Dashi Yongfang, pine alley, there is a two-entry house in the depths of the alley, in the backyard, a man is holding a big knife, dancing whirring wind.

It was late autumn, and it was the time when the autumn was cold, but he was only wearing a single coat, and fine beads of sweat were still leaching out of his forehead.

His name is Lu Xiangsheng, a native of Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, and is now a member of the household department, a five-grade official. At the age of twenty-two, he became a five-rank official, and it can be said that the spring breeze is proud. What is admirable is that Lu Xiang's promotion did not rely on sycophancy, but on his real political achievements.

And now, he has received a notice from the Ministry of Officials that he is about to be promoted to the prefect of the Daimyo, and he will be promoted to one level from the imperial court to the local office, but Lu Xiangsheng is equivalent to being promoted to three levels in a row. On the one hand, the eunuch party has fallen, and a large number of vacancies from the imperial court to the local government need to be filled, and then Lu Xiangsheng's political achievements are indeed remarkable, so people can't say anything.

Lu Xiang was born as a jinshi, he looks fair-skinned and weak, but in fact, he is tall and has far more strength than ordinary people, and he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is good at riding and shooting. Now that the errand of the household department has been handed over, he is waiting to receive the official document of the appointment, and he is going to leave the capital to go to the Daimyo Mansion to take office, and he has nothing to do, so he will practice martial arts at home.

Just as Lu Xiang was swinging the knife, the sound of fine footsteps sounded, and a domestic servant entered the backyard through the moon gate and stood quietly outside.

The Lu family has a very strict family education, and when Lu Xiang is promoted to practice martial arts, his family will not disturb him for no reason. After glancing at the afterglow of his eyes, Lu Xiangsheng knew that something big must have happened, so he danced a few more times, retracted the knife momentum, turned around, and looked at it with blazing eyes.

"Master, someone has come to the palace." The domestic servant Lu Fu said respectfully.

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Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the young Lu Xiangsheng in front of him, Zhu Youzhen was very emotional. In the last life, the thieves in Shaanxi rose and caused trouble in the entire north, and it was the young man in front of him who formed elite soldiers to encircle and suppress the thieves and stabilized the situation. Among the civilian officials, he is a rare person who knows the army.

It's a pity that he didn't give him enough trust back then, and misused the eunuch Gao Qiqian, so that he fought alone and the Jiannu army was isolated, and led the lone army and Jiannu to fight and die heroically.

What made Zhu Youzhen even more emotional was that when he traveled for 400 years, he learned that not only Lu Xiangsheng died in the battle of the country, but his younger brother Lu Xiangguan, his younger brothers Lu Xiangtong and Lu Xiangkun, as well as his three followers, and even more than 100 people from the Lu family, almost all died on the battlefield fighting against the Qing soldiers, and they were all loyal martyrs!

And Hong Chengchou, who was a great pillar stone at that time, may not be worse than Lu Xiangsheng in terms of ability, but in terms of integrity, it is like a cloud!

Talents like Lu Xiangsheng are the pillars of the country, and they are the people I should trust and reuse!

"Lu Xiangsheng, a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, has been the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the head of the household department, the member of the household department, and the officials have outstanding political achievements, so they plan to be released as the prefect of the daimy." Zhu Youzhen's clear words spread in the hall.

Zhu Youzhen continued: "These are all comments from the officials, but I heard that you have practiced martial arts since you were a child, and you have great strength, and you are a person who knows the soldiers, but you don't know whether it is true or false? ”

Lu Xiangsheng's expression was calm, but he bowed slightly and said humbly: "Weichen has the strength to be a master, and he has also read a few military books, but he can't talk about knowing soldiers. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "In that case, you might as well talk to me, what do you think of the war in Liaodong?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, he thought it was just an ordinary audience, after all, when the prefect was released, the emperor would usually summon him to offer condolences. Unexpectedly, the emperor saw that he didn't talk about government affairs, so he actually asked about military affairs.

However, he has always been interested in military affairs, and he is well-informed in the imperial court, so he naturally has his own opinions.

