With the silver of Haimao, Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief, at least for the next half a year, he no longer had to worry about the lack of silver.

Next, Zhu Youzhen put all his thoughts into banning the Beijing camp. He basically stopped interfering with the affairs of the imperial court, and most of the matters were decided by the cabinet.

To be honest, the situation in Daming is very bad now, unusually bad! In addition to the situation in northern Shaanxi, which is slightly better, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other places, there are a large number of displaced people who have abandoned their land, and the northern provinces are like a huge powder keg, which will erupt at any time, and Zhu Youzhen's announcement of the suspension of the levy of Liao salary has only slowed down a little, and the lives of the people have not changed substantially.

The North is bad, and the South is not much better. However, the south is slightly better than the north in that the river network is dense and not so arid, so many people can barely survive. It's just that land annexation is just as serious, if not worse than in the north.

Take Jiangxi as an example, Jiangxi is a large province in the imperial examination, and there are many jinshi in each imperial examination, and the density of jinshiju is far higher than that of other provinces, which also leads to serious land annexation. A large amount of land was concentrated in the hands of these gentry and gentry, and the taxes of the imperial court were passed on to a small number of yeoman peasant small landlords, resulting in the bankruptcy of yeoman peasant small landlords, or the land was annexed and became hired peasants, or they simply took the land and went to the gentry to become slaves. In Jiangxi, even those who have a reputation for talent can't live.

In the whole of Jiangxi, almost ninety percent of the land was concentrated in the hands of the gentry, resulting in the annual tax of the imperial court not being collected at all. Hundreds of people chose to go into the mountains to become bandits in order to escape the government's extortion, and many homeless people killed officials and rebelled every year. The mountainous areas around southern Gan are full of mountain bandits, and with the ability of Yuan Chonghuan, he has been the governor of Jiangxi for more than a year, but he has not been able to completely exterminate the mountain bandits.

Jiangxi is the richest area in the south of the Yangtze River, and the situation is not too much. The land in Jiangnan is not inferior to Jiangxi, but because of historical reasons, most of the fields in Jiangnan are official fields, which have always been the land of imperial court taxes, and the imperial court attaches great importance to Jiangnan, and the gentry do not dare to do anything to the official fields, but the private fields are almost all annexed by the gentry. In addition to the gentry, most of the common people in Jiangnan were tenants, tenants cultivated official fields and gentry's fields, or slaves of the gentry's families, and real yeoman farmers almost did not exist.

In the previous life, because of self-destruction and the deception of civil officials, Zhu Youzhen knew nothing about all this. He only knew that the taxes levied by the imperial court were getting less and less, and there was more and more turmoil in the country. In order to deal with Jiannu, Zhu Youzhen at that time chose to levy additional Liao salaries, knowing that the additional Liao salaries would force the people to live and would force more people to become homeless, so Zhu Youzhen had to drink to quench his thirst at that time.

Later, in order to collect more taxes, Zhu Youzhen had to send a large number of eunuchs to various provinces and places to set up tax customs.

In order to maintain it, Zhu Youzhen did a lot of things in the previous life, but the more he did, the more wrong he became, so that in the end it was irreversible. Of course, this is caused by Zhu Youjian's own ability and personality, such as indecisiveness, eagerness for quick success, like to shirk responsibility, etc., but the more important reason is that Daming's stubborn illness is too serious, and it is indeed terminally ill.

However, now, Zhu Youzhen, who has been relived once, already knows where Daming's stubborn illness is. He changed the post station system into a brocade guard, relying on the dense post delivery network across the country, and he can be said to know the situation in all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

With the strength in his hands, Zhu Youzhen can do some tinkering things, punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, punish unscrupulous gentry, and make the life of the people in various places better.

But that doesn't make sense! By now, it has come time to completely overthrow and start over. Only by completely overthrowing and starting over will it be full of vitality and rebirth!

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen has recently been quite indifferent to the government affairs, and he has basically handed over the government affairs to the cabinet and rarely raised objections. How bad can the situation be in the provinces? No matter how greedy the gentry are, at most they will annex all the land, and at most the revenues of the treasury will continue to dwindle, and that's it.

And Zhu Youzhen really cares about only two things, one is the silver in the inner treasury, and the other is the army in his hands. If you have money, you can open the Royal Academy of Sciences, open a business school, open a martial arts, and cultivate talents who truly belong to you. With the money, the army can be reorganized, and now it is to ban the Beijing battalion and establish the Beijing Janissary Battalion, and then it will be necessary to completely reorganize the army of the Nine Sides according to the model of the Praetorian Guard. After the nine sides are put in order, it is time for complete change!

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen put all his thoughts on banning the Beijing camp and establishing the Beijing Division, and he did not want to pay attention to the affairs of the court.

As for Zhu Youzhen's behavior, except for a few symbolic letters in the imperial history to advise the emperor not to do his job, most of the civil officials were very happy. The young emperor does not dictate the affairs of the court and the state, and all government affairs can be carried out by the minds of the civil officials, which is the emperor that the civil officials like. The emperor only needs to sit in the palace and rule with the arch, and the government has its own ministers to deal with it.

Afraid that the emperor's energy would return to the court, most civil officials chose to support the emperor's current behavior. The main reason is that until now, Zhu Youzhen is still taking the first step, and he has not exposed his intention to ban the Beijing camp, but only recruited the warriors of the Beijing camp into the Praetorian Guard.

Since the emperor likes to train soldiers, and the Praetorian Guards trained have indeed made great contributions, then support it, after all, the stronger the army, the only way to resist the Tartars externally, to pacify the rebellious people internally, and to protect the Ming Dynasty. Protecting the Ming Dynasty means protecting their own interests, and the court officials can still distinguish the pros and cons. As for the interests of the nobles who will be damaged because of this matter, what does it matter to me?

As for the nobles, they were naturally dissatisfied.

Since the decision to recruit warriors to fight in Beijing and form the Jingying Praetorian Guard, a large number of Jingying soldiers have signed up every day. After all, the Praetorian Guard's generous salary and strong combat record make people yearn for it. Although the Beijing camp is rotten, it is not without warriors. In the past, these warriors were either suppressed and obscure, or chose to join the nobles to become family members, but now, these warriors have another way out, that is, to join the Praetorian Guard.

The recruitment method of the Jingshi Praetorian Guard is very clear, as long as you pass the assessment, you can join. Ordinary soldiers in the Beijing camp enthusiastically joined in order to be well treated, and the nobles were shocked to find that many of their henchmen in the Beijing camp actually wanted to join the Praetorian Guard, even if they were demoted to become ordinary soldiers. It's not incomprehensible, although the nobles are better than ordinary soldiers, but they are slaves all their lives, and joining the Praetorian Guard gives them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and have the opportunity to get ahead and become a general.

As a result, all the soldiers in the Beijing camp joined the Praetorian Guard, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as officers who were unwilling to give up their hereditary positions, and the empty list that did not exist in the military register. What is the value of such a camp?

The nