117 [The trip to the leopard room] (Yufan in the wind who loves his family for the leader
After leaving the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Houzhao got into the imperial carriage, waved to Wang Yuan and said, "Get in the carriage!"
Behind him were all the civil and military officials. How could Wang Yuan dare to ride in the same carriage with the emperor? He immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is inconsistent with etiquette."
Zhu Houzhao was greatly disappointed and sighed: "Wang Erlang chased the enemy for dozens of miles alone. He thought he was a generous and heroic man, but he turned out to be a pedantic person."
Not being able to offend the ministers, let alone the emperor, Wang Yuan could only bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, please do not harm me."
He called himself "I" instead of "Chen", which made Zhu Houzhao laugh out loud and ordered the eunuch accompanying him: "Go and bring a horse for the Number One Scholar, and also bring one for me."
In informal situations, the emperor often did not call himself "I", but could call himself whatever he wanted. Zhu Di even used the word "I" in his memorial.
Most of the courtiers had left. Yang Tinghe watched from a distance and said to Yang Yiqing: "After all, this boy was taught by Wang Bo'an. He still understands the basic principles. He should be considered a member of my generation."
Yang Yiqing smiled and said: "Looking at his imperial examination articles, I have ambitions in my heart. I think Wang Erlang doesn't want to be a lucky minister, but it's a pity that he has caught the eye of His Majesty, so he has to do it even if he doesn't."
"Let's observe slowly," Yang Tinghe said. "If he can put state affairs first, it would be a good thing to be a lucky minister. We just lack someone who is close to His Majesty."
After Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing left for a long time, the eunuch finally brought the horse.
Zhu Houzhao turned on his horse with great dexterity and said to Wang Yuan: "Wang Erlang, I give you permission to ride horses in the palace. This is not a violation!"
Seeing that all the civil and military officials had already left, Wang Yuan had no choice but to mount his horse and ride towards Xiyuan with the emperor.
Xiyuan is located to the west of the Forbidden City and includes the three seas in the north, middle and south. It was the place where Emperor Zhengde played, slept and handled government affairs.
The famous Leopard House was built at the northern end of Xiyuan, which is the west side of Beihai Park in later generations.
From the second year of Zhengde to the present, Baofang has built more than 200 houses, but they are not buildings and palaces, and the construction cost is less than half of Zhu Houzhao's wedding expenses.
This is not a waste of people and money. The real harm is the imperial estates all over the country and the eunuchs guarding them all over the country.
Fortunately, frequent uprisings occurred in various places, causing the emperor and ministers to start to reflect. Zhu Houzhao had stopped building the imperial village, and the guarding eunuchs did not dare to amass money anymore. I don’t know how long this kind of restraint can last. It is conservatively estimated that it will only be two or three years.
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Zhu Houzhao took Wang Yuan on horseback to Baofang, pointed to a street, and said proudly: "I built this street with my own hands. Isn't it very prosperous?"
Before the emperor arrived, a eunuch informed him in advance.
At this moment, countless palace maids and eunuchs accompanied by shopkeepers, vendors, pedestrians, and customers came and went, just like a folk market, except that the clothes they wore were of slightly better materials.
Moreover, there were some entertainers who were performing tricks. On that day, he visited the south of the city incognito and smashed a big stone on his chest, which made the emperor happy. Qian Ning saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. Later, he recruited a few entertainers into the Leopard Room. Anyway, as long as the emperor came to play on the imperial street
, just swing a sledgehammer and smash it hard, and there will be an unlimited supply of stone slabs.
Zhu Houzhao put on a folk warrior uniform, held two swords in his hands, and asked the eunuch accompanying him to beat the gong to attract the audience. A large number of "passers-by" immediately gathered around him.
Wang Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only go over and watch the fun.
Zhu Houzhao clasped his fists solemnly and said: "Dear neighbors and friends, I, Zhu Shou, am passing through Guibao. I have exhausted all my money and want to practice some knife skills in exchange for some food. I hope that the rich young and old can give me some money.
If you don’t have money, you can support yourself.”
"good!"
The emperor hasn't even started practicing yet, and the audience has already started cheering.
Zhu Houzhao's sword skills are good, at least they look good, and he is a flower sword that can scare ordinary people. Of course, the performance must use this routine, otherwise the dance will not look good, and it is difficult to guess the emperor's true sword skills.
What Wang Yuan could see was that Zhu Houzhao's lower body was very stable and he used the sword calmly and methodically. He must have worked hard.
"good!"
After a set of sword skills was performed, the audience cheered again and took out copper coins to reward.
Wang Yuan followed suit and rewarded the emperor with a few coins.
Zhu Houzhao was very happy and took Wang Yuan out of the market, while the audience went to the eunuch to collect their pay.
Today, the only person beside the emperor is Wang Yuan.
Gu Dayong led troops to quell the rebellion, Zhang Yong discussed government affairs with cabinet ministers on behalf of the emperor, and Qian Ning was personally handling the case in Nanzhen Fusi.
