"Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty spends millions of taels of silver in Liaodong every year, almost depleting the national treasury, but how much of it reaches the hands of the border soldiers.

The minister inspected Xuanfu and Liaodong and found that the life of ordinary frontier soldiers was not easy, and most of his military salary was divided by his superiors.

As the main force in the Ming Dynasty to guard the slaves in Liaodong, the soldiers would definitely not sacrifice their lives if there was a war.

As the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, I also discovered a serious problem when I arrived at Jiubian. The border army only had the general in mind and no court.

If the border troops don't know who they are fighting for or serving the country, this will be very troublesome.

When the Ming Dynasty concentrated its forces to attack Jiannu in the future, how could it expect the frontier troops who were more familiar with Jiannu to contribute?

With the Ming Dynasty’s vast territory, His Highness cannot rely on tens of thousands of national defenders to fight against the rebels and annihilate the Jiannu slaves. If this continues, when will the Ming Dynasty be revived..."

Lu Xiangsheng, who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, became more and more heartbroken as he talked about it. He could fight to the death without caring about life and death without establishing slaves.

But we can't just watch the Ming Dynasty's nine sides being so corrupt and turn a blind eye.

So when he saw the crown prince, he immediately reported what he saw.

Lu Xiangsheng was not a traitor, and he would not deliberately frame the Liaodong generals, but sincerely thought about the imperial court.

Perhaps Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are similar to Yu Qian. They may not be loyal to a certain emperor, but they are definitely loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

What Lu Xiangsheng said today, Zhu Cihong had known about it for a long time, so he expanded the national defense army on a large scale.

In addition to Lu Xiangshengtianxiong's army and Sun Chuanting's Qin army, the troops that suppressed bandits in the pass were included.

It can be said that other armies are cultivating bandits to respect themselves, otherwise rogue bandits would have been eliminated in the bud.

Neither Zuo Liangyu nor Hong Chengchou tried their best to completely wipe out the bandits.

Once the rogue bandits are wiped out, how can they still get benefits and how can they still get rewards from the rogue bandits.

The generals of Liaodong went even further, and they and Jiannu exchanged glances to reach some kind of tacit understanding.

Not only did he get millions of silver from the Ming Dynasty every year, but he also got what he wanted from the slaves.

The ancestors and Wu families guarded Liaodong for many years.

Although it has made considerable contributions to preventing Jianzhou from breaking through the border.

But what everyone knows is that the two families also obtained huge benefits from it.

In terms of official titles alone, the lowest official rank for the descendants of the ancestral family is also guerrilla.

Anyone who can wear armor and go into battle must have a military rank of general or above.

The Wu family even hedged their bets. In every battle, Wu Sangui tried to conserve his strength, either fighting timidly or fleeing.

Guan Ning's cavalry, said to number in the tens of thousands, have any victories against Jianlu over the years?

Since the Tianqi period, 70% of the imperial court's annual income has been allocated to Liaodong, which consumes about 5 million taels of food and salary every year.

So far, the imperial court has spent at least tens of millions of taels of silver in Liaodong.

But whose storehouse did all this money and food fall into? How many of the hundreds of thousands of Ningjin soldiers could still wear armor and fight against the enemy?

Originally, the imperial court had no available troops, so it had no choice but to rely on Guan Jin's army to prevent thieves from breaking through.

But Zhu Cixiang had already expanded the four divisions of the National Guard Army by as much as 200,000.

When the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops were trained, the whole Liaodong army still did not know how to restrain themselves, how to advance or retreat, and what awaited them was destruction.

Seeing that the crown prince was silent for a while, Lu Xiangsheng knew that he was thinking about Liaodong, so he waited quietly without disturbing him!

After a moment, Zhu Cixi raised his head and said:

"I asked the Tianxiong Army to expand its army by 30,000 troops. What is the current recruitment process? The other four units have completed their expansion of 50,000 troops and are already training intensively!"

Zhu Cihong's words made Lu Xiangsheng's eyes light up, and surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

He has fought with the National Protectorate Army and is quite familiar with the combat effectiveness of the National Protectorate Army.

In particular, the firearms of the Protectorate Army were awesome, and they were definitely one of the strongest armies he had ever seen.

Huang Degong's thousands of tiger and benign troops were able to annihilate the Eight Banners of Azigh's 10,000 slaves.

