Emperor Ming Dynasty

The autumn dew wets the skirt of the clothes, and the mist slowly dissipates with the appearance of the sun, revealing a trace of autumn coolness.

The morning sun was slightly dazzling. Jia Dai turned into a short hexagram, lowered his head and got up without hesitation, stretched his body, and then went to the large water tank in the courtyard, scooped up a ladle of water, stuck the willow sticks with salt, and put it in his mouth. waiting.

"Hey, Daihua, you got up pretty early."

In another room in the courtyard, a half-sized man who was about the same size as him also walked out the door, wearing the same unlined coat, with his short arms and legs outside, not afraid of the cold, and also scooped up a ladle of water to wash it.

One after another, there were five or six people in the small courtyard, all of whom were of the same size and appearance, and they were all descendants of honored nobles.

After Jia Daihua finished washing, the last one to get up was also dealt with in threes and fives.

"You kid has met the water!"

"It's so disgusting—"

A group of people laughed and laughed, put on tight clothes, flying fish suits, leather boots, hung up their waist knives, and began to walk around in fives and sixes.

They are going to be on duty, and they are forbidden by the palace guards.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up twelve guards of the upper army as inner court guards to protect the royal family. Ten guards were added in the Yongle Dynasty, and four guards were added in the Xuande Dynasty, making a total of 26 guards.

It's a pity that most of the elite troops of the 26 guards of the pro-army went out with Zhu Qizhen, and the whole army was wiped out. Later, Yu Qian organized a regiment battalion.

Only the Four Guards Camp and Jinyiwei are still under the control of the emperor.

The Four Guards Camp is under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor.

After Emperor Shaowu came to the throne, he was naturally worried about the guards in Nanjing, and all of them were incorporated into the Beijing camp and went to the front to fight.

Then he picked out 3000 people from the old troops to guard the Forbidden City.

Continuing into this year, the guards have not changed.

However, with the abolition of the Yumajian, the habit of eunuchs in charge of the guards was naturally eliminated, and the guards were reorganized.

Subsequently, the inner court set up the Department of Ouchi Guards.

There are two ministers in charge, responsible for commanding the guards and pro-army, from the fourth grade.

Then there are first-class guards, second-class guards, and several third-class guards.

Among them, the first-class guards are fifth-rank, with a quota of twenty, and are in charge of palaces and villas; the second-class guards are seventh-rank, and the third-class guards are eighth-rank.

In terms of clothing, the guards are also very clearly divided.

The third-class guards are red plainclothes and leather armor.

The second-class guards were in flying fish suits, but without the pattern of fish and dragons.

The first-class guards are pure flying fish suits, and occasionally bullfighting suits.

The Department of Ouchi Guards is in charge of the residence palace. Simply put, it is the security guards on guard and the guards at the gate, so they are tall and big, as long as they look good, even half-sized people can make do.

And the ones who really protect the situation are the bodyguards. The official name is the imperial bodyguards.

The rank is the same, only the position is high or low, so as to prevent linking.

It is higher than the second-class guard of the seventh rank, and lower than the first-class guard who manages people.

The quota is 500 people, all of whom are confidantes and promising people, who are selected from the second-class guards, third-class guards, and the Beijing camp.

His clothes are flying fish clothes, which are exactly the same as those of the second-class guards, but they have a bright future.

However, although they also had waist knives, they donned a short gun separately, which looked extraordinarily special.

Jia Daihua was originally studying in the Yanwu Hall, and he would be able to leave school after more than half a year, and then join the army to make meritorious service, make meritorious deeds, and become a real honorable son.

It's a pity that with the reorganization of the guards, Jia Daihua and other honorable children also went to the Guards Department and became second-class guards.

In other words, before they graduated, they had already found a job, and if they were released, they would at least be deputy battalion officers.

Of course, continuing to work hard to become an imperial guard is one way, and if you are a sixth-rank one, you will be a guerrilla general.

With such a wide avenue to reach the sky, everyone was rejoicing and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

"Check your clothes, don't mess them up."

The voices of the first-class guards were particularly loud, and there were at least a hundred of them under their command, and they were arranged one by one.

After waiting for a long time, it finally came to the third quarter of the hour. The imperial guards escorted the emperor's carriage, left the summer resort, and walked towards the distance.

The Ouchi guards can only lead the way and follow them. Even if they urinate, they have to report, and they are not allowed to take any random actions.

"Where is this going?"

The classmate walking alongside Jia Daihua endured the heat and spoke softly.

"I don't know." Jia Daihua said helplessly, "You have to ask, we are ordinary second-class guards."

"Hey, look at the group of third-class people who hold signs to pick up luggage, and have to patrol back and forth from time to time, open roads and sprinkle water, which is much harder than us."

"Be quiet, it seems like you won't be able to go very far on such a hot day..."

Sure enough, he guessed right.

After walking for about half an hour, the emperor came to a mountain spring.

Xishan is very large. Although the peak is only a few hundred meters, there are many mountain streams and valleys.

Although jackals, tigers and leopards were rare, the guards did not dare to be negligent, and each of them was tense, for fear of disturbing the emperor.

After climbing a section of hillside, I came to a hidden spring on the mountainside.

Jia Daihua took a sniff through his nostrils, and felt a faint smell of sulfur.

"Camp in place."

The first-class guards spoke one after another, and the busiest one was the third-class guard.

Not only did they have to chop firewood and cut grass, but they also had to pack rocks and set up camp, all of which were hard work.

According to the arrangement, the second-class guards began to patrol in groups, and began to wander around the small hot spring.

Soon, a half-acre-sized hot spring was surrounded by white cloth, layer by layer, making it impossible to see clearly.

The maids stood guard and kept the guards from approaching.

Therefore, the second-class guards could only stand guard more than ten feet away separated by several layers of cloth.

Everyone knows that this is the emperor's taste.

"My concubine, how about this hot spring?"

Lying in the hot spring full of sulfur smell, Zhu Yixi felt unprecedented comfort.

This is far better than the boiled water hot springs of later generations.

Zhu Yixi doesn't really believe in hot springs for physical fitness. Otherwise, Japan, which is known as the country of hot springs, would die early and die early, how could there be so many people?

However, it is better to believe that there is something than not to believe that there is nothing.

Regardless of physical fitness, there is a different taste in terms of fun.

Qiqige, who gave birth to the prince, has the unique boldness of the Mongolians, and is more open-minded than the Han people.

Even Bian Yujing, who has always been bold, would not dare to try such a wild hot spring, but Qiqige dared.

"It's still good in Han!"

Qiqige closed her eyes slightly, feeling the warmth and comfort surrounded by the hot spring, she lazily said: "On the grassland, you can't take a bath once a month."

"Where can I find hot springs?"

"This place is very good, how can we not ride the horse?"

When it comes to the fun things that are known to everyone, Qiqige is also a little timid in the wild, so she can only grit her teeth and keep herself from making a sound.

In this way, the emperor's interest became more and more high.

After tossing around like this for a long time, the picnic ended.

The Ouchi guards were busy for most of the day, they didn't see or hear anything, they just opened the way and stood guard.

But there is no way, this is everyday life.