eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 120 Reorganizing the Army ([-] words)

All the debate over tribute is really a matter of war and peace.

Zhu Houzhao and people like Dai Shan and Huang Wenyou are grinding their mouths to clarify the truth, and to let the emperor and ministers of the Hongzhi Dynasty understand that Daming will face this troublesome enemy in the not-too-distant future.

It's not a question of whether Da Ming can't open up a big quarrel, unless the monarch and his ministers kneel down together, otherwise people will come to bully you.

So of course, all of this is not as simple as taking a knife with a mission of [-] people.

"The whole army?"

"That's right, what Erchen really means is to organize the army."

Since Hongzhi ascended the throne, he has never been a bad emperor. He has always thought about saving Daming, but limited by his ability and vision, what he can do is what the civil servants told him.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has proposed something new for him, things will become different again.

"How?"

"Father, my sons and daughters have seen the income of the imperial military settlements. It is a muddled account. It is extremely difficult to figure out this account. However, the sharp drop in food in the military settlements also directly shows that , The corruption of the frontier army has reached a shocking level, so if you want to reorganize the army, there are only four words, and start anew."

Most of the land in the army station has been annexed, and the guard system has been destroyed to a considerable extent. It is a fact that the frontier army, which was originally a soldier and a civilian, is now suffering from no land, and its combat effectiveness has dropped significantly.

In the Beijing camp, the [-]th Regiment Battalion had the same "peace disease" as the Shangzhi Army, and it was no longer as brave as it was back then.

In the final analysis, time has passed, corruption has occurred, and combat effectiveness has declined.

Emperor Hongzhi probably understood, "What the prince means is to set up several battalions in addition to the [-]th regiment battalion, and reorganize and practice."

"Yes, but the number of people has to be drawn from the 3th Regiment Battalion itself. Only strong and brave soldiers are selected. Even if only [-] people are selected, then our father and son must recognize them. Besides, it is nothing more than recruiting again."

The emperor asked: "However, the north of the Ming Dynasty stretches thousands of miles. If we only have these tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it seems that it will not be able to do anything. For example, if we are stationed in Datong, then the Tatars can be on the side of the Xuanfu invaders."

"Father, how to attract the main force of the enemy is a matter of tactics. But whether our father and son have such a force is a matter of strategy. Take a step back and say, the little prince only attacks the weak points, then we can at least keep the capital safe." As long as the capital is safe, we will have the time and strength to clear up the bad debts of the frontier army. One day, the Ming Dynasty's thousands of miles of defense will be filled with elite soldiers everywhere. In addition, the purpose of starting a new stove is not only for the Tatars, but also for the Ministry of War. "

Now the [-]th Regiment Battalion of the Beijing Army not only does not have strong combat effectiveness, but also is directly managed by the Ministry of War in terms of personnel and financial issues.Objectively, the imperial power was weakened.

And Zhu Houzhao wants to draw out the elite from among them.

Naturally there will be objections to this matter,
But what if the Tartar threat was imminent?
What if we don't do this?
"External conflicts can sometimes be transformed into help to solve internal problems. Father, you still remember what I said, and I never do things without thinking. The food and drink for 500 people is a lot of money. , but if you want to offend the Tatars and cause military disasters for this little money, it's not worth it at all. Those literati are robbing the sky and land, scolding the prince for being frivolous and detrimental to the country. Where did they think about it? one period."

"Besides, my son thought that the Tatars Kou Bian was the little prince's established goal. They wanted to restore the glory of the Great Yuan, and it has nothing to do with our manners. So the Tatar mission can be offended. If you don’t do something, you don’t do it for nothing, but if you do it, it’s not only to save money, but to tie everyone to the chariot. Now everyone knows that the Tatars have offended them and they have no choice.”

"Then the emperor can tell them that the Tatars will invade the border on a large scale in a year or two soon, and in three to five years later. So of course the army needs to be reorganized!" Zhu Houzhao said it seems very simple, but Emperor Hongzhi is fundamentally Didn't think about this section.

"It turns out that Zhao'er also intentionally offended the Tatars?!"

"It's... seven-point intentional."

