Chapter 221: The Past Is Not Admonishable

Is there a way for Zhang Fu?

Maybe there is, or maybe not.

But that's not the case at the moment.

What Zhang Fu has to face is how to dispel Zhu Qizhen's deep malice towards the top-level Xungui group of the health system.

Zhang Fu said: "The guards have accumulated shortcomings, they are difficult to return, and the old ministers are stupid, how can there be any way." His Majesty intends to start anew, and the minister can only sigh at His Majesty's Tianzhong Shengming, but although there are unscrupulous people in the world's guards, there are also loyal to the court. ”

Zhang Fu actually understands.

The elite of the Beijing camp and the elite of the border army are already the last essence of the guard, and in a few decades, there will not even be these elites. Slowly became a general's family to fight the world.

Zhang Fu may not know the future development, but such a trend can be seen.

Even the speed of the decline of the guard will decline sharply after a certain limit, and even the last bit of combat power will not be able to squeeze out.

Therefore, even if Cheng Guogong won this battle. Even if Zhu Qizhen throws money to win today, there will be a time in the future when he can't win by throwing money.

It's just that right now, what Zhang Fu said is good.

The residue of the Ming army is in the guard, but the essence of the Ming army is also in the guard, because the guard system is the Ming army itself.

At least now the Ming Dynasty does not have a master of the economic system outside the system of the guard. Even the soldiers who guarded the palace were the emperor's seventeen personal guards.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly didn't know where to think of a sentence, that is, for historical issues, it is better to be coarse than detailed.

It's not that history can't be studied in detail, but that historical problems are studied carefully, and there is no intention to solve practical problems, yes, in the Yongle period, it was almost equivalent to the Daming Tian tax, and the income of Tuntian reached the orthodox year, not to mention that it was completely gone, and it was necessary to let the imperial court subsidize it.

But in the face of this problem, Zhu Qizhen wants to set things right, bring these people who embezzled state property to justice, and restore the guard system to the Taizu period?

No, not to mention whether it can be done or not. Even if it can be done, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic for a while.

Therefore, what he wants to do is to reshape the military system and restore the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

Therefore, for many historical issues, it can only be coarse and not detailed, only the officers of the Ming Dynasty at all levels uphold the attitude of loyalty to the emperor and the imperial court, and Zhu Qizhen ignored the past problems.

How to convey this attitude, naturally has to be done through Zhang Fu.

After all, Zhang Fu's prestige is still unique in the military.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The master has clouds, the past cannot be admonished, and the future can still be chased." What happened during the Taizong period, and it came out during the Xuanzong period

I don't know what's going on. I won't delve into it, but today's defeat of Maoerzhuang is intolerable to me,"

"Does the Duke know what I mean?"

Zhang Fu breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that the emperor would not be able to hold his breath and insisted on going his own way.

Not only is the emperor unhappy, but even some things are not done by the British Gong Zhang Fu that he wants to do, as far as the British Gong Zhang Fu himself is concerned, doesn't he want to cheer up the Wei Institute?

Doesn't he know what's going on in the guard?

If he really didn't understand what the guard was like, he would not have vetoed Zhu Qizhen's opinion many times, and advocated relying on the Great Wall to fight a decisive battle with the tile spurs.

In this regard, the British Duke Zhang Fu is much more sober than the Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Yong.

For this result, Zhang Fu is already very satisfied.

Although he could hear the implication of Zhu Qizhen's words, if he didn't cheer up in the future, what he said before would be null and void. I can't say that Zhu Qizhen will have stronger means to implement it.

Zhang Fu said: "The old minister thanked His Majesty for his magnanimity. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Guogong, you are the elder of the four dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, the minister of the humerus of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizong regarded it as a nephew, and I also relied on it as a pillar stone. ”

"What does Guogong think?"

Zhang Fu didn't know how to answer for a while.

The issues involved in this are too complicated, so complicated that this is simply a re-creation of a military system, which is easy to say now, but I don't know how many problems there are when it comes to actually doing it.

