The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 138 Six Armies

Li Jing was a man of swift and decisive character, and Zhu Houzhao was even more so.

He wished that Li Jing would bring out the First Army immediately.

Han Shizhong and his four men and three hundred Wudi Dragon Riders arrived the next day.

Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict was also officially issued.

Li Jing was appointed as the commander of the Ming New Army and the 001st Army, with the second rank.

He ordered the Military Council to fully assist Li Jing in establishing the 001st Army.

When the imperial edict was issued, all the civil and military officials in the court were excited.

From the second rank!
Build a new army!

This is even more favor than the favor he showed to Gu Xichao!

This new army, in particular, made many people frown, especially the nobles.

Some people thought of Wang Shouren from Jin.

Wang Shouren abolished the Wei Suo system in Jin and adopted the recruitment system instead, which caused an uproar in the court.

It’s just that the military and politics are separated, and civilian officials are not qualified to manage, nor do they dare to manage.

Not to mention the military generals, they were even less courageous.

They only dared to grumble and make trouble in secret, feeling that His Majesty would rather trust an outsider than his own people, which made them feel very aggrieved.

Of course, no one dared to say a word.

For the nobles, the most important thing now is to train their descendants.

Just as Your Majesty scolded them, this generation is useless and beyond help.

But the next generation can still be saved.

Hundreds of sons of nobles joined Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry, some of whom had already gone to Jin and some to Yunnan.

They knew very well that these hundreds of people were the future of the nobility.

The foundation of the Ming Dynasty still lies with them.

Therefore, even if they feel wronged, they can endure it and cooperate obediently with His Majesty's efforts.

With the nobles behaving themselves, Li Jing's speed in establishing the First Army was naturally smoother and faster.

Soldiers who join the army are exempted from corvée labor for their entire families and are given 15 taels of silver per year.

This unprecedented good news almost made Northern Zhili, with the capital as its center, boil over.

There are countless people signing up to join the army.

Li Jing, who suddenly attracted the attention of the court and the public, was very calm. He did not immediately recruit all the nearly 30,000 soldiers in the army.

Instead, they only recruited 3,000 people, 3,000 young men with clean backgrounds, good health, and all between the ages of 15 and 20.

When Zhu Houzhao heard the news, he was stunned and somewhat confused.

This is a bit slow.

He didn't understand, so he went directly to ask Li Jing.

Li Jing said calmly: “Your Majesty, I only have more than 300 people. If I recruit nearly 30,000 people in one fell swoop, I am afraid that the 24 disciplinary regulations of the Ming army will make it difficult to penetrate the First Army.

Therefore, I only recruited 3,000 people, and took one step at a time to lay a solid foundation.

After these three thousand men are trained, it will be time to recruit the full strength of the First Army in one fell swoop.

Your Majesty, everything has its roots, and this new army with ideas should pay more attention to its roots."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it seriously, and then was convinced, so he told Li Jing to go ahead and do it.

After returning to the palace, he sent Li Jing's words to Wang Shouren.

In the area of ​​Jin.

Wang Shouren is usually the first to know about what happens in the capital.

When Wang Shouren learned that Li Jing had been appointed by His Majesty as the commander of the First Army, he understood.

Your Majesty has gained a great talent.

He was just happy about this.

The only thing I am a little worried about is that Li Jing will not disappoint His Majesty.

But after reading what Li Jing told His Majesty that day about his views on Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry, he was no longer worried.

Instead, he laughed three times, thinking that Li Jing must be a great talent.

Afterwards, I saw that the capital had clearly decided to establish the First Army.

Wang Shouren no longer concealed anything. The nearly 150,000-strong army that had been initially streamlined and reorganized over the past few months was divided into five armies.

One army was stationed in Jin territory, and the other four armies were responsible for guarding the borders.

Among the five armies, the one that gave Wang Shouren the most headache was the selection of the army commander.

According to his discussion with His Majesty, the military commander should have the strength of the innate realm.

Only by reaching the innate realm and being able to comprehend the power of heaven and earth can one use military forces and become a qualified military commander.

Such a military commander, leading an elite army with concentrated military power, any powerful person at the grandmaster level would have to take a detour.

Even if he is only leading one guard, he must have at least the strength of an ordinary grandmaster.

It can truly guard an entire province.

Unfortunately, there are too few such qualified military commanders.

It is not just a matter of personal strength in the innate realm, but also requires military ability, martial arts will that is suitable for the army, and the ability to integrate with the military forces of the soldiers.

Most of the people in the martial arts world cannot do this, because their martial arts will is not in the army, and they cannot be integrated with the military force, but will be suppressed instead.

Even for people like Xiong Kuohai and Wu Tianxi, their martial arts spirit is suitable for the army and they can be brave generals who charge into battle.

But asking them to lead an army now is not possible. Without the ability to lead an army of nearly 30,000 people, how can they integrate and control the military power of an army?
At this time, Wang Shouren had only four people who were preliminarily qualified.

Wu Yunzhao, Wang Dao, the former general of the border army who had just broken through, and Zhou Shanmin, the former leader of the Jindao Village.

