When night falls, the entire capital is lit up. Located in the core area of the west of the city, this mansion built by the capital is a testament to the heritage and extraordinaryness of this duke's house.

Although Zhu Yi, the Duke of Chengguo, has gone to Nanjing to serve as the garrison of Nanjing, the Duke of Chengguo lives in Beijing, and there are both in-laws and old departments here, so tonight is particularly lively.

Wu Xun who was in the capital alone came to as many as ten tonight. The number of honorable titles in the Ming Dynasty seems to be quite large, but it has not been able to continue until now, especially due to reasons such as extinction and crime, many titles have not been continued.

Since the Ming Dynasty Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, the Hongxi Dynasty awarded four meritorious deeds, the Xuande Dynasty five, the Orthodox Dynasty nine, the Jingtai Dynasty six, the Tianshun Dynasty fifteen, the Chenghua Dynasty eight, and the heaviest proportion is the Yongle Dynasty fifty-four.

Like in the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di gathered a group of generals who could fight well, among the 8 national dukes canonized by Zhu Di, Zhu Neng's Chengguo Gong, Zhang Fu's British Duke, Mu Sheng's Qianguo Gong, and Xu Zengshou's Dingguo Gong have been inherited to this day, and Rongguo Gong Yao Guangxiao, Rongguo Gong Zhang Yu and Jing Guo Gong Chen Heng are posthumously feuded, and Qi Guo Gong Qiu Fu led the army to the Northern Expedition Tatar was deprived of the hereditary title because he was captured and killed by the light enemy.

As for the 13 marquises, Taining Marquis Chen Qi, Wu'an Marquis Zheng Heng, Baoan Marquis Mengshan, Yongkang Marquis Xu Zhong, Longping Marquis Zhang Xin hereditary to the present, Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng guarded Guizhou, Tong'an Marquis Huozhen followed Qiu Fu's northern expedition to defeat the army and died in battle, Jing'an Marquis Wang Zhong followed Qiu Fu's northern expedition to defeat and died in battle, Wucheng Marquis Wang Cong followed Qiu Fu's northern expedition to defeat and died in battle, Anping Marquis Li Yuan followed Qiu Fu's northern expedition to defeat and died in battle, Security Marquis Mengshan was taken away, Cheng'an Marquis Guo Liang was dethroned, Chengyang Marquis Zhang Wu was removed from the heir, Sien Hou Fangkuan is not hereditary.

Although the number of canonized earls is larger, there are only 27 counts who are still hereditary, most of whom stayed in Nanjing and other places, and less than half of the counts are in the capital.

Several important marquis such as Zhu Yong, Marquis of Funing, came to the flower hall of the Chengguo Mansion, and there were many military generals who came, which was undoubtedly the most powerful military general group at the moment.

There are three tables in this flower hall, but although it is very lively here, everyone's face has a hint of solemnity.

Any seemingly small change is likely to touch the interests of some groups, and Zhu Youzhang's road to strengthening the army is infringing on the core interests of the Wuxun group.

The sixth generation of Taining Marquis is Chen Huan, who was knighted in the eighth year of Chenghua, with a thousand stones at the age of 1,000 stones, and was originally one of the commanders of the 12th battalion, but was removed by Zhu Youzhu last year for dereliction of duty.

Although Chen Huan did not hold a position, he was very well-informed, and directly revealed to the Wu Xun present: "I just got the news from the palace that the emperor will patrol the Aegis Camp tomorrow!" "This news was not sent by the eunuch with a note, but Zhu Youjiao had to plan the route and security in advance when he patrolled the camp, and it would naturally leak out when he was in the ward military department.

"As far as Ben Hou knows, this is the first time Your Majesty has left the capital, and he really attaches great importance to the A.S.E.l.D. camp!" When Funing Hou Zhu Yong heard the news, he also said with a sour attitude.

Since Zhu Youzhu took office, he changed the practice of attaching importance to his relatives as Emperor Chenghua, but he directly returned the military power of the Beijing camp to the inner court, and even removed the Marquis of Taining and Chen Huan and other martial honors.

If that's the case, the Aegis Battalion, which has recently spent a lot of money to build, has also excluded the Wuxun Group, and now it has to come to the Aegis Camp to patrol the camp.

"I used to have a small soldier directly assigned to the S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion as a hundred households, which is just nonsense!"

"What's this, a well-known thorn in the Fenwu Battalion, but now he has become the deputy Qianhu of the Aegis Battalion!"

"Huh...... The thousand households in the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp were personally punished by Ben Hou last year, how can such an immoral person be reused? ”…… When Wu Anhou and the other martial artists heard about the S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion, especially the personnel changes in the S.H.I.E.L.D., they all accused angrily.

Although the personnel power of the military has long been in the hands of the civilian clique, the civilian clique will also refer to their intentions, but it does not completely exclude them like S.H.I.E.L.D. has done.

