Chapter 220: The Beginning of Military Reform

The ministers said, "It's good that you always say anything, just don't talk about this thing, it's too scary." Look, Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt a sense of self-deprecation in his heart.

Sure enough, these are all courtiers he chose.

He suddenly missed Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu.

Although these old ministers have a bad temper and will not be honest and obedient, on the whole, they are still capable and ethical, but they can take responsibility.

It is estimated that most of this incident is the result of Yang Rong. And Yang Shiqi has always sent the Qing army to the imperial history, from the tenth year of Xuande to Yang Shiqi's reign, it has never been broken.

Batch after batch, although the investigation of the health center is superficial, Zhu Qizhen doesn't believe it, Yang Shiqi doesn't know what the inside situation is, but because the problem is too big, he can only do it slowly.

But he didn't give up trying to solve the problem.

Yang Pu did a little worse than Yang Shiqi, but after Cao Nai took the position, it was just a formality, and as for Zhou Chen, he didn't dare to ask.

Sure enough, Yang Shiqi's comments on Zhou Chen were good, and Zhou Chen did not have a minister's body.

Zhu Qizhen still said in an unhurried tone: "Baoding Hou." Would you like to? ”

Baoding Marquis Mengying immediately came out and said: "The minister is willing to serve His Majesty's court." ”

When this matter came out, although Baoding Hou Mengying was a little nervous, she was secretly happy in her heart.

If it weren't for the matter of King Han, the Hou family of Baoding would also be involved. But from after Hongxi to before the expedition to Luchuan, the Baoding Hou family relied on Yulu to live.

In this matter, it is very shallow, after the conquest of Luchuan, as the emperor's confidant and the noble forces represented by Chengguo Gong, they fought openly and secretly, and they have been pressed by Chengguo Gong.

Now that the Chengguo Gong family has fallen, it is already a big reshuffle, and now this old thing has been brought out.

Many people, like Zhu Qizhen, know about the land encroachment of the guard, but they have never summarized it from the perspective of the imperial court.

So Meng Ying had a hunch that an even bigger storm was brewing. And the Meng family he represents saw an opportunity in this storm.

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this case, you should go on the expedition tomorrow, are the military department and the household department ready?" ”

Zhou Chen immediately said: "It's all ready." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Meng Ying went out on the expedition and took away all the elite soldiers in the Beijing Division, so I intend to recruit 50,000 soldiers in Hebei, and the Ministry of War will handle this matter, Wang Ji, you are responsible, write a charter and come up, and the cabinet will discuss it." ”

Wang Ji sensitively felt the meaning when he heard it.

Will the Beijing battalion be changed from a guard to a recruit in the future? There's so much to play with. And recruited by the Ministry of War, Wang Ji immediately said: "The minister understands. ”

Zhu Qizhen said with some interest

"I'm tired today, you guys go down and do something, I think you're going to be very busy today." ”

The ministers glanced at it and said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen seemed to remember something and said: "By the way, those who leak the forbidden Chinese language, die." The rules in the palace, I don't need to remind you. ”

The ministers immediately said, "The ministers understand. ”

In fact, although the imperial court punished the leaking of the Chinese language very harshly, it could not stop many people from spreading it. It's just this one thing, big or small.

If you don't pursue it, it's not big, if you investigate it, the crime is not small, and these ministers also know the severity, they are all people at the decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally don't dare to leak it easily. And Zhu Qizhen particularly emphasized. I didn't dare.

Zhu Qizhen naturally knew that even if the news of this matter was blocked, it would not be blocked for long. But it's good to be locked down for a while.

"Please stay right." British Gong Zhang Fu said.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at the serious face of the British duke, spit out a word lightly, and said, "Quasi." ”

Fortunately, the rules of the Qianqing Palace were strict, and Fan Hong was the only eunuch left during the deliberations, otherwise Zhu Qizhen would have had to execute a group of eunuchs to seal his mouth.

Of course, there is also a petty official, who is naturally a businessman who writes living notes. Zhu Qizhen gave Fan Hong a look, and Fan Hong immediately understood and invited the merchant out.

