I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zhu Youjiao was worrying, and Tsarist Russia came to meddle again at this time.

"Tell Shuo Lei not to be afraid. The Russian army doesn't have many guns. As long as they dare to enter the territory of Khalkha, Ming Dynasty will definitely send troops to help."

Chapter 853 Retraining the Guards

With the promulgation of the new policy, the situation in the Shaanxi Guards became better and better. The military households did not come out to make troubles, and more than half of the guards chose to disarm and return to the fields.

Although, most of them never really wear armor.

Outside Xi'an, the school grounds.

Emperor Apocalypse was going to speak today, and the government in Xi'an City temporarily cleared out this large school yard built in the Yongle Year and hadn't been used for many years so far for use.

The Yongwei Battalion surrounded the school grounds, watching vigilantly the more than 1 Guards Army in the middle.

These guards are all those who chose to stay in the guards and continue to fight for the court after the New Deal during this period.

However, most of these people only bite the bullet and retain their status as military households only after hearing that the imperial court now has a generous welfare policy for the children of families who serve as soldiers.

As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao didn't intend to completely abolish the guards, so he didn't want to see all the guards run away as the civil servants said.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao thinks that the guard can be kept, but it needs to be reformed to abandon the original backward system and make it match the reformed Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion and become a grassroots military organization.

The nationalization of the Weisuo military settlements could no longer stop those unscrupulous people from encroaching on them, so they were simply classified as Huangzhuang and given to military households for farming in the form of lease.

Since then, the military households have been farming for the emperor, and the land tax has been reduced to the lowest five stones in history, to see who has the courage to invade the emperor's Huangzhuang farmland.

I can reward it, but you can't steal it.

The remaining 1 people are standing crookedly on the Xiaochang Mountain. They are used to standing like this in the past, and under such an environment, they have never felt ashamed as they are today.

But today, the Guards Battalion, with their neat military appearance and bright armor, lined up beside them.

Take a look at these soldiers of the Son of Heaven who are neatly lined up no matter which direction you look at, look at the meticulous expressions on their faces staring at the emperor on the stage, and look at yourself...

The guards finally discovered the gap, and also felt that they were out of place. Soon, one person consciously stood up straighter.

The guards began to adjust their formation spontaneously, everyone tried to stand up straight, although they still looked crooked, compared with the brave guard battalion, they were completely invisible.

But in Zhu Youxiao's view, this is much better than before.

Chen Ce nodded aside, and said with emotion:

"Your Majesty, it seems that it's not that the military households in the guard are useless, it's that those rebels who rebel don't know how to train soldiers at all. There is still hope for these people to be rectified."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said in sonorous and forceful words:

"The guards have accumulated evils for a long time. Since I have come to Shaanxi, I must abolish these old evils and welcome the new!"

They can adjust their formation spontaneously and know how to stand in line, which is really surprising.

Chen Ce stepped forward and said loudly:

"You can stay in the guard and continue to serve in the army. This is the trust in the court, and it is also the trust in us. I am Chen Ce, the governor of the Yongwei Battalion!"

"I want to build you into a real official army, and you can take it out and tell people proudly that I am an official army of Ming Dynasty!"

"Instead of now, let's see what each of you looks like?"

"Those who are over forty years old, come out!"

When the words fell, hundreds of middle-aged and elderly people with gray beards and hair came out tremblingly. Chen Ce frowned, "The current guard is no longer the old guard. Those over 40 years old are not allowed to serve in the army!"

"What Daming wants is warriors who can guard the territory, not you people who can't even hold a knife and gun, just eat and wait to die!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Ce paused, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Those who are disabled and have no family members come out!"

More people came out this time, more than 2000 people stood up, and they whispered to each other, not knowing what was going to happen.

Chen Ce didn't give the guards a chance to respond, and said directly: "Everyone goes to the territory of the Experience Department to pay for the travel expenses back to their hometowns, and go home!"

It is said that the guards will quit.

A 26-year-old man came out and said, "Governor! I don't want to leave. My father starved to death and my mother was killed by thieves. There is no point in going back! I want to stay in the guard!"

"Yes, we want to stay in the guard, I want to be a soldier, and I want to avenge my parents!"

Chen Ce narrowed his eyes, came to the first young man who called out, and patted his shoulder heavily. Seeing that the boy bared his teeth, but didn't make any sound, he nodded inwardly.

