Chang'an Fang. Yang House.

This two-hall small courtyard was originally given to Yang Zhangde by Ji Gang, but now, it no longer meets Yang Zhangde's identity.

But Yang Zhangde didn't think about moving and still lived here.

It's just that those subordinates of Jinyiwei are suffering, and when they come to report their work every day, they can only wait in the courtyard.

Last year, Yang Zhangde asked people to build a covered shack in the yard, which directly occupied more than half of the yard area, so that those subordinates were spared the disturbance of wind and rain.

There were many people who persuaded him to change to a big house, and after becoming the commander of the Jinyi Guard, as the chief officer of this violent agency, he was fully qualified to live in a bigger house.

His father-in-law, Li Jinglong, offered more than once that he was willing to "sell" the back garden and west courtyard of the original Cao Guo Mansion to him, but he was unmoved and still lived here willingly.

And in addition to official business, he also has a lot less to do to look for flowers and willows, and go to the horse and Zhangtai. In recent years, he has been carefully studying various military books, and he has also asked Li Jinglong for a lot of advice.

He is well aware that his position has risen to the top.

The system of Jinyiwei is an alternative to the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, which originally belonged to Jingwei and was responsible for the guards of the palace, but in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, it became a comprehensive institution that integrated intelligence, investigation, and even case solving.

There is a lot of power, but they have a low ceiling. Yang Zhangde can be a commander at a young age, but he has been a commander all his life, and there is no room for improvement.

Not to mention the Sehazhi before him, it was a purely transitional commander. Before Sehazhi, Ji Gang was able to lean towards the government and the opposition, but in the end, he inevitably had to leave his hometown.

Although it is also very good for him to be a carefree uncle in Dongying now, he can survive the crisis because of His Royal Highness's generosity.

With the lesson of Ji Gang, of course Yang Zhangde should do something himself.

It is impossible to lean on the side of the civil officials, and the civil officials will not accept him as a lackey who targets them, so he can only rely on the side of the military generals.

Like Ji Gang, making meritorious contributions on the battlefield and obtaining knighthoods can also leave the most valuable wealth to his children and grandchildren.

He is not afraid that Zhu Zhanji will not use him, but he is afraid that he will not meet Zhu Zhanji's requirements, so he will always enrich himself.

Under his leadership, Jin Yiwei is a little less yin and a little more upright.

Moreover, now Jinyiwei's self-restraint is also relatively large, although there are many people who hate him in the court, but no matter who mentions him, it cannot be denied that he does things in a dignified manner and manages Jinyiwei in an orderly manner.

Although Li Jinglong was defeated against Zhu Di when he was Emperor Jianwen, this person still has some military ability.

Although he is known as Zhao Kuo in the world, even if it is Zhao Kuo, his talent in military theory is not inferior to that of a famous general.

What's more, he doesn't just know how to talk about Zhao Kuo on paper. After Hongwu attacked the Duke of Cao Guo in the nineteenth year, he went to Huguang, Shaanxi, Henan and other places to train the army many times, and was also responsible for the tea and horse trade with the West.

A person who can be valued by Zhu Yuanzhang is just a straw bag. Of course, his decisiveness after going to the battlefield is indeed poor.

He can't fight, but being a military teacher is more than enough, and he also expects a lot from this Yang Zhangde son-in-law, so he naturally teaches him.

Today's Yang Mansion, in addition to Xuan Lin who was on duty at the door, there were only four brocade guards left guarding the door.

After Yang Zhangde came back today, he announced that he would close the door, and everyone in Jinyiwei knew that this was to celebrate the graduation of his proud disciple Ergouzi from Yulin Weixue.

Ergouzi not only ranked first in the graduation assessment in June, but was personally received by His Royal Highness Taisun and awarded the rank of Captain of Liupin Zhaoxin.

Moreover, after entering the Navy for internship, a group of cadets arrived at Ezo Island in the north of Dongying by boat alone under the supervision of veterans and completed the assessment task.

It was the second dog who had just turned eighteen years old but the chief officer of this group of cadet soldiers, and this time he successfully completed the actual operation assessment, if he was awarded an official position, at least he would be a sixth-grade military attaché.

Everyone knows that the champions of Yulin Weixue are more valued than the champions of martial arts, because they not only have to assess martial arts one by one, but Wen Tao's martial arts strategy is the most important.

