Great Ming National Teacher

At the Great Court Conference at the end of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Li Yunya was on the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, counting the achievements of all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty in the past five years. , All officials from various ministries were promoted to nobles. In addition to the Minister of Defense and the General of the National Defense, Sun Chengzong was also named Gaoyanghou, Yuan Keli was the Chief of General Staff, Fuguo General, and Xin'anhou.Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the American theater, promoted to general of the town, and granted the title of Marquis of Kyushu.

In the past five years, Japan and Ryukyu, especially Japan, have the most military achievements and the most promotions in the Ministry of National Defense. The rest of the ministries, including the Academia Sinica, also have awards.

After the court meeting, the summary of the second five-year plan appeared in the four major newspapers and made public to the whole country.

The new year is approaching, and there are lights and festoons everywhere, full of joy, but Zhu Youjian is getting more and more upset. The eunuchs and maids cut the window grilles and pasted blessings, all cautiously, for fear of disturbing the emperor.

Zhu Cihong came back from the military academy. He is 15 years old this year, and he will be [-] years old after the new year. His stature is growing rapidly. He has not seen him for a few months, and he has grown a little taller. After nearly two years of military training, he can walk, sit, and lie down. Putting on the temperament of a soldier, he knelt down on one knee: "I pay my respects to my father."

Zhu Youjian was sitting behind the Long Shuan, frowning and thinking about something. He glanced at his son and waved his hands casually.

Zhu Cihong looked at Zhu Cixuan who was writing Spring Festival couplets. Zhu Cixuan pursed his lips and shook his head slightly, pointed out the window with his hand, and silently made two words: "Dad."

Zhu Cihong was very intelligent, so he understood immediately, and said to Zhu Youjian: "Father, when I came back, I met the teacher. He asked me to send a message to you, saying that I will come after fifteen..."

"After fifteen! After fifteen! Every year, you can only see him after fifteen!" Zhu Youjian slapped the table irritably, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth several times.

There are too many things to do during the Royal New Year, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth to ancestors, prosperity and burdens, and Li Yunya is the most annoying, so he disappears from the year before every year, except for getting some delicious food, or sending someone to the palace as a small gift. Never show up, wait until after the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and then I will be busy with the first big court meeting at the beginning of the year, and then I will be busy again, and I will not enter the normal work track until the end of the month , two people can be together.

The two separated early the morning before yesterday and had never seen each other again. Zhu Youjian became more and more irritable. He walked back and forth in the room more than ten times, and suddenly said to Zhu Cihong, "Go to Xishan and bring your teacher here! Xuan Go too, if he doesn't come...you don't come back either, tell him, I'll go too if I don't see you at night!"

Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cixuan hurriedly agreed, got out, got into the carriage and drove to Xishan, Zhu Cihong was worried in the car: "What should we do? The teacher will definitely not come into the palace at this time, we can't please him, Not a small sin."

Zhu Cixuan smiled mischievously: "Father is only angry with Dad, and we are just passing by. Don't think he is very popular in Qianqing Palace. He will be fine when he sees Dad to keep him safe. How can we have any crimes? Please don't move. Let's wait for my father to pass by in Xishan, anyway, my father has a way to ask my father to go back, no matter how bad it is, the three of us will celebrate the New Year in Xishan, which is not bad, we are in the Forbidden City every year, watching those eunuchs and maids. It's boring."

Zhu Cihong looked at his eccentric younger brother, and smiled softly: "You can figure it out."

When the two arrived at Xishan Fengyuan Villa, Li Yunya was frying meatballs with his own hands. He made the fillings himself. There were three kinds of meatballs, as well as several kinds of spring rolls, chicken necks, fried cakes, etc.In the past when he was a child, every year before the Chinese New Year, his grandma would deep-fry a pot of food, which was called "over-oil".

Seeing two children coming in, Li Yunya handed over the long chopsticks to someone else, and came over with a fried plate: "Try it quickly, I fried meatballs, there are mutton and beef."

Zhu Cixuan finally picked up one with chopsticks and chewed it in his mouth: "It's much more delicious than the ones in our palace!"

Zhu Cihong was more restrained, thanked his teacher for the food first, then picked up the chopsticks and ate in small bites.

Li Yunya sat down and poured tea for the two little guys, Zhu Cixuan took it and enjoyed it with peace of mind, while Zhu Cihong stood up and thanked him, looking at Zhu Cihong who was always reserved, Li Yunya felt a little emotional: "You are about to graduate from the military academy, right? "

The minimum admission standard for military schools is 15 years old, and usually trains for one year. Zhu Cihong went to train for one week every month. It was a small stove specially prepared for him. He put down his chopsticks and swallowed what was in his mouth before saying: "In the middle of this year, I will graduated."

"What are your plans after graduation?"

