Chapter 451: The True Man

The Model Battalion started off and soon reached the camp of the Feathered Left Guard.

This camp was stationed in the urn of the Forbidden City, almost a wall away from the Imperial City.

And here, Zhu Gaoqi is no longer familiar, Zhu Di weekdays, will often come here, after all, is the line of duty, and this is the closest military camp to the palace.

Only now, when it arrives here, it’s something else.

Zhu Gaoqi didn’t understand what his next duty was.

But he was winding down now.

When one is in the military, some emotions are slowly numbed and dulled.

And it looks as if …… Zhang Anshi’s methods appear to be working, too; he’s noticeably slimmer, though still burly ……

It wasn’t so much that he had become thin, but as if the flesh on his body had begun to shrink and tighten, at least physically, no longer the perverted bloat that he had once been.

Entering the barracks, drills were suspended for the day, though all were in their own barracks without being allowed to clamor or go out.

The military discipline in the model battalion is so strict that no order, no half-assed order can be given.

Zhu Gaoqi but could not help but think in his heart, how good end in this garrison, what happened outside?

In just a few short months, it seemed as if years had passed on the outside, so much so that to Zhu Gaoqi, it was as if many years had passed.

The lieutenants, however, appeared excited; the dull drills were, after all, difficult, and now the garrison, on the contrary, gave them a sense of longing.

The next day dawned, and the morning light was just spilling over the earth.

Zhang Anshi is ready to move, the king’s residence is already in the palm of the lamp.

At this time, the two boys of the Zhang family, the younger one is only five years old, while the older one is already seven years old.

Zhang Changsheng, the eldest son, had already been carried out from the warmth of the blanket to begin the day’s morning lessons.

He was listless, but had to dutifully start chanting poetry.

Of course, Zhang Anshi could not teach him to read the Four Books, but he was required to memorize poems from the Tang and Song dynasties, and had him taught to read and write, and then, after that, to learn arithmetic, and, at the same time, he was permitted to teach him encyclopedia.

The so-called encyclopedia was, by and large, the Hundred Thousand Reasons, which Zhang Anshi had had compiled, and which dealt with a lot of military, physical, and chemical tidbits, all of which were very shallow, but such tidbits, however, tended to arouse curiosity about nature.

This kind of encyclopedia, of course, does not stop there; there are also various local customs overseas and some historical tidbits, in short, all-encompassing, but at the same time, by no means sophisticated.

In Zhang Anshi’s opinion, children of this age, this is precisely the time when the curiosity is the most important, like this fun and educational encyclopedia, it is very easy to let the children have a strong interest in some things.

Right now, they are still at the stage of generating interest, and teaching too much difficult knowledge will rather pull them out of it.

But even the memorization of Tang poems and Song lyrics, as well as the daily gymnastics, and the study of encyclopedias and arithmetic, almost filled up most of Zhang Changsheng’s full day.

By the time he was eight years old, when these have entered the doorway, Zhang Anshi even felt that this guy should be allowed to enter the school to read. The best of the government school school attached to the elementary school, that place of strict rules, just to cure this kid, not to mention that such an age of the child, has not been born out of the concept of superiority and inferiority of the concept of superiority and inferiority of the child, it happens to be the most equal to the eyes of the period of treating people, which is Zhang Changsheng’s temperament sharpening greatly beneficial.

As a father, Zhang Anshi weekdays, although busy, but the growth of his son is also considered to be a dedicated arrangement, in the matter of child rearing, although not do everything personally, but is also attentive.

At this time, Zhang Changsheng was reciting poems loudly in his study.

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, went out of the bedchamber amidst the sound of this Lang Lang’s reading; he was already dressed in a tufted python robe and headed for the front hall.

His Majesty, because he wants to watch the Tartar, Warat, Duo Yan three Bok, so the location of the banquet, it will not be possible in the palace, but selected in the camp of the Feilinwei, Zhang Anshi need to advance to the Feilinwei set up.

By the time he arrived at the Feathered Guard, the three brothers were here.

Zhang Anshi split his head and said, “What did you do to my brother-in-law?”

Zhu Yong: “……”

Chang: “……”

Chuson: “????”

Zhang Anshi did not wait for them to say anything, then added: “Where is the person? Oops …… my heart aches for my sister in law.”

Zhu Yong finally found his voice, “In the barracks.”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi immediately added, “No arms or legs missing, right?”

