Chapter 15: The Veteran
Li Jun went out for a while, and didn't come back until Wanli and Zhu Youxiao had dinner.
"Hooray, the children have found out some news." As he spoke, Li Jun glanced at Zhu Youxiao, who was eating obediently next to him, his eyes were a little weird, and he had just noticed the word Zhu Youxiao's nephew.
"Say." Wanli swallowed a piece of dried meat between Concubine Zheng and commanded casually.
"Yes, Hooray." Li Jun cleared his throat: "Yu Xujiang is old and has a son, and he died during the Gengchen period (the eighth year of Wanli), leaving only a ten-year-old child under his knees, named Yu Zhigao. Although this Yu Zhigao is not as good as his father, but he also has the true inheritance, and his martial arts are invincible, he just won the martial arts last year, because of his father's meritorious attack on the guard and commanded the affairs, and governed the army Haitan (now Pingtan), and now he has just taken office. ”
Qi Wuyi is younger than Yu Xujiang, Ding Hai (Wanli fifteen years) died, but not as long as Yu Xujiang, only sixty years old died, several sons because of the shadow of some official positions, but did not learn a little bit of the father's skills, but one of his nephews Qi Jin has been following the battlefield since childhood, Rong Ma is good, almost learned the uncle's seven or eight points of ability. At present, he is sick in his hometown of Dingyuan, Anhui. Saying that, Li Jun looked at Zhu Youxiao again, his eyes were indescribably weird, but Zhu Youxiao didn't see it at all, and ate by himself.
"They are all summoned to the palace and become the head of the martial arts sect of my grandson." Wanli pondered for a while, and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he asked the eunuch next to him to draft a seal. For Wanli, this is just two generals and officers, it's not a big deal, Taisun likes it, so he summoned it.
But this has a completely different meaning for Zhu Youxiao, which is the beginning of his dream and the cornerstone of his training of his cronies. Yu Long Qi Hu's ability is self-evident, in this era, it is simply a nuclear bomb-level power, as their successors, Yu Zhigao and Qi Jin, I want to compare not much worse.
"I hope you won't let me down!" With a smile on his face, Zhu Youxiao began to think about his plan. He intends to thoroughly practice the saying that power comes from the barrel of a gun, and the best way is to fight inside the army and start from the inside. The reforms he intends to carry out in the future must be supported by troops who have always had absolute confidence.
Only the commander of the army can firmly control the army, and he, Zhu Youxiao, plans to be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.
"Hehe, haven't I embarked on the old road of Zhengde!" Zhu Youxiao smiled and remembered Zhu Houzhao, the famous Zhengde Emperor Ming Wuzong in the history of the Ming Dynasty. "But my ambition is not something that a martial sect can encompass." Ming Shengzu is the temple number that Zhu Youzhu wants, and his confidence is the complicated modern information in his mind.
"But that's all I can do here." Thinking about the information in his mind, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh, there is very little information about the Ming Dynasty in those materials, only a few articles, and the rest are basically scientific and technological materials and some strange words as the main historical materials.
The only ones, combined with his own memories and used them, became the current situation, in exchange for two people, Qi Jin and Yu Zhigao. And the reason why he went to watch the selection of martial arts this year, and asked Wanli to learn martial arts along the river, is because he knows from this only historical material that next year will be Jingcha, all the courtiers are preparing, and no one will come back to pay attention to some of his small actions.
As for why not next year? Next year is the year of Jingcha, once Jingcha starts, many things are not so easy to operate, and Wanli is probably not in the mood to care about his little things, but to pay attention to Jingcha wholeheartedly. No matter how indifferent Wanli is, he still has to pay attention to the situation in the imperial court.
"From now on, I'll have to rely on myself." Zhu Youxiao silently looked at the blue sky and white clouds: "Oh, by the way, there are those things in the Ming Dynasty, with this book, I think I will be much easier." ”
Zhu Youxiao's prediction was very correct, for Wanli to summon the two military generals and officers, all the Wenchen did not make the slightest move, not even the usual exhortation. Next year will be the year of Jingcha, and everyone is preparing.
Everything is for power.
Although this is a small matter for the imperial court, Wanli's edict is only a small thing, but for the parties, it is a great thing.
It's like people sitting at home, and woe comes down from heaven, oh no, pies come down from heaven. Of course, for the uninformed, this is a curse.
The holy decree first arrived in Dingyuan, Anhui Province, Qi Jin is spending a leisurely life in his old house, since Wu Song General Soldier left office, he has been staying in the old house to recuperate, but the state affairs are difficult, especially in Liaodong, chaos is gradually rising, there is a barbarian is constantly merging and growing, but the court Gong Gong Zhu turned a blind eye, the emperor did not care, laissez-faire.
All this, how can it not make Qi Jin, who was deeply affected by Qi Jiguang, worried. As a military general, he has a much deeper understanding of the combat power of the Ming Dynasty army than those civil officials who sit in the high hall, and he really knows how bad the army is now. But there is nothing he can do, he is just a small general soldier, and he cannot have the slightest influence on the political situation. I can only think that when my health is better, I will invite myself to go out of the customs to serve the imperial court and make a modest contribution to the Ming Dynasty.
However, the appearance of a holy decree completely changed the trajectory of his fate.
"What, Ren Donggong Martial Arts Sect?" Looking at the holy decree in front of him, Qi Jin's eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity.
When he first received the holy decree, Qi Jin was excited, he thought that the imperial court attached great importance to border affairs and was ready to use them, the veterans in Wubian, Liaodong, and he was even so excited that he couldn't even care about his poor health, and planned to do his best for the Ming Dynasty.
