Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 37 Empress Xia Zhi, the three corrupt camps

"My lord, do you want to go and see Miss Xia?"

Liu Jin asked cautiously. He knew the relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Miss Xia who lived in the quiet courtyard behind Chunhua Building, and he knew the emotional entanglement between Zhu Houzhao and Miss Xia.

Miss Xia, whose real name is Xia Zhi, is the queen of Zhu Houzhao. Back then, the Zhang brothers plotted to assassinate Zhu Houzhao but failed, and Zhu Houzhao retaliated wildly. The Zhang brothers were driven to Liaodong to farm, and the Zhang family was also severely hit.

Empress Xia had a younger sister who married Zhang Yanling's son Zhang Zong said that seeing her husband's family suffering, she begged Xia Ru, the father of Empress Xia's father, Uncle Qingyang, and the governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, Xia Ru.

Xia Ru is also a blind man. Knowing that Zhu Houzhao is upright and angry, he wants to intercede for the Zhang brothers. In the end, Zhu Houzhao is annoyed and loses his temper. Xia Ru was also thrown to Liaodong directly.

Though Xia Ru was a military officer, he was not in good health. He died within two months after arriving in Liaodong. Zhu Houzhao and Empress Xia, who had a good relationship with each other, immediately fell out.

Later, Empress Xia simply moved out of the palace, and Zhu Houzhao was stubborn. Anyway, he did something, and it was impossible to bow his head. As a result, Zhu Hou came to Chunhua Building as usual, but he just didn't go to see Yiren, because Can't let go of his dignity as an emperor.

Even if it was indeed his fault to kill Xia Ru unintentionally, the emperor knew his mistake and corrected it, but he just refused to admit it.

"Forget it, she doesn't want to see me, so why should I bother her."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands in a moody way.

He is not ruthless towards Xia Zhi, but no matter what, he just can't lower his head, as long as he can coax him nicely, he won't be able to get to where he is now.

"Send someone to watch. If she needs anything, try to satisfy her."

Zhu Houzhao ordered.

Sitting in front of the window and listening to the sparse sound of the piano not far away, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a little irritable. He thought he was worthy of anyone in his life, but he owed too much to Xia Zhi.

It is precisely because of this debt that he always comes to Chunhua Building in his spare time, listening to her piano from afar, and inquiring about her recent situation. For her, he has not been a queen for so many years, even Not a single woman was touched.

"Grandpa, your food is here!"

The waiter came in with a tray and placed a few side dishes on the table.

"Xiaoer, how is your boss doing recently?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"It's pretty good. I heard from the maid of the host's house, Miss Xiaohong, that the host's health is very good. From time to time, he will go outside the city for outings."

The shop clerk replied skillfully, obviously this is not the first time Zhu Houzhao has asked him this question!
"It's fine."

Zhu Houzhao drank the fine wine in the glass in one gulp, and the old daughter Hong had lost her taste at this time.

He didn't think he was wrong about what happened back then. The Zhang brothers were filthy in the palace, domineering and reckless, and did a lot of evil. After being reprimanded by him, they dared to send assassins to deliberately assassinate him, making him almost enter the gate of hell. The death of the Zhang brothers is not a pity. For Zhang Xia Ru, who begged for mercy, deserved it too.

He is the emperor, he sits on the whole world, and he will never bow his head to anyone.

Even if you know it is wrong, you must be right, at least on the surface.

But in my heart, I couldn't stop thinking of that beautiful figure over and over again. When he came to power, everyone wanted to fight against him. Even Liu Jin had the idea of ​​being the second nine-thousand-year-old Wang Zhen , only Xia Zhi was by his side, no matter what he did, he would support him, and he would never forget that kind of friendship.

He intends to take her back to the palace, but Xia Ru's death is always a wall between them, unless he lowers his head and justifies Xia Ru's name, but can he do it?

What he can't do is that his many years of being an emperor has already formed him into a domineering character. He will not bow his head to anyone, let alone justify the name of a criminal who has already died and has already been identified. He can't Slap yourself in the face.

The more he thought about it, the more irritable he felt, so he just stopped thinking about it, turned around and left, maybe only the busy business could make him forget this bad relationship caused by him for a short time.

"Liu Jin, let's go to the three camps."

Then he took Liu Jin to the Three Great Battalions, wanting to know what step Wang Yangming had made in the abolition and rectification of the Three Great Battalions.

The three major battalions are the Five Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion.

The Fifth Army Battalion is composed of a mixture of infantry and cavalry, divided into the central army, the army, the left sentry army, the left Ye army, the right Ye army, and the right sentry army.

The [-] battalions are all cavalry, and they learned the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry in their tactics.

The Shenji camp played with firearms, such as cannons, blunderbusses, matchlock guns, etc., based on the three-stage shooting method invented by the famous founding general Mu Ying.

The three major battalions were created by Yongle Emperor Zhu Di. At their peak, they beat all the tribes in the grassland to their knees. Later, they were all buried by Zhu Qizhen in the Tumu Fort. , A place to eat empty rates.

When they came to the camps of the three major battalions, they visited the various places of the three major battalions under the leadership of Wang Yangming after being reported by the janitor Xiaobing.

"Wang Qing, how is the situation?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly, but he didn't lose his temper. The three battalions had been corrupted for a long time, and they probably tidied up their appearance.

"Worse than expected."

Wang Yangming smiled wryly, the three camps were not only rotten, they were rotten to the bone.

Not to mention a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled, and even the number of people is not uniform. After the abolition of the old, weak, sick and disabled, the remaining soldiers with good foundations are less than 3000. It is conceivable that the Xungui Group will divide the three battalions What a mess.

"No matter what, the three major battalions will be re-established. After the old, weak, sick and disabled are dismantled, they will be allowed to send 20 taels of silver as resettlement expenses. Newly recruited soldiers can also increase their salaries as appropriate. Don't be stingy with the money. If you need it, you can directly contact Liu Jin. Let him transfer it to you."

Zhu Houzhao said very generously that as long as the money he accumulated was used in a dignified place, he would not be stingy at all.

"I understand."

Wang Yangming nodded. He was one of the few people who knew Zhu Houzhao's family background, and he knew that Zhu Houzhao was not short of money.

Except for the part needed for the operation of the imperial court, most of the money in the entire Ming Dynasty was piled up in Zhu Houzhao's leopard house. The wealth Zhu Houzhao owned was truly incomparably rich.

Originally, a lot of wealth had to be included in the national treasury, such as the silver obtained from mining Shijian Yinshan, but Zhu Houzhao still forcibly included it in the treasure house of the Leopard House, and did not give anyone a chance to reach out.

According to the urgency of those civil servants, putting a large amount of silver into the treasury is equivalent to putting a piece of fat in front of hungry wolves.

"The recruiting of soldiers has already been arranged, but your majesty, who do you plan to send to lead the new three battalions?"

Wang Yangming asked, he was only responsible for abolishing and rectifying the three battalions, but he couldn't manage the three battalions. After all, he presided over the reform matters, and he still had a lot of things to do, so he couldn't manage the three battalions at all.

　What is the name of Empress Xia in history? The author searched a lot of information but couldn't find it. He only said it was the Xia family. The author thought of one by himself. It is purely fictional.
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