"Zhu Ke, accept the decree!"
" The Emperor of the Heavens decreed that the commander of Taiping Stronghold, Zhu Ke, was loyal to the country. He resisted the enemy outside the border and wiped out 10,000 enemies. He raised the prestige of our country in the north of the Great Wall and did not dare to invade the pass. I am very comforted..."
"Zhu Ke is now the commander of the Jizhou Guards. He will recruit 10,000 soldiers to train a strong army for the court…"
"Respect this!"
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The newly promoted Centurion of the Embroidered Uniform Guards stood in front of Zhu Ke and read for nearly a quarter of an hour before stopping.
Zhu Ke, Qi Jin, and the others were all shocked.
They guessed that the Imperial Court would promote Zhu Ke, and his rank would not be low.
However, he had never expected the imperial court to offer such a high price!
"Commander Zhu, receive the decree." The centurion looked at Zhu Ke with some envy and reminded him with a smile.
The reason he could come to announce the decree was because Commander Luo had fought fiercely with the ministers of the cabinet in front of the Emperor.
The centurion felt that Commander Luo was giving him a new centurion to do this, hinting that he should learn from Commander Zhu.
This Commander Zhu was also a centurion just like him not long ago.
Now, he was already a Rank-4 Guard Commander.
After Commander Luo entrusted this matter to him, his colleagues came to congratulate him.
Everyone thought the same as him. They felt that this was a hint from Commander Luo before he put him in an important position.
Therefore, apart from envy, the centurion in front of him was even more grateful to Zhu Ke. He felt that the good luck in front of him was brought to him by Zhu Ke.
Otherwise, why would Commander Luo promote him and choose him to convey the imperial edict as the commander of countless Embroidered Uniform Guards?
This centurion would never have thought that he was just imagining things.
The reason why Luo Sigong promoted him to a hundred households and then let him deliver the imperial edict.
He even used the excuse that Zhu Ke was a talent from the Jinyiwei and did not hesitate to fight with the cabinet for this matter.
The main reason was that the cabinet and the six departments all knew Zhu Changluo.
Luo Sigong was covering for Zhu Changluo.
Zhu Ke came back to his senses. No matter how shocked he was, he still hurriedly kowtowed respectfully."Thank you, Your Majesty!" As he spoke, he raised his hands high.
After receiving the imperial edict, Zhu Ke stood up.
The centurion smiled and said,""Commander Zhu, you're a talent from our Embroidered Uniform Guards. You must remember our Embroidered Uniform Guards in the future.”
嘚!
Zhu Ke was not a fool.
What Jinyiwei? She just wanted to build a relationship with him.
After casually saying a few words, he took out some silver and secretly stuffed it into the hands of the centurion who had delivered the decree. Then, the centurion was taken away by the people arranged by Qi Jin.
The generals of the Qi Family Army who received the decree looked at Zhu Ke with envy.
A child had actually jumped to the position of being on equal footing with the commander!
Although his rank was still a little lacking.
However, the power in his hands was not bad at all.
Or even worse.
Qi Jin was the commander of Ji Province. According to the promise the Imperial Court had made to the Qi Family Army to go north to guard the borders, even though the general of the Qi Family Army did not have the title of Guard Commander, he had the authority of Commander.
Now, this authority had been taken by Zhu Changluo, the commander of the guards who lived up to his name.
In the future, they would definitely violate the interests of their brothers.
Secondly, it was the military strength.
Zhu Changluo had established a ten-thousand-man battalion as the commander of Wei.
The Qi Family's Army only had around six thousand soldiers.
In terms of power, Zhu Changluo and Qi Jin were on equal footing!
"Hmph, I guessed correctly. We personally nurtured an ingrate!”
"From the very beginning, I knew that this Embroidered Uniform Guard was not a good person!”
"Whoever dares to touch my things, I will fight with them. My knife is not to be trifled with!”
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A group of Qi Family Army veterans shouted angrily and said some meaningful words. They cupped their hands at Qi Jin and turned to leave.
Qi Jin couldn't help but frown.
Zhu Changluo's expression was calm. When he heard the title of Commander Wei, he knew what was going to happen.
The Ji Prefecture Guards were split from the Tianjin Guards. This was also the condition that the imperial court had offered the Qi Family Army in order to let them go north to guard the borders.
The Wei would be under the jurisdiction of the Qi Family's Army, and the Wei Bureau and the Imperial Court would jointly support General Qi's army.
Therefore, this guard station did not have a guard commander.
In order to nurture the soldiers, the Qi Family's Army had used their own people to exclude the original chief officers of the guard stations in Ji Prefecture.
