The seventh year of Wanli is destined to be a noisy year.
In this year, the word "Fei Fan Ying Tian" has traveled all over the world, from the shop to the scholar, from the local to the court, from the civil servants to the military generals, from the palace to the school.
The most sensational thing in the capital today is undoubtedly the fact that someone gathered troops to plot a rebellion and took advantage of the opportunity for the emperor to leave the palace to kill in the streets.
As soon as the incident happened, the news took Gaofu as the center of the whirlpool and was swept away by the stormy waves.
Power is like a dam, filtering the speed and accuracy of information, and devolving it step by step in a familiar manner.
The commanders of the guards, the commanders, the generals of each battalion, and the generals who seemed to be the first to react immediately actually heard the news quite late.
In fact, just a moment ago, they were eagerly donning armor and forming a team, anxiously waiting for the order from King Qin to rescue them.
The next moment, the sincere uncle Liu Shiyan personally subdued the emperor and ordered the officers above the rank to go to the school grounds to observe the execution. The edicts came one after another.
The commanders, commanders, and generals, no matter what they thought in their hearts, had no choice but to immediately dismiss the soldiers under their command and rush to the main campus.
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The school grounds of the three major camps of the Beijing camp were all located outside Deshengmen and Andingmen (today's Xiaochangkou Street and Xiyingfang Huey area), and the large school grounds refer to the fifth year of Wanli. The emperor responded to Gu Huan's request and opened it in
The General Campus outside Xuanwu Gate in Nancheng.
All major events, such as the change of defense points by the Rong government in Beijing, the distribution of rewards, the testing of new firearms, the tentative inspection of the emperor Zhengdan next month by the DPRK, and even the military treatment of high-ranking military attaches who have violated the ban, will be held in the university grounds.
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Naturally, the generals and commanders often go in and out of this kind of place and are very familiar with it.
Then today, the emperor was summoned for no reason after his assassination, but the atmosphere was very different from usual times.
The wind and thunder gradually subsided, the sky was still gloomy, and the heavy rain continued. The last raindrops mixed with snowflakes fell on the open-air campus.
The Imperial Guards stood erect and had solemn expressions. They guarded the important position in the main campus and surrounded them.
Perhaps it was because they had just experienced a fight. The murderous look in the eyes of the imperial guards had not completely dissipated, and the blood-stained weapons had not been put away. They were leaning on the ground with cold light shining everywhere.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, which became more and more depressing.
The civil servants who came from nowhere took the lead in seizing the position close to the commander's platform. After the accompanying ministers readjusted their civil and military positions, they were looking at the subsequent commanders and generals with a vigilant and scrutinizing gaze.
On the left and right sides of the handsome platform are two large cowhide drums. The two warriors who defeated the most enemies this time were selected to beat the drums.
Boom, boom, boom.
The rhythmic voice seemed to strike everyone's heart.
Cabinet scholar Shen Shixing and others, as well as officials from the six ministries such as Wang Xijue and Wang Zongyi, rushed to the campus to care about the emperor's safety, but were sent back to the Yamen to attend duty by the emperor in a few words.
Only the king of the cabinet, Chonggu, and the minister of war, Chen Jingbang, were retained by the emperor.
After rejecting the preferential treatment offered by the emperor to hold an umbrella, the two silently walked to the stage and stood at the head of the Dongban to lead the civil servants.
Later generals looked anxiously at Xu Wenbi and Gu Huan, the leaders of the Spanish squad, from time to time, trying to find out whether the emperor's move was really a whim for people to come to watch the execution, or whether he was taking the opportunity to implicate people related to Liu Shiyan -
—The scope of this is too broad, and no one can guarantee whether they will be affected.
Unfortunately, no one responded.
After the dull drum beat also stopped, only the patter of rain could be heard.
The sound of rain brings out the quietness best.
This is especially true at this time.
What is even more unsettling is that the figure standing on the podium in the school grounds has not moved much from beginning to end.
The emperor arrived in a hurry, scolding the belated commander of the twenty-six imperial guards, and angrily scolding the generals of the three battalions who arrived belatedly. The horses galloping under his lap kept neighing, and the rebels dragging behind him kept shouting.
