Zhu Yijun felt a little tired after seeing that the summons had been going on for several hours. Finally, he said to Qi Jiguang: "Where will the Jizhou soldiers brought by Yuan Jing be stationed?"
Qi Jiguang replied: "Ask your Majesty, station yourself near the Nanhaizi School."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said thoughtfully: "Well, I will have an in-depth talk with General Qi when I have free time in the future. Let's stop here today."
Lu Shusheng, the Minister of Rites, who had been serving as a background board, quickly stood up and acted as the salute officer and praised: "I have come to see you, Qi Jiguang thanks you!"
Qi Jiguang quickly performed the worship dance, and Zhu Yijun sat upright according to the order and said in Fengyang dialect: "Reward him." Zhang Juzheng and other ministers received the order, Qi Jiguang thanked him, and the audience officially ended.
Qi Jiguang walked out of the palace as if he were stepping on cotton, dismissed the bearers, and walked back to his residence in a daze. Although the sky was dim and the north wind mixed with snowflakes blew on his face, it could not extinguish the fire in Qi Jiguang's chest.
In Qi Jiguang's original imagination, this interview should be ceremonial: the emperor was on the throne, his face blurred, and after Qi Jiguang danced with him, there were a few simple questions and answers between the emperor and him.
The day before the audience, when he was tossing and turning in bed, he imagined the emperor saying: "What a mighty general, give him food." Being given food was the limit of honor in his imagination.
To his surprise, he sat with the emperor for so long today and talked deeply about military training, personal experiences, family and many other topics. During his military career, he had not talked about these topics for many years, except for his brothers who risked their lives with him. Today, he talked about it so much that he even told the emperor a military joke.
Qi Jiguang, who had not eaten dinner, was lying on the bed fully clothed and looking at the ceiling with bright eyes. I kept thinking in my mind that after I told the emperor this, the emperor actually said this; after I said that, the emperor put his hands on his hands and laughed. In his memory at this time, the faces of Zhang Juzheng, Lu Tiaoyang, Tan Lun and other big bosses that he usually did not dare to look at were all blurred, except for the words that the emperor said with understanding: "The generals in the country are here." Chao Buyi——" These half-words surged back and forth in his ears and in his heart, like red, hot magma erupting from his stomach, burning his face with tears...
At midnight, Qi Jiguang could no longer suppress it, leaned down, and cried heartily!
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After the early morning dynasty, the state affairs basically came to a standstill. Except for the heads of various ministries who had received the five-year planning tasks, everyone from Beijing officials to ordinary people had fallen into the New Year atmosphere.
From a global perspective, the first year of Wanli was a good or bad year. At the southern end of the empire, a two-year pirate rebellion in Guangdong was put down by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Yin Zhengmao, with his troops. More than 12,000 pills were taken from the heads alone, and the bandit leader Lan Yiqing was beheaded. At this time, the people who were devastated were rebuilding their homes.
In Dengzhou Prefecture, due to the severe drought in the sixth year of Longqing, the court reduced taxes this year. Under the organization of the government, the refugees who returned to their hometowns planted the land and actually obtained a considerable harvest.
In Shaanxi, the demons Qi Fang and Liu Ruqing, who were known as "the God Emperor descended to earth to save the believers," were hunted down by the government, and the fifteen ignorant people who followed them to cheat money were exiled to Lingnan.
The King of Xiangling, Shaanxi Province, was deprived of his royal title because he listened to evil talk and arrogantly insulted the local area. A large number of generals who were in charge of the state and the generals who served the state were demoted to common people.
On the shore of the Black Water, Wang Gao, who had just slapped the imperial court in the face, was in his tent, looking at the gold belt, golden hat, clothes, boots and socks given by the emperor in the summer, his face was uncertain, even his favorite The Han and female slaves came to invite him to drink, but they all lost interest.
On Confucius Temple Street in Nanjing, the newly opened Qingliu Printing Bookstore is crowded with people. Each one has a variety of dishes. Dong Heng, who is wearing a child's square scarf, holds a stack of manuscripts in his hand. draft. From time to time, Feng Bangning's scolding came from the room: "That's bullshit, go back and rewrite it!"
