King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 146 Rebuilding King Lu’s Guard! The strongest army on the planet!
After Guo Ying heard Zhu Tan's words, he said angrily: "You disbanded more than 20,000 people? Isn't this nonsense? The power of commanding troops lies with the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, and the power of deploying troops lies with the Ministry of War. Twenty thousand sergeants were wiped out at once. , do you know about these two places?"

Zhu Tan frowned and said, "No! My father said that I control the military power of Prince Lu! Why should I inform the court about such a trivial matter!"

Guo Ying sighed.

"Do you take His Majesty's words seriously! He also said that the elixir book can avoid death. What's the result?"

Zhu Tan frowned and said, "Uncle! You are slandering my father behind my back. This is deceiving me."

Guo Ying stopped instantly and laughed dryly.

"Uncle made a mistake! However, how can you take this matter seriously? His Majesty said that he would give you the greatest freedom, but in fact, your every move is probably under His Majesty's surveillance!

It might be okay if you want to change other systems! But military affairs are so important, why should you engage in military affairs in the first place? "

talking.

Guo Ying sighed and said: "For now, we can only try to save it!"

Zhu Tan couldn't help but think.

In the future, the leading general of my new army must be Guo Ying.

After hearing this, Guo Ying was stunned at first, and then said angrily: "Zhu Tan! I still treat it like a donkey's liver and lungs with good intentions! How can you think of me so much? It's really unreasonable! If I weren't your uncle, I wouldn't bother to care about you in the feudal lord. What nonsense is going on on the ground!"

Why are you so anxious just after saying a word?

Guo Ying couldn't help but stamp her feet!

If he gets involved in the construction of the new army, it will inevitably arouse Lao Zhu's suspicion.

But Guo Ying is different.

However, the way Guo Ying came up with to make up for it was really his best effort.

Therefore, it is not necessary to get Guo Ying.

Now he misunderstood himself for the better.

Even the retainers who had followed him for many years planned to spend money to fill the vacancy in the guard station.

Guo Ying stood up and walked away angrily.

In fact.

As for the sergeants you dismissed, their household registrations are still military households, so there is no use in dismissing them! Just recall them in the name of the government, and then each of them will be given one tael of silver."

"Okay, okay! Let uncle worry about it!"

Anyway, when it comes to military training, Zhu Tan's methods are completely different from the traditional ones.

"Zhu Tan! I have to remind you of something! The imperial court is about to launch the Northern Expedition again! Regardless of Yanzhou or Qingzhou, they must send a large army to follow the Northern Expedition commander into the Mobei grassland!

talking.

Zhu Tan shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't regret it! If I say dismissal, I will dismiss it! Otherwise, wouldn't Prince Lu's Mansion be dishonest?"

Guo Ying left angrily.

talking.

"you!"

Zhu Tan is not sure about this matter now!
Because the recruitment system makes it too easy to turn the army into your own private army.

When Guo Ying said this, he gritted his teeth with some pain and said: "Each person is given a treasure banknote! In short, the court does not allow them to use money without authorization.
This can be regarded as appeasing them, and there should be no chaos. "

The next second, Guo Ying turned around and came back.

Zhu Tan looked at Guo Ying funny.

Uncle is still pretty good.

Then he asked with a smile: "Uncle, are you planning to control the military affairs of Prince Lu?"

Zhu Tan shook his head.

It is not convenient to tell Guo Ying about the change from the guard station system to the recruitment system.

As Lao Zhu's son, as long as he repeatedly educates the army to be loyal and patriotic, Lao Zhu will not doubt himself.

Disband the 20,000 guardsmen. It's not a big deal to let Qingzhou and Yanzhou lose their defense. If it delays the imperial court's plan for the Northern Expedition, your Majesty will blame you. You have to figure out how to resist! "

of course.

Nowadays, the ratio of silver to treasure notes is 1:4. It is much more cost-effective to issue treasure notes than silver.

When the time comes, I’m afraid that everything I do will be done with twice the result and half the result!
It would be better to exclude him.

My uncle is a good uncle, but he has a bad temper.

Guo Ying glared at Zhu Tan and said, "I don't want to find a solution for you!
My uncle also has some retainers accompanying him! After following me on my expeditions over the years, it shouldn’t be a problem for them to control a guard station!

Zhu Tan shook his head.

