"Wang Banban, what do you think of the armor I'm wearing?"
Zhu Youxiao asked, looking at himself in silver armor in the bronze mirror.
"Your Majesty is the True Dragon Emperor, so he is naturally very powerful. I think your Majesty is the most heroic man in the world."
Wang Chaofu on the side returned with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the time has come!"
This armor was specially custom-made by Zhu Youxiao for the Bingzhan Bureau a few days ago.
The little eunuch on the side reminded.
"Well, let's go then!"
Zhu Youxiao walked out with his helmet in his right hand and his sword in his left hand.
"Holy greetings, Holy Ann!"
Outside the door, Xu Xianchun and more than twenty guards in royal robes knelt down and said.
"I'm safe, let's go!"
Zhu Youxiao walked towards the dragon chariot, and the Jinyi guards and eunuchs present immediately followed him.
Today, he was going to review the newly formed Forbidden Army formed by the British Government, so Zhu Youxiao specially wore a suit of armor to go there, after all, this would help him feel closer to the soldiers.
cabinet
A young eunuch hurried inside to report:
"Secretary, the armor your Majesty just wore has left the palace!"
"What? Where did His Majesty go when he left the palace?"
Han Xu asked nervously.
"I don't know this either. I was just in the palace watching His Majesty leave the palace with his royal guards and several eunuchs!"
This little eunuch was on duty outside the Qianqing Palace just now. He happened to see him and immediately ran out to inform the foreign ministers.
And Liu Yishen inferred based on this little eunuch’s theory:
"Did His Majesty go to the capital camp?"
And Han Xu also thought of this. His Majesty left the palace in armor and with his royal guards, and he had no choice but to go to the capital camp.
"Hurry and inform all officials to go to the capital camp to welcome His Majesty back to the palace."
Liu Yishen said immediately.
But Han Xu asked Fang Congzhe:
"Can Yuansuke come with us?"
Fang Congzhe, the first minister of the cabinet, was very helpless. He hated the late emperor in his heart, because it was the late emperor's imperial edict that made his already precarious position even worse.
Now more than half of the officials in the DPRK are members of the Donglin Party, and there are also some neutral officials. As the leader of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party, he is naturally incompatible with the Donglin Party.
These people even dared to decide without authorization to welcome Ye Xianggao, who had already retired, to return to Beijing and prepare to replace him as the first minister of the cabinet.
Although he, like the Donglin Party members, did not want His Majesty to get involved in the military power, under the current circumstances, he wanted to support His Majesty even more.
"I won't be going. There are many memorials to the cabinet, and we cannot handle political affairs without anyone."
Seeing what Fang Congzhe said, Han Xu said again:
"This is the time when our civil servants are united. Why does Yuan Fu see small gains and forget the great righteousness?"
But Fang Congzhe had already ignored him. Seeing the situation, Liu Yishui only said:
"Since Yuan Fu is worried about national affairs, I will go first."
Then he and Han Xu left.
Fang Congzhe could only sit on the chair and sigh.
"Everyone, His Majesty has left the palace and gone to the capital camp. I hope that all my colleagues will go to the capital camp with me and my ministers to welcome the Holy Master back."
As soon as Liu Yishen left the cabinet, he summoned all officials to announce his Majesty's departure from the palace.
The civil servants were impatient after hearing this. The last thing they wanted was for the emperor to get involved in the military power. Now he even left the palace in person and went to the military camp. How could they not stop him?
Your Majesty, can't you just enjoy life quietly in the palace? Why do you have to leave the palace?
If you still want to get involved in the army now, wouldn't this be violating the bottom line of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world?
Zhou Jiamo, the official minister, immediately said:
"My colleagues, time does not wait for us. I will go to the capital camp as soon as possible to welcome the Holy Master back!"
All the civil servants immediately agreed and went to the capital camp together.
…
Nanhaizi
This is a royal hunting ground, but in the past hundred years, Zhu Youxiao is the second emperor to come here except for Zhu Youxiao's grandfather, Emperor Shenzong, who came here once when he was young.
And this was the venue he specially selected for today's review of the Imperial Guards, because he knew that his departure from the palace today could not be hidden from the civil servants who wanted to compete with the emperor for power every day, but they would never have imagined that he was here.
The palace itself has not been cleaned up yet, so he directly asks Wang Chaofu to handle such matters personally. After Zhu Youxiao has integrated his own army, the next step is to clean up the palace.
These civil servants don't want to manage the affairs of the country well, but want to seize power from the emperor all day long. What's going on?
When Zhu Youxiao arrived at the outskirts of Nanhaizi, he could see at a glance that although it was not dilapidated, it could be seen that it was in decline. However, from now on, this place would be his training ground for the imperial army.
The British Duke Zhang Weixian had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the emperor's cavalry coming, he immediately went up to greet him.
Zhu Youxiao came out of the dragon chariot and looked at the British Duke and his son Zhang Zhiji who were kneeling to greet them.
"Hello, my two beloved ladies, please rise."
Then he told Wang Chaofu next to him:
"Wang Banban, bring my horse over here!"
Since Zhang Weixian sent the selected good horse to the palace last time, Zhu Youxiao has been practicing riding horses in the palace every day. Now he can ride alone without anyone holding the reins.
After Zhu Youxiao mounted his horse, he immediately ordered:
"Please follow me in."
