novelraw Chapter 147
Chapter 147
Equivalent to the divisions of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War is also divided into several divisions: the Wuxuan Cleaning Department, the Zhifang Cleaning Department, the Chejia Cleaning Department, the Armory Cleaning Department, and the "Huitongguan" which jointly manages diplomatic affairs with the Lifan Academy and the Ministry of Rites. ".
During the time Yinti was in the Ministry of War, he had gone through the two divisions of Wuxuan and Zhifang Qingli, and understood how the Ministry of War was responsible for the selection, inspection, compensation and other matters of generals.
When Yinfeng left, Yinti had already been transferred to the Department of Clearing Officials in the Arsenal. This department was mainly in charge of military registration, weapons inventory and military generals' imperial examinations.
Seeing Yinti again after a few months, Yinfeng exclaimed: "It is said that Shibie will treat each other with admiration for three days, but after a few months of seeing each other, the eldest brother has already grown as tall as Lord Shacheng."
Yinti's face, which was originally full of smiles, froze slightly, and suddenly became sluggish after being praised by him.
If it wasn't for Ha Zhan being here, he might have raised his hand and hit his silly brother on the head with a thump.
Comparing who is not good, comparing him with Sha Cheng, the old official with orange peel, who does not shrink when he is old?
Ha Zhan welcomes the young prince into the office of the Ministry of War, and Li Zhifang, another minister of the Ministry of War, is a civil servant. Standing with Ha Zhan's tall and burly Manchu generals, he looks small and thin.
Ha Zhan used to be the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi before he was promoted back to Beijing to be Minister of the Ministry of War.
He has rich experience in leading troops in the local area, and he belongs to the Zhenglan Banner. He introduced the Eight Banners to Yinreng in great detail.
"The Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty has two types: the garrison of the capital and the garrison of other places. The garrisons outside the capital have four major military regions, which are located in Xi'an, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, and Chengdu."
Yinreng heard from Kangxi's analysis that Xi'an was the capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties and an important military location.
After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it relied on garrisons in various places to maintain its rule across the country. At that time, there were no Eight Banners garrisons. Fuzhou and Guangzhou were once reduced to the rise of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong and others supported themselves until The San Francisco rebellion of the year before last was put down, and Kangxi completely set up customized Eight Banners garrisons in Fujian and Guangzhou.Sichuan is close to Yunnan, Qinghai, and Tibet, and geographically far from the capital. There are many ethnic minorities there, which are prone to chaos. Therefore, the Chengdu garrison stationed in Chengdu Prefecture belongs to the Manchu, Mongolian, and garrisons. In addition to governing the Sichuan Basin, it also Responsible for stabilizing the southwestern part of the Qing Dynasty.
"The Eight Banners garrisoned in the capital has sub-battalions, such as the Xiaoqi Battalion, the Guards' Army, etc. There are a total of nine battalions, which are directly ordered by the emperor."
In the pre-Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of War was in charge of civil officials, and the former Ming ruled the military with civil affairs, which led to its demise and caused a situation of civil and military competition.The garrisons in various places did not have food, grass and weapons, and their combat capabilities were of course not as good as the Qing army, which was overwhelming at that time.
There are lessons learned from the past. The Qing Dynasty set up the Ministry of War, using both civil and military rule, and Manchu and Han rule.
There is the Eight Banners system in it.It can be said that the actual power of the Ministry of War is useless, with the Eight Banners at its side, the military power is in the hands of the emperor, and the Ministry of War is just a housekeeper for the emperor.
Because of the rendezvous with Yinti, Yinfeng first visited the arsenal with them. The Eight Banners mostly used knives, swords, crossbows, and spears in battle. Most of the Eight Banners soldiers did not use hot weapons. The knife is used.
Yinfeng asked, "What about guns and cannons?"
Ha Zhan said: "There is no camp dedicated to guns and cannons. They are usually managed together in the arsenal."
These cannons left over from the previous dynasty have been covered in dust. Looking at the Eight Banners, there are very few people who can use guns.
Ha Zhan said: "If one person uses a gun and the other uses a knife, the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion who use the knife can kill them before they shoot. The gun is not practical."
Yinfeng secretly slandered: But the gun in "Detective Conan" is very powerful!
The gun used by Gin can kill in an instant, and assassination with a sniper gun is also terrible.
Perhaps because Yinfeng was interested in guns, Ha Zhan took him to the warehouse where guns and cannons were piled up.
Yinti whispered to him: "The Qing Dynasty established the country with bows and horses, but it is not easy to use guns at all."
