Chapter 567: Sensationalism and Scoundrels
Looking at Zhu Changluo's "ill-intentioned" gaze, Yang Yikui suddenly felt a chill down his spine, it seems that this is going to take his own surgery!
The household department is in charge of the silver, and the military department is in charge of the examination, so he is the only one left in the Ministry of Industry, and he has nothing to do with the three major battalions, but has found a lot of trouble for the three major battalions, after all, the Ministry of Industry is the most in need of manpower, and in the yamen of the capital, only the Ministry of Industry and the three major battalions have the closest "cooperation". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the two in front of him lightly, and it seemed that he was trying to take the authority of the Ministry of Industry.
"Yang Shangshu! When the palace went to the Shenji Camp yesterday, he happened to see a director of the Ministry of Industry, holding an official document stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Industry, saying that he would transfer people from the Shenji Camp to repair the palace hall, I don't know if Yang Shangshu knows about this? ”
Zhu Changluo still looked faintly smiling, but Yang Yikui was a little numb in his scalp, and he didn't dare to slack off, and said.
"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister knows, but His Royal Highness explained this matter, it is really ......"
"Is it because there is a shortage of conscription around the capital, and there are many rich and noble families who use silver money to resist conscription, but the official affairs of the imperial court cannot be delayed, Yang Shangshu has no choice but to hit the idea of the three major battalions?"
Before Yang Yikui could speak, Zhu Changluo continued his words.
Yang Yikui was suddenly a little stunned, he really wanted to say this, but he didn't expect that before he could say it, he was taken by this family.
Zhu Changluo shook his head, looked like he suddenly realized, and patted the table lightly.
"By the way, this palace also heard that there are many rumors in the court, saying that the three major battalions spend a lot of money, but they have not fought for a long time, it is useless, if you do some hard work, it can be regarded as loyalty to the country! Yang Shangshu, Zhao Shangshu, is what Bengong said right? ”
The voice was not hurried, but it made a little sweat break out on the brains of all the Wenchen present, especially Zhao Shiqing, who thought that today's level was passed, but who knew that this went around and around and pulled on him.
There have indeed been rumors in the DPRK for a long time, thinking that it is useless for the imperial court to raise the tens of thousands of troops in the Beijing camp in vain, and the 26 guards can also protect the imperial city, but what is the use of this Beijing camp?
For so many years, there are very few times when the imperial court can use the three major battalions, but it is necessary to invest a large amount of military expenditure every year to support them, and it is precisely because of this that the military expenditure allocated by the household department to the three battalions will be reduced year by year, and the imperial court does not give silver, and the three battalions naturally have to find their own way, so it is not surprising that it has become what it is today.
"This ...... Your Highness, Your Ministers......"
For a while, those who have been in officialdom for a long time are like these people, and they are also stammering and speechless.
At the end of the day, they still don't take a single word!
"Don't be nervous, this palace is not blaming you!"
Zhu Changluo sighed, waved his hand, and said with a straight face.
"The establishment of the Beijing camp is not to go to the battlefield to fight, but to defend the safety of the Beijing Division, and if the Beijing Division is safe, it means that the Beijing Camp is meritorious, how can it be said that it is useless?"
The responsibility of the three battalions is not to go into battle, it is the last guarantee of the Beijing division, once the Beijing battalion is dispatched, it means that the country has reached an extremely critical moment.
After a pause, Zhu Changluo's tone suddenly became extremely stunned, looking at the thoughtful expressions of the few people below, and said with a solemn face.
"But the ancients had a cloud, the past did not forget the teacher of the future, and the first change was only a hundred and fifty years ago, are you already so forgetful? Emperor Yingzong was deceived by Wang Zhen and defeated in Tumu Fort, if it weren't for the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp who swore to defend the Beijing Division, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty is now the country's ancestry, how can you stand on top of the court? ! ”
The change of Tumubao is considered to be the turning point of the Ming Dynasty from prosperity to decline, and it is also the turning point of the fate of the three major battalions, when Emperor Yingzong insisted on driving the expedition in person and led hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Beijing to the front line, but because of Wang Zhen's improper command, the whole army was finally wiped out.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp have gone and never returned, and Emperor Yingzong was captured by the enemy general and Mr. Ye, which is a great shame for the Ming court!
