golden scales

With Liu Ruoyu communicating for him, even though Zhu Cihong is outside the palace, he knows everything inside the palace like the palm of his hand.This made him suddenly feel enlightened, which he couldn't enjoy at all before.Although most of the information did not require Zhu Cihong to react, it could give him enough sense of security.Let him have no worries, and focus on the construction of the East Palace Guard.

Liu Ruoyu's advice was very effective. Just half a day after the memorial to impeach Zhou Jing, there was an order to allow Zhu Cihong to expand the East Palace Guards by a battalion.According to the official military system of the Ming Dynasty, there are about 4000 to 200 people in a battalion.According to the establishment of Qi's army, the number of the first battalion is stable between [-] and [-].

Although it was far from the [-]-strong bodyguard that Zhu Cihong first imagined, it was still a good start.What's more, he doesn't have enough manpower to recruit and train soldiers.According to what everyone thinks, the prince should choose guards from the left and right guards of Teng and Wu under the command of Jingying and Yumajian, so that both officers and sergeants are ready-made.

However, Zhu Cihong once again proved that the Huangming Empire has a heir who is not afraid of making troubles.He does not reject the three major battalions of the capital, nor does he reject the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but he prefers to choose soldiers with clean backgrounds, hard work and obedience to orders.

Qi Jiguang recommended the Yiwu miners in his military book, thinking that they were brave and good at fighting, and easy to practice.In the early years of Chongzhen, there were also general soldiers who started from obeying slogans and focusing on cooperation, and liked to recruit canal trackers for training.

Zhu Cihong didn't know which one was better, but from the perspective of human resources, the miners all over the world probably have good psychological endurance, otherwise they would collapse after going down the mine for a long time.The mine protection measures in this era are far worse than the black coal mines of later generations.

As the terminal of the Grand Canal, both Yanjing and Tianjin have a large number of trackers.These people live at the lowest level of society, oppressed by the bullies of Caotou, and are almost regarded as expendable goods.Not to mention the military salary, as long as they are full, it is an extremely tempting job in their eyes.

Since you don't know how deep the water is or how shallow the water is, why not try them all.

The first expanded meeting of the Eastern Palace was held for conscription.The meeting was presided over by Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, recorded by Wu Weiye, the concubine of the left, and attended by Liu Ruoyu, Song Hongye, Zhou Jing, and Tian Cunshan.

Looking at the few four or five people below, among them Wu Weiye's expression was filled with anxiety, which made Zhu Cihong secretly sigh.However, he quickly dispelled the negative emotions, and said in a rare cheerful voice: "Now the Eastern Palace team is here, gentlemen. Although the manpower is a little less, it is necessary to get things done. Today's topic is the selection of the Eastern Palace guards. , Let’s set the tone first: all bodyguards should be judged by fighters. They are mainly selected from river trackers, miners, and coolies. Now, you can discuss a charter and come out and listen.”

Everyone quickly glanced at each other, Wu Weiye felt that he was a Jinshi Qingliu, with the highest rank here, so he should go out of class first to answer.He slightly raised his sleeves, and was about to get up when he heard a dry cough, and his legs became weak with fright.

It was the prince who was about to speak.

"You don't understand anything, just keep a record." Zhu Cihong blocked Wu Weiye's mouth unceremoniously.

Wu Weiye's eyes darkened, and he got the comment "I don't understand anything", and his official career in this life suddenly dimmed.

"Song Hongye, you go first." Zhu Cihong said by name.

The others looked at this little official who was born in the army and horse department, with some envy and hatred mixed in their eyes.In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, officials with higher status and more attention had the right to speak first.Such people have often communicated with the emperor, which is tantamount to speaking for the emperor and representing the hidden direction of the wind.

However, Zhu Cihong's habit is to start speaking from people with low status, so that they will not be influenced by high-ranking people, and it is easier for them to express their true inner opinions.

Song Hongye's heart was pounding, and he was about to go forward to salute, when he heard the crown prince say, "Sit down and talk."

"Yes." Song Hongye took a strong breath, and turned his mind: "There are only three thousand guards in the East Palace, even if it is one out of a hundred, it is not impossible. It is more important to send someone to pick the striker."

"Your Highness, I'm willing to go!" Zhou Jing didn't want to be reduced to Tian Cunshan's situation, so he naturally hoped that the new Eastern Palace guards would be chosen by him and firmly in his hands.

"I don't choose people from the Jingwei and the Three Battalions, because I'm afraid that old habits will die hard." Zhu Cihong glanced at Zhou Jing coldly: "The newly selected people must be clean, have no family members, endure hardships and stand hard work, and obey orders. Wu Kelian is naturally not afraid of death, and will fight bravely if there is a chance of survival. How many people who wear armor and stutter the emperor's food can do it?"

Zhou Jing lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.He felt aggrieved, in the past in the palace, even if the words were offensive, the crown prince would just chuckle, why did he seem to be a different person when he left the palace?This is obviously an attempt to exchange the old with the new, and expel the old man from Donggong in one fell swoop!

After hearing the prince's more specific request, Song Hongye had already outlined a standard image in his mind.He thought it shouldn't be difficult, and seeing Zhou Jing being refuted by the crown prince, he gritted his teeth, stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I would like to go to the humble position!"

"3000 people is not a small number. My requirements are high and the time limit is tight. What are your plans?" Zhu Cihong's tone suddenly softened, as if a loving father was talking to his beloved son.

"It's impossible for me to be alone." Song Hongye's mind was spinning fast, his forehead was faintly red: "When I was in the army and horse department, I knew a lot of three religions and nine schools in the market, and one of them was called Yaxing." He was afraid that the prince would grow up in the deep palace. I didn't know what Yaxing meant, so I explained it in a simple and clear way.

In fact, a dental firm is a brokerage company, doing intermediary business, or earning the price difference, or earning commissions.Among them, there are different categories, and each industry has official teeth and private teeth, which play the dual roles of lubricant and mouse shit in the business environment of Ming Dynasty.

The tooth person that Song Hongye said mainly refers to the human tooth.

This kind of occupation similar to legal human traffickers is not popular in Daming, so it is also the most closed.They quickly analyze a person's future figure and appearance through the formulas handed down from old people, so as to judge whether it is worth starting.If you make a mistake in your judgment, the "goods" will fall into your own hands.

It sounds a bit like slave trading, but it is undeniable that this bad habit of human trafficking did exist in Ming Dynasty.Whether it is a Yangzhou skinny horse or a healthy servant, most of them are traded.How could an ordinary tenant farmer be willing to become a slave as long as he had a bite to eat?It should be noted that once enslaved, three generations will not be able to take the imperial examination, and there is no hope of turning over.

As the saying goes: Car and boat shop feet and teeth should be killed even if they are innocent.

Most of these "teeth" are human teeth.

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