Zhu Yijun was not pretending to be surprised. In his impression, the Wanli Dynasty, which was able to carry out the three major conquests, should have very strong military strength. Among them, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang were even more famous. But he never expected that the imperial court would use "with China"
Jingying, the core force of "resisting foreign forces", actually reached such an unbearable state in Zhang Juzheng's words.
Zhu Yijun composed himself, sat down slowly, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Old sir, please get up. We, you and your ministers, must communicate frequently in the future to avoid misunderstandings."
Zhang Juzheng nodded in agreement, wiping a cold sweat in his heart. He also felt a little regretful about Meng Lang being in the Duke's Mansion today. But this was after Zhu Yijun had already shown him with his brilliant insight that he was facing a man.
There is only a little bit of it under the premise of the wise Lord, but Wanli, who was timid and cowardly in the original time and space, will not grow up, haha.
Zhu Yijun waited for him to sit down and asked, "Is the capital camp so useless?"
Zhang Juzheng was secretly surprised that you knew whether he was saying goodbye or not, but you didn't know about this thing that everyone in the world knew right before his eyes.
He slowly explained: "Your Majesty, the Beijing camp has been out of service since the Jingtai period, not in recent years. The Beijing camp was built by Taizu, starting from a total of 48 guards in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army; Chengzu changed it to three camps and seven.
The three major camps of the Twelve Guards are the Fifth Military Camp, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Camp."
"After the battle of Tumubao, the entire army was wiped out, and there were no generals or soldiers in the army. Although Yu Shaobao built a regiment camp to regain some vigor, Xianzong later used eunuchs to control the camp, and now it was completely weak. - By Wuzong
At that time, the mighty Beijing army was too timid to fight in the face of the army of rebellious people coerced by Liu Liu and Liu Qi!"
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he took a deep breath and completely understood what kind of bunch of people these Beijing troops were. He raised his hand and asked Zhang Juzheng to take a sip of tea and continue.
Zhang Juzheng said: "Wuzong was so angry that he transferred tens of thousands of elite soldiers from nine sides to the capital, called the 'Four Outer Families'. Although the number of soldiers who dared to fight in the capital increased, the ministers, border generals, civil servants, and internal ministers were completely confused.
Together, the Beijing Army has never been able to figure things out again."
"During the reign of Emperor Shizong, civil servants were appointed to supervise the military affairs of the Beijing camp, but the result was still unsuccessful. In the 29th year of Jiajing, Ida's army besieged the capital, but the Beijing camp still collapsed when encountering the enemy and did not dare to fight."
"Later, when Yan Song came to power, he returned to the three camps from the regiment, camp, and government office system, and established the 'Governor-General of the Rongzheng of the Jingying' and the 'Assistant of the Rongzheng'. The chief and deputy officers were divided into nobles and civil servants respectively, and the eunuchs were removed.
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There was a hint of mocking smile on Zhang Juzheng's lips, "Years before the year before last, Zhao Dazhou advised the late emperor about the harm caused by military officials monopolizing power. The late emperor accepted it and changed it to three battalions, each with a general and deputy general, and each battalion has a general.
Add an assistant to manage the military affairs."
"The year before last, the late emperor thought that the six admirals would co-manage the military affairs of the capital and not interfere with each other's affairs, so he restored the old method of the governor-general co-managing the military affairs, which is still the case today."
Zhu Yijun was dazzled after hearing this, and had a strong perceptual understanding of Zhang Juzheng's political ability. The beginning and evolution of the Beijing camp were described by him in a clear and coherent manner, as if he had unfolded a painting full of golden warriors and iron horses.
A small historical picture of joys and sorrows, and many thrilling past events during this period are all contained in this neither salty nor bland tone.