The emperor's heart was shocked, and the ancestors bless him, the son born to him is really amazing!

"When the army is reorganized, the elite should be drawn from the [-]th Regiment Battalion, and they will no longer be listed under the Ministry of War, but directly belong to the emperor. Taizu and Taizong have done this before, and of course the father can do it. The Ministry of War can only investigate, sort out, and store these things. The administrative power of the soldiers' household registration and other materials no longer has the right to mobilize these elite soldiers. As for the old, weak, sick and disabled, they will be left to them for the time being, and we will talk about it later. In this way, the authority of the father as the emperor will be greatly strengthened. increase in magnitude."

Books of sages will probably not write about such political struggles,

Liu Jian, Wu Kuan and other teachers of Emperor Hongzhi were all Confucianism defenders, and of course they would not teach Emperor Hongzhi these things.

So Emperor Hongzhi either knew it from birth, or he had a knowledge blind spot.

Now it was different, he had a son!
"At that time, I will be considered a real emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao poured the chicken soup well, and Hongzhi was already excited.

"Father is a real emperor himself. But..."

"But what?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "But with the help of the sons and ministers, the father will be even more powerful."

"Haha, not bad! This is the real father-son soldier between me and the crown prince!"

Emperor Hongzhi had a warm current in his heart,
He also read history books. How many emperors and princes in ancient times had tragic endings?There are too many examples of a family becoming enemies.

But he is lucky,

Last time he specially ordered the prince to lead a battalion of Tengxiang Zuowei soldiers and horses. In fact, this is unreasonable.

The prince leading the army is a sign of rebellion in most dynasties.

But after that, the prince didn't show too much enthusiasm for this battalion of soldiers and horses, but it just made people practice more.

And that Nanning uncle Mao Rong is really useless.The emperor has been waiting for his son to come and say a replacement, but it is still in use right now.

Thinking about it now, the reason why the prince is like this is because he is not thinking about how to tamper with the 5000 people in this camp. His vision is higher, how to strengthen the authority of the emperor.

how so?

There is only one reason.

Because the prince knew that the more authority the emperor had, the more authority the prince would naturally have.Behind this is a kind of trust and a family relationship.

The prince's mind is planning for his father.

Thinking of this, how could Emperor Hongzhi, as a father, not be moved?
He held his son tightly in his arms, and he really felt the oneness of father and son that the prince usually said.

"Zhen, I should trust the prince from the very beginning, but unfortunately I didn't expect this, I thought Zhao'er was reckless this time."

Zhu Houzhao smiled, he didn't care about these things, "But, even if the father thinks that the son is reckless, it's up to the son, isn't it? The son said long ago that the son and the father are father and son, because the father It is the emperor, and the son-in-law can be the prince. If the father is good, the son-in-law is good. The son-in-law is the father, not only for himself, but also for the Ming Dynasty, and for the ancestors. It is precisely because of this trust that the son-in-law sometimes Only those who dare to follow the power in a hurry, occasionally overstep."

"In front of foreign ministers, you must pay attention to some etiquette. However, I don't pay so much attention to the relationship between the crown prince. I...in fact, I envy the father and son of the peasant family very much. That's the way to have family happiness...But, it's very good now. Zhao'er, if you have anything to do in the future, feel free to do it. This seat will still be yours sooner or later, and I can see that you are more capable than me."

Zhu Houzhao was slightly moved when he heard this.

His view of rights is actually not as soft as that of Emperor Hongzhi.

But now that an emperor said something like this, he even believed it...there is family affection in front of power.

"My son, I'm afraid he is the happiest prince since ancient times."

These words warmed the emperor's heart. He patted the child on the back, "If I'm not the emperor, and you're not the prince, then we don't need to care about the affairs of the world, that's fine."

"Father," Zhu Houzhao came out of his arms, "my son, I really have something to ask my father for orders."

"Say it, there is no need to ask for an order."

Hongzhi now trusts his son infinitely.

