The three highest institutions of the military system, the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the Ming Military System represent the three factions of civil officials, military attachés (Xun Qi), and ministers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, with the increasing power of civil officials, the weight of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has been declining, and because of the support of Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the Imperial Horse Supervisor can still compete with the Ministry of War.

Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao wants to survive and not be hollowed out by civil officials, it is impossible for him not to let eunuchs interfere in politics, even if Zhu Youzhen in history has to be reactivated after abandoning the eunuchs.

If the eunuchs' interference in politics is equated with the decay of the dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty began to decline from the Yongle period, so how could it be possible to enjoy the country's glory for nearly three hundred years.

Liu Ruyu, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, did not have a trace of inferiority complex in front of Lu Xiangsheng, the left attendant of the military department, and Tian Ergeng, the governor of the left capital, because he was a eunuch.

But as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he did not despise Lu Xiangsheng, who had just been appointed from the prefect, and Tian Ergeng, the governor of Zuodu.

Since Cui Chengxiu was transferred from the secretary of the military department to the secretary of the ministry, and Sun Chengzong was placed under house arrest and returned to patrol the border, the military department has always been in charge of Lu Xiangsheng, the left servant, so the weight is no less than that of Liu Ruyu, the imperial horse supervisor.

And Tian Ergeng was demoted to Nanjing Guard because of Wei Zhongxian, and he was forced to leave the Jinyi Guard system as Wei Zhongxian's henchman, but his henchmen were still there, and Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, was single-handedly picked up by him.

Therefore, there is a reason why Liu Ruyu did not dare to despise these two people, and when he saw Lu Xiangsheng and Tian Ergeng appear in front of him, he bowed his hand instead: "The little one has asked for peace to the young Sima and Tian Shaoshi." ”

The secretary of the military department is also known as the big Sima, Lu Xiang's promotion to the position of the left servant of the military department is naturally the young Sima, and Tian Ergeng has been crowned a young master because of Zhu Youxiao's contribution to the eradication of the Donglin Party.

That's why Liu Ruyu called the two so respectfully.

Lu Xiangsheng and Tian Ergeng did not equate him with an ordinary eunuch because of Liu Ruyu's humility, and hurriedly returned the courtesy.

However, the three of them all knew that they represented three forces respectively, and they had the effect of checking and balancing each other, and they could not intersect too deeply, otherwise His Majesty would be suspicious, so the three of them did not speak after a simple greeting.

It wasn't until the palace gate was opened that Liu Ru, the little girl holding a small warm pot, appeared in front of the three of them, and the three court bigwigs who had been silent laughed in unison and asked Liu Ruyi: "Dare to ask, can Your Majesty get up?" ”

Liu Ru, who has seen a lot of first- and second-grade officials, was not shocked, and said very indifferently: "Your Majesty got up a long time ago, because I was talking to the prince just now, so I delayed for a while, you can go in with me now." ”

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The three of them arrived at the Qianqing Palace, and after the ceremony, Zhu Youxiao ordered someone to give the three adults a seat, thinking that the three of them were cold outside for a while, so they gave each of them a bowl of ginger soup to ward off the cold.

Lu Xiangsheng is grateful.

Immediately, Zhu Youxiao first asked Lu Xiangsheng about the specific number of officers and men of the Beijing Battalion and the Fourth Guard Battalion left by Lu Xiangsheng yesterday.

Lu Xiangsheng held the prepared book in his hand, and Liu Ru took it for Zhu Youxiao: "Back to Your Majesty, a total of 8,342 people have not been dismissed now, including one commander and one ...... 1,000 households."

After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's report, most of the more than 8,000 officers and soldiers left behind were low-level military attaches and soldiers, and Zhu Youxiao did not feel unusual, after all, only these people still expected to stay in the Beijing camp and the Siwei battalion, build some meritorious deeds, or eat together.

"Who are the commanders and Qianhu who stayed?" Zhu Youxiao asked with some curiosity.

"The commander of Wei is Qin Botong, the in-law of the Duke of Wei, and Qianhu is Chang Yanling, a descendant of King Kaiping", Lu Xiangsheng said, and Zhu Youxiao nodded.

