Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

However, just after the war ended, the army was exhausted, and the rewards were not implemented, so Li Xiu was not in a hurry.

When the reward was fulfilled and the army rested for more than a month, Li Xiu also issued a military order to mobilize tens of thousands of troops from the land of Jingji to the provinces to quell the civil unrest.

It's just that, this time, the chief generals of the various ministries that Li Xiu used were not the veterans of the past, but Li Dingguo, the new generation of generals that Li Xiu had trained for a long time.

Leading an army alone and going abroad is undoubtedly the best training.

Li Xiu has always spared no effort in cultivating talents under his command. In the current situation, he also needs more independent people to stabilize the situation for him.

"For the time being, I can't go to Jiangnan..."

In the study of Duke Qin's mansion, Li Xiu, who had just issued the order to send troops to the provinces to counter the rebellion, stood in front of the map, muttering to himself.

In the end, the biggest reason for deciding on the reform strategy of first going south and then going north is that we don’t want to touch the vested interests in the north and prevent the already rotten situation in the north from getting out of control.

But obviously, things backfired, and the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. According to the original plan, the chaos in northern Xinjiang was quelled, so he went to the south of the Yangtze River, and personally sat in the south of the Yangtze River to put down the chaos and thoroughly implement the reform.

But now, whether it is the Liaodong Korean War or the grassland situation, he needs to pay attention to it all the time, not to mention the large or small civil unrest in various places, as well as the implementation of reforms.

Under such circumstances, the reforms in the north and the south should be carried out equally, and between the south and the north, the north should be more focused.

On the Jiangnan side, we can only let the chaos continue for the time being, and let Yan Shun continue to fight with the officials and businessmen who belong to him, Li Xiu, and the officials and businessmen in Jiangnan.

After he completely stabilized the situation in northern Xinjiang, he went to the south of the Yangtze River, where military reforms and taxation reforms went hand in hand, and then he did his best in the first battle.

As his thoughts flowed, Li Xiu also slowly turned his eyes away from the map, and finally fixed on the mountain of reform notes on the desktop.

Some guards from all over the country investigated and reported on their own initiative under the military order, and there are also inspection teams that have spread all over Ming Dynasty and reported the inspection situation.

The combination of these memorials formed a detailed situation of the reform of the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

And he needs to summarize the general trend of reform based on these situations, and adjust the direction and severity of reform in a timely manner.

In this kind of reform involving the whole world, it is better to kill the wrong than to let it go. Naturally, this kind of strategy must never appear.

The butcher's knife has fallen, and I don't know how many lives have been cut off. The killing of chickens and monkeys has undoubtedly been completed.

Now, what is needed is never to suspect anything!

While calming and stabilizing people's hearts, slowly promote the reform until the final consummation!

Once it is consummated, even if the financial and taxation reform has not been completed, the precarious situation of Ming Dynasty will be completely stabilized, and all difficulties will have the confidence and foundation to face.

"almost……"

Li Xiu picked up a playbook casually, and there was also a faint agitation in his eyes.

Since Jingwu launched reforms at the beginning of the first year, it is now approaching the end of the year.

Even though the chaos was rampant in the middle, and the backlash was evident, the reform was still unswervingly carried out.

And as he stabilized the internal and external troubles in the north, there is no doubt that the general trend of reforms has skyrocketed, and the resistance to implementation has also suddenly disappeared a lot.

Now, the reform of the dozens of guards in the key places in the world that he used the military academy to deploy at the beginning is nearing completion.

The balance of reform, after this chaotic balance, has completely tilted to his side. This military reform involving the entire Ming Dynasty, the dawn of victory has already appeared.

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Chapter 325 Minzhou Guard

Shaanxi, Xigu.

This little-known place, a mere garrison of thousands of military and civilian households, has attracted the attention of most of Shaanxi today.

There is no other reason. The inspection team sent by the imperial court led by the governors of the three sides has already arrived at this small border town. It is also one of the Thousand Households under Minzhou Wei.

What this means is obviously very clear.

The reform of the guards, which had been almost stagnant, was obviously planned to start from this Xigu garrison of thousands of households, so how could it not attract attention.

"It's not easy for me to interfere with the reform, but if there is anything I need to do, just say it, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse!"

Outside Xigu City, in the camp of the inspection team, Zhou Yuji's sonorous and forceful voice could be heard clearly even through a thick layer of tents.

"If your lord says this, the general will be relieved, but when the time comes, you will have to bother your lord. Don't be too annoying for your lord..."

The person who made the sound was also armored, but his temperament was quite inconsistent with this armor. Unlike the sturdy aura of soldiers, he had the bookish temperament of a literati.