"Father, my son has many things to do now, but I feel that there is not enough manpower. Especially Zhang Yong was sent to Zhejiang by my son, and I guess he will not come back this year. So I thought, one factory and one factory led by my father. Wei, can I let my ministers use it together? If there are important decisions, the ministers must report to the emperor first, but for some small ones, the ministers usually make the decision, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought of a verse, "But last time, that Mou Bin didn't listen to you?"

"Father, don't misunderstand, Jin Yiwei is the emperor's own army, and my son does not blame Commander Mou."

Zhu Houzhao felt that the heat was almost ready. First of all, it was ability. Hongzhi should never doubt it now, and the more important thing was actually relationship.

Originally, he was also confident.But today, under the suggestion of the whole army, he believed that Hong Zhi would not refuse.

"Xiao Jing," the emperor turned his head and told the old eunuch, "Go and call Mou Bin and Chen Yue."

One of these two people is the commander of Jinyiwei, and the other is the supervisor of the East Factory.

Zhu Houzhao knew at a glance that the emperor was about to give an interview.

"Yes."

Xiao Jing took the errand and left quickly.

Hongzhi took Zhu Houzhao's hand and walked out of the palace, overlooking the Forbidden City.

"Prince,"

"My son is here."

"You have to remember that you are the crown prince. Although you are a minister, you are a different minister from others. You are the master in front of them, and no one can offend you."

These words only made Zhu Houzhao think of two words: protect the shortcomings.

……

……

Mao Yuwen went all the way north under the scorching sun, and the Dongchang fans who were traveling with him were shocked by his hard-working spirit.

While drinking tea at the post station, he persuaded: "Boss, it's too hot now, let's take a rest."

The heat in the north in July makes people dizzy.

These people only wear one piece of unlined clothing, and the wind is still leaking, so they have to fan it to cool off.

The poplar trees beside the post station are luxuriant, and the ground is full of mottled shadows. Such a cool place has long been occupied by people on the road.

Those who are in poor condition drink saliva, and those who are in good condition take a bite of watermelon,
Mao Yuwen brought money from home, so the conditions are naturally considered good.

"tired?"

Mao Yuwen knew that the speaker was called Tian Er, and he got along well with him. He didn't put on airs as an officer. If you are afraid of hardship or tiredness.

Tian Er's face was full of flesh, and now his head was full of sweat, "It's okay to be tired. The brothers all rushed through the road like this, mainly because of the heat. Besides, this errand is not so urgent. According to the usual practice, the Tatars are not so busy." Go quickly. I remember that in the fourth year of Hongzhi, it was delayed until September."

Having said that,

But Mao Yuwen doesn't think so.

The mysterious crown prince was obviously planning a game of chess, and there must be a reason for sending him out.

This is also one of the few opportunities for him, he must show his ability,
What other people can finish in a month, he needs half a month, others half a month, he needs ten days.

The so-called no sound is already, a blockbuster.

Otherwise, how can His Royal Highness remember himself?
But Tian Er and his gang are also his capital, so they can't offend them.So he took out some silver from his pocket and gave it to these people.

"Boss, what are you doing?!" Tian Er turned pale with shock, and immediately declined.

"Take it!" Mao Yuwen said resolutely, and glanced at the 20 people one by one, "There is not much money, because I, Mao Yuwen, was not a dignitary in the past, so I didn't have much money. Thanks to the love of all brothers, all the way Give me this face, how can I make everyone work in vain? It is really this job that is very important to me, brother, and it will be different one day sooner."

With the money in hand, plus these words, what else do these people have to say?
"When I, Tian Er, didn't say those words. Let's go, hurry up!"

"Let's go, let's go. Big brother Mao is a real man. In my opinion, it's better to come to Dongchang to be our leader in the future!"

……

After three days like this,
Mao Yuwen and his party entered Datong Town. After arriving, he let the brothers rest while he went out to find someone to inquire about Ning Wuren.

He originally expected that there would be many difficulties, but the Ning Mansion is in Datong Town, and he only asked a few people to confirm the location.

After resting for a day, he divided the people he brought into several groups and wandered around Ning Mansion every day.

In the evening of that day, a familiar figure came out from the gate of Ning Mansion, which made him unable to sit still anymore!
Li Chun!

