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Chapter 16 Upright Twenty-six Guards

Zhu Youxiao's words seemed to comfort the children, which made Zhu Youjian a little helpless.

He was not sure how much money could the Imperial Horse Supervisor get.

But what he needed was the ranch, horse farm, imperial shop and imperial village under the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

As long as you have these things, it would be easy to get hundreds of thousands of taels every year. Zhu Youjian was so greedy that he was.

Just as he was thinking this way, Zhu Youxiao suddenly spoke:

"However, my brother is so familiar with the soldiers on the nine sides."

As soon as he said this, Zhu Youjian felt a terrified and quickly explained:

"A month ago, Huangkao asked his brother to read more military books, saying that if his brother needs it in the future, he could help him give advice."

"Oh?" Hearing Zhu Youjian say this, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said:

"What did you see?"

"I looked at some soldiers and horses from various towns on the nine sides, as well as the soldiers and horses from various places, as well as the number of soldiers and horses from the three camps in the northern Zhili, as well as the number and functions of the twenty-six guards in the upper Zhili." Zhu Youjian explained.

"Have you even seen the number and functions of the twenty-six guards in the direct line?" Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised.

Not to mention him, even Wei Jinzhong and others were a little surprised.

After all, the Twenty-Six Guards of Shangzhi are considered to be the army stationed in important places in the Imperial City and Northern Zhili. The functions are complex and it is not easy to understand them.

Not to mention ordinary people, even people from the Ministry of War are not from these departments, they may not be able to explain the functions of these guards clearly.

Zhu Youzhai started taking the school entrance exam and couldn't answer Zhu Youzhai, so he asked quickly:

"Then tell me, the number of the three camps and the twenty-six guards of the Shangzhizhi has corresponding functions."

"Uh..." Zhu Youjian paused, then his eyes turned, and said as if a child was asking for a reward:

"If I can answer, what will I give me?"

"Haha, I will give you whatever you want." Zhu Youxiao was very arrogant and responded directly with me or even more intimate names.

Zhu Youjian had figured out what he wanted and answered directly: "If the number of people in the Four Guards and One Battalion in the Imperial Horse Supervision is not enough to build the imperial tomb, my brother will transfer the people from the Four Guards of Jinwu and the Three Guards of Yulin to build the imperial tomb."

"Uh...this..." Zhu Youxiao hesitated a little, just because the four Jinwu guards and the three Yulin guards were among the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, who were responsible for patrolling the imperial city.

Although they had no combat power and could only be as proud as the great general of the Jinyiwei, the seven guards could be said to be nearly 40,000.

Unlike the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the twenty-six guards of the Shangzhizhi were said to be obeying the emperor's orders when Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were in power.

However, starting from the Xuande period, civil servants began to check and enter the Twenty-six Guards of Shangzhi.

At present, among the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, only the Jinyiwei and the Four Guards and the Imperial Horse Supervisor can only obey the emperor's orders.

In name, although the Twenty-Six Guards of Shangzhi still obeyed the emperor's words, in fact, they obeyed the civil servants more.

So if you want to transfer seven guards from it in one breath, even Zhu Youxiao may not be able to nod directly. He could only discuss: "There are too many seven guards, how can I help you with the three guards in Yulin?"

"That's fine!" Zhu Youjian nodded. He didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to transfer seven guards to him.

It is already good to be able to get three guards to build the imperial tomb.

Looking at Zhu Youjian nodding, Zhu Youxiao also smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I won't ask you anymore. Just report the functions of the Three Major Camps and the Twenty-Six Guards of Shangzhi."

"Okay!" Hearing this, Zhu Youjian sorted out the thoughts in his mind, and after a while he spoke directly:

"The three major camps are the Five Military Camps, Shenji Camp, and Sanqian Camp, but the Three Thousand Camps were renamed Shenshu Camp in the 29th year of Jiajing."

"The Five Military Camps were originally the largest army of the three major camps in the Ming Dynasty. They were composed of elite cavalry and infantry selected by each province."

