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Volume Three: Under the Balcony Chapter 499: Season of Spring Breeze

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    The spring breeze blows across the fields, and the crop fields on both sides of the post road are fresh and green.  Yellow sunshine, green sprouts, brown soil, and white paddy fields, the outdoor scenery is bright and clear in color and very beautiful.  Such scenery eliminates the fatigue of many pedestrians.

    The farmer in a short coat wearing a straw hat who was hoeing in the field was attracted by the pedestrians on the road. He straightened up to rest and looked curiously at the pedestrians on horseback with swords.  There are two horses and a carriage on the post road, and the people in the carriage cannot be seen. The two men riding the horses are both young. The one in front is thin with a square face, and the one behind is a strong man. The thin man is in his early thirties, and the strong man is probably only 20 years old.  More than ten years old.  In the Ming Dynasty, most of the people who traveled with swords were literati who had gained fame, while warriors rarely traveled with weapons. However, these two people did not look like literati, but more like generals from the Wuchang court.

    They are Zhu Guangyang and his cousin Zhao Hu.  The eldest and thin man was Zhu Guangyang, the commander of the Second Battalion of the Navy, who was also a very powerful figure in the military. The outfit of two horses and one carriage seemed very crude.  However, it was said in the army that General Zhou only brought one entourage with him from Lizhou to Wuchang last year. Zhu Guangyang felt that he was just a commander and could not compare with Zhou Mengxiong. Naturally, he was not qualified to be more prestigious than Zhou Mengxiong when he entered "Beijing".

    In addition to the driver driving the carriage, there were two women on the carriage, who were Zhu Guangyang and Zhao Hu's wives.  The official document ordering them to come to Wuchang for training was strangely written, asking them to bring their wives too At first, Zhu Guangyang thought that his family members were sent to Wuchang to be used as hostages. After all, the new army was very important and it was said that they spent a lot of money.  But then I thought something was wrong. The military order only called for taking care of a wife, not a son.  What guarantee can a woman make?  If you really want to be a hostage, you must ask your son to send him away.

    Especially the mother-in-law of Zhao Hu¡¯s family, she spent ten copper coins that year!  Zhao Hu's family used to be very poor in the blacksmithing business, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to the sea to serve as a soldier. Most of the soldiers who went to sea to make a living were not from good families, otherwise they wouldn't go. Think about Wanli Sea Water  Isn¡¯t it a narrow escape just to live on a boat?  At that time, Eunuch Zheng's soldiers also included exiles who had committed crimes.  Zhao Hu's brother married a sister-in-law. He knew that his family could no longer afford to buy a wife, so he followed Zheng He's fleet to sea to see if he could make a fortune.

    As a result, he was injured. After Zheng He's fleet returned from Luzon, Zhao Hu went ashore to prepare to return home.  Halfway through, we passed a county that was suffering from famine. Many people fled the famine and many people died of starvation.  Zhao Hu saw a teenage brother and sister crying on the roadside. It turned out that his father was sick and starved to death. Zhao Hu had no money to find a wife. Seeing that the little girl was pretty good-looking, he immediately became interested.  He enthusiastically went up to help chop down the trees, nail the coffin, and bury the old man. He also distributed the dry food he brought with him to the two children. During the conversation, he learned that the family's surname was Jiang, and he proposed to marry the girl from the Jiang family.  Zhao Hu only had ten copper coins on him, but with his sharp tongue, he said that it would be a pity that the little sister would starve to death if he fled the famine, but he would definitely be able to make a living by following him.  I was surprised to find a wife for myself with just ten cents.

    This time, one of the two women on the carriage was Jiang Erniang, Zhao Hu¡¯s wife.

    The days when Jiang Erniang followed Zhao Hu are of course very different from before. When Zhao Hu was in Yuezhou, he was a team leader with more than 100 people under two general banners. His monthly fixed income was only five taels, and he could not get any money.  You can also receive rice, cloth and other physical goods, and the legitimate income in a month is equal to the annual income of an ordinary people's family; the Yuezhou army also gave a large piece of good land for free.

    This time, relying on his old friendship with Zhang Ning and the recommendation of Monk Yao, he was directly promoted to the post of the New Army's main ship, and his military salary was immediately quadrupled.  And as a general with actual military power, you can still get some trophies when there are captures, but as long as it's not excessive, it's basically fine.  Nowadays, Zhao Hu is very popular in front of his relatives and friends. He has been told many times that he has shown promise since he was a child. Even his elders praise him for being a good person and understanding the rules. Sooner or later, he will not be a thing in the pool.

    The group of people walked slowly on the road for a few days and arrived at Wuchang City.  Zhu Guangyang took out the seal and showed it to the sergeant guarding the gate. The sergeant was immediately impressed and hurriedly told them to wait a little while and trotted to call someone.

    After a while, three neatly dressed young people were seen riding horses to the city gate.  Especially the leader in the middle is very young. He is fair-skinned and looks like a teenager. He is wearing a cyan military uniform, a white middle coat, and a golden sheath sword hanging on his waist. He is very clean and tidy.  When they walked in front of Zhu Guangyang and Zhao Hu, the two generals were immediately dwarfed by each other. Their appearance could not be compared with the appearance of this young boy, and they suddenly looked very vulgar.

    Housheng came off the horse, but he spoke very elegantly. He didn't even bend at the waist. He stood up straight and said: "I, Zhou Zhong, the commander of the palace garrison, have made a special trip to welcome all the generals who are training in Wuchang on the order of the King of Xiang. May I ask what you two can do?  Are they Commander Zhu and Commander Zhao?"

    "Exactly." Zhu Guangyang responded very kindly. He didn't seem to argue with this young man who didn't even have hair, and he said politely, "We are new to an unfamiliar place, so we will be able to help General Zhou."

