Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1145 Imperial Guards!
In the side hall of the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Yijun had just finished listening to the lecture and was about to return to the Qianqing Palace. Suddenly, a servant came to report, saying that the left servant of the Ministry of War and the assistant manager of the Jingying Rongzheng Gao Gongbao asked to see him.

Zhu Yijun subconsciously looked at Chen Ju: "It's time to apply, come to see me for truth, do you know what he's been up to these days?"

Chen Ju replied: "Returning to the emperor, the servants are not very clear. I heard that Gao Gongbao has been reviewing various documents and files in the Ministry of War a few days ago. Today, it seems that he is going to the Five Armies Commander's Mansion to discuss matters... Could it be that something went wrong in the discussion?"

Zhu Yijun became nervous when he heard this, his face changed, and he said to the little eunuch who came forward to report: "Xuan, let him in quickly."

The little eunuch hurried to go, and then Zhu Yijun walked up and down quickly with some anxiety, stopped suddenly while walking, and said to Chen Ju: "Tell me, it's not that the habit of leading troops in Guangxi and Liaodong is used in Beijing. Battalion? The guards and frontier soldiers naturally beat them up and scolded them whenever they wanted. This group of people from the Beijing camp... Cough, these are nobles, don’t let them talk to each other, please Did you really order to hit the board?"

How did Chen Ju know, so he had to smile wryly, but didn't dare to answer easily.

But it seems that Zhu Yijun didn't expect him to answer, but he vetoed the speculation just now, and his face became even uglier: "No, in order to be a real person, he probably wouldn't do it on the spot... ...Hey, I'm afraid that he will come and ask me to order the imperial staff, it's not easy!"

Chen Ju smiled apologetically, and asked casually: "In case Gao Gongbao really had a conflict with them, my lord...would you know how to fight?"

The muscles on Zhu Yijun's face twitched, and he said angrily with a toothache on his face: "Except for the three princes, he insisted on beating everyone else, so why don't I help him first? He is the assistant to the military administration of the Beijing camp. You have just assumed a new position, if I don't help, won't things in the Beijing camp get messed up again?"

After he finished speaking, he sighed again: "The Beijing camp has been corrupted for more than 100 years. Over the years, various systems have been changed and changed, but there has been no sign of improvement. I found out when Zhen was triumphant, compared with the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp and the soldiers and horses that Qiuzhen carried in battle... Don't look at the clothes better, the spirit is completely different, you don't know , I had a thought in my mind that day."

"What did the emperor think?" Chen Ju, as an excellent fan, naturally answered the message immediately, and handed it back.

"At that time, I suddenly thought, if Qiu is really an enemy general, his thousands of troops might be able to capture me in two or three armies with a single charge, just like civil engineering..."

Chen Ju was taken aback when he heard that. He originally thought that what the emperor was thinking was "if my hundreds of thousands of capital camps have such a strong army", who knew it would come out like this, so he hurriedly said: " Your Highness, Gao Gongbao has been loyal and good for generations, and it is yours again..."

"Oh, I know!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "It's not that I doubt him, I just feel that the disparity between the two soldiers and horses is so different no matter how you look at it!"

Chen Ju heaved a sigh of relief, and just as he was about to apologize, Gao Yushi had already arrived outside—originally, the procedure for foreign ministers to meet him was very cumbersome, and he had to wait outside the palace gate to be summoned, and almost half an hour had passed by the time he saw the emperor.However, Gao Yushi is a special case. Zhu Yijun had issued a decree before that Enzhun Gao Yushi could go to the Wenhua Palace without a pass. The Wenhua Palace is the place where the monarch and his ministers studied together since childhood.

At that time, there was still objection from the speech officer, but Zhu Yijun immediately criticized it in person, with the words "the king treats his ministers like brothers and sisters, and the minister treats the king like his heart", and he went back hard, and even gave the speech officer a "top". The big hat of "dividing the monarch and his ministers" came, and the world was finally clean when a foreigner was demoted.

As soon as Gao Wushi entered the door, just as he was about to step forward and give a long bow, Zhu Yijun had already walked over quickly, stretched out his arms to support him, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Zhu Yijun was also stunned: "Didn't you come to ask for an order to give them a blow?"

Only then did Gao Wushi come to his senses, and said with a smile: "Your majesty is worrying too much. Although the minister is assisting the military administration with the assistant of the Ministry of War, it is different from leading troops to fight. Is there anything worth giving someone a blow? Besides, if it really has something to do with military law, Then I can't allow the minister to go back to the palace to ask for an order! Your Majesty, this military law can't be as slow as the court's deliberations. When it's time to fight, you have to fight immediately, and when you have to kill, you have to kill immediately. could lead to defeat."

Zhu Yijun asked in surprise, "Have you ever beheaded a general before the battle?"

Gao Wushi shook his head: "No."

"Then you said it so decisively, I thought you killed it. I said why I don't remember such a thing."