Zhu Tan smiled and asked, "How does uncle plan to redeem himself?"

As he said that, Guo Ying glared at Zhu Tan and said, "If you regret it now, it's too late. I'll pretend I didn't hear what you said just now! I still have to help you!"

I didn’t expect that this uncle was quite good at living.

Seeing this situation, Jin Yiwei was able to exclude Guo Ying from the construction of the new army.

It can also reduce Lao Zhu’s suspicion.

Zhu Tan couldn't help but sigh as he thought about it.

Since the Guo Huan case.

He never dared to look down upon Lao Zhu again.

Beware of the old man everywhere.

Yingtian.

Forbidden City.

Xuanzheng Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the report in his hand.

The whole person was a little confused.

Zhu Biao, who was sorting out the memorial for Lao Zhu, saw his father in such a state and asked softly: "Father, what happened?"

Zhu Yuanzhang handed the memorial in his hand to Zhu Biao.

Sigh.

"Jin Yiwei just sent it, take a look!"

Zhu Biao took the report and took a cursory glance.

Then he was shocked and said: "The tenth brother killed all the guards of King Lu and the officers of more than a thousand households?
Moreover, all the guards have been disbanded? "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes! They are all disbanded, no one is left!
Even Anton Guard, which was established just two years ago, was disbanded! "

Zhu Biao couldn't help but marveled: "What the tenth brother does is really unexpected!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Isn't this a bastard? After dismissing the Anton Guards, what will happen to the defense of Shandong coastal areas against Japanese pirates?"
By then, the Japanese pirates will probably wreak havoc in Qingzhou!
What's more, the imperial court will embark on the Northern Expedition next year!

The sergeants of Qingzhou Guard and Yanzhou Guard are all on the list of conscripts!

If we don’t strengthen training now, all of them will be disbanded!

What to do about the Northern Expedition? Where can the imperial court find these 20,000 warriors in a hurry?
How unreasonable! This is simply unreasonable!
If we had known that Old Ten was such a fool, we would never have agreed to give him the general power! "

When Zhu Biao heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This tenth brother is also interesting!
When others gained military power, they tried every possible means to continue to expand the size of their army.

On the contrary, he did the opposite and dismissed all the sergeants in his hands!
Although there is less suspicion from the father.

But doesn’t this also ruin the important affairs of the imperial court?
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "We have thought of it! Lao Shi must have tried every possible means to develop business, so he disbanded these guards!
snort!
Ridiculous!
Sacrificing your roots for the sake of the end!
Li Ling is so stupid! "

Zhu Biao was stunned, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and couldn't help but ask: "What did your father guess?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Of course I guessed it! How much land does a guard station with more than 2 people have? One military household is 50 acres, which adds up to millions of acres of land!
Guard sergeants are inevitably half-hearted in farming, after all, they still have to bear the responsibility of training!

Moreover, these military households have to hand over half of their harvest to the guard station every year!

Now that these guard posts have been disbanded, these sergeants can concentrate on production, and the year's food output can be guaranteed!

And these grains do not need to be handed over to the health center!
Because the guards have been disbanded, they only need to pay food taxes to the government!
So, how many benefits can just disbanding the guards bring to the land of the two mansions?

The amount of silver converted from various places in a year is as high as one million taels!
This old man is a good hand in running the domain's economy, but he is so powerful that he loses his mind!
How important is national military affairs!

Without the protection of the army, what's the use of having money!

This is really unreasonable! "

Zhu Biao was extremely surprised when he heard this!
It turns out that this was what the tenth brother had in mind!

Then, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with admiration and said: "My father is wise, but my son is dull. It was not until my father pointed it out that my son saw it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Lao Shi is very smart! He can see two steps after taking one step! I guess he has already seen the benefits of disbanding the guard posts! That's why he will use the commanders of these guard posts without any scruples. Even Qianhu was killed!
But his vision is still too short-sighted!
We have already said that we want him to manage the vassal territory to the point where the country is rich and the army is strong!
Without a strong army, what's the use of having money? Doesn’t that make the Song Dynasty a weak one?
This old ten really disappoints us! "

Zhu Yuanzhang said as he spoke.

While saying angrily: "No! We have to issue an order to reprimand this boy! Let him quickly restore a few places to their original state with the help of Guo Ying!

Wu Dinghou is surrounded by many generals. The abilities of those people may not be enough to serve as commanders! "

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang started writing vigorously.

