Noon, Prince's Mansion.

Fang San's craftsmanship was not very good, but it was in line with Chang Yu's taste, and he devoured it, and praised it again and again, which made Fang San happy.

But some people are happy and some are worried, Zhu Cihong has a bitter face: "Do you know how big the scene was last night when the three marquis and two dukes were on duty?" ”

"Which three marquis and two dukes?" Chang Yu didn't raise his head and asked, in fact, there are only five Guogong left in the Ming Dynasty now, one each in Yunnan and Nanjing, and three in Beijing, and there are a lot of monkeys.

"Chengguo Gong, British Duke, Wuding Marquis, Zhenyuan Marquis, Taining Marquis"

"Good guy, the emperor is really powerful" Chang Yu couldn't help but exclaim, he was not surprised by the three of them, but these marquis are the most old, especially Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, which was sealed by Taizu, and now the last one should be called Guo Peimin.

"These are all big tyrants, how much did you win yesterday?"

"Do you think I looked like I had won money, I lost more than five hundred taels last night, and half of the previous win has gone, and if I continue like this, I will smash the pot and sell iron again" The prince's brows twisted into a twist.

I went, Chang Yu was a little surprised: "It's time again, who won?" ”

"Except for me, those few have all won, but it is Zhu Chunchen who has won the most, and it is estimated that there are more than three thousand!"

Damn, how can you win so much, Chang Yu is very surprised.

"This old dog is clever, he bets normally in the regular season, and the bets between several princes are also small bets, but when it comes to the challenge, he makes big bets......"

Why is this happening, Chang Yuleng paused for a moment, and instantly woke up: "It's his people who are challenged?" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded heavily: "He picked it out from the pro-guard army, where are the eunuchs under you who are their opponents...... In fact, I can also see the winner or loser, but this old dog proposed to bet with me, and Wang Dehua and I had to deal with it, just waiting for you to come back and slaughter him, but this old dog is obviously much smarter than Li Guozhen's waste, he doesn't bet on the regular season, just because he is afraid that we will manipulate the game......"

Hmph, Chang Yu was silent for a while and sneered: "He has a good plan, I have a wall ladder, just his little ninety-nine, can't turn over the waves, do you know who is on duty tonight?" ”

"My father ordered that there must be two two dukes and three marquis or uncles on duty every night, so basically Zhu Laogou will come almost every night......"

Hey, Chongzhen is even playing with these nobles to death, Uncle Hou takes turns so much, but there are only three of them, and it's hard enough to be on duty almost every night, but think about it, these nobles have nothing to do on weekdays, so what's wrong with a night shift.

"I'll teach him a lesson tonight, if he doesn't come, he will make him bleed, and you will ...... as old as he is."

The two of them broke away from Fang San and whispered.

In the afternoon, in front of a family in Xinghua Temple Hutong (later Xinghua Hutong) in the north of the city, Chang Yu stood with his shoulders crossed, watching Tang Potian gently pat the door.

Soon the courtyard door opened, Zhang Huwei looked at the two people in front of him with a stunned face, especially Chang Yu who was smiling, he really couldn't imagine how these two people could find their own home.

Although Zhang Huwei is a Han general in Jinyi Weizhong who belongs to the emperor's army, because he is from the capital and is not a big head, he will go home to serve his parents when he is not on duty.

"Brother Zhang is good" Chang Yu greeted with a smile, as far as his eyes could see, he already knew in his heart, this Zhang Huwei family was also a small civilian household, and it was said that there were several large families who were soldiers at that time, in addition to hereditary military positions.

"Father-in-law Chang" Zhang Huwei was really surprised, how could this little eunuch who moved the palace come to look for him at home: "Father-in-law Chang is ......"

"I'm idle, I'm looking for Brother Zhang's chatter," Chang Yu saw his doubts.

"Oh, this relationship is good, come, come in and sit" Zhang Huwei was stunned for a moment, still puzzled in his heart, he had a fight with this guy, and once he went to watch a boxing match, he had to point out and win some money, and the others did not intersect, how could Yaxing come to talk about anything today, but he was puzzled in his heart, and he was still enthusiastic on the surface.

"It's not troublesome, Brother Zhang, why don't we go out for a walk, find a teahouse and a restaurant to drink, and have fun" Chang Yu's words made Zhang Wuwei a little confused, and pondered slightly: "It's okay" As he spoke, he turned around and closed the courtyard door, and glanced left and right: "There is no restaurant here because there is a temple (Xinghua Temple), why don't you go to Dingfu Street (Houdingfu Street) in the north, it is lively over there."

Dingfu Street is the most prosperous place in the north of the city, and it is also the most famous street, prosperous because of the merchants, famous because this street is named after the Dingguo Mansion.

If you want to ask which is the first aristocratic gate valve in the Ming Dynasty, it is a three-year-old child who can also say casually: the old Xu family of a king (Xu Da chasing the name) and a queen and a concubine.

The old Xu family is divided into two branches: Wei Guogong in Nanjing, and this Dingfu Street is Dingguo Gong who moved the capital to Beijing with Chengzu, and the contemporary Dingguo Gong is Xu Yunzhen.

Although the street is prosperous, but after all, the weather is cold and there are not many pedestrians, the three of them found a restaurant and walked in, only to find that there were a lot of people who were idle on a cold day and had nothing to do with three or five friends to warm up and brag.

asked for a private room, there was a stove in it, it was warm and wishful, ordered some wine and food, and said to the running hall that he should not disturb at will, and the three of them were polite, and Chang Yu went directly to the topic.

