Chapter 69 The Ministry of War will never be allowed to interfere!
Zhu Youtang's eyes turned cold and he was unwilling to explain to Liu Daxia at all.
"Just follow my instructions, I have my own considerations."
"Back off!"
When Liu Daxia saw this, he did not dare to persuade him.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Liu Daxia bowed and walked out of Hongde Hall, going to the general manager to dispatch food and grass.
The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.
When Zhu Youtang sent 100,000 soldiers to the camp to intercept and kill the little Tatar prince in the Tumu Fort, he did not dispatch food and grass.
That’s because the Tumu Fort is too close, less than two hundred miles away.
If the entire army moves forward quickly, it will take less than half a day to reach Tumubao from Changtong.
Each soldier prepares three days of rations and can set off immediately.
Now the army is going to expedition to Hami, Turpan and Tashgan City.
This is a journey of five to six thousand miles. It will take a long time just to prepare food and grass in the early stage.
As for why the guards from Suzhou Prefecture, Yongchang Guard, and Liangzhou Guard were not recruited nearby to provide support, there is a reason.
The Weisuo system was the most important military system of the Ming Dynasty and was founded by Emperor Taizu.
After Emperor Taizu Gao founded the country, he established the Fish Scale Register, and on this basis, he also implemented the Lijia system.
The national population is mainly divided into three categories according to their occupation: civilian, military, and craftsman, and registration is carried out.
All household registrations are hereditary and fixed. It is strictly forbidden to escape and change registrations privately. Once discovered, severe punishment will be imposed.
The Weisuo soldiers are a type of semi-professional soldiers who are organized by civilians with military status and have not yet completely retired from work.
If there is any trouble, they will be dispatched to join the expedition; if there is no trouble, they will be returned to the garrison to farm.
Every civilian with military status has a house and land in the guard station, as well as a fixed monthly ration.
The sergeant in the camp is divided into two parts, the garrison and the field. The ratio is variable and they are rotated on time. The field is fixed to hand over food to supply the garrison and officials.
This system greatly reduced the Ming Dynasty’s military expenditure pressure.
Normally, these guards soldiers are like farmers, farming on their own in the guards, and do not need additional food allocation from the court.
However, this system had already caused very serious problems during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.
The first problem is that the guards’ officers have occupied the army’s farmland and the private sergeants have cultivated it.
Under the oppression of the guards officers, the fields of the military households became the private fields of the guards officers, and the military households became the domestic slaves of the guards officers.
From then on, there was no longer any military training, but he concentrated on farming and collecting food for the officers of the guard station.
The second problem is that military households are fleeing seriously.
By the third year of Zhengtong, the number of military households fleeing had exceeded 1.6 million.
Emperor Yingzong had to start a recruitment system and recruit free soldiers again.
As a result, the combat effectiveness of the guards' soldiers is extremely low, and many guards have the problem of a large amount of empty pay.
And those military households have all become farmers who only know how to farm and have no fighting ability at all.
Moreover, the guard station is affiliated to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War, and Zhu Youtang does not trust it.
If guard troops are dispatched to support, whether or not the battle can be won or when it can be won is a matter of putting aside for now.
Just by asking these guardsmen to move, the food and wages will flow out.
It is unclear whether the money and food flowed into the Ministry of War or into the hands of the officers at the guard station.
What is certain is that the military department itself will never be fully paid.
If the guard system is not solved for one day, Zhu Youtang will never use guard soldiers to fight.
As for the defense of the capital, there were less than 200,000 soldiers from the three battalions originally guarding the capital.
Now Zhu Youtang has placed 100,000 trapped troops in the capital, and now he has mobilized 130,000 troops to go out.
Over and over again, the number of soldiers stationed around the capital was almost the same as before, with an additional 70,000 well-equipped trapped troops. The capital's defense strength is even higher than before.
After Liu Daxia left, Zhu Youtang looked at Gao Shun again.
"Gao Shun, do you have a candidate in mind for the general who will be responsible for this expedition?"
Gao Shun has already made up his mind: "Your Majesty, the general has a candidate in mind. The general's personal soldier Xu Chang , can take on this important task. "
Xuchang is the primary school student who reported the message to Zhu Youtang before, and Zhu Youtang was overjoyed and gave him a letter.
Zhu Youtang nodded: "Okay, then I will first grant him the title of General Wujie and serve as the governor of the northwest. He will control the northwest army and horses and have full authority to preside over this expedition."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"You go back first, select your troops and horses as quickly as possible, and set off immediately when the troops and horses are ready!"
"Yes, I will retire at the end."
After Gao Shun left , Zhu Youtang summoned Wang Zhi, the director of the West Factory.
Wang Zhi came to Hongde Hall. After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Youtang immediately gave the order.
“Wang Zhi, there are two things in total.”
"The first thing is to send some Xichang officials to supervise the affairs of clearing the land under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the dispatch of grain and grass to the expedition to Hami, which is the responsibility of the Ministry of War."
"The second thing, this time When the Hami Guards were sent out, Xichang also sent some people to supervise the army."
"Record. "Remember, the enemy camp and Xichang are fully responsible for the expedition, and the Ministry of War and the border generals must not interfere!"
Wang Zhi looked serious and respectfully accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty"
Zhu Youtang held his forehead and waved his hand: "Go."
"Wei Chen excuses himself."
After Wang Zhi left, Zhu Youtang rubbed his temples, feeling extremely tired.
The Ming Dynasty suffered from internal and external troubles.
It has only been less than a year since he took the throne, and various problems have emerged one after another.
There are still many things that he has not yet had time to do, and there are many people that he has not yet had time to kill.
Currency reform, tax reform, and health care system reform all need to be done step by step.
The north has just been leveled, and there are enemy invaders in the northwest.
Annan in the south is also restless.
Chenghua Liting did not clean up the three Jurchen books.
Historical records state that the late emperor appointed General Zhao Fu to lead an army of 50,000, and the troops were divided into three groups to suppress the Jurchens in Jianzhou.
After a month of encirclement and suppression, the Ming army beheaded more than 630 people and captured more than 240 people.
The killing of just this few people made Zhu Youtang want to laugh.
Fifty thousand people went out for a month and only killed more than 600 people.
This is just like Zhu Qizhen leading hundreds of thousands of troops on an expedition, only to be kidnapped right at his doorstep by the Wala troops who suddenly appeared in Tumubao without any news.
Extremely ridiculous!
I don’t know how those civil servants had the nerve to record these things in the annals of history.
"Your Majesty, the Chief Superintendent has brought pastries and hot tea. Would you like to rest for a while and have something to eat?"
The little eunuch who was accompanying him handed over a cup of tea at the right time. There was a tray filled with pastries and hot tea.
"Put it here."
Zhu Youtang pointed to the dragon table in front of him, and the little eunuch immediately put the cakes and hot tea on it with deft hands and feet.
Zhu Youtang picked up the tea, took a sip, and suddenly asked: "What are Huai'en doing these days? Why haven't I seen him much recently?"
The accompanying young eunuch respectfully replied: "Reply Your Majesty, Eunuch Huai has been staying in Dongchang recently and has been very busy. He has not been seen for several days."
Zhu Youtang nodded thoughtfully.
(End of this chapter)