Chapter 680: Useless Mediocrity? The Pride of Noble Jingnan!

Wenyuan Pavilion.

The warriors and honorable ministers gathered together.

Xue Lu, the Duke of Yin, Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, Chen Mao, the Marquis of Ningyang, Wang Tong, the Marquis of Chengshan, etc., are all here.

Of course, Mu Sheng and Zhang Fu are missing.

Mu Sheng cleaned up the chieftains in Yunnan and presided over the state affairs of "reforming the native land and returning it to the flow".

Zhang Fu took charge of the overall situation in Jiaozhi and cooperated with the imperial court in the development of Jiaozhi.

Therefore, these two famous generals did not have time to rush back, and Zhu Gaoxu was not prepared to trouble them anymore.

Anyway, these famous Jingnan generals in front of them are all people who have led troops in wars all year round, and they are still very young now, enough to support the Ming army for decades.

A group of military attachés were either training troops locally or sitting on one side, all over the world. They may not have seen each other for a long time.

During this meeting, all kinds of dirty and dirty words were used in an endless stream, and it was even more normal to greet each other's parents and family members.

Zhu Gaoxu was a little dumbfounded when he saw this. No wonder in the eyes of those civil servants and gentry, these military officers and ministers were all stupid and stinky!

"Okay, everyone, calm down!"

"I have gathered you here today to announce something big!"

Upon hearing the prince's words, all the generals immediately became quiet.

However, Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao spoke with a shy face, pretending to be aggrieved and complained: "Prince, I have heard that the royal family is dragging Cheng Guogong and Wei Guogong to do business together!"

"Marine trade is such a huge profit, I want to participate in it!"

As soon as these words came out, the generals who had been quiet before suddenly started talking again.

Of course, they dare not say that the royal family is partial and only takes the founding nobles to play and does not take them to play with them.

He could only complain and complain about how poor his family was and how miserable his life was, which made Zhu Gaoxu's head full of black lines.

Zhu Gaoxu glared at Chen Mao angrily, and then asked: "Poor? You are one by one. Whose family is poor?"

"Would you like me to let Gu Penzi go and take a look at your home? If you are really poor, I will subsidize it for you myself!"

After hearing this, the generals immediately became honest and did not dare to say anything anymore.

Damn it, if Gu Zuo is really asked to investigate, their bottoms are not clean, who can withstand the investigation!

Chen Mao smiled coquettishly, "The prince said something serious, it's just a joke, it's all a joke!"

Xue Lu, the Duke of Yin State, reached out and slapped him in the face, "Don't shut up! Haven't you heard that the Crown Prince has something big to announce?"

Xue Lu was previously promoted to Marquis of Yangwu for his contribution to the Northern Expedition. After the construction of the new capital of Peking was completed, Xue Lu was further promoted to Duke of Yin due to his contribution to the construction of Peiping.

He is the first person after the founding nobles and the Jingnan nobles to be awarded the title of Duke of the country based on his own merits!

In fact, according to common sense, it is impossible for Xue Lu to be granted the title of Duke.

Thanks to Zhu Gaoxu for speaking for him in front of Zhu Di.

The reason is very simple. Jingnan Xungui needs one or two characters who can support the scene.

The legacy of the founding heroes has been passed down to this day, and their influence has declined greatly and they have fallen out of the center of power.

The Jingnan nobles seemed to be in the ascendant, but the early batch of generals who carried the tripod, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, etc. passed away one after another, and the remaining ones were either brave generals and tiger generals, or dandy and mediocre people.

Except for Zhang Fu, who was somewhat capable, the others, such as Chen Mao and Wang Tong, were just generals who could charge and kill the enemy, rather than commanders who could command the three armies.

Even Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng has obvious abilities and is quite talented in training troops, but he has no talent in commanding an army.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu proposed the idea of ​​making Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, into the honorable card of Jingnan. Zhu Di readily agreed and directly gave him the title of Duke of Yin Kingdom.

In his early years, Xue Lu followed Zhu Di to fight against Jingnan and had outstanding military exploits. However, he did not have the distinction of Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and other famous generals, so he did not get the title.

After that, Xue Lu accompanied the army on the Northern Expedition several times and was Zhu Di's right-hand man in the Northern Expedition. It was during the Northern Expedition that Xue Lu gradually showed his talent as a general in commanding an army without being suppressed by anyone.

He truly deserves the title of Duke of Yin.

The most important thing is that Xue Lu is a die-hard supporter of Zhu Gaoxu.

With such a relationship, it is understandable that Zhu Gaoxu would help him go further.

"You must have heard about Liu Zhong, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the generals with a smile and raised the issue of Liu Zhong.

Upon hearing this, the faces of the generals changed drastically and gradually became ugly.

This Liu Zhong has simply disgraced their military attache!

The dignified commander of the Shandong Capital Division, the second-grade General Peiyin, was unable to deal with the White Lotus Demon Sect. He just sat back and watched the White Lotus Demon Sect wreak havoc on the entire land of Shandong. He was really a useless general!

Liu Zhongyao is just a mediocre general and useless person, so that's it.

But it happened that this beast was tyrannizing and enslaving the soldiers in the guardhouse. As soon as the news came out, it caused an uproar in the world. Many civil servants and gentry were even more impatient. Letters of impeachment memorials flew into the Qianqing Palace like snowflakes, all of which were to impeach the military attache Xun. The minister is arrogant and lawless!

The development of Liu Zhong's incident is no longer his alone, but involves a civil and military dispute.

This is a great opportunity for civil servants and gentry to make trouble!

After all, what Liu Zhong did is before our eyes, so have other military attaches committed the same numerous evil deeds?

This must be strictly investigated!

As a result, Xue Lu, Liu Sheng and other military attachés are now a little nervous and walking on thin ice.

They were afraid that His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown Prince would not be able to withstand the pressure and launch another purge. UU Reading www.uukanｓhu.netｔ

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xue Lu said in a deep voice: "Liu Zhong and others have no talent themselves, but they are able to hold high positions because their father and brother's merits are hereditary in the guard."

"There is still a big difference between them and us."

Xue Lu's words were extremely straightforward and extremely arrogant.

How can some useless mediocre people who rely on the merits of their father and brother and rest on their laurels be compared with these famous Jingnan generals who have outstanding military exploits?

Even if you want to investigate, you should first investigate these useless mediocre people, not us noble nobles!

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, giving Xue Lu enough face.

"Don't worry, I'm not bringing you all together this time to hold anyone accountable for their fault!"

"The shortcomings of the military system of the guard station have been exposed, and according to the investigation of the East Factory of the Ministry of Justice, there are not a few useless mediocre people like Liu Zhongzhi in high positions, so the military system of the guard station must be changed!"

"I have called you together today because of this matter. I have some immature suggestions. You are all veteran generals in the army. Let's see if we can do it!"

Zhu Gaoxu ordered his people to distribute the new military system he had drafted, and everyone had a copy of the pamphlet.

This booklet not only contains the new military system and discipline, but also new military training methods and drill content. God knows how much effort Zhu Gaoxu spent on writing this booklet.

Xue Lu, Liu Sheng and others subconsciously opened the booklet and looked at it carefully.

However, the more they watched, the more frightened and moved they became.

"Prince, this..."

"Isn't it a little too much?"

Xue Lu suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked with a trembling voice.

If the new military system is implemented in accordance with this pamphlet, the treatment of the officers and soldiers of the three armed forces will be more than ten times better!

Is it a little too much?