eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 138 The whole army begins, Shangzhi personally guards
Xingji County, Hejian Prefecture.

The cold wind in the north in February is like a knife.

Even in this era, there are more trees, and most of them are bare trees, and only occasionally some green can be seen.

As soon as the decree from the capital arrived, the soldiers in Xingji County who were in charge of building the mansion for the Zhang family and the Chongzhen Palace were immediately assembled for training and ready to march.

The commander of the Wugong Zuowei was named Song Shiming, and he was also the hereditary commander of the same position. After killing the original commander, he was promoted.

The three guards of Wugong Zhongwei, Wugong Left Guard, and Wugong Right Guard were originally craftsmen, just like some guards of honor, not all pro-military soldiers fought.

The country is peaceful, they are useless, and I don't know which genius has a flash of inspiration, and let them work as construction workers since the Chenghua period.

In fact, to be honest, as long as the army is paid, a person like Song Shiming who has no ideals can be asked to do anything.He didn't do it himself anyway.

Even soldiers who do it themselves sometimes think it is at least better than fighting.

Soldiers, not many people really like to fight.

Of course, work is also divided into what kind of work,
People like them build a house for Uncle Guo, and Uncle Guo is not a good person, so there must be resentment in private.

That's the reason.Repairing and repairing the city wall for the capital, everyone can use it for anything in the future, and going to Xingji County to repair houses for those bullies, what's the point of doing this work?
Now that there is a decree to tell them to go back, everyone applauds!
Song Shiming got up early in the morning to reorganize the troops, and do one thing first, count the number of people!
A crooked group of people stood in an open space. There were a lot of people, about three or four thousand. Song Shiming was surrounded by dozens of officers, such as commanding colleagues, commanding affairs, experience, and governors.
After all, it's about to start.No one wants to stay in this shitty place.

Song Shiming shook his head. He drank all day and made his head dizzy. He raised his hat and yelled at the soldiers and officers who were wearing rough linen clothes and wearing various shapes under him:

"The order from above has come! After those of us return to Beijing, we must first find out how many people still report to the top! The order is very clear. Those who escaped, were injured or even died, the commanders of the guards must report. Count! Now that this burden is given to me, I will give you thousands of households, hundreds of households, and the general banner. How many of your own people, how many have escaped, and why you have escaped, you have to find out for me !"

"Also, when we return to Beijing this time, we will no longer build palaces for the emperor. According to the decree, we will reorganize the army in the future! Those with big arms and round waists and those with thin arms and thin legs may not necessarily be together. You can’t even get a share! So cheer me up, we soldiers all know that in good places, military pay is never delayed, food and meat are needed, poor... Hehe , then you have to ask for good luck!"

There really is a pair of brothers in this martial arts left guard, others call them Zhang San and Zhang Si.Although the two are cousins, their bodies are quite different.

Zhang San is tall and big, with a tiger back, a bear waist, and praying mantis legs. Although he is not very good-looking, he has a big mouth and some buck teeth, and he has a beard, which is incomparable with that kind of Jiangnan talent.

But from a poor family, eating depends on strength.

Zhang San had never fought a war, but he built a house. He was obedient and strong, and he did a very good job. Later, he got a small flag for him.

Zhang Si was different. He was small, with slender arms, and a thin body, as if he could be blown down by a gust of wind.It wasn't his cousin Zhang San who was designated as the one to be bullied.

So this time the problem comes.

"...I've also heard that the imperial court prefers wrestlers this time. Last year, there was news from Yingwuwei that the brave ones will be allocated one piece, and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be allocated another piece. After this, I don't want to fight with you. My third brother is separated?"

Zhang San was both excited and hesitant.

Excited because he has confidence in his own body since he was a child, and now the superiors are doing this, maybe they can give people like them some opportunities to succeed, no one wants to keep building a house, right?

The damn thing is to cover those bastards Shou Ningbo and Jianchang Bo.

He hesitated because he was worried about his cousin.

"Fourth, don't worry. When I get to the capital, I'll go talk to Mr. Zongqi to see if I can still let you follow me. If you don't fight, you can still cook."

When he said this, Zhang Si felt comfortable.

But the other people who looked a little thin around him wailed, "... Zhang Si has you as the third brother, what should we miserable people do?"

"Don't say such frustrating words." Zhang San comforted: "The intention of the court to do this is to put us all to use. Wealth and wealth are in danger, and the future is hard to say. As long as you use your life in the army, you will be afraid." Can't make a bright future?"

An old soldier with a beard beside him, relying on his rich experience, put on a sophisticated look and said: "I think there must be a big change after going back. You don't even think about who the Zhang family is, even if they are It must have taken a lot of effort to be able to transfer us away. Since it took so much effort, you can let us go back to Beijing to raise them?"

When everyone heard it, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

"I heard that this time it was the prince's will... The prince, I heard from Qigu and his second uncle's in-law's second son who works as a guard in the palace... He loves talents very much. As long as he has the ability, No matter how big an official is willing to give it."

"No, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince offended the Tatars. I'm afraid, so hurry up and get us all back."

"You are all wrong. It is obvious that the crown prince can't understand his two uncles, and beat them last year!"

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During times of drastic change, gossip is the most frequent.Everyone's future is uncertain, so naturally there are a lot of discussions.