However, this method led to another consequence, which was the rapid decline of the Qi Family's Army's generals.
There were currently two forces of interest in the Ji Province, one of which was the Qi Family Army's old man who had left in anger.
The other group was the original hereditary officials of the Ji Prefecture Guard.
This was also the problem that Zhu Changluo had to face.
"I didn't expect the Imperial Court to be so generous this time. It's so generous that it's beyond our expectations.”Lou Dayou said with a bitter smile.
It was difficult for the Ji Prefecture Guards to feed the Qi Family Army.
Now, he still had to support Zhu Ke's ten-thousand-man army.
As for the imperial court's rations, they had been accurate all these years.
Often in arrears, when there was a war to be fought, a portion of the arrears would be paid.
The Qi Family's Army's daily military supplies were all obtained from the Ji Prefecture Guards.
This was also the reason why Qi Jin and the others knew that the old generals of the Qi Family Army were profiting from this, yet they did not make a move.
Their friendship was one thing.
It was one thing to cause unrest within the Qi Family's Army if they moved against these people.
More importantly, they needed to rely on these people who profited from it to plunder money and food to raise their troops.
Without these people's plundering, the Qi Family's Army would have become an army of beggars.
"Don't mind them, my dear nephew. These people have fallen too quickly over the years. When my uncle decided to use them to hold important positions in the various guard posts, I'm afraid he didn't expect that they would bring such a huge hidden danger to the Qi Family Army.”Qi Jin said apologetically after the others left.
"Senior, you're too kind," Zhu Changluo said with a smile."I'm mentally prepared.”
As he spoke, he could not help but smile bitterly.
The few of them smiled bitterly.
Qi Jin said," It seems like we have to discuss how we should raise the army. Let's go. Everyone, go in and sit down. Let's discuss it together."”
Then, Qi Jin turned around and walked into the main hall.
Ye Lou and Ye Mo looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and followed.
Such a huge conflict of interest was very realistic.
If they didn't deal with each other well, there would definitely be conflicts that the officials of the imperial court wanted to see in the future.
The four of them sat in silence for a long time.
Sigh!
Qi Jin sighed and looked at Zhu Changluo.""Nephew, I'll leave the rest of the guard stations to you. I don't care what methods you use to control them. As for the guard stations that the Qi Family Army currently occupies, we'll be in charge.”
"The days may be a little bitter, but isn't it the same everywhere in Great Ming? Soldiers like us who guard the border live the most indignant and helpless lives!”
The two of them heaved a sigh of relief.
Qi Jin showed his utmost sincerity.
In terms of the authority of the Guards, he only handed over a few of the Guards that even the Qi Family's Army could not touch to Zhu Ke. It seemed like Zhu Ke was at a disadvantage.
However, the most practical distribution of food and salary had already shown the greatest sincerity.
The Qi Family's Army was also feeling sad.
"Seniors, can we rely on a single Ji Prefecture Guard to feed twenty thousand troops? Even if they were fed, could they become a strong army with this level of feeding?”
Zhu Changluo raised his head and asked.
The three of them fell silent.
"The objective situation forces us to make changes!”Zhu Changluo said solemnly.
Ye Bangrong's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked,""Nephew, do you have any ideas?”
Qi Jin and Lou Dayou also looked at Zhu Ke.
Qi Jin pretended to be unhappy and said," Nephew, that day, we had a long talk. You acknowledged me as your uncle, and I acknowledged you as my nephew. If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't hesitate!”
"Then this junior will be impudent." Zhu Changluo stood up slowly and analyzed,""The original intention of the Wei Institution was to raise millions of soldiers without wasting a grain of rice.”
"But this idea is good, but it will be difficult to carry it out.”
"Starting from the Hongwu period, there have been cases of people escaping from the guard station. It has been 200 years, and the guard station has long rotted away.”
"In terms of land, the Wei system is essentially a way for the country to advance and the people to retreat. Since this method is no longer suitable, can we reverse it and make adjustments for the country to retreat and the people to retreat!”
In Zhu Changluo's view, the essence of Wei's system was actually a problem between state-owned and private ownership.
The 200-year history of the Ming Dynasty proved that it was difficult to form an effective supervision system with the country as the background. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, where the old and new productive forces and production relations alternated, it was even more inappropriate.
Zhu Changluo had already thought about how to solve the problem of money and food when he was paying for food in Taiping Stronghold.
In the end, the solution he thought of was to reform the Wei system.
"Nephew, what do you mean by the country advancing and the people retreating?”Lou Dayou vaguely felt that he had caught a glimmer of light, but it was blurry. His heart was like an ant biting it. It was very uncomfortable and he hurriedly urged.
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