Strike the guards, recruit soldiers!

The first six words made Emperor Jiajing a little depressed, so he said: "Zheng Guang, you should also know that in Nanzhili, Susong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, there are more than 100,000 soldiers in the guards, and the hereditary reckless soldiers are soldiers, and the ancestors of the family have been soldiers for generations. If they don't have the job to be soldiers, will it cause a rebellion in the southeast? At that time, the Japanese have not yet come, and they will be in chaos first, but how is this good? Have you thought about it? ”

Of course Zheng Guang thought about it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, does Your Majesty know about the desertion of the guard?" Zheng Guang asked.

Emperor Jiajing nodded and said, "The desertion situation is very serious, and I naturally know about it. ”

Zheng Guang said: "This is the key, those soldiers of the guard have been soldiers for generations, and their ancestors have been sacrificing for the country for generations, watching others become officials and make a fortune, but they are limited to the identity of the military household and cannot be separated from it no matter what, they themselves will feel very dissatisfied, the deserters began to be out of control, and the ministers also came into contact with some soldiers of the guard when they were young, without exception, they are complaining that the guard has imprisoned them all their lives, and they can't do anything, they can only be soldiers, and then send them to death, There is no other way out.

So the guard system in the eyes of the guards, in fact, is very unpopular, Your Majesty thought that they would lose their jobs and ****, in fact, otherwise, if Your Majesty really strikes the guards, strike the military households, they will probably be ecstatic, compared to Thanksgiving, of course, the premise is that they have land, family assets, to ensure that they can survive, of course, if you really want to do this, the involvement is too big, the southeast will be the guard, and the rest of the guards will also be so strongly demanded, when the new army is not successful, the old army will collapse first, Da Ming is really dangerous. ”

Emperor Jiajing didn't expect this link, think about it carefully, and feel that what Zheng Guang said is also right, it's okay to be a military general for generations, but the ancestors have been small soldiers as cannon fodder for generations, and it is estimated that he is really unhappy in his heart, if he really abolish the guards and military households, it is estimated that a large number of large numbers of military households will thank the imperial court, and the only one who will be dissatisfied is probably the hereditary senior officers, but what Zheng Guang said is also right, if the southeast guard is stopped, the rest of the guards will be unstable, so ......

"Now that you know this, what do you do? If there is no countermeasure, the boycott is just empty talk, I can also tell you that there are also courtiers in the court who have proposed the boycott of the guard, but there are no supporting aftermath measures, once the guardhouse is dismissed, the consequences are unimaginable, I did not agree, and the courtiers also oppose it with the reason that the law of the ancestors cannot be abolished, if your reasons cannot convince me, don't say it! Emperor Jiajing said.

This point, since Zheng Guang thought of it, he would not be worried, so he said: "This point, the minister has not thought about it, so the minister's suggestion is to dismiss the guard, not overnight, but to slowly figure it out, although the soldiers of the guard are weak, but the huge number can still deter some young people, if the recall, the southeast new army is only three thousand, it is funny, so, before the removal of the guards of the army, the court must have a new army that can deter the southeast into an army." ”

Emperor Jiajing frowned and said, "Recruit a new army and replace it?" ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "Yes, instead of letting the soldiers of the guard go to the battlefield again to bring humiliation on themselves and increase casualties, simply let them not go, and change to the new army, it is estimated that they will also be very happy, but the number of the new army needs to be limited, so that the guards can not determine whether the imperial court is really the guard station, which has the effect of temporarily stabilizing the morale of the army. The soldiers of the guard must be grateful to the imperial court. ”

Emperor Jiajing narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while, then said: "This matter is very important, what you said, I sound feasible, but whether it is feasible or not still needs to be discussed, the system of the guard is left by Emperor Taizu, and the military system that has been followed for hundreds of years cannot be hastily cut off!" ”

Zheng Guang didn't expect his words to make the emperor make up his mind, with Emperor Jiajing's fear of trouble, it would be strange if he could agree so happily, after the boycott of the guard, the military household of the guardhouse was happy, but how to calculate the ensuing problem of military power? The guard is in the system, the soldiers are in the hands of the state, the guard is gone, the recruitment system is started, and the military power has to be issued to the generals, it doesn't matter if there are two or three thousand people, twenty or thirty thousand people, can the court rest assured? It doesn't matter during the war, but after the war, do you have to have a glass of wine to release the military power?

"The minister just made a suggestion, the current situation, the boycott of the guard, recruiting soldiers is already the general trend, the imperial court should not continue to waste military funds on a group of people who can not fight at all, rather than wasting national funds, it is better to use this money to recruit new troops, the minister can estimate, as long as there are about 50,000 people like the new army trained by the minister, then within a year, the southeast land can basically be eliminated." Zheng Guang gave the emperor a blank check.

