At this time, the gate of the guild hall ran in and said, "Mr. General Town, a small envoy came from outside, saying that he had come from the palace and wanted to see you quickly."

"Oh, please come in."

The small inner envoys in the palace are mostly dressed up, warm in winter and cool in summer. They wear blue or blue swaying or straight body, and have white leather boots on their feet. Those who are more particular will also wear some jade pendants. This is the case in front of them. At first glance, they are quite proud of themselves in the palace. They are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and their expressions are already quite arrogant.

Both generals stood up. Although one of them was the general town and led tens of thousands of troops in Datong Town, and the other was the generals who were all in charge. They were both high-ranking military positions, they took the initiative to bow to the little eunuch who came out of the palace, and did not dare to neglect their expressions on their faces.

"We have seen two generals in our family." The little eunuch also bowed and said, "Our family came out on the order of Eunuch Wei, and we have something to ask the two generals."

Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong looked at each other, and there was no surprise in their eyes.

Originally, the two thought Wei Zhongxian would meet them in person, but now it seems that they are still incompetent and are not worthy of Wei Zhongxian's personal meeting at the private residence.

In the past, one of the two was a guerrilla warrior in the Beijing camp and the other was a general of the Four Guards. It should be logically a lot of opportunities to meet Wei Zhongxian, but Wei Zhongxian met the nobles and important generals in the Jing camp and the Four Guards. He was disdainful of the middle-level military officers, and originally thought that he might have the opportunity to meet this eunuch, but now it seems that he is a little more passionate.

After the little eunuch said this, he kept silent. Zhou Yuji frowned. Huang Degong had to take out a ingot of silver from his arms, about ten or two, handed it to the little eunuch, and said, "I don't have much silver on my body, I feel wronged."

"That's fine." The little eunuch looked a little dissatisfied, but he still had an unexpected attitude. It was obviously because this job was important, and he had no way to control these two poor generals.

After stuffing the silver into his arms, the little eunuch said, "Mr. Wei said that there have been many things recently, and it is not time to see you two. I know that the two generals will definitely take office early. If you have the chance to see you again before leaving, it will be fine if you don't. There is a saying that he must remind you that after taking office, it is important to eliminate the matter of human feelings and keep yourself clean. Some shortcomings can be compensated for in the military town. Do not make any decisions outside. Second, it is to calm down everything and do not take the emperor's advice to cause trouble. Each army has many ills and it is difficult to recover for a while. Before all the generals took office, Eunuch Wei ordered this."

After saying that, the little eunuch bowed his hand, turned around and left.

Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji looked at each other, and after a while, Huang Degong said, "It seems that the superior is not as ignorant as Brother Zhou thought."

Zhou Yuji smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what to say now. Today, the emperor summoned him and talked about the occupation of the Beijing camp. The emperor only thought that the occupation of the Beijing camp was one or two, but he didn't know that the occupation of the 100,000 soldiers were only seven or eight. When the enrollment of the camp soldiers could be summoned in an emergency, the real Donglu suddenly broke through Shanhaiguan and came in. There were only ten thousand soldiers in the Beijing camp who could carry guns to the top of the city, and there were only more than ten thousand soldiers in the four guards. Generals who could trust and take responsibility. I don't know how many people could be left after we left the capital and went to the outer town?"

Huang Degong frowned when he heard this, "I know that the Beijing camp occupied a serious battle, but is it so powerful?"

"This matter has been lost since the reign of Emperor Xiaozong. Now, which eunuchs, nobles, ministers, does not occupy hundreds or dozens of places? Who doesn't want the benefits of taking the food and salary of the court, doing chores for them, even doing business, farming, and double-chole benefits?"

"During the Xiaozong period?" Huang Degong said inexplicably: "Didn't it mean that Emperor Xiaozong was the wise lord and wise ruler, and was known as Zhongxing during the Hongzhi period?"

"That was the revival of civil officials. Xiaozong was soft-hearted. He was naturally the wise lord and lord. Before Hongzhi, during the Chenghua period, the occupation of the Jingying camp was only used for the construction of major projects in the imperial court. Whether it was to build a tomb or a city, it was in the serious name. After Hongzhi, it was completely finished."

Zhou Yuji thought about it and said, "On the contrary, during the reign of Emperor Wuzong, there were quite a lot of changes and brought back many disadvantages."

Among the bad policies of Emperor Xiaozong, there is one thing that almost no one knows, and few mentions it in the historical community, but the result is very serious, that is, "Beijing Camp occupation."

The Beijing camp consisted of three major camps and the 12th regiment camp, which was an important military force in the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming court often used these troops to carry out some engineering construction, including building palaces, city walls, tombs, etc., turning soldiers into labor and affecting training. The more severe the occupation of the Beijing camp, the more severe the combat effectiveness of the official army will decrease.

During the Chenghua period, the occupation of the Jingying had become a bad policy. At the beginning of the ascension of Emperor Xiaozong, he listed it as one of the bad policies of the previous dynasty in the ascension edict, and ordered that the construction of the mountain monument be completed, the official army of the Jingying was not allowed to do other labor service. However, not long after, he not only allowed the Jingying to re-invest heavy labor service, but also became obsessed with Buddhist and Taoist rituals, and raised temples, and favored the relatives of the outside world. In addition to necessary royal and public works, even some completely unnecessary temples and royal relatives' projects were completed by the Jingying official army. During the Chenghua period, the occupation of the Jingying was mainly for the construction of public works. Emperor Xiaozong became more and more for his own selfishness.

In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong drew up the three major camps of official troops to build the tombs of his father-in-law Zhang Luan and Princess Xianyou. In addition, the Xuanwu Gate, Jinshui River and Washing Clothes Bureau were repaired. The three major camps of official troops were not enough, so they were dispatched from the regiment camp. Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War, requested to stop and return the army to train to cultivate his spirit, but Emperor Xiaozong still ordered the official troops to complete the above projects as soon as possible.

