Lu Xiangsheng was originally a civil official, but he has always been good at martial arts, plus he has been a magistrate all the year round and there were many thieves in the late Ming Dynasty, so he relied on the guards who had completely become peasants to suppress thieves and destroy thieves, and there was no way to keep one side safe. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, as with most promising magistrates.

Lu Xiangsheng trained a group of family members, and most of these family members are relatives, with blood and blood inheritance, and they are more likely to have the same hatred and hatred of the enemy when they are in battle, so their combat effectiveness is very strong.

It is from this that the famous Tianxiong Army in history came from.

But for a centralized dynasty, this is undoubtedly the germ of local warlords, and if the elite soldiers are all generals, then Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, will also become a puppet emperor.

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng did not have the ambition to support the army and respect himself, not to mention that it has not yet reached the point where the local governors and general soldiers in the Southern Ming Dynasty did not listen to the emperor's edict.

Seeing that Emperor Zhu Youxiao intended to put an end to his ministers raising private soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng, who had always been loyal to the imperial court, did not object, and hurriedly agreed and called over more than 100 of his own family members:

"From today on, you are all His Majesty's personal soldiers, no longer my Lu Mou's personal person, and you should be loyal to Daming and obey Your Majesty's orders in the future!"

Lu Xiangsheng said and asked these family members to stand with the remaining 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion, and Zhu Youxiao nodded when he saw this.

At this time, Wang Chengen stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Liu Ruyu, the seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, was ordered to bring the four guard battalions of the pro-army to come, and he is currently waiting for orders outside the school grounds. ”

Zhu Youxiao knew that the garrison of the capital, in addition to the Beijing camp, also had the four guards of the pro-army under the direct control of the emperor, and the four guards of the pro-army were Teng Xiang Left Guard, Teng Xiang Right Guard, Wu Xiang Left Guard, and Wuxiang Right Guard, which was originally one of the pro-army of the 26 guards directly under the emperor.

The so-called twenty-six guards are Zhu Yuanzhang's pro-army twelve guards and Zhu Di's Yan army ten guards and Emperor Xuande's four guards, that is, the four guards mentioned above.

It's just that after the Battle of Tumubao, due to the damage to most of the Beijing camp, in addition to the Jinyi Guard, the 26 guards were returned to the direct control of the emperor, and the four guards of Tengxiang and Wu Xiang had been placed under the control of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the remaining 21 guards had been mixed into the Beijing camp.

The decrease in the pro-army directly under the emperor also shows that the imperial power began to decline after the Tumu Fort.

Now what Zhu Youxiao has to do is to strengthen his control over the military, not only the four guard battalions that were previously controlled by the ministers will be owned by himself, but these Beijing battalions will also be owned by himself.

It's just that now, whether it is the Beijing camp or the Siwei battalion, there is no longer the slightest combat effectiveness, and most of them are all slurs or gamblers, Zhu Youxiao has no need to leave the Beijing camp and the Siwei battalion for training, that will only waste money and food.

On the way to the Beijing camp campus, he had already asked Wang Chengen to pass the edict to Liu Ruyu, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and asked him to bring the men and horses of the Siwei Battalion to the Beijing camp school field.

For Liu Ruyu, the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor, Zhu Youxiao has not seen this person, but according to the original memory in his mind, although this person is a eunuch, but he is also a hereditary military attaché, it is said that he decided to enter the palace because of a dream, and his person has always been smart and studious, and his talent is outstanding, so he was appointed as the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor.

The palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is considered a position of power in the 24 Yamen and 12 Supervisors of the Ming Dynasty, and its power is equivalent to the military department of the six departments of the outer court, and its functions are also equivalent to the military department.

But Liu Ruyu has been very low-key since he served as the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, no important minister has mentioned him, and he can be regarded as a neutral person.

Because of this, Zhu Youxiao also has a good impression of this Liu Ruyu, not to mention that now that Wei Zhongxian has been deposed, and Wang Chengen is in charge of the celebrant and Dongchang, he is lacking the ministers who will assist him in managing the Rong government and clamping down on the military department, so he has no intention of replacing this Liu Ruyu.

Like Wang Chengen and Wei Zhongxian, no matter how the official impeached Liu Ruyu, Zhu Youxiao also gave him great protection.

"Let him come in with the officers and soldiers of the Four Guards Battalion", after Zhu Youxiao ordered to go down, it didn't take long for him to see a tall and majestic, majestic but white face like snow, and a beardless eunuch under his chin came over: "Weichen Liu Ruyu greets Your Majesty." ”

"Let's be flat", Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly, raised his hand, and then looked at the officers and soldiers of the Four Guards Battalion who entered the school field one after another.

As he expected, the number of officers and men of these four guard battalions did not reach the strength of the four guard battalions, and the matter of empty salaries was not only the Beijing battalion.

In addition, the officers and soldiers of these four guard battalions were also loose and tight, procrastinating and procrastinating, very weak and weak, and the mandarin duck battle robes on their bodies were not neatly worn.

Zhu Youxiao's good impression of Liu Ruyu also decreased a lot, and he couldn't help but ask coldly: "Liu Ruyu, is this the four guard battalions you brought to me?" ”

"Weichen is incompetent, please punish Your Majesty!"

Liu Ruyu smiled wryly, the reason why he gave up his hereditary command to enter Beijing as a eunuch was to one day be able to gallop on the battlefield like Cao Jixiang, Wang Zhi and other great eunuchs and realize his ambitions.

But who knows, since he took charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, not only has he not had enough military salaries and firearms, but he also has insufficient soldiers, and even most of them are still the sons of gentlemen who can't beat and scold themselves.

Zhu Youxiao is good at observing others, seeing this Liu Ruyu clenched his fists and smiling bitterly, he also knows that he is also helpless, the imperial court has been busy with party strife and internal strife for several years, coupled with the increasing financial difficulties and the suppression of imperial power by civilian officials, resulting in the current situation of lax military affairs, which is not something that he can change as a little Liu Ruyu.

"Get up, I forgive you for your innocence", Zhu Youxiao said and asked the officers and soldiers of the Siwei Battalion to also enter the camp of the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion.

Then, Zhu Youxiao immediately took off his dragon robe and handed it to Wang Chengen.

Lu Xiangsheng and other officers and soldiers couldn't help but be shocked, they didn't understand what His Majesty was going to do.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care what these people thought of him, he twisted his neck at this time, turned his wrist, and kicked his feet from time to time, until his cold body that was pierced by the cold wind regained its temperature, and then took off the crown again, took a wipe of his forehead from Wang Chengen's hand and tied it to his forehead, and said:

"Jinyi Wei listens to the order, if there are officers and soldiers who steal and cheat and steal shortcuts, they will be beaten by 20 sticks, if there are officers and soldiers who are lazy on the ground and do not run, they will be beaten by sticks for 30, and if there are those who voluntarily give up, register their names and report to the military department afterwards, whether they are officers or soldiers, they will be directly dismissed!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the brocade guards responded in unison, they stood up directly, and the sticks were already ready in their hands.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Ruyu also guessed that their Majesty must have been prepared, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and then took off their official robes, and ran down with only a single layer of clothes.

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to personally run with the Praetorian Guard, and they had to follow.