Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and asked, "It was that Qi Jingtong who attacked the camp of the Japanese Invaders, right?" ”

Xie Zhi nodded and replied, "Yes, it's really him." ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't say much, and said: "A hundred households directly cross the commander, this promotion is a bit big, okay, you also know your subordinate generals, even if you recommend Qi Jingtong, I don't have any opinions, just let him go." ”

Emperor Hongzhi agreed, and this matter was like this.

Emperor Hongzhi summoned Xie Zhilai not only to solve this problem, but then asked: "You also know the problem of the guard, do you have an effective solution to it?" ”

In fact, this problem is also difficult to solve, and it is not much of a problem to raise the guard itself, the key is that the people in power in the guard house take what belongs to the guard for private ownership.

From another point of view, even if those military fields are not in the name of the guard, they all entered the private property of those scholars, not only could they not raise soldiers, but the imperial court could not get a penny.

Therefore, the crux of the matter now is not the mass abolition of the health system.

It is also true that under the guards, ordinary soldiers have become the domestic slaves of their superiors, but under other systems, this situation still exists.

Regarding Emperor Hongzhi's question, Xie Zhi thought for a while before saying: "Don't be too radical in dealing with this issue, otherwise it will easily lead to a mutiny in the army and chaos in the world." ”

After a pause, Xie Zhi said again: "You can use a step-by-step method to solve it slowly, first of all, on the grounds that the armaments of several guard posts of the water division are abandoned, send people to each guard post to check the armament, the number of registered soldiers, this problem will definitely be quite serious, but the imperial court can appropriately relax and only punish a few typical ones."

As long as it is certain that the imperial court does not really want to attack the chronic illness of the guards, how can those guards be willing to take such a big risk.

After that, the imperial court can issue an order, and each guard post or even each province will conduct exercises with the commander of the embassy as a unit, that is, the two sides will fight, and the winning court can adopt a certain policy commendation, and the defeated side should sum up experience, so that the armament slackness can be avoided to a certain extent, and the training can also be kept in mind at all times in each guard station.

In addition, His Majesty should also send people or personally inspect the guards to see the training of soldiers, although this is said to be on the scene, but it can reverse the humble identity of the military household, a country is strong, the soldiers are tough, only the military household is proud of itself, not only will they train themselves from childhood, that is, they will enter the guard, they will train themselves without supervision, Wenchen and military generals should not become opposing existences, when they complement each other, these two are indispensable, and the world is needed Wenchen, However, whether a country is tough or not requires military strength in the future.

It is better to say that on top of the problem of the Japanese Invaders, but where the Ming Dynasty is tough, the Japanese Kou will not dare to commit, even if they really dare to commit, I Da Ming can then say the last sentence, those who dare to offend my Ming Dynasty, the punishment is, there is no need to reluctantly solve the problem with the sea ban, the way to deal with the jackal is not to hide at home, to dare to show the front of the army, let him be afraid. ”

Xie Zhi said this heart-wrenching and enthusiastic, but it was not so easy to really put it into practice.

Xie Zhi did not wait for Emperor Hongzhi to express his position, and then said: "This only ensures the morale of the military households, and it is far from enough, after all, it is not easy to really treat money as dung.

This kind of problem is enough to waste all the previous efforts, so the key is to reduce the occurrence of this type of problem, at least let the soldiers know that the court is working this problem, so that the soldiers could have gotten a copper plate, and finally get it in their hands to become consistent. ”

The original Hongwu Emperor was so harsh on corrupt officials that those who were greedy for ink were set up outside the court to warn future generations.

What are the facts? Ink greed still exists, and it has been banned repeatedly.

Therefore, it is even more difficult to completely eradicate the problem of ink greed, it is almost impossible, and the only thing that can be solved is to guide this matter to occur less.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Zhi said: "And the only feasible way to solve this matter is to create a supervision system, to include all guards in the Jingcha, and regularly send people to check the armaments of each guard on behalf of His Majesty every year, whether the military registration personnel are true, and also to check the training situation, this matter is irregular, irregular, Your Majesty can send people at will, this candidate can be selected among the Xun Qi himself, and the prestige is enough, this is just a general situation, Your Majesty can also arrange the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate and the Xun Qi together, or transfer to each other, inspect the counties, and even inspect the guards, so that the situation of mutual cover between civil servants and military generals can be eliminated on a large scale. ”

After thanking Zhi's opinion, Hongji fell into deep thought.

In order to grasp the problems of the guards, and even the local states and counties, there will be eunuchs guarding the town in each place.

But these eunuchs are not complete, they are also human beings, and they all have the desire for personal gain in human nature, but they have not reached the original intention of Taizong to set up this regulation.

At the beginning of the Jingjing, the eunuchs of Tianfu had passed a lot of news about Zhu Yunwen, and Taizong felt that the eunuchs were credible people, and completely overturned the decree that eunuchs did not need to interfere in politics established by Taizu, and gave the eunuchs real power.

The reason why these eunuchs entered the palace was completely because of their poor family background, and they did not know how to read, so in order to allow these eunuchs to effectively deal with some military affairs, they began to train these eunuchs to read and write.

In the end, it is a fact that the eunuchs with real power did their best to fill their own pockets, even more than those local officials.

The eunuchs have long since existed in name only, and it is necessary to re-establish a new supervision system.

Xie Zhi's suggestion is undoubtedly a feasible and effective approach.

After a long time, Emperor Hongzhi had a smile on his face, smiled slightly and did not answer Xie Zhi's opinion, but just asked, "How is the prince?" ”

It was also the first time that Zhu Houzhao had been away from home alone for so long, and Emperor Hongzhi would also be worried.

Xie Zhi replied truthfully: "Very good, Your Highness went in person, and the morale of the army was quite high." ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Since you have returned to Beijing, you don't have to go anymore, and the matter of pacifying the widow is over." ”

The matter of Pingwei is really almost over, and Xie Zhi really doesn't need to go on another trip.

Emperor Hongzhi summoned Xie Zhi back to ask about Pingwei, and Xie Zhi also had something to say to Emperor Hongzhi when he came back.

Xie Zhi opened his mouth and said: "Obey, Your Majesty, since the matter of Pingwei has ended, please ask Your Majesty to allow Xu Jing to lead the treasure ship to sea." ”

The key to going to sea lies in the Japanese Invaders, and although the Japanese Invaders have been solved, it is not so easy to solve them in a short period of time with the ideas that have been flowing for a hundred years.

Emperor Hongji hesitated.

Xie Zhi smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty still remembers the idea that the minister said at the beginning that one county is rich and one country is rich? Now Yunzhong is also considered rich, raising Yunzhongwei and raising such a big treasure ship, if you want to put this wealth in the treasury, you must grab it from overseas. ”

Overseas wealth, including enriching the circulation of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Zhi had already briefly introduced these things to Emperor Hongzhi, and there was no need to repeat them in a rambling manner.

Emperor Hongzhi was still hesitating, and Xie Zhi urged: "Your Majesty, if you go to the sea one day earlier, the Ming Dynasty will be able to become rich and strong one day sooner, and you can't hesitate any longer." ”

Emperor Hongzhi is not an unassertive person, although Xie Zhi said that the urging was tight, it was impossible for Emperor Hongzhi to agree immediately, and said, "I know." ”

Emperor Hongzhi said this, and Xie Zhi couldn't urge himself.

Just as he was about to retire, Emperor Hongzhi said again: "You wait first, is the firearm used by your Yunzhongwei better than all the current guards?" ”

This question is certain, if it is not superior, how can it be so easy to win against the Japanese invaders.

Xie Zhi replied affirmatively: "That's for sure." ”

Then, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Since this is the case, the Shenji camp should also be equipped, and you can start to do this thing." ”

It's not that Xie Zhi is unwilling to equip the Shenji Battalion, but if such advanced firearms leak out, then the advantage of Daming's side will no longer exist in the future.

If there is a problem, Xie Zhi said: "Your Majesty, the Shenji Battalion is not properly equipped now, and the Shenji Battalion must also have those problems with other guards, if the advanced firearms are distributed at this time, the minister is worried that it will be leaked, of course, this firearm must be equipped, not only to be equipped with the Shenji Battalion, but also to be improved by other guards." ”

This is really a very real problem, Emperor Hongzhi didn't say much, paused and said: "Well, didn't you say before that you would send people to supervise the guards?" I set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Five Armies, and you came to serve as the Imperial History of the Left Capital, and I investigated the shortcomings of each guard office full-time, and I arranged a government office for you in Beijing, and treated you the same as the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Can Xie Zhi understand that he is being promoted?

Xie Zhi asked, "What about the clouds?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said: "Wang Shouren is promoted to Zhi County, Tang Yin is promoted to County Cheng, and Xu Jing is promoted to the lord Bo." ”

It is understandable that Wang Shouren was promoted from the county to the county, after all, Wang Shouren was also born as a Jinshi.

Tang Yin and Xu Jing were robbed of their fame, and their identities were restored faster.

However, Emperor Hongzhi also knew that Tang Yin and Xu Jingnai were framed by Zhou Shou, and after Zhou Shou was arrested, it was time to restore the identities of the two of them.

What else could Xie Zhi say, he could only give up his hand and say, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his hand and said, "You can rest assured that the affairs of the guard are handled by the three of them, so you can rest assured." ”

Now in this situation in the cloud, no matter who is the governor of the county, it is not suitable.

As for those advanced ideas, only very ordinary people like Wang Shouren can accept them.

With Emperor Hongzhi's will, Xie Zhi will be able to stay in Beijing for a long time, and at the same time, Xie Zhi is also responsible for supervising all the generals, including those who are honorable.

Of course, if you look at which Wenchen is not pleasing to the eye, you can also report it by the way.

In fact, this arrangement is quite reasonable, Emperor Hongzhi originally wanted to let the ministers and generals check and balance each other, and did not want one of them to dominate.

In this way, the position of those eunuchs will be awkward.

These eunuchs are nominally the eyes and ears of the emperor, but in fact, the things they do are for the good of the emperor.