The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Jinan Prefecture.

Wang Hao began to work intensely.

The first priority is to arrange the officials recommended by the Ministry of Civil Affairs into appropriate positions, quickly stabilize the chaotic Shandong government, and ensure that local and state government offices can continue to operate normally.

Secondly, after Tang Hao's suggestion, Wang Hao personally led people to investigate the fields owned by the officials and gentry who committed the crime, and re-measured them and compiled them into a yellow book.

This step is very important, the field is the most important thing in this era.

Because fields mean food, and food means everything!

Fortunately, Wang Hao himself has a reputation, and he is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He needs to have status and means, so he is enough to convince the local gentry and gentry who are eyeing him. They dare not go even half a step beyond the thunder pool, and really reach out to these people. On the unclaimed land!

Tang Hao also secretly asked the Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on Wang Hao's every move. If Wang Shilang was just showing off and couldn't even handle this matter, then he would really do it himself and plow the land of Qilu again!

It's a pity that Wang Hao is still Wang Hao after all, and Tianguan Ma Wensheng's highly regarded successor did not give Zhongshan Hou another chance to attack.

Tang Hao has not been idle during this period, and has been discussing with Mou Bin the restructuring of the guard office.

"In the same way, if the profit pie of General Tun is divided clearly, the officers of the guard station will not dare to do anything too ugly. There is no need to risk their lives for temporary gain. Not only will they lose their vested interests, they will also lose it. If you risk your own life, this is a win-win model driven by interests!”

"Okay, let's leave it like that for now. We'll just have to wait for a reply from the imperial court regarding the restructuring of the guard station!"

"Does Mr. Tang have any suggestions?"

To be honest, Mou Bin didn't understand.

"It's like the profits from the salt farm. In the past, the court knew that someone was corrupt, but they didn't dare to take action or ask questions. They pretended to be confused and pretended to be confused. This is no different from self-deception. That's because the cake was not divided clearly. In everyone's heart, There is no bottom line.”

"Did you write it down?"

"Your Majesty wants to consolidate military power, not with empty words, but with practical things. Money, food, and soldiers are indispensable. The food and salary that should be given cannot be less, and the rewards that should be given cannot be less. In this way Only when the sergeants know that the person raising them is His Majesty the Emperor will they be loyal to the Emperor and patriotic!"

"Yes, this is a rabble."

The construction of the army in later generations not only emphasizes the construction of personnel, weapons and equipment, and training, but more importantly, it emphasizes the construction of military ideology, such as providing instructors and so on, and always instilling loyalty and patriotism into the soldiers. Of course, these are all things later. .

Tang Hao hit the nail on the head and revealed the real reason!

Tang Hao touched his chin and said in a deep voice: "For example, Zhao Kuangyin of the former Song Dynasty, why did he dare to do the drama of "wearing a yellow robe"?"

"Not only them, but also other health centers in Shandong, all look like this."

This is the serious crime of deceiving the emperor!

"I would like to ask you, Zhao Kuangyin. Looking at the orphans and widowers in the capital, and the heavy troops under his command, plus the clear examples of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, will you have any thoughts? Do you want to be the emperor yourself?"

"What Marquis Tang means is that if you want to restructure the guard station, you must improve the treatment of the guards' sergeants to ensure that their interests will not be harmed?"

"That's right!" Tang Hao smiled happily, "At least the interests of the farmland cannot be occupied by any force, but must be given back to the sergeants of the guard station, and a clear division of interests must be divided. How much will the court take? , how much the guards officers get, and how much the lower-level sergeants get, we have to make a clear distinction!"

Mou Bin came to Shandong on this trip with several tasks.

Aren’t we, the Imperial Guards, the emperor’s personal soldiers?

"Just like these soldiers under my command, why do they dare to fight bravely? Because they know in their hearts that even if they die in battle, I will get generous pensions for them, and Your Majesty will also treat their widows and their children kindly. It’s like sacrificing their own lives for a better future for their descendants, of course they are willing to die!”

"In my opinion, whether you can be called a soldier of the country or the imperial court is nothing more than those two criteria!"

Mou Bin nodded silently.

