On January 26 of the second year of Wanli, the emperor held a grand review of the Beijing camp at Nanhaizi school field. Because the queues in the Beijing camp were loose and the military etiquette was not solemn. In the anger of the emperor, the leader of the Beijing camp and the leader who had inspected the Beijing camp were beheaded, which shocked the world.
Due to the long time spent in Tingjiu, the originally arranged demonstrations of firearms and vehicle combat in Jizhen and Jingying were canceled without going through. After Zhu Yijun killed someone and established his authority, he returned to the city. On the way back, the accompanying ministers all basically figured out why there were no envoys from other vassals to watch the parade.
After Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, he told Queen Mother Li the details of the Grand Parade. When Queen Mother Li heard this, her heart was pounding.
Zhu Yijun's measures today have far exceeded the limit of her political ability, and she can't analyze whether it is right or wrong. In the end, he could only say: "Since the emperor and Mr. Zhang had already planned, they did a good job. From now on, we should discuss more matters with Mr. Zhang." Zhu Yijun agreed.
After this incident, Queen Mother Li generally did not speak on government affairs. Only when Zhu Yijun pressed her, did she express her views, and her tone was timid. Zhu Yijun judged that the throne was stable, but it might be possible to break the rules a little.
On the second day after returning to the palace, Zhu Yijun sent an order to the Ministry of War and Shuntian Mansion, and cooperated with Qi Jiguang who was stationed in Nanhaizi to select soldiers for the Beijing camp. Those whom Qi Jiguang selected would be kept. Those who are not selected will be sent back to the respective guard posts with travel expenses.
After Qi Jiguang led the officers of Jizhen to select, of the 66,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, only 8,000 met the requirements, and the remaining 56,000 soldiers were all placed by the Ministry of War and Shuntian Prefecture.
Shi Duchen, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, could not beat Qi Jiguang, so he had no choice but to write a memorial: "I accept the decree to supply the Beijing camp and cooperate with Qi Jiguang in selecting soldiers, and are not afraid of difficulties. However, the soldiers of the Beijing camp come from various garrison posts in Beijing, Beizhili, etc., and they are far away. There are also places in Liaodong and other places. I checked the selection list of the Ministry of War and found that fifty-six out of ten people whose names did not match were mostly people who were not engaged in production. If you do not distinguish the good from the bad, they will all return to the guard...I am afraid that each guard will occupy the front and protect it. , there is the worry of chaos and danger." and so on.
Zhang Juzheng also had a headache after receiving the memorial. The Beijing camp has drawn troops from various guard posts over the years, but it is simply unable to withstand the overt or covert resistance of the various guard divisions and Qianhu. In addition, it also intends to take advantage of the money - the selection of books and the people are incompatible with each other. Half of them were soldiers recruited from the vicinity of Gyeonggi Province for review or to show off.
If these people were sent to the guard station according to the selection book, the guard station would not accept them at all, because the soldiers on the selection list were farming land for thousands of households and would not leave at all. Who cares about these idle men who only carry their names? Over time, chaos will inevitably occur.
If these more than 30,000 idle men were not sent to the health centers and put on the ground in Gyeonggi Province, the results of last year's severe crackdown would immediately be wiped out. Zhang Juzheng discussed with Lu Tiaoyang for a long time and came up with two ways: one is to pay a sum of money for cattle seeds and send them and their families to the border town to reclaim wasteland; the other is to directly assign them to the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Internal Affairs and let them build roads Or work.
Both matters required an edict, so Zhang Juzheng petitioned Zhu Yijun for help. After Zhu Yijun read the memorial, he approved: "As discussed, if there are still those who cannot be arranged, they will be resettled in Huangzhuang and Huangchang in Gyeonggi."
Zhu Yijun said that he would take over if there was something he couldn't arrange, but how could he not use his privileges? At the same time, he ordered Supervisor Si Li, Zhang Jing and others to go to Nanhaizi to select people first. Those who can farm should go to Huangzhuang to open up wasteland and farm; those who can't handle crops should choose to work in Zhang Jing's place. The "Da Ming Neifu Industrial and Commercial Group" headed by Zhang Jing began to expand production after the New Year. Not only did it absorb a lot of idle people in the inner court, it was also quite short of manpower.
When Zhang Juzheng saw Zhu Yijun taking out the land from Huangzhuang to place the troops in the capital, he sighed to Lu Tiaoyang: "Your Majesty is a truly wise master!" I think this emperor is pretty good.
As a result, when Huangzhuang and Zhang Jing finished selecting people, less than half of the more than 30,000 people were left, which made this matter much easier to handle. Zhang Juzheng was surprised by the ability of Huangchang to absorb the population, and his resistance to Zhu Yijun's establishment of Huangchang was lowered.
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After Qi Jiguang had practiced in Nanhaizi for a few days, Zhu Yijun called him to see him again. At the same time, Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun, the British company, the ceremonial supervisor Zhang Hong, the imperial horse supervisor Zhang Jing and others were called to Wuying Hall to study the reconstruction of the Beijing Camp.