At this time, seven thousand sergeants were standing in neat formation in the center of Nanhaizi.
After Zhu Youxiao observed the situation on horseback, he was basically satisfied. Then he dismounted and stood on the small platform directly in front of the sergeant, looking at Zhu Youxiao's troops.
Zhang Shize, the grandson of the British Duke, stood in the first row and took the lead in kneeling and saying:
"Kowtow to the Holy Ann of our Emperor!"
When the seven thousand sergeants saw this, they all knelt down and shouted:
"Kowtow to the Holy Ann of our Emperor!"
Zhu Youxiao stood on the high platform and watched this scene, very happy.
starting today.
Daming, the sky is about to change!
…
Jingying
After Liu Yishen and Han Xu came to the capital camp with hundreds of officials, the officials did not find the emperor, and the sergeant guarding the gate also said that the emperor had not come.
This made all the civil servants stupid. If the emperor didn't come to the capital camp wearing armor and helmets, where could he go?
Zhang Heming, the Minister of War, asked wisely:
"Is there any troop mobilization in the capital camp?"
"The Duke came to the capital two days ago and selected thousands of brothers to take with him. I don't know about the rest."
The soldier said nervously.
He couldn't be nervous about this. Everyone standing in front of him was more noble than him, and they were all distinguished officials. There must be at least thirty or forty people here.
Seeing what he said, Zhang Heming shouted that he had been deceived, and these civil servants also realized that they had been deceived by His Majesty.
So they could only go back dejectedly. The capital was so big, how could they know where the emperor had gone? They could only go back first.
…
Nanhaizi
The civil servants went back without finding anything, but our Emperor Zhu is happy now.
Emperor Zhu was observing his army and asked Zhang Weixian on the side:
"Old Duke, how many recruits were selected from the Beijing camp? How many recruits were recruited?"
Zhang Weixian bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, I have selected five thousand soldiers from the capital camp and recruited two thousand new soldiers."
"Okay, it's indeed good. The old prince is indeed loyal to the country!"
Zhu Youxiao said happily.
This couldn't help but make him happy. He finally had his own army and could start reforms.
"Wang Banban, bring the things up!"
I saw Wang Chaofu ordering the little eunuch behind to carry up the big boxes one by one. When he opened them, he saw that there were fifteen big boxes.
It was all silver. The sergeants below were stunned. They had never seen so much silver in their lives.
But Zhu Youxiao said:
"From now on, you are my army. I have given you the name of the Yulin Guards, my Yulin Army. You only need to obey my orders and act. Your descendants will regard you as joining the Yulin Army today.
We are proud of Lin Jun. I want you to become the strongest army in the world. Do you have the confidence?"
The sergeants shouted: "Yes!"
"Wang Banban, give me some silver!"
Wang Chaofu stepped forward and shouted:
"Your Majesty has decreed that all Yulin Army guards will be given ten taels of silver each!"
This made the big soldiers below extremely happy. Whether they were from the Beijing camp or new recruits, they had never had so much silver in their hands. They didn't expect that His Majesty would be so generous. He gave each of them silver on the first day.
For twelve taels, as long as you serve as a soldier in this Yulin Army, you won't have to worry about anything from now on.
The silver coins were issued by the Jinyi Guards. They were given to themselves one by one, and each one asked them who gave them the silver coins. All the sergeants answered that it was Your Majesty.
Silver is being distributed below, while Zhu Youxiao is on the high platform instructing the British Duke:
"This Nanhaizi will be the base of the Yulin Army for the time being. We have to practice every day without stopping for a day. We will practice according to Qi Shaobao's "Military Training Manual" and "New Book of Ji Xiao"!"
"I obey the decree!"
Zhang Weixian bowed and said.
"I will come often. I hope that the old Duke will not disappoint me. I also hope that the old Duke will train me a strong army as soon as possible!"
Zhu Youxiao spent the rest of the time wandering around Nanhaizi. As for the military system and the arrangement of generals, Zhu Youxiao thought it was not necessary yet. He should practice for a while before making arrangements.
Zhu Youxiao combined the knowledge of later generations into this era and has been perfecting the training of the Yulin Army.
He also left a slogan, after all, this can strengthen the morale of the army and unite the sergeants.
I stayed there until evening before going back.
Qianqing Palace
Zhu Youxiao, who took off his armor, asked Xu Xianchun in front of him:
"How is the renovation of Jinyiwei? Can it be used now?"
Xu Xianchun bowed and said:
"Back to Your Majesty, the royal guards are now brand new and your Majesty is ready to use them at any time!"
"Okay, is there any movement among the ministers today?"
Today, he specially asked Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on those civil servants to see who wanted to stop him. These people were the first group of people he wanted to clean up.
"Back to Your Majesty, more than 30 ministers including Liu Yishui, Assistant Minister of the Cabinet, Han Xu, Minister of War Zhang Heming, Minister of Punishments Huang Kezan, Yushi Feng Sanyuan and others went to the capital camp today!"
Zhu Youxiao really didn't expect that there would be so many officials taking care of the palace just because he left the palace. It seemed that he was too busy.
Zhu Youxiao ordered:
"Their list will be presented later. You can go down first."
"I beg you to retire!" Xu Xianchun said in retreat!
After Zhu You had listened for a while, he opened his eyes and said to himself:
"Why do some people always feel that this world is not worth it?"
Wang Chaofu on the side did not dare to speak out!