On the second day of the meeting, Lu Xiangsheng left Beijing and went to Liangxiang and other places to recruit new soldiers.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing, according to Zhu Youzhen's meaning, soldiers must be selected from honest peasant households, and the people in the city are too slippery to be soldiers. Lu Xiangsheng also read Qi Jiguang's military book and understood this truth, so he went to various counties in Gyeonggi to recruit soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng left, the three hundred martial artists in the new martial arts examination were in Xiyuan, and Xu Xiancun led the children of the nobles to conduct military training for them, and Zhu Youzhen didn't have the heart to see them now. These warriors were used as grassroots officers, and when the new army recruited, they and the newly recruited soldiers would be organized into battalions. And now, these martial artists must go through the same rigorous training as the sons of the nobles, or even several times stricter. In this way, when they themselves lead the troops to train, they will have a way to follow.

The task of training these martial artists was entrusted to Xu Xiancun, who was familiar with it, and with the help of those noble children, he was enough to be competent. Xu Xiancun would enter the palace every evening to report on the training, and Zhu Youzhen would also tell him to implement any new ideas.

On the one hand, recruiting soldiers into battalions is one thing, and there are also soldiers' uniforms, weapons and equipment, war horses and vehicles, etc., and the things involved from there to none. Zhu Youzhen was not prepared to let the people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies interfere in this matter, and he had to do many things himself. All in all, the formation of a new army is a very troublesome matter and there is no hurry.

In addition to caring about the Janissaries of the New Army, he also had to worry about state affairs, although he had delegated power to the cabinet as much as possible, and some small matters were no longer concerned, but many things still had to be decided personally.

It's not okay to never go to court, that's not a qualified emperor, not to mention that the current Zhu Youzhen is young and energetic, and he doesn't want to waste time on fun, the habit he has developed for more than ten years in the previous life really makes him unable to stand it if he doesn't go to court all the time.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen stipulated that every 369 is the regular dynasty, and he will go to the court to deal with affairs, and the Beijing officials above the third grade, plus the imperial history of the Inspectorate and various sections, participate in the court meeting.

As for other times, if the cabinet cannot decide, Zhu Youjian will summon the ministers involved in the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to discuss.

On October 26, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Chang Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the throne and listened to the ministers tell him about what had happened recently.

Su Mao, the left attendant of the household department, said: "The minister is responsible for verifying the grain and salary of the Beijing camp, and the grain and salary of the Beijing camp for a year is 3 million stones, but now the granaries in Beijing and Tongzhou add up to 270,000 stones, which is not enough for the remaining two months, and please ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned and said, "How many soldiers are there in the Beijing camp, and how can they consume so much food?" ”

Su Maoxiang said: "This is to ask Uncle Li, the governor of Jingying." ”

Li Shouqi hurriedly went out of the squad to return: "Back to Your Majesty, there are now a total of 182,427 soldiers on the roster of the Beijing camp. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly: "Xiangcheng Bodang, the governor of Beijing, is really competent, and he can remember such a whole number of zeros." ”

Li Shouqi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and sneered: "It's still okay to have a minister's memory......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Banghua sneered and walked out of the train: "Uncle Xiangcheng's memory is really good, but this governor can't feel it in the Beijing camp for a few days, most of the barracks are less than half of the soldiers, where did the others go, and ask Uncle Li to teach me?" ”

Li Shouqi's face changed greatly, and he said: "The Beijing camp is drilled every ten days, and many soldiers are not in the camp when they go home......

Li Banghua said aggressively: "Is this really the case, but according to my observation, most of the people on the roster do not exist at all, and although the number of people who appear on the school field during the exercise is more than usual, many people are not on the roster at all, and they are obviously impostors." ”

Saying that, Li Banghua faced Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, please thoroughly investigate the Beijing camp, check the actual number of people according to the military register, and all impostors and military salaries will be eliminated." ”

"Your Majesty......" Li Shouqi was anxious and hurriedly shouted.