Of course, Shang Zhen is a three-yuan and first, and naturally he will not be killed, but his living notes will naturally have to be modified, after all, although this thing is kept secret, but it is kept in the Hanlin Academy, it is difficult to say how confidential it can be.

There should also be some advice in the business.

When Fan Hong went out and closed the door, only Zhu Qizhen and Zhang Fu were left in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty, the minister swears to the heavens that the property of the minister's family is all given by the palace, and the rest will not increase by a slight, and the minister must not be involved in this matter." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Then why is the family in your family still hanging the title of a hundred households and eating the court's food? I don't remember that the DPRK and China were so kind to the Prince. ”

Zhang Fu was speechless for a while.

The imperial court has a personal quota for those who are knighted, after all, even civil officials have arranged retinues, although civil officials like to let the people who serve pay money because they are poor. As a kind of input.

Although the military generals are much more relaxed, the number of pro-soldiers is also strictly limited.

But the generals who really send troops to fight must find a way to break through this limitation, after all, anyone who has really been on the battlefield knows how important it is to be a soldier.

The more elite soldiers the better, and how to get the soldiers who can fight are naturally selected from below, but the soldiers who can fight in the guard are naturally eager to be promoted.

All of them have such operations, although they lead the court, but they do private work. This is a fairly common thing.

Zhu Qizhen said: "

I remember that the British duke deeply regretted the loss of Annam? ”

British Gong Zhang Fu said: "This is the old minister's lifelong hatred." ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a slight sneer in his tone: "The imperial court abandoned Annan because of the lack of national strength, but I don't know whose pocket this national power is. ”

Zhang Fu was shocked when he heard this, he knelt down and saluted and said: "Your Majesty suspects that the minister is like this, and the minister has nothing to say, but the old minister is loyal to Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong for three generations, and he has the heavy responsibility of entrusting the orphan, so he dares to speak to His Majesty without measuring his own strength." ”

"What does Your Majesty think of Taizong and the first emperor?"

Zhu Qizhen may feel that he is inferior to Emperor Taizong in his heart, but he may not be as good as Emperor Xuanzong, but as a son, he can't say this, and said: "It's not as good." ”

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty is too modest, the old minister thinks that His Majesty will definitely be far superior to the first emperor in the future, and the former emperor has not done it all his life, and even if Emperor Taizong has a way to take this matter?" ”

"The old minister knows much better than Wang Ji, Wang Ji is so big, he didn't tell His Majesty at all, at the end of Yongle, the grain was only five million stones. This problem really happened during the Taizong period. ”

"Shengming is as good as Taizong, and there is nothing to be done."

"If Your Majesty thinks that all the sins are in the minister's body, the minister will immediately apologize with death, what is so terrible about the minister's age, but Your Majesty, the biggest problem in this matter is not the minister, nor the sin of Chengguogong. It's the way of the human heart. ”

"Your Majesty, you can kill people, but killing people is impossible to solve the problem."

"Your Majesty, please."

Zhu Qizhen listened and calmed down.

There are many problems, sometimes it is difficult to say whose fault it is, it is difficult to say whose problem it is, and even to the extreme, the corrupt group that Zhu Qizhen thinks of controlling all the health centers does not exist at all.

It's like a large-scale bankruptcy of state-owned enterprises, is there really a unified political group that embezzles state property?

But this made Zhu Qizhen even more frustrated.

Because there is really such a group, Zhu Qizhen can still launch a big case and eradicate these people, but no, even if Zhu Qizhen kills it all over and changes the officials of the health center on a large scale.

Will it be able to stop or even change the situation?

No, you can't.

The decay of a system cannot be undone by killing a few more people.

There is even one thing that Zhu Qizhen has to admit, that is, although the Weisuo has collectively declined, the Weisuo army is still supported by the force of the Ming Dynasty.

If Zhu Qizhen really wants to do this, he can only cut off his own foundation.

Although Zhu Qizhen explained the people's hearts and minds, these four words are a little unkind. At this moment, his mood eased a little, and he said: "British duke, I am in turmoil. Since I was a child, I have aimed to complete the unfinished ambition of Emperor Taizong, and now in this situation, how many can the world's guards fight? ”

"What should I do?"