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "I didn't kill him because it is easier for me to pretend to be a tiger than ordinary people - they are afraid of the emperor, so they are also afraid of me, so I don't have to kill people, and they don't dare to disobey orders, that's all. "

Zhu Yijun felt comfortable hearing these words, and laughed: "A fox pretends to be a tiger? Haha, you are very self-effacing."

Gao Yushi just smiled, but didn't answer.Zhu Yijun said quickly: "Okay, since you didn't ask me to help you lay the board, then you must have other important matters when you come to the palace so late, let's talk about it." Pointing to the chair next to him, he said: "Sit down. Let me tell you, I was so anxious to turn around just now that my legs were tired."

Only then did Gao Wushi realize that Zhu Yijun's walking posture was unnatural, and he frowned and said, "The emperor has a foot problem again? But there's no reason why he shouldn't speak?"

At this time, Zhu Yijun had already returned to the throne and sat down. Hearing the words, he replied: "I wrote a good handwriting yesterday afternoon. I was so happy that I drank a couple of wines in the evening... You said that this thing is really tried and tested. Two ounces of wine, this foot is swollen today." He stretched out his right foot and turned his ankle in the air without looking like an emperor.

Gao Wushi immediately frowned and said, "Your Majesty, 'what you should be cautious about is Qi, War, and Illness.' The health of the Emperor is related to the world. Since I have heard about it, I have no choice but to advise..."

Zhu Yijun smiled wryly: "Okay, okay, I understand this truth, and I appreciate your kindness. I will pay attention to it in the future and try to drink as little as possible—let's talk about business first."

Chen Ju watched in amazement, and secretly said: This is how Gao Guanzheng persuades and advises. If someone else said it, wouldn't the emperor just say "I have my own measure"?
However, Gao Yushi is not someone who likes to talk about it all the time. Since the emperor said he would pay attention in the future, he didn't say much, and turned to business: "Your Majesty, the remaining soldiers in the Beijing camp are only 4."

The emperor was really taken aback: "How come there are so few? After the Gengxu Revolution in the Shimiao period, the Beijing camp was restructured several times, and the recruitment exercises were performed several times. How come there are fewer and fewer?"

Gao Yushi's expression was as usual, and he asked back: "The first emperor and the emperor have held several grand parades, and which one has more than 3 people?"

Zhu Yijun said in amazement: "That's because they said that 3 people are enough for the parade. They said that the Beijing camp should control all the important passes around the capital, and they can't use it too much just because of the military parade... or something like that."

Gao Wushi coughed lightly, and said, "It is true that there are some troops stationed in important places around the capital, but I have read the case file a few days ago, and those soldiers are all squadrons, mostly from Shaanxi, Datong and other places."

Zhu Yijun's face was livid with anger, he slapped the armrest, and said angrily: "A few 10 people are registered, but in fact there are only [-]? It's a pity they spend such a large amount of money from the court every year!"

Gao Wushi didn't say a word.Anyway, it’s useless to say anything, including the emperor’s anger, which is also meaningless, because even if everyone knows that the money is completely wasted, it still has to be spent.

Because the Beijing camp cannot be chaotic.

What should I do if it is messed up?The border army was transferred into the guard to suppress the Beijing camp?

Great idea, great idea!Yuan Shao also encouraged He Jin to do this, so Dong Zhuo went to Beijing.

You don't care what kind of shit the Beijing camp is, but as long as it is still "on the list of hundreds of thousands", the frontier troops in various places generally dare not have any other ideas.But the premise is that the frontier troops from all over the country must not gather together to enter Beijing, otherwise once they know the truth, some things will not be so easy to say.

The reason why the squadrons of the Ming Dynasty are all drawn from the east and the west, each with a maximum of about 3000 people, is to prevent the frontier troops from doing anything wrong after they enter Beijing.If they do anything wrong, and the court can't suppress them, then they will be exposed.

At present, the frontier troops in various places generally regard the Beijing camp as "judging others by themselves". For example, the Liaodong frontier army has about 20 on the register, but in fact there are 12 to 24 that are more reliable, and the actual maximum can be collected around [-] ( A small number of them have no field combat capability at all), so the generals in Liaodong generally think that the Beijing camp still has an actual strength of [-].

As for combat effectiveness, the frontier army did not particularly underestimate the Beijing camp, because they felt that the Beijing camp was well equipped and paid well, so they thought that although the actual combat experience of this army must be a bit poor, they should still be willing to let go at critical moments. ——If the equipment is good and the salary is high, then it is the servant. Can the servant not be strong?
The other towns' guesses about Jingying are roughly the same.

Of course, there are two more important reasons why the frontier army did not rebel: it is useless for the frontier army to rebel in one town, and there are "nine borders" in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need for an uprising in your town How about Beijing camp?

What's more, the Ming Dynasty used culture to control the military, the governor and the soldiers did not issue orders, and the commander-in-chief did not dare to deploy troops indiscriminately. How could they rebel?I'm afraid the chief soldier has lost his head before the news reaches the soldiers' ears.

