Zhang Mao was delighted with Zhu Houzhao's promise. This can be regarded as the crown prince's compensation for himself, promoting his grandson.

In fact, whether to give it or not, I can't help it, this is the respect that the prince gives to the old minister, and I can't help but continue.

What the prince said earlier is actually telling himself, I already know what you think in your heart, but there is no way to change it on the Horqin side, and the compensation given to you is okay. You just want your grandson to make meritorious contributions, so let him go to Liaodong. Whether it is a few years of stay there, or there is a war, the credit is indispensable.

In fact, supporting Zhang Lun is also in Zhu Houzhao's expectations.

Although there are not many factions in the Ming military, it is unbalanced. The emerging military aristocracy led by Wang Shouren is too strong, which is not a good thing.

Although Zhu Houzhao is not too worried about Wang Shouren, he wants to give some comfort to the old nobles, but they have always supported you, and they can't cool people's hearts.

If there is no one available, on the contrary, Zhang Lun is also quite powerful, then give him a chance.

"Guogong is worthy of being an old minister of the court, and his family has been loyal and good for generations. In this case, let this matter be arranged! Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

There is no need to mention other things, and Zhang Mao will not do other things.

As for those who oppose Horqin, in fact, Zhu Houzhao did not take it to heart.

This time, it seems that the British government has benefited, but in fact, their entire faction has benefited. The matter of appeasing them and exchanging interests, the British Guild does a good job, and does not need to worry about Zhu Houzhao, they can be said to be familiar with this kind of thing.

"This matter is settled," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "After I go back, the palace will invite my father to play the emperor." ”

Zhang Mao's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

And that was the end of the matter.

Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth again and said: "There is another matter in the palace today, which is about the six gates that are about to be established, and this matter must be known to the Duke of Guo. ”

Of course, Zhang Mao knew that this matter had been making trouble for a long time. It's just that they don't have much to do with Xungui, so they don't have too much involvement.

Zhang Mao didn't know why the prince brought up this matter in front of him, but he knew that there must be a place to use it.

It's not a strange thing to give benefits in the front and let yourself contribute in the back.

"The minister did hear about it, but he didn't know it in detail." Zhang Mao said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, the palace has already invited the emperor, and this time the six doors are in charge of the palace himself, but there are also some vacancies below." Everything else is easy to say, but there is one thing that the palace is a little worried about, and that is the position of the commander. ”

In the establishment of the six doors, Zhu Houzhao did not play any innovation, but regarded it as a semi-military organization, and the implementation of the military structure was also implemented.

In the future, if you want to separate the military from the civilian system, then there must be a team under the command of civilian officials, that is, they will be used for deployment on weekdays, similar to the armed police force in later generations.

Therefore, the military rank established by Zhu Houzhao is the current structure of the Ming Dynasty, and a commander has been set up, and when the scale is expanded later, he can be promoted to the commander of the capital, similar to Jinyiwei.

In terms of function, the six doors and the brocade guard are different,

In the setting of Jinyiwei, Zhu Houzhao is ready to build in the direction of the gendarmerie and national security.

As for Dongchang, there is also the current Qiwei Zhai, which will be similar to the National Security Agency in later generations, as well as the CIA of the United States. Of course, there are some slight differences in functions, and Jinyiwei is responsible for scouting more places.

In the case of counter-espionage, the ability may be relatively weak. The six doors are more focused on the government, these are the things that the emperor will control the world in the future, and he will set them up.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhang Mao was stunned again, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to use someone from the Zhang family?

"I don't know who His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants?" Zhang Mao asked cautiously.

Zhu Houzhao didn't bend either, and said directly: "Guogong has a grandson named Zhang Ji, and the palace wants to use him as a commander. His grades in the martial arts academy are very good, and this time this palace wants to transfer him. ”

Zhang Ji, this is naturally a member of Zhang Mao's family, but he is not very good, and he is not a descendant, so he is much inferior to Zhang Mao's grandson Zhang Lun, both in terms of fame and status.

Zhang Mao didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take a fancy to him, but this is also a good thing for the Zhang family.

