Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"How to say?" Su Mu asked unconsciously.

Xie Ranran: "Master, you are not unaware that the main responsibility of the Shanxi Xingdu Division is to govern the various guards in the mansion, and it is under the jurisdiction of military households. There is a big difference between military households and frontier troops. There is a war, and our guards Soldiers can't get a chance to go to the battlefield, and I'm afraid that the credit will be taken away by the town army."

When he said this, Su Mu immediately understood.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was divided into two parts, the frontier army stationed at the border, and the guard soldiers for reclamation.

The frontier army refers to the frontier defense army in the nine border towns. This kind of army is well-equipped and has a large number of horses and horses. It is the main force of the Ming Dynasty army. As for the Weisuo army, to be honest, it is no different from farmers.In war, one has to prepare one's own weapons and horses. Such an army naturally has no combat power to speak of.

To use one sentence to compare the guards of the frontier army, it is the landlord and the beggar.

In fact, once there was a war in the country, the imperial court did not expect the Guards Army to be of any great use.

For example, in this battle against Tatar, Zhengde's first thought was to mobilize the main force of the six towns to Shanxi to participate in the war.As for the nearly [-] military households in Shanxi, he has completely forgotten them, let alone the military households in Datong Prefecture.

Xie Ziran sighed: "Even if His Majesty thinks of the military households of Shanxi Xingdusi at that time, he will only use them as porters, and they will not be able to go to the front line at all."

He stroked his newly grown beard, and then said: "Being a porter coolie, no matter how good you are, others will not remember your benefits. But once you make a mistake, it is an unforgivable crime. But Mr. Guan, Now it’s a great opportunity.”

Guan Zhifu didn't talk much, so when Xie Xie naturally brought the topic to his own head, he was stunned: "I, what's wrong with me?"

Xie Ziran said: "Now, Your Majesty is personally visiting and staying in Datong. All the food and clothing in the palace are provided by the Datong Mansion. According to the teacher's words, the mansion can at least get to know each other before driving. Moreover, Datong City is only such a big place. Your Majesty has a temperament that likes to be active and not to be quiet. He will definitely go out and look around, explore the terrain, and formulate a battle plan. The government has resettled refugees in the past few months, and you have made outstanding achievements. The common people call you Guan Qingtian. Such achievements, naturally It must fall into the eyes of His Majesty. This great contribution cannot be escaped. To be honest, I am somewhat envious of Mr. Guan."

Hearing what he said, Guan Jizong was very excited.But after thinking about it, his face turned pale again: "This is terrible, this is terrible!"

In other words, Guan Jizong can be regarded as a capable general in the Su Mu family. At the beginning, Su Mu was still happy for him.Seeing that Guan Zhifu is so depressed now, he couldn't help asking: "Master Guan, what's wrong with you?"

Guan Jizong said distressedly: "Scholar Su, although the official is only in his early fifties, he looks old. Judging from his appearance, he is no different from an old man in his seventies. I am afraid that I will arouse His Majesty's suspicion by walking around in front of His Majesty all day long. It is suspected that the subordinate officer has exceeded the age."

Su Mu: "Master Guan, are you really only 50 years old?"

"It's genuine." Guan Jizong replied seriously.

"Haha, haha." Su Mu laughed out loud, even Xie Ziran didn't notice it.

Guan Jizong's face was flushed by Su Mu's smile, and he could hardly keep it.

After a long time, Su Mu put away his smile and comforted Guan Jizong: "Lord Guan, you don't know about this person, Your Majesty. He doesn't care about such details at all. As long as you are really capable and can contribute to the country, as for how old you are and what you look like , what does it matter?"

Indeed, Zhengde is absurd and nonsensical, and sometimes has some evil deeds.Things that are unimportant in the eyes of ordinary people are not worth mentioning in his eyes.

"Really?"

Guan Jizong's eyes lit up.

"I have been serving the Son of Heaven for so many years. Don't you know what His Majesty's disposition is?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Guan Zhifu felt relieved.

Su Mu asked the two of them again, how are they preparing for this battle?

Guan Zhifu replied that Su Mu allocated a lot of relief funds to Datong Mansion a while ago, and now all of them have been in place, and the treasury is now full.

Xie Ziran said that he had already unified the military households in Datong. Datong Prefecture had a dozen or so thousands of households. Calculated by dispatching [-] elite soldiers from each town, he had about [-] elite soldiers on hand, and the equipment was similar to that of the frontier army. The soldiers in the army are comparable, and they will be a force that can be relied on when they come to the battlefield in the future.Thanks to Guan Fujun's loan of tens of thousands of taels of silver, this army was formed.

Although the words are simple, Su Mu also knows how much hard work it takes to build a new army. Looking at Xie Ziran's face that has been blackened by the wind and frost, Su Mu couldn't help but nodded: "Thanks for your hard work."

With this team in hand, if used properly in the future, it may not be impossible to play a key role in the battlefield.

Unfortunately, Hu Shun did not come to Shanxi.

However, Su Mu was not worried.Jin Yiwei is the emperor's pro-army, and the commander of Jin Yiwei, Qian Ning, has come to Shanxi. Can he not come?

Moreover, according to the system, the emperor is in charge of the government, and the army in brocade clothes must stand under the emperor's majesty as guards.If the emperor has something good or bad, all the emperors will be executed.

Su Mu had been planning the Shanxi campaign for a long time, and had explained to Hu Shun several times before.As long as the old man himself is not stupid, as soon as the news of Zhengde's subdued pursuit spreads in the capital, he will definitely come to Datong on a fast horse as soon as possible.

The key to this matter is that Xie Ranran formed a strong army within a certain period of time. On the battlefield, there are real swords and guns. Only when you really control an army can you talk about others.Otherwise, even if Su Mu had the foresight and stayed in the central army tent to play tricks, he would not be able to gain any merit.

Thinking of this, Su Mu was really relieved, and said: "Junfu, if you have time, gather the army you have in hand, let me have a look."

Xie Ranran: "Yes, teacher. If teacher wants to see it, he can do it anytime."

Seeing that Su Mu was puzzled, he explained: "Generally speaking, the soldiers in the guards are trained by themselves. However, the students thought, if they let them train by themselves and wait until the time of war to regroup, the soldiers will not know the generals, and will not know the soldiers. What is the use for it? Therefore, the students gathered the army two months ago to break up and reorganize, and now they are stationed in Baideng Mountain, which is called the Baideng Camp."

"Ah, it turns out that the troops are at Baideng Mountain." Su Mu yelled and missed it, and said with a smile, "I should have known, before I entered Datong, I went to Ban Jianhou's Qianhu House to see it."

While talking, a soldier rushed in, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I have seen the three elders."

Xie Ranran: "What's the matter?"

The soldiers stopped talking and said: "My lord, there is a big...a big event...the Long Live Lord has come to Datong...to call the officials to talk..."

Xie Tianran smiled: "Your Majesty has already known about the personal conquest."

Soldier: "Someone from the magistrate's yamen said that His Majesty ordered the prefect to question him."

"Is there no one else?"

"No...others..."

Naturally, Xie's official position is not high, and his position as the capital is not an important position, so it's not surprising that the emperor didn't summon him.However, teacher...

Seeing his puzzled eyes, Su Mu didn't explain, but smiled and said, "I stay by His Majesty's side all day long, and I don't need to be summoned alone. I'll go see Long Live at night."

Xie Ranran suddenly realized: "That is, that is, the mentor is the emperor's close minister."

Su Mu rubbed his chin, pondered: It seems that I really want to see Zhengde later, no matter how I say it, I am in a daze in Shanxi.