Chapter 50                                                                                                                             �

"Speaking alarmist." Jiajing said in his heart.

The reason for this evaluation is that although Jiajing is not at all concerned about the border affairs, I heard Zhou Mengchen vaguely accusing him of himself, which triggered Jiajing's rebellious mentality. After all, Jiajing's pride never thought he was wrong, and even if there was a problem, it was not his fault.

But there is another reason. That is, how many troops did the Ming Dynasty have? How many troops can fight?

This question seems to be a very simple question, but in fact, it is a question that looks like a ridge and a side to a peak. It is a question that many historians can study for a lifetime.

First of all, everyone has a consensus. In the opinion of Jiajing, that is, the guards cannot fight. More than three million troops are just an imaginary number. Secondly, there was an army that could fight in the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, who had been entangled with the Tartars for many years? Is it air?

But how many troops can be fought? No one can tell.

The biggest problem of corruption in the military is that the data is false. The military quota on the Ming Dynasty books is just a look. It is a statistical data of financial appropriation and is not reliable at all. Secondly, there are many non-staff troops, such as the servants of generals, as well as the people who were summoned during the war, as well as the militia and yamen runners, etc. These armed forces that are not in the sequence of the garrison are not included in the statistics.

Zhou Mengchen himself had to admit it. He gave more than 300,000 troops, which was an estimated number, not a real number. But this number was not given out of thin air by Zhou Mengchen. Instead, Zhou Mengchen received first-hand information from various places in the Ministry of War.

From this data, it is inferred and analyzed.

How accurate is Zhou Mengchen himself?

After all, auditing is a certain difficulty, and it will only be even more difficult to do this work in the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Mengchen inferred it through many archives of the Ministry of War. It is not surprising that Zhou Mengchen is more and less. In addition, the numbers of the Ming army are also dynamic.

Many times, it's different.

But Zhou Mengchen still has some confidence in making this judgment. It is definitely not nonsense.

But Jiajing is not like this.

Jiajing also has his own source of confidence. Dongchang, Jinyiwei, cabinet, and various yamen. Jiajing wanted to know what he had never known. Therefore, he had his own judgment on the strength of the Ming army.

However, Jiajing thought that he could stand at the top of the Ming Dynasty, so he could stand high and see far and clearly.

But I don’t know, on the contrary. It is precisely because he is the emperor, the things he shows him have been decorated many times. The truth he wants is the truth that others want to show him. It is not that Lu Bing intentionally concealed him. But this kind of statistical behavior is a layer of deception from the bottom.

Eating a job is a shameful thing, even though the general environment now abolishes the behavior of many generals. But the problem is that when the Jinyiwei finds a way to survey the situation, they will always encounter some meaningful embellishments. This is when they don’t know that it is the Jinyiwei who comes to ask. After all, people will cover up the bad things they do to themselves, no matter who they are.

This kind of data itself cannot be completely real, and then after adding layer by layer, the moisture accumulates layer by layer. Even though Jiajing knew that there were differences in the data in his hands, he didn't expect that there was actually only one out, no in.

Add another reason, that is, today's Jiajing is not the Jiajing before.

Twenty years ago, Jiajing worked hard to govern the government. He was more concerned about major affairs of the court and was more impressed by the data at that time. However, in recent years, he has mostly maintained major affairs of the court and has not been so concerned about many things.

In Jiajing's heart, it was estimated that the Ming Dynasty could fight was about 500,000 or 600,000.

But this number is the moisture from Jiajing between the twenty and thirty years. Although some of the moisture is generally not bad, it is not now.

The more frequent military affairs are, the greater the losses the army will suffer, but it is not easy for the military to add. In addition, Zhou Mengchen's estimate is indeed a little low. In short, the data difference between the two is so big, it is no wonder Jiajing didn't believe it at all, and even sneered at it.

In the eyes of many things, the parties involved are fools, but do not know. The various information received by later generations is after various verifications. The information obtained by the parties involved may not be so comprehensive and accurate.

