When the members of the military cabinet and the governors of the prefectures learned that Li Yuntian was going to raise his own military funds to go to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion, the cabinet members and the officials of the six ministries also learned about the matter from Yang Shiqi and Qianyi respectively, and they were all surprised.

Since ancient times, the military expenses required for marching and fighting wars were either provided by the imperial treasury, forcibly apportioned by the imperial court, or looted by local warlords.

What is particularly important is that the Cochin rebels are full of wings and momentum, coupled with the remoteness of the Cochin region and the inconvenience of transportation, according to the current situation, God knows that the rebellion can be completely ended in the Year of the Monkey.

The businessmen in Jiangnan are not stupid, how could they not have predicted the danger that there might be in this, and they would definitely not invest money in it.

To put it mildly, if Li Yuntian failed to quell the rebellion, then the commander of the counterinsurgency would not admit this account, and then those businessmen would be empty of bamboo baskets and want to cry without tears.

Like the members of the military cabinet and the governors of the prefectures, the cabinet and the senior officials of the six ministries also privately doubted whether Li Yuntian wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make money.

In their opinion, Li Yuntian only took 3,000 Xiaowu troops to Jiaozhi to die, and as for the soldiers of the local guards in Guangxi and Jiaozhi, they were not optimistic, otherwise it would not be Wang Tong and Liu Sheng's turn to lead the army from the capital and inland to quell the rebellion.

But then again, this is probably the best way to raise military expenses at present, and there is no waste of money in the treasury, and there is no forced apportionment and exploitation of the people, so no one can raise any objections.

The only flaw is that after Li Yuntian handed over the right to operate the salt, iron, tea and other items monopolized by the government to those merchants, what could he do to ensure that the interests of the imperial court would not be harmed.

The reason why Li Yuntian dared to touch the monopoly items of the government such as salt, iron, and tea was, in the final analysis, that the civil servants in the court had not yet regarded Jiaozhi as the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and if Jiaozhi was replaced by one of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, he would definitely be collectively impeached by the civilian officials for disturbing the national capital.

Because the civil and military officials in the court did not know the attitudes of Yang Shiqi, Qian Yi and Zhang Fu and other high-ranking officials and nobles on the matter of Jiaozhi, everyone pricked up their ears when they arrived at the Taihe Palace, waiting for Yang Shiqi and others to speak, and then stand in line after distinguishing the shape.

But to the surprise of all the officials, the first thing Emperor Xuande did after going to court was not to let the ministers discuss whether the Jiaozhi war was war or peace, but to let Jin Ying read out a holy decree, ordering Zhenwu Bo Li Yuntian to hang the seal of General Dingnan to go to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion, and at the same time to patrol Guangxi and Jiaozhi.

This made the civil and military officials in the Taihe Hall extremely shocked, and in an instant they were in a commotion, talking to each other in low voices.

According to this holy decree of Emperor Xuande, Li Yuntian will be the governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi's military and political affairs, and has the power to transfer troops, and the weight of his power has created a precedent for the Ming officialdom.

Not only that, Emperor Xuande did not give Li Yuntian a penny of military spending, and let Li Yuntian collect from Jiangnan merchants with the commercial monopoly and mining rights of Jiaozhi, which is simply unbelievable and unheard of.

Moreover, Emperor Xuande also gave Li Yuntian the power to cut off officials below the fourth grade in Guangxi and Jiaozhi, which was unprecedented in the Ming officialdom.

It is worth mentioning that the officials below the fourth rank mentioned in the Xuande Emperor's holy decree do not include those officials who were born in the two rankings.

Because the two Jinshi are known as the "protégés of the Son of Heaven", they enjoy a lot of privileges in the officialdom, and if they commit crimes, Li Yuntian can interrogate them, but he has no right to judge, let alone kill them.

According to the relevant process, Li Yuntian reported to Emperor Xuande after hearing their crimes, and Emperor Xuande made the final ruling.

"Silence!" Seeing the civil and military officials in the main hall buzzing and whispering there, the imperial historians in charge of picketing the order immediately walked around the official queue with a solemn expression, and admonished those who spoke in a deep voice.

Under the deterrence of the imperial historians, the hall gradually quieted down, and the ministers looked up at Emperor Xuande one after another, looking quite surprised, and couldn't understand why Emperor Xuande would make such a seemingly absurd decision.

After all, Cochin is still in the midst of war, and those businessmen are not fools, how can they pay for this Cochin commercial franchise and mining rights?

"Zhen Wubo Command!" After the main hall was calm, Jin Ying closed the holy decree in his hand and said to Li Yuntian in the civil official Hanlin queue on the left with a sharp voice.

"Minister Li Yuntian, thank you." Li Yuntian stepped forward quickly, received the holy decree from Jin Ying's hand, knelt in front of the hall and thanked Emperor Xuande loudly.

"Aiqing is flat." Emperor Xuande stretched out his hand to Li Yuntian in the void, and after he got up, he said quietly, "Jiaozhi is the southwest of my Ming Dynasty, this counterinsurgency is related to my Ming national prestige, I am waiting for you to triumph in the capital!" ”

"The ministers should make every effort to quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi and live up to the emperor's high expectations." Li Yuntian held the holy decree in both hands, bowed to Emperor Xuande, and said solemnly.

Emperor Xuande nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and waved his hand to Jin Ying to hand over the Great Seal of General Dingnan and the Great Seal of the Governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi to Li Yuntian.

The two large seals were placed in a tray covered with yellow silk, representing power and status, with which Li Yuntian would officially take charge of the military and political power in Guangxi and Jiaozhi, and exercise the privilege of life and death over officials below the fourth rank in the two places.

