As soon as Gao Shishi finished speaking, Zhu Yijun was a little puzzled and asked, "Isn't this just repeating the old things of the 10th Regiment Battalion and the 12th Regiment Battalion?" And you just said that the three battalions are actually only 40,000 people, and 40,000 people can be selected to select 60,000? ”

Gao pragmatic said helplessly: "This is just a declaration to the outside world...... Your Majesty, you must know that the outside still think that there are many people in our Beijing camp, and there are definitely no 400,000, but they still believe in 200,000. ”

"Oh......" Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief: "When you were in a foreign office, everyone thought so outside?" ”

"Of course." Gao pragmatically affirmed, and then continued: "As for the regimental camp, whether it is the tenth regimental battalion of Yu Zhongsu or the twelfth regimental battalion of the Xianmiao, the people in charge are too scattered. Although this is conducive to ensuring that the power of the Beijing camp is not in the hands of those with malicious intentions, the result is that the Beijing camp is eroded and has no combat power. ”

When Zhu Yijun heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "You mean to say that in the matter of the purging of the Ding Revolution in the Beijing camp, I can only make a choice between combat power and loyalty?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "If you want the strongest combat effectiveness, or the most reliable loyalty, then the emperor can only make a choice." However, if the emperor wants to balance the two a little, the minister is not unable to make some suggestions for the emperor's reference. ”

Gao pragmatic played a little trick here, and the source of the trick lies in a passage by Lu Xun: "The temperament of the Chinese always likes to reconcile and compromise." For example, if you say that this house is too dark, you have to open a window here, and you will not allow it. But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will reconcile and be willing to open the windows. ”

Zhu Yijun's thoughts were obviously also taken into account by Mr. Lu Xun, and he immediately asked, "How to compromise?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "This starts with the composition of the Praetorian Guard and the arrangement of the positions of the main generals. ”

Zhu Yijun knew as soon as he saw Gao Shishi's posture that it might take a little time, he looked at the sky outside, and said to Chen Ju: "Spread my will, I won't go back to the Qianqing Palace for dinner today, let them send it to the Wenhua Palace, and give another table for the truth-seeking imperial meal." Then I sent someone to tell the Queen Mother and the Queen of the Two Palaces, saying that I want to discuss the way to govern the army with the truth tonight, and I am afraid that I will return late, and it will be too late to say goodbye to the Queen Mother. Oh, also, inform the Donghua Gate guards that Gao Gongbao may have to leave the palace later tonight, and I will give them waist cards, so that they don't have to go to the Qianqing Palace to ask for instructions at that time. ”

There are many palace prohibition rules in the Ming Dynasty, if you don't explain it, it will be all trouble later, of course Zhu Yijun knows this very well, so he simply greeted him in advance.

After arranging these, he turned his head and smiled at Gao Shishi: "Speaking of which, I haven't talked to Qiu Zhen so carefully for a long time, and I miss it a lot...... Well, don't say it in this lobby, go to the Jiyi Palace, stay in that place and feel comfortable. ”

Jiyi Hall is the side hall of Wenhua Palace, and they were studying in Jiyi Hall back then, because the main hall was sometimes used by Longqing to receive ministers.

Zhu Yijun mentioned that he would be "in a good mood" when he went to the Jiyi Palace, which didn't seem to be fake at all, Gao Shishi could even feel that his whole person was a lot more relaxed, and he couldn't help laughing, and made a joke: "It seems that the time chosen by the minister is not bad, and he also has a royal meal." ”

At this time, they had both gotten up, Zhu Yijun walked in front, and Gao Shishi was a little behind him.

Zhu Yijun laughed when he heard it: "Do you need to rub rice?" ”

"The imperial meal is always the imperial meal, how many times can the minister eat it in his life?" Gao pragmatic said with a smile: "It's a time to eat more, and when you get old in the future, you can still brag with your little grandson when you make fun of your grandson, isn't it good?" ”

Zhu Yijun laughed heartily, and then scolded with a smile: "Nonsense." But with a smile and a smile, his face darkened again, he sighed, shook his head, and said, "That's why you will still talk to me like this...... That's great. ”

"The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as a heart." Gao Pragmatism was very calm, and smiled slightly: "Gao Pragmatism has always been that Gao Pragmatism, and it has never changed." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded vigorously, reached out and patted Gao Shishi's shoulder, and said, "Zhu Yijun has always been the same Zhu Yijun, I remember what I said, and I also remember what I said." ”

The second half of the sentence seemed a little awkward, but Gao Shishi understood what he meant, smiled again and bowed slightly.

