Daming Military Empire

Chapter 20 Summoned
Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and it has entered October in a blink of an eye. It has been more than a month since Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty passed away. Zhu Cijiong has been forbearing according to Sun Chengzong's plan, regardless of the government. He spent most of his time in the Qianqing Palace developing a drilling machine with the emperor Xu Guangqi and other cronies.

The drilling machine hadn't been made yet, but Sun Chengzong secretly reported that Yuan Keli and Qin Liangyu had come to the capital by secret decree, and were waiting for the oracle at the Fifth Army Battalion and Shenji Battalion in the outskirts.

The imperial edict is the emperor's oral edict. During this period of time, he has not asked about the government, and he has left everything to do with Wei Zhongxian to Sun Chengzong and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian. Now he is suddenly asked to issue an imperial edict. He really doesn't know why. Down.

If not, the only thing to do is to ask. He immediately summoned Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youjian, and Xu Guangqi to the Qianqing Palace for discussion. He said it was a discussion, but he was actually asking them what to do.

When everyone came to sit down in the imperial study, he asked Sun Chengzong directly: "Teacher, isn't the imperial decree already issued? Why do you still need to give an oral order?"

Sun Chengzong blushed and said in embarrassment: "Uh, well, the imperial decree is only to let them command the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion. The exact number of troops to be called has not yet been determined, so the emperor's oral order is needed."

Zhu Cijiong became even more confused when he heard the words, and asked in puzzlement, "Call as many as you have. Isn't the more the better?"

Sun Chengzong was dumbfounded when he heard the words, is this a joke?He asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you know how many soldiers and horses there are in the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion?"

Zhu Cijiong really didn't know how many troops there were in the two camps of the forbidden army, no one told him!He has only been enthroned for less than a month. Before he became enthroned, he was an innocent kid. He hadn't even finished his basic education. Who would tell him these things in a boring way? , How can I have time to learn these things.

It seems that he needs to take time to understand the structure of the imperial court, but this is not a system reward. It can be stuffed into his head in a blink of an eye. It takes time to understand the structure of the imperial court. Now that he is a novice, how many soldiers and horses does he have? He really doesn't know.

So, he shook his head in embarrassment, and looked at Sun Chengzong stupidly.

Sun Chengzong only realized now, the emperor is only five years old, how could he know everything!So, he explained patiently: "The Shenji Battalion only has more than 5000 soldiers and horses, and it's nothing if they are all called up. But the fifth army battalion will not work. There are more than 30 soldiers in the fifth army camp. I can't afford it at all!"

Now it was Zhu Cijiong's turn to be dumbfounded, more than 30, is there any mistake, he subconsciously asked: "How many troops does Ming Dynasty have?"

Sun Chengzong replied like a few treasures: "According to the records of the Ministry of War, there were 21 capital divisions in Ming Dynasty, 329 internal and external guard offices, 65 guarding thousands of households, and more than 270 million military households. Among them, the 26 guards of the imperial guards have more than 15 registered troops. The Shenji Battalion is organizing more than 32 households, the Three Thousand Battalion is organizing more than [-] households, and the Fifth Military Battalion is organizing more than [-] households."

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback, and lost his voice: "270 million! The Imperial Guard alone has 50! How much food does this cost?"

Sun Chengzong smiled wryly and said: "How can I raise so many soldiers and horses in Ming Dynasty now? When I don't draw men, the military households tend their own fields near the guards. Each person has at least one stone of food per month, and the salary will be determined separately. Now it is a bit overwhelmed to support more than 20 frontier troops, so how dare they call other soldiers!"

Zhu Cijiong was already prepared for the mess left by Ming Xizong, but he didn't expect it to be so bad that the army's food and salary could not be paid, so how could they fight!Of course, now is not the time to think about this issue. If the eunuch party is not eliminated, government orders cannot be passed. This is how the Ming Dynasty was made by them. Can you expect these treacherous officials to help you govern the country?Therefore, the eunuchs must be eliminated before other issues can be considered.

