Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 8 Jia Daihua’s Thoughts
Early the next morning, Yuan Qingbai left Prince Yiqin's Mansion in a carriage.

Also accompanying him was Tang Yue, the first-class guard of the palace from the third rank, who was also Coach Tang.

The third prince also specially gave Yuan Qingbai a good horse.

In addition, the Ninth Prince also sent his son Yuan Qingsang to the capital camp this time.

The Ninth Prince is only in his thirties, but he has already given birth to five sons, one of whom died in infancy. Of the remaining four sons, only the eldest son Yuan Qingsang is over ten years old. He is thirteen years old this year, one year older than Yuan Qingbai.

The Beijing Camp is located in Fengtai, southwest of Shenjing City, only twenty or thirty miles away from Shenjing City. It is also called Fengtai Camp and has a total of 30,000 troops.

To the east of Shenjing City is the Tongzhou Camp, with 20,000 troops.

There is also Chang'an Camp, also known as Chang'an Camp, northeast of Shenjing City, which also has 20,000 troops.

The Jingying Camp, the Tongzhou Camp, and the Chang'an Camp are collectively called the "Three Camps of the Capital", and they are all troops that defend the sacred city of Beijing.

However, Shenjing City is not guarded by these three battalions.

The main ones guarding Shenjing City are the palace guards, the pro-military camp, the guard camp, and the three battalions of the Nine-men Infantry Patrol Battalion.

Yuan Qingbai, who was sitting in the carriage, was admiring the scenery outside the window through the opened curtain. Before he could finish enjoying the scenery, the carriage had already arrived at Jingying.

Deputy General Yue Zhong greeted Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai.

Yue Zhong was a military attache promoted by the Ninth Prince and a close confidant of the Ninth Prince.

This time the Ninth Prince asked him to arrange and take care of the bow and horse training of Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai. He would not neglect it and called him "Uncle Sang" and "Mr. Bai".

Yuan Qingsang took this for granted.

Yuan Qingbai smiled and said: "Don't call me 'Mr. Bai' anymore in Yuexie Town. This time I come to the Beijing camp for training, which will disturb you a lot. You are also my coach, call me 'Brother Bai'" That’s it.”

Yue Zhong smiled and said: "Since that's Brother Bai's wish, I will call you like that from now on."

He is forty-one years old, one year older than the third prince, and he is a second-rank deputy general. He is called Xiezhen, which makes him feel more comfortable calling Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai brother.

His title for the Ninth Prince is "Ninth Master".

Yue Zhong looked at Yuan Qingsang: "In the future, I will also call Uncle Sang Sang Geer."

Bu Chengwang said to Yuan Qingsang, "I don't like the term brother or sister. You'd better call me 'Uncle Sang'."

Yue Zhong: "..."

Yuan Qingbai glanced at Yuan Qingsang but said nothing.

He knew that there was something wrong with Yuan Qingsang's character, unlike his father, the Ninth Prince.

Yue Zhong suppressed his displeasure with Yuan Qingsang and smiled at Yuan Qingbai: "Brother Bai, Jia Fan Town greeted me in advance and said that he would like to see you when you guys come."

Even though the Beijing Camp was no small matter, with a large number of troops, the Jiedu Envoy in charge of the Beijing Camp was only a second-grade military attache, on the same level as the General Soldier.

However, the status of the Jiedushi of the Beijing camp was higher than that of the general soldier, and he was called a vassal town, while the general soldier was called a general town.

Yuan Qingbai smiled and said: "This junior should go and pay homage to the lord of the feudal town."

Yuan Qingsang didn't object either.

At the beginning, Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty named twelve founding heroes with different surnames as the "Four Kings and Eight Dukes", two of whom were Ning Guo Gong Jia Yan and Rong Guo Gong Jia Yuan, who were brothers.

The Jia family is a double-king family, and the combined contributions of the two brothers are no less than those of the "Four Kings".

After Jia Yan died, his son Jia Daihua attacked the marquis.

After Jia Yuan's death, his son Jia Daishan also became a marquis, and was later promoted to Duke for his military exploits, which meant that Rongguo Mansion had two generations of Dukes of Rongguo.

Even the more arrogant Yuan Qingsang felt that Jia Daihua was a figure who should not be underestimated.

Immediately, under the leadership of Yue Zhong, Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai came to the Jiedu Department and met Jia Daihua.