"Each of the five military camps is 12,000, with 5,600 soldiers in the field, 3,000 cavalry, and 3,400 baggage soldiers, including 2,000 horses, 9,000 horses, and 1,000 chariots. The entire army has a total of five battalions, a total of 60,000 people."

"The Shenji Battalion has 5,000 people, 3,600 infantrymen are equipped with firearms, 400 artillery soldiers, a total of 4,000 people, 3,600 muskets, 160 generals of Zhankou, and four battalions in the entire army, a total of 16,000 people."

"After that, five thousand battalions were added to the Shenji Camp, which was to serve as the musket cavalry. The entire battalion was equipped with five thousand muskets and 15 thousand military horses."

"The Shenji Camp has 5,000 more camps, with a total of 21,000 people."

"After the last three thousand battalions were changed to Shenshu Camp, the battalion system was changed several times, and the central army, left and right posts, left and right trunk names were abolished, and the battle barracks, chariot barracks, guard barracks, and one deacon camp."

"Shenshu Camp has two deputy generals, including two generals on the left and right, including two generals in the right and left, including two generals in the right position, including two generals in the right position, and two generals in the right position, and ten battalions, with a total force including about seventy thousand soldiers."

"The three major camps total 151,000 people, and they are the people who protect the capital and its surrounding areas."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but complain in his heart, estimating that there were not even 10,000 people who could fight in the field.

Otherwise, when Huang Taiji entered the Central Plains from Xifengkou in the second year of Chongzhen, he would have been dealt with by the three major businesses.

"Okay..." Hearing that Zhu Youjian could actually make the organization of the three camps so clearly, Zhu Youxiao shouted at the first glance, and then said to Wei Jinzhong:

"Look, the people from the Ministry of War and the Rongzheng in Jingying are not as good as my ten-year-old brother in Jingying. No wonder they only know the search and the organization."

"Long live to say that the fifth prince is indeed smart, and he is more knowledgeable than all officials." Wei Jinzhong nodded and bowed, praising Zhu Youjian in a flattering manner.

His little thoughts were very simple, and Zhu Youjian could tell at a glance that he wanted to take advantage of Keshi and himself to settle down under Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youjian needs this guy to take the blame for him in the future, so he naturally won’t refute him, but continues to tell Zhu Youxiao:

"Brother, do you still say the Twenty-six Guards of Shangzhi?"

"Say! Of course I have to say it." Zhu Youxiao was very interested in border affairs in history and was very interested in horseback. It can be seen that he was very interested in military things.

"Then my brother continues." Seeing Zhu Youxiao say this, Zhu Youjian continued:

"The twenty-six guards of the personal army are: Jinwu vanguard, Jinwu rear guard, Jinwu left guard, and Jinwu right guard. They are responsible for guarding the north side of the imperial city."

"The second is the Yulin Forewar, Yulin Left Guard, and Yulin Right Guard, who are responsible for guarding the east side of the imperial city."

"Further down are the guards of the government, as well as the left guards of the government, the right guards of the government, the foreman, and the rear guards of the government. They are responsible for guarding the south side of the imperial city and patrolling the gates of the capital."

"The subsequent Hu Ben Left Guard was responsible for the palace inspection."

"The Jinyiwei is the guards, ceremonial staff, arrest, and prison, and has the greatest power."

"The flag bearer and guard hold the flag and snare drum, with the least rights."

"The Yanshan Left Guard, Yanshan Right Guard, Yanshan Forewar, Daxing Left Guard, Jiyang Guard, and Jeju Guard are all responsible for guarding some important cities around the capital."

"Tongzhou Guards are responsible for guarding Tongzhou and patrolling the Tongzhou granary."

"The rest are Tengxiang Left Guards, Tengxiang Right Guards, Wuxiang Left Guards, and Wuxiang Right Guards in the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

"Each guard has 5,600 people, totaling 145,600 people."

"If we add 28,000 people in the five cities are responsible for the security of the capital, fire bans and clearing channels, cleaning the streets, etc."

"Then there are 324,600 troops stationed in the north of Zhili."
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