    ?Zhou Zhong didn¡¯t say much, he just said: ¡°Please.¡±

    After saying that, several people got on their horses one after another.  Zhu Guangyang rode his horse and walked slowly side by side with Zhou Zhong, and suddenly asked casually: "Is your father Zhou Budang?"

    Zhou Zhong said: "Yes."

    Zhu Guangyang had a look of surprise on his face, and praised him a few more times, saying that the tiger father has no dogs and so on. Anyway, there is no need to pay for the nice words.  No wonder this boy is a conductor at such a young age, he must be less than twenty years old. How could he be on an equal footing with Zhu Guangyang if it weren't for Zhou Mengxiong's son?  Zhu Guangyang has gone through hundreds of battles and fought hard for many years.

    The group of people talked while walking towards Chayuan Street. This side is located to the north of the Chu Palace. Now the cabinet, the power center of the Wuchang court, is also located in the Beigong Gate. There are six yamen outside, which can be regarded as the political center of Wuchang.  , there were a lot of officials, carriages and horses coming and going on the street. Officials on horseback kept dismounting across the street and greeted Zhou Zhong with fists in their hands.  Although Zhou Zhong is young, many people know him because he often appears at the palace gate.

    At the entrance of a courtyard next to the Ministry of War, there is a plaque that reads: Emperor Ming's Military Academy.  This name is really strange.

    Zhou Zhong pointed to the sign and said: "When the navy generals from all over the place come to Wuchang, you will be trained here, but you don't need to go today. The King of Xiang said that the name of our Ming Dynasty should be the Ming Empire, and Ming is the name of the country.  "The empire is a state body that implements the emperor system and orders small barbarian states from all over the world to bring prosperity to the world, so it is called an empire."

    Zhu Guangyang thought he was good. Of course he, a military general, was too lazy to care about the literal meaning. Regardless of whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Ming Empire, there was always an emperor at the top, and the civil and military power was in power below. They relied on imperial examinations and connections to get to the top.  Just because I thought it was strange, I took a few more glances.

    The group of people walked for a while and turned into an alley from the street. They saw signs on the doors of the houses in the alley, indicating the names of the first and second military academy buildings.  Stopping outside the door of a house, several young men in green clothes came out to take the reins. Zhou Zhong said: "Just leave the carriage and horses to the servants here. On the carriage are the wives of the two generals. Please get off the carriage. After that,  The two generals and their wives have been living here for two months. There are gardeners, cooks, grooms, and maids transferred from the Chu Palace, so they don't have to worry about food, clothing, housing, and transportation."

    Zhu Guangyang hurriedly asked: "Did King Xiang arrange these?"

    Zhou Zhong said seriously: "They are all descendants of King Xiang. He looks after all the generals as if they were his disciples."

    Zhu Guangyang said: "The last general and others have no choice but to fight to the death, and cannot repay King Xiang's kindness Hey, why doesn't General Zhou dismount? Excuse me, please lead me. Let's go in and have a drink of tea."

    "General Zhu accepts his kindness." Zhou Zhong said gracefully, "You two and their families have traveled a long way, so I can't bother you too much. You guys have a rest first. There will be a reception banquet in the palace tomorrow night.  You need to take your wife to the banquet, and you can meet the prince then By the way, you must not give gifts, the generals will wear the newly issued navy uniforms, and do not bring weapons into the palace."

    Zhu Guangyang's cousin Zhao Hu couldn't help but said: "Can we enter the palace to meet the saint now?"

    Zhou Zhongdao: "It's not to see the emperor, but to see the King of Xiang."

    Zhao Hu hurriedly said: "It's an honor to meet the King of Xiang. I don't know what's good and what's good, so I'm thinking about meeting the saint, haha." After hearing this, Zhu Guangyang breathed a sigh of relief, but was still worried that Zhao Hu said the wrong thing and said  The King of Xiang is equivalent to the emperor and so on. He doesn't know the general terms. After all, this kid has never seen much of the world. He used to be a pawn But thinking about it, there is no need to worry.

    Zhu Guangyang said again: "We are happy to meet the King of Xiang, but are we sure that we want to bring my concubine to the palace for the banquet? I'm afraid that women have little knowledge and don't understand etiquette, so they will make a joke."

    Zhou Zhong frowned and said, "The princess will also attend the banquet. This is a family banquet. Please don't betray the prince's kindness."

    "So that's how it is. You will eventually be stupid and stupid." Zhu Guangyang said in shock, "I never expected that the prince would value us so much and recommend him as a member of his family."

    Zhou Zhongdao: "You people in Yuezhou don't know that the prince has recently asked civil and military officials to revive the six ancient arts and set an example for the people of the world. Both civil and military officials must learn the skills of playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, bowing, horse riding, and shooting. Military generals can't just kill people, not just kill people."  I understand elegance and respectability. My dynasty is just and right, and I am the right one in the world. The prince uses force to fight against rebellion, and his subordinates are not like the gangsters who rob houses in the lush green forests. Your wives are not the wives of the villagers, what kind of joke can they make?"

    Zhu Guangyang said yes repeatedly, and Zhou Zhong left after speaking.

    After the outsiders left, the two women got out of the car and walked into the yard together.  At this time, Zhao Hu casually said: "We lead troops to fight, what else do we need to learn the six arts?"

    Zhu Guangyang looked at his cousin with a smile, thinking about his relationship with King Xiang, and joked: "Don't think it's useless. In the future, when the world is determined, wouldn't it mean that we become nobles by becoming marquises? Princes, generals, and powerful families naturally have to pay attention to pomp and appearance.  ?OK.  "
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