"I am ready to abolish the government soldier system, on the one hand, these government soldiers no longer have combat effectiveness, they already have ordinary people, there is no need to use military salaries to support them, on the other hand, I have already found a way out for them."

"A way out?" Li Chunye's eyelids broke through his sockets again, "Could it be that Your Majesty is going to use the large amount of money harvested in Liaodong to make up for the military salaries of the government soldiers?" ”

"No, the imperial court owes too much military salaries to the government soldiers, and I'm afraid these silver taels are not enough," Zhu Youzhen shook his head, "And these silver taels still don't have enough silver to build outside the Guan, and the imperial court still doesn't have enough silver." ”

"Then the minister doesn't understand, if you don't have enough silver, how can you give the soldiers a way out?"

"What the government soldiers lack the most now is not silver."

"It's land, as long as they have land, they can support themselves and their families," Li Chunye seemed to understand, "However, there are no more pages of land in various places!" ”

"Li Aiqing seems to have forgotten what Jì I said!"

"Majesty Xià means outside the gate? His Majesty plans to move the surplus soldiers to the outside of the customs? ”

"Yes, immigrants outside the customs, but there are too many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and they can't move for a while, starting from the five northern provinces, select qualified soldiers, and the rest of the military households who have lost their land will all immigrate outside the customs."

"It's a treasure outside the gate!" Li Chunye sighed, and in his heart, he sighed even more, for Daming, the biggest treasure is not Guanwai, but Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, as long as you can give them land, these government soldiers can be disbanded, but the five northern provinces have been solved, and what about the five central provinces and the five southern provinces?" ”

"Li Aiqing doesn't need to be in a hurry, step by step, first solve the five northern provinces, and find a way to solve all the government soldiers, and then the government soldiers in the south can solve the problem according to this method -- maybe there is a new solution." Zhu Youzhen began to leave a back hand for his own grand strategy.

"In any case, it is also good to solve the government soldiers of the five northern provinces first."

"Those two Aiqing, did you agree with my reform draft?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is still worried about the clan!" Huang Liji was particularly worried that the clan took advantage of Zhu Youzhen's reform and let them out of the cage to contact each other for personal gain, so that the Ming Dynasty fell into turmoil.

"Huang Aiqing don't worry, for the clan, I opened a door for them while closing a window, I have already given them a way out, if they lose their minds, then it is no wonder."

"Majesty, there is also a building yì."

"Huang Aiqing, please speak."

"Just now, His Majesty said that the government soldiers of the five northern provinces should be solved first, so this reform, can we try it in the five northern provinces first--if the reform is not successful, the loss to the Ming Dynasty will not be large, if the reform is successful, the south will naturally take the initiative to follow the example of the five northern provinces."

Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought, he thought a lot for a while.

Although he has the vision of hundreds of years in later generations, he is not too familiar with the political situation of the Ming Dynasty after all, and if he trusts his vision too much, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen.

Reform is like crossing a river by feeling the stones, and no one can guarantee that it will happen, and besides, the reform of later generations is often carried out on a pilot basis.

If industry and commerce arise in the five northern provinces, they will catch up, thus changing the imperial court's dependence on Jiangnan taxes.

Since the five northern provinces do not account for the majority of Daming's tax revenue, if the reform is not successful, the impact on Daming will be limited.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen suddenly became enlightened: "What Aiqing said is very good, and I will follow what Aiqing said." ”

"So the ministers will no longer oppose His Majesty's reform draft!" Huang Liji and Li Chunye looked at each other again, and they both nodded: "Your Majesty, what are the ministers going to do now?" ”

"You guys? In addition, at the 15th court meeting, you should assist me in smoothing this draft so that it can become the law and national policy of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers understand."

After getting rid of Huang Liji and Li Chunye, the two important ministers, Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood, his plan to revive the Ming Dynasty was finally about to take the first step, he hummed a small tune, and was thinking about who should sleep when he went to Kunning Palace at night, and suddenly he thought of Bumu Butai, she had been in the military camp for more than ten days, if she stayed any longer, she was afraid that she would regret accompanying Zhu Youzhen to Yashan.

Bumu Butai is the Gege of Horqin, Mongolia, and was once the side of the West Palace of Huang Taiji, Zhu Youzhen does not know whether Zhou Yufeng will allow her to live in Kunning Palace.

On the afternoon of 6 September, Zhu Youzhen personally went to the barracks, and he took Bumu Butai into the imperial city.

Zhou Yufeng saw Zhu Youzhen leading in a palace woman, and thought it was the palace maid he had a fancy for, and said in his heart: "Which palace maid do you like, you can get it directly, or bring it back to Qianqing Palace, what are you doing with my Kunning Palace?" ”

Zhu Youzhen leaned back on the chair with a big grin: "Feng'er, let Wan'er and Xue'er come over, and I let you meet a newcomer." ”

"Your Majesty, who is she?" Zhou Yufeng had a hunch that it was not as simple as an ordinary palace maid.

"You let them come over first, and I will introduce them together, lest I have to say the same thing three times."

"Your Majesty, we're here!"

Wan'er and Hu Xinxue had already been alarmed by Zhu Youzhen, so they took the initiative to come over.

