prosperous age

Chapter 521 Chapter 520 See Ding You Again
In fact, the Yiwu soldiers finally became famous all over the world with the rise of Qi's army.

Before Qi Jiguang recruited, no one took a second look at that place.

In the original history, Yiwu soldiers bravely killed the enemy, protected the environment and the people, and suffered few casualties in the Anti-Japanese War, which means that they did not exist only to fight against the Japanese.

Since Jiajing recruited farmers and miners from Yiwu to join the army, it has become a local folk custom to join the army and practice martial arts. They gradually expanded in size and gradually became the trump card army that the Ming Dynasty relied on most. This team also began to go to the land of China.

After the Japanese pirates were exterminated, the Yiwu soldiers or the Qi family army even followed Qi Jiguang from the fertile Jiangnan to the bitter cold northern border, and guarded the Great Wall barrier of the empire together with the frontier army.

However, the Qi family army at this time was already known as Zhejiang soldiers, and they appeared in the north as guest battalion soldiers.

With strict military discipline, professional training level, advanced equipment, and courageous personality, Zhejiang Yiwu soldiers were called the elite troops with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Ming Dynasty. The strongest army in East Asia in the century".

Zhejiang soldiers followed Qi Jiguang to fight in the north and south, so Zhejiang soldiers became the patron saints of various places, and they were there wherever they were needed.

They helped to consolidate the national defense of various places, improve the strength of the army, and as the main force of the empire, they went out immediately after the Wanli Korean War.

"Wu Wu's bravery is famous all over the world, but the southern imperial Japanese and the northern imperial captives all summoned Wu soldiers."

These also directly led to the emergence of the saying "Zhebing half the world" in the late Ming Dynasty.

After the Japanese war was over, Yin Zhengmao, the right servant of the Ministry of War at the time, asked the Zhejiang soldiers to stay in the camp because he was afraid that the Japanese pirates would make a comeback.

Guangxi recruited Zhe soldiers from Longqing to the early years of Wanli, mainly because of the chaos of "獞猺".

In addition to the Zhejiang soldiers who stayed in the garrison during the Anti-Japanese War, Fujian still recruited Zhejiang soldiers one after another.

The initial recruitment of Zhe soldiers in Southern Zhili was also during the period of the Japanese invasion in Jiajing. Later, people who were good at water in Yiwu, Zhejiang were also recruited to serve as battalions, and other places also recruited Zhe soldiers for various reasons.

Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, because when the Zhejiang soldiers became famous, the overall military strength of the Ming Dynasty showed a state of decline, probably due to the recruitment of Zhejiang soldiers, the main soldiers were not trained or the training did not achieve results.

In fact, Zhao Bingran's memorandum is not a complaint at all, but a prediction of many things, no matter what his purpose is.

Moreover, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when "Zhejiang soldiers were under half the world", Zhejiang had become a "tired province".

According to records, there were worrisome things in Zhejiang, such as waterlogging, emptiness of savings, and the garrison of strong men far away, so officials began to ask for a stop to the recruitment of Zhejiang soldiers.

There are also many problems in the provinces where Zhejiang soldiers are deployed to garrison. First, the food and salaries of Zhejiang soldiers are higher than those of other soldiers, and the food and salaries are huge. However, too many Zhejiang soldiers are recruited, and the combat effectiveness and quality of Zhejiang soldiers vary. .

Later, although the imperial court banned the recruitment of Zhejiang soldiers at the request of Zhejiang officials, they still recruited them every time there was an accident in the frontier defense and coastal defense. Zhejiang and other provinces were actually burdened by the recruitment. Continued until Ming's demise.

Of course, these are things for later, and Wei Guangde did not pay attention to the fact that Zhao Bingran mentioned in the memorandum that the team training in various provinces is still because the locals are the first choice, and they should not only focus on Zhejiang, especially not stick to one place.

"Train soldiers, reward."

Only at this time did King Yu feel that strengthening the army was not as simple as he thought. It didn't mean that if he went to Yiwu to recruit an army, he would be able to fight well.

"It seems that we still have to think about it in the long run."

King Yu said with some disappointment.

"Your Highness, in fact, what Mr. Zhao said in the memorandum is very reasonable. If the provinces encounter problems, they will go to Yiwu to recruit soldiers. If the people in their own provinces do not recruit, these people will change if they are idle all day long.

Moreover, in that small Yiwu, how many middle-aged men can be recruited. If there are no restrictions, that place may directly become a country of daughters. "

Li Fang reminded at this time.

Being able to stay by King Yu's side for a long time, Li Fang naturally still has good eyesight.

In fact, although Li Fang is just an eunuch, he also came from the inner academy. In terms of knowledge and insight, he is not much worse than Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen.

It's just that after entering the palace, he can only be a servant of the royal family for the rest of his life.

