Chapter 65 Yang Shiqi and Yu Qian

Yang Shiqi said: "The Son of Heaven doesn't know that the world is full of evils, and he thinks that today's army is still the time when Taizu Taizong, but he doesn't know that the collapse of the guard has reached the point of no return. He smiled bitterly and said to Qian: "Do you know how many people are there in the military household of the fugitive guard in my Ming Dynasty now?" ”

Of course, Yu Qian knew that after the new emperor ascended the throne, Yang Shiqi's main political proposition was to clean up the officialdom with one hand and the guard with the other.

Yang Shiqi's policy is above the officialdom and is implemented thoroughly.

A large number of vulgar officials who harm the people have been cleared out. Yang Shiqi's control of Wenchen is still in place. But it is beyond the reach of the military.

Although now, the military department is powerful, and it has snatched the power of the Governor's Mansion of the five armies little by little, but after all, the heroes of the Jingnan have not yet died.

Zhang Fuzai is a big backer.

It was impossible for Yang Shiqi to bypass these people and reach into the guard.

And what are the disadvantages of the guard?

First of all, the most is to flee.

There are four sources of the Ming Dynasty guards, which are conscription, annexation, distribution, and stacking.

Congzheng is the army that followed Taizu to fight the world, and the annexation was the other anti-kings at that time, as well as the army that surrendered to the Yuan army.

The first two were both at the beginning of the country, and the family members were stationed in various places with the army. As for the hair, it is impossible for tens of thousands of people to send it every year. So the number is also small.

The real big head of the escape is the stack.

What is a stack set?

During the Taizu period, in order to make up for the lack of soldiers, some people were selected to serve as an army.

It was entirely obligatory, and some of these people gave a tire, and the rest dressed for him. Then sent to the border to garrison.

Looks good.

But there's a big problem.

So much so that during the Taizu period, the matter of desertion from the army was never broken.

Far from home, away for decades. If he dies, he will be recruited from his hometown and replaced by his children. This has been true for generations.

If the politics are clear, Emperor Taizu's plan can be done.

But from ancient times to the present, the army has never been a good place. Naturally, some people wanted to escape, and the officers of the guard, instead of arresting them, connived at them, because after these people fled.

The salaries and rations of these people were all embezzled by the officials.

Yang Shiqi's biggest move in reorganizing the army was to check out deserters.

Yu Qian heard Yang Shiqi's tone, and knew that something was wrong, and said, "Teacher, how many people are there?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "One million and two hundred thousand are strange. ”

When Yu Qian heard this, he said, "This is almost more than half?" ”

When the Ming Dynasty had the largest army, it was claimed to have more than 3 million. But there's a lot of moisture in there. Yu Qian judged that the sum of all the guards of the Ming Dynasty army should be more than two million.

The vacancy of 1.2 million is indeed more than half, and it is a little too much.

Yu Qian immediately understood that this deserter was not equal to an empty quota. The fugitives may not have fled all at once.

But such a large number also illustrates a problem.

That is, the combat effectiveness of the army of the Daming Guard, which can no longer be counted on. Such a large-scale exodus shows that it is impossible for every guard post to be free of deserters.

Such a military morale, if it is still a war?

Yu Qian only felt a chill on his back, and said, "Teacher, you are entrusted by the emperor to assist the young master, don't you care about such a thing?" ”

Yang Shiqi smiled a little bitterly and said, "Tube, how to manage?" Officers at all levels in the army, treating soldiers as servants and domestic slaves, and reprimanding them harshly in every way, and hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing City, where did these people come from? ”

"Most of them are military households."

"Will the Great Wall be repaired or not? Will Beijing build it or not? ”

"I'll clear my empty line, but that's it. If you clean up the situation in the army, you look at the British Gong Zhang Fu, and I are desperate or not? Even Cining Palace won't let me do this? ”

If you look at the rise and fall of the guard and the rise and fall of the nobles. You can find out.

When the defenders can fight? The strength of the Ming nobles is also the strongest, but when the guards can't fight, these nobles have become mascots.

