The Rise of the European Emperor

Who is Wang Zhi? In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were two Wang Zhis, and they were both very famous.

One is Wang Zhi, the great eunuch during the Chenghua period, who used to have power over the world just like Liu Jin. The West Factory was created by Wang Zhi, which made the ministers at that time very frightened.

The other Wang Zhi was Wang Zhilai, the great pirate and leader of the great Japanese pirates during the Jiajing period. This product was originally a smuggler, but as a result, it grew bigger and bigger. Then, taking advantage of the civil strife in Japan, he actually became a tyrant in Hirado, which is even more prestigious than those Japanese daimyos. However, he was later tricked ashore by officials of the Ming Dynasty and killed.

However, there is a big difference between the great eunuch Wang Zhi and Liu Jin. Because, eunuch Wang Zhi Wang is a very ambitious eunuch.

Wang Zhi was a Yao people, in the Chenghua period, about 1466 and 1467. After the Ming army broke through Dateng Gorge, they captured many prisoners and returned to Beijing. Among them, Wang Zhi was one of the captured children. Among the captives in the same batch, there was another very important figure, that was the biological mother of Emperor Hongzhi, the grandmother of Zhengde—the Empress Dowager Ji...

Therefore, Wang Zhi is a fellow villager of Empress Dowager Ji. But Wang Zhi came out earlier than Empress Dowager Ji, and Empress Dowager Ji was very unlucky, and died before seeing her son succeed to the throne as emperor.

As for Wang Zhi, without any background, relying on his own intelligence, he was appreciated by Emperor Chenghua at a young age and became a big celebrity in front of Emperor Chenghua.

Speaking of which, Wang Zhi became famous very early. When he entered the palace as a eunuch in 1467, he was still a child. But around 1477, he was appreciated by Emperor Chenghua and rose up. At that time, Wang Zhi was estimated to be under 18 years old, and it is said that he might only be fifteen or sixteen years old... The fifteen-year-old Xichang Changgong was so disobedient...

Moreover, Liu Jin is older than Wang Zhi. Liu Jin was born in 1451 and was already 26 in 1477, several years older than Wang Zhi. However, because of his extraordinary intelligence, Wang Zhi was appreciated by Zhengde's grandfather Chenghua Emperor early on, established Xichang, and became the top official in Ming Dynasty. As for Liu Jin, it wasn't until Zhengde succeeded to the throne, that is, in 1506, that he really came out. And when he was in his early years, he was already 55 years old...

Wang Zhi can be said to be a strange flower among eunuchs. As a eunuch, this guy is not greedy for money. Then, Wang Zhi was too keen on leading troops to fight. This good eunuch was wrong, and he took the initiative to go to Liaodong to preside over the war, and he did a good job...

Moreover, the martial arts system of the Ming Dynasty was also shaped by Wang Zhi. So far, Daming has the official titles of Wu Zhuangyuan and Wu Juren.

Speaking of which, Wang Zhi was also unlucky. He himself didn't have too many bad deeds, but the ministers in the court were very afraid of him. Because they remembered the chief culprit of the "Civil Fort Change" that caused the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be captured and lost hundreds of thousands of troops-the great eunuch Wang Zhen.

And the captured Ming Yingzong,

It was Emperor Chenghua's father. Therefore, the officials were afraid that Wang Zhi would become the second Wang Zhen, so they tried their best to black Wang Zhi, and finally blacked Wang Zhi so much that he was demoted to Nanjing. When Wang Zhi was demoted, he was only in his twenties...

Today, Wang Zhi is only about 50 years old, and he is guarding Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing. During the Hongzhi period, Emperor Hongzhi once wanted to transfer Wang Zhi back to listen to him. After all, Wang Zhi is a very capable eunuch. As a result, the officials became impatient and refused to let him go. Then, Wang Zhi went back to Nanjing again, and there was no news after that...

And after Zhengde came to the throne, he had the "Eight Tigers" and eight eunuchs beside him, who were fighting for the sake of holy grace. Therefore, these 8 people would never allow Wang Zhi, who is very capable, to grab food. Therefore, there is no chance for Zhengde to go to Wang Zhi, and no one else will give him a chance.

When Zhengde was also thinking about how to deal with Liu Jin, he accidentally remembered that Wang Zhi, a power official in the Chenghua period, seemed to be assigned to Nanjing in this way, so he imitated his example and assigned Liu Jin to Nanjing to accompany Wang Zhi.

But in fact, Wang Zhi and Liu Jin are basically two types of people. Wang Zhi was enthusiastic about making contributions, while Liu Jin was greedy and became the richest man in the world...

The reason why Emperor Chenghua demoted Wang Zhi to Nanjing was because Wang Zhi did not make any mistakes, and there was no reason to punish him. As for Liu Jin, with the crimes he committed, killing him a hundred times is not enough. But Zhengde is a nostalgic person. Unless Liu Jin is confirmed to be rebellious, Zhengde will not pursue Liu Jin's immoral things at all. Therefore, Liu Jin was demoted to Nanjing because he took advantage of it...