The understanding of things is different, and the understanding of things is different. Jiajing didn’t have the heart to say this to Zhou Mengchen at this moment. He said lightly: “I don’t know what Yan Song did? I only know that Yan Song was the chief assistant I chose. The situation in the northwest should also recover next year. What if the Tatars go south next year? That year did the Tatars go south? Zhou Shangwen was an old minister and general, so I was very sad. But the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty were like rain, and I don’t know how many generals dared to fight? If I didn’t go south after Zhou Shangwen alone, I would stop fighting.”

"On the contrary, it's you. Xia Yan is even easier. The court has not been stable for more than a year. Another Yan Song is replaced. How long do you want the court to be in chaos?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen immediately said, "Your Majesty----"

What Jiajing said seems to make sense. The core point is that Jiajing thinks Yan Song is capable of dealing with these problems. But Zhou Mengchen thinks that it is completely impossible. Moreover, Jiajing has never been on the battlefield. I don’t know what the morale of the military is maintained.

There are only two words: reward and punishment, obedient reward, disobedient punishment. Now, those who fight to the death are not rewarded, and those who fail to commit crimes are not guilty. The blow to the morale of the army is unparalleled.

And can the northwest recover? Zhou Mengchen didn't know.

Because how to say that the Northwest has recovered? That is, it can maintain its offensive defense against the Tartars. This strategy is to search for sets. This tactical strategy was invented by Wang Yue. Even if the elite cavalry of the Ming army raided the Tartar camps and burned them all. In this way, the Tartars would have to leave tens of thousands of people to guard the house. The pressure on Xuanda was not so great.

This not only requires soldiers but also experienced middle-level and low-level generals.

In fact, before Zeng Xian, the Northwest Frontier Army's ability to take the initiative to attack the Tartars and this field combat capability had been greatly weakened.

For example, the victory of Liu Tian and Heishui is actually the battle of Heishuidun. When you look at this "Dun", you will know that this was intercepting the Tartar army in the Ming Dynasty, not outside the Great Wall. It was also when Zeng Xian was in power and he restored this ability.

Many times, it is easy to destroy something, but it is too difficult to re-owned.

Jiajing's tone slightly heavier, interrupting Zhou Mengchen's words and said, "Zhou Qing is a doctor in the Ministry of War. Since he is so interested in border affairs, he will worry more about the affairs of the Ministry of War in the future. You don't have to worry about other things."

Zhou Mengchen was slightly stunned when he heard this. His tone suddenly became a little heavy. He said, "I understand."

Yes, he got it.

Jiajing was already very impatient with him.

Before, Jiajing asked Zhou Mengchen to have an official position, which was more convenient to handle Jiajing's affairs, rather than let Zhou Mengchen be a military supervisor or a wardrobe. Now Jiajing asked Zhou Mengchen to worry more about his job, which was actually a hint that Jiajing had handed over to Zhou Mengchen before, so he no longer had to worry about it.

Zhou Mengchen had expected this matter. But he didn't expect that this matter would come so quickly.

Jiajing then wanted to serve tea, but he grabbed it all in vain.

Although Jiajing did not pick up the tea cup, the meaning of serving tea and seeing off guests was very clear, so Zhou Mengchen naturally understood it. He bowed and said, "I will leave."

After seeing Zhou Mengchen leave, Jiajing looked at the ground in a mess and said, "Where are people? They are dead? Why don't you come to clean up?"

Huang Jin immediately took care of the people below to clean the porcelain that was broken into pieces.

Huang Jin whispered, "Your Majesty, Zhou Mengchen------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Huang Jin is not a good person. He showed good person in Zhou Mengchen because Jiajing favored Zhou Mengchen, and Huang Jin always regarded Jiajing's love as his favorite. Jiajing now seems to hate Zhou Mengchen, so Huang Jin naturally changed his attitude?
Chapter completed!