The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 460
Prepare for the Northern Expedition.

At present, the guards in Daming are undergoing frequent transfers.

Not only on the drills, but also on the arrangement of some personnel, which are more frequent and intensive.

This caused many commanders of the guards to complain endlessly.

Many commanders began to curse at the arrangement of the Ministry of War.

Because among them, the most mobilized is Qianhu's.

Normally, there are five thousand households under one guard, but under the preparations for the Northern Expedition, some commanders and even the third brother's thousand households were replaced.

Replaced by the new guard sergeant.

Familiar faces were suddenly replaced by strangers, which made many commanders of the guards shout and couldn't bear it.

Among the capital, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was extremely busy.

Those who have a little bit of a way, all come to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to complain and want to impeach the Ministry of War.

Not far from the capital, there are three guards who are all commanding envoys. They rushed to the Fifth Army Dudu's Mansion overnight to ask for an explanation.

"Mr. Ying, you should say something. Our brothers came here specially for this matter."

"His Minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Yu, what exactly does he mean? How can he be so nonsense all of a sudden? His Majesty knows about this."

"Your Majesty certainly doesn't know which bastard it is who proposed such regulations. Isn't this harmful?"

"Just in my guard, I changed two thousand households at once. I can't even recognize the people. If this goes to the battlefield, wouldn't it be messed up?"

A commander of the guards did not have any fear of the Dudu's Mansion at all, and his voice was so loud that the entire Dudu's Mansion could hear it.

He almost yelled out loud.

Fu Youde also felt a little headache, and said: "I have already said that the transfer order of the Ministry of War was approved by His Majesty."

"What can I do? Is it possible that I will go to His Majesty and say that you don't follow the arrangement of the Ministry of War and have any objections?"

Hearing that it was related to His Majesty, several commanders suddenly turned off.

One of them laughed and said, "Mr. Ying, what are you talking about? Our brothers are just complaining. How dare we disturb His Majesty."

"I just think that there must be a villain in this matter, otherwise His Majesty will definitely not agree."

"Next year, we will go to fight on the grasslands. If you do this, you guys don't know me, and I don't know you. How can you trust your back to someone you don't know?"

Another person agreed, "Yeah, with this, all the daily drills have been messed up."

"In this situation, the military households have a lot of opinions. My husband, wife and children are not around. These days, I have a little more concern for no reason."

"Those sergeants who came to my guard are also unwilling and unwilling, and they are listless every day."

"It's better to ask Duke Ying to hand over a memorial to His Majesty and tell us about the situation here."

Guards are a feature of Ming Dynasty military.

The soldiers in the guards are usually self-reliant. After the end of the military system in the Tang Dynasty, the recruitment system formulated by Xuanzong and others continued until the later Yuan Dynasty. The recruitment system allowed the army to have more autonomy, and the generals under them were big enough. that power.

However, the emperor was still somewhat apprehensive about recruiting soldiers. After all, these military generals had too much power in the court, and recruiting soldiers in the Song Dynasty could not exert much power. Moreover, the financial burden of the Ministry of Households was also very large for the implementation of the recruiting regime.

As the Song Dynasty raised so many troops, their annual military expenditure was very large, and the finances of the household department were always tight.

The Ming Dynasty had just been established, the domestic situation was unstable, and the country's financial resources were not enough. If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to stabilize the regime, he needed a strong army.

But he also wanted to restore the domestic economy steadily, so he couldn't spend a lot of money to support the army. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang borrowed from the previous military system and began to use the Weisuo system.

The officers and soldiers of the guards are called military households, and the military households are inherited from generation to generation, which means that if the ancestors were soldiers, they have been officers and soldiers in the guards from generation to generation.

Before the Yuan Dynasty, some military households were set up, and these military households were also accepted by the Ming Dynasty. Then Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the use of the Yellow Book to formally identify domestic military households.

The military households in the local area mainly have two responsibilities, one of which is to farm the fields, and the other is to defend. The soldiers in the guards need to be self-sufficient. There are guards in various places. Defend various regions of the country.

These military households have their own land, and they also have a fixed monthly ration. The military households in charge of farming must hand in military rations to the garrison and local officials on time every month.

