Chapter 24: The Guards (1)

After a period of bad mending, Chongzhen has a certain degree of understanding of the military system of the Ming Dynasty. The situation of www.biquge.info the Ming Dynasty has changed slightly, although commerce is still ranked last, but in fact, it has been quietly changing, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, the rise of commerce, the scale of commerce has been quite a situation, and even in the court, a representative political party, the Donglin Party, has been cultivated.

However, during the Apocalypse, the Donglin Party had been suppressed, but these had not been fundamentally changed. In the process of implementing specific policies, the mine supervisors led by Wei Zhongxian and others wantonly made money and provoked major popular uprisings. The movement formed by the anti-tax resistance resisted to a certain extent the system dominated by eunuchs such as mine supervisors, and formed a rather embarrassing situation in the entire Ming Dynasty. Or rather, it puts everything at an impasse.

Chongzhen knew very well that the Ming army was divided into two parts: the Beijing army and the local army. The Beijing army is the elite of the national guard, and it is the main force of the conquest in peacetime and the main force in wartime. In the early years of Hongwu, the Beijing army had forty-eight guards. After Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, to a certain extent, it caused the situation of the Son of Heaven guarding the country, the Beijing division was in a dangerous place, and in the front line, the Beijing army was expanded to 72 guards, and at that time the five armies, three thousand, and three battalions of Shenji were established. In peacetime, the five military battalions practiced the camp formation, the 3,000 battalion commanders patrolled, the Shenji battalion held firearms, and the wartime escort accompanied the expedition. For a time, the Beijing Division became the main force in foreign operations.

In addition, in addition to the Jingshi, there were also the guards of the Gongwei Emperor, such as the twelve guards such as Jinyi, Jinwu, Yulin, Huben, and Fujun, as well as the four guard battalions of Wuxiang, Tengxiang, Zuowei and Right Guard, which were attached to the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

Among the Twelve Guards, the Jinyi Guard is also the most famous, mainly due to its special inspection privileges. Therefore, Chongzhen wants to reorganize the guards and pro-army. In these troubled times, it is impossible to cope with these troubled times without a strong army. But how to train the new army, Chongzhen does not have a complete idea in his heart, and in the face of today's chaos, he can only take one step at a time. The difficulty of the situation cannot be judged in a moment. Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat; Climb high and walk, dilemma.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the situation was turbulent, there were people with lofty ideals who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and there were also traitorous ministers who coveted personal honor and disgrace. In the chaotic situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, human nature was thoroughly exposed, and the crisis made people's weaknesses completely revealed, but at such a moment, it can still burst out with brilliance. Chongzhen admired Shi Kefa's loyalty and was tired of Wu Sangui's rebellion.

Life in the world, if people have no integrity, they are like pigs and dogs, and the death of the city is certainly the sorrow of the individual and the country, but it is worthy of death, and there is no regret! Life can be short or long, but you can't extinguish your conscience in order to live, raise a butcher's knife and kill the people you once guarded.

Some readers have questions here, since they know these disloyal ministers, why not eradicate them as soon as possible, so as to comfort the hearts of the people of the world. However, the reality is not so simple, if Chongzhen really does this, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic faster and die more completely. I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to turn over.

Governing a country is not child's play, let alone doing whatever you want, and you can't do it arbitrarily. Regardless of this time, they have not shown signs of rebellion, and it is easy to kill, but it will chill the hearts of the soldiers in the world, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Even if there are already signs of rebellion, it is not easy to do it, these people are sitting on the world's soldiers and horses, and now Chongzhen is eager to do it on a stable foundation, which will cause chaos in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, although Chongzhen is a king, he is not the final say, and in the court, he will still be subject to too many constraints.

The king of the Ming Dynasty was in a dangerous place and was in danger many times, because there was no strong army to defend the Jingshi. The historical situation of the Son of Heaven guarding the country made the kings of the Ming Dynasty more aware of the crisis, but less strategic. Therefore, Chongzhen must not let such a thing happen to him again and again. The only solution is to train a strong pro-guard army to stop all invading enemies. The border army is now mostly a private army, although it is still controlled by the court, but it is only perfunctory on the surface.

The next day, the ministers discussed some major military affairs, all of which were inconsequential, but the focus was on money, and the lack of money had become an urgent problem that needed to be solved. Chongzhen has no good solution for the time being, Daming's taxes do not collect industrial and commercial taxes, only agricultural taxes, and the burden is on the farmers. Before Chongzhen was not ready to reform the industry and commerce, this situation was still a stubborn problem that could not be solved for a while, all the ministers and Chongzhen were helpless, and discussed for a long time, and no one could propose practical and effective measures to solve this urgent situation, and finally in Chongzhen's impatience, he announced the dissolution of the dynasty.

Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department, was left behind, Cui Chengxiu was a native of Jizhou, and a jinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli. In the early years of the Apocalypse, Xizong was promoted to the imperial history, patrolling Huai and Yang. Later, he was dismissed for corruption, and at this time, Wei Zhongxian was attacked by the ministers of the imperial court and wanted to seek foreign aid, so he hit it off with Wei Zhongxian. Cui Chengxiu's official position has always been the secretary of the military department, and the imperial history of the left capital, and was named a young master, and he is inclined to the government and the opposition. In November of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he assisted Liu Tingyuan to replace Yuan Keli's position as the secretary of the military department of the Southern Capital, and Cui Chengxiu was the main soldier in the north, and since then the power of the world's soldiers and horses has been under the control of Wei Zhongxian's forces.

Although Cui Chengxiu is the secretary of the military department, he has no talent for managing the army, so Cui Chengxiu's consistent principle will not express any special opinions in military affairs.

Today, Cui Chengxiu is also above the court, looking at his nose and nose, looking like he has nothing to do with himself. In Cui Chengxiu's heart, he is more concerned about the actual interests that he can get, and now that the situation is unclear, he is thinking about going to Wei Zhongxian to meet after the court meeting.

And at this time, Chongzhen asked him to stay, which made his heart panic.

Predict what will happen next, please listen to the next breakdown!