Zhang Juzheng asked You Qi to pass the message to Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang already knew that Wang Chonggu was going to bring the few officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp who had collided with him.
Qi Jiguang felt it was unnecessary. It was just a few words, so why go into such a big fight?
Qi Jiguang said quite accurately: "It's just a trivial matter. There are many disputes between the border troops and the Beijing army. The admiral, commander-in-chief and the governor-general can handle it according to the military law and staff."
What Qi Jiguang meant was that the Beijing army was responsible for letting people live, and the Beijing army was responsible for dealing with them. The sticks and sticks, the key points, the softer ones, and the thickness of the cushions were all the responsibility of the Beijing army, so he stopped watching.
There are many distinguished relatives in the Beijing camp who have really beaten people to death. Qi Jiguang, the commander-in-chief of the border army, is afraid that there will be more enemies in the court. The current Duke Cheng Zhu Xizhong and the governor Wang Chonggu will immediately Offended, after all, these people are theirs.
Zhu Xizhong smiled a little. Face is given to each other. Qi Jiguang is willing to give this face, and everyone will have face in the future.
"Qi Shuai is a true gentleman." Wang Chonggu couldn't help but sigh. He looked at the hundreds of households and several general banners, kicked them hard, and said sternly: "Why don't you thank Qi Shuai for your life!"
"Thank you, Grandpa Qi, for your life! Thank you, Grandpa Qi, for your life!" Baihu knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing. Although he was tied up and unable to move, he still finished the kowtow action and completely lost the arrogance he had in front of the city gate. .
They didn't expect that they would make such a big move. They had bullied the frontier troops when they came to Beijing before.
Chen Dacheng, the general of the Southern Army who followed Qi Jiguang back to Beijing, felt unworthy of his commander. How could he let these people go so easily? If he came to Beijing again in the future, the gang would still cause trouble.
However, Qi's army had strict military discipline and the duty of soldiers was to obey. He did not object to Qi Jiguang's actions.
Qi Jiguang chose to forgive the two general banners and three soldiers of Baihu. He was very generous. He did not want the soldiers to fight against each other, which would be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty and inconsistent with his ambitions.
When the curfew arrived, Qi Jiguang heard the news.
Wang Chonggu beat the man to death.
The following offenders have a hundred sticks. If you use these hundred sticks firmly and without any padding, you can beat someone to death with only ten sticks. However, if you use them skillfully and pad them with pads, the sound will be loud and you will not be able to beat them to death. people.
"He's dead?" Qi Jiguang joined Chen Dacheng. Hearing the news, he immediately clenched his fists.
Wang Chonggu, a civil servant, did not want peace between the Jingying camp and the border troops at all, so he directly beat people to death. In the eyes of everyone in the Jingying camp, this showed that Qi Jiguang had no courage!
"Alas." When Qi Jiguang heard the news, he felt a little sad for a moment, and all his emotions turned into a heavy sigh, with unbreakable sadness in the sigh.
He is indeed Commander-in-Chief Qi in the Three Towns. No one dares to disobey orders. His military discipline is extremely strict and he can fight and win.
The army is filled with conflicts between the north and the south.
He brought 6,000 Southern soldiers, who were his right and left hands, but Jizhou, Shanhai, and Yongping were all Northern troops. The Northern troops looked at the Southern soldiers and thought that the Southern soldiers were Qi Shuai's executioners, supervisors of the battle team, and executioners.
The Southern soldiers saw the Northern Army as lazy, disrespectful of military discipline, and lax in their armaments. The conflict between the North and the South also had many differences in customs, accents, habits, daily life, etc., and the conflict was extremely fierce.
The army is rife with serious conflicts between soldiers and soldiers.
In the Ming Dynasty, soldiers specifically referred to volunteer regiment training, that is, the three thousand volunteers recruited by Qi Jiguang to quell the Japanese were recruited soldiers; and the army was a military household, a guard soldier, and a hereditary farm.
When Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers, the military pay was three cents and three cents of silver per day. If he was marching, the food would be one cent and two cents of silver. The military salary consumed in a year was about eighteen taels of silver. Qi Jiguang watched this part personally and guaranteed it. The foundation of military discipline is that if you pay enough, you can win the war.
The military pay for hereditary military households is based on the Wei system. This is a way for everyone from the general to the flag to drink the blood of soldiers to make a fortune. Qi Jiguang tried to investigate and combat corruption several times, but all ended in vain. Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents.