But after the emperor ascended the stage, the scene seemed to freeze.
The horse was tied to its side by the emperor's hands and was looking around alone, shaking from the rain that fell on it from time to time.
Liu Shiyan lay motionless in front of the emperor. The bandaging strips had long since disappeared, and blood was flowing everywhere. At first, his body could be seen shaking slightly, but now there was no movement.
The emperor was dressed in military uniform, holding a sword in both hands and pressing it between his legs, sitting silently in his commanding position.
The military uniform is not the Yisha, one of the emperor's regular uniforms, but after sixty years, the Zhu family emperor once again wears a phoenix-winged helmet on his head, a fish-scale leaf armor, and a long bow hanging from his waist with an arrow on his back.
Everyone looked at the armor-clad emperor with their peripheral vision.
Quite similar to Wuzong...
The young emperor wearing armor and carrying a sword is majestic, but it also makes the atmosphere more solemn.
finally.
"Your Majesty, the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, the commanders of the twenty-six imperial guards, the commanding generals, the deputy generals of the Beijing camp, the staff, the tour, and the assistant generals, the governor of the Rong government, the staff, the inspectors, the governor's office of the five armies...all of them are here
together."
Zheng Zongxue's voice was not deep, but it sounded just right in the ears of everyone in the school.
From the Cabinet to the Ministry of War, from the Forbidden Army to the Beijing Camp, all the civil and military personnel involved in military matters in the capital are now here.
Everyone holds their breath and concentrates, waiting for the sound of heaven.
However, the emperor did not say anything in reply. He just raised his hand and waved away the Beijing camp staff officer.
A long time passed.
Still no action was seen from the emperor.
Everyone looked at each other and had no choice but to raise their hands and greet each other: "Your Majesty."
After this sound, there was finally movement on the stage.
I saw the figure on the handsome platform slowly getting up, raising his head slightly, and the face under the phoenix-winged helmet was revealed in front of the civil servants and generals.
During the movement, the armor leaves all over his body made a clanging sound.
Immediately afterwards, a condescending gaze glanced at him, without showing much emotion.
Everyone gradually lowered their heads, and looked away calmly from the corner of their eyes.
The emperor still did not speak, but quietly glanced at the civil and military personnel on the school field.
From civil servants to military generals, from the imperial army to the capital camp, they were all swept through in this way.
silence.
A long silence.
After the assassination of the emperor, the most frightening thing was the unbridled outbreak of the emperor's anger - a group of military attaches thought this before coming, but now they suddenly have a new understanding. It turns out that the silent volcano will be even more disturbing.
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The uneasiness began to spread, and the movements of swallowing and pursed lips frequently appeared in the crowd.
jingle.
The sound of the emperor dragging his sword gave the silence a hint of sound.
Silence seems to build strength.
So much so that the slightest movement on the handsome stage at this time made people concentrate.
"Today, someone wants to kill me again. My right-hand governor, the hereditary and irreplaceable earl, actually gathered hundreds of troops and killed them within ten steps of me."
Zhu Yijun finally spoke.
Logically speaking, as soon as such words are spoken, someone will immediately fall to the ground to apologize.
But after a long period of silence, the first sentence is often not interrupted. Instead, there are sounds of breathing out one after another - no matter what the emperor is saying, it is like the sound of nature at this time.
As for the Emperor’s assassination…
Everyone subconsciously looked towards Liu Shiyan.
Xu Wenbi and Gu Huan looked at each other with complicated expressions. How did they, who have been rich and noble for generations, reach this point?
Chen Jingbang snorted in Liu Shiyan's direction in disgust, seeming to express his attitude to his colleagues around him.
Xia Kai, the commander of the Yulin avant-garde, carefully wiped the sweat from his cheek with his shoulder.
Zheng Zongxue and other officials close to the emperor had calm expressions on their faces that swept away the reactions of everyone in the school.
In the huge school grounds, apart from the patter of rain, there was only the emperor's voice.
"There is no need to elaborate on the reason. It is simply that he colluded with Shi Maohua to treason, interfered with Ma Zheng's political affairs, and invaded the nine countries. He knew that he could not escape death, so he wanted to drag me to death together."
