The armies of this dynasty are mainly divided into three categories: the Beijing army, the border army and the guard army. The Beijing Army is the troops stationed in Gyeonggi, and the Border Army is the troops stationed in the Nine Frontiers" The Guards refer to the troops other than the Beijing Army and the Border Army, which are distributed in all provinces of the country and the politically and militarily important guard troops, and their main responsibility is to suppress and maintain stability internally.

The responsibilities of the three types of armies are different, and the military system and composition are also very different, and the guards adopt the guard system, the army is a world soldier, and the officers can only train the troops, and have no right to transfer troops. Although this can prevent "strong ministers holding troops, and changing the country," the soldiers and generals do not know each other, and the guards are seriously lacking in training, and the soldiers are seriously fleeing, because their combat effectiveness is deteriorating, and finally in recent years, in the southeast and southwest Tusi rebellion, it has been destroyed and wiped out, and it has existed in name only, and its function is temporarily replaced by the independent recruitment of troops in various provinces.

The border soldiers adopted the system of suppressing the army, and "first of all, the source of its troops" was to combine the transfer of elite soldiers from the guard posts and the recruitment of civilians, which ensured the basic combat effectiveness of the army; Then it adopts the "regimental drill training of soldiers and generals" so that there will be permanent soldiers and soldiers and horses are concentrated, which avoids the situation that the generals do not know the soldiers and neglect the training; Third, in the form of supervising and distributing posts, the senior officers of all sectors will be given greater military power, which is "conducive to unified leadership and coordination of the military towns within the various theaters" and will be integrated into a whole.

This was clearly a system of imminent war, a change that had to be taken under strong pressure from the ancient ministries of Méng. Moreover, under the suppression system, although the military power of the governor was slightly increased, "it could only be held by civilian officials" and was rotated regularly, and the food and salary of the border army was provided by the central government, which avoided the emergence of local secession. Despite this, the combat power of the border army is still the strongest among the Ming armies, and it bears the heavy responsibility of resisting the ancient iron cavalry and defending the country.

The military system of the Beijing army was similar to that of the border army, and at the beginning of the country, it was much higher than the former, similar to the forbidden army in the Song Dynasty. It is not only directly responsible for the heavy task of defending the capital, but also if there is a major war in other provinces or frontiers, "if necessary, the Beijing camp will also have to send some elites to reinforce and crusade", and it is known as "once the army is out, the four sides will be subdued", and the role of controlling the heavy and controlling the light is the fundamental guarantee of the imperial power.

Therefore, "it is not only a large number of people, usually maintaining more than 300,000 men and horses, and at the most a million people" but also well-equipped and highly powerful" is a veritable "heavenly army,...... Of course, that is the old Huang calendar, with the Yongle Emperor as an ancient, the Ming Dynasty will put swords and guns into the warehouse, horses put Nanshan "The combat power of the Beijing army is also rapidly decaying in the years of Chengping, and finally the whole army was wiped out in the Tumubao Change, and since then it has been in a slump, and it has been unable to compete with the border army.

Later, Yu Qian rebuilt the Beijing Army, "changing the original three battalions into ten regimental battalions, with hundreds of thousands of people; In the eighth year of Tianshun, 12 regiments were changed; During the Zhengde period, the 12th regiment camp was changed to the east and west official halls; In the middle of Jiajing, the three battalions were restored, the Rong government was established, and the "assistant director of the military department" was appointed by the Guogong and the ministers of the army were cut and supervised, and the number of registered troops is still 100,000.

In addition to the three battalions of the Beijing army, there are two troops in Beijing, one is the Jinyi Guard, the Great Internal Forbidden Army guarding the palace, and the other is the four guards of Wu Yan stationed in the capital, which is the emperor's own army, shouldering the responsibility of guarding the capital and guarding public opinion. These two troops are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but are directly responsible to the emperor, "and their salaries and equipment are also directly received by the Ministry of War, and they are the most sophisticated and sufficient."

These two forces have always been commanded by the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the Inner Court on behalf of the emperor, but after Jiajing encountered Chen Hong's rebellion in his later years, "his trust in the eunuchs fell to the freezing point, so he handed over the Great Inner Forbidden Army to the old nobles of Xun: the four guards of Wuyang were handed over to the Ministry of War, and now the Great Inner Forbidden Army is under the control of the emperor's own uncle, the Grand Governor of Jinyiwei, and the Qingdu Bo Du Zhong." And Wu Ji Siwei was originally the commander of Dongning Hou Jiaoying, "after he was stroked by Yang Bo", it was changed to Zhu Xizhong, the younger brother of Chengguo Gong, and Zhu Xixiao, the left governor of Jinyi Wei.

