Chapter 206: The Big Brothers of the Tongue War gave the palm prints exceptionally
In the past nearly three months, I have been teaching archery almost every day. The person who taught me the geography of mountains and rivers in the north and south of the Yangtze River through words and deeds is not the damn Prince Shouning, but the current crown prince Zhu Houzhao!
Although Wang Shouren was known as a young prodigy, even though he had been trained in many ways to become a Jinshi, and even though he had already served as a master at a young age, such a change was really unprepared. Therefore, when the emperor was talking about rewards, Ma Wensheng objected, and Li Dongyang was confused.
After starting the topic, Zhu Houzhao suddenly changed the subject. During this period, he was always in a daze. Even when Zhu Houzhao's words attracted all the big guys to look at him, he still didn't react much until he felt someone bumping into him.
He touched his arm and immediately came back to his senses. He immediately found that all the eyes around him were looking at him, even Xu Xun had let him go.
Does he have flowers on his face?
"Wang Shouren taught you archery, and Xu Xun accompanied you in archery. Haven't you already admired your limbs? Otherwise, where did the previous treasure bows and carved feather arrows come from?" The Hongzhi Emperor had long been accustomed to Zhu Houzhao's dishonest virtues, and he was immediately stunned.
Smiling. Seeing that the old ministers over there were about to speak, he waved his hands and said, "I understand what you want to say, but there should be punishment for mistakes and rewards for merit. Otherwise, where is the law of the court? In the past three months, Xu Xun and Wang Shouren have been in the west.
Yuan Jinghang Yeye has trained these young soldiers who have never received formal training to this level. This military order has been completed, so in addition to what was promised before, a reward of one or two is not excessive?"
Emperor Hongzhi was always gentle to his ministers, but at the end of his words, he did not give a final affirmation, but used a rhetorical question. At this time, Li Dongyang said in time: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. If you have merit, you will be rewarded. If you have fault, you will be rewarded."
When you are punished, rewards and punishments are clear, which is what makes the court clear and bright."
"That's right." Seeing that Liu Daxia, who was the toughest in the Wenhua Palace at the time, just frowned, and Ma Wensheng also fell silent, the Hongzhi Emperor said: "Today we see this young army, it is enough to serve as the prince's retinue.
All these 500 young troops were incorporated into the main avant-garde army of the government army, and they brought swords and men to the East Palace. Xu Xun and Wang Shouren performed well in training, and each of them was rewarded with a flying fish uniform. They wore it during festivals and during the New Year. Xu Xun was the commander of the avant-garde army of the government army.
With the seal of the envoy, Wang Shouren still supervises the forward guard of the government army with the title of chief of the Ministry of War."
"Your Majesty, this is disrespectful!"
Although he was reluctantly silent at the front, when he heard the last sentence, Liu Daxia finally couldn't hold it in any longer, and immediately said with a pinched neck: "Although the avant-garde of the government army has a commander, the commander has never been responsible for the palm. The traditional rule is
Choose one person among the princes to hold the seal. Now Xu Xun is less than 20 years old. Although he has made merit in military training, but he is suddenly awarded such a high position, it is unavoidable for the generals to disobey! Moreover, the crown prince of the prince country can only follow the right path by diligently studying Confucian classics. How can it be done?
Is it fun to go on the horse trail?"
Although Liu Daxia was not a cabinet minister, he was one of the emperor's most trusted ministers who lived in the same room as Ma Wensheng. His opening was like offering advice, and Xie Qian also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, what Liu Shangshu said is absolutely true. Moreover, today the crown prince is here.
Although he was a heroic figure in leaping a horse and shooting in front of everyone, the prince and crown prince had a very heavy state and mixed with the army. If the word spread, it would not help but be taken lightly. Wang Shouren, a civil servant, supervised the military training in Xiyuan for three days.
Yue is already an exception. Now it would be too unbecoming to supervise the vanguard of the government army with the title of director of the Ministry of War.
If the emperor has this intention, it will be enough to choose one of his ministers."
Although Xie Qian was dissatisfied that Wang Shouren taught the prince archery instead of teaching others, his words gently and deftly picked Wang Shouren out, but he had good intentions. However, "he had always opposed the ministers to supervise the army, and now he chose the ministers to supervise the government."
The military vanguard said what he said, but he didn't even notice it. He already thought that Emperor Hongzhi would not take back his fate easily.
Xie Qian finished what he needed to say. When Liu Jian saw Emperor Hongzhi looking over with a frown, he simply lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, what Mr. Xie Ge and Liu Shangshu said, I second my opinion."
This time, Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to ask several other people if they agreed, and immediately turned to look at Xu Xun. Seeing that Xu Xun's face was filled with anger as if he couldn't hold it back, he asked: "Xu Xun,
You have heard what the old ministers said, do you have anything to say?"
Although Hongzhi was a virtuous man, Xu Xun was really impatient with these elders who liked to go up and down the line for nothing, and he was too lazy to hide it on his face. At this time, he reluctantly suppressed his thoughts
Feeling irritated, he said in a deep voice: "Reporting to your Majesty, I would like to ask your lords, do the five hundred young troops look in order today?"
As soon as these words came out, even those who disapproved of them couldn't say a word if they thought about the orderliness of Zhouzhou's queue. In the end, Li Dongyang saw that no one else answered, so he had to lower his head and said: "It's really neat."
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"I am young and have not read much, but I know that when two armies meet on a narrow road, the brave one will win. But if two armies with the same number of people and equal morale are fighting openly, it must be because the battle formations are well drilled on weekdays, and the one with a well-organized army has a greater chance of victory! On weekdays, the one with the same army has a greater chance of victory!
