"How could the emperor say such a thing clearly?" Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "But I'm not just guessing, because my second uncle also said the same to those generals." He paused and then said: "But another person
On the other hand, your Majesty also hopes to see those noble disciples achieve success. After all, hereditary military generals are the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and your Majesty is unwilling to destroy it."
"Yes." Wang Xian nodded. He finally understood why Zhu Zhanji's young army was so disobedient. It turned out that they wanted to get the best of both worlds, but ended up looking completely different.
"No matter what, we must train the young army as soon as possible." Zhu Zhanji looked at Wang Xian's butt. There was something he wanted to talk about later, but he couldn't help it, so he had to say with a grimace: "This autumn the emperor will meet
A big martial arts performance will be held in Fangshan, and our young army will make its debut for the first time."
"Ah?" Wang Xian opened his mouth in shock and said, "Only less than three months?"
"To be precise, it's only two months and six days." Zhu Zhanji said gloomily: "My second uncle and his gang are all waiting to see my joke.
"Then what did you originally plan to do?"
"My original plan was to entrust full power to the Xue brothers." Zhu Zhanji shrugged and said, "When they have no choice but to fight, they will ask their father for help. Marquis Yangwu is the right governor, and there is no such thing as martial arts."
It’s easy to catch it.”
"Isn't this good?" Wang Xian stood up with support.
"Where are you going?"
"Apologise to the Xue brothers, and you can be beaten or scolded as long as they don't give up." Wang Xian said weakly.
"Don't be ridiculous." Zhu Zhanji smiled bitterly and said, "I was very conflicted before, but you just helped me make up my mind."
"What's the meaning?"
"Because in that case, the young army will become the Xue family army. And the emperor is very aware of everything, and I will definitely not be able to hide my small-mindedness from him. What the emperor wants to see is the soldiers I have trained personally, so he will definitely be unhappy."
"He is indeed a good boy, but the problem is," Wang Xian looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Do you have any other ideas?"
"No. If it doesn't work, I can only do it myself." Zhu Zhanji scratched his head and said: "I have been familiar with military books since I was a child, and I know some methods of training soldiers. But I need officers, and there are more than 10,000 new recruits.
.Really, it’s my first time to lead an army, I can definitely practice my skills with thousands of people first.
"The current emperor is the only emperor in the ages. He is so powerful that a thousand people cannot defeat him." Wang Xian said with a smile.
"You understand your Majesty quite well." Zhu Zhanji agreed: "But without a large number of qualified officers, even gods can't train them."
"Well," Wang Xian thought for a while: "The problem now becomes, how to find a group of suitable middle- and lower-level officers."
"You can say that." Zhu Zhanji curled his lips and said: "But it is almost impossible. The Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army is my second uncle's territory. Those generals listen to him and will not help me. Marquis Yangwu is just a
For example, and he won’t help me now…”
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he has to thank you." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "There is also the Jin Shangshu from the Ministry of War. He shouldn't be from His Highness the King of Han, right?"
"Jin Shangshu cannot be regarded as my second uncle's man, but the Ministry of War has always dealt with the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. He will not offend my second uncle for us." Zhu Zhanji said: "And the power to dispatch troops and generals is
It's in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion and it's not in his hands."
"Generally speaking, there are more solutions than difficulties, but most of the time, the solution lies in other people's minds." Wang Xian shook his head and said: "I don't believe that the Minister of War, the Minister of War, can't do anything.
I'm going to try my luck."
"Since you said so, I'll go there." Zhu Zhanji followed suit.
"Your goal is too big, so I'd better go and test it out first." Wang Xian smiled bitterly and said, "It will be much more natural if I go."
"Naturally?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Wang Xian's butt, imagining his limping appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "Is this suitable for you to go to the Ministry of War Yamen?"
"It's impossible not to go..." Wang Xian whispered: "If you don't believe me, just wait and see."
"You're still alive." Zhu Zhanji didn't believe it. But he believed it only half an hour later, because the Ministry of War sent someone to tell Wang Xian that the Minister wanted to see him.
"You are still a god." The same five words, said in different tones, have different meanings.
"It's nothing, it's just that when I first came to Beijing, Jin Shangshu warned me that he would always keep an eye on me..." Wang Xian said calmly.
"Why are you staring at you?"
"As long as I make a mistake, I will be kicked out of the Young Army." Wang Xian smiled bitterly and said, "I don't seem to be giving you much face."
"In their eyes, I'm just a stupid kid. What kind of face can I have? But I don't dare not give Master Yao face." Zhu Zhanji sneered and said, "You might as well wait for a while before going."
"Why?"
"I have arranged for someone to accidentally leak the fact that you are a student of Master Yao. As the Minister is well-informed, I should have known it by now." Zhu Zhanji said: "But out of caution, you should go there later. Bar."
"That's fine." Wang Xian nodded and said with a wry smile, "I don't know when the old monk will know."
"Master Yao is busy chanting Buddha's name all day long, how can he have time to pay attention to such trivial matters..." Zhu Zhanji comforted irresponsibly.
"I hope..." Wang Xian closed his eyes in depression.
In the yamen of the Ministry of War, in the room where the book is signed.
