on their own thinking and understanding, and it was better to do less than to do more.

If you do more, you will make more mistakes; if you do less, you will make fewer mistakes; if you do less, you will make more mistakes.

Throughout the ages, there is no exception!

"The Jinyi Guards are going to be reorganized. This official document has been signed by Shadutang and me, so it must have been notified to all your subordinates, right?" Chen Zhao asked calmly.

"Replying to your lord, everyone knows that the meeting has arrived. First, he summoned hundreds of households in various places to report it, and then rode around to watch what they passed."

"My subordinates directly arranged for a trustworthy person to keep an eye on them. They were all informed!"

Sun Liancheng and Zhao Hande answered hurriedly. Chen Zhao nodded and said:

"Open the city gates at the quarter past midnight and gather here at half past midnight. The military order says so, right?"

"Your Excellency is right, that's exactly what the military order says."

Chen Zhao smiled and said:

"It's already Chen time."

After saying that, he walked towards the wooden platform.

The two Qianhu looked at each other and hurriedly followed the original instructions and stood at the predetermined position.

There were more than 600 people standing in the large open space, but there were just a few people here and a bunch of people there, making it look like a mess.

Some were laughing and chatting there, some were holding each other's arms and competing with each other, and some were just sitting down, not knowing whether they were reading or playing chess.

In fact, when they came in, Chen Zhao's guards had already arranged their positions for them.

But obviously, no one listened.

Instead, everyone stood randomly, and the crowds were noisy. It was more chaotic and lively than a vegetable market.

"Even though Yangzhou Wharf has a busy cargo flow, it is not so chaotic." Chen Zhao stood on the wooden platform with his hands behind his back and said with a smile.

His confidant Lin Fei, who was originally the Yanding Kongmu of the Salt Censor Yamen, followed Chen Zhao and became a soldier of the Royal Guards. Now he stood in front of him and turned around and said: "Sir, the capital is the emperor's.

Underfoot, everyone was originally a talented person, but now it seems that they are just a bunch of idiots. If such guys show up during our training in Yangzhou, I'm afraid they will all be beaten to death with military sticks."

"Haha, after a hundred years of accumulation, there is no shortage of sand and mud. These hard-core farmers are not short of salary or fun, but they have nothing to do. There are not many motivated people. It is normal to behave like this. After all, this is not a borderland, nor is it Yangzhou.

"

Chen Zhao replied with a smile, looked around, looked up at the position of the sun, and said loudly:

"Lin Fei, let those who need training be gathered to the east. Be kind and smile at each other. Don't get angry, let alone do anything."

Lin Fei felt a chill in his heart and immediately agreed loudly.

Scanning Chen Zhao's eyes, he felt that the former master and current general was like an old fox, smiling kindly at the group of rabbits below.

According to what adults say when teaching on weekdays, this is called giving before you want to take it.

Or maybe it's the style of writing by literati, which calls for suppressing desires and then rising.

In words that everyone understands, it is to be polite before fighting.

"Your Excellency, you are worthy of being a candidate for the imperial examination. There are so many twists and turns in your stomach."

Lin Fei thought in his mind and took the order to handle it. Chen Zhao's personal guards got the order and stepped forward and began to persuade these people to go to the west. Chen Zhao issued the order. No matter how much they despised the new recruits in training, they would do it.

obey.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Standing on the wooden platform, you can see the scene below clearly. The soldiers in Jinyi who are chatting happily there are very impatient of being disturbed, but Chen Zhao's personal guards are good

They only complained a few words and went east.

After all, there are people coming in from outside who want to go through the west gate, so it's not good to be stuck there.

This thought flashed through someone's mind and then they were ignored.

After a long time of effort, all those people went to the east.

A few people originally wanted to avoid giving face to Chen Tongzhi, but when they saw most of the people passing by, Chen Zhao's personal guards were all smiling. They said that they would not hit the smiling person, so they did not force themselves to stand still and move, one by one.

All has passed.

"Lin Fei, since they have all passed, you arrange for dozens of people to keep an eye on them and not allow any new ones to pass, not even one!"

Lin Fei nodded silently and led his men to work again.

Dozens of guards lined up in a row, standing straight like a straight line, separating the hundreds of people on the east side.

Seeing these people standing like javelins, Chen Tongzhi on the stage seemed to be doing nothing else, so those who should chat continued to chat, those who should sing continued to sing, and some even sat down directly, drew a grid on the ground, and formed a formation

Play chess.

The new arrivals were stopped by the guards from entering the crowd on the east side. They cursed a few times but did not insist on much.

But when they talk to each other, the sound becomes even louder.

"I heard that Chen Zhao was riding on horseback to take office. Along the way, he was stopped twice by the troops of the Five Cities. Sha Dutang and the others were also shocked. They don't know whether it was a joke or an embarrassment!"

"Looking at his pretentiousness, he really thinks he is someone."

"Except for a few salt merchants in Yangzhou, they raised their tails to the sky and actually wanted to show off their authority at the feet of the emperor."

"He only worked for half a year and could not go to Chengdu to participate in the competition and try to become the number one scholar, so he felt that he was confident. But our Jinyi pro-army has its own system and has no connection with the civil servants. Who cares about his arrogance?"

"Training new recruits, they think they are border generals. They look like dogs, and they make such messy things. If I had known better, I wouldn't have come here. Brothers, it would be great to go and watch the show."

"That's right. We are gathering at Jinxiang Tower tonight. I heard that there are girls from Datong. The flavor is different from that in the south!"

The discussion kept coming and going, and the sound was quite loud.

Obviously, many words were deliberately said to Chen Zhao's personal guards.

However, Chen Zhao's dozens of personal guards had been taught by Chen Zhao for four years. They all studied and practiced martial arts. Everyone was an officer's seed, and they didn't take their cynicism seriously at all.

The so-called person whose heart is filled with thunder and whose face is like a flat lake can be worshiped as a general.

What's the point of all the talk in front of you?

So each one of them still stood like a javelin without moving at all.

After a while, Chen Zhao turned his head and looked at the sundial, and said with a smile:

"It's time!"

Then he raised his voice and said: "Close the door and no one else can come in!"

"Yes!" Chen Zhao's personal guards immediately ran to close the door.

In fact, at this time, there were still soldiers who wanted to come in, but the door was slowly closed and they were not allowed to go in. They were not given any face, and few of them cared about those who were late.

Many people sneered and turned away.

Many people also screamed and whistled loudly.
To be continued...