"Meet Your Majesty."

"The British Commonwealth is exempt, thanks to you in the court today." Zhu Youzhen smiled.

"Whatever Your Majesty said, Weichen is just a righteous man. What a good thing it is to set up a brocade guard, it is simply beneficial to the country and the people, but those civil officials are opposed for their own selfishness, and Weichen really can't look at it. Zhang Zhiji hurriedly said.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "The matter has passed, and I called you today to ask you what you think of the Jinyi guard." ”

"Your Majesty, do you mean?" Zhang Zhiji's heart was pounding, could it be that the time to be rewarded for meritorious service has arrived?

"Although the Jinyi Outer Guard is based on the post station system, it still needs a large number of people. The Beijing division commanded the envoy to the yamen, and thousands of households in each province had to send people from the Beijing division.

And it is better to integrate the national post station system into a whole and set up a perfect system, in which there are too many things to do and too many people are needed. Zhu Youzhen sighed.

"Your Majesty, you, are you asking Weichen to be in charge of this matter?" Zhang Zhiji was a little trembling with excitement.

Although he was the Duke of England and the Governor of the Left Army, he actually had no actual powers. Jinyi Waiwei is responsible for integrating the country's post stations, which are thousands of post stations, and the number of post stations involved is hundreds of thousands! Moreover, the brocade guards are not subject to the constraints of the local government, and their status is transcendent. If he can be in charge of the brocade guard, it is really a big difference, thinking about the huge benefits, how can Zhang Zhiji not be excited?

Zhu Youzhen was a little speechless, he didn't mean that. It's not that he doesn't trust Zhang Zhiji, but he doesn't believe that Zhang Zhiji has this ability!

Integrate the national post station and set up a perfect system, this is a very complicated matter, although Zhang Zhiji is a British prince, but he has not done anything, it is impossible to do it well!

But thinking about Zhang Zhiji's support for him, Zhu Youzhen sighed: "That's it, if you want, you can be a deputy commander of the brocade guard first." ”

Zhang Zhiji was stunned: "Deputy commander? Who is the commander? ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "I am ready to let Li Banghua serve as this commander." ”

"What?" Zhang Zhiji almost jumped up.

"Your Majesty, you, ......" Zhang Zhiji wanted to say if you were crazy, but the words came to his lips but swallowed back.

"Your Majesty, then Li Banghua took the lead in opposing the establishment of the Jinyi Outer Guard, how did you let him be this commander?" Zhang Zhi was extremely angry. Knowing this, why should I take the lead in supporting the court?

Zhu Youzhen smiled, and he knew that Zhang Zhiji would be angry.

"The British Duke doesn't need to be angry, I have considerations," Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "Li Banghua is just a transition, when he sets up the brocade guard and formulates the rules and regulations, I will hand over the brocade guard to my most trusted person." ”

So that's the case, Zhang Zhiji's mood suddenly improved a lot, isn't the person he trusts the most refers to me?

"You can't help but admit it, you have other princes, in terms of ability, you are not as good as Li Banghua." Zhu Youzhen continued.

Zhang Zhiji nodded, what can't be admitted, who doesn't know what virtues he has in this group of nobles, most people don't learn and have no skills, how can they be compared with Li Banghua's people who were born in Jinshi?

Li Banghua managed the Beijing camp for a year, found out tens of thousands of vacancies, standardized the Beijing camp system, put an end to the elite service and soldiers in the Beijing camp, and established a five-day exercise system, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp, at least there was no problem in defending the city. At present, the Beijing camp is very different from usual, and these are all Li Banghua's achievements!

In the matter of Jingying, Li Banghua offended countless people and was impeached by many people, but he was uncompromising, which shows that this person has a resolute character. His opposition to the establishment of the Jinyi Outer Guard was just because he was afraid that the Jinyi Guard would poison the place, and when he understood my painstaking efforts to set up the Jinyi Outer Guard, he did not say much more, which shows that he is completely different from other civil officials. ”

Zhu Youzhen explained. At the moment, he didn't have much talent to spare, so he had to rely on the power of the nobles for the time being. Zhang Zhiji, as the leader of the nobles, must be appeased.

