Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 444: Beijing Guards Martial Arts, Xu Jie’s Military Intervention!
The man nodded.

Yang Tinghe then frowned and ordered in a deep voice: "Anfu, arrest this man and hand him over to the government together with this letter!"

"Yes!"

Anfu, who was beside Yang Tinghe, quickly agreed.

This person was naturally very surprised and looked at Yang Tinghe: "Even if the Grand Master is unwilling, why would he use me as a messenger?"

"You are collaborating with the rebels by delivering a message to them."

"Can't I catch you?"

As Yang Tinghe spoke, a fierce look suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The man who had been detained by the Yang family servants sneered at Yang Tinghe as he was taken away, "As expected, you, Yang Xindu, are a coward. Not only can you not protect the great ceremony, but now that the righteous men of the world are following Prince Yi to quell the crisis, you dare not do it either. Are you worthy of the kindness of the filial temple ceremonial scholars?!"

Yang Tinghe clenched his teeth and his lips trembled slightly.

after awhile.

When this person had been dragged out the door.

Yang Tinghe then said: "It is precisely because I want to live up to the two previous emperors and the ancestors of my Ming Dynasty that I, Yang Tinghe, cannot do anything that is disloyal to the ancestral temple and the country in my later years!"

However, this person can no longer hear.

Of course, Yang Tinghe didn't care and just let Anfu help him to his bedroom.

At the end of April in the seventh year of the Jiajing reign, shortly after the Shuntian Prefecture provincial examination ended, Zhu Houcong also learned through his own insiders that the rebels were trying to recruit Yang Tinghe, as well as Yang Tinghe's reaction.

Zhu Houcong was not surprised by this.

He believed that Yang Tinghe would not really join the rebels in order to regain the power he had voluntarily given up.

But what Zhu Houcong could not rule out was whether Yang Tinghe also wanted to see the rebellion succeed.

Because no matter what, the current political approach he is taking is indeed contrary to Yang Tinghe's proposition.

On the contrary, the rebels' views were very consistent with those of Yang Ting and these conservatives.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong instructed Qin Wen: "Let our people continue to keep a close eye on Yang Tinghe's every move."

"Yes!"

Next, Zhu Houcong went to the Jingwei Military Academy.

Currently, under the leadership of Yang Yiqing, the Beijing Guards Military Academy has successfully recruited the first batch of officer cadets.

Many children of military honors and military households were admitted to the school because they passed the examination and received unified training from officials appointed by Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing had led troops for many years, and many of his students and former officials were knowledgeable about military affairs and good at fighting.

Therefore, it was naturally easy for Yang Yiqing to recruit several retired officers who were suitable for training officers at the Beijing Guard Military Academy as instructors.

After Zhu Houcong arrived at the Jingwei Martial Arts School, he asked Yang Yiqing:
"Which students in the first batch performed better?"

"Your Majesty, students Tang Kekuan and Guo Hu have performed well."

Yang Yiqing replied at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Houcong ordered, "Call them here, and bring me their recent articles."

Yang Yiqing bowed and said yes.

Soon, Yang Yiqing handed the two people's articles to Zhu Houcong.

Zhu Houcong took it and read it carefully. According to Zhu Houcong's requirements, Jingwei Wuxue, like Xingming Academy, should adopt a new education model.

Therefore, students of the Jingwei Military Academy not only had to learn how to operate new firearms and new chariots, but also had to learn new military theoretical knowledge. In addition, they had to express their own views on military administration and warfare, that is, they had to be able to write policy papers in this regard.

This is because Zhu Houcong required that the military officers trained by the Beijing Guards’ martial arts school should not be just rough men who only knew how to fight bravely, but should be good at command and have good military command knowledge first.

Soon, Tang Kekuan and Guo Hu came to Zhu Houcong together and bowed to him: "Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houcong said as he read the article: "Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After they responded, they stood up.

Zhu Houcong also looked up at the two of them at this time.

He found that although the two men looked young, their bodies were as strong as towers. It was obvious that they had been practicing diligently since childhood and were also very self-disciplined. It also showed that their family traditions were very good and their education was very strict, otherwise their bones would not be so strong.

You know, due to the increasingly serious phenomenon of literati being lazy and military being playful in the Ming Dynasty, many children of military honors and military households have become like literati and can only ride a lying horse.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong only took a glance at the two of them and believed that Yang Yiqing was not perfunctory to him, but was really selecting qualified students to receive training in his Jingwei Martial Arts School.

"I have read your articles and found your views on border defense to be quite unique."

Zhu Houcong also spoke to the two of them at this time, and said with a smile: "But I think Guo Hu's insight is higher, because Guo Hu's article mentioned that he paid attention to the feelings of the soldiers, which you, Tang Kekuan, did not notice!"

After hearing this, Tang Kekuan pursed his lips.

Guo Hu was overjoyed.

Zhu Houcong then asked the two men to demonstrate the art of riding and archery to him.

Both of them performed very well, but Tang Kekuan, perhaps because Jiajing commented that he was slightly inferior to Guo Hu in military strategy, worked harder in riding and shooting, and was actually better than Guo Hu.

Zhu Houcong gave rewards to both of them to express his hope that they could make great contributions to the court.

The Ming Dynasty is now gradually moving towards revitalizing its military.

The capital began to revive the martial arts of the Beijing Guards, not only to train more qualified generals, but also to expand the military.

More importantly, the smooth progress of the military household reform solved the problem of military households' escape, greatly increased the military households' sense of belonging to the country, and military households were no longer regarded as a lower class than civilian households in the private sector.

For example, Xia Yan, who was ordered to retire with the title of Minister of Rites, no longer planned to change his household registration when he had the opportunity to become the Minister of War in the future.

Therefore, suppressing the rebellion was not a big problem for Zhu Houcong.

Zhu Houcong had already approved Wang Yangming's request to launch a general attack on the rebels. After Wang Yangming had mobilized all the troops to suppress the rebellion, the emperor's personal army led by Zhou Shangwen also arrived in Jiangxi.

at the same time.

Zhu Houcong also received the memorial submitted by Xu Jie from Japan.

According to Xu Jie's report, some retainers of the Ouchi clan in Japan launched a rebellion because Ouchi Yoshitaka voluntarily gave up his ambition to politically unify Japan and became addicted to entertainment and cultural undertakings. They were preparing to overthrow the superior and depose Ouchi Yoshitaka from his position as head of the family.

As the envoy to Japan, Xu Jie, who was appointed as the "emperor emeritus" of Japan by Emperor Zhu Houcong, naturally had the obligation to report to Zhu Houcong and intervene in the matter, maintain the ethical order, and prevent this kind of rebellious act by the inferiors against the superiors.

However, Japan is still some distance away from the Ming Dynasty geographically, so Xu Jie has the power to deal with this matter at his convenience before receiving a clear order, and he only needs to report his intentions to the emperor truthfully.

Therefore, Xu Jie had already made it clear to Zhu Houcong in his memorial that he had decided to intervene in the matter militarily on behalf of the emperor.

Zhu Houcong was naturally happy to see Xu Jie's choice.

But he still asked Yang Yiqing and other ministers in the Imperial Study: "What do you think about stopping the rebellion of the Ouchi clan's retainers?"

(End of this chapter)