"Your Majesty, Jiaozhi must have suffered from the hardships of the people after this war, and the minister implores the emperor to exempt him from paying taxes for three years to show the emperor's favor." After taking the tray from Jin Ying's hand, Li Yuntian held the tray and bowed down to Emperor Xuande and said.

In fact, the imperial court has not received any taxes from Jiaozhi over the years, but because of the hardships of the people's livelihood, the household department has issued a lot of relief.

"Well, I'm going to do what you played!" Emperor Xuande nodded when he heard this, and agreed in one bite, which not only gave Li Yuntian a favor, but also left a good reputation in the minds of the people of Jiaozhi.

"Your Majesty, the minister still has one more matter, please show the emperor." Li Yuntian had long known that Emperor Xuande would be gracious, and then said quietly, "The war in Jiaozhi has led to the death or flight or rebellion of the officials of the various state capitals to which it belongs, how to solve the shortage of officials?" ”

"Young Master Qian, can there be officials from the Ministry of Officials who will be sent to Jiaozhi?" Emperor Xuande s brows furrowed slightly, this is indeed a problem, if there are no officials, those local yamen will not be able to operate, he groaned for a while, and looked up at the official department Shangshu Qianyi.

"Due to the long distance, except for a few officials selected by the Ministry of Officials, some of the other Jiaozhi officials were recruited from Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan by the Ministry of Officials, and the other part were local hereditary local officials."

Qian Yi walked out of the queue, bowed down to Emperor Xuande and said, "According to the usual practice, Zhen Wubo can recruit officials from Liangguang and Yunnan. ”

"Conscription?" Emperor Xuande's eyes couldn't help but show a look of doubt, the officials of the Ming Dynasty and the thirteen provinces of the two capitals were all selected by the ministry.

"The emperor didn't know that Emperor Taizong recruited officials nearby in order to make the situation in Jiaozhi as stable as possible." Seeing this, Qianyi explained to Emperor Xuande.

"It's been more than 20 years since Jiaozhi was returned to me, why are you still recruited?" Emperor Xuande was not satisfied with this explanation, and looked at Qianyi with a frown.

"Your Majesty, Jiaozhi is located in a remote area, and the climate is different from that of the interior, so it is not suitable for selection, so except for a few officials, the rest are recruited." Hearing this, Qian Yi once again explained to Emperor Xuande.

The corners of Emperor Xuande's mouth couldn't help but reveal a sneer, he knew that Qianyi's words were just a cover-up, it was obvious that those officials in the court were unwilling to go to that kind of barbarian land, not only did not have much oil and water, but also the environment was difficult, plus there were barbarians from time to time to make trouble, the situation was very dangerous, and if you didn't do it, you would stay there.

From this, it is conceivable that those who recruit officials can be imagined, if it is not for the sake of making a fortune, who would risk their lives to become an official in a wild place where birds don't?

Emperor Xuande's face became a little ugly, which also means that those who are officials in Jiaozhi have not scavenged the people's wealth on weekdays, and they have not put their minds on governing government affairs at all, no wonder Jiaozhi has not been peaceful all these years, presumably this is an extremely important reason.

"Spread my will, and send fifty people from the vacant officials to follow Zhen Wubo to Jiaozhi as officials!" After pondering for a while, Emperor Xuande said coldly to Qianyi, "From now on, the officials of Jiaozhi will be selected by the Ministry of Officials. ”

"Yes!" Qian Yi was stunned for a moment, seeing that Emperor Xuande's tone was a little blunt, and his face became unkind, knowing that Emperor Xuande saw through his previous cover-up, he bowed down a little helplessly, it seems that the young and vigorous Emperor Xuande has a thorny problem for the officials this time.

If it is an official vacancy in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, those officials who are waiting for a vacancy in the Ministry of Officials will definitely accept it happily, especially the official vacancy of the Jiangnan generation, and they will break their heads to compete.

But it's ...... Not only is it remote and barbaric, but now that the war is going on, the officials who are waiting for it must be afraid of it, and no one wants to go to such a dangerous place.

If the officials forcibly make the appointment, those officials who are unfortunate enough to be selected will definitely shirk for various reasons and refuse to go to the ministry, and some may come to the ministries to make a big fuss, thinking that the selection of the officials is unfair, and many incidents will inevitably arise.

"Enlighten the emperor, the minister has something to do, and I hope the emperor will approve it." Seeing this, Li Yuntian knew that Emperor Xuande was quite dissatisfied with the recruitment of most of the officials in Jiaozhi, and after thinking about it, he spoke.

"What's the matter with Uncle Zhenwu?" Emperor Xuande looked at Li Yuntian when he heard this, and his face softened slightly.

If it weren't for Li Yuntian piercing this layer of window paper, he would have been kept in the dark, and he didn't know that Jiaozhi was so different from the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the appointment of officials.

"Your Majesty, Jiaozhi will be devastated after experiencing the war, and with the current situation of Jiaozhi, the ministers feel that it is appropriate to select officials from among the scholars in Liangguang and Kaienke, Yunnan, who are familiar with the local customs and customs, and are more suitable for handling the government affairs of Jiaozhi."

Li Yuntian bowed slightly to Emperor Xuande and said in an orderly manner.

"Kaienko?" Emperor Xuande nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, Li Yuntian's words just now reminded him that the so-called twisted melon is not sweet, even if the officials in the capital who are waiting for it are forced to go to Jiaozhi, presumably they will not be bothered to handle government affairs.

Subsequently, Emperor Xuande's brows were slightly frowned, it's not that he can't open Enke to those lifters in Liangguang and Yunnan alone, but how many lifters will go to take the exam?!^!