To the west of the Imperial City of the Jin Dynasty, the White Tiger was the master of killing and commanded the west. Therefore, a large area of palaces and pavilions to the west was where the Jin military headquarters was located.
In the northwest corner of the Jin Military Headquarters, a very remote single-family courtyard, separated from the main military headquarters building by a very high wall, and covering an area of about a hundred acres, was the Imperial City Army and Horses Division.
Once upon a time, the Imperial City's Military and Horse Division was also an extremely prestigious place.
For example, when Sima Wuyou was the God-Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, the Imperial City Military and Horse Department was directly under the jurisdiction of the God-Emperor. It consisted of the East, West, South, and North Imperial Guards, and the Twelve Guards Army of Anyang City. There was even a full-time man in charge of Anyang City. and daily security, patrol and arrest affairs in hundreds of surrounding prefectures.
How powerful and powerful the Imperial City Soldiers and Horses Division was at that time, needless to say, the twelve sets of Zhoutian Star Armor now in the hands of Wu Tie are for the exclusive use of the commanders of the Twelve Guards Army of Anyang City Armor.
And the thirty-six Four Spirit Battleships were, at that time, the main flagships of the Four Gardens of the Forbidden Army in the Southeast, Southeast, and Northwest!
It’s just that the world has changed. Six thousand years ago, the royal family of the Jin Dynasty underwent a drastic change. Therefore, the prince led his people to rebel against the Jin Dynasty. Sima Wuyou sadly abdicated. After Sima Xian sat on the throne of the God Emperor, Linghu Qingqing and Gongyang Sanlu rose up, and the ministers Power overwhelms the dignity of the God-Emperor.
Of the Four Forbidden Armies, only the Dongyuan Forbidden Army, which is the oldest and represents the origin of the Jin Dynasty, still remains; the Twelve Guards Army has long since disappeared: as for the one that once ran rampant in Anyang and hundreds of surrounding prefectures, it killed officials below the third rank first and then took power. The inspection army has also been blown away by the rain and wind, and withered like yesterday's yellow flowers.
Today's Imperial City Military and Horse Department is sparse.
"Hush, be silent!"
The gate of the Imperial City Army and Horses Yamen is half open and half closed. Several men wearing black attire and gold medals hanging from their waists, obviously with high official ranks, are sitting on the bench at the door, leaning against the door wall with their eyes closed. Snoring.
In the spacious courtyard inside the gate, someone really sprinkled a lot of millet in the courtyard, propped up a large gauze with a radius of several feet, and performed the boring activity of catching birds.
The round gauze cover is supported by a thin wooden stick and is more than three feet high, with golden millet underneath. A thin rope was put on the wooden stick, and the rope, which was dozens of feet long, was pulled all the way to the verandah on the east side of the courtyard. A middle-aged man wearing a dark purple robe and no hat was lying on the swimming pool. Corridor.
Several strong men who also had gold medals hanging around their waists and who should have the title of General of the Jin Dynasty squatted under the verandah with playful expressions on their faces, quietly watching their immediate superiors playing with birds here.
What else could it be
If you don't use Qiao'er... there is no official business, let alone official documents. The current Imperial City Army and Horse Department is even less likely to interfere with the military affairs of the military department next door. Even if it wants to intervene in the daily security work of Anyang Mansion, it has no power.
Besides playing with birds, what else can you do
The current commander-in-chief of the Imperial City's Army and Horse Department, the dignified King Xuan of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhi, is a person with quite a bottom line. He cannot do the bottomless and immoral act of drinking and having fun while sitting at work.
Therefore, Sima Zhi could only play with the sparrow.
In this regard, Sima Zhi euphemistically said: "It is not the sparrow that is alone, but a feeling of concern for the country and the people... Take away a sparrow alone, fry it and drink it, and you can cultivate land outside Anyang every year. Farmers, how much food can they save?”
Under the net, seven birds of different species were jumping and playing, pecking at the golden millet.
Several generals from the Imperial City's Army and Horse Department clenched their fists and silently encouraged their commander, hoping that he would quickly pull the rope and trap these birds.
But they also knew that Sima Zhi had some quirks.
When he catches birds, there must be an even number in each net before he can pull the rope... If there are odd numbers and no pairs, Sima Zhi will never pull the rope. If the number of birds caught in the net was an odd number, Sima Zhi would have been restless for at least three to five days, and would not have thought about food or drink.
"One more... One more... Tsk, one more... Just one..." Sima Zhi stared at the birds under the net with her eyes wide open, and kept muttering in a low voice.
Suddenly, the rapid sound of horse hooves shattered the tranquility of the Imperial City's Army and Horses Office. The birds under the net screamed and flapped their wings in an awkward manner, trying to escape.
The snare set up by Sima Zhi was huge. The birds flapped their wings randomly and tried to escape, but they bumped into the snare, causing the snare to shake violently.
Sima Zhi's fingers trembled and she pulled the rope suddenly.
The wooden stick fell and the net was buckled down. Sima Zhi jumped up suddenly and looked at the five birds flapping desperately under the net with a twisted face.
