Zhu Youtang was very pleased and took the initiative to check Cui Yuan's military policy papers.
At first glance, although some things may not be understood very well, it seems that Wang Qiong was right. At least his answers were much better than those who casually expressed their loyalty and were inconsistent with the horse's words.
"It's great that he can do that."
Zhu Youtang seems to have finally found a "positive model."
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Father, is this my uncle's paper? Even if he writes well, he is not good at horseback riding and archery."
Zhu Youtang said: "Prince, didn't I tell you? In the future, riding and shooting alone will no longer be enough to gain an advantage in a head-on battle with the Tatars. Instead, the use of artillery and muskets will be the highlight. Besides, even if his performance in mounted archery is not outstanding, as a scholar, he can ride a horse and shoot arrows, which is already better than many martial artists. Is this considered bad? "
If you want to catch a positive example, of course, if you have any good things, you should do it to him.
However, the people around Zhang Mao, Zhu Hui, Ma Wensheng, Xie Qian and others also felt that there was some truth in it.
It is probably a bit high to ask Cui Yuan to use Wu Xun's bow and horse riding and archery requirements. If Cui Yuan can guarantee the basic riding and archery movements, and has a strategic layout, this will be a problem for Zhu Youtang who attaches great importance to the "kinship effect" For the emperor, he was a perfect typical figure.
Another important point is that Cui Yuan is tall, handsome and well-read. As the consort of the Ming Dynasty royal family, Cui Yuan's external conditions are very good, which also meets the needs of a positive model.
"Bingkuan, what do you think?"
But before Zhu Youtang wants to commend anyone, the most important thing is to listen to Zhang Zhou's opinion first.
If Zhang Zhou felt that it was not good, or that he should not be commended positively, then he would definitely give up his thoughts without hesitation.
Zhu Youtang is such a "stubborn" person.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have seen the military policy of Princess Yongkang's consort, and think that this person has reached a very high level of understanding of artillery warfare and fire fighting. Although there are some suspicions of following the script, after all, he has not formally After being exposed to the battlefield, if I can practice it in the future, I believe I can become a pillar of the Ming Dynasty."
When saying this, Zhang Zhou also glanced at Wang Qiong.
Others didn't know that Cui Yuan was copying the lesson plans in many places, but as the writer of the lesson plans, how could Zhang Zhou not know?
Although Zhang Zhou doesn't think that Cui Yuan will definitely make any achievements in the future battlefield of hot weapons, it is too difficult to set a positive example when the emperor comes out. He can't let the emperor return to the palace disappointed, right?
Even more rare...
It's because there are too few honorable ministers who are still willing to learn from him, and there are even fewer who are from relatives. Even Zhang Zhou recognizes Cui Yuan who still works hard.
"Bingkuan makes sense." Zhu Youtang said to Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng, "I think Cui Qing's family has never been on the battlefield, and he may not even be familiar with artillery and muskets. Just like this, he can With so many tactics, he can be regarded as a talented person.”
Xie Qian showed the potential of his poisonous tongue and took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, we must also prevent the situation of talking on paper."
From what Xie Qian heard, a person who didn't even go to the battlefield and could only talk about the situation on the battlefield was not talking about war on paper. To put it harshly, this is just empty talk.
Zhu Youtang looked displeased and said: "He said he was talking about military affairs on paper, but who is not talking about military affairs on paper today? Except for a few people here who have actually gone to the battlefield with new artillery and muskets, how many of them are there? On this matter, Who should I trust more?”
It was quite normal at first, but when it came to "who should be believed" in the end, even Xie Qian understood.
Now Cui Yuan's ability is no longer the focus... There is no need to inquire about it or worry about it.
The emperor wanted to establish him as a positive example, not only for the king's face but also for the Ming Dynasty's face.
