On the jade steps, the rain danced lightly, and the heavy rain washed the ancient imperial city! is also washing the hearts of hundreds of officials, once a son of heaven and a courtier, a courtier who alternates from generation to generation, is also a factor of extreme instability!

Emperor Chongzhen rode the imperial palace and returned to his upper study from the imperial garden, where there was still Lu Xiangsheng waiting for him to summon!

Lu Xiangsheng left a deep impression in the memory of Emperor Chongzhen, not only a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty! A victorious general, or a loyal general! can go to the soup for the emperor and the court! can both fight and be obedient, such a general, in Chongzhen's impression, there is only Lu Xiangsheng!

"Flat." Emperor Chongzhen was not pretentious, sat in front of the imperial case, took a sip of tea, and began a conversation between himself and his first military general who needed to be reused.

Lu Xiangsheng has seen the emperor's ability today, and he is in awe of the emperor, standing ten steps away, the biggest difference between military generals and civil officials is that military generals do it, but they can't say it, and most of them are short-tempered, and military generals who can fight are even more so, they can command, they can rush to kill, but they have to talk about it! Most of them are inferior to civilian officials! The decline of the Ming Dynasty government is also weakened in the hands of a group of civil officials!

In the peaceful and prosperous era of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the role of the civil official group is of course great, and the literati are easier to control than the military generals, and there are many things that can be done, but in this autumn of the last days! The disadvantages are even more obvious!

Zhu You concisely asked Lu Xiangsheng about some of his views on military politics, and he was not satisfied, nor was he dissatisfied, because Lu Xiangsheng was a person he already knew very well, and he felt that he had not changed much, and he was worth reusing!

A general of a feudal dynasty, to Lu Xiangsheng, is already a top elite, the requirements are like those founding marshals of later generations, it is not realistic, ancient soldiers and modern soldiers, in the end there is some gap, different weapons, different types of troops, different types of troops, different tactics, Zhu Youzhen's reform plan, overwhelming, but he doesn't know where to start, however, the guards in his hands to rebuild, this is the first to bear the brunt! In his last life, it was because the emperor was really unable to support a strong guard! Many decisions are made when they are made in a clumsy manner.

"Lu Xiangsheng, I have been paying attention to you for a few days, and I am now writing you two holy decrees, one is to appoint you as my guard commander! I want to reform the military system of the whole country! Later, a list of military reforms will be given to you, and this reform will start with the Guards! You are the commander of the first division of my Daming Kingdom! The second decree is that your first division will start with the reform of the Imperial Forest Army Horse Battalion on the outskirts of Beijing, the horse battalion is an establishment of 3,000 men, and I ask you to develop to 15,000 men and horses, and you want a complete divisional establishment! Don't eat empty pay! My military reform is to put an end to the situation of empty salaries, and every class must remain at full capacity! Also, you go and keep those meritorious descendants, and you can do it yourself, if you don't think it's okay, no matter whose descendants he is! All of them are cleared out of the army! I have your back, don't worry! Do it boldly, after completing the reorganization, based on the first division, equip the treasury with excellent weapons, and then pull out the imperial horses, and put them in the palace is useless. In addition, let people start building the Daming Arsenal next to the barracks of the 1st Division! The main research and development of musket artillery! ”

Emperor Chongzhen spoke very quickly, he thought of what to say, wrote while talking, and when he said yes, the two holy decrees had been completed overnight! personally took the jade seal and stamped two big seals on the two holy decrees! Being an emperor is much cooler than being a village chief! He doesn't need to care about the format, nor does he need to care about the writing, the most important thing is to make his meaning clear and not let the following ambiguity!

Lu Xiangsheng knelt in front of the emperor to receive the decree, if the emperor hadn't issued the decree today, no one would have been allowed to cry in front of him, otherwise it would be a crime of bullying the king, he almost couldn't hold it and cried! Although he didn't know what the division commander meant, from the emperor's holy decree and the list of military systems given to him, he could already deduce that this level was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Forest Army! He is just a sixth-grade Shanhaiguan general soldier, and this time he is equivalent to a third-grade general! Among the generals, it is not an exaggeration to reach the sky in one step!

Lu Xiangsheng, who had just turned thirty-one, how could he not be grateful for the emperor's exceptional reuse!?

