The troops were ready to fight the Northern Expedition.
Currently, the health centers in the Ming Dynasty are undergoing frequent transfers.
Not only the training, but also the arrangement of some personnel is also relatively frequent and intensive.
This made many guards commanders complain endlessly.
Many commanders began to curse at the Ministry of War's arrangements.
Because among them, those with the most transfers are those from Qianhu.
Normally, there are five thousand households under a guard post, but in preparation for the Northern Expedition, some of the commanders' subordinates, even the third brother's thousand households, were replaced.
Replaced by a new guard sergeant.
Familiar faces were suddenly replaced by strangers, which made many guards commanders shout that they couldn't stand it.
Among the capital, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was even more busy.
Those who had the slightest chance of success came to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army to complain and wanted to impeach the Ministry of War.
Not far from the capital, the commanders of three guard posts rushed to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion overnight to seek an explanation.
"Mr. Ying Guo, please tell me something. We brothers came all the way here just for this matter."
"What does Ru Yun, the Minister of War, mean? How could he act so randomly all of a sudden? Your Majesty knows this."
"Your Majesty must not know which bastard is proposing such regulations. Isn't this harmful to people?"
"Just in my guard post, two thousand-household posts were changed at once. I can't even recognize all the people. If this goes to the battlefield, wouldn't it be chaos?"
The commander of a guard station had no fear of the Governor's Mansion at all, and his voice was so loud that the entire Governor's Mansion could hear it.
It's just that I didn't curse directly.
Fu Youde also felt a little headache and said, "I have already said that the Ministry of War's transfer order was approved by His Majesty."
"What can I do? Is it possible that I go to His Majesty and tell him that you don't follow the arrangements of the Ministry of War and have any objections?"
After hearing that it was related to His Majesty, several commanders suddenly turned off their fire.
One of them laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Ying Guo? We brothers are just complaining. How dare we disturb His Majesty?"
"I just think there must be some villain behind this, otherwise His Majesty would definitely not agree to it."
"Next year we will go to the grasslands to fight. If you do this, you don't know me, and I don't know you. How can you safely hand over your back to someone you don't know?"
Another person agreed: "Yes, if you do this, all your usual training will be messed up."
"Now that the situation is like this, the military households are very dissatisfied. My husband, wife and children are no longer around. I feel a little more worried about you on weekdays."
"The soldiers who come to my guardhouse are unwilling and listless every day."
"It would be better to ask Duke Ying Guo to deliver a memorial to His Majesty and talk about the situation here."
The guard station was a characteristic of the Ming Dynasty's military.
The soldiers in the guards were usually self-reliant. After the end of the Tang Dynasty's military system, Xuanzong and others established a recruitment system that continued until the later Yuan Dynasty. The recruitment system gave the army more autonomy, and these generals under their command also had a large enough power.
that power.
But the emperor was still a little wary of recruiting soldiers. After all, these military generals had too much power in the court, and recruiting soldiers in the Song Dynasty could no longer exert much power. Moreover, the implementation of the recruiting regime put a huge financial burden on the Ministry of Household Affairs.
As the Song Dynasty raised so many troops, their annual military expenditures were very large, and the Ministry of Household Finance was always tight.
The Ming Dynasty had just been established, the domestic situation was unstable, and the country's financial resources were insufficient. If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to stabilize the regime, he also needed a strong army.
But he also wanted to restore the domestic economy steadily, so he could not spend large sums of money to support the army. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang learned from the previous government army system and began to use the guard system.
The officers and soldiers in the guard station are called military households. Military households are inherited from generation to generation, which means that if the ancestors were soldiers, they would be the officers and soldiers in the guard station for generations.
Some military households were set up before the Yuan Dynasty, and these military households were also accepted by the Ming Dynasty. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the yellow book to be used to formally determine the domestic military households.
Local military households mainly have two responsibilities, one of which is farming, and the other is garrison. Guard soldiers need to be self-sufficient. Guard posts are found in various places. There are many guard posts across the country, and these guard posts are responsible for
Defend various areas of the country.
These military households have their own land and a fixed monthly ration. The military household responsible for farming must hand over military rations on time every month to provide it to the garrison and local officials.
Using this method, the Ming Dynasty also maintained a strong local military force and successfully reclaimed a lot of wasteland.
Now the Ministry of War suddenly ordered a switch.
It was a short-term mobile drill for the sergeants between adjacent guard posts, which made all the guard post commanders a little scared.
