Chapter 6: The First Race
The next day, the two brothers trotted to Kunning Palace after school to greet the queen, and then took their sister to Zhufu. The eunuch who is serving today is not He Ding, he is actually serving Hongzhi, so who is it, he is the famous "Emperor" Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty.
In the Zhengde Dynasty, Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, and Qiu Ju were collectively called the "Eight Tigers", among them, Liu Jin was the leader. From the first year to the fifth year of Zhengde, Liu Jin and others basically controlled the government.
Zhu Houwei knew about this Liu Jin, so when he played with Zhu Houzhao in this palace before, he used to play on the grounds that he didn't like the eunuchs to follow, otherwise they would follow. Zhu Houzhao actually attaches the most importance to family affection, and he also likes this younger brother very much, so he listened to him. The Eight Tigers and others are on the throne because they often give Zhu Houzhao for fun, but with Zhu Houwei as a playmate, they often have whimsical gameplay, so the role of the Eight Tigers in this life has been greatly reduced.
Liu Jin and the others knew that Zhu Houwei didn't want to see him and the others, although they didn't understand what it was for, they didn't dare to bare their teeth at this second highness. They were very aware of the status of this younger brother in Zhu Houzhao's heart.
After all, he is out of the palace, and there must be eunuchs with him, so he came with him today. Liu Jin is 49 this year, almost 50 years old, but he is well maintained, his skin has no wrinkles, and he looks kind and kind, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like a big traitor. However, in ancient times, officials also had the rule of having good facial features, and it was even more impossible for those who served the prince to look crooked and cracked.
When they arrived at Zhufu, the boys and girls were still standing in two rows as they did yesterday, standing from tall to short, looking relatively neat. In addition to Steward Dou and others in the mansion today, Huang Deliang is also there, he received a notice yesterday, saying that His Royal Highness asked him to come to these people to see if any of the children are sick.
"The man goes to the court with me, the woman accompanies my sister to play here, and Liu Jin you accompany my sister here." Zhu Houzhao's excited eyes were about to glow.
"Big Young Master" Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao and seemed to want to say something, but as Zhu Houzhao stared at him, the next words became a "yes".
The little girl is also very excited today, not only for the first time to go out of the palace, but also for the first time to see so many girls almost the same age as her. However, for these orphans, the female officials who came with the princess, the white female official was a little worried, but this was the order of the two highnesses, and there were guards around to protect her, so the white female official could only obey.
In order to find toys for his sister, Zhu Houwei specially asked people to make a few shuttlecocks, more than a dozen long cocktail feathers, tied up and passed through the hole in the middle of the two Hongzhi Tongbao, fixed, and the shuttlecock was ready. After a while, more than a dozen girls were having fun. Of course
There are not only shuttlecocks, but also skipping ropes, two girls pulling ropes, and then several other people and the little princess are transferred from the middle. I have to say that women still like these two sports very much.
The little princess is only 6 years old this year, and she looks like she is also carved in pink, so even if Steward Dou told them to be careful not to offend the eldest lady yesterday, but after playing for a while, these 15 girls still slowly unloaded their guards and really enjoyed the happiness.
Unlike the women's group that followed the eldest lady, the men's group was a little trembling. After all, I haven't seen the master yet, this eldest young master is the eldest in the family, and the eldest young master is still very majestic. It's the second young master, who smiles all day long, and feels more affinity. It's a pity that they don't know what a "smiling tiger" is, and they haven't heard the wise saying "a man is not a good thing when he smiles".
What is the second young master doing? He walked at the end of the line and pulled Imperial Doctor Huang over. Huang Deliang has been Zhu Houwei's attending doctor since he was 2 years old, and although he has not been needed for treatment in recent years, he still comes to diagnose every day. The two are also familiar.