Of the seven finches, two fled away, leaving only five!
Odd number!
"Your Majesty, it's an odd number!" A general raised his right hand cautiously and whispered to Sima Zhi.
"Ha, ha ha... odd number!" Sima Zhi tilted his head and looked at the birds under the net. A red light from the sun slowly emerged behind him. His body was trembling slightly, and the entire courtyard was enveloped in a burning heat.
"Commander, Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for our Dongyuan Forbidden Army!" Dozens of Dongyuan Forbidden Army generals burst open the gate of the Imperial City's Military and Horse Department and strode in.
Afterwards, these people stared blankly at Sima Zhi, who had a distorted face, and then looked at the five birds flapping desperately under the net. The group of people all shut their mouths obediently.
The little hobby of Sima Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial City's Military and Horse Department, and the Xuan King, is no secret in the entire Anyang City.
Everyone also knows many of this prince's eccentricities.
The number of birds in the net must be an even number... Who made the number of birds in his net become an odd number, haha!
"You guys, your father is dead?" Sima Zhi dropped the rope in his hand and tilted his head to look at the group of Forbidden Army generals who suddenly came in.
A group of people shook their heads desperately.
"Then, your mother is dead?" Sima Zhi's voice was very erratic.
A group of Forbidden Army generals shook their heads again, their movements uniform and quite pleasing to the eye.
"Haha, you both have parents. Your mother-in-law didn't give you a glamorous cuckold, right?" Sima Zhi said with a 'hehe' smile.
The Forbidden Army generals all took two steps back and laughed dryly at the same time.
"Since you don't have any, and it's not time to pay wages at the end of the month, what are you doing here? Are you seeking death?" Sima Zhi jumped to his feet and shouted: "Wrong, motherfucker, all the military expenses of the Dongyuan Forbidden Army The expenses are all allocated to you at the beginning of each year. You have not come to the Imperial City Military and Horse Division Ying Mao for more than two years... "
"Did you come here today intentionally to cause trouble for me?"
Sima Zhi roared hysterically.
On the high wall behind the verandah, several middle-level civil servants from the military headquarters climbed up the wall and peered into the courtyard.
"Hey, five, hey five."
"Odd number, this is an odd number!"
"Beat them, Prince Xuan, beat them up... These blind people are disturbing your enjoyment, beat them up!"
Several military officials laughed softly.
Immediately afterwards, senior officials wearing dark purple or lavender robes, who were obviously military bosses, sneakily poked their heads out from the wall. They shrank their heads and watched the movement here, laughing silently.
Sima Zhi heard the movement on the wall behind him, and his face became more and more distorted.
He looked at the five birds in the net, stretched out his hand, and sprayed out almost real flames from his five fingers, pretending to slap them down with one palm, but after a pause, he retracted his hand, gritted his teeth, walked to the net, and pulled the net away. It was opened, allowing five struggling birds to escape.
"This time, it doesn't count, it doesn't count, come again next time, come again next time." Sima Zhi clasped her hands together and murmured for a while, shaking her head vigorously: "Cultivation of the mind, nourishing the character, not getting angry, not Get angry...someone, come to the hall!"
Sima Zhi suddenly jumped on his feet and roared, his face turned red and hissed: "Come here, come to the hall, first capture these idiots who have left their posts without permission, and give each of them a hundred beatings... No , five hundred... no, a thousand military sticks!"
'Clang, clang, clang'!
Weird sounds came from all over the Imperial City's Army and Horses Division Yamen.
Many disheveled officials from the Imperial City's Army and Horse Department staggered out of various halls. Some dropped their sabers on the ground, some bumped into each other, and some sleepily bumped their heads against the pillars of the verandah.
After stumbling and dragging their feet, hundreds of officials came to Sima Zhi.
"Take it down, take it down, hit it, hit it, take off the armor and shirt, hit it hard, hit it hard, hit it hard, hit it to death..." Sima Zhi pointed at the Forbidden Army generals with pale faces and shouted: "As long as you don't Beat him to death, beat him to death... Hey, wait!"
"This, this, and this, they are Gu Xiaoconcubine's brothers and Gu's wife-in-law. Just let them go. Don't beat the three of them. Beat the others to death!"
On the wall, more and more military officials were watching the fun.
They watched as dozens of Dongyuan Forbidden Army generals were pushed to the ground crying and screaming. Their armors and shirts were taken off, revealing white or black buttocks. The heavy pure metal military sticks had a dull sound. The sound broke through the air, and he hit hard.
Generals like the Dongyuan Forbidden Army...when have they ever suffered like this
The sound of military sticks was loud, and dozens of generals were beaten to pieces. They were all crying and howling. Some even cried bitterly and begged loudly for mercy. Some were beaten until they fainted.
The scene was so tragic that it made people shed tears for them just looking at it.
The military officials were holding back their smiles and pointing in this direction.
Immediately afterwards, many spies from the military headquarters had returned to the military headquarters compound, bringing the news they had gathered. Soon, everyone in the military headquarters, from the first-rank general to the ninth-rank petty official, and even the unranked petty officer, Officials, everyone knows the tragic experience of these Dongyuan Forbidden Army generals.
