No matter how aggrieved the battle is, the Son of Heaven is triumphant after all, recovering the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, and chasing Taizong with martial arts.

The civil officials and bigwigs, while praising the table, scolded their mothers in their hearts.

The cabinet and the six ministries were all in motion, organizing the displaced people and criminals, and the silver and grain flowed away like water, and the treasury, which had been saved for several years, was instantly empty.

"Alas, I just beg Your Majesty not to fight anymore." Yang Tinghe sighed.

Mao Ji muttered: "Even if you don't fight, the future will be very sad." ”

The Daning area that has just been laid down, with many mountains and few lands, is difficult to be self-sufficient, and in the next few years, it must be fed by blood transfusion from the central government. Even if you can be self-sufficient in the future, once you encounter border troubles, you have to transport grain and grass to the imperial court.

This is the real reason why the emperors and officials of the Ming Dynasty don't want to recover Daning!

The more time passed, the more he didn't want to regain it, because Jizhen already had a side wall system, and Duoyanwei could only enter through a few gaps. Now that Zhu Houzhao has taken Daning back, the Great Wall of Jizhen is directly useless, and he has to continue to spend silver taels to slowly build the Great Wall and fortress.

The only thing that Yang Tinghe was glad about was that Zhu Houzhao still had a bit of a brain, and he didn't take back the Quanning grassland that Wang Yuan had laid down - there was a flat river, and it was difficult to defend, and if it was invaded by the Mongols for a long time, the military expenditure in this place alone could drag down the Ming Dynasty.

If you really want to bring the Quanning Grassland under your rule, you must occupy the entire Songliao Plain and use the Daxing'an Mountains as the defense line of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you will wait for endless border troubles!

It was November since the emperor returned to Beijing, and this winter was relatively warm.

According to the disciples of the physics school, they observed the temperature changes every day and came to the following conclusions: since the 16th year of Zhengde, in four years, the average temperature in Beijing has increased by 0.08 degrees.

Don't look at the change of only 0.08 degrees, that's the average temperature of the whole year.

The coldest time of the Xiaoice River in the Ming Dynasty was only 1 degree lower than in the 20th century, and this average temperature difference of 1 degree could make Hainan Island snow.

Ten miles outside the city, hundreds of officials greeted each other, and Zhu Hou returned to the dynasty according to the class.

Then he worshiped the temple, sacrificed to Sheji, and preached the emperor's martial arts. No matter how unhappy the official was, Zhu Houzhao won the battle after all, and recovered hundreds of miles (in terms of side length) of his homeland.

The cabinet minister Wang Qiong was crazy about patting on the back, and other civil officials came to praise him, all of which were routine. Wang Qiong's article quoted classics and carefully discussed the strategic significance of this battle, which could liberate the eastern and western roads of Liao, connect the entire eastern Liaodong, and at the same time relieve the military pressure on Gyeonggi.

"Dehua is really talented, haha, the article is well written," Zhu Houzhao was flattered and rewarded, "Twelve stones!" ”

Cabinet Minister Wang Qiong has raised her salary again.

Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Mao Ji, Jiang Mian, Wang Qiong, and the five cabinet ministers were summoned, but only Jin Gui, who was sick in bed, did not arrive.

"I plan to re-establish the Daning Xingdu Division, which is subordinate to Jizhen," Zhu Houzhao asked, "Do you have any objections?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Since Daning has been recovered, we should reset the capital division." The minister thought that Daning had been restored, and the guards of Jizhen and Liaodong East Road should be moved to Daning Zhuwei. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "This serious strategy is also feasible. ”

After the recovery of Quanning, Jizhen and Liaoxi East Road were no longer the front line. Moving out of one-third of the guards and going to the newly recovered lost territory can not only reduce the difficulty of immigration, but also reduce the military expenditure of the two places.

Actually, Yang Tinghe has more ideas.

That is, the six guard posts of Shanhaiwei, Yizhouwei, Quang Ninh Qiantun Wei, Quang Ninh Zhongtun Wei, Quang Ninh Zuotun Wei, and Quang Ninh Right Tun Wei were all abolished from military management and replaced with the management of civil affairs officials. It's no longer the front line of the border, why do you continue to manage the military?

But it is too difficult to implement, and it will inevitably attract opposition from the military department and military attachés, and the nobles and eunuchs with vested interests will also oppose it.

Yang Tinghe is indeed capable, but he has no courage.

"Erlang is still in Daning City and has not returned," Zhu Houzhao threw out a note, "This is his strategy to rectify the Daning Division, and everyone will look at it." ”

Yang Tinghe was the first to read it, and before he finished reading it, he was shocked and inexplicable, and then handed it to Yang Yiqing without saying a word.

Yang Yiqing read this letter, his expression was quite complicated, and he handed it to Mao Ji next to him.

After all the ministers finished reading, no one spoke, and the entire cabinet fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Yang Yiqing opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the Ming military system should indeed be changed. However, in the reform of the new land and the confronting of Mongolia here, it is a bit risky. In case it is broken, Daning Dusi will be erosive, how can he resist the Mongolian disturbance in the future? ”

Wang Qiong had already cleared her mind and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you might as well try it in Daning Dusi." The newly restored land of Daning is like a blank piece of paper, which can be painted at will, and it is easier to change the military system than in other places. ”

Everyone despised it, and they all thought that Wang Qiong was too shameless.

