After the flag presentation and proofreading were over, Emperor Chongzhen did not leave the first town camp of the Guards, but accompanied by the ministers, he came to a courtyard prepared by Ma Shilong, Qian Yuanyu and others in advance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this small brick-walled courtyard, there is a two-story building made of stones, and a circle of wings on the front and back, left and right.

Of course, this small building was a place for the emperor to stay and rest, the first floor was the place where the ministers were summoned, and the second floor was the place where the rest and residence lived.

The wings around the courtyard are the residences of Cao Dingjiao and other imperial attendants and military attachés and the personnel of the Tiance Guard Gong Guard led by Lu Hualin.

It is now the cold winter moon, and the trees in the yard have long since lost their leaves, leaving only bare branches swaying in the cold wind.

In the courtyard paved with blue bricks, the ground was cleaned, and the personnel who followed the emperor to protect the emperor performed their duties and took their positions, and they were soon properly arranged by Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua.

At this time a year ago, the two were recalled by the new emperor to Beijing and entrusted with important tasks, at that time they did not dare to imagine that the emperor and the things they planned together could become a reality so quickly.

Standing on the point platform in the center of the camp with Emperor Chongzhen, watching one battalion leader after another, wearing helmets and armor, carrying guns and cannons, walking in front of him with his head held high, the hearts of the two people were agitated.

Even the two people who were accustomed to seeing the battle of the Ming army had never seen such a vigorous and energetic force.

After arranging the emperor's stay in the camp, the two of them went to the small building where the emperor lived to meet him.

Emperor Chongzhen passed the two in, and at the same time sent Ma Shilong, the commander of the first town of the guard, Qian Yuanyu, the imperial historian of the supervising army, You Shilu and Qin Yiming, the deputy commanders of the left and right sides, and personally rewarded and encouraged these people, and explained to them some precautions for future division of practice.

After the summons, Emperor Chongzhen said to his ministers: "I am very pleased to review the whole town today. The Guards Army is a new army, and if it is a new army, it must have a new atmosphere. I am satisfied with the new army trained by Wang Fu, Zhu Mei and others, and I am also relieved by the generals and colonels of the first town of the guards.

"The ancients said that mercy is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not financial management. It's freezing now, but you can't relax your training. Muskets, phalanxes, mounted archery, and vehicle artillery, all battalions must be loaded with live ammunition, and they must have a small drill every three days and a major exercise every five days, and their physical fitness, queues, and formations must not be relaxed for a day. If you don't sweat in peacetime, you will shed blood in wartime, and this truth must be clear to the soldiers of the town. ”

After the emperor said these words, the top officials of the first town of the Guards led by Ma Shilong immediately knelt on the ground to accept the promise.

After inviting everyone to get up, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Today, the Qing and the others, and all the soldiers have worked hard. I, Sun Ge Lao, and Li Ge Lao also brought rewards to the soldiers, in order to congratulate the first town of the Guards on the formation of the army. ”

After saying this, the emperor looked at Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong nodded knowingly, and then Ma Shilong and the others said: "Your Majesty personally allocated 400,000 silver dollars as a reward for the success of this school review. Thou shalt distribute it to the whole town as soon as possible, and make sure that all the townsmen know about His Majesty's grace! ”

Ma Shilong and the others listened, knelt down again to thank the emperor, and then bowed and left.

After Ma Shilong and others left, Emperor Chongzhen asked Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua to accompany him to eat.

Under this heavy snow, in the barracks in the big camp, there were irrepressible cheers.

The reward given by His Majesty the Emperor is equivalent to a month's salary for these new soldiers, and any time at the end of the year, an extra month's salary is a good thing that makes people happy and happy.

After dinner that day, Emperor Chongzhen took two ministers of military aircraft, accompanied by Ma Shilong, Qian Yuanyu and others, randomly selected a barracks of a spear battalion, pushed the door and walked in.

These tricks are of course nothing in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty nearly 400 years ago, the emperor personally entered the soldiers' barracks in the heavy snow and tested the cold and heat of the kang head with his own hands, but it was an amazing move worthy of repeated praise.

And after the news of this move spread, the ordinary soldiers of the first town of the Guards were even more sworn to serve their lives from then on.

That night, Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage stayed overnight in the newly named camp of the first town of the Royal Guard.

Early the next morning, at three o'clock in the morning, the snow had stopped, and the sky outside had finally cleared.

After a hurried breakfast, Emperor Chongzhen took two military ministers and a group of close officials, and only left the first town camp of the Luhewan Guards under the escort of Ma Shilong, Qian Yuanyu, You Shilu, Qin Yiming and other high-level officials of the first town.

This time, the destination is the Huangming Zhongyi Lecture Hall, which is not far from Luhe Bay.

Today's Emperor Chongzhen is not so particular, especially outside the Forbidden City, everything is simple, out of the camp, directly on the four-wheeled carriage, and then followed the military minister and Tiance guards who led the way in front, all the way to the direction of the martial arts.

Today's martial arts hall is becoming famous, especially in the army of the towns on the nine sides.

Because those who enrolled in the first phase were originally no more than some low-level military attachés in the Nine Border Army, but after more than three months, they actually became celebrities in the eyes of the emperor.

Some stayed in the Beijing Martial Arts Hall as instructors, some went to the Zhuozhou New Army Training Camp, and some entered the Beijing camp, and even became the military attache of the Imperial Chamberlain.

This is too great an attraction for the Ming army, especially the army of the towns on the nine sides!

In addition, the holy edict issued by the emperor during the rectification of the Jingshi Xun noble family, that is, those who were knighted for military merits, and the descendants of those who were knighted without military merits were not allowed to attack the lord, and even more so that those princes and uncles whose ancestors were knighted because of military merits and had children of appropriate age in their families flocked to the martial arts hall.

After Gongshun Hou Wu Weiying sent his younger brother Wu Weihua in the last issue, this time he registered his eldest son Wu Kezhong again.

And Li Xin, who was the first to get the moon near the water, also reported his cousin Li Yu through Niu Juming, who is now popular in the Imperial Palace.

and Li Ruolian, the younger brother of Li Ruolian, the new commander of Yulinwei, also abandoned literature and martial arts, and let his brother register himself.

This Li Ruoqi, who originally became the secretary of the Ministry of Rites during the Kangxi period of the early Qing Dynasty, entered the lecture hall, and naturally had no chance to become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Manchu Dynasty.

In addition, there are more from the Nine Border Army, such as Tian Xiong, who had meritorious service during the Ningyuan Rebellion, and Wang Bi and Xu Erxian, who made meritorious contributions under Liu Xingzuo, Pyongyang, and so on.

Therefore, the recruitment of the third phase of Jiangwutang is very different from the situation of the first phase, and it is many times more popular than the recruitment half a year ago.

Now, the recruitment has just begun, and the quota allocated to the children of the nobles and ministers has been filled, and the children of the nobles and ministers, who only need to pass the physical fitness test to enter the school, will also start to test horseback riding, archery, and musket loading and firing this time.

The noble family of the princes who had abandoned their ancestors' riding and archery martial arts for more than 100 years had to pick up the bow and horse riding and archery and gun and stick martial arts for a while, and began to hire gun and stick martial artists to open a martial arts hall in their own homes to train the children of the clan in advance.

For these noble families who have been inherited for more than a hundred years, the inheritance of the family's title is always the first thing, in order to continue everything that their ancestors have obtained from their military exploits, they are willing to do anything, not to mention that entering the martial arts hall itself is a good thing.