Wanli Youming

Chapter 172 What to do after having the right to play secret?

Chapter 172 What to do after having the right to play secret?

"The above generals are all given embroidered spring knives, luan belts, big red python clothes and flying fish clothes, chain mail gold belts, and a silver seal of 'Emperor Ben Zhongliang', which will be specially presented for my affairs."

Then, Li Jin read another sentence before finishing his announcement.

Therefore, Hu Shouren and others all received the rewards and thanked them again.

Needless to say, the Xiuchun Knife has always been a sacrificial weapon bestowed on high-ranking military officials by the Ming Dynasty, just like the commander's knife of later generations of high-ranking generals.

The python suit and flying fish suit is also a kind of etiquette reward from the emperor to senior military officials.

Chain mail is a kind of high-density armor made of ring-shaped iron. It is light in weight and strong in flexibility. It is the best armor in this era, and it is mostly high-end armor given to senior generals of the Ming Dynasty by the emperor.

Now that Zhu Yijun bestowed them chain mail, it was naturally also to show their honor, so that they could better demonstrate the image of the emperor's pro-military.

After Hu Shouren and others received the reward, Zhu Yijun said: "If you want to live up to the honor I bestowed on you today, you should know loyalty and righteousness, and you must also know that being a close minister of the emperor is different from other ministers!"

"You must ask for peace at any time, and make announcements at any time, and you must not leave it to your staff and let others know; no matter how big or small, family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs must be announced to me. You must remember the meaning of closeness!"

"Remember, sir!"

Hu Shouren and others all replied, and for a moment they all looked dignified, their eyes shining brightly.

And it wasn't until after leaving the palace gate for a long time that they all came back to their senses, holding iron helmets with locks and collars and flower decorations, walking along the palace wall with big strides, chatting at the same time.

"Why does the emperor ask us to play at any time? I really don't want my bad handwriting to be seen by His Majesty every day. Besides, if you ask me to write, it's better to kill me!"

Liu Ting said something first.

Ma Gui gave him a kick: "You still despise it! This is a privilege that many governors and civil servants do not have, and it can go straight to heaven!"

"In other words, if any civil servant or internal minister has wronged you, you can directly complain to His Majesty."

"It's just that you can't play it in secret when you encounter important things, because it's easy for people to notice your actions. You have to play some unimportant things first, so as to confuse the public and people don't know what you are playing. Is it an important matter or is it just a matter of greeting, report to His Majesty, and talk about the conditions of the people and the weather."

After speaking, Ma Gui asked Li Rusong: "Brother Li, what do you plan to play for Your Majesty in the first book?"

Li Rusong narrowed his eyes and glanced at the sun in front of him: "The content of this secret melody should be known to no one except His Majesty, right?"

Ma Gui nodded: "Probably."

Because Li Rusong and Ma Gui have been studying together for a long time, the relationship has already reached the point where they almost talked about everything, so he said at this moment: "I want to tell your majesty that my father loves to support the bandits, and because of this, he always forbids me." I'll kill it to my heart's content!"

After the appointment of the six chief generals of the pro-army, it was time for recruitment and training.

Daming has no shortage of young and strong people.

In the canal area alone, there are more than [-] fiber trackers who often need to act and listen to commands because of fiber pulling, and are also a good source of soldiers. During the slack season, there are hundreds of thousands more.

Moreover, there were actually quite a few people in the Ming Dynasty who took martial arts subjects, and now there are many martial arts candidates left in the capital.

In addition, the treatment of the pro-military guards is higher than that of the southern soldiers.

Therefore, when the notice was posted, there were particularly many brave candidates in the Gyeonggi area.

It is just to prevent the slaves of the rich and the right from mixing with foreign captives, and the household registration will be strictly checked.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the year, Zhu Yijun issued an order to conduct a census across the country, and Gyeonggi was the first to receive the imperial decree, and bureaucrats such as Yin Shi Yingyue of Shuntian Prefecture and Baoding Governor Zhang Lu had already checked the population of Gyeonggi very clearly.

Therefore, it is not difficult to verify the innocence of young and strong applicants in the Gyeonggi area.

According to Zhu Yijun's will, the Household Department, the Shuntianfu faction, the Criminal Ministry faction, the Metropolitan Procuratorate faction, the Jinyiwei and the Qinjunwei each sent a number of officials to form an imperial recruiting minister to be in charge of recruiting soldiers.

The reason why so many ministries participated together is naturally to facilitate the investigation of the case.

