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Chapter 587

On March 14, the 22th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Cheng joined Lin Fangping's Tiger Guards and drove past Juyongguan. Looking at the tall Guanlou, he couldn't help but think of the scenes when he led the army into King Weiqin in the 11th year of Chongzhen. It seems like yesterday.

He swung his whip on his black lima and shouted loudly, "Go home!"

A group of female soldiers and a group of male soldiers followed closely behind with two carriages, followed by the tiger guards and the cavaliers from the boy camp. They speeded up their horses and headed straight for Yongning.

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At this time, in the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the documents presented in the past few days.

But there was not a single happy thing, the more he looked at it, the more disturbed he felt, so he called the eunuch Wang Dehua, the supervisor of ceremonies, and asked him about the affairs in the palace recently, how it is going now, the courtiers are here Is there any improvement in camp operation?

This so-called internal exercise first started in the 11th year of Zhengde. At that time, the Emperor Zhengde saw that frontier troops from all over the country would often enter the western Beijing government hall to practice, so he had a whim and drilled an internal army composed of [-] young eunuchs.

This internal army was composed entirely of eunuchs, and was led by eunuchs. It became the "Tianzi's army" that only obeyed the emperor's orders, and the term "internal training" came from this.

Since then, the matter of internal affairs has been abolished and revived repeatedly, and it has been different in successive dynasties. Since Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, he has devoted himself to strengthening the country and boosting the country's prestige. For a time, the internal affairs were dismissed.

Later, due to the deep-rooted abuses of the imperial court, he was self-willed and suspicious by nature, and gradually lost trust with his foreign ministers. In December of the second year of Chongzhen, he reopened internal exercises and ordered Li Fengxiang, the supervisor of rituals, to supervise the matter.

But in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the courtiers fiercely opposed the matter in view of the disaster that the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty had mastered military power, and Chongzhen had to stop the internal operations again.

Recently, because Luoyang and Xiangyang fell one after another, and both fell into feudal vassals, he couldn't help but feel that most of the officers and soldiers were useless, and they might turn to the enemy when they were in a hurry, so he thought of training a group of close ministers and internal troops by himself.

Only half a month ago, Wang Dehua, the chief inspector of rites, temporarily hid the secret from the officials of the outer court, and resumed the matter of internal affairs first, so that Du Xun and other trusted eunuchs who had been released as military supervisors, under the auspices of Wang Dehua Do what you can.

In order to avoid further fierce opposition from the courtiers, only 1000 young eunuchs were selected to practice in a leisure courtyard in Meishan for the time being, and the number will be gradually increased in the future.

Now, when Wang Dehua was asked by Emperor Chongzhen, he was startled.

Because he knew that the internal exercises hosted by Du Xun and others were in name only, but he didn't dare to reveal the truth at the moment, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Du Xun and others were sent by the emperor to supervise the army, and they personally experienced the army. He is also quite familiar with military training.

This time, the internal exercises were carried out according to the decree, although there was not much time, but because they all loyally worked for the emperor, they practiced quite seriously, and the martial arts of the internal ministers have all improved a lot. "

Emperor Chongzhen smiled happily, and said: "Du Xun and the others have received the grace of my upbringing, so it's good if they can do things seriously for me. I will go to see the method of internal manipulation tomorrow, how about it?"

Wang Dehua couldn't help being shocked in his heart when he heard the words, wouldn't it be a bad thing for the emperor to go to watch the exercises tomorrow, not only Du Xun and others can't afford it, even he himself will be blamed.

But after all, he did not show the slightest uneasiness in front of Lord Jiuli, more like he was overjoyed, bowed and said with a smile: "Du Xun and others know that the emperor is worried about the state affairs and takes care of everything every day, so I dare not beg the emperor to come in person." Watch exercises.

Now that the emperor intends to come to watch the exercises in person, this is really a great favor to the servants.The slaves will pass on the decree, which will definitely make all the slaves cheer and encourage.

However, it will take three days for the holy car to be ready before it is ready. "

Chongzhen was a little puzzled and said: "I went to Meishan to watch exercises, not far from Xuanwu Gate, not outside the imperial city, why did I make special preparations!"

Wang Dehua replied without thinking: "Although Meishan is not far from the Xuanwu Gate, there are a few things that need to be prepared before the holy car goes to watch the exercises.

First, because Shengjia eats night clothes all year round and never goes out, this time to watch the exercises, you might as well climb Longevity Mountain to have a look at the scenery.The road from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain may fall into disrepair. Even if there is no major damage, it must be cleaned carefully, and the weeds on the side of the road must also be removed.

Second, although there is no damage to the Shouhuang Hall and the Guande Hall where you can watch archery, because the emperor has not been there for several years, there will inevitably be dust, bird droppings and other unclean things on the algae wells and painted beams. Everywhere has to be cleaned carefully, and the throne for watching archery in the Guande Hall has to be taken out of the storage, so that it can be installed properly.

Thirdly, the emperor came to watch the exercises in person for the first time this year, so there must be rewards, how to divide the rewards, we have to allow the servants to discuss with Du Xun and others.

And fourth, it is a big event for Shengjia to go to Long Live Mountain to observe exercises in the palace. He has to choose an auspicious day and a good time, and even more auspicious place to leave the palace. In order to avoid disturbing the foreign court, the servants and servants can handle it well.

Please don't be in a hurry, the emperor, wait for the servants to send orders to prepare, and choose an auspicious day and a good day, and the ministers will drive there, it will be appropriate. "

After listening to his replay, Chongzhen felt that there seemed to be some truth in it, and secretly praised Wang Dehua in his heart as worthy of being the eunuch with the palm seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and he was really careful and thorough in handling things.

He didn't say anything else at the moment, but with a gentle smile in his eyes, he nodded his head slightly to express his approval, and then moved his chin lightly, indicating that Wang Dehua could step back.

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After Wang Dehua left the Qianqing Palace, he didn't even have time to take a second look at the value room. He simply wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurried out of the Xuanwu Gate. People hurried to the courtyard of Longevity Mountain and asked Du Xun to come to see him quickly.

However, after only one meal, a tall, energetic man in his 30s got off his horse outside the gate of the Prison of Rites. When he looked carefully, he didn't have a trace of beard on his chin.

He casually handed over the whip and reins to a little promise who was following, and hurriedly walked towards the yamen of the Supervisor of Rites.

He didn't see the slightest obstacle when he entered the gate. He seemed to be quite familiar with it. He walked through the three courtyards and arrived outside the hall where Wang Dehua usually sits.

A long accompanying eunuch was waiting for him in the corridor, bowed to him, then winked him to stop here, turned around and opened the curtain to enter, after a while, the long accompanying young eunuch opened the curtain again and said to him: "Du Lord, please go in quickly, the suzerain has something to say."

The tall and slender eunuch felt that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, but he didn't know what was going on. He quickly bowed in, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed with a "plop", and said in his mouth, "Du Xun under the door kowtows to the suzerain master!"

(End of this chapter)