The hereditary military households watched the volunteer soldiers in the South enjoy the good life and get a solid eighteen taels of silver every year. They naturally held grudges and did not worry about the imbalance of disadvantages. Before, everyone suffered hardships and could not see anything, but suddenly they realized that there was still money left. Being able to serve as a soldier in this way, conflicts immediately arise. The conflicts between soldiers are complicated and difficult to resolve.
The army is full of armament contradictions. The Southern soldiers received a large amount of silver bounties for defeating the Japanese. Part of this silver was turned into armaments due to frequent battles. The armaments in these three towns were slack, and the muskets they used were still made during the Yongle period. Yes, and the soldiers of the south and the water use their muskets to practice on a daily basis, the soldiers of the north and the south will naturally be at odds.
Various contradictions influence each other, check and balance each other, and promote each other. In the end, these contradictions become irreconcilable. Therefore, even the military regards Qi Jiguang as a wart, superfluous and useless.
But now, Wang Chonggu has killed one hundred households, two general banners, and three soldiers of the Beijing camp with his stick. This relationship has been completely closed. In the future, there will be another conflict between the Beijing camp and the border army.
Under this contradiction, can Qi Jiguang still win the battle? This is a person with military talent. On the battlefield, he can really do whatever he wants.
Qi Jiguang believes that all conflicts are not problems. As long as the battle can be won and the battle is won, conflicts will be faced against the enemy instead of facing oneself.
In the early morning of the next day, the haze of the past few days was swept away. The sun jumped out from the east and sprinkled the morning light on the earth, bringing the capital and Beitucheng out of their slumber.
People in the suburbs of Beijing began to work in the fields with hoes and poles on their backs. The gates in the city slowly opened, and the streets became noisy, with shouts coming and going.
The steamer in the breakfast shop was steaming, and the breakfast vendor was busy making tea soup, moving around nimbly to prevent the soup from spilling.
The storyteller in the teahouse told legendary stories, with twists and turns and touching stories. Occasionally, the camera was photographed, which attracted bursts of applause from the audience. Even when the story was in the mood, the storyteller suddenly broke down and listened to the next chapter, causing a burst of excitement. boos.
Qi Jiguang changed into court clothes early in the morning and rode to Desheng Gate with his general Chen Dacheng. Desheng Gate was a military road. Qi Jiguang should enter the city through Desheng Gate when he returned to Beijing.
Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, Liu Yingjie, the left minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Wang Daokun, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, cheered in front of them and supported each other, leading a group of courtiers to greet him.
Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang were old friends. They fought against the Japanese together in the south. In the north, Tan Lun was the military governor of Jizhou, and Qi Jiguang was the chief military officer of Jizhou. The two of them worked together very well.
Qi Jiguang dismounted and greeted each other, and then the group changed cars and drove along Desheng Gate to the imperial road on Chang'an Street on the left. When they arrived in front of Chengtian Gate, Qi Jiguang got off the car and drove into the imperial city and entered the doorway.
suddenly see the light.
Both sides of the square were filled with officials and military officials from the capital. Tiqi, wearing flying fish uniforms, carrying embroidered spring knives and spears, stood straight and solemn along the road.
The melodious sound of horns came and the sound of war drums resounded in front of Fengtian Hall, and the musicians of Taichang Temple began to play music and dance.
Qi Jiguang walked step by step to His Majesty Jiulong Dan, waiting for the emperor's announcement.
It was the first time Zhu Yijun had to go to Fengtian Palace for morning worship. He got up at the fourth watch and spent two quarters of an hour just getting dressed. He wore a specially customized mian robe for the ten-year-old master, a twelve-chapter Yanfu that carried the sun and moon on his shoulders, The twelve crowns are the emperor's attire.
This dress is troublesome to put on and troublesome to take off. It must be worn whether it is for worshiping the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple. Zhu Yijun cannot even put on this set of clothes. He has to be carefully attended to by the maids, and only the scattered accessories on his body are There are more than ten kinds.
Fortunately, Zhu Yijun usually walked squarely and steadily, otherwise when he walked, these hanging ornaments would make noises when they collided with each other.
Morning bells and evening drums, at five o'clock in the morning, the bronze bells in Jingyang Tower began to wake up the entire capital under the impact of the firemen, while the opposite side of Jingyang Tower began to beat drums, inspiring people's minds.
In the Ming Dynasty, following the Tang Dynasty system, the bell was sounded first in the morning and then the drum. During curfew, the drum was beaten first and then the bell.