Those were the thousands of slave-building Manchu soldiers that Huang Taiji said were invincible. If the strength of the National Guard Army reached more than 200,000, how fierce it would be!

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng was very proud when the prince was able to merge the Tianxiong Army into the National Defense Army.

When the Crown Prince asked about the situation of the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly raised his hands and said:

"Reporting to Your Highness, I received a report when I came back that the Tianxiong Army has completed its recruitment. I would like to ask Your Highness to send some generals from the Weiwu Camp to station for training!"

The current commander of the Tianxiong Army is Lu Xiangkun, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother.

Lu Xiangsheng asked the crown prince to send someone to guide the training because he did not want the crown prince to treat him differently.

The other four members of the National Guard Army are all members of the Crown Prince. They have been fighting with the Crown Prince since the establishment of the East Palace Guards. They are the Crown Prince's personal troops.

Of course Zhu Cihong knew Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. He smiled slightly and said:

"Okay, from now on, the Tianxiong Army's officers and men will mainly use firearms. It is indeed necessary for me to send people for training. Just ask Zhou Yuji to send five generals there!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. I will hand over the entire Tianxiong Army to Your Highness. From now on, the Tianxiong Army will have nothing to do with me!"

Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed. He didn't want to be thought that the Tianxiong Army was self-reliant, so he could get rid of it now.

Zhu Cixiang chuckled and said:

"It's not that simple to give up the challenge. In the future Liaodong War, you will still lead the Tianxiong Army.

There is nothing going on in the capital for the time being. Jiannu has invaded North Korea and will surely invade the country again in the future to plunder. I still want to give Lu Qing a hard time.

You are temporarily serving as the governor of Xuanda. I believe that Yang Guozhu is so powerful that he will not support his troops and respect himself. They will definitely cooperate with you to rectify Xuanda.

There is no war in Liaodong for the time being, so the Jiannu slaves will definitely not easily provoke the Liaodong generals, and the invasion route will definitely take a detour through Mongolia."

Giving him a heavy responsibility shows that the crown prince believes in him. Lu Xiangsheng is not afraid of the heavy burden, but is afraid of losing trust.

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and received the order:

"I obey the decree and am willing to serve the Ming Dynasty. Your Highness will die in service!"

Zhu Cixiang nodded, stood up, walked to Lu Xiangsheng and whispered:

"Pay attention to the movements outside the customs. You cannot always be passively beaten. The national defense army will soon come out to seize the Tatar cattle and horses!"

After the fields were divided in the Gyeonggi region, there must be a shortage of cattle, and the cavalry of the National Guard Army was even short of horses.

It would be too late for Daming to raise cattle and horses on his own, so the best way would be to go out and rob them.

After Jiannu became big, only the Mongolian Tatars and Jiannu entered the pass to plunder, and the Ming army did not dare to come forward in the pass.

Without any preparations by the Tatars outside the Pass, a sudden attack by the Ming army would surely result in a bumper harvest.

Hearing that the crown prince was preparing to leave seclusion for robbery, Lu Xiang stood up excitedly and couldn't help laughing:

"Your Highness is wise, we should let the Tatars taste the feeling of being abused. In recent years, either they have established slaves and invaded our borders, or the Tatars have invaded our borders. The Ming army has been tortured to death, hahaha..."

Zhu Cixiang smiled as he thought about the scene of the National Guards chasing and killing the Tatars:

"Lu Qing, slave-building work is everywhere, you know this and I know it for the time being.

When you come to Xuanda, you must go and see Yan Xiongying, I want to know if he can change the army of Datong!"

When the crown prince asked about the general of Datong, Lu Xiangsheng immediately raised his thumb:

"Your Highness, when I killed Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, last time, I was worried that Yan Xiongying would not be able to control the Datong soldiers.

During this inspection, I also visited Datong. Yan Xiongying managed the army strictly, and the soldiers of Datong did not commit any crimes in autumn.

I couldn't believe it, so I inquired quietly, and found out that Yan Xiongying had reduced the eight thousand Datong soldiers to five thousand.

I heard that five thousand households and eight hundred households were also killed. Youzi, a veteran who oppressed the people, also killed more than 600 people.

Outside the Datong Military Academy, you can hear their training shouts every day. Now the Datong soldiers have the appearance of a strong army!" If you like the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the Prince Supervisor. Please collect: (https://www.myxls.net) The Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the Prince Supervisor.
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