Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1146 Forbidden Army and Garrison Army
As soon as Gao Wushi finished speaking, Zhu Yijun was a little puzzled, and asked, "Isn't this just repeating the old story of the Tenth Regiment Battalion and the Twelfth Regiment Battalion? And you just said that the three major battalions actually only had 4 people. Can 4 people select [-] through careful selection?"

Gao Wushi said helplessly: "This is just an announcement to the outside world...Your Majesty, you must know that outsiders still think that there are many people in our Beijing camp. There are definitely not 40 people, but they still believe 20."

"Oh..." Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief: "When you were a foreigner, did everyone think that way?"

"Of course." Gao Wushi affirmed, and then continued: "As for the battalion, whether Yu Zhongsu's [-]th regiment or the [-]th regiment of Xianmiao, the people in charge are too scattered. Although This is helpful to ensure that the power of the Beijing camp will not be grasped by those with ulterior motives, but the result is that the Beijing camp is corrupt and has no combat power."

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun frowned slightly and said, "You mean, in the cleansing of the Beijing camp, I can only choose between combat power and loyalty?"

Gao Wushi said: "If you want the strongest combat power or the safest loyalty, then the emperor can only make one choice. However, if the emperor wants to balance the two, it is not impossible for the minister to make some suggestions." , for the emperor's reference."

Gao Yushi played a little trick here. The source of the trick is a passage from Lu Xun: "Chinese people always like to make compromises. For example, if you say that this room is too dark, you must open a window here, and everyone will definitely not allow it." Yes. But if you insist on removing the roof, they will come to mediate and agree to open the windows."

Zhu Yijun's idea was obviously also understood by Mr. Lu Xun, and he immediately asked: "How to make a compromise?"

Gao Wushi said: "This starts with the composition of the imperial guards and the job arrangement of the main generals."

Zhu Yijun knew from Gao Yushi's posture that it might take some time. He looked at the sky outside and said to Chen Ju, "I will not go back to Qianqing Palace for dinner today, let them send it to Wenhua. Come to the palace and give Qiuzhen an imperial meal. Then send someone to tell the empress dowager and empress of the two palaces, saying that I will discuss the way of governing the army with Qiuzhen tonight, and I am afraid that I will return late, so I will not have time to pay my respects to the queen mother. Oh, and , Inform the Donghua Gate guards that Gao Gongbao may leave the palace later tonight, and I will give them a badge so that they don't have to go to Qianqing Palace to ask for instructions."

There were many forbidden rules in the palace in the Ming Dynasty. If you don't explain it, you will be in trouble later. Of course Zhu Yijun is very clear about this, so he simply greeted him in advance.

After arranging all these, he turned his head and smiled at Gao Wushi: "Speaking of which, Qiuzhen and I haven't had such a detailed conversation for a long time, and I kind of miss it when I think about it... well, don't talk about it in this lobby, Let's go to Jiyi Hall, I feel comfortable staying there."

Jiyi Hall is the auxiliary hall of Wenhua Hall, and they studied in Jiyi Hall back then, because the main hall was sometimes used by Long Qing to receive ministers.

Zhu Yijun mentioned that he would be "in a good mood" when he went to Jiyi Hall, which didn't seem to be fake at all. Gao Yushi could even feel that he had relaxed a lot, so he couldn't help laughing, and made a joke: "Look The time Lai Chen chose was not bad, and he even had an imperial meal."

At this time, they both got up, Zhu Yijun walked ahead, and Gao Wu was a step behind him.

Zhu Yijun laughed when he heard it: "Do you need to eat?"

"Imperial food is always imperial food. How many times can a minister eat it in a lifetime?" Gao Wushi said with a smile: "It's one time to eat more. When you get old in the future, you can still brag with your little grandson when you are fond of grandchildren, no Is it good too?"

Zhu Yijun laughed heartily, and then scolded: "Nonsense." But with a smile, his complexion darkened again, sighed, shook his head and said: "You can still talk to me like this... that's great .”

"A king treats his ministers like brothers and sisters, but his ministers regard him as his heart." Gao Yushi was very calm, and smiled slightly: "Gao Yushi is always the same Gao Yushi, and has never changed."

Zhu Yijun nodded vigorously, reached out and patted Gao Yushi's shoulder, and said, "Zhu Yijun is always the same Zhu Yijun, I remember what I said, and I also remember what I said."

The second half of the sentence seemed a bit awkward, but Gao Wushi understood what he meant, smiled again and bowed slightly.

