Zhu Houzhao left the palace. Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, and British Duke Zhang Mao had been waiting here for a long time. Chen Kuan, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, naturally followed Zhu Houzhao out. Although he was out of the palace on errands, Chen Kuan was a eunuch after all.

Foreign ministers are different. To be a eunuch, you need to have the consciousness to be a eunuch. Chen Kuan certainly lacked this, otherwise he would not be able to be the eunuch.

"I will see you, Prince!"

Under the leadership of Ma Wensheng, everyone bowed and saluted Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao got off his horse and helped Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao up with a smile: "My dear friends, please forgive me! This time, Xiao Wang will follow all my dear ladies on the tour.

Jingying, the main thing is to take a look and learn from it. Dear friends, you don’t need to be polite." After that, Zhu Houzhao said to Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao: "My dear friends, you can just follow the arrangements."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's attitude, both Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao breathed a sigh of relief. Although His Highness the Crown Prince was said to be sensitive, eager to learn, and calm and mature, His Highness the Crown Prince was only ten years old after all, and he liked military martial arts very much. This could be seen from his dress.

It can be seen that if His Highness the Crown Prince insists on showing off himself on a whim, then this matter will not be easy to handle.

This couldn't be better now. Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao quickly said: "Now that I have made the decision, please move the prince!"

The group of people left in front of the palace gate and quickly left the palace. Their destination was naturally the military campus. Although it was said to be a patrol, they did not go to see one by one, but pulled the team over one by one. Moreover,

This time, the review was not about soldiers but generals. The main purpose was to examine their strategy, riding and shooting skills. As the saying goes, a soldier is like a wolf, and a general is like a den. Although there is no such saying in this era, everyone knows the truth.

The ones that were inspected this time were mainly the 12th Regiment Battalion, also known as the Jingying Camp. The Jingshi Jingying Camp was also called the Three Battalions, including the Fifth Military Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion. When the three major battalions were first built, they were quite popular.

Combat strength. The main force was depleted in the Civil War. During the Jingtai period, Yu Qian, the Minister of War, reformed the establishment of the Beijing camp and selected 100,000 elite troops from the three major battalions. They were divided into ten battalions for training in preparation for emergency deployment, and were called ten regiment battalions.

At the beginning of Tianshun, the ten regiment camps were dismissed. At the beginning of Chenghua period, the old system of ten regiment camps was restored. It was dismissed in the second year and restored in the third year, and was added to the twelve regiment camps. Their names were Fen, Yao, Lian, Xian and Siwuying.

Dare, fruit, and effect, drum up the four brave camps, stand up, stretch, raise, and invigorate the four mighty camps. The twelve regiments and camps are divided into twelve princes, with the support of the capital command, and the supervision of the internal ministers. Each regiment and camp is divided into five armies, three

Thousands, Shenji Third Battalion.

Now the name of the three major battalions is no longer accurate. The 12th Regiment Battalion of the Beijing Camp is more appropriate. These people are now the main force of the Beijing Camp.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao paid more attention to the Twenty-Two Guards of the Pro-Army. This unit was the pain in Zhu Houzhao's heart. The Twenty-Two Guards of the Pro-Army originally had only twelve guards. The top twelve Guards of the Pro-Army were responsible for escorting the left and right during the Ming Dynasty.

, the Imperial Guards of the Emperor who guard the imperial palace. These sergeants are all strong and strong soldiers with extraordinary martial arts skills who were selected through rigorous training. It was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in the 15th year of Hongwu.

In the Yongle Dynasty, ten more guards were added, and in the Xuande Dynasty, four more guards were added, for a total of twenty-six guards.

The purpose of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of a pro-military army was to establish a imperial guard army under the personal control of the emperor. It was independent of the general army under the jurisdiction of the Five Army Governor's Office and the Ministry of War. However, as the emperor's power was gradually replaced by the civilian government, especially the

Invaded by the power of the cabinet minister, the 26 pro-army guards, except for the Jinyi Guards, were gradually controlled by the Ministry of War, and were no longer an army that the emperor could fully control.

In the 14th year of the Zhengtong reign, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen led an army to personally conquer Wala. The army was said to be 500,000 strong, but it actually included the emperor's personal army and the generals of the generals and lords. The total number was only about 230,000 to 250,000.

More than half of the elite troops of the Emperor's 26 Guards went on the expedition as the Emperor's retinue.

After the defeat of Tumubao, the 26 troops of the emperor's personal army who did not go out to fight but still stayed in Beijing were all recruited and went into the defense of Beijing under the unified command of Yu Qian, the Minister of War.

Since then, except for Jin Yiwei, Teng Xiang left guard, Teng Xiang right guard, Wu Xiang left guard, and Wu Xiang right guard, the rest of the twenty-six guards of the pro-army have been mixed with the ordinary troops of the Beijing camp, although their names are not yet known.

It was changed, but it was changed to be managed by the Ministry of War, and it was no longer the Imperial Guard under the personal command of the emperor. It was controlled by civilian officials in terms of administration, personnel, salary, etc., and it gradually declined. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it no longer had much combat effectiveness, and there were few

mentioned.

This army once followed Emperor Yongle to defeat Mongolia. It was a powerful force held by the emperor and an army that was absolutely loyal to the emperor.

This can be seen from the Jin Yiwei. The emperor personally owns the army. Is that just talk? Wherever he goes, he must be superior to others.

It's just that now, except for the Four Guards Camp and the Warrior Camp of the Royal Horse Guards, the emperor has no troops in his hands. Only when he has enough troops in his hands can the emperor be confident. This has not changed since ancient times. This is also

The reason why Emperor Zhengde wanted to revive military affairs and regain military power in his hands was a pity that he fell into the water and died at a young age.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao sighed lightly, and at the same time he felt that he should learn to swim. With his current physical fitness and the swimming skills he learned in his previous life, his water skills should be good, right?

"Which battalion is here today?" Zhu Houzhao turned to look at Chen Kuan behind him and asked in a low voice. Naturally, the 12th Regiment Battalion could not complete the inspection in one day, and had to do it step by step.

"His Royal Highness, we are going back to Fenziying among the four military camps!" Chen Kuan quickly explained beside Zhu Houzhao: "That person over there is the governor of Fenziying, Sun Fu, the Marquis of Huaining!"

After hearing Chen Kuan's words, Zhu Houzhao turned around and looked over. Sure enough, he saw a general sitting not far away. However, he was not wearing armor but an official uniform, the official uniform of a military general. Zhu Houzhao frowned immediately and stood up.

As a military commander, it is very inappropriate to wear official uniforms instead of armor on such occasions. You must know that the British Duke Zhang Mao next to Zhu Houzhao came wearing armor.

The most important thing is that the prince Zhu Houzhao is wearing armor, but Sun Fu, the Marquis of Huaining, comes wearing official uniform.

"Your Highness, Marquis Huaining is not in good health. He fell ill a few days ago. He managed to survive this time." Seeing that Zhu Houzhao seemed a little unhappy, Chen Kuan explained to Sun Fu.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Chen Kuan and nodded gently. This man looked not young anymore. He turned back and did not look at him. Zhu Houzhao would not be prejudiced against him because he was not wearing armor, nor would he
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