This is the structural situation of the Ming army, "Shen Mo is ready to use the knife this time, it is 100,000 Beijing battalions, of course, you must first make the Beijing army obedient." The current governor of Jingying is Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, but the old gentleman is old and in poor health, so he said that he was sick at home a few years ago, and he has written several times to resign. This time, Shen Mo wanted to reform the system, and he could summon the grandfather of Fuguo, "so he took the opportunity to ask the emperor" to approve Xu Yande's resignation and let Jiao Ying take the position.

One, one"! "One" one, one "one", one "one, one

But Jiao Ying's guy said that he was sick and did not receive the holy decree, so he was forced to go to the door in person and let him go out of the mountain.

"I can't take this errand," Jiao Ying didn't go around in circles with Shen Mo, and expressed the worry in his heart: "You know me, we Jiao Ziqi are not people who are afraid of things, but the situation on our side is complicated" I have lived in the capital for hundreds of years, and I have been entangled too much, unlike you scholars, just forge ahead. He looked at Shen Mo and said, "You know what we mean, right?" ", "You know, you are all related to the family, you are afraid that you will lose someone else's job. Shen Mo nodded and said, "The Jiao family will not be able to mix in the capital in the future." ”

"yes." Jiao Ying said thoughtfully: "Besides, what is the identity of Dingguo Gong, how dare I break ground on Tai Sui's head." "There are only five princes left in the Ming Dynasty" in addition to the Duke of Wei in Nanjing and the Duke of Mu in Yunnan, that is, the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of England and the Duke of Chengguo in the capital, the number of which is rarer than that of princes, and their status also exceeds those vassal kings who have never seen the emperor in their lives.

And Jiao Ying's family is neither the founding father nor the hero of Jingjing, but the ancient nobleman of méng attached to Hongwu X, who was given the surname Jiao. The marquis who was awarded the title of merit in the Tianshun period was not a root and a new family, and he was originally not among the noble families in the capital, but because of the favor of the first emperor, his status suddenly rose, and he faintly had a tendency to sit on a fair footing with the three major powers. There is a saying that people are jealous of "an upstart like Jiao Houye, who is so red and purple, if the jealousy can be exchanged for money", he would have become the richest man in the capital long ago.

"I won't embarrass you......" After listening to Jiao Ying's explanation, he nodded silently: "What if Dingguo Gong agrees." ”

"That's a real deal." Jiao Ying said: "If you want to do something, not only him, but also the other two princes must agree, and these three will not be demolished, so that you can sing this play." ”

"What if they all said yes." looked at Jiao Yingdao silently.

"I'll do it at your disposal." Jiao Ying slapped the table and said, "Let me go east and not west, let me catch dogs and not chickens." ”

"Good!" Shen silently put down the teacup, got up and said, "You wait at home." ”

Jiao Ying didn't know where Shen Mo's confidence came from, but he believed that as long as this guy said it, he would do it......

一凵一"一、一"一"一、

The advantage of planning and then acting is that everything is anticipated in advance. Once you start to act, you will be like a smooth flow, without stagnation, and there will be a countermeasure in any situation.

In the afternoon of the same day, he silently ordered someone to prepare a just right gift, and went to Dingfu Street, which is next to Ouchi, east of Qianhai, and back to Houhai. As the name suggests, "this street is named after the Dingguo Mansion, and the Dingguo Mansion also unceremoniously occupies one side of the street." Looking at the endless high walls and green tiles, I felt that I couldn't walk to the door of the house for a long time, and I couldn't help but sigh silently: , I am really not afraid of not knowing the goods, I am afraid of comparing the goods, I thought that the Dongning Hou Mansion was magnificent enough, but compared with the momentum of the mansion, "I don't deserve to carry shoes for others."

The layman looks at the lively insider's doorway, "Silence is not only amazed by the majesty of the Dingguo Mansion, but also admires the five-body cast ...... As far as its feng shui is concerned, "the location of this Guogong Mansion occupies an excellent location in the capital. Beijing is said to have two dragon veins, one is the earth dragon, that is, the dragon vein of the Forbidden City; The second is the water dragon, which refers to the water veins of the Houhai Sea and the Beihai Sea, and how can the Dingguo Mansion not be prosperous at the intersection of the two dragon veins.

