[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Five years later

Although it is still April in central Beijing, today is an unusually hot and sunny day.In the school grounds of the Fifth Military Battalion on the outskirts of Beijing, the generals and governors stood tremblingly under the sun. Even though their mouths were dry and they were sweating profusely, they did not dare to breathe.

Zhu Houzhao stood up and looked at the people running on horseback in the school grounds with stern eyes.The pony that once went to Shenji Camp with Zhu Houzhao has grown tall and strong, and Zhu Houzhao, who has just entered puberty, has also grown taller quickly, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and has long since lost the appearance of a tuanzi.The court education he received since he was a child made him a qualified high-ranking person, but now his face is cold, and one after another of these generals and ministers dare not come forward to talk to him.

Ma Wensheng rode behind Zhu Houzhao, Du Ruo, Duke of Anguo, and Zhang Mao, Duke of England, stood on horseback.The eunuch Chen Kuan, the supervisor of ceremonies, rode around on horseback, inspecting the people who were taking the exam, and watching the surrounding officials making fools of themselves.The people who had already passed the school examination dismounted and stood aside. Today, the majestic generals stood there with their heads drooping like quails in water, leading their horses.

Looking at the few people on the field who were still running horses, only one or two people could draw a bow and shoot an arrow, and even then the hit rate was worrying.There are even more people who can't even draw their bows, and there are even people who have lost their quiver while riding.This appearance really lost the face of Beijing Ying, and Zhang Mao, the British Duke, almost lost his old face.

When a very obese general couldn't even climb a horse, Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"British Lord" Zhu Houzhao called out with a dark face.

Zhang Mao is a descendant of Zhang Yu, and his father Zhang Fu is also a famous general of his generation.Today Zhang Mao felt that he had lost all his old face for several lifetimes. Seeing the prince frowning, he could only answer softly: "Yes."

"This is the elite soldier who defended the capital?" The dignified soldiers of the Beijing camp actually looked like this, Zhu Houzhao wished he could cut open the heads of these officers and soldiers to see what was inside them.

"Your Highness, don't get angry. This is just riding and archery. Wait for me to examine the martial arts classics and strategies." The eunuchs have always been at odds with the former court officials, and Chen Kuan naturally added fuel to the fire with joy.

"Go, the prince wants to see what these things are." The abscess had already penetrated into the bone marrow, and Zhu Houzhao simply pierced him together today.

Letting an eunuch go to take an examination of the school's martial arts and strategy, the last bit of face of the Beijing camp will be lost.Zhang Mao wanted to stop him immediately, but Zhu Houzhao didn't want to talk to him. "Does the British public have any doubts?"

Zhu Houzhao's voice hadn't changed yet, it still sounded immature but had a sense of majesty, Zhang Mao immediately didn't dare to speak anymore.

After receiving the order, Chen Kuan immediately rode his horse and ran forward. With Zhu Houzhao's order, he did not save face for everyone.Chen Kuan was also in charge of Dongchang, and there were quite a few people under his command, who also knew a little about military strategy. The questions he asked were all common military tactics, but they all didn't know what to ask, and they couldn't answer them.

The battalions in Gyeonggi are responsible for guarding the capital, they should be the elite of the country, but the officers are collectively incompetent, only Chen Kuan can make inquiries, and none of the attendants in the capital camp dare to speak.Zhang Mao, as the commander-in-chief, cannot escape the blame, but he is a veteran of the three dynasties, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't face him on the spot.But he was so angry that he asked Du Ruo to run back to the palace without looking back.Ma Wensheng was left to continue to preside over the assessment.

After Du Ruo had passed the filial piety, he was ordered to enter the palace to be Zhu Houzhao's companion, and the two have always been inseparable.Seeing Zhu Houzhao's cold and angry face, I felt sorry for him.At the time when the company was most difficult, Zhu Houzhao had never been so tired. Now Zhu Houzhao has been basking in the sun for most of the day, and he has not even eaten lunch, and he has to gallop back to the capital.Du Ruo was afraid that he would not be able to hold on and pulled him to stop.

"Azhao, that's enough. It's not worth being angry about them." With Zhu Youtang's default, Du Ruo now always calls Zhu Houzhao by his name instead of His Highness.

Seeing Du Ruo stopped him, Zhu Houzhao also calmed down a little. "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

"You haven't had lunch yet. When you came here, you saw an inn not far ahead. Why don't you go there and eat something. If you don't rest, the adults who are following you will have to rest." Zhu Houzhao looked back, and the minister behind him Our entourage really showed their faces, and they couldn't hold on anymore.He could only nod his head and tell Chen Yun, who was traveling with him, to slow down and rest for lunch in the front inn.

Hearing that it was finally possible to stop, everyone was relieved.These civil servants who followed were barely able to ride horses, let alone follow the prince for dozens of miles, their lazy bones had already been shaken.

Not long after arriving at the inn, Jin Yiwei checked first, drove all the original guests to the inner courtyard, cleared the inn, and everyone went to the inn to rest.Du Ruo first asked for an upper room and together with Liu Wei took Zhu Houzhao with a cold face to change.