The crown prince Zhu Houzhao recruited Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Yue and Han Wen to discuss.

Although the matter of reorganizing the army is complicated, it is not difficult. As long as Han Wen, the chief situ who is in charge of the household department, guarantees the army's salary, no soldier will make trouble because of his boss or number change.

Have a good day, but do you want to lose your head?
The problem is that the strong and brave people are picked away to form a new guard.But what about the remaining soldiers?
Liu Jian focused on stability, "Your Highness, I think that regardless of whether you are brave or not, it is not appropriate to abolish any guard or person in this army reorganization. Except for the arrogant people who do not follow the order, the rest should be retained. Otherwise, rumors will abound. People panic, but it is not conducive to the whole army, nor is it conducive to the stability of the overall situation."

Zhu Houzhao had the same idea as Liu Jian.Even if it is to be abolished, it is not abolished now.It is too much to abolish now. There are many people who have no skills at all, and they only serve as soldiers. If you drive them away rashly, tens of thousands or even 10,000+ soldiers will not give them food. Do you still want to reorganize the army?

As for the wasted silver taels, it has been wasted for decades, so what if I wasted a few more years, it is really not worthwhile to cause chaos in the capital for that little money.

His focus is actually not here.His focus is on jurisdiction.

At that time, Emperor Taizu Gao set up 26 guards, Emperor Taizong Wen added 21 guards, and Emperor Xuanzongzhang added [-] guards, making a total of [-] guards.Now apart from Jinyiwei and Yumajian belonged to Tengxiang left and right, Wuxiang left and right four guards.Most of the remaining [-] guards are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the name of Shangzhi's personal guards is no longer worthy of the name.

Zhu Houzhao wants to make them worthy of their name.

But this kind of thing cannot be settled with a single sentence, nor is it a question of whether the civil servant will listen or not.But after the Civil War, there were not so many people who could occupy so many positions.There are 26 commanders alone.

Where do these people come from?How many honorable people can there be now?
But Zhu Houzhao is not hopeless, his hope is the military academy in the academy.

As for now, he just wants to bring over those few guards who have been rectified and are all strong and brave.The other positions of 'commanders' are left to the cabinet and the Ministry of War.

As for those poor ones, he also thought about how to make use of them again... To waste money, but also to waste value.

"According to what Liu Ge said, all the soldiers in the army this time, as long as they obey the order and abide by the law, they will all be kept as they are, but after that, they should be trained and trained. In addition..."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his nose, "I have an immature idea for you to take a look at. Since the reality is that after the reorganization of the army, the strength of each guard is different, it is better to give this title. The best They are classified as A-level guards, second-level guards are B-level guards, first-level guards are C-level guards, and the last ones are D-level guards. Different levels have different military salaries, food, equipment and uniforms."

This is a new way of thinking. They all looked at each other and began to meditate.

Han Wen first felt that something was wrong, "Your Highness, in this way, how to deal with the extra money and food?"

"Eight characters, the total number remains the same, and the distribution is flexible. It is deducted from the C and D levels, and the A and B levels are replenished."

hiss.

Li Dongyang heard some hidden dangers, "His Royal Highness, wouldn't this increase the conflicts among the guards in the capital? This is not conducive to unity. Once they go to the battlefield in the future, they will have different levels and add some hatred. How can we work together? Fight the enemy together?"

Zhu Hou said from the bottom of his heart, when I was going to reorganize the army, some people said that I was tossing around, the country is stable all over the world, and where did the enemy come from?

Now it's starting to say that the battle is not united.Where did the battle come from?
"Mr. Li Ge, don't worry about it. The initial designation as Class A or Class B does not mean that it will always be Class A, and the designation as Class D does not mean that it will always be Class D."

"Your Highness means to have competitions year by year, and circulate them up and down. You can fight for your own military salary!" After all, Wang Yue has led soldiers for many years. After Zhu Houzhao said the first half of the sentence, he had already comprehended it.

"In this way, it's not a matter of enmity. If you want to blame, you also blame yourself for not being able to do it. It's also good to compete with each other and compete to improve your combat power." Liu Jian stroked his beard. This method is better. .

"It's mainly a sense of honor." Zhu Houzhao actually wanted to say this more, "People in the first-level guards are naturally proud, and this collective is also proud. Soldiers are proud of their numbers and are willing to fight for it. is the most important."

Wang Yue praised: "Although Your Highness has never read military books, he looks like someone who has led the army for many years. And the word sense of honor is quite appropriate."

"In order to make this honor more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, this palace has decided that the first-class guards after the reorganization of the army will restore the old system of direct personal guards, directly under the emperor, and be led by the emperor himself!"

Everyone's complexion changed, isn't it just that there are several more Jinyiwei at once?

"Your Highness, this..."

"There is no need to discuss this point. You just issue orders. Those who resist the orders in the army will be dealt with according to military law. If anyone in the court is dissatisfied or has objections, let him come to the orphan." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand without giving a chance to argue. , and said somewhat harshly: "Gu also wants to hear the reason why the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Period cannot personally lead the army!"

Upon hearing this, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian held back some of their original words.

Arguing with the prince?Whoever wants to do this will do it.

(End of this chapter)