"Zide, is there anything wrong with this group of children?" Zhu Houwei asked, although it was a bit inconsistent to ask such a question from the mouth of an 8-year-old child, Xiao Huang had already seen it, he basically watched Zhu Houwei grow up, and knew that this child was more precocious.
"Second Highness, there is no big problem, but there are a few people who used to be hungry and need to be raised for two or three months, and the other dozen or so people have only been starving recently, and they will be raised for 5 or 6 days." Huang Deliang replied
"Do you know where they came from?" "I asked out, the same as the previous investigation by Father-in-law He, the background is innocent, a few of them were killed by illness near Gyeonggi, and they had no relatives to take refuge, so they fell into the capital to beg, and the other 23 people were in the small-scale grass valley in Tatar this year, and their families were killed, so they begged all the way from Shanxi to here." As he spoke, Huang Deliang lowered his head slightly, his eyes were also a little moist, and he remembered the tragic situation he heard when he was diagnosing the children. Zhu Houwei looked at Huang Deliang, who had the soul of the afterlife, how could he not guess what happened to this group of children, and then became serious, and said hatefully, "This group of hateful tartars!" Are there any others who have escaped from Shanxi? ”
"This group of children escaped from 17 villages, and there were about 300 other orphans on the way, most of whom were taken in by Datong and several big cities around Shanxi Province, and more than 30 people came together, and it will be these 23 people who have come here." As he spoke, Huang Deliang's voice slowly began to tremble.
Zhu Houwei called a guard and said to him: "You go and tell Gonggong He to send someone all the way to Shanxi, and continue to accept children under the age of 15 along the way. "Yes," he said, and the guard walked briskly outside the house.
Zhu Houwei turned his head to Huang Deliang and said, "That's it for now, you go back to the hospital first, and if a child is sent in the future, you will come here for diagnosis." "Yes, Wechen retired." Huang Deliang replied in a low voice. He walked at the end, about 5 meters away from the person in front, and he was not afraid of being heard.
Zhu Houwei also quickly followed the elated Zhu Houzhao, and arrived at the stadium after a while. The team was divided into two teams, with the team leaders all 15 years old. Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houwei each chose a team and were ready to start the game.
There are a total of 35 men, 17 people in Zhu Houzhao's team, 3 are 15 years old, and Zhu Houwei's team is 18 people, 2 are 15 years old. Each team has 11 players on the field, and the referee is played by 3 guards who have trained for a few days. One referee follows the ball and the other two are responsible for one half. The game was set for half an hour, with a quarter of an hour break in between. Before the game, both of them had to communicate with the team.
Zhu Houwei asked the two 15-year-old teenagers, "What's your name?" "Back to the second young master, the villain Wu Da Niu (Dong Goudan)" The two of them were still a little apprehensive in their voices. Hearing the hot names of these two people, Zhu Houwei almost didn't laugh. But it's no wonder that he has lived in the city since he was a child, although he has heard that the names of children in the countryside are bad names, in the hope that the children will be able to feed well and not die young, this is the first time I have seen it. "Da Niu, you are relatively tall, you will be a goalkeeper later, and you will be a left striker." Zhu Houwei began the scheduling. In the end, he lined up in a 2, 4, 4 formation and was a midfielder himself. There is not much difference between the midfielders and the defenders.
The game began, Zhu Houzhao asked his younger brother to kick off first, and in the whistle of the referee of the guard, the dog passed the first modern rules football in history, which is of great historical significance. Zhu Houzhao played for the first time, and there were only 2 rows of formations, the older ones were in the front, and the younger ones were in the back, and he was definitely on the front line.