There is still an official career, but only in the inner court.

As for his daughter country, well, "Journey to the West" has been printed and sold in bookstores these days, so people know more about it, and it's not just the gentleman who can only hear about books in teahouses.

"Hehe, that makes sense."

When Wei Guangde heard Li Fang say "daughter country", he immediately laughed out loud, but after thinking about it, he felt that Li Fang's words made sense.

King Yu is not a person without discernment, so he naturally reacted to the reminder in his words.

"So, the Ministry of War should review it?"

King Yu nodded.

"Hard to say."

Just when Li Fang nodded and planned to echo King Yu's words, Wei Guangde spoke.

"Huh? Why?"

Yu Wang asked in surprise.

"At this stage, the Ministry of War will not think so far-reachingly. At the very least, at this stage, all the provinces have noticed the source of soldiers discovered by Qi Jiguang. The quality of the soldiers is very good, and the Ministry of War will not fail to see it.

And what is the main responsibility of the Ministry of War now?Naturally, it is still necessary to calm down the southern Japanese and northern captives.

Before the Japanese pirates in the south are completely wiped out, the Ministry of War should not agree to Zhao Bingran's request.

I estimate that Qi Jiguang has recruited soldiers from Yiwu, Fujian, and Nanzhili in recent years, that is, he has taken 3 to [-] soldiers from there.

His original intention of this memorial should be to get rid of the thoughts of other provinces. If the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty went there to recruit everywhere, even if a family only took away 4000 people, it would be tens of thousands of strong laborers.

If things go on like this, it will really drain people dry. "

Wei Guangde didn't know that Qi Jiguang actually recruited soldiers to suppress the Japanese in Yiwu, and he had already recruited nearly 2 people from there.

It's not that the Yiwu soldiers were exhausted on the battlefield. In fact, during this period, Yiwu soldiers shined brilliantly in the Anti-Japanese War under Qi Jiguang's training and command.

Since becoming an army, Qi's army has been invincible, and they have not lost in hundreds of battles.

The Qi family army participated in the extermination of countless Japanese pirates and pirates in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. What is surprising is that their casualty ratio to the enemy is basically more than 1:500, and they have a brilliant record of 0 casualties. Lions are incomparable, which also reflects their strict military discipline and unity.

The soldiers chosen by Qi Jiguang were originally simple farmers and miners with a kind heart and would not oppress the common people. Moreover, under Qi Jiguang's precepts and deeds, they were trained strictly. Invincible, state-of-the-art army.

Qi's army also added formation elements, which were lacking in the Ming army before, and formations played a very important role in the war. Qi Jiguang tailored a mandarin duck formation for the Qi's army. Referring to the military book written by Qi Jiguang later also explained this situation, which is Qi Jiguang's combat characteristic.

It's just that after a few battles, most of these Yiwu people were transferred by the capital to various places to supplement the various departments of the Zhejiang Army. Therefore, when Qi Jiguang went south to Fujian, he had to go to Yiwu first and then recruit a group of people back.

After seeing the potential of Yiwu soldiers, officials from Nanzhili, Guangxi and other places also went to Yiwu to recruit soldiers.

It's also interesting to say that Guangxi already has brave wolf soldiers, but after a large number of wolf soldiers were transferred to the coast to suppress the Japanese, the record was not good, but the leading officer still saw the combat power of the Qi family army and believed that their combat power was not inferior to that of the Qi family army. wolf soldiers.

The Guangxi government is not only proud of producing wolf soldiers, but also deeply vigilant. After all, they are all local ethnic minorities, and most of them refuse to obey discipline.

When Yu Dayou entered the Southwest, he was actually there to suppress the local ethnic rebellion, so after seeing the Yiwu soldiers with strict military discipline, the Guangxi government recruited them early and brought them back to Guangxi to prepare to suppress the local rebellion.

Therefore, such a loss of population has reached the point that Zhao Bingran, the governor, has to pay attention to it, and the tax and labor in this province have been greatly affected.

Li Fang's words not only reminded Yu Wang, but also reminded Wei Guangde, and soon he also thought of the influence of Yiwu and even the whole Zhejiang.

However, considering the actual situation facing the Ministry of War, Wei Guangde did not think that the Ministry of War would prohibit all provinces from going to Zhejiang to recruit battalions.

"Well, Master Wei's words make sense. The Ministry of War only cares about the victory of the war, and the other things are left to the Ministry of Households and Zhejiang to deal with headaches."

Li Fang was thinking about it early in the morning, so he thought of it earlier than them, but he couldn't express his opinion in front of King Yu like Wei Guangde did.

At least, he couldn't say it until King Yu asked about it.

"By the way, I heard that it has been decided that Zhang Yongming, the censor of the right capital, will succeed Pan En and take charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

That's all for the matter of concern, Yu Wang changed the topic and said.

