The attendant on duty in the back yard said that Chang Yu hadn't gotten up yet, which made Lian Xin very surprised. It was a big festival today and the emperor would leave the palace after the morning court. Why didn't Chang Yu, as the eunuch of Dongchang, get up yet?
"Then let's wait for a while and peel the peanuts by the way." Lian Xin muttered. As soon as the words left the room, Chang Yu's deep voice came from the room: "Don't wait any longer. There's no need to peel the peanuts. Give them to me first."
Let me comb my hair."
Then the door opened, Chang Yu came out with disheveled hair, and Su Guoer hurried over: "Brother Chang, my mother asked me to bring you peanuts, and asked you to go home for a meal if you are free in the evening...
Yeah, Brother Chang, what's wrong with your face?
Chang Yu slept very late last night, but his sleep was not very sound. Mi Mi Hu Hu was woken up by the noise outside. This kind of noise was rare on weekdays. It was just because it was a holiday today and the surrounding area was busy.
The neighbors all got up early, and the street vendors also started shouting early in the morning...
When he was wondering whether to get up from bed, he heard the voices of Lian Xin and Suguo'er outside, so he got up and pushed the door open. As soon as he said a word, Little Apple noticed that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
"It's okay, it's okay." Chang Yu touched his face in embarrassment. Lian Xin looked over and said, "Sir, you were beaten like this."
"Nonsense." Chang Yu curled his lips and said, "Whoever dares to hit me can beat me." Little Apple thought deeply, and Lianxin thought about it and said, "Could it be the Emperor who hit me?"
Chang Yu almost choked and said: "You're talking nonsense, go get a basin of water." Then he took a peanut, peeled it and threw it into his mouth: "Autumn peanuts, peanuts, they are very delicious. Auntie knows I like this."
Little Apple hummed: "This is the newly harvested crop this year that has just been dried. My mother said it tastes delicious, so she asked me to bring it to you." Then he walked behind Chang Yu and said, "Brother Chang, I will comb your hair today."
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"Okay, let's see how good Little Apple's skills are. You have to comb my hair more energetically."
Little Apple immediately became more energetic: "Brother Chang, don't worry, it's no worse than Sister Lianxin's."
While talking, Lian Xin brought a basin of water to help Chang Yu wipe his face: "Sir, we heard on our way here that General Li was knighted."
Chang Yu said, "You get news faster than me."
After a while, after washing up, Lian Xin opened the lunch boxes and put them on the table one by one. There were porridge, steamed buns, eggs, and pickles, all of which were Chang Yu's favorites. At this time, Fan Zi came to report on the content of the morning meeting, which was all over the place.
Li Yan's knighthood is undoubtedly the most important thing today.
Feng Kaifeng, Feng Bo, Jia Zuo Governor, Crown Prince and Grand Master!
Good guy, there were very few knights in the late Ming Dynasty. Most of them were relatives of the emperor and they did not rise to the position with military merit, so they were often criticized by the government and the public. Later, even if the situation was urgent, those who were quickly promoted to knights were mostly based on suppressing.
Ping, a certain position is a title, such as Huang Degong's Jingnan Bo and Tang Tong's Ping Xi Bo.
However, it is almost impossible to find a general who was ennobled based on his ancestral place, and it only existed in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Li Yan is from Kaifeng and was granted the title of Uncle Feng. The emperor's grace has reached its peak.
Although the title of Prince and Grand Master is empty, it is also an honor and a status.
As for the Left Governor, he has real power!
The Ming Dynasty had two agencies in charge of the military, one was the Ministry of War, and the other was the Fifth Army Governor's Office. The latter was formerly the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang reformed it into the Five Army Governor's Office, which was responsible for the military power of the world, similar to the military committee of later generations.
The five military governor's offices are divided into five governor's offices, front, rear, left, right and center. Each army has a left and right governor. Li Yan plus the left commander of the left army, that is to say, the guards in Beijing, the Zhejiang governor, the Liaodong governor, and the Shandong governor are all under his control!
It can be said that this sealing requires favor and favor, real power and real power, and honor and glory. Li Yan stole the show and became the emperor's favorite general in one fell swoop!
This move also shows that Emperor Chongzhen was determined to suppress the Ministry of War.
Why do you say this? Because suppressing the Ministry of War is equivalent to suppressing the civil service group.
To put it simply, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is a group of generals, while the Ministry of War is a group of civilian officials.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the generals' group was so sharp that even Lao Zhu was restless. Even after killing and slaughtering, he was still uneasy, so he used the Ministry of War to check and balance the five-army governor's office, so that the latter only had the power to command troops but not to deploy them.
It was only thirty years to the east of Hedong and thirty years to Hexi. In the next hundred or so years, the military generals group was in decline. The civil servants group was like a flood and a ferocious beast. Even the emperor could not resist it. The military generals group could only obey orders. In the end, the eunuch group was forced to form.
confrontation.
It was also after this experience of almost subjugating the country that Emperor Chongzhen understood that when life and death were at stake, the civil servants had no use for words, and those who played with knives and guns were the only ones left. With Chang Yu's fueling of the flames over the past year, he decided to suppress the civil servants.
With the rise of martial arts, in just over a year, the decline of Wenchang and martial arts in more than a hundred years has begun to gradually reverse!
But why is it said that adding Li Yan as the left governor is to suppress the civil servant clique?
