Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Sun Weifan came over after hearing this, and tried to choose his words carefully:

"Your Majesty, I need to go to the camp to take a look before I can respond based on the actual situation."

Sun Weifan was more pragmatic and what he said was honest, but it was obvious that he did not understand what Emperor Chongzhen meant.

In order to escape the fate of being a worker, Zhang Shikang quickly praised:

"Your Majesty, this is called professionalism."

Emperor Chongzhen glared at Zhang Shikang without commenting, thinking to himself, what's so professional about that? Didn't he say anything?

After a pause, Zhang Shikang continued:

"The nobles must not be suppressed any longer, otherwise they will be in great trouble.

In my opinion, it is nothing more than dismissing the old and weak, and combining the existing soldiers into a battalion, with sufficient food and wages. The number of soldiers is not important, but their quality is.

Even if there are serious vacancies, counting half of them, the Beijing Camp must have at least 30,000 actual troops. No matter how weak these soldiers are, they are considered veterans.

As long as we stop withholding military pay, train him well for three months, and frighten those people, there will be no problem. "

Zhang Shikang indeed knew nothing about military affairs, but he felt that these were common sense. As for the specific matters of military training, he was not in a position to say more.

But even so, Sun Weifan stared at Zhang Shikang with his eyes wide open, as if he were a monster.

Dismiss the old and weak, provide adequate food and wages, enforce strict military discipline, and believe that quantity of soldiers is not important but their quality is. In just a few sentences, he gave a general idea of how to train soldiers.

This... is this kid really a playboy?

How could a playboy be so familiar with military affairs?

Should I still propose to His Majesty to replace him?

“Although I know nothing about military affairs, I trust you. You were the one who recommended the Marquis of Huaining, so I will leave the Beijing Camp to you two.

Marquis Huaining, you should cooperate with Zhang Qing and don't let me down."

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Sun Weifan and said.

"If I cannot train a strong army, I will bring my head to you!"

Sun Weifan immediately issued a military order.

At the same time, his mind became even more confused. He was actually recommended by Zhang Shikang, but why did Zhang Shikang let him say bad things about him?

Zhang Shikang doesn’t want to be the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp?

He obviously has his own ideas about military training.

why?

"There is another matter that I hope Your Majesty will know." Zhang Shikang had no idea about Sun Weifan's brainstorming and spoke to Chongzhen on his own.

"If you have something to say, just say it. No need to be so polite."

Emperor Chongzhen said casually.

"I don't want... to have a military supervisor in the Beijing camp." Zhang Shikang hesitated for a moment, but still said it.

Many wars in the late Ming Dynasty were ruined by the eunuchs who supervised the army. If you say that they don't understand military affairs, they can only talk about the basics. If you say that they understand military affairs, they really only know the basics.

Moreover, the military supervisors had enormous power. Not only could they speak ill of the generals at any time, but they could also influence the generals' combat orders. For various reasons, some generals even had to bribe these military supervisors heavily.

This is fatal.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, seeming a little hesitant.

"It's not that I don't trust you, but military supervision is an ancestral rule that has been in place since Emperor Gao. It's hard to violate the ancestral rule!"

"Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, the rule of Emperor Gao was that if one embezzled 60 taels of silver, one would be skinned and stuffed with straw. Why haven't I heard anyone mention it now?"

What I mean is that if Your Majesty does not trust certain generals, just replace them. Trust the people you employ, and do not employ the people you do not trust.

Your Majesty, please don't ask the military supervisor to just monitor without interfering. That is impossible. It is human nature.

Alternatively, you can place some people in the military camp, who are only responsible for secret surveillance and recording and reporting the actual situation they see, so that the generals can fight without any worries.

For example, Jinyiwei or Dongjishichang are very suitable for this job."

War is a matter of great importance to a country, a matter of life and death, a matter of survival or destruction. It is understandable that Emperor Chongzhen was worried, but this has nothing to do with ancestral rules, and if the rules are inappropriate, they must be changed.

After hearing Zhang Shikang's explanation, Emperor Chongzhen hesitated for a moment and said:

"I will listen to you, but the supervisors in other camps cannot be withdrawn for the time being, unless you take over the job of Jinyiwei and follow your method to secretly monitor them for me."

The implication is very clear, Emperor Chongzhen only trusts Zhang Shikang.

Zhang Shikang looked bitter when he heard this, thinking that Daochen was just making a suggestion and wanted to give him more tasks, but he was not the donkey of the production team.

He did not dare to respond and kept winking at Sun Weifan, wanting Sun Weifan to report to the emperor that he, Zhang Shikang, was not qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp.

But Sun Weifan pretended not to understand and just stood there without saying a word.

Sun Weifan thought to himself, I was given this job just because the emperor trusts you, but you let me sue you. Do you think I'm stupid?

At the same time, Sun Weifan was a little relieved. After all, Zhang Shikang had to call him uncle.

After all, it is easier to communicate with acquaintances about the Beijing camp. If it were any other immediate superior, Sun Weifan would not be very confident in his communication skills.

"Is Mr. Zhang feeling unwell? Why do you keep blinking?" Emperor Chongzhen saw through it but didn't say anything. He wanted to laugh but held it back.

"It's alright. I just think that we have to deal with things one by one. Let's wait until there is progress in the Beijing camp, so as to avoid alerting the enemy."

Zhang Shikang was so shameless that he pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

Emperor Chongzhen felt uncomfortable at the thought of having a spy around him, but he knew that Zhang Shikang was afraid of official positions, so he could only endure it temporarily.

"How do you plan to settle those children of nobles?" Emperor Chongzhen changed the subject.

"Okay, just stuff them all into the Beijing camp." Zhang Shikang said casually.

Sun Weifan's eyes widened, and he finally interrupted:

"The Beijing Army is not a garbage dump. How can Admiral Zhang do this?"

Those are the ones who are truly uneducated and unskilled. Wouldn't it be a hindrance to allow them into the Beijing camp?

Zhang Shikang curled his lips and said:

"How can you say that about your own son, sir?"

Zhang Shikang had thought about this problem before. Many of these young masters were indeed uneducated, but their families had indeed donated a lot of money. How could they go back on their word?

Your Majesty has not promised to give them any official positions, so it is easy to deal with. Just put them all in the Beijing camp as infantrymen and start training from the bottom. Since you want to move up, then show your determination.

If they really had the ability, Zhang Shikang would definitely not let them waste their treasures, but if you can't hold on, it's your own fault, you can't blame others.

"Don't worry, my Lord. I will organize another battalion and place them all in this battalion. I will be in charge of it and it will not affect other battalions."

Only after hearing this did Sun Weifan feel relieved.

After the Beijing Camp had a temporary plan, Emperor Chongzhen asked Sun Weifan to leave and took out the list of donations and said:

"I suddenly have so much money that I am a little dazed. I think by the evening, the ministers in the court will know about this, and tomorrow's morning court will probably be very lively."

Zhang Shikang seemed to understand what Emperor Chongzhen meant. After all, everyone was short of money, and more than 4.6 million taels of silver seemed like a lot.

If you take a little from here and a little from there and throw them into the big pool of the Ming Dynasty, I guess there won't even be a splash.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that this money be used only in the army, with the war as the priority, as it is obtained from the nobles and military officials."

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