Daming Yuanfu

Battle flags fluttered, guns flashed; shield carriages lined up on all sides, and artillery lined up.The Beijing Guards Camp suddenly changed its training schedule at noon today and issued an emergency mass gathering order.

The [-]-strong force was required to assemble within an hour and a half, and prepare for a sudden review by Nanning Hou Gao pragmatic, the Grand Scholar of Zhongji Palace and the Minister of Household Affairs.In addition, there is news that Yuan Fu was accompanied by Qi Jiguang, the veteran commander of the Imperial Guard, Ning Haibo, and Li Chengliang, the veteran commander of the Liaodong Army and Ning Yuanbo.

At this moment, Yuan Fu and his entourage have not yet arrived, and the then commander of the Imperial Guards, Ma Gui, has just got a little breathing time - although the army of 6 people does not sound like much, but due to high pragmatism, the Imperial Guards were allocated The weapons and equipment are obviously based on a certain "heavy equipment group" standard, so that it will be very troublesome to form a "military parade state".

But don't forget what I said before. The Imperial Guard does not allocate all weapons and equipment in peacetime, and only allocates them from the arsenal in times of war.In normal times, the weapons and equipment distributed to the more than [-] Guardsmen are approximately [-] cannons, [-] muskets, [-] spears and corresponding cold weapons, and they are then divided into hot and cold weapons for training in turns.Yes, these equipment are for training and not for anything else.

As for the safety of the army or the soldiers themselves, don't worry. The Imperial Guard's infantry's swords and cavalry's sabers are still fully distributed, and these short refrigerated weapons are not subject to restrictions.Oh, by the way, the scout cavalry is also issued with bows and arrows in addition to sabers, which is the most special. However, the carbines they are issued in combat are also not issued in normal times, and are issued separately during training.

In addition, the gunpowder and projectiles required for artillery and musket training are usually limited and shipped from the arsenal every morning, and are distributed for one day at a time.By the way, the guard armies in southern Xinjiang also implement the same system as the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty in peacetime.

Such a strict system is naturally to ensure the stability of the army and to prevent any unexpected surprises that no one wants to see. This is understandable.However, precisely because of this, it would be very troublesome if Gao Pragmatic suddenly sent an order to review the Imperial Guards and asked the Imperial Guards to put themselves into "parade status".

Because this means that the arsenal must immediately deliver the required artillery, shield vehicles, muskets and various cold weapons to the Beijing Guards Camp in a very short period of time.The Beijing-North Camp must also rush to distribute light weapons, armor and other items to people, and arrange heavy firearms and other equipment into formations.

In addition to the fact that there was no tiger talisman, it was not necessary or impossible to send gunpowder, cannonballs, etc., which was equivalent to an "emergency assembly" for the Imperial Guard.Considering that Gao Pingshi was only given an hour and a half, Ma Gui's busyness was obvious - by this time, his voice was even hoarse.

The only thing that pleased him was probably the efficiency shown by the Imperial Guards in just over an hour.Although the artillery and other materials shipped from the arsenal should be shipped in advance, the Guards still need a lot of time from receiving the materials to fully equipping and displaying them. For other troops, if they can handle it in a whole day, they are considered to have good training. However, the Imperial Guards really managed to finish it first - half a stick earlier than the time limit given by Yuan Fu.

Although the winters have been extremely cold these years, the summers are still hot. Liu Wei is now wearing a military uniform. The armor alone weighs dozens of kilograms, and he is sweating from the heat.He led a group of generals and stood at the gate of the North Camp in Beijing, looking south. He finally saw the flag and the avoidance sign, and then saw a cavalry team appear.

Huh?
The team playing the evasion card did not use a sedan chair, but came as a whole cavalry team?This... doesn't seem to be in line with the grandeur of the cabinet minister's trip.Speaking of which, although Yuan Fu rode a horse when he was on an expedition, when he was in the capital, he still mainly traveled in sedan chairs and carriages. What's going on today?
As time passed, the condition of the cavalry team became clearer.This is a cavalry team of about 600 people. It usually seems to be quite large, but... this is the Beijing Guards Camp that is about to be inspected. Compared with the two, it is inconspicuous.

At this time, the sharp-eyed Ma Gui had already seen that the dignified Ming Dynasty Yuanfu and Nanning Hou Gao pragmatic were indeed wearing a python and walking in front, and beside him were two veterans - no, two Two veterans - Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang.

From the perspective of military ministers, these two people were truly the twins of the empire in the 40 years going back!But today, both of them are just Luye who accompanied Yuan Fu.However, Yuan Fu does have this qualification - not because of his status as a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, but because of his illustrious military exploits.

