In August, the golden wind was cool, and the martial arts school officially opened. Zhao Zhen, who had the title of mountain chief, drove out of the palace on this day and came to the Wubei Academy to preside over the opening ceremony.

The emperor traveled, but only the privy envoy Wang Yiyong accompanied him, and the prime minister did not follow any of them. This clearly illustrates the attitude of the civil officials towards the military academy, and Pang Ji even said in front of the emperor and Li Buqi: "After negotiating peace with the Liao State, I hope that Your Majesty will recuperate, and for 30 years you will not ask about military affairs, and it will cost money and food to run a military academy." ”

However, although there was no support from the honor guard, the emperor's travel team was even larger, because Li Buqi persuaded the emperor to bring the queen and concubines out, and the whole thing was a family trip.

The reason given by Li Buqi made it impossible for the emperor to refuse - since the commanders did not want the martial arts academy, then this martial arts academy was completely His Majesty's. The students of the academy are all children, and now the official family treats them like family, and they will inevitably be loyal to the official family like family members in the future, so the royal family will get a reward in the future if they invest in a relationship.

For this reason, Empress Cao was able to logically lead the harem concubines to the Wubei Academy, where they would distribute snacks and gifts to the students of the academy. This was also one of Li Buqi's efforts to dispel the emperor's wariness of the students of the Wubei Academy. Who makes the emperor like to use his family to have children, for example, Wang Deyong actually has no military merits, just because Wang Deyong and his father are the old people of Zhenzong Qiandi and are looked down upon, so General Liba was boasted of becoming a famous general.

When the emperor came in person, Li Buqi naturally organized a grand welcome ceremony, and the teachers and students of the school lined up on both sides of the gate early to greet him. The emperor drove to the door of the martial arts school, the little eunuch opened the curtain, the emperor looked up, the school did not have a wall, but there was a huge stone statue of the general in the gate, and the strange thing was that the stone statue was facing north with its back to the gate.

This is the Royal Military Academy, and Li Buqi naturally has to report everything to the emperor, so the emperor knows that this statue is Wei Qing.

Since it is a military school, it is necessary to choose a military god to worship. Wei Qing is a famous general who attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and it is understandable as a military god, and more importantly, the historical records record that Wei Qing is a very human minister and does not establish personal authority, and he is the brother-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, an absolute loyal minister. Whether the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was a loyal minister to the military god enshrined in the imperial school was more important than his military achievements, and it was natural that Wei Qing stood out from several candidates.

The emperor stepped out of the chariot, beckoned Li Buqi over and asked, "Why is this Marquis of Changping (Wei Qing) facing away from the gate, and what is his intention?" ”

Li Buqi hurriedly said: "First, since ancient times, all the foreign troubles in China have come from the north, and the military god looks north, which is to remind the students not to forget the troubles in the north and not to forget the northern expedition to Yanyun. Of the two, General Wei Da made the most contribution to the conquest of the Huns, and it was also the duty of guarding the north. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded happily, and then walked to the gate of the Martial Arts Academy under the leadership of Li Buqi. At this time, the plaque on the lintel was covered by a piece of red silk, and the salute officer presented a red rope to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen pulled the red rope according to what Li Buqi told him, and the red silk covering the plaque fell, revealing the six golden characters of "Royal Military Academy" inscribed by Zhao Zhen on the plaque.

As the red silk fell, suddenly a drum sounded, and then the music was remembered, but it was not the elegant music of the ceremony. Zhao Zhen listened to the strange tune, and was busy listening, but at this time, thirty male singers took the lead in singing, and then the immature voices of the students in the academy merged into it, without a trace of melodiousness, but like a horn straight into the sky.

"The wind and rain are rising, the clouds are flying,

The sky is long, and the roc is soaring.

The smoke and dust are urgent, looking at the vast world and the sky,

Bow longbow, look northwest, shoot the wolf!

Gold agitation, wolf smoke madness,

Drums and horns contend, iron horses and reins,

In an instant, the clouds turned over and the rain was blue,

A heart of blood, full of hatred, set in all directions!

I will bear the suffering of the world!