Came to the Jiyi Palace, this time because Chen Ju had already gone to deliver the decree, Zhu Yijun was not so polite to the other eunuchs, and straightforwardly asked them to wait outside the palace, and then sat down with Gao Pragmatic according to the position he used to study - of course Zhu Yijun still sat in the main seat, but Gao Pragmatic did not have to sit far away, but sat next to him, but the seat and bookcase were placed slightly at an angle, in order to show the meaning of "accompanying reading".

"Tell me, what is the difference between this Praetorian Guard and the regimental battalion, it is worth your trouble." Zhu Yijun still has a deep understanding of Gao Pragmatic, he knows that Gao Pragmatic never does useless work, even if it seems to be an inconspicuous suggestion, it is usually full of deep meaning, not to mention that he is so formal to talk about it, it must be a big deal.

Gao pragmatically said: "When Liu Shouyou was the governor of Jinyi before, he should have reported to the emperor about the two garrisons of Annan? ”

Zhu Yijun was slightly stunned, but he didn't feel too weak, but nodded and said, "I have reported some, but you know what his report will be inclined to." As he spoke, he actually made a look.

Gao Pragmatic also smiled and said: "The minister can probably guess some, it is estimated that it should be said that the minister mastered these soldiers and horses in Annan, not only is it incompatible, but it is also easy to lose the tail and so on." ”

Zhu Yijun smiled and asked, "You mention this matter now, are you finally going to give me an explanation?" ”

"Need an explanation?" Gao Pragmatic looked surprised: "The minister thinks that with the emperor's sage, there is no need to say such an obvious truth." ”

"Don't come to this set of Tai Chi pushers." Zhu Yijun sneered: "I only know that if there were no two soldiers and horses, most of the Annan people would not be so honest." As for the rest of the inside information, Liu Shouyou didn't investigate it deeply, and I really didn't know very well. Truth-seeking, you must know that the reason why I didn't take his words to heart is not that there is a problem with what you do, but that I don't think there is a problem with you as a person, do you understand? ”

"Thank you for the emperor's trust." Gao pragmatic said: "Annan's garrison has a lot of tasks, one of which is that the minister wants to use the garrison to do a pilot. ”

Zhu Yijun's heart moved, and he asked: "Just like when Mr. Gao first used Yuegang as a pilot when 'Longqing opened the sea'?" What do you want to try? ”

"Jingying - Praetorian Guard." Gao pragmatically nodded and said: "The setting up of the garrison is that the minister was considering the reform of the Beijing camp at that time, hoping to find a suitable way. In this way, it is best not to touch too much of the ancestral system, and don't think about forcing the nobles to hand over all their ...... Well, all the livelihoods. ”

Drinking the blood of soldiers has actually become a livelihood, which is actually quite ironic, but although Zhu Yijun is not very old, he knows very well that this chronic disease grows in the roots of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Pragmatic said this, in fact, to avoid causing too much political impact - the truth of this has often been discussed with him many years ago, and he no longer needs Gao Pragmatic to explain again.

So Zhu Yijun acquiesced to this statement, and just asked, "Do you have any experience?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "It is too scattered to divide into 10 regiments and battalions or 12 regiments and battalions, which is not conducive to concentrating forces to command, so there is actually no problem with the reduction of regiments and battalions, and there is no problem with the initiative of restoring the three battalions itself, the real problem lies in the source of troops of the three battalions." ”

"What's wrong with Bingyuan?" Zhu Yijun asked.

Gao pragmatic said: "At present, there are basically two types of soldiers in the three major battalions: one is to select from military households, and the other is to recruit soldiers from the civilian population. But in fact, these two major sources can't recruit good soldiers, if the emperor wants his ministers to put it bluntly, that is, these two sources of soldiers really last to the three battalions, in fact, they are all waste. ”

The muscles on Zhu Yijun's face twitched, he took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Okay, I am very relieved that you can tell me the truth...... Then tell me why these two major sources of soldiers are waste. ”

"The military household system has been in operation for more than 200 years, and some of the drawbacks have long been discussed by many ministers, and the ministers do not need to say much here, but only a little about the current situation: all those who are elected to the three major battalions are the poorest and weakest of the military households, because they cannot afford to pay for the joints of all parties. You think, how can such a group of people train elite soldiers after entering the three major battalions? Today, the governors and ministers said that there are still 40,000 people in the three major battalions, and the ministers estimate that they dare not lie about this number, but if they really want to pick a few young and strong among these 40,000 people, it will be difficult. ”

