In just a few days, Emperor Jingtai's book case was piled up with a hill of twists and turns, all of which were the twists and turns of the impeachment of Shandong's civil and military officials and the arguments of the DPRK's Chinese military officials.

In this regard, Emperor Jingtai was also irritable in his heart, so he summoned Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, to listen to Yu Qian's specific opinions on this matter.

Soon, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, hurried over, and after a salute, Emperor Jingtai asked him how to solve the matter of Shandong's civil and military mutual participation.

Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should suppress the local civil officials in the DPRK and Shandong, and at the same time restrain the military attaché. ”

Emperor Jingtai said: "Suppress civil officials? Why! ”

"Your Majesty, this matter is caused by the civilian officials' wanton interference in local military affairs, so it is necessary to start from this to solve this matter, and at the same time, in order to stabilize the hearts and minds of the civilian officials, it is also necessary to restrain the military attaché's side."

Emperor Jingtai nodded, and said: "For the civil officials of the court and Shandong, I will pass down the will." At the same time, the Ministry of War also wants to reprimand Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, and settle the matter as soon as possible! ”

Yu Qian smiled and immediately received the order.

A few days later, Emperor Jingtai issued an order to reprimand Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, and ordered several people to "not arbitrarily interfere in the military, and all parties must abide by their duties"!

At the same time, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also issued the following in the name of the Ministry of War, reprimanding Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, for "arrogance", and Liu Juntao also wrote a letter in a very timely manner to "ask for guilt".

However, to Emperor Jingtai's surprise, the civil officials in the central and Shandong provinces were excited, and they wrote to Emperor Jingtai one after another, stating: Everyone is dedicated to the country, and the martial arts of the country are incompatible!

For a time, the impeachment of Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, by the Chinese officials of the DPRK, continued, but instead of decreasing, they became more and more numerous.

Seeing this, Emperor Jingtai was also annoyed in his heart, so he summoned Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, to the imperial study again.

"What can I do now!"

Yu Qian pondered for a while, then took out a notebook and said; "Your Majesty, Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, there is a twist and turn here, please take a look at it!"

Emperor Jingtai was slightly surprised when he heard this, so he asked the eunuch next to him to take it, only to see Liu Juntao write in the first sentence of the compromise: "Minister, please dismiss the soldiers and horses of the Shandong Guard, and merge their soldiers and horses into the jurisdiction of Shandong Town, so as to deter the local government and save money and grain!" ”

Emperor Jingtai was taken aback when he saw this, and said secretly: "This Liu Juntao actually has the courage to implement military system reform in Shandong!" ”

In fact, in Liu Juntao's compromise, the whole article is to discuss the shortcomings of the guard system in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and propose that the flight of soldiers and horses in the guards in Shandong is very serious, and it is no longer possible to stabilize the local peace; Moreover, the tuntian of the local guards was also encroached upon by the gentry, officials, wealthy merchants and other forces, and it was impossible to continue to provide military rations for the imperial court;

Therefore, the imperial court should try out a new military system of "dismantling the guards and turning them into battalions" in Shandong as soon as possible, and at the same time strictly inspect the land of the military cantonments in various parts of Shandong, recover all the land that has been encroached upon, and severely punish those who encroach on the land of the military cantonments.

Emperor Jingtai is also well aware of this, and Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has repeatedly requested that the "Qing Army Imperial History" be sent to the whole country, so as to thoroughly investigate the actual strength of the soldiers and horses in the guards across the country!

Previously, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had a deep understanding of the escape of soldiers and horses from various guards, and mentioned in his recital to Emperor Jingtai:

"The ministers have only stolen it, since the imperial history has been cleaned up, in the past three years, the book issued by the world's capital guards has been 1.2 million strange to sit and escape the former sergeants. Today, there are no two or three out of ten to the army, and there are few escapes! ”

You must know that the 1.2 million soldiers and horses who fled to the guard have already accounted for one-third of the strength of the guard on the Ming account at this time!

The guard system of the Ming Dynasty could mobilize a large number of elite soldiers at the time of the founding of the country, but at this time, the guards and horses in all parts of the Ming Dynasty belonged to training, and ordinary soldiers were exploited by the Shangguan and the local gentry, and their lives were extremely difficult, so that the guards and horses in all parts of the Ming Dynasty had a very serious escape!

And because the guards are hereditary, many of the guards are incompetent, but they are only generals because of the shadow of their ancestors.

