Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 793 The Supreme Emperor obviously didn't realize the seriousness of the matter

There was silence on the high platform, and everyone's eyes were focused on the two most noble people of Ming Dynasty.

Anyone can see that although the Taishanghuang's words are asking, there is a hint of persecution in them.

On the other hand, although it is said that the emperor is concerned about the face of the court and is unwilling to have conflicts with the Supreme Emperor on this occasion, since Zhu Yi just made the request, the emperor has repeatedly compromised. At this time, the Supreme Emperor is still aggressive. , Will you really continue to back down?

The elders looked a little nervous, but after a while, they saw the emperor smiled and said.

"What the Supreme Emperor said is justified. Being a bodyguard has indeed wronged Zhu Yi. As for the case of the young army, there is a precedent, so it's okay to reset it."

"Military Department?"

After the emperor's voice fell, all the ministers couldn't help being very surprised. Although they had expected it in their hearts, they didn't expect that the emperor would really compromise like this.

Even Yu Qian was stunned for a moment before hurriedly cupping his hands.

"The minister is here."

"If I remember correctly, the establishment of the young army has always been selected from the vanguard of the government army, right?"

Strictly speaking, the Young Army of the Eastern Palace is not an independent army, but a branch belonging to the avant-garde army of the Shangzhiwei.

The avant-garde guard of the government army is one of the 27 guards of Shangzhi, and it is also the guard with the largest number of guards in the forbidden army. It has five commanders, ten commanders, 20 commanders, ten guards, and five experiencers. It has 25 institutes under its jurisdiction, with a full establishment of nearly [-] people.

One must know that even the Jinyiwei, the most special and seriously overstaffed of the Forbidden Army, has only fourteen schools under its jurisdiction, with a population of only [-] people.

The number of avant-garde guards in the government army is more than twice that of Jin Yiwei.

The biggest reason for this is that the avant-garde guards of the government army are in charge of the imperial guards!
The Donggong Young Army, also known as the Fujun Qianwei Youjun Battalion, is usually selected from the Fujun Qianwei, and the number is generally around 2000.

In fact, this is also an important means to show the status of the crown prince of the East Palace. After all, the duty of the army vanguard is to protect the emperor, and the young army camp is subordinate to the vanguard of the palace army. It can be explained that the emperor and the prince are actually one.

Yu Qian didn't know what the emperor meant, so he nodded.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Therefore, the emperor asked again: "How full are the avant-garde personnel of the government army?"

This……

Yu Qian hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Although it is said that the imperial army belongs directly to the emperor, this only refers to the mobilization and management. All affairs of the imperial army require the emperor's nod.

But in fact, the one who really knows the forbidden army best is actually Yu Qian, the minister of the Ministry of War, so of course he knows the answer to the question of the emperor.

But the problem is that the number and mobilization of the forbidden army are, logically speaking, confidential. exist.

Therefore, for a while, Yu Qian didn't know whether he should tell the truth or not.

Logically speaking, since the emperor asked, it means that this occasion has nothing to do with it, and it can be said.

But, to be honest...

After pondering for a moment, Yu Qian still couldn't make up his mind, so he could only speak vaguely.

"Return to Your Majesty, there is still a vacancy."

After saying this, Yu Shaobao himself blushed.

There are not only vacancies in the avant-garde of the government army, but nearly half of the staff is missing!
In other words, the battle of civil engineering was an unprecedented disaster since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The failure of this battle affected all aspects.

The frontier army, the Beijing camp, the nobles, civil servants, and the people's power consumption, not to mention these, even the forbidden army has suffered a lot.

Among them, the avant-garde of the government army suffered the most losses.

There is no way, who asked the avant-garde guards of the government army to be in charge of the front guards. Since the Supreme Emperor wants to drive his own conquest, he must naturally have his own guards to accompany him.

Therefore, at that time, there were more than 8000 people in the avant-garde of the government army, and only a fraction of [-] people were left in the capital.

As for the result...

The Supreme Emperor himself has hunted northward, and the avant-garde guards of the government army are naturally not immune. More than [-]% of the more than [-] people died in the battle, and only a few scattered people were left. After returning to the capital, they also fell. disabled.

After the Ministry of War counted the number of people, because there were not many people available, they were rewarded with Jin Feng according to the emperor's order, and then they were all sent home.

Then there was the reorganization of the Beijing camp, and the battle began. A series of major events were busy, and the matter of the government army's avant-garde was always delayed.

Although selections are being continued one after another, the Forbidden Army is different from ordinary troops, and the selection criteria are particularly strict.

Especially the avant-garde guards of the government army, who are in charge of the imperial guards, have a heavy responsibility. It is necessary to choose a person with an innocence and outstanding martial arts. Moreover, he must be familiar with the palace system, and it is best to be a hereditary military household of the Forbidden Army.