Zhu Yijun hesitated a little, and asked rhetorically: "But before reading or something, I saw that the soldiers around me were indeed young and strong." ”

"As far as the emperor can see, how many soldiers can he see?" Gao pragmatic smiled and said, "The minister still has some experience in this area - you have to see the faces of the soldiers clearly within the range of your eyesight, and you can see at most two or three thousand people. This is still in the state of intensive training, once the soldiers are changing formations, marching and other actions, it is good to be able to see the faces of three or five hundred people. ”

Zhu Yijun understood, and said, "You mean, they put all the young and strong people next to me for me to see, and the other places that are farther away are all old and weak?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "This is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is a problem of the second origin of the three battalions of soldiers - the recruited soldiers will be relatively younger, and their physical fitness is much better than that of the selected military households, but that is useless, because these people are almost all market children, and even some of them are originally so-called rangers, who were invited at a high price to fill a scene, train in the school field for three or five days, and be able to understand the simple change of formation. ”

(Note: As explained in the first volume of this book, it is more similar to some "dynamic social organizations.") )

Zhu Yijun gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to curse, but he finally held back, took a deep breath, and asked, "Then how does the Annan garrison deal with this problem of military sources?" Like Qi Jiguang? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Qi Dudu's method is good, but the emperor may not know that Yiwu is not big, and the men of the people have been recruited by him for many years, so that now Yiwu people have almost withered in addition to being soldiers and eating food." And many of the men in Yiwu were originally miners...... Ministers are reluctant to use miners like this. Besides, relying too much on the source of troops in a certain area is not very good in itself. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded in understanding, and then asked, "Then where did the source of the Annan garrison come from?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "The core part is the minister's family, the main part is the exiles in the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining part is the exiles in Annam. ”

Zhu Yijun suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand, that is, the main source of soldiers are homeless? He suddenly thought and said, "This is the ...... Isn't it a bit like the box army of the former Song Dynasty? ”

Gao pragmatic said: "The former Song Dynasty incorporated many homeless people and bandits into the box army, and then selected some of the strong people from the box army as the forbidden army, this idea is similar to the garrison army, but there are also differences. ”

"What's the difference?"

"Because the status of the Xiang army is low, the treatment is poor, the equipment is rotten, and they do not practice drills, and the army is forbidden...... It's about the same as my Ming Dynasty's Beijing camp today. In this way, it is naturally useless. ”

"What about the garrison?"

"The treatment, equipment, and training of the garrison are the best in Annan." Gao pragmatically said: "The garrison army is not like the box army that collects everyone, the garrison army only collects the strong. ”

Zhu Yijun was surprised: "Then what if they were originally homeless people with their families?" After you took them, their family was gone? ”

"Yes, it's because many of them have small families, so it's easier to do." Gao pragmatic said with a smile: "The military salary of the garrison is enough to feed their family, and if they can still make some war exploits, they can even live quite well." ”

Zhu Yijun was deflated all of a sudden: "It's another big deal? ”

"You can't ask the horses to run again, and you want the horses not to eat grass, can you?" Gao pragmatic smiled: "Didn't the minister already point out to the emperor the way to raise the army?" ”

"Uh......" Zhu Yijun was stunned: "When?" ”

"Soldiers, farmers, and craftsmen are separated." Gao pragmatic said: "After the separation of farmers and craftsmen, they are obliged to provide a part of the food and salary to the soldiers, which can be regarded as the price of exempting them from the battle array. However, this money should not be collected by the nobles alone, it is best to collect it jointly by multiple parties, and then send special personnel to supervise and verify. ”

Zhu Yijun suddenly realized, nodded and said: "This idea is good, I think it is very reasonable, but how much do you charge?" ”

"The exact amount of money to be collected is still to be determined, and this kind of thing cannot be investigated clearly. If there is too much harvest, the farmers and craftsmen will be miserable, and if the harvest is less, the soldiers will not be able to support them. ”

"Well, it's good to be able to solve some of them." Zhu Yijun said: "There are many homeless people now, and this source of soldiers should not be worried for the time being, as for the future...... Let's talk about it later. What are the problems other than the source of troops? I remember that the problem of drills is raised every year, but you also know the effect, and it is also in vain, how did the Annan garrison solve this problem? ”

"There are two main ones: one is to adjust the organizational structure, and the other is to have a big competition in the military every year."

Zhu Yijun suddenly stretched out his hand: "Let me guess - you don't want to use Xungui to lead the troops?" ”

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