“No …… no ……” Zhu Yong is very lucky, fortunately, he is treating people with sincerity.

If not, if you offend the Crown Prince and also Big Brother, then there’s still a good life?

Zhang then had his eyes light up and couldn’t help but gain a few more points of admiration for Zhang Anshi as his big brother.

So true to form, big brother! Always so resourceful, never put eggs in one basket. We drill the Prince, he is distressed brother-in-law, when the future Prince ascended to the throne, to find us to settle scores, big brother can be pardoned not guilty, and then big brother in the future, and can try to rescue, or to take care of our wives and children.

Zhang Anshi said, “Lead me.”

Not being able to see anyone, Zhang Anshi was still uneasy.

Just when Zhang Anshi hurriedly went to meet Zhu Gaoqi, it seemed to be a flower in front of his eyes.

“Sis …… brother-in-law ……,” Zhang Anshi was a little uncertain.

In front of the eyes of Zhu Gaoqi, dark face, people are very strong, early and a few months before the crown prince, a different person.

It wasn’t that the five senses had changed, but the whole person, as if they had all become another person.

In detail …… this demeanor …… actually looks like His Majesty.

Not bad, the same skin color, the same bladder and waist, coupled with the features after slowly losing the flab, it was even so similar to His Majesty.

But once upon a time, why didn’t it look anything like that?

It is evident that this is not a genetic problem for His Majesty, but purely due to obesity.

“You still know to come?” Zhu Gaoqi shook his head, more or less grumbling at this inner brother.

At this time want to scold Zhang Anshi, but words to the mouth, but swallowed back: “Your sister and Zhu Zhanji can be good?”

“Good.” Zhang Anshi said, “A sister misses her brother-in-law without a single day, and her eyes are going to be blind from crying ……”

Then he lowered his voice: “I don’t know about the others. That’s right, brother-in-law, come, have someone fetch a scale and weigh it.”

The ancients weighed, especially weighing such a big guy as Zhu Gaoqi, but used the method of Cao Chong weighing elephants.

So quite delayed some effort, when the final conclusion was reached, Zhang Anshi surprised, “Two hundred and thirty pounds, tsk tsk …… seventy pounds less ……”

For this amount, Zhang Anshi was still satisfied.

Zhu Gaoqi, on the other hand, said nastily, “This palace doesn’t feel like it’s lost weight.”

“Two hundred and thirty pounds, it is not less.” Zhang Anshi said, gently pinched Zhu Gaoqi’s arm and said, “This meat is terribly firm, and the belly is not small, but …… brother-in-law looks as if …… as if… …”

“As if ……”

“It seems to be generalized with His Majesty.”

“Don’t make fun of Father.” Zhu Gaoqi’s eyes glared and he slammed his face, “This is great disrespect.”

Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Gaoqi this expression, more feel like it, cheerfully said:” brother-in-law, this you will not know, if I say brother-in-law has nothing to do with his majesty, that is called a great disrespect.”

Zhu Gaoqi: “……”

Well, there’s no way to refute that, you win!

After a moment of silence, Zhu Gaoqi said, “When can this palace go back?”

“Anytime.” Zhang Anshi said with a sincere look on his face, “Our model battalion is not a den of thieves, who would dare to stop brother-in-law? As long as brother-in-law is willing, he can come and go as he pleases.”

Zhu Gaoqi said, “In that case, then this palace will leave the camp.”

“Good, good, good.” Zhang Anshi saw that it was fruitful, and his mood at this time was one of a smile.

If there was no effect at all, not to mention His Majesty, even his sister’s side would not be able to account for it.

He nodded his head like a chicken pecking on one side while giving Zhu Yong a wink.

Zhu Yong instantly understood, and calmly said, “The lieutenant of the team is listening to the order.”

The lieutenants in this barracks stood at attention and bellowed in unison, “In.”

Zhu Yong said, “The team is missing one person, from now on, this month ……”

Zhu Gaoqi’s eyes widened slightly, and subconsciously immediately said, “That’s just it, this palace will stay for a few more days.”

Zhu Yong said with difficulty, “Your Highness, this is not good, you are a big Buddha, our temple is small …….”

Zhu Gaoqi was a kind man, not to mention that these lieutenants had been taking care of him for the past few months, if not for that, he would not have been able to make this progress, and his body would not have been able to beat up so fast.