These hereditary generals are not good at governing the army, but they have the ability to collect money, and they are also extremely vicious and arbitrary in treating their subordinate soldiers.

In Liu Juntao's recital, he gave a detailed account of the current situation of the guards in Shandong, and asked the imperial court to immediately dismiss the soldiers and horses of the Shandong guards, merge the usable soldiers and horses into the battalions of Shandong Town, and immediately disband the unusable soldiers and horses on the spot, and check the land of the guards in various places.

In this way, tens of thousands of soldiers can be removed from Shandong alone, and the land in various cantonments can be transferred to Shandong Town for the military town to hire people to cultivate and use it to offset military expenditures.

Finally, Liu Juntao wrote in the memoir: "The reduction of soldiers and horses in the Shandong Guard Station can reduce tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers, and Shandong Town can obtain hundreds of thousands of acres of military land, which can offset more than 30% of the military rations every year!" ”

Seeing this, Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but feel a little moved, but when he thought of checking the number of tuntians in various parts of Shandong, Emperor Jingtai felt a headache, that is to snatch food from all the forces in Shandong, and if you are not careful, the place will be disturbed~ chaos!

Emperor Jingtai also expressed his worries to Yu Qian, and revealed that he still supported Liu Juntao's "dismantling the guard post and turning it into a battalion".

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai also knew that the reason why Liu Juntao proposed this new military system at this time was to unify the military power in Shandong and remove the soldiers and horses of the guards that were touched by the civilian forces in Shandong, so as to suppress the civilian forces!

Emperor Jingtai could already imagine that once this new military system was implemented in Shandong and even the whole country, it was estimated that the civilian forces in the court and the central government would blow up, and even those who dared to assassinate Liu Juntao!

Thinking of this, Emperor Jingtai was also slightly afraid.

At this time, Yu Qian said, "Your Majesty! Xiang Qun, the commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Command of this matter, also made an excerpt, expressing his full support for the reduction of soldiers and horses in the Shandong Guard, and supporting the request of Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Jingtai was also surprised and said: "This Xiang Qun actually agreed to this proposal? ”

"Exactly!"

Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty! Now the guards and horses in all parts of the country are like Shandong, the soldiers have fled to the serious level, and the military camps have been occupied! In the long run, the cornerstone of my Ming Dynasty's military armament will be eaten away by those gentry and officials! Therefore, the minister asked His Majesty: The minister supports Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, to implement the new military system in Shandong first! ”

Emperor Jingtai pondered for a long time and said, "Rong Zhen think about it!" ”

Yu Qian understands that this matter is very important, not only the civil officials in the DPRK and the local government will vigorously oppose it, but even the gentry in various places will jump out to make trouble, after all, this matter is too widely implicated, once the new military system is implemented, it will be equivalent to snatching food from the mouths of these "big guys"!

Even some guards will come out to oppose it, after all, most of the guards are hereditary, and the abolition of the guard system is to cut off the glory and wealth of these people for generations, and it has shaken the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's military armament!

Emperor Jingtai is also forgiven for being serious and cautious.

So, Yu Qian temporarily retired.

A few days later, Liu Juntao received a letter from Yu Qian, learning that Emperor Jingtai had been touched by the new military system, but because the matter was too big, he could not make up his mind.

Liu Juntao originally did not expect to be able to facilitate this matter with just one performance, after all, the new military system can draw salaries from those civilian forces.

So, Liu Juntao sent Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Committee, to Qufu County in person to ask to see Yan Shenggong!

At the same time, Liu Juntao also wrote a personal letter to Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, and Lei Bo, who was far away in Guangxi, asking the two to mobilize their connections to play the imperial court together and ask for a new military system!

After more than ten days, Emperor Jingtai had more than a dozen twists and turns in front of him, all of which were the concerts of the general soldiers and generals of Datong Town, Guangxi, Guangdong, Shanxi Town, Xuanfu Town and other places, and even a few copies of the concerts of the Gyeonggi generals, all of which were requests for the imperial court to implement the new military system!

In the blink of an eye, the controversy between the Chinese and armed forces of the DPRK immediately shifted to the new military system, and almost the vast majority of civilian officials, both in the DPRK and in the localities, jumped out and opposed the implementation of the new military system.

The military attachés of the DPRK and China were strongly supportive, and although most of the local guards did not approve of the new military system, they saw that the civilian officials were deflated, and they were all thundering and raining, and even many people began to watch the drama and did not go into battle shirtless.