Zhang Zhou probably understood that Cui Yuan's ability was only average, but he would always argue with the emperor according to the tense to make the emperor feel happy, while he was a bit too showy and insisted on saying something different.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true." Xie Qian immediately changed his words and said, "I have thought about it over and over again. Consort Cui is already a top-notch, rare talent."
The conversation changed so quickly that Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and other people who had been with him for a long time were not used to it, and they couldn't help but glance at him.
"Come here, I have heard that Princess Yongkang's consort is here. I want to reward him well."
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After Cui Yuan failed in his riding and shooting project, he already felt that he was not suitable to take the path of Wu Xun.
Being a consort, the number one "boyfriend" in the Ming Dynasty, you can make some friends, talk about the world, find some hobbies and live a life of food and clothing without any worries. Why do you have to find something to do for yourself like what my wife said? ?
Besides, is fighting fun?
I'm just a scholar. If you ask me to take the top exam, maybe I still have a chance, but let me lead the troops... my major is obviously not suitable for me.
But just...
This will disappoint the princess's expectations of me.
Thinking of the princess who shamelessly begged the emperor to give her a chance to enter the Yanwu Hall for her own sake, and yet she would give up on herself like this...
It's a bit too timid.
"Consort? Why are you still here? Your Majesty has summoned you."
Just when Cui Yuan found a place to sit down, feeling sorry for himself, and even wondering in his heart whether he should do something to make his wife happy.
A colleague from the Governor's Office came to inform him.
"Summoned by His Majesty?" Cui Yuan was also confused.
A group of people immediately gathered around, and some said: "I saw it. It was Eunuch Li Rong, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, who personally came to deliver the message. Prince Consort Cui, it seems that you behaved differently on the school field today. It's a good thing."
"Just him?"
There were still people in the crowd who refuted their opinions.
How can you tell that Cui Yuan being summoned must be a good thing?
A scholar who can barely ride a horse and can't shoot a bow and arrow, no matter how awesome he is, is just a relative of the emperor, and at best a vase of the royal family.
If you do some behind-the-scenes operations or something, you might be able to fool him, but the key is that Cui Yuan's previous performance in riding and shooting was seen by everyone.
In today's contempt chain... Cui Yuan, who comes from a literary background and insists on joining the military, is definitely at the bottom of the contempt chain.
"If it's not Prince Consort Cui, is it you? Has anyone been summoned by His Majesty today? There are many who are missing." Someone else was saying around.
Just barely said.
Can you speak?
Encourage this fool and establish a friendship...Don't you, the warriors, even understand the most basic human ways? No wonder you can't be scholars.
Cui Yuan followed the flow of people to the front. There were too many people. When he saw Li Rong, Li Rong was already surrounded by a group of martial artists.
For this group of middle and lower-level military generals in Beijing, it is absolutely rare for them to meet a ceremonial eunuch, not to mention meeting a saint, and it is too late to welcome them.
"Eldest Princess, please." Li Rong knew Cui Yuan.
The old man in the palace had a wide network of contacts, and Li Rong would not blow his beard or glare at anyone he met, but everyone knew that Li Rong was a smiling tiger.
"Eunuch Li, what are we doing..." Cui Yuan wanted to know whether he would be rewarded or punished for going.
Because he couldn't think of any reason why his brother-in-law would summon him.
Li Rong smiled and said, "You'll know when you get there."
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In front of the Holy Driver.
Cui Yuan stood there respectfully, surrounded by a group of big shots in the court. Even Zhang Zhou, the most favored minister around the emperor, was also there. In addition, he was the Duke of the country, the elder of the cabinet, and the minister of the Ministry of official affairs. The lineup made Cui Yuan a little blind.
When the emperor praised his performance in front of everyone, Cui Yuan was so excited that he could not express it in words.
"...I don't expect every minister to be like Bingkuan, but at least they should be like the Cui Qing family. Even if there are shortcomings, they must learn and be willing to study with concentration. Mao Ren, I didn’t expect you to work so hard among so many relatives of the emperor. It seems that your status as a scholar has given you a lot of help. Only by being diligent in reading can you stay up to date with the affairs of the world, and those who only know Those who seek proficiency with bows and horses on horseback will one day become weak due to neglecting training..."
