Chapter 50 The Monarch and the Ministers Play the Right Match

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These documents are all the investigation materials of Zhong Yu submitted by Jinyiwei, and Emperor Hongzhi naturally cannot easily find someone to be the prince's attendant, so he naturally has to investigate his background and life clearly.

After reading it, Emperor Hongzhi was still very satisfied with Zhong Yu's information.

"You are Zhong Yu, well, it seems that you are not a few years older than the prince, very good, Zhong Qing, look up."

Zhong Yu came from later generations, and he lacked the awe of today's scholars, and his patience when he was hungry was also very limited, at this time, Zhong Yu's hungry chest was attached to his back, and he was not in the mood to say anything like that, and then he waited for the emperor to laugh twice, waved his hand, and said "I forgive you for your innocence", so after listening to Emperor Hongzhi's words, he immediately raised his head and looked at the throne behind the dragon case, only to see that Emperor Hongzhi on the throne was wearing a winged crown and a dragon robe with narrow sleeves. looks rich and rich, but with this dragon robe crown, it is very majestic.

Emperor Hongzhi saw Zhong Yu raise his head, and he was also looking at Zhong Yu, and saw that Zhong Yu was wearing a royal blue Confucian shirt, which was very elegant, but his eyebrows showed a vigorous heroic spirit, and he couldn't help but nod secretly.

Hongzhi said with a smile in his eyes: "I saw the performance of King Heng's performance, and said that you have a way to tutor King Heng's son. Hou Xi's child, I know, is as smart and clever as the prince, but he doesn't use that intelligence in reading. Listening to Brother Heng Wang, under your guidance, Houxi's knowledge has really grown a lot. The reason why I specially decreed that you should be the prince's attendant is that you should show your ability to tutor and teach the prince! ”

Zhong Yu said in his heart: Let me teach the prince like the little prince, I don't dare to kill me, the way I taught the little prince is nothing more than to cheat and cheat, so that he can learn a few scriptures, let himself beat the prince, and he doesn't have the guts!

However, Zhong Yu still raised his eyebrows, and said very impassionedly: "Weichen will definitely do his best to take on the important task of tutoring the prince to study, and he will live up to His Majesty's kindness!" "At this time, you can't show cowardice, let's make the emperor happy first, and then talk about it, as for the future...... Maybe the emperor forgot the promise that he was a little person.

Emperor Hongzhi saw Zhong Yu's eyebrows spread, and he seemed to exude a heroic spirit, and he couldn't help but appreciate it a little. The prince's education problem is really a big headache for him, the prince's prince's princes and young masters dare not take responsibility for the prince's study, seeing that Zhong Yu dares to take on this important responsibility, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but smile gently: "Zhong Aiqing dares to take on this important responsibility, I am very relieved." However, Zhong Qing's words can be written down, give you half a year, if the prince's study is not effective, I will ask you! ”

Uh, it's bad, I said it casually, Emperor Hongzhi actually remembered it in his heart, Zhong Yu couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, it is said that the crown prince Zhu Houzhao is a little demon king of the world, how can he have the ability to tutor his studies!

But the matter has come to this point, Zhong Yu had to grit his teeth and say: "Weichen obeys!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi said again: "You are a showman who serves as the prince's attendant, I'm afraid that the leaders of the scientific examination in the Hanlin Academy will not want to see you." Well, you, the prince, are studying, even if you read with you, you don't need to go to the Hanlin Academy, even if your errand is hung in the Zhan Mansion! ”

Attendants and attendants are both positions in the Hanlin Academy, although they are hung with attendants, they do not really accompany the prince to study, but like those attendants and attendants, they take turns to teach the prince's knowledge. Generally, most of the people who accompany the prince to study are some children of Xun Qi who are the same age as the prince. Listening to Emperor Hongzhi's meaning, although the emperor rewarded himself with an official who reads, he is afraid that this waiter is also a false title, and he seems to be serving as a companion. And arranging for Zhong Yu to go to the Zhan Mansion, which is specifically responsible for the prince's studies, instead of going to the Hanlin Academy, seems to explain this problem.