A champion of Yulin Weixue, all armies will compete endlessly.

Although Jinyiwei has long regarded Ergouzi as his own, after Ergouzi was admitted to the first place, they also thought that it was a little inappropriate to leave Ergouzi in Jinyiwei.

Such a talent should be a general who will open up the territory in the future, and a noble who will be crowned a duke, and should not stay in the Jinyi Guard, which has only three grades at the highest.

In the guest room, Ergouzi's younger brother Sanbao and younger sister Niuniu are playing with Yang Zhangde's three children.

Li Qinger has given birth to three children to him over the years, in addition to Dabao, who is seven years old, there is also a son and a daughter.

Because of the second dog, Sanbao and Niuniu have also been valued by the Yang family, Niuniu followed Li Qinger to take care of the children, in fact, she followed Li Qinger to learn to read, learn housekeeping, and manage accounts.

Girls in this era are not qualified to go to school, and if their elders are illiterate, they have almost no chance of literacy.

And Sanbao was also sent to Yulin Weixue by Yang Zhangde last year because of the excellence of the second dog, anyway, it was just a breeze for him, if he could learn it, he would have an extra arm in the future.

Yang Zhangde was very dissatisfied with Ergouzi's oil bottle at first, even if he taught him to practice martial arts and calligraphy, it was only because of Zhu Zhanji's relationship.

But with the completion of the second dog, he became more and more satisfied with this disciple, and now he was even better than his own son Dabao.

Ergouzi pretended to be calm, but he couldn't help but proudly say that their nine hundred cadets used three old-fashioned warships to complete the task of exploring and mapping Ezo Island and the northern islands.

When it comes to the proudness, I can't help but dance with my eyebrows, revealing a trace of vitality that belongs to young people.

Yang Zhangde hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but say: "Zifeng, although the division knows that if you want to have a great future, it is best to enter the navy, but this time, the division has other considerations. ”

Ergouzi paused for a moment, looked at Yang Zhangde's face, and said solemnly: "Everything the disciple has been given by the master, so he is naturally willing to listen to the master's arrangement." Even if I was asked to guard the city gate, the disciple would have nothing else to say. ”

Yang Zhangde shook his head and sighed: "As a teacher, I have been studying various Wentao martial arts strategies for the past few years, and I only hope to find another way. Now His Royal Highness wants to divide the Nanzhou and develop the Dongzhou, which is a good opportunity for the teacher.

Now all the nobles in Nanzhou will send elite development, and officials at all levels of the imperial court are also counting on some credit.

However, His Royal Highness on the Dongzhou side has been quiet, as the commander of the division, he naturally knows a little more than others.

His Royal Highness's attention to Dongzhou is far greater than that of Nanzhou, so Nanzhou will be divided, but Dongzhou will not.

However, Dongzhou also needs to be developed, and tens of millions of natives in Dongzhou must be included in the people of my Ming Dynasty, so it is not divided, but it must be managed by officials.

Now Yingzhou Hou Zhu Zhen and university scholar Yang Rong will be sent to Dongzhou, and another internal supervisor will be responsible for supervision. However, according to the division, there is still a lack of a direct monitoring mechanism, as well as a balance mechanism between the civil and military forces. Therefore, the teacher wanted to talk to His Highness and go to Dongzhou.

But your master is weak, Dabao and they are still young, if I go to Dongzhou, I will have to go for at least three or four years, how can I rest assured of them? ”

Ergouzi glanced at the master who looked at the master with admiration, and then looked at a few children, and the loss in his heart was swept away. He clenched his fists and said, "If His Royal Highness can allow the master to go to Dongzhou, the apprentice will definitely stay in Yingtianfu and take care of the master and them." ”

Yang Zhangde laughed happily, and was still very satisfied with Ergouzi's statement. He changed his words, and said together with an old and disrespectful person: "Actually, there is another purpose for keeping you in the capital as a teacher, that is, for your marriage." You are also nineteen years old this year, but because you can't get high or low, your marriage has not been resolved. Keeping you in the capital is also to give you a good marriage. ”

The second dog was ashamed, looking at the teacher who was still so beautiful when she smiled, and thought to herself, I don't know which girl it is? Is there a teacher who is so good-looking?

Their family is an ordinary family, although there is Yang Zhangde as a master, but Yang Zhangde can't change his family background.

