Chapter 21: Jingwei [4]

Zhu Houhuang said: "The matter of military training will still be the same for a while and a half. However, I am here today for one thing, please ask the royal brother for help? ”

Zhengde took a sip of the wine jar, smothered it, let out a long breath, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "I went to the Seal Ribbon Prison to check the charts and found the charts of Zheng He's father-in-law. It's just that I can't read it. I want to get a more simplified system of marking the fairway, which involves the astrological problem, and I want to find someone to help from Qin Tianjian. The younger brother was afraid of committing a taboo, so he specially asked the imperial brother to make a decree. ”

A decree is a decree that is not signed by the Cabinet, as a general rule. To look at the strength of the imperial power of a dynasty, just look at the power of the emperor's decree.

During the Chenghua period, Emperor Chenghua could still seal the official with the middle decree, known as the oblique official, but in the late Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen's middle decree could not do anything.

However, it is still the Zhengde period, and the imperial power has not shrunk to that point. It seems to be a trivial matter among civil officials, and Zhengde can call the shots. Zhengde shouted: "Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju." ”

Qiu Ju said: "Emperor, the slave is here. ”

Zhengde said: "The prince of Yongwang wants to be in the middle of the decree, you write one to him." ”

Qiu Ju said, "Yes." Zhu Houhuang never expected that what he wanted would be in hand like this. Zhu Houhuang could only tell Qiu Ju about his request, and Qiu Ju immediately went down to prepare the holy decree.

Zhengde seemed to suddenly remember something, and said: "By the way, you have been training for nearly a month, what is the result?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Recently, it's just laying the foundation. If you want to train well, it will take a few months. ”

"A few months?" Zhu Houhuang said: "Brother Huang, still inexperienced? Where are the elite soldiers trained in a few months, that elite soldiers are not trained for many years, and then fought bloody battles, your stupid training, you can't train elite soldiers, only the elite soldiers who are fighting, and the elite soldiers who are not trained. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "The younger brother is taught. ”

Zhengde is not wrong, because the elite soldiers around Zhengde came in this way. This is the case with the outer four armies.

The outer four armies are the border armies of Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong, and the elite soldiers who fought out from the rebellion of pacifying Liu Liu and Liu Qi. This army, which is deeply feared by civilian officials, is the elite soldier who fought out, and it can be regarded as the most powerful force in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhengde's experience cannot be wrong. Zhu Houhuang didn't want to refute either.

Zhengde seemed to remember something, and sighed and said: "When I was the prince, my father didn't set up a prince army for me. I picked some little eunuchs to train the army, but at that time I didn't understand anything, and what I practiced was all like goods, and I was in an uproar as soon as I went into battle. Zhengde looked at Zhu Houhuang's appearance, as if he saw himself at the beginning, and suddenly became interested, and said, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

Zhu Houhuang asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Zhengde said: "Look at your training, bring Zhu Bin and Xu Tai with you." Let them point you in the light of the dots. ”

Zhengde is resolute and resolute, and he will leave as soon as he says.

Zhu Houhuang was a little worried, and said, "Brother Huang, you don't seem to have slept all night. Don't take a break? ”

Zhengde laughed and said, "I rode a horse overnight and ran to the side, but I didn't rest for a few days and nights. My father was worried about death, so he came back and beat me with his own hands, and scolded me: 'I want to have a second son, and I will never let you be the prince.' Zhengde drank all night, and at this moment he was also half drunk and half awake, but there was a hint of bitterness in the words he said.

Zhu Houhuang asked tentatively: "Brother Huang, is there something wrong?" ”

Zhengde's mood was a little low, and he said: "Queen Mother, if you want to go back to the palace, you can stay in the queen's palace for a long time, even if it is in the palace of other concubines." Give birth to a prince as soon as possible. ”、

Zhu Houhuang hesitated slightly and said, "Brother Huang doesn't want to go back?" ”

"Go back, what are you going to do when you go back? The Forbidden City is nothing more than a big cage, what do the ministers think of, I don't know? The government is governed by the cabinet, and the sacrifice is made by the widows, then it is upside, and every move I have to take care of, and the queen is a wooden person, she will not say a word, she will not take one more step, and she will die if she laughs. Every time I go to see her, it is like facing a great enemy, such as a big guest, where is this husband and wife, it is clear that they are monarchs and ministers. ”

A gust of wind blew, Zhengde's mind was slightly light, and he was much more sober, and he immediately knew that he had lost his words. Don't say much, interrupt the conversation. He said loudly: "Zhu Bin, Xu Tai, are they here?" ”

The little eunuch who was following Zhengde Yu Zhu Houhuang from a distance immediately said, "The two adults are already waiting at the door. ”

Zhu Houhuang and Zhengde rode out of the Leopard Palace, and sure enough, Zhu Bin and Xu Tai were waiting for the two of them at the door with their entourage.

