Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 16
Zhu Youxiao seemed to comfort the children, which made Zhu Youjian a little helpless.

He has no idea how much money Yu Ma Jian can produce.

But what he needs is the ranch, horse farm, Huangdian and Huangzhuang under Yu Majian.

As long as you have these things, it's easy to get hundreds of thousands of taels a year. Zhu Youjian knows how greedy the eunuchs are.

Just when he was thinking so, Zhu Youxiao suddenly said:

"However, my brother is very familiar with the soldiers and horses of the Nine Borders."

As soon as he said this, Zhu Youjian was terrified, and quickly explained:
"A month ago, Huang Kao asked his younger brother to read more military books, saying that if he needs it in the future, he can help him with advice."

"Oh?" Hearing what Zhu Youjian said, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile:
"Then what did you watch?"

"I just looked at the soldiers and horses of the towns on the nine borders, as well as the soldiers and horses of the guards in various places, as well as the number of soldiers and horses in the three major battalions in Beizhili and the number and functions of the twenty-six guards in Shangzhi." Zhu Youjian explained.

"Have you even read the number and functions of the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi?" Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised.

Not to mention him, even Wei Jinzhong and others were a little surprised.

After all, the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, considered to be the army stationed in the imperial city and important places in Beizhili, have complex functions, and it is not easy to understand them.

Not to mention ordinary people, even people from the Ministry of War who are not from these departments may not be able to clearly explain the functions of these guards.

Zhu Youxiao started to take the school exam mentality, and before Zhu Youjian could answer, he quickly asked:

"Then tell me, the number of the three major battalions and the twenty-six guards of the Shangzhi, and their corresponding functions."

"Eh..." Zhu Youjian paused, then turned his eyes, and said like a child begging for a reward:
"If my younger brother can answer it, what will my brother give me?"

"Hehe, I'll give you whatever you want." To Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youxiao was very unassuming, and responded directly with me, or even more intimately.

Zhu Youjian thought about what he wanted, and replied directly: "Then if the number of the four guards and one battalion of the Yumajian is not enough to repair the imperial tomb, my brother will send me the people from the four guards of Jinwu and the three guards of Habayashi to repair the imperial tomb." .”

"Er... this..." Zhu Youxiao hesitated a little, because the Jinwu Four Guards and Habayashi Sanwei were among the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, responsible for patrolling the imperial city.

Although they don't have much fighting power and can only save face like the big Han generals of the Jinyiwei, the seven guards can be said to be nearly [-] people.

Unlike the Yumajian, the twenty-six guards of the Shangzhi, when Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaochi were in power, it can be said that they only obeyed the emperor's instructions.

But starting from the Xuande period, civil servants began to check their hands and entered the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi.

At present, among the twenty-six guards in Shangzhi, only the four guards and one battalion of Jinyiwei and Yumajian can only obey the emperor's orders.

In name, although the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi still obeyed the emperor's words, in fact, they obeyed the words of civil officials.

So if you want to transfer seven guards out of them in one go, even Zhu Youxiao may not be able to nod directly, he can only discuss: "There are too many seven guards, how about I transfer three guards from Habayashi to help you?"

"That's okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded, and he didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to transfer him seven guards.

It is not bad to get three guards to repair the imperial tomb.

Seeing Zhu Youjian nodding, Zhu Youxiao also smiled and said, "In that case, I won't ask you any more. Just report the functions of the three major battalions and the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi."

"Okay!" Hearing this, Zhu Youjian sorted out the thoughts in his head, and after a while he said directly:

"The three major battalions are the Fifth Military Camp, the Shenji Camp, and the Three Thousand Camp, but the Three Thousand Camp was renamed the Shenshu Camp in the [-]th year of Jiajing."

"The Fifth Army Battalion was originally the largest of the three major battalions of our Ming Dynasty. It was composed of elite cavalry and infantry selected from various provinces."

"Each of the five army battalions has [-] soldiers, divided into [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] baggage soldiers, including [-] draft horses, [-] military horses, and [-] camp carts. , the whole army consists of five battalions, with a total of [-] people."

