In addition to the imperial guards in the palace and Fenghong Villa outside the dynasty, those who have force are the four gate guards of the imperial city garrison and the yamen runners in the local yamen in the city.

These forces are not worth mentioning on weekdays. Not to mention the distance, the 20,000 people in the Imperial Guards can smash the four gate guards into pieces, let alone the yamen runners in the yamen. Is that used for fighting?

But it is a bit weaker, but it is different.

Whether the Imperial Guard says or not depends on the emperor's intention, and now the Emperor doesn't say a word, it's like a pool of stagnant water that is not disturbed by the outside world. Of course, no one dares to attack the Imperial Guard, that is the real way to seek death and a bad mind.

Apart from the Imperial Guards, the nearest armed forces in the imperial city are only four gate guards and the yamen runners in the city.

The "big tests" of all dynasties are not only full of blood, but also summarizes many experiences and lessons for later generations, and even some mysterious rules.

For example, the person who won the "big test" in the end was the one who mastered the sword handles in the imperial city in advance. These armed forces were equivalent to sword handles.

Because the "big test" is extremely likely to have extreme situations at the end, if you are unarmed, you will almost die, and the chances of winning will be huge.

The competition began to heat up.

First, two of the four gate commanders reported to the Ministry of War when they saw the situation was wrong, saying that they could no longer guard the imperial city for His Majesty, and hoped to return to their hometown to spend the rest of their lives.

The Ministry of War has always been very cautious about such requests for revenge, not to mention that the requests of the Imperial City garrison will usually be repeated before giving a reply. Before the Ministry of War responds, if you dare to leave with a crown, you will be resigning without permission. If you ask for a crime, you can cut off your head.

But this time the Ministry of War was very quick. The requests of the two city gate guards were submitted in less than five days and they received a reply. Even the review procedures were just a formality, and there was no careful verification of the reasons for the request as normal.

The two resigned and retired, and then they hurriedly went to the Ministry of War to hand over the handover, and then left the imperial city and turned back to their hometowns, just like escaping.

When the two retired, someone immediately filled the two gaps that came out of the vacancy. People seemed to have prepared a long time ago, and they had no time to slap, and there was no need to draw anyway. There was no gap in the four gates of the Imperial City.

It will look good after that.

In just a few days, various scandals of the imperial city guards and local yamen leaders were exposed. Even the family was exposed to the ashes, and some people were exposed to the streets and alleys. Five positions changed in a row in a row after a month!

What about the person who replaced it? Either they were in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, or they committed suicide at home for fear of crime. Anyway, no one can be safe, and the consequences are described as miserable.

Shen Hao has always been paying attention to these news. It is not that he is troublesome, but that the black water in his hand was learned by Jiang Cheng's order to closely follow the turbulence in the imperial city.

It is also the fierce competition among the four gates of the imperial city that set off the "big test" of the royal family.

These news is like a "novel", filling Shen Hao's "free" life outside the battle formation. There is no flower building, no fragrant singer, and even no wine. A group of energetic men all day long either compete in martial arts or just brag. Those who brag can really "go to heaven" when they are bragging. Sometimes people like Shen Hao can be stunned and say they are amazing.

Hei Shui's intelligence always gives Shen Hao a new opportunity to use his brain. At the same time, he is also very glad that he is in the army and is far away from the ups and downs within the country. No matter how the situation changes, it seems that it will not affect him at the moment. Just watch the show with your hands.

Judging from the timeline of the black water discharge, the time of the royal family's "big test" began when the seventh prince Yang Shu got the power of the money and grain tightening plan from the emperor. The time transition from this time to the "big test" entering a white-hot stage is very short, and it is not step by step, but is directly affected by the battle situation in the south.

So the hot node on the timeline of the discharge of the black water suddenly began after Jianchuan completely broke through the barbarian confrontation line.

According to Hei Shui's analysis, they believe that the fundamental reason for the sudden rise of the "big test" is "time". The war process is accelerated, and the process of the "big test" will also be accelerated. Even the two are likely to be completed at the same time.

This does not mean that the end of the war is that the princes have to decide the absolute victory or defeat, but that the time limit for the "big test" will be used up. After it is used up, the emperor will directly point out the winner and announce the end of the "big test". Therefore, in order to avoid the uncertain factor of the emperor, for the seven princes, the safest way is to sweep the rest of the competitors out, and then they are the only one left, and the victory will not be able to escape.

Shen Hao had an idea, or a guess. Is there a possibility that the Ministry of War or the emperor in turn mastered the progress of this "big test" because of the war in the south?

Because Shen Hao had read many historical books of the Jing Old Dynasty before, in fact, the royal "big test" was called by historians many years ago, and has been used by later generations to this day.

The time for each royal "big test" recorded in the book is not short, the longest is more than five years, and the shortest is two years. Entering a white-hot stage, such as the "knife handle" for the imperial city, usually in the middle and late stages of the "big test", which is very different from this time. Even in the history of the Jingji Dynasty, it was the first time that the "big test" encountered a war.

Recently, Shen Hao, who was in the army, also received first-hand news that the military affairs in the south have been adjusted. The 30,000 people who were rotated before will be deployed to Baitouxia again, and the protruding unit of Jianchuan is also adjusting the center of gravity of the troops. The forces of the two middle and lower camps will be combined together to hold the troops in the lower part, and the empty places in the middle and middle areas will be directly contracted in the form of a military station.

In this way, Jianchuan's aggressiveness will be greatly weakened and its functionality will double. It will become a tube that penetrates the barbarians' bodies, and a steady stream of generals and supplies will be transported to Baitouxia.

The combined force of the two sides has exceeded 150,000. The direct pressure given to the barbarians can be imagined.

This did not give the barbarians a chance to breathe, and it seemed to have less time to digest. It gave Shen Hao a feeling of robbing time. I don’t know if this is Zuo Yuliang’s military strategy or because the emperor gave him the deadline to force him to use troops like this.
Chapter completed!