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to stop him: "Uncle Xiangcheng, I still listen to Li Shilang's words." ”

"Your Majesty, this is a plan for the minister to rectify the barracks overnight, please take a look at it." Li Banghua took out a piece of music and held it high with both hands.

Wang Chengen walked down the imperial steps, took the song from Li Banghua's hand, turned around and put it in front of Zhu Youzhen.

When Zhu You inspected and looked at the reciprocal sparse, Li Banghua began to recount the contents of the recital: "There are nine methods for the rectification of the ministers, one is to strictly investigate the occupation of military service, false pretense, and verify the actual number of troops, and the second is to change the training method, changing the ten-day drill to the three-day exercise; the third is to carefully select generals, too many generals in Beijing rely on Yin Meng to take the position, and they don't know the soldiers; Fourth, the chariot was transformed to facilitate field warfare, and fifth, gunpowder was refined......"

Li Banghua explained in detail that the faces of many nobles in the palace became more and more pale, and according to Li Banghua's reforms, their interests in Beijing would be completely lost. During this time, they wanted to open their mouths many times, and looked at the emperor's face but did not dare to speak. Although the emperor is young, his methods are ruthless, and Wei Zhongxian's power fell in an instant, which makes them not afraid.

Many nobles looked at the British Gong Zhang Zhiji, who was standing at the head of the generals, but Zhang Zhiji just stood steadily, looking at the roof of the palace, as if there was something interesting on the roof.

Li Shouqi glanced at Zhang Zhiji with resentment, and hurriedly spoke after Li Banghua finished playing: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Li Shilang said is open to discussion, and the situation in Beijing is complicated, so it is not appropriate to make a big move......

Zhu Youzhen said expressionlessly: "The situation is complicated, how complicated is it?" Uncle Xiangcheng, I only ask you, can the current Beijing camp fight? At present, the war in Liaodong is tense, and the Beijing camp may go to Liaodong for reinforcements? ”

Li Shouqi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "This, Your Majesty, the purpose of setting up the Beijing camp is to defend the Beijing Division......"

Zhu Youzhen sneered: "However, when he became an ancestor, Jingying was not just a Gongwei Jingshi!" The soldiers of the Beijing camp, in terms of salary and silver, far surpass the border army, they should be the elite of the world, if they don't even dare to fight, what is the use of the Beijing camp? Millions of stone food are consumed every year, and I don't want to just keep a bunch of waste! It is imperative to rectify the camp, and I don't want to see any resistance. Uncle Xiangcheng, since you don't want to promote this matter, then go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to stay and retire, and don't worry about the affairs of the Beijing camp anymore! ”

Li Shouqi's face was pale, and he couldn't speak, he didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to be so straightforward, and he would just give him, the governor of Beijing, in one sentence!

Li Shouqi was dismissed, and the other nobles naturally didn't dare to speak, and they were silent one by one.

"The affairs of Jingying are like this, and Li Banghua is fully responsible for rectification. The Inspectorate sent 20 imperial historians to fully cooperate with Li Banghua. Zhu Youzhen said.

Recently, the voice of attacking the eunuchs has subsided, but the imperial historians of the Inspectorate refused to give up, and many people even pointed the finger at Huang Liji and other cabinet elders in the cabinet, which made Zhu Youzhen very unhappy. Now he just wants to see the stability of the court, and he doesn't want the party to fight again.

Since these imperial histories refuse to give up, then find them something to do, so as not to annoy people.

With Zhu Youzhen's words, the matter of rectifying the Beijing camp was decided, and Li Banghua returned to the queue with satisfaction.

Su Maoxiang, the left attendant of the household department, has not given up: "Your Majesty, during the Wanli period, there were only about 17,760 officials above the small banner of Jinyi Wei, and then it continued to increase, and now there are 36,360 people, and the household department has to spend an additional 270,000 stone food and salary every year. ”

Before Su Mao finished speaking, many people glared at him angrily. Because his words involve the interests of many people.

