Chapter 78 The Imperial Guard and the Imperial Party

A strong wind blew, causing Zheng Yi's dragon robe to rustle.

Chen Liancang, who was standing beside him, suddenly saw a hint of worship from Zheng Yi.

For some reason, he subconsciously knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said: "Slave, please obey your Majesty's order!"

"Hahaha..."

Zheng Yi laughed and helped Mr. Chen up: "What is Mr. Chen doing?"

"You are a strong person in the Xiantian realm. You don't have to pay homage to me when you see me in the future!"

"Although this servant is a strong person in the innate realm, she is also a servant of His Majesty. This realm was also achieved by a lucky break after seeing Princess Weiyang come into the world, so she has inherited the merits of His Majesty."

"In this life of my slave, I am only for Dayu and Your Majesty!"

"Chen Lao's words are serious."

Zheng Yi's eyes brightened and he suddenly asked: "Mr. Chen, how is the Shadow Guard doing now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, from last year to this year, we collected more than 300 children between the ages of five and seven, including 232 boys and 116 girls, for a total of 348 people."

"Today, they are all teaching martial arts and training their bodies in the underground palace."

"The outstanding ones will need at least five years to serve His Majesty."

"I'm not in a hurry."

Zheng Yi said: "Mr. Chen, I have a new idea here, and I want to make a plan with Mr. Chen."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I am going to bring the Shadow Guards to the table and form a new organization. They will not just be dead soldiers, but they will do some shady things for me."

Chen Liancang asked strangely: "Your Majesty, dead soldiers are secretive and live in darkness. I wonder how your Majesty wants to deal with them?"

Zheng Yi shook his head and said: "You also said that dead soldiers cannot see the light of day and can only deal with assassination or protection matters."

"I have no shortage of people who can do such a thing."

"What I lack is a group of useful people under the sun who are infinitely loyal to me and willing to dedicate everything to me and the entire Yu."

"For example, officials in the imperial court, generals in the army, wealthy businessmen in the world, scholars who have read poetry and books, and even some traffickers and pawns, ordinary people and knights, etc."

Chen Liancang asked strangely: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Zheng Yi murmured: "I want to build an organization, temporarily named 'Imperial Guard', composed of young people who are extremely loyal to me and willing to dedicate everything to me!"

"Young people are hot-blooded and impulsive, but they have extremely strong drive and motivation. I thought that I and Dayu would be able to throw their lives away and shed their blood!"

"These imperial guards will be my most loyal guards when the time comes!"

"At the same time, I will also form an 'Imperial Party' to recruit all those who have a common goal and are loyal to me."

"Those who want to join the Imperial Party must swear an oath under my party emblem and be willing to dedicate everything to me, and they must set the program and conditions of the Imperial Party."

"Let those who join the Imperial Party possess innate obedience and purpose, and let them serve the Imperial Party throughout their lives!"

"As for the imperial party's program, conditions, code of conduct, etc., I will let people form it."

Chen Liancang felt that although he understood everything Zheng Yi said, he didn't quite understand it.

I just feel that there is a layer of fog in my heart, and I want to break it, but because of my knowledge, vision, and three views, I can't see it differently.

As expected of Your Majesty.

This was the only sentence that could appear in his mind.

"Your Majesty, these old slaves you are talking about don't understand very much. You just need to tell them how to do it."

"It's very simple."

Zheng Yi said with glaring eyes: "The more than 300 Shadow Guards currently cultivated in the underground palace, in addition to teaching them martial arts and assassination techniques, they are also asked to be taught the Four Books of Etiquette, military law, strategy, and loyalty to the emperor."

"Especially the idea of loyalty to the emperor!"

Zheng Yi said seriously: "Every day during training, sleeping, and eating, you must say thank you for my heavenly grace. There must be a portrait of me or a badge representing me in the martial arts school, private school, and dormitory."

"I want these more than 300 children to have my shadow engraved in their hearts from an early age, and cultivate them like this for five to ten years!"

Don't underestimate these very common habits. Once a habit becomes instinct, it will be a lifelong shackles.

"This group of people are the first batch of members of the Imperial Party and the Imperial Guard."

"After five to ten years, the outstanding ones can be selected to become officials in the court, take the imperial examination, or even join the army as generals!"

"When these people grow up and slowly come into contact with power, they will become the sharpest knives in my hand!"

Zheng Yi continued: "Also, search for some young officials and soldiers who are loyal to the emperor and have common interests to join my imperial party. As long as they join the imperial party, I will value them and give them rights."

"Young people are passionate and fearless, but they are also enthusiastic about serving the country."

"With this broken body, I will serve the country and the people."

"They want to serve the country? It's very simple, just swear allegiance to me!"

"Especially the Ouchi guards around me, everyone must swear an oath to join the imperial party. Those who are unwilling to swear an oath are not allowed to approach me!"

"If this development continues slowly, the whole of Dayu will be as iron-clad as iron!"

Chen Liancang took a breath. Listening to Zheng Yi's description, his mind could slowly imagine how lively the court would be in more than ten years, no, even three or five years later.

He knelt down on the ground with sincerity and said loyally: "Your Majesty's words will make this old servant realize how big the world is."

"Your Majesty, you are truly a god!"

"Old slave, take the order!"

When Zheng Yi came down from Tianshou Mountain surrounded by a large number of eunuchs and guards, he found a nervous and anxious Jin Yiwei being stopped by the guards.

As soon as he saw Zheng Yi, the Jin Yiwei shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I have an urgent military mission here!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Let him come over."

