Early autumn.

In the past few months, the imperial court has been relatively calm, and the rebellion that is like a storm has come and gone quickly, and soon, people have forgotten about this rebellion.

But the impact of this rebellion was extremely far-reaching.

After the rebellion was quelled, Chen Kaizhi issued a new edict, and then, the military and political innovation was the first to mention the agenda, the removal of nearly one million military horses, in addition, it was conscription.

The imperial court has been in the states, began to recruit good family sons, this matter is in charge of Chen Yixing, in addition to the states, this is also the case among the Beijing divisions, not only that, the martial arts school and the water master school were also opened at the same time, the martial arts school is located in Luoyang, and the water master school is located in Jibei.

In this Beijing division, the recruitment of the new army began to be in full swing.

On the one hand, there is a precedent for the warrior battalion, and many people know that the new army is well treated, not only that, but His Majesty seems to be more willing to appoint the personnel of the new army, and the warrior camp has clear rewards and punishments, and can also fight for a good future.

The number of personnel in the Beijing division is 5,000 people, and it took less than half a month to recruit them, most of these people are young and strong men of appropriate age, and their family conditions are not too bad, and a new camp has been built. The instructors selected from the Warrior Camp are also readily available.

In addition to the military department, which was responsible for supplying the new army, a new government office under the control of the battalions of the new army also began to be established, and it was officially listed not far from the military headquarters, called the General Staff.

Like the military department, it shoulders different responsibilities, and the military department is only responsible for the overall planning of money and food, the distribution of soldiers' salaries, the supervision of the manufacture of weapons, the storage of ammunition, and the custody of the merit examination books of officers and men.

The General Staff was responsible for drills and battle plans, the mobilization of troops, and the recruitment of military horses.

One is in charge of rewarding and punishing personnel and the supply of military supplies. The other is concentrating on operations and drills, which can be described as a clear and winding path.

The latest batch of recruits, with a total of 20,000 people, were directly pulled to Luoyang to start the training of the recruits, and in this recruit camp, hundreds of instructors and clerks headed by Xu Jie were already waiting for the training of the new army.

Camp Warriors has proven the success of the new style of foot drill, and it's just a matter of spreading those lessons to the test.

And in the past few months, a big wedding has also attracted the attention of people all over the world.

Chen Kaizhi married Xun as his wife, and on the same day, he became the queen.

He also accepted the daughter of the Fang clan and became the imperial concubine.

In this harem, two hostesses were finally ushered in, and the Empress Dowager Mu issued a decree to order the state capitals to conduct drafts.

Chen Kaizhi has a lot of complaints about this draft, in his opinion, this draft is nothing less than a waste of money, how many women want to be separated from their parents, come to this cold palace, if you are lucky, you may be able to be fortunate by Chen Kaizhi and become a concubine, and more people are just wasting their time.

Such a cruel thing, he really felt that there was no need to do it, he was alone and lackluster, and besides, he was not the kind of person who loved beauty, rather than choosing so many women from good families to enter the palace to spend their time, it was better to let them have their own lives.

It costs other people's youth so much, he really can't help it, even if he is the emperor, but his thoughts are still in the future, too many women are not a good thing, and he also chooses some women that he doesn't like at all, and he won't look at them at all.

To do so is a waste of innocent people's time.

Early in the morning of this day, he went to the Empress Dowager's palace to greet him, and he couldn't help mentioning the matter, hoping that she would change her mind.

When Empress Dowager Mu heard this, a pair of phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she pursed her lips at Chen Kaizhi and smiled.

"Labor and money? In fact, the palace and the court do not have to take out internal and public funds, how can it be said that it is a waste of money for the people. Emperor, you are not young, and now, although there are queens and concubines, but the royal family is no different from ordinary people, they all pay attention to more sons and more blessings, those palace people in the past, are left by the emperors, in the palace, there has been no draft for seven or eight years, and now send some older people out of the palace, let some women of appropriate age enter the palace, there is nothing bad, the emperor, the affairs in the harem palace, the mourning family is the master for you, this foreign court affairs, mourning family, is not to ask, but this matter, you must not make the mourning family unhappy, otherwise, ah, Mourning also makes you unhappy. ”

Chen Kaizhi was embarrassed, and the queen mother seemed to be particularly insistent on this matter, and if she had to get him three palaces and six courtyards, she didn't seem to be able to compete with her.