His Majesty inquired, and Weichen said his humble opinion. In the opinion of the minister, the war in Liaodong should be mainly defensive, and it is not appropriate to take the initiative to attack Jiannu. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "You might as well talk about it in detail." ”

Lu Xiangsheng continued: "The reason why Weichen said this is based on understanding the difference between the military systems of the two sides. As far as the minister knows, Jiannu adopts the eight-banner system, all the people are soldiers, and the soldiers are divided into banners and banners, and the bannermen do not produce, and they train all day long to fight all year round, and they are far beyond ordinary armies in terms of personal combat power, organization and military discipline.

In charge of our border army, the military system is corrupt, except for the generals who are generously paid and fed, the other soldiers are extremely weak. If you encounter a strong enemy, you will cower in order to preserve your strength, and even flee from the battle. This was the case with the Battle of Salhu and the Battle of the Hunhe. Therefore, in the opinion of Yichen, our Ming border army is not an opponent of Jiannu at all, and can only take a defensive position. This is the minister's foolish opinion, and His Majesty listens to it in vain. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng with interest, he thought that Lu Xiangsheng was a brave and enterprising person, and he would inevitably make a generous statement and even take the initiative to ask Ying to go to Liaodong to deal with Jiannu, but he didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to be so sober.

This is exactly the person I'm looking for! Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied.

"With the talent of Lu Qing's family, it's a pity to be a prefect to govern the place, but are you willing to train a new army for me?"

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned: "Training? ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "I decided to train the new Praetorian Guard army in Xiyuan, so that he could attack Jiannu to recover Liaodong at sunrise, and now everything is ready, only the person who is in charge of the training is left, Aiqing is willing to share my worries?" ”

"Your Majesty has an order, and the minister should only die forever, but the minister is only a civil official and has never trained a soldier?" Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled.

was going to be the prefect, but now he was suddenly arrested by the emperor to train his troops, which made Lu Xiangsheng a little dizzy.

"It's just that I haven't practiced, those general generals, I don't want to use them for me to train soldiers," Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "I told you that the army I want to train is completely different from the previous army......

Lu Xiangsheng walked out of the palace in a daze, and still couldn't believe the facts. Originally, he was going to be released to be the prefect, but in a blink of an eye, he became a military envoy to train for the emperor, well, the Inspectorate Zuo Yudu, and the Xiyuan military envoy supervised the new military, which is his current position!

Zuo Du Yushi is his part-time job, is the fourth grade, although it is the same as the prefect's grade, but the Beijing official is naturally half a level higher than the local official, and the name of the Xiyuan military envoy is a bit nondescript, which is the emperor's invention.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't care too much about the official position, he was thinking about what the emperor said in the palace.

"First, it is necessary to put an end to the phenomenon that soldiers are generals, soldiers can only be state-owned, and no one is allowed to have family soldiers.

Second, we must improve the status of soldiers, and the soldiers of the Praetorian New Army will be paid three times more than the soldiers of other troops, and I will give them a glorious status, so that the people of the world will be proud to be the new Janissary Army.

Third, officers and soldiers should be equal, generals should not bully ordinary soldiers, let alone embezzle soldiers' salaries, and soldiers' committees could be set up, with ordinary soldiers as members, to supervise generals.

Fourth, the generals were only responsible for training and fighting in war, and the committee was responsible for the daily affairs of the battalion, and the account books of salaries, silver, vegetables, and gold were regularly made public to put an end to any corruption.

Fifth, schools should be set up in the army to teach all soldiers to read and write, and the results of cultural assessments should be used as a proof of promotion for soldiers.

Sixth, improve the promotion system, as long as you perform well and make meritorious contributions, you can be promoted, from a soldier to a general commander of the banner and even a guerrilla general, as long as you are willing to fight bravely to kill the enemy, even if you are an ordinary soldier, you can become a general and a general soldier.

Seventh, heavy pensions, all soldiers killed and wounded in battle, generous pensions, rewards for fields, family members are exempted from military service, and worries are relieved. ”

The emperor's words were still recalled in Lu Xiangsheng's mind, and they were so clear that he felt trembling. Such an army is unheard of, but if it can really be trained, the soldiers will compete to the death, and there will be no need to worry about morale. With strict training and sophisticated equipment, what is the best way to defeat Jiannu!