Zhu Xianxuan, the king of Jin, suddenly came to Xianyang.

Shaanxi Province has two key points in dismantling the garrison army: one is the border army, that is, the Ningxia Guard, the Ningxia Front Center Guard, the Left and Right Zhongtun Guard, and the Yulin Guard, and the other is the Hanzhong Mansion and the Yan'an Mansion.

As the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture, Zhu Xianxuan naturally had to be more concerned about the dismantling of the army in the guard.

"Kun Yuan, there is something wrong with the situation in Hanzhong Mansion."

"Oh, what's the situation."

"This Hanzhong Mansion, the Liukou has been entrenched for many years, in order to fight against the Liukou, the Yamen of Fuzhou County has formed a large number of militia groups, speaking of which, the militia is more effective than the guard army, and the dismantling of the guard army is to reduce the pressure and eliminate those unworthy sergeants, and on the other hand, it is also to be able to unify the command, but if it does not touch the local militia, it may backfire."

Su Tiancheng nodded frequently, what Zhu Xianxuan said was the actual situation, the local militia group, to a certain extent, is more of a private army of local officials or gentry and wealthy households, the scale is not very large, under normal circumstances, the military salary is guaranteed, so the combat effectiveness is not the same, think about the predecessor of the Jiangning battalion, it also stood out from the local militia group, Hanzhong Mansion and Yan'an Mansion, there is such a situation in both places, the local militia is obviously stronger than the guard army, and even more, the outstanding guard sergeant, He was secretly transferred to the local militia.

The work of dismantling the army of the guard station and expanding the inspection department of Fuzhou and County was done in combination, and in this regard, Su Tiancheng had detailed considerations and must control it, otherwise the common people would not be able to bear it.

This account is easy to calculate. For example, in a county, there are 100 sergeants in the inspection department, and each person needs at least 15 taels of silver per year, which is 1,500 taels, plus the expenses required by the inspection department itself, the county government needs to spend at least 2,500 taels to 3,000 taels of silver every year. If it is in a place like Jiangning County, such an expense is nothing, but in some counties in Shaanxi Province, the annual tax income is only a few thousand taels of silver, which is a huge expense.

It is impossible for the inspection department itself to have income, and the expenses must be borne by the government, and the government cannot produce money, and the expenses must be borne by the people. If the number of local militia groups increases and the expenses increase, and the governor's yamen cannot bear it, he may follow the old path and overwhelm the common people.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng's idea was to abolish the army of the guard. The pattern is somewhat similar to a few hundred years later. The Fuzhou County Yamen Inspection Division is equivalent to the strength to maintain local law and order, and does not need to participate in the war.

But it takes courage to do so, and this is tantamount to completely overthrowing the previous system of guards and military households.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, what do you think should be done?"

"I really thought about it. Since we are going to dismantle the guards and troops, we should do it more thoroughly, and simply dismantle all the guards in Shaanxi, as needed. Re-establishment, for example, Ningxia and Yulin, these two places must need the army, in addition to Hanzhong and Yan'an, as long as you can set up an army in these two prefectures, it is okay, as for the local militia regiments, all entered this time of the retrenchment, the elite sergeants in the militia group, into the re-organized guard army, the dismissed sergeants, into the Fuzhou County Inspection Division, but to specify the number, at the same time the sergeants of the inspection division, directly obey the orders of the government, the gentry and wealthy households are not allowed to form a militia group, The nursing home cannot exceed 100 people......"

Listening to Zhu Xianxuan's suggestion, Su Tiancheng's expression gradually became serious.

Although it was said that the vassal king could enter the imperial court, Su Tiancheng was still a little apprehensive when he put forward this suggestion, at least he paid attention to the fact that the vassal king could not interfere in the affairs of the army for the time being, and the emperor was not worried that it was fake, after all, there was such a situation in the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhu Xianxuan's suggestion was very professional and could be said to have been carefully considered, which showed that Zhu Xianxuan was very concerned about the affairs of the army, and he also wanted to give full support to himself in the matter of dismantling the army in the guard.

A saying circulated hundreds of years later, saying that the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty was as stupid as a pig, and he didn't understand anything, so he knew that he ate and drank a lot, and would rather die to protect the gold and silver treasures, which was actually a huge misunderstanding, and it was also a conscious slander, after so many years, Su Tiancheng also felt that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had received a good education, and in such an unfavorable environment, thinking about the survival of the Ming Dynasty, the scheming must be good, with a good education and quality, to survive in the cruel environment, No one is very bad.

Zhu Xianxuan knows that there are actually a lot of things, and his ambitions are not small, if he has the opportunity to take the position, he will definitely be able to make a career.

Such a situation is very beneficial to Su Tiancheng.