"Father means to let me learn to handle government affairs."

"What do you mean by yourself?"

"My own meaning... Father Emperor's meaning is..."

"I'm asking what you mean!" Li Yunya looked at him, "You have to dare to say it, what do you want?" He opened his mouth to catch the small balls that Zhu Cixuan fed, chewed and ate them, and stretched out his hand to help Zhu Cixuan's shoulder "Although you don't call me father with Xuan'er, I have always treated you as my own son. It's just that your father is stubborn and has brought up such a rigid and upright habit in you. No matter what, you are a close relative, you You don't have to follow your father's wishes, you are you, he is him, you have to have your own opinions, so that we can safely hand over the country to you in the future, otherwise, one day we will not be here in the future, Who do you listen to?"

Zhu Cihong didn't know how to answer for a while, his life was arranged for him by his father, from childhood to adulthood, step by step, he secretly envied his younger brother many times, they were the same age, but one was born at the beginning of the year and the other was born at the beginning of the year He also wanted to go out to study in a school outside, he also wanted to go to the house of his classmates, and he also wanted to go out to play with his father and master... But just because he was the eldest son, he was sealed as the first son since he was born. Prince, everything is predestined, he is destined not to have those things, even marriage, because his father found a Ryukyu princess for him, a girl he had never heard of before.

Relatively speaking, Li Yunya, the master, was more lenient with him, comforting him because he only had a status, not even an engagement, and even if it was settled, he could regret the marriage in the future, and so on, and he kept persuading his father to let himself go Although the training in the military academy was very hard and tiring, Zhu Cihong cherished it very much. In the military academy, he could meet many people. The empty and deserted Forbidden City is much better. He has made many comrades in arms. When he is with them, he is always full of laughter and laughter, and there is always a tacit understanding to complete tasks together...

"I..." Zhu Cihong hesitated, and it took him a long time to speak out courageously, "I want to join the army!" Thinking of the vision he had imagined with his comrades, his eyes sparkled, "I want to jump on a horse and raise my sword, Plant my Daming Dragon Banner all over the world!"

"Ambition!" Li Yunya praised, "It's great that you have such a heart. At first I thought you would not be able to bear the hardships in the army. If you didn't say it on the surface, you would blame me in your heart. I didn't expect you to be willing. "

"But father won't agree." Although Zhu Cihong is old, he is young after all, and his little face collapsed again, "father said, after the new year, he will take me to a diplomatic banquet with ambassadors from various countries."

"You have to participate in this. As the prince of a country, um, don't worry, you are too young now. The brothers in the army are all three or four years older than you. You have to grow a few more years. , In the past two years, you have learned from your father how to deal with national defense and foreign affairs. At the same time, don’t forget everything you learned in the military academy. It is best to continue training regularly. Are you studying cavalry now? Graduation In the future, you can continue to study artillery, engineering, and even sailor subjects, and when you are old enough in a few years, I will find a way to tell your father to let you join the army, how about it?"

"Really?" Zhu Cihong stood up and bowed very formally to Li Yunya, "I thank Master."

"Hey, you sit down and continue eating, you don't have to be so polite with me." Li Yunya waved his hand, "You come to me at this time, but your father misses me again?"

Zhu Cihong was a little embarrassed, and Zhu Cixuan giggled from the side: "Yes, my father has been very angry these days, just because I told the little eunuch that my handwriting is good, he asked me to put the whole Forbidden City I wrote all the Spring Festival couplets I wrote, my brother came back late, otherwise I would have to find out the fault and be punished." He wiped his hands and came to hug Li Yunya, "Father, the emperor was angry and bleed for thousands of miles. Now you can save the world! , only you!"

Li Yunya smiled and pinched his cheek: "This mouth is getting better and better at speaking, do you plan to become an actor in the future?"

Zhu Cixuan likes acting very much, and often goes to Fengyuan Theater to ticket plays. After being found out by Zhu Youjian for the first time, he was punished.It is not a good status to be an actor these days. Even if you are an actor in the Fengyuan Grand Theater, Li Yunya has long removed the identity of the prisoner's family members and become a normal private household. Became a well-known celebrity, but was still looked down upon by the decent gentry class. That time Zhu Cixuan's butt was beaten to pieces, and he knelt on the world outside the Qianqing Palace and recited the Analects of Confucius. It was very pitiful.

Later, Li Yunya persuaded him several times, and invited Zhu Youjian to the box in the theater, and then performed Changbanpo Yizhe on stage, playing the role of Zhao Yun. This kind of thing is limited to ticket plays. If Zhu Cixuan really went to become an actor, he would definitely be beaten to death.

With his arms around Li Yunya's neck, Zhu Cixuan acted coquettishly and flirtatiously, and kissed Li Yunya's face with his oily mouth: "My mouth can not only talk, but also kiss."