Chapter 97 This New Fleece Jacket Looks Like a Bear? Wrong!

In the previous dynasty of Jingguo, there were two problems with the marching season when resisting foreign enemies. One was that entering the miasma forest during the hot summer, the high temperature could easily cause soldiers to get sick; the other was fighting on the border during the cold winter, in the ice and snow, many soldiers died of freezing.

"Your Majesty, what did you just say about winter marching?"

Duke Dingguo looked up in astonishment after hearing what the emperor said.

"What can the clothes made by Concubine Liu do?!"

Not only Duke Dingguo, but also the generals in the morning court forgot to shout, and even the Minister of War Ma Rui looked at Emperor Xiao Yunzhou intently at this moment.

Xiao Yunzhou stood up from the dragon chair on the spot with an expression of "I just told you not to rush" on his face.

"Since Duke Dingguo is curious, then go to the parade ground with me."

Duke Dingguo was startled, and the other generals and ministers of the Ministry of War who stayed in Beijing were immediately curious and followed Xiao Yunzhou out.

The corners of the mouths of the civil officials twitched, and they could only follow behind.

"Lord Liu, haven't you heard about the velvet clothes developed by the Empress?" Jiang Li from the Ministry of Revenue squeezed next to Liu Wenchang curiously.

"I don't know." Liu Wenchang waved his hand and firmly shut up, "I don't know anything, I'm also surprised."

Civil officials: "..." They really admire this old man!

The morning court had just started, and it was just dawn. The civil and military officials followed Xiao Yunzhou out of the Humble Administrator's Hall, and almost all of them shivered.

The north wind was howling, and the official robes could not block the wind.

When the ministers entered the palace, they were still wearing fur, or mink, or mouse hair cloaks, but because they had just attended the morning court, they had already taken them off and handed them to the young eunuchs when they entered the Humble Administrator's Hall.

Now that the morning court is not over, the young eunuchs dare not show up, which makes them suffer without cloaks and furs. They are shivering with cold, but they have to endure it!

"Hiss--" The thin civil officials have shrunk their necks and dare not speak.

As soon as they opened their mouths, the cold wind poured into their throats.

The military generals were fine, after all, they were used to hard times and had experienced hunger and cold.

"Your Majesty, let's walk faster, don't freeze the old man to death." Duke Dingguo still had the leisure to care about the civil officials.

But after saying this, Duke Dingguo also took a breath of cold air.

The back of his neck was frozen by the low temperature outside. Goose bumps appeared on his neck.

His limbs were stiff and his movements became slower.

Alas, he is old.

The coldness of the capital alone was unbearable.

Think about the border, there are few trees and low walls, and the ice is three or four times thicker than that of the capital.

During the time of the previous emperor, the Jingchu army faced off, and he led his soldiers to squat in the ice for a whole night. Many soldiers were stiff in the morning of the next day.

He survived because he was strong back then. But that night he was also carried into the tent and it took a long time to move.

Alas.

Now I am old, completely old...

Duke Dingguo looked worriedly towards the northwest.

The wind in the capital is even more fierce this year.

The border must be even colder.

I wonder how many soldiers stationed at the border will suffer from hidden diseases or freeze to death.

"Your Majesty, you know. This old minister doesn't like to joke about war."

Duke Dingguo's face was stiff, and his white beard was covered with hot air that turned into water when it met the cold.

He was the first to follow the emperor and walk into the training ground, and then he said in a deep voice, "If you fool this old minister today, this old minister will resign immediately!"

Xiao Yunzhou's mouth twitched.

Look, one or two of them, they are all his elders, all ministers of the previous emperor!

They are loyal, but not to him, Xiao Yunzhou, the emperor, but to the Jing Kingdom left by the previous emperor!

From beginning to end, they were not devoted to him, the successor to the throne.

Xiao Yunzhou took a deep breath, turned around and saw Liu Wenchang standing in the corner with a bewildered face, and the frustration in his heart immediately dissipated.

He wanted to learn from Concubine Liu, learn from Concubine Liu.

I am not angry.

