Giving mansions to so many meritorious people, do you need to rebuild the land?

Of course not, there are many vacant mansions in the Ming Dynasty, all of which are the mansions of corrupt officials and traitors.

For example, Zhou Kui's Jiading Bo Mansion, Zhu Chunchen's Guogong Mansion, Wei Zaode, and nearly 100 mansions are vacant there, and they are just being used now.

At the beginning, he was almost burned by Jinyiwei and Dongchang Xichang, but fortunately, Zhu Youzhen stopped it in time.

The silver reward and pension this time were also astronomical, reaching more than 20 million taels of silver.

This number is placed during the reign of the real Chongzhen Emperor, and it is impossible to get it anyway.

You must know that at that time, the annual treasury income was only a few million taels of silver, including military salaries.

This is also the main reason why the imperial court owes Xiangyin, not that it is not to give, but there is really no money.

When the Ming Dynasty fell, Emperor Chongzhen only had a few hundred taels of silver in his treasury.

But now it's completely different, Zhu Youzhen really doesn't lack silver.

not only received more than 20 million taels of silver from corrupt officials, but also more than 10 million taels confiscated from Jin merchants.

This is not much, Zhang Xianzhong alone gave Zhu Youzhen more than 50 million taels of silver.

Later, the Meng Yuan and the Eastern Exile were eliminated, and nearly 30 million taels of gold, silver, and finances were recovered from these two places.

This does not include a large number of cattle, sheep and horses and silk silk, it can be said that Zhu Youzhen is now rich.

It is said that Daming lacks silver, and that is because Daming's silver has been divided among all parties.

Now that all the lost silver is concentrated in Zhu Youzhen's hands, will he still be short of silver?

There are only a dozen of the hundreds of vassal kings left, and they have saved a lot of expenses for the Ming Dynasty.

The property and land of the vassal king who were wiped out by the Liukou returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty again, and for the Ming Dynasty, it was another huge amount of income.

If Daming lacks something now? The reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty needs people everywhere, that is, there is a shortage of people!

After giving the meritorious hero an official and becoming a knight, Zhu Youzhen's eyes looked at Li Banghua, the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet.

It can't be said that Li Banghua is disloyal, but this person's ability to be the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is still lacking.

Especially when dealing with the Kong family, he actually sang against Zhu Youzhen and openly defended the Kong family.

As the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he should understand that his official position was appointed by the emperor, and he must support the emperor at a critical moment.

However, Li Banghua's performance made Zhu Youzhen very dissatisfied, if he was not strong enough, wouldn't he be swayed by the cabinet.

After more than half a year of observation, Zhu Youzhen found that he had made a mistake, not all ministers with integrity are very capable.

He can't give the important task of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty to those ministers with integrity.

Of course, they are loyal, but some of them have limited abilities, and the most important thing now is to govern the country.

As long as you don't violate the principles, as long as you are talented, Zhu Youzhen will use them.

Zhu Youzhen asked Li Banghua with a smile:

"Li Shoufu, are you Guigeng this year?"

Li Banghua hurriedly went out of work and bowed:

"Back to Your Majesty, thanks to the Holy Blessing, the old minister is nearly eighty years old this year!"

Zhu Youzhen nodded:

"Li Aiqing is still working hard for me at such an old age, which makes me very ashamed, now that the world is peaceful, I have decided to let you live for a thousand years, I don't know what Aiqing wants?"

In fact, when Li Banghua destroyed the Kong family in the emperor, he already thought that he would be dismissed, and with such an age, it was time to rest.

"Your Majesty Xie understands, the old minister is old, and it is indeed time to retire."

Zhu Youzhen walked in front of Li Banghua and stretched out his hand to help Li Banghua:

"Okay, on behalf of all the people and officials of the Ming Dynasty, I thank Aiqing for his contribution to the Ming Dynasty during his tenure, starting tomorrow Aiqing will not have to go to the court, and the treatment and salary will remain unchanged until the end of his life!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, the old minister has no regrets in this life, may I be prosperous, prosperous, powerful, and peaceful!"

