The victorious army had to pass through the Desheng Gate, of course, it was impossible for Zhou Huchen to lead 10,000 cavalry to enter, and he only had a hundred personal soldiers around him.

Because, his mission is over, and the 10,000 cavalry belongs to the royal family, and Sun Dayong will lead the team into the Beijing Division. After today, the Royal Dragoons will no longer be under the command of Zhou Huchen, and they will become the strongest force of the Royal Praetorian Guard.

The emperor and hundreds of officials greeted him, the cheers of hundreds of people, what else could he ask for, the apex of life was nothing more than this. The most important thing is that all the family members are safe, his son is already growing up, and Zhou Huchen is temporarily satisfied.

Back in Jingshi, many, many things awaited Zhou Huchen. to meet grandmothers and mothers; uncles and aunts; Accept the princess's complaints and thoughts; I want to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother; Of course, I also want to meet the concubine Niangniang, who has been promoted to the queen; In addition, it is necessary to prepare gifts, because the crown prince is more capable than Zhou Huchen, who already has four children, and is much ahead of Zhou Huchen. Then, it's a matter of accepting endless send-offs

Zhou Huchen saw Tuesday Tiger, this brother completely changed, the little guy was older, and the fifteen-year-old Tuesday Tiger finally got his wish and became a small iron tower, and also had his own name.

The matter is not over yet, Zhou Huchen still has to accept the emperor's summons, and then follow the emperor and the civil and military officials to worship the Taimiao

The days of dizziness and distension have finally passed, and Zhou Huchen is finally idle and can enjoy the happiness of reunion with his family.

Surrounded by a beautiful princess, and a smart and clever son by his legs, Zhou Huchen had a very moist life.

"Don't kiss me, I don't know when I'll be able to take off this layer of black gas, I don't like it!"

With a "snap", Daming Dongchanghou's brain door was slapped hard by the fair-skinned plain hand.

"It's so fragrant! And the same as before! Lord Zhou didn't care about being bullied by his wife, but he cared about watching the lively son slap him fiercely: "You little rabbit cub dare to laugh at your father, in the future, I will find you a female man and let her use a word horse to subdue you!" ”

Zhu Shuhuan didn't know what a horse was, but the female man's meaning still understood: "Don't talk nonsense." Will teach a bad son! ”

"I don't look at whose son it is, how can anyone love if a man is not bad?"

"Call you nonsense, call you a word horse, lie down for me! Come son, today you have a horse to ride! "Zhu Shuhuan is not polite, the punishment is not negotiable.

Daming Dongchang waited, when the court was on the horse, the general of the army leaned down helplessly: "Come son, your father seems to have come back right, or you are short of horses to ride!" ”

Zhou Zhentian looked disdainful. He unceremoniously jumped on the horse: "You are just a little Hou Ye." I rode my grandfather's majesty. You have ridden the prince's uncle, ridden the grandfather of Fuguo, and ridden the grandfather Cai Shangshu, how big are you? ”

Zhou Huchen's face was full of black lines. These people are really strong, and they are not weaker than your father!

"Master Concubine, Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!"

said that Cao Cao Cao was here, and the crown prince Zhu Lianbi came. And this big-eyed maid who came to summon the message, once little Lori is now full of youth, she is smiling outside the door when she is a horse, and the de facto commander of the Ming Dynasty is slowly driven forward by a little guy on the ground.

Zhu Shuhuan stretched out her hand: "Shake the world, your uncle is here." Let's ride as the prince in a while! ”

After the little guy turned over and dismounted: "I'll go to greet Uncle Crown Prince and see if he has brought me a gift!" ”

Zhu Lianbi brought a gift, but Zhou Zhentian didn't like this gift very much, because he was a big fat boy who was just teething.

greeted each other and said a few kind words to the crown prince Zhu Lianbi. Zhu Shuhuan took Zhou Zhentian to see the old lady.

"Zhang Xianzhong has already been executed, and he is vulnerable! The men of the thief sold him! ”

The crown prince Zhu Lianbi was answering Zhou Huchen's inquiry, because Zhou Huchen suddenly remembered Zhang Xianzhong, and at the same time as Zhu Lianbi answered, he was still holding the royal fat doll that was gnawing on his fingers.

"The world is temporarily settled, it seems that I have to rest for a while!" Zhou Huchen lay lazily on a leisurely chair, in stark contrast to the prince standing in the room holding the child.

"The pressure on the household department is too great, and Bachelor Cai is overwhelmed!"

Bachelor Cai is talking about Cai Maode, this diligent old man has jumped into the dragon gate, and now he is the head of the household.

Zhou Huchen understood what the prince Zhu Lianbi was talking about, after several years of non-stop warfare, the country's finances were very struggling, and the prince was here to be a lobbyist. Zhou Huchen's soldiers are all paid double salaries when they go to war, while those newly attached troops and left-behind troops are fully paid, which is the food and salary of nearly one million troops, plus the huge consumption of the workshop, it is an astronomical amount in a few years. Zhou Huchen did not have such the ability to pay, so he could only pay for it by the state. What's more, these brave and warlike soldiers still have countless military merit rewards that have not been issued, and in the future, they will have to provide a large amount of military funds to the garrisons in various places, and if they are now paid silver and military merit rewards to the meritorious soldiers, it is estimated that it will not be enough to empty the household department and the emperor's inner treasury.

