With the help of these people, Qi Ning's confidence was immediately boosted. From the seventh day of the Lunar New Year to the night of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Qi Ning had continuous discussions with these heroes, and the topics mainly revolved around the Black Scale Camp.
The few people present are not only the remnants of the Black Scale Battalion, but they were also the first soldiers to join the Black Scale Battalion when Qi Jing was training.
Qi Jing formed the Black Scale Battalion back then. Although it only had a strength of 1,000 men, the sources of the soldiers were diverse. Some were soldiers from the Qi clan's hometown, and some were brave men Qi Jing transferred from other armies. Some of them were even There are a small number of people who come from aristocratic families.
Qi Ning learned in detail from these people how the Black Scale Battalion went from being unknown to becoming a world-famous force. The most important thing to understand was the process of Qi Jing's training of the Black Scale Battalion.
Everyone, you said one thing and I said another, and gradually a clear outline formed in Qining's mind.
In fact, with the appearance of these people, Qining does not have to worry about the problem of troop sources at all.
This group of people came from the Black Scale Battalion, and they were well aware of the harsh conditions for selecting people in the Black Scale Battalion. Almost all of the people present were military attachés in charge of the troops. At least there were several hundred soldiers under their command. They had already He has secretly paid attention to carefully selecting the soldiers under his command. The few generals present alone are enough to bring more than a hundred soldiers who fully meet the selection requirements of the Black Scale Battalion.
According to Duan Canghai, most of the dozens of people left in the Black Scale Battalion can come back to serve. Each person will give a few names and hand them over to Qining, who will then ask for people from the Ministry of War. This is really not the case. What a difficult thing.
After all, Qi Ning, as a Marquis of Jinyi, was ordered to train troops and draw some soldiers from various armies. He did not and did not dare to offend Qi Ning or even resist the order.
Qi Ning knew very well that a good general was not one who knew how to do things, but one who could make the best use of others. Since these people knew everything about the Black Scale Camp, Qi Ning ordered Duan Canghai to take charge of the Black Scale Camp. The other generals will assist in the initial construction of the scale camp. Whenever there is any problem, I will personally take care of it.
There is one thing Qining knows very well. The purpose of the little emperor in letting him rebuild the Black Scale Battalion is simply to have a army of soldiers and horses that can be dispatched by the emperor at any time. Under the current situation, using the Jin Yihou of the No. 1 Martial Arts Family It is naturally the best thing to do this with a reputation.
Sometimes the emperor's words and thoughts can influence the success or failure of a family.
Although the young emperor does not yet have the ability to make arbitrary decisions, his thoughts still gave Qining the opportunity to enter the military in a substantial way and gain a foothold in the court.
Of course Qi Ning knew that it didn't matter that he couldn't train an elite force. After all, Duan Canghai and other black-scale veterans were fully capable of training such an elite force. For him, the most important thing was to kill this army. Deathly control is in hand.
Duan Canghai was very loyal to the Qi family, so entrusting this person with the actual task of rebuilding the Black Scale Camp would not only make him feel more grateful to him, but also achieve the goal of completely controlling the Black Scale Camp.
In the eyes of Duan Canghai and others, the young Marquis was able to obtain the task of rebuilding the Black Scale Battalion from the court, which was already a great achievement. However, the young Marquis was young after all, and had never stayed in the army for more than half a day. After all, military training was Real hard work is not something that can produce elite soldiers just by talking about it, so everyone is still a little uneasy. The most worrying thing is that Qining is young and uncertain, can't bear the temper, can't bear the hardship, and deep down in everyone's heart There is a thought that they dare not express even a word, that is, they are worried about the outsiders interfering with the experts.
However, Qi Ning very decisively handed over the training task of the Black Scale Battalion to Duan Canghai, which really surprised everyone and made them admire Qi Ning's broadmindedness.
Early in the morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, someone sent a post. Qining opened it and read it again, only to realize that it was an invitation from Zhuo Qingyang to the Jinghua Book Club.
Qi Ning then remembered that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was a grand literary gathering in Da Chu.
Although the invitation was sent by Zhuo Qingyang, it was not written by Zhuo Qingyang. Instead, it was stamped with the official seal of the Ministry of Rites. Qining knew that Zhuo Qingyang had directly sent the invitation from the Ministry of Rites.
Qining had a general understanding of the Jinghua Book Club from Xiaoyao. He knew that the Jinghua Book Club was held every year and was set on the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The eight major academies in Beijing plus Qionglin Women's College were the nine major academies in total. The competition for literary talents can be regarded as the biggest event in the literary world in Beijing every year.
It's just that over the years, although Qionglin Academy has participated in the Jinghua Book Club, it has been just a foil. The real competition has always been among the eight major academies, and the eight major academies attach great importance to the Jinghua Book Club.
Winning the title will not only make you famous, but you can also get the emperor's approval, and the court can also select talents to join the court and become officials.
Qi Ning was not very interested in the battle of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he and Jiang Suiyun had made a bet before, but they had to fulfill it at the book club.
