The first wind and rain drifted away

In the cold wind, Emperor Chongzhen and others went out of the right gate of Chang'an, and Wang Shide, the brocade guard in charge of protection, followed behind him with a team of elites.

When they walked in front of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, they found that the Ming Military Headquarters, which they thought was heavily guarded, actually closed the door.

The entrance has not even been cleared of snow, only the footprints of pedestrians.

Next to the mighty stone lion in the second mansion stood a shivering soldier dressed in a single robe.

This soldier may have been fighting against the cold with all his heart, and it was not until Emperor Chongzhen and others walked in front of him that he recognized that it was the emperor who came.

When Lin Hu was thinking about kneeling down to salute, Emperor Chongzhen took a few quick steps and supported him, not letting him kneel on the snow.

Looking at the soldiers in front of him, whose faces were blue from the cold, Emperor Chongzhen's face was very ugly.

No wonder Daming is cool, just ask the Ming soldiers with such treatment, who will use their lives to defend this dynasty?

This is not a guard, but a military officer, the face of Da Ming!

"Your Majesty...... Emperor...... The villain just failed to recognize the emperor's arrival in time, and he really deserved to die. ”

Lin Hu shuddered and said, he was a little frightened in his heart, and he didn't know if the emperor would ask himself for not recognizing him in time.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, but silently untied the cloak on his body, the bright yellow silk as the fabric, the cloak lined with fur, wrapped around the body was soft and warm and light to wear.

When he took off his cloak, a cold wind just blew, which made Emperor Chongzhen shiver.

But he didn't hesitate at all, and wrapped his cloak around the soldiers in front of him, who were a little sluggish from the cold.

Lin Hu was suddenly shocked, he didn't dare to push the emperor away, nor did he dare to dodge the emperor's actions, so he could only keep pleading guilty.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to it, just tied his tie and said to him gently: "It's freezing this day, and it's not to torture you by letting you stand guard outside the door.

This is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the heart of my Ming army, if the heart of the army is not protected, then is there any hope for this country?

But it's my fault that you are dressed so thinly and guarding the heart of my Ming army.

It is your responsibility to stand guard here, and it is my fault that you are attacked by the cold wind when you stand guard, and it is my fault that I did not do a good job! ”

If you say such sensationalism, a dog is moved, let alone a human?

Lin Hu burst into tears, unable to say a word in his throat, but the hand holding the gun was squeezed tighter.

After Emperor Chongzhen helped the soldier in front of him tie his cloak, he looked at his bloody face, and immediately patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction and praised: "Good soldier." ”

At this time, the old king behind him had already untied the cloak on his body and silently put it on for Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen was about to push back, but the old king leaned over and pleaded: "Please put on the cloak of the old slave, the cold wind is biting today, the emperor should take care of the dragon body." ”

Looking at the loyal old king, Emperor Chongzhen let out a long sigh.

The world says how the eunuchs are, but let me ask, what reason does anyone who is an emperor not like the loyal eunuchs around him?

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that the eunuchs are dependent on the imperial power, and the Ming Dynasty can still survive after they fall?

Therefore, they are the most loyal to the royal family.

Especially the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.

When Emperor Chongzhen was about to say something, Wu Liangqing and others, who had just come out of the ear room, knelt down to greet Emperor Chongzhen with a brush.

"Are you a junior official of the former Military Governor's Mansion? Are you the little flag in the avant-garde? After Emperor Chongzhen confirmed it, he waved them to get up and speak.

"Take me in, the former military governor's mansion, who is on duty today?"

Emperor Chongzhen asked casually as he took a step.

Several soldiers guarding the gate, under the command of Xiaoqi, opened the closed middle gate and welcomed Emperor Chongzhen into the capital governor's mansion for inspection.

The movement in front of the former military governor's mansion has long alarmed the attention of other neighboring governors.

When Emperor Chongzhen entered the former military governor's mansion, the other four military governors hurriedly sent people to inform their own rotating officials.

On the other side, several officials who stayed behind in the highest official positions of the Governor's Mansion put on their court clothes and ran to the front yard of the former Military Governor's Mansion to wait for the emperor's possible summons.

In the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, not counting the official positions with titles, each Governor's Mansion has two governors on the left and right, a number of governors know the same thing, a number of governors have a number of affairs, and one person has experience in the department, and there are several things in the capital.

But there was heavy snow last night, strong winds this morning, and it was a holiday period, so most of the officials were lazy and not on duty.

So much so that the highest official position present was only a metropolitan who sent and received documents, and only one official in the workshop was left as the highest official position.

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to be angry, but looking at the thin layer of dust on the public desk in the middle of the hall, he suddenly lost the motivation to get angry.

What's the situation in Daming, isn't there a little bit of force?

Besides, in a place where power has been cut down and used for retirement, what do you ask these nobles to actively go to work every day?

Did you run to the Governor's Mansion in a daze?

In desperation, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Shide to investigate several other governors.

As a result, it turned out that the former military governor's mansion was not the worst one, and the Chinese military governor's mansion did not even have a single official except for a few wardens.

It's okay to ask something from the bottom.

Emperor Chongzhen then summoned them one by one for questioning, and found that most people didn't know what authority the Governor's Office of the Five Armies had, and even their own responsibilities were unclear.

They knelt on the ground and defended themselves, saying that they had always acted according to orders, and if there were no orders, they would do things according to precedents, and they would never dare to make the slightest mistake.

However, Wu Liangqing, the former secretary of the workshop of the Military Governor's Office, still has some knowledge, and he can talk a few words about the construction of the project.

This is also because most of the soldiers in the capital camp under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies have become free servants of the palace, nobles, and ministers.