Here, Lu Xiangsheng reported to Zhu Youxiao that he had been dismissed from the officers and soldiers, totaling more than 70,000 people, and spent 640,000 taels of silver on dismissal.

After hearing this, Colonel Zhu Youxiao just bowed his head and asked Lu Xiangsheng how to settle these officers and soldiers.

Although it has cost severance money, there will not be much turmoil in a short period of time, but after all, it is tens of thousands of people plus their families, and it also involves the food and clothing of hundreds of thousands of people, Zhu Youxiao can't help but consider their future whereabouts, and he doesn't want to add so many unemployed vagrants to Shuntianfu.

Tian Ergeng, the governor of the left capital, was worried that the Beijing camp was under the management of Lu Xiangsheng of the military department and could not eat the empty quota, so he got up and admonished: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, why not reorganize them into the Beijing camp and let the Governor's Mansion manage them." ”

"No, Your Majesty, these more than 70,000 officers and soldiers are already ruffians, they have no combat effectiveness, and they waste money and food in vain, and now that they have been cut, there is no need to use them anymore, and they belong to the Governor's Mansion, will the imperial court give them silver?"

Lu Xiangsheng knew Tian Ergeng's true purpose, but it was common for generals with troops to eat empty quotas and soldiers' blood, and he couldn't expose Tian Ergeng in front of His Majesty, so he just glared at Tian Ergeng and refuted his admonitions.

"Me!" Tian Ergeng wanted to defend a few more words, but when he saw Zhu Youxiao shaking his head, he had no choice but to shut up.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew what Tian Ergeng meant, although this Wei Zhongxian's henchman was ruthless and willing to do things for himself, his hands and feet were indeed a little unclean, otherwise he would not have been allowed to leave the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Rejected Tian Ergeng's opinion, Zhu Youxiao asked Liu Ruyu, the master of the imperial horse superintendent, what he could do.

Liu Ruyu smiled slightly, he and Lu Xiangsheng were the people who suffered the most damage to the interests of this disarmament, because from then on, he Liu Ruyu had no sound to eat, no blood to drink, according to his original intention, he was naturally unwilling to disarm, on the contrary, he had to recruit more troops, and restore all the 26 guards in the Hongwu Yongle period, at least 100,000 armor.

However, his own original idea would definitely not be agreed by His Majesty, but he couldn't help but say it, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Why don't you send a border town to Tuntian to support yourself?" “

Zhu Youxiao nodded silently and looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "What did he say, what did Jiandou think?" ”

"If it was forty or fifty years ago, it was still feasible, but now it is impossible, Wechen has watched the government in the Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Industry, and served as the prefect in the Daimyo Mansion, as far as Wechen knows, if there is no one in ten of the fields of Tun today, they are all occupied by the general general of the military camp at the level of the deputy general, if you want to Tuntian, you have to take back these people's fields, but in this way, the border town will be in chaos, a few days ago, the matter of Jin Shang, the border town has been chaotic, fortunately, Your Majesty is wise, preemptive, but now it is better not to make a big move."

Lu Xiangsheng's analysis made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied, and secretly thought that he had taken up a post in the local government, and it was indeed more practical to see things than Sun Chengzong, who was a university scholar.

"Aiqing's words are very true, Liu Ruyu, your strategic sense is still a little inferior", Zhu Youxiao said this casually, Liu Ruyu hurriedly bowed down and said:

"That is, the minister has only read some books, and his learning is shallow, and Lu Sima is from a two-list jinshi, so the minister naturally can't catch up."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, then stood up and paced: "You don't have to be humble, I know that you are not a stupid person, the head of the inner study hall is a person who can enter the ceremonial eunuch, and he is unwilling to echo Wei Zhongxian and is unwilling to cater to the Donglin Party, so he came to the Imperial Horse Prison, but after all, you are the same as me, you grow up in the palace, you can't see or touch, and the constraints of thinking are inevitable, not to mention that you are still dissatisfied with my disarmament?" “

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

was suddenly pierced by Zhu Youxiao's true thoughts in his heart, Liu Ruyu was so frightened that he was so frightened that he knelt down to confess his innocence.