At the court meeting the next day, Emperor Wen announced the decision to give Yun Zheng the power to privately recruit palace soldiers.

As expected, Emperor Wen's decision was opposed by most of his ministers.

Privately raising soldiers for the palace is a power only the crown prince and the princes have!

Yun Zheng is nothing, why would he privately recruit soldiers?

However, no matter how much the ministers opposed, they were unable to change Emperor Wen's decision.

After the court was dismissed, Concubine Shu hurriedly found Xu Shifu.

Emperor Wen's move made her feel very threatened.

Although Emperor Wen had just said at the court meeting that it was absolutely impossible to make Yun Zheng the crown prince, who knew if Emperor Wen would suddenly change his mind?

Emperor Wen even gave Yun Zheng the power to recruit private soldiers, so it is not impossible for him to be made the crown prince.

Looking at the anxious Concubine Shu, Xu Shifu laughed.

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...

"Don't worry!"

Xu Shifu smiled indifferently and said, "This is still a good thing for us!"

"Good news?"

Concubine Shu was furious, "How can this be a good thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing!" Xu Shifu laughed, "Don't worry! The emperor will never make that loser the crown prince! The emperor is compensating that loser!"

Compared with Concubine Shu, Xu Shifu is much more experienced.

He figured out the trick before the court was dismissed.

"compensate?"

Concubine Shu thought for a while and frowned, "Even if it's compensation, it's not a good thing! This shows that the emperor has begun to pay attention to this loser!"

"It's not that I attach importance to it, at most I just pay more attention to it."

Xu Shifu shook his head and smiled, "Since the emperor has given him the power to privately recruit soldiers, he will definitely not let him go to Shuobei again! In this way, we will have plenty of opportunities to slowly deal with him!"

Um?

Concubine Shu was slightly stunned.

If you think about it carefully, it seems to be the case!

Just because of Yun Zheng, that coward, Yun Li is still kneeling in the Taimiao.

With old grudges and new hatreds, she will never let Yun Zheng go!

"So what do we do now?"

Concubine Shu said bitterly: "We have to think of a way to deal with that coward!"

"Let's wait and see."

Xu Shifu shook his head and said, "Yun Zheng has just made so many contributions. Now is the time when he is at his peak. If we deal with him now, it will easily bring disaster upon ourselves!"

Shufei thought about it and nodded slightly.

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At the same time, Yun Zheng also brought people to the Ministry of Industry’s Arsenal.

The people in the Ministry of Works had already been informed by Emperor Wen and had prepared 500 sets of armor and weapons.

"Scale armor?"

Yun Zheng looked at the armor in front of him and immediately frowned.

This scale armor is quite heavy.

It is to cover the soft leather with iron sheets.

This set of armor weighs at least thirty kilograms.

The treasurer saw that Yun Zheng looked a little strange, and quickly said, "Sixth Prince, this is something the emperor has personally ordered. This scale armor is already second-class armor. Even the Imperial Guards only wear scale armor!"

As for those first-class armors, only generals are qualified to wear them!

He only has 500 soldiers, and he wants to wear first-class armor?

Yun Zheng waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "No need for scale armor, these scale armors are too expensive, just give me 500 sets of leather armor!"

"ah?"

The treasurer was stunned, and Du Guiyuan and the other three were also completely dumbfounded.

Don't want scale armor but leather armor?

Isn't this sick?

"Ah what!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand, "Hurry up and change into leather armor!"

Du Guiyuan and the other two wanted to stop him, but Yun Zheng just shook his head slightly at them.

The treasurer was naturally very happy about Yun Zheng's request. He immediately asked someone to exchange for 500 sets of leather armor and helped Yun Zheng and his men load the car.

On the way back, Du Guiyuan and the other two kept looking at Yun Zheng with strange eyes. It was unclear whether they were saying that Yun Zheng was stupid in their hearts, or if they were thinking about something else.

"Do you think that I am a fool?"

Yun Zheng asked with a smile.

"Perhaps, Your Highness has other considerations!"

Du Guiyuan smiled bitterly.

I don't want scale armor, I want leather armor.

Isn't that stupid?

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "You three have fought bloody battles with the Beihuan people many times in Shuobei. Let me ask you, what kind of armor do the Beihuan cavalry use as the main weapon?"

"Leather armor, of course."

Yu Shizhong replied: "But the Beihuan cavalry used leather armor, that was a last resort! Beihuan lacked armor, and some soldiers didn't even have leather armor."

Yun Zheng smiled and asked again: "What is so scary about the Beihuan cavalry?"

Zuo Ren replied: "The Northern Huan cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and is good at running on the road. They can always attack our army's weak defenses unexpectedly..."

Speaking of the Beihuan cavalry, the three of them were filled with emotion.

The Beihuan cavalry was their nightmare.

The Blood Clothes Army was almost wiped out in the past because they were surrounded by heavy forces of the Beihuan cavalry. If Du Guiyuan had not fought to the death to lead the remaining troops to break out, they would have all died in Shuobei.

"That's right!"

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "If we put on dozens of kilograms of scale armor for the soldiers, can they still charge long distances? Will the horses be able to keep up?"

Don't underestimate the extra 10 pounds. Once you are on a long-distance expedition, this amount of weight will be a test for both people and horses.

Listening to Yun Zheng's words, the three of them couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Your Highness, what you said makes sense."

Du Guiyuan nodded slightly, "However, Your Highness can let the soldiers wear scale armor for training, and then change to leather armor when they arrive in Shuobei, wouldn't that be more convenient?"

Zuo Ren and Yu Shizhong also nodded.

"That's the truth."

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But we don't have that much time to slowly train the palace soldiers!"

He wanted to make the palace soldiers combat-ready as soon as possible!

You haven’t even learned how to crawl yet, and you want to learn how to run?

Crash course and still want to do weight training?

Are you sick?

"this……"

The three of them paused for a moment, and instantly understood what Yun Zheng was thinking about.

yes!

These are privately-funded soldiers, not well-trained soldiers!

The soldiers haven't adapted to the weight-bearing training yet, and I'm afraid they will have to go to Shuobei!

By that time you won't have learned anything, and going to the battlefield will only lead to your death!

"Your Highness is wise, it is we who have not thought it through!"

Du Guiyuan immediately apologized to Yun Zheng.

"Your Highness has lived in the deep palace for a long time, but you can see so much. I admire you!"

Zuo Ren looked at Yun Zheng with some surprise.

This Sixth Prince is obviously quite knowledgeable about marching and fighting, so how could he be considered a coward by others?

"Stop flattering me!"

Yun Zheng smiled at Zuo Ren and ordered: "The recruitment of soldiers is now left to you. The military pay will be based on the standards of the left and right garrisons. You must gather all the soldiers as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness!"

Du Guiyuan patted his chest and said, "Within three days, we will definitely recruit 500 soldiers!"

“Wrong!”

Yun Zheng shook his head, "Four hundred and ninety-seven! Including you, five hundred people!"

We should still be cautious when we need to be cautious.

We can’t give people the chance to catch us!

Du Guiyuan reacted and nodded quickly.

While they were transporting the armor back, Emperor Wen also received news from the Ministry of Works.

"Leather armor or scale armor?"

Emperor Wen was surprised, then shook his head and sighed: "The sixth son is still timid! After all, he is afraid that people will say he has the intention of treason..."