Because the technology is immature, the existing guns have a short range and slow loading of bullets, which greatly affects the efficiency.
Only cannons can have the power to blast open the fortress, and the imperial court paid more attention to it, but the existing cannons have low accuracy and limited power.
I have seen all kinds of guns described in "Detective Conan", and watched the pirate wars in "One Piece". Compared with the existing inventory, Yinfeng's good yearning for the strength of Qing weapons is like a bubble. The child was poked loose.
Ha Zhan still exaggerated the strength of the Qing cavalry: "Among the Eight Banners, the banner owner of the Zhenghuang Banner is the emperor. This cavalry is the most brave and skilled in combat. Where the sword has passed, there will be no survivors.”
Yinti pouted: It all happened during the reign of the two emperors, grandfather and great-grandfather.
The main force to put down the San Francisco rebellion was not the Eight Banners, but the reorganized Ming army and Han soldiers, which is the so-called "green battalion".
The Eight Banners garrisoned in the capital did not fight, and the spirit of the army was different.
This has become a place where the children of the powerful Sai family come in to "dumb their lives". If you want to talk about excellent workers, there are also some, but if there are two or three lazy people out of ten, the morale of the entire army will be different.
Among the three banners, there are the most "relationship households", and all of them are from prominent backgrounds, but there are not many who are really capable.
Yinti had seen a lot, and felt awkward, but because of his young age, Khan Ama didn't give him any power, so he could only learn and not move around.
"When we are going to visit the garrison of the Eight Banners capital, they must have performed very well and everyone is here," Yinti told Yinrong privately: "But in fact, if I hadn't made an impromptu one day, I wouldn't have known how much they were doing in private. Sloppy, and Shangguan did not punish his subordinates severely because of their prominent family background, and even shielded them because of their in-laws. When I grow up and be able to command soldiers, I must train them well!"
Yinti wanted to train a team himself, especially seeing the Eight Banners under the management of the Ministry of War, it strengthened his determination to take charge of the army in the future.
The Ministry of War cannot be blamed for the loose management of the Eight Banners. The power of the Ministry of War and the Eight Banners comes from the emperor.
Yinfeng wrote down Yinti's complaints in his small notebook, and talked to Yinti: "Ruogu now proposes to visit the camp?"
"Then they will immediately call together a group of people to deal with you with the best face."
Yinfeng planned to take a look first before talking, and mentioned with Ha Zhan that he wanted to see how the Xiaoqi Battalion was trained. Ha Zhan then sent the message to the Xiaoqi Battalion stationed in the city. Waiting for the prince to visit.
Yinti said: "In terms of position, the Xiaoqi Battalion is in charge of the city gates. On weekdays, most of them are patrols, and there is not much training."
This is the root of the problem. The capital is at the feet of the emperor, and there is no battle to fight under the feet of the emperor. The garrison here is responsible for daily patrols and inspection tasks, but their own training capabilities have been completely delayed.
How comfortable are the Eight Banners who are stationed in the capital?It can be seen from their increasingly blessed figures.
Yinfeng wrote down many small books, and then raised doubts to Yinti: "Khan Ama will not be ignorant of these."
"So what if Khan Ama knows? He can't punish the minister of the Ministry of War. This has nothing to do with Ha Zhan and Li Zhifang."
Yinti shook his head: "The days of flying the three flags at the forbidden gate are much better than the five flags at the prince's mansion gate."
When the root of the system goes wrong, it becomes a place where comfort moths breed.
"No, since there is a big problem, Khan Ama will definitely want to change. He is not the kind of emperor who knows that there is a problem and avoids doing anything. Khan Ama is hardworking."
Yinfeng used his actions in the Ministry of Rites as an example to tell Yinti how to operate.
"What I did before was correct and won the support of Khan Ama, so you see, Khan Ama ordered the establishment of a new 'Ministry of Culture', and this time the imperial examination also opened a new Enke test for numerology. So the elder brother has experienced so far If you want to change the status quo that the Eight Banners are becoming more and more comfortable, then give it to Khan Ama, we come to learn, although you can’t really gain power, but you are the eldest son of the emperor, and you are the crown prince alone, we can’t do it ourselves, but we have Ama !"
"If you go up and explain your thoughts, can Khan Ama blame you for his son's learning experience? This shows that you are thinking and growing, and he will be happy with your growth and will look at you seriously' Study notes'."
Yinreng knew that he had performed too many performances, which made Khan Ama feel "aesthetic fatigue". Now Khan Ama doesn't care about his performances at all, but the elder brother doesn't!
"Brother hasn't written a memorial to Khan Ama, has he?"
