"First of all, the first 'military system with literature' is my Taizu ancestral system, in order to prevent the military generals from becoming bigger, and the effect is also good. However, it led to the layman commanding the insider, and the status of the general was low. Xu Wei sighed and said: "Our court is too strict with military generals, the generals who are in charge of training do not lead troops, and the generals who command on the spot do not know the soldiers, and they are also constrained by the superior civil officials." A three-rank military general saw the six-rank imperial history, and he had to kneel, once he was disobedient, the imperial history could order someone to press it down and hit the board on the spot...... Let's ask if the status of military generals is so low, except for those hereditary military households, who is willing to practice martial arts to defend the country? ”

"No, not one!" Xu Wei slapped the table vigorously and said: "The young Junyan is all crowded on the bridge of the science field, and he has studied hard for more than ten years, his body has been weakened, and his brain has become an elm pimple, and he only knows that he is conformist, and he does not know the impermanence of soldiers!" Let such a group of nerds be the conductor, even the army of tigers and wolves must be brought into sheep! ”

"What's more, my Ming Dynasty doesn't have a tiger and wolf army at all!" Xu Wei continued in a deep voice: "My Ming military system has two major characteristics, one is the 'world military system', and the other is the 'self-sufficiency system'. Taizu tasted the clouds: 'I raise millions of soldiers, or I don't need to spend a grain of rice on the people.' Indeed, for many years after that, there was no such thing as military spending in my Ming financial expenditure. It really lightened the burden on the people and the court. ”

"But now it's clear that this is a big problem. First of all, this has made the army basically a closed group, not only in terms of organization but also in life, which is basically dependent on the general public. When protecting the family and defending the country is no longer the responsibility of the entire Ming Dynasty, but basically falls on this closed group, it is obviously extremely unfair, they must have grievances, and they will have to find ways to escape after a long time. ”

"Second, when the group is self-sufficient, the officers will inevitably increase the exploitation of the cantonment troops, and of course reduce the treatment of the defenders. As far as I know, the soldiers of our Shaoxing Guard Station are generally unclothed and hungry. Not to mention that its life is much worse than that of our local people, even compared with the southwest inland. The contrast between the army and the neighboring people made the soldiers uneasy and stirred. The only way for them to get rid of the heavy conscription and live a prosperous life is to break away from the army. ”

"The officer's [***] facilitated this flight even more." Xu Wei was indignant and said: "In order to make a fortune, they turned the general's tun into private land, and the envoys cultivated it, so that the food supply of the guard was insufficient; They stripped the army of their soldiers, and made them more miserable; They are greedy for bribes and indulge their soldiers to flee! They covet the monthly rations of the soldiers, and they will not be repaid if they flee!

"After the accumulation of months, the shortage of the guard army has already been outrageous! In the 70 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, that is, during the orthodox years, there were more than 1.6 million fugitive officers and soldiers, accounting for more than half of the registered officers. By the time of Jiajing, the actual number of sergeants in most of the guards was less than 30% of the registered ones...... Take the four guards in my Shaoxing Mansion as an example, the shortage of Shaoxing guards is seventy-three; The shortage of Linshanwei is 60% 9; The vacancy of 1,000 households in Sanjiang is 80%; Lihai thousands of households, the shortage of seventy into seven. And most of the sergeants who did not flee were old, weak, sick and disabled. Xu Wei's eyes were red, and he said hoarsely: "When Taizu swept through the universe, the powerful guard army that shook all directions has been reduced to a group of useless wastes that cannot be fought and defended. ”

"Pull this kind of army out to fight against the powerful Japanese invaders, it's not a joke if you defeat it, it's a matter of victory!" Xu Wei said sarcastically: "And because of the serious shortage, the imperial court thought that it had sent three thousand people to fight, but in fact, it was able to pull out, that is, five or six hundred people, and all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. ”

Shen Ming, who had been listening intently, finally interjected: "General Yu's army that day, although it was not enough, there were always seventy percent...... Moreover, General Yu said that his subordinates were basically peasants in the coastal areas, and they lived well, and they were only willing to fight because they were just trying to make ends meet. ”

"He's right, but I'm even more right." Xu Wei said with a dry mouth, drank a stomach of herbal tea, wiped his mouth and continued: "Most of the guards have fled, and the remaining half have been basically wiped out by the Japanese invaders, so that in recent years, the coastal guards have existed in name only. But the Japanese are thriving, and they can't do without an army...... Therefore, from the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, the imperial court ordered all provinces and governments to begin to recruit soldiers from the people, and Yu Dayou's troops were recruited as soon as possible. ”

"I remember you said that the third reason is that the supply of soldiers is not good." Shen Mo said softly: "It seems that the recruitment has not been done well. ”

"Well, the Japanese are in trouble with the coastal land, so the recruitment of troops is also along the coast. There is a way that the benevolent man enjoys the mountain, and the wise man enjoys the water, which is actually reasonable. The coastal soldiers are clever and cunning. This kind of army drives forward, and sees the enemy fleeing; When the enemy returns, he chases, and when the enemy returns, he leaves. As for luring thieves to defend the city and camp hard battles, don't count on it. This kind of soldier is driven by wide and tamed, and harnessed with fierceness and tamed, which is very worry-free in peacetime, but it must not be used to fight. Said with a sneer and said: "Don't talk about him Yu Dayou, even if he digs Chang Yuchun out of the grave, it's just as useless!" ”