Before settling in, the climate in the capital was very hot. For the sake of confidentiality, the signing room had no windows and was airtight. It was extremely hot and muggy, and even an ice bucket could not relieve the heat.
Even though the back of his clothes was soaked with sweat, Jin Shangshu was still sitting neatly behind the big case, processing official documents meticulously. This morning, the emperor announced that he had accepted Arutai's tribute as a vassal. Based on his understanding of this great emperor, Maha There will definitely be big trouble in the Muhe Oara tribe - the emperor is probably thinking of conquest again.
This also means that he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, is in big trouble. Although the imperial court has a five-army governor's office that is responsible for leading troops to fight, the heavy tasks of logistics support and army deployment all fall on his head, the Minister of the Ministry of War. 1. Jin Shangshu knew that the emperor was resolute and resolute. Once he made up his mind, he would never delay for too long. It would be too late to make preparations by then. He had to take precautions and take action in advance.
Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who was seriously ill and suspicious, Zhu Di gave his ministers deep trust. He appointed the six ministers and ministers of public affairs and served them for many years without worrying that they would monopolize power. For example, Jian Yi, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and Xia Yuanji, the minister of the household ministry, And he, the Minister of War, has been in the position since the early years of Yongle, and has not been replaced until now. Of course, this is based on the premise that Emperor Yongle has a good understanding of people. People like Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji, and Jin Zhong, They all deserve the emperor's trust. It can even be said that it was their hard work and dedication that supported the glory of Yongle's prosperous age.
Simply thinking about Zhu Di's great achievements in ten years, you can understand the difficulty of several ministers. Later generations can't even imagine how they managed to survive with Zhu Di, the second most troublesome master in history. Jin Zhong The answer is very simple, Wei Zhonger... After returning from the next court, Jin Shangshu ordered people to move the files and began to do his homework. The more he did, the more solemn his face became. Because he found that at the end of last year, he gave in to Xia Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance. There were too many, which led to a drastic reduction in military spending, and Jiaozhi was not pacified as scheduled. The result was that ordnance, armor, equipment, food and grass... were only enough to maintain daily operations, but were far from enough to cope with the large army's expedition.
The reason why he was willing to give in to Xia Shangshu in the first place was because he knew that the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty was very bad and the people were already overwhelmed. They could no longer plunder people's wealth by issuing money indiscriminately. That's why he stood up to the King of Han and such a noble man.
He blamed them and agreed to cut military spending. Of course, this must have been approved by the emperor, but no one expected that Arutai would suddenly surrender.
Now that the opportunity has suddenly come, with the emperor's character, he will definitely forget about his promise not to conduct the Northern Expedition within five years. This is simply a certainty. So Jin Zhong knew that he had to fill this hole, and the thought of asking Xia Yuanji
That iron rooster gave him headaches.
Jin Shangshu was feeling depressed when his chief attendant came in and reported that two groups of young army generals fought in Yihong Pavilion last night.
The Young Army was formed by Jin Zhong under the emperor's order. At least in the early days of its establishment, he was responsible for anything that happened, so Jin Zhong ordered people to keep a close eye on them and report any situation at any time. Hearing this news, Jin Shangshu had an even greater headache.
It's amazing. Fighting has been a common occurrence since the formation of the Young Army. At first, I still fought with outsiders, but now it's better, fighting within the nest...
"Okay, I'm getting more and more courageous." Jin Shangshu snorted coldly: "Are there Xue brothers again?" He decided to punish them severely this time.
"Yes, there is one side of the Xue brothers," Chang Sui whispered: "The Wang Xian that His Highness Taisun brought to the capital is the other side." Jin Zhong ordered them to pay attention to Wang Xian's movements at all times, so Chang Sui emphasized it specially.
"Good boy, you really turned a deaf ear to my warning." Jin Shangshu said with a gloomy face: "He thinks he can be unscrupulous if he makes some noise in the capital? I will drive him away even if he offends my grandson this time.
Go out of the capital"
"Yes." Changsui responded softly, but secretly thought in his heart, it must be because you want to repair the relationship with His Highness the King of Han.
The people who know you best are naturally the people around you. Chang Sui guessed what Jin Zhong was thinking. Jin Shangshu really wanted to repair the relationship with Zhu Gaoxu, but it was not for any purpose, but because of the upcoming war, the Ministry of War must
He had to work together with the Fifth Army Governor's Office. He had promised to drive Wang Xian out of the Young Army. He was just worried about his grandson's face and had been waiting for the right opportunity. Unexpectedly, only a few days later,
The opportunity has come...
After Lord Shangshu gave an order, Wang Xian was carried into the carriage and came to the Yamen of the Ministry of War.
Carriages were not allowed to enter the important place of Liubu Yamen, at least Wang Xian's level was not allowed to enter by car, so he had to let Erhei carry him inside.
"Stop, I'm told that when you enter the Yamen, you must walk. Come down and walk by yourself." The soldier guarding the gate stopped him when he saw this.
"That's what I'm saying. My lord just hit me with a forty military stick, how can I get out of here?" Shuai Hui sneered: "If your lord is not in a hurry, how about my lord go back and recover from his injuries first, and then go in?"