Yanzhou City.

A large flag was erected on the outskirts of the city.

There are two words written on the big flag.

"Recruiting troops"!
In fact.

The disbandment of the guard sergeants does not mean that all sergeants have been disbanded.

The elites of Qingzhou Guard and Yanzhou Guard were absorbed into the new army by Zhu Tan.

And Anton Wei, because of the professionalism and particularity of the Navy.

Only a small number of people who were really unusable were disbanded.

Everyone else was retained.

Originally, Zhu Tan thought that by selecting the best among these guard soldiers, he would always be able to get a few elite sergeants.

However, the reality left Zhu Tan speechless.

Qingzhou Guard and Yanzhou Guard.

Among the more than 30,000 children of military households, those who were selected to be strong, honest, and willing to endure hardships and hard work ended up being only over 2,000!
It is far from Zhu Tan’s recruitment target of 7,000 people!

no way.

They can only be recruited among the common people.

The recruitment conditions are also very simple.

It was the same as when Qi Jiguang recruited the Qi family army.

Divided into four dos and don’ts.

Four don’t.

First, we don’t want people from the city. Second, we don’t want people who have held positions in the government. We don’t want people who are over 30 or 40 years old and fair-looking people. Fourth, we don’t want people who are extremely timid or extremely courageous.

Four things.

The first is a standard farmer, the second is a tall, dark, strong-skinned person, the third is a person with sharp eyes, and the fourth is someone who is a little scared when meeting the government.

It took a week of recruitment in the two state capitals of Qingzhou and Yanzhou to get these people together.

This is the end.

Zhu Tan broke up and rebuilt Lu Wangwei, it was done!
The suburbs of Yanzhou.

King Lu's military camp.

All sergeants are no longer stationed in the guardhouse.

Instead, they were all arranged into military camps! Historically, the camp system was not established until the Yongle period, but now it can be regarded as established in advance by Zhu Tan.

Zhu Tan, accompanied by a group of generals, was inspecting the camp.

These generals were all subordinates who were originally loyal to Zhu Tan in King Lu's guard.

Zhu Tan relied heavily on these people when he rebuilt King Lu's guard and trained his troops.

at this time.

The military camp seemed noisy and chaotic.

From time to time there were soldiers walking around aimlessly, chatting.

All kinds of ordnance and logistics supplies were piled up randomly.

The layout of the military camp also appeared disorganized.

Although Zhu Tan is a layman.

But seeing the scene in front of me, I felt a little helpless.

In fact, most ancient military camps looked like this.

If you can keep the military camp in order, you can be considered a famous general.

now.

It was Zhao Quan who was appointed as the commander of King Lu's Guard.

No problem was found with this person during the inspection, and the deputy commanding officer was changed into Guard Chen - Chen Qin, who was good at killing the goose to retrieve the eggs.

Zhu Tan frowned and said: "Commander Zhao! I will give you one day to clean up the general camp! If you can't do it, Deputy Commander Chen will take over!"

Zhao Quan was stunned and immediately said: "Your Highness, don't worry! My subordinates will definitely sort out the camp affairs!"

Zhu Tan snorted softly.

"That's nice to say! I'm afraid you won't be able to do it well by then! I will tell you what to do! The military camp must be divided into areas!

Living area, training area, material reserve area, transportation area and command area!

You are now distributing the general camp in a disorganized manner. What is going on?

Living areas and areas where sergeants sleep, eat, rest, and use the toilet must be fixed! The arrangements must be reasonable!
Training areas, shooting ranges, and martial arts arenas should be arranged outside the military camp to ensure that sergeants are focused enough on training!

The material reserve area includes fuel depots, warehouses, and gunpowder depots. People must be placed here to take strict precautions, and at the same time, they must be kept away from the sergeants' living area!

Always ensure smooth traffic in the military camp! Idle people are not allowed to walk on the main traffic roads at will, and at the same time, no supplies are allowed to be placed on the road!
The command area is naturally the Chinese military camp! It should be located in the center of every place to facilitate central command and dispatch! "

Hear these words.

Zhao Quan was stunned immediately.

The whole person was stunned by Zhu Tan's pointing!

He originally thought that he was already familiar with military affairs, and could even handle the so-called rectification of camp affairs by His Royal Highness King Lu.