Before the words fell, he suddenly heard someone at the door: "A scholar dares to talk about the military, you must be arrested to see an official!" ”

These words scared Shen Mo and Xu Wei enough, and when the two hurriedly looked at the door, they saw Tang Shunzhi leading a burly handsome young man, this young man was only twenty-five or sixteen, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, dignified appearance, dressed in a decent snow-white brocade robe, stepping on black-faced bullfighting boots, and even more ape-backed bee waist, slender body, anyone who saw it had to shout: 'Good son of the Han family! ’

Xu Wei was still an old problem, and he only talked to Tang Shunzhi, and he said with surprise on his face: "Brother Yixiu, are you back?" ”

Tang Shunzhi said: "There are traces of Japanese robbers in Shaoxing, and I am afraid that it will no longer be peaceful from now on." It happened that General Yu had already led his troops to the top, so he came back with his subordinates. As he spoke, he smiled at Shen Mo and said, "The prefect of Shaoxing is grateful to Shen Xianggong for eliminating the inbound Japanese and saving my Shaoxing father and elder from unwarranted disasters." ”

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Feelings are just to thank me on behalf of the government, you don't thank me yourself?" ”

"Who is with us." Tang Shunzhi blinked and smiled, and said to the young man who came with him: "Yuan Jing, let me introduce you to our two great talents in Shaoxing, the older one is called Xu Wei Xu Wenchang, and the younger one is Shen Mo Shen Humble Yan." He introduced the two Shen Mo again: "This is Qi Yuanjing, the governor of Zhejiang." ”

The young man hugged his fists at the two and said, "The last general, Qi Jiguang." ”

Xu Wei didn't react yet, but Shen Mo's eyes widened, looking the young man up and down, and said in disbelief: "You are Dengzhou Qi Jiguang?" ”

This time it was the young man's turn to be surprised, pointed to his nose and said, "Shen Gongzi knows the last general? ”

Silent said in his heart that he didn't just know, the people of the whole country knew about you...... Later, of course. Of course, this is not enough for outsiders, and at the moment there is only a haha: "I heard General Yu mention it." ”

Qi Jiguang suddenly said: "I see," said with a look of respect: "General Yu is strict in governing the army, planning and acting later, which is the example and goal of the last general." ”

Shen Mo listened but was very disappointed, and secretly said in his heart: 'Why is he still an excellent student like a good boy? The Qi thing in front of him was really too far from the Qi general he imagined who was decisive in killing and making the enemy fearful.

After the four of them sat down, Tang Shunzhi understood what he meant: "Yuan Jing and I met when we were guarding Ningbo, and we can talk very well. He said to Shen Mo and said: "Yuan Jing is a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and it took a long time to find a set of methods to fight against the Japanese Invaders. ”

Xu Wenchang couldn't help laughing and said: "I can't imagine that my Xu Wei's mean name has already reached the ears of Shandong villagers." ”

At that time, Jiangnan was rich in the world, and the cultural context was prosperous, so he was called a certain fellow countryman who looked down on the people in the north and said it with contempt, Xu Wei didn't mean to be sarcastic about Qi Jiguang, but he usually said it smoothly, and he said it without holding back for a while.

Qi Jiguang's face froze, but he quickly returned to normal, showing good self-cultivation, and he said calmly: "It is said that as long as Mr. Xu can't find fault, then there must be no fault, so please don't hesitate to give advice." ”

Xu Wei nodded slightly, glanced at him and said, "Okay." ”

Qi Jiguang was very happy, and was about to take out the manuscript from his arms to speak, but heard Xu Wei say first: "Let me ask first, which soldiers are you going to use to implement your grand plan?" ”

Qi Jiguang paused and said: "What soldiers the Governor's Mansion gives to the last general, the last general will use what soldiers." ”

"Then you don't talk about it." Xu Wei rolled his eyes and said, "No matter how perfect your plan is, it will be impossible to achieve it by relying on those soldiers." ”

Qi Jiguang was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you say?" Xu Wei pointed his nostrils at him.

Silently, he gently told Qi Jiguang what Xu Wei said about 'the source of soldiers is not good'.

Grateful to Shen Mo smiled, Qi Jiguang said to Xu Wei: "Mr. has never led a soldier may not know, it doesn't matter what this soldier was originally, what matters is how to train and how to bring, as long as the generals are strictly trained, the rewards and punishments are clear, the soldiers are loved like children, and perseverance, no matter how bad the army is, it will be reborn and become a strong force that can fight tough battles." In order to avoid the suspicion of empty talk, Qi Jiguang gave his own example in the north and said: "When the last general first arrived in Jimen, he was also faced with a group of soldiers, and finally brought them out and became warriors who were fearless against the Mongols. ”

"Then I'll see." Xu Wei laughed and said, "Look at how General Qi transformed my Zhejiang officers and soldiers into warriors who have no fear of fighting against the Japanese invaders!" ”

(To be continued)