In the past three months, he has been teaching archery almost every day, and the person who teaches the geography of the mountains and rivers in the north and south of the river is not the ghost of Shouning Hou Shizi, but the current prince Zhu Houzhao!

Although Wang Shouren is known as a young prodigy, although he has been trained in many ways after winning the Jinshi, and although he has been a master at a young age, he was really caught off guard by such a change, so he was always in a trance when the emperor said reward, Ma Wensheng objected, Li Dongyang diverted the topic, and Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned the topic around. Even if Zhu Houzhao's words attracted the attention of all the bigwigs, he still didn't react much, until he felt that someone gently bumped his arm, and then he immediately came back to his senses, and immediately found that all the eyes around him were looking at him, and even Xu Xun let go.

Does he have flowers on his face?

"Wang Shouren taught you archery, Xu Xun accompanied you to shoot arrows, haven't I already rewarded it? Otherwise, where did the bow and the carved arrow come from? Emperor Hongzhi had long been accustomed to Zhu Houzhao's deception, and immediately laughed. Seeing that a few old ministers over there were about to speak, he waved his hand and said, "I understand what you want to say, but there are punishments and rewards for merit, otherwise where is the law of the court?" In the past three months, Xu Xun Wang Shouren has worked hard in Xiyuan, training these young soldiers who have never been trained seriously like this, and this military order has been completed, so in addition to what I promised before, it is not too much to reward one or two, right? ”

Emperor Hongzhi has always been gentle to his subordinates, but in the end, it was not a decisive affirmation, but a rhetorical question. At this time, Li Dongyang said in a timely manner: "What the emperor said is extremely true, meritorious deeds should be rewarded, excessive punishments, rewards and punishments are clear, this is the clear atmosphere of the court. ”

"That's right." Seeing that Liu Daxia, who was the toughest in the Wenhua Hall at that time, just frowned, and Ma Wensheng was also silent, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Today, it is enough to look at this young army, and it is enough for the prince to obey him, and pass on the decree to integrate all these five hundred young troops into the avant-garde army of the government army, and bring swords and swords for the East Palace." Xu Xun Wang Shouren has made meritorious military training, and each has a flying fish costume, which is worn on festivals and the Shuowang Dynasty. Xu Xun was the commander of the avant-garde of the government army, and Wang Shouren was still supervising the avant-garde of the government army with the rank of director of the military department. ”

"Your Majesty, this can't be!"

Although there was barely silence in front of him, when he heard the last one, Liu Daxia finally couldn't hold it back, and immediately stiffened his neck and said: "Although the avant-garde of the government army has a commander, the palm print has never been carried by the commander, and the rule has always been to choose one person from among the princes and uncles. Now Xu Xun is less than twenty years old, although he has made meritorious contributions in military training, but he was suddenly awarded this high position, and he will inevitably be dissatisfied! Moreover, the second prince of the prince's kingdom can only be the right way if he diligently studies Confucianism and scriptures, so how can he be happy with the bow and horse path? ”

Although Liu Daxia is not a cabinet minister, he and Ma Wensheng are among the emperor's most trusted ministers. As soon as he opened his mouth, it was like throwing bricks to lead jade, and Xie Qian also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, what Liu Shangshu said is extremely true. Moreover, it is said that the prince is shooting on a prancing horse in full view of everyone, although it is heroic and majestic, but the prince and the prince, the country is very heavy, and the army is mixed up, and it spreads, but it is not immune to people rash. And Wang Shouren and Wenchen, who supervised the training of soldiers in Xiyuan for three months, have been exceptional, and now if he supervises the avant-garde of the government army with the title of director of the Ministry of War, this is too unseemly. If the emperor has such intentions, it is enough to choose one of the ministers. ”

Although Xie Qian was dissatisfied with Wang Shouren's other teachings and teaching the prince archery, these words gently and skillfully took out Wang Shouren, but it was a good intention. However, he, who has always opposed the minister's supervision of the army, even said the words of choosing the minister to go to the prison army, but he didn't even realize it, he already thought that Emperor Hongzhi would not easily withdraw this order.

Xie Qian finished saying everything that should be said, and Liu Jian saw that Emperor Hongzhi frowned and looked over, so he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, what Xie Ge Lao and Liu Shangshu said, the minister seconded it." ”

This time, Emperor Hongzhi didn't bother to ask a few other people if they seconded it, and immediately turned his head to look at Xu Xun again. Seeing that Xu Xun was really angry, he asked, "Xu Xun, you have heard the meaning of the old Shangshu of the pavilion, do you have anything to say?" ”

Although Hongzhi once had a way to be a monarch and a virtuous minister, Xu Xun was really impatient with these old adults who liked to go online when they had nothing to do, and he didn't bother to hide it on his face. At this time, he reluctantly pressed the irritability in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, the minister wants to ask your lords, does this young army of five hundred look neat today?" ”

As soon as these words came out, even those who didn't think so, thinking about the uniformity of the queue just now, couldn't say a single word of no, and in the end, Li Dongyang saw that no one else answered, so he had to bow his head and say: "It's really neat." ”

"The minister is young and doesn't read much, but he knows that when the two armies meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. However, if the two armies with the same number of people and equal morale are fighting each other in a dignified manner, it must be that the battle formation is well drilled, and the one with a neat army has a greater chance of victory! It is said that if you don't train your troops and sharpen your guns in battle, it will not help. Even though they were born in a military family and practiced martial arts since childhood, they did not know anything about the way of the military formation. But as long as these people practice hard, they can be like this in just three months, so what about the real army? However, the emperor gave the minister the position of holding the seal, and the minister did not dare to accept it. Some of the five hundred households under the command of the minister are recommended by the Dingguo Gong, and some of them are just inquired by the ministers, if they want to manage more people, the ministers may not be able to prohibit it, and they will not be entrusted by the emperor. Moreover, this training was mostly the work of the king's administration, and the ministers never dared to take credit. ”