Let him be laid off, Li Banghua did not complain, the emperor not only gave him enough face, but also the same as in office, Li Banghua was moved to tears.

No one in the Manchu Dynasty thought that Li Banghua, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, would be suddenly dismissed.

However, when the emperor dealt with the Kong family, Li Banghua's performance. They quickly understood what was going on.

For Zhu Youzhen's laughter, the removal of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty on the grounds of Li Banghua's age, the ministers all felt that the emperor's scheming was really difficult to understand.

Now they are beginning to care about whether the next candidate for the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty will come to them.

Zhu Youzhen already had a suitable candidate for the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, that is, Sun Chuanting, and now he just took the opportunity to replace Li Banghua.

However, Zhu Youzhen also wanted to see the opinions of the ministers, and he wanted to see if there were any officials vying for power and profit.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first assistant Li Banghua retired with honor, his position cannot be vacant, Aiqing, let's see who is suitable to be my first assistant of the Ming Dynasty?."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, the court was suddenly silent.

The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is above ten thousand people under one person, who doesn't want to be the first assistant.

But when they thought about their own abilities and prestige, they gave up their delusions.

They all knew that no matter their ability, merit and prestige, they would not be able to sit in the position of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

The ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and they began to discuss.

Soon people began to recommend people who felt right in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, Weichen recommends Master Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the Ministry of War!"

"Your Majesty, Weichen recommends Qi Jiguang as the governor!"

"Your Majesty, Weichen recommends Sun Chuanting as the Governor!"

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Some people recommend Qi Jiguang, some people recommend Sun Chengzong, and some people recommend Ni Yuanlu and Fan Jingwen.

Of course, some people recommend Sun Chuanting, but the most respected is Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong is not only capable, but also the teacher of Emperor Chongzhen, and they naturally think that the emperor's candidate is Sun Chengzong.

Hearing that the ministers who recommended him the most, Sun Chengzong was of course very happy, but he knew that he was also old and definitely not the emperor's choice.

So Sun Chengzong took the initiative to come out of the class recital:

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Qi Jiguang is a military general, and he is also a family member of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and Daming can't move his position.

Looking at the entire court, in addition to Qi Jiguang, there is one person who is most suitable to be my first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and this person is Sun Chuanting, please ask for the grace of the saint. ”

Sun Chengzong's voice did not fall, and the ministers seconded it one after another, and they all agreed with Sun Chengzong's statement.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly went out to play:

"Your Majesty, the minister has a military position, he is not suitable to be the first assistant, and he is not capable, please be enlightened!"

Zhu Youzhen looked at the performance of the ministers, and was very satisfied, it seems that the atmosphere of the Ming court has changed a lot, and there is no such thing as competing for fame and fortune.

He laughed:

"Okay, I also think that Sun Chuanting is more suitable, Sun Chuanting listens to the order, I appoint you as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and I hope you will serve the Ming Dynasty with all your heart."

"This ......"

"Weichen Sun Chuanting received the order to thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Sun Chuanting hurriedly knelt down to receive the order and thanked him, and then entered the court.

In his previous life, Sun Chuanting led troops to suppress the Liukou, but due to the epidemic, the lack of food and grass, the lack of soldiers and ammunition, and the imperial court urged the war, so he had no choice but to go to war hastily.

In the end, he died in Tongguan, Shaanxi, and was shrouded in horse leather at the age of about 51. "History of the Ming Dynasty" said that "the court died, and the Ming died".

In later generations, he was summoned by Zhu Youzhen, not only to help Qi Jiguang exterminate the Liukou and kill the Eastern captives.

Now he has become the first assistant above 10,000 people under Daming, and Zhu Youzhen can be regarded as the best comfort for him!

Zhu Youzhen knows Sun Chuanting's ability, and he deserves to be the first assistant.

"Okay, the first assistant has been decided, now Aiqing will tell me, how to distribute those women who are Meng Yuan and the Eastern captivity?"