"what's your name?"

"Go back to the Governor, the younger one is called Wang Ziyong, Suide Renshi!" When the 26-year-old boy shouted, the veins on his neck were exposed, and there was a lot of resentment and unwillingness in his heart.

"What about you?"

"Back to the governor, the young Ma Shouying, once served as a frontier soldier in Datong, but later escaped without pay, and now he will continue to serve as a soldier!"

Chen Ce was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "My boy, dare to say that, how much money did Datong owe you back then?"

Ma Shouying replied: "I owe 14 taels of payment!"

"Okay! Give him 14 taels!" After Chen Ce finished speaking, Ma Shouying looked unbelievable. He didn't expect to come back so easily.

He quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly:

"Thank you Governor!"

"What's the use of thanking me?" Chen Ce was taken aback, then turned to look at the person standing on the stage, "You have to thank Your Majesty, without Your Majesty, how would there be a new policy in Shaanxi?"

At the end of the sentence, Wang Ziyong, Ma Shouying and others knelt down on the ground, shouting in unison: "My little ones thank you Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao walked down the high platform, helped them up one by one, and said with a smile:

"Bring it up!"

The guards were curious, so they saw the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion carrying large boxes from around the school grounds and opening them one by one in front of them.

The boxes were opened one by one, and the faces of the guards were immediately attracted.

Wang Ziyong was stunned, and Ma Shouying even inadvertently drooled all over the place. What the Yongweiying brought up were boxes of brand new armor!

In addition to the armor, there are shiny iron helmets, silver shining sabers, and quick-fire shotguns for musketeers.

This is not over yet, and more than a dozen large boxes were carried up.

Inside these boxes are the new mandarin duck battle jackets issued to the guards for the winter, which are thicker than the original ones, and iron sheets are added to provide defense.

"Distribute it, my soldiers can't dress like beggars!" Zhu Youxiao smiled faintly and waved his hand.

After about half an hour, all the armor, knives and guns were distributed.

Since the new Xi'an Guards Army is a local government army, it does not have the luxurious configuration of full iron armor like the Nine Sides and the Yongwei Battalion.

An ordinary guard soldier, the combat armor he was given in Shaanxi was the northern cotton armor, and the new mandarin duck battle jacket was used for the winter.

As for weapons, each person will be issued an improved waist knife and a new long spear.

These things are all standard equipment, but in the eyes of the guards, they are like family heirlooms.

Wang Ziyong stroked the shiny waist knife in his hand, as if he had found a treasure, he murmured:

"God, I have never seen such a sharp waist knife!"

"And this armor, new and new, just give it to me?"

Chapter 854 The Strange Case of Guyuan

People in the world are often influenced by emotions. Even if they know the consequences, as long as there is a glimmer of life, some people will infinitely magnify this little life in their hearts and take risks.

In June of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, one and a half months after the Shaanxi New Deal was officially implemented, the city of Guyuan was ablaze, and the armory was razed to the ground with a bang.

At the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang reduced the Kaicheng Road (state level) in the Yuan Dynasty to Kaicheng County. During the reign of Yongle, Chengzu Zhudi conquered Mongolia five times, trained frontier troops with hundreds of thousands of armors to defend the frontier, and all nations came to the dynasty.

During the orthodox years of Yingzong, the national power declined after the civil fortress change, and the northern border areas were fully on the defensive, and the territory was shrinking, and the situation gradually became tense.

Oala Yexian, Mongolian Chahan, Chahar and other tribes often went south under the banner of the Yuan Empire, attacked Shaanxi along the Qingshui River, and plundered the Central Plains.

In order to better guard against the frontier, after orthodoxy, the emperors of successive dynasties set up nine important towns on the northern border, known as "Nine Frontiers", and their soldiers were also called "Frontier Army", known as the elite of the whole country.

Guyuan is one of the important towns in the "nine borders".

In the second year of Apocalypse, after the great victories in the Southwest and Liaodong, the situation in the northern frontier gradually improved.

The court proposed to add 30 soldiers from the "nine sides" and pay 500 million yuan per year to deal with the northern Tsarist Russia and the growing Chahar Lindan Khan at that time, as well as the Jurchens who were eyeing Jianzhou outside the customs.

