The reason why Zhang Bin was in a hurry to transfer the guards of the Dajin Institute to practice was not to train the imperial court, but to train himself.

Because he understands that in order to gain a foothold in the late Ming Dynasty, it is fundamental to hold military power, which does not refer to the military power granted by the emperor, but the private soldiers controlled in his own hands.

In other words, you must have your own army, otherwise, it will be a joke to be a minister.

Emperor Chongzhen is notoriously impulsive, he can promote you to the military department at once, and the cabinet scholar or even the cabinet chief assistant can suddenly jerk you off, or even drag you out and cut you directly!

The so-called companion is like a tiger, and Emperor Chongzhen is even more tiger, if there are no self-protection measures, he may be bitten by him at any time.

There are many typical examples in the late Ming Dynasty, like Zheng Chenggong or even Wu Sangui, they are fine, like Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and even Yuan Chonghuan, no matter how capable they are, they will die.

Why?

It's very simple, because Zheng Chenggong and Wu Sangui have soldiers in their hands.

As for how to use private soldiers to protect themselves, it will be a matter of the future, in short, the peasant rebel army will be suppressed, Houjin will be destroyed, Chongzhen can not be unguarded, and with the power of self-preservation, he can let go to save the Ming Dynasty.

He didn't want to be like Lu Xiangsheng, who was accidentally killed by someone; I don't want to be like Yuan Chonghuan, who was inexplicably cut by Chongzhen.

Of course, at this time, the training of private soldiers cannot come blatantly, if Chongzhen knows that he has private soldiers from the beginning, I am afraid that I don't think about it when I am in power, it is very likely that he will be killed as a thief before he is in power.

Fortunately, the Dajin guard is actually equivalent to his Zhang family's private soldiers, starting now, it is difficult to be discovered by people when he practices secretly, and it doesn't matter when the world is in chaos, at that time, who will pay attention to a small coastal guard.

It's just that the number of guards in Dajin is a bit small, and a thousand people are not enough to save their lives in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty were quite terrifying, as long as the peasant rebel army was together, the entire Ming Dynasty would be chaotic into a pot of porridge, at that time, the peasant army was tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, thousands of people, no matter how powerful it was, it would have no great effect.

Zhang Bin has already thought about it, first train the guards of the Dajin Institute, and then expand on the basis of these guards, his eldest brother and second brother will be the commanders of the private army in the future, and all those who are loyal to themselves in the guards will be trained as officers, so that even if the army is expanded to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in the future, they can be firmly controlled in their own hands.

At this time, Qijiabao was all connected, just waiting for the guards of the Dajin Institute to come over to practice, after Zhang Bin returned to the Jinling Mansion, he rested for a night, and the next morning he took Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru to the mansion of the fourth brother Zhang Jun through several connected arches.

At this time, his fourth brother Zhang Jun's family had not yet come, and the entire mansion was full of singles, so there was nothing to avoid, he didn't even order anyone to report it, and walked directly to Zhang Jun's residence.

As a result, he didn't take a few steps before he was seen by Zhang Jun's entourage, this person was not Yu Ding, and the people who followed his third and fourth brothers to do business were more than one or two brothers in the Dajin Institute, and they couldn't be Tunwei or Yu Ding, and they couldn't inherit the Tun Guard's Tuntian, so they could only follow out to do business and earn their own living expenses.

These people can be said to be the lowest status of Dajin, and when they saw Zhang Bin, they were naturally very respectful, and before Zhang Bin could speak, the man gave up his hand and said: "Fifth Young Master, are you here to find the Fourth Young Master?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Well, has my fourth brother gotten up?" ”

The man nodded hurriedly and said, "Get up, get up, I'm reading the account book in the study at this time, I want to pass it on to you." ”

Zhang Bin doesn't care, there are not so many rules between their brothers, and they deliberately arrange someone to pass it on, and it's not good to trouble his fourth brother to come to meet him, but since he met his fourth brother's personal entourage, it's nothing to let him go to pass the word, anyway, he is almost there at this time, and his fourth brother doesn't have to walk a few steps even if he comes out.