Wang Shouren heard Xie Qian say that he would transfer himself back to the military department, and his heart was suddenly stunned, but when he heard Xu Xun's words, he originally planned to endure it, but after all, he couldn't resist the impulse in his heart, and blurted out: "Your Majesty, in this training, the ministers are only assisting in the drill of the military formation, lining up for military discipline, etc., all of which are promulgated and supervised by Commander Xu. Although Commander Xu is young, he has some experience in the army, even if he can't give the government army avant-garde palm print, he can select more soldiers and horses to practice one by one. The armies took turns to train for three months, so that they could not forget the battle formation. Although it is not as good as the Beijing battalion, but the prince is obedient, how can it be only five hundred? ”

Zhu Houzhao was looked at by Emperor Hongzhi next to him, so he kept holding back a knife on his head, even if people said that he was rash, he was stubbornly choked. But Wang Shouren's last sentence really made him hungry. So, he opened his mouth almost without thinking about it and said, "Father, Wang Shouren is right!" How did the three battalions of the Beijing Division come to be? Isn't it from the elite of Jingwei? Now the combat power of the Beijing camp is far superior to that of the Jingwei, everyone knows this, right? But why? It's not a drill! Since my father opened his mouth and gave me the vanguard of the government army, do you want to give me, the prince, a bunch of waste that can't be on the battlefield? What is the use of these 500 people, if there is a rebellion, it is not enough for others to cut it with a knife! ”

Ahem, ahem, ahem...... A flurry of coughing suddenly filled the entire high platform. At present, there are no Honglu Temple officials who are closely watching whether the minister is disrespectful, and no one is afraid of being dragged to the front of the emperor to punish the crime. Even Emperor Hongzhi, who is the Son of Heaven, was choked by Zhu Houzhao's unscrupulous words, not to mention Liu Jian and others who blew their beards and stared.

There is a rebellion that is not enough for others to cut with a knife, listen to what this is called!

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Zhu Houzhao with a stern look that you would not be polite if you talk nonsense again, and then looked at a few bigwigs over there: "The prince has just ended up in person, it is nothing, originally the Yongle Dynasty began, and the annual Dragon Boat Festival shoots willow festivals, and the Son of Heaven and the prince often end up in person." My Ming Dynasty is the world that came from right away, and now although it is peaceful, it cannot forget the martial arts, which is also the admonition of the ancestors. ”

"What the emperor said is extremely true."

Emperor Hongzhi moved out all the ancestors, and all the ministers looked at me, and finally had to reluctantly respond in unison. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xu Xun again and asked, "Xu Xun, how many people are left in the vanguard of the government army now, do you know as a commander?" ”

Xu Xun had already done his homework before, and at this time he calmly bowed down and replied: "Back to the emperor, before the minister arrived, I had seen an old file, the avant-garde young army of the government army was more than 28,000 people in the Yongle period, and since the 22nd day of the first month of the eighth year of Tianshun, the edict ordered that the deceased do not need to make up for it, and as a result, after fleeing and sparse for the next 14 years, only more than 8,600 people remained. Originally, the avant-garde young army of the government army was Yongle between the hooks, and the Xuanmiao was the emperor's grandson when he served, and its number was five times that of other Beijing guards, but since then, more than 8,000 people have arrived until now, how many are left, and the roster is stored in the military department, and the ministers do not know. ”

Liu Daxia has been in charge of the military department for some years, and when he saw that everyone else was looking at him, he hesitated for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "Now it has been decades since the eighth year of Tianshun, and although the military department has made up for it once or twice, the remaining regular army is less than 5,000 people. ”

No one expected that Xu Xun would go to check such an old matter of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, and even Wang Shouren was very surprised for a while. When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately looked around at everyone and said: "Now I don't need so many people to obey the East Palace as when I was in the Xuan Temple, the former military household of the avant-garde of the government army ordered the military department to clean up the roster immediately, or to supplement other troops, or to tuntian." Among the guards in Beijing, the remaining 1,500 young soldiers were recruited, and the number of 2,000 was still the vanguard of the government army. Since there are only 2,000 people, Xu Xun, as the son of Xing'an, is not out of the ordinary in the avant-garde affairs of the government army. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other. Don't look at it like today, there are hundreds of households, thousands of households, and guards, but with the flight of military households, one guard with 5,000 people, 1,000 households, 1,000 people, 100 households, and 100 people, this kind of quota set during the Hongwu period has long been gone. Of course, these two thousand people are not many, but if they are really given to Xu Xun, how can this be regarded as unusual?

Under the silence, the trembling Ma Wensheng finally spoke: "What the emperor said is sage. However, there are soldiers who cannot be generals, and it is not easy to transfer many officers to two people from 1,000 households, 20 people from 100 households, and at least three or four commanders and commanders. If you act rashly, you are afraid that if you want to govern the army, it will backfire. ”

"Ma Shangshu is right." Xu Xun didn't look at the strange gazes that looked at him, Shi Shiran took over the conversation and said, "Emperor Chen, there are the most hereditary military attachés in the Jinyi Guard, and the ministers implore these officers to be selected from them to serve as the vanguard of the government army!" ”

(To be continued)