Of course, Zhong Yu is also unwilling to go to the Hanlin Academy to be with a group of Ming examiners, and his level of knowledge is that he can't pass the Xiucai exam again.

The Hanlin Courtyard of the Ming Dynasty is the opposite of the Hanlin Courtyard of the Great Song Dynasty. After the experience, they slowly entered the imperial court, and eventually many became prime ministers, while some of them were good at writing but did not have actual talents to fill the Hanlin Academy, responsible for revising literature and history, drafting edicts and other things. In the Ming Dynasty, it was generally the first and third people in the scientific examination, plus some outstanding Jinshi were selected from the second and third grades to be Shu Jishi and enter the Hanlin Academy! Those with poor grades were released after a period of government observation in various ministries. This Hanlin Academy can be said to be the masters of the Ming Dynasty, all of whom are extremely noble officials, and this Hanlin Academy is also the cradle of scholars.

With this information in his mind, Zhong Yu felt that these arrangements of Emperor Hongzhi were beneficial and harmless to him, so he hurriedly thanked him at the moment.

Emperor Hongzhi said for a while, he seemed to be a little tired, and gently pinched the tip of his eyebrows with his hand, although he was full of smiles at Zhong Yu, Zhong Yu found that his face showed a tiredness that could not be concealed.

An old eunuch next to him saw that Emperor Hongzhi was tired, and hurriedly walked in front of him to open a small box, Zhong Yu smelled a faint aroma at the end of his nose, and looked up, only to see a red pill the size of a dragon's eye on the satin mat in the box.

Zhong Yu's heart moved, and he had the impression that most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty lived short, as if few lived past the age of forty, just because the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have always taken Taoism as the state religion, and each generation of emperors likes to take the pills practiced by those warlocks.

Emperor Hongzhi saw Zhong Yu looking at him in a daze, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Today, I received an urgent report from Zhejiang, saying that there are many Japanese robbers attacking Zhejiang, and I have been discussing this matter with my ministers for a long time, and I am also a little irritable!" ”

It turned out that today's imperial court received an urgent report from Zhejiang, saying that a large number of Japanese pirates had recently landed in Haining County along the coast of Zhejiang, and they had flown away after raping and plundering, and at the same time, there were also Japanese pirates frequently landing in Ninghai County, Cixi County, Wenling County and other Zhejiang counties, and many local officials and soldiers fled without being defeated, the people were killed and injured innumerably, and countless property and women plundered, and Zhejiang panicked everywhere for a while.

Only then did Zhong Yu know that something had happened in Zhejiang, no wonder Emperor Hongzhi had been in the early dynasty for so long. It seems that he misunderstood Emperor Hongzhi, and he didn't deliberately let himself bask in the sun there.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi talk about the Japanese Invaders, Zhong Yu's heart moved slightly, thinking of some of Qi Jiguang's strategies that he had seen in later generations.

Zhong Yu also knew that it was very inappropriate for him to discuss the affairs of the imperial court, but he felt that Emperor Hongzhi treated him well, and he seemed to be sorry for him if he didn't say it. The evaluation of this Hongzhi Emperor in history is quite high, and he created the Hongzhi Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also benevolent and filial. I met Emperor Hongzhi today, and I have a very good impression of this emperor, and Zhong Yu also hates this Japanese and Japanese people very much, and feels that there is a way to eliminate them, so he will not vomit and be unhappy!

At that moment, Zhong Yu stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has some small opinions on this peaceful matter!" I don't know if I can say that? ”

Hongji took the red pill at this time, his spirit was much better, and after listening to Zhong Yu's words, he glanced at Zhong Yu with interest and said, "If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Zhong Yu listened to Emperor Hongzhi's tone quite gently, and did not blame himself for discussing the affairs of the imperial court, so he couldn't help but be bold, and opened his mouth to say some of the methods that Qi Jiguang learned about in later generations.

