At the end of the sixth year of Longwu, the capital began to prepare for the celebration of the New Year.
This year was different from the previous years. In order to make the Northern Expedition next year more appropriate, the capital would also hold a military parade on New Year's Day to announce that the country was about to send troops.
In order to show that the Emperor attached great importance to the military, in the second half of the year, the Crown Prince, Xiao Zhenbang, was sent to the juvenile branch of the Military Academy in the capital. At the age of twelve, the Crown Prince began to receive military training and come into contact with military affairs from a young age.
Together with the Crown Prince, the sons of the generals of the dynasty who were between twelve and sixteen years old were also sent to the juvenile branch of the Military Academy. Regardless of whether it was the eldest son, the second son, the legitimate son, or the illegitimate son, as long as they planned to enter the army, they were all sent to the Military Academy.
In total, more than 120 people entered the Military Academy and were divided into three classes. Each class had about forty people, and all of them were the children of the generals. Most people did not dare to interfere in their affairs for fear of offending the generals.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun transferred the five most senior instructors from the Military Academy and bestowed a wooden staff to the head instructor, Wang Wei.
Then, Xiao Ruxun told him that the wooden staff represented the Emperor himself. Holding the wooden staff was equivalent to holding the Emperor's decree. Whoever dared to not receive military training, be lazy, play petty tricks, or rebel against the instructors would be beaten to death with the wooden staff.
Xiao Ruxun's original words were, 'If you meet someone who disobeys orders, as long as you don't die, beat them to death. Let these arrogant little bastards suffer and know that it was not easy for their fathers to start a business.'
In the six years since the founding of the Daqin, the children of the generals who had children in Myanmar and even in Ningxia had grown up. Some of them obediently followed the rules, while others were ignorant and incompetent, ruling over their families.
After Xiao Ruxun learned of this, he made a list of names for each of them, determined their merits and demerits, set up a strict and detailed list of rewards and punishments, and let Wang Wei hold the wooden staff and issue orders on his behalf.
Including the Crown Prince, if anyone dared to be biased, Xiao Ruxun would be the first to find trouble with Wang Wei.
Wang Wei was a stubborn person. He was Xiao Ruxun's personal guard, so he listened to Xiao Ruxun's words and the rules she had set down. No one's words were effective against him. It was precisely because of this personality of his that Xiao Ruxun had given him the task of being the dean of the junior college.
"This time, handing these brats to you is also handing my son, the Crown Prince of Daqin to you. I don't know when I can come back. Next year, I will go on the Northern Expedition. I don't know when I will be back. Although this child's mother is of strict, he still needs to be educated. I will will leave of his education.
After Xiao Ruxun attended the opening ceremony, he held Wang Wei's hand and entrusted Zhenbang to him.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Old Wang's life was saved by you. If you are not here in the future, there is no meaning for me to live. I will follow you. When I am alive, I will be your bodyguard. When I am dead, I will still be your bodyguard. Old Wang will only have you as his Majesty. There will not be a second one."
When Xiao Ruxun saw Wang Wei make such a vow, he held Wang Wei's hand tightly.
"I am at ease handing Zhenbang to you."
Just like that, Xiao Ruxun entrusted Zhenbang to Wang Wei, and then found his elder brother, King Chu, Xiao Rulan.
"I don't know when we will be able to return from the northern expedition this time. If it takes too long, we will still have to rely on Elder Brother to manage the family matters, especially the matters of Zhenwu and Yingying. Although Caiyun is strict with them, if there's anything that they don't do well, Elder Brother must remind them and not let them do as they please."
Xiao Rulan nodded and asked, "Why don't you let Father manage this matter? Back then, the four of us were all taught by Father. "
"Old people are all relatives of different generations. Father spoils Zhenbang and Zhenwu very much and doesn't want them to suffer at all. You can't hand them over to Father.
Wang Wei is my bodyguard and has gone through fire and water with me. He doesn't have great abilities, but he is absolutely loyal and can be trusted. If anything happens, I hope Elder Brother can support Wang Wei. "
Xiao Rulan expressed that she understood.
"Ji Xin, this northern expedition concerns the Great Qin Nation's Fate. We all know that we won't be able to help, so it's best if we don't get involved. Our entire family is depending on you."
Xiao Ruxun held Xiao Rulan's hand and nodded.
"The political situation is the most important. This is not my intention. I hope Elder Brother can be magnanimous."
"We all know."
Xiao Rulan accepted this task.
Xiao Ruxun entrusted the operation of the court to the four ministers. They could handle the majority of the government affairs perfectly. Using the new political system that had been polished over the past six years, they could handle the majority of the matters.
As for the matters that Xiao Ruxun usually needed to handle, he delegated a portion of the authority to them. The decree signed by the four of them could represent the Emperor's will. As for the truly important matters, they were sent to Xiao Ruxun to handle.
With the Emperor personally leading the expedition, the messenger cavalry would not be cut off. Wherever the Emperor went, the people in the capital would know. At all times, there would be people going back and forth between the capital and the Emperor, regardless of the cost.
In order to ensure that the Emperor and the court could maintain uninterrupted communication, Xiao Ruxun prepared a thousand good horses and a thousand knights as backup.
Right now, they had already established a complete relay station system at the capital and the Datong expedition point. When Xiao Ruxun led her army on the northern expedition from Shahukou, the relay station would still be open from time to time.
Some matters were of great importance. Even if Xiao Ruxun was in the middle of the expedition, he had to ensure that he could handle them at any time and then send the orders back.
In addition, in order to ensure the safety of the capital, Xiao Ruxun had placed his trusted subordinates in various important places. They were all led by trusted generals. Li Rusong and Chai Guozhu would be brought along with him on the northern expedition.
Wang Hui, who had always been the chancellor of the Military Academy, was also forcibly assigned the responsibility of the capital's Imperial Guard by Xiao Ruxun. He would graduate from the Military Academy and take on the main responsibility of protecting the capital during the northern expedition, as well as the main military authority.
The headquarters of Black Water would start operating at full capacity and communicate with Xiao Ruxun in real time through another line.
Black Poison was also assigned a special position by Xiao Ruxun. Zhou Yao was given the right to command the three thousand soldiers of Yellow Dragon Camp that Xiao Ruxun had left in the Forbidden City to guard the imperial palace.
As the number one confidant of Xiao Ruxun, Zhou Yao was assigned the important responsibility of protecting the imperial palace by Xiao Ruxun. Wang Hui could not command the three thousand soldiers of Yellow Dragon Camp.
The last line of defense was in the hands of Yang Caiyun.
The command of the two thousand most elite soldiers of Yellow Dragon Camp was in the hands of Empress Yang Caiyun. Xiao Ruxun divided the five thousand soldiers of Yellow Dragon Camp to stay in the capital into two parts. One part was given to Zhou Yao, and the other to Caiyun.
As Xiao Ruxun's most trusted person, Xiao Ruxun gave the command of the core foundation of Yellow Dragon Camp to Caiyun.
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