After pondering for a moment, Sun Chengzong continued: "The first point is the battle. Most of the people who fight are the generals' domestic slaves. There are probably hundreds of people fighting in a battalion. These people are not soldiers but receive monthly pay.

Not only does it deplete the treasury's money and food, but it also loses combat effectiveness. Another problem is the problem of empty pay. The problem of generals making false reports and concealing people is a common occurrence in the army. Only by solving these two problems can the army in the Beijing camp become a leader.

Possibility of being an elite." Sun Chengzong knew a lot about the army, and he was very insightful when he spoke about it at this time.

Seeing that Sun Chengzong's words were clear and logical, Emperor Tianqi said: "Since Sun Aiqing knows so much, I wonder what Aiqing can do?"

Seeing that Emperor Tianqi was determined to do this, Sun Chengzong was naturally happy and couldn't help but express his idea.

"Your Majesty, the only problem with Beijing Camp is to select a capable official to rectify it, and Beijing Camp will be transformed into a new one."

"I wonder who Aiqing can choose?" Since Sun Chengzong said so, Emperor Tianqi naturally would not object and asked with a smile.

"I recommend Sun Chuanting to be the head of the Ministry of Personnel. Although Sun Chuanting is a Jinshi, he understands military affairs and is loyal to the court. He is qualified for a big job." Sun Chengzong immediately said the candidate in his mind. He was not doing it for his own selfish interests.

, I really think that Sun Chuanting is a suitable person.

Emperor Tianqi didn't know much about Sun Chuanting, but Emperor Tianqi knew one thing that this person did. That was to capture Gao Yingxiang. Since this man could capture and kill Gao Yingxiang, there was no problem with his ability.

It seems that he died in battle later, so there is no problem with being loyal to him. Emperor Tianqi will naturally not let go of such a capable and loyal official.

He smiled softly and said to Sun Chengzong: "According to your advice, I will issue an imperial edict tomorrow."

In the next few days, two things became the focus of everyone's attention. The first thing was that Emperor Tianqi ordered the rectification of the Beijing Camp. All officials in the world knew about the Beijing Camp.

The elites at this time have long lost their former elegance.

When I followed the King of Yan to sweep the north, there were no troops that could fight face-to-face with the Mongolian cavalry and win a great victory. The Beijing camp was so weak that not to mention the Eight Banners cavalry, even the troops that later dealt with Li Zicheng were defeated.

Beaten to pieces!

Although Li Zicheng's troops were not a mob, they were not much worse. These military households who had learned guerrilla warfare on their own could only deal with the incompetent officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Wu Sangui led his troops into the pass and reached the capital in more than ten days.

Give this man who dreams of being an emperor a resounding slap in the face.

You must know that 10,000 Eight Banners soldiers can deal with 20,000 Wu Sangui's troops in a field battle, and they can still win. If we rank the combat effectiveness of the troops at this time, then the number one ranking must be Hou Jin's Eight Banners disciples

, followed closely by the Mongolian cavalry. Whether it was Lin Dan Khan who was defeated by Hou Jin, or the Mongolian Horqin tribe who defected to Hou Jin, their combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of the Ming army. The third in the list should be Yuan Chonghuan's troops in Liaodong, who were defeated

It was called Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, which was later Wu Sangui's army.

Ranked fourth should be Li Zicheng's troops. This group of rebellious civilians has a more powerful fighting force than the Ming Dynasty's border troops. Ranked fifth is the Ming Dynasty's Jingying, a troop that defends the capital.

Although he had some military exploits in the early stages of suppressing the peasant uprising, he was finally defeated by Li Zicheng, who had learned guerrilla tactics by himself. The last in line should be the Ming Dynasty's official army. Not only did this army have insufficient personnel, but it also

Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, but no matter who they fight, they will collapse at the first touch.

According to this ranking, we can see how weak the Ming Dynasty's army was. Although there were more than two million troops in name, when it came to war, except for Guan Ning's cavalry, everyone else was just a loser. Not to mention

At this time, the arms of other countries in the world have begun to appear. At this time, Europe has begun to have full firearms troops. Among them, the Netherlands and Spain are representatives, and France has caught up from behind and quickly established firearms troops. And the research on artillery is also

There is a big difference. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was still using red cannons, but the European cannons had already come out.

The gap between the Ming Dynasty and European countries has widened. Later, after more than three hundred years of delay by the Qing Dynasty, the gap has become too big. The gap started from this time. Without the intervention of external forces, I am afraid that there is really no way to recover.

.

These civil servants had no say in the purge of the Beijing camp, because most of the interference of civilian officials in the military affairs in history was for evil purposes, and those who did so would eventually become the target of public criticism. Although these civil servants of the Ming Dynasty fought evilly, they

They looked down upon military attachés. Even if they were asked to take charge of them, many people would look down upon them. Unless they were to serve as supervisors, these literati would avoid them.

Although the military attachés in the army were very frightened, there was nothing they could do. The system of the Ming Dynasty did not leave the military generals the opportunity to rebel. Even if they had this idea, these people did not have the courage.

What made everyone feel inappropriate was that although the official responsible for the purge was Sun Chuanting, Emperor Tianqi sent Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to intervene. Later, it was learned that these people obeyed Sun Chuanting, which made many people relieved. In fact, many people did not

Understand, Emperor Tianqi asked Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to participate mainly to preside over the criminal law and inquire about information.

Compared with the purge of the capital, another thing is a good thing, because the beautiful ladies of Emperor Tianqi have entered the capital. Every day, there are beautiful girls from all over the four gates of the capital, and countless people want to take a look.

, but there are very few opportunities to see him. Even if he does see him, he is always wearing a face covering so that no one can see his face clearly.

In the words of the eunuchs, Your Majesty hasn't seen it yet! You just want to see it! What are you thinking about?

Emperor Tianqi didn't care at all about the two things that everyone was concerned about. As for the Beijing camp, he could safely leave it to Sun Chuanting. After the election, even if Emperor Tianqi wanted to say something, he couldn't say it.

Although these two things were nothing to do with Emperor Tianqi, the emperor could not take any time off because he received a memorial from Xu Guangqi that something had come out at the firearms factory.

Early that morning, Emperor Tianqi took the eunuch Wei Chao and fifty imperial guards to Huangzhuang incognito. Also accompanying him was Xu Guangqi, the newly appointed chief minister and academician of the cabinet.

After arriving at Huangzhuang, Emperor Tianqi slowly walked out of Jiaozi, and looked back at Sun Chengzong, who had just left Jiaozi. Emperor Tianqi smiled slightly. Pointing to the Huangzhuang in front of him, Emperor Tianqi said: "Sun Aiqing, I heard that

Have you been here?"
Chapter completed!