Concubine Liu was not even angry when her own father robbed her of the money for the candied haws.

What is he angry about?

He was just robbed of the loyalty of his ministers by his own father.

Sooner or later, he will gain the trust of these old ministers himself!

Xiao Yunzhou calmed down and waved to Wei Zheng, "Choose two groups of guards, one group wearing Concubine Liu's down jacket, and one group wearing normal cotton clothes."

"Group battle!"

In the training ground, rows of swords and guns stood.

The guards listened to the order and put down their swords and took off their cotton clothes on the spot. They were so cold that their breath turned into white mist, but they still didn't say a word.

Duke Dingguo's eyes flashed with satisfaction and he said good.

In a blink of an eye, he saw five young eunuchs carrying five trays of new winter clothes.

Seeing this, Duke Dingguo didn't care about his coldness. He glared and blew his beard, "Your Majesty, is this the new winter clothes you mentioned so much?"

"Shit!"

Xiao Yunzhou's eyebrows jumped.

Duke Dingguo saw the winter clothes on the tray - almost twice as thick as the old clothes, and he was so anxious that he said, "This new clothes is four or five inches thicker than the old ones! The empress in the harem doesn't know the situation without fighting. Keeping warm on the battlefield is important, but it's useless to be unable to move around like a bear!"

"If someone stabs you with a gun, how can you hide with such thick clothes, stupid and bloated?!"

"My head is about to be poked off... It's as warm as July, but it's useless! It's in the way, it's in the way!"

Duke Dingguo was angry and didn't want to scold the woman. This must be the emperor's fault. "Your Majesty, you are confused. It's normal for the women in the harem not to understand. You don't understand either. It's a waste that you learned riding and shooting from me."

"Hey, I taught you in vain. I might as well teach your harem empress directly! Maybe the empress in the harem has learned better than you. It's so mad at me!"

Duke Dingguo has always had a bad temper. When he was young, he was like a firecracker, and even more so when he was old.

The civil and military officials in the court looked at their feet when they heard it.

After Xiao Yunzhou succeeded to the throne, he asked him to come to the morning court three times a month in the name of caring for Duke Dingguo's old injury.

This is really the right thing to do.

If Duke Dingguo comes to the morning court a few more times, the emperor will be mad at him sooner or later.

Sure enough, when they looked at Xiao Yunzhou's expression again, they saw that he was very angry - his face was flushed, and he was trying hard to hold back his laughter...

Huh?

The whole court was stunned.

The emperor was holding back... laughter? !

Duke Dingguo didn't regret it at all after scolding the emperor.

He had to scold the emperor a few more times before he was buried, so that the emperor would not have big dreams, otherwise, when he closed his eyes in the future, Jingguo would be in danger if there was a war!

It's better for the emperor to hate and fear him now than for the country to be destroyed in the future and the emperor to be forced to hang himself by the enemy country!

Duke Dingguo stared at Xiao Yunzhou with his tiger eyes, and soon he was stunned.

Xiao Yunzhou put his hands behind his back, smiled and raised his chin towards him, indicating that he should look back at the guards in the parade ground.

"I have never forgotten what Duke Dingguo taught me."

"The battlefield must be planned before it is decided."

"But Duke Dingguo forgot this principle today. How can you jump to conclusions without observing carefully?"

"Duke Dingguo, turn around and take a look."

Duke Dingguo blinked and turned around.

As he turned around, he saw the surprised look of the Minister of War beside him looking behind him.

Duke Dingguo hurriedly looked over and was stunned at the first sight.

The five guards who took off their old clothes took the four or five-inch thick new winter clothes from the eunuch.

With a slap, the thick winter clothes were instantly flattened!

The five guards were even more stunned when they picked up the winter clothes, "So light!"

What?

Duke Dingguo pricked up his ears and opened his eyes wide.

How could such thick clothes be light?

But soon he saw that the five guards who had changed into new winter clothes moved like cheetahs, and threw the guards in old clothes to the ground one by one!

All the civil and military officials in the court opened their mouths.

Duke Dingguo's eyes were fixed.