Emperor Jiajing was not easy to fool, and quickly grasped the question in Zheng Guang's words, and frowned: "Southeast land? What do you mean? Can't you wipe out the pirates on the sea? Wiped out the Japanese on land, the Ming army is mighty, and the Japanese on the sea dare to come back? ”

The main point is the question.

Zheng Guang was secretly vigilant in his heart, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there must be a handsome man in the court who has told Your Majesty that the root cause of the repeated defeats of the Ming Dynasty is in the soldiers, and the root cause of the troubles is in the sea ban. ”

Emperor Jiajing paused, and indeed remembered that there were some twists and turns before that after the opening of the sea ban, the woe will naturally subside, but many ministers objected, and the opinions put forward were quite pertinent, and the money, manpower and material resources needed to reopen the city were not a small amount, and the imperial court could not afford it at present, not to mention that one of the opinions put forward by those people mentioned that the opening of the sea was like the northern captives going south to ask for mutual markets.

At this point, Emperor Jiajing can't agree to open the sea, that is simply giving in to the Japanese Kou, those bastards killed so many people and robbed so many things, if they don't kill them all, they will open the sea? Let them continue to be at ease? There is no such thing in the world! Even if the sea is to be opened, it will only be after the extermination of the Japanese bandits, and the sea must not be opened when the Japanese are arrogant!

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing was quite dissatisfied with this: "The trouble originated from the opening of the sea, and the northern captives did not ask for mutual markets every time they went south?" When they do this, doesn't it mean that our Ming Dynasty has succumbed to the force of the Japanese and has no choice but to open the sea? Zheng Guang, since you can defeat the Japanese and frustrate the sharpness of the Japanese invaders, then I don't believe it, and if you don't open the sea, this Japanese will not be destroyed! All in all, if we don't get rid of the woes, we will never open the sea, and I want to see how much power those pirates have! ”

This result has long been expected, he is now soft-spoken, Emperor Jiajing gave himself the opportunity to face the saint, and he also wanted to pacify the Japanese troubles too much, but it is easy to defeat the Japanese invaders, and to pacify the Japanese troubles, if you continue to ban the sea, there will continue to be people who take risks to join the Japanese invaders, and the big maritime merchants behind them will only be more happy, and the main force of opposition is the spokesperson of those big maritime households, but the emperor does not know this, and he can't let the emperor know now.

"Okay, I know that you have a heart for the country, but the major affairs of the country are not something that you and I can decide by talking about them here, what you said, I will hand it over to the cabinet to discuss and evaluate, this, there is no hurry, but I am still a little curious, why can your new army of 3,000 people face the Japanese after a month of training and defeat them? And the casualties are very small, it is not that there has been no elite army since ancient times, but three thousand against seven thousand, the casualties are so small, it is really rare, I heard Lu Bing say, you and your teacher Tang Shunyi have created a formation together, called the Mandarin Duck Formation, right? Emperor Jiajing changed the topic and inquired about Zheng Guang's housekeeping skills.

Zheng Guang could only echo and said: "That's right, this is a tactic created by Tang Shunzhi, the teacher's teacher, Tang Shunzhi, for several years, in response to the tactics of the Japanese Invaders, with the coordination of various arms of the army, to create a small team of twelve people, for a small array of mandarin ducks, each performing its own duties, each person only does one thing, as long as they cooperate and coordinate, the combat effectiveness is quite terrible, after the actual combat test, it was found that it is really very suitable for dealing with the Japanese Kou." ”

Emperor Jiajing became interested: "You mean, with such a mandarin duck array, you can defeat the Japanese invaders?" ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "Supplemented by firearms, the effect is better, this time in the face of fierce Japanese robbers, the new army can win the battle, if there are more new army exercises mandarin duck formation, practice firearms, then the southeast Japanese robbers, not inexterminable, just afraid, the symptoms are not cured, the wildfire is inexhaustible, Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

Emperor Jiajing pursed his lips, he had a better and better impression of Zheng Guang in his heart, and he appreciated this young man more and more, this is a person who can do things, no boss will be unwilling to have subordinates who can do things and know how to measure, so Emperor Jiajing gently comforted Zheng Guang and said: "I will think twice, Zheng Guang, you go back to prepare for the exam first, prepare for next year's exam, study carefully, prepare for the exam, and you will definitely get a good ranking, so that you can stand firm, and I can reuse it for you." ”

Zheng Guang suddenly said: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Jiajing waved his hand: "Go!" ”

After Zheng Guang left, Emperor Jiajing instructed Huang Jin: "You personally instruct Zheng Guang to send some food and clothing in the name of me every month for the next few months, and tell Lu Bing to send a few more people to secretly protect Zheng Guang around his residence, and whoever comes to see him and who he goes to see must tell me, especially the several auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, if they have any contact with Zheng Guang, they must also tell me." ”

Huang Jin felt strange in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and bowed his head very obediently: "The old slave obeys the order!" ”