Chapter 527: Ultimate

Some truths simply do not stand up to scrutiny, just like this competition with the people. The emperor's business, the emperor's mining, and even Susong's manufacturing are all so-called competing with the people for profit. All in all, it is a sentence, the emperor earns money is to compete with the people, the emperor should live a poor life, and the emperor must obtain the consent of the household department if he wants to use money. It seems to make sense, Zhu Youzhen also believed it before, and after the price of grain in Beijing rose wildly this time, Zhu Youzhen finally understood some of the truths behind it.

Zhu Youzhen has always felt that it doesn't matter if he is bitter, the country is stable, and the people can have a bite to eat. Chen Xie told him that these ministers and nobles were all locusts lying on the thin body of the country and sucking blood, and they were a little suspicious before. At this moment, Chen Xie's correctness was once again verified. Angry? No, no, no, the current Zhu Youzhen is very happy. Paying a quarter's income from the Shipping Division to achieve the goal of stabilizing the price of grain in Jingshi this time, and then looking at the faces of these people, it is really happy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think Shi Xianzhi said?" While being happy, Zhu Youzhen's heart gave birth to a trace of killing intent. For these people who stood up, he really wanted to kill a few to relieve his hatred. Emperor Taizu didn't kill too much back then, but too little. Unconsciously, Zhu Youzhen's eyes brought out the coldness of Sensen, looking over one by one, and lowering his head one by one. In the end, it was Zhu Chunchen who reacted the fastest and knelt down directly.

"The minister is stupid, he doesn't know the saint's compassion and compassion, and he speaks in vain, and he deserves death! Please punish Your Majesty! After this one took the lead and knelt down, the rest of them all followed suit and knelt down one after another to confess their guilt. Zhu Youzhen was very disappointed, very disappointed, very disappointed. Why did these people coax?

Hehe, hehe. Is it as simple as just talking about it? Zhu Youzhen did not let these people get up as usual, but showed a mocking smile, looked at Zhou Yanru, who had been installing sculptures on the side, and said, "Zhou Qingjia, tell me." ”

Zhou Yanru was so painful that he didn't speak at this time. That would offend the emperor. As soon as he spoke, he offended the Manchu magnates. It's really worrying about advancing and retreating. After pondering and meditating, he said with an idea: "The minister thinks that His Majesty has his own holy judgment in his heart, and the minister will not be ugly." ”

Zhu Youzhen has always maintained relative trust in Zhou Yanru, and he was really disappointed at this moment. At this time, he still refused to stand on the emperor's side, and sighed secretly in his heart. This is my first assistant. There are a total of five scholars in this cabinet, Zhou Yanru is the first assistant, and the other members are Chen Yan, Yang Tinglin, Lu Xiangsheng, and Hong Chengchou. Among them, Chen Yan, who is good at standing on the side of the emperor, actually stood up against the royal grain chain, which shows that in the face of interests, everything is fake.

At this time, looking at Yang Tinglin and other cabinet ministers, they were all looking down at the gold bricks (not gold) on the floor. Zhu Youzhen sighed heavily in his heart. Still said: "Get up and continue the court." Let's put this thing aside for a moment. "Shi Kefa still has to speak. But Zhu Youzhen took the first step and said: "Shi Kefa is diligent in royal affairs, quite economical, go to the household department to serve as the right waiter." ”

I didn't want Shi Kefa to refuse: "Your Majesty, this move is not in harmony with the rules, and the minister can't accept it." Shi Kefa emphasized that the procedure was correct, and he did not say anything so rigidly, "His Majesty emphasized that the procedure should be correct in the promotion of officials in the future." Zhu Youzhen heard him say this. Immediately reacted, nodded and said, "I was negligent, take back my previous words." ”

After such a round, many ministers' minds were spinning, and this matter released a signal. In the future, Zhu Youzhen will no longer promote officials based on his personal preferences. This is a good phenomenon, at least it shows that a large amount of personnel power is in the hands of the officials. But these people didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen still had the right to approve red, and the personnel selected by the officials were ultimately a draft. If none of the candidates offered satisfy the emperor, he has the right to veto.

In any case, the bad relationship between monarchs and ministers in the late Ming Dynasty has now been significantly eased because of Zhu Youzhen's series of measures. Some ministers were also deeply encouraged by the series of measures announced by Zhu Youzhen a few years ago. One of the most exciting is the system of the court staff, and Zhu Youzhen announced the complete abolition of this bad habit. And let people go to the evidence, saying that it is something that originated from the Yuan Dynasty.

The abolition of the court staff is really an improvement recommended by Chen Xie. Why should this system be abolished? The relationship between the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty was ruined on this very large scale. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, some ministers even went to Boting for the sake of so-called prestige, because they repeatedly spoke out. After a scepter, what did not die was a surge in prestige. The behavior of these botin rods is even to the point of perversion. When this thing has no deterrent effect on the minister, but instead becomes a kind of estrangement, there is not much point in saving zài. Although Zhu Youzhen didn't like the current officialdom very much, he still accepted Chen Xie's construction, after all, the country still depends on these people to govern.

