Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 71 Aftermath 3
Emperor Xianzong expanded the ten regiment battalions into twelve battalions, which were named Fen, Yao, Lian, and Xian Four Martial Arts Camps; Gan, Guo, Xiao, and Gu Four Brave Camps;

The 14th Regiment Battalion is divided into [-] military admirals, accompanied by commanders and envoys. All the troops come from the three major battalions of the Beijing Army, with a total strength of [-].

The Fenwu camp is located outside the city of Beijing. Fences are erected around the camp, and sentry towers are built every 200 meters. There are bed crossbows on the sentry towers, but there are no sentries on them.

Due to the lack of military equipment of the Beijing army, even the Beijing army defending the imperial capital is no match for the erosion of time. Today's weather is cold, and only a few people are practicing in the huge school martial arts field.

Although the admiral of the Fenwu Camp is Yongkang Hou Xu Qi, all Wu Xun's children were born with golden keys in their mouths, and once winter came, they would never come to the military camp at all.

Although Wu Xun also has generals who can fight, but the proportion is not high, and more of them are the British Duke Zhang Mao, who is famous and continues to enjoy the glory and wealth in Beijing.

This is exactly the case, but now the real commanders of the [-]th Regiment Battalion are the commanders who are backed by big figures, and they will stay in the barracks every day to deal with affairs.

In the tent of the Chinese army, the smell of meat wafted from the nostrils.

Chen Shulin was sitting on a tiger-skin chair, and there was a copper stove on a low table in front of him, where he was happily cooking mutton, with soldiers helping to warm the wine.

Since he was promoted to the commander of the Fenwu Battalion, his life has been very nourishing. Now he can drink and eat meat every day, and beat and scold the soldiers casually.

Chen Shulin was happily humming a little song and eating a little wine, when he suddenly heard bugles sounding outside, he reprimanded the soldiers who came in: "Who is blowing bugles indiscriminately to disturb the general's mood?"

Here I am eating meat and humming a ditty, but I actually want to go outside to be cold, isn't this a beating?
"Master Commander, someone from the palace just said that His Majesty has appointed a military supervisor and eunuch to take charge of the military affairs of the Fenwu Camp!" The soldier who came in from outside had his nose red from the cold, and pointed to the outside anxiously.

"The military supervisor and eunuch? Isn't this going to ride on my head to do my best? Come on, I have to take a look!" Chen Shulin immediately dropped the chopsticks in his hand, and stood up in a very resisting manner.

The outskirts of Beijing were already freezing cold, and at this moment, gusts of cold wind blew from the high platform of the school martial arts field.

Standing in the center of the high platform, Zhang Yong Fudao looked at the soldiers slowly gathering and seeing such a loose military discipline, he finally understood why His Majesty taught them how to manage the army himself.

If they don't manage the army well, not only will these people fail to fulfill their mission of defending their homes and the country, but they will also become blood-sucking worms attached to the Ming Dynasty.

"From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of eunuchs leading the army. I will not accept it!"

"Yes, I'm not convinced, why should the elite of our Fenwu camp listen to a dead eunuch with no eggs!"

"That's right! How can I wait for a hot-blooded man to obey an eunuch, please take back the order from the imperial court, and continue to use the old system!"

……

Facing the imperial court's sudden decree, the senior military officers present immediately objected after seeing Chen Shulin winking as he walked out of the big tent.

It's not all because of Chen Shulin, many soldiers really felt ashamed of the eunuch leading the army, so they also expressed their opposition together with everyone.

Zhang Yongju looked condescendingly at the angry soldiers in the audience, but he knew that this situation would happen, and what's more, His Majesty had already expected this situation, but his eyes were full of contempt.

If these soldiers are really elite divisions, then I really lack some masculinity, and I am not suitable to be the commander of an elite division.Just judging from this scattered military camp, it is simply a bunch of wine bags and rice bags.

Now that His Majesty has handed over the Fenwu Battalion to him, he will not let His Majesty down, and must turn this army with loose discipline into an iron-blooded army.

No matter how loud the dog barks, it will eventually let them know who is their master.

"This father-in-law is so handsome!" Chen Shulin led his own soldiers to the high platform, originally he was dissatisfied with the eunuch sent by the emperor to take over the barracks, but now seeing this young eunuch he is even more disdainful.

Shhh!
After feeling the smell of Chen Shulin's fire, the soldiers below immediately whistled, but they all cheered for Chen Shulin, and at the same time vented their dissatisfaction in this way.

If the imperial court sent a big eunuch like Wang Zhi down, they might still accept it, but it would be a shame to let a little eunuch with no hair grow to lead them.

Now that Chen Shulin is in charge, they naturally want to cheer, and it is best to drive this young eunuch back to the palace.

"Commander Chen, show him some color!"