Zhu Youtang's words were full of expectations.
Many people on the side turned their attention to Zhang Mao.
The emperor's words were a bit like "pointing at the mulberry tree and scolding the mulberry tree".
When you talk about those who gain fame on horseback, aren't you talking about Zhang Mao? When you were young, Zhang Mao, you bravely won the three armies, but now you are better off, and you have become an old man?
Zhang Mao, however, acted like an innocent person, pretending that he didn't know that these words had anything to do with him.
"I have decided to let you concentrate on practicing the art of war in the Yanwu Hall. In addition, you no longer have to listen to matters in the clan's mansion. You will be transferred to the governor's mansion and I will upgrade you to the third level. If you can be promoted again, I will It allows you to walk in the upper listening place..."
Cui Yuan became even more excited after hearing this.
Suddenly he changed from a beautiful man in the Ming Dynasty to a popular man in the military?
"Mr. British, I originally wanted to summon the martial arts officers in Beijing who came to the school today. I don't have much time at the moment, so I'll leave it to you to send a message for me and tell them what I expect from them."
With that said, Zhu Youtang picked up the pen and left four words on the paper: "Keep up the good work."
It seemed to be encouragement and expectation, but it also made people feel that the emperor was scolding.
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The exams in the school field are not completely over.
There will be a series of exercises next, but Zhu Youtang no longer has the heart to watch...if he watches too much, he is afraid that he will be too angry and make himself angry...
With Zhang Zhou supporting the military and political affairs of the Ming Dynasty, he suddenly felt that it was a very wise decision.
When everyone was sending him off to the car, Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou with expectation and a "Thank you for your hard work" look in his eyes, and sighed heavily, as if he knew that these teammates could not carry him, so he gave Zhang Zhou an incomparable It's a hard job, but it still looks shameful.
Finally, Li Rong and others escorted Zhu Youtang and his son back to the palace.
"How's it going? Is there any more?"
When Xie Qian saw that the emperor had gone far away, he naturally did not want to stay outside the city. As a cabinet minister, his focus had never been on these Beijing military heroes.
Zhang Zhou asked with a smile: "Have you not seen enough, Mr. Xie Ge? Which part do you want to watch? Why don't you let me watch it again?"
Xie Qian said: "Listen to what Cai Guogong means, military exercises are just for people to watch on the school grounds?"
Zhang Zhou shrugged.
I mean, whatever you think, if you think my acting is too much, then at least my acting has conquered the entire Ming army. Even the emperor thinks my tactics are more effective. If you are not convinced, you can have one too!
Ma Wensheng said: "If the spirit of the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty's capital camp can be improved in this way, it will indeed be a meritorious service. Hmm!"
At the end, he nodded with self-affirmation.
A group of ministers wanted to discuss returning to the palace.
At this time, Zhu Feng, who had been participating in the school inspection on the school grounds, came over and joined Zhang Zhou's camp.
Zhu Feng originally thought that this test was like trying to catch a duck, and it might kill him... After taking it, he seemed to have more confidence.
"Brother Zhang, am I... okay?" Zhu Feng asked.
Zhang Zhou said: "Your achievements are good, but His Majesty did not praise you in particular. After all, you are an honorable minister who has only emerged in recent years."
Zhu Feng smiled and scratched his head, still looking very shy and said: "I just try my best."
At the same time, Wang Qiong also led Cui Yuan over to present Zhang Zhou.
"Student Cui Yuan, I have met Cai Guogong." Cui Yuan was still as respectful as when he met Zhang Zhou before.
Zhang Zhou sighed and said: "Consort Cui, you are so polite. I will not often come in and out of the Yanwu Hall from now on. You should listen to the opinions of Wang Shilang and Anbian Hou on teaching matters."