During this period of time, Wei Guangde came to Yuwang's mansion for a while, so he might not know the news.

"heard."

Wei Guangde said with a smile, "A colleague from the Metropolitan Procuratorate gave me the news."

"How is your relationship with him?"

King Yu asked curiously.

"Your Highness, I'm a marginal figure in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I don't go there on weekdays, I just go over there occasionally, I can only say that I'm an acquaintance.

No, it should be that I have to respect him, after all he is my immediate boss. "

Wei Guangde replied.

"I heard that Mr. Zhang is very strict. I don't know when your censor's errand was taken away by him, ha ha."

King Yu laughed.

"Actually, the Metropolitan Procuratorate really needs someone like Mr. Zhang to be in charge of the court. After all, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the yamen to clean up the court."

Wei Guangde can think about it, anyway, he is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from controlling the government, so don't think too much.

"Master Guo Puguo, this holy family is also very powerful."

King Yu laughed.

Hearing what King Yu said, Wei Guangde glanced at Li Fang next to him, he was still at ease with this person, so he said: "Your Highness, in fact, if Mr. Pan hadn't been so entangled with Mr. Xu Ge for this matter, , and may be able to pass the test smoothly."

Taking advantage of the words provoked by King Yu, Wei Guangde told King Yu what he had considered before.

King Yu was speechless for a long time after listening, but Li Fang who was next to him nodded his head in agreement.

After a long time, King Yu murmured: "So that's the case. Back then, when Yan Song was the chief assistant of the cabinet, the third assistant Lu Ben, and Wu Peng, Ouyang Bijin, Zhao Wenhua and others"

Blinking his eyes, King Yu seemed to come back to his senses, looked at Wei Guangde and said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, when Xu Jie was the chief assistant, he couldn't even protect Zuodu Yushi."

"The current imperial court wants to be an imperial court even more. There are no cliques to talk about, and you can discuss things if you have any problems."

Wei Guangde laughed.

"Eunuch Li, Eunuch Li."

At this time, a servant outside the door called Li Fang in a low voice.

"Go and have a look, maybe there's something."

King Yu glanced at Li Fang and said.

Li Fang walked out the door quickly, but he returned to the house not long after, but at this moment his expression was particularly exciting.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing his appearance, King Yu smiled, knowing that it would not be a bad thing, otherwise he would not have such an expression.

"Guo Pu, Guo Shangshu's father has gone."

Li Fang walked back quickly, handed the note in his hand to King Yu, and said: "Guo Shangshu has already played, please Ding You."

"what"

Wei Guangde opened his mouth in surprise when he heard Li Fang's words.

This time is also a coincidence.

"Is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials free?"

King Yu took the letter and glanced at it, then said, "So, who will take over, is there hope for Master Gao?"

This is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, a heavenly official who can influence the appointment and dismissal of officials below the fourth rank of the imperial court.

When Yan Song was in office, why did he let the people below do what he said? It was either Wu Peng or the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Whoever dared to disobey his wishes for local officials, unless he didn't want to be an official anymore.

Wei Guangde made quick calculations, and after comparing the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials Zuo Shilang, he came to his own judgment that Gao Gong was still useless.

The current Gao Gong has been caught up in the school record ceremony. Although he is still doing the official work of the Ministry of Rites, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is definitely not something he can touch.

It seems that only Li Chunfang, the left servant of the Ministry of officials, has the opportunity to compete for the position of minister.

He is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials who was transferred from the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites. His qualifications are enough. As for the length of time in office, that is not the main issue.

In fact, Guo Pu, Yan Na and other ministers, the entire promotion process was very fast, and they often stayed in an official position for less than half a year before being promoted by Emperor Jiajing.

"Perhaps, this time it should be Li Chunfang Li Xueshi."

Wei Guangde didn't think too much, and directly expressed his guess.

Even if Guo Pu won the favor of Emperor Jiajing again, he would definitely not reach the point where he could win the favor. After all, he was not an indispensable person in the court.

In fact, judging from the Ming court that Wei Guangde had seen, and the crisis of seizing love that Zhang Juzheng had encountered in his memory, they were all hype after the internal division of the civil official group.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng was implementing the New Deal, and there was a strong backlash within the civil service group, so there were so many people who hoped that he would stop the implementation of the New Deal.

And as long as Zhang Juzheng leaves the court, perhaps he will never have the chance to return to the cabinet.

In fact, if he had chosen to leave at that time, the Zhang family would not have suffered such a tragic liquidation.

After all, that was the general trend, but he still chose to change his fate against the sky.

Duoqing, in fact, was really not a big deal in the Ming Dynasty, where it was as tall as those officials said.

Yan Shifan was robbed of his love, and no court officials were seen looking for death or life.

(End of this chapter)