When we came to Jiyi Hall, this time because Chen Ju had already gone to pass the decree, Zhu Yijun was not so polite to the other eunuchs, and directly asked them to wait outside the hall, and then sat down with Gao Yushi in the same position as when he was studying. ——Of course Zhu Yijun still sits in the main seat, but Gao Yushi does not need to sit far away from the lower head, but sits next to him, but the seat and desk are slightly tilted to show the meaning of "accompanying reading".

"Tell me, what is the difference between the imperial guards and the regiment camp? It is worth your trouble." Zhu Yijun still has a deep understanding of Gao Yushi. He knows that Gao Yushi never does useless work, even if it looks very Inconspicuous suggestions are usually full of deep meaning, not to mention that he is still talking about it in such a formal way, it must be a big deal.

Gao Wushi said: "When Liu Shouyou was the governor of Jinyi, he should have reported to the emperor about Annan's two garrison troops?"

Zhu Yijun was slightly taken aback, but he didn't feel too guilty. Instead, he nodded and said, "I have reported some, but you know what his report will tend to be." As he spoke, he even winked.

Gao Wushi also laughed, and said: "I can probably guess something. I guess it should mean that I have mastered these soldiers and horses in Annan. Not only are they inconsistent with the system, but they are also easy to lose their tails and so on."

Zhu Yijun chuckled, and asked, "Are you finally planning to give me an explanation when you bring this up?"

"Do you need an explanation?" Gao Wushi looked surprised: "I think that with the emperor's sageness, there is no need to explain such an obvious truth."

"Don't come here with this set of Taiji Pushing Hands." Zhu Yijun sneered and said, "I just know that if it weren't for those two soldiers and horses, most of the people in Annan would not be so honest. It’s really not very clear. To be honest, you have to know that the reason why I didn’t take his words to heart is not whether there is any problem with your actions, but that I don’t think there is any problem with you, do you understand?”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust." Gao Wushi said: "Annan's garrison has a lot of tasks, and one of them is that I want to use the garrison to do a pilot project."

Zhu Yijun's heart moved, and he asked, "It's like when Mr. Gao first used Yuegang as a pilot during the 'Longqing Kaihai'? What do you want to try?"

"Beijing Camp—Imperial Guard Army." Gao Wushi nodded and said: "The establishment of the Guard Army was because I was considering the reform of the Beijing Camp and hoped to find a suitable way. This way, it is best not to touch too many people. The ancestral system, don't think about forcing the nobles to hand over all... um, all their livelihoods."

Drinking soldiers' blood has actually become a profession of earning a living. This statement is actually quite ironic, but although Zhu Yijun is young, he is very clear that this chronic disease is rooted in the roots of Ming Dynasty. Gao Yushi said this in order to avoid too much political impact ——The truth of this has been discussed with Gao Yushi many years ago, and he no longer needs Gao Yushi to explain it again.

So Zhu Yijun acquiesced to this statement, and just asked: "Any thoughts?"

Gao Wushi said: "Dividing into ten regiments or twelve regiments is too scattered, which is not conducive to concentrating forces to command, so the abolition of regiments and battalions is actually no problem, and there is nothing wrong with restoring the three major battalions. The real problem is It lies in the source of troops of the three battalions."

"What happened to the source of soldiers?" Zhu Yijun asked.

Gao Wushi said: "At present, there are basically two types of sources for the three major battalions: one is selected from military households, and the other is recruited from civilians. But in fact, neither of these two sources can recruit good soldiers. If the emperor wants his ministers directly To put it bluntly, those two sources of soldiers who actually ended up in the three battalions are actually useless."

The muscles on Zhu Yijun's face twitched, took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Okay, I'm very pleased that you can tell me the truth... Then tell me why these two major sources of soldiers are trash."

"The military household system has been in operation for more than 200 years. Many ministers have discussed some of its drawbacks. I don't need to say more here, but I will only talk about the current situation: all those who are selected into the three major battalions are from military households. The poorest and weakest people in the army, because they can't afford to buy up the joints of all parties. Do you think, how can such a group of people enter the three major camps, how can they train elite soldiers? Today, the governors and ministers said that the three major camps are still There are 4 people, I estimate this number and they dare not lie, but if you really want to choose a few young and strong among the 4 people, it will be difficult."

Zhu Yijun was a little hesitant, and asked back: "But before the big review or something, I saw that the soldiers around were indeed young and strong."