If Qi and Li are the two great men of the empire, then Yuan Fu is undoubtedly the white jade pillar and the purple golden beam of the Ming Dynasty!His military exploits in the past 20 years have been so outstanding that even if the King of Zhongshan were reincarnated, he would have to be defeated.

Ma Gui was distracted for a moment, until Li Rumei beside him reminded: "Commander, is it time to greet Yuan Fu and the two old commanders?"

Only then did Ma Gui realize that Gao Pingshi and his party were only a hundred feet away from him and others. He quickly woke up and led his people to greet them.After only ten steps, the cavalry was already in sight.Facing Gao's pragmatic and appreciative gaze, Ma Gui lifted the hem of his armor, knelt down on one knee and said, "Ma Gui, the commander of the Imperial Guards, led the Imperial Guards to respectfully welcome Yuan Fu for review."

Following his movements, the generals, officers, and soldiers behind him knelt down to pay homage, saying, "The last general (junior) will pay homage to Yuan Fu."

Gao pragmatically turned over and jumped off the horse, looked around, stepped forward to help Ma Gui up, and said: "Commander Ma, please get up."

Ma Gui stood up and said, "Xie Yuanfu."

Gao pragmatic nodded, and said louder: "Everyone, please get up." All the generals stood up after hearing the order, and they all said in unison: "Thank Yuanfu."

Gao pragmatic stepped aside slightly and said: "Today, I have an impromptu decision to come and see the Imperial Guards. When the two commanders heard about it, they also wanted to come and have a look... Most of you and the two commanders have old friendships. Come and meet us.”

No one among Ma Gui and others could compare with these two in terms of qualifications, so naturally they came to see them in a hurry.Others were fine, but Li Rumei was a little interesting when she met Li Chengliang.

First, Li Rumei came forward and without saying a word, she kowtowed three times and said, "You have seen your father before you are unfilial. How is your father?"

Li Chengliang's white beard trembled, and it was obvious that he was quite excited, but in the end he held back his words: "I have been here for half a year and I haven't seen you say hello. Today I thought of asking me how long can the old man live?"

Li Chengliang was born in the fifth year of Jiajing, two years older than Qi Jiguang, and is 74 years old this year.Li Rumei is his fifth son and the youngest son. He can even be regarded as the son of old age. Therefore, he has been taking special care and nurturing in the past. He should have been the closest to him, but unexpectedly, Li Rumei has not visited him since he was transferred to the Imperial Guard at the beginning of the year. , making him very angry.This needs to be said in a moment.During the Korean War, Li Rumei first entered the Korean War from his eldest brother Li Rusong. Later, Li Rusong's troops were greatly damaged. After the first peace negotiation, he concentrated on recruiting and training troops and restoring the strength of the Li family army. Li Rumei took over his brother's position. He served as the chief military officer of Pingwa. (Note: The order of military commanders at that time was Ma Gui, the admiral of Pingwa, Liu Wei, deputy admiral of Pingwa, Chen Lin, admiral of Pingwa Navy, Deng Zilong, deputy admiral of Pingwa Navy, and Li Rumei, chief military officer of Pingwa.)
After the Korean war, Li Rumei ranked at the forefront.At that time, Gao pragmatic thought about asking Li Rusong to be his deputy after Ma Gui became the commander of the Imperial Guards, that is, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. However, after hinting to Li Rusong, he was declined by the latter - perhaps Li Rusong wanted to continue To stabilize the strength of the Li family army, or perhaps just unwilling to succumb to Ma Gui, he did not agree.

However, Li Rusong recommended his younger brother Li Rumei, saying that his younger brother was stronger than him in terms of talent and had higher military exploits in the imperial war, so he was more suitable for the position of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard than him.

Perhaps in order to show that he was not illiterate, Li Rusong also hinted at some other benefits of Li Rumei's appointment as deputy commander of the Imperial Guard in his letter to Gao Pragmatic: For example, he is the youngest son, and it is easier to take care of his father in Beijing; for example, he is a Marquis. Your brother-in-law, who is working in Beijing, can also bring your sister there...

Gao pragmatic thought for a while and thought that although Li Rumei was young, Li Rusong was not wrong - at least Li Rumei really didn't need to be inferior to Li Rusong in terms of her military exploits in the Korean War.The main reason is that after Li Rusong fought fiercely, he advanced to Pyongyang and then returned to Liaodong, but Li Rumei played the entire game, and when combined with his later battle achievements, the credit is indeed sufficient.

Although Li Rumei was more than ten years younger than Li Rusong, since she had achieved military exploits and had already been the commander-in-chief, it was not impossible for her to serve as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, so Gao Pragmatic went to Shuzhuo to ask.

Gao Pragmatic's petition was naturally not rejected by Zhu Yijun, so Li Rumei took up the post of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard at the age of more than 30 years old.This kind of promotion and re-employment is not just a one-stop success, but at least a steady rise. Therefore, there are rumors in the capital that the reason why Li Rumei is so valued is not because of how powerful he is, but because he married a highly pragmatic sister.