In various districts of the capital, poor people working in factories run by the royal family received brand-new copper coins for the first time to celebrate the New Year holiday. As end-of-year gift packages, the royal family also gave them a bag of white flour and a bucket of soybean oil.
The face that had been numb and depressed for many years finally showed a long-lost smile at the end of the first year of Wanli. Not only did they gain money and goods, but what made them even more elated was that they gained the enviable looks of their neighbors.
Some of these craftsmen received very generous rewards for improving production techniques or for coming up with ideas that increased production efficiency. Some are actually looking for bricklayers and carpenters to build houses. If there is a young man in the family, matchmakers come in droves.
At the Nanyuan Campus of the capital, several leaders of the capital camp who were stimulated by the Ji Zhen soldiers brought by Qi Jiguang, along with their own generals and generals, led the soldiers shivering from the cold in a life-threatening practice formation. The sounds of gunfire and cannon fire occasionally coming from the school grounds unexpectedly fit in with the New Year atmosphere.
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Within the Forbidden Palace, the six years of anxiety and depression in Longqing seemed like a world away, and most of the people in the palace had regained their vitality. From time to time, there were sounds of cursing and laughter coming from some palace rooms. This was the sound of laughter and laughter coming from the young concubines left by Emperor Longqing when they played mahjong together.
As the master of the Forbidden Palace, Zhu Yijun had begun to be exhausted by the grand and lengthy sacrificial rituals.
He wondered with deep ill will whether the emperor needed to return all the kowtows collected throughout the year to his ancestors before and after the New Year. After all, it is not his merit that the subjects kowtow to him, but Taizu, Chengzu and other ancestors who established and maintained this country, which gave him such honor.
With such malice, he sent out Zhu Shitai, Duke of Ding, Xu Wenbi, British Duke Zhang Rong, Princess Jiashan's husband, Captain Xu Congcheng, and other nobles (except those from the Beijing camp). Zhu Shitai was sent to Nanjing to kowtow at various imperial mausoleums and altars on his behalf.
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With the sound of firecrackers, the second year of Wanli has arrived. In the inner palace, Zhu Yijun, together with the two palaces and the concubines and eunuchs with high status, also had New Year's Eve dinner and watched the New Year's Eve on New Year's Day. Festive lanterns were hung in the inner palace, and there was noisy drinking and ordering for several days.
Zhu Yijun couldn't drink wine, and under the instructions of Empress Dowager Li, he couldn't play mahjong, so he had to exercise in addition to various sacrifices to prepare himself physically for the new year.
At this time, the imperial capital is also full of the festive atmosphere of "new years are coming, and spring is filling the old mountains and rivers". The princes and officials of the capital paid homage to Zhu Yijun who was tortured and yawned early in the morning, and the birds and beasts dispersed. A twenty-day paid vacation began.
All officials in Beijing, including Qi Jiguang, carried their New Year greetings in a sack and went to their colleagues' homes to post them. Since every family has to visit relatives and friends, this post is thrown into the concierge without expecting people to return it. It is like a New Year's card in later generations. It just means that I am still alive and I am still thinking of you.
Of course, Qi Jiguang had some respect with Zhang Juzheng, so he was summoned by Yuan Fu and stayed in the house for a short time.
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The long Spring Festival has passed, and on the 21st day of the first month of the second year of Wanli, Tan Lun, the Minister of War, who went to work on the first day of work, wrote: "The three state-owned armies are very disciplined, attack unethically, respect the ancestral temple, attach importance to the country, and never forget the danger. ...The current capital camp has not been inspected for many years. The officers and soldiers have not perfected their battle formation habits and cannot achieve the success of keeping the internal forces at bay and resisting foreign forces. I would like to invite the emperor's colonel to inspect the capital camp. It is advisable to reward and punish them in large quantities, just like the stories of our ancestors. , It is not dangerous to be careful and careful in martial arts. I pray to the Holy Judge."
This was arranged last year. Zhu Yijun read the memorial, asked Empress Dowager Li for instructions, and replied: "The review will be held on the 26th of the first lunar month. The Ministry of War will arrange it. When it is ready, we will ask for the order."
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