Pa!
Pa!
Pa!
Three whips sounded, and the morning court session on the seventeenth day of the third month of Chongzhen officially began!
Compared to usual, the number of officials participating in the morning court session was much fewer.
Even the censor in charge of supervising the etiquette of the officials was thrown into prison by Zhu Ci.
But even so, none of the officials dared to act rashly and fight to leave a good impression on Zhu Cishen.
"Long live our emperor!"
After the cheers, Li Banghua and the others suddenly noticed three unfamiliar faces in Taihe Palace.
Before they could react, a eunuch had already announced the appointment of Zhang Juzheng and the other two.
"The Emperor has decreed that Qi Jiguang is now the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army of the Five Armies, in charge of the training of soldiers. Yu Qian was appointed Minister of War and was responsible for the defense of the capital. Zhang Juzheng was appointed as the chief assistant of the cabinet, responsible for assisting the emperor and coordinating the overall situation. Respect this!"
All the officials were stunned when they heard Zhu Ciyao's appointment of Zhang Juzheng and the other two.
Isn't His Majesty's appointment too hasty?
Right now, the Imperial Court's top priority was to defend the capital.
But in order to defend the capital, they had to go around the five military governors, the Bureau of Military Personnel, and the cabinet.
Now that Lord Wansui suddenly appointed three strangers as the chief officials of the three yamens, could they be competent?
"What, do you have a different opinion?”
Zhu Ciao, who was high and mighty, took in the expressions of the officials with one glance.
"Your Majesty, it's not that we're dissatisfied, but we really don't know much about these three. Can they really take on this important task?”
Li Banghua stood up and voiced out the questions in the ministers 'hearts.
Although His Majesty had also appointed the Four Commanders and Four Cruel Officials of the Embroidered Uniform Guards yesterday, everyone had seen the methods and abilities of these eight people. They were more than enough to take on those positions.
However, he had never seen these three people before. In addition, the influence of their official positions on Great Ming was much greater than that of the Four Great Commanders and Four Great Cruel Officials.
If they weren't careful, the Ming Dynasty might be buried in their hands.
Therefore, these old officials had to be cautious.
"Hahaha! Loving the minister is also a wise and experienced way of thinking about the country. In that case, why don't the three of them answer the questions asked by the beloved minister? He wanted to see if they were qualified for their current positions.”
Zhu Ci Xin laughed loudly.
"Your subject, it's better to obey than to be respectful." Li Banghua immediately agreed.
He had already made up his mind. If these three people were really capable, then he had no objections to taking up those three positions.
If the name did not live up to its name, then even if he had to risk his life, he would make His Majesty retract his order.
"Lord Qi, you are in charge of training the soldiers. Now that the capital is old and tired, how are you going to train?”
Li Banghua was the first to walk towards the War God Qi Jiguang.
"Lord Li's words are not entirely true. Not only was the capital exhausted, but it probably didn't even have enough soldiers.”Qi Jiguang looked at Li Banghua and said.
"This…this…"
Under Qi Jiguang's gaze, Li Banghua suddenly felt hesitant.
Firstly, he didn't expect Qi Jiguang to see through his little thoughts.
Secondly, he didn't expect this honest and good-natured general to have such a sharp gaze. It was like a sharp arrow piercing into his heart, making him afraid to look directly at him.
"Thus, the first priority of the capital's defense is to recruit soldiers. Regarding the recruitment of soldiers, I have a standard of 'four do's and four don't's.”
"I'm all ears." At this time, Li Banghua had already put away his contempt.
"First, the city people don't want it, but the country people want it. Second, those over forty with fair skin were not allowed. Dark skin and a strong body.
Third, those who had served in the government were not allowed. I'm afraid of the government. Fourth, those who were too bold or too timid were not needed, but those who had divine eyes were needed.”
Qi Jiguang stated in one breath the criteria he used to train the Qi Family Army.
Hiss…
Everyone gasped.
This standard was too harsh!
"Lord Qi, why are the standards so strict?”Li Banghua could not help but ask.
Qi Jiguang: " The battle of the capital is a life-and-death battle! If someone sneaked in, not only would they not be able to replenish their combat strength, but they might also destroy the morale of the army at the critical moment. Therefore, I would rather have no soldiers than have a few.”
"If we choose according to your standards, how many people can become soldiers?”
"There must be loyalty in a city of ten families! How can the capital be lacking in talent and courage?" Qi Jiguang retorted loudly.
Hearing Qi Jiguang's words, everyone's hearts shook!
The capital was the largest city in the north of Ming Dynasty.
The permanent population was no less than a million.
In addition to the residents who were about to move in from nearby, there were a conservative estimate of two million.
These two million li must have quite a few of the materials and courage he had just mentioned. It seemed that this method was feasible!
Seeing Li Banghua nod, Qi Jiguang knew that he agreed with his statement and continued,""In addition, I will also select a supervising team from the Embroidered Uniform Guards to assist me in training the new recruits.
He had to familiarize himself with the Che Ying Battle Technique within a day, and the Mandarin Duck Formation within two days. As long as I'm familiar with these two combat techniques, even if I have a million enemies, what do I have to fear?”
"Che Ying Combat Technique? Mandarin Duck Formation? Do you really know these two combat techniques?" Li Banghua asked excitedly.
Because the system had modified the background settings, these two combat techniques created by Qi Jiguang had become legendary secret techniques.
Just like Zhuge Liang's Eight Trigrams Formation, everyone knew that it was awesome, but no one knew how to use it.
That was why Li Banghua was so excited when he heard that Qi Jiguang knew these two combat techniques!
"Within two days, if I can't train soldiers who are proficient in combat techniques, I'll bring my head to see you.”Qi Jiguang made a military pledge without hesitation.
"Governor Qi, you're too kind. This old man trusts you!”
Li Banghua and the ministers had great confidence in Qi Jiguang and directly addressed him as the commander of the central army.
"Hahaha! Then Yuan Jing passed. Who do you want to test next?"
Seeing Qi Jiguang successfully pass, Zhu Ciyao couldn't help but tease.
"Old Sir, the Minister of War is the central military power of our Ming Dynasty. Since His Majesty has appointed you as Minister of War, what do you think?”
Li Banghua walked up to Yu Qian, whose hair and beard were all white…
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