If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 73

After leaving the Ministry of Revenue, Zhu Zhanquan did not leave immediately, but went to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

The so-called Governor's Office of the Five Armies is just an official office established during the Zhu Yuanzhang period to control the military. It was originally called the Governor's Office and controlled all Chinese and foreign military forces.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that "the power should not be concentrated in one department, and the affairs should not be left behind", so he divided the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion into five and changed it to the Five Army Governor's Mansion.

Therefore, the Uzbek Army Governor's Mansion is not one yamen, but the collective name of five yamen.

These five governor's offices are respectively run by five different generals, who are in charge of the five armies and all the Ming Dynasty's guards. It can be said that they are now the first-class real power departments of the daimyo.

In this regard, opposite the official office of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion is the government office of the Sixth Department. Although the status of the two cannot be said to be equal, the five of the Five Army Governor's Mansion combined have almost the same weight as the Sixth Department.

After all, those who served as governors of the Fifth Army Commandery in the Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande dynasties were either Jingnan famous generals or descendants of the founding nobles. For example, during the Yongle period, the left governor of the central military governorate was Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi State, and the left governor of the left military governorate was Cheng Guo. Gong Zhu Neng, the left governor of the rear army governor's office was Xipinghou Musheng, and the left governor of the central army governor's office during the Hongxi period was the British Gong Zhang Fu...

Among these people, except for Xipinghou Mu Sheng, who was the son of King Muying of Qianning, the others were all famous generals from Jingnan who started their careers with Zhu Di and were his old team.

In addition, in the early Ming Dynasty, the country was mostly using troops, and the civil servants had not yet developed to the extent that even the emperor dared to kill the emperor in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The nobles in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies had to outnumber the civil servants.

It's just that these generals are not in Nanjing now. Among them, Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu went to conquer Jiaozhi, and Zhu Neng died of illness in the army in the fourth year of Yongle. After Zhang Fu took over the army, he won once in the sixth year of Yongle, but Not long after, Jiaozhi rebelled again, and Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng were currently suppressing the rebellion in Yunnan.

The same goes for Duke Qiu Fu of Qi State. In the seventh year of Yongle, Qiu Fu led his army to the Northern Expedition to the Tartars. As a result, he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. Wang Zhong, Huo Zhen and other Dukes and Four Princes were all captured and killed, and the entire army was wiped out. Only then did Zhu Di take charge personally. The first Yongle Northern Expedition was personally conducted by the army.

Therefore, the person in charge of the military affairs in Nanjing is Xu Zhong, the former left governor of the military governor's office, Yongkang Hou. Zhu Zhanquan wants to recruit noble sons and daughters to join the army. In addition to obtaining paperwork permission from the Ministry of War, he comes to meet with those who are now in Beijing. It is also appropriate to say hello to important people.

Especially now that the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is in charge of the country's military. Strictly speaking, Xu Zhong is still Zhu Zhanqun's boss. He should come and pay a visit no matter what.

"It turns out to be His Highness the Second Emperor's grandson. I wonder why His Highness is here?" After some polite greetings, Xu Zhong directly asked Zhu Zhanyu about the purpose of his visit.

"You, Marquis Yongkang, are in charge of Nanjing's military affairs. You should know that I trained the new army under Grandpa's order. I just went to see Grandpa. He promised me to recruit people from among the distinguished sons of Nanjing City, so I came here to fight with Marquis Yongkang. I want to say hello and report it to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army at the same time." Zhu Zhanquan explained the situation to Xu Zhong and hoped that he could recommend some people to him: "I am not very familiar with the noble disciples in Nanjing. Do you have any recommendations?"

Xu Zhong heard Zhu Zhankun explain his intention, but did not refuse.

He himself is also a member of the nobility. Although his children will be able to become nobles in the future, they will naturally not worry about the court salary, but they still have children, nephews, relatives, friends and old subordinates who need to be taken care of.With Xu Zhong's current status, it is not a problem to arrange for some family members to join the army, or to provide some care for his old subordinates. Others in charge of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion can also do the same thing.

It's just that only a few can be taken care of, and they belong to the Jingnan nobles, and there is still a competition for interests with Hongwu's group of founding nobles.

Although the founders of the country do not occupy a small position in the court now, they are still a force. The Jingnan nobles are not allowed to do things too well, so they must be left with some room.

Therefore, Xu Zhong would be very happy if there was a place to house his nephews or children of his former subordinates.

But he remembered some rumors about Zhu Zhancheng's military training, and asked Zhu Zhancheng: "Your Highness, the Second Emperor Sun, I heard that you use the secret method of the Xian family to train your soldiers. I don't know what is going on. Can you let me see it?" one time?"

Although he was very concerned about arranging for his nephew to join the army, Xu Zhong was still worried that Zhu Zhanchun was using some messy things to fool him, so he wanted to confirm what kind of so-called "Xianjia" was used by Zhu Zhanchun to train his troops. Wonderful way to avoid harming your nephew and dragging him into helping clean up the mess.

After all, the military affairs in Nanjing are still in the hands of Xu Zhong, and he will be responsible if anything happens.

Zhu Zhanju also understood this, and then explained to Xu Zhong: "Actually, I don't know how to train soldiers. What I know is just a recipe for strengthening the body that I learned on the Penglai Island. I use jade as medicine and boil it into jade." Let the soldiers take the medicine, and after three months, they will be like sapphire, not afraid of swords, and have infinite strength.

With soldiers like this, as long as they are equipped with sophisticated weapons and armor, and then undergo strict training and follow the rules and regulations, they will be considered a strong army. "

"Even if he can only obey orders and prohibitions, he is already one of the best soldiers in the world." Xu Zhong, as one of the heroes of Jingnan, knows military affairs very well and knows how rare it is to have an army that can obey orders and prohibitions on the battlefield: "Your Highness It’s good to have a strategy in mind, but what is this jade medicine? And how to refine it? Is taking it really effective?”

"Jade medicine is an ointment made by boiling jade and refining it with water. It can be taken by the soldiers after being dissolved in water. It will be effective in three months." Zhu Zhanquan heard the subtext of Xu Zhong, so he assured him: " Now that the jade medicine has begun to be boiled, I have also sent people to recruit soldiers. When the new recruits enter the camp, they will take the medicine for one month and they will see initial results. At that time, Governor Xu, you can find out for yourself and confirm what I said. Is it true?”

Xu Zhong saw what Zhu Zhanqun had said. After thinking about it, he nodded and said: "Since His Highness has said so, the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army does not have any opinion on this matter. It's just that there are many noble children in the capital, and among them are dandies." There are quite a few of them. If Your Highness needs it, how about I ask someone to sort out a roster and select suitable candidates to send to His Highness’s camp? I just don’t know how many manpower Your Highness needs?”

"As long as you don't mind me dealing with the dandy and unscrupulous person by military law, it doesn't matter." Zhu Zhancheng didn't care about this.

No matter how unruly a playboy is, his head can still be chopped off and rolled around on the ground. When the time comes, chop off a few heads to scare the monkeys, and the others will basically be obedient.

As for how many people were needed, Zhu Zhanjun thought for a while and said, "Let's arrange it according to a thousand-household office first."

(End of this chapter)