These guys were driven out of Dongyuan by the newly minted celebrity, the Duke of Yuzhou named by Sima Xian, and the captain of Dongyuan School Huo Xiong, except for his military status
From Sun Bubing down to the soldiers below, all the generals, officers, low-level officers and soldiers, more than 100,000 people, were all fired
"More than 100,000 people..." A military general laughed: "The Dongyuan Forbidden Army is in a good position. No wonder they want to complain."
But in an instant, the military general's expression suddenly changed.
The officials at the top and bottom of the military department looked at each other, and their expressions became extremely subtle.
"One hundred and twenty years ago, the Prime Minister Zuo informed Your Majesty that the Dongyuan Forbidden Army was once again reduced in strength... Even so, the Dongyuan Forbidden Army should still have one million soldiers! How can it be possible to expel more than 100,000 people? There are still nearly 100,000 soldiers. Nine hundred thousand troops?" The military general who had just laughed looked at the many colleagues around him with floating eyes.
"Are you eating free money?" A first-grade general from the military department whispered to himself.
"Or the Forbidden Army?" Another second-grade general narrowed his eyes.
"Our Great Jin Dynasty, the last imperial army directly under the royal family, was actually 90% of the salary?" A civil servant of the Military Cardinal's Palace said softly: "If I remember correctly, the former Dongyuan Colonel was Donggong People?"
"This... After all, the Dongyuan Forbidden Army is under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial City's Military and Horse Department. Our Criminal Law Department has no power to supervise it. Therefore, in these years, the Criminal Law Department has not restrained the Dongyuan Forbidden Army." A person from the Criminal Law Department of the Military Ministry The senior official jumped up as if he had been shot: "Military law is corrupt... The structure of our Criminal Law Department is obviously unable to deter lawless people in the military."
The senior official of the Criminal Law Department widened his eyes and said, "I strongly recommend that the Criminal Law Department of the Military Ministry be upgraded to the Criminal Law Palace!"
All the high-ranking military officials were stunned, and at the same time they took a sip on this guy, then turned around and left.
Something happened to the Dongyuan Forbidden Army, and the Prince of the East Palace was involved... This incident... was like a big piece of bloody fat, which immediately aroused the strong appetite of these military predators!
Sima Zhi stood in the courtyard of the Imperial City's Military and Horse Department. He suddenly looked back at the wall behind him.
On the wall, the military officers all retreated, and they all went to work in full swing.
Sima Zhi's eyes dimmed slightly, he closed his eyes, and then took a deep breath.
"That's enough. No need to hit him. If he hits him again, he will really be beaten to death. Come on, tell Guhaosheng what happened?"
With her hands behind her back, Sima Zhi walked slowly towards the somewhat ancient lobby of the Imperial City's Military and Horse Department, which had not been repaired for several years, with a swaying step, taking the unique square steps of a wealthy landlord.
A group of Forbidden Army generals whose buttocks were spanked and whose thighs were bloody and bloody were dragged into the lobby and then thrown heavily to the ground.
A quarter of an hour later, after listening to the cries of the Forbidden Army generals, Sima Zhi shook her head gently.
"Then Huo Xiong really punched that kid from the Luo family to death?"
"Hey, that boy from the Luo family... His father and Gu Gu have some friendship. When we were young, we went to the kiln together." Sima Zhi sighed heavily: "Poor, poor, why Was he beaten to death?"
"Mr. Yuzhou is so ruthless. It's really... too ruthless."
Sima Zhi shook his head, took out two pieces of gold from his sleeves, and handed it to the clerk beside him: "Here, take it. When the Luo family holds a funeral, remember to give the orphan a piece of incense, paper money, etc." . Hey, Duke Yuzhou is so harsh, it’s really, really cruel.”
Sima Zhi clicked her lips and shook her head: "Okay, I know about this... Go back, go back, look at the pitiful appearance of you all with bloody flesh and blood, it's so pitiful... Go back and live a good life, the soup and medicine will be paid for." Don’t skimp, be sure to use good medicine.”
"You young people, don't be reluctant to use good medicine. The root of the disease will be left by then. When you are older, you will know how powerful it is."
Sima Zhi rambled for a while, then stood up, looked at the sky outside the lobby, and suddenly smiled and clapped her hands: "Wonderful, noon is here. As usual, we have a two-hour lunch break... I am alone in the Yutang across the street. Two tables of swallow-wing banquets have been ordered in the spring, let’s go, let’s go, it’s just fine wine and delicious food, don’t let it down!”
More than a dozen of the most prominent figures in the Imperial City's Army and Horse Department, including civil and military officials, all followed Sima Zhi out of the lobby with a smile on their slightly bulging belly.
All the Dongyuan Forbidden Army generals were stunned.
Completely messy in the wind.
"Your Majesty... you have to make the decision for us!" Dozens of generals cried as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Sima Zhi trotted out of the imperial city's Military and Horse Office and disappeared without a trace.