"As for the ordnance baggage and logistical support, it is getting worse and worse, not to mention that there are people who are profiting from it and reselling the ordnance as inferior goods. When the soldiers were resisting the foreign barbarians on the nine sides, the fire blunderbuss exploded after just a few shots. He blew himself up to pieces... In such an environment, who would be willing to fight for the imperial court? "

The problem is, however, that this step is too difficult!

It's better to send the message directly back to Beijing and let His Majesty the Emperor and those giants figure it out for themselves!

"Now that the interests have been divided, everyone has a number in mind. Everyone can take as much as they should. If this red line is crossed, then His Majesty the Emperor can justifiably kill people. All parties also understand this truth, so they Will maintain this model spontaneously!”

"An army must have its own ideas and thoughts, which is the soul of the army. The personnel of the army can continue to change, but the soul of the army cannot change."

"From weapons and equipment to food and salary, to the treatment of sergeants, etc., as long as Your Majesty is willing to spend money, the Shandong Guards will be able to restore its combat strength in a short time. I can guarantee this!"

"Except for this place in Shandong, what is the same for the guards all over the world? Corruption, occupation, oppression... all kinds of problems arise in endlessly. The development of the guard military system of Emperor Taizu Gao has long ago ceased to exist in name only!"

"To put it harshly, these people only care about money. If you have milk, you will be a mother. Whoever feeds them, gives them money, and whoever promises them high positions and generous salaries, they will follow whoever they have, and they won't care at all. What is your identity?"

What Tang Hao is talking about now is naturally some concepts from later generations.

Tang Hao did not refute, but nodded firmly.

"If they really want to go into battle to kill the enemy, let alone whether they can carry a knife, they will be so scared that they wet their pants on the spot!"

Mou Bin's expression changed drastically and he glared at Tang Hao fiercely.

But he was a smart man after all. He noticed Tang Mu, Chang Kuohai and others next to Tang Hao, so he immediately gave the answer.

Because in the final analysis, it was to pave the way for his chosen grandson Zhu Yunwen, or because Emperor Taizu Gao was worried that after the gentle Zhu Yunwen came to the throne, he would not be able to suppress arrogant and powerful generals such as Lan Yu, Fu Youde, and Feng Sheng!

Compared to military generals, kings of the past dynasties would trust civil servants more, because the scholar's rebellion failed for ten years, and there has been no successful case since ancient times!

"The Beijing army in the hands of Marquis Tang is the most elite army!"

Tang Hao chuckled and said: "The military generals can change the name of a dynasty. One of the important reasons is that the generals who command the army often have the final say. The generals can do whatever they say, even if they rebel. Let’s rebel together.”

"Tishuai, how do you feel?"

"That's why we need to reorganize the guard station!"

"Write it all down, don't miss a word!"

At this moment, Tang Hao and Mou Bin were at Jinan Guard, and they all fell silent after a patrol.

Looking at the lazy guard sergeants on the school ground, Tang Hao looked at Mou Bin with a smile.

"To put it more bluntly, why did our Ming Guards begin to decay and the combat effectiveness of our Ming army decline seriously after the Civil Engineering Construction?"

After thinking about it, Mou Bin could only look to the left.

Although the young emperor did not send eunuchs and eunuchs this time, he did send Mou Bin, the commander of the Imperial Guards, the Tishuai who represented the imperial power!

The little emperor once said before that he wanted to take the opportunity to restructure the Shandong Guards in order to recreate the glory of the Guards!

"After Sejong Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, Zhao Kuangyin has been with him, and he has made many military exploits in the southern and northern campaigns. Slowly, Zhao Kuangyin gradually formed his own power in the army. He and the Forbidden Army generals Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, Yang Guangyi, and Li Jixun , Wang Zhengzhong, Liu Qingyi, Liu Shouzhong, Liu Yanrang, and Han Chongyun became the "Ten Brothers of Yishe", and they held the entire military power of the Zhou Dynasty in their hands! "

"Your Majesty wants to reorganize the Shandong Guard Station, there is no problem!"

"The second point is that the construction of the army is a mature and complete system, not just simple training!"

