Flowers are blooming

"Furthermore, as long as the Mongolian tribes still bow to me, they are considered my subjects. My northern patrol is just to warn. If we really garrison troops here, but openly tell them my precautions, wouldn't it mean that these people will be directly attacked?"

They were pushed to the opposite side with an ambiguous attitude, but I forced them to rebel."

"How can fighting be a trivial matter? Fighting against rebels is different from fighting against Mongolian tribes. The grassland is so vast that it is difficult to plan an encirclement and interception. If a quick victory cannot be achieved within a short period of time, the court cannot afford to delay it for three to five years.

Manpower and material resources are poured into it like water, but even if we win, we will not gain much."

Seeing that Yu Guan was clear, Emperor Kangxi continued: "As for the defense in Beijing, you can rest assured. You may not know it after living in the palace for a long time. In addition to the troops I sent out earlier, the Eight Banners in Beijing still have a total of fifty thousand troops.

There are still 80,000 soldiers garrisoned, and not counting the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion alone has 500,000 troops, so there is no need to worry about the defense of the capital."

When Yu Lian heard this, he was very surprised. He opened his eyes wide and turned to look at Emperor Kangxi. He couldn't believe it.

"This is too much. How can the court afford to support so many troops? Apart from the rebels, there don't seem to be that many battles to fight in recent years."

Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but smile, and said to himself that the little girl was still too short-sighted. In his opinion, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court had difficulty in supplying only these few soldiers, if he wanted to make the country strong, he would need at least 200,000 more troops.

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"Except for the rebels, it seems that everything is peaceful. But once the troops are reduced and weakened, there will be wars to fight. The current stability is only based on the strength of our troops."

"Furthermore, these hundreds of thousands of troops sound like a lot, but when they are scattered everywhere, it doesn't seem that much. Especially the green battalions stationed in various places. Each battalion has as few as two or three hundred people, and as many as six or seven hundred people. The local green battalions

His duties are to patrol carefully and prepare for war. In addition, he is also responsible for patrolling, border defense, garrisoning, river engineering, water transportation, and mausoleum guarding. From time to time, there are times when there is a shortage of resources. How can it be too much?"

Only at this point did Yu Lian finally understand. It turned out that in addition to fighting, the green battalion troops were also police-like agencies in various places. So hundreds of thousands of people spread out were not too many.

The two of them talked and laughed constantly along the way, and Yuqian didn't feel sleepy anymore. She was still lazy when Emperor Kangxi urged her to practice horse riding, but thinking about the Northern Tour in August, she became full of expectations again, and

She didn't want to wait until the next day to make a decision. She could get up early tomorrow and study hard with Emperor Kangxi.

Eunuch He was the father-in-law in charge of Changchun Garden. He was suddenly called upon by Long Live Master. He couldn't hide his excitement, so he knelt down before Liang Jiugong and thanked him.

"Then tomorrow we will really start practicing, Lord Long Live. Don't think this slave is stupid. I follow you every day to enjoy the blessings. However, I have a beautiful body and skin. In order to be able to serve you, I will definitely give up this body and practice to become a copper heart."

Ironhide, you can also use the slave's when you go into battle to kill enemies in the future."

Not to mention Emperor Kangxi, who never had a bad appetite all year round. At his age, he was easy to get hungry and could eat. A dish of pork minced royal dish was very satisfying to his appetite, so he didn’t bother to eat.

Following the rule of three bites per dish, I ate half a plate of pastries before stopping, and moved to the other dishes with some reluctance.

The slaves below were already ready, and with the nods from their masters, they began to pass the food around.

Halfway through the meal, Liang Jiugong, Wei Qi and other servants rushed over. They had never been so exhausted when running errands in the palace. Now they were all out of breath and could hardly serve in front of their master.

Emperor Kangxi laughed. How can Liang Jiugong really be trained to be an iron-clad body? Without the bones of this dog slave, his body will be much weaker than that of an ordinary man. If he practices hard enough, it will only damage his body and lifespan. After all, it is his own fault.

How could Emperor Kangxi be willing to be a slave?

Emperor Kangxi nodded, not wanting to ask anyone to watch over the two of them to eat, so he sent them away, and then brought them over to give Yu Chan a taste. This taste was really good, and Yu Chan was used to it when it was hot in the summer.

It doesn’t take much to eat, but this meal was just a dish of chicken soup with fresh mushrooms, and I used two bowls of it in a row.

It is said that the meat and vegetables used on this table are all grown and raised by the slaves in the garden. They are killed and picked right now. Although the food is not exquisite enough, it is more tender and delicious.

When we arrived at Qingxi Bookstore, the first meal was not prepared by the chefs from the royal kitchen in the palace, but was carefully prepared by the servants of Changchun Garden.

While they were talking, Emperor Kangxi and Yu Guan had almost finished eating, so they ordered a few dishes and gave them to the servants below, and after a while of thanks, the room was finally quiet for a while.

Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but joke, saying that tomorrow's practice of riding and shooting would be their part. Liang Jiugong smiled bitterly, and after receiving the tea from Lord Long Live, he knelt down to drink it before thanking him.

"Come on! If there really is a war with you, I'm afraid I won't be able to sit here peacefully. I don't have to wait for you today. Let's go and have a rest. I won't go far this afternoon. I just ask Eunuch He to follow me."

After Yu Lian had changed her clothes and washed her hands, she sat at the table and laughed and said that after all, the garden was different from the one in the palace. She looked at the various places that were less refined but more like returning to nature.

When Emperor Kangxi saw this, he laughed at Yu Lian's childish nature. When he talked about the hunt, he was even more excited and anticipated than the elder brothers and princesses below.

Liang Jiugong didn't care much. He lowered his head and glanced at Eunuch He's smiling face like a chrysanthemum. Then he thanked Master Long Live for his concern and took the others down to rest.

These words were just idle chatting with Emperor Kangxi. They were just looking at the novelty. Yu Yan did not mean to be picky. However, these words made the chief steward of Changchun Garden who was waiting at the door so frightened that he came to kneel down.

Explained a bit.

The two of them were so full that they couldn't rest for a while. There was a gurgling stream in front of the Qingxi Bookstore, and the flowers were blooming. There were big trees all the way to shade them, so they didn't feel too hot in the summer. So they just joined hands and walked around together.

Not far away, he saw a slave catching cicadas with a small net with a short pole. Emperor Kangxi got so playful that he simply asked someone to bring the net up and he caught the cicadas himself.

The garden was full of vegetation and naturally there were a lot of cicadas. After a while, Emperor Kangxi caught one and held it in the palm of his hand to show it to Yu Lian.

If it were a cicada that had just emerged from the ground, it would be fine. If it could be eaten, she would not be afraid of it. But the cicada was different. It was bigger and had more wings than the cicada. Even though the cicada would not hurt her, it would not hurt her.

, she was still a little timid, so she just asked Emperor Kangxi to hold it for her to see.

However, Emperor Kangxi not only had a playful mind, but also had some bad intentions. The more he saw that Yu Yuan was afraid, the more he took the cicada to Yu Yuan's eyes. Yu Yuan was so frightened that she avoided him. Emperor Kangxi smiled and didn't know.

He restrained himself, moved closer, and ran after the last one until his stomach hurt.
Chapter completed!