May there be generations to come,

No more wars and famines,

Kyushu is strong and prosperous! ”

Li Buqi watched with satisfaction at his plagiarized song, which shocked the emperor to a stiff body. It wasn't until the singing stopped that Zhao Zhen came back to his senses and asked, "Is this song written by Changpinghou?" ”

Li Buqi said: "Exactly." ”

"Ahem, that's appropriate. I just don't know what he hates? ”

This is the emperor's careful eye again, who said that there is no literary prison in the Great Song Dynasty? Li Buqi said solemnly: "The king humiliates the ministers to death, the king is worried and the ministers hate, hates the injustice of the world, and hates those who make the king worried." ”

The emperor was obviously satisfied with this answer, and walked into the door of the school with a smile, and Li Buqi beckoned the teachers and students to come to the school grounds. On the newly renovated Echo Wall review stand, the emperor delivered an enthusiastic speech—of course, read by a eunuch on his behalf—and then, according to Li Buqi's arrangement, the representatives of the teachers and students spoke, expressing their determination to be loyal to the royal society.

Zhao Zhen, a native bun, has never seen this, although he has long been accustomed to hearing flattery in the court and expressing his loyalty, but when he saw a childish child impassionedly expressing his support for the emperor, and then looking at the serious expressions of other children, it was a special touch. Especially when he saw his son, standing in the queue with his head held high in the scorching sun, not only half a head taller than the other children around him, but also standing straighter and more steady, I couldn't help but feel a sense of paternal pride in my heart.

The emperor was in a good mood, and after presenting flags to the classes, he visited the school under the leadership of Li Buqi. The school's venue is a bit large compared to 80 students, and Li Buqi once again explained that 80 people will be recruited every year, and the number of students in the school will reach 320 in the future. And because of the curriculum, a large number of special venues are required, such as the separation of ordinary school and equestrian venues. In order to train the students' equestrianism, the school raised two kinds of horses alone - the short Sichuan horse and the relatively tall Khitan horse and Hexi horse, the Sichuan horse is used to teach primary school students to learn primary riding skills, and the Khitan horse and Hexi horse are used to contact cavalry tactics for middle school students.

Li Buqi painted the emperor for more than ten years, and the officers of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army were all the emperor's protégés.

When the emperor was around, the queen led the concubines to personally distribute military uniforms and rewards made in the palace to the students. When the primary school students lined up to receive the reward, these concubines who wanted to give birth to a boy and were about to go crazy inevitably pulled a child to get closer, but they really felt like a family. But while all the concubines were close to these children, their eyes were on the leftovers who were wearing the same clothes as the other students.

The remaining children lined up in the line with the other trainees, and walked towards the concubines who were distributing the rewards under the guidance of the female officer. Feeling the constant glances, he looked at his nose and his nose, and pretended not to notice at all.

He has been studying in Li Jiayi for more than two years, and he has already understood in his interactions with ordinary children that being special in a group will be isolated, and he does not want to be looked at strangely by his classmates, and he does not want to show his special relationship with the royal family at all. So although in the eyes of adults, his current behavior is very naïve, but he still pretends not to know everyone in the palace. When he received the reward from the concubine, he straightened his waist like the other students and shouted: "Xie Niangniang!" ”

Only when he received the small basket containing the reward from Princess Fukang's hand did he smile slightly at Princess Fukang and Concubine Miao behind Fukang, and then quickly put the smile back. Fukang, a girl who grew up in the palace, has a more delicate mind than her peers, and when she saw this scene, she knew that Yu'er didn't want to reveal her identity, so she just smiled slightly, and then gently patted the basket twice with her hand to indicate that there was something else in it.

Then Yu'er walked up to the queen, knelt down like the other students, and then stood up and returned to his team without squinting.

Empress Cao was polite while dealing with the other students, and her eyes were always paying attention to Yu'er's every move, and when she saw Yu'er returning to the team, she stood in the queue and looked ahead, deliberately not looking at this side with the same curiosity as the other students. Seeing the javelin-like upright posture and the little face slightly raised with confidence, the queen couldn't help but think of the majestic figures of her grandfather and father, and secretly said in her heart: "Since the Zhao family has been Taizu, there has not been an emperor with all-round talents in civil and military affairs!" ”

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Guifei on the side, and saw that Zhang Guifei was also looking at the position of the remaining children, but there was a touch of disdain on her face. Regarding Zhang Guifei's thoughts, Empress Cao consciously could guess some, which is nothing more than that since Yu'er has made it clear that he is learning martial arts, there will be no more ministers in the court who support Yu'er to become the emperor, and the succession of the four princes will be nine out of ten. But Queen Cao thinks that it is not yet known who killed the deer, not to mention anything else, just talk about this body, whether the sick and calamitous fourth can live smoothly when he succeeds to the throne is still difficult to say.