In March of the tenth year of Hongzhi, the warehouse and Wanchun Palace were built, and more than 10,000 soldiers in the Jingying camp were ordered to go to build it. In October of the same year, 8,000 officials from the Jingying camp were sent to build a house for his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jin, five thousand people were optimistic about the gods, three thousand people were repairing the city tower, three thousand people were building tombs for Princess Chongqing, and more than 10,000 people were sent to collect firewood.

After that, he built Chongzhen Palace for the Zhang family in the hometown of Empress Zhang.

In the 14th year of Hongzhi, the official army was ordered to repair the inner and outer cities, the inner palace gates, the earth of the country, the Meridian Gate, and the Jiumen City Moat.

There is also the construction of Qingning Palace, and there is no need to say anything about Yuxiu Pavilion.

In addition, Xiaozong even used soldiers to raise leopards for him. You are not wrong. Using soldiers to raise leopards is not a patent for Emperor Wuzong of Ming, but Emperor Xiaozong of Ming did the same. The difference is that in addition to raising leopards, the warriors in the leopard room of Emperor Wuzong of Ming also had to practice in the inner teaching field, while Emperor Xiaozong of Ming was just raising leopards.

Due to the prosperity of civil engineering and intensive projects during the Hongzhi period, all the government troops were responsible for it. The Beijing official army had almost never conducted training normally, and the good army became an engineering team. The heavy labor force made the soldiers unbearable and fled to service one after another.

It can be said that the Jingying was destroyed in the hands of Emperor Xiaozong!

After Emperor Xiaozong passed away, before Emperor Wuzong ascended the throne, he issued the first order as the crown prince to dismiss the official army from the Beijing camp for service. It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao, who was fifteen years old at the time, had already hated the phenomenon of occupying the official army and no longer practicing. He ordered the order to be dismissed before he ascended the throne.

During the Zhengde period, Emperor Wuzong attached importance to the construction of the Beijing camp. At the beginning of his ascension, he ordered the Ministry of War and others to investigate the regiment camp. The number of people fled to the Qing Gou and the selection of soldiers were restored. Under the personal leadership of Emperor Wuzong, elite troops were selected from the regiment camp to form the East Guan Hall, and together with the border army "Western Guan Hall" that was later transferred to the capital, he was called the "Two Guan Hall". At this time, the Beijing camp not only insisted on training, but was also sent to the border town to guard and fight to improve practical combat capabilities.

The phenomenon of the occupation of the official army has also improved. Looking at the records of Emperor Wuzong, the main projects of the Jingying official army were the construction of Tailing Mausoleum in the 18th year of Hongzhi, the construction of the leopard house in the second year of Zhengde, the construction of the Ganqing in the ninth year of Zhengde, the construction of the Kunning two palaces (destroyed by fires, and the construction of the four palaces and Xianling projects in the 14th year of Zhengde, and the construction of the Kyoto city walls in the nineth year of Zhengde, and the request of the Ministry of Works.

Although some projects were for his own selfishness, such as building unnecessary palaces, the volume of projects was obviously much smaller than during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong. And because the elite "Dongguan Hall" had been selected at this time, the dispatch of soldiers from the remaining regiment camp officials would not allow the entire Beijing camp training to be abandoned. It also ensured that both construction and training were not delayed. The protests of court officials against the occupation of the Beijing camp were greatly reduced compared with the Hongzhi period.

Of course, there were also soldiers and fugitives in Zhengde Dynasty, but most of them fled because of combat, not because of working labor. Fleeing in a cowardly battle can be said to be the responsibility of soldiers, and fleeing due to working labor can only be said to be the responsibility of leaders.

This was a major reform of Emperor Wuzong's bad politics. He practiced it himself and his efforts to restore the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp continued until the end of Zhengde Dynasty.

After listening to a big call from Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong was stunned. After a while, he said: "It turns out that the Holy Lord Renjun is just like that."

Huang Degong said again: "On the contrary, Emperor Wuzong has always been said to be scattered and frolicked. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wuzong is much stronger than Emperor Xiaozong in this matter."

"The East Guan Hall and the West Guan Hall are one of the two halls, and they are selected for training. Later, Jiang Bin and other border generals were summoned to the guards. The East and West Guan Halls went to the border town to fight, and the emperor also went to the battle." Zhou Yuji said with great spirit: "We martial artists were proud during the Zhengde period. But even so, the results of the emperor's war, the civil officials dared to be greedy. The warriors reported were only one level of beheading, which was ridiculous. They deliberately smeared the Emperor Wuzong, so that the warriors could not rely on the emperor to regain power from them, and they still wanted to suppress the warriors. During the reign of Emperor Wuzong, the northern barbarians on the border were suppressed and beaten. Not many years later, Altan fought directly under the city of Beijing. The Beijing camp did not dare to fight, so they could only stalemate the city. It was not that the people had snatched it and retreated. The Ming officers and soldiers of the Jiajing Dynasty had no choice but to say anything. Are you ridiculous?"

"There is not much ridiculous than the world."

Huang Degong's words made Zhou Yuji shake his head and speak without saying a word.

Huang Degong punched the table with another punch and said dissatisfiedly: "The civil servants made the country look like this mess, and there was not enough salary and equipment. Winning the battle is their goal, and losing the battle is our unwilling to die. Damn it, they all took over the truth."

Zhou Yuji said calmly: "People hold the seal and the pen, and their power and public opinion are in control. Our image has been corrupt since the end of the Tang Dynasty. I have never heard of such words among the people. Good men do not serve as soldiers, and good iron does not make nails."
Chapter completed!