Zhu Yijun came to Fengtian Hall, the dragon chair was carried to the platform, Zhu Xixiao flicked his whip, and the ministers began to enter the hall. Just after they stood still with three shouts of long live, Qi Jiguang had already arrived under the Nine Dragon Pill Majesty of Fengtian Hall.
The time is just right.
Lu Shusheng, the Minister of Rites, did not mess with the etiquette system. Since the court discussion has been passed, if he makes trouble again, he will be asking for trouble.
Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said calmly: "Xuan Qishai."
"Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of Xuansan Town, has an audience!" Feng Bao, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of etiquette in Fengtian Hall, immediately stood up straight when he heard the emperor's words and shouted loudly at the top of his voice.
The two teams of young eunuchs standing in front of the Fengtian Palace kept shouting the emperor's oral edicts loudly, and passed them to four, eight, and then sixteen and thirty-two people shouted the emperor's edicts one after another. Celestial language and pronunciation.
Qi Jiguang raised his hand, lifted up his hem, climbed up the stairs, and stepped into Fengtian Hall step by step.
"Qi Jiguang, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Yongping and Jizhou, pays homage to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty!" When Qi Jiguang entered the palace, he bowed five times and kowtowed three times, shouting "long live" three times.
"Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of the three towns, received the order." Feng Bao flicked his fly whisk and took two steps forward. Two small yellow doors opened one foot long and one foot wide, with a black rhinoceros horn shaft made of auspicious clouds, auspicious cranes and silk brocade. Imperial decree.
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
"I use Liang De Fang to practice the position of great treasure in Chong Nian. I am always afraid of betraying the trust of my ancestors and the support of all the people. However, the most important thing is to inherit the ancestral temple and consolidate the ancestral temple and the country. The foundation of the ancestors is the most important. I work hard and night without fear. To be able to overcome the difficulties, it is still necessary to work together with the virtuous people in the civil and military circles, to transform the principles and principles into all directions, to have a good relationship with the common people, and to start a new era with the people."
"Since Renyin, the captives have never failed to ask for tribute and market. Our country wants to stop the army and pacify the people, and the intention is quite sincere. However, it does not cultivate the actual practice of war and defense and prepare for it. The barbarians and horses drink in the suburbs, and the smell of killings can be heard in the city gates. , then he asks for help with the threat of troops, and I respond with my poor plan, and accept the money smoothly and accept the alliance under the city, wouldn't it be humiliating?"
"The emperor heard that Jiguang's scriptures and martial arts were excellent in both planning and bravery. He could win people, know people, love people, and control people. He discussed with the court officials. He ordered all the officials to study Ji Liao and specialize in training the border soldiers."
"I heard that Dong Fox knelt down to ask for rewards. You set up ambushes at Beigukou, Jiangjun Tower, Sister Tower, and Xifengkou. You repelled the Duoyan Guard thief chief Dong Fox. Your first contribution was 2,500 yuan, and you retreated again. The thieves captured Dong Fox's nephew Buha alive and sent him back to the capital with weapons. I am very happy."
"Recorded the merits of defeating the Northern Captives. I specially entered the Central Army Governor's Mansion as the Right Governor and the Crown Prince's Taibao. I discussed the merits of pacifying the Japanese and resisting the enemy. I was granted a title and moved to Anbo. I was paid 800 shi at the age of 18. I can only learn from heaven for my loyalty!"
"The dynasty became a constitution after a long period of time, it was a good deed and a favor, and the edict was issued to the world, and the envoys heard about it."
"Appreciate this."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "I love you."
Qi Jiguang kowtowed again and said loudly: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
The Fengtian Palace was a little quiet and terrifying, because His Majesty the Emperor took a cue and unexpectedly granted Qi Jiguang the title of Qian'an Bo. Although he did not grant a world certificate, it was enough to frighten people.
Who ordered this? Is Zhang Juzheng doing it for his lackeys?
What does His Majesty the Emperor want to do?
Is His Majesty the Emperor going to rebel?
"If you have something to do, leave work early. If you have nothing to do, roll up the curtain and leave the court." Feng Bao flicked his fly whisk and shouted loudly.
Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, took a step forward and then took it back. Anyone who wanted to object could object, but Tan Lun was not prepared to object anyway.
Yang Bo, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, looked left and right, with a complex look on his face, and finally shook his head, took a step forward and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have a script to start this memorial."