Zhu Xianxuan and Zhu Youxiang, if they can enter the imperial court, or even enter the cabinet, it will be of great help to him, no matter what the circumstances, Zhu Xianxuan is to defend himself, not only from his own considerations, but also to think of Zhu Xianxin, so what Su Tiancheng needs to do now is to try his best to help Zhu Xianxuan and let Zhu Xianxuan make achievements.

In an instant, a bold plan came out of Su Tiancheng's heart.

After Zhu Xianxuan finished speaking, he looked at Su Tiancheng, who was still pondering.

I didn't have a lot of contact with Su Tiancheng before, but I knew that my brother-in-law, who was really good at doing things, and the Jiangning battalion that he trained single-handedly became the army of the Ming Dynasty, and later came to Shaanxi and served as the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture, and had more contact, only to find that Su Tiancheng was really powerful, and personally led the army to defeat the Mongolian Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, without the idea that everyone expected, slaughtering the two tribes, but starting a mutual market, so that the Mongolian tribes could deliver wealth to the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

Su Tiancheng proposed to dismantle the army of the guard in Shaanxi, and the border army was no exception, in fact, the emperor knew that the army of the guard had lost its combat effectiveness and the value of existence, and the war mainly relied on hired sergeants. But no one dares to put forward such a suggestion easily, not to mention violating the ancestral system, if it triggers a mutiny by the guards and sergeants, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

In view of this situation, Zhu Xianxuan always thinks about the matter of dismantling the army of the guard, and he knows very well the truth that he must go all out to help Su Tiancheng, both glory and loss, and these suggestions are also the result of his long-term thinking.

Su Tiancheng finally spoke.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, if I suggest that you be responsible for the dismantling of the guard's army, how will you deal with it?"

Zhu Xianxuan stood up in surprise, Su Tiancheng's suggestion was too bold, if the vassal king interfered in military affairs, what would the emperor think, what would he think, if those ministers in the court were specifically impeached, I don't know what big things would happen to Lu Dao.

"Kun Yuan, this is not appropriate, if I support the abolition of the army of the guard, what will the emperor think, many ministers in the court, aren't they desperately impeached."

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I know all this, but there is a good saying, success is taken in detail, wealth and danger are sought, over the years, what I have done, if it is in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court, follow the rules, it is impossible to have the current achievements, this time the matter of dismantling the army of the guard, it is very important, all aspects are watching, even Houjin is joining in the fun, you think about it, how much attention the emperor should have, if the Shaanxi army can succeed in dismantling the guard, the next step may be to implement it in all places, Places like Shaanxi can do it, and there is nothing else that can't be done. ”

Zhu Xianxuan nodded, this is the truth, if a poor place like Shaanxi can do something, there is no reason to excuse it in other places.

"I can say for sure, this is a thing that is enough to be famous for eternity, doesn't His Royal Highness the King of Jin want to do it, there must be risks in this, the impeachment of the ministers of the court, the emperor's worries, there may be other twists and turns, but no matter what, what they need is the result, as long as they can do a good job in dismantling the army of the guard, ensure the stability of Shaanxi, reduce the expenses of the court, and reduce the burden on the people, who can still put forward opposing opinions."

Zhu Xianxuan's eyes lit up, being able to preside over the dismantling of the army in the guard station was of course the best opportunity to show his personal ability, and in Shaanxi, with Su Tiancheng's support and the Jiangning battalion as the backing, what else was there to be afraid of.

"Kun Yuan, you said so, what else do I have to be afraid of, just do it."

"Okay, Shaanxi's dismantling of the guard army has already come out, I have a specific plan here, you bring it back to improve, once the matter of dismantling the guard army begins, unless it is a major matter, I will generally not interfere, everything is subject to your order, Hong Chengchou will directly assist you in carrying out your work, Jiangning Battalion will transfer 10,000 soldiers to specialize in the dismantling of the guard army, if you meet a mutiny, trouble or even rebellion, you must not be polite."

"Kun Yuan, I'll do it, there's no problem, but for the dismissed sergeants, aren't you polite, they may have resentment in their hearts."

"You can't be polite, I've thought about this matter for a long time, you can take the time to take a closer look at this information, what these guards and soldiers are doing is too much, and it's the same as the Houjin Tartars, robbing the people, robbing money, raping women, killing good and risking merits, it's just that there is no evil, such guards and sergeants, we can't be polite, and, in the process of removal, for those officers and sergeants who are extremely angry with the people, we must resolutely deal with a group, and kill a group of those who should be killed, otherwise, they will go to the locality, It's also going to be a mess. ”

Zhu Xianxuan nodded, he had heard of these things, but he didn't know that the Dao was so serious. (To be continued......)