The Japanese have plagued the Ming Dynasty since the Hongwu period, and now as the Jiangnan Weisuo army becomes more and more corrupt, the attacks of the Japanese invaders are becoming more and more rampant. Jiangnan claims to have a million guards, but in fact, there are very few who can fight. Even if you look at the whole Ming Dynasty, there are many military households in the guard house who have fled, and many of the military households in the guard house have survived in name only. Daming claims to have 3 million guards, but the actual number of registered soldiers is less than 1 million.

Qi Jiguang's most important method was to recruit troops to form a Qi family army that could fight well and could command like an arm, in order to replace the decaying and festering guards. With this disciplined and well-trained Qi family army, which only has 4,000 people, it has fought hundreds of battles and won many battles, killing nearly 100,000 Japanese soldiers.

The coastal areas south of the Yangtze River were full of hills and ravines, rivers and canals, and narrow roads, and the battle against the Japanese was not as many group charges against the enemy as the battle against the Mongol cavalry, but mostly fought separately. According to this situation, Qi Jiguang chose the mandarin duck array that he had improved to fight against the scattered and brave pirates.

Zhong Yu first stated the method of recruiting troops, and then explained the advantages of abandoning the group charge and adopting the mandarin duck formation in the battle against the Japanese invaders. Zhong Yu took some of Qi Jiguang's pacification strategies as his own statement, and tried to replace them with some words that Emperor Hongzhi could understand, and couldn't help but say something a little incomprehensible.

However, Emperor Hongzhi's comprehension ability is obviously very strong, and when he heard Zhong Yu's statement, he seemed to understand, and he gestured with his jaw from time to time.

Zhong Yu saw that Emperor Hongzhi did not show an impatient expression, and couldn't help but continue: "Wechen also heard that the Japanese used Japanese knives a lot, and the Japanese knives were sharp, and when the Jiangnan Guards fought against the Japanese Invaders, there were often cases where the guards were cut off by the Japanese Guards with weapons, which was because the Jiangnan Guards were afraid when they fought with the Japanese Invaders. In fact, Wei Chen felt that although this sword was sharp, it may not be without restraint. The knife is derived from the Tang knife, which is made by the steel-clad method, that is, the iron knife is commonly said, which is indeed extremely sharp, but although the steel knife is sharp and hard, it becomes irreparable scrap iron once it is damaged by a hard collision. The speed of the sword is heavy, and the arm strength and waist strength are used, and if the Japanese dare to touch their sword, it will be over.

Of course, this was heavy with iron rods and thick-backed knives, and most of them required a strong sergeant to move. If you have less strength and can't use heavy weapons, there is actually a way. Now the spears used by many soldiers in the Jiangnan Guard, the wooden handle of the spear will naturally break under such a sharp sword, but it is ...... If the handle of the gun is soaked in boiling tung oil, its flexibility and firmness increase a lot, and it is difficult to cut the sword. ”

Zhong Yu originally wanted to move out the Qi family's army's mandarin duck array made of local materials and bamboo, but when he saw that Emperor Hongzhi's eyebrows were tired again, he couldn't help but stop talking.

After listening to Zhong Yu, Emperor Hongzhi nodded with a smile and said: "I didn't expect Zhong Qing to be young, but he is still an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, not only good at reading, but also good at military strategy, and also understands this clever thing, listen to Brother Heng Wang, that clairvoyant eye that can see far away is made by you, not bad, very good!" ”

"Your Majesty has praised it falsely, and Weichen is ashamed!"

Emperor Hongzhi listened to Zhong Yu's words about some of the methods of pacification, but felt that there were many feasible ones, and was about to ask for more details, when the old eunuch next to him gently came up and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the noon dynasty is about to begin, look ......?"

Hongzhi sighed lightly and said to Zhong Yu: "There are many feasible ways for Zhong Qing to calm the widow today, and I will consider it." Come on, give Zhong Qing the royal card in the palace, give him the same Jinshi background, and from now on he will be the prince's attendant, and take Zhong Qing to the East Palace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhong Yu knelt down to thank him, took a piece of royal card handed over by the eunuch with both hands that allowed him to enter and exit the palace forbidden, and then retreated with the little chamberlain who led him in.