It is said that this is the king of Zhongshan, Xu Da, when he was resident in Beijing, he chose a good mansion, and then look at the prosperity of his descendants and grandchildren, rich and prosperous for a long time, it can be seen that the dragon vein said, there are indeed some miracles.

Thinking wildly, the sedan chair stopped, and through the blue screen window, he silently saw the pair of huge stone lions in front of the mansion, and then he came back to his senses and said to the outside: "Go and say goodbye." ”

Hu Yong walked to the gatehouse of the Guogong Mansion with a silent name. While walking, there was still some complaint in his heart: , the adults are really busy and confused, "Is Grandpa Guo just going to see him if he wants?" In case you eat a closed door, your face will be damaged" He has been in the capital for a long time, and he is very clear about the people in the world, knowing that these hereditary grandfathers of the country, their status is cast in iron and bronze, as long as there is a day in the Ming Dynasty, they are indescribably expensive top families; And although the civil officials can be prosperous for a while, but you sing and I appear, no one has a long-term ...... of wealth and nobility, even if Yan Song, who has been in power for decades, has not ended up stealing food in the ancestral hall in front of the grave?

In the eyes of the nobles, the civil officials are fighting back and forth like a farce, and I don't know when "the protagonist who shows off his might on the stage will be knocked off the stage and never turn over, so for the civil officials, the nobles are always polite and contemptuous, and they don't really take them seriously." Moreover, the DPRK and China have always been more sensitive to the intersection of nobles and civil officials, so even if Shen Mogui is a bachelor, there is a danger of being closed.

, It's still a good ...... that should make an appointment first, Hu Yong muttered to himself, and could only stubbornly hug his fist at the very talented Menzi and said: "Excuse me, my family has come to meet Grandpa Guo, please hand over a post." ”

That man was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a new navy blue sè placket straight collar armor, and the inner "fast boots with snow-white soles" in the moon white paste did not sweat a drop on a hot day, and he was neither humble nor arrogant when he spoke, nor was he domineering, just like a gentleman with a personable demeanor, this is the style of the Guogong Mansion" No wonder Hu Yong will be ashamed of himself.

Menzi politely took the name post, "On the one hand, let people go in, and on the other hand, invite Hu Yong to drink tea in the gatehouse." The courtesy is thoughtful, so that Hu Yong, who has seen the world, is another sigh, but he still sweats for his own adults, and looks at the side door from time to time.

After waiting for a while, the damned side door never opened, but the damned front door "slowly opened, and came a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, handsome, with a light fur belt, red teeth and white teeth, and a beautiful crown." Although he is young, he shows everyone's demeanor without the slightest fireworks: "Little nephew Wenbi welcomes Uncle Shen Shi's arrival." ”

"It's hard to drive the world, and I really can't go over." Silently got down from the sedan chair, smiled and greeted the son, "Seeing Xu Wenbi's plump appearance, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Sure enough, it is a generation of new people replacing the old, and he still feels that he is not old, but looking at the young people, it is really incomparable. , but I didn't know that Xu Wenbi was also secretly shocked in his heart, although he had heard a lot about this young pavilion elder, he had never seen him, and at this moment, he was really even more famous...... At this time, he paid attention to three thousand mustaches, and Shen Mo had already grown up a flowing five locks of beautiful hair, and his bones were full of bookish air. With the majesty and stability that is subtle but not lù, and a pair of young idols with 100% insight into the world.

Although Xu Wenbi was the prince of the country with his eyes above the top, he was also overwhelmed by his appearance and temperament, and he was a little nervous and respectfully invited Shen Mo to enter the mansion.

Seeing that the adults were respectfully invited in, Hu Yong, who was standing outside the gatehouse, smiled self-deprecatingly: "My name is ...... The maid disturbs himself. "It's a mediocre person" Brother Hu. After a while, the two of them were already fighting hotly, and the man reminded in a low voice.

"It's pretty much the same." Hu Yong grinned and said, "It's cool to go in, don't get sunburned here." Then he turned and went into the porter.

The door looked at the slowly closing door, and felt a little strange in his heart, who had not seen the main gate open in the house over the years......

One, one, r, one, one,

After entering the house, Xu Wenbi asked Shen Mo to sit on it and carry one himself, and then the sedan chair drivers got up smoothly and moved forward steadily.