He nodded casually, and the man ran quickly to the main house.

Sure enough, before he entered the door, Zhang Jun came out and said in surprise: "Fifth brother, why do you have time to come to me?" ”

Zhang Bin smiled and said, "Fourth brother, I have something to discuss with you, are you free at this time?" ”

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "If you are free, you are free, come, sit inside." ”

After that, he led Zhang Bin into the lobby, let him to the guest seat, and ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked carefully: "Fifth brother, what is the matter, you still have to make a special trip and send someone over to inform you no?" ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "This matter is not a trivial matter, it must be discussed." ”

Zhang Jun immediately said as a matter of course: "What is there to discuss or not, your business is the most important, what is it, you say, as long as the fourth brother can do it, it will definitely be done for you." ”

The old Zhang family is counting on him to glorify his ancestors, so his parents and four elder brothers are obedient to him, no matter what, as long as he speaks, no one will say a word.

Zhang Bin couldn't help but be moved: "Fourth brother, thank you, but this matter is too big to be taken lightly, so I came to you to discuss." ”

When Zhang Jun heard this, he said with a solemn face: "Well, what's the matter, you can tell me." ”

Zhang Bin also said with a solemn expression: "I want the eldest brother and the second brother to take turns to bring the guards of the Dajin Institute over to practice the mandarin duck formation of the Qi family's army." ”

Sure enough, it's not a trivial matter, if it's in Pingyang, it's nothing to let the guards of the Dajin Institute sneak over, the problem is Jinling, the guards of the Dajin Institute have to take a big risk when they come over, Zhang Jun was puzzled: "Why?" ”

Zhang Bin hesitated slightly, and then said solemnly: "Fourth brother, you don't know, this world is going to be chaotic, and when the time comes, if you don't have any soldiers in your hands, you may not be able to save your life." ”

Zhang Jun couldn't help but say with discoloration: "You mean that someone wants to rebel?" ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, the fourth brother really guessed correctly, but then it was not just someone who rebelled, he nodded slightly, and said cautiously: "This matter can't be talked about, in short, we have to take precautions." ”

Zhang Jun was still a little puzzled: "Fifth brother, you should know, the guards of our Dajin Institute are different from other guards, and we often practice, why do we have to come here to practice?" ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "Fourth brother, haven't you heard of Qi Jiajun?" They're not ordinary! ”

Zhang Jun said solemnly: "Of course I've heard of Qi Jiajun, is this really necessary?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded firmly: "Yes!" ”

When Zhang Jun heard this, he gritted his teeth and said: "That's okay, I'll do what you say, what to do with the problem father's side, or you can repair a book and explain it to your father." ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "No, you can't write a letter for this kind of thing, when you have almost made this arrangement, I will send Zhang to send them back to explain to my father." ”

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Well, you're right, be careful, let's say, next, what do you want the fourth brother to do?" ”

Zhang Bin then explained: "That's the case, I want you to issue a road guide in the name of Dongshengtang and organize a convoy to transport goods by yourself, so that the eldest brother and they can disguise themselves as coolies on a cart and go back and forth between Dajin and Jinling." ”

Zhang Jun couldn't help but admire: "Yes, this is a good idea, disguised as a coolie, the people from the inspection department in various places will not care, how many cars to prepare, you say." ”

Zhang Bin estimated and said: "About a hundred cars should be about the same, and Qijiabao can train more than a hundred people at a time." ”

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Well, no problem, a hundred cars are trivial, and the road guide is easy to drive, is there anything else?" ”

Zhang Bin thought about it and couldn't help but be embarrassed: "Fourth brother, there is another question, it is better for you to rent a shop and sell something casually." ”

Zhang Jun was puzzled: "Oh, why? ”

Zhang Bin reminded: "I have to organize a convoy to transport goods on the car, there is no problem from Jinling to Dajin, you have to transport things back anyway, from Dajin to Jinling, you can't let the eldest brother push the empty car over, that will inevitably not arouse suspicion." ”