This person is naturally the head of the inspection censor of the inspection team sent by Li Xiu to Shaanxi this time, Li Wen, the former commander of the Fenyong Battalion of the Yongwei Battalion.

"Reform is the Ming Dynasty's national policy set by the general, and the governor will fully support it, so it's no trouble to talk about it!"

"As long as it is within the scope of reform, you can do whatever you want!"

After a promise, Zhou Yuji immediately ordered someone to bring a stack of files.

"Those are all the files and records of the Minzhou Guard over the years, and the military registration yellow book. These are the military registration yellow books that the Duke of Qin ordered the Minzhou Guard to hand in this time."

As far as this is concerned, Zhou Yuji also bowed his hands to the inspector censor who was a mere general in front of him: "This governor is waiting for good news from you!"

"Don't worry, my lord, the final general will not dare to live up to the general's expectations, and even if he dies, he will never dare to slack off in the slightest!"

Li Wen quickly bowed to Zhou Yuji and said seriously.

"I am assured of you, the governor."

Zhou Yuji nodded. He also came from the Yongwei Camp, so he was no stranger to Li Wen in front of him.

The scholarly family in Shuntian Prefecture, studied poetry and books since childhood, full of knowledge, but failed in repeated tests, and then, regardless of the opposition of his family, he threw his pen into the army angrily. Just when the Yongwei Battalion was reorganized and reorganized, he became a member of the Yongwei Battalion , Moreover, he was also a member of the First Battalion of Soldiers led by Duke Qin.

After that, he showed talent in military affairs, was appreciated by Qin Gong, and was transferred to the personal guard camp for training. In just a few years, he went from a low-level soldier to a commander of the first battalion of the Beijing Army. When he was ready for reform, he was transferred to the martial arts academy for further study.

When the reform began, he was already a warrior, and under the authority of the censor, he led a patrol team to the south of the Yangtze River. Now, he was arranged by Qin Gong to Shaanxi to be responsible for the reform of the Shaanxi guards.

Thinking about it, if the Shaanxi reform is successfully completed, Li Wen will probably reach the sky in one step. Among other things, an earl title is at least indispensable.

Coupled with Qin Gong's appreciation, the future may be limitless, so Zhou Yuji is naturally not stingy in making friends.

After chatting about business and private matters for a long time, Zhou Yuji slowly walked out of the camp. As the governor of the three sides, he was busy with things, so it was impossible for him to stay in Xigu for too long. He came here specifically to show his attitude.

Zhou Yuji left in a hurry, but at this moment, in the tent, Li Wen had already led the people in the inspection team, and plunged into the mountain of Minzhou Guard files.

Check first, then reform.

This is the keynote of this Ming military reform.

The Ming Dynasty had been established for more than two hundred years, such a long time, and after the change of Tumubao, Wu Xun lost power, and the power of the five army governors was occupied by the Ministry of War, which led to chaos in the management system.

Due to various factors, it is difficult to find all the files and records of various guards.

Under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly quite a test to grasp the scale of the inventory.

For example, the geometry of the military settlements in the Weisuo, even if the records are clear, the changes of more than two hundred years, according to which period the recorded military settlement lands are also checked and recovered according to the standard, and how to check and recover them is an extremely difficult matter.

Not to mention that the dossier is unclear and the records are unclear, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty.

And the simplest one-size-fits-all approach, directly clarifying the boundaries, is naturally not feasible.

After all, if the imperial court made a one-size-fits-all approach and clarified the boundaries, then you don't need to think about it. These officials and generals who have no bottom line will definitely wipe them out without any hesitation, and then take out the files that have been tampered with beyond recognition.

A reform that turbulent the world, the imperial court has worked hard, maybe they just made wedding dresses for these bold people, the scapegoat is instead the imperial court, but the moths will eat their mouths full of oil, and become a tyranny that harms the country and the people.

Therefore, according to local conditions, set a boundary that is most suitable for the time, and then conduct an investigation on this boundary to find out those who enriched their own pockets and embezzled the military assets of the guard.

Taking back what should have belonged to the guards, as far as the inventory of military land is concerned, this is undoubtedly a military inventory of acres, and the inventory of military households in the guards is a military inventory of Dingkou.

After all this is investigated and recovered, the real military reform and reorganization will begin.

For all these, Li Wen and the inspectors are naturally familiar with it.

During the half year in the south of the Yangtze River, they also participated in the investigation of the Nanjing guards, and naturally accumulated sufficient experience.

"Minzhou Wei, is it hard to check?"

After flipping through the dossier for a long time, someone suddenly expressed emotion.

Everyone looked up, some shook their heads helplessly, and some smiled wryly.

Just from the records in this file, we can see the special features of Minzhou Wei.