What Zhang Juzheng meant was that the Beijing camp should still be placed under the command of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and the available military positions should be selected from the border generals and field guards. Famous instruments played. Then use this as the backbone to build the Beijing Camp.
Tan Lun fully agreed with Zhang Juzheng's opinion and believed that although the four other families in Wuzong's time were also corrupted in the later period, now that the Jingying camp has been completely overthrown and started over, they will not go down the same old path as in the past. Zhu Yijun was noncommittal after hearing this, and then asked the British Duke and Qi Jiguang for their opinions.
After the British father returned home this time. He gave a strict order to his two sons: "After a hundred years, no descendants of our family will be allowed to participate in political affairs or military affairs. They will only do things such as etiquette and accompanying people. If there is any violation, they will not be my descendants, Zhang Rong!" The two sons have already Hearing what happened on the school grounds today, he almost pissed himself with fear. After hearing this, he nodded and suggested that Zhang Rong write this into his family motto and family rules.
At this moment, when the emperor asked, Zhang Rongyi began to express his opinions. Those words were covered in mist, and there was no useful information at all. To sum up, there are only two sentences: "The emperor is wise and the saints are far-reaching; the chief minister is wise and mature and manages the country."
When Qi Jiguang saw the emperor looking at him, he hurriedly said: "How can I, a military man, intervene in the big affairs? Whatever the emperor says, I just do what I do." After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng nodded subconsciously.
Zhang Hong and Zhang Jing did not say anything new. Zhang Jing said that he would send a lieutenant to the guard station to inspect the troops, but Zhu Yijun interrupted him directly.
Zhu Yijun said: "From the perspective of the capital camp, except for Jiubian, all the inland defense posts in the world are no longer useful, but?" Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Zhu Yijun said: "I want to revitalize the military. Is it feasible if we all start from scratch like the Beijing camp?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head after hearing this. Zhu Yijun asked: "Why is it not feasible?"
Zhang Juzheng rationalized his thoughts and replied: "Your Majesty, there are three major disadvantages of today's military preparations: First, the guard posts and the local areas are intertwined and not unified. Money, food, and criminal names are all in their own hands. This can certainly bring troops to the people, but it will take a long time. For a long time, the military households multiplied and multiplied, and each guard focused on civil affairs, so the military preparedness was inevitably weakened. This is one of the reasons."
"The mainland has been at peace for a long time, and the laws have been passed rapidly. There are many dandies in the capital's guards. They are all obsessed with silk pipes, their muscles are sluggish, and their intelligence is slow. How can they have the fighting spirit? This is why Second." The British Duke attended the small meeting hosted by Zhu Yijun for the first time and was dumbfounded when he saw Zhang Juzheng talking about the capital's defense office.
Zhang Juzheng continued: "After Renzong, civil servants came to the town to counsel the military affairs and clean up the border reserves. Then came the husbands of Jiezhou, who were groveling. As time went by, the opposition between civil and military forces collapsed - Qi Jiguang and others, the world When there is nothing to do, they regard them as cattle and horses, but when there is trouble, they order them to sacrifice their lives! The benefits of treatment are poor, and the responsibility is high. This is what the emperor said last time, "It is not easy for military commanders in a country." Civil and military statuses are different, and they are not one dynasty. It can be understood that this is the third disadvantage." After hearing this, Qi Jiguang's eye circles became a little red again.
Zhang Juzheng finally concluded: "If the emperor wants to boost his military preparedness, he must coordinate the military system, select generals, guard posts, localities, and transportation, etc., all for the purpose of reform. But at this time, the affairs of the country are so complicated, how can ministers dare to do so?" So Meng Lang?" Zhu Yijun sighed after hearing this.
Zhu Yijun said: "Yes, the warehouse can run away with rats -" After hearing the emperor's joke, the ministers quickly smiled in amusement.
Zhu Yijun continued: "If you want to start a revolution, there is no such condition. And there is still a big problem in military affairs. The soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. If you want to be able to fight, the soldiers must be trained by the generals." He pointed at Qi Jiguang and said, "Like the Qi family army."
Qi Jiguang quickly knelt down and said: "We are all the emperor's army, how dare I call you this title?" Zhang Juzheng said from the side: "Yuan Jing doesn't have to be like this. If you get closer to the emperor in the future, you will know that the emperor has no such taboos." Zhu Yijun listened. He nodded.
Zhu Yijun continued: "Seeing the appearance of Ji Zhen's army this time, I had an idea. Can all the armies in the world be trained to be like Qi's army?" After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng and the British Duke said to themselves that it has been a long time since the emperor made baby talk. , suppressing the smile in his stomach, and listened with a serious face.
Zhu Yijun said: "I think it would be fine if every general had Qi Jiguang's ability and trained his troops in the same way as him?"
After Zhang Juzheng heard this, they all looked at Zhu Yijun, waiting for him to express his thoughts. Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "The martial arts school in the capital is now full of people who are rough in academics and are conceited. The Chinese style is martial arts. If you fail, you will still be able to serve the people. I want to reform it and build a new martial arts school in the capital to train the world's guards. The general I am appointed to be the commander of the mountain!"
