"He Shanggong, He Shangguan, you are not allowed to enter here!" At this moment, the anxious voices of two eunuchs came from outside, seeming to be stopping someone who wanted to break into the palace.
"Slave, go take a look!" Guo Yong and Liu Jin were both present, and Liu Jin was the first to react. Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, then gently put down the memorial in his hand. He looked up and saw that the woman blocked at the door was none other than He Shanggong from Qingning Palace.
"Your Majesty, I have come here on the orders of the Empress Dowager and I hope to meet you!" He Shanggong seemed to be in a hurry, but he was pleading.
Zhu Youtang glanced at He Shang Palace indifferently, and then said to Liu Jin and other eunuchs: "Let her come in!" In the Forbidden City, in addition to eunuchs and maids, there is also a special group of female officials.
It's just that many affairs in the palace are now handled by eunuchs, and now female officials have almost no sense of presence.
"We are paying homage to Your Majesty. We are here to deliver a message on the orders of the Empress Dowager, so we just lost etiquette!" He Shangguan, a tall and thin middle-aged woman, knelt down and said politely.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Zhu Youtang simply said straight to the point: "I have explained clearly what happened to Marquis Qingyun. If the Empress Dowager is really unable to calm down, I will personally go to Qingning Palace to apologize in the future!" Regarding the matter of Wenzhan, he inevitably encountered resistance from the Empress Dowager, but in the end he decided to push Zhou Shou to the guillotine.
It's just that this decision undoubtedly completely angered the Empress Dowager Zhou. It can even be said that the relationship between ancestors and grandchildren has been completely broken. The Empress Dowager Zhou once made a scene of hanging herself.
Zhu Youtang naturally knew that Empress Dowager Zhou's method was actually forcing him to submit. After all, in this era, the label of being unfilial was very serious, but he also knew that cold treatment was the wisest move in this era, so he still did not plan to go to Qingning. The palace watched the old woman's performance.
After all, I can still shirk some responsibility sitting here, but if she really threatens him with death, I will easily fall into a dilemma.
"The Empress Dowager has said, please come over now, she wants to reconcile with you!" He Shanggong looked up at Zhu Youtang and said seriously.
This... Guo Yong and Liu Jin exchanged glances silently, vaguely feeling that this was clearly a Hongmen banquet.
Zhu Youtang naturally knew that the Empress Dowager Zhou was trying to make herself uncomfortable, so he picked up a secret report next to him and said: "This is the secret report just sent by the Jin Yiwei. Take it back and show it to the Empress Dowager. Liu Jin hurriedly came up He Shanggong took the secret report and couldn't help but take a look at it, his face suddenly suddenly changed. Zhu Youtang saw her reaction in his eyes and said calmly: "That's the end of the matter! You go back and tell the Empress Dowager: She will be her Empress Dowager, and I will be my emperor. We will still have a relationship between grandparents and grandchildren! "
"Wei Chen must tell you, Wei Chen is resigning!" He Shanggong put the memorial away silently, and then resigned.
Zhu Youtang knew that many people would think that the wisest thing to do was to retain Marquis Qingyun, which could maintain the superficial harmony of the harem and ensure his own safety.
It's just that he is now in control of the government. In the past, he could pretend to be stupid and make people think that he was a harmless wardrobe prince, but now he would be asking for death if he pretended to be weak anymore.
Xiang Yu didn't kill Liu Bang. At that time, he really thought that Liu Bang was a little white rabbit. If he found out that Liu Bang was Cao Cao, he would have chopped him into pieces before he was served.
Zhu Youtang has now shown his talents in the court, so naturally he has to make a decisive decision in the palace. Even though this palace is full of crises, he is ultimately the master here and the emperor of this dynasty.
In fact, breaking up the relationship now can save oneself more. And today, everyone knows that he personally killed the brother of the Empress Dowager, which will actually make some people turn against him.
Of course, now that the relationship between mother-in-law and grandson has broken down, we really can't catch a cold lightly these days.
The little goblin who waits on him every day is quite pretty, especially his eyes with a charm that is rare for girls. It seems that she can warm the bed.
The days passed and the weather became colder and colder. In this November, a memorable event occurred in the Ming Dynasty.
Since the Tumubao Incident, the leadership of the Beijing camp has slowly fallen into the hands of the civil service group. It's just that the budget-minded civil servants never thought that training hundreds of thousands of Beijing troops was a good deal. If it weren't for the military household system formulated by Taizu, they might have disbanded the Beijing army.
