Chapter 598: Under the banner of the school field dragon

Although today's celebrant supervision and scripture factory supervises the official carvings of books, Buddhas, and Taoist collections, the entire scripture factory is only twenty or thirty rooms, which is not a very spacious place. After all, there are many palaces in the West Garden, and the craftsmen who can enter and exit here must naturally be strictly restricted. As for the other reason, it is because the celebrant has neither the right to approve the red, nor the part of participating in government affairs, so it is naturally impossible to make the celebrant superintendent very ostentatious.

Therefore, even if Zhang Yue had been standing here for a while, no one in the factory came out to inquire about it, and even the two gatemen who were originally guarding the door hid in the house, and it was quiet inside. Since the news spread that the emperor had just passed by, all the printing processes in it had stopped, lest he be alarmed.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Zhang Yue saw the emperor's party set off again, so he tidied up his clothes and greeted him. Since Zhu Di only appeared once at the Zhengdan court meeting after he came back, he has only seen the emperor once in the past six months. After saluting, he quietly glanced at Zhu Di, and saw that he looked much older than when he was on the Northern Expedition, and he remembered the rumors.

No matter how good he was in the past, Zhu Di is over sixty years old after all, and now he is even more beautiful and is still thinking about going to the battlefield, isn't this a blind toss?

The West Garden is still an imperial city, so except for the emperor, the rest of the people are on foot. Although Zhu Di is already old, after all, he is the muscles and bones that he personally went into battle to kill the enemy in the past, and the idle horse can't carry him, and now his mount is a famous breed from the Western Regions, even the people and horses are almost as tall as two people, and Zhang Yue, who is extremely tall, walks beside him, only feels that the condescending sense of oppression on the left is extremely strong, if you want to see the emperor, you have to tilt your head.

Zhu Di has not seen officials other than cabinet ministers and Qiqing for a long time, and since Zhang Yue came to greet him, his problems along the way have not stopped. Because Zhang Yue was an officer of the military department before, although he is now in the East Palace, he is not a lecture official, of course, he only asks about military affairs, and gradually goes off topic and mentions the situation in the north. When he said that Arutai fled from the wind and didn't dare to fight, he snorted even more coldly.

"From the beginning of Beiping to the present, I don't know how many battles I have fought, and among so many opponents, Arutai is the most shameless and repeated! I fled last year and saw no shadow, but now I heard that he came back with the tribe again, and the Tatar tribes of Dahe fought another battle with Warat. I don't believe that he can hide for the rest of his life, and I don't believe that I can't hold him! ”

Zhang Yue glanced at Zhang Qian and Haishou from the corner of his eye, and saw that their faces were very unsightly, he pondered for a moment and replied: "The general of the defeated army is unspeakably brave, and when Arutai rebelled against my Ming Dynasty in the past, he only spared himself from the emperor's army in the end. He was originally a man because of his strength, but now he is just the end of a strong crossbow."

"Dare to say that Arutai is the end of the strong crossbow, but you are not afraid of people saying that you boast!" Remembering that Arutai's eldest son died indirectly at Zhang Yue's hands, and even the Tatar military flag was not guaranteed, Zhu Di remembered that Zhang Yue's previous military exploits had not yet been rewarded, and immediately asked with a smile, "Then you say, why does Arutai not give up?" ”

"Both the Tatars and the Varat are based on their strength, and his provocative gestures are only to deter the people, so that the Varat will not dare to attack. However, compared to Warat, who did not dare to act rashly after being defeated once, Arutai was already defeated and fled, and he had already lost face. Now that he is not strong enough, even if the army is out of the fortress, I am afraid that he will still flee from the wind. It's not that the minister looks down on him, even if I don't send troops, within ten years, the name Arutai will become a thing of the past. ”

"Just now I said that you boasted, but this time you actually asserted it directly! Well, I'll hear what you say later. ”

Zhu Di shook his head angrily, but the inner teaching field was in sight, and he couldn't ask any more, so he raised his horsewhip heavily and galloped out like a horse. His sudden action suddenly frightened Zhang Qian Haishou and a large group of soldiers from the Imperial Horse Supervisor behind him, plus Liu Yongcheng, who had been in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor for many years, was not there, so the neat queue just now was suddenly wrong, and a large group of people rushed to follow the galloping emperor, and the scene was just an alternative spectacle.

At this time, officers and soldiers gathered in the inner teaching field. Due to the limited space and the fact that a large number of sergeants entering the palace were also prohibited, the sword and card players, archers, pikemen, and gunners each transferred 300 elites, all of whom were skilled in martial arts and innocent soldiers, and they were not more than eighteen years old, and they were just heroic. greeted Zhu Di at the entrance of the teaching field, and Zhu Zhanji invited the emperor to the high platform where the dragon flags were planted in advance, and then stood aside and explained a few words.