He has a great future now, and the girls of ordinary people's families are obviously not worthy of him. But the real Miss Everybody may not be able to look at his family background.

In this era, few people will break through the concept of the right family, and marriage is often a marriage between families.

After waiting for a long time, and not seeing the two dogs inquiring, Yang Zhangde couldn't help but secretly scold him for not being enlightened, but he envied his good luck. "Don't you want to know which high gate the teacher wants to climb for you?"

Ergouzi bowed his head and said, "Everything is up to the master." ”

Although he wanted to hang his appetite, this matter was very important, not only emotionally requiring the two dogs to cooperate willingly, but also related to a series of arrangements later.

So Yang Zhangde shook his head and sighed: "You kid is really good luck from heaven, Your Highness has taken a fancy to you!" Even the teacher is jealous of you now. ”

The second dog sighed, and he didn't mean to come over yet, but Li Qing'er was exquisite, and after thinking about it for a while, he was surprised: "Is it the county lord of Jiaxing?" ”

Seeing Yang Zhangde nodding, Li Qing'er couldn't help but be happy for this apprentice. Ergouzi has been watched by Li Qing'er to grow up in the past seven years, although he is an apprentice, but Li Qing'er is not very old, he is like his younger brother.

Now I hear that His Royal Highness has the heart to marry the county lord of Jiaxing to him, this is a step to the sky. smiled: "Look at this kid, he's stupid with joy!" ”

Ergouzi's heart hasn't turned around yet, or he doesn't dare to guess that such a good thing has fallen on him.

Looking at the master and the smile of the master, he couldn't help but recall the delicate figure he saw at the funeral of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last year.

Since then, their group of students have often joked, saying that if anyone marries a princess, it will be a step to the sky, and now this good fortune has fallen on them.

The Ming Dynasty is different from the previous dynasties, and the princesses of the previous dynasties were all still horses. But because Taizu came from a humble background, after the Ming Dynasty was established, he deliberately changed this rule.

Only the princess of the Ming Dynasty is really married, and after marrying out, there is almost no princess privilege.

In later generations, Zhu Zhanji saw the anecdote of the princess of the Ming Dynasty marrying, which was an anecdote at that time, but now it is related to his relatives, which is unacceptable.

Before Zhu Zhanji, most of the princesses were married to the noble class. Like Zhu Zhanji's aunts and sisters, they are all nobles.

But after the civil fort, the noble class was almost swept away, and the rules for the princess to marry remained unchanged, but it became that she could only marry a commoner.

The civil officials are known for not being afraid of their relatives interfering in politics, but in fact, they have already controlled the royal family and will not allow their own rival class to appear.

Therefore, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, civil officials did not marry princesses themselves, and formulated the rule that if they married princesses, they could not enter politics, forcing princesses to marry ordinary people.

As a result, folk men competed to be the master of the horse, which became a unique scenery in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the blockade of the royal family by the civil officials and the separation of the people, the royal family is high, how to understand the horse master, how to choose the horse master, has become a big problem.

Historically, there has been no shortage of new stories of royal families being cheated into marriage, and most of the time, the royal family can only swallow the bitter fruit.

Ming Hongzhi, there is a big money in the folk called Yuan Xiang to cheat on marriage, and he almost married a princess by relying on bribes.

In the sixth year of Jiajing, the royal family recruited a concubine for Princess Yongchun. Through the strong recommendation of eunuchs and female officials, the royal family selected a man named Chen Zhao, but this Chen Zhao was a concubine and gave birth.

Emperor Jiajing was furious, postponed the marriage, and personally presided over the national audition, wanting to temporarily choose a suitable concubine.

After thousands of selections, a man named Xie Zhao was finally selected. This time, Emperor Jiajing didn't dare to believe people's words anymore, and he had to examine the candidates for the horse with his own eyes.

Who knew that when he saw it with his own eyes, Emperor Jiajing was furious, it turned out that this Xie Zhao was born bald! It's extremely ugly, obviously, this ugly monster doesn't know how many tricks he used to get by.

Being ugly is not a big fault, and the marriage period waits for no one, so Emperor Jiajing had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit and allow his daughter Princess Yongchun to marry Xie Zhao.

On the day of the wedding, the whole country was shaken, and the flower-like Princess Yongchun was actually married to a bald ugly monster.

