It is not a small matter for the emperor to give gifts. It would be rude to give gifts that are too light, and it would be rude to give gifts that are too heavy. In the end, Mei Huaiyan came up with a good idea for him.
The emperor would write the word "Ruyi" on it, and then have it embroidered on the child's bellyband. The thing was not big and the craftsmanship was not complicated. Even the dexterous women in the palace could make it.
Then he gave this to Mao Yuwen, which was regarded as a blessing.
But this guy gave birth to a daughter, and she seemed a little unhappy. Anyway, she would pout sometimes.
"It's a great joy that mother and daughter are safe, so why do you have to worry about it all the time?"
"Your Majesty is teaching you a lesson." Mao Yuwen muttered, "It's just that I'm nearly thirty years old and I don't have a son to inherit my legacy, so I'm inevitably a little anxious."
"Look at him, he got an advantage and behaved well." The emperor joked with Liu Jin beside him, "Okay, I'll do it again next time. I came to you today, firstly, to please you. Secondly, it's the same. Something happened."
"Your Majesty, as long as you have your orders, I will not give up even if I die!"
"Well, this matter is quite simple. Gu Liqing from the Ministry of Revenue went to Yangzhou to inspect the salt. According to my understanding of him, the noise during his trip cannot be ignored. However, the salt industry involves too many people, and there may be something strange in the capital."
"Your Majesty, Vice Envoy Han has arrived."
"Xuan."
"yes."
Zhu Houzhao continued, "Jinyiwei will take joint action this time. North Town Fusi and South Town Fusi have a division of responsibilities. Although the news has not reached the capital yet, people's tempers are hard to change, so it will happen sooner or later. So South Town Fu Si needs to plan in advance, and some internal secrets and secrets must be put in place. Fu Si in Beizhen is investigating the case and arresting people."
Both Mao and Han couldn't believe it, "Does Your Majesty think... someone in the capital has other ideas?"
"That's not the case. As the saying goes, the law does not punish everyone, I just hope that when the time comes, I can be targeted. That's it, you can go back and prepare yourself."
Mao Yuwen returned home with his thoughts in mind.
The emperor has not yet ordered him to go south to Yangzhou, but it is just because there is no news from Yangzhou for the time being.
However, even so, he and Han Ziren would not be asked to prepare together...
Later, Xu Xueyun answered his doubts,
"Your majesty, the next generation of heroes, has always done things like this. He has no intention of going on a killing spree in the capital, but he has to prepare in this direction. The so-called targeted approach actually means keeping options open. That is to say, there are really soldiers. If you risk threatening the emperor, then the emperor is not afraid of threats from anyone. The worst case scenario is that he will pick up the knife and drop it."
This is the true meaning of being targeted, and it is also the emperor's consistent style of doing things.
In fact, there was another major event in April that the emperor paid special attention to.
Because the three-level guards of the Shangzhi Guards, A, B, and C, have martial arts competitions and the survival of the fittest is the survival of the fittest. Just because they are Class A guards one year does not mean that they are Class A guards every year.
The content of the martial arts performance is very hard-core, and there is no relationship or impersonality at all. It was as if the Ministry of War had not thought about how to fight the war at all, so the content of the martial arts competition could not be faked at all.
The first is the standing competition between the square teams, not to compare who looks better, but to compare who can maintain a posture for a long time.
What kind of favor can there be in this thing? You have one stick of incense, and he has two sticks of incense. The long one is long, and the short one is short.
This was actually thought up by Zhu Houzhao. Although he was not a military expert, he still knew this basic thing about the obedience of the army.
The second part of the martial arts performance is the rapid march. For a length of five kilometers, whoever goes first and who comes last will be divided into one, two, and three.
In fact, in Zhu Houzhao's view, if the army of this era can do well in these two points, obey orders and have physical fitness, it will become a highly effective army after fighting a few battles.
The third component of martial arts performance is really about combat.
The battle is carried out in small groups, with three people in each group. There is no conspiracy, just three people fighting head-on. However, this matter started long in advance, because each guard had 5,600 people, and they all came to participate. There were too many groups and it was too late.
Therefore, the army stipulates that each guard station first selects its own internal troops. Each guard station selects the strongest thirty people and ten teams. The results of these ten teams are also points, and the sum of the points is the points of the guard station.
The so-called points are all new words, and they are all the emperor's idea.
It can also be seen from this that the emperor attached great importance to the construction of Shangzhi personal guards.
