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By this time in the Ming Dynasty, the armament had already been relaxed, and the only ones who really had some combat effectiveness were the military horses of Liaodong and Datong, as for the so-called military households of the guards, they could not be counted on. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

What if King Ning really rebelled?

What is in front of Zhu Youzhu is this problem, and all kinds of signs show that King Ning has been secretly plotting, if it is difficult, as Liu Chengfeng said, it will be troublesome.

Zhu Youzhu squinted unconsciously, his heart was mixed, and after a long time, he took a long breath and said slowly: "I am determined to train the army!" ”

Training...... Liu Chengfeng's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then he understood Zhu Youzhang's intentions, in the past, there were only so many taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and it was still a little difficult to maintain the current framework, even the food and salary of the border army could not be paid on time, and the training was just a joke.

But now it is completely different, and it is not impossible to reorganize and train military horses, as long as the food and salary are sufficient, to train a hundred elite soldiers.

It's just that to train soldiers, like the previous military household system can no longer continue, after all, everyone knows that to really train a hundred battles of elite soldiers, it is impossible to rely on those children of military families passed down from father to son, these people may be good at farming, but they are far from really fighting.

Liu Chengfeng said: "Your Majesty is trying to recruit strong men and train an elite army to come out?" ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded his head and said: "That's right, there is enough money in the inner treasury, as long as you are willing to work hard, it should not be a problem to train a hundred battle elite soldiers." It's just that what I have to consider is that if it is a military training, there will definitely be opposition in the imperial court, and it will inevitably startle the snake, and King Ning is only afraid that he will be suspicious. I plan to hide people's eyes, don't release this news for the time being, but it's not easy to hide people's eyes and ears, Liu Chengfeng, do you have a way? ”

Liu Chengfeng raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Youjiao, and quickly understood what Zhu Youzhang meant, how easy it is to train soldiers, not to mention anything else, the officials of the court may not be willing to agree, after all, in their opinion, heavy military is light literature, and it is absolutely undesirable to use military force. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to train troops.

Cover people's eyes...... But it's hard.

After all, so many people are practicing under everyone's noses, and it is not easy to keep everyone in the dark?

Liu Chengfeng thought about it, but he had some ideas, and pondered for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty, it is not so easy to train soldiers, it is better to recruit eight hundred strong and resolute warriors to practice at night, take these people as the backbone, and then recruit military horses when the time is ripe, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Recruit 800 people first? Is it a little less? ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "The soldiers are not expensive, these eight hundred people can first train fiercely, if there is a chance to take them out to experience the experience, and then use these people as the backbone, so that they can be small banners, even chiefs, and train new soldiers." What Weichen proposed is actually not military training, but general training! ”

Practicing generals...... Zhu Youzhang's eyes also lit up, and he finally understood Liu Chengfeng's train of thought, and said, "You go on." ”

Liu Chengfeng nodded his head and said: "This is secondary, it is easy for Your Majesty to hide people's eyes and ears, Your Majesty doesn't often say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has nothing to do, this soldier asks for the surname of the prince to practice!" ”

It's a bold idea, and it's fascinating at the same time.

Liu Chengfeng said: "The reason why Weichen suggested this, first, is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does like martial arts, and this time His Majesty is training generals rather than soldiers, these 800 people will sooner or later become the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally practiced, and get along with them day and night, in order to get everyone's loyalty, if you let someone else preside over the training, Your Majesty can rest assured?" ”

Zhu Youzhang's heart couldn't help but be shocked, Liu Chengfeng's suggestion has a key point, he is training soldiers not training generals, which means that if they are trained well, these people will be in an important position, and whoever controls the hearts of these people will firmly control the army. If this is the case, the host of the training general really can't let others do it for him, Zhu Houzhao is his only son, and it is true that only by letting Zhu Houzhao preside over the affairs of the training general can Zhu Youzhu rest assured.

He couldn't help but nod and said, "You're right, the prince likes martial arts, and I can't do anything about it, since he likes it, let him have fun." ”

On the surface, it is for him to play, don't look at Zhu Youjiao's brisk words, in fact, the meaning of this game is very different, of course, the military horse is still well mastered in the palace, and if he is a fake hand, this loyalty will be greatly reduced. Look at those border troops, who mutinied after a few months of salary, where is there any loyalty? It's completely a group of Qiu Ba who has milk and is a mother.

"Liu Chengfeng, you go on."

