The young emperor wore a bright yellow armor, carrying a piece of blood-stained grassland leather armor, and showed off in front of the nobles of the court and the world's martial arts.
Show off.
After attracting the attention of thousands of martial artists and hundreds of nobles, Zhu Yijun took out a victory document from his arms and threw it to the leader of the guards.
Then he became lively.
"read!"
As the leader of the guards received the victory report, he read loudly: "Relying on the power of God, Shen Lie, a thousand households in Dongchang, flew to report what had happened. On May 13th, I encountered the enemy 120 miles east of Weidong in Datong. I stayed awake day and night. , fought bloody battles, won, killed more than thirty levels in formation, and captured several..."
The good news was read out.
A moment.
At the martial arts test, the nobles were stunned. Even Li Rusong, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion standing next to the emperor, was stunned.
There was a lot of discussion in the uproar.
Even Li Rusong was moved by the numerous honors and military achievements. His old Li family was in charge of Liaodong, so he naturally understood how difficult it was for the towns on the nine sides to achieve military success in this era.
These days, when the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops were fighting against the Tatars, it was already a great feat to be able to kill dozens of horsemen in formation. Even if a large army was dispatched, they could only kill hundreds of heads at most.
That would already be considered a great victory!
It's not that the Ming army was incompetent, but that the Tatar Vara steppe cavalry were really good at running.
It has been fighting for more than two hundred years.
The prairie cavalry had already summed up a set of methods to deal with the Ming army. When encountering the Ming army's large-scale deployment, they would get on their horses and escape deep into the vast grassland.
Divide into zeros.
Keep pulling, sneak attacks...
As a result, the Ming army, which had poor mobility, could not find anyone at all. Starting from the Wu Zong Dynasty, it was almost impossible to see the formation of a thousand people.
"this?"
In the commotion.
Li Rusong craned his neck to look at the good news, and felt a sense of surprise and uncertainty in his heart. He didn't expect that his life-and-death brother would still be alive.
Why didn’t you see it earlier?
"Hehehe."
When speaking.
The emperor laughed heartily, shook his armor, his eyes rolled around, and he began to think about promoting Shen Lie.
not far away.
The British Duke and others sitting on the first chair felt a little thump in their hearts. Everyone has watched the Emperor grow up, how can everyone not know his temper?
The emperor is on top again and wants to promote Shen Lie.
Except for the founder of the Ming Dynasty, all the emperors of the Zhu family since Emperor Chengzu were like this.
Fall in love with the head.
Treat someone with all your heart and soul.
really.
Zhu Yijun held the victory report in hand and showed off for a long time before he muttered: "My intention is that Shen Lie has made such a great contribution and deserves to be promoted. Why not order him to be promoted to a higher rank and become the Admiral Dongchang General..."
British Duke Zhang Xun was startled and quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
"This is against the rules!"
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
Isn't the Admiral of Dongchang the owner of the factory, the governor?
But since Emperor Chengzu founded Dongchang, this position has always been held by the eunuch closest to the emperor. This rule cannot be broken!
The nobles persuaded me for a while.
Zhu Yijun seemed to feel that something was wrong, so he had to give up the idea, but he couldn't help but whisper: "Can I only get close to eunuchs?"
The implication.
Can't I have a normal confidant?
The nobles had no choice but to pretend not to hear, and just when they put their hearts in their stomachs, they heard the emperor talking to himself again.
"In my opinion, how about... reopening the expert factory?"
The nobles were slightly stunned, and began to wonder in their hearts, did the Ming Dynasty have a yamen called "Expert Factory"?
soon.
Some people were so shocked that their expressions changed.
I remembered.
There really is.
I remember that after Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, the eunuch Liu Jin took exclusive power in order to consolidate his position as the boss among the eunuchs.
In August of the third year of Zhengde, an internal service factory was established, also called an internal service factory.
As Liu Jin is a eunuch and eunuch, the standard and power of the expert factory are naturally higher than those of the west factory, east factory and Jinyiwei. Compared with other factory guards.
The Neihang Factory has a larger organization, more spies, a stricter system, and a wider scope of investigation. In addition to monitoring the subjects of the world, the East Factory and the West Factory are also under its supervision.
"Although both the east and west factories are under surveillance, it is even more intense."
The expert factory became the chief spy who stepped on the Jin Yiwei of the East Factory and the West Factory.
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
"Absolutely not!"
For a while.
The British public servants turned pale with fright. After a while of hard persuasion, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to give up, but there was always a bit of dissatisfaction in his heart.
"This won't work, that won't work either. Am I still the emperor?"
All the princes, the Marquis had no choice but to persuade again: "Your Majesty, Shen Lie is still young, so it is good for him to temper his temperament while suppressing his official position."
Perhaps I feel that what the distinguished nobles said makes sense.
Zhu Yijun laughed again: "If you can't give me a reward, then... just add some favor."
All the nobles breathed a sigh of relief and shouted in unison that Your Majesty is wise.
Lower your head.
The British prince wiped his sweat and knew clearly that our emperor was following the same path of His Majesty Wu Zong, so he walked on without looking back.
Then Shen Lie...
He vaguely looked like Liu Jin when he became famous. He suppressed him for a while, but could not suppress him for the rest of his life. Everyone knew that this person was in the emperor's heart.
His rise to prominence was only a matter of time.
The nobles were both frightened and somewhat thankful. Fortunately, this Shen Lie was not a great eunuch like Liu Jin, but a serious military general!
"Preach my will!"
When speaking.
The will has come down.
"Thousands of households in Dongchang, Shen Lie, defeated the enemy and strengthened our army's power. He was rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver and five hundred taels of gold. I admire this flying fish suit... together with the cavalry captain and the Jin Yiwei commanding the general affairs... I admire this."
In an instant.
The entire Xiyuan Martial Arts Hall was silent.
The nobles were once again shocked, but they did not dare to say anything to stop him.
The factory guards are one body, but the emperor insists on letting Shen Lie take the post of commanding the generals in the Jinyi Guards, and everyone has nothing to say.
Only thousands of people came to take part in the palace examination, but they were greatly shocked. They couldn't help but gather together and mutter, this Shen Lie...
Who is it?
Three days later.
Datong Mansion.
The Dongchang Datong Hundred Household House, which has been abandoned for more than ten years, has had its collapsed walls erected, the weeds in the yard cleared away, and it was resurfaced with loess.
Sprinkled with water.
It looks much neater.
The dark and gold-painted plaque was also hung up again, and Shen Lie stood outside the gate looking at the large plaque, and began to think about going to the General Military Yamen next door to submit a message.
Bye bye to the dock and ask for some weapons from the Commander-in-Chief.
At this moment.
The end of the long street.
A group of dusty light cavalry came galloping towards them. The leader was wearing a majestic red armor and flying fish suit. At a glance, he could tell that he was the imperial guard.
Shen Lie smiled slightly and hurriedly led the people to greet him.
It seems that the imperial edict has arrived.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
As Qingqi dismounted, he walked quickly towards Shen Lie.
"Shen Lie, a thousand households in Dongchang, accepts the order!"
at this time.
The craftsmen, handymen, and coolies who were busy behind Shen Lie were stunned and looked at the majestic imperial guard kneeling down in a hurry.
"Ouch!"
"Imperial envoy...an imperial edict!"
The common people who had lived in Datong Mansion for generations had never seen the imperial edict before. They knelt on the ground in panic inside and outside the courtyard.
Li Susu was also stunned.
My heart trembled.
Unconsciously, my legs went weak and I knelt down.