The barracks were not far from the Leopard Palace, and after a while, they came to the barracks.

On the school ground, a phalanx of 100 people, a total of three phalanxes, like wooden stakes, stood in the middle of the school field in a daze, motionless.

Zhengde took Zhu Houhuang and the entourage behind him to the school field, and Zhengde gently beat his horse and walked in front of the formation. But of the three hundred people, not one dared to squint. Even Wu Ming, who was standing in front of the queue, stood upright, ignoring Zhengde.

Zhu Houhuang was a little uneasy, and immediately stepped forward to reprimand Wu Ming.

Zhengde stopped Zhu Houhuang and said, "What are you doing?" I haven't seen enough, have I? ”

This is not the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Houhuang has no ability. What kind of story does the fine willow camp play with Zhengde.

Zhu Houhuang seemed to scold Wu Ming, but secretly exonerated Wu Ming, and said: "This Wu Ming is a dead brain, what I said he trained, even if the sky falls, it can't be messed up, what should be done, I didn't expect that the imperial brother is here, he is still like this, it is just grandstanding." ”

Zhengde didn't care about the details, but asked: "You proposed this method of military training?" What's going on? Penalty stands? ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "This is a standing military posture. ”

Zhengde frowned and asked, "What's the use?" While asking, he looked at Zhu Bin and Xu Tai.

Zhu Bin and Xu Tai also shook their heads secretly. They couldn't see anything in Mingtang. Zhu Houhuang said: "Practice standing in a military posture. The most important thing is to practice obedience and get the soldier used to obeying orders at all times. The most important thing in military training is to enforce orders and prohibitions. ”

If you don't practice archery, horseback and archery, or swords, guns, swords, and halberds, you can practice this.

Zhu Bin and Xu Tai said they couldn't accept it.

Zhu Bin and Xu Tai are both people who have come up through their military exploits. But the origins of the two are different. Xu Tai was born in the Jinyi Wei family, and came up from Wu Zhuangyuan, although it is said that with the credit of pacifying Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi, he was promoted to Zhengde's side and became a close minister of Zhengde. However, he is not too familiar with military training, because he has not trained troops step by step at all, and he is directly an officer. Zhu Bin is different, Zhu Bin was just an ordinary officer in Ulzhou Wei at the beginning, and the reason why he was promoted was two words, brave, and now Zhu Bin still has an arrow wound on his face, which looks hideous and terrifying.

Zhu Bin, an officer who came up from the grassroots level step by step, saw Zhu Houhuang's set and didn't care about it.

Zhu Bin said to Zhengde: "Your Majesty, when you go into battle to fight, you have to fight with real swords and guns, or you have to be brave people, these people are like wooden chickens, as if they are wooden people, what can they do?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "It is precisely because they want to be stunned, the soldiers don't have too many ideas, just obey the order, as for the brave people, what's the use?" When the army is fighting, the brave dare not go forward, the cowardly dare not lag back, and thousands of troops and horses are waiting for the same person. This is the battle of righteousness. Why do you need to be brave. ”

Zhu Bin snorted coldly, wanted to say something more, and finally said: "Your Majesty, the minister can't talk about him, but he can't go into battle with such a showmanship, and he can't kill people." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "I was about to tell the imperial brother that my three hundred people had agreed with the imperial brother that they would like three hundred flintlock pistols. ”

Zhengde said: "How can it be a month, three hundred flintlock guns, and I haven't given you yet." Let's rehearse it first, and when I get back, I'll explain it again. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Houhuang immediately gave an order to Wu Ming.

Wu Ming immediately began the drill.

All the subjects of the drill are the subjects of military training, standing upright, taking a break, turning left and right, walking in unison, and running. are the most basic subjects.