Liu Wei retreated, and there were only two people left in the room. Only then did Zhu Houzhao relax. He stood on the table with his hands on his hands and watched Du Ruo pour tea for him.Du Ruo looked at him helplessly and smiled and said, "Why don't you keep a straight face."

After being thirsty for a long time, he finally took a sip of tea. Zhu Houzhao leaned lazily on the bedside and sighed, "It's good that I didn't lose my temper on the spot. Do you see how it looks today?" .

Du Ruo enjoyed Zhu Houzhao's moment of relaxing in front of her very much, and sat down next to Zhu Houzhao and put his arms around his shoulders to let him rest on his own.Zhu Houzhao leaned on Du Ruo obediently. As he got older, he felt the difficulty of governing the country more and more, and he worked harder.It's just that sometimes it's hard to avoid embarrassing yourself if you use too much force.Du Ruo patted him on the shoulder, pressed a kiss on his cheek, and comforted him: "Everything will get better slowly, won't it?"

It was already past the meal time, and so many people came all of a sudden, it was too late for the store to cook the fire, and there was still a while before there would be food to eat.Du Ruo can only feed Zhu Xiaoshou some pastries first, and let him sleep first.Seeing Zhu Houzhao fell asleep, Du Ruocai closed the door lightly and let Zhu Houzhao sleep for a while.

After a temporary rest, Zhu Houzhao still came to the palace.It was almost dusk when they entered the palace, and the sun was setting.

Zhu Houzhao found Zhu Youtang who was watering with Zhu Houwei in the imperial garden.The vegetable garden that Zhu Houzhao took Zhu Houwei to plant when Zhang was pregnant with wormwood is still preserved, and now it has become a family repertoire.Every spring, Zhu Youtang will bring his wife and children to plant melons and vegetables here, and enjoy them together in summer.

It's not easy to keep a straight face when I get home, Zhu Houzhao tried hard to squeeze out a smile.Zhu Houwei, a fat foodie, rushed forward when his brother came back. Zhu Houzhao caught him and hugged him. Zhu Houwei laughed happily.

Zhu Youtang thought that Zhu Houzhao would not return from the suburbs of Beijing until tomorrow, but he rushed back today.Putting down the ladle in his hand, he asked, "Why come back in such a hurry?"

Not avoiding Zhu Houwei, Zhu Houzhao sighed and said, "Father, the camps in Gyeonggi are really bad. When the officers and soldiers took the exams, only a few of them knew how to ride and shoot. Most of them were unable to shoot arrows with bows. , this is not the most serious, some can't even hold a bow. This is the army defending the capital."

Zhu Youtang naturally knew the situation in the Beijing camp. Seeing Zhu Houzhao rushing back in such an angry manner, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Didn't you know it a long time ago, and you are angry here again." After Chen Kuan found out the truth and reported it secretly, Zhu Youtang ordered it to be executed.The two had long been mentally prepared.

Zhu Houzhao naturally knew that the situation was bad, but seeing it with his own eyes was another matter.While the two were talking, they saw Mrs. Zhang and Ai Cao coming here together.

The weak and sickly mugwort had been brought back by several people, and now she is so cute and chubby, named Zhu Xiurong, and granted the title of Princess Taikang.The little princess Ai Cao only likes her tall elder brother, but she hates her second elder brother who sticks to her all day long but always grabs her food.Now seeing the big brother holding Zhu Houwei's little hand, the little mouth immediately shrunk.

Ai Cao broke away from Zhang's hand and ran to this side, snapped Zhu Houwei's hand open, and went to hold Zhu Houzhao's hand by herself.Zhu Houwei will always be short of a string. Seeing his sister opened himself up, he stood there in a daze.Seeing that his little daughter was bullying his brother again, Zhu Youtang shook his head and said to Zhu Houwei with a smile, "Don't you feel pain?"

Xiao Nizi hurt quite a bit from the beating, and Zhu Houwei's little hands were red, but he was always stupid when it came to his elder brother and younger sister. Now that his younger sister beat him, he just turned his little hand behind his back, ashamed to show his father.When Zhu Youtang saw him, he just smiled and shook his head, patted his head and didn't speak.

Mrs. Zhang looked at it, smiled and pinched Ai Cao's chin. "Are you bullying your second brother again?"

"I didn't bully him. He ate my candy again today." The little fat Zhu Houwei is good at everything but greedy. Zhu Hou takes care of them and controls them strictly. There is a fixed number of snacks every day. Zhu Houwei always eats in twos and twos Lost his own, and went to steal his sister's.I think Zhu Houwei went to steal the candy hidden by wormwood again today.

"Why don't you hide it yourself?" Zhu Houzhao saw that Zhu Houwei could find food from wormwood every time, and knew in her heart that she really loved her second brother who could never get enough to eat.Sure enough, wormwood immediately replied: "Who made him never have enough to eat."

Zhu Houwei was too ashamed to lift his head when he heard his sister's words, and all three people present laughed out loud, only Ai Cao looked up at Zhu Houwei's embarrassment and said proudly: "Next time I will put the things there, I only have so much, you can't eat it all." Everyone laughed even more.

Zhang Mao was the first to be impeached by Ma Wensheng when such a big situation happened in the Beijing camp. Even with the three major battalions and the twelve guards, none of them could escape.