The autumn dew wetted the skirts of my clothes, and the mist slowly dispersed with the emergence of the sun, revealing a hint of autumn coolness.
The early morning sun was slightly dazzling. Jia Dai transformed into a short hexagram. He lowered his head to get up without hesitation, stretched his body, then went to the large water tank in the courtyard, scooped up a ladle of water, coated the willow branches with salt, and put it in his mouth.
Serve.
"Hey, Daihua, you got up very early."
In another room in the courtyard, a half-grown man about the same age as him also walked out of the door. He was also wearing a single coat, with his short arms and legs hanging out. He was not afraid of the cold, and he also took a ladle of water and started washing himself.
One after another, there were five or six people in the small courtyard, all of whom were similar in stature and appearance. They were all descendants of noble families.
After Jia Daihua finished washing, the last person to get up was also able to do it in three strokes.
"You kid has just met the water!"
"It's so fucking disgusting-"
A group of people laughed and laughed, put on tight clothes, flying fish suits, leather boots, hung up their waist knives, and started walking around in groups of five or six.
They are going on duty and staying in Wei Palace.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court established twelve Shangjun guards as inner court guards to protect the royal family. In the Yongle Dynasty, ten more guards were added, and in the Xuande Dynasty, four more guards were added, for a total of twenty-six guards.
Unfortunately, most of the elite troops of the 26th Guards of the Pro-Army went out with Zhu Qizhen, and the entire army was wiped out. Later, Yu Qian organized the regiment and camp.
Only the Siweiying and Jinyiwei were still under the control of the emperor.
The Fourth Guard Camp is under the control of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.
After Emperor Shaowu ascended the throne, he was naturally worried about the guards in Nanjing, so they all were incorporated into the Beijing camp and went to fight on the front line.
Then he selected 3,000 people from the old army to guard the Forbidden City.
It has continued until this year, and the guards have never changed.
However, with the abolition of the Royal Horse Prison, the habit of having eunuchs in charge of the guards was naturally eliminated, and the guards were reorganized.
Subsequently, the Imperial Guards Department was established.
There are two ministers in charge, responsible for commanding the bodyguards and the army, from the fourth rank.
Then there were a number of first-class guards, second-class guards, and third-class guards.
Among them, the first-class guards are of the fifth rank, with a quota of twenty, and are responsible for palaces and villas; the second-class guards are of the seventh rank, and the third-class guards are of the eighth rank.
In terms of clothing, the guards also have very obvious divisions.
The third-class guards are in red plainclothes and wear leather armor.
The second-class guards wear flying fish uniforms, but there are no fish and dragon patterns.
The first-class guards wear pure flying fish uniforms, and occasionally they also wear bullfighting uniforms.
The Ouchi Guards Department is responsible for staying in the palace. To put it simply, they are the security guards who stand guard and the guards who look after the gates. Therefore, they are tall and look good, and even a middle-aged man can do it.
The real protective role of the situation is the personal bodyguards, whose official title is imperial bodyguards. They are responsible for protecting the emperor and accompanying him personally. They are all of the sixth rank.
The grades are the same, only the job is high and low, to prevent collusion.
He is higher than the second-class guards of the seventh rank, but lower than the first-class guards who are in charge of people.
The quota is 500 people, all of whom are close confidants and have promising futures. They are selected from the second-class guards, third-class guards, and the Beijing camp.
His clothes are flying fish uniforms, which are exactly the same as those of the second-class guards, but he has a bright future.
However, although they also have waist knives, they also have a short blunderbuss, which is particularly special.
Jia Daihua originally studied in the martial arts hall, and he would be able to leave school in more than half a year. Then he would join the army and perform meritorious service, becoming a truly honorable disciple.
Unfortunately, with the reorganization of the bodyguards, Jia Daihua and other distinguished sons also went to the bodyguards department and became second-class bodyguards.
In other words, they have already found a job before they graduate. If they are deployed abroad, they will at least be deputy battalion commanders.
Of course, there is one way to continue working hard to become an imperial guard. If you are at the sixth level and released to the outside world, you will be a guerrilla general.
Everyone was excited about such a wide avenue to the sky and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
"Check your clothes, don't mess up."
The voices of the first-class guards were particularly loud. There were at least a hundred people under their command, and they were arranging them one by one.
After waiting for a long time, finally at three o'clock in the morning, the imperial guards escorted the emperor's carriage, left the summer resort, and walked towards the distance.
The Ouchi guards could only lead the way and follow them. Even if they peeed, they had to report it and were not allowed to make any random moves.
"Where are we going?"
The classmate walking side by side with Jia Daihua endured the heat and spoke softly.
"I don't know." Jia Daihua said helplessly: "You have to ask, we are just ordinary second-class guards."
"Hey, look at those third-class people, they hold up signs and carry luggage, and they have to patrol back and forth from time to time, and open roads and sprinkle water. It's much harder than us."
"Quiet, it's such a hot day. It seems we can't walk very far..."
Sure enough, his guess was correct.
After walking for about half an hour, the emperor came to a mountain spring.
Xishan is very big. Although the peak is only a few hundred meters high, there are many mountain streams and valleys.
Although there were few jackals, tigers and leopards, the guards did not dare to be careless. They tensed up tightly for fear of disturbing the emperor.
After climbing a hillside, we came to a hidden spring halfway up the mountain.
Jia Daihua sniffed his nostrils and felt a vague smell of sulfur.
"Camp where you are."
The first-class guards spoke one after another, and the busiest ones were the third-class guards.
Not only did they have to chop firewood and cut grass, they also had to collect rocks and set up camp. All of them were hard work.
The second-class guards followed the arrangement and began patrolling in groups, wandering around the small hot spring.
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Soon, a half-acre hot spring was surrounded by white cloth, layer after layer, making it impossible to see clearly.
The maids stood on guard to prevent the guards from approaching.
Therefore, the second-class guards could only stand guard more than ten feet away, separated by several layers of cloth.
Everyone knew that this was the emperor's taste.
"My dear concubine, how about taking a look at this hot spring?"
Lying in the hot spring filled with the smell of sulfur, Zhu Yixi felt unprecedentedly comfortable.
This is far better than boiled water hot springs in later generations.
Zhu Yixi doesn't really believe in hot springs for strengthening the body. Otherwise, Japan, known as the country of hot springs, would have so many premature deaths and short lives today?
But it is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist.
Regardless of the physical fitness aspect, it has a different flavor in terms of fun.
Qiqige, who gave birth to a prince, has the unique boldness of the Mongolian people, and is more open-minded than the Han people.
Even Bian Yujing, who has always been bold, did not dare to try such an outdoor hot spring, but Qiqige did.
"Handi is better!"
Qiqige closed her eyes slightly, feeling the warmth and comfort surrounded by the hot springs, and said lazily: "On the grassland, you can't take a bath for a month."
“Where else can you see hot springs?”
"This place is so nice, how can we not gallop our horses?"
As everyone knows, Qiqige is also a little timid in the wild. She can only grit her teeth and not let herself make a sound.
In this way, the emperor's interest became even higher.
After struggling like this for a long time, the picnic ended.
The Ouchi guards were busy for most of the day, but saw and heard nothing. They mainly just cleared the way and stood guard.