The reason for the Great Song Dynasty was that the military intervention of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was too frequent in politics, the abolition of the emperor, and the establishment of a military government, which caused the unrest of the Zhao and Song Empires, so the Great Song Dynasty adopted the national policy of using the military to protect the military, and they generally believed that the warriors could usurp power and seize the throne, and the literati could not toss anything no matter how much they tossed, so they vigorously suppressed the warriors, which eventually led to the lack of force in the Great Song Dynasty and was destroyed by the Mongols. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Ming Dynasty learned the lesson of the Great Song Dynasty, although since the orthodoxy of Jingtai, the civil power has become greater, and the status of the military generals has been declining, but all the civil officials who can command the military generals are all civil generals with a certain resume and combat achievements, and there is no certain record to prove your ability to command the army, so you will be your administrative official honestly, don't think about becoming a military general, the unprecedentedly strong Jiajing Emperor will not allow it.

In the Ming Dynasty, civil officials who could fight were fragrant and sweet, and they could basically be high-level commanders and civil generals such as governors, although they certainly couldn't really hold the position of chief assistant who could really grasp the highest authority of the empire.

Before Zhu Kun came to Suzhou, Emperor Jiajing allowed him to recruit thousands of recruits under special circumstances to try to train, if it was feasible, and then Xu Tu promoted, not to do anything rashly, but Zheng Guang, who had insight into the psychology of Emperor Jiajing, told Zhu Kun that what the emperor was eager for was the peace of mind brought by victory, and Futai had just come here to be an official, and he needed to stabilize his position, and the best way was to win the battle, one to gain the trust of His Majesty, and the other to gain the trust of the local people.

Therefore, Zhu Kun decisively appointed Zheng Guang, a Suzhou writer who had won battles, as the acting training garrison, and allowed Zheng Guang to select qualified soldiers from Susong's 30,000 soldiers to form a new army of 3,000 people, and train them in a new way.

"Pingzhi, you have to know that if you want to recruit new soldiers, and you don't have enough money, it won't work, you must pay attention to this, although Futai said that he fully supports you, and prepares the money, food, and equipment to recruit 3,000 recruits for you at most, but you can't mess around, if you choose all the recruits, how do you let the other guards think of you?" Following Zheng Guang's side, Xu Wei persuaded Zheng Guang like this.

Zheng Guang recommended Xu Wei to Zhu Kun, and Zhu Kun happened to have heard of Xu Wenchang's name, so he agreed to let Xu Wei serve as Zheng Guang's assistant to assist in the selection and training of troops, and of course he also got the benefit of being able to ask the governor for questions about the education and scientific examinations, and then walked around the guards in Susong with Zheng Guang, and when he came back, he looked at Zheng Guang with a dark face, and then muttered that he wanted to recruit new soldiers, and these guards must not be used.

Xu Wei felt very embarrassed and persuaded Zheng Guang, Zheng Guang kept shaking his head: "Wen Chang, you also know that when we fight, we rely on soldiers, not us who go into battle to kill the enemy, no matter how high my martial arts are, I will definitely die if a dozen or twenty Japanese robbers on the opposite side rush up, and fighting is not a matter of one or two people, have you seen those guards?" Is that a barracks? I didn't know and thought it was a market! It's a village!

The woman shouted, the toddler ran, those soldiers were really soldiers? Those who drag their families with their mouths, once they go to the battlefield, they will definitely flee en masse, even if the general personally takes the lead in the charge, they will value their lives the most, military law and military regulations are not binding on them, everyone is the most professional escape expert, you and I are far behind! How can you expect such soldiers to win battles and face the most ferocious of the pirates? ”

Xu Wei said: "I understand what you said, but recruiting soldiers and horses requires money, and your training method requires even more money, I have read it all, is the food standard you give to Ayong's kid that Futai can afford?" There is meat at every meal, and every meal is full of oil and water, and the emperor's royal forest army does not have such good treatment! How much does it cost? I know you want to train elite soldiers, but money, money, you can't do it without the financial support of the imperial court!

Futai is according to the standard of 3,000 given to you by the regular army, and your standard is far exceeded, if you want to train Ayong for a few months, it is estimated that the 3,000 soldiers can train you to death seven or eight percent, and the remaining two or three percent are also half-dead, the food can't keep up, you really can't keep up, if you really want to recruit 3,000 soldiers, you must revise the method of military training, the previous set can only be the standard for training officers, and the standard for training ordinary non-commissioned officers must be lowered! ”

Zheng Guang shook his head helplessly, and said: "Of course I know about this matter, and I naturally won't use the standard of training officers to train soldiers, but Ah Yong, you have also seen that one person can deal with at least five Japanese robbers, and it is not difficult to use one as ten after training, which is enough to prove that my training skills are effective." ”

Xu Wei said: "What you said is right, but now, more importantly, you don't want the ready-made soldiers in the guard, where do you go to recruit soldiers?" Where are people willing to follow you as soldiers? Is there a recruiting place in the entire Susong region that meets your requirements? ”