"Commander Chen, our Fenwu Camp cannot submit to an eunuch!"

"Commander Chen, we brothers are all your soldiers, you can't be soft!"

……

All the soldiers in the audience knew that Chen Shulin was a staunch character, and seeing that Chen Shulin had come to the stage, they booed one after another.

Chen Shulin raised his hand to the tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience, and the audience became silent immediately. He couldn't help feeling secretly complacent, and looked at Zhang Yong with provocative eyes.

This is his Chen Shulin's territory, you little eunuch, get the hell out of here.

Zhang Yong naturally felt the other party's arrogance and contempt, so he said indifferently: "Chen Shulin, commander of the Fenwu Battalion?"

"It's the general. I don't know what orders my father-in-law has?" Chen Shulin looked at the young eunuch who was a head shorter than himself with disdain, looking cynical and authentic.

Zhang Yong ignored Chen Shulin, looked sideways at the eunuch accompanying him and said, "Xuan!"

"Chen Shulin, commander of the Fenwu Camp, many affairs of the Fenwu Camp have been handed over to Mr. Zhang Yong, you should go home and stay idle!" the accompanying eunuch immediately announced the edict.

"You must be a hypocritical edict!" Chen Shulin knelt down and listened to the edict, but suddenly questioned angrily.

Zhang Yong frowned slightly, then looked at Chen Shulin and said, "Do you want to follow?"

"Hehe... such absurd edict must be a false edict, even if the general agrees, the tens of thousands of brothers under the general...!" Chen Shulin knew that staying idle was tantamount to dismissal, so he pointed at the subordinates in the audience and threatened.

Just a flash of cold light, Chen Shulin's words stopped abruptly, and a stream of blood spattered.

In the eyes of everyone, they saw that Chen Shulin's head had been cut off, and his head rolled off the stage, and Chen Shulin's eyes seemed to be dead.

"died?"

"He...he killed Chen Papi?"

"How is it possible, isn't this eunuch too fierce?"

……

The soldiers in the audience saw that Zhang Yong actually beheaded Chen Shulin in public, and there was not a single bit of sloppiness from drawing the sword to swinging it, so they couldn't help but murmured dumbfounded.

Zhang Yong put the bloody knife back into its sheath, looked proudly at the soldiers below, and said: "The miscellaneous family is the governor of the army, and anyone who disobeys the order will be shot to death! Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed if he refuses to obey the order." !"

"The last general pays his respects to Lord Overseer!"

All the soldiers exchanged glances, and soon realized that the young eunuch was a ruthless character who dared to risk his life, and immediately chose to kneel down in submission.

Knowing that Zhang Yong had achieved his goal of killing people, he immediately announced the first order: "What your majesty wants is an iron-blooded teacher who can protect the family and the country, not a bunch of wine bags and food bags. !"

"The last general obeys orders!" All the soldiers suddenly felt their chrysanthemums tense up, but they knew that the court had really moved this time, so they all chose to obey.

Although under Zhang Yong's iron fist, he successfully took over the Fenwu Camp, but there will inevitably be some situations in the takeover of the other eleven battalions. After all, it is impossible for every eunuch to be as decisive as Zhang Yong.

In the training camp, the eunuch Gu Kaiyuan was countered by the commander Luo Li; in the Guoyong camp, the eunuch Gao Jin was frightened and fled by the commander; in the Yangwei camp, the eunuch Ma Quan was killed by the commander Zhou Lie.

"Commander Zhou is mighty!"

When the soldiers of the Yangwei camp saw Zhou Lie beheading the eunuch Ma Quan who came to lead them, they were slightly taken aback at first, and then burst out in a voice like a mountain roar.

Zhu Youtang's approach to take over the [-]th Regiment Battalion is undoubtedly radical. After all, in the current system of the [-]th Regiment Battalion, civil servants, Wu Xun and the royal family have formed a three-party co-management model.

Like Emperor Chenghua, he could send twelve eunuchs to supervise the army, share the twelve regiment battalions with Wen Chen and Wu Xun, and then describe the plot.It's just that Zhu Youtang is now directly letting Wu Xun and the civil servant group out, but he wants the eunuch to take charge of the army for him.

When he ascended the throne, he didn't care about the [-]th Regiment Battalion at all, but now suddenly twelve commanders who actually control the army are out, especially these commanders are used to domineering in the army, and some commanders will not be able to accept it.

After all, now they are all Ming and Emperor Wen. They climbed to this position not by the emperor, but by holding the thighs of martial arts or civil servants. Why did the emperor withdraw as soon as he said it?
"Pass down my oral order, put the whole city on alert, and investigate the rebels!" What Zhu Youtang wanted was to use this kind of urgency to find the general, and he immediately issued an order.

(End of this chapter)