Unexpectedly, now that he heard Zhu Tan's advice, he realized that there were so many ways to organize camp affairs!

For a moment, Zhao Quan was somewhat doubtful about life!
I have been in the army for more than 20 years, from being a member of a hundred households to being the commander I am now. What have I learned?
Back then, I even served as a subordinate of Wei Guogong Xu Da!
This experience also benefited him a lot, and he has been promoted step by step until he is today!

But I have never heard of organizing camp affairs like this!

Those ideas for dividing areas are obviously so simple, but they are something Zhao Quan has never thought of!
Zhao Quan suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart.

In fact, the military camp of Wei Guogong was also very orderly at that time. Although it was not as orderly as arranged by His Royal Highness King Lu, it could still be called orderly!
His Royal Highness King Lu is training me to become a famous general in the world!

Zhao Quan couldn't help but get excited.

He bowed deeply to Zhu Tan and said sincerely: "Your Highness! I understand!"

Zhao Quan's side.

Chen Qin said with some envy: "Your Highness, in fact, my subordinates also understood what happened just now! If Commander Zhao didn't understand, my subordinates can do it well."

Zhu Tan glanced at Chen Qin.

Are you a little too ambitious? Are you going to replace your boss in front of him?

really.

When Zhao Quan heard Chen Qin's words, a fierce look suddenly appeared on his face.

Chen Qin was brought out by His Highness King Lu himself, so naturally he cannot be killed, but he can still be taught a lesson!

Damn!

You are so ambitious and want to replace me!

Tomorrow I will hit you with twenty military sticks if you step forward with your left foot before entering the military camp!

Zhu Tan smiled.

Keep walking forward.

In fact.

Regarding the organization of business affairs, Zhu Tan was just a layman.

But as a middle-level cadre in a chemical plant in his previous life, he was still very good at factory production planning.

The functional areas of ancient military camps were relatively simple. Zhu Tan felt that this division was very reasonable, so he asked Zhao Quan like this.

Seeing that the camp affairs were almost sorted out.

Zhu Tan continued to teach Zhao Quan and Chen Qin about military training.

Listening to Zhu Tan's requests, both of them were a little shocked!

His Royal Highness King Lu required soldiers and officers to fold quilts, tidy up their barracks, get up and run, shout slogans and walk in queue every day.
Once these trivial things are done, it’s time for real tactical training!

Is this too cumbersome?
However, whether it is Zhao Quan or Chen Qin, both of them respect the current Zhu Tan like a god, and they will naturally implement what he says to the letter!

Zhu Tan's experience in these military trainings certainly comes from the pinnacle of the world's armies in later generations!

Except these.

Zhu Tan also emphasized it specially.

"Soldiers must undergo ideological education every day."

Afraid that these two idiots would not understand what ideological education is, Zhu Tan thought for a while and said: "There are currently five thousand people in King Lu's guard. You select fifty sergeants who are smart, clever, and the best literate! When the time comes, I will I will personally teach them what ideological education is!

In short, you must arrange time for soldiers and officers to study!
At the same time, these people must also be literate!
I will ask a teacher for you to teach you how to read! "

Zhao Quan and Chen Qin couldn't help but look at each other in confusion after listening to Zhu Tan's words.

What is His Highness King Lu doing?
Do we want to teach all the soldiers in this military camp to be scholars?

I have long heard that His Royal Highness Prince Lu taught the number one scholar and a group of Jinshi at Yingtian Mansion. Could it be that now he wants to be a teacher and teach students?

Although I was full of doubts in my heart.

However, the two of them now respect Zhu Tan like gods, and they just think, no matter what, just listen!

soon.

Zhu Tan came to the martial arts arena.

At this time, five thousand sergeants have gathered on the martial arts field!

But now, Zhu Tan is here to speak.

"My fellow soldiers! Today, I am here to see you personally!

Different from the sergeants of the Ming Dynasty Guards!
You are sergeants who specialize in fighting!
This means that you have a monthly salary!

The most ordinary soldier is issued four treasure notes a month!
The higher the level, the higher the income!
Secondly, I promise that you will have meat, eggs, and grain for every meal, so that you will be satisfied and satisfied!

Again, this time the guard posts were reorganized, and many military households fled!
Their fields were swallowed up by those unscrupulous commanders!
Now, I have taken back these fields!
In the future, these fields will be sent to you one by one!

