As Zhu Youxiao moved to Xiyuan, the Ming Dynasty entered a new stage, and Zhu Youxiao's governance of the country from Xiyuan began.
The next morning, Qi Yuanfu arrived at the Western Garden.
For him, coming here for the first time was a bit nerve-wracking. His father had come home yesterday and told him that His Majesty had asked him to be the commander of the personal guards, something he had never expected.
After hearing his father's instructions, Qi Yuanfu became even more nervous. He knew the situation at home, and his father was now deeply trusted by His Majesty.
However, some things are better in moderation. Gaining the trust of His Majesty is a good thing, but being too close to the royal family is not a good thing for a minister.
But some things cannot be avoided. Although Qi Yuanfu doesn't know whether His Majesty does this to show his favor to his father, to win people's hearts, or because he really values his own talents, he doesn't know.
Now that things have become a fact, he can only passively accept it.
When Qi Yuanfu reported for duty, Zhu Youxiao was having dinner, but he still called Qi Yuanfu in.
As for Zhu Youxiao, he was not reluctant to use this method to show his closeness to his ministers.
"Your Majesty, I am Qi Yuanfu, here to pay my respects." After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Qi Yuanfu did not dare to be negligent and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
Zhu Youxiao raised his head and glanced at him, nodded expressionlessly, and said, "No need to be polite, please stand up."
At the same time, he turned to Chen Hong and said, "Prepare something for him to eat. He came so early, he probably hasn't eaten yet."
"I thank Your Majesty." Qi Yuanfu said hurriedly.
This showed His Majesty's high regard for him, and there was no way to refuse such a reward, so Qi Yuanfu quickly agreed.
Soon Chen Hong brought a meal to Qi Yuanfu.
Qi Yuanfu sat down and quickly began to eat. However, from the beginning to the end, Qi Yuanfu could not even remember what he had eaten.
During the meal, Zhu Youxiao kept looking at Qi Yuanfu. He found that Qi Yuanfu had a military style and looked very good.
As for his abilities, Zhu Youxiao was not too worried. The Ming Dynasty was not a place that believed in bloodlines, or rather, the entire ancient world was not superstitious about bloodlines.
Although there will be a certain impact, not everyone believes that a certain person’s son should be like that; more people believe in inheritance and education.
This logic is also true in this era, because there is no public education in this era, and education is mostly family-based.
This kind of family education is especially evident in the families of military generals, where even military manuals are hidden. Under such circumstances, it is understandable that the descendants of generals are more likely to become generals, and the descendants of outstanding generals are more likely to become outstanding generals.
For example, Qi Jin is a good example. He was trained by his father.
Even Zhao Kuo, who was good at talking about war on paper, was actually doomed to fail in the Qin-Zhao War at that time. The main reason was that Zhao's logistical capabilities could not keep up, which was the so-called decline of national strength.
When the two sides reach a stalemate, whoever can hold on to the end will win. In other words, it will be a protracted war. The victory of a local war will no longer affect the entire war.
Qi Yuanfu might not be able to catch up with Qi Jin, let alone Qi Jiguang.
In fact, Qi Jin could not catch up with Qi Jiguang, but one thing was that Qi Jin was at least much stronger than other generals.
Judging from the way his family raised him, Qi Yuanfu was at least not a fool.
Besides, Zhu Youxiao was just choosing a chief guard to test his ideas, and he didn't need him to be too capable.
After breakfast, Zhu Youxiao took Qi Yuanfu to the training ground outside.
This place was specially prepared by Zhu Youxiao, and it was filled with a lot of fitness equipment, of course, the ones he had seen in later generations.
For example, the independent wooden bars are very useful for practice. There are also those for practicing climbing over walls and climbing. In short, they are like the equipment used for military training in later generations.
These were all restored and set up by Zhu Youxiao according to his own memory. Although he didn't know the principle behind it, he was very clear that this thing must be effective.
Things that have been widely adopted in later generations have naturally proven to be scientific and are definitely more advanced than those of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao ordered the construction of this training ground.
At this time, 500 people had gathered not far away. These people were Qi Jin and the personal guards selected by Zhu Youxiao.
"Those people will be under your charge from now on." Zhu Youxiao pointed at the crowd not far away and said to Qi Yuanfu with a smile: "As for your name, I have already thought of it. It's Qianniu Guards."
"I remember that during the Li Tang Dynasty, there was a Qianniu Guard, so you can also call it that. Although there are not many people now, there should be more people in the future. You should do your best."
As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he patted Qi Yuanfu on the shoulder to show his closeness.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best." Qi Yuanfu said hurriedly and seriously.
"I'll have someone demonstrate this to you." Zhu Youxiao said, and then he called over a young eunuch and instructed him, "Go and do it."
Seeing the young eunuch running off into the distance, Zhu Youxiao turned to Qi Yuanfu and said, "Just watch him."
The eunuch quickly ran through all the items, or rather, ran through them quickly. Although the speed was not very fast, he did complete all the items.
At this time, the young eunuch was so tired that he was out of breath. It was obvious that his body was exhausted and very weak.
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