With Liu Ruoyu having a good deal for him, Zhu Cixuan knew everything inside the palace even though he was outside the palace. This made him feel suddenly enlightened, and he could not enjoy it at all before. Although most of the information did not require Zhu Cixuan to react, it could give him a sense of security enough. He had no worries and devoted himself to the construction of the Eastern Palace Guard.

Liu Ruoyu's suggestions were very effective. After half a day of impeachment of Zhou Jing, the memorial to impeach Zhou Jing was launched, and the imperial edict allowed Zhu Cixuan to expand the Eastern Palace Guards of a battalion. According to the official military system of the Ming Dynasty, the first battalion had about 3,000 to 4,000 people. According to the organization of the Qi family army, the number of people in the first battalion was stable at about 3,200.

Although it is far from the ten thousand guards that Zhu Cilang first imagined, it is a good start. Moreover, he does not have enough personnel to recruit and train troops now. According to everyone's idea, the prince should have selected guards from the left and right guards of Teng and Wu Liangxiang under the leadership of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so that both officers and soldiers are ready-made.

However, Zhu Cilang once again proved that the Emperor Ming Empire had a crown prince who was not afraid of trouble. He did not exclude the three camps of the capital, nor did he exclude the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but he preferred to choose soldiers who were innocent, hard-working and obeyed orders.

Qi Jiguang recommended Yiwu miners in his military books, believing that they were brave and good at fighting and were easy to train. In the early years of Chongzhen, there were also generals who started by obeying slogans and focusing on cooperation, and liked to recruit canal boatmen to train.

Zhu Cilang didn't know which one is better, but from the perspective of human resources, miners in the world probably have good psychological tolerance, otherwise they would collapse after going down the well. The mine protection measures of this era are far worse than those of the black coal mines in later generations.

As the end of the Grand Canal, there are a large number of boatmen in Beijing and Tianjin. These people live at the lowest level of society and are oppressed by the bullies of the canal, and are almost regarded as consumables. Not to mention military pay, as long as they are full, they are extremely tempting and beautiful in their eyes.

Since you don’t know the depth of the water, why not try it out?

The first enlarged meeting of the East Palace was held for recruitment. The meeting was chaired by Zhu Cixuan, the Crown Prince of Emperor Ming, and recorded by Wu Weiye, the left son of Wu Weiye. Liu Ruoyu, Song Hongye, Zhou Jing and Tian Cunshan attended to listen.

Looking at the few four or five people below, Wu Weiye was even more confused and nervous, which made Zhu Cilang sigh secretly. However, he quickly dispelled the negative emotions and said in a rare cheerful tone: "Now the Eastern Palace team is here. Although there are fewer people, they want to do things. Today's topic is to select the guards in the Eastern Palace. I will set a tone first: all guards should use warriors as the yardstick. They are mainly selected from the riverside boatmen, miners, and coolies. Now, you can discuss a charter and listen."

Everyone glanced at each other quickly. Wu Weiye felt that he was a Jinshi Qingliu and had the highest rank here. Of course, he should have left the class first to reply. He gently raised his sleeves and was about to get up when he suddenly heard a dry cough, which made his legs weak.

It is the prince who is about to speak.

"You don't know anything, just keep a good record." Zhu Cixuan blocked Wu Weiye's mouth without hesitation.

Wu Weiye's eyes turned dark. After getting the test language of "I don't know anything", his career in this life suddenly faded.

"Song Hongye, you talk first." Zhu Cixuan named.

Others looked at this little official from the Military and Ma Si, and their eyes were mixed with some envy, jealousy and hatred. In the habits of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, officials who were more valued the higher the status, had the power to speak first. Such people often communicated with the emperor, which was equivalent to making a statement for the emperor, representing a hidden wind.

However, Zhu Cilang's habit is to start speaking from people with low status, so that they can avoid being influenced by high-ranking people and make it easier to express their true inner views.

Song Hongye's heart was beating and was about to go forward to salute, but he heard the prince say, "Sit and say."

"Yes." Song Hongyeqiang took a breath and said in his mind: "There are only three thousand guards in the East Palace, and even if they choose one in a hundred, it is not impossible. It's just that someone is sent to select the front line, which is more important."

"Your Highness, I am willing to go!" Zhou Jing did not want to fall to the point of Tian Cunshan, so he naturally hoped that the new Eastern Palace guards would be selected by him and firmly in his own hands.

"I don't choose people from the third camp. What I am afraid of is that my habits are hard to change." Zhu Cilang looked at Zhou Jing coldly: "The newly selected people must be innocent, have no family, work hard and obey orders. If you have no desire to live, you will naturally be brave and fearless. If you have a glimmer of hope, you will fight bravely. How many people can do it now wearing armor and stuttering the imperial food?"

Zhou Jing lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more. He felt quite aggrieved. In the past, even if he was in the palace, the prince just laughed. Why did he become a different person as soon as he left the palace? This was obviously trying to exchange the old and expel the old man in the East Palace in one fell swoop!

After hearing the prince's clearer request, Song Hongye had already outlined a standard image in his heart. He thought that this should not be difficult, but when he saw Zhou Jing being refuted by the prince, he bit his teeth and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to go there!"

"Three thousand people are not a small number. My requirements are high and the time limit is tight. What are your plans?" Zhu Cixuan's tone suddenly became gentle, as if he was talking to his beloved father and his beloved son.

"It is natural that I can't do it alone." Song Hongye's mind was spinning quickly, and his forehead was red: "When I was in the military and horse department, I knew a lot of people in the market, one of which was called Yaxing." He was afraid that the prince would grow up in the deep palace and didn't know what Yaxing meant, so he picked the words and explained it briefly.

In fact, the teeth store is an economic company, which does intermediary business, either earning the difference or earning commissions. It is divided into categories. Each industry has its own distinction between official teeth and private teeth, and it plays the dual role of lubricant and mouse shit in the business environment of the Ming Dynasty.

The teeth that Song Hongye mentioned mainly refers to human teeth.

This profession similar to a legal human trafficker was not popular in the Ming Dynasty, so it was the most closed. They quickly analyzed a person's future figure and appearance through the old mantras, so as to judge whether it is worth buying. If there is a mistake in judgment, this "good" will be in their own hands.

It sounds like a slave transaction, but it is undeniable that the Ming Dynasty did have this bad habit of trafficking in humans. Whether it is a skinny horse in Yangzhou or a healthy servant, most of them are traded. How can ordinary tenants be willing to become slaves as long as they have a bite of food? It should be noted that once they become slaves, they will not be able to be imperial examinations for three generations, and there is no hope of turning over.

As the saying goes: If you don’t have any guilt, you should be killed.

This "tooth" is mostly human teeth.

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