Now that others were being punished because of him, he couldn’t bear it in his heart.

As for interfering with the Model Battalion, Zhu Gaoqi would not do it.

He knew very well that the general was out, and the king’s orders were not to be taken, and anyway, he had gradually become accustomed to this place, and there was no hindrance to staying for a few more days.

“Brother-in-law ……,” Zhang Anshi said, “Why is it good ……”

Zhu Gaoqi said, “You this kid ……” and ruthlessly patted Zhang Anshi s shoulder.

And then, Zhu Gaoqi revealed a hint of a genuine smile and said, “This palace is never expecting that this palace also has a refined today!”

This one, since it is a great compliment.

Know their own body good or bad people, is always their own. From the days of walking a few steps and then panting, hobbling because the body is overweight, every day is lethargic, always feel uncomfortable all over the body, Zhu Gaoqi himself knows very well, this is gone.

At this moment, a eunuch came and said, “His Majesty’s arrival, His Majesty’s holy carriage is coming.”

Zhang Anshi didn’t dare to be slow, and greeted Zhu Gaoqi wordlessly, then turned his head to Zhu Yong and said, “I’ll go to welcome the driver, you set up here.”

With that, Zhang Anshi pulled his leg and left.

The Holy Spirit arrived at the camp, accompanied by a hundred officials and envoys from various countries.

The banquet was already prepared.

It was conducted in a large tent.

Zhu Di got down from the foot whisky, then led the ministers to the big tent.

Outside this big tent, there is a guard at three steps and a sentry at five.

Zhu Di’s eyes swept over, and one of them, caused Zhu Di’s gaze to pause slightly.

He couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow lightly, this lieutenant looked a tiny bit familiar.

Who it was, though, he couldn’t remember for a moment.

Just Zhu Di does not care about these details, only feel that this person …… is somewhat like his own second son, Zhu Gaoxu.

Of course, how could Zhu Gaoxu appear here?

He then guffawed and retracted his eyes, the resemblance was more than enough.

When he reached the tent and took his seat, the close ministers and the Khans of Valar, Tartary, and Doyen were seated.

Countless delicious dishes have been presented since.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty, probably because of their great-grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, had very greasy meals.

For example, at this time Zhu Di, serving his imperial meals, according to specifications, often according to the wine four pints, burning mutton, steamed chicken, pepper vinegar goose, burned pork, pork fling white soup, rice with geese, three chickens, five pounds of mutton, five pounds of pork, white round-grained rice two buckets, nine pounds of tea and food, ninety pieces of sesame oil cake, eight taels of granulated sugar, red beans, a liter of snow pear and twenty pounds of fresh lozenges.

Basically, it’s all big, fatty fish.

If the emperor hosted a banquet, the meal will be added, such as pepper vinegar fresh shrimp, fire Ben sheep’s head and hooves, lamb belly plate, thick waist, steamed fresh fish, silk goose powder soup and so on.

The meals, which looked luscious and colorful.

Zhang Anshi, however, never ate it.

In fact, the reason is very simple, for the imperial chef, like the imperial physician, is hereditary.

A cook who was a good cook and entered the palace during the reign of the Great Ancestor, then his son was an imperial chef, and his grandson was also an imperial chef.

As a result, the general palace meals, the nobles are not used to eating, often additional internal kitchen, so that eunuchs who are good at cooking, do some of the best small dishes to eat.

So Zhu Di took his seat and casually tasted a piece of mutton, and the rest of the people, too, laughed dryly and moved their chopsticks.

Zhang Anshi is even lazy to pretend more, empty chopsticks stuffed into the mouth sip, it is considered to have done the meaning.

At this moment, Zhu said, “Hand over the Bok warriors from all the ministries.”

Within a short time, six men entered the tent, all six were quite strong, and then saluted.

Zhu Di looked at the six people, nodded: “good, good, is a good man, you six people Bock to me to see, and see who pulls the top.”

The six men then looked to their leader before nodding and exiting the tent one by one.

Outside the tent, the curtains were rolled up, and immediately afterward, six warriors began to wrestle in pairs.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, took warm wine and sipped it, while the ministers showed pleasant colors, and the three Mongolian khans, since they also said some auspicious words.

Only their minds were outside the tent.

Zhu Di is quite interested in wrestling, when the Yan Wangwei stationed in Beiping had similar wrestling theater, watching the warriors outside the tent wrestling with each other, he put down his chopsticks and paid full attention.