Jia Daihua was already in his twilight years. He had chicken skin and white hair, and was thin and gaunt. However, he looked somewhat majestic when he was dressed in the official uniform of a military attache of the Jiedushi Envoy.

Yuan Qingbai looked at Jia Daihua carefully and couldn't help but think: "I wonder how long this Jiahou Lord Jia Fanzhen can live. Will he commit something in the future and be demoted to a first-class general..." Jia Dai is mentioned in the original work. Hua is a first-class general. He mentioned that Jia Jing was a Jinshi and became a nobleman, but later he went to Xuanzhen Temple outside the city to practice Taoism...

According to Yuan Qingbai's knowledge, the titles of heroes with different surnames in the Great Zhou Dynasty are divided into prince, duke, marquis, uncle, son and male. After the baron, there are first-class generals.

Yuan Qingbai thought that maybe Jia Daihua would commit something in the future. This matter was so minor that he was demoted from a marquis to a first-class general.

Jia Daihua's attitude towards Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai was lukewarm. After briefly meeting with the two, he asked Yue Zhong to arrange their accommodation and training in the Beijing camp.

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This autumn's Qiu Xiang Competition between the emperors and their grandchildren made many of Emperor Jing'an's princes and grandchildren eager to try. Some of the emperors and grandchildren could not even ride a horse firmly, so they were sent to compete.

As a result, in addition to Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai who were sent to the army for training, there were other emperors and grandsons who were also arranged to join the army by their father.

The seventh prince's son Yuan Qingbiao, the eleventh prince's son Yuan Qingke and other royal grandchildren were also sent to Nanyuan in the southern suburbs of Shenjing for hunting training.

Nanyuan is the royal garden, the royal hunting ground, and the territory controlled by the seventh prince of the imperial party.

One of the reasons why Yuan Qingbiao, the son of the seventh prince, was very strong with bows and horses was that Yuan Qingbiao often went hunting in Nanyuan.

Yuan Qingbai can only train in the Beijing camp, but several of the princes and grandsons of the imperial party can train in Nanyuan. The latter undoubtedly has an advantage in this area.

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Years fly by, time flies like water, four months passed quickly.

In the past four months, Yuan Qingbai had been really tired and suffered, not only because he was working hard to learn and practice riding and shooting, but also because he had experienced a hot summer during the heat wave.

Thanks to his strong physical fitness, how could ordinary people withstand the intensity of his training in the past four months!

This kind of training intensity was requested by him. Yue Zhong and Tang Yue did not dare to arrange it for him.

With his strong physical fitness, he not only withstood this intensity of training, but in just four months, his horse arching level improved by leaps and bounds.

His performance not only made Yue Zhong, Tang Yue and many officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp praise him, but also attracted special attention from Jia Daihua.

His performance also formed a sharp contrast with Yuan Qingsang's performance.

Yuan Qingsang didn't train hard, and after staying in the Beijing camp for less than half a month, he couldn't bear it and wanted to go back to the capital. The Ninth Prince refused. He only stayed in the Beijing camp for four months, but the training effect was small, and he evaded training many times.

In two days, Emperor Jing'an will leave Beijing and drive to Chengde.

Today is Yuan Qingbai’s last day of training at the Beijing Camp.

Today Yuan Qingsang avoided training again, while Yuan Qingbai continued as usual.

At this time, Yuan Qingbai was galloping on his horse while drawing his bow and shooting arrows...

Standing nearby were Jia Daihua, Yue Zhong, Tang Yue and many officers and soldiers.

While Jia Daihua watched Yuan Qingbai's heroic demeanor, he admired in his heart: "This emperor's grandson is really a martial arts wizard. In just a few months, he can make such progress in bow and horse."

"Although he is only twelve years old, with his extraordinary body and strength, as well as his current prowess with bow and horse, he has a good chance of winning the championship in the Autumn Monkey Competition between the royal and grandsons."

"And he is also a smart, hard-working and brave brother."

"He is really a wonderful talent, and he has the qualifications to be a saint!"

"It's just that the chance of his father's third prince succeeding to the throne is small. In the future, it will most likely be a legitimate prince who succeeds to the throne. Even if he is not the prince, it will probably be the fifth prince."

"Even if he doesn't know how to be a Holy Lord, the chance of attacking the third prince's title is still high."

"Can we allocate Yuanchun from Xifu to him..."

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