"Tomorrow's Halloween Dynasty is just an official article, since you invited me to come today, you will shoot willows later, let me see if your martial arts have improved!" instructed Zhu Zhanji, saw that he didn't say a word, he bowed down and agreed, and then went down to prepare with a smile, Zhu Di couldn't help but be even more satisfied with this heroic grandson, and beckoned Zhang Yue to step forward, "You have only said half of what you said just now, now continue to speak, let me hear what you think about the unknown prophet!" ”

"Where can the minister be called an uncertain prophet, but what he said before is not a lie. Today's Arutai people have rebelled and left, and the strength of the army has fallen to the lowest point, so they have to pretend to be competing with the Ming Dynasty on the surface, the purpose of which is to make the three Warat tribes dare not attack him together, and second, to continue to hold the Golden Family's Erjin clan as a signboard, so that the Tatar tribes gather under his command. During the previous northern expedition, the reason why the three warat divisions first agreed to send troops, and then watched from the wall, was just to take advantage of the defeat of both sides. Fortunately, the emperor was as wise as a torch, and immediately withdrew after defeating the Uliangha, leaving them with no chance to take advantage of it. ”

Zhu Di had heard the words of wisdom and wisdom countless times, and he had long been immune, but Zhang Yue's previous words were quite similar to the opinions of Yang Rong and other ministers, so he gradually pondered. At this moment, the officers and soldiers on the field had already begun the drill, the red jacket looked extremely bright and dazzling in the sun, and the tip of the spear and the blade flashed a little cold light, but his mind was not on this at all.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji had begun to bend his bow and shoot willows, he remembered what the first imperial grandson said to him, even if he saw that Zhu Di's face was not so good-looking, he still did not flinch. The last Northern Expedition obtained tens of thousands of horses and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, but the food consumed is not counted for the time being, because the supply of military rations is too large, and more than 25,000 mules and horses transporting military rations have died.

"Your Majesty, before the Waramahamam soldiers were defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and then defeated by Arutai, even his son Tuhuan was captured, but after the attack on Tuhuan, his Zhuros Department has been recuperating for several years, not only stronger than the Huite Department and the Kelie Yiti Department, but also can be said to be the strongest among the Mongolian tribes, the three Warat departments combined, has been far stronger than the Tatar headquarters. Tuhuan is ambitious, last year saw that the Arutai Arutai avoided the war and the Uliangha people were almost wiped out, this person will never sit idly by and watch Arutai recruit troops, as long as he convinces the virtuous king Taiping and the king of Anle Vulture Polo, Warat will definitely make some moves this year. ”

In the past, Genghis Khan's expedition to the east and west laid the foundation of the Mongol Empire, so Genghis Khan's direct family is still the most wary force of the Ming Dynasty. Because Warat is located in the west of the desert, the threat to the Central Plains is far less than that of Tatar, so Zhu Di once supported Warat in his early years, and when the other party showed his disobedience, he hit it head-on again, but even so, he still felt that compared to Tatar, he would rather Warat take its place.

You must know that without the banner of the old Yuan, even if Warat unifies the grassland, sooner or later it will be lifted down by those dissatisfied tribes!

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

A shout like a tsunami suddenly came, and the monarchs and ministers on the high platform came back to their senses at the same time. Seeing Zhu Zhanji galloping towards him with a high spirit, Zhu Di immediately understood that his eldest grandson had hit three arrows again, and he couldn't help but be full of joy, and left everything else behind for the time being. When Zhu Zhanji rolled off the saddle and immediately stepped forward to offer wicker with both hands to bow, he immediately applauded again and again, and after calling him up, he actually untied the sword in his waist casually.

"With Sun Yingwu daring to do this, I am relieved! This sword has been with me for many years, although it can no longer be used in battle, it is a real killing weapon, and I will give it to you today! ”

"Grandson, thank you!"

Zhu Zhanji has watched Zhu Di wear this sword since he was a child, and when he heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to take it. Seeing Zhu Di rushing off the high platform, he couldn't put it down and rubbed the sword, and then directly took off his original sword and threw it to Zhang Yue, and put the Tianzi sword on the hook, and smiled at Zhang Yue: "Since the imperial grandfather gave me the sword, my sword will be given to you!" These days, you often accompany me to shoot willows and gamble, and brush so many horses, which can be regarded as a reward for your hard work. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhang Yue recognized at a glance that the sword that Zhu Di gave to Zhu Zhanji was the sword of the Son of Heaven that he had owned for a while, and when he heard the latter sentence when he was muttering in his heart, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly thanked him. It's just that he is also wearing a sword today, so naturally he can't throw his sword to others like Zhu Zhanji, so he has to hold it like this. Seeing Zhu Diyao leaving, he glanced down, and saw Liu Yongcheng coming around from the left side of the teaching field.

Hai Shou, who followed Zhu Di, also saw Liu Yongcheng, and hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, Father-in-law Liu is back." ”

As he spoke, Liu Yongcheng had already caught up. He was the one who often followed the emperor, so he just knelt down at this time, and then retreated to Zhu Di's side, reporting that he had sent people back, and then his voice was low again.

"Your Majesty, the old slave sent Li Maofang back, and ordered all the eunuchs in the Wanchun Palace to be asked for arson. As a result, a little monkey was afraid of being beaten, so he said...... said that Li Maofang took the maids every day in the Wanchun Palace to relieve his desires, and this time he also asked them to bleed and take ink and copy the scriptures......"