Wanli Xinming

Chapter 44

At the time of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, between the troops and horses, military parade horses were always calibrated.After the establishment of the pole, there were several military parades in the campus outside the Meridian Gate, but there was no special ritual system for the military parade.

During the reign of Emperor Chengzu, the navy was famous in Nanyang, not to mention, the Xiyuan military parade held in Yongle in 19 years was visited by envoys from 27 countries, which was the most glorious military parade in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Beijing camp was neat and tidy, with uniform pace and brightly colored armour.In particular, the display of firearms made "envoys from other countries terrified." The Timurid envoys completely ignored the previous diplomatic rhetoric that "there is no such custom in our country", and took the lead in kneeling and kowtowing, "kowtowing to the ground", and offering famous horses.

After the military parade, the Egyptian envoys who watched the parade returned to China and immediately lifted the ban on Eastern merchant ships in the Red Sea.Immediately, the huge fleet led by Eunuch Sanbao also arrived on the coast of the Red Sea, proclaiming the prestige of the country to all states.

In the fourth year of Xuande, Xuanzong "parade the martial arts" in the suburbs, a military parade that was the culmination of the ritual system.Later, Yingzong calibrated the military parade in the Orthodox and Tianshun years.

In the ninth year of Chenghua, a full hundred years ago, Emperor Xianzong held a military parade in Xiyuan. In 14, another small-scale military parade was held at the southern foot of Longevity Mountain.In the next hundred years, formalized and ritualized military parades also disappeared.

More than 90 years later, in the third year of Longqing, a large-scale military parade was held in the northern suburbs of the capital.This military parade was advocated by Zhang Juzheng. The main purpose is to review the Beijing camp and improve the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp.Zhang Juzheng said in the memorandum: "People are so lazy today, if it is not for the pretense of God's power, to read the instructions in person, it is not enough to revive the weak spirit and inspire the hearts of soldiers."

It is a pity that due to the poor health of Emperor Longqing, the government affairs gradually slackened.The etiquette is lively and lively, but it is just empty words.In this great review after a lapse of four years, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng, who were completely disappointed in Beijing Camp, really wanted to reward and punish them with the power of heaven!
In order to make this military parade effective, after the autumn harvest in the first year, Zhang Juzheng obtained Zhu Yijun's consent and ordered Shuntian House to level out a surrounding hill, river and small forest in the Nanhaizi Royal Garden, [-] miles south of Chengtianmen. The large school field used for military exercises.

Nanhaizi is called "Nanyuan" by later generations, and it was the royal hunting ground in the Yuan Dynasty.Because the Yongding River passes through it, there are many lakes and luxuriant flora and fauna.After Chengzu established his capital in Beijing, he expelled all the residents living in Haizili, built a 120-mile wall around it, and built palaces and palaces.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were large campuses in Xiyuan, Wansuishan and other places, and several military parades were held in these places.However, in the past hundred years, the military equipment has been weakened, and the large campus is either a palace or a farmland, and there is no trace of it.

The large teaching field that Chengzu once set up outside Zhengyangmen is still there, but the place is small and not suitable for training the army.Jingying's "grinding guns" this time was carried out in this university field.

On the morning of the 25th day of the first lunar month in the second year of Wanli, Yang Bing, Wang Lin, and the inspecting officials of science and Taoism supervised and led the troops of the Beijing camp into the Nanhaizi University Campus.

There is a small river less than two feet wide on the east side of the school grounds, and there is a low hill on the west side with some trees on it, but there is not a single leaf at this time.South and north are the flat land of Yima Pingchuan.Flags were planted on all sides, enclosing a square field about seven or eight miles in length and width.

After the soldiers from Jizhou came to Beijing, they were directly stationed in Nanhaizi. Before that, there were soldiers and officials from the Ministry of War, who led Jizhen soldiers into the school grounds.When the Beijing camp arrived, Qi Jiguang had already set up a camp at the western corner of the adjacent hill according to the arrangement of the Ministry of War.

When the Jingying entered the mighty barracks, although the Jizhou barracks was not large, the four corners of the barracks were neat, and the antlers and horses were all available. Except for the horns and the sound of the camp drums, the camp was full of awe, and there was no human noise. .

Jingying camped by the river, and people shouted horses for a while.Yang Bing and others were so busy sweating profusely that their voices became hoarse, so they settled down the troops.