"You're just in time!" Zhu Youzhen sat on the main seat of the hall and let the four women line up, "Let me introduce, this is Gege of the Mongolian Horqin Department, Bumu Butai." ”

"Bumu Butai? Why is this name so awkward? Wan'er may have a premonition that something is wrong, and she starts with the name.

"It's a bit of a mouthful!" Zhu Youzhen smiled, not only is this name not sinicized, but it is not as catchy as "Hari Zhula", "Hai Lanzhu", "Halaha", and "Wuyun Qige", "That's it, I will give her the name of the Han people in the future." ”

"Majesty, that's what you said last time, that person from outside the Guan-the concubine thought that Majesty had brought back a man!" Zhou Yufeng glanced at Bumu Butai, and his tone was quite disdainful.

"Men? When did I say I was going to bring a man into the palace? Do you know what this place is? ”

Zhou Yufeng was speechless, and Hu Xinxue said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has already seen the woman outside the gate, wearing palace clothes, although she is a little charming, it is still a lot worse than the woman in the palace - Your Majesty let her go back!" ”

Zhou Yufeng and Wan'er were both born as palace maids, and after listening to Hu Xinxue's words, they were comforted in their hearts.

Zhu Youzhen was unhappy: "Go back?" What does Cher say? From now on, Bumu Butai will be your sister, and she will also live in the palace. ”

"Sister?" Wan'er protested: "The concubine is a Han Chinese, how can there be any Mongolian sister?" ”

Zhou Yufeng looked at Zhu Youzhen's eyes, and he was a little strange: "Your Majesty xià ......"

"Feng'er guessed right, she is already my woman, of course she will live in the palace in the future."

"Your Majesty, how can there be Mongolian women in this Ming harem?" If gaze can kill, Bumu Butai has been killed by Wan'er many times.

"Yes, if His Majesty dislikes our sisters, there are palace maids in this harem," Zhou Yufeng, who has always been tranquil, seems to have been touched today, "Even the concubines in the palace are better than foreign women." ”

"Two sisters, let's say a few words!" Hu Xinxue took the initiative to be a peacemaker, "Let's listen to how His Majesty arranges it first." ”

"Cher said it well!" Zhu Youzhen coughed, temporarily suppressing the momentum of Zhou Yufeng and Wan'er completely, "The woman outside this pass is now a person from the Ming Dynasty, and her people will be naturalized as Han sooner or later, and she looks no different from our Han people." ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't want to see outsiders every day." Zhou Yufeng's gaze subconsciously glanced at Bumu Butai.

"I'll talk about this later, Feng'er, let's settle Bumu Butai's bedroom first."

"Your Majesty must leave her in the palace, the east and west six palaces, aren't they all vacant now?"

Zhu Youzhen is about to have a seizure, but thinking about Zhou Yufeng's words, it seems to make sense, Bumu Butai and Zhou Yufeng are not in harmony now, if they reluctantly live together, it is easy to have conflicts, besides, their harem is getting bigger and bigger, and the concubines will move out of Kunning Palace sooner or later, "Okay, then place Bumu Butai in Yanxi Palace first." ”

"Majesty Xià......" Wan'er wanted to say something more.

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and stopped Wan'er, "Come on, send Bumu Butai to Yanxi Palace." ”

The two palace maids came over with their heads bowed.

"Wait," Zhu Youzhen stopped them: "Bumu Butai, this is my queen, let's meet them first!" ”

"Slave and maid see the queen mother!" Bu Mu Butai can understand part of the Chinese language, besides, from Zhou Yufeng's cold face, you can also see the clues, especially Wan'er's gaze, which has completely betrayed her heart, if it weren't for Zhu Youzhen sitting, she might be able to take a broom to drive Bu Mu Butai away, but Bu Mu Butai still gave Zhou Yufeng a blessing.

Under Zhu Youzhen's gaze, Zhou Yufeng didn't say a word, and she reluctantly returned the salute.

"These two are my Concubine Ju and Concubine Mei!"

"The slave has seen Concubine Ju Niangniang, and she has seen Concubine Mei!"

"Okay, Bumu Butai, you go to Yanxi Palace first, and I'll see you later."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bumu Butai lowered her head, followed behind the two palace maids, and walked to the palace gate, she also looked back at Zhu Youzhen.

As soon as Bumu Butai left, Zhu Youzhen's expression turned grim: "You sisters, you really have a heart, sincerely give me a good look, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine has no intention of embarrassing Your Majesty, it's just that this Mongolian woman ......" Wan'er was still angry, even if Bu Mu Butai had already moved into Yanxi Palace, she was still a little unwilling.

"Isn't it embarrassing? Wan'er, are you pampered and arrogant? ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't dare!" Wan'er was criticized by Zhu Youzhen by name, and she was so frightened that she was about to cry.

"Don't dare? Didn't you have the gutsest just now? Your gaze almost makes me dare to kill. ”

"Your Majesty, concubine ......" Wan'er fell to her knees in fright, and her speech was not smooth.

Zhu Youzhen's gaze turned to Zhou Yufeng: "Feng'er has always been calm, why is she so impulsive today?" What you did, is there still a little bit of the queen's Fengyi? ”

"Your Majesty ......" Zhou Yufeng lowered her head, this was the first dispute with Zhu Youzhen, she had all kinds of grievances in her heart, but she couldn't say it, and her phoenix eyes were already full of water.