Not training soldiers and sharpening their guns in battle will not help. These young soldiers are either farming or doing odd jobs at home. Even though they were born in military families and have practiced martial arts since childhood, they know nothing about military formations. But these people only need to
If you practice hard, you can achieve this in just three months. What about the real army? However, the emperor gave me the post of palm seal, but I dare not accept it. Some of the five hundred households under my command were recommended by Duke Dingguo, and some were just chosen by me.
From what I heard, if I want to control more people, I may not be able to enforce the orders and prohibitions, and I will be betraying the emperor's entrustment. Moreover, this military training is mostly the work of the king's administration, and I will never dare to take credit."
When Wang Shouren heard that Xie Qian said that he would be transferred back to the Ministry of War, he felt a sense of dismay. But when he heard what Xu Xun said, he originally planned to endure it, but in the end he couldn't bear the feeling in his heart.
Impulsed, he blurted out: "Your Majesty, in this military training, I am only assisting in practicing military formations, military disciplines, etc., all of which are under the supervision of Commander Xu. Although Commander Xu is young, he has some experience in military formations. Even if he cannot teach
With the handprint of the avant-garde of the government army, more soldiers and horses can be selected to practice one by one. Each army takes turns to practice for three months, so that they will not forget the battle formation. Although it is not as good as the Beijing camp, but the prince's retinue, how can it be only five hundred? "
Zhu Houzhao was caught by Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, so he kept holding back with a knife on his head. Even if people said that he was a rash prince, he couldn't hold it back. But Wang Shouren's last words were really right.
His appetite. So, without even thinking, he opened his mouth and said: "Father, Wang Shouren is right! Where did the three major battalions of the capital come from? Weren't they drawn from the elites of the capital guards? Now the battle of the capital camp
Everyone knows that he is far more powerful than all the guards in the capital. But why is this so? It’s not like practicing every day! Since my father gave me the avant-garde of the imperial army, do you want to give me, the prince, a bunch of people who can’t go to the battlefield?
You are a coward? What use are these five hundred people? If there is a rebellion, it will not be enough for someone else to kill it!"
Cough, cough cough...
A burst of coughing suddenly filled the entire high platform.
Anyway, there are no Hongzhuang Temple officials who are closely watching whether the ministers have behaved inappropriately, and no one is afraid of being dragged to the imperial court for punishment. Even Emperor Hongzhi, as the emperor, was choked with anger by Zhu Houzhao's unscrupulous words.
Not to mention the glaring Liu Jian and others.
If there are rebellions that are not enough for others to cut down with a single blow, listen to what they call Han!
Emperor Hongzhi glared at Zhu Houzhao with a stern look that said you will be rude if you continue to talk nonsense. Then he looked at the big bosses over there: "Prince Zhouzhou's personal death is nothing.
Starting from the Yongle Dynasty, the willow shooting event of the Duanniu Festival was held every year. The emperor and the prince often ended up in person. Our Ming Dynasty conquered the world from horses. Although it is peaceful now, we must not forget about martial arts. This is also the ancestral tradition.
admonition."
"What the Emperor said is absolutely true."
Emperor Hongzhi moved all the ancestors out. "The ministers looked at me, and finally had to reluctantly agree in unison. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xu Xun again and asked: "Xu Xun, the government army
Do you, the commander, know how many people the vanguard is still stabbing?"
Xu Xun had done enough homework before, and now he calmly bowed and replied: "Reporting to the emperor, before I took office, I saw an old file. During the Yongle period, the avant-garde army of the government had more than 28,000 people.
, on the 22nd day of the first month of the eighth year of Tianshun's reign, he ordered that the dead should not be replenished. As a result, after fleeing for the next 14 years, only more than 8,600 people were assassinated. At first, the avant-garde army of the Fu army was linked to the Yongle period.
, when he was the emperor's grandson in the Chongxuan Temple, his number was five times that of other imperial guards. As a result, more than 8,000 people have arrived since then. How many more assassins are left? The list is kept in the Ministry of War, so I don't know.
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Liu Daxia has been in charge of the Ministry of War for some years. Seeing others looking at him, he hesitated for a long time and then said in a low voice: "It has been eight years since I left Tianshun and it has been several decades. Although the Ministry of War has made up for it once or twice, the remaining regular troops are not
To five thousand people.”
Who would have thought that Xu Xun would actually check out such an old story about old millet and rotten sesame seeds? Even Wang Shouren was greatly surprised. When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately looked around at everyone and said, "Nowadays, there is no need to do this in Lianhe."
At the time of the Xuan Temple, there were so many retinues from the East Palace. The former military households of the prefectural army immediately ordered the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War to clean up the roster, either to supplement other troops, or to farm fields. The remaining 1,500 young troops were recruited from the various capital guards.
If the number of people is two thousand, they will still be the vanguard of the government army. Since there are only two thousand people, Xu Xun, as the prince of Xing'an Bo, is in charge of the vanguard of the government army. There is nothing unusual about it."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in confusion. Don't look at the hundreds of households and thousands of households and the guard stations under the sky, but as the military households fled, "the guard has five thousand people, one thousand households, one thousand people, one hundred households, and one hundred people."
The quota set during the Zhong Hongwu period has long since ceased to count. Although these two thousand people are not many, if they really want to give them all to Xu Xun, how can this be considered unconventional?
Under the silence, the trembling Ma Wensheng finally spoke: "The emperor's words are wise. However, there are soldiers but not generals. Two thousand people at least need two people from a thousand households, or twenty people from a hundred households. To command the gold affairs, command the colleagues."
You need to know at least three or four. It will not be easy to mobilize these many officers. If you act rashly, you may want to run the army but it will be counterproductive."
"Ma Shangshu is right." Xu Xun did not even look at the strange eyes that were looking at him. He took the words calmly and said, "Your Majesty, I am in Jinyi Guards."