Lu Xiangsheng endured it for a long time, and also held it back for a long time, "Your Majesty! The end will guarantee that there will be no corruption for the rest of his life! No malfeasance! Step slack! Swear to defend my tomorrow! Swear to defend my Daming country to the death! ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded, "I understand!" Your top priority now is to build a military base and form an acropolis of the Beijing Division! The establishment of the arsenal can be postponed for the first time, I tell you sù, it is to make you mentally prepared, now you can start to prepare skilled craftsmen and prepare the address, when you enter the research and development stage, I will personally provide you with advice, for those meritorious descendants, you don't have to be soft, unqualified, unqualified, not a single left, my Jingshi Iron Cavalry, is ten times more ferocious than the Guanning Iron Cavalry! Do you understand? ”

Lu Xiangsheng swears by the sky! "Your Majesty, rest assured! The end will understand! In fact, the last general has been thinking about how to solve the problem of empty salary, and now as soon as the emperor's list of military systems comes out, the last general suddenly opened his mouth! In the future, if there are officers who are paid empty salaries, the soldiers themselves will be able to find out that if there is a shortage of people in any squad or platoon, it will be the officers' salaries! The last general will definitely train the Jingshi Iron Cavalry to be more brave and good at fighting than the Guanning Iron Cavalry! As long as the emperor asks the last general to lead the troops to fight. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's words are very appetizing to Emperor Chongzhen! The reform of the military system is actually not difficult! It's his own guards again, the emperor can do whatever he wants, this is not a nationwide reform! It is the first pilot in its own guards!

Moreover, the Ming army of this period was actually ahead of the whole world in terms of firearms! It was only during the Qing Dynasty that China's firearms began to lag behind, because Kangxi ordered a ban on the use of firearms! The ban on the use of metal minerals by the private sector for development may be because they are afraid that the strength of the Han green battalion in the local army is too strong and they will not be able to control it!

"Remember, you're the Guard, I'm the Guard, and you're directly responsible to me! Without the Emperor's decree, no one has the right to mobilize you! ”

Lu Xiangsheng's heart was like a galloping horse, and a sense of pride in being entrusted with a heavy task stirred his chest, and he just wanted to smear the emperor's liver and brain immediately! "The emperor's trust in the last general, the last general can't be repaid in ten lifetimes!"

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Go on an errand, I am a person who loves to see results." By the way, the funds are directly allocated by Ouchi, and now there is no money in the military department, and, in the next step, I will start to reorganize the military department! You ask Wang Chengen to bring you 100,000 taels of silver from the palace. ”

In fact, it is not difficult to recruit soldiers, this year, as long as there is a place to eat, that person is coming! Zhu Youzhen believes that as long as there is silver, a 15,000-strong Gyeonggi garrison will be produced immediately! It's just that the combat effectiveness of this army still needs to be improved through continuous fighting!

The next day, the impeachment of Lu Xiangsheng flew into the palace like snowflakes! It almost didn't crush the emperor's imperial case! It's not that Lu Xiangsheng dismissed the descendants of meritorious service without authorization, that is, when Lu Xiangsheng was an official before, what bad deeds did he have!

Zhu Youzhen made it clear that this was all for himself, the minister could not impeach the emperor, but it was still possible to impeach Lu Xiangsheng! Why didn't you talk about other people's bad deeds before? As soon as I was promoted, all the bad deeds came out! Disloyalty and filial piety, not giving money for meals, arriving late and leaving early, violating regulations, accepting bribes, you name it!

"Burn them all!" Zhu Youzhen was busy all night, and he roughly read the twists and turns of his ascension to the throne for more than half a year, and had a general understanding of the current government affairs! Raise your head from the imperial case before dawn, it's the time of temper!

Wang Chengen was taken aback, "Holy Lord, you can't help it, where is the emperor who burned the minister's recital?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, twisted his neck, shook his waist, and did a simple warm-up exercise, "Burn it, my words are the holy decree, the emperor from ancient times to the present?" I just want to be different from the emperors of ancient times to the present! ”

Wang Chengen wiped his sweat, and in the cold morning, he was already sweating profusely by this little emperor!