In addition, military academies and literate students are also used to enrich the middle and upper-level officers, and the training and construction of each guard station are often personally concerned and arranged.
This year, perhaps the first year of Zhengde, the emperor paid more attention to it.
In fact, Emperor Yongle had always paid more attention to maintaining the combat capabilities of the army. He would conduct training through competitions between the local army and the Beijing army. However, since then, the martial culture in Beijing has occasionally ignited.
Nowadays, except for the Jin Yiwei, Zhu Houzhao has been involved in the appointment of all the commanders of the twenty-five personal guards of Shangzhi. After a few years of transition, all the commanders are from the military academy.
This is an army led by the emperor himself, and there is no need to explain to anyone whether it is appropriate or inappropriate.
In the past, there would be some cases where the guards were all old, weak, sick and disabled, but later they were gradually replaced. Not only was it the emperor's will, but the commanders themselves could not bear it, because if there were too many such people, their combat effectiveness would not increase.
If the combat effectiveness cannot be improved, there are too many places where you usually suffer a loss, because in addition to the grand martial arts performance, there are other competitions, so if you really want to suffer a loss, you will suffer a loss forever. Which commander can bear this?
Everyone came from the military academy. How come some people can become commanders of Class A guards, while I can only be a Class C guard?
It's not just the military pay that's much worse.
Very different in every aspect.
Some of them come from noble backgrounds, and the poor people are climbing on top of them. Isn't it a shame?
In addition, Zhu Houzhao is still planning. He will also take a trip to these Beijing guards recently and take twenty-five generals to bring out his own army.
The word is drill.
If something happens, it is a question whether these 140,000 men and horses can be in place immediately.
But most people in the Military Aircraft Department and the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers disagreed.
First of all, there is no important military operation, so why summon hundreds of thousands of troops when there is nothing to do? Secondly, when the emperor favored martial arts, literati were naturally resistant to it.
But Zhu Houzhao always insisted.
This made several officials suspicious.
Liang Chu and Han Wen went to see Wang Bing, Secretary of the Ministry of War.
"Da Sima, have there been any changes recently? Your Majesty is not a willful character. The ministers have advised you, but your Majesty still wants to submit to Xuanwei by force. Is there any reason for this?"
Wang Bing shook his head, "I know nothing more than the two of you. I can only say that the Sacred Heart is hard to fathom, and the Holy Heart is hard to fathom."
If it were another person, it would be easy to say that they have a young mind. But today’s Holy Emperor is definitely not.
Anyway, Min Gui always felt that there was some purpose, "It's hard to tell whether it's a sudden declaration of military power or something big."
After several years of investing money and replacing personnel, the Shangzhi Personal Guards are no longer what they used to be. The emperor has 140,000 elite troops and he wants to show them off. What does that mean?
Such behavior certainly has political implications, but Zhu Houzhao never did anything just for politics, because politics is just a means, the key is the purpose.
The event itself also had military significance.
After all, there are 140,000 people, and even if all 140,000 pigs are driven out of the pen, it will not be easy.
In order to reflect the specialness of this year, these 25 guards were divided into 12 guards each to conduct the fourth martial arts exercise. They conducted drills and operations with each other. The combat content was also terrifying, a frontal field battle!
This is not because he cannot think of good solutions, but when the Ming army faces the Tatars, the most critical battle may be a frontal field battle. It is not that he does not advocate military strategies, but Zhu Houzhao wanted the Ming army to fight head-on even if they set up a battle array. When you are young, you also have the courage to fight!
The remaining guards serve as the emperor's bodyguards to ensure the emperor's safety outside the palace.
Zhu Houzhao planned to train his direct bodyguards, but he did not believe that he could not produce an elite infantry with high spirits while ensuring military pay and his constant attention.
The emperor's armor was making a rattling sound, and he was also a little interested in his military uniform. He ordered someone to bring a bronze mirror for him to take a picture of.
"Emperors have had civil and military skills since ancient times. I don't worry about them. But I haven't done that yet by opening up new territories!"
Liu Jin was flattering on the side, "Your Majesty can keep up with the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty. The little Tatars will definitely surrender to your Majesty's majesty. According to what the slave said, they won't be able to jump around for long."
"Drinking from the vast sea of horses, sealing the wolf as a slave, I will do it one day!"
These historical terms had nothing to do with him in the past, but now he has a chance.
And in some places,
The Han people haven’t been there for a long time.
(End of chapter)
