Zhou Yuji finally came back, and as he wished, he got his own general seal.

Now, with this big seal, Zhou Yuji can exercise his rights as the chief military officer of Shanxi.

Datong Mansion is very close to the side wall, only more than 100 miles away, and the total length of the side wall in charge of Shanxi is 600 miles away, in this 600 miles of side wall, there are countless soldiers guarding, Shanxi is a total of 14 military guards, these 14 military guards are located near the side wall, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is strict with the Mongols.

Within a few days, the top generals of the ten guards on the side wall of Datong were summoned, and they came to Datong in order. The top commanders of these guards should report to their commanders, and by the way, they should get to know the commander-in-chief Zhou Yuji and the main generals under him, and in addition, the commanders of these guards should report to Zhou Yuji on various military situations such as the shortage of troops, food, and military readiness.

The original number of military households in Shanxi was more than 130,000 at the time of the founding of the country, and the number of soldiers in later dynasties varied, and the disparity was very large, but on the whole, the number of troops in Shanxi was never lower than 50,000. On the document that Zhou Yuji got in his hand, the number of its soldiers was seventy-nine thousand five hundred and sixteen.

When a new official takes office, he naturally has to familiarize himself with the situation of the health center, and he must also inspect his own jurisdiction. After these generals left Datong, the ten most important border guards became Zhou Yuji's targets.

In this extremely cold season, after a little preparation, Zhou Yuji set out on the road.

The first guard to be inspected was the Datong Left Guard, which was the closest to Datong Mansion, only a few miles away, and it was actually the military liliang guarding Datong Mansion. The Datong Left Guard is a base of 1,000 households, and according to the number on the paper, this guard should have 2,562 soldiers.

When all the officers and soldiers are called together, there is no need to name them, and there is no need to say any status, and these people together are probably not much more than that fraction. There is not a minimum queue, loose and ragged clothes are a portrayal of these soldiers.

The top general of Datong Left Guard is a general, this general is surnamed Cao, and now General Cao is very uneasy, because, when many generals reported to the new general Zhou Yuji, he did one thing that is difficult for everyone to understand, Zhou Yuji's master actually refused everyone's filial piety, this attitude of not accepting must come from Zhou Yuji, not according to the normal situation, not only Cao Shenjiang, in fact, all people are uneasy.

Whether it is to make three fires for the new official to take office, or whether it is ready to get off the horse, no one is sure. The prince of the Ming Dynasty, Shaobao, the governor of Zuodu, the chief military officer of Shanxi, these titles are enough to explain everything, Zhou Yuji is from Jingying, he is definitely the emperor's direct general, and now in Shanxi, it is self-evident who he wants to face. This is the prelude to strengthening the army, and the rectification of all Shanxi guards is close at hand.

"Let's go!" Zhou Yuji was in no mood to order the colonel soldiers, and General Cao was also called aside by him alone.

Now, there are four people left, Zhou Yuji and his son, Master Gao, and General Cao of Datong Left Guard.

"The question of acres and grain will not be asked for the time being, please explain the problem of soldiers, there are so few weishenme?" Zhou Yuji didn't want to be too demanding, but the situation in this guard made him unbearable:

After a period of silence, General Cao thought about it carefully, and then bowed, his face was helpless: "May I ask the marshal, does the marshal let his subordinates tell the truth or explain this problem in detail?" ”

This is a soldier's answer, Zhou Yuji did not respond immediately, because everyone in the army understands those cats, but what can he do.

Greed for military salaries and embezzlement of acres of land is actually a norm in the guard station, and there will be such and such problems in the number and quota of those officers and soldiers registered, and it is impossible for him to solve these problems.

According to the imperial court system, every year the number of soldiers who fled and died had to be reported according to the facts, and these documents were well documented, but in fact, due to the unspoken rules of officialdom and the unsightly deeds of some civil and military officials, there were serious discrepancies between the actual number of soldiers and the number of acres of land. The corruption of the rule of officials has always given officials at all levels an opportunity, and they can collude with each other, deceive their superiors and subordinates, embezzle the acres of land in the guards, and be greedy for food and wages.

Under the hands of these guards, the guards are no different from the peasants, and there are only a small number of soldiers who can fight and dare to fight, and the generals actually rely on their own families, which is the result of the accumulation of generations, not a person, an official can be influenced. Every guard and every general is disconnected from top to bottom, and if one place is moved, a large area will be implicated, which is the reason why the shortcomings accumulated by the guard for many years cannot be eradicated, and it is also the existence that every local official dare not touch.

Does Zhou Yuji dare? Of course he didn't dare, these local generals are deeply rooted, they are a whole, the skin is connected to the bones, the local generals and the civil official system are intertwined, and they move ten in a row, if they make a big move, Zhou Yuji, the general soldier, will end here. It won't be long before Zhou Yuji estimates that he will be found out by some people and take the opportunity to remove or transfer him, and these generals and officials will still be like this. If it is more true, Zhou Yuji is tantamount to asking for himself to be abolished, and it is useless.

"To tell you the truth, Ben Shuai won't dig into it!"

It can only be like this, just took office, now is not the time to establish authority, Zhou Yuji is not able to compromise, he needs a stable Shanxi, steadily consolidate his prestige, and make the military strong, instead of killing the Quartet as soon as he comes.

General Cao Shen breathed a sigh of relief, he had heard of and inquired about Zhou Yuji. His people are brave and good at fighting, and they are tough in handling things, and now they have this promise that they don't study deeply, and it seems that they are not here to give Ma Wei today, which is already rare.

"Returning to the marshal, it is not the subordinates who shirk it, the real number of soldiers of the Datong Left Guard was seriously insufficient when the subordinates took office, and you also know that in recent years, the imperial court has frequently fought and the people have changed constantly, and the imperial court has repeatedly transferred troops in Shanxi. Not long ago, the governor once again transferred troops into Beijing to resist Jiannu, and nearly half of the soldiers who were already short were transferred away from 500 people, and now there are these old and weak left, Dashuai, you have also seen, in addition to the dozens of subordinates, there are no soldiers to fight in Datong Left Guard!

The subordinates will tell the commander about the problem of food and salary! How much of the food and salary allocated by the imperial court over the years has not gone through layers of deductions, and how much can you get when you come to the guard? You should also know that this handsome man is not only the subordinate Datong Left Guard, but all the guards are like this! Marshal, it's not a subordinate complaining, it's good that a thousand soldiers' subordinates can afford it! ”

Zhou Yuji was silent again, he was silent for a long time, this involves the entire Ming officialdom, although General Cao said a little exaggerated, but it is not far from the truth, this is the problem of the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, as a small general, how dare those unspoken rules be violated by General Cao.

The cold field is still continuing, Zhou Yuji is full of sinking like water, this Shanxi guard is much more decadent than he imagined, now, he must find a way to strengthen the armament, and at the same time, he can't touch those accumulated rules too deeply.

Zhou Yuji looked at Master Gao Linsheng, Master Gao avoided Zhou Yuji's eyes, obviously, he had no choice.

When Zhou Yuji's eyes swept to his son Zhou Huchen, Zhou Huchen smiled meaningfully, and then he stepped forward: "Father, don't we have a lot of food?" ”

Zhou Yuji didn't answer immediately, he began to wonder, could it be that his son had changed his sex! He began to pity these poor military families who only had to beg for food, and did he have to support them in vain.

After thinking about it, it is a little unlikely, his son knows that Zhou Huchen's style has never been to make a move without interests, and Zhou Yuji doesn't know who Zhou Huchen learned from, anyway, he just refuses to suffer, even in the face of the current dynasty's military department, he will never suffer.

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