Sir Li, do you know who that young general is?”
Zhu Pingan returned to his room, and seeing that Li Chunfang had just finished composing a piece of Qing lyrics as well, he sat down beside Li Chunfang, pointed to the young official standing at Yan Song’s door waiting to be summoned, and softly asked for Li Chunfang’s advice.
Li Chunfang followed Zhu Pingan’s finger to look, because the distance was a bit far, he could not help but slightly squint his eyes to make himself see more clearly.
After seeing the appearance of the young official standing in Yan Song’s doorway, Li Chunfang smiled slightly, “I have very little interaction with the military officials in the dynasty, but coincidentally, this general I happen to have had several encounters with.”
“Oh, I wish to hear about it.”Zhu Pingan arched his hands and humbly asked Li Chunfang for advice.
“This person is Qi Haibo, who was little known last year.”Li Chunfang smiled slightly and slowly spoke.
Qi Haibo?
Zhu Pingan was stunned at the words, I have heard of Huang Haibo and Zhou Libo, but who is this Qi Haibo? Last year was also a little famous? Could it be that a certain unlucky general who was forgotten by history ……?
Looking at Zhu Pingan’s look of ignorance, Li Chunfang’s smile on his face grew even wider, stroking his stubble and reciting a poem in a staccato manner:
A small building with a high pillow for the time being, and an old alliance in times of worry. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do this, but I’m going to be able to do it, and I’m going to be able to do it.
The clouds are full of toothpicks, and the stars are full of swords. I don’t want to be a vassal, but I want the sea to be calm.
When he heard Li Chunfang’s poem, Zhu Pingan’s heart was like a cloud in the mist, and he understood at once, “It’s not my intention to be a vassal, but I wish the sea would be calm”, as an ancient military enthusiast, how could Zhu Pingan not have heard of this famous poem?
Of course, Zhu Pingan understands in his heart, but on his face, he still looks like he doesn’t know what it is and would like to hear about it.
After all, as a native of the Ming Dynasty, he had no reason to know who that person was as soon as he heard the poem.
Historically, this poem was only widely known after its owner’s success in fighting against the Japanese and his fame.
As far as this poem is concerned, except for the poem “I don’t want to be a vassal, but I want the sea to be calm”, the level of the other verses is just so-so, and there is not much colourfulness in the poem in general, if not for the fact that the owner had become famous, this poem would have long since disappeared in the long river of history, without a ripple.
“Zi Hou doesn’t know, this poem was written by this General Qi several years ago.”Li Chunfang softly explained.
“It’s not my intention to be a vassal, but I wish for the sea waves to calm down. This general’s ambition is not small.”Zhu Pingan nodded, then slightly ticked the corner of his lips and deliberately asked, “Is this general named Qi Haibo?”
“Nonetheless, nonetheless.”Li Chunfang shook his head and laughed, then narrated for Zhu Pingan, “This general’s name is Qi Jiguang, he is from Dengzhou in Shandong, and his family has been officials for generations. When he was ten years old, General Qi inherited his ancestor’s position as Commander Commander of the Dengzhou Wei Command, and at a young age, he was already a genuine fourth-grade officer. However, General Qi is not relying on the ancestral shade of the bumbling generation, last year to the martial arts identity to Beijing to participate in the martial arts examination, that is, you Enke before a session of the examination. Its luck is not good, the martial arts examination, coinciding with the Northern Hu Ita Khan soldiers besieged the capital. The situation is critical, cancelled the martial arts examination.”
Well, it really is Qi Jiguang.
Zhu Pingan nodded in his heart and leaned in to listen carefully.
After saying here, Li Chunfang cautiously looked around, and then lowered his voice, “At that time, there were 100,000 troops outside the city from the Northern Huta Khan, and inside the city, there were 120,000 to 130,000 forbidden guards, and you know what the forbidden guards look like now, with an imaginary number of soldiers, and only 50 to 60,000 real ones, of which there are many that come to the gold-plated after the meritorious achievements, and there are many old and weak, and there are many that are used by internal and external governors, and there are many that can fight, and they can fight, and they can fight.The minister’s family is in service, and there are less than 20,000 soldiers capable of fighting.”
“So grim?”Zhu Pingan smacked his lips, the situation at the time of the Gengxu Revolution was even more grim than he understood.
Li Chunfang nodded and continued, “Because the situation was severe, the martial arts candidates who participated in the Martial Arts Examination were mobilised. Unlike other martial arts candidates, General Qi took the initiative to volunteer, and it is rare to have both cultural and martial arts skills. When General Qi was defending the city, according to the actual situation, he wrote a “Preparing for the I-Ta Ceremony.”
When Zhu Pingan heard this, it was as if he saw the scene of that time in front of his eyes.
If Qi Jiguang inherited his ancestor’s fourth rank of Commander of the Commander is the first step of Qi Jiguang on the stage of history, then this piece of “Preparing for the I Answer Policy” is the key step of Qi Jiguang’s shining history, Qi Jiguang formally relying on this piece of “Preparing for the I Answer Policy”, before entering the vision of the big boys, was appreciated, and in the Gengxu change this time to show off his talent, and gained the precious bucket of gold for the rise of the city.
“I was ordered by His Majesty to go to the city gates to labour the army, had the honour to read this piece of preparation for the “I answer policy”, although I do not understand the military, but also feel that this policy is very good. With my counterparts and the Ministry of War, Zhang, I will be rewarded for this work to Zhang, the master. Zhang was so impressed that he immediately recommended General Qi to the Minister of War, who was temporarily appointed as the flag officer of the nine gates of the capital. General Qi’s “Preparing for the I’d” has also been widely praised. That’s how I got to know General Qi.”Li Chunfang recalled.
“I still have a backup copy of General Qi’s ‘Preparing for My Answer’ here, so if Zi Hou is interested, he can take a look at it.”Li Chunfang looked towards Zhu Pingan.
“Then I would like to thank Lord Li.”Zhu Pingan smiled and arched his hand to thank Li Chunfang.
“Zi Hou is polite with me.”Li Chunfang smiled as well and searched from the table, finding a volume of Preparing for My Answer and handing it to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Pingan took the “Preparing I Answer Strategy” and put it in his sleeve as if it was a treasure, although he had once baidu’d this work in the modern era, he had yet to read the original version.
“Although the martial arts examination was cancelled last year, but the Holy Spirit was kind enough to grant General Qi and all their martial arts participants who were involved in assisting in the defence of the capital, all of them were given the rank of co-junior, in recognition of their merits. Because of General Qi’s outstanding performance, the Ministry of War transferred General Qi to Jimen to guard the border. I guess today, there is an urgent military situation at Jimen, and General Qi came back to report it.”
Li Chunfang said and swept a glance outside, saw the tightly closed door of Yan Song’s office room, frowned slightly on his forehead, and then again looked unperturbed.
Li Chunfang’s frowning action although small, a flash, but Zhu Pingan still noticed, heart, of course Zhu Pingan will not be stupid enough to point out.
“Oh yes, Zi Hou asked me about General Qi, is …… it?”As if Li Chunfang suddenly thought of it, he turned his head to look at Zhu Pingan and asked.
“Just now, I saw that General Qi was suave and heroic, and I was curious.”Zhu Pingan touched his nose and smiled.
“Oh, so that’s how it is, if there is an opportunity in the future, I will introduce it with Zi Hou.”Li Chunfang nodded with a slight smile.