There are too many hereditary in the Ming army. even turned the official position of the guard into something like a title, and it was often hereditary to a hundred households, a thousand hereditary households, and a hereditary commander. Layer by layer, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was reached, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies could only be appointed as a prince. These five military governors represent hundreds of guards in the Ming Dynasty.

These people represent the highest interests of this system.

Even if Zhang Fu knew that there were some disadvantages below, he couldn't move, because people couldn't betray their own interests. You can't let the military department smash the jobs of the old brothers below.

Then there is no one to support him below, and his British public Zhang Fu is in Beijing, which is also a decoration.

Of course, he also knew that there were some things that couldn't be too much, so Yang Shiqi took the initiative to clean up and escape, and Zhang Fu also agreed.

And Yang Shiqi, as the head of the civil ministers, is on the side of the civil officials, almost covering the sky with one hand, and wants to control the army in his hands, even if the empress dowager can trust Yang Shiqi, it is inevitable to ask why?

With affection and reason, this is not something Yang Shiqi can do.

Yang Shiqi asked, "You just came from the south, do you know about Cizhou Mansion?" ”

Yu Qian suddenly froze and said, "What happened in Cizhou?" ”

Cizhou is now Cixian County, and later generations belong to Hebei Province, but this era belongs to Henan Province. Yu Qian entered Beijing by water, taking a boat from Henan into the canal, and then going north from the canal. So didn't pass by Cizhou?

Yang Shiqi sneered: "There is a thief Zhang Puxiang. Claiming to be the Patriarch of the Seven Buddhas, he led 100 people to attack the Thousand Households in Cizhou. The most important thing is that it was actually captured. ”

"Later, it was a delivery ambassador who led people to exterminate it."

"It's a shame."

Of course, Yu Qian knows that this dynasty has won the world with Mingjiao. The so-called Ming Sect is actually not much different from the White Lotus Sect and the Maitreya Sect. And even after Emperor Taizu ruled the world, these people were in an endless stream of troubles.

If you think about it carefully, the last time was only five years in Xuande.

Yu Qian didn't care too much about this. Yang Shiqi doesn't care too much, and now that the Ming Dynasty is strong, what can a mere clown do.

It's just that the mainland health center has degenerated to such a point, but it makes Yu Qian frightened. Hurriedly said: "Is it the student's fault?" ”

"How can it be your fault?" Yang Shiqi said: "Although you are the governor of Henan, the governor is not the former Han Taishou, the state pastor, and the affairs in the guard, can you really manage it?" ”

The local administration of the Ming Dynasty was actually in the hands of the three divisions.

The political envoys who undertook the announcement and the envoys who were sentenced to punishment were all commanded by the envoys. The governor is a central official, similar to the cha. He did not have the authority to govern the army and govern the people.

Perhaps in the late Ming Dynasty, the noble and the military were cheap. The governor's military authority increased. Now the old guys in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are not dead.

All Yu Qian could do was to direct the guards to do things. If you want to go deep into the situation and malpractice in the army, you can't.

"This is also what the Queen Mother meant." Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty is still young, so he naturally has great ambitions. It's just something I can't say? Up and down pretending to be confused. You can't really hide it from Your Majesty. ”

"After all, I've been in the cabinet for a long time, and I haven't even returned to Jiangxi? It's not too clear what the place is like, and you have to tell the Son of Heaven about these things. Then he smiled bitterly and said: "The world is peaceful, these four words, the old man still has to whitewash, fortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of Beijing troops, even if the local guard is rotten, there will be no major events for a while." ”

The elite of the Ming army is the Beijing army, with a maximum of 800,000. All are battle-hardened elites. Now there are not so many.

But there are still more than 300,000.

It is enough to be called the Dinghai Shen Needle of the Ming Dynasty.

In Yang Shiqi's opinion, even if the tile thorn is strong and really wants to fight in formation, the Beijing camp can also penetrate the tile thorn, and it is not that he has not fought before.

In the previous battle of Hulan and sudden loss of temperature, it was a tile spur, which was only more than 20 years ago.

Yu Qian said: "The student understands, and asks the teacher to take care of his body. Teachers are also indispensable in the imperial court. ”

What to say in front of the emperor? It still takes skill. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, these things let the emperor know, if the emperor wants to make a big move? Instead, there will be a big mess.