The full name of Minzhou Guard is the Commander and Envoy of the Minzhou Guard Army and Civilians. Just by looking at the word "military and civilian", we can see the characteristics of Minzhou Guard.

Although the Daming Guards are all called Wei or Qianhu, the full names of the guards are different.

Tuntian, defending, guarding, soldiers and civilians, group herds, guarding soldiers and civilians, guarding fields and defending, or named by place names...

Whether it is a single thousand households or a guard, it must contain these words.

And these words also represent the functions of the guard.

Just like the Tuntian Guard, the Tuntian Thousand Households Office, the official function is naturally Tuntian, full-time Tuntian, without other functions, even if the war mobilizes troops, unless it is at the critical moment of life and death.Otherwise, Tuntian Wei and Tuntian Qianhusuo would basically not be mobilized.

As for the Minzhou Guard, there are two characters for military and civilian, and the direction of function is naturally different. The key to military and civilian military and civilian lies in the word "civilian".Most of these guards are located in border areas or areas where non-Han ethnic groups gather, or even a combination of both.

Its function is mainly to govern and control ethnic minorities. Compared with other places in Ming Dynasty, it needs to emphasize military-civilian joint management, so the word military-civilian is added.

The Minzhou Guard is even more special among the military and civilian guards.

Minzhou Wei is in charge of today's Dangchang, Zhouqu, Minxian and other large areas of land. It stands to reason that these places all exist in prefectures and counties, but in order to strengthen Minzhou Wei's control over the non-Han people in these places, it is not Set up prefectures and counties and defend them with soldiers!

Therefore, Minzhou Weishi is a military-political guardhouse that manages the army on horseback and the people off the horse.

It is naturally extremely complicated to investigate and reform such a guard.

A little carelessness will cause ethnic conflicts and cause disasters that are difficult to end.

"My lord, why don't we start with Xigu defending the Qianhu Office first?"

Some officials tried to say.

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials were a little moved.

There are five thousand households of Minzhou guards leading the army and civilians, and one thousand households of soldiers and civilians defending Xigu City.

The five military and civilian thousand-household offices all involved the Han ethnic group in Southwest Africa, but Xigu, the guarding thousand-household office, had nothing to do with the non-Han ethnic group.

The so-called defense, as the name suggests, is naturally defending against the enemy, and shoulders the functions of frontier garrison and vigilance.

This seems to be the only soft persimmon among the six thousand households in Minzhou Wei.

"No!"

Li Wen firmly refused.

"The general trend of reform has begun, how can we kill ourselves!"

"The whole of Shaanxi is staring at us now. If we don't even dare to show our determination, then we will definitely struggle in the future!"

"Let's start with the five military and civilian households! If you want to chew, you have to chew hard bones!"

"As for Xigu, stay at the end!"

As soon as this remark came out, most of the people responded subconsciously, only a few patrolling censors dressed as civil servants looked at each other, at a loss.

The inspection team is mainly composed of military generals specially trained by Li Xiu for the reform, supplemented by civilian officials. Civilian officials do not have much say in this inspection team.

Under such circumstances, they couldn't help but hesitate, so they had to follow the orders.

The reform of the guards in Shaanxi was completely kicked off under this order.

And this scene was also staged one after another in the northern provinces and guards.

Li Xiu opened the Martial Academy, and selected those who could be used from hundreds of thousands of troops, and specially cultivated the strength.

Today, it is also playing a decisive role in this reform throughout the entire Ming Dynasty.

They held the power of censor in all parts of Ming Dynasty, and gradually got rid of the ills of this decaying ancient empire, injected vitality, and laid a solid foundation, until finally, a new look, this ancient empire, will also come again peak……

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Chapter 326 The Ruling Class With Civil and Military Coexistence

The storm of military reform has completely swept through the entire Ming Dynasty, and under the storm of military reform that swept through the Ming Dynasty, there is also a clear stream that has already begun, and has spread to the entire Ming Dynasty like moistening things silently.

And this clean stream is the rectification of officials that has already been kicked off from the court.

In fact, the rectification of officials has already begun since the first year of Chongzhen's change in Jingji, when Chongzhen took power.

From the end of the first year of Chongzhen to the death of Chongzhen, Li Xiu accepted the government, and also did not relax the rectification of officials.

However, unlike the drastic means of military reform, Li Xiu has always been extremely cautious in rectifying the administration of officials, while Sun Chuanting is even more cautious when he is the civil official who presides over the rectification of the administration of officials.

After rectifying and cleaning up the court hall in the capital several times, it gradually spread from the court hall in the capital city to the whole world.

The inspector censor sent by the imperial court to various places has inspected the entire Ming Dynasty several times.

Even though most of them are still superficial and have not touched the real reality, from the first year of Chongzhen to the end of the first year of Jingwu, several years have passed.