Since everyone doesn't know how to play, they rarely choose to rush with the ball, and they all pass the ball from short distances. Zhu Houwei's team has a formation, everyone knows their position, what to do, Zhu Houzhao's team is not, made the mistake of a beginner, and everyone swarms to follow the ball. At this time, Zhu Houwei's advantage came out all of a sudden, and everyone who has played the ball knows that the ball can be faster than people. The striker and the four midfielders kept passing the ball, and slowly hit Zhu Houzhao's penalty area. Zhu Houzhao retreated in a timely manner, suddenly the ball passed to Zhu Houwei's feet, he was standing on the right side of the goal about 5 meters away, in front of only the goalkeeper and Zhu Houzhao who came up to make up for the defense 2 people, only to see Zhu Houwei's right foot raised back, and then kicked the football hard, this must be a shot, Zhu Houzhao quickly ran to the football, hoping to break the ball or make a human meat shield, change the trajectory of the ball, the goalkeeper also stared at the ball with both eyes, ready to pounce. But I didn't expect that Zhu Houwei's feet kicked the ball quickly, but when he was about to touch the ball, the speed suddenly stopped, and then he kicked it lightly to the left, and then he saw Dong Goudan, who was quickly following up, but everyone paid attention to Zhu Houwei and the ball, and it was too late to defend him, so he could only watch Dong Goudan stretch out his right foot and kick the football rolling over with the side of his foot, the football rolled straight to the left side of the door frame on the grass, and the goalkeeper immediately ran from the right side of the door to the left, but it was too late, although the ball speed was not fast, But it was still faster than a man, and the ball went in.
Zhu Houzhao stood next to the door frame in a bit of a daze, stood for a while, and then shouted "pause", and the game was interrupted. The two teams started the battle meeting again, Zhu Houwei first congratulated the dog, and then praised everyone for the implementation of the order in place, and finally let everyone continue to maintain and strive to win the game.
The atmosphere of Zhu Houzhao's team was not as jubilant as his younger brother's team, and it seemed a little quiet, and everyone was a little scared, afraid that if the eldest young master lost his temper, if he was kicked out of the house, it would be a small life. However, the future Wuzong did not get angry, but rearranged the troops according to his younger brother's formation, and did not criticize the players, but asked everyone not to be afraid, according to the new formation, perform their duties, strive to overtake, and win the victory.
Five minutes later, the game resumed, and Zhu Houzhao opened the half-time ball. The formation is the same as his brother's, but he is the left striker himself. The next game was a bit miserable, everyone was a novice, they couldn't dribble the ball, even if they passed, they could make mistakes, and coupled with targeted defense, the offense was a little inadequate. Except for Zhu Houzhao's two shots that posed a threat to the goal, but they were still prevented by the goalkeeper. The rest of the basic ball couldn't get to the goal, and the game time was basically spent in steals and steals, as well as mistakes. I have to say that Zhu Houzhao's athletic talent is absolutely not said, he was not used to it at first, but later he can already try to pass people with the ball, although his movements are not fancy. With a whistle, Zhu Houwei won the game 1-0, but it was not easy for him, when his familiar formation advantage disappeared, there was nothing more than Zhu Houzhao, and with Zhu Houzhao's excellent personal ability, keen sense of smell on the battlefield, and strong command ability, it would be very difficult to win in the future. But it can't be difficult for him, he is going to be a coach off the field in the future, in order to ensure his "undefeated record", I have to say that this trick is very shameless, but it is also helpless, Zhu Houzhao will not be serious with his 8-year-old brother for this.
After a short rest, the two brothers instructed the men to continue contact, and then they went to the main hall themselves, and then the sister took the carriage back to the palace. On the way, Zhu Houwei told his brother about the causes and consequences of continuing to shelter the child, Zhu Houzhao also put away his smiling face, and said to Zhu Houwei with some heaviness: "When I have dinner tonight, I will tell my father, and what you do is what I want to do." Although the little girl next to her didn't understand what "Grass Valley" was, it would not be a good thing to be associated with Tatar, and seeing the serious expressions of the two brothers, she was also infected when she was very happy to play.
There was only footsteps in this procession, the wheels of the carriage and the wheezing of Comrade Liu Jin. As the sun sets, the sky turns red, and the streets are the only one in the procession towards the palace.