Zheng Guang touched his chin and pondered: "If you want to talk about the place to recruit soldiers, I really have a good place, but it is not under the jurisdiction of Su Song, and I probably need to go to the imperial court to ask His Majesty for approval, but I don't know if the imperial court will approve it, and whether the local government will cooperate." ”

Xu Wei frowned and said: "Since ancient times, the soldiers of Jiangnan have not been able to recruit soldiers from Jiangbei to fight well, and most of the elite soldiers of the ancient times are from the north, such as Guanzhong, such as Liaodong, such as Shandong, and the southeast also has a strong enough source of soldiers?" I thought you were going to Guanzhong to recruit soldiers. ”

Zheng Guang rolled his eyes: "Once you go back, you have to try, what kind of soldier do you still practice?" I mean Yiwu County, Jinhua Prefecture. ”

Xu Wei raised his eyebrows and said suspiciously: "Yiwu? ”

Zheng Guang nodded: "In ancient times, there were traitors who were poor and poor and vicious waters, and the Jiangnan was indeed prosperous, but it was limited to the area of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and further south, but it was the land of Lingnan, before the Tang Dynasty, it was almost a wasteland, with many mountains and rivers, and inconvenient transportation, so the people lived poorly, the literary style was not prosperous, and the people were fierce. ”

Xu Wei was puzzled: "Where did you learn that the people of Yiwu are fierce and can be soldiers?" There are not many people in the Ming Dynasty who are willing to be soldiers, they are all hurt by the guards, and no one wants to be soldiers, can you guarantee that you will let them follow you to work their lives in the past three or two sentences? Is this matter to be discussed? ”

Zheng Guang looked at Xu Wei and shook his head again and again: "Fat man, I am not as good as you when it comes to essays, danqing, and even music and calligraphy, but when it comes to seeing and listening to all directions, you are not as good as me, why do you think I know so many issues related to current affairs?" Inquire more, ask more, find more businessmen who come and go to talk, Suzhou is an important commercial town, there is an endless stream of businessmen from the north and south of the river, everyone is a local chronicle, as long as you are willing to ask, there is nothing you can't know. ”

Xu Wei was a little surprised: "You have always paid attention to the current affairs of various places? ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "The so-called humble did not dare to forget the country, government affairs are actually very close to us, any mistake of the officials will lead to the suffering of the people below, and we will not escape implication, so, in order to better protect myself, I have to do this, but now I admire my previous self, I heard so much news, Yiwu local, almost every month there are armed fights, if there is no armed fighting in January, then there must be a grand event, this often armed fighting people, how will the combat effectiveness be?" ”

Xu Wei said in surprise: "There are fights every month? ”

Zheng Guang pursed his lips and nodded: "That's right, there are armed fights every month, sometimes more than once or twice, and the reasons are also strange, grabbing land, grabbing water, grabbing goods, grabbing food, what kind of thing can become the fuse between two rival clans in the local area, fighting back and forth, the folk customs are not unassuming, how can such a natural soldier be wasted in the infighting?" ”

Speaking of which, since ancient times, everyone thinks that the soldiers of the Central Plains in the north are stronger than the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the scribes in the south of the Yangtze River are better than the scribes in the north of the Yangtze River, but in the chaos of the Jiajing period, the Zhejiang soldiers stood out, with the fame of a series of famous generals such as Qi Jiguang Yu Dayou and became famous, in the War of Resistance against the Japanese, the local soldiers in Zhejiang were also the absolute main force of the anti-Japanese war, and the main members of Qi Jiguang's Qi army were the Yiwu soldiers he personally recruited in Yiwu.

After Qi Jiguang surrendered these soldiers with personal charm, these soldiers also followed Qi Jiguang to fight in the south and the north, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the Yiwu soldiers bid farewell to their hometown and followed Qi Jiguang to the north of the Great Wall, becoming the main force to resist the Mongolian cavalry, and even a considerable part of the Great Wall was built by Qi Jiguang with Yiwu soldiers, the main force of the Ming army's firearms troops in the Korean Patriotic War was the Zhejiang soldiers, and it is rumored that the main force of the earliest starting troops of the Guanning Iron Cavalry is also the Zhejiang soldiers.

It can be said that during the Jiajing period, the main military force of the Ming Dynasty was the Jiangnan soldiers who were considered to be weak and weak, and it was precisely these Jiangnan soldiers who began to fight from the second half of the Jiajing twenties to the end of Wanli, and there were a large number of Jiangnan soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

"Could it be that you are going to Yiwu to recruit soldiers? You are Su Song's training and garrison, and Su Song can't govern Jinhua Mansion, so I don't need to tell you this common sense, right? Xu Wei asked the final question.

Zheng Guang showed a depressed expression: "This is also my most distressed place, if you want to go to Yiwu to recruit troops, unless you get the permission of His Majesty the Emperor, this back and forth is not counted for more than half a month, I still have to get the cooperation of the Jinhua Prefect and the Yiwu Prefect, otherwise I can't do anything, but can they cooperate with me?" ”

Xu Wei smiled: "It turns out that there are things that you can't do?" ”

Zheng Guang said depressedly: "Nonsense, I'm not a saint, don't be happy here, give me ideas, otherwise I will dismiss you!" ”