Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

In the Qianqing Palace at night, there is no hustle and bustle during the day, and there is only silence. Under the high hanging lanterns, the imperial guards who are on duty at night stand like sculptures.

Inside Dongnuan Pavilion.

"No wonder he is called a barbarian by Jianlu. He likes to take things by surprise."

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed, smiled slightly after listening to Lu Xiangsheng's report, "I'm afraid after tonight, I don't know how many people will hate Xiong Manzi for using this method to combine the three major forces." All the generals and generals at all levels of the battalion, as well as the personal guards and servants recruited under their command, are gathered together, which is indeed a bit excessive."

"Your Majesty, although Xiong Xierong's move is a bit extreme, I think it is very effective."

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly bowed and said: "Although before this, Xiong Xierong killed 137 generals in the Beijing camp and paid out part of the arrears of military pay. This was to establish a firm foothold in the Beijing camp and establish a deterrent, but the situation inside the Beijing camp is very complicated. , although the issue of reducing troops and reducing pay is being advanced, there is great resistance."

"In particular, some generals in the Beijing camp seem to respond positively on the surface, but in fact they stir up trouble behind the scenes and incite military morale. This causes the morale of some camps and schools to fluctuate greatly. It is not due to the above reasons. I think Xiong Xierong is determined We will not take such drastic measures.”

Still too young.

After listening to what Lu Xiangsheng said, the corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth turned up slightly. Although Lu Xiangsheng had been in the Ming Dynasty official career for several years by virtue of the imperial examination high school, he had been an official in Beijing. For some things that should not happen, but exist in reality. Things are still too little experienced.

So there were some things that Lu Xiangsheng didn't see thoroughly.

"How many of the bodyguards are there who are favored by Xiong Tingbi?"

Zhu Youxiao lifted up his robe sleeves, looked at Lu Xiangsheng and asked.

"According to what I learned earlier in the Beijing camp, all generals and commanders of Qianzong and above have privately recruited personal guards under their command. There are no specific statistics."

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and reported truthfully: "But I have paid attention to this matter. If we want to gather all the above-mentioned personal guards, the scale will probably exceed 9000, and this amount is only a lot more."

There are really enough.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes narrowed slightly, but he felt deep in his heart. If a bodyguard of this size could be organized into one unit, their combat power would definitely be extremely powerful.

Not just anyone can become a bodyguard.

Loyalty comes first.

In addition, you have to see blood on the battlefield, and the most important thing is to survive!

The phenomenon of privately recruiting bodyguards is extremely common in the Ming Dynasty. This is what the generals rely on. Even if the battle is defeated, there is no problem in ensuring their own safety with the brave and capable bodyguards under their command. If so, If faced with a desperate situation, the bodyguard would dare to fight to the death.

It is precisely this phenomenon that led to serious corruption in the Ming army. It became the norm to eat empty pay and drink soldiers' blood. After all, it is extremely expensive to raise a team of personal guards. You can only rely on the few official posts issued by the court. The stipend is not even enough to put a tooth between your teeth!

In the original timeline, the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to build the Guanning cavalry in order to make them the main force in suppressing the Jianlu rebellion. However, in the end, they gradually evolved into the private armed forces of Liaodong generals, and even in the end, in order to ensure their own In order to stabilize the situation in Liaodong and prevent the rampant rebels from entering the hinterland of Gyeonggi, the imperial court would spend more gold and silver, and even reward secular officials, in order to stabilize Liaodong. General forces, how sad and ridiculous this is!

ancestral home.

Wu family.

Isn’t that how it rises?

"I know the matter."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down, glanced at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "The Qing family will go back and tell Xiong Manzi that things will happen again and again, but not again. I don't want anything to change in Jingying. I keep all the words I said before in my heart." Remember, if there is chaos in the capital camp, I will not be able to protect him."

"The minister obeys the order."

Lu Xiangsheng felt relieved and hurriedly bowed and bowed.

In Lu Xiangsheng's view, the emperor would definitely punish Xiong Tingbi for making such a big noise. However, to Lu Xiangsheng's surprise, the emperor knew about this and was not angry. He didn't even say anything to Xiong Tingbi, which surprised Lu Xiangsheng.