"As far as the emperor can see, how many soldiers can he see clearly?" Gao Wushi smiled and said, "I still have some experience in this area - if you can see the faces of soldiers clearly within your sight range, you can see at most two to 3000 soldiers. This is still in the state of intensive training, once the soldiers are changing formations, marching and other actions, it would be good to be able to see the faces of 500 people clearly."

Zhu Yijun understood, and said, "You mean, they put all the young and strong by my side for me to see, and the places farther away are full of old and weak?"

Gao Wushi said: "This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is the problem of the second source of the three major battalions' soldiers - the recruited soldiers will be relatively younger, and their physical fitness is much better than the selected military households, but that It's useless, because these people are almost all market children, and some of them were originally so-called rangers who were hired at a high price to fill up the scene. They trained in the school for three to five days, and they could understand simple transformations. That's enough, once the money is distributed after the matter is over, it will disappear immediately."

(Note: OK, there is an explanation in the first volume of this book, and it is similar to some "vigorous social organizations".)
Zhu Yijun gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to curse, but he held back after all, took a deep breath, and asked, "Then how did the Annan Garrison deal with this issue of the source of troops? Like Qi Jiguang?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "Qi Dudu's method is good, but the emperor may not know that Yiwu is not big in the first place, and he recruited half of the civilian men over the years, so that now Yiwu people except for the Soldiers eat food, and almost all industries have withered. And many men in Yiwu are miners... I am reluctant to use miners in this way. Besides, relying too much on the source of soldiers in a certain area is not very good in itself."

Zhu Yijun nodded his head to express his understanding, and then asked, "Where do the Annan Garrison's troops come from?"

Gao Wushi said: "The core part is the minister's servants, the main part is the refugees in Ming Dynasty, and the rest is the refugees from Annan."

Zhu Yijun suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand, that is to say, the main source of soldiers are refugees?" He suddenly thought about it: "Is this approach... a bit like the Xiang army in the former Song Dynasty?"

Gao Wushi said: "In the former Song Dynasty, many refugees and bandits were incorporated into the Xiang army, and some strong and strong people were selected from the Xiang army as the forbidden army. This idea is somewhat similar to that of the guard army, but there are also differences."

"What's the difference?"

"Because the Xiang army has low status, poor pay, bad equipment, and lack of practice in drills, and the imperial army... is similar to my Ming Dynasty's Beijing camp today. In this way, they are naturally useless."

"What about the Guard?"

"The treatment, equipment, training, etc. of the garrison are all the best in Annan." Gao Yushi said: "The garrison is not like the Xiang army, which accepts everyone. The garrison only accepts the strong."

Zhu Yijun was surprised and said: "Then what if they were originally refugees with their families? After you took them in, their families were gone?"

"Yes, it's because many of them have families, so it's easier to handle." Gao Wushi said with a smile: "The military salary of the garrison is enough to support their family. It might even be pretty good."

Zhu Yijun was discouraged all of a sudden: "Is this another big-ticket deal?"

"You can't want the horse to run, but also want the horse not to eat grass, can you?" Gao Wushi said with a smile: "Didn't the minister indicate to the emperor how to raise the army?"

"Uh..." Zhu Yijun was taken aback for a moment: "When?"

"Soldiers, farmers, and craftsmen are separated." Gao Yushi said: "After the separation of farmers and craftsmen, they are obliged to provide part of the food and salary for the soldiers, which is the price for them to avoid the battle. But this money should not be left alone by the nobles. To collect, it is best to collect together with multiple parties, and then send special personnel to supervise and verify."

Zhu Yijun suddenly realized, nodded and said: "This idea is good, I think it is very reasonable, but how much will you charge?"

"The exact amount to be collected is still to be determined. This kind of thing cannot be done without investigation. If you collect too much, the farmers and craftsmen will suffer. If you collect too little, the soldiers will not be able to support them. This will have to wait for the minister to deal with it slowly."

"Well, it's good to be able to solve part of it." Zhu Yijun said: "There are a lot of refugees now, and the source of soldiers should not worry about it for the time being. As for the future... let's talk about it in the future. Apart from the source of soldiers, is there any problem? I remember that the issue of drills is raised every year, but you know the effect, and it’s useless to mention it. How did the Annan Garrison solve this problem?”

"There are two main ones: one is to adjust the organizational structure, and the other is to have military competitions every year."

Zhu Yijun suddenly stretched out his hand: "Let me guess—you don't want to lead the army with nobles?"
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