The civil servants accompanying him suddenly felt that they were a little out of place with the scene in front of him, and some were sweating all over their heads, and gently wiped them with their sleeves on their faces.

At this time, a eunuch Sili ran to the crowd who were discussing the hotly. He opened the bamboo basket and found that it was full of hot rice dumplings.

Wang Chaofu took out one and handed it to Zhu Youxiao first, and said with a smile:

"The goods made according to the Dragon Boat Festival season specifications are specially made by monks in the temple. They are very clean and better than those sold on the streets on weekdays. Your Majesty will try it."

Zhu Youxiao took it to his hand, peeled the rice dumpling leaves and chewed them out, took out two from the basket, threw them to Qi Jin and Chen Ce, and said:

"It's very fragrant and sweet. Let everyone try it."

Everyone had rice dumplings in their hands, which were not as delicate as Zhu Youxiao ate. They were stuffed into their mouths with big mouths. Qi Jin continued to say while eating:

"Your Majesty, I don't know whether to talk about something or not."

After getting Zhu Youxiao's approval, he threw the rice dumpling leaves into the basket prepared by the eunuch, and then said seriously:

"Sometimes ago, after passing through Jining, Wuchang and other places, these were important towns. The military equipment of the garrison was slightly usable compared to some places, but the disadvantages were obvious."

"First of all, what I said just now, the soldiers of the garrison have almost never been trained for many years. Even if His Majesty went on a southern tour, he would treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

"The military lists in various places were mostly submitted to the Ministry of War in the 48th year of Wanli. At that time, many parties had concealed the number of people, and made up for the number of people. His Majesty went to the south and the guards selected strong men to make up for the number of people. However, after a round, the number of people in most places was still very different from the number stipulated by the court."

After eating the rice dumplings, Chen Ce nodded and said in a deep voice:

"One government has a station, and several governments have a guard. The guard commands 5,600 soldiers, and the guard has a thousand households, and the guard has 1,120 soldiers. The thousand households have a station, with 112 soldiers."

"Take Kaifeng Xuanwu Guard as an example. When His Majesty arrived in Kaifeng, the number of people reported by the commander of Xuanwu Guard Chen Guowei was 4,872, but the real number was only less than 3,600..."

"This is still an important town in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the real situation in other places must be even more serious!"

Zhu Youxiao looked heavy and silently put the rice dumplings aside, saying:

"Okay, the rest is almost over. I'll send an order to continue the march and camp outside Nanjing. I want to see who is the first to come to see you!"

When everyone heard this, they quickly put down their work, stood up seriously, patted their butts, went back to lead their respective subordinates, and lined up again.

Zhu Youxiao thought a lot on the thirty miles of road.

From the Ming Dynasty to the present, the ward system has indeed been in name only.

When I went to the local area, the current garrison had no effect on military strongholds, and the garrison army almost represented a low combat effectiveness.

It is only the early years of the Tianqi period, and most of the garrisons still have a considerable number of young and strong officers and soldiers who can be transformed into elites, which is a good thing.

But from now until the Chongzhen period in history, the corruption and decomposition of the military troops in the garrison were astonishing!

According to the subsequent peasant riots, a large part of these elite government forces of the imperial court flowed into the bandits.

In order to avoid the rapid loss of elite military forces during this period, the abolishment of the ward system will be imperative within the next three years of the apocalypse!

But the problem is that the garrison is the basic military system that has been established since the Ming Dynasty. If such a military system is to be abolished, it must find a substitute.

What is this alternative?

The system of camps and soldiers!

In fact, the garrison was not a military camp in the modern sense, and was not a wartime organization. The garrison soldiers lived in the same place for generations, farmed and guarded. During the war, the imperial court temporarily dispatched troops and generals.

Zhu Yuanzhang did this very well, when the Ming Dynasty was just founded, the Ming Dynasty was surrounded by powerful enemies and used troops everywhere, but at present, this system was already behind.

The military system of the camp is the military system closest to the modern military camp!

The form of military camps in the garrison directly leads to the separation of soldiers and generals.

The consequence is that the soldiers do not recognize the generals, and the generals do not recognize the soldiers, and the generals lose their prestige in the army, which means that a mutiny occurred in a certain place. The guerrilla general went to appease him, but was lifted up and shot to death by the rioters.

The blueprint for military construction in the early Ming Dynasty soon changed due to the increasing border troubles, especially in areas such as the Jiubian important towns, temporary deployment of troops was common.

During the Xuande period, there were trial reforms to the ward system, but they were all done at the right time, and few Emperor Taiping was willing to touch such things.

It was not until the Jiajing period that the ward system received its first impact.

First, the generals of Shanxi and Shaanxi became permanent, and then the two original generals of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Huguang were added to four generals, and the deputy generals of Fujian and Baoding were changed to the generals.

During the Wanli period, the general was added in Lintao and Shanhaiguan.

In the first year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao also added the governor of Denglai to provide material support for Dongjiang Town. Correspondingly, the position of General Denglai also appeared a few months later. These all caused changes to the military system by mistake.

In fact, by now, through the efforts of several generations of emperors in Xuande and Jiajing, the military system of the garrison in the Ming Dynasty has quietly changed.

The general officer has replaced the position of the former commander and has become the highest military official in the local area.

"After Hong Yong, the border was suffering from the thorns, and the general was established and became a permanent member. The power of the garrison was low, and the elite troops of the garrison were selected. Therefore, Zhengqi was appointed to guard the garrison and the garrison was only named after the name of his hometown."

Some historical records call this system Zhenshu Town, but Zhu Youxiao felt that this was the battalion system that could replace the garrison system after nearly a hundred years of attempts.

But it's a pity in history.

In the Ming Dynasty, the battalions and soldiers were often arrested and the elite battalions and soldiers were drawn and returned to the guards after the war. This only played a ease-up role, and it would not take long to cause the loss of these elite military forces.

What Zhu Youxiao had to do was to improve the battalion system that emerged in the Jiajing Dynasty, and combine it with the green battalion system of the later Tartar Qing Dynasty to form a new military system.

Finally, these battalions were turned into permanent military strongholds across the country like the current garrison, rather than being slaughtered.

This new battalion system will replace the existing garrison system and push the Ming Dynasty's military strength to the top.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao now has just an idea that has not become a reality.

There are too many Weishu located all over the country. This is a huge monster. We need to find all kinds of talented civil servants and military generals to give advice for ourselves.

Once you move lightly, you will encounter setbacks and the consequences will be unimaginable!

This southern tour is to break the existing local system and make full preparations for future natural and man-made disasters, and secondly, it is also to build momentum for the next huge reform nationwide!

Public opinion builds momentum!

The emperor personally inspected and killed corrupt officials and reshuffled the local government, and the resistance to reform would be reduced a lot!

Zhu Youxiao must do a major reform of the garage system. Of course, this will definitely cause fluctuations across the country, because the abolition of garage centers will affect too many people.

Even, it may cause riots in many places!

But these are nothing. If you don’t break the old disadvantages, what’s the point of talking about new life?

To put it bluntly, this southern tour was because Zhu Youxiao had already used the eunuch party and "speak the same thing" in the court. There were a large number of people calling for the emperor's sages and wisdom in everything they did.

What we need to do next is naturally to shape the character and reform the major industry.
Chapter completed!