Because this is an unspoken rule and it is passed down from ancestors.
When the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion was first established, both the left and right governors were vacant, because the generals were at their peak at that time, and it would be lawless if they were given more power. Until they were almost slaughtered by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was worried that the Ministry of War was too one-handed to cover the sky.
Moreover, killing so many military generals caused great confusion among the military, so they began to fill the vacancies for the left and right commanders of the five army commanders.
From then on, it has almost become a routine. When the weather is good and there is no war, the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies is almost always vacant, or most of them are vacant. But once there is war, or when the civil service group is too arrogant,
, then start filling the vacancies!
Putting aside the factors of the current situation, it is just the emperor's art of balance.
Later, when Chang Yu was full of water and food, the noise outside became louder, and there was even the sound of gongs and drums. Lian Xin and Little Apple couldn't help but go to watch the excitement. Chang Yu sent two fans to follow. After all, the more people
During the festival, all kinds of dangers lurk, and the three religions, nine roosters, dogs, and thieves are all busy making a living.
After the two girls left, Chang Yu read the official documents in the hall for a while and felt bored. He walked out of the lobby and took a walk in the front and back yards of the yamen. The yamen was quite quiet today, and there were almost no people coming and going.
Since almost all the officials were on duty, after all, the emperor could not tolerate any mistakes when leaving the palace, the Jinyiwei and Dongchang yamen's bright and dark sentries had to do security work.
Spring and Autumn Day A pot of tea, gongs and drums were blaring outside, and the people were guessing whether the emperor was leaving the palace in a sedan with 32 people or a cart with six horses. Chang Yu made a pot of tea and lay down under the osmanthus tree in the backyard of the Yamen.
He squinted his eyes and fell asleep on the chair.
Kuang Ren walked into the yard and saw Chang Yu under the tree, so he walked over lightly. Chang Yu opened his eyes and looked over before he opened his mouth: "Hey, you are not on duty today, why don't you go outside and join in the fun?"
"It was crowded outside, so I came to the Yamen to find some peace and quiet. I didn't want the governor to be there," Kuang Ren said quickly. Chang Yu motioned for him to sit down and drink tea together, and Kuang Ren sat down at the stone table without noticing.
: "Don't you need to enter the palace today, Lord Governor?"
"I can't say for sure, but you shouldn't be allowed to enter the palace before noon." Chang Yu thought for a moment. The emperor should be leaving the palace at this time. He was not announced to be entering the palace at all, so he probably wouldn't be allowed to accompany him on his rounds of sacrifices.
Already.
The two of them were drinking tea and chatting in the courtyard. Unknowingly, more than half an hour had passed, and the noise outside gradually faded away. It must have been that the people watching the excitement had followed the emperor to worship the emperor and the empress.
Although Chang Yu didn't follow or even go out, it didn't affect his knowledge of everything outside, because there would be reports from time to time. For example, the emperor traveled with a family, and of course this family did not include other concubines.
, there are only five siblings, Queen Zhou and Prince Kunxing.
When the emperor left the palace, he rode in a carriage, with the emperor driving six and the queen and others driving four.
Security was also achieved to the extreme. On the surface, on the streets we passed, there were one post every five steps and one post every ten steps. The royal guards were in front, the emperor's carriage was in the middle, and all the officials were behind. Except for a few cabinet bosses riding carriages, the rest were all
Walking, wherever you go, there are crowds of people. People kneel down along the street and say long live!
As for the secrets, there are many fans of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang in the crowd.
What surprised Chang Yu a little was that Li Muchian was also called to preside over the sacrificial ceremony as the master of Baiyun Temple together with Tang Ruowang, the Qintian Supervisor, and the Ministry of Etiquette. Wu Zhong and Qingyi were also appointed to carry swords in front of the emperor!
In other words, in addition to the personal guards, masters from the palace, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's spies, the emperor's security also hired two personal guards from Dongchang. After all, Wuzhong left a deep impression on Emperor Chongzhen.
Back then, we used to defend the entrance with one enemy and hundreds of people fighting to the death.
As for Qingyi, she is naturally responsible for personal protection of the queen and princess. Princess Kunxing has great trust in her. Last year, she followed Chang Yu out to inspect the nine borders, and Qingyi was with her every step of the way.
In addition to security reasons, the reuse of these two Dongchang eagle claws on such an important occasion also has other purposes.
Of course, ordinary people can't see these small details. What they see is the excitement. For example, who is the person next to the emperor's family?
The virtuous king of Jinan.
Good guy, this King De is so favored by the emperor, he has to be summoned to the capital in just one year. The first time is to celebrate the New Year, the second time is to be rewarded for entering the capital, and now he comes to accompany the emperor to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, tsk tsk tsk...
While they were lamenting that King De was so favored by the emperor, they had no idea how hard it was for King De. The day before, they suddenly received news that he was allowed to enter the capital. They really hurried non-stop all night and almost killed the three members of his family. It took him a day and a night.
He hurriedly rushed to the capital, and before he could take a breath, he immediately followed the emperor and bombed the streets.
It's a bit bitter and a bit tiring, but I feel extremely happy in my heart. I wonder who among the vassal kings who are still alive today can compare to this grace!
Today is really a lively festival for the common people, a visual feast, where you can not only see the dragon's face but also hear many gossips and rumors, Li Yan was knighted, King De traveled thousands of miles to invade the capital...