Out of the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Houzhao got into the imperial chariot by himself, and beckoned to Wang Yuan: "Get in the car!" ”

Behind him were hundreds of civil and military officials, how dare Wang Yuan ride in the same car with the emperor, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is not in line with the courtesy." ”

Zhu Houzhao was disappointed and sighed: "Wang Erlang chased the enemy for dozens of miles on his own, thinking that he was a generous and heroic person, but he didn't want to be a pedantic person. ”

Neither can offend the ministers, let alone the emperor, Wang Yuan can only bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, don't harm me." ”

called himself "I", not "minister", which made Zhu Houzhao laugh and instructed the eunuch to follow: "Go and lead a horse for Zhuang Yuanlang, and also, lead me a horse too." ”

On informal occasions, the emperor often did not call himself "I", he could call himself however he wanted, and Zhu Di even used the word "I" in his criticism.

Most of the courtiers had left, Yang Tinghe looked at it from a distance, and said to Yang Yiqing: "After all, this son was taught by Wang Bo'an, and he still understands the basic truth, so he should be regarded as a member of my generation." ”

Yang Yiqing said with a smile: "Looking at the articles of the palace test, I have my own ambitions in my heart. I don't think Wang Erlang wants to be a fortunate minister, but it's a pity that he has entered the eyes of His Majesty, so he has to do it if he doesn't do it. ”

"Let's observe slowly," Yang Tinghe said, "If he can put state affairs first, it would be a good thing to be a fortunate minister, we just lack a close friend of His Majesty." ”

Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing had been away for a long time, and the eunuch finally brought the horse in.

Zhu Houzhao turned over his horse with great dexterity and said to Wang Yuan: "Wang Erlang, I will give you permission to ride a horse in the palace, this is not a violation!" ”

Seeing that the civil and military officials had already walked cleanly, Wang Yuan had no choice but to get on his horse and run towards Xiyuan with the emperor.

Located west of the Forbidden City, Xiyuan includes the northern, central, and southern seas, and was the place where Emperor Zhengde entertained, lived and handled government affairs.

The famous leopard house was built at the north end of Xiyuan, that is, the west side of Beihai Park in the future.

From the second year of Zhengde to the present, more than 200 houses have been built in the leopard house, but it is not a building palace, and the construction cost is less than half of Zhu Houzhao's marriage.

This is not a waste of money and labor, but the real harm is huge because of the emperors all over the country, as well as the eunuchs who guard the country all over the country.

Fortunately, the frequent uprisings in various places made the emperor and his ministers begin to reflect, Zhu Houzhao has stopped forming the imperial village, and the eunuchs who guard the town do not dare to make a lot of money anymore - this kind of restraint does not know how long it can last, and it is conservatively estimated that it will only be two or three years.

Zhu Houzhao took Wang Yuan to ride to the leopard room, pointed to a street, and said proudly: "This street was built by me, isn't it very prosperous?" ”

Before the emperor arrived, a eunuch gave advance notice.

At this moment, countless palace maids and eunuchs accompany the shopkeepers, vendors, pedestrians, and customers, coming and going as much as the folk market, but the clothes they wear are slightly better.

And there are also tricks, that day Weifu visited the south of the city privately, and the big stone on his chest made the emperor happy, Qian Ning saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, and when he turned around, he recruited a few Jianghu artists into the leopard room. Anyway, as long as the emperor came to play in the royal street, he would wield a sledgehammer and smash it hard, and the stone slabs could be supplied without restrictions.

Zhu Houzhao changed into a folk samurai uniform, holding a double knife in his hand, and asked the attendant eunuch to beat the gong to attract the audience, and immediately a large number of "passers-by" came around.

Wang Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only go over to watch the excitement.

Zhu Houzhao hugged his fists and said: "Neighbors, friends, I, Zhu Shou, passing by Guibaodi, have exhausted the entanglement on my body, and I will play a few knife tricks in exchange for some food money." I also hope that the old and young masters, those who have money will hold a money field, and those who have no money will hold a personal field. ”

"Good!"

The emperor hasn't started practicing yet, and the audience has already begun to applaud.

Zhu Houzhao's knife skills are good, at least it looks good, and it belongs to a flower knife that can scare ordinary people. Of course, this routine must be used in the performance, otherwise the dance will not look good, and the emperor's real sword skills are difficult to speculate.

What Wang Yuan can see is that Zhu Houzhao is very stable, and he is calm and disciplined, and he must have worked hard.

"Good!"

After a set of knife skills was performed, the audience applauded again, and took out copper coins to reward.

Wang Yuan did the same, and also rewarded the emperor with a few pennies.

Zhu Houzhao was very happy and took Wang Yuan out of the market, while the audience went to the eunuch to get paid.

Today, there is only one person around the emperor, Wang Yuan.

Gu Dayong led the troops to quell the rebellion, Zhang Yong discussed government affairs with the ministers on behalf of the emperor, and Qian Ning was handling the case in person in Nanzhen Fusi.