Qi Ning initially claimed that he could fly into the sky without wings. Jiang Suiyun immediately seized the opportunity and made a bet with Qi Ning. He pretended to be generous and gave Qi Ning two months to compete in the academy competition. See high and low.
At that time, Qi Ning only thought that the so-called academy competition was just an internal competition of Qionglin Academy. Later he found out that the so-called academy competition was the Jinghua Book Club in which the nine major academies participated.
The Jinghua Book Club was full of literati and poets, and there were not even a thousand but also eight hundred people attending the book club. Jiang Suiyun deliberately set the date on that day, obviously to make everyone laugh in public.
This time, the Jinghua Book Fair will be held at Longchi Academy.
Qi Ning took the time to visit Xiaoyao. Xiaoyao had actually been preparing for a book party these days. Qining learned from Xiaoyao that among the nine major academies in the capital, Longchi Academy was the most famous. Second only to Yunshan Academy.
Yunshan Academy is the largest academy in Beijing. In the early years of Jinghua Book Club, Yunshan Academy won consecutive championships and took the top spot. There are also many officials who came out of Yunshan Academy. However, Longchi Academy suddenly emerged in the past few years and won three consecutive championships. The laurels of the year had a great reputation, and the officials who came out of Longchi Academy formed their own sect, and they disliked each other with the officials of Yunshan Sect.
Logically speaking, in order to ensure fairness, the Jinghua Book Club should be held in rotation in the nine major colleges. However, the annual Jinghua Book Club not only has students from the nine major colleges participating, but also many literati and poets from other places come to watch. The academy is too small to accommodate so many people for the competition. Among the nine major academies, only Yunshan Academy and Longchi Academy have large spaces to accommodate them. Therefore, Jinghua Academy has been taking turns to host these two academies. held.
When various academies participate in the competition, striving for the crown is naturally the ultimate goal. After all, once they win the championship, according to historical rules, the imperial court will select a few people to transfer to official positions for training. This has also become a common rule. However, if they cannot compete for the crown, the academy students have outstanding talents and can He is stunning in competitions, but he also has a good chance of being valued and appointed by the imperial court.
Although this situation is rare, it is not unheard of. Since the Jinghua Book Club was held until now, there have been eighty-nine people who, although their colleges failed to win the championship, performed exceptionally well and were promoted and appointed by the imperial court.
In fact, there were quite a few literati who rushed to the capital to watch the event. Because the venue was Longchi Academy, the inns near Longchi Academy were already full before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. At night, people on the Qinhuai River The business has also become more prosperous, and it is really prosperous.
In the streets near Longchi Academy and on both sides of the Qinhuai River, talented people of all kinds were coming and going. Some had stayed for several days, and some had just arrived after traveling day and night. The sound of surprise at meeting old friends could be heard all over the place, brother. Brother Tai Xian, as a matter of fact, he always talks about poetry when he talks, and always criticizes calligraphy and painting when he laughs.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has arrived. It has just dawned, and the inns around Longchi Academy are already brightly lit. The intellectual talents who came from all over the country got up early and went to Longchi Academy one after another. The official team, many of whom are regulars who have watched several tournaments, know the rules here well.
As the second largest academy in the capital, Longchi Academy is indeed quite large. In order to prepare for this book fair, Longchi Academy has put in a lot of effort. The competition venue is located in the east of Longchi Academy. The courtyard here is open and very large. It can accommodate 1,800 people without being too crowded. There is a rockery in each corner and a circle of bamboo surrounding the courtyard wall. The scenery is not bad.
Many people who come to watch the battle know that if they can be at the front and enter the academy as early as possible, they can occupy some favorable places to watch.
Qi Ning had already agreed with Qionglin Academy in advance that he would meet directly at Longchi Academy. When he arrived at Longchi Academy, the main entrance of the academy had been opened, and the literati at the party had already started to go into the academy one by one. Go, the speed is not slow.
Seeing that there were only sixty or seventy people in line in front of him, and they were entering very quickly, Qi Ning tied up his horse and simply didn't go in directly. He followed the team and arrived in front of the academy door. He saw three people sitting on a long table. Behind the table, there was a large wooden box beside the table. When I saw the people queuing in front of me, they all threw a piece of silver into the wooden box before entering, and then took a piece of paper from the table. I couldn't help but wonder, when it was Qining's turn, Qi Ning didn't look at it. Just as he was about to go in, he heard someone shouting: "Come back, come back, what are you doing? Do you understand the rules?"
"Rules?" Qi Ning took a look into the wooden box. The silver light was dazzling, and it was filled with broken silver. He frowned and said, "Didn't you say that you need to get some silver when you go in?"
"Nonsense." The man sitting at the table glared, "What's the money? This is a canteen donation. When you enter the academy, don't you need a number plate? Do you want to eat and drink at noon?" He stretched out his hand and took it from the hand of the man next to him. There was a square piece of paper with six, seven, nine written on it. He said to Qining: "This is the number plate. Do you want to use it or not?"