Under this standard, although there are people who have been exceptionally promoted because of their outstanding military exploits, the progress of filling is still very slow.

After such a long time, the number of avant-garde guards in the government army has only recovered to about half of what it was before the war.

Of course, part of the reason for this is that the emperor doesn't seem to care much about this matter. Otherwise, the reorganization of the Habayashi guards for Nangong back then could actually be a large-scale supplement to the government army's vanguards.

At that time, Yu Qian had mentioned this idea, but it was shelved by the emperor, but he didn't expect that the emperor took the opportunity to mention it at this time.

"The East Palace needs to set up a young army, and the vacancies in the front guards of the government army must be filled as soon as possible. Only in this way can it be convenient to select the most elite soldiers from among them and set up a small army camp."

"Yes……"

Yu Qian nodded, but he was still a little confused until the emperor added, saying.

"The Forbidden Army has been selected from hereditary military households for many years. It may not be easy to replenish them all at once."

"This time to fill the vacancies in the vanguard of the government army, the Ministry of War can issue a special order to choose innocent, loyal and reliable officers and soldiers who have made military achievements in the First Battle of Oala from Xuanfu, Liaodong and other frontier troops. Elected into the Forbidden Army."

After the words fell, Yu Qian blinked, as if he understood something.

You must know that the Forbidden Army is actually a relatively closed system. The Ming Dynasty implemented the military household system, so most of the Forbidden Army are also passed down from generation to generation.

Of course, this does not mean that the Forbidden Army's combat effectiveness is not strong.

In fact, apart from the imperial guards with positions, ordinary officers and soldiers only had the domicile of military households, and the specific army they wanted to join depended on the transfer of the Ministry of War.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, military households in Beijing will be assigned to the Beijing camp first, and only those who perform well in the Beijing camp can be selected into the forbidden army.

If it is said that the frontier army wants to enter the forbidden army, it is also possible.

However, you need to make meritorious deeds at the border first, and then if there is a vacancy in the Beijing camp, they will be selected from various places to enter the Beijing camp. Then, they must continue to stand out in the Beijing camp before they can be selected into the imperial army. This process will be much more complicated and long .

But this time, the emperor made a special decree that he could be selected directly from the frontier army, which saved a lot of trouble.

However, Yu Qian didn't pay attention to this. What he paid attention to was the second half of the emperor's sentence.

You know, although the Son of Heaven said that he was selected from the "frontier armies of various places", he only mentioned "Xuanfu" and "Liaodong" later. Then, the simplest meaning is that he mainly selected from these two places. .

If it is just because these two places are the main force in the War of Oara, I am afraid that it is not convincing enough.

You know, in addition to Xuanfu and Liaodong, Datong City, Daomaguan, Zijingguan, and even Yangheguan are all important battlefields in this battle. The emperor only mentioned these two places, which means that these two places and other different places.

So what's the difference?
Yu Qian had a faint guess in his heart.

As if to confirm his conjecture, immediately after, he heard the emperor speak, saying.

"According to the usual practice, the young army camp has one commander and two emissaries. Now that General Zhu has invited himself into the East Palace, General Zhu will be the commander of the young army camp."

"In addition, Yang Jie, the town governor of Jinyiwei, is also appointed as the town governor of the Youjunying, and Sun Yong, the flag bearer Wei Xiaowei, is promoted to the governor of the Youjunying."

While talking, the emperor turned his body sideways, looked at the Supreme Emperor with a smile, and asked.

"Such an arrangement, the Supreme Emperor thinks it is appropriate?"

Zhu Qizhen didn't seem to expect that Zhu Qiyu's reaction was so fast, and he immediately thought of a way to counter him.

Yang Jie and Sun Yong, these two people, he naturally knows.

The former is the famous son of the Marquis of Changping. Some time ago, he was summoned by Zhu Qiyu. After leaving the palace, he was awarded the job of Jinyiwei Town Fushi. .

As for Sun Yong, he came from a humble background, Zhu Qizhen shouldn't have known about him.

However, there was one thing that left a deep impression on Zhu Qizhen, that is, when he just returned to Beijing, there was a dispute over the command of the Nangong guards.

This Sun Yong was one of the candidates at that time. Even if he hadn't been transferred to the banner guard in the end, Meng Jun might not have been able to get the position of Nangong Commander as he wished.

Although he had never seen this person before, Yuan Bin later told Zhu Qizhen that this person had made great contributions in the First Battle of Wala.

In the battle of Daomaguan, he fought to the death and never retreated. With [-] remnants of soldiers, he resisted tens of thousands of horses first, and guarded the pass for three days, buying enough time for the mobilization of troops at Zijingguan.

