Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 29 Tour
Zhu Houzhao went out of the palace, and Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Mao, the British Duke, had been waiting here for a long time. Chen Kuan, the supervisor of ceremonies, naturally came out with Zhu Houzhao.Although he was out of the palace on business, Chen Kuan was an eunuch after all, unlike his foreign ministers, to be a eunuch one must have the consciousness of being a eunuch, which Chen Kuan naturally did not lack, otherwise he would not be able to be a ceremonial supervisor.

"I'm waiting to see the prince!"

Under the leadership of Ma Wensheng, everyone bowed to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao turned over from the horse and helped Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao up with a smile: "My loves, please forgive me! Xiao Wang will go on tour with you loves this time. Jingying, the main thing is to take a look and learn from it, you don’t need to be too polite.” Zhu Houzhao said to Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao: “You two lovers, just look at the arrangement.”

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's attitude, both Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao breathed a sigh of relief. Although His Royal Highness was said to be sensitive and studious, calm and mature, His Royal Highness is only ten years old after all, and he likes martial arts very much. This can be seen from his attire. I can tell.If His Highness the Crown Prince insists on showing himself on a whim, then this matter will be difficult to handle.

It couldn't be better now, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao hurriedly said: "The minister is waiting to make the decision, please move the prince!"

A group of people left the palace gate, and soon left the palace. The destination was naturally the military campus. Although it was a patrol, they didn't go to see it one by one, but pulled the team over one by one.What's more, the inspectors this time are not soldiers but generals, the main purpose is to examine their strategic riding and shooting skills. The so-called raging soldiers and raging generals, although there is no such thing in this era, everyone knows the truth.

This time it was mainly the [-]th Regiment Battalion, also known as the Beijing Battalion, which was inspected this time. The Jingshi Jingying Battalion was also called the Three Great Battalions, including the Fifth Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion.When the three battalions were first established, they were quite effective.The main force was exhausted in the civil engineering change.During the Jingtai period, Yu Qian, Minister of the Ministry of War, reformed the establishment of the Beijing battalion, and selected [-] elites from the three major battalions.Divided into ten battalions for training, in case of emergency calls, called ten regiment battalions.

At the beginning of Tianshun, the Ten Regiment Battalion was dismissed.At the beginning of Chenghua, the old system of the Ten Regiment Battalion was resumed. It was resumed in the second year, and it was restored in the third year. Brave battalion, establish, stretch, raise, and vibrate the four prestige battalions.The [-]th Regiment Battalion is divided into [-] Marquis, commanded by the capital, and supervised by the ministers.Each regiment battalion is divided into three battalions: the Five Army, the Three Thousand, and the Shenji Battalion.

The names of the three major battalions are no longer accurate. The [-]th regiment of the Jingying battalion is more appropriate. These people are the main force of the Beijing battalion now.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao paid more attention to the 22 guards of the pro-army. This army is the pain in Zhu Houzhao's heart. The 22 guards of the pro-army originally only had twelve guards. The emperor guards the imperial army. These sergeants are all strong and outstanding soldiers who have been selected through strict training after selection.It was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in the 15th year of Hongwu.

Ten guards were added in the Yongle Dynasty, and four guards were added in the Xuande Dynasty, making a total of 26 guards.

The purpose of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of the pro-army was to establish a guard army controlled by the emperor himself.It is independent of the general army under the jurisdiction of the Dudufu of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War. However, as the emperor's power is gradually invaded by the civilian government, especially the power of the cabinet.Except for Jinyiwei, the 26 guards of the pro-army were gradually controlled by the Ministry of War, and they were no longer an army that the emperor himself could fully control.

In the 14th year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen led his army to conquer Wala.The pro-conquest army is said to be 50 in weight, but actually includes the emperor's pro-army and the generals of the generals and lords. The total is only about 23 to 25. More than half of the elite troops of the emperor's pro-army 26 guards went out together as the emperor's retinue.

After the defeat of Tumu Fortress, the 26 guards of the emperor's pro-army did not go out to attack the troops that were still staying in Beijing.

Since then, apart from Jinyiwei, Tengxiang Zuowei, Tengxiang Right Guard, Wuxiang Left Guard, and Wuxiang Right Guard, the rest of the 26 guards of the pro-army have been mixed with the ordinary troops of the Beijing camp, although the names have not changed. However, it has been changed to be managed by the Ministry of War, and it is no longer the Imperial Guard commanded by the emperor himself.Constrained by civil officials in terms of administration, personnel, salary, etc., it has been declining day by day. It has no combat effectiveness in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it is rarely mentioned.

This army once followed Emperor Yongle to conquer Mongolia. It was a powerful force held by the emperor, and it was an army absolutely loyal to the emperor.

This can be seen from the Jinyiwei, the emperor is close to the army, is that just talking?Wherever you go, you have to be superior.

It's just that now, apart from the Four Guards Battalion and the Warrior Battalion of the Yumajian, the emperor's army is gone. With enough troops in his hand, the emperor has the confidence. This has not changed since ancient times.This is also the reason why Emperor Zhengde wanted to revive military affairs and hold military power in his hands again, but it was a pity that he fell into the water and died at a young age.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao sighed lightly, and at the same time felt that he should learn to swim. With his current physical fitness and the swimming skills he learned in his previous life, his water skills should be good, right?

"Which battalion are you here today?" Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at Chen Kuan behind him, and asked in a low voice. Naturally, the [-]th Regiment Battalion cannot be patrolled in one day, and it has to be done step by step.

"Back to His Royal Highness, it is the Fenzi camp among the four military camps!" Chen Kuan quickly explained beside Zhu Houzhao: "The one over there is the commander of the Fenzi camp, Sun Fu, Marquis of Huaining!"

After hearing what Chen Kuan said, Zhu Houzhao turned his head and looked over, and sure enough, he saw a general sitting not far away, but he was not wearing armor but an official uniform, the official uniform of a general.Zhu Houzhao frowned immediately. As a general and governor, it is very inappropriate to wear an official uniform instead of armor on such an occasion. You must know that Zhang Mao, the British public next to Zhu Houzhao, is all wearing armor.

The most important thing is that Zhu Houzhao, the prince, is wearing armor, and this Huaining Hou Sunfu actually came wearing an official uniform.

"Your Highness, Marquis Huaining is not in good health. He fell ill a few days ago. This time he managed to survive." Chen Kuan explained to Sun Fu that he seemed a little unhappy when he saw Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao took a look at Chen Kuan, and nodded slightly. This guy didn't look too young anymore, so he turned his head and didn't look at him.Zhu Houzhao will not be prejudiced against him because he is not wearing armor, nor will he have a good impression of Chen Kuan because of what he said.Everything must be told with facts, what a general is like, you can tell by looking at his subordinates, and this will never change.

(End of this chapter)