"Huh? Ha! Ha ha! Hahaha! ”

When the news reached Jingshi and Zhu Yunwen's hands, Zhu Yunwen was stunned at first, and then laughed, he slapped the table and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect it!" I didn't expect that! Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has done everything he can, but he has helped me a lot! Haha, hahaha! ”

Liu Jing, Xie Jin and others who were standing next to him also gave out a knowing smile, things are too bizarre, when the local slaves were robbed from the Ryukyus, everyone was worried that it would set off new waves on the grassland, and the grassland people would be united under one banner again, the Ming border pass would face a new test, and the construction of the Northeast might have to be stopped, but I didn't expect it to be this result.

Liu Jing is an old man and a serious person, and after Zhu Yunwen's excitement passed, he hurriedly came out: "Your Majesty, please pay attention to your appearance!" ”

"Oh!" Zhu Yunwen came back to his senses, but he was also a little embarrassed, he coughed lightly twice, and said with a straight face: "Zhongjing, Dashen, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that after this incident, the rift between Moxiwarat and Modong will be difficult to repair, and it is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Ming Dynasty!" Xie Jin was the first to come out of the ranks.

"Then why did Warat go south to harass him in the summer?"

"This," Xie Jin thought for a moment, and said, "This may be Warat's trick, in order to cover up his intention to return west." ”

"No," Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, shook his head and said, "At that time, the land protection slave had not yet returned to the grassland, maybe Wara did have the intention of going south!" ”

"Zhongjing, send an edict to Suiyuan, Shanxi, Hebei, and Northeast Prefectures, and order them to be careful and vigilant to prevent the enemy's tricks, and in addition," Zhu Yunwen paused for a moment, and then said: "Let Yiguo Gong pay close attention to the movements of the Guanxi Qiwei, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the Timurid Khanate after the return of Waraxi, and if possible, let them get busy first!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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After the threat of Warat was temporarily lifted, Emperor Zhu Yunwen officially issued an edict that the Guards would be demobilized from this year, and soldiers and officers who had reached the age of service could retire and return to their hometowns.

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Pyongyang, the garrison of the 1st Guards Army.

“......”

"The last general Zhang Lun received the order, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

After Zhang Lun gave the salute, he didn't get up for a long time, and the generals behind him were also stunned and at a loss.

"General Zhang, what's wrong?"

"Nothing!"

Zhang Lun sighed, got up and arched his hand: "Lord Yang, you have been tired all the way on the saddle horse, please go into the barracks to rest for a while, and come over after dealing with some things!" ”

"Okay, General Zhang, please take care of yourself, but the matter of demobilization must be hurried, Your Majesty means that these warriors of the Ming Dynasty can go home for the New Year!"

"That's, that's, the last general understands, please rest assured, my lord!"

When Yang Rong was there, no one dared to speak, and when he walked away, the generals behind Zhang Lun surrounded him one after another, and said nonsense:

"General, what does this mean?"

"General, does Your Majesty not want us?"

"General, why did Your Majesty demobilize the soldiers? Isn't our First Army good enough? ”

"General, has Your Majesty been deceived by traitors?"

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Listening to the chirping of his subordinates, Zhang Lun looked sideways at Feng Yiping, the superintendent with a sinking face, chuckled in his heart, and immediately said, "Shut up for me!" Everyone go back to their posts, appease their subordinates, and believe in Your Majesty, understand? ”

"Yes, General!"

The military law of the Guards was harsh, so after Zhang Lun spoke, no one dared to speak again, so he had to salute and run back to his camp.

"Lao Feng, looking at your appearance, did you already know it in your heart?"

"Yes, more than ten days ago, the official document from the Ministry of Supervision arrived, let us prepare for the demobilization of officers and soldiers!"

"Well," Zhang Lun frowned and thought for a while, and said: "I have an impression of this, but I thought that I would have to fight after the Japanese kingdom, but I didn't expect it, alas! ”

"How is that possible?" Feng Yiping shook his head: "Demobilization is not a simple matter, it requires close cooperation between the military and local governments, and it is a matter that involves the whole body, as long as it is started, it is impossible to stop." ”

"Well," Zhang Lun sighed: "I understand, but I always have fantasies and feel ...... Forget it, let's not talk about it, the matter of demobilization has to trouble the old man. ”

"Nothing, the duty!"

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Contrary to Zhu Yunwen's imagination, most soldiers were unwilling to be demobilized.

Compared with the poor life of ordinary military households, the life of the Guards is like paradise, although the training is hard, the military law is strict, but the degree of food and clothing is much better, there are white rice, white flour steamed buns every day, and you can also eat eggs, fish and shrimp, pigs, beef and mutton every three or five times, as for the military uniforms, they are all uniformly customized, of high quality, worn on the body, and very spiritual, everyone likes it very much.

The Guards Supervision Department was set up very early, so there were far fewer things to withhold from military salaries, and this was also the thing that the officers and men were most satisfied with.

In addition, the supervision department also has a duty, that is, to supervise the officers and soldiers to read and write, and it is said that this is also the emperor's requirement, hoping that the officers and soldiers will become all-round talents.

