Lu Xiangsheng was originally a civil servant, but he had always been a martial artist. In addition, he was a local official for many years and had many thieves in the late Ming Dynasty. He could not keep the area safe by relying on the military soldiers who had completely become peasants.

Therefore, like most promising local officials.

Lu Xiangsheng trained a group of servants, and most of these servants were relatives, with blood and dependent on each other. They were prone to share the same hatred of the enemy when they were in war, so they had a strong combat power.

This is how the famous Tianxiong Army in history came from.

But for a centralized dynasty, this is undoubtedly the beginning of local warlords. If all elite soldiers are generals and servants, then the emperor Zhu Youxiao will become a puppet emperor.

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng did not have the ambition to hold on to his own troops, not to mention that the local governors and generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty did not listen to the emperor's edicts.

Seeing that Emperor Zhu Youxiao intended to prevent his ministers from raising private soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng, who had always been loyal to the court, did not object, so he agreed and called more than 100 of his servants over:

"From today, you are all your personal soldiers, no longer my personal personalities, and you will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and obey your orders in the future!"

As Lu Xiangsheng said, he let these servants stand with the remaining five thousand Beijing soldiers. Zhu Youxiao nodded when he saw this.

At this time, Wang Chengen walked up and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Liu Ruyu was ordered to bring his personal army's four guards camp to come, and is currently waiting for the imperial edict outside the school."

Zhu Youxiao knew that the garrison troops in the capital were also four personal guards directly under the emperor's command, and the four personal guards were Tengxiang Left Guard, Tengxiang Right Guard, Wuxiang Left Guard, and Wuxiang Right Guard. They were originally one of the personal guards of the twenty-six guards directly under the emperor.

The so-called twenty-six guards are Zhu Yuanzhang's personal army, the twelve guards of Zhu Di's Yan army, and the four guards of Emperor Xuande, namely the four guards mentioned above.

However, after the Battle of Tumu Fort, due to the damage to most of the Jing camp, the 26 guards, except for the Jinyi Guards who were under the direct control of the emperor, Tengxiang and Wuxiang Guards had been under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the remaining twenty-one guards had been mixed into the Jing camp.

The decrease in the number of personal troops directly under the emperor also shows that the imperial power began to decline after Tumu Fort.

What Zhu Youxiao needs to do now is to strengthen its control over the military. Not only did the Four Guards, which were previously controlled by the Inspector, belonged to him, but these Jingshou also belonged to him.

However, now both the Jingying and the Four Guards have no combat power, and they are mostly dandy or gamblers. Zhu Youxiao does not need to keep the Jingying and the Four Guards for training, as that will only waste money and food.

On the way to the Jingying School Farm, he had already asked Wang Chengen to pass the order to Liu Ruyu, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horses, and asked him to bring the troops from the Four Guards to the Jingying School Farm.

Zhu Youxiao had never seen this person for Liu Ruyu, the eunuch in the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but according to his original memory, although this person was a eunuch, he was also a hereditary military officer. It is said that he decided to enter the palace because of a dream. He was always smart and studious, so he was appointed as the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor was a position with a proportion of power among the 12 prisons of the 24th yamen in the Ming Dynasty. Its power is equivalent to that of the Minister of War of the Six Ministry of the Foreign Court, and its functions are also equivalent to that of the Ministry of War.

But Liu Ruyu was very low-key after serving as the supervisor of the imperial horse. No important officials mentioned him, and he was considered a neutral person.

Because of this, Zhu Youchao also had some good feelings for Liu Ruyu, not to mention that Wei Zhongxian has been dismissed, and Wang Chengen is in charge of the Silijian and Dongchang. He lacks the in-house minister who assists him in managing the Rongzheng and restrains the Ministry of War, so he has no intention of replacing Liu Ruyu.

Like Wang Chengen and Wei Zhongxian, no matter how civil servants impeach Liu Ruyu, Zhu Youqiao would also be very grateful for his blessings.

"Let him bring all the officers and soldiers of the Four Guards Camp in." After Zhu Youxiao ordered, not long after, he saw a tall and tall man, majestic but white as snowy, and his beardless under his jaw came over: "My minister Liu Ruyu greets His Majesty."

"Let's go flat", Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly, raised his hand, and then looked at the officers and soldiers of the Four Guards and Battalions who entered the school ground one after another.

As he expected, the number of officers and soldiers in these Four Guards and Battalions did not reach the strength that the Four Guards and Battalions should have, and it was not only for the Beijing camp to get empty wages.

In addition, the officers and soldiers of the Four Guards were also very scattered and tight, walking and dragging, very soft and weak. The mandarin duck battle robe was not neatly worn, and the Lumi gun was already covered with rust, so I was afraid that it was suddenly taken out because I had to inspect it.

Zhu Youchao's good impression of Liu Ruyu was also reduced a lot, and he couldn't help but ask coldly: "Liu Ruyu, is this the Four Guards and Camp you brought to me?"

"I am incompetent, please punish your majesty!"

Liu Ruyu smiled bitterly. The reason why he gave up his hereditary commander and went to Beijing to become an eunuch was to one day be like eunuchs such as Cao Jixiang and Wang Zhi and others to realize their ambitions.

But who knew that since he took charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, not only did he lack military pay and firearms, but he also lacked enough soldiers. Most of them were still playboys who could not beat or scold him.

Zhu Youxiao was good at observing others. Seeing Liu Ruyu clenched his fists and smiled bitterly, he knew that he was helpless. The court had been busy with party struggles for several years, and the increasing financial difficulties and the suppression of imperial power by civil servants, the current situation of military affairs was slackened. This was not something that he, a small Liu Ruyu, could change.

"Get up, I forgive you for not guilty." As Zhu Youxiao said that, he let the officers and soldiers of the Four Guards and Battalions also invade the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp.

Then, Zhu Youxiao immediately took off his dragon robe and handed it to Wang Chengen.

The officers and soldiers such as Lu Xiangsheng were shocked. They didn't understand what His Majesty was going to do.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care what these people thought of him. At this time, he twisted his neck, turned his wrists, and kicked his feet from time to time. He took the cold wind and returned to his temperature before taking off the crown again, took a touch of forehead from Wang Chengen and tied it to his forehead, and said:

"The Jinyiwei obeyed the order. If there are officers and soldiers who cheated on shortcuts, they will be beaten twenty. If there are officers and soldiers who are lazy and do not run away, they will be beatenthirty. If there are those who voluntarily give up, they will be registered and reported to the Ministry of War afterwards. Whether they are officials or soldiers, they will be dismissed directly! "

"yes!"

The Jinyiwei responded in unison and stood up directly, and had already prepared a stick in his hand.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Ruyu guessed that their Majesty must have been prepared. They looked at each other and smiled and took off their official robes, followed them with only a layer of single clothes.

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to run away with the Imperial Guards himself, and they had to follow him.
Chapter completed!