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he slowly walked up to Liu Shiyan with a sharp knife in his hand, dragged one leg, like dragging a dead pig, towards the edge of the podium.
Everyone clearly saw that Liu Shiyan was still motionless and seemed to be dead.
His body was already covered with stab wounds and arrow marks, and he was dragged all the way here by the emperor. It was not surprising that he died.
However, subjectively he may be dead, but objectively he must be alive - before the emperor announced his execution, Liu Shiyan could only be alive.
After all, killing chickens is for the monkeys to see, and everyone knows that.
"Fortunately, I have learned martial arts for eight years since I came to the throne. I was not so frightened that I ran away in a panic and lost my face. Instead, I sealed this guy's throat with an arrow and shot him down on the spot."
Although he missed the shot and hit Liu Shiyan's neck, outsiders never knew it.
Hearing the emperor's words, all the military officials couldn't help but look sideways.
The situation changed in one day, and the news came in a hurry. At this time, the emperor learned about the situation from his mouth, and his face couldn't help but have a strange look.
I saw the emperor standing tall and straight, wearing armor like a mighty general, dragging one of Liu Shiyan's legs in his hand, dragging a long blood stain on the handsome platform.
"Logically speaking, in such a major treason case, the thief should be left to the judicial department for torture."
He walked to the edge of the podium, put Liu Shiyan down, and kicked him twice, causing his upper body to crawl on the podium and his head hanging outside.
Zhu Yijun raised his right foot and stepped on Liu Shiyan's back.
When the civil servants and generals saw the emperor's actions, they immediately understood what the emperor was going to do.
The general clenched his fists and looked at the emperor in astonishment and excitement, anticipating the emperor's next move.
A group of civil servants looked at Wang Chonggu at the same time, but saw that the latter's face was calm and showed no unnecessary expression.
Gei Shizhong, who had just barged in to save the driver, took a step forward but hesitated to speak.
How could the emperor do this himself?
"But after all, it is a battle between two armies. Liu Shiyan is a general and was captured by me personally. Whether it is me killing the enemy on the battlefield or executing him with military law, I have to think about it..."
Zhu Yijun picked up the sword in his hand and pushed aside Liu Shiyan's messy hair, revealing his dirty neck.
The civil servants and military generals widened their eyes, firmly attracted by this scene.
Just when everyone was waiting intently for the emperor's next move.
The emperor stepped on Liu Shiyan firmly and waved with all his strength!
Poof!
Blood spurted out, and a head was thrown away!
The emperor cut off Liu Shiyan's head like a chicken, causing blood to spurt out far away!
Xu Wenbi subconsciously turned aside and watched blankly as his head fell in front of him.
Wang Chonggu and Gu Huan remained motionless, staring directly at the bloody sword in the emperor's hand.
Chen Jingbang stretched out his hand to wipe the blood splattered on his face, and took a deep breath to prevent himself from spitting it out.
Qi Jiguang paused for a moment, stepped forward, picked up the fallen head, and placed it directly under the podium, facing everyone.
At this time, the emperor's voice came slowly.
"I will behead this thief here with my own hands, so as to serve as a warning to everyone, so that such an intolerable thing will not happen again."
Zhu Yijun sheathed his sword, stared at the civil and military personnel in the school, and said coldly: "Do you think so?"
Perhaps it was a coincidence that the wind and rain also stopped at this time.
The campus was completely silent.
Faced with the emperor's behavior, no one could tell whether it was a casual warning after venting anger or an aggressive accusation.
They all bowed down and apologized: "Liu Shiyan's rebellion and disturbing the Holy Master are all due to dereliction of duty by the ministers. I will be ashamed of myself and will never do this again!"
With Wang Chonggu taking the lead, civil servants and military generals quickly expressed their stance.
Zhu Yijun's expression finally showed a hint of warmth, and he patiently explained: "It's not that I'm embarrassing you."
"Two days ago, Shi Maohua bribed Fan Monk to assassinate him, and today Liu Shiyan gathered troops on the street to plot rebellion."
"Continuing like this..."