The Ming Dynasty has the tradition of cute officials, as soon as the emperor is happy, he will reward the son and nephew of an official with the official position of Jinyiwei, this kind of Jinyiwei position is only a false collar is not a real position, but the money and grain are received according to the grade, and many can be hereditary. This has also caused more and more officials to be subordinate to Jinyiwei to increase year by year.

Take the court officials present as an example, every family has one or two brocade clothes and cute officials, many of them are hereditary, and they don't work just for money.

Thinking of the fact that the imperial court had raised so many people who only took money and didn't work, Zhu Youzhen was also very distressed. There are more than 30,000 Jinyi officials, most of whom are cute officials, and they spend hundreds of thousands of stone grain every year, which is enough to feed tens of thousands of troops!

"Quasi-play!" Zhu Youzhen said without thinking, "At present, the state affairs are difficult, and the household is empty, so you should be frugal with money and food." From today on, the official body of Jinyi Wei Meng is still there, but he no longer receives money and food. ”

Many ministers in the palace softened their faces, in fact, many people didn't care much about the money and food of two stones and three stones a month, and they were more concerned about the official body, and the official body was still there.

Su Maoxiang finally retreated satisfied, and the Ministry of Rites stood up for Qu Shiyun in the matter, and said: "Now that the eunuch party has fallen, many officials who were persecuted by the eunuch party in the past should be recalled to the imperial court. ”

As soon as Qu Shiyun's words were spoken, many people in the hall responded. Huang Liji, who was standing at the top of the civil service, became uneasy and frequently looked at Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment: "Who are you referring to?" ”

Qu Shiyun said: "For example, Han Kuang, the former cabinet scholar, and Qian Qianyi, the former right attendant of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered in his heart, it seems that the Donglin Party still refuses to give up!

Zhu Youzhen did not answer directly, but looked at Huang Liji, who was standing at the head of the class: "I don't know what Yuanfu thinks?" ”

Huang Liji's body was shocked, and he knew that it was time for him to play: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." At present, all six positions have been filled, and there are no vacancies. ”

Huang Liji knew that if the Donglin Party returned to the imperial court in a big way, he would definitely not let go of himself who had been attached to the eunuch party.

"Han Kuang Han Pavilion elder became the first assistant during the apocalypse, and was persecuted by Wei Zhongxian before returning, now the eunuch party has been removed, and it should be recalled to the imperial court, and now there are only four cabinet elders, so there is no position, I think it is the first assistant You are worried about the lack of heart, after all, you were very close to Wei Eunuch back then!" Qu Shiyun sneered.

Huang Li looked at Qu Shiyun lightly, with his status, he naturally would not argue with a mere imperial historian.

"Nonsense, if Han Ge Lao was really of noble character, he shouldn't have taken the initiative to leave because he was afraid of the eunuchs, obviously because he was afraid of the eunuchs, and he would be persecuted. On the contrary, Lord Shoufu endures humiliation for the country, and is not afraid of slander for the country! When even an official from Huang Liji's faction stood up and reprimanded Qu Shiyun angrily.

"That's it!" Seeing that the big war was about to start, Zhu Youzhen shouted angrily and stopped the quarrel. In this life, he no longer wants to see party strife.

"Since Elder Han Ge took the initiative to beg to go, don't embarrass him anymore, let him enjoy his life in peace." Zhu Youzhen said, "As for Qian Qianyi, as Huang Ge Lao said, there is no place for him in the court at the moment, and he can serve in Nanjing." ”

"Qu Shiyun is just a seven-grade imperial history, and he was disrespectful to the first assistant in the court, and he should be punished, so he was sent to the county." Zhu Youzhen said.

In one sentence, Qu Shiyun was punished outside as the magistrate of the county, and the courtiers all knew Zhu Youzhen's intentions, and it seemed that it was very difficult for Qian Qianyi and other Donglin Party members to return to the imperial court.