Wait for Yang Bing to settle down.The eunuch Zhang Jing of the Royal Horse Supervisor arrived with the Warrior Camp and the Four Guards Camp.This time, in addition to the [-] soldiers banned in the palace, Zhang Jing brought all the remaining [-] soldiers from the Imperial Horse Supervisor to the school grounds to be responsible for security.

The Warrior Battalion and the Four Guards Battalion in the Imperial Majian are the most powerful forces in the hands of the royal family.For the forbidden army in the forbidden army, all the tall, mighty and strong men were selected for training. The clothes, armor and weapons were all the best, and the clothes were different from those of the ordinary Ming army and even the Jinyiwei.

Yumajian was originally Admiral Liang Yong. Later, Zhang Jing flattered Zhu Yijun's favor, and because he was in charge of construction affairs and had a greater relationship with Yumajian, Zhu Yijun dismissed Liang Yong in October of the first year and promoted Zhang Jing to admiral. Royal Horse Eunuch.Zhang Jing regarded himself as the emperor's caring person. In the past few months, he wanted to raise his tail to the sky, and he was dismissive of Yang Bing and Qi Jiguang coming over. He found a flat ground behind the viewing platform that had been set up in the north.

After lunch, Zhang Jing ordered ten teams of the Imperial Army to grate twice in the entire Nanhaizi Garden with their weapons. Not to mention, he really caught a family who sneaked into Nanhaizi to build a shack. It even opened a lot.Zhang Jing asked a few banned soldiers to capture them and turn them to the government, check them again, and then give up.

On the 26th, a rare windless sunny day in winter, Zhu Yijun went to court early.

In the morning, Xu Congcheng, the commander-in-chief of the consort, was sent to the Dajiaochang to worship the God of Banners.Zhu Xixiao selected four generals and officers from Jinyiwei, each with [-] horses and infantry troops, and waited on the big driver outside the left gate of Chang'an.Under the unified arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, the supervisor of li dressed up the six Yixiangs from nose to tail, and arranged them in Huangjimen Square together with the front and rear bands, Wu Chen Jialu book, etc.

Zhu Yijun wore the Wushayi Shanguan and Wubi clothing, and went to the Shenxiao Temple and other places to pay homage to the ancestors and the first empress, and put on a fur cloak.At Huangji Palace Square, take the horse carriage.

The big and small bands played together, and the elephants raised their trunks and called.Long live the Baiguan Mountain, worship and dance with the animals.Afterwards, the elephants and other animals left the field, and officials from almost all central departments, such as the Cabinet and the Sixth Department, or above the fourth rank, either surrounded the chariot according to their rank, or lined up to follow, and came to the left gate of Chang'an.

The big band was in the front, the small band was in the back, the officials and the four thousand Jinyi guards were still around, starting from outside the left gate of Chang'an to the Nanhaizi school grounds.

Along the way, there were five city soldiers and horses guarding and sweeping, and Dongchang Fanzi occupied all the houses and the commanding heights of the streets in all the places they passed by one day in advance.Since the emperor ascended the throne, the people have not seen the emperor's ritual system, and it is specially decreed that the road will not be closed.

On the way of the big drive, I heard that there were lively people in the capital standing on both sides of the road.In the Ming Dynasty system, when people saw a big driver, they did not bow down, but just turned their heads and bowed their heads.

The people in the capital were dazzled when they looked at the Dajialu Book which was seven or eight miles long.When the emperor's big banner was surrounded by the banners of Sifang, Sidu, Wuyue, Five Stars and 28 Constellations, Sweet Rain and Eight Winds, etc., and appeared in the distance, thousands of Han generals held a pair of shining golden royal batons and standing melons. Waiting for the soldiers, and various ritual vessels such as canopies and buildings held by hundreds of eunuchs are already in front of them, which makes people dizzy.

All of this is to make the subjects of the world feel that the emperor has the power of Wei Wei, and the emperor is like a god in the sky.

I don't know if the Shuntian government had deliberately arranged it, but when Zhu Yijun looked through the crevices on the horse carriage, the people of the capital were all ruddy, their clothes were neat and tidy, and there was not a single one with a dish on their face.

Everyone dared not look directly at Ma Nian. When Zhu Yijun passed by, he saw that most of the people just turned their bodies and bowed their heads, and some knelt there and kowtowed. Some people even put flowers and offered fruits and burned incense to worship, which made his heart numb. I felt that the wind was blowing straight into my neck.

　I'm sorry, I wrote it again and I'm not satisfied. I deleted it and rewritten it. I'm not very satisfied, but I don't have enough time. That's it.grateful!
　　
　
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