It is precisely because of this, although they did not jump out in the court to take a stand, but in their hearts they strongly opposed Emperor Hongzhi's creation of the Aegis Battalion.

"What's the use of complaining here, let's quickly find a way to make the emperor change his mind!"

"According to Benhou's opinion, if you want to make the emperor change his mind, I'm afraid you still have to make a fuss from the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp!"

"I've been agitating in the camps to make trouble, but now it's really not the same as before, and many people below want to be motivated!" …… Funing Hou Zhu Yong and others are quite powerful in Beijing, and now they also hope to make Zhu Youzhang

"Change your mind", so he actively participated in the discussion. In fact, it is not that they have a deep grudge against S.H.I.E.L.D., but that S.H.I.E.L.D. has made them feel a kind of crisis, and it will even infringe on their core interests.

Thanks to the efforts of their ancestors, they have now stood at the top of the pyramid through hereditary methods, and they have suppressed all the middle and lower class soldiers who want to rise to the top through the bloodline of martial arts.

It's just that now Zhu Youzhu will no longer pay attention to their background, but to their military talents, which will undoubtedly break the pyramid model they have been trying to create with their bloodline.

It is precisely because of this that stopping Zhu Youzhang's line of elite soldiers and strengthening his army, and stopping Zhu Youzhang's masterpiece, the Aegis Battalion, has become the most urgent thing for the Wuxun Group.

Even in the face of a bloody emperor, but it is related to the core interests of their martial arts group, they also decided to make a stumbling block in secret.

After all, this world has their share of credit, and Zhu Youzhu can't point to their core interests for the so-called elite and strong general line.

"It's not enough to mobilize the twelve battalions to make trouble, we can't sit still, we have to think of a foolproof plan!" Taining Hou Chen Huan has not been able to let go of his dismissal so far, which seems very radical and authentic.

Although the topic mentioned here is too sensitive, the Wuxun group also has its own way of forming alliances - marriage.

Like Dingguo Gong Zhu Yong's five daughters all married into the families of nobles or military generals, and Zhu Yi's four daughters are the same, and the rest follow suit.

Of course, neither is the Dingguo Mansion

"Only go out but not in", like Zhu Yong married the daughter of the governor Wang Tong, and Zhu Yi married the daughter of Hu Hu, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

It is not difficult to see from the marriage route of Dingguo Gong that due to the frequent marriages between Wuxun, the entire Wuxun Group has become a community of interests.

If something happens to one family, it will often implicate many people, and everyone here will suffer greatly, so there is no need to worry too much about the secrecy here.

Zhu Yong, the Marquis of Funing, who had been talking eloquently, noticed that Zhu Fu didn't express much opinion, and even pulled him to say: "Shizi, the old prince is not in the capital, you have to get an idea for us!" When all the martial artists heard this, they all turned their heads to look at this prince.

There are only three Dukes in the capital: the Duke of England, the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of Dingguo. It's just that Xu Yongshou, the Duke of Chengguo, has gone crazy, and the British Duke Zhang Mao has been criticized by the Wuxun Group for being too close to the civil official group, and now the Wuxun Group in the capital is actually the Chengguo Mansion.

Although Zhu Yi, the Duke of Chengguo, was in Nanjing, his younger brother Zhu Ji served in the imperial city, and the prince Zhu Fu had already grown up to be in charge of his own affairs, and now he has become the leader of Wuxun.

Zhu Fu is a middle-aged man with a beautiful beard, and he saw the reaction of Wu Xun present, but he kept smiling and not saying a word, looking very calm.

Like many Wuxun's children, he is not good at riding and archery now, but after all, he has lived in the capital since he was a child, and his vision and scheming have far surpassed his peers.

Zhu Fu saw that he had finally been taken seriously, so he said lightly: "I don't know if you have thought about it." Why are our martial artists noble? "Read

"Naturally, our ancestors fought the world with Taizu or Taizong, and we are all after meritorious service!" Taining Hou Chen Huan immediately replied disapprehantly.

Funing Hou Zhu Yong and others nodded lightly, agreeing with this statement. Zhu Fu faced everyone's eyes, but shook his head lightly and said: "This is one of them, and the more important thing is that our martial arts are hereditary!" Wan An has been the first assistant for ten years, and everyone says that he is an evergreen tree in officialdom, but Taining Hou has been in power for sixteen years, and everyone present is older than Wan An's reign! So take 10,000 steps back, Your Majesty doesn't reuse us, but we are still hereditary martial artists! ”

"That's what I said, but we can't afford to wait, and you can't afford to wait!" Taining Hou Chen Huan glanced at Zhang Fu, and seemed to be authentic in his words.

Hereditary recklessness was originally their greatest support, but the current emperor is only eighteen, and Zhu Fu is already forty before he has a knight, and Chen Huan is already over fifty years old.