Liu Chengfeng didn't hide it, and continued: "Didn't Your Majesty say that you want to hide people's eyes and ears? In fact, it is easy for 800 people to hide people's eyes, but it is better to do this, isn't Jubao Commercial Bank already open? Weichen plans to recruit some guards, after all, Jubao Trading House mostly goes overseas to do business, how can it be done without guards? It is better to temporarily put these military horses under the head of the Jubao Firm, externally, it is the escort of the Merchant House, and internally it is to train a hundred battles for the imperial court, and the required food and salary are directly allocated by the palace treasury, without going through the household department, and bypassing the cabinet, who can have anything to say at that time? ”

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect you to have so many ideas, this method is advisable!" ”

The largest shareholder of the Jubao Trading Company is the crown prince, even if these 800 people are hung under the Jubao Trading Bank, this can be regarded as a military horse in the palace, but with a different name, things are completely different.

Zhu Youzhu said: "It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never trained a military horse, and how to train this military horse is also a problem, Liu Chengfeng, I will give you an errand and let you assist the prince in training." ”

"Ah......" Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but be speechless, assisting the prince in training...... I didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to come up with such an idea, but then again, let yourself help from the side, and get along with the prince day and night at night, it can be imagined that Zhu Houzhao was originally interested in training and fighting, these people who he trained with one hand, the future will inevitably be great, as the deputy of His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as he does well, it is equivalent to cultivating his own power in the army, plus the relationship with Zhu Houzhao, as long as Zhu Houzhao succeeds to the throne in the future, Liu Chengfeng is almost certain, He will be one of the few bigwigs in the court without any suspense.

"Your Majesty, but Weichen ......" It's just that Liu Chengfeng still has doubts about this matter, if he goes to train the army, it is equivalent to losing the errand of the brocade guard, and it is really a pity to finally climb to the position of a thousand households.

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "Do you want to say that since you are the Son of Heaven's pro-army, it seems unreasonable for me to let you assist the prince, right?" It's not as good as this, the Jubao Firm involves overseas affairs, and the stakes are very high, I plan to set up a Jinyi Wei Thousand Households Office in the Treasure Firm, and the location of the Thousand Households Office is in the Treasure Firm, and the personnel are drawn from thousands of households everywhere to be responsible for spying on various countries, so that the prince's military training, as a thousand households, can naturally be asked, how about it? ”

Jubao Commercial Bank...... Liu Chengfeng's eyes widened.

It stands to reason that the institutions under this Jinyiwei are divided by region, after all, the treasure firm is a mobile thing, the only difference is that you have to deal with countries at any time, on the surface, this thousand households seem to be a bit of a child's play, but once the Ming Dynasty opens the sea, the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and various countries will increase, and it seems inevitable to spy on the movements of various countries. Similar to the KGB leaders of later generations, sending foreign spies whenever and wherever they were supposed to do so became a matter within his scope of responsibility.

This errand must not be underestimated, if you really do it well, the power is not small.

Liu Chengfeng didn't expect that the suggestion he put forward would end up with such a result, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Didn't Your Majesty have the intention of letting Weichen preside over Neidongcheng?" ”

Although there is no explicit decree in the palace, the rumors have already revealed that Liu Chengfeng should be allowed to preside over the Inner East City, and for this matter, the emperor actually discussed it with several important ministers in person, but since Liu Chengfeng opened the sea in Lianzhou, the relationship between Liu Chengfeng and the court officials has become more tense, but I am afraid that the cabinet may not be willing to let Liu Chengfeng preside over the Inner East City.

But now the appointment has changed suddenly, which makes Liu Chengfeng a little difficult to accept.

Zhu Youzhu smiled slightly, and said: "Whether it is Neidongcheng or Jubao Firm, it is for the loyalty of the imperial court, originally, I do have this meaning, but there are a lot of opposition voices from the cabinet, I have not been able to make up my mind, think about it, it is appropriate for you to go to the Thousand Households of Jubao Firm, after all, Jubao Firm is your initiative, the stakes are very high, and you will have to continue to ask in the future, now that you have become a thousand households of the Firm, it is more convenient to ask about many things." Besides, the prince wants to train the army, you and the prince have no rebellion, and I can rest assured that you are watching by the side. Okay, I've made up my mind, you don't have to say anything, there are so many things involved in Jubao Firm, without you, it really wouldn't be possible. ”

Liu Chengfeng didn't refuse anymore, and then said: "Your Majesty, this Jubao Trading House is now completely empty, how to handle it, how to formulate a good framework, when it is active in the feudal country, what authority should it have, and ask Your Majesty to decide, it is better to ask the commander Mu Bin and Master Mu to discuss it together." ”

Zhu Youzhu did what he said, but he didn't want to drag the mud and water, but he just felt that Liu Chengfeng was really suitable for this treasure firm to be a thousand households, and then smiled and said: "Come here, pass on Mu Bin to enter the palace." ”

(To be continued)