Wang Qiong and Zhu Feng were both instructors at the Yanwu Hall, and they were both Zhang Zhou’s direct descendants. Although Cui Yuan felt a little regretful that he could not learn from Zhang Zhou, he was still glad that he had studied the lecture given by Wang Qiong. And successfully got into the "core social circle" of Yanwu Hall.
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In the palace.
Zhu Youtang summoned his sister Princess Yongkang who went to pay respects to the Queen Mother Zhou.
Because his mother died young, Yongkang now doesn't even have anyone close to him. This time he entered the palace to gain some benefits for his family in front of the old lady.
When you are a princess...especially the eldest princess, you naturally know that the only thing you can rely on is this blood relationship.
In other words, it is a kind of emotional kidnapping of Zhu Youtang, and Zhu Youtang usually does this.
"Yongkang, I inspected the three armies outside the city today, and I also met Mao Ren." Zhu Youtang said.
Although Yongkang hated her husband's recent neglect in her heart, she still wanted to brag for her husband in front of outsiders. She said: "Brother, the emperor's son-in-law, he doesn't even care about the emperor's sister recently, so he goes to study the art of war. It won’t be embarrassing, right? Even though he has never marched and fought before, he is sincere and knows his shortcomings and is always learning.”
"Really? Diligent in study, no wonder he has made such rapid progress." Zhu Youtang smiled, "He is the only person I have commended today."
When Yongkang heard this, he immediately beamed.
What is ignored by her husband seems not to be that important anymore. Compared to the greater interests of the family, what is her small loss?
"Brother, please don't praise him so much, he will be in vain. But he has always been very diligent. It was also because of this that the emperor felt that he could be entrusted with him for life." Yongkang still seemed quite humble.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "Okay, you have good vision. If I have the chance to send him out for training, don't be reluctant to do so."
"No, no," Yongkang said, "It is natural for him to serve the country no matter how hard he goes through."
I haven't been discharged from the hospital, but today I ran home to sleep by myself. The results of the MRI today only said "thickening of the gallbladder wall, suggesting cholecystitis", and the cause was not even found out. But my jaundice still hasn't gone away.
The doctor said that my initial symptoms were like acute biliary obstruction, and that it might have passed out on its own, but since the jaundice has not subsided, there should still be obstruction... He also said that hepatitis A or E was suspected, and that he might need to be transferred to an infectious disease hospital for treatment. My partner was very frightened, but the hepatitis A and E results came out at noon (here are the hepatitis A and E test reports that will be given on Tuesday and Friday), and they were all negative... Then he will have an endoscopic ultrasound (that is, a gastroscopy tube) tomorrow. (with ultrasound). You can’t eat or drink after 10 o’clock tonight. I’m not sure when the appointment will be. I finished my liver protection drip (Simate) in the afternoon, and I still have an indwelling needle on my body. I put two layers of it on it with an ice sleeve. I’m home, and I can finally get some sleep at home (the patient at the end of the ward is actually infected with one positive, and I haven’t had two positives yet)... Since admission, more than 25 tubes of blood have been drawn (a maximum of 11 tubes can be drawn at a time), and my left arm No blood vessels could be found. Except for one on the left arm, the remaining six or seven times were all punctured on the right arm. From the initial biochemistry to various tumor indicators in the later stage, the test fee was more than 3,500, plus MRI, CT, etc., it took three days. The hospital stay has cost me seven thousand dollars, but the shit hasn't been found out yet. My partner said that this is a calamity that will happen to me in my birth year. First I will become adults with hands, feet and mouth, and then I will develop jaundice... I hope tomorrow’s endoscopic ultrasound can produce accurate results, otherwise I will be tortured to death. If I cannot cure the disease, I will continue to have jaundice. Hospitalized, always at risk of deterioration... Sigh! Then sleep for a while.
(End of chapter)
