In the autumn of the sixth year of Wanli, the fifth phase of the Beiyang infantry was recruited to train new recruits in Tianjin. The emperor also planned to send twenty-four Jinyiwei officials, forty-eight sword officers, and one hundred and forty-eight martial eunuchs to train his own royal elites among the 300,000 Beijing troops.

The little emperor was no longer satisfied with just practicing martial eunuchs.

The young ruler had a very clear goal - the Four Guards and Camp.

The four guard camps were originally the emperor's personal army, but the elite troops of Tumu Fort were lost, and the remaining personal army was no different from ordinary guards. They were under the management of the Ministry of War and were under the jurisdiction of the imperial horse. The emperor no longer had the right to intervene.

But now is an excellent opportunity.

The opportunity was created by Wanli himself. During the court discussion, he used the matter of the upcoming wedding and Lu Wang to make trouble with the various ministries many times. If he had nothing, the result might be just an unreasonable cause, but he had money.

Very rich.

For example, when dealing with the Ministry of Revenue, he spent 400,000 taels to catch all the treasures in the lantern market outside Donghua Gate at this year's Lantern Festival, and then said to the Ministry of Revenue: I want to get a wedding, and the Ministry of Revenue wants to buy treasures for me.

Not to mention that the Ministry of Revenue will not buy it for him, even if the Ministry of Revenue really wants to buy it, it will not be able to buy it.

The emperor pretended to be angry and persuaded him. The Ministry of Revenue had collected some utensils and jewelry, and the emperor pretended to be very dissatisfied.

Then he raised the blame and smashed it at the Ministry of Rites: King Lu wants a wedding and wants a vassal, you can do it.

Beijing City Gathering for two months can’t even buy decent silk. What do you expect from the Ministry of Rites to do?

He spent half a year tossing all six departments, and finally showed his little fangs to the Ministry of War. The matter was the easiest to solve: "After so many years, the Beijing Camp has not been very good. In the future, except for Jizhen, I will train 300,000 Beijing troops."

Only a fool would agree. If the 300,000 troops were trained for the unemployed emperor, wouldn't it be crazy?

Then he expressed his true intention: "Then let's go and go. The two guards are empty and have not been filled yet. Is this the chief right?"

What can the Ministry of War say? According to the cabinet and the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the emperor, it might be that the emperor would calm down. Moreover, there is also the matter of the Ministry of Revenue to allocate military ordnance. In the complex affairs, there is a system that will not do whatever he wants because the emperor has power. All civil and military officials in the court thought that the emperor would be upset after a few months.

Now, the personnel, financial, and food and wages of Tengxiang were all commanded by the little emperor.

It turns out that the emperor has power and will still be restrained, but it will be different if he still has money.

Then, the Ministry of War received a sum of money from the internal treasury. The amount was 134,000 taels of silver without passing through the Ministry of Revenue. The silver weighing more than 10,000 kilograms was pulled by twenty-six tall horses to the gate of the Ministry of War.

The person who pulled the cart was a high-headed war horse under the supervision of the Imperial Horse, and the person who drove the cart was a golden-armored general of the palace guards. The boxes on the cart were all neatly sized large silver ingots, a hundred taels a piece, and there were new marks in the palace at the bottom of the ingot. Even the officials of the Ministry of War had never seen this scene.

The leader was Luo Sigong, the young assistant to the Jinyi, who greeted people with a smile, but was merciless in his work. He was just one thing: "I came here at the order of the emperor. The two guards were full of weapons. His Majesty had already issued a good order and the money was outside. I hope the Ministry of War would transport weapons and armor to Dongdaying as soon as possible."

The Jinyi Assistant, who was obeying the emperor's order, did not forget to give a knife to many officials who were surprised that the emperor had received so much money without the Ministry of Revenue. According to the emperor's wishes: "There are also food and grass to be prepared. The silver palace is being cast. I will come to serve the grain bill tomorrow."

When the news came back to the Ministry of Revenue, all the talents seemed to wake up from a dream - the emperor was not only rich, but also much richer than they thought.

In the eyes of Emperor Wanli, who lives in the Forbidden City, the key to military and national affairs is like a game.

In fact, the little emperor also gave in. Apart from being naughty, he basically just asked about the serious matters. This is his concession to the court after weighing his own talents and cognition.

The bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty was too mature, and various departments paid attention to checks and balances, so that the emperor could not directly implement anything he wanted. It was not just the emperor who was blocked, but this was not the so-called confrontation between the literary management group and the imperial power. In fact, under this set of rules, everyone would be restrained.

This is true for military officials, civil officials, and the emperor, and naturally, the same is true for them.

Even if the little emperor has strong ambitions, he can only test it from some subtle details.

But Wanli, who grew up reading data, has the biggest advantage of this. He is particularly sensitive to data and will not ignore it because it is too difficult to move forward. He will slowly move forward.

Luo Sigong returned from the Ministry of War. He had just walked to Taihe Gate and saw a purple look from afar. Needless to say, no one in the palace could have such a big figure except the emperor himself.

As we get closer, Xiao Wanli is wearing a regular dress today, with a purple robe. He has a dragon on his shoulders, his chest, back and upper arms. This dress is also called a four-ball dragon robe.

"What does the Ministry of War say?"

Luo Sigong's body was not burly, but he was taller than Wanli. The little emperor couldn't help but blurted out in a hurry, and quickly looked around and waved to him, "Let's go, go to my military room."

After saying that, he walked north with a swagger.

Luo Sigong followed behind him, looking at the emperor's walking manner, and pursed his lips and said nothing.

The Forbidden City is just that good, unlike outside the palace. Even if you raise your face and watch the clouds walk, you won’t bump into anything. It’s spacious!

Look at this child who grew up in the Forbidden City, he is different from Mr. Long Qing!

What? Master Jiajing? Emperor Daojun still has to walk when he goes out? Then he can't fly?

After finally watching the emperor walk into the military room, Luo Sigong had no time to admire the strange aesthetic room of the Qianqing Palace, and saw the little emperor turn his head and say nervously: "Close the door, you two go out to guard it, there are ears in the wall!"

To be honest, Luo Sigong saw the emperor's strong sense of confidentiality, so he almost couldn't help but remind him: The next door is the bedroom. If there are all the walls, wouldn't you be afraid at night?

A document was photographed on a strange-shaped boat table. The little emperor pointed at the document and said to Luo Sigong: "Come on, do you calculate for me, are these weapons enough for a thousand households? Is it appropriate to use them all in one year?"

Luo Sigong just glanced at the official document and felt like a big head, this... where is this?

One thousand four hundred and forty flintlock bird guns, one hundred and ten killing guns, and thirty-three8,800 leads.

Eighteen two-jin Zhenshuo cannons, 1,800 shells, and 1,060 kilograms of gunpowder.

Two hundred and eight-eight pairs of eight-couple-equipped divine power mechanism arrows, eight hundred and forty palm thunders.

There are also the extra armor, war horses, and carriages that need double the normal guard camp soldiers.

"Your Majesty, this is all about the backup. It has enough equipment for two thousand households. Moreover, there are so many firearms that can be used for at least three years. At most, it is enough to replenish ammunition." Luo Sigong bowed and said in a stern manner: "No matter how many, someone must be greedy!"

This answer made the little emperor unhappy. He paused with his mouth and finally waved unwillingly: "Forget it, you can see it, and the people from the Ministry of War can definitely see it."

"Tell you don't tell others, even your Shangguan Liu Shouyou can't say it, do you know?" Xiao Wanli said with a tiger's face: "What I want is the armour of the four guards!"
Chapter completed!