Using this method, the Ming Dynasty also maintained a strong military force locally, and successfully reclaimed a lot of wasteland.

Now the Ministry of War suddenly ordered that a switch should be made.

It is to conduct a short-term mobile drill between the sergeants between adjacent guards, which makes all the commanders of the guards a little scared.

What they fear is not the loss of their own power.

Instead, he was worried that his corruption would be spread.

In fact, the guards already have a system of rotating shifts.

The meaning of changing shifts in rotation is the shift changing system formulated by the Ming Dynasty to ensure the combat effectiveness of the guards.

It is stipulated that the troops of each guard station will go to Beijing in turn to be incorporated into the capital for drills, so as to defend the capital or prepare for an expedition.

But this is also a shift change system, under the leadership of the commander of the guards, they are unified to the capital to garrison and practice.

For the commanders, they are still leading the troops themselves, which is a controllable behavior.

Now, from an objective point of view, it has almost the same meaning as changing shifts.

But the soldiers under his command have changed, and his own Qianhu has to obey the arrangements of other commanders at this time, which is not enough.

It should be noted that among the commanders and envoys, there is no peace, and there are countless kindness and resentment.

For example, the guards in this guard looked down on that guard, or the grievances accumulated by some military officers when they pacified the world.

As far as the present is concerned, there are not many commanders in the guard who are not greedy.

The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.

Great generals like Lan Yu and Duke Liang have taken the lead in occupying the people's fields, so the ones below are imitating the example.

The biggest contradiction among them, in the final analysis, lies in interests.

Originally, the commander of the guard station eats the big head, and the thousands and hundreds of households below eat the small head.

What they eat is the salary of the low-level sergeants and military households.

But now the thousand households have gone to other guards.

There is nowhere to start.

Most of the military households are the families of soldiers.

For the thousands and hundreds of households who have been used to it before, it is impossible for the brothers below to have any opinions.

But now that people are out of town, they have to worry about one thing, whether their military households will be exploited by the new thousand or hundred households.

Isn't that being robbed of his job by others?

On my own side, because of the unfamiliar environment, it was difficult to start at once, and there were commanders above.

Every guard has its own rules.

Some guards are more ruthless, but some guards have less corruption, which will cause an imbalance.

So, here comes the problem.

In the past few days, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has received letters complaining from all the guards that have been transferred.

Fu Youde was also a little helpless.

Said: "I advise you to calm down a little this time, and don't make things big, it will not be good for everyone."

"Not to mention you guys, even Jingwei's side is in the same situation."

"Pay attention to what you say, the Ministry of War can handle such things. The Minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Yu, never had such courage."

"The mansion of the governor of our five armies is not a decoration. Above the court, it is not his Minister of the Ministry of War who has the final say."

"The old man is still a first-class product, but this matter, I have to tell you, no one can stop it."

Speaking of this, Fu Youde paused slightly, and said in a low voice: "This is what His Royal Highness Taisun wanted. His Majesty agreed to let the Ministry of War do it."

Then he pointed at the commanding officer who just said Wang Bagaozi and scolded: "Based on what you said just now, if it gets out, not to mention the official clothes, whether you can keep your head is a question."

Hearing this, the commander who spoke just now couldn't help but shrink his head.

To be able to hold the post of Commander of the Guards Office is naturally due to the great contributions made by Daming.

Basically, in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, most of the commanders of the guards had followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

That's why he speaks so harshly.

At present, Zhu Ying still has a high reputation in the Ming army, especially among the commanders.

Because of the establishment of the Department of Public Security before, some sergeants in the guards can serve as the Department of Public Security to patrol and arrest with certain merits, which is equivalent to a certain guarantee.

Although the Department of Public Security is only established in some areas, it will definitely spread all over the country in the future. The sergeants of the guards have a glimmer of hope.

Thousands of households, hundreds of households, of course they don't care.

But General Banner, Xiaoqi cares.

To put it simply, Zongqi went to the Department of Public Security and was more or less an official in the city.

The military households who are suffering haha, what benefits can they have, the Secretary of Public Security, but they live in the city, and they are fat jobs.

It's much better to grab a little casually than to go to the outskirts like the Weisuo.

Now that Fu Youde mentioned the name of His Highness the Grandson, it made it difficult for the commanders to talk all of a sudden.