"I just couldn't help but wonder if tonight, someone will imitate Uncle Zhaowu and lead the Beijing camp and the imperial army to my palace."
The emperor looked kind and cheerful, and his words were full of tiger and wolf language.
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, everyone's expressions changed suddenly, no matter how polite or polite they were.
The next moment, someone could no longer hold back and suddenly fell to his knees, begging for mercy.
"Your Majesty! Liu Shiyan's rebellion has nothing to do with us!"
"Your Majesty! We are loyal and loyal, and we can learn from the sun and the moon!"
"Your Majesty clearly shows you!"
People kept prostrating themselves on the ground, shouting that they were wronged.
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun was noncommittal: "It just doesn't matter?"
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The disappointment on his face could not be concealed: "The so-called king humiliates his ministers to death..."
"My Minister of War collaborated with the enemy and committed treason. My right-hand governor gathered troops to rebel. Today, my bodyguards suffered countless casualties. My paralyzed teacher suffered terribly from the shock of the battle. Liu Shiyan cursed my relatives in person."
"Your Majesty has suffered such a great shame and humiliation. You just want to tell me that it has nothing to do with you?"
"This is my military department!?"
"This is my imperial army!?"
"This is my Beijing camp!?"
"Did all the millions of taels of military pay I took out of my internal funds go to the dogs!?"
The more the emperor spoke, the more he couldn't hold back his tone. By the end, he was almost roaring, and the armor leaves all over his body were vibrating, and his anger instantly swept through the school grounds.
Everyone present turned pale.
Wang Chonggu will make a statement immediately.
But I saw that the emperor had no intention of letting anyone interrupt.
"Where is the commander of Habayashi Vanguard?"
The emperor shouted lowly, and Xia Kai immediately trembled all over.
Almost subconsciously, the latter knelt down in embarrassment and replied hastily: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty..."
Zhu Yijun interrupted him rudely: "Don't call me a vassal. Answer me. The Yulin Guards failed to search Fan Monk two days ago. After that, they set up a trap to intercept Shi Maohua but failed. Liu Shiyan's rebellion today was not investigated."
"Again and again and again and again and again and again and again."
"Are you incompetent or are you harboring evil intentions?"
Xia Kai looked pale and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent! I am incompetent!"
Zhu Yijun's face was expressionless: "Incompetent? Then what are you doing with seventy soldiers and so on these days?"
This was what Lu Weizhen found out yesterday, and it was not Zhu Yijun's empty words to scare him intentionally.
When Xia Kai heard this, he kowtowed deeper and more urgently, and the banging sound kept coming: "Your Majesty, I am guilty! I am a good soldier and repair the house for my mother!"
Oh.
A sneer.
Astonishingly, the emperor was smiling.
"Okay! Since you mentioned your mother, I will pardon you for your crimes of embezzling military pay, manipulating Shi Maohua, and being a good soldier."
He took off the sword from his waist and threw it away: "Kill yourself."
A parabola passed by, and Xia Kai's movement stopped abruptly, and he stared blankly as the emperor's sword fell in front of him.
Everyone frowned and looked sideways.
Zhu Yijun was too lazy to look at him again. He turned around and shouted again: "Where is Li Cheng'en, the training general of the Second Battalion of the Shenji Battalion?"
Li Chengen was watching Xia Kai's play when he suddenly heard the emperor calling him and felt a thunderbolt from the blue!
He quickly turned around and met the emperor's gaze, horrified: "Your Majesty! I am definitely not involved in this!"
The imperial army is the imperial army, and the Beijing camp is the Beijing camp.
The former twenty-six guards, the Jinyi Guards, and the Yulin Guards all belong to it. They are directly under the emperor, guard the capital, and are dispatched very frequently.
The latter's Shenji Camp, Fifth Army Camp, and Shenshu Camp were under the Rong Government and were under the jurisdiction of the Governor and the Minister of War. Except for daily drills, they all stayed in the camp. He, Li Chengen, had no ability and no chance to participate!
But I heard the emperor's tone was cold: "There are five military camps in the Beijing camp and seven battalions of soldiers, and Liu Zhi, the brave general, was scolded by me seven years ago, and he has always held a grudge in his heart. Now he is fighting with the White Lotus Sect and Liu Shiyan."
