Chapter 433: Mounted Archery Competition (I)
In the leopard room, Zhengde was smiling in Dalang with a copy of the recital, which was sent by the North Korean side, and said two things in total, and both of them were happy things. The first is that with the migration of Koreans, North Korea finally settled down, and ordinary Han immigrants dared to go out of the Han settlements, which also marked that North Korea had been completely incorporated into the rule of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there was no civil strife in the Ming Dynasty in the future, North Korea could not break away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
The second thing is even more gratifying, at least in Zhengde's view, this matter is that the army of the Ming Dynasty won the battle again, and it was still in the Wa Kingdom, the border army stationed in Korea was transferred to the Wa State, and the 30,000 troops of the Wa people were destroyed under the city of Yitian, but their own losses were very small, which made Zhengde, who loved the military very much, also overjoyed.
Iwami silver mine has now been produced, according to the following people's report, the annual output is very amazing, just relying on this silver mine, it is estimated that the Ming treasury does not have to worry about the lack of silver flowers, originally Zhengde was worried that he could not hold, after all, such a large silver mine, and is located in the territory of the Japanese country, the surrounding Japanese people will definitely go crazy to rob it, but I didn't expect that although those Japanese people organized people to rob, but they were defeated by the border army, and now Zhengde was finally relieved.
"Big use, prepare the horse, I'm going to the military academy!" Zhengde now has a problem, that is, he will go to the military academy to go around when he is happy, anyway, he has the name of a military school principal, and it is natural to inspect the military school, of course, because the military academy is in the western suburbs of Beijing, so Zhengde will have to pass through half of Beijing when he goes to the military academy, and he can go out of Beijing justifiably, which is what makes Zhengde the happiest. After all, stay in this lifeless Forbidden City all day long. He felt like he was dying.
Gu Dayong heard Zhengde's command. Immediately agreed, let people prepare Zhengde's horses, speaking of which Zhengde likes martial arts, and even has always regarded himself as a military general, so no matter where he goes, he likes to ride horses and doesn't like to ride in a car, but unfortunately he can only ride in the Forbidden City before, and now he has the reason for the military academy. He could finally ride his horse and show off in the city of Beijing.
The Royal Army School in Beijing has been built, instructors and students have been recruited, and normal churches have begun this spring. When Zhengde rode a horse to the military school, the first thing he saw was the tall knight statue in front of the military school, this knight statue was carved according to the appearance of Zhengde, up to more than three zhang, the knight stepped down the front hooves of the war horse into the air, holding his head high to make a neighing shape, and the knight on the horse pointed at the sky with a sword in one hand, looking mighty.
Zhengde is most satisfied with his own statue. At each distance, he had to stop for a long time to take a closer look at the statue. He not only sent the most advanced stonemasons, but also borrowed a few European craftsmen who knew how to carve from Zhou Chong, and combined the skills of both parties to complete the statue.
Zhengde looked at his statue as usual, and then he was satisfied with the horse and came to the gate of the military academy, and then threw the saddle and dismounted, the rules in the military academy, no one is allowed to ride a horse in the military academy, and the rules in the palace, unless it is a student of the cavalry department who is practicing riding.
Zhengde is the principal of the military academy, but he takes the initiative to maintain the rules of the military academy, so every time he comes to the military academy, he will take the initiative to dismount, after all, even he, the emperor, has dismounted, and other people come to the military academy, regardless of the level of the official, they all have to dismount, otherwise it is disrespectful to the imperial power, and if they don't do it, they may be caught by the Jinyi guard and sent to the edict.
It was already noon when Zhengde came, and it was the time for lunch at the military academy, and in front of the military academy's canteen, which covered a huge area, the cadets of the military academy lined up in a neat line as a class and waited for the canteen to open. Zhengde also happened to have no lunch, so he asked Gu Dayong to find a rice bowl for himself and entered the instructor's team to line up to receive food.
For the arrival of Zhengde, the instructors and students in the military academy have been accustomed to it, at first they still felt a little scared, but after a long time, they gradually got used to the arrival of Zhengde, and Zhengde also asked the people in the military academy not to salute when they saw him, plus he likes to wear civilian clothes, so if outsiders enter the military academy at this time, it is impossible to find out which is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty from the instructors and students.
As soon as the time for dinner arrived, the canteen opened the door, and then the instructor team led by Zhengde was advanced, and the students behind entered the canteen in turn according to the class, but even if they entered the canteen, the cadet's team still could not be disbanded, but took the class as a unit, and sent a few to eat together, which was all put forward by Zhou Zhong in the planning book of the military academy, in order to cultivate the collective consciousness of the cadets of the military academy, after all, the army is a place where individual heroism is not allowed to exist, Everyone must remember that they are part of this collective.