"The Shenji Battalion has 3600 men in each battalion, 400 infantry with firearms, 3600 artillery, a total of 160 men, [-] firearms, [-] generals, and four battalions in the army, a total of [-] men. "

"Afterwards, [-] battalions will be added to the Shenji Battalion for the firecracker cavalry. The whole battalion has [-] men, [-] firecrackers, and [-] horses."

"Shenji Battalion plus [-] Battalions, a total of [-] people."

"The last [-] battalions, after being changed to the Shenshu battalion, the battalion system has been changed several times. The names of the central army, the left and right sentries, and the left and right tucks were abolished, and there were three battalions: the battalion, the battalion, and the battalion, and one battalion."

"The Shenshu camp has one deputy general on the left and one, two generals who practice bravery, two generals who practice guerrilla, and two generals who attack each other. They are divided into ten battalions. The total strength includes about 1 soldiers."

"The three battalions have a total of [-] people, and they are the people who protect the capital and its surrounding areas."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help complaining in his heart. He estimated that among the [-] people, there were not even [-] capable field troops.

Otherwise, when Huang Taiji entered the Central Plains from Xifengkou in the second year of Chongzhen, he would have been taken over by the three major camps.

"Okay..." Hearing that Zhu Youjian was able to explain the establishment of the three battalions so clearly, Zhu Youxiao applauded first, and then said to Wei Jinzhong:
"Look, the people in the Ministry of War and the Jingying Rongzheng are not as familiar with the Jingying as my ten-year-old brother. No wonder they only know the sound of the rope, but not the establishment."

"What Long Live said is that His Highness Fifth is indeed intelligent, and he knows soldiers better than all the officials." Wei Jinzhong nodded and bowed, flatteringly praised Zhu Youjian.

His little idea is very simple, and Zhu Youjian can see it at a glance. He just wants to use Keshi and himself to secure a position under Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youjian needs this guy to help him take the blame in the future, so naturally he will not refute him, but continues to say to Zhu Youxiao:
"Brother Huang, are you still talking about the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi?"

"Say it! Of course I will." Zhu Youxiao was in high spirits. Historically, he was very concerned about border affairs, and he liked to ride horses. It can be seen that he is very interested in military affairs.

"Then my brother continued." Seeing what Zhu Youxiao said, Zhu Youjian continued:
"The twenty-six guards of the pro-army are: Jinwu Front Guard, Jinwu Backguard, Jinwu Left Guard, Jinwu Right Guard and Jinwu Four Guards. They are responsible for guarding the north of the imperial city."

"The second is Habayashi Sanwei, Habayashi Zuowei, and Habayashi Right Guard, who are responsible for guarding the east of the imperial city."

"Following down are the government army guards, the government army left guard, the government army right guard, the government army vanguard, and the government army rear guard. They are responsible for guarding the south of the imperial city and patrolling the various gates of the capital."

"Afterwards, Huben Zuowei will be in charge of patrolling Miyagi."

"Jin Yiwei is in charge of bodyguards, ceremonial staff, arrests, and prisons. He has the greatest power."

"The standard-bearer holds the flag and the drum, and has the least power."

"Afterwards, the Yanshan Left Guard, Yanshan Right Guard, Yanshan Front Guard, as well as the Daxing Left Guard, Jiyang Guard, and Jezhou Guard were responsible for guarding some important cities around the capital."

"The Tongzhou Guard is in charge of guarding Tongzhou and inspecting the Tongzhou granary by the way."

"The rest are the Tengxiang Left Guard, Tengxiang Right Guard, Wuxiang Left Guard, and Wuxiang Right Guard from the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

"Each guard has [-] people, a total of [-] people."

"If you add in the [-] people responsible for the security of the capital, fire bans, dredging channels, cleaning streets, etc., the five cities' soldiers and horses."

"Then there are [-] troops stationed in Zhili in the north."

(End of this chapter)