The six samurai, handpicked since, were more like free-for-alls than wrestling, and after defeating their opponents, they were pitted against each other all over again.

For a moment, the tension grew.

Especially in the latter part, the fight became more and more white-hot, and that warrior of Wala, with great strength, even wrestled over two opponents, and gained the applause of the whole audience.

At the end of the day, this Waratah warrior finally toppled the last man, and the man uh ah …… fell down heavily with his whole body.

“Good.” Zhu Di showed extraordinarily excited, he stood up, “This is a true man.”

Valar Khan was instantly filled with smiles and said excitedly, “Your Majesty the Emperor, this is the warrior of my ministry, Wuzhig.”

Zhu Di said, “Call in and give him wine and meat.”

For Zhu, calling these people to Bok both stemmed from his own interest in wrestling and, on the other hand, was a sign of manifestation of the ministries’ submission to him.

This man called Urieger came in, bowed down, and Zhu Di let the people take a pound of meat.

He took it straight into his hands and feasted on it in front of the monarchs.

Zhu Di said, “Men, give him a gold belt and gold and silver.”

Wurig seems to know some of the Chinese language, stuttering in Chinese, replied: “Your Majesty’s gift, I am grateful, I always know that the Great Ming is the best at firearms, I do not know this Bok, the Great Ming can have a warrior, or can be compared to one or two.”

The Valar people are always nomadic in the middle of the desert and are not good at rhetoric.

Probably because this man won a great victory, can not help but born of pride, at this time want to let the emperor see his Waratah warrior’s power, so he hoped that a few more opponents, so as to show their skills.

However, unbeknownst to him, this sentence caused the atmosphere in the tent to freeze at once.

Nawarat Khan couldn’t help but be terrified.

Was hesitant to ask for a pardon.

The three parts of the mutual boke, wrestling in front of Zhu Di, if the victory, this Ming emperor natural dragon heart.

Can provoke the Han people, but there is another layer of meaning. Now the warat Khan is only waiting for the conclusion of a better business contract with the Ming, do his second-hand dealers it, this Urieg words, if the ulterior motives to understand, can be thought of as this is the warat want to provoke the Ming.

Zhu’s face seemed to be smiling as he looked at Urieg.

It is natural to say yes at this point, because there is no reason not to.

But the question is …… who to teach to go well, which can ensure a sure win.

After all, once you lose, you’ll be afraid to look bad on your face.

Just then, Zhang Anshi stood up and said, “Your Majesty, I’ll pick a random person from the Model Battalion and play with him.”

Zhu nodded.

Zhang Anshi then turned toward the eunuchs and said, “Go tell Zhu Yong to choose someone.”

The eunuch then hurried away.

Zhu Yong has been waiting outside the tent, just to see this wrestling, early to see the blood boiling.

The eunuch said, “His Highness the Sheriff King has a military order to teach General Zhu to pick one person and play with them.”

“Why don’t you say who you’re going to pick?”

The eunuch could not respond well for a moment, so he had to use Zhang Anshi’s original words, “Your Highness means …… just pick any one …… you want.”

Actually, the eunuchs have kind of hinted at it.

The reason why we have to pick at random, in fact, is that your highness side need to hold up the weight, said that I have all the warriors of the Ming Dynasty, and casually take out one, it is not good to underestimate.

But General Zhu, this wrestling involves His Majesty’s face, you must be careful.

Just Zhu Yong heard his elder brother’s words and subconsciously looked at Zhu Gaoqi along with Zhang and Qiu Song beside him.

In their opinion, in the eyes of the big brother, this so-called Warat warriors, not even a piece of shit, then pick a weaker to play with him, if you pick the elite out, but it seems that our model battalion is not capable.

Qiu Song then nudged toward Zhu Gaoqi, “You go, wrestle him over.”

Zhu Gaoqi: “……”

Zhu Yong and Zhang glanced at each other, they didn’t make a sound, this kind of thing, just let Qiu Song do it.

Qiu Song saw that Zhu Gaoqi was not moving and urged, “Go quickly.”

Zhu Gaoqi looked at the meticulous Qusong, and after a brief moment of confusion, perhaps because he had long been accustomed to it in the battalion, he actually reflexively removed his own armor and unloaded the saber at his waist, while moving his arms, he slowly walked out of his post.