There is also Gu Xichao, who has never been a high-level military official, but is indeed a genius and meets the requirements.

Gu Xichao was the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and could not be the military commander.

That leaves only three.

With no other options, after a careful examination, Wang Shouren selected two sons of noble families from the Dragon Cavalry.

It was not that Wang Shouren did it on purpose, but these two sons of noble families were the first ones to join Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders. After several years, their abilities were still quite good and they had reached the peak of the acquired realm.

They have the hope of breaking through to the innate realm and are considered the most suitable two people.

Five army commanders were selected, and the 10th to 14th Armies were officially announced and established by Wang Shouren.

Compared with Li Jing of the First Army, he needs to lay a solid foundation and take it step by step.

The troops of the Tenth to Fourteenth Armies were mainly from the original garrisons and border troops of Jin. Later, they were joined by some martial artists, some relatively clean bandits, and the Jiannu led by Wang Shouren.

The troops are a mixed bunch and we can't proceed step by step.

We can only regard these five armies as a big furnace, constantly smelting and refining.

The full-scale training of the five armies continued and was carried out in a more perfect manner.

Zhu Houzhao was the first to receive information about the situation of the Jin army.

He has always had an unreasonable trust in Lao Wang.

Well, no logic, just feeling.

Until now, his feelings have not deceived him, but have become more and more accurate.

Zhu Houzhao was happy to see that the establishment of the six armies was on the right track.

There are only six now, but in the future, there will be twenty, fifty, or a hundred.

Then, it will be time for him to send troops to unify the world.

In mid-October, the factory guards finally returned to the capital.

Various handovers are taking place.

Zhu Houzhao met Cao Zhengchun, whom he had not seen for more than half a year, and Yan Nantian and others, whom he had not seen for more than a year.

"Your Majesty, I miss you so much. I miss you day and night when you are not by my side.

I am worried that Your Majesty is not eating well or sleeping well.

I no longer wish to be away from you, Your Majesty, for so long."

At the gate of the Qianqing Palace, everyone saw Zhu Houzhao who couldn't help but come out and immediately bowed to him.

After Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and told them not to be polite, Cao Zhengchun spoke sincerely with tears in his eyes.

He didn't care at all about the Grand Master's face or the presence of other people in the field.

In his opinion, those strange looks were all envy and jealousy.

"Okay, okay. You're so old and still crying? I'm fine. How are you, Er Cao? Are you hurt anywhere?" Zhu Houzhao felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and said affectionately.

"I couldn't help crying because I saw Your Majesty was so happy. Your Majesty's health is my greatest wish.

Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am doing fine. Those traitors are all vulnerable and can do nothing to me. "Cao Zhengchun wiped his tears immediately, and his round face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Liu Jin, Cao Youxiang and others glared at Cao Zhengchun.

Zhu Ye, Guo Bujing, Yan Nantian and others lowered their eyes slightly and didn't want to look.

"Haha, I'm glad you're okay." Zhu Houzhao laughed happily, then looked at the others and asked, "Are you all okay? If you have any problems, please tell me immediately."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. We are all fine." Guo Bujing and others said in unison.

Although this action was large-scale, the imperial court had almost absolute power at the top level.

For example, a grandmaster can directly fight against a peak innate master. In any case, he will not fight you on equal terms, but will use the strong to defeat the weak.

So they were not hurt.

"It's good that everything is alright." Zhu Houzhao laughed happily a few times, took two steps forward, looked at Zhu Ye and said, "Uncle, your strength has increased a lot."

"Depend a lot on your majesty's trust." Zhu Ye said truthfully with a smile.

As Zhu Houzhao's incarnation of the dark night, and having gained great trust, his strength has been improving rapidly in the past year.

He was confident that he could reach the ultimate level of Grand Master.

"Hahaha, that's also your own ability, uncle." Zhu Houzhao laughed happily.

He looked at Yan Nantian again, his eyes lit up, and he slapped Yan Nantian on his broad shoulders, saying happily: "Old Yan, you are almost reaching the peak of innateness! How did you become so fast?"

Yan Nantian's towering body was shaken by this blow, and his face turned red. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, but his heart was very warm. He smiled and said, "Thanks to your majesty's great fortune and the help of the Dragon Ball in the past few months, I have made these improvements."

"Hahaha, Old Yan, I just love to hear you tell the truth." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Yan Nantian smiled heartily. He never flatters others, but this time he spoke from his heart.

"Old Zhao, you are now far behind Old Yan." Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhao Zheng next to him and ridiculed him without any scruples.

"I will definitely work hard." Zhao Zheng didn't care and smiled.

"Xiao Qinzi, you have a lot of murderous aura."

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"Old Guo, I know everything about you. You are worthy of being the hero Guo Juxia."

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"Old man, you look very energetic. It's just right. We have more things for you to do next."

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Zhu Houzhao hadn't seen these people for at least half a year, but he didn't feel strange at all. On the contrary, he felt more familiar with these people.

Because these people are truly working for the Ming Dynasty and for him.

(Chapter two.)
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(End of this chapter)