Chapter 700: At the Feet of the Son of Heaven
Zhu Zhanji's voice was not loud, but it was enough for the young general to hear. The three of them thought that telling the identity of the prince was enough to make the young general so frightened that he couldn't kneel for a long time, but when the young general heard the word prince, he stared at Zhu Zhanji with a pair of eyes and went up and down, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Prince, if you are the prince, wouldn't I be a saint today!" ”
"Bold!" Xu Mian was loyal, and when he heard the other party mention the emperor and the prince, his tone was disrespectful, and he immediately scolded him loudly.
As if he hadn't heard Xu Mian's scolding, the young general raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Bold, I look at this sentence, I should say that you are, the Son of Heaven dares to pretend to be the prince at the feet, I really don't know whether to live or die, come here?" Take it down for me? “
The young general shouted, and dozens of guards standing in front of the city gate immediately gathered over, and everyone stared at Zhu Zhanji and the others.
Xu Mian didn't expect the prince to reveal his identity, the other party not only didn't believe it, but also made a move, surprised, subconsciously reached out and touched his waist, but touched the air, and then remembered that the embroidered spring knife on his waist had already been beaten into Le'an Zhou City by himself.
"How so?" Wang Zhen also muttered to himself: "Aren't they Jinyiwei, why don't they know their boss, and they don't know the prince?" ”
In fact, it is no wonder that the young general, the Ming military system, inherited and developed the characteristics of the military system of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, and established the guard system. The military status of the Ming Dynasty was hereditary, and the soldiers of the guard had a fixed registration, the integration of soldiers and farmers, and the garrison and garrison, which not only ensured the source of soldiers, but also met the supply of the army. The guards of the Ming Dynasty were extremely large and complex, and were divided into the pro-army Jingwei directly under the emperor and the guards under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. Among them, there are garrison guards, garrison guards, garrison guards and guards. The number of guards in the country was as high as more than 2 million, and in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it exceeded 2.6 million.
Although these soldiers enter and leave the palace on weekdays, they have never seen Zhu Zhanji and others, even the commander of the Jinyi Guard rarely see it, where will they say for the other party: "I am the prince of the court, so I will let people in!" “
Zhu Zhanji did not expect such a result. Seeing that the other party refused to get out of the way, and faintly heard someone walking towards this side, he was afraid that the commotion here would attract the attention of the ministers, before the big man of the Han King had not found out, he didn't want to expose the news of his return to the palace too early, as soon as he heard the footsteps coming this way, his face immediately changed, and he frowned and shouted: "Let go, I want to enter the palace alone!" ”
This shout is not loud, but it has its own majesty, the young general is just a small flag guarding the door, where have I heard such a shout, I was stunned, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
Zhu Zhanji didn't pay attention to it anymore, strode forward, and Xu Mian and Wang Zhen immediately followed behind him.
The young general was only taken aback by Zhu Zhanji's momentum for a while, and when he reacted, he immediately shouted: "Stop!" As he spoke, he pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his waist, rushed to the front of Zhu Zhanji, blocked the way of the three of them, and pointed at Zhu Zhanji with the embroidered spring knife in his hand and said: "What a big courage, this Qingping world, Lang Lang Qiankun, outside the gate of the Son of Heaven, you have eaten the courage of the ambitious leopard, and dare to break into the noon gate, is there still a Ming King Law in this eye, come on, take it for me!" “
Dozens of guards immediately surrounded the three of them, and the bright embroidered spring knife in their hands pointed at the three of them.
Such a big movement, it is said that it should have alarmed those civil and military generals of the early dynasty, but fortunately, most of the dozens of guards were tall and tall, and they surrounded the three of them to death, and the morning smoke was still there at this time, and those ministers did not see the clues.
"Bastard!" Xu Mian was furious when he saw these guys holding the embroidered spring knife at Zhu Zhanji, and his wrist flip was extremely sharp, the young general had not yet understood, and his intuition flickered, and his wrist was grabbed, and he was about to resist.
Xu Mian exerted his hands hard, and when he heard a "clang", the embroidered spring knife in the hand of the young general fell out of his hand, and he cried bitterly in his mouth.
The young general didn't expect that he hadn't made a move yet, and the other party unloaded his weapon in just one round, and suddenly understood that the man in front of him was a master, relying on himself, not an opponent, rubbing his wrists, and shouting: "What are you still doing, don't take them down!" ”
"Yes......" The guards listened to the shouting and cheering, then they reacted, hurriedly responded, a few brushes, dozens of embroidered spring knives slashed at Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji followed Zhu Di to fight in the south and the north since he was a child, and learned a martial art with the war, these soldiers seem to be tall and big, but they are useless embroidered pillows, which are not in his eyes at all, and moreover, Xu Mian's martial arts are strong, and he can only hear a voice: "Look for death!" Then he opened his stance, and he was about to start fighting.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, followed by a voice shouting: "Stop me!" The voice was loud and full of unquestionable commands.
Everyone was amazed when they heard this, and they all turned their heads to look, only to see that in the thick fog, a bright silver and hairless tall horse was slowly galloping towards it, and on the back of the horse sat a tall court official with a delicate face.
