17. Inspect the Hebei garrison

The sun is out, and a new day has arrived.

At this time, Zheng Wen, accompanied by Qin Fei, inspected the entire Yanjing City School Field, which was overcrowded, and they were the 100,000 soldiers from Hebei who arrived in the capital in advance.

Originally, there were 100,000 garrisons in the Beijing camp, but they were built on the scale of 150,000 people, and the Beijing camp was transferred by Zheng Wen to support Shanhaiguan, while the other 50,000 were inspecting various areas of the capital, just stationed the 100,000 troops who arrived in the capital in advance.

As soon as he entered the barracks, Zheng Wen found that their weapons and armor were far inferior to those of the Beijing garrison, and they were a little old, but their morale was still very high.

Zheng Wen saw it, and his heart was generally satisfied, but he also secretly made up his mind in his heart to grasp the domestic situation as soon as possible, climb the tree of science and technology, and redress the army of the whole country, after all, in Zheng Wen's heart, people are the most important, everything else is dead, someone has everything, the soldiers wear old clothes and armor, and go to the battlefield with not very sophisticated weapons, for Zheng Wen, it is a crime.

Moreover, Zheng Wen also found from the situation of the 100,000 Hebei garrisons that during the more than 10 years of peace, the court had slackened its military armaments, and these Hebei garrisons had not changed their uniforms for several years.

But now Zheng Wen doesn't have a very good way, because it is impossible for Yanjing City to take out hundreds of thousands of people's equipment to change clothes at once, this is unrealistic, Zheng Wen can only keep this situation in his heart secretly, and he must improve this situation when he goes back.

And the main leader who led the 100,000 Hebei army into Beijing was Lin Cang, who was sixty years old, a veteran, with a somewhat pale face, gray hair and beard, but tall and bright, with bright eyes, he had been the envoy of Hebei Jiedu for 18 years, and he was loyal to the great cadres, and the war against Mongolia more than 20 years ago, this veteran was a bloody battle, his three sons were killed on the battlefield, and only a two-year-old grandson remained, and he was awarded the title of Marquis of Handan for his merits, and this is also the reason why he was able to serve as the envoy of Hebei Jiedu, and he did not move for more than ten years. Of course, this is also the only special case of Daqian.

When Lin Cang saw Zheng Wen, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, gave a military salute to Zheng Wen, and said, "Your Majesty is safe!" The ministers are in armor and cannot be fully respected. ”

When Zheng Wen saw it, he didn't care, hurriedly stepped forward, limped step by step in front of Lin Cang, helped him up with both hands, and said with a smile: "The old general doesn't have to be polite!" ”

took his hand and said to him: "I have seen the army of Hebei, it is well-trained, its spirit and morale are very high, it is a rare elite, the old general has suffered all these years, and the court is not sorry for the Lin family." ”

As soon as Lin Cang heard this, he immediately understood, he was talking about his three sons dying on the battlefield, his eyes were red, but he said loudly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this, as a soldier, dying on the battlefield, the horse leather shroud is their glory, and the thousands of people who want me to die on the battlefield don't even have a name, they are already lucky!" ”

Lin Cang looked at the lame emperor who was holding his hand, and a trace of emotion flashed in his heart, he was still quite useful to the actions of the new emperor Corporal Lixian, and he had more loyalty and respect for the new emperor in his heart.

Zheng Wen let go of his hand, and said: "The words of the old general moved me, and made me ashamed, thinking that thousands of heroes and martyrs who died on the battlefield of my great cadres, my great cadres are indeed a little sorry for them, I have decided to build a heroic pavilion, and the soldiers who died in the previous wars are carved into tablets and put them in, so that I can worship and sacrifice them by the royal family, and it can be regarded as to make up for some of the mistakes made by my great cadres, and I hope that their spirits in the sky will forgive the mistakes of the great cadres." ”

"All the officers and soldiers of the ministers and the great cadres thank Your Majesty!" Lin Cang knelt on one knee with tears in his eyes and a red face, and bowed to Zheng Wen again and again.

For this new emperor, Lin Cang has a new understanding, broad-minded, benevolent, able to deny the royal family in front of him, and admit his mistakes in front of him, and is also ready to establish a martyr's pavilion, Lin Cang does not deny that part of the reason is to capture the heart of the army, but the same undeniable love of the new emperor for the great cadres.

Lin Cang's heart was really moved, from now on, he only obeyed the order of the new emperor, when the new emperor first ascended the throne, there were still people who came to woo him openly or secretly, although he sternly refused, but there was still some uncertainty in his heart, but from today on, his life will be tied to the new emperor, because this is indeed a benevolent and righteous emperor, a good emperor.

Zheng Wen hurriedly helped him up with both hands and said, "The old general is polite, this is the fault of the royal family, why is it so?" ”

"I have seen the equipment of these Hebei garrisons, the weapons and armor are a little old, it is the court that has neglected to pay attention to the Hebei army over the years, and it is the fault of the court, on behalf of the court, I say sorry to you and the Hebei garrison."

