Chapter 6: The Strike Five Hundred Years Ago
As soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, Zheng De felt that something was wrong, although there were many eunuchs and palace maids, he always felt that something was missing. www.biquge.info By the way, what about those Han generals who are standing guard?
"What's going on, what about those Han generals who guarded the guards?" Zheng De looked at the little eunuch waiting on the side.
The general of the Han Dynasty is not an official position, nor is it a position, but the title of the court guard of the Ming Dynasty. Generally, he is responsible for the court meeting and the emperor's patrol, the attendants and the guards. To put it simply, it is a group of bodyguards who are responsible for the emperor's security, all of them are tall and mighty, and have a majestic physique, so they are called Han generals. However, in Zheng De's opinion, it is actually more appropriate to call it the honor guard.
The little eunuch said, "If you go back to the emperor, the slaves and maids have been on duty since the time, and they have never seen the Han generals enter the service." β
Is there a strike? Zheng De also felt a little unbelievable about his idea, shook his head and ordered, "Find Mu Bin, and let him find that group of Han generals together." β
The Han general was under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei, so he naturally brought in Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, and knew what was going on.
The little eunuch answered, and hurriedly informed him.
Zheng De returned to the Maoqin Palace, and practiced calligraphy with a calligraphy notebook in idleness.
Not long after, Wang Yue came in and said that the commander of Jinyiwei had made Mu Bin meet him. Zheng De came back to his senses and ordered him, "Let him in." β
"The commander of the minister's Jinyi guard has made Mu Bin see Your Majesty."
Zheng De raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a bit of bookish atmosphere, which really did not match the notorious spy agency of Jinyiwei. However, Mu Bin is also a commander of the Jinyi Guard carefully selected by the upright eunuch Huai En in the Ming Dynasty, and he is naturally not bad. Never bullying others, using Jinyi Wei to do evil. And he can really handle the case impartially, and his reputation among the court officials is not bad, so Zheng De has a good impression of him.
"Why is there no one in the service today? What about the Han generals who were in charge of the guards? β
Hearing the emperor's questioning, Mu Bin was also aggrieved, of course, now is not the time to confide, quickly knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty, "It's Weichen's fault, yesterday the emperor ordered the ministers to dismiss the Han general Xue Fujing and other forty-eight people, because it was too late to arrange, the ministers were supposed to wait for Xue Fujing and others to stay in the guard today and then remove, did not come up with such a mistake, the minister is guilty." β
What is this? Does it really look like a strike, just to protest against their own layoff decisions? How can it be like a strike and rights protection in the 21st century, is this awareness also quite advanced? But this is also a bit too much, as my bodyguard even absent from work without saying a word, isn't this taking my life as a child's play? No, no matter what the reason is, it seems that this group of people must be severely punished, otherwise the guards around them will follow suit in the future, and how can their own safety be guaranteed?
Zheng De thought of this, he wanted to meet these people, "Let's go, go out and see them." β
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"The minister knocks to see the emperor." Seeing the emperor come out, the forty-eight Han generals hurriedly knelt down on one knee.
"Who told you to leave your post without permission?" Zheng De glanced at them, curious who had given them the idea of this strike.
The forty or so people subconsciously focused their eyes on the person in the front row, and Zheng De glanced at the person, who was a tall middle-aged strong man. A typical image of a well-developed mind with simple limbs can also come up with such an idea?
"You are Xue Fujing? You came up with the idea? β
Why did Xue Fujing dare to do this? It's not the result of getting acquainted with the emperor. It is said that Zhu Houzhao, who was still the prince of the East Palace at that time, had a hot fight with Xue Fujing in order to practice martial arts, and he could almost be called the emperor's master, of course, it was impossible for the emperor to recognize a martial artist as a teacher. This is also the reason why he dared not to stay on duty, and wanted to deliberately provoke the emperor to make decisions for himself and avoid being eliminated and dismissed.
It's a pity that as soon as the emperor spoke, he didn't know you. made him suddenly have a bad feeling, and a cold sweat broke out coldly, "Back to the emperor, this idea is the result of everyone's discussion, not the attention of the minister alone." β
Zheng De saw the angry expressions of everyone, and knew that what he said was untrue, "I don't care what reason you have. In short, the crime of desertion is always inescapable. β
When this group of Han generals heard this, their hearts were cold, and they suddenly felt that the situation was not good, and some people couldn't help but defend themselves, "Your Majesty, the ministers did not intend not to serve, but because of the order of Commander Xue Fujing, I also asked the emperor to spare us and others." Suddenly, a group of echoing voices came and went, making Xue Fujing break out in a cold sweat.
"In that case, I'll give you a chance." Zheng De suddenly thought of a fun game and glanced around at everyone, "But this opportunity is not so easy to get." If you are able to accomplish the task I have assigned to you, I will naturally forgive you of your sins. If not, then the sin will be increased by one degree. The choice is yours. β
When everyone heard this, they looked embarrassed and had a hard time making a choice.
Zheng De was quite patient, and he didn't rush, and looked at them with a smile.
"I am willing to give it a try" Xue Fujing was the first to stand up, after all, he knew that since he was the leader, the guilt must not be light. If there is a chance to be exonerated, I am naturally willing to fight. The others looked at each other, and then they all agreed, and they all chose to give it a try.