"Mingren doesn't say secret words, this time I am looking for Brother Zhang to cooperate" Chang Yu put away the smile on his face: "Our family got a boxing match in the palace, Brother Zhang knew that the original intention was to entertain himself, but he didn't expect to play more and more, and now in order to expand the scale and diversify customer needs, he decided to invite Brother Zhang to join the gang."

Zhang Wuwei was a little surprised: "Looking for me to join the gang, aren't the boxing matches in the palace all participated by the fathers-in-law?" ”

"Originally, this was indeed the case, as I just said, in order to adapt to the diversification of the market and customer needs, now the event is not limited to eunuchs, but also to the pro-guards, is Brother Zhang interested?"

Naturally interested, Chang Yu knew the answer from Zhang Wuwei's eyes, and the source of this interest was also simple and direct, that is, silver.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the arrears of military salaries were a history of blood and tears, if it was said that it could not be finished for three days and three nights, as many as several million taels, not only involving the border army, the Beijing camp, and even the emperor's personal guards were also affected, but the soldiers were also human beings, and they had to support their families and live.

"I mean to" Zhang Wuwei nodded emphatically: "It's just, if you are ......"

"Don't worry, there is no problem with the procedures, I'll settle what happens" Chang Yu knew what he was worried about, so he interrupted directly and patted his chest to pack the ticket.

"Father-in-law Chang, you may be able to eat well in the palace, but the water in this army is deep, is it really flat?" Zhang Wuwei was still a little hesitant.

Chang Yu smiled: "If you don't have this diamond diamond, how dare you take the porcelain work of Brother Zhang, you can rest assured, if there is really anything to do, someone will come forward."

Zhang Wuwei squinted his eyes and was silent for a while, and suddenly remembered that Chang Yu was from the Prince's Mansion, since he dared to speak like this, he naturally had the support of the Prince, so he nodded heavily: "Okay, it's done."

Chang Yu and Tang Potian were overjoyed: "If Brother Zhang has someone he knows well, he can introduce him, he has nothing else to ask for, he just needs to be able to fight, and he can fight."

Zhang Wuwei pondered for a moment: "There are actually a lot of good hands in the guards, since Chang Gonggong has the heart to recruit, I will be a lobbyist, it should not be difficult."

Great, Chang Yu was overjoyed: "There is Brother Lao Zhang, even if you help me find it, the money is easy to say."

Zhang Wuwei also smiled: "As long as the silver is in place, there is no difference between what I say and what I don't say."

Straightforward and honest, Chang Yu appreciates.

The three of them talked about wine, and the more they chatted, the more they rose, and the topic was out of control.

"By the way, Brother Zhang, do you have an acquaintance in Beijing?" After some hot chat, Chang Yu suddenly mentioned such a sentence, and Zhang Wuwei was stunned.

The army of the Ming Dynasty is mainly divided into two kinds, a kind of Beijing army and local army, the local army is stationed in various places, mainly for the border nine border towns, usually farming, wartime defense of the city, referred to as the border army, belongs to the field army, because of the rich combat experience is the strongest force of the Ming Dynasty.

The Beijing army, also known as the Beijing battalion, belongs to the mobile troops, the most well-equipped, the Beijing division is guarded in peacetime, the main force of the conquest in wartime, the five northern expeditions of the Yongle Emperor are all based on the Beijing camp as the main force, in the early years of Hongwu, the Beijing camp is only forty-eight guards, after Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, the Beijing division is close to the front line, the Beijing camp expands the army to seventy-two guards, up to nearly 500,000 people, and is formally established, and formally established the five armies, three thousand, and the three battalions of the gods. In peacetime, the five military battalions practiced the camp formation, the 3,000 battalion commanders patrolled, and the Shenji battalion held firearms, and they drove with them in wartime.

After that, the Beijing camp gradually weakened, and there were too many vacancies, and the soldiers of the pro-army and the Beijing guard stationed in Beijing today were either old, weak, sick and disabled, or asked someone to take the roll call on their behalf, or were occupied by the family of the honorable relatives for labor. Since the rise of the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing camp has never had a record at all. According to the statement of Yushi Wang Zhang, there were 110,000 soldiers on the books of the Beijing camp in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, but half of them were dead, and the rest had no combat effectiveness. This is also why when the thieves attacked the city of Beijing, the so-called most well-equipped Ming army was dispersed as soon as it collapsed.

"There are indeed a few acquaintances who are serving in the Beijing camp, is it possible that Father-in-law Chang still plans to pick people from the Beijing camp?" Zhang Wuwei understood it at one point, and looked at Chang Yu curiously.

"It's best to be on the battlefield" Chang Yu nodded vigorously, he has always admired the strength of actual combat, although the emperor's guards are well-equipped, strong, brave and powerful, but they have little actual combat experience, not to mention the difference between ordinary fights and killing people on the battlefield.

But the Beijing camp is different, although their actual combat experience is not as rich as that of the border army, but they have also been on the battlefield, and he really wants to see what the strength of those sergeants who have been on the battlefield and seen bloody and desperate lives is.

"Is Grandpa Chang mistaken, how has Jingying ever been on the battlefield in recent years?" Zhang Wuwei poured Chang Yu cold with a basin of cold water, and even stumbled a little: "No, haven't you been, how can our family remember that the Beijing camp was under the leadership of two generals, Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong......"

"It turns out that Chang Gonggong is talking about the two pro-armies of the emperor, the Tengxiang Siwei Battalion and the Warrior Battalion, and in essence, they do not belong to the Beijing battalion," Zhang Wuwei explained.

Chang Yu was in a trance, and a little embarrassed, it seemed that his memory was a little vague and he remembered it wrong. It turned out to be someone from the Imperial Horse Warden, so it would be easier to do.

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