However, these well-rounded talents are leaving the Guards, which makes many people unable to figure it out!

For a time, the officers at all levels were crowded with people, who asked to write to the emperor, they were loyal guards of His Majesty, and they were willing to fight to the death for His Majesty.

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For the first batch of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen can be said to have exhausted his mind.

According to the Military Service Law, the term of service for ordinary soldiers is seven years, nine years for second lieutenants and lieutenants, ten years for captains, twelve years for majors and lieutenant colonels, and fifteen years for colonels.

This time the demobilized soldiers were mainly ordinary soldiers, and the treatment of each soldier after retirement was also very good: seven silver coins, 20 acres of fertile land, a cow, and a full set of farm tools.

If a soldier is a military household, he can enter the local health station and be promoted by one level; If you want to change to a private household, in principle, you can only transfer your wife and children out, but you must leave the original guard house and go to a nearby prefecture and county to become naturalized; If there are military merits, they can be appropriately relaxed and transfer their parents and brothers out according to their ranks.

However, if the parents and brothers move out, they can only choose the border areas, such as Hebei, Northeast China, North Korea and other places, and these lands can be bought and sold freely.

If you leave the guard station and become a citizen, you can go to the local army middle school to study for one year, the tuition is free, and after passing the examination, you can go to the nearby village head, township head, and you can also go to the public security bureau to serve and become a glorious royal policeman.

Finally, all soldiers who have been transferred to civilian nationality must be assigned to the reserve and placed under the management of the local reserve management body, and when the country is facing life and death, the reserve soldiers must also go to the battlefield.

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After the initial surprise and complaints, everyone realized that the demobilization of officers and soldiers was an imperial order and could not be changed, so everyone went to their superiors or to the supervisory envoy to inquire about the specific situation.

When Yang Rong, Feng Yiping and others made the demobilization treatment clear, everyone couldn't help but talk about it, thinking about how to choose, whether to leave the guard center or stay in the guard center? Is it to bring the family out and take root in the frontier? Or do you want to put down roots in the frontier yourself? Is it in Hebei, Northeast or North Korea?

After more than a month of communication, consultation, statistics, and reporting, the demobilization applications of the First and Second Guards Army were submitted to the General Supervision Department and the Military Department, and finally reported to the emperor.

The whereabouts of the demobilized soldiers also exceeded Zhu Yunwen's expectations, and the soldiers who were willing to leave the guard station, and the soldiers whose families moved to Hebei, North Korea and Northeast China accounted for about 20 percent; In the nearby prefectures and counties, there are many more people who have changed to civil nationality than expected, reaching 50%; The remaining thirty percent chose to stay in the guard post and train new soldiers.

Because the number of people who have been converted to civilian nationality is more than expected, so the nearby prefectures and counties have complained one after another, so Zhu Yunwen ordered that these people be deployed within the political envoy department to meet their requirements as much as possible, fortunately, the founding time is not long, and the land of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively idle, and it is not a problem to arrange thousands of people.

The First and Second Guards armies totaled more than 32,000 people, of which nearly 20,000 were demobilized.

There are two sources of recruits, one is the more than 20 guard posts in North Korea, and the other is a training base for recruits.

The recruit training base was established in May of the seventh year of Jianwen, and Mei Yin, the commander of the horse, served as the director of recruit training, which is subordinate to the General Supervision Department, and there are currently five main bases, distributed in Beijing, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and bases in other provinces are under construction.

The trainees of the recruit training base are mainly from army primary schools, army middle schools, and local health centers in various localities, as well as a small number of civilians.

At present, the number of ordinary people joining the army is not large, this is due to tradition, Zhu Yunwen hopes to gradually change this situation in the future, and the way to change this situation is to improve the quality of soldiers, improve the status of soldiers, and gradually let people see the benefits of joining the army, at the same time, as the emperor, Zhu Yunwen also hopes to use this way to gradually disperse his tentacles to the countryside, of course, this road is still very long, it cannot be achieved overnight.

In order to show that he attaches great importance to it, Zhu Yunwen ordered Yang Rong, Zhang Lun, Cao Yushu and others to select outstanding representatives of demobilized soldiers to go to Beijing to accept their own review, and give a banquet in the Fengtian Palace.

Most of these demobilized soldiers later worked in the demobilized servicemen's management centers and management offices in various localities, and they also became Zhu Yunwen's eyes and ears in various places, because Zhu Yunwen allowed them to go directly to Beijing to file a complaint, and gave them a pass token, and officials in various localities were not allowed to stop them.

On the whole, this demobilization met Zhu Yunwen's requirements and achieved his three goals:

First, the soldiers should be rotated regularly to prevent the emergence of the phenomenon of soldiers acting as generals, and the ambitions of the generals will naturally be curbed.

Second, the soldiers returned to the localities and served as grassroots officials, which strengthened the imperial court's control over the countryside.

Third, whether soldiers can be demobilized does not need to die of old age in a foreign land, and the treatment is generous, which stimulates the enthusiasm of the people to join the army.