Li Rumei herself heard such rumors and was naturally very angry.My military exploits are clearly there, but there are always people who say sour grapes when they can't eat them, and even describe their military exploits as high pragmatism.This is easy to understand: my eldest uncle is a strategist against Japan, and if he leaves the battles that are easy to fight and have great merits to fight, then of course he will be less dangerous and have greater merits.

But the problem is, Li Rumei believes that her military exploits are real. Although her brother-in-law uses her highly, he does not deliberately "feed" her. Why should she suffer this injustice?

However, rumors never make sense, and Li Rumei couldn't go to the capital every day to complain, so after thinking about it, she felt that she could only use practical actions to prove that she was worthy of the position of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard.In this way, when he arrived in the capital to meet the emperor, and after being appointed by the emperor, he didn't even go to Uncle Ning Yuan's mansion in the capital. He immediately went to report to the Beijing Guards Camp, and then devoted himself to military affairs. After half a year, he didn't even Leaving the military camp in one step.

So there was his three-kowtow, followed by Li Chengliang's criticism.

Li Rumei did not dare to argue and continued to kowtow: "If your son is unfilial, please give him a beating."

"Being beaten?" Li Chengliang raised his riding whip and shouted, "Don't you dare to be an old man?"

Gao Jingshi quickly stretched out his hand to stop Li Chengliang and smoothed things over: "Uncle Ning Yuan, please calm down. Although it is a good story to teach a son before the army, Zi Qing's incident happened for a reason... In short, I am here to plead for Zi Qing today. Uncle Ning Yuan thinks that I am here For the sake of Bo Mian, how about you spare him this time?"

Li Chengliang was angry, but how could a person like him not know the reason why Li Rumei didn't visit him?The reason why I did this is to let everyone in the world know that my Wulang has done this for the imperial court. He didn't even have time to take a look at his 70-year-old father in the same city. You still have the nerve to question his dedication to his duties. ?
To put it bluntly, Li Chengliang took this opportunity to praise his son.Gao pragmatic naturally knew it, so it was no surprise that he cooperated with the performance.Li Chengliang then made a reluctant look and scolded Li Rumei: "You traitor, for Yuan Fu's sake, I will spare you for now. If this happens again in the future, don't think that I can't do it." is you!"

After he said that, he whipped his horsewhip in the air.The whip whipped so hard that the wind roared, and it really didn't look like the imposing manner of an old man. It made everyone around him secretly stunned.

Qi Jiguang on the side laughed and said: "Brother Yincheng is really old and strong. This whip is not only like lightning, but also uses the right strength of the wrist. He is worthy of being a famous cavalry commander."

Then he smiled and said to Li Rumei: "I heard that when Ziqing was in Korea, he led the main force of the Liaodong cavalry to chase the Japanese pirate army? Well, well, what a good family background! It's a coincidence that there is a shortage of people in the old man's academy to explain it. Regarding the use of cavalry, Ziqing has devoted himself to training for half a year, so he should change his job... How about going to the academy to give some lessons to generals from various places and teach them how to train and use cavalry? "

Qi Jiguang became the first dean of the Ming Dynasty Military Academy after he retired as the commander of the Imperial Guard. It was completely reasonable for him to send this invitation.

By the way, in the original history, Qi Jiguang was implicated after the death of Zhang Juzheng and was severely punished and persecuted, which even led to family changes. He eventually died of illness in the 16th year of Wanli in poverty and frustration at the age of 61.In this time and space, Qi Jiguang has had a smooth journey since he met Gao Pragmatic. He has no mental or physical illness, and his health is very good. Therefore, although he is 72 years old this year, he is in good spirits and full of vitality.

Originally, this is what Qi Jiguang should look like.When he went into battle for the first time in his early years, he was able to turn the tide by killing the Japanese pirate leader with one arrow in a crisis because the army he led collapsed at the sight of the enemy.Such a fierce man leads troops and trains all year round, and has never suffered a defeat, let alone being injured. How could his body be in bad shape?In the original history, it was obviously due to persecution that he died too early, and he lost his desire to live due to physical and mental exhaustion.

After Gao Jingshi's plea and Qi Jiguang's words, Li Rumei finally stood up "tremblingly", looked at her old father carefully, and then looked at Gao Jingshi, as if asking for something.

Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "What do you want me to do? Inviting the world's famous generals to give lectures at the Military Academy is the emperor's promise. Since Dean Qi has sent the invitation, it's up to you whether you accept it or not."

Li Rumei said hurriedly: "Meng Qi will not give up on the handsome man. He sees this junior's meager ability. How can I dare to refuse? But if I know something, I dare not hide it."
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