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"Your Majesty, please stop your anger." Liu Daxia didn't want to carry this black cauldron, so he quickly got up and defended, "The Tuntian atlas has been lost during the reign of the first emperor, and the atlas is under the jurisdiction of the Tuntian Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Industry, and the ministers really don't know about it. ”

Hearing Liu Daxia's explanation, this atlas has been lost for many years, and the responsibility is also in the Tuntian Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Industry, Zheng De naturally did not want to continue to pursue it. waved his hand helplessly, "Okay, after all, this matter is not in your hands, and it is not your responsibility to lose it, I don't blame you." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Liu Daxia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly slapped it on the back.

However, Zheng De didn't feel anything, thought about it and asked again, "How many acres of land did the military households have in the beginning, and how many acres are left now?" ”

Liu Daxia pondered for a moment and said slowly, "At the beginning of Hongwu Yongle, there were more than 700,000 hectares of tuntian in the world, and then due to the loss of the tuntian atlas. In the twenty-third year of Chenghua, there are only more than 280,000 acres left. ”

Chenghua twenty-three years, that is, the data of eighteen years ago. At that time, there were only more than 200,000 hectares left at the time of registration, which is really shocking. Moreover, because there is no atlas of Tuntian, it is impossible to even investigate the responsibility, and there is no way to investigate it if you want to.

A great man once said, "Power comes out of the barrel of a gun." The army is the guarantee of a regime and the cornerstone of a regime. If even the army has problems, how long can a regime last?

Zheng De had a headache when he thought of this problem, looked up at the minister of war who looked at him, and subconsciously asked, "Is there any solution?" "Hopefully, he will come up with an idea.

Liu Daxia pondered for a moment, "Only if the imperial court re-allocates tuntian fields for the soldiers to cultivate, it may be able to prevent the soldiers from fleeing in large numbers." ”

Zheng De asked, "Where did Tuntian come from?" ”

"This ......" Liu Daxia sweated faintly on his forehead, obviously this idea was only improvised by him. I didn't think about this question at all, and I couldn't speak for a long time.

Zheng De shook his head helplessly, is his Minister of Defense incompetent, or is there something wrong with the system, otherwise how can he give a B-level evaluation? Or does B-class ability stop there?

"Even if the military acres are re-allocated, can you guarantee that they will not be encroached upon again?" Hearing the emperor's question, Liu Daxia also had to admit that he had thought the question too simply.

"Your Majesty is wise, but the old minister is stupid."

Liu Daxia admitted his lack of ability very shamefully, which made Zheng De have nothing to say, but although Liu Daxia had no solution, he had an idea. However, out of caution, he still asked tentatively, "Liu Qing, what do you think of abolishing the military household system?" ”

"Your Majesty, the military household system is the law of the ancestors, and you can't act rashly." Liu Daxia almost blurted out, obviously in his eyes, the ancestral system is sacrosanct.

"I knew it was so!" Zheng De couldn't help but sigh lightly, he originally wanted to copy the conscription system of the 21st century. But now it seems that unless you can fully control the entire imperial court, you don't even think about it. Just one reason for the "ancestral system" can make the ministers of the entire imperial court stand against themselves.

"In this way, you first go and check the situation of all the guards in my Daming, and then check how many soldiers are left in the country, and how many are left in Tuntian?" Since it is not possible to abolish the military household system at this time, it is necessary to find out the situation of military household health centers throughout the country before proceeding with the next step.

"Commandment." Liu Daxia thought about it for a while, and brought up another matter, "The ministers requested the removal of the eunuchs of the Quartet within the quota in the edict of the first emperor, and asked Your Majesty for permission." ”

Eunuch guard? What kind of job is this? But it must have something to do with eunuchs. Zheng De looked at Wang Yue, who was sure that the emperor's amnesia had been committed again. After speaking in the ear, he suddenly understood.

The town guard eunuch was established in the first year of Hongxi, and was responsible for monitoring local civil and military officials on behalf of the emperor, in case there was any misconduct. Although Wang Yue did not say it explicitly, according to Zheng De's guess, there must be some things that were rampant with the neighbors and the common people, otherwise they would not have been reported and dismissed.

Liu Daxia saw that the emperor summoned Wang Yue to come over to inquire, and his heart was cold, and he thought that things might be difficult to do. Unexpectedly, Zheng De said lightly, "I will issue an edict to dismiss all the eunuchs guarding the town." ”

Liu Daxia originally wanted to eliminate the eunuchs who were not within the quota, but now this result was obviously much beyond his expectations. Immediately stood up with great joy and praised sincerely, "The emperor is shengming." ”

Liu Daxia also told Zheng De's cheap father about the dismissal of the eunuchs, but unfortunately he was politely rejected by this Ming monarch with the ancestral system. So this time, he just wanted to take a step back and eliminate the non-quota eunuchs. Unexpectedly, this stubborn emperor in the eyes of the ministers would do something that Ming Jun had never done, which was really surprising.

"Mingjun's move?" If Zheng De heard this, he might only smile lightly. He just thinks that the eunuch, as the emperor's domestic slave, should have the appearance of a domestic slave, just take care of the affairs in the palace, and don't always meddle in the affairs outside. It's like a company boss's housekeeper who doesn't manage the affairs of the family well and runs to meddle in the company's affairs, which is really ridiculous.