It's like there are too many noises, but I don't know where to start.

Zhang Fu was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wang Ji is in charge of recruiting soldiers, I am worried that he is not familiar with military affairs and will break a big deal, can the prince of the country be willing to handle this matter with Wang Ji?" ”

After Zhu Qizhen calmed down, he knew that even if he started from scratch, he could not completely leave the current Ming military system aside. And he didn't worry about the recruitment of troops completely over to Wang Ji.

It's not that I'm worried that Wang Ji is incompetent, but I'm worried that Wang Ji is involved in private goods. Although because of the defeat of Maoerzhuang, the military suffered a heavy blow, and many powers and interests were ceded to the Ministry of War.

Because the political game is supported by the strength of the back, in the first battle of Maoerzhuang, the Jing Nanxun who was in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was almost empty, and several generals had to change their heads.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen can only follow the rules of the game and let Wang Ji handle the right to recruit soldiers, that is, the prototype of the new military system in the future.

But Zhu Qizhen decided not to let the civilian officials control all the power.

Therefore, he originally intended to arrange a reassuring person to join him, and this person was Liu Yongcheng. It's just that Liu Yongcheng is a eunuch, although he himself can be regarded as capable of fighting well, no less than the lords. If you are not a eunuch, there is no problem with being knighted.

But many times there is no if, Liu Yongcheng may not be able to compete with Wang Ji in this matter.

At this moment, it seems that Zhang Fu is a more suitable candidate.

"Your Majesty is loved, the old minister is in the heart, the minister is old and sick, and he is overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility." Zhang Fu said.

Zhang Fu knows very well that this is a matter that offends people, and it is not a human thing inside and out.

As for Wang Ji, Zhang Fu must fight on the basis of reason to ensure that the honors and nobles have a certain right to speak in the new military system. This is not tolerated. So this offends the civil service. But where can you get most of the nobles?

No, because it's very simple, the emperor wants to take advantage of the guard system, and the biggest loss of interests is the Xungui group.

If it weren't for the defeat of Maoerzhuang, a large number of people would have died. Let Zhang Fu have no confidence to speak, do you really think that Zhang Fu will only say that an emperor is wise in this matter?

Even said that Zhang Fu's desire for power is not too big. If before the battle of Maoerzhuang, Cheng Guogong is estimated to be able to push back hard.

Zhang Fu's old illness is not a lie.

When he came to the court this time, he dragged his sick body with him. He is now quite disheartened, and the death of Cheng Guogong hit him hard.

If it weren't for the fact that what happened just now was very important, Zhang Fu would not have stayed alone.

He really didn't want to do anything like that.

After all, he lives for a day, even if the civil and military sides are dissatisfied with the British government, he is not afraid, and his two words Zhang Fu are enough to deter all Xiaoxiao.

But he still has a few years to live, and his son is not yet ten years old.

He doesn't think about himself, but he also thinks about his son, others can't retaliate against him, can't they take revenge on his son?

Zhang Fu's heart was also seen through by Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qizhen said: "The prince of England seems to be the same as my eldest son? ”

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty Lao is concerned, it is true. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's eight years old. My eldest son is about to go out of the cabinet to study, and I deliberately choose the children of the noble family as companions, and the prince of England is just the right age. Why don't you let him study with the emperor's eldest son? ”

When the British public Zhang Fu heard this, he immediately understood in his heart that this was a deal.

Although Zhu Qizhen has not yet canonized the crown prince, the eldest son of the emperor is the most favored by His Majesty, and he is the eldest son, according to the ancestral system, it is already a sure thing.

And Zhu Qizhen did not become the crown prince, but his attitude towards the eldest son of the emperor was also very different, everyone can see that the emperor is undoubtedly maverick on the issue of the crown prince, and the eldest son of the emperor is crowned the prince, but it is just a matter of time.

It's just a few years earlier and a few years later.