In the last years of Chongzhen, why did the emperor become less and less able to mobilize his troops, and killed the ministers of the court one by one, but did not even dare to move the general army with only a few thousand soldiers under him?Because the obedient lineage is gone by force, and the rest of them are veterans. If you expect to use one old dough stick to fight another old dough stick, think about it, they won't fight.

At that time, the central finance collapsed, and civil servants could no longer supervise military officials (they could no longer use military rations and salaries, and they all robbed by themselves), so the situation got out of control, so that on the eve of the fall of the capital, Chongzhen wanted to The soldiers and horses near Gyeonggi were concentrated in the capital to defend the city, but Tang Tong, who had only a few thousand troops in his hand, could not move.

It’s only the early years of Wanli, and of course these things haven’t happened, but everyone understands the truth: no matter how “rotten” this Beijing camp is, it’s better than “chaotic”.

So Zhu Yijun became discouraged not long after he got angry, and said listlessly: "Then what should we do now? What's the use of the Beijing camp with 4 people? This is the two generations of Mr. Gao and your uncle and nephew who appeased Tumote." , if Tumed is still the same as in Shimiao's old age and commits crimes in the south, then as long as Xuan Da and Ji Liao are a little negligent, won't there be another Gengxu incident?"

"So the situation in the capital camp must be improved." Gao Wushi sighed, and said: "Even though it is unlikely that disasters like the Gengxu Incident will happen again, the emperor knows that the disasters of these years seem to be More and more frequent, and the disaster seems to be getting more and more serious.

Although the capital has not been seriously affected so far, it is just that the refugees and bandits took the title of "hundreds of thousands of troops in the Beijing camp", but such things as titles have never been reliable. The bandits attacked Shenjing, but the Jingying camp was unable to suppress it, and even required frontier troops to enter the defense in large numbers, then... the situation was out of control. "

Zhu Yijun looked troubled, and suddenly said: "Seeking the truth, tell me the truth, now that there are more and more disasters, is it true that I have lost my virtue? But after thinking about it, I will not lose my morals so much level?"

"The way of heaven is permanent, and the cycle is not perilous. It does not survive for Yao, and does not perish for Jie." Gao Yushi said calmly: "I don't talk about strange powers and gods. I never believe in the interaction between heaven and man. Although there are many natural disasters, they are not without laws. , but this law has nothing to do with things like the emperor's failure of virtue."

This is the power of the "Six Champions". He dared to clearly express his disdain for this theory that has been used for a long time.After so many years of raising hope and prestige, there must be some results, and there may be many people who dare to oppose authority throughout the ages, but there is almost always only another authority who can truly succeed.

Gao Wuzhen is now considered to be somewhat authoritative.

Zhu Yijun was really refreshed when he heard this statement, and asked: "Natural disasters are still regular? This is quite new. Is there any evidence?"

Gao Yushi gave a few examples to explain the problem of the Little Ice River cycle (I will omit this in order to avoid the number of water words), and briefly explained this thing that future generations cannot guarantee to be correct.

After Zhu Yijun heard it, he was convinced—maybe he was just trying to counter the "lost morality theory", and immediately applauded: "I just said, why is this God so short-sighted, so I think I am immoral? Co-authoring has nothing to do with me What's the matter! I think what you said is very reasonable, 'the world is not benevolent and treats all things as straw dogs', how can God care about this!"

But this time Gao Pragmatism will not continue, because continuing this topic will cause some other troubles, such as "the son of heaven replaces the herdsmen", if you have nothing to do with God... This is a bit encouraging everyone to "the son of heaven, the soldier is strong and the horse is strong" For this" means.

This is a bit politically incorrect.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun is not stupid. Seeing that Gao Wushi stopped talking, he quickly understood, and immediately changed the topic back, asking: "It's getting too far, what did I just say? Oh, the Beijing camp needs to be rectified, yes, To rectify... what are you going to do? Recruit soldiers again?"

"Soldiers are to be recruited, but that is only a part, and it may not be the most important part." Gao Wushi said: "I have an idea to completely separate soldiers, craftsmen, and farmers."

Zhu Yijun was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Gao Wushi cupped his hands and said: "It means that I want to reorganize the current military households under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Camp and even the Dudufu of the Five Armies, and then subdivide them into "war soldiers" without changing the nature of the entire military households. ’, ‘peasant soldiers’ and ‘artisan soldiers’. Soldiers are only responsible for training and preparing for war, peasant soldiers are responsible for land reclamation, and artisan soldiers are responsible for various engineering operations—including the miscellaneous dispatches that the Ministry of Industry currently has.”

Zhu Yijun suddenly realized the meaning, thought for a while and then asked: "How to arrange the soldiers?"

Gao Wushi said expressionlessly: "The three major battalions have been evacuated, and it is announced that elites will be drawn from the three major battalions to organize and train the Imperial Guards. The first batch of Imperial Guards is tentatively scheduled to be 6 people."
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