If they really want to survive the age, they don't have any advantage at all. Zhu Fu naturally knew this, and when he expressed his opinion, he said: "What this Shizi means is that our martial arts are hereditary, and the generals of the A.R.D. Battalion can be promoted, but they can also be lowered. It's just that in the long run, we will raise the salaries of the 12th battalion this time, and our lives will only become more and more comfortable in the future! ”

"Yes, that's true!" Taining Hou Chen Huan's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded solemnly.

Although the salary is a matter for the entire army, the payment of the imperial court's military salary is more, and their group of warriors located in the pyramid can get more benefits from it.

In particular, they are hereditary martial artists after all, even if they can't take power now, they will definitely return to the Beijing camp in the future, and they will be able to squeeze more oil and water from the soldiers at that time.

Not to mention, many soldiers are in debt to them now, and now the imperial court is raising the salaries of these soldiers, which can allow these low-level soldiers to pay off their debts earlier.

Zhu Fu saw that everyone listened to his words, so he formulated a strategy and said: "We really want to stop the S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion, but the salary increase of the twelfth battalion is also very important, and inviting you here tonight is actually a second conspiracy!" Funing Hou Zhu Yong and Taining Hou Chen Huan exchanged glances, but they realized that there was an excellent politician in the Chengguo Mansion.

As the night deepened, the core martial arts members of the Chengguo Mansion were whispering, and a big storm was brewing.

Early the next morning, the Forbidden City. Zhu Youjiao, who was wearing a dragon robe, rode out of the main gate of the noon gate in a dragon chariot, the palace car was already waiting here, and the accompanying civil and military officials were behind, and the armored Imperial Forest Army exuded a murderous atmosphere.

"Let's go!" As Liu Jin conveyed the holy will, the bells and drums of the Wumen City Tower rang in unison, and the group headed towards the Desheng Gate under the escort of the Royal Forest Army.

Because it was Emperor Hongzhi's trip, the corresponding streets had already been under martial law, and the originally lively streets were stunned to see half a figure at the moment.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Zhu Ji dare not slack off, and he had already mobilized his Jinyi Guard to act as an agent in the capital, and he himself chose to accompany him.

This is the first time since Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne that he has left Beijing, and he can't help but feel a little excited.

The procession left from Desheng Gate smoothly, and in front of them was an official road to the north, and on both sides of the official road were fields, lakes and mountains, and many people who were working could see this royal honor guard from afar.

The flag flutters in the morning sun at the end of the first month, and is dazzlingly illuminated. The front is twelve dragon flags to open the way, by twelve captains wearing military armor to hold the flag left and right, closely followed by the Beidou flag one, Xuyi one in front, leopard tail one in the back, also wearing armor, followed by the door flag, the sun flag, the moon flag, the green dragon, the white tiger, the wind, the clouds, thunder, rain, the river, the river, the Huai, Ji flag and other sixty-four, wood, fire, earth, gold, water five-star flag, Wuyue flag, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, bear and other flags and twenty-eight flags, each type of flag with five armor soldiers, one person holds the flag, four people hold the bow and crossbow.

This is followed by the building festival, the ringing festival, the golden festival, the candle cage, the green dragon and the white tiger, the class sword, the cane, the standing melon, the lying melon, the ritual knife, the stirrup staff, the halberd, the bone flower, the vermilion bird Xuanwu building, etc.

The Jinyi Guard is the escort of this honor guard, and Zhu Ji personally led 8,000 people under the command of the Jinyi Guard, with full authority to defend the golden carriage in the center.

Zhu Youzhu chose the golden bridle among the five chariots, but he was accompanied by the palace maids Jin Ling and Niu Mengmeng, who were looking straight ahead, revealing a bit of the emperor's demeanor.

Although he will not be a martial emperor who leads a large army to conquer in person, he also wants to be a true emperor who makes all the people prostrate wherever he goes, so no one can stop him from leading the Ming Dynasty to embark on the road of strengthening the army with elite soldiers.

The camp of the Aegis battalion is ten miles away from the city of Beijing, follow

The garrison principle of "a strong army stationed on the outside and a weak army stationed on the inside" has now completed the construction of a new type of barracks.

Under the gate stood a soldier wearing mighty armor and pressing the hilt of his sword, and Qian Yi, the commander of the 12th battalion, had been waiting here for a long time.

The biggest feature of this new camp is that the school field is large, and a viewing platform is built on the east side, which is very similar to the one-sided court in later generations.

Reading a book? High-ranking officials such as Li Si, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and He Cong, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, were worried, so they also chose to accompany them to the stage, but a look of shock quickly appeared on their faces.

This heavy cavalry was dressed in uniform red and carried in their hands

The "Aegis" flag appeared neatly from the side of the school like a gust of wind.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Zhang Yong, the commander of the A.R.D. Battalion, led a thousand heavy horsemen to the viewing platform, and immediately led all the soldiers to turn over their horses and dismount, and saluted Zhu Youzhang.