Even though the Beijing Army's strength of hundreds of thousands was retained, the Beijing Army could be seen in many projects. For example, the Maoling Mausoleum just built by Emperor Chenghua had tens of thousands of personnel transferred by the Ministry of War to serve as laborers.
It can also be seen from this incident that today's Ming Dynasty should not be said to be strong in culture and weak in military affairs, but that the military generals have long since lost their place.
Everything is a process of prosperity and decline. The Peking troops were used as laborers by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works, but their rations continued to decrease rather than increase, causing the Peking troops to flee.
Fortunately, the current Beijing camp has not been destroyed by the civil service group, and there are still many passionate warriors here.
In particular, Tumu Fort has not been around for too long, and many soldiers want to avenge their past humiliation and restore the heroic appearance of the iron-blooded Ming army in the early Ming Dynasty.
"The monthly payment is two taels of silver. Isn't this a dream?"
"You didn't make it clear enough. If you can get perfect attendance and A grade, you can add one or two more!"
"This is just the salary of ordinary soldiers, it will be higher for small banners, general banners and hundreds of households!"
"I'm afraid that good things like this won't be our turn. They will definitely be taken up by those related households!"
"Don't worry. This time, the commander will personally select you. Only those who meet the requirements can go there. And I heard that they won't be sent to another camp!"... When the SHIELD camp first started recruiting, many soldiers were directly treated like this. They were stunned, but the reaction of many soldiers was that good things would not happen to them.
At present, the Ming Dynasty's Zhese has not yet become popular, so the soldiers' rations are still rice grains. Now the Beijing army only receives a measly two shi of grain per month, and this grain is subject to layers of deductions from above.
In fact, corruption is not only serious at the local level, but also in the military. In particular, those with military service are trying their best to make money in the military.
Exactly like this, when they learned about the generous treatment of Camp SHIELD, their saliva overflowed.
"I chose it!"
"Haha... I chose it too!"
"The Lord Commander is still fair. I won't have to suffer Zhao Papi's anger in this camp anymore!"... As the list of people selected for the SHIELD camp was released, many strong soldiers were successfully selected, and these people appeared to be... He said happily as if he was proud of himself.
Each battalion selected about 250 soldiers, and these were all physically strong men. They were already the strongest group of soldiers selected among the 12th battalion.
It was on November 22nd that the SHIELD Battalion assembled 3,000 new soldiers, and this was undoubtedly a day worth remembering in history.
Since the military camp located in the north of the city has not yet been completed, the SHIELD Battalion chose a place outside the north city to serve as a temporary camp, and only started training on the first day of entering the camp.
"Where did this military style fist come from? It's so tiring!"
"If this happens every day, how can we still live?"
"That's right, now I have no strength at all!"... Just when many sergeants were complaining about the hard training, they suddenly froze, and then walked quickly towards the direction of the stove in search of the smell of meat.
In the iron pot on the stove, pots of mutton were burning, and these were fat sheep that had just been slaughtered.
As the meal time came, the porridge and pickles were no longer in front of them, but white rice and pots of fragrant meat.
"Can we really eat meat every day?"
"Nonsense, we are the most elite SHIELD battalion!"
"This kind of food is just like a dream!"... The soldiers of the SHIELD Battalion were eating meat with bright smiles and lamented about the sudden appearance of good days as if they were dreaming.
Although the training is a bit harder, having such good food and a considerable salary is a good thing that I never dared to imagine before.
They have always been used as engineers, and they are sent wherever there are big projects, which makes them forget whether they are soldiers or workers.
It's just that things are different now. After the new emperor came to the throne and cleaned up the government, he now obviously wants to treat their soldiers favorably and let the Ming Dynasty cavalry rise again.
"Now you are eating white rice, eating big chunks of meat in the bowl, and holding snowflakes of monthly money, but you must always remember in your heart! You are the best battalion in the world created by His Majesty, if you still remain a coward , Go back to where I came from, commander, and go back and move your bricks!" Zhang Yong, the commander of the Aegis Battalion, shouted to the soldiers who were eating.
"Who is this eunuch? Why did you arrange for us to have an eunuch in charge of the army?"
"This is Zhang Yong, the eunuch in charge of the Fenwu Camp. I heard he is a ruthless character!"