The guard stepped aside, and the Jin Yiwei quickly ran over and respectfully handed over a secret letter with both hands.

"Your Majesty! The fake Yan spies sent a secret message that the heavy snow in Yan has become lighter. The fake King of Yan forced his 20,000 dragon cavalry to dispatch and rush to the capital to kill them!" "What?"

Zheng Yi took the secret letter and read it quickly.

It turned out that the heavy snow that had lasted for more than a month in Yandi showed signs of getting lighter, and the pseudo-Yanwang Zheng Yuantao took advantage of this opportunity to order his strongest dragon cavalry to dispatch.

Regardless of the fact that the snow has not completely melted yet, they headed directly towards the capital.

His purpose was simple, to rush into the capital as quickly as possible and capture the palace and important court officials.

In addition to the dragon cavalry, there are more than a hundred martial arts experts he has recruited, including several first-level and even master-level warriors.

The leader is Cheng De, who is known as the number one general in Beiyan!

"Zheng Yuantao, so dangerous and ambitious!"

Isn't he afraid that once the capital falls, the world will be in chaos?

The imperial army guarding the capital has long been corrupted after Yang Ni's incident. They have been rebuilding in the past two years, but it is simply a fantasy to want these new recruits to deal with 20,000 elite dragoons.

Even letting them defend the city may be difficult.

The soldiers of King Qin from Jizhou, Sizhou and other places were unable to reach the capital in a short time.

Zheng Yi immediately got on his horse and rushed towards the capital.

"Biography of Chen Hongxiu and Zhang Tieshan!"

Half a day later, Zheng Yi's figure appeared on the second floor of Bai Yujing.

Chen Hongxiu and Zhang Tieshan also rushed back from the Shenji Camp station after a long journey.

"See Your Majesty!"

"My dear friends, no courtesy."

Zheng Yi raised his hand and said: "Let me make a long story short, the fake Yan took action."

"Twenty thousand dragon cavalry are rushing to the capital at starry night. Due to the heavy snow, it will take about five days to reach the original three-day journey."

"Feeding started? Great!"

Zhang Tieshan clenched his fists and said: "I have been waiting for them for a long time, and I can finally fight, hahaha!"

"Old Zhao! What nonsense are you talking about? What is a good thing if the fake Yan takes action?"

Chen Hongxiu rolled her eyes at him, then immediately cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your orders. We will obey the emperor's orders."

"Ah, yes, yes, your majesty, please give the order. Old Zhao, I will go and twist off the head of the fake King Yan!"

Zheng Yi automatically ignored Zhao Tieshan's words and looked at Chen Hongxiu.

Among the two, Chen Hongxiu was far more familiar with military books and tactics than Zhao Tieshan.

Vaguely, the two of them turned out to be led by Chen Hongxiu.

She has been regarded by Zheng Yi as one of the first candidates for the imperial party.

"I ask you, how are the guns and gunpowder equipped by the Shenji Battalion now?"

"Return to Your Majesty."

Chen Hongxiu said without hesitation: "Now the Shenji Battalion is equipped with a total of 200 red cannons, 6,700 matchlock guns, 57,000 thunderbolts, a divine fire nozzle, and a poisonous dragon divine fire nozzle. More than 10,000 racks.”

"How is the training of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion?"

"Return to Your Majesty."

This time it was Zhao Tieshan's turn to say: "The Shenji Battalion has expanded to 3,000 people, and they are all selected from the elite of the Forbidden Army and the warriors of the people."

"The daily rations are three times that of ordinary soldiers!"

"I am loyal to His Majesty, and there are more than a hundred warriors above the third level."

"Everyone is already familiar with how to use the matchlock gun. It can fire three iron bullets continuously, with a range of more than 100 feet, and its power is far beyond that of ordinary bows and arrows!"

"The two guns are used in rotation and can fire six iron bullets in a short time."

"We are already familiar with the red cannon. The latest red cannon newly equipped by the Ministry of Industry has a range of eight hundred feet!"

When he said this, Zhao Tieshan was filled with fear and shock.

It seemed that the power of the red cannon had already conquered these people.

"There are also thunderbolts. Ordinary soldiers can throw them about fifteen feet, but warriors in the army can throw them fifty feet!"

Hearing this, Zheng Yi still shook his head.

Among the many thermal weapons, the development of the red cannon is the most satisfying to me.

It is a pity that in the development of firearms, due to the limitations of contemporary technology, it is not possible to develop a flintlock gun.

There are also more advanced mercury fulminates, which cannot be developed.

It seems that the budget of the Ministry of Industry must be increased to allow them to develop more convenient and stronger guns as soon as possible!

Zheng Yi said: "Chen Hongxiu and Zhao Tieshan obey the order!"

"The general will obey orders!"

"You and I, together with the Shenji Battalion, will go to Hushan Pass to snipe the puppet Yan Dragon Cavalry. I will order Chen Wannian to raid the formation for you."

Zheng Yi said: "In this battle, I will destroy all the pseudo-Yan dragon cavalry and turn them into ashes."

"Anyone who dares to disobey my will will be killed without mercy!"

"No!"

The two quickly left, preparing to break camp and head to Hushan Pass.

Not long after, Liu Chengen suddenly walked in and whispered: "Your Majesty, the people around the Queen Mother have received news that the Queen Mother is seriously ill and is bedridden now. The imperial doctor can't see any symptoms."

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up. The Queen Mother was seriously ill. It was really...a double happiness!

Asking for a monthly ticket~

(End of chapter)