As one of the important towns on the nine frontiers, Guyuan added [-] frontier troops, of which [-] were permanently stationed in Guyuan City, which has continued to this day.

Since Xitu Mote was destroyed and the Chahar tribe was forced to move northward, Guyuan has always been relatively stable because it was guarded and close to the Central Plains, with sufficient armor and abundant warehouses.

However, today, the arsenal in Guyuan City suddenly burst into flames at night. Although the frontier soldiers put out the fire in time and evacuated the people, the arsenal still exploded.

At that time, the fire was so bright that it was as bright as day.

Red Castle is the northernmost area under the jurisdiction of Guyuan Town, and it is an important defense point of the Great Wall for Monan to enter Shaanxi.

Guo Qin, the current general soldier of Guyuan, inherited Zuyin.

In the 47th year of Wanli, he defended the Red Castle against Kou Bian, the little prince of Mongolia and the Han tribe. He beheaded [-] ranks and became famous.

In the third year of Apocalypse, Guo Qin led more than [-] Guyuan troops out of the customs to participate in the Liaodong War, and was under the account of Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Jiliao.

During the war, Guo Qin led the Guyuan Army to march from the north, encountered Le Ertu, one of the eight beiles in Jianzhou, won the melee, and beheaded him.

After the war, he returned to Beijing to participate in the merit ceremony, and Guo Qin was granted the title of Yoududu and Prince Shaobao of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies with his second-class military exploits.

Recently, he was going here for inspection, so he escaped unharmed.

Hearing that there was a change in the city, Guo Qin took only three soldiers and ran across the starry night. At this time, it was several miles away from Guyuan City, and he could still see the fire on the other side of the sky.

Guo Qin kept his hands on, and the whip kept raising and lowering.

"quick!"

"quick!!"

Not long after, a group of people drove into the city from Nan'an Gate. The streets were already devastated. Around the armory, most of the houses had collapsed. The people stood on the street in shock, crying.

Even in the south of the city, many houses were crumbling, and several black smoke billowed up. Since Guo Qinti took down Guyuan, there had never been such a disturbance.

Going further, when they came to the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, Guo Qin was even more shocked by the scene in front of him.

The entire Marshal's Mansion was razed to the ground, and the flames were still burning soaring into the sky. He got off his horse and ran to the ruins despite the dissuasion of his own soldiers.

"What about people?"

"Where are the people here?!"

Guo Qin stood on the familiar ruins, shouting like crazy.

At this time, a Guyuan Army Chief Qian who was left behind in the city saw the Commander come back, and ran over, crying, "Marshal! Madam and Young Master are buried below!"

"The armory was also buried. I took my brothers and tried my best to dig it with my hands, but I still couldn't dig it fast. Commander, you are humble and incompetent!"

"Madam, Madam, she..."

Saying that, Mr. Qian drew out his saber and was about to commit suicide.

Guo Qin turned around coldly, and kicked the knife off his hand, "Save your strength and go find the murderer who caused the explosion in the armory!"

"Master, but—"

Mr. Qian wanted to say more, propping himself up on the ground, looking at the panic scene in front of him, he clenched his fists and hammered the ground bitterly.

"If you let the humble staff know who set the fire!"

Several other CEOs roared angrily, "Marshal, let us go door-to-door to investigate! The murderer must still be hiding in the city, and we can always find clues by comparing with the local household registration!"

"Yes! Arrest all those with incorrect household registration and interrogate them one by one!"

Guo Qin clenched his fists tightly, his nails were even embedded in his flesh, dripping blood.

He turned around and looked at the bloody hands of the other soldiers, and said in a trembling voice, "Stop digging with your hands, they are already dead."

"You still have to save your hands to kill slaves, send people on flying horses to Pingliang Mansion, ask them to borrow tools, and come back to save people."

"Seal the whole city, and no one is allowed to let go until the murderer is found!"

"The whole city is under martial law, and those who take to the streets will be killed!"

After such a big event happened, orders were issued in an orderly manner, and the soldiers and generals of the Guyuan Army quickly dispersed to arrange personnel one by one.

Guo Qin raised his head, trying to keep the tears in his eyes from falling.

He is the commander-in-chief of the three armies and a role model for everyone. No matter what, he must not show his cowardly side, otherwise it will only cause more chaos if it is spread out.