"Even other guardsmen are not as good as Jinan Guards. Their lives are even worse. They have been oppressed and enslaved by guards officers all year round. Their lives are no different from serfs!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mou Bin looked at Zuo Yidao, who had been busy writing at the side for a long time.

"Don't write this sentence, do you hear me?"

Tang Hao really wasn't bragging, he really did this. All the food and supplies in the Dongguanting camp were paid for by the little emperor out of his own pocket!

Not to mention that part of the money and food was taken from the national treasury. Tang Hao got the money and food from the cabinet by scolding him. The quantity was pitifully low. If only with such a small amount of money and food, 50,000 New Army soldiers would have starved to death. How could they still practice? What kind of soldiers are coming!

"Loyal to the emperor and patriotic!"

"Now is different from then!"

"But what about these guard sergeants? They don't have any logistical support. Even if they die in a bloody battle with the Japanese pirates, will the court pay out the compensation they deserve? Will it be deducted by the officers? Will it all fall to their widows' families in the end? In their hands, whether their widow Jia Xiao will be able to receive preferential treatment from the court... these series of questions will be the concerns of the guards! "

"It can be summed up in two simple words - throw money!"

Emperor Taizu Gao was such a majestic figure at that time, but he became dim and cruel in his later years, concocting one bloody case after another and killing all the founding heroes?

Although Master Tishuai is also literate and has read books, what Tang Hao is saying now is indeed very confusing to him.

After hearing these words, Mou Bin suddenly fell silent.

This is all just talk.

Zuo Yidao's face was full of embarrassment.

"So, they don't dare to die. They would rather hide in the pier and watch the Japanese pirates plunder and slaughter the people wantonly, than dare to pick up their swords and rush out to fight these Japanese pirates, because each of them is the backbone of the family, and they also have Wife, children, and children, if they die, their families will only suffer. This is human nature, there is nothing to say!"

"A powerful soldier must not only be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, not only need daily drills, but also must be equipped with high-quality ordnance, and must have timely logistical support so that they have no worries and can shed their blood for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and your majesty. I won’t worry about what happens after death... To put it bluntly, we still need to improve the treatment of soldiers!”

"After the Civil War, the civil servants and gentry controlled the government and had the right to speak in the court, and constantly suppressed the generals and nobles. The military expenditures of the world's armies were as low as possible, barely leaving food for the soldiers to eat, as long as they were hungry, and forget about anything else. "

Tang Hao stood up, looked at the guardsmen, and said quietly.

"Don't talk about the military expenditures of the Nine Sides. That is the minimum and most basic. If we don't allocate military expenditures to the Nine Sides, the foreign cavalry will march to the Central Plains!"

"Don't worry, Marquis Tang, these words will definitely be delivered to His Majesty!"

Mou Bin took a deep breath, and then nodded heavily.

When you go out to fight a war, three parties have to intervene. A general, an assistant civil servant, and a eunuch supervising the army. When the opinions of the three are at odds, who should the soldiers listen to?

Before we even meet the enemy and start fighting, we are already fighting within ourselves!

How can such an army win a war?

"So, it is very important to pay attention to the ideological construction of the military."

"But Qiu Ba, a warrior who served as a soldier, is a miserable bunch. Now these guardsmen are living an even miserable life. Most of them are illiterate and can't listen to what you are telling them!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, in this era, specifically the former is the most important thing!

After all, the word patriotism is very broad. If it really means something, it must be loyalty to His Majesty the Ming Emperor. This is the best expression of patriotism!

"How can this be a regular guard army? They are clearly just a bunch of rabble!"

"For example, the new army soldiers under my command are loyal to the emperor and patriotism. From the moment they enter the Dongguanting camp, I will tell them that the person who spends money to support them is no one else but the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty the Emperor, they are also His Majesty’s soldiers!”

Mou Bin nodded when he heard this, and then shook his head.

"It's just that this leaves the hidden danger that the generals don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers don't know the generals, which invisibly weakens the army's combat effectiveness!"

At the beginning, it was to control the local officials of the third division and prevent them from stabbing Zhongshan Hou in the back when he was suppressing the rebellion!