Conspiracy and assassination."
"I heard that General Li Shen also holds a grudge. When are you going to follow in Liu Zhi's footsteps?"
Only then did Li Chengen realize what the emperor was referring to.
Seven years ago, Gu Huan took up his post in the capital camp and captured a group of role models, including him and Liu Zhi!
But Liu Zhi rebelled, and Li Chengen had nothing to do with him! In addition to them, there were also Shenshu Yingzuo, Hou Zhizhou and others, so why did he only come to trouble him?
Li Chengen hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty! Since then, I have changed my ways and done my duty. I have never harbored any resentment!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor's slightly cold voice sounded again.
"Really? Aren't you complaining about me all day long about 'what are you doing blindly working in the fields'?"
Li Chengen suddenly raised his head, with a horrified expression on his face.
At this moment, there was a pop, and the smell of blood suddenly became strong in the air.
He turned around with difficulty and saw Xia Kai, the commander of the Yulin Guards, cutting his throat with a sharp knife and falling to the ground.
Li Chengen's throat was throbbing, and his mouth became dry unconsciously: "Cousin, I have no knowledge or skills, and I don't know anything about politics. I'm just joking in private..."
At this time, the emperor's life and death were at stake, and he only felt the shadow of death hanging over him. He was so frightened that he had to move out of the eldest princess and become relatives with the emperor.
"Remove your armor and resign."
The emperor's voice was like the sound of nature, and Li Chengen kowtowed repeatedly.
He stumbled to Gu Huan in embarrassment, tremblingly took off his waistband and handed it back.
All the civil and military officers present had a panoramic view of this scene, and felt an uncontrollable chill in their hearts rushing straight to the sky.
Live or die! Seriously, live or die!
"The Marquis of Zhenyuan, your Majesty the Governor of Jingying, why did you fail to observe this?"
Gu Huanzheng took Li Chengen's waist card in his hand when he heard the emperor's voice coming again.
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After guarding the capital camp for the emperor for seven years, he was finally able to retire without having to follow in the footsteps of Zhu Xizhong.
Gu Huan lowered his head and immediately prostrated: "I am guilty, I ask you to be dismissed."
After saying that, he took off his helmet and placed it in front of him.
But I didn't hear a direct reply from the emperor.
"Chen Shilang, Jia Du is in trouble. Do the Ministry of War and the Military Science Department have anything to tell me?"
When Chen Jingbang and Jia Sanjin heard this, they both fell silent.
After a moment, the two of them looked at each other and bowed down: "Your Majesty, Shi Maohua and Liu Shiyan are treasonous, and we are shouldering the responsibility!"
After the two men expressed their opinions, the emperor finally brightened up and nodded slowly.
Zhu Yijun turned his head, looked at Wang Chonggu, the leader of the squad, and said warmly: "Old Wang Ge, the Ministry of War, the Fifth Army Commander's Office, the Beijing Camp, and the Twenty-Six Imperial Guards have all been corrupted to this point. What can be done about it?"
At this point in the emperor's words, the generals present may not be able to grasp the context. They only felt that the emperor wanted to live and kill, and he wanted to be majestic, but all the civil servants were silent and speechless.
Wang Chonggu turned his slightly stiff neck and raised his head to meet the emperor's gaze.
Looking at each other.
Silent gaze.
The two of them stared at each other for an unknown amount of time.
Wang Chonggu finally opened his dry lips, cupped his hands and replied: "My army has done a lot of harm, so please do something drastic!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor smiled.
Several military officials seemed to finally react, while the civil servants became increasingly silent.
Zhu Yijun took a deep breath, stepped lightly, and walked to the stage. He firmly grasped Wang Chonggu's fists that were holding each other in salute with his palms, and personally helped him up.
The latter's body stiffened for a moment before slowly straightening up.
Zhu Yijun patted Wang Chonggu's shoulder lightly, turned around again, and walked up the steps back to the podium.
He stood alone on the podium, tall and straight, facing the ministers: "I will make the following arrangements."