"By the way, do these town guards and eunuchs often do things that violate the law and discipline and oppress the people in various places?"

"How does Your Majesty know this?" Liu Daxia was shocked when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect the emperor to suddenly ask about this, but he still answered truthfully, "It is true that many town guards and eunuchs have done things in the local area to bully local officials and people, engage in corruption, bribery, and bullying the market. ”

"Sure enough" Zheng De nodded, and immediately made a decision, "In this case, I will issue an edict for all localities to report and expose, if there is really any violation of law and discipline by the eunuchs of the town, I will hand it over to the Criminal Department Shangshu to thoroughly investigate the matter." You just have to do what you are within your purview. ”

"Obey." When Liu Daxia heard this, he suddenly couldn't understand the young man in front of him, and it was true that he was young and ignorant. Not to mention that Liu Jin's criticism of the red caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers, and was scolded by the officials. From what you do today, it is quite like a wise man, which is really unbelievable and unpredictable. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head, since he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it.

Wang Yue, who was waiting outside, walked in at this time and said to Zheng De, "Your Majesty, Ning Jin, the eunuch of the imperial horse and the eunuch, ask to see you." ”

"Is this nose quite smart, the front bear embroidered a complaint, and the back will know immediately." However, Zheng De also knew that as the second largest head of the inner court yamen after the celebrant supervisor, it would definitely be impossible if he didn't have eyes and ears in the palace, so he said to the two in front of him, "Since the two Aiqing have nothing to do, let's go and get busy first." ”

Liu Daxia and Xiong Xiu glanced at each other with some concern when they heard this, obviously Ning Jin's arrival had a slight change in the emperor's decision just now, but they still saluted the emperor, "The ministers are leaving." ”

When the two of them went out, they happened to pass by Ning Jin, who was led in by Wang Yue, and glanced at each other, with an inexplicable glint in their eyes.

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid are wronged!" As soon as Ning Jin came in, he knelt on the ground, and his old face instantly became snot and tears. Zheng De, who watched it, was really dumbfounded, "This is really more professional than a professional actor, tears are coming." ”

He reluctantly settled down, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"When the first emperor was alive, he thought that the strength of the four guards of Tengxiang was too thin, and the special ministers added 14,000 people to serve the guards. A few days ago, when Xiong Xiu, the left attendant of the military department, checked the four guards of Tengxiang, he actually said that the people who had increased so much were actually falsely reported and pretended to be empty salaries, and the slaves and maids were really wronged. Ning Jin snorted and cried, really smelling the tears of the sad watcher. If you don't know, you may have been fooled by him.

"So what?" Zheng De asked rhetorically. He doesn't want to say anything now, he just has the attitude of watching the show, and wants to see how this person will perform next.

"Uh...... This script seems to be a little wrong, shouldn't the emperor appease me at this time, and then pardon his own guilt? Ning Jin glanced up at Zheng De, and when she saw the emperor's strange and inexplicable expression, her heart suddenly went up and down, and somehow she suddenly had a very ominous premonition, but she still stubbornly said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to be the master of the slaves." ”

"Oh......" Zheng De was about to say something, but Wang Yue walked in again at this time, saying that Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was here.

"Invite him in." Zheng De ordered, this person came in time, and he could just hand over this matter to him.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Min Jue, was also an old man with gray hair, and he came in and bowed, "Minister Min Jue sees Your Majesty." ”

Looking at his trembling appearance, I was afraid that he would fall down and whimper. Zheng De hurriedly instructed Wang Yue on the side, "Quickly help Min Aiqing sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your seat." Min Jue sat down with Wang Yue's support, glanced at Ning Jin, who was kneeling beside him and still performing hard, and bowed, "I don't know what Your Majesty called Weichen to come to?" ”

Zheng De pointed at Ning Jin, "This matter is like this, Xiong Xiuqing, the left attendant of the military department, checked Tengxiang Siwei and found that the false registration quota was as high as more than 14,000 people, and Ning Jin, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, said that he was wronged. I really don't know who is right and who is wrong, and now I have to leave this case to you to investigate thoroughly. ”

"This ......" Min Jue really didn't expect that the emperor would hand over the affairs of the inner court to himself, and who knows what the emperor's true attitude is. What if the emperor just talks about it and just wants to go through the motions? Wouldn't that offend the emperor, of course, a more upright minister like Min Jue is naturally not afraid of offending the emperor, but it is naturally best not to offend.

"Your Majesty, the four guards of Tengxiang belong to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor belongs to the Inner Court. Weichen is a foreign minister, I'm afraid it's not good to meddle in the affairs of the palace. Min Jue said tentatively.

"What is the inner court and the outer court, this matter will be handed over to you." Zheng De waved his hand, he was really a little annoyed by this Min Jue, thought about it and gave a promise, "If someone obstructs you from handling the case, you can take it no matter who it is." ”

"Commandment." Min Jue had already understood when he heard this, and the emperor really wanted to take these people from the Imperial Horse Prison this time.

"Your Majesty, the slave has been wronged...... Wronged. Ning Jin couldn't hold back anymore when she heard this, and kowtowed and shouted again and again.

"I believe that Min Aiqing will not wronged you. Come, take him down to me. Zheng De glanced at him lightly, and felt a little noisy when he heard it, so he hurriedly commanded.

Soon, the guards from the outside came in and brought Ning Jin down.