Zhu Houzhao got on the horse again and said with a smile: "Wang Erlang, take you to see a good thing." ”

Wang Yuan followed the emperor for a while and came to a relatively open place.

Zhu Houzhao crossed his waist with one hand and pointed to the flat ground in front of him: "This is the general's military academy field, and the order is 3,000 battalions, and the commander is going to gather troops!" ”

The drums beat loudly and the trumpets sounded.

After a while, two hundred cavalry galloped over, and the governor and the governor Wei Bin turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said: "The three thousand battalions have arrived, please order the colonel!" ”

The 3,000 Battalion was one of the three major Beijing battalions in the early Ming Dynasty, and it is rumored that it was formerly known as the 3,000 Mongolian cavalry. However, if you carefully examine the historical materials, you will know that there are only 260 Mongolian cavalry, and the rest are all elite cavalry drawn from all sides.

That is to say, the original 3,000 battalions were the best of the best 3,000 cavalry in the entire Ming Dynasty, and their members were composed regardless of region and ethnicity.

With the expansion of the 3,000 battalions and the death of Zhu Di, the elite was no longer elite, and finally broke the bones in the battle of Tumubao.

Now the capital has long been not the era of the three major battalions, but the twelve Beijing battalions, each of which has 3,000 battalions. In addition, there is an old battalion, which is also called "hometown" by the Beijing soldiers, which is the real team of the three major battalions, but when the twelve battalions were formed, the old, weak, sick and disabled were selected.

There were more than 60,000 people in the 12th Beijing Battalion, and more than half of them were transferred to quell the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi at this time.

General Zhu immediately crossed his sword and asked, "Wang Erlang, do you think this general's 3,000 battalions can be majestic?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "It is indeed mighty. ”

Zhu Houzhao said to Wei Bin: "You pick a shooter and try to ride and shoot with Wang Erlang." ”

Wei Bin immediately selected a marksman, and also sent Wang Yuan a pair of bows and arrows, which were standard five-bucket horse bows - the bow power of horse bows was generally weaker than that of foot bows.

Wang Yuan was not pretentious, pulled the string casually, and said: "The bow strength is too poor, and it is not strong." ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed and asked, "How many stone bows do you use?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "A stone bow." ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "This is a horse bow, which is different from a foot bow." ”

Wang Yuan replied: "The month before last, I was outside the city, and I used a two-stone bow to kill the enemy. ”

As soon as these words came out, they were all shocked.

Wei Bin immediately questioned: "Champion Lang, in front of the emperor, don't say big things. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Wei Dudu, why do I need to say big things? ”

Wei Bin smiled and said no more.

A military minister, a civil official, even if they are all fortunate ministers, there is no big conflict of interest, Wei Bin has no need to get along with Wang Yuan.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Is there a two-stone bow in the army?" ”

Wei Bin replied: "You need to look for it slowly, even if you find it, it is estimated that it will not be used if it lacks maintenance for a long time." ”

Zhu Houzhao said disappointedly: "Then bring a stone bow to Wang Erlang." ”

Wei Bin went to pass the order.

Zhu Houzhao asked Wang Yuan again: "Your two-stone bow is specially made by someone." ”

Wang Yuan clenched his fists and said, "Return to Your Majesty." The bows and knives I used to kill the enemy were all given by the General Mansion of the Duke of Qianguo when Yunnan Township tested. ”

Zhu Houzhao said curiously: "What did the Mu family do when they gave you a bow and knife?" ”

Wang Yuan replied: "Grandpa Mu is also a man who can write and be good at martial arts, and he performed the gift of village shooting at the Luming Banquet. He once used a one-stone bow to compete with me in archery, and shot twelve arrows in a row without winning or losing. Maybe it was because of Grandpa Mu's appetite, so he gave me a bow and a knife. ”

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Houzhao was very happy and said: "There is a chance to recruit the Mu family to Jingshi, and General Ben will personally compete with him!" ”

After a while, a stone bow was taken.

Wang Yuan and a knight of the 3,000 battalion galloped on horseback in the school field, and the two of them shot several arrows and hit the bull's-eye.

It seems that the 3,000 battalions are not bad, but you must know that this person was selected from the thousands of cavalry of the Beijing battalion, and on the whole, it is really not bad.

By the time of the fifth arrow, the man was finally out of the bull's-eye, and Wang Yuan remained as steady as a dog.

For Wang Yuan, it was too easy to kill the target, and the target was too close, even if he was riding and shooting, he was completely sure.

The knight was ashamed, and immediately dismounted and knelt on the ground, pleading guilty to Zhu Houzhao and Wei Bin.

Zhu Houzhao was very generous, comforting the knight and saying, "What is the crime? is the one who compares arrows with you, but the white-clothed flying general Wang Erlang. Enjoy! ”

Zhu Houzhao said to Wang Yuan again: "Let's go, I'll take you to see the tiger, which was raised by General Ben himself." ”