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 arrangements of some personnel are also relatively frequent and intensive.
This made many guards commanders complain endlessly.
Many commanders began to curse at the arrangements of the Ministry of War.
Because among them, those who have been mobilized the most 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 Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army was even more busy.
Those who had some luck came to the Fifth Army Commander's Office 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 Governor'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 on earth does Ruru, the Minister of War, mean? How could he act so randomly all of a sudden? Your Majesty knows this."
"Your Majesty definitely doesn't know which bastard is proposing this kind of 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 we go to the battlefield, wouldn't it be chaos?"
A commander of a guard station had no fear of the Governor's Mansion at all. His voice was so loud that the entire Governor's Mansion could hear it.
It's just that he 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 lost their temper.
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."
"Next year we will go to the grassland 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 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.
With so many troops in the Song Dynasty, their annual military expenditures were very large, and the finances of the Ministry of Household Affairs were 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 use of yellow books to formally determine 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 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.
In fact, the health center already has a system of rotating shifts.
The meaning of shift change is that this is the 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 Beijing 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 is also a shift system, under the leadership of the commander of the garrison, they are unified to the capital to garrison and practice.
For the commanders, they are still leading the troops, which is a controllable behavior.
Now from an objective point of view, it’s 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 on that guard, or some military officers had accumulated grudges when they were trying to pacify the world.
For now, there are few commanders of the guard 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 people's fields. It's not as if those below followed suit.
The biggest contradiction in this is, in the final analysis, still about interests.
Originally, the commander of the guard station had the big head, and the thousands and hundreds of households below had the small head.
This food is the military salary of the low-level sergeants and military households.
But now the thousands of households have gone to other health centers.
There is no place to start.
Most of the military households are the family members of the 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 his job?
On my side, it was difficult to start because of the unfamiliar environment, and there was a commander 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 Commander'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 Jingwei's side is in 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 Fifth Army Commander's Mansion 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 about this, no one can stop it."
At this point, Fu Youde paused slightly and whispered: "This is what His Highness Taisun wanted. 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 said just now, if word spreads, let alone this official uniform, whether the head can be saved is a problem."
Hearing this, the commander who just spoke 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 he speaks so hard.
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 I don’t care.
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? The Public Security Department, but 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 brought out the name of His Highness Taisun, it makes it difficult for several commanders to speak.
"If that's the case, then I'll take my leave first."
A commander winked at his companions and was about to leave.
Although the other people were a little 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 Duke Liang is no longer in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, he is a relative of the emperor and has a sworn relationship with His Highness the Grand Sun."
"There must be a way to find him."
The Duke's Mansion of Liang Kingdom.
Lan Yu has been in charge of the Public Security Department since the chaos was put down.
Although he is nominally the governor of the Department of Public Security, he actually doesn't have much to do every day.
When Zhu Ying was with him, the Public Security Department of the capital had the power to supervise all officials, which sounded good. However, as far as the capital was concerned, it was not as realistic as the Jin Yiwei to supervise all officials.
The Department of Public Security does not have any specialized talents in this area, and they just deal with some complicated and trivial matters on weekdays.
In fact, the current Department of Public Security is quite busy, because the prosperity of the capital has led to many cases, but there are no big cases. Except for the death of a court official, in Lan Yu's view, it is not a big deal.
How much authority did Sapphire have before?
To use Lan Yu's drunken arrogance: I alone control the promotion of sergeants in the world.
As the Left Governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, the Great General, Liang Guogong, and the leader of the Huaixi Xungui Group, his words are really not bragging.
But as arrogant as he was before, he is so lonely now.
After relinquishing military power, the status of the leader of the Huaixi Xungui Group is now somewhat unstable. Even a reckless general can react to His Highness Taisun's series of operations. His Highness Taisun is trying his best to interfere with military power. .
This year alone, a large number of Qianhu who came from Xuanjia Guard have been continuously inserted into various guards in the capital.
On the surface, the commanders have not changed much. Except for Lan Yu, the military power of the generals does not seem to have changed much. But in fact, only the commanders of the guards know that the military power is constantly gathering towards His Highness Taisun. .
In addition to the current Daming Military Academy, when the first class of students graduates, they will inevitably join the army.
With the aura of being disciples of the emperor and the confidants of the great grandson, they will naturally be extremely loyal to the great grandson.
Just when Lan Yu was about to meet some friends for a drink, the housekeeper came to report: "Sir, there are four commanders outside who want to see you."
Lan Yu asked curiously: "Who is coming?"
The butler replied: "The other three are somewhat unfamiliar. The leader is Wang Yue who once followed the master."
Wang Yue is the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province and the commander-in-chief of the capital.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu, because he had been guarding the border for a long time and was tired of attacking, he was summoned to the capital by your majesty.
Now he is the commander of the first guard station on the edge of the capital, and concurrently serves as the commander-in-chief of the Zuo Army.
After Lan Yu thought about it for a while, he roughly knew his purpose.
"Let them in."
Soon after, four capital commanders headed by Wang Yue came inside.
As soon as he entered the lobby, Lan Yu stood up and scolded: "You left your post without permission and came to the capital without an order. However, you committed a serious crime. Now you dare to come in front of me. You are really audacious."
Wang Yue and four others were immediately shocked when they heard this.
The leader, Wang Yue, knelt down on one knee and begged: "General, now that the guard has changed, we have no choice but to ask for help, General."
Lan Yu sneered and said: "What kind of help? It's just a matter of mobilizing thousands of households for training. Do you think I don't know about your bad things?"
"As for your matters, do you think His Highness the Grand Sun doesn't know about it?"
"This matter is what His Highness Taisun meant. If you go back early and make up for the previous deficit, His Highness Taisun will naturally not pursue it too much. Please stop doing those things in the future."
"Only by training well in the army can we ensure wealth and honor for generations to come. After all, corruption and perversion of the law will not escape the eyes of His Highness the Grand Sun."
After the reprimand, Wang Yue and the four of them looked at each other and felt much more at ease.
What they fear most is that the matter will be exposed. Who would have thought that His Highness the Grand Sun would already know about it and give them a chance.
In this case, you can go back with peace of mind.
(End of chapter)