After all the ministers stood up, Zhu Youzhen continued: "Lu Aiqing, you can tell everyone about the preparation for the new army. ”

Lu Xiangsheng, the secretary of the military department and a scholar of Dongge University, stood up and said to everyone: "In view of the corruption of the army over the years, Your Majesty feels the depravity and suffering of the officers and soldiers. Therefore, it was decided to form a new army, and this matter was the responsibility of me, Lord Yu Hong. Specifically, it was divided into two steps, the first step was to build a royal lecture hall, with His Majesty Xià as the principal. The trainees will be selected from next year's martial arts examination, and the requirements are as follows: they must be over 15 years old and under 20 years old. The specific content of the exam will be formulated into a book and published all over the world. ”

As one of the people in charge, Hong Chengchou heard about this for the first time, and when he saw the emperor, he didn't even mention it. Of course, at this time, he had to express something, so he stood up and said: "Brother Jiandou, why didn't you know about this matter in advance?" What the hell is this military school? Lu Xiangsheng said lightly: "The specific content, I will tell you when I turn around." I only found out about this yesterday. Hong Chengchou stopped doing it, and immediately said: "Military affairs, why don't you decide after consultation between the DPRK and China?" Now is the court meeting, you might as well say it, everyone will say a few words. ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen, who was on the dragon chair, said: "Hong Aiqing, when it comes to leading troops to fight, who can compare with Chen Sihua today?" Let the military department be responsible, not to let you point fingers, but to let you do a good job of logistics. How to prepare for the establishment of the new army, the regulations were all set by Chen Sihua, and the personnel were also selected from the Dengzhou battalion elite officers. Aiqing, don't think about it, this matter is what I mean, and I don't mean to despise you Aiqing. ”

In a word, Hong Chengchou was dumbfounded, and he really couldn't continue to play happily right. Who is Chen Xie? On the battlefield, when you see people killing people, you can kill ghosts, and you can compare with him to lead troops to fight, but you can't lift it up. Launching Chen Xie is not only to suppress the person in front of him, but also to warn the ministers that this new army should not stretch out their hands, Chen Xie didn't care about this matter, in fact, he was doing it. Don't worry about any money and food, Chen Xie is doing this.

Don't really say it, just like this sentence, countless rising thoughts have disappeared consciously. There's no way, Chen Xie is not very easy to speak, and everyone knows this. This time the food turmoil is needless to say that it is Chen Xie's handiwork. Otherwise, with that little understanding of the people, how could he play such a big game. With this premise, things are easy to figure out.

To put it mildly, many people now can't drink Chen Xie's flesh and drink Chen Xie's blood. It's a pity that they just think about it, and no one dares to do it. It is said that Chen Xie should be very ruthless, and many people's black hands have been stretched out, but Chen Xie is still alive. This is a desperately strong opponent.

The new army has a lot of regulations, and basically speaking, it is to recruit more than 1,000 cadets and then hand them over to the officers from the Dengzhou battalion for training. The duration of study is two years, and one session is recruited every year, and this is a cadet army during the school period, and after graduation, it is more than 1,000 officers. Then, with these officers as the backbone, a new army of more than 10,000 people was established.

Why a new army is being built is well understood in everyone's hearts. The Beijing camp of the Beijing division is estimated to have not been bouncing for many years.

Speaking of this Ming Dynasty Beijing camp, there are a lot of people. On paper, there are between 360,000 and 380,000. The actual number of people in the Jiajing period was 140,000, and the rest of the time were around 50,000 or 60,000, and the most optimistic estimate of the number of people with the ability to go into battle was 20,000. In the Chongzhen period, Jingying was even more completely rotten. Not to mention pulling it out to fight, it is estimated that if you drive out of the city, you will have to disperse in a hurry. Of course, Zhu Youzhen is not satisfied with such an army. That's why I'm in such a hurry to build a new army. The emperor wants to build a new army, where will the money and food come from? Everyone is very concerned about this question, but no one dares to ask it after making such a fuss before. In the end, Hong Chengchou stood up.

"Your Majesty, may I ask, where did the money and food come from for the formation of the new army?" When this question came out, all the ministers pricked up their ears.

Zhu Youzhen had already taken a countermeasure, looked at Hong Chengchou with a smile on his face, and calmly gave an answer: "Inside!" Because it was a small-scale attempt, it didn't bother the household. "Now everyone has nothing to say, the emperor spends his own money to bring a new army, who cares about this matter? Now it is said that Hong Chengchou is also responsible, but in fact, who knows what is going on? It's just a name, right? You're really stupid.

Just when the ministers felt bored, Zhu Youzhen threw another bombshell: "By the way, forget to mention to you Aiqing, the thirty battalions of Dengzhou Flying Eagle Cavalry have recently arrived in the Beijing Division and are responsible for part of the defense of the Beijing Division. ”

Boom, this time the real five thunders hit the top, and the emperor actually silently transferred the most powerful army under Chen Xie's command to the Beijing Division, which is the real big move. What kind of new army to run, that is all a matter of the future, and it will take time to operate. But this Dengzhou Flying Eagle Cavalry is completely a tiger army, which is an army that came back from playing with Jiannu on the battlefield. Back then, the thieves were suppressed, Zhang Xianzhong was chased and killed for thousands of miles, and the goods killed ran from Jiangbei to Shaanxi. I didn't dare to look back. (To be continued......)