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After expelling Liu Jin, Emperor Zhengde was very happy that he had won 2.5 million taels of gold and more than 50 million taels of silver at first. But soon, he couldn't be happy...

Because, after Liu Jin was expelled, Zhengde had to do all the red cloaking of the memorials himself...

After wearing the memorial for several days, Emperor Zhengde felt numb in his hands. Therefore, he wanted Zhang Yong, the eunuch in charge of the seal, to help handle the memorial.

However, it's okay for Zhang Yong to lead troops, but it's beyond his ability to let him handle the memorial...

Therefore, Emperor Zhengde had to deal with all kinds of tedious government affairs in person, keeping his feet on the ground...

"Oh, it would be great if old Liu was still here, I'm so tired..."

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On the day of rest, Zhengde asked Marin to ride a horse at the school grounds of Jinwuwei to practice knight martial arts as a way to relax.

At this time, Zhengde had asked 500 strong military masters who were good at riding to be selected from the various camps in the capital to practice the skills of European knights. For these masters in the army, foot combat does not need to be practiced. However, horse fighting in plate armor still needs to be practiced from scratch. After all, the experience of wearing plate armor is completely different from wearing Ming Dynasty armor.

Right now, Malin specially selected 5 outstanding knights as instructors, responsible for teaching these people how to use lances to fight on horseback. When Zhengde is free, he will come to see him. After all, Zhengde himself was an emperor who was very interested in military affairs. However, when Zhengde himself was practicing horse fighting, he wore light and strong rhinoceros leather armor instead of the steel plate armor worn by the 500 soldiers. And Marin is Zhengde's gold medal partner...

Being the emperor's sparring partner is not an easy job. Not only does Marin instruct Zhengde how to fight like a knight, but he is also in charge of being Zhengde's imaginary opponent, riding a horse against Zhengde...that is, the routine of a normal knight's martial arts competition...

Practicing with the emperor, the basic operation when you deliberately lose the battle, otherwise you will be a beast...

Therefore, Marin has been thinking about how to flop these days...

Although the speed of the horses on both sides was deliberately slowed down during the sparring with Zhengde, every time Marin sparred, he would deliberately fall off the horse and fall realistically, as if Zhengde had really won...

Therefore, whenever Zhengde came to the school to practice horse fighting and martial arts, it was time for Marin to practice flopping...

Fortunately, thick grass was laid on the school field in advance, and Marin and Zhengde were both wearing rhinoceros leather armor and riding low Mongolian horses. Therefore, even if it falls on the ground, it doesn't hurt much. The only thing to consider is how to fall realistically...

Fortunately, Marin was a fan in his previous life, and he had seen how Ronaldo dived and flopped, and he had also seen the performance of La Masia's star troupe headed by Professor Bu. Therefore, Marin still knows how to fall beautifully and realistically...

In order to cope with the contest with Emperor Zhengde, Malin specially wore a thick cotton coat and trousers under the rhinoceros leather armor to reduce the injury when he fell off the horse. Although I covered my body with sweat every time, but luckily I didn't get hurt...

Seeing that Marin was knocked off his horse every time, and exaggeratedly rolled on the ground and screamed, the young Zhengde was full of ambition. But he didn't think about it either. Every time Marin rolled over, he immediately stood up again as if nothing had happened...

Fortunately, Zhengde is busy with government affairs now, so he will only give himself a vacation every few days (Ming Dynasty officials did not have a holiday, but Zhengde is the emperor, so he can give himself a vacation). Otherwise, Marin would be busy diving every day...

In fact, Marin's diving is already very good. When Zhengde was practicing foot combat, the flopping of the eunuchs was an exaggeration. Just as Zhengde made a gesture, he lightly touched a eunuch, and the eunuch flew out in an exaggerated manner...

Then with a wave of his hand, a group of eunuchs were lying around...

Seeing this scene, Marin remembered a comedy movie he had seen in his previous life - "Happy Events in the Flower Field 2010". The king played by Gu Tianle shouted "I want to hit ten", and immediately there were 10 flops to join him...

These eunuchs have similar virtues to those flopping in the movies, the only thing that is better is that they didn't pretend to fall when Emperor Zhengde was making preparations. But when they really fought, they deliberately put their faces and bodies on Zhengde's fists, and even pretended to be desperate...

"Hey, life is like a play, it's not easy for everyone..." Marin looked at these "peers" and sighed. Just to make a brat happy, everyone worked hard... But who called this brat the emperor...

But as a country lord, it would be disrespectful to dive in person. Also, it hurts to fall on the ground. Even though there was straw under it and cotton was stuffed in the clothes, it was not good to fall off the horse...

Therefore, Marin recruited a few clever guards and gave them special training guidance on "La Masia Professional Dipping". Then, he coaxed Zhengde to say that they were his generals, powerful warriors, and let them flop instead of him. And Marin himself, while gnawing on the apple, applauded loudly from the sidelines, flattering the bear boy Zhengde...