Yinfeng encouraged Yinti: "You have studied for so long, it's time to present your learning results to Khan Ama, don't be afraid of writing mistakes or poor writing, as long as you write and think, this is progress Yes. If the written content has something to say and some useful and good suggestions can be put forward, it will surprise Khan Ama even more."
Yinfeng continued to encourage Yinti: Don't you want to change the current atmosphere among the Eight Banners in the capital?With my father in everything, I am not afraid of the sky falling, this ticket is worth it!
Yinti fell into deep thought: "Should I play for Khan Ama? I do have many ideas that I want to implement, but I am too young."
"Oh, big brother is so stupid!"
It's better to be young, and only when you are young can you send the Minister of the Ministry of War and the servants, and use Khan Ama's hands to pretend to be powerful.
If they were old, the courtiers themselves would avoid them, and would not listen to them under the nose of Khan Ama.
Yinfeng relied on his own "weakness, pitifulness and helplessness" to lead the Ministry of Rites from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, causing the low-level officials to work overtime for half an hour every day, and even Kangxi himself added a lot of work to him. quantity.
"Brother is young, just put forward ideas, and someone will do it when the time comes." Yinfeng blinked: "Well, anyway, that's what Gu does."
When mentioning his "great achievements", Yinfeng is not shy at all, and is a little bit proud.
Yinti suddenly realized that the silly brother had made so many "contributions" in the Ministry of Rites, but he had made no achievements in the Ministry of War. He was timid for a while and fell behind the silly brother.
Compared with Yinfeng's bold actions, Yinti reflected on his caution in the past two months.
"You are right, we are princes, why are we so restrained?"
The Eight Banners children have "relationship households", no matter how big the connection households are, can they fight against the two of them?
Seeing that his eldest brother was persuaded, Yinreng pulled him and began to ramble: "I plan to take advantage of this time to welcome Zheng's surrender, and hold a military parade to display the Qing army. The Eight Banners disciples also have to participate in training."
"This is a good way to get the best of both worlds," Yinfeng said, "and I've already mentioned this to Khan Ama before."
There will be no shortage of extra training in the early stage of the military parade. Those who are given the Eight Banners are given the opportunity to show themselves in front of the emperor. Those who want to stand out are naturally willing to participate in the training, and those who are lazy and lazy can be eliminated through training.Because it is to meet the emperor and show the power of the Qing army to the Taiwanese envoys, this kind of formal occasion should not be ashamed, and those who want to dawdle will feel timid.
Yinfeng gave very good reasons, and Yinti, under his instigation, was really ready to move.
"The military parade is a good idea. No wonder Han Ama asked you to receive Mrs. Zheng, but you proposed to come to me and wait for me here!"
Yinti is not stupid, so give him a few words to encourage him, and he immediately understands Yinfeng's plan.
Yinti was puzzled and said, "Why don't you play this to Ama Khan yourself?"
Instead of persuading him to come to the performance, the military parade will have a good result that day, wouldn't all the credit go to him?
Yinfeng's guilty little eyes drifted away, and he lowered his head and said in a loss: "Khan Ama said that I am too noisy, let me learn how to be mature and stable from my elder brother, he blames me for always making trouble for him, I still don't bother him gone."
Yinti hesitated: The silly brother seems to have been heartbroken by Khan Ama?
"How could Khan Ama say that about you?" Yinti thought of Yinreng being beaten up by Khan Ama since he was a child, and felt very sympathetic to his silly brother.
"The military parade is also a matter of the Ministry of Military Affairs. I am in the Ministry of Rites and I happen to be able to cooperate with you," Yinfeng said very rationally: "We are the sons of Khan Amawei who have been released for training. After learning for so long, we should show It is a good opportunity to welcome the Zheng family to Beijing this time. The Qing Dynasty is the victor, and the surrender of the Zheng family is a happy event. If the two of us do practical things, we will be able to be independent princes in the future. Big brother, you Say it right?"
Yinti naturally knew that Yinfeng was encouraging him to participate. He pondered for a moment, weighed the pros and cons, and concluded that this matter was beneficial to him, so he finally agreed to cooperate with Yinfeng.
Yinti secretly said: Brothers have a good relationship, and they have a common interest to maintain this relationship, so it's good.In the future, my silly brother and I will both be adults and be in power, and we can support each other. The younger brothers in the future don’t want to go past the two of them.
Yinfeng cheered happily: It feels like the big brother is working in front, one word, cool!
The author has something to say: Yinti: I thought my silly brother, like me, wants to gain power and do practical things?