The most bizarre thing is that in the tenth year of Wanli, the sister of the Wanli Emperor, Yongning Gong, mainly chose a horse. A wealthy family surnamed Liang, whose son is terminally ill, wants to use the princess to rejoice.

They bribed Da Feng Bao, and as a result, they were chosen. On the day of the wedding, the concubine had a nosebleed when she visited the church, but the princess was sent to the cave room by the eunuchs.

The one surnamed Liang was inhumane and died less than a month after getting married. And Princess Yongning could only be widowed, and died depressed within a few years.

Although Zhu Zhanji has changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty, there will never be a change in the civil fort now. However, he was also worried that the country would be stable for a long time, and in the future, the military generals and nobles would definitely become unable to fight, and the power of civilian officials was destined to flourish.

Therefore, he will definitely change the rules in this regard in the future.

This time, he awarded medals to the graduates of Yulin Weixue, and when he saw the second dog who graduated with the first place, he remembered the thin figure that stood in front of his younger brothers and sisters seven years ago.

An older brother who can take such good care of his younger siblings is trustworthy.

Jiaxing is his sister, who has turned 14 years old this year, and if it weren't for the death of his father last year, he would have been married a long time ago.

When he saw Ergouzi, he was a little tempted. He checked the past years of assessment of Ergouzi during his time in school, and with Yang Zhangde, the master, he can be called both civil and military.

Then when Ergouzi was in the internship assessment, as the commander of the cadet soldiers, he acted in a proper manner, acted fairly, and had the style of a general, so he was even more satisfied.

So he revealed the news to Yang Zhangde, for fear that the second dog would be married after graduation, and such a good brother-in-law would run away.

He doesn't value power, no one has more power than him, he doesn't value money, no one has any money.

He only values character and ability, and the two dogs are both to his liking.

If you say, Ergouzi was a little unwilling at first, but when he heard that he could marry the princess, he was not a little dissatisfied, but was grateful to this master.

He saw the princess of Jiaxing at the funeral last year, but the little beauty who is no worse than the master is still the identity of the eldest princess.

He finally came back to his senses and looked at his master in disbelief. "Master, you're not making fun of your apprentices, are you?"

Yang Zhangde laughed, hugged his fists in the direction of the palace and said, "I have a few more dares to dare to make fun of His Royal Highness's sister-in-law!" Just wait for a few days to go to the palace on an errand! However, these days to recuperate for a few days, go to the sea, and become black charcoal, if the crown princess and the county lord of Jiaxing can't look down on you, then it will be empty joy. ”

On the second day, Ergouzi's file was transferred out of Yulin Weixue by Jinyiwei, and when he was in the afternoon, he changed from a cadet soldier of Yulin Weixue to a deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei's direct guard.

Although Jinyiwei is directly under the guard, the jurisdiction is Yingtianfu, and he can stay in the capital to enjoy happiness. Jinyiwei's deputy Qianhu is also from the fifth rank, which is one level higher than the official position of the sixth rank that he can be awarded.

However, none of the students in the same period envied him, and the current Yulin Weixue cadets and soldiers are all arrogant, and the first choice is to enter the navy, followed by the young army, and then the Shenji battalion, or other military guards.

As for going to the Jinyi Guard to be an eagle dog, few are willing, unless it is a special guard to train soldiers.

Now, Li Zifeng, the champion of Yulin Weixue, is the object of competition among all the military guards, but he chose Jinyiwei, the most unpromising yamen, which is really a pity.

However, many people who know Li Zifeng's family background also have to praise him: "Don't forget your roots." ”

Jinyiwei is directly under the Qianhu Office, responsible for the investigation of cases in the capital including the surrounding areas, but after the second dog Li Zifeng came in, he just hung up a name, and was arranged to another department, that is, the guard office responsible for the palace guards.

This is Yang Zhangde's selfishness, he thinks that he will reuse Ergouzi in the future, and deliberately put his official position in a foreign country, not in the guard battalion.

The Jinyi Guard was first and foremost the emperor's bodyguards and honor guards, consisting of generals, captains, and wrestlers. The general's initial name was "Tianwu", and Yongle was renamed "General of the Han Dynasty", and those with majestic appearance and courage were selected to serve as palace guards.