The guy who got replaced from prison!
When he was arrested, he was a transport judge. He was an official of the sixth grade, much stronger than his prison boss, and now he was living in a merchant's house.

It seems to be incognito, living in the world.

"Did you find anything?" Tian Er saw that Mao Yuwen had changed.

"Yes. Follow that person." He pointed to the person who was walking slightly sprained, it was too obvious, "Tie him here, remember, don't let anyone find out."

Tian Er clapped his hands, "This is a trivial matter."

Mao Yuwen himself bit his finger and stared at Ning Fu with deep eyebrows, his slender eyes seemed to have the light of wisdom shining out.

He came here this time, and it went smoothly.

But something went too smoothly,

Always makes him feel that... not enough...

For Fanzi of Dongchang, it is easy for 20 people to get a cripple, and within a quarter of an hour they were tied up in an abandoned private house.

There were spider webs everywhere and fallen leaves all over the ground. Li Chun was thrown here with his hands and feet bound, and now he was twisting his body like a snake, whining and screaming.

"Take off the hood."

"Yes!"

Mao Yuwen picked a weed, removed its leaves and kept its stem, which was actually unclean, but they all came from poor backgrounds, and they were used to it, so they just put it in their mouths, with the corners of their eyes slightly raised.

The feeling of being a prison boss came.

"Woo... woo... ah, please forgive me, please forgive me!" Li Chun was let go to speak, and started crying as soon as he opened his mouth!
"Don't make noise, I'm short on time, any delay will reduce your chance of surviving!"

"Ah! I have money for this uncle, so don't kill me!!"

Mao Yuwen was annoyed, "Cry! Crying counts as time!"

Wow, it stopped abruptly.

Hey, this is getting better.

"Li Yunpan doesn't seem to recognize me?"

This title makes Li Chun want to die,
First of all, his surname is not Li now!

Secondly, this person told him to judge this former official title!

Just these two points evoked the infinite fear in his heart, so that he couldn't utter a word, but opened his frightened eyes, "You...you...you..."

"Your Majesty, Mao Yuwen, the head of the first-class prison in the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Because Li Chun was bound and unable to move his hands and feet, he squirmed his body and rubbed his head against Mao Yuwen's feet, "My lord, my lord, please forgive me! I really don't want to go back!"

A person who is so miserable, maybe Zhu Hou will feel sad and sympathetic after looking after him.

But Mao Yuwen didn't have such emotions at all. He was thinking about how to achieve his goal, "I didn't say I want you to die. What are you afraid of?"

"My lord, didn't you come to arrest me by order of the Ministry of Punishments?"

"No." Mao Yuwen said while digging his ears.

Hope suddenly popped up in Li Chun's heart. In this way, everything will turn around, "Want... want money? I have it there! You can have as much as you want."

"Who are you, Ning Wuren?"

For those who are frightened, no other means are needed.

Just grasping the fact that he escaped from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he can be pinched to death.

Li Chun was taken aback, but this question is not a problem, "He is, the boss of the villain."

"I think you are an official after all, and you can suffer any kind of hardship just to survive." Mao Yuwen sighed like this, and continued to ask: "Ning Wuren is in business?"

"Yes!" Li Chun thought for a while and nodded back.

"What business do you do?"

"...salt, grain, and cloth."

"Salt? Private salt?"

This is a bit sensitive, and Li Chun is afraid to answer because he has no idea of ​​Mao Yuwen's intentions.

"My lord, can I ask you, what kind of job do you do? What do you want? You just have to ask, and you can get anything!"

"Pfft." Mao Yuwen spat out the weeds in his mouth, stretched out his arms and waved.

Tian Er asked: "What needs to be done?"

"Beat it."

Mao Yuwen turned his back to look without even looking at Li Chun.

The fans of Dongchang were a little dazed. They have seen cruel methods...but they are not so ruthless...

Li Chun was also dumbfounded, "Wait...wait, sir! What the villain said is wrong, Ning Wuren is indeed selling private salt!"

"beat!"