Fifty acres of land per person!

Whether you hire people to farm it or ask your relatives to farm it yourself, in short, these lands are yours!
Moreover, these places will no longer be considered military camps from now on, and they will only need to pay a tax of 100% to the government every year!
Finally, don’t think that joining Luwangwei is just to live a good life!
The military laws here are strict, those who disobey orders will be killed, and those who are cowardly will be kicked out of the military camp!

From now on, there is only one thing you have to do!

Listen to orders, listen to orders, still, listen to orders! "

The words fell.

The whole place fell into silence!
Everyone was shocked by the conditions offered by His Highness King Lu!
It turns out that you can still get a salary as a soldier!
Not even low!
Four treasure notes per month, which is one tael of silver!
I can buy two stones of grain in Daming!

Moreover, it was even distributed!

Each person actually has fifty acres of land!

What is this concept?
One hundred and twenty or thirty stones of grain can be produced in a year!
If converted into silver, it would be fifty or sixty taels!
Even after deducting taxes, it is still an extremely generous income!

Obediently
Now, being a soldier is so cost-effective!
I'm afraid even ordinary small landowners don't make money on their own!
Many soldiers couldn't help but feel excited!
What’s even more tempting is that this is the first time these sergeants have heard of such good food!
Not only is there enough grain for each meal, but there is also meat and eggs for every meal!
Now at this time, even the rich man's family can only eat like this!
What kind of magical day is this?

These simple soldiers are already satisfied with such treatment!

What’s the big deal about following orders?
His Highness has given so many benefits, of course we must obey orders!

If you disobey orders and are kicked out of the military camp, wouldn’t you be a fool?

Everyone couldn't help but think about it.

Zhu Tan had just finished speaking.

Everyone couldn't help but cheer!

"His Royal Highness King Lu, you are a thousand years old!"

This time, everyone expressed their heartfelt gratitude and cheers!
Zhu Tan waited for the cheers of the crowd to end and said seriously: "Everyone, you can have the treatment you have now, thanks to today's emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

If it were normal, Zhu Tan would accept such cheers.

Not now!
The military is an extremely sensitive place.

God knows if Lao Zhu's Jin Yiwei has penetrated into it.

If you forget to order everyone to shout slogans to support Lao Zhu at this moment, you are clearly committing political incorrectness!
Zhu Tan is not such an ignorant person.

In fact.

Zhu Tan asked Zhao Quan and Chen Qin to find fifty clever sergeants, also to establish the Ming Dynasty version of the instructor system!
These instructors will be responsible for conveying military orders from their superiors, mobilizing the troops, and at the same time, they will also be responsible for giving ideological classes!
Of course, Zhu Tan will limit the content of the ideological class to the fact that being a soldier is to protect the family and the country, and at the same time, one must be loyal to the court and the emperor!
On this point, Zhu Tan will never take it seriously.

at last.

Zhu Tan left the military camp amidst the cheers of the sergeants.

The next day.

Lu Wangwei's first training begins!

All the sergeants are full of novelty about everything!
Unexpectedly, the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is not to eat, but to fold my quilt!
It must be folded squarely before you can eat!

Suddenly, more than 4,000 people in the military camp of 5,000 people did not have breakfast!

Next, there is a daily 20-mile run!

While running, I also shout slogans!

At the end of the run, it’s another 10 miles of weight-bearing running!

After all this was over, Zhao Quan and Chen Qin began to order people to arrange queues!

At first, in order to do these trivial tasks, the entire military camp was extremely busy and exhausted.

Slowly, they became accustomed to this and even began to enjoy the process!
If your daily diet can be well protected, no matter how hard you train, it won't matter.

After all, the people in the entire military camp came from hard times, and it would be good if everyone had enough to eat on weekdays. Now not only do they have a salary, but they can also eat rich meals every day, and there is also a teacher to teach them how to read and write!
This gives all soldiers a sense of rebirth!

This, in turn, prompted them to become more focused and hard-working on the training ground, and their combat effectiveness increased rapidly.
Yanzhou.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

Zhu Tan looked at the eunuch delivering the order in front of him and was speechless.

beside him.

Wudinghou Guo Ying stood looking at Zhu Tan with a relieved face.

snort! As expected!
Your Majesty is going to scold Zhu Tan!
(End of this chapter)