The official glanced condescendingly at the horseback and shouted at the crowd, "Why is there such a noise? ”
The young general was rubbing his wrist that was pinched numb by Xu Mian, and when he heard the sound of scolding, he looked up, just glanced at it, and the young general immediately exclaimed: "Adult! ”
This person is none other than Guo Zhong, since some time ago Li Qing, the secretary of the Japanese military department, said: This year's livestock and horses are resting, in addition to the army, there are still thousands, and now the pilgrimage officials and the Beijing division, please allow the civil example. A man grazes a horse, and learns his foal. "Asking the horses in the capital to be used in the people, it makes the horses in the capital seem nervous for a while, but fortunately, the university scholar Yang Shiqili Chen can't say: The imperial court selects the virtuous and appoints officials, and makes them herd horses, which is a noble animal and a cheap man, how can it show the world to future generations?" Only then did the emperor agree to let the capital have horses available.
Beijing and Nanjing are thousands of miles apart, and he needs a good horse, after receiving the order, he first went to the post station, and with the help of the survey to get the horses, then he was ready to leave the Forbidden City and rush to Nanjing.
Originally, he didn't have time to pay attention to these quarrels, but what made him strange was that the noon gate had always been the main gate of the outer court of the imperial palace, and it was more prominent to highlight the idea of the supremacy of imperial power on the surface of the earth. The upper and lower noon gates were also used as places for exercising imperial power. In the event of a triumphant battle, a 'prisoner' ceremony was held here. If this is not enough, there is also an important punishment, the rod, which is held under the noon gate.
This court staff first began in the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Emperor, "Later Han Dynasty" said: Ming Emperor, political affairs are severe, so the Qing are all whip staff". After arriving in the Hongwu Dynasty, whenever there was a disobedience to the emperor's intentions and the 'reverse scales' were approved, the emperor immediately ordered the 'Jinyi Guard' to arrest this subordinate and escort him to the noon gate to be beaten, many of them were killed under the rod.
The punishment of the court staff of the Ming Dynasty was extremely cruel, and the civil and military ministers who were the court staff were all tied to their wrists with ropes, wearing prison clothes, and escorted out of the noon gate. The door was closed at noon.
In the open field in front of the noon gate, hundreds of lieutenants were dressed in bright armor and lined up left and right with wooden sticks in their hands. After the eunuch read out the instructions of the Wanli Emperor, he sat on the left side under the steps on the west side of the noon gate, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard sat on the right side, and there were dozens of people waiting for the dispatch and running back and forth. After a while, the lieutenant pulled the prisoner who should be given the cane over and made him lie face down on the ground in the designated position, lifting his shirt and removing his pants, exposing his ass and thighs. The eunuch of the same ceremony ordered: "Shelving sticks!" The lieutenants lined up on both sides shouted in unison: "Shelving sticks!" At this moment, a man walked out of the queue with a large bamboo cane and rested the cane on the lap of the person to be beaten. The captains shouted in unison according to the orders of the celebrant and the eunuch: "Fight! So the executioner raised his rod high and struck the prisoner on the buttocks.
Note 1: Quanzeng Market stall banknotes
Renzong Zhu Gaochi was unable to pass the banknote law, and the private transaction rate was made of gold and silver cloth. He ordered the head of the household department, Xia Yuanji, and others to discuss the disadvantages with the ministers. Today, the people's banknotes are not common because the imperial court has scattered too much, and it is appropriate to collect them for the law. Please measure the weight of the stalls in the market, and add their paynotes, and it is advisable to reduce them. If the people are hard to get money, they will respect themselves. On the 19th day of the first month of the first year of Hongxi, Gao Chi ordered the market to be used to collect money. And make the old amount to be restored when the banknote law is passed, not the norm. It is also temporarily forbidden to trade in gold and silver cloth.
Note 2: The provincial official of Zhan gave Daoli fee
On the 21st day of the first month of the first year of Hongxi, Zhu Gaochi of Renzong sent an edict to Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: The courtiers have been in office for a long time, and now they are all ordered to return to their hometowns and provinces. Those who have won the edict are enough to be proud of their hometown. But there is a fee for raising a sacrificial guest at home, and there is a reasonable fee for it. It is estimated that there are very few surplus funds in addition to the official income for daily use. Therefore, from now on, the provincial officials who return to their hometowns will give them the same fees: Gong, Hou, Bo, first and second products will be given 5,000 guan, three thousand guan will be given to the third grade, 3,000 guan will be given to the fourth grade, 2,000 guan will be given to the fifth grade, 1,000 guan will be given to the sixth and seventh grades, and 500 guan will be given below the eighth grade. and by order.
Note 3: The vouchers used by the post station are the Survey and the Fire Plate. All those who need to transport official documents and articles to the post station for cars, horses, and men must look at the "postal symbol", and the government will use it according to the survey; The military department uses the fire card when it is used. There are very strict rules for the use of "postage symbols". If there is a specific task for transit, troops shall be sent to protect it. Horses handed over official documents, all added fire tickets to the Ministry of War, so that if the delivery of each post station along the way was to arrive in the capital from outside or pass to each other outside, it was necessary to fill in the company list. The official document is limited to "immediate delivery", which requires 300 miles a day. Urgent official documents are marked with the words 400 li, or 500 li, or 600 li, and are delivered within the required time limit. However, such words must not be filled in indiscriminately. The management of the post station has been perfected in the Qing Dynasty, and the management is extremely strict, and those who violate the regulations must be punished.
ps:This chapter is a little less words, please forgive me.,It's mainly in a hurry to take the train.,Time is not enough.,So the code is a little less.,The following will pounce back.,Please rest assured to watch.,Tomorrow's chapter may come later.,Please forgive me.,After all, taking the train also takes time!