There were several spring thunders last night, and light rain fell in the middle of the night. When I woke up in the morning, the world was filled with fresh breath. The sun shyly hid in the clouds for a long time, and finally made up its mind to reveal itself to the warm sunshine.
It dispersed the clouds lingering over the capital and spread countless rays of warm sunshine to the earth.
Zhu Houzhao stood on the ridiculously large martial arts field in the Leopard Room and breathed out a sigh of relief. Beside him, several Leopard Guards who had practiced martial arts with him all morning looked a little tired, and their mouths were full of laughter.
Breathing loudly and exaggeratedly.
"Okay, I really don't know how you were singled out. You are so tired after moving so casually!" Zhu Houzhao wiped the sweat from his forehead with the towel handed over by the eunuch: "I also want you to get some for me.
The brand of Ming Wufu is back, that’s it, I’m afraid there will be more embarrassing moments, but you don’t need to show off your embarrassment!”
"That's because your Majesty's martial arts are superb. Wei Chen's mediocre skills are naturally not your Majesty's opponent. But if we face other people, hey, it's not Wei Chen's boast. Just take out a few people from our Leopard Guard and we can defeat those people.
Let’s go out a few streets!”
The person who spoke was obviously different from other Leopard Guards in his service. Accompanying His Majesty to practice martial arts may be a chore for ordinary Leopard Guards, but for those who are eager to put themselves in this position,
If the word "vice" in the deputy commander's name is removed, it is naturally a good thing that he can only dream of.
Humph! Zhu Houzhao snorted and was noncommittal.
Zhu Houzhao knew very well how good these Leopard Guards were in their drills with him. How many of them dared to use their heart and exert their strength? Of course, they were still working hard, but they were always thinking about how to enjoy themselves.
When you go up there, your fists and kicks hit you really hard, and when their fists and kicks fall on you, they are gentler than women.
However, these days, he is in a pretty good mood, and he doesn't care about this guy anymore. He also knows that even if there is a different group of people, they will still have the same virtues. No one will really fight with him. They will all
Not much more courageous than a mouse.
"Qian Ning's injury hasn't healed yet?" He smacked his lips with a slight regret. Qian Ning's skills are still good, well, he can deal with people, but he can't deal with leopards, just a little bit worse than Qian Wubing. See
This person, he remembered, it seemed that this person was one of those people who always stood behind Qian Ning.
"Master Qian has injured his muscles and bones. The imperial doctor said that it will last for a hundred days. I'm afraid I won't be able to serve His Majesty during these days!"
"Tsk!" Zhu Houzhao frowned: "The current Leopard Guard is led by you deputy commanders?"
The man nodded, and Zhu Houzhao was dissatisfied: "You seem quite smart. These days, pick some people for me to practice well. If you help me look good at my, um, martial arts competition next month, I will take it back."
When a mighty general comes back, you can take over Qian Ning's errand!"
The man was overjoyed: "I will definitely live up to your majesty's high expectations!"
Jun Wu joked that for some people, a word from the emperor was an opportunity to change their life's destiny. No matter what the deputy commander thought, it was foreseeable that in the "Martial Arts Examination" planned by Zhu Houzhao, this person would definitely win.
I try my best and don't dare to slack off at all.
But for Zhu Houzhao, this was just a few casual chats while exercising in the morning. This kind of thing was forgotten in the blink of an eye.
After breakfast, he summoned Liu Daxia, Minister of War.
Since the last time he finally attended a big court meeting and broke up with all the officials, Zhu Houzhao had no need. He would definitely not take the initiative to go to court. Anyway, Li Dongyang's cabinet and Liu Jin's ministers were responsible for matters in the court.
If the ceremonial supervisor were not handled as well as he was, he would never have any leisure time at all.
But the current "Martial Arts Examination" cannot be bypassed by the Ministry of War. At least, Zhu Houzhao doesn't want to act like a child playing house. He still wants to be recognized by the ministers and prove that he is also selecting talents in the Ming Dynasty, rather than blindly fooling around.
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Zhu Houzhao sincerely regarded this matter as a major event since he came to the throne.
Liu Daxia is an old man in his sixties. He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tianshun. He went through Tianshun, Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde. He is a true veteran of the four dynasties. In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, he was promoted from the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to the Minister of the Ministry of War and the senior official of the Jin Dynasty.
, the official reputation has always been good.
However, this person is also famous for refusing to take soft and hard advice. Even Liu Jin once commented that this person is "like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard!". If it were normal, he would treat this person in front of the whole court as soon as he ascended the throne.
Wen and Wu scolded the old man that he was fatuous, ineffective in words, and incapable of doing things. Zhu Houzhao would hide as far away as he could. But if Liu Daxia could not be convinced about today's matter, even Zhu Houzhao would have thought of the final result, and he would definitely be beaten again.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty regarded it as another absurd act of their own.
"Inappropriate, inappropriate!" As Zhu Houzhao expected, Liu Daxia did not give the emperor any face: "The imperial court has its own way of selecting scholars, as well as civil and military examinations. If your majesty chooses loyal and brave people for the imperial court, then you will make another decision."
It’s okay to remember Enke. Your Majesty should forget about this martial arts test. Isn’t this disregarding the laws of the imperial court?”
He twirled his white beard: "Moreover, if this kind of thing is opened to countless lucky people, I'm afraid that by then, not many loyal and brave people will be selected, and they will just be a bunch of sycophants."
, this kind of people, living a mediocre life on the salary of the imperial court, do we still lack such two talents in the Ming Dynasty right now? Your Majesty forgives me, I don’t agree with this matter!"
Zhu Houzhao suppressed his anger and said, "So, this matter is not only useless, but also corrupts the court's laws?"
"It's not all bad. If your majesty finds some people to play with you, you can still find a few people from this matter. However, if your majesty treats the affairs of the court and the world as a sport, I would like to advise you.
You can't do it to your majesty, but your majesty can't ruin the reputation of my old minister!"
Liu Daxia said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone, "Does your Majesty have anything else to ask? If not, I will retire first!"
"You!" Seeing Liu Daxia kowtow to him and Shi Shiran leaving, Zhu Houzhao swallowed the words that came to his mouth. He really couldn't cure this smelly and hard guy, so he dismissed him? This old man's resignation
Since the first year of Zhengde, he has sent one letter to the cabinet almost at the speed of one day. This old man simply regards this resignation letter as a daily must-do. So far, the cabinet has received only one letter of his resignation.
, not to mention one thousand, eight hundred, he doesn't care whether the emperor allows him to be the Minister of War.
It is impossible to have such an important official in the court beheaded because he has disobeyed his own will. That is really what a coward would do. No matter what the courtiers said, in Zhu Houzhao's heart, he never considered himself a coward.
It seemed to him that he was just a little reluctant to take care of things.
Looking at Liu Daxia's leaving figure, Zhu Houzhao felt that his head started to hurt a little, and the good mood he had felt when he got up in the morning was gone.