"Since Mr. Zhang is back, let him handle the matters of the imperial court. Your Majesty, please be more busy with the matters of the harem. I am waiting to hold my grandchildren!" Queen Dowager Li finally said.
Zhu Yijun was stunned, but then he understood Queen Dowager Li's meaning. She wanted him to focus.
In fact, Zhu Yijun did not plan to do anything. Things were not done after they were done. He had to watch them land. This was very important.
If he did it and did not care about the results, it would be the same as not doing it.
What Zhu Yijun needed to do now was to watch the Commander-in-Chief's Office of the Five Armies, watch the Jing Camp, and let things develop according to his plan.
"I understand!"
Zhu Yijun naturally would not tell Queen Dowager Li about this, and there was no need to. It was enough to show respect.
Empress Dowager Li nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "It's good that you understand. It's more important to have more grandchildren for me."
After leaving the Palace of Benevolence and Peace, Zhu Yijun brought Empress Wang back to the Palace of Kunning.
In fact, when Zhu Yijun was told about children, she was no exception, so she looked at Zhu Yijun with some anticipation and shyness.
In this era, children meant a lot to women. For Empress Wang, it was even more significant.
"Am I good-looking?" Zhu Yijun saw Empress Wang sneaking glances at him and could not help but ask with a smile.
Empress Wang was stunned, then said hesitantly, "Yes, Your Majesty is the best!"
After a sweet night, Zhu Yijun once again returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
In the next few months, things went according to Zhu Yijun's plan. The Merit Selection Department and the Martial Selection Department were on the right track, which made Zhu Yijun very relieved.
The investigation in the Jing Camp was also completed, and the five positions of commanders were given up.
Five people were dismissed and five new people were appointed. The admiral's yamen was also on the right track.
Zhu Yijun could finally heave a sigh of relief. It was autumn, and the imperial court was busy collecting taxes again.
In the past two years, the situation of the court had improved a lot. The Ministry of Revenue was able to store silver, and the granaries of Taicang also had grain stored. This made everyone's lives a lot better.
At the beginning of August, an important matter was about to begin in the Imperial Court. It was the recruitment of students for the Education Palace.
The news had spread a few months ago, and countless disciples of the Honours had been preparing for it. However, whether it was Zhu Yijun or anyone else, no one had expected the attraction of this event to be so great.
After learning that the children of the Honours could come, countless children of the Honours from all over the country gathered in the capital.
These people were not poor scholars. They were basically all rich people. The consumption of the entire capital suddenly increased, and the prices of grains and vegetables also skyrocketed.
The imperial court had no choice but to urgently stabilize the prices of goods to prevent trouble.
Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.
"Your Majesty, this is the name list of the children of the Honours registering for the Education Palace!"
Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War Ceng Shengwu presented a name list. Although there was no change in his expression, looking at the name list in front of him, Ceng Shengwu still felt that it was unreal.
It was not because of any other reason, but because it was too thick.
Originally, they did not pay much attention to this matter, but now it seemed that the impact of this matter had been seriously underestimated.
Just from this name list, it could be seen that the influence of the Education Palace was very great.
There were more than two thousand children of the Honours registering. This number shocked many people.
Zhu Yijun touched the name list in his hand and said with a smile, "Then let's start the selection!"
Zhu Yijun handed over the construction and management of the Education Palace to Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War Ceng Shengwu. As for the daily training, Zhu Yijun handed it over to Yu Dayou.
The instructors were also low-level officers transferred from various places. Most of them were people with outstanding military achievements.
Some came from the northwest, some from the south, and some from Liaodong.
The first year was comprehensive military training. In the second year, they needed to be divided into departments, from infantry to cavalry, from artillery to logistics.
There was also a special warfare department and a military medical department.
The main instructors of the military medical department came from the Imperial Hospital. They were also Li Shizhen's medical students for the past two years.
There were no suitable candidates for the special warfare department, so they could only slowly explore.
However, that was a year later. The most important thing right now was the enrollment assessment. This was the focus of Zhu Yijun.
"Oh yes, on the day of the assessment, I will be there!" Zhu Yijun said to Ceng Shengwu with a smile.
"Your Majesty, isn't the name of the Education Palace a little inappropriate?"
Ceng Shengwu was not very interested in the fact that Zhu Yijun would be there. After all, everyone knew that the Emperor valued the Education Palace. However, he was not very satisfied with the name.
"In the past, because it was in the palace, it was not inappropriate to call it Education Palace. Now that it has moved out of the palace, it is not appropriate to call it Education Palace."
Hearing Ceng Shengwu's words, Zhu Yijun nodded his head and said with a smile, "Indeed, we can't use the name of the academy anymore. Since it's a place to teach martial arts, then we'll call it the Martial Lecture Hall.
Because it was in the palace previously, adding the words' Daming Imperial Family 'will do. "
"Daming Imperial Family Lecture Hall?" Ceng Shengwu repeated the name and nodded. "Alright, I will get someone to make a horizontal board!"
Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "I will write it. I will personally write the horizontal board for Daming Imperial Family Lecture Hall!"
The name was decided. The Education Palace was renamed Daming Imperial Family Lecture Hall. The horizontal board would be written by Zhu Yijun himself.
On the day of the Daming Imperial Family Lecture Hall, the Emperor would also be there.
This news quickly spread throughout the capital. The children of the Daming Imperial Family Lecture Hall were elated.
On the sixth day of the eighth month, it was the day of the martial arts examination in the lecture hall. Zhu Yijun woke up early in the morning and, accompanied by the Duke of England and other nobles, arrived at the newly built Great Ming Dynasty Imperial Lecture Hall.
The Daming Imperial Family Lecture Hall was set up in the Southern Courtyard. This was a more suitable place for Zhu Yijun.
After Emperor Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, he drove away all the residents living in Haizi and expanded the palace. He built a 120 li wall around it and called it "Nanhaizi". He expanded the hunting grounds of the Yuan Dynasty by more than ten times.
The "Southern Enclosure Autumn Wind" of the Ten Sights of Yan Jing referred to the area around Nanhaizi.
The Zhou Dynasty had four gates and built a government office inside. There was a Chief Admiral and four Admirals in charge of it.
The Southern Courtyard was divided into four parts. Each part was managed by a Admiral and managed 400 Admirals.
There were 24 gardens in the Southern Courtyard. They raised animals and planted fruits and vegetables for the Emperor and officials to enjoy hunting.
Later on, it became deserted. During the Ming Longqing era, the Southern Courtyard was already in decline.
Zhu Yijun planned to make use of this declining hunting ground. After all, it was big enough and the environment was rich enough. There were mountains and rivers, which was good for training.
Early in the morning, there were many people gathered here. There were tens of thousands of people who were here for the exam and to watch.