"I can't help it! The soldiers fought for the sake of the country without fear of life and death, and it was always better to open the sea completely and at the same time, fully trade with the surrounding vassal states. It is necessary to reform the tax system, and in order to prevent the previous malpractices and numerous acts of greed, it is necessary to establish a special yamen and supervisory body to manage it, so that a large amount of silver can be brought in and the problem can be solved fundamentally. ”

Zhou Huchen finally got to the point, but how could these things be so easy? Zhu Lianbi is not stupid, the key is that in front of him, he immediately continued the topic and put a little pressure on Zhou Huchen: "Brother-in-law, your idea is very good, it is estimated that there is no problem in passing it in the court, as long as there are important ministers to put it forward." The biggest problem is that now, there is not much silver in the household now! Moreover, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the common people of Shilin all have opinions on soldiers fighting with a large number of Rakshasa women, and this needs to be solved by you, brother-in-law! ”

"The bereavement pension of the disabled soldiers must not be missing, and the rewards of the meritorious soldiers must be issued, otherwise it will make the world laugh at it, as for the military salary owed in the past few years, can it be slowly distributed, this work is up to me." Zhou Huchen looked like a negotiator.

"Of course, the bereavement of the disabled soldiers cannot be missing, how can these soldiers be allowed to spill their blood in vain!" Zhu Lianbi is very satisfied, his face still has a role, but this is not all: "Brother-in-law, do you see if our military workshop in Zhenjiang wants to reduce the supply and production of materials, the military workshop costs a lot of money, and it is very difficult to support." After all, there are not many wars left"

"I will use the military service workshop in Zhenjiang for a while for the time being, and next year, this workshop will be nationalized, but the people who manage the workshop must be dedicated to a full-time job, and there must be a strict supervision. Only strict supervision can make the workshop's technology continuously improved and updated, and the best weapons can be produced! ”

"My brother-in-law deserves to be my brother-in-law, this kind of courage is admirable!"

Zhou Huchen's decision and courage exceeded Zhu Lianbi's expectations, in addition to solving the financial problem, he actually had to hand over the military workshop, although it was a matter of time before it was a matter of time. But so quickly it was unexpected.

It's not over yet. Zhou Huchen smiled: "It's not just this military workshop. This military power will also be slowly handed over in the future, and the authority is too heavy, which is not a good thing for the country and me personally. Therefore, I have to slowly sort out the army. Let the army and the local military and government be completely separated. In order to prevent the formation of powerful feudal towns, except for Siberia, the division of the localities, including other generals stationed outside the passes, must implement a rotation system of military generals. Therefore, there is a long way to go in military reform, and I cannot hand over military power for the time being. Otherwise, military reform will come to naught, and it will not be beneficial for the country to maintain its strong military strength. ”

Each time is more and more amazing, handing over the workshop is already a constraint on himself, and the military reform before handing over the military power shows Zhou Huchen's courage.

Siberia is clearly an exception. Because of the distance, coupled with the lack of population, after all, it cannot be compared with other places, so a special existence of Siberia cannot be avoided.

Strength comes from wisdom, Zhou Huchen is very powerful, and the use of wisdom is impeccable for him, step by step, ring after ring, steady change. Although many people are willing to see the military power when they come back, it is not rational; First, the court will be questioned for being too cold; The second is that without military power, Zhou Huchen's military reform will become an empty word. Without military reform, this Ming Dynasty may return to the old path of rapid military decline, which Zhou Huchen and the imperial family are unwilling to see.

"Brother-in-law really sees it, this right is sometimes really tricky, it is not appropriate to grasp it, and if you don't grasp it, you can't realize the wish in your heart, I understand my brother-in-law's difficulties." Zhu Lianbi shook his head slightly, he understood Zhou Huchen.

This brother-in-law is not easy either, this is a position on the cusp of the storm. Zhou Huchen obviously doesn't care about what birds are hiding from the bow, the armies distributed in and around the Ming Dynasty are all powerful enough to destroy the country, and Zhou Huchen's existence is the power to deter everything. Without the existence of Zhou Huchen, who will restrain those generals who fought in the blood and fire? Once there is a problem, the collapse of the entire Ming Dynasty may not be far off. If it weren't for Zhou Huchen himself, I'm afraid no one would have dared to submit the matter of releasing military power.

"It's good to understand, the high position needs to be cautious, I'll sort it out slowly!"

As Zhou Huchen is concerned, since he has promised to do so, reform and stability are a slow process. And time will prove Zhou Huchen's right, when he uses his military prestige to complete the military reform, handing over military power is the best time and choice.

The crown prince Zhu Lianbi overfulfilled the task this time, he was already satisfied, and after a few idle words, Zhu Lianbi decisively said goodbye: "Then don't disturb your brother-in-law, you are resting, I will take the child to see the Queen Mother." ”

After all, the identity of the crown prince was there, and Zhou Huchen stood up: "Your Highness, please wait a minute, I have decided to go to Jiangnan next in two days to inspect the military workshops in Huai'an and Zhenjiang, and please inform Your Majesty." ”

"That's no problem, brother-in-law just prepare, my father will agree!" Zhu Lianbi agreed with a smile.

Zhou Huchen has been on the expedition for too long this time, and he needs to recuperate after a long battle, and no one will say anything if he doesn't go to court. And Zhu Lianbi also understands what happened to Zhou Huchen going to the south of the Yangtze River, his position is higher, and the reputation of betraying his promise Zhou Huchen can't bear it at all, and some people have been waiting for more difficult times in the past few years, everyone should understand, and the emperor will understand it if he wants to.

"By the way, don't forget to ask Your Majesty to give that Zheng Sen a general's name, I will be useful in the future!"

"That's your in-laws, Xiao Zhentian's father-in-law, and the father will naturally not treat him badly. However, this son of Nan Amber is from a talented background, and he is willing to give him a general? Zhu Lianbi questioned.

"If you don't want to, you have to be willing, otherwise, I will let his daughter fill the house for our family Zhentian!"

The domineering reappearance of the commander of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Lianbi couldn't help but stretch out his thumb