Compared with the ingenuity and ingenuity of the Dongning Hou Mansion to "Dingguo Mansion to be majestic, the mansion building is divided into east, middle and west three roads, each road from south to north is a strict central axis, through the multi-entry quadrangle courtyard composition. The roof of the palace on the middle road is all made of green glazed tiles, which shows the majesty of the Guogong Mansion.

However, for Shen Mo, it was the ingenuity of the Dongning Hou Mansion that could move him. No matter how magnificent the Guogong Mansion is, it is nothing more than a shrunken palace, "It can't make Shen Ge Lao, who works in the palace all day, rise up even a trace of amazement." But his calmness "fell in Xu Wenbi's eyes, and it became a performance of Lord Shen's accustomed to seeing the world, calm and calm" couldn't help but add a little favor.

The two riders carried the public through the Yuemen Cave in the front yard and walked towards the back house. It seems not surprising that this is to treat him as a close guest, and it seems that he is quiet and calm. "The ancient trees in the huā garden are towering to the sky, the strange stones are standing around the mountains and rivers, the pavilions and pavilions are pavilions, and the corridors and loops are turning, which is more durable than the front yard. Looking at the green mountains and clear waters, winding paths and secluded platforms, he suddenly remembered the sentence in his heart, "No wonder people say: "The poor say that they are rich, and they wear gold and silver" and the real wealthy son said that he was rich, but he only said that the play was scattered. Without this environment, this condition really cannot cultivate a real nobleman...... But after thinking about it, I don't want to train my sons to be nobles, so why envy others?

In a moment of thought, he landed under a vine-covered vine trellis, and silently saw an old man in a Ge sermon robe, sitting on a recliner, smiling at himself: "A crippled person can't pay full courtesy, Mr. Jiangnan must not be surprised." ”

The appearance of this old man is quite similar to that Xu Wenbi. was silent, and listened to Xu Wenbi's introduction: "This is my father." ”

"The lower official silently greeted Grandpa Guo." Shen Mo hurriedly bowed to the end............ It is said that the scholar and the national lord meet each other in peace, but he does not mind paying homage to the first dignitary of the dynasty.

Xu Yande hurriedly asked the prince to hold Shen Mo and invited him to sit down and drink tea. There was a stone table and four stone benches on the side of the recliner, and he sat silently opposite the Duke of Dingguo. I don't know when, those palanquin men have silently retreated, "Only the three of them are left under the vine trellis."

"It's such a place for gods." The thick shade of the vine covered the sunlight, and the cool breeze blew, which was refreshing, and he couldn't help but praise silently: "Grandpa Guo enjoys it so much." ”

"What do you enjoy or not," Xu Yande smiled happily: "It's just that the medicine is just lingering." ”

On the side, Xu Wenbi got up and said with a smile: "Father and Uncle Shen Shi, I'll make you tea." "How dare you bother the world? "Let him go" There are no outsiders today. Xu Yande smiled: "Don't call him Shizi, just call him Wenbi." ”

"How dare you float"

While the two were talking, Xu Wenbi got up and came to the corner of the rattan trellis, where the wooden frame hung a wooden barrel, and the bottom of the wooden barrel seemed to be a sand filter, only to see that there were broken pearl-like water droplets oozing out from the bottom of the barrel, and these water droplets flowed into a wide bamboo bamboo sheet about a zhang long and covered with a thick silver and white sand. Finally, these crystalline droplets, which have been repeatedly filtered by fine sand, are dripping into a shiny white porcelain basin.

Looking at this set of things, an advertising slogan popped out of Shen Mo's mind: , Doll Ha pure water, twenty-four layers of purification ......, I thought I was particular enough to drink tea, but I didn't think that a mountain was higher than a mountain, and there were more exquisite.

Seeing that he glanced at the filter device, Xu Yande smiled: "If you don't do this, you will spoil the tea sent by his uncle in Nanjing." ”

In his mind, Xu Pengju's face with the words "wine sè wealth" appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect that Wei Guogong also has this elegance." ”

"Hehe, if he wants to be really good, he only produces five catties a year, and Longyuan Shengxue can't bear it." Xu Yande laughed proudly.

Hearing it, Long Yuan Shengxue, the four words "I silently remembered Hu Zongxian, I still treasure half of the tea cake he sent, and I don't know what happened to Brother Merlin" Is it relieved?