The reason why Zhu Youzhen used Li Banghua was because these Zhang Zhiji people were too wasteful to deal with the affairs of the post station at all. The brocade guard system occupies a very important position in Zhu Youzhen's future planning, and it must not be damaged by these people!

Although Li Banghua was born in Donglin, he was different from other Donglin Party members. He is honest and upright, and he has a strong ability to do things! It's fitting to do this.

And having Li Banghua in charge of preparing for the establishment of the brocade guard can also greatly eliminate the resistance of the DPRK and the Chinese government and local civil officials.

"Of course, I trust you people the most, so you should first be wronged, and be the deputy commander to monitor Li Banghua for me. The establishment of the Jinyi Outer Guard requires too many people, and among the nobles and nobles, there are idle children, first go to the martial arts to practice, you can all serve in the Jinyi Outer Guard, and there is no problem in being a thousand households and a thousand households. Zhu Youzhen reassured.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Zhi was overjoyed.

Among the nobles of each family, who does not have a few children and nephews, most of them are idle and have nothing to do, if they can find a position in the brocade guard, of course, it is a great good thing.

"However, I have said ugly things in the front, and the brocade guards will be of great use in the future, and I will not use them if I am incapable. If you want to serve in the Jinyi Foreign Guard, you must be trained in martial arts and pass the assessment! Zhu Youzhen said solemnly.

Zhang Zhiji hurriedly said: "That's nature, everyone will understand." ”

"I have been so civilized and noble that I have been bullied by the Tartars for a long time, and I am determined to make some changes, so you people must fight! Whoever wants not to fight, Hugh blames me for being ruthless! All the nobles who can't keep up with my pace, no matter how much credit their ancestors have made, will inevitably be eliminated. Zhu Youzhen continued.

"Your Majesty, rest assured!" Zhang Zhiji's face flushed with excitement, this was the first time he heard the emperor say in person that he wanted to change the situation of the noble and the lowly.

"You can just know what I'm saying, don't spread it." Zhu Youzhen commanded and sent Zhang Zhiji down.

......

"Your Majesty, Liu Mao is here, waiting outside the hall." Wang Chengen walked in and whispered.

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "Let him in." ”

"Minister Liu Mao knocks to see Your Majesty." Liu Mao knelt down and bowed three times.

"Let's be flat." After he finished bowing, Zhu Youzhen said lightly.

"You are about to go to Fujian to take office, and I asked people to announce that you are here, because I have something to tell you to do." Zhu Youzhen got straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, please speak." Liu Mao said solemnly.

"I cooperated with Zheng Zhilong to establish the Royal Maritime Trade Company, and sent Li Yanzhi as the general soldier of Fujian to assist in the establishment of the firm. Liu Mao, you patrol Fujian, I have no other requirements for you, just cooperate with Li Yanzhi and Zheng Zhilong to remove obstacles for the Royal Maritime Trade Company, it is a great achievement, you can do it? ”

Liu Mao was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen understands." ”

Seeing that Liu Mao was so sensible, he didn't ask too much, and Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied.

After thinking about it, I felt that it should be explained, so that Liu Mao could cooperate better.

"Although the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea and set up a city ship division in Quanzhou, the annual income of the city ship division is only twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver. I know that the profits of the sea trade are very large, and the gentry in the southeast often have millions of family assets, all of which are the benefits of the sea trade.

The imperial court was worried about internal and external troubles, and there was a shortage of money everywhere, but the treasury had a perennial deficit beyond its means, so I privately set up a trading house, hoping to make up for the lack of treasury revenue through the profits of sea trade, and the income from sea trade would be used to raise soldiers and use it for disaster relief. So Liu Mao, you are going to Fujian to shoulder my expectations and have a great responsibility! ”