"Since that's the case, I'll take my leave first."

A commander winked at his companions and was about to leave.

Although the others were a little reluctant, they could only follow and leave.

After leaving the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, he asked: "This matter can't be left like this. Even His Royal Highness, Grandson, shouldn't block our way of making money like this."

The leading commander said: "Why, don't you still want to confront His Royal Highness?"

"The only way we can do it now is to talk to Duke Liang."

"Although Duke Liang is no longer in the Five Armies Commander's Mansion, he is a relative of the emperor and has an inseparable relationship with His Royal Highness the Grandson."

"There must be a way to find him."

Liang Guo Gongfu.

Sapphire has been in charge of the Department of Public Security since the chaos was put down.

Even though he is the superintendent of the Department of Public Security in name, he actually doesn't have much to do every day.

When Zhu Ying was with him, the power of the capital's public security department could supervise hundreds of officials, which sounded pretty good, but as far as the capital was concerned, the supervision of all officials was not as real as Jin Yiwei.

The Department of Public Security does not have any specialized personnel in this area, and it only deals with complicated and trivial matters on weekdays.

In fact, the Department of Public Security is quite busy now, because the capital is prosperous and there are many cases, but there are no major cases, except for the death of a court order officer, in Lan Yu's view, it is not a big deal.

How much authority did the previous Sapphire have?

In the words of Lan Yu's drunken raves: The promotion of the soldiers in the world is controlled by me alone.

As the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army Commander-in-Chief, General Bai, Liang Guogong, and the leader of the Huaixi Xungui Group, what he said was really not bragging.

But how arrogant she was before, how lonely she is now.

After the removal of military power, the position of the leader of the Huaixi Xungui Group is now somewhat unstable. His Highness Taisun's series of operations, even the reckless generals, mostly reacted. His Highness Taisun is trying his best to interfere with military power .

This year alone, a large number of thousands of households from Xuanjiawei were continuously inserted into the various guards of the capital.

On the surface, the command envoys have not changed much, except for Lan Yu, the military power of the generals seems to have not changed much, but in fact, only the command envoys of the guards know that the military power is constantly gathering towards His Highness the Grandson .

In addition to the current Daming Military Academy, when the first batch of students graduate, they will inevitably join the army.

With the halo of the emperor's disciples and the grandson's confidants, they will naturally be extremely loyal to His Highness the grandson.

Just when Lan Yu was about to meet some friends for a drink, the butler came to report: "Master, there are four commanders outside who want to see you."

Sapphire asked curiously, "Who is here?"

The butler replied: "The other three people are a bit unfamiliar, and the leader is Wang Yue who once followed the master."

Wang Yue is the commander and envoy of the capital of Shanxi.

In the 22nd year of Hongwu, because he had been guarding the border for a long time and was tired of attacking, he was called to the capital by His Majesty.

Now he is the command envoy of the Yiwei Office on the edge of the capital, and concurrently serves as the governor of the Left Army.

After thinking about it for a while, Sapphire probably understood the reason for her visit.

"Let them in."

Not long after that, four commanders headed by Wang Yue came in.

As soon as she entered the lobby, Lan Yu stood up and scolded, "You have left your post without an edict and came to the capital, but you have committed a serious crime, and now you dare to come in front of me, you are really audacious."

When Wang Yue and the others heard the words, they were immediately shocked.

The leader, Wang Yue, knelt down on one knee and begged, "General, now that the guards are changing, we have no choice but to ask the general for help."

Lan Yu sneered and said, "Why help? It's just Qianhu mobilizing drills. Do you think I don't know about your crap?"

"As for your little things, do you think His Royal Highness doesn't know?"

"This matter is originally the intention of His Highness Taisun. You go back earlier and make up for the previous deficit. Naturally, Your Highness Taisun will not pursue too much, and stop those things in the future."

"Training troops well is the only way to preserve wealth and honor for generations. If you are corrupt and pervert the law, you will not be able to escape His Royal Highness' eyes after all."

After the reprimand, Wang Yue and the others looked at each other, and their hearts became much more at ease.

What they are most afraid of is that the matter will be revealed. Who would have thought that His Royal Highness would have known about it and would give them a chance.

That being the case, you can go back with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)