Although I don't know what will happen to these six doors in the future, being able to do things by the side of the prince is something that many people can't ask for.

Zhang Mao was even happier, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Ji has been an obedient and sensible child since he was a child, and the minister often teaches him that he may not be able to achieve anything, but he must not be harmed. Therefore, Zhang Ji is very stable in dealing with people, and it is also his blessing to be able to go to the attention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured, he has no problem in being a person and doing things. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said with a smile: "Then this matter is decided." ”

Zhang Mao nodded hurriedly, "Okay." The minister must tell Zhang Ji well. ”

"In that case, then the main palace will leave." Zhu Houzhao stood up and said, "The appointment will come down soon, Aiqing let them prepare." ”

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao walked out.

Zhang Mao naturally didn't dare to slack off, and took everyone in the Zhang family to send Zhu Houzhao.

After Zhu Houzhao left, Zhang Mao said to the housekeeper beside him: "Go and send someone to find the people around Zhang Ji, I want to ask about him." In addition, increase the treatment of Zhang Ji's family a little, and use it according to Lun'er's treatment! ”

Zhang Mao doesn't know much about this Zhang Ji, and now he needs to know about it.

"Yes, Guogong. I'll arrange it. The butler agreed, and ran to make arrangements.

In this regard, Zhu Houzhao, who left the Zhang family, naturally didn't know, but he didn't care.

The reason why he used the people of the Zhang family was actually very simple, that is, he was taking advantage of the power of the British Duke to let them go to the six doors to do things.

has been the prince for so many years, and Zhu Houzhao already has a little understanding of how to balance.

The yamen of the Six Doors is bound to not be manipulated by civil officials, and the people selected cannot be civil officials; Ordinary generals are not good, they will be congenitally afraid of civilian officials.

Only the sons of the nobles are more suitable, they have people behind them, and they are not afraid of civil officials, and they are not afraid of other people.

No matter how rich and powerful you are, you are not as rich and powerful as me, so they are the most suitable as a pioneer.

Zhu Houzhao chose the British duke, in order to suppress the other nobles, and at the same time let them know what to do.

After Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, he reported the incident to his father.

Zhu Youzhu has no intention of objecting, he has seen the performance of Xungui and Xunqi in the past few years, and he should give them a little benefit.

You must know the nobles of the past few years, so if you have nothing to do, you can find something for yourself. Not to mention anything else, there is no one in his brother-in-law's house who doesn't make trouble all day long, or he goes to the palace to ask for money.

Look at it now, my brother-in-law's family has played a lot of roles in recent years, and I still send money to the palace if I have nothing to do.

Even the courtiers have less impeachment of the nobles, and now most of them are political disputes, not who and who have done disgusting things.

So the news spread quickly, and the most discussed was Zhang Lun's matter.

The nobles were naturally rejoicing, which represented a victory for them, and at the same time represented that they had gone deeper into Liaodong.

You must know that in the past two years, Liaodong has always been the territory of Liaodong Jiangmen, although it is not that oil cannot be spilled, but there are no people of their own.

Now that someone has been sent over, then naturally there will be their own people, and it will be much more convenient to do things in the future.

This is actually Zhu Houzhao's purpose. The control of Liaodong by the DPRK and China is not very strong, if it was before, forget it, the bitter cold war there, the court does not attach much importance to it, as long as it is not defeated.

But now it is different, Liaodong is getting richer and richer, and it will still be an important grain producing area in the future, animal husbandry will also be very developed, and it is also an important trading base for North Korea and Japan.

In such a situation, the previous model would definitely not work, and the DPRK and China needed stronger military control, so they sent Xungui to Liaodong.

For their own interests, the nobles will also compete with the generals of Liaodong.

And the imperial court can be in the middle, there is no need to go to the Liaodong Jiangmen in person. First, the DPRK and China do not have so much energy, and second, this will cause many people to drift away from morality.

They fight for it themselves, and the DPRK and China can be the referees. This is actually another embodiment of the emperor's way, that is, employing people and being judges.

It is taboo to end up in person.