Although Chen Kaizhi felt that he shouldn't say much, he still opened his mouth and said: "In these prefectures and counties, if the chickens and dogs jump because of this, the sons and daughters are only afraid of ......"

"You don't understand." Empress Dowager Mu shook her head and said lightly to him: "Do you know why, since Emperor Taizu Gao, this draft has become a regular practice, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, almost all large-scale drafts will be held, do you really think that the ancestors are just greedy for beauty?" ”

Chen Kaizhi thought to himself, isn't he just greedy for beauty? Otherwise, for what, do you need a harem to weigh whether the previous dynasty is or not? Even if they wanted to, but his strength didn't want to do it.

Empress Dowager Mu shook her head and smiled, looked at Chen Kai deeply, and said meaningfully: "Of course, if the mourning family says that the ancestors and ancestors are all willow favors, don't say that you don't believe it, even the mourning family doesn't believe it." But what, this draft also has its intentions. Think about it, will there be any connection between the palace and the most basic county order? ”

Chen Kaizhi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Unless Erchen personally asks and wants to come...... There won't be much connection. ”

"Not bad." Empress Dowager Mu bowed: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, high above, general affairs, handed over to the cabinet, handed over to the six ministries, that's it." And under the cabinet are six ministries, under the six ministries are the provinces, under the provinces are the state capitals, and under the state capitals are the counties, and the heads of the counties may not see Your Majesty for the rest of their lives, let alone have anything to do with it. But Your Majesty, don't underestimate the heads of these counties, they are the people who inherit the emperor's orders and the people's will, without them, how will your majesty implement the will and how will the decree be implemented? ”

"Yes...... What does this have to do with the draft? Chen Kaizhi couldn't help crying and laughing.

Empress Dowager Mu smiled, looked at Chen Kaizhi kindly, and gave him a detailed analysis.

"The relationship is big, the new emperor has ascended the throne, but the heads of the counties and counties, as well as the ordinary state capitals, who are the people, whether they are shrewd and capable, whether they obey Your Majesty's words, do Your Majesty know?"

"Your Majesty must not know, then you need to have a reason, use this reason as a touchstone, a draft, related to the palace, but also related to the emperor, the state capitals, counties and counties, whether you are willing to care, and can you convey the holy will and do the things explained in the palace well, this ...... Isn't that the top priority? ”

"What's more. The magistrates at the bottom must not let them be idle, because if they are idle, they will inevitably harm the people, do you think they really have a lot of government affairs to deal with? No, no, no, they are officials, people who do things, they are officials under them, even without them, the affairs of this place will not be bad. But these people, when the first emperor was there, what did you say about the first emperor, the first emperor said that they would not have to speculate on their intentions once they were idle, and once they speculated on their intentions, they would inevitably have other plans. ”

The more Empress Dowager Mu spoke, the more she spoke, but she was afraid that Chen Kaizhi would be impatient, so she raised her Cui'e, observed Chen Kaizhi carefully, and watched him listen carefully, so she told the story.

"Let's just say that a county official, he has nothing to do, and the affairs of the county are properly handled by his own adjutant and junior officials, but next, what will he do with his mind? The mourning family told you that they will not think about how to work for the welfare of the people, there are really such people, it is also rare, they will find a way, go to the relationship, will do everything, go to the prefect and the governor of the state, will find a way to dredge the six ministries and nine secretaries of the central government, and will do everything to get in touch with the ministers of the cabinet. ”

"You see, they all say that gentlemen are friends but not parties, but how many gentlemen are there in this world? Someone walks the relationship, this up and down, human feelings are intertwined, isn't this private party appearing? As soon as the private party appears, it will inevitably be compared with each other, and if it is serious, it will cause trouble to the country, and if it is not serious, the magistrate will also harm the people and scrape the money in order to curry favor with the superiors; As for those ministers in the DPRK and China, since they have gained benefits, they will inevitably shield them, and in this way, will it not be harmful to the country? ”

Chen Kai nodded subconsciously, to a certain extent, what the queen mother said seemed to be reasonable, but she still asked again: "Keerchen still doesn't understand, what does this have to do with the draft?" ”