Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 139 Qian Yongxi’s objection
But even though Yulin Wei had cooperated with Sun Yuanhua in the past, the degree of cooperation was similar to this time. While giving himself face, he was more concerned with his own interests, which may not be much better.

Therefore, Sun Yuanhua could only advise Zhu Tianqi and ask for help from Zhu Tianqi.

Zhu Tianqi was also very angry after receiving Sun Yuanhua's memorial. Although Sun Yuanhua did not impeach the Yulin Guards General in the memorial, he only briefly mentioned the incident and general situation. However, through the content of this memorial, Zhu Tianqi I guessed a lot.

But even though Zhu Tianqi was very angry at the behavior of the Yulin Guards General, there was nothing he could do about it. He now had no ability to deal with civilian officials, and he also had no way to restrain the military attachés, especially border army leaders like the Yulin Guards Commander. If he had to Using this to punish him will not prevent him from rebelling against himself in anger!

In today's system, it is true that the status of military attaches is inferior to that of civilian officials. I can indeed rely on civilian officials to control military attaches, but civilian officials also have to listen to themselves. Maybe the civilian officials want to take the opportunity to rebel against themselves!

In order to prevent a mutiny in the northwest frontier army, I was responsible for repaying arrears and allocating food for disaster relief. I wasted so much effort, but I couldn't let my previous efforts go to waste just because I was angry for a while, so stability was the top priority. Heavy!
So after thinking about it again and again, Zhu Tianqi could only endure this breath, but the name of the Yulin Guards Commander was recorded in the account book by Zhu Tianqi. Sooner or later, he would have to settle this account with him.

The top priority is to organize and train the new army as soon as possible, and the problem Zhu Tianqi faces now is that there is no "army" to formulate. The Yulin Guards are unwilling to recruit people, so they cannot let Sun Yuanhua recruit troops locally. Although the disaster in northern Shaanxi is now under control , but most of them are hungry people. Selecting people who meet the selection criteria of the new army among the hungry people is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Now that it is almost the end of the year, there is not much time left for me. I must not waste time on recruiting soldiers, so I still have to find a way to transfer and select among the original firearms battalions.

After Zhu Tianqi thought twice, he asked Wang Yuanbao to find Zhang Weixian and Qian Longxi.

Zhu Tianqi has not summoned Zhang Weixian since the last time he renovated the capital camp. Zhang Weixian also felt very guilty because of what happened last time. He has been shutting himself in the house and rarely going out. He also looks much older.

Therefore, after Zhu Tianqi saw Zhang Weixian, he felt a little sad. This old man had a good heart and was quite loyal to the court. After he traveled through time, he helped him a lot, and tossing him again made Zhu Tianqi feel... Somewhat unbearable.

So Zhu Tianqi immediately changed his mind and had other plans in mind. At least he would remove Zhang Weixian from the subsequent events and let him go home to take care of himself and spend his old age in peace.

"Wang Yuanbao, give the British Duke a seat!" Zhu Tianqi ordered, and then pressed his hand to Qian Longxi and said: "Qian Aiqing, please sit down too!"

After both of them were seated, Zhu Tianqi said: "At the beginning of the year, I sent Sun Yuanhua, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to the Shaanxi Chief Envoy to build a gun foundry. Do you two still remember it?"

Zhang Weixian nodded and said, "I have heard a little about it." Qian Longxi also nodded and saluted, and replied: "I remember that this is indeed the case, but since Shilang Sun arrived at the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province, he has lost track of him. I have never heard of where the cannon foundry was built!"

When Zhu Tianqi heard this, he really couldn't help but smile, but he would not take the initiative to tell Qian Longxi the location of the northwest military industrial base, so he continued directly: "Now that such a long time has passed, Sun Yuanhua's cannon casting The factory has also been built, and it is said that it can also cast some simple artillery, so I plan to take this opportunity to train a new army that is proficient in firearms!"

Zhang Weixian naturally did not express any opinion after hearing this. The emperor is wise, and all ministers should just obey the emperor's instructions.

But Qian Longxi did not have such a high "awareness". He frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his hand and saluted, and said: "I believe that the emperor should think twice before training the new army. After all, Training the new army is very expensive, but the specific results are unknown.

Although the imperial court has just collected the summer taxes and the treasury is still full, the imperial court's expenses are also very large. It would be inappropriate to waste money on such things rashly. It is better to use this money to train the new army. The money is used to reward the current soldiers. If the soldiers are willing to serve the court, they will naturally be invincible and invincible! "

When Zhu Tianqi heard this, he was naturally a little unhappy, but he did not get angry in a hurry. Instead, he asked Qian Longxi calmly, "Listen to what you mean by Qian Aiqing, if the court does not take the money If you reward the soldiers, they will not be willing to serve the court, and they will not be invincible and invincible?"

Qian Longxi couldn't help being stunned, and hurriedly saluted and said: "I have no intention of doing so. I just think that it is inappropriate to spend money to train the new army, and I am also a little worried about the new army that the imperial court wants to train!"

Zhu Tianqi's brows instantly wrinkled and he asked, "Worry?! What does Qian Aiqing mean by this?"

Qian Longxi was not frightened at all. Instead, he said with a serious face: "Back to the emperor, if I remember correctly, all the Thai and Westerners that Shilang Sun brought back from Haojing'ao should have gone with Shilang Sun." Have you become the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi? Now that the emperor wants to organize and train a new army, it must be Sun Shilang's suggestion. He wants these Thai and Western people to train for our Ming Dynasty!
However, as the old saying goes, "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts." These Taixi people have always been ambitious, eyeing our Ming territory with covetous eyes, and repeatedly invading our maritime borders. It is really inappropriate to allow these wolves to participate in our Ming military affairs and train troops for our Ming Dynasty. A wise choice!
Furthermore, although these Taixi people have some uncanny skills and can make some firearms such as Hongyi cannons, they are not necessarily very clever when it comes to marching and fighting. How could they not be defeated by our Ming navy? Isn't it child's play to defeat the entire army, or to flee, and let these subordinates be defeated and teach me the Ming soldiers to fight? "

Although what Qian Longxi said was a bit extreme, it was considered reasonable and well-founded. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, Qian Longxi was qualified to say these things, and he was not just talking nonsense, there was still some truth to it.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi was not angry because of his words, but said calmly: "It is normal for Qian Aiqing to have these worries, but I have my own plans for this matter. Although I let the Taixi people participate in the training of the new army, However, it is only limited to teaching our army’s artillerymen how to operate the artillery. It does not involve the formation of troops. Our generals from the Ming Dynasty are still responsible for the training.”

(End of this chapter)