There are also people who are worried, but most of them are civilian officials, but they can't do anything about it. Because the civil officials are not monolithic, the three cabinet scholars are basically silent, and some people are already saying that they are old in the three cabinets.

As for the other ministers of the court, many of them are people of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

This time Zhu Houzhao made this matter, and they must support it. Coupled with the gentry who had business in Liaodong, the opposition rarely made a splash.

Although Zhu Houzhao has offended many people in what he has done in the past few years, there is one thing that he has also united many people.

The first is to make a fortune with Qiwei Zhai, and secondly, he has a personality cult of Zhu Houzhao, so that a large number of people support his policies, and he also has a great say in the court.

Especially those who followed Zhu Houzhao to make a fortune, they are the most supportive of Zhu Houzhao.

This is a new class, different from the gentry and merchants of the past, who spent their days thinking about exploiting the loopholes of the law, thinking all day long about how to dig into the corners of the country.

These new people are different, they are not old-fashioned, they are more aggressive, they want to open up new trade routes, they want slaves more, they want new territory more.

For the small profits of the country, the new class does not look down on them. Most of these people are headed by nobles and relatives, and they can be regarded as the capitalist aristocrats of the Ming Dynasty.

With the support of these people, Zhu Houzhao can do everything with half the effort.

After Zhang Lun's affair passed, Chaozhong began to pay attention to the six doors.

In the past, everyone heard that this yamen was prepared by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be placed under the Ministry of Punishment, that is to say, similar to the Salt and Iron Division of the Ministry of Households.

At that time, there were still many people who wanted to compete for this position, because with the precedent of Qi You in front of them, everyone was gearing up.

It's just that this time it's different, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did it himself, so it's very difficult to do.

There is no way to fight, you can only hold this breath in your heart. Of course, there are also those who are afraid, that is, several yamen in Shuntianfu.

In addition to Suncheon, there are several other prefectures.

These people were all frightened, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was obviously chasing them this time.

It's not that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't done such a thing before, but he didn't do it himself, but this time he did it himself.

How could they not be afraid?

They were afraid of being cleaned up by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Regarding the emotions of these people, Zhu Houzhao has no scruples at all, and he has already begun to transfer people to set up six doors. The main structure is naturally those students from the Martial Arts Academy, that is, those who have not studied military affairs well and have transferred to study criminal investigation.

These people have also studied for so long, passed the exam, and there are many good grades. Zhu Houzhao transferred them out, with a total of more than 60 people.

Most of these people are from noble and noble families, and there are also many descendants of local generals, and some are descendants of meritorious personnel of the Black Dragon Army, and all of these people have been transferred to Zhu Houzhao's command. 、

The Six Gates Yamen is not far from the gate of the Forbidden City, and it is a courtyard that is not too big, and of course it is not small.

The sun was rising that morning, and many people came up here.

These people are all dressed in uniform costumes, all in black, and they hold Yanling knives in their hands.

This costume was designed by Zhu Houzhao, and the new yamen has a new atmosphere.

Although they still do the same work as before, they can't wear those clothes, because their status was too low before, and this new uniform is a sign of status.

The design idea borrowed some flying fish suits, as for why he chose black, because Zhu Houzhao likes black.

Another reason is that black is conspicuous during the day and inconspicuous at night, making it easy to move.

These people soon gathered at the entrance of the yamen and greeted each other with smiles, most of whom knew each other.

Some of them knew each other before they entered the Martial Academy, and some of them met after they entered the Martial Academy

Originally, they thought that if they failed to pass the martial arts academy, they would basically be finished, but they didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity.

Many of them have already made achievements in the Black Dragon Army in the same year, only they are still stumbling.

So this time, these people can be said to be high-spirited, and they have a sense that they must make some achievements.

Soon the crowd fell silent, and a pair of black-armored guards appeared at the corner of the street.

Everyone knows that this is the Black Dragon Guard of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he is the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he can't see him when he is idle.

The appearance of these people here represents His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

One of the reasons why they were so excited this time was because they had to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and everyone knew that this was a road to heaven.

Now that they see Zhu Houzhao coming, how can they not be excited?

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