Zhu Yijun felt sad for a moment, and then asked: "What is the reason for the weakness of this Beijing camp? Can it still cheer up?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "Difficult! Let me tell the emperor first about the disadvantages of the weak capital camp. There are many factions and many clues. The capital camp is the home of the nobles of the capital. The officers at all levels are served by nobles of different sizes. This
It is divided into seven or eight major factions and dozens of smaller factions. They compete for pay and make trouble every day, and they fight with each other. If there is a war, they will only hold each other back."
"Secondly, the honorable nobles occupy the service, but they have official status but no soldiers. The emperor thinks that the servants of this noble family are hired by himself? They are all soldiers from the Beijing camp! The strong and strong ones are extremely weak in the house of the ministers.
Yes, in the gates of thousands of households and hundreds of households. Officials in the capital regard it as normal - even a civil servant like me has dozens of soldiers from the capital camp as servants in his family!"
"There are three reasons for the lack of pay and silver, and the soldiers have no fighting strength. This year, the three major battalions have consumed nearly one million taels of silver, including food and weapons. They should have provided 150,000 soldiers for the Beijing camp, but 90,000 are on the account. Is this the pay?
, top-down carve-up.”
"There are actually 60,000 soldiers - half of them eat at the minister's house and claim to be getting half pay. In fact, I heard that they only get one-third of it. The remaining 30,000 are just showing off in the camp, and they can really get half of it."
Pay - but you must also be filial to your superior. I haven’t seen the food in person, but it is said to be like pig food. Can soldiers like this still fight? As long as the other side can bring out steamed buns, they will have to mutiny!"
After Zhu Yijun heard this, he was stunned by the corruption of the Beijing camp and even the Ming government. This damn army was the Central Forbidden Army. It was once the most powerful army in the world. In its heyday, this army used to have more than half of the firearms. The Five Expeditions
The desert has turned the arrogant Golden Family into guerrillas!
Now it has become a shabby nest, a big rotten root! No wonder, no wonder this big tree was attacked and killed by Li Zicheng and the Qing Dynasty decades later. The Central Army was corrupted into this grandma and bear, [Shuquge www.shuquge.co
] It makes no sense if this country is not destroyed!
The only thing is that most of the servants in the minister's family in the capital are actually hired by the imperial court! And everyone is used to it. Zhu Yijun can't think of any other words to describe it other than "the most ridiculous thing in the world". His face is red.
Bai, I have the urge to destroy everything! This piece of crap, why not just scrap it and practice again!
Why did Zhang Juzheng dare to tell the emperor this? In fact, every emperor since Wu Zong knew that there was no good way. If he wanted to go to war, this noble man would have to fight with the royal family first! As a last resort, all the emperors were like those who buried their heads in the sand.
Like an ostrich, just close your eyes and pretend not to see!
As for the military department's salary and silver matters, each ministry shared profits from the central government's allocation, which was also a major malpractice of the imperial court. Zhang Juzheng was determined to get rid of it and first gave the emperor some drizzle.
Zhu Yijun took a few deep breaths and said in a deep voice, "This is a cancer! Sir, I want to get rid of it!"
Zhang Juzheng said: "I have suggested to the emperor before that he should review them frequently. Why is Duke Cheng Guo so tired and sick this time? Doesn't it mean that the emperor wants to review the capital camp?"
He laughed again and said: "I heard that on the day of the emperor's school review, those who show up to count the numbers will be given one tael of silver; those who can run and exercise will be given two taels of silver, and those who can ride and shoot will be given five taels of silver! The Jingshi Athletes Pass is a sensation and people are eager to sign up."
Zhu Yijun sneered and said: "The one hundred thousand taels in Cheng Guogong's house is a good deal. Not only did I buy a prince, I also bought an amulet!"
Zhang Juzheng nodded in agreement and replied: "Gong Chengguo is the head of the nobles, and he alone can hold down the position of the capital camp."
"If the emperor hadn't said he was going to inspect the capital camp this time, no one would have practiced military training in these years. The Duke was so worried that he couldn't help but frighten himself. Most of the time he got sick because of this."