Hearing what Sun Chengzong said, he didn't know how many soldiers to call, so he could only ask for advice: "Then Taifu thinks how many soldiers and horses to call is appropriate?"

Sun Chengzong sighed and said: "Ah, the Ministry of War really has no money, so Yuan Keli can only let Yuan Keli take one out of ten households. The monthly food and salary of more than 3 people is already the limit that the Ministry of War can bear."

Only more than 3 people can be summoned, and there is only one month's salary, that is to say, they have to be disarmed and returned to the field after cleaning up the eunuchs!

The military department of the Ming Dynasty can only squeeze out more than 1 taels of silver, and there are more than 200 million troops, but there is no money to call them. Zhu Cijiong only felt a burst of sadness, and he said in a dispirited way: "Then pass on my oral order and ask Yuan Keli to call up [-] soldiers." Stand by immediately, and let Qin Liangyu lead his family to the palace tomorrow, I want to meet this loyal family."

After receiving the imperial decree, Qin Liangyu had mixed feelings. She followed her husband to fight for the country from the 27th year of Wanli (1599 A.D.).

In the 41st year of Wanli (AD 1613), her husband, Ma Qiancheng, the Xuanfu envoy of Shizhu, was falsely accused by the eunuch and died of illness in Yunyang Prison.

In the first year of Tianqi (AD 1621), his elder brother Qin Bangping, second elder brother Qin Banghan, and fourth younger brother Qin Minping fought a bloody battle with the Qing army in the Hunhe River. In the end, only Qin Minping broke out.

In the fourth year of Tianqi (1624 A.D.), Qin Minping fought against bandits in Luguang and died fighting.

Now almost all of her generation in the Ma family and Qin family have sacrificed their lives for the country, and only her old bones are left, leading a group of nephews and nephews to continue fighting for the country.The corruption of the Ming Dynasty has reached this point, and there are constant wars everywhere. She has already prepared to die in battle and follow her husband and brother in Jiuquan.

She is an old bone, and she has long looked down on life and death, but she suffered from these nephews, and she was repeatedly caught in death at a young age.

His own son Ma Qiancheng guarded the Shanhaiguan Pass and fought bloody battles at the Hunhe River.He was shot in one eye by the enemy's arrows, and he pulled out the arrows and rode his horse to defend bravely, beheading hundreds of enemies, frightening them back, and narrowly escaped death.

His two nephews, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming, were caught in a tight siege when Lu Guang was suppressing the bandits, and they had to fight to the death, almost dying of their injuries.

She always thought that the Ma family and the Qin family would die in battle and be loyal to the country, but she never thought that the new emperor would make her the admiral of the Shenji camp as soon as he ascended the throne!Moreover, besides the imperial decree, the little emperor also asked the eunuch who delivered the decree to bring an oral order, asking her to bring all the Qin family's nephews to Beijing!
She didn't know why the little emperor used her so much, but she knew that this was an opportunity, a chance for the Qin family's nephew to live.The imperial guards are the emperor's personal army, and they usually guard the emperor's surroundings, basically there is no danger, unlike their motley troops who go out to fight everywhere, they don't know whether they will come back alive every time they go out.

With this turning point, she naturally readily accepted the order, and as soon as she received the imperial edict, she took the Qin family's nephew and nephew to the capital.

The new emperor valued her more than she could have imagined. She had just taken over the post of admiral of the Shenji Battalion as soon as she arrived in the capital. The new emperor immediately ordered her to bring her family into the palace to face the saint!
She doesn't know why she is so favored, but she knows that to be a human being is to be grateful. If someone respects me, I will respect others. Since the new emperor is so kind to the Qin family, her Qin family will naturally have to reciprocate. Just like that, a family member that she didn't intend to bring to the face saint was also brought along.

(End of this chapter)