After that, it became a matter of cooperating with Marquis Zhongshan to deal with these corrupt officials in Shandong and arrest those who deserved to be killed!

"But our Ming Dynasty is different. The power of commanding troops and the power of deploying troops are separated and independent. Military generals no longer command troops, but only go out to fight when there is a war. This greatly reduces the possibility of military generals monopolizing power or even rebelling!"

For example, the Western Han Dynasty fell at the hands of his relative Wang Mang, and the Sui Dynasty was replaced by the Li family who also belonged to the Guanlong Group. Zhao Kuangyin, who founded the Song Dynasty, was even more unjust. Taking advantage of the orphans and widowers, he directly staged a "yellow robe" After becoming the emperor, he learned from his own experience and lessons, released his military power over a glass of wine, and formulated an extremely stringent national policy that emphasized civility over military affairs, so that the entire former Song Dynasty became more and more deformed, and military generals had to kneel on the ground. Become a dog to the civil servants!

Therefore, the distrust of military commanders and nobles is not unreasonable, because there have been too many dynasties that changed their names and it was all done by military commanders and nobles!

"The ideological construction of the army is very important!"

Mou Bin nodded repeatedly after hearing this, his eyes shining with light.

"Because the chaotic and turbulent years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were actually all caused by the warrior Qiu Ba. As long as he had military power, he could claim kingship and hegemony, or even arrogantly claim the title of emperor. After the Anshi Rebellion, the rituals and laws of the vassal and town separatist regimes no longer existed, and no one cared. What is the emperor? Even if they have enough troops, they can try to be the emperor themselves! "

Mou Bin cursed angrily, his nose twisted with anger.

Tang Hao stretched lazily and said: "Before I come back, don't act rashly in the guard station. You and the Jinyi Tiqi will inspect the entire military camp fields in Shandong and register them!"

Mou Bin thought about these words carefully, and nodded solemnly after listening.

Yes, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is the most important thing!

What a king fears most is someone rebelling, especially Lieutenant General Zuo Cheqi to rebel!

"The first is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. This is very important!"

There is one last task, which is to come up with a charter regarding the restructuring of the Shandong Guards Station. This is an important step for His Majesty the Emperor to consolidate military power!

"Tishuai, what kind of army do you think can be regarded as an army?"

Who would have thought that the Marquis of Zhongshan would be such a bastard and dare to say anything?

"What are you nervous about?"

Tang Hao didn't say anything else, and that was the unique political structure of the Ming Dynasty. Military generals, civil servants, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs, eunuchs. Ensure the interests of each party.

"Marquis Tang, be careful what you say!"

"Improving military treatment, ensuring military interests, and increasing allocations for military construction are what the emperors and ministers above the court should do. The cake of military and military interests should be spent on military personnel, rather than acting as the role of those powerful ministers. The money tree!”

Mou Bin was speechless for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile.

Now, Mou Bin was asked directly.

No matter how much trouble the civil servants and scholars make, he is still a powerful official. In this country, he can never change his surname. At worst, he is just a puppet emperor. But after all, the Ming Dynasty still has the surname Zhu!

But the military commanders and nobles are different. Many of the changes of ownership in the past dynasties were caused by the military commanders and nobles!

"If you write it in, it will cause trouble. You and I will never have a good life!"

He is the commander of the Jinyi Guards, so he doesn't know the inside story.

"You are a smart man!" Tang Hao nodded with a half-smile.

In fact, before the Marquis of Zhongshan became famous, the entire 12th Regiment of the Beijing Army, controlled by Hui'an Bo, Zhang Wei and others, had the problems mentioned by Tang Hao many times, and even some low-level sergeants of the Beijing Army fled. Tragedy!

These are the sergeants in the Beijing Military Guard who were forced to flee and become refugees. You can only imagine what other local guards would be like!

"Because the country's investment in military construction is almost zero!"

"Loyal to the emperor and patriotic, only an army with such a soul can be called an army. An army without a soul will always be a bunch of rabble. It is okay to fight with the wind, but it will definitely not work if it really encounters a strong backbone. "

"Where is Tang Hou going?"

"Go to sea to suppress Japanese pirates!"

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