After the war, he was appreciated by Bo Fan Guang of Jing'an, and was transferred to the Beijing camp. Afterwards, he soon won the favor of the emperor, and was transferred to the banner guard as a school lieutenant, serving the imperial court.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this Sun Yong is a real person who was single-handedly promoted by the emperor.

Such a person, the emperor is willing to let go of his side. It seems that this time, he is really angry.

Yang Jie and Sun Yong, these two people, one has a background, the other has military exploits, and the two are matched. Zhu Yi, the commander, wants to completely control the small army camp, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.

However, under such circumstances, it was difficult for Zhu Qizhen to put forward any rebuttal opinions.

After all, he said that he would promote Zhu Yi, and the emperor agreed, and he said that he would set up a young army camp, and the emperor also agreed.

If you continue to make requests, the purpose will become too obvious, and there is no need to ask for trouble.

So, even though he knew Zhu Qiyu's intentions, he still had to squeeze out a smile and said.

"The emperor's arrangements for this matter are very appropriate."

"That's good."

Zhu Qiyu also seemed very satisfied, nodded and said.

"Since those who deserve the award have also been awarded, let's stop here for today and perform martial arts tomorrow. I'm waiting to see everyone's performance."

After all, the emperor turned and left in the sound of the courtiers sending him off.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Qizhen glanced at Zhu Yi with a complicated expression, and got up to leave as well.

However, what he didn't notice was that from the very beginning, the faces of all the ministers below, especially the civil servants, were very ugly.

After the emperor and the Supreme Emperor got up and left, all the officials got up and left separately, obviously with their own thoughts.

The sun quickly slanted down. Originally, at this time, the spring hunting was over, but because there was still a martial arts performance, we had to stay for one more day.

However, after the hunt was over, nothing happened. The Son of Heaven and the Supreme Emperor went back to rest in the palace, while bonfires were lit in other places in Nanyuan.

A group of honorable children were riding and shooting outside for fun, and many ministers were drinking tea and talking in the tent.

At this moment, in Yu Qian's tent, there were four figures sitting opposite each other, with a pot of tea on a small table.

"It's so late, Lao Yanghou, brother Yu, and Dudu Fan come over."

Arching his hands, Yu Qian, who was sitting on the main seat, apologized a little, and spoke first.

That's right, apart from Yu Qian, there were three other people sitting in the tent, one was Changping Marquis Yang Hong, the other was Jing'an Bo Fan Guang, and the last one was Yu Shiyue, the cabinet assistant.

Seeing this situation, Yu Shiyue and Fan Guang didn't react, but Yang Hong said.

"Yu Shaobao is being polite. There is nothing wrong with me. Benhou's body has improved recently. The doctor said that he should walk more."

A smile appeared on Yu Qian's face, and he said: "It's a great blessing that Marquis Yang's health can get better. Such a chronic disease, come to think of it, he must have invited many doctors."

Yang Hongdao: "Yes, many doctors have been invited. Speaking of it, I still want to thank His Majesty Long En for sending the imperial physician to prescribe the prescription in person, and also sent a lot of supplements and medicinal materials. After slowly taking care of it, the situation improved a lot. .”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yu Qian didn't talk too much, so he started to lead to the main topic and spoke.

"Your Majesty Long En, you have the utmost trust in the Changping Marquis Mansion. Marquis Yang, what do you think about today's events?"

This question was a bit broad, but Yang Hong naturally knew that Yu Qian was asking about the young army, he pondered for a moment, and Yang Hong said.

"Your Majesty has the heart of heaven, so I don't dare to make wild guesses, but since your Majesty issued an edict to fill the vanguard of the government army, and also simply removed Zhu Xiaogong, Xiaoer and General Sun to take charge of the juvenile barracks, I think it's a real plan, and we must take care of the juvenile camp." The military equipment is set up to assist His Royal Highness to practice martial arts."

Saying this is tantamount to not saying it, Yu Qian didn't get the answer he wanted, frowned and thought for a moment, then decided to ask the question directly.

"Your Majesty's golden words, the matter of preparing a young army is naturally a foregone conclusion. There is no doubt about it. What Yu wants to ask is, what does Marquis Yang think about filling the vanguard of the government army?"

It seemed that he was afraid that Yang Hong would continue to talk about him. After thinking about it, Yu Qian simply made it clear and said.

"Yang Hou, His Majesty said earlier that he wanted to select meritorious officers and soldiers from Xuanfu, Liaodong and other places to fill the vanguard of the army. Now, Yang Jie of your mansion has been appointed as the governor of the young army camp, so Yu Thinking about it, how about letting Yang Jie and Sun Yong go to the border separately to select reliable and meritorious people to join the young army?

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