"Oh, you really don't regret it?" Zheng De glanced at them in surprise.
Xue Fujing knelt down on one knee, "The minister does not regret it, and please make it clear to Your Majesty." The others followed, kneeling on one knee and shouting, "No regrets." β
Zheng De didn't persuade again, and said directly, "In that case, I'll let you do a hundred push-ups later, if you can complete it, you won't be held responsible, but you can't be on an errand in the palace." If it fails, the sin will be increased by one degree. β
Push-up? What is it? Everyone was puzzled and was about to ask, but Zheng De showed them directly.
"Now I'll show you how." Zheng De lifted the hem, pinned it to the waistband of his trousers, and slowly lay down and did push-ups, "Put your hands on your chest and stretch out, put your feet together, and your shoulders and ankles in a straight line; When I say one, press your arms down as far as you can, keep your arms parallel to your shoulders, and keep your body an inch away from the ground, and then get up when I say two. β
Is this what push-ups are? It doesn't seem to be difficult to do, but after everyone saw it, they felt that the emperor intended to let him go, and at the same time they were glad for their choice. With a relaxed face, he looked at Zheng De who got up with a grateful face, which made the latter a little inexplicable, what is the situation?
"Do you see?"
"I understand." Everyone shouted in unison with high morale.
Why did the momentum suddenly become so high? Zheng De raised his eyebrows, didn't delve into it, and looked around at everyone, "If someone does something unqualified, it will be directly judged to be a failure, do you hear clearly?" β
"Hear me clearly"
Zheng De nodded, "It's all now, all lie down." β
"Bang dang ......" The sound of a group of weapons landing sounded, and everyone imitated it according to Zheng De's previous demonstration, after all, it was not too difficult to move, and everyone did it well.
"One ......"
"Who told you to get up, didn't you listen to what I just said? There will be a next time, and it will be eliminated directly. As soon as he pressed it down, some people rushed to get up. was yelled at by Zheng De, and everyone was honest.
After a pause of about ten seconds, Zheng Decai slowly shouted, "Er......"
In fact, the first ten push-ups are not too difficult to do, and for people who don't exercise regularly, they can still do twenty, but I'm afraid I'm tired enough. Of course, for Zheng De, who deliberately pauses for more than ten seconds to consume physical strength when your body is pressing, ten is the limit, and as for a hundred, only a soldier can easily complete it.
But these people are not bad, at least until the eleventh, even if the hands are already trembling slightly, there is still no one who has been eliminated. But it's just the same as ordinary people, you must know that they are the emperor's close bodyguards, if they are at this level, I am afraid that they will laugh and be generous. Of course, no one thinks that the emperor is going to let himself go, but feels ridiculous about what he just thought.
"One ......"
When the eleventh push-up was not finished, someone finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground with a "poof", and soon someone pulled the man out.
Zheng De looked disappointed, this is also his own guard? The level is too poor, rely on these people to protect yourself, unless you think your life is too long. Zheng De made up his mind to choose some skilled people to protect himself in the next minute.
Soon there was the first one, and soon there was the second, in fact, many people couldn't hold it anymore, but they were still gritting their teeth and insisting, after all, no one wanted to be the first to be eliminated. Now that I am discouraged, naturally more and more people are being eliminated.
Looking at the appearance of those eliminated people sweating profusely and their hands trembling slightly. Mu Bin was a little surprised that this simple set of actions had such magical power and could make people so exhausted. If it weren't for the emperor beside him, he would have wanted to go up and give it a try.
By the time the twentieth push-up was completed, a third of the people on the field had been eliminated, including Xue Fujing, of course. Those who eliminated looked depressed, originally thought that they couldn't do a relatively simple set of actions by themselves twenty, which was really shocking.
When the thirtieth push-up was finished, there were only eleven people left on the field, Zheng De shook his head slightly, looking at all the burly and sturdy figures, but they were a group of splendid and ruined goods, which could also be his bodyguard? It's through the back door, but he really said it, these eliminated are all military attachΓ©s, and they are all in the same nature as the ministers, and they have not been hired through selection.
When the fortieth push-up was done, there was only one person left on the field. Zheng De was not in the mood to count any "one, two, one" to torture this person, and directly ordered him, "You can finish the rest." β
In the end, the man was not finished, and fell on the fifty-third. Although he lasted the longest on the court, the final outcome was the same.
"Except for him, everyone gave me one year of labor reeducation, and Xue Fujing gave me three years of labor reeducation." Zheng De pointed to the longest-held human, who had been slumped to the ground like a dead dog, and his face was as dead as everyone else. Hearing this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly struggled to kneel down and kowtow, "Thank you for the emperor's kindness." β
"Your Majesty, for the sake of the ministers who have taught you martial arts for many years, let the ministers be spared once." Xue Fujing shouted loudly when he heard this.
Zheng De's face changed when he heard this, "Take them all with you." β
"Yes"
After seeing these people take them down, Mu Bin couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what is re-education through labor?" β
Zheng De glanced at him and said lightly, "Re-education through labor is almost the same as serving forced labor." β
Mu Bin nodded.