Tian Ergeng originally came to Shanxi to deal with the affairs of the Supervisory Department, and he had never thought about staying there for a long time. After all, he was one of the four thousand households, a lot of things in the Beizhen Fushi.

But not long ago, the Governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi Zhu Xieyuan came to him and said that the situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi will become extremely difficult in the future and needs the assistance of the Jinyiwei.

Tian Ergeng understood Zhu Xieyuan. The emperor wanted him to come down and go to the place, but there was something big to do.

Since the other party opened this mouth, Tian Ergeng couldn't refuse.

At this point, he stood at the door of Mingfeng Tower and could guess that Zhu Xieyuan was going to take action this time.

The matter of investigating military garrisons is very important, and it is difficult to carry out without the help of the Jinyiwei.

The merchants inside learned that they were all rushing to report the amount of military garrisons they had occupied over the years so that the local supervision departments would come to check and confiscate them later.

Things went smoothly, but Tian Ergeng's face was still not good.

A hundred households on the side asked:

"Master Qianhu, the merchants have already surrendered. This trip has been settled, why are you not happy?"

Tian Ergeng thought much more than ordinary Jinyiwei.

He sighed and replied:

"This trip is over, but we can't go back to the capital. At least this year, you can't. Let me tell you brothers and make plans to stay in Shanxi and Shaanxi."

As he said that, he looked towards the capital, tightened the gorgeous embroidered spring sword in his hand, and murmured: "Ming Dynasty, the sky is about to change..."

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Shanxi, Zhenxiwei.

This is an ordinary day, with bright sunshine, but no officers and soldiers in the garrison got up to train.

Although the "Imperial Ming Infantry Code" issued in the second year of Tianqi has clearly stipulated that those in the Central Plains Vatican Institute who have not been familiar with war for a long time will need to be trained for three days and perform martial arts every five days.

But in fact, this scripture is now only applicable to the emperor's capital, the nine sides and the Liao army, and the large garrisons in various parts of the Central Plains, but it is nothing more than a piece of paper.

From civil servants to military generals under supervision, no one will truly train sergeants according to this scripture.

Shanxi Town Xiwei, Ningwuwei was stationed in the mainland. Since the early Ming Dynasty, there have been few military affairs. The hereditary military officers were almost unaware of military affairs.

During the Jiajing period, Japanese pirates were rampant in the coastal areas, and the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the garrison was not as good as that of the farmers in the village. The role of setting up garrisons in the early Ming Dynasty was almost gone.

Based on the demand for anti-Japanese war, Emperor Jiajing had to accept the suggestions of famous generals Qi Jiguang and others to recruit soldiers in limited garrisons across the country.

As the recruitment began, several armies with extremely strong combat effectiveness appeared, and the Qi family army in Zhejiang is the most well-known.

The Qi family army used recruitment to pacify the coastal gangs and repel Altan's invasion. They fought thousands of battles, but never lost. They were known as the most powerful army at that time.

Now the general Qi Jin, who is in the Yongwei camp, is a descendant of the orthodox Qi family.

However, recruitment was only temporarily opened, and there was no useful resource except for a few powerful troops who had just passed.

In the end, during the Jiajing period, no written official system was issued for recruiting troops. Local officers followed the examples, but local governments had no management methods or means.

So far, for fifty years, the army has been formed by recruiting troops, and another Qi family army has not appeared. The combat effectiveness of the government army that recruits troops is limited, but the management of the garrison and recruiting troops has become even more chaotic.

It can be said that the recruitment system coexisted with the military and military system, but failed to introduce written controls, which was the last straw for the complete collapse of the garrison system.

Nowadays, there are even situations where power is intertwined, one person has multiple controls, and one place has multiple controls. These are the situations that Zhu Xieyuan learned.

It can be said that the current situation of military garrisons in various parts of the Central Plains is very complicated and extremely difficult to deal with.

This is the case with Zhenxiwei. The local garrison hereditary officers recruited soldiers while retaining military camps. They had great power, but they failed to have any restrictive effect on the decline of the combat effectiveness of officers and soldiers.

The life of military households is still very miserable, and the battalions formed by recruiting troops do not have fundamental military pay or jurisdiction.

After the initial glory of the Qi family army, the battalion soldiers quickly retreated and became weak brigades with combat effectiveness that were only slightly higher than those of the guards.

At midnight, Yu Wei, the commander of Zhenxiwei, was still hugging a naked woman and sleeping soundly.

At this time, Zhu Xieyuan rode his horse under a plaque.

"Zhenxiwei."

These three big characters are very vigorous and powerful, but Zhu Xieyuan sneered, Zhenxiwei, Zhenxiwei, what is the west of the town now?

Now, Zhenxiwei not only cannot keep the west, but has become a cancer of Taiyuan Prefecture!

When he looked down the plaque again, Zhu Xieyuan felt even more heartbroken.

In the vast Xiwei town, there was only one sentry wearing a tattered mandarin duck coat, holding a wooden spear, and dozing in front of the door.

"Oh, wake up, wake up."

Without waiting for his order, the Taiyuan guerrilla general He Renlong, who was accompanying him, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and woke up the sentry.

The sentry woke up, looked around with a ignorant look, and soon locked his eyes on the group of people in front of him.

At first, the sentry was still angry. After rubbing his eyes and seeing the armor that the person was wearing, he fell to kneel in panic.

"General, Governor..."

He Renlong picked him up and asked:

"Isn't it time to train now? Where are the people? Why do you see you keep watch all the way through the crowd?"

The sentry was originally afraid of being discovered by the governor. In addition, He Renlong looked so rough and ugly. After a sharp inquiry, he was so scared that he didn't dare to reply.

Zhu Xieyuan was here to do a big deal this time, instead of a soldier coming to provoke a riot. He glanced at He Renlong and signaled to enter the door.

So He Renlong threw the sentry aside and jumped into the gate of Zhenxiwei.

Just like outside, there was no one on duty and patrol officers on duty. The empty yard was full of swords and guns, and even the war drums were scattered to the ground, which made people unbearable to look at them.

The Ming Dynasty military flag was floating in the air, but it was rolled so that only a pole could be seen.

Zhu Xieyuan walked quietly in the yard. Although everyone was used to the scene in front of him, they still felt it was difficult to accept.

Zhenxi Wei is one of the largest guards in Shanxi, with more than 25,000 soldiers in full combat.

If a war occurs, you should be able to support Datong in the north and calm the place inward. But now you can see, what can the dignified Zhenxiwei suppress?

I am afraid that a group of refugees will rush in and scare these so-called Ming officers and soldiers!

He Renlong widened his eyes and said:

"Where are people?"

"Where are the more than 20,000 people in the town of Xiwei??"

I didn't know how long I walked, but I saw several officers and soldiers wearing iron armor and chatting in a small garden.

What these people do can be understood at a glance.

This is the consequence of recruiting troops. It is independent of the court and obeys the orders of officers from all over the country, but is a so-called "housekeeper" who eats several times the salary of the officers and soldiers of the garrison.

The servants are "dead soldiers" raised by military officers from all over the country according to the recruitment system. They are all armed to their teeth, are good at fighting, and have great skills in their hands.

The combat effectiveness of the servants is comparable to the nine-sided sharp soldiers, and is more than ten times that of ordinary guards. However, in fact, there are no names of these people on the roster of the Ministry of War.

These servants were sitting and joking, with steel knives shaking in their hands and iron armor on their bodies, which was obviously not easy to match.

He Renlong walked over with great momentum, grabbed one and asked:

"Where is the commander of Zhenxiwei?"
Chapter completed!