However, reality poured cold water on him. What the hell is the Donggong Martial Arts Teaching? Qi Jin, as the heir of a generation of famous handsome Qi Jiguang, has a high level of education, but he didn't think of it, what kind of official position is this.
"This father-in-law, I don't know what the official position of this East Palace Martial Arts Sect is?" Qi Jin smiled all over his face, and stuffed a piece of silver with his hand. Qi Jin not only has the true inheritance of his uncle militarily, but also in this regard.
Weighing the weight of the silver taels in his hand, the eunuch's face looked better. Those who can be sent to other provinces to deliver the decree are not related, those who eat and sleep in the open air, who is willing to go, especially this kind of person who does not have any sending, but simply sends a holy decree. Now there are some inputs, but I didn't come out in vain.
Therefore, the eunuch also said to Qi Jin with a pleasant face: "Chief soldier Qi, the miscellaneous family is not very clear, I only heard that this seems to be the meaning of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson." No matter how many miscellaneous people don't know. Okay, since Mr. Qi has already received the order, the miscellaneous family will go home. ”
"Father-in-law, don't worry, the cold house has a little thin wine, please appreciate your father-in-law's face." How could General Qi, who had the true inheritance of Qi Jiguang, let this eunuch go like this, and immediately suppressed the doubts in his heart and began to entertain.
The eunuch didn't shirk either, he came here all the way, and he didn't eat a little bit, how could he be worthy of himself.
When the eunuch who gave Qi Jin the edict returned to Beijing after eating and drinking, the eunuch who went to Fujian was still running around on the road, and his distance was twice as long as the one in front. When the other party returned to Beijing, he almost arrived at Haitan (now Pingtan) in Fujian.
"Hey, this shabby lintel, it seems that the miscellaneous family has run for nothing." After looking up at the door of this mansion, the eunuch looked gloomy, and the same was true of the two brocade guards who came with him.
"Donggong Martial Arts Teachings." After Yu Zhigao received the holy decree, he was also the same as Qi Jin, with a puzzled face, but his life experience was much more bumpy than Qi Jin's, and the city government was also a little deeper, so he quietly pushed a small bag of silver over with a small bag of silver on his face.
After the eunuch pinched the silver taels in his hand, his face immediately changed, as if he was about to be furious, only three taels of silver, and he was called Huazi!
When Yu Zhigao saw this, his face was bitter, and he added some more, but this still could not satisfy the eunuch. And Yu Zhigao can't come up with more, his father didn't have a smooth career with Qi Jiguang, he died early, and he was not good at management, where is there more surplus wealth to worship.
"That's it, that's it, it's bad luck for the miscellaneous family, Yu Zhigao, this is the meaning of His Royal Highness the Emperor of the East Palace, His Royal Highness the Taisun is very anxious, remember to leave for Beijing immediately. Let's go! With a flick of the sleeves of his robe, the eunuch took the two wrestlers and left a little angrily.
"Rush to Jingshi!" Hearing this, Yu Zhigao's face became even more bitter, just like the old farmer who has been working in the ravines and ravines of Fujian all year round, where is there a bit of the son of the first person in martial arts.
Yu Zhigao can't help but be bitter, he just won the martial arts last year, and then traveled thousands of miles to come back from Beijing, and now he has only been in office for a few months, and the affairs of the governance office are a little eyebrow-raising, so he has to leave everything behind and rush to Beijing again, where is the travel fee.
However, if you don't have to go to the capital without travel expenses, the military generals are not as good as the civil officials, do you dare to try to resist the decree? Fortunately, this time I went to Beijing for business, and there were post stations to live in along the way, which reduced a large part of the expenses. However, this is still not something that the somewhat dilapidated Yu family can afford.
Not to mention that Yu Zhigao is raising money with a bitter face, our Qi Zongbing is much more leisurely, his family has surplus wealth, and he also has the help of his uncles and brothers, and he is also a third-grade senior official Wu Song, who retired from the position of General Soldier, so he is much more generous than Yu Zhigao, and the distance is close, so the hardships he suffers are much less.
However, Qi Jin did not stay at home, waiting for Yu Zhigao to accompany him after going north, but rushed to Beijing to find out the news. This strange decree made him feel uneasy no matter how he looked at it. The Ming Dynasty has never had such a thing, and it was enough to let a military general serve as an official of the East Palace, although it was just a temporary official title with no rank, no rank, no name and no point, but it was enough to make countless civil officials jealous.
How many people want to get on the line with the East Palace, they don't have a chance, how can such a good opportunity be met by these two reckless men. However, after knowing that this was the martial arts teacher found for His Royal Highness Taisun, these civil officials balanced their hearts again. There is no other reason, and when the grandson ascends the throne, I don't know how long it will take.
Although His Majesty looks fat, he is in good health, and there are still more than ten years to do so, and although the prince is weak and sickly, he is young, and he has more than ten years, this is twenty years, twenty years later, who knows if the grandson is still the grandson. Even if the grandson is still the grandson, but the twenty-year investment cycle, the time of return is too late, and the two forty or fifty-year-old old officers, even if they catch the line, it is useless.
This is the thinking of the vast majority of civil officials, twenty years later, those who are qualified to stand in line will either die or be a scholar, so what do you care about the grandson or grandson. Therefore, although our Royal Highness the Grand Sun is favored, there are still not many people who speculate, whether it is inside or outside the palace.