With the punching and kicking accompanied by Li Chun's wailing, Mao Yuwen could still laugh, and even explained from the side: "I always feel that in a place like a prison, you must either explain it from the beginning, or let me see it if you insist on it." Your backbone. The most unworthy thing is that you pretend to be a tough bone. You look smart, but in the end you confessed and got beaten. You are really not smart."

The corners of Li Chun's eyes and mouth were bloodstained, so he was let go.

"Does Ning Wuren do business outside the customs?"

"..."

The answer to Mao Yuwen was silence.

So he moved his fingers again, "First hit the lame leg, and then hit the good leg after it's broken."

Tian Er felt chills in his heart. He is from Dongchang, so of course he has seen such ruthless ones, but those who speak like Mao Yuwen as commonplace... are rare.

"I answer, I answer..." Li Chun said in tears, "He does business outside the customs."

"Do you sell ironware?"

"……Sell."

"A businessman as big as him shouldn't sell casually, right? Is there a connector?"

"Yes, woo..." Li Chun started to cry completely.

But Mao Yuwen didn't care, "Which other businessman is there besides him?"

"There are also Song Sui, Yu Guangwen, Liu Liping, Yang..."

"Wait! Wait!" Mao Yuwen waved his hand, and asked in disbelief, "Selling ironware to Tatars privately will be beheaded. So many businessmen in Datong do this?!"

Li Chun was afraid that he would doubt him, so he beat him up again, so he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you don't know that there is a shortage of horses in Datong Town. In order to exchange for a sufficient number of horses, you open a private market and sell ironware. This is all allowed by the government. ah!"

Hearing this, Mao Yuwen suddenly felt that his scalp was still numb.

It's a pity that he thought this matter was so simple before, it was nothing more than finding a person, a businessman, and then directly arresting him to Beijing to settle the matter for the prince, so wouldn't his great contribution be achieved?

But now that I think about it, this is not a businessman's business, it involves many officials,

This is... a terrible job!
Once the news that these people were sent by the prince leaked out, and it was found out that it was a matter of smuggling ironware, the commander-in-chief who wanted to come to Datong in order to resist this kind of investigation estimated that 21 heads would be killed with a knife!
"It's broken..." Mao Yuwen gritted his teeth, this matter is getting bigger!

"Tie him up first, I have to think about it."

The prison boss who had taken advantage of everything all his life met a big job. He found a place for himself and thought about it carefully.

Mao Yuwen thought, if the matter is not afraid of getting involved, it is afraid that it will not be as good as the prince's wishes.

The prince said to do a big job, if he does it small, then he is not brave enough, if the prince wants to do a small job, if he does a big job, then he does not have enough brains.So how to deal with it, the key is the prince's mind.

As for which is right and which is wrong, that's not what he cares about.

This section is too important to him, and he doesn't know the prince well, so he can't just guess.So he immediately decided, called two people, and each stuffed two silver ingots, "Brothers, I have to work hard for you again. You are from Dongchang and should be able to enter the palace. This letter must be delivered to Eunuch Liu of Donggong." If you can't find it, hang a lantern at the door of my house, anyway, this matter must be done quickly!"

"Yes!"

It's polite to give money, but if you don't give money, they will listen to Mao's language.

Fortunately, this distance is always closer than Zhejiang, where Zhang Yong went.

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……

When Zhu Houzhao got the letter in the palace, he was somewhat surprised, "This man can handle things."

Liu Jin smiled, "What does Your Highness mean?"

"He will figure out what I want, which is better than ordinary people." When he meets a good person, he will not be stingy with his praise. "We didn't give him any information, but he found a breakthrough immediately. It means that you have a good brain, dare to think and do it. When you can’t make up your own mind, you will report it immediately. You say that such a person, why don’t you worry about entrusting him with bigger matters?”

The most important thing is honor status, it seems that there are more and more people taking advantage of it.

"That's because His Highness gave him this opportunity, otherwise he will always be a jailer."

"Well, let's not mention this matter for now," Zhu Houzhao began to think, "Do you think this matter in Datong should be done in a big way or in a small way?"

　Today is still [-] words, all posted together.

　　Investigating opinions, do you think it's better to send a big one directly like this?Or is it better to disassemble and develop small chapters?
　　
　
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