"Yes! Quickly moved out and burned it. ”

Emperor Chongzhen said impatiently, "Wang Chengen, in the future, if I speak, you will do it, otherwise, you will give your reasons concisely, and don't let me salivate on everything." ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said, "Well, if the emperor treats his subordinates like this, his subordinates will think that the emperor is despising his subordinates. Isn't there a great chaos in the world? ”

Wang Chengen roughly felt the current temper of Emperor Chongzhen, and replied boldly.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and sat down again, "I don't explain, I have a reason." ”

Wang Chengen was dumbfounded by the emperor, and smiled bitterly, fortunately, it is in the inner hall, and now a group of palace maids and eunuchs have been replaced, otherwise if the ministers catch the emperor's burning of the fold, it will be enough for the emperor to eat a pot!

Emperor Chongzhen rubbed his sleepy eyes, and then watched Ouchi's secret music! The ministers can play the folds, they can play openly, so they go through the formal channels, and of course they can also play secretly, which is a way adopted by the feudal emperor in order to strengthen the rule and strengthen the mutual supervision between the officials.

Emperor Chongzhen saw the folds quickly, and immediately discovered the twists and turns of impeachment of Cui Chengxiu! Stood up in shock! "Not good! Send someone to Cui Chengxiu's house to check immediately! ”

Wang Chengen didn't know what was going on, but the emperor had an order, and immediately went out to lead the Yibiao Imperial Forest Army to Cui Chengxiu's house!

Wang Chengen had just left, and Zhu Youzhen slammed his fist on the table, "Why didn't you think of taking precautions?" Wei Zhongxian's move is to retreat into advance, which can not be said to be unclever! He's actually already a fish on his own chopping block! It's easy to eradicate Wei Zhongxian by yourself, but you have to take down the wealth and connections in his hands! It is not easy to complete the transfer of power! If many grassroots eunuch groups are allowed to stay, it will cause huge hidden dangers on the road to rejuvenation in the future! ”

No one heard Zhu Youzhen's self-talk, but Wei Zhongxian was lying on the bed, but he seemed to hear it!

"Factory father, it's all done!" Xu Yingyuan shrank his head and knelt beside Wei Zhongxian's bed.

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Xu Yingyuan suspiciously, "Gonggong Xu, I heard that you were appointed by the emperor as the chief eunuch in the palace?" Congratulations! ”

Xu Yingyuan was taken aback, "Factory master, no matter how high the slave flies, isn't the rope in your old hands?" Minions are like kites, they can't fly out of the palm of the factory no matter what! ”

Wei Zhongxian closed his eyes, "It's best to know!" Is it all clean? In Cui Chengxiu's house, did he burn all the letters and directories of his family? ”

Xu Yingyuan replied in a deep voice, "Don't worry, the factory is all burned, and the silver has not moved at all!" If the people in Ouchi go to check, at most they think that Xu Yingyuan committed suicide in fear of crime! Absolutely not suspicious! ”

Wei Zhongxian shook his head, "I can't be suspicious, it's not important, the most important thing is that we sue the emperor, we either want to fight with the emperor and kill Cui Chengxiu, or let the emperor know that our family is loyal!" Leaving Cui Chengxiu's silver to the emperor is to let the emperor know the meaning of our family's submission! ”

Wang Chengen came back to report to Emperor Chongzhen! "Your Majesty, when the old slave arrived, Cui Chengxiu was dead! Someone has been poisoned with wine! All the belongings of the house have been left untouched! His family said that a group of masked men came in the middle of the night, and when they left, they found that Cui Chengxiu was dead, and all the letters were burned! ：”

This result did not surprise Zhu Youzhen, he nodded, this time compared to the last time, the only benefit is that Cui Chengxiu's silver should belong to himself! "All his property was confiscated and rushed into the treasury! Among his family, adults are arrested and questioned, and minors are all arrested and questioned for the time being, and after the questioning, they can be temporarily charged at home, and when the case is concluded, they will be restored to freedom. ”

Wang Chengen was surprised by the emperor's kindness, "Your Majesty, if you don't kill the nine clans, at least you have to cut down Cui Chengxiu's descendants and eradicate them!" Otherwise, there will be endless troubles, and when those children grow up, won't they be jealous of the emperor? ”