Lieutenants and wrestlers are selected to fill in the positions of men who are in good health and have no criminal records. The lieutenant is in charge of the halogen book and umbrella cover, and the wrestler holds the golden drum and flag.

They are the first layer of guards of the Imperial Palace, except for the inner hall of the palace, including the front hall, which is their place of guardianship.

At the time of the court meeting, it was also the Jinyi Guard who was responsible for maintaining order. One hundred and twenty-nine generals of Jinyiwei, two thousand households, and four hundred households, respectively guarded in front of the gates of Danma, Yudao, Jinshui Bridge and Fengtianmen Square. In addition, there are 500 captains of the Jinyi Guard, lined up inside and outside the noon gate, responsible for sounding the whip and holding the guard of honor.

When the royal car travels, they also form an honor guard with the chamberlain, responsible for the protection and protection of the nearest place.

Although Ergouzi is a foreigner, his specific position is Zhu Zhanji's personal deputy Qianhu. This is a position that can always follow Zhu Zhanji, but does not need to be on duty in the palace.

And he recuperated at home for more than ten days and did not go out until his skin became fairer, and then under the leadership of Yang Zhangde, he personally reported to the palace.

And on this day, Zhu Zhanji also "coincidentally" chatted with his mother, the crown princess, in the Wenhua Palace.

The Wenhua Hall belongs to the front hall in terms of geographical location, but the apse group also belongs to the inner palace, so in general, the brocade guard is also not allowed to enter.

However, Zhu Zhanji was there on this day, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard personally took him to familiarize himself with the environment, and introduced him to the various yamen of the inner servants to meet and get to know each other, so Zhu Zhanji summoned them in, which was not out of the rules.

Hearing the Jinyi Guard's commanding envoy, Jiaxing, who was sitting on the side, wanted to avoid it. Zhang took her hand and said, "You are still young, and you don't have so many taboos, so stay here to accompany your mother for a while." ”

After speaking, she looked at the tall two people who came in at the entrance of the hall with some concern.

Yang Zhangde is in his thirties this year, and his body is extremely burly. Although the second dog Li Zifeng has been practicing martial arts all year round, he is still in the development period, although he is tall, he is much thinner.

When the two came in, they both knelt down on one knee, first saluted the crown princess Zhang, and then saluted Zhu Zhanji.

Jiaxing got up, returned a lady's ceremony, and sat back behind his mother, hiding his body.

However, she also saw the two people who came in, Yang Zhangde she had seen many times, so she naturally knew who it was, and Li Zifeng saw it for the first time, so she didn't dare to take a closer look, but she also saw that he was a young man with a lofty spirit.

After the two met, they said that Li Zifeng would go to Zhu Zhanji's side on an errand in the future, and then Yang Zhangde said that he wanted to take Li Zifeng to other places to familiarize himself with the situation.

Zhu Zhanji didn't keep them, sent them away, and asked the others to retreat, before asking Zhang: "What does Mother think?" ”

Zhang Shi looked back at Jiaxing and asked, "Jiaxing, what is your impression of this Li Zifeng?" ”

Jiaxing heard his mother's question, paused for a moment, and immediately understood, his face was blushing, and he bowed his head and said nothing.

Zhang's heart knows that if he doesn't object, he agrees. Nowadays, most of the time, men and women are blind and dumb marriages, and today the two of them will meet first, also because Zhang's heart is sorry for their daughter.

Jiaxing didn't speak, and Zhang said again: "Since he also grew up watching Zhanji, his character and ability can be trusted, and Jiaxing is also willing, then settle down first." However, Jiaxing will not be filial until this time next year, don't leak the news before that, so as not to let others gossip about my royal daughter can't get married. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "The child has already instructed, this Li Zifeng, even his parents haven't said it yet." ”

"That's exactly how it should be. …… However, his status is still a little low, anyway, there is still more than a year, you also find a chance to make him meritorious, and when the time comes, at least he has a higher status, so that he can marry my Jiaxing. ”

This time, Jiaxing couldn't listen to it anymore, stood up, and saluted quickly to Zhang's and Zhu Zhanji: "Mother, Brother Chujun, I'm ...... I'll go back to Yongshou Palace first......"

Zhu Zhanji and Zhang's watched her run out in a bit of a panic, and they couldn't help laughing, they had the feeling that there was a girl in my family who had just grown up.

(I returned from a business trip, but fortunately I didn't miss the update.) ）