"It's just an eggless thing. It can't survive three rounds in my hands!"
"Tie Xiangshan, I know you are brave, but you really can't beat the commander!"
"Bullshit! I will definitely challenge Zhang Yong when I see Your Majesty another day. How can we, the elite of the Beijing camp, listen to a useless commander!"... A tall man who was eating was unhappy with the superior Zhang Yong, even though He has no desire for power, but he also hopes that someone with eggs will lead them.
In fact, there are many people who have similar ideas to Tie Xiangshan. After all, they are the most bloody men in the 12th Battalion, and they all hope to be replaced by a strong general who can defeat them and lead them.
At the end of November, Beijing received its first snowfall. Even the splendid palaces were covered with a layer of white snow amidst the swirling snowflakes, giving the Forbidden City a different charm.
"Tie Xiangshan, Li Chenggui, Zhao Yong, Yang Lai..." Zhu Youtang looked at the list of potential generals in his hand and said with a worried look.
Qian Yi noticed Zhu Youtang's expression and immediately asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, this is all the result of private observation by this servant. I wonder what went wrong?"
"Well, it's not about the list! I still feel that the people in the Beijing camp are too comfortable, and I have to create a sense of crisis for them!" Zhu Youtang had a high degree of trust in Qian Yi and others, so he directly said that he said with concern.
Although the SHIELD Battalion selects the best from the twelve battalions, many of these people are old acquaintances, so it is easy to stick together.
If you want to build a truly iron-blooded army, you need to introduce fresh blood and even create an eel effect.
Qian Yi frowned slightly and said with some confusion: "Your Majesty, don't we eliminate some of the undisciplined ones and send them back to the base camp?"
"This is not enough, I need the generals above to have a certain amount of competitive pressure!" Zhu Youtang shook his head gently, and suddenly said with a slight movement in his heart: "Let's do this! We will hold the martial arts examination next year, and at the same time promote the Jingwei martial arts, start Train some generals!" Due to the continuous weakening of the Ming army's combat power, Mongolian cavalry came in repeatedly over the wall to rob money and people from the north, making the Ming Dynasty the target of plunder.
In addition to the Ming Dynasty's reduction in military investment, this is also closely related to the lack of military talent training.
When Zhu Youtang was a financial researcher in his previous life, he knew that if he wanted to revitalize that industry, he would need to invest a lot of money and talents, both of which were indispensable.
Take football as an example. Initially, a large amount of capital intervention led to the good development of various clubs. However, as a result, programmers insisted on limiting salaries and limiting team naming. As a result, after the withdrawal of capital, the land was reduced to nothing.
Now if you want the Ming Dynasty cavalry to ride on the grasslands again, in addition to investing in additional military spending, you must also push martial arts and martial arts to a more important position.
"This is a wonderful move! Your Majesty, should we add a martial arts department to our inner study hall?" Qian Yi's eyes lit up slightly and he immediately made a suggestion.
"There's no rush. We'd better wait for Wang Zhi to return first. Now it's enough to add geography, arithmetic and sociology to the inner library!" Zhu Youtang thought for a moment, but shook his head gently.
Since the early years of Xuande, the inner court has selected two to three hundred young eunuchs aged around ten years old to study in the inner library, which is equivalent to the Imperial Academy of the inner court.
In addition to studying the Four Books and Five Classics, the young eunuchs there also need to study ideological education courses such as "Internal Order" and "Loyalty Record", as well as cultivate the ability to criticize courtiers' memorials and criticize cabinet ministers' proposals. Imitation.
There are only two days off on the first and fifteenth day of each month, one small test on three days, one big test on five days, and there is a final exam at the end of each period.
After several years or as long as ten years of repeated elimination. The students with the best grades and the best luck will be selected to go to the clerk's room. If they get to the clerk's room, the next stop will be the ceremonial supervisor, thus forming a
The model of "internal study hall-clerical room-supervisor of rituals". For example, Guo Yong studied in the inner study hall and then worked in the clerk's office. After gaining sufficient qualifications and outstanding performance, he was naturally selected to serve as the director of etiquette.
After Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, he especially began to use eunuchs to take charge of the 12th Battalion for him, and he paid more attention to the educational work in the inner study hall.
The reason why practical subjects such as geography and arithmetic were added was because they hoped to find their own Wang Zhi and Zheng He, and even Wei Zhongzhen who knew how to manage money.