Although Wang Qiong is recognized as having excellent ability, she only knows how to pat the emperor's ass. In order to get on the throne, he even befriended Jiang Bin, and now he is befriending Wang Yuan. Zhu Houzhao personally conquered King Ning at the beginning, and the rest of the Shangshu expressed their opposition, only Wang Qiong, who was the secretary of the military department, and Lu Wan, who was the secretary of the ministry, did not speak.

Zhu Houzhao asked Yang Tinghe: "What does Yang Ge Lao think?" ”

Yang Tinghe was very entangled at the moment, as the first assistant of the current dynasty, he naturally knew that the military system had to be changed, and he also felt that this was a good opportunity. But this plan was put forward by political enemy Wang Yuan, and once the reform succeeded, it would be a great achievement.

After being silent for a long time, Yang Tinghe finally said: "Minister, there is no objection. ”

It is gratifying to congratulate that there is no real party struggle in the Zhengde Dynasty, and there has not yet been a bad situation in which you agree with me and oppose it. Although Yang Tinghe likes to exclude dissidents, he still operates within the rules. And this guy is very tolerant, without the certainty of victory, he will not rashly attack Wang Yuan directly, at most suppress Wang Yuan's henchmen.

Yang Tinghe is not stupid, the emperor favors Wang Erlang so much, his ordinary attacks are not only useless, but will also cause trouble for himself.

At the beginning, Jiang Bin danced so happily, Yang Tinghe was able to maintain peace on the surface, not to mention Wang Yuan, a rule-abiding minister.

Zhu Houzhao was very happy: "According to this strategy, the cabinet will make a charter, and the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War will handle it in coordination. ”

Yang Tinghe suddenly said: "Local martial arts, the township test can be attributed to the patrol according to the imperial history." ”

"No," Wang Qiong immediately objected, "The inspectors are all young civil officials, how can they be responsible for the Wuju Township Test?" The Wuju people they selected are afraid that they are more powerful than fighting, and in the future, they will carry a pen and an inkstone to kill the enemy? ”

"Hahaha, that's interesting." Zhu Houzhao was amused.

Wang Yuan reformed the military system in the Daning Metropolitan Division, which was about to be established, and one of them was to abolish the hereditary system of military attaches (only within Daning). At the same time, the scale of martial arts was expanded, and it was recommended as the county test, followed by the township test and the meeting test. Wuju people can directly award military attachés below the seventh rank, and Wujinshi can directly award military attachés above the seventh rank, but these military attaches cannot be hereditary.

This kind of military reform idea has actually existed for a long time, and the imperial court has always wanted to let the martial artists and martial artists slowly change the situation in which the hereditary military generals control the army.

However, the military secretly resisted, and the imperial court could only be forced to give in, stipulating that when military attaches were appointed, only 30% of the positions were given to Wujuren and Wujinshi. But the hereditary military attaches in various places, even Sancheng did not want to let it out, and they also got the right to recommend the martial arts examination, so that now the martial arts examination has completely become a decoration.

What is the martial arts like now?

Local military generals recommend subordinates and cronies, send them to participate in the martial arts township examination, and those admitted go to the capital to participate in the martial arts examination. The martial artists who have been tested in this way are all their own people from military generals from all over the world, and they are only given to middle and lower-level military positions when they are appointed.

Wang Yuan directly canceled the right to recommend, and no matter the military households, civilian households, artisan households, or even cuckold households, they can all sign up for the Wuju County Examination. The magistrates and counties in various places are responsible for the martial arts examination, and the Wu Xiucai selected in this way has no benefactor relationship with the local military attaché.

But after all, civil officials can't always be in charge of the examination, so during the Wuju Township Examination, Wang Yuan hoped to let the provincial capital departments be responsible for the assessment.

Du Si is also a military attaché, and Yang Tinghe wants to completely seize power, so he suggests that the township test should be in charge of the imperial history.

Wang Qiong is a person who knows the soldiers, of course he stood up against it, those little young patrols know what a fart according to the imperial history!

Zhu Houzhao also knew the soldiers, and said with a smile: "In the Wuju Township Examination, let all localities take the main exam, and this matter does not need to be discussed." ”

Under Wang Yuan's setting, the process of martial arts in the Ming Dynasty was finally perfected.

Wuju County Examination, Civil Officials and County Chief Examination, Wu Xiucai was selected. Mainly martial arts, but must be literate and write articles.

In the Wuju Township Examination, the military attache is the main exam, and the Wuju people are selected. Not only must you have martial arts, but you must also be familiar with military books and know the methods of battle formations.

Wuju Jinshi, the main examination of the central civil official, elects the Wujinshi. Mainly in the literary examination, you must be familiar with strategy.

Wuju palace test, the emperor's main examination, hand-picked martial champions, martial arts eyes, and martial arts. These three can be directly awarded from the fifth rank and the sixth rank of military positions, and they must be military attachés with real power.

At present, only military officials are placed in the Daning Division, and if this law can be implemented throughout the country, military attaches everywhere will be controlled by civilian officials. Because of the four-level examination chief, one level is the emperor, two levels are civil officials, and only one level is the military attaché - in fact, it is controlled by the central government.

Competing for the interests of the civilian-bureaucratic group, how could Yang Tinghe oppose it?

Far-sighted people among the civil servants have been working hard for this purpose. It is a pity that although the military attache clique has no right to speak, it is deeply rooted in the localities, and many reforms have been stirred up.

So much so that Wang Yuan did not dare to carry out reforms, and only dared to carry out experiments on the newly recovered territory.