What they fear is not the loss of their power.
But he was worried that his corruption would be spread out.
In fact, the health center already has a system of rotating shifts.
The meaning of shift change is that it was a shift change system established by the Ming Dynasty in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the garrison.
It was stipulated that the troops of each garrison station would take turns to go to the capital and be organized into the capital for training in order to defend the capital or prepare for the expedition, also known as "Beijing Cao", which was later customized.
But this shift system is that under the leadership of the commander of the garrison, they are unified to the capital to garrison and practice.
For commanders, they are still leading the troops, which is a controllable behavior.
Now from an objective point of view, it is almost the same as changing shifts.
But the soldiers under his command have changed. At this time, the thousands of households in his family have to obey the arrangements of other commanders, which is not acceptable.
It should be noted that there is no peace among the commanders and envoys. There are countless grievances and grievances.
For example, one guard looked down upon that guard, or some military officers had accumulated grudges when they were trying to pacify the world.
As of now, there are few commanders of the guard posts who are not greedy.
The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
Generals like Lan Yu and Duke Liang took the lead in occupying civilian fields. The following are not to say that they followed suit.
In the final analysis, the biggest contradiction lies in interests.
Originally, the commander of the guard station got the big head, and the thousands and hundreds of households below got the small head.
This food is the military salary of the low-level sergeants and military households.
But now thousands of households have gone to other health centers.
There is no place to start.
Military households are mostly family members of sergeants.
For the thousands or hundreds of households that have been accustomed to it before, the brothers below are unlikely to have any opinions.
But now that people are away from home, they have to worry about one thing: whether their military households will be exploited by the new thousands or hundreds of households.
Wouldn't that mean someone else has taken away your job?
On my side, it was difficult to start because of the unfamiliar environment, and there were commanders above.
Each health center has its own rules.
Some health centers are more ruthless, but others have less corruption, which will create an imbalance.
So, the problem arises.
In the past few days, the Fifth Army Governor's Office has received letters of complaint from all the guard posts that have been mobilized.
Fu Youde was also a little helpless.
Said: "I advise you to calm down a little bit this time, but don't make the matter a big deal, it will not be good for everyone."
"Don't say it's you, even if it's Jingwei, it's the same situation."
"Be careful with your words. Could the Ministry of War have done something like this? How could the Minister of War, Ru Ru, have such courage?"
"Our Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is not just a decoration, and the matters above the court are not decided by his Minister of War."
"I'm still a genuine person, but I have to tell you that no one can stop this."
Having said this, Fu Youde paused slightly and whispered: "This is the wish of His Highness Taisun. His Majesty agreed, and then he asked the Ministry of War to do it."
Then he pointed at the commander who had just been called a bastard and cursed: "Based on what you just said, if word gets out, let alone the official uniform, there is a question as to whether the head can be saved."
Hearing this, the commander who spoke just now couldn't help but shrink his head.
To be able to hold the position of commander of the guard station, it is natural that he has made a lot of contributions to the Ming Dynasty.
Basically, most of the military commanders in various places in the Ming Dynasty had followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
That's why I speak so forcefully.
At present, Zhu Ying still has a high reputation in the Ming army, especially among the commanders.
Because of the previous establishment of the Public Security Department, some sergeants at the guard station, with certain merit, can serve as patrol officers in the Public Security Department, which is equivalent to a certain guarantee.
Although the Public Security Department is only established in some areas now, it will definitely be spread all over the country in the future. The sergeants at the guard station have a glimmer of hope.
Thousands of households, hundreds of households, of course it doesn't matter.
But Zongqi and Xiaoqi don’t care.
To put it simply, the general banner went to the Public Security Department, and he was more or less an official in the city.
What kind of fortune can the miserable military households have? At the Department of Public Security, living in the city is considered a fat job.
Earning just a little bit is much better than being in the suburbs like the guard station.
Now that Fu Youde has used the name of His Highness Taisun, several commanders suddenly find it hard to talk to each other.
"If that's the case, then I'll take my leave first."
A commander winked at his companions and was about to leave.
Although several others were reluctant, they could only follow and leave.
After leaving the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he asked: "This matter cannot be settled like this. Even His Highness Taisun should not block our financial path like this."
The leading commander said: "Why, do you still want to confront His Highness the Grand Sun?"
"The only way we can do now is to talk to Duke Liang."
"Although Liang Guogong is no longer in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, he is a relative of the emperor and has an irreconcilable relationship with His Highness the Grand Sun."