What's more serious is that he also led the army all the way to the Beijing Division, and when the soldiers approached the city, it was Yu Qian who fought to the death with the remaining soldiers of the Beijing camp to defend the capital.
It's a pity that Jingying was also greatly injured because of this, and it collapsed, and since then it has begun to go downhill.
Later, Emperor Yingzong seized the throne and returned to the throne, and this matter became a taboo in the court, although it was not avoided in the annals of history, but few people mentioned it in the court.
And the Beijing camp has gradually degenerated from a meritorious officer guarding the Beijing division to a dispensable useless army!
calmed down a little slightly, Zhu Changluo's voice became heavy, and said.
"The disadvantages of the Beijing camp, the palace has already heard of it, but it is better to see it than to hear it, yesterday the palace and Governor Chen inspected the Shenji camp, and saw that the military discipline was wasted, the drill was not good, and the sergeants and generals were gloomy, so the Beijing camp, why did they guard the Beijing division? If one day, there will be a large army coming to the city, the palace is unimaginable, this group of so-called soldiers who only know how to dig rivers and repair the palace can still hold swords and guns to guard the safety of my Ming Dynasty! ”
All the ministers below looked at each other, feeling that Zhu Changluo was exaggerating, but the grief in His Royal Highness the Prince's tone was real, and he had no choice but to give it up at the moment.
"Your Highness is angry, and the ministers know their mistakes!"
Zhu Changluo looked at their expressions and knew that they felt that they were alarmist, after all, this Ming Dynasty had been peaceful for hundreds of years, and when the Beijing camp was needed, there were almost none.
But Zhu Changluo knows that if the building collapses, it will only take a few years!
If this continues, the Ming Dynasty will have another thirty or forty years of stable life, and when Li Zicheng's Dashun army breaks through the city, I am afraid that the three major battalions of the Beijing division will only wave their flags and shout for them......
Shaking his head, Zhu Changluo put away his chaotic thoughts and shouted.
"Yang Shangshu!"
"The minister is here!"
After listening to it for so long, he still didn't understand what Zhu Changluo wanted to do, and when he heard the summons at this moment, Yang Yikui naturally stepped forward and said.
"Presumably the weight of the three battalions, you already know that when the palace inspected the three battalions yesterday, I saw that the soldiers of the three battalions were in tatters and their weapons were outdated, which was the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry! With such old weapons and armor, how can the soldiers of the Beijing camp practice with peace of mind, Yang Shangshu said that the Ministry of Industry would do its best to cooperate with the palace, so he asked the Ministry of Industry to update all the weapons and weapons of the three battalions in March, especially the firearms of the Shenji Battalion, which is the most important thing......"
Zhu Changluo said in a heavy tone.
Suddenly made Yang Yikui's face twitch, three months, all the changes? That's 50,000 weapons!
"This ...... His Royal Highness wants to reorganize the military discipline of the three major battalions, and the ministers should cooperate, but the weapons and armor of these 50,000 people have all been replaced......"
"Don't worry, this palace will not let Yang Shangshu change clothes for the three battalions in vain, and pay the Ministry of Industry two silver taels according to the market price!"
Zhu Changluo waved his hand and spoke.
When it came to this, Yang Yikui glanced at the two Shangshu next to him, but all he got was a helpless look, so he had to sigh and say.
"Since Your Highness has said so, the minister will redress the soldiers of the three battalions within three months!"
"That's great!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth, but he suddenly slapped his head and said.
"By the way, when the palace went to the Shenji Camp yesterday, I heard that when the Ministry of Industry transferred the soldiers of the three battalions, there were still a lot of unpaid silver taels, since this is the case, there is no need to bother, the silver of the three battalions will be deducted from here!"
"Your Highness, this ......"
Yang Yikui's eyes widened suddenly, what is this saying.
I had the heart to argue, but Zhu Changluo had already waved his hand and said.
"Okay, I've delayed your time today, the palace is lacking, so let's step down!"
One sentence blocked all of Yang Yikui's words, and he had to swallow this dumb loss by himself......