A group of civil and military officials spontaneously lowered their bodies and bent down to listen.
The accompanying people from Zhongshushe came here in a hurry and had no pen and paper in their hands, so they had to keep it in mind.
"The Duke of Zhenyuan, Gu Huan, was dismissed from the post of governor of the capital, and the left governor Qi Jiguang took over."
This was the intended meaning of the question, so Gu Huan naturally thanked him calmly.
Although Qi Jiguang was full of emotions in his heart, his face was very calm and he bowed respectfully and meticulously.
"The military department was reduced to the center of affairs. Jia Sanjin left the military department to the center of affairs. He regarded the military affairs of the capital as the government and was responsible for the military affairs of the capital."
Jia Sanjin raised his head in astonishment and looked at Chen Jingbang beside him.
Before the latter could respond, he heard the emperor's voice ringing again.
"Chen Jingbang, the minister of the Ministry of War, who is also the assistant manager of the military affairs of the Beijing camp, is exempted from the post of deputy minister of the Ministry of War and is responsible for the main duties of the Ministry of War."
Chen Jingbang couldn't help but became speechless and looked at the emperor blankly.
It has long been known to everyone that the emperor cannot trust the Ministry of War, but it is really unexpected to directly strip away the function of supervising the capital camp in this way!
"The flag-hand guard was changed to be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and the number was reduced to three hundred; the three martial arts guards were left with only military craftsmen, and were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works; the four Tengxiang guards were reduced to one thousand two, and were under the jurisdiction of the inner court; the seven guards including Tongzhou, Jeju, Daxing, and Yanshan were
, reduced to 1,800, and became the Shuntian Prefecture, the Five-City Military and Horse Division, the Ministry of War, and the Military Department, responsible for city defense; the remaining eleven guards, including Jinyi, Yulin, Jinwu, and Huben, are exclusively under my jurisdiction."
Many commanders of the Forbidden Army looked at each other in confusion.
The expressions of Xu Wenbi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and Li Jin, the commander of the Huben Guards, did not change - they were under direct jurisdiction of the emperor, so this was nothing more than getting closer to the emperor.
On the other hand, the flag bearer guards, martial arts guards and other commanders looked unwilling to do so. They were kicked out of the imperial army by the emperor!
"The military system of the Ministry of War was stripped, and the duties of conquest, dispatching of troops, and dispatching were assigned to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. It was still in charge of recruiting troops, maps, city gods, military weapons, talismans, rulers, martial arts, salaries, conciseness, postal transmissions, and stable animal husbandry.
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"Not long ago, the imperial court promoted the Minister of War."
Everyone present in the Ministry of War was shocked!
In this way, wouldn’t the Ministry of War be reduced to the housekeeper of the national defense military?
"The military status of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was stripped, and the responsibilities of the garrison, garrison, and arsenal were assigned to the Ministry of War, and the Chinese and foreign military affairs were still controlled; a staff council was added, the Jinshi were removed from the martial arts examination, the Hanlin was in charge of the troops, the ranks of the military merits, and the military staff were
, study the art of war, and start classes.”
"Because Liu Shiyan, the right commander-in-chief, has conspired to rebel, all officials of the fifth-rank and above rank in the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army have been suspended from their posts pending verification."
"The Replenishment Department's right officer Mei Yousong, Shanxi Taoist Army Commander Liu Zhizhong, Zhejiang deputy envoy Lu Wanzhong, left commander Yu Dayou, right commander Jiao Ze and others entered the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion."
The school grounds were already noisy.
Li Wengui, the left commander of the Central Army Governor's Office, Zhang Yuanxun, the right commander of the rear army commander's office, and others were surprised and uncertain, frowning - the Fifth Army Commander's Office had added a lot of authority, but judging from this posture, it must have nothing to do with them.
"Reinstall the Generalissimo of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army."
As soon as he finished speaking, the place immediately exploded!
They all looked towards the emperor!
Zhu Yijun glanced at the buzzing school ground and said word by word: "I follow the story of Taizu..."
"He is appointed as the Grand Marshal of the world's military forces, in charge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, and makes judgments on all Chinese and foreign military affairs."
Chapter completed!