But how could Lu Xiangsheng know?

It was in this way that Xiong Tingbi expressed his attitude to the emperor through him. From now on, Xiong Tingbi would be a lonely minister. Apart from the emperor's will, Xiong Tingbi would not listen to anyone else's words.

The most important point is that Xiong Tingbi wants to improve the order of the Beijing Camp as soon as possible, and the guards and servants under the jurisdiction of the generals and schools at all levels in the Beijing Camp have been wiped out, which undoubtedly pulled out their teeth. He will not make any decisions in the future. Someone dares to violate the rules!

As for the group of personal guards who were gathered together.

It is not easy to subdue them. After all, they are all capable of fighting. The key is their unruly temperament. However, for Xiong Tingbi, this is by no means impossible.

Loyalty maintained by gold and silver is undoubtedly the most fragile relationship. As long as a group of stubborn people are killed, the other guards are frightened, and then the fierce generals lead their troops to hone their skills. As long as they go to the battlefield and make military exploits, the general will If all the promises made to them are fulfilled one by one, then they will be the army that dares to fight the most! !

At best, they are called personal guards, but at worst, they are house slaves.

One will remain unchanged until death, the other will be rewarded and promoted if you dare to fight. Without comparison, there will be no harm. No matter who you are, you will make the right choice.

He just wanted to achieve these plans and arrangements, and the premise was to ensure that these personal guards could receive training in separate camps and obey military orders, so Xiong Tingbi asked Huang Degong to do this.

The military is a place that respects the strong. This truth is eternal.

And Xiong Tingbi promised Huang Degong that if these personal guards could truly surrender and be trained into an elite division, the guerrilla general would not have escaped.

If it fails, Xiong Tingbi will lose his head. As for whether Huang Degong will lose his head, Xiong Tingbi did not say, but don't think about it if you want to stay in Beijing Camp from now on.

"None of them are fuel-efficient lamps."

After Lu Xiangsheng left, Zhu Youxiao smiled and shook his head. Then, Zhu Youxiao's eyes fixed on one place, which was the secret memorial presented by Xiong Tingbi.

Ok.

Before Lu Xiangsheng hurried into the palace, Xiong Tingbi's secret memorial was presented to the emperor. In addition to the above-mentioned assumptions, there is another idea, that is, Xiong Tingbi wanted to use this matter. One was to see clearly what kind of person Lu Xiangsheng was, and the other was to give people a clear picture of Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng took a lesson.

Although Zhu Youxiao knew Xiong Tingbi's thoughts, he kept everything secret.

In this era, the king chooses his ministers, and the ministers choose their king.

When Zhu You sent Lu Xiangsheng to the Beijing Camp to help with food and salary arrangements and work under Xiong Tingbi, he wanted Xiong Tingbi to give Lu Xiangsheng a good training. It was just that Xiong Tingbi had the final say on how to sharpen the training.

"I hope you can understand all of this as soon as possible."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to pull out the secret memorial, then stood up and walked towards a candle, "Ruling the people and commanding the army are indeed two different things. Without an all-round and exquisite heart, without a persevering will and integrity, if you want to control it on a large scale, Army, that is indeed wishful thinking."

Looking at the secret music burning in his hand, Zhu Youxiao showed a faint smile. He was very fortunate that he was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which gave him a transcendent status and allowed him to view certain things from a transcendent perspective.

Governing the world and checking and balancing the court are by no means as simple as preaching.

After all, no one knows what hidden undercurrents are hidden in invisible places, let alone invisible conspiracies and calculations.

However, after today's incident, Zhu Youxiao became more confident in his planned strategy against the Liao Dynasty. Xiong Tingbi used this method to taint himself and wiped out the personal guards of the generals and generals at all levels in the Beijing camp. How about he reorganize the Beijing camp? If you come out, you won't be able to teach yourself.

And when Zhou Yuji and Sun Yingyuan return from recruiting troops from Shanxi and other places, as well as the generals who were transferred by his decree, the Beijing camp will usher in a real blood change! !