Although the people in the military academy have been accustomed to the existence of Zhengde, but in some aspects, Zhengde still has considerable privileges, such as when queuing up to eat, naturally no one dares to line up in front of Zhengde, and the cook in the canteen also knows the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty, and respectfully took the rice bowl in Zhengde's hand at the moment, and put two spoonfuls of rice and two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and then half a cooked corn cob, and now there is no fruit in this season, otherwise the corn will become some kind of fruit.
Zhengde took his own food and sat down casually, Gu Dayong immediately stepped forward to taste all the food of Zhengde, in fact, the meals in the military academy have been strictly inspected, and the procedures are not much worse than the imperial kitchen of the palace, there is no possibility of poisoning at all, but the rules in the palace cannot be less, at least Gu Dayong does not dare to be a little sloppy.
Zhengde likes to be lively, even if it is to eat, he wants to find someone to accompany him, but the entire military academy is looking for it, and only the old Duke of Wei, Xu Li, is qualified to sit at a table with him to eat, so every time Zhengde comes to the canteen to eat, he will call Xu Li to sit with him, but today Zhengde sat down and looked left and right, but he didn't find Xu Li's figure, which made him a little strange.
An instructor casually pulled over and asked, but the other party bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, the military academy has prepared a cavalry and archery competition this afternoon, and both instructors and cadets in the military academy can participate. ”
Zhengde heard that the school was going to hold a competition, and it was also his favorite mounted archery, he was also very excited at the moment, and after eating his own food in three or two, he asked where the venue of the competition was, and rushed over in a hurry, and found that not only Xu Li was here, but Qiu Yue, who was the head of the military academy instructor, was also here.
"Ha Luha, why didn't the old man go to dinner, but I finished eating and was waiting to watch the game in the military academy in the afternoon." In the afternoon, Da Lu walked forward with a smile and said, Xu Li is highly respected among the nobles, even if Zhengde sees him, he has to be polite.
"Ha Luha, Your Majesty has come down just right, since you have already eaten, why don't you take over the work of the old minister by Your Majesty, how about inspecting this competition venue?" I am afraid that only Xu Li dares to assign tasks to Zhengde in the entire military academy, but this is what Zhu Houzhao likes about Xu Li the most, because being able to personally participate in the usual activities of the military academy will make Zhengde have a sense of achievement, and this sense of achievement can make him even happier than Daming's victory in foreign battles, which is also one of the reasons why Zhengde likes to come to the military academy.
"Even if the old man goes to eat, I will help you inspect the venue of the competition, but the old man must allow me to participate in the riding and archery competition this afternoon, and I will be very happy whether I win or lose!" Zhu Houzhao also agreed with a smile, and at the same time he also put forward his own request.
"No problem, but when riding and shooting, you must be placed in the last place, otherwise the contestants in front of you may not dare to surpass your majesty's results, and there will be no point in such a competition." Xu Li smiled again at this time.
"Okay! I also want to see the real results of the instructors and cadets in the military academy, and then I want to see how many people are better than me in riding and archery! Zhengde is also a face of refusal to admit defeat, he is also a martial arts since childhood, for riding and archery is naturally very proficient, not to mention anything else, Jinyi Wei commanded Qian Ning is very good at riding and archery, but the game with Zhengde is nine out of ten games, he does not believe that the people in the military academy will be stronger than Qian Ning's riding and archery kung fu.
For Zhengde's self-confidence, Xu Li smiled slightly, and did not directly refute it, he had also seen Zhengde's so-called riding and archery kung fu, and I have to say that Zhengde has worked hard, but it is difficult to produce real masters only by real training, and some real marksmen will only be produced after the baptism on the battlefield. Therefore, although Zhengde's riding and archery kung fu can be called a good word, it is still a lot worse than the masters in the army, for example, there are many generals from the border army among the instructors, and their riding and archery kung fu is not comparable to that of rookies on the battlefield like Zhengde.
Xu Li went to the cafeteria to eat, and Zhengde personally inspected the competition venue, in fact, there is nothing to inspect, just to see if there are potholes on the horse's track, whether the target of archery is solid, etc., are all trivial things, originally only need an ordinary instructor to inspect it, but since Xu Li served as the school supervisor, he has put all his efforts on the military school, and he needs to see it in person before he can rest assured.
After Zhengde inspected the competition field, Xu Li finally came back from eating, and after Zhengde told him a few small problems on the competition field, Xu Li immediately ordered someone to rectify it. At this time, Zhengde opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Old Guogong, why did the military academy suddenly think of holding a riding and archery competition today?" (To be continued......)