Zhu Houzhao rode on the horse again and said with a smile: "Wang Erlang, I will take you to see something good."
Wang Yuan followed the emperor in a gallop and came to a relatively open place.
Zhu Houzhao put his hands on his hips and pointed to the flat ground ahead: "This is the general's command of the military training ground. He is giving an order to the three thousand battalions. The commander is about to gather his troops!"
The drums beat loudly and the trumpets sound.
Not long after, two hundred cavalry galloped over. Wei Bin, the commander-in-chief, dismounted from his horse, knelt on one knee and said, "The three thousand battalion has arrived. Please give me the order, General!"
The Three Thousand Battalion was one of the three major Beijing camps in the early Ming Dynasty. It is said that it was formerly known as the Three Thousand Mongolian Cavalry. However, if you check the historical data carefully, you will know that there are only 260 Mongolian cavalry, and the rest are all elite cavalry drawn from all sides.
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In other words, the first three thousand battalions were three thousand elite cavalry selected from the best throughout the Ming Dynasty, and their members were composed regardless of region or nationality.
With the expansion of the Three Thousand Battalion and the death of Zhu Di, the elite were no longer elite, and finally their bones were broken in the battle of Tumubao.
Nowadays, the capital is no longer in the era of three major battalions, but now has twelve capital camps, each with a strength of 3,000 battalions. There is also an old camp, which is also called "home" by the soldiers in the capital. That is the real camp.
The teams of the three major battalions are just the old, weak, sick and disabled who were selected when the twelfth battalion was formed.
There were more than 60,000 people in the Twelve Beijing Camps, and at this time more than half were transferred to quell the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi.
General Zhu stood up with his sword drawn and asked: "Wang Erlang, do you think my general's three thousand battalions are majestic?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It is indeed mighty."
Zhu Houzhao said to Wei Bin: "You pick an archer and compete with Wang Erlang in riding and shooting."
Wei Bin immediately selected a sharpshooter and sent Wang Yuan a pair of bows and arrows, which was a standard five-horse horse bow. The bow power of horse bows is generally weaker than that of foot bows.
Wang Yuan didn't show any pretense, he pulled the string casually and said: "The bow power is too weak, so I can't use it hard."
Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and asked: "How many stone bows do you use?"
Wang Yuan said: "A stone bow."
Zhu Houzhao said: "This is a horse bow, not the same as a foot bow."
Wang Yuan replied: "The month before last, I was outside the city. I used two stone bows to kill the enemy."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Wei Bin immediately questioned: "No. 1 Scholar, in front of the Emperor, don't talk nonsense."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Captain Wei, why should I talk nonsense?"
Wei Bin smiled and said nothing.
A military minister and a civil servant, even if they are both lucky ministers, there is not much conflict of interest. There is no need for Wei Bin to have trouble with Wang Yuan.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Do you have two stone bows in the army?"
Wei Bin replied: "You need to search slowly. Even if you find it, it will probably not be used if it has not been maintained for a long time."
Zhu Houzhao said disappointedly: "Then bring Wang Erlang a stone bow."
Wei Bin went to deliver the order himself.
Zhu Houzhao asked Wang Yuan again: "Your two-stone bow was specially made by someone."
Wang Yuan cupped his fists and said, "Report to Your Majesty. The bows and knives I used to kill the enemy were all donated by Duke Mu of the State of Guizhou during the Yunnan Provincial Examination."
Zhu Houzhao asked curiously: "Why did the Mu family give you a bow and knife?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Mr. Mu is also a man who is good at literature and martial arts. He performed the ritual of local archery at the Deer Ming Banquet. He once competed with me in archery with a stone bow and shot twelve arrows in a row without any distinction between the winner and the loser."
Maybe it suited Mr. Mu, so he gave me a bow and a knife."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Zhu Houzhao was particularly happy and said: "If there is an opportunity to recruit the Mu family to the capital, I will personally compete with him in arrows!"
Not long after, a stone bow was brought.
Wang Yuan and a knight from the Three Thousand Battalion galloped on the school grounds. The two of them shot several arrows, all of which hit the target.
It seems that the three thousand battalion is not bad, but you must know that this person was selected from thousands of Beijing cavalry. Overall, it is really not that good.
By the fifth arrow, the man finally got out of the bullseye, but Wang Yuan had been as steady as a dog.
For Wang Yuan, it was too easy to hit the target, and the target was too close, so he was fully confident even in mounted shooting.
The knight was so ashamed that he immediately dismounted and knelt down to apologize to Zhu Houzhao and Wei Bin.
Zhu Houzhao was very generous and comforted the knight and said: "What crime are you guilty of? The one who competes with you is Wang Erlang, the flying general in white. Let's see the reward!"
Zhu Houzhao said to Wang Yuan again: "Let's go, I will take you to see the tiger, which was raised by this general myself."