After speaking, Zheng Wen bowed deeply to Lin Cang and the general of the Hebei garrison, and then bowed to the Hebei who was present.

All the Hebei garrisons present, including the generals, hurriedly knelt down on one knee in front of Zheng Wen and shouted together: "Your Majesty will kill the ministers, etc." ”

But all the people present were indeed moved, in fact, they did have some complaints in their hearts, although they also knew that it was not Zheng Wen's fault, but they did have some thoughts of anger towards Zheng Wen in their hearts, but Zheng Wen was bowing and humble, and the anger in their hearts had long disappeared without a trace, leaving only full of emotion.

Zheng Wen hurriedly said loudly: "Get up!" There is no need to be polite, I have already questioned the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry has been reformed, and it is certainly not enough to immediately allocate equipment to arm hundreds of thousands of troops, but in two or two or three months, I will be able to allocate the new equipment of the Hebei garrison to you first, and I will assure you that this is definitely excellent new equipment, of course, not only you, by the end of next year, all the troops of Daqian will be reequipped. I also hope that you can make a contribution by using these new equipment, and I will not be stingy with money and meritorious titles. ”

"The ministers are willing to die for Your Majesty!" All of those present were in high spirits, eager to go to war at once, so that His Majesty could see his loyalty.

Lin Cang next to him saw this situation, and admired the new emperor's methods, looking at this, the new emperor has almost recovered the military heart of the Hebei garrison, and he is willing to think about how to mention the situation that someone is pulling the garrisons from all over the country, but it is obviously a redundant move, just with this person's means, attracting the garrisons from all over the country to rebel is simply looking for death.

Moreover, according to the new emperor's words today, the new emperor's attention to the army is probably beyond his imagination, and by the end of next year, he will complete the refitting of the national army, which is nearly two million troops, what a huge financial expenditure, I feel scared when I think about it!

I'm afraid that this majesty is going to make a big martial arts, and I'm afraid that the martial artist is coming, but he is sixty years old, and he doesn't know how many years he has to live, and he can't catch up with His Majesty's golden age, it seems that he can only entrust his grandson Lin Zhan to His Majesty, he is still young, and his unfulfilled ideals can only be completed by him!

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At this time, Zheng Wen, accompanied by Lin Cang, was inspecting the army of Hebei.

Suddenly, Zheng Wen said to Lin Cang: "Old general, I have reorganized the Praetorian Guard Army and renamed it the Yulin Army, with a total of 45,000 people, and now I will select 10,000 from the Hebei garrison, what do you think?" ”

Lin Cang listened, his heart was happy, this is the emperor's army, the best equipment, the best treatment, usually I don't know how many people have hollowed out their minds to squeeze in, there is no chance, this expansion of himself is a good time, the new emperor can recruit 10,000 people from the Hebei garrison, on the one hand, I am afraid that it is a compensation for the Hebei garrison, on the other hand, it is also a reward for the Hebei garrison.

Lin Cang hurriedly said: "The minister promised to complete the task, and at the same time thanked His Majesty for his trust in the Hebei garrison, and the old minister has a Lin Zhan, and the minister hopes that His Majesty will give him a grace and let him join the Yulin Army." ”

Zheng Wen glanced at Lin Cang and persuaded: "Old general, that's your only grandson......

"No need to persuade you, Your Majesty, the old minister is a soldier, and the old minister also hopes that my grandson can be a soldier." Before Zheng Wen finished speaking, Lin Cang interrupted Zheng Wen's words and continued.

"Alright! I agreed, you can just let him go to Yulin Military Academy to report. ”

When it came to the Yulin Military Academy, Zheng Wen was interested, so he said: "I tell you, this Yulin Military Academy, but I am original, I personally serve as the principal, the senior generals of the Yulin Army serve as instructors, and the other officers of the Yulin Army must be enrolled in school and systematically learn how to fight." Moreover, I also put all the military books of the royal family into the Yulin Military Academy, so that the teachers and students can read them freely......"

As soon as Lin Cang heard it, he immediately felt that this Yulin Military Academy was not simple, and then when he heard it, it was really not simple, the new emperor decided to build a new type of army, and if it succeeded, it would be implemented to the national army, and all the armies of Daqian would be reorganized according to the Yulin Army, so it is conceivable that as long as the officers who joined it are not too bad, they will be important, and even the soldiers who join will be prosperous, Lin Cang is eager to select all the Yulin Army from the Hebei garrison.

Lin Cang kept this situation in mind, and after going back, he must choose the best of the 10,000 Yulin soldiers he selected, and even some young officers must be selected into these 10,000 soldiers.

For this reason, the Hebei Army produced a large number of generals in the Jianwu Dynasty, and many Hebei people are very grateful to Lin Cang, the old general.

Zheng Wen didn't expect Lin Cang's military sense of smell to be so sensitive, he just mentioned it a little in front of Lin Cang, Lin Cang could think of so much, and he also foresaw many things very accurately!

Of course, Zheng Wen is also very happy, and Zheng Wen, a talented person, appreciates it.