Among them, the Ministry of Households checked the tax records, the Shuntian Mansion checked the family situation, the Criminal Ministry checked the crimes of himself and his immediate family members, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei mainly supervised.

The main person responsible for the selection is the general and school of the pro-military guards.

"The shoulders are quite strong! He is a Lianjiazi, he must be able to ride and shoot?"

Ma Shilong walked up to a young man at this moment, squeezed the young man's arm, and asked a question as he spoke.

The young man replied: "Yes!"

Then, Ma Shilong was overjoyed immediately, and asked again: "What's your name, do you have fame?"

"Chen Ce."

"Wanli four years in the martial arts."

After Ma Shilong heard this, he came to Li Rusong's place, and when passing by Luo Shangzhi, the general of the Southern Army who was also selecting recruits here, he deliberately pulled the gold-encrusted python jade hanging from his waist while loosening his belt, Then he walked up to Li Rusong and said: "Master, I have chosen a good material from a lowly position, with a calloused index finger, and he was born in martial arts."

"Then take it away quickly! In order not to be recruited by other guards."

Li Rusong put his hands on his hips as he spoke.

Because of this, Ma Shilong saw several pieces of python jade on Li Rusong's waist, and the flying fish and python clothes scattered under the chain mail skirt, his complacency disappeared completely, and he bowed his hands and said yes.

Luo Shangzhi saw Ma Shilong's python jade, and while bringing a few selected young men over to show Chen Wenliang, he said to Chen Wenliang:

"Boss, can you tell Marquis Qi that I will be transferred to recruit Japanese in the future. I haven't seized the city for a long time."

Chen Wenliang took a look at these young men: "Let them run a few more laps, and let them count after the run. Anyone who is slow, or misses the count, or steals and misses it, let it go!"

Then, Chen Wenliang said: "Don't be greedy, that's in exchange for your life. Qi Shuai said that there is only one purpose for being a general, and that is to win the battle. Depending on the situation, don't forget your responsibilities as a general for the sake of your personal military achievements!"

"Yes!"

Luo Shangzhi responded, and continued to select new recruits.

About two months later, in August of the eighth year of Wanli, the recruitment of the six guards of the pro-army was completed.

Because not all [-] soldiers were recruited through recruitment. In fact, more than half of them were drawn from the frontier army and various guards.

What's more, Li Rusong, Ma Gui and others were also ordered to recruit a group of guard households who could ride and shoot from the garrison guard.

Therefore, the whole recruitment did not take much time.

Even, most of the time in the recruitment process was spent on political review.

After all, he is the emperor's pro-military guard, so he has to be serious about this.

After the recruitment, the training began. The original southern soldiers were responsible for training the infantry battalion, while the northern soldiers were responsible for riding and shooting.

Zhu Yijun has issued an edict that new military guards will be automatically changed to pro-military guards, and a plaque of "Emperor's Guards" will be given to their families. , the children can be given priority to be selected as the soldiers of the local government, and the local officials must treat such families with courtesy.

Therefore, for these officers and soldiers who joined the army and guards, it is also a very honorable thing to be the emperor's army.

What's more, the identity of the emperor himself has a very strong positive meaning in this era.

Therefore, when training, the up and down training is very active.

"Why on the training ground, what I heard was reciting?"

Zhu Yijun specially came to the school grounds of the pro-military guards in the imperial city on this day, and asked the governor Hu Shouren.

Hu Shouren replied: "Your Majesty, this is the military training rule handed down by Marquis Qi. Soldiers must first recite orders and military regulations. Those who can read will teach those who cannot read to read aloud. Those who cannot read will learn to read. To teach those who cannot read. Only by familiarizing yourself with the orders first can you use all kinds of soldiers properly in the future.”

"So, most of the southern soldiers are literate?"

So Zhu Yijun asked Hu Shouren about it.

Hu Shouren nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, most of the soldiers in the South are literate, because there is an official school in charge of firearm testing, and it is necessary for the soldiers to master all kinds of firearm testing experience, not just firearms, There are also vans, partial vans, and other types of artillery, all of which have to read the text handed down from above, so it’s impossible not to know them, and the gunners have to know some calculations.”

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he didn't say anything else, he just sighed in his heart that it's no wonder why Qi's army is so powerful, this is not a classical army at all, and the soldiers are asked to memorize the text first, and those who don't know think that Qi Jiguang is a time traveler.

(End of this chapter)