Emperor Wanli said strangely: "Of course, how could this be false?"
Liu Haojia immediately raised his hands in the direction of the palace and said, "Your Majesty, you are a saint!"
Emperor Wanli blurted out subconsciously: "No matter how sage my mother is, she won't help me!"
Liu Haojia pretended not to hear these words, changed the subject and said: "Has your Majesty understood the deep meaning of the empress?"
Emperor Wanli looked at Zhang Jia in confusion. He didn't get an answer from him, so he could only shake his head and wait for Liu Haojia's answer. Liu Haojia whispered: "Does your Majesty know about the Yulin Guard?"
Emperor Wanli thought for a moment and said, "I know this! I remember it should be an army under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, right?"
Liu Haojia turned his gaze to Zhang Jia, wanting to see how he would answer. Zhang Jia is naturally smart enough as a person who can work beside Emperor Wanli, and he is also a leader cultivated by the inner study room! So he thought for a while and said: "This Yu Linwei is a team trained by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che himself! The name comes from serving the country's wings, which means Lin Zhisheng. When he trained this team, he ate with the soldiers. They live together, so the entire army has a very strong combat effectiveness, and can be said to be like an arm in command!"
Seeing that the two of them had nothing to add, Liu Haojia said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, is this all you two are thinking about?"
Emperor Wanli thought for a long time and found that he still had nothing to add, and then he said hesitantly: "The masters taught these when they taught the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Is there any deeper meaning in it?"
Liu Haojia snorted and said, "It's really heartbreaking!"
Although Emperor Wanli was dissatisfied with the severity of several masters, he still respected them in his heart, so he was a little dissatisfied when Liu Haojia said this! He raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean by this? Is your knowledge higher than that of several masters?"
Liu Haojia said: "The knowledge of the common people is naturally not as good as those of those adults, but your Majesty's masters did not tell you things that even the common people know, which shows that they have bad intentions, so I said that they have bad intentions. It’s damnable!”
Emperor Wanli said unhappily: "Then tell me! If you can't tell Zi Wu Mao You today, don't blame me for punishing you!"
Liu Haojia organized his language and said: "Your Majesty, you will know after listening to me! Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Yulin Guards in light of the situation at that time. As the leader of a country, why did he organize a separate army? Is it possible that the Han Dynasty Wasn't there enough troops? It was because the entire state affairs at that time were in the hands of the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no military power and could not guarantee his own safety! In order to ensure his own safety and regain power in the future, he had to use his upbringing He formed a new army in the name of an orphan! After all, as long as he was in the military camp, he was safe, even safer than staying in the palace! At the same time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not treat the Yulin Guards as an ordinary army. Train all the soldiers around him as officers! So when there is a chance in the future, he only needs to send soldiers to the Habayashi Guards, and in an instant an army capable of fighting hard will appear!"
Emperor Wanli's political literacy was not bad, and his face stiffened after hearing Liu Haojia's words! If Liu Haojia hadn't mentioned the second role of the Yulin Guard, he might have been even more scared! However, he still said loudly: "Liu Haojia, you are slandering the Queen Mother and the Chief Assistant. Do you know your guilt?"
Liu Haojia cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. You can answer a few questions of the common people first and then punish the common people for their crimes!"
Emperor Wanli stared into Liu Haojia's eyes and said, "Say it!"
Liu Haojia asked: "Your Majesty, who is in charge of the current government affairs? Can Your Majesty take a hand?"
Emperor Wanli was stunned for a moment by his question, but he still stared and said, "That's because I am young, and my mother and Master Zhang feel that I am not able to handle state affairs now! What if..."
Liu Haojia waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's get over this issue first. Now let me ask Your Majesty, the country has an army of one million, which one can Your Majesty command?"
Emperor Wanli opened his mouth to answer, but then he realized that he really couldn't mobilize any army! The army is either in the hands of the Ministry of War or in the hands of nobles, neither of which he can mobilize! However, he still thought for a moment and said loudly: "I can mobilize the pure army of the Royal Horse Supervisor!"
The Pure Army is an army composed of eunuchs. Mainly distributed in royal palaces, royal gardens, and royal tombs. Some have some fighting ability, but most of them just do drudgery.
The pure army mainly comes from three aspects. One is people who castrate themselves privately. In the past, in order to ensure population growth, private castration was not allowed. But some people perform private castration because of life pressure or other purposes!
There are historical records: "People in the capital envied the wealth and honor of the officials, so they secretly mutilated young boys in order to keep them. There were also undocumented children, married people who died by themselves, and every time the Ministry of Rites petitioned for them, they all had imperial approval. If he is exempted from death, he will be assigned to the Foreign Guards Station and be named Jingjun. If he is pardoned, he will be sent to Nanyuan to grow vegetables according to the story. If there is a vacancy, he will be selected to serve. There are also those who can solve problems intelligently and become prominent."
This means that someone wants to work in the palace as a servant. However, it didn't work out. When there were many such people, the court would absolve them of their crimes and organize them into groups. If you are lucky, you can work in the palace as an errand. There are also people who are capable of causing trouble and reach the top.
There is also the case of eunuchs who were demoted to the Jingjun after making mistakes. The proportion of such people in the Pure Army is very large! Even some of the more powerful eunuchs were reprimanded. For example, Wang An, Shang Ming, Wang Yue, Li Fang, etc.
The biography of Wang An in "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Wang An was originally a confidant of Guangzong Zhu Changluo, and he also played a role in supporting Emperor Tianqi in the palace transfer case. However, he was too close to the Donglin Party. Later, when he lost power, he was exiled to Nanhaizi to serve as a pure army. Later he was killed.
The last source was the troops composed of eunuchs with good physical fitness specially trained by the emperor or the eunuchs in power. But in fact, the combat effectiveness of this kind of army is very low and of little use.
At this time, Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Your Majesty, can you really command the Jing Army? He is in Feng Bao's hands. Without him, you can't command the Jing Army! And you don't know who Feng Bao has the best relationship with?" Is it clear? Moreover, the most important point is that since the dynasty has millions of soldiers, why does it need to establish a pure army? "
At this time, both Emperor Wanli and Zhang Jia were stunned and couldn't think of an answer for a while! Just listen to Liu Haojia squeeze out a sentence through his teeth and say: "Because most of the army is in the hands of civilian officials, and only a small part of the army is in the hands of nobles, and this part of the army is still suppressed by civilian officials." Yes, a lot of sand was inserted inside! If there is no pure army in the palace, the palace gate and palace walls will be just decorations! I’m afraid His Majesty won’t be able to sleep well in it, right? But Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng have a close relationship, so this The Pure Army is equivalent to being abolished!"