Whether it is repairing the three major halls, repairing the mountain mausoleum, repairing the mansions of the nobles and ministers, or repairing the yin mansions of the ancestors, they are all the soldiers of the Beijing camp under the name of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Over time, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies actually cultivated a group of masons.

Soon after, Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, and several other nobles who led the capital governor's mansion hurried over after hearing the news.

But Emperor Chongzhen had lost interest in talking to these nobles, he just sat in the hall and said two things to these nobles with an expressionless face.

First, there must be guards standing guard in front of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the guards of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies must set up a separate establishment and accept the management of the Jinyi Guards stationed at the West Gate of Chang'an.

Second, he checked the distribution of food and winter clothes to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the soldiers of the Beijing Camp, and Wang Shide, a thousand households of Jinyi Wei, supervised on his behalf.

Several nobles knelt on the cold ground below the lobby, but they felt sweaty, sweating on their foreheads, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, also tried to defend himself, but Emperor Chongzhen was obviously not interested in his explanation, and he had the only soldier who had just been on duty at the gate called in.

Lin Hu walked into the lobby with the cloak that Emperor Chongzhen put on him in both hands, and then knelt down and raised the cloak above his head and said excitedly:

"Villain Lin Hu, thank the emperor for his grace of undressing, now that the villain is on duty, he has come to return the emperor's dragon tent."

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the soldier and found that the soldier had been replaced with a half-new cotton jacket at this time.

He waved his hand, stopping one of the eunuchs from stepping forward to take the cloak.

Emperor Chongzhen, who originally had a straight face, changed into a pleasant expression, and said to Lin Hu: "Lin Hu, you can keep the cloak."

It's not just a reward for your devotion to your duties, I want you to remember the chill you felt today.

I think that if you have felt this way, you must be able to better understand the pain of those fellow soldiers.

Would you like to assist Wang Shide, the secretary of the brocade clothes, to check the distribution of food and winter clothes in Beijing? ”

"Thank you for the emperor's generous gift, the villain is willing to accept the emperor's orders and assist the lord in doing things."

Lin Hu felt as if a fire was burning in his heart, and the frozen feeling that was like an ice cave outside the door before was now all gone.

Listening to Lin Hu's loud answer, Emperor Chongzhen was finally in a cheerful mood, and he smiled and ordered:

"The avant-garde sergeant Lin Huge has fulfilled his duties, and is now transferred to Jinyi Wei to serve as a small banner, assisting Wang Shide, a thousand households in Jinyi, and checking the distribution of food and winter clothes for each guard in Beijing."

Checking the distribution of salaries and winter clothes in Beijing is definitely not a good thing for these nobles who do not care about things on weekdays, but rely on deducting military salaries to fill their families.

If you continue to investigate, I don't know how many people will have to stop cooking.

Therefore, after the nobles present made eye contact for a moment, Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, had to step forward and admonish Chongzhen:

"Your Majesty, the governor's office of these five armies is in accordance with the ancestral system, and it is not possible to unify the powers.

The emperor wants to thoroughly investigate the distribution of food and winter clothes for each guard in Beijing, so it is better to hand over to the experience department of each governor's office to inspect it by itself, so that there is no need to mobilize the people so much, and there is no need to violate the ancestral system. ”

"Ancestry?" Emperor Chongzhen let out a sinister sneer, and suddenly became furious.

"According to the ancestral system, isn't the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies a marching law?

According to the military law of 17 prohibitions and 54 beheadings, how many heads will the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies lose today?

Since you think that the ancestral system is great, and I don't mind using the ancestral system, then Yang Wuhou will enforce military law for me.

Where is Wang Shide? ”

Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, and other nobles were so frightened that they fell to the ground and did not dare to continue to speak.

Wang Shide hurriedly walked to the front of the hall, and after saluting Emperor Chongzhen, he agreed loudly: "The minister Wang Shide is here, please give an order to the emperor." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the seat, pressing the public case in front of him with both hands, and said expressionlessly:

"I now order you to seal the entrance and exit gates of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and then check the officials of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and name those who fail to do so three times, punish the crime of slowing down the army, and let the Marquis of Yangwu be executed."

As a hereditary brocade family, Wang Shide has no sense of awe for the noble ministers, and the only person he is loyal to and fears is the Ming Emperor.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's order arrived, Wang Shide immediately walked to the courtyard in front of the hall and instructed the officials of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to take the roster and begin to check the names.

Listening to the roll call from outside, several nobles suddenly lost the last bit of courage.

After being beaten by civilian officials for more than 100 years, these nobles have long lost the courage of their ancestors to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

These nobles have lived in fine clothes and food since they were children, and they don't know what is called civil suffering.

And the unspoken rules of not interfering with political affairs and military affairs made them ignorant of the reality of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they can justifiably ask the emperor for rewards and show off their might in front of the people is because they feel that their current life is given by their ancestors, and it has nothing to do with the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it has little to do with the current emperor.

When Comrade Taizu Lao Zhu was canonized the title of honor, he said that the children of meritorious heroes should be retired with the country.

Therefore, in this era, the subconscious of most nobles is: as long as they do not interfere in the country's military and political affairs, the emperor and the court should provide for their own enjoyment.

This can be the ancestral law guaranteed by the founding ancestor himself.

The reason why Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian dared to persuade Chongzhen was because he had such an illusion in his mind.

It is believed that even Emperor Chongzhen could not violate the laws of his ancestors, which is also a means that civil officials have always used to resist imperial power.

But he completely forgot that a group of powerless nobles did not receive the same treatment as civil officials.

The Marquis of Yangwu is not a British duke, and Emperor Chongzhen doesn't even want to give him half face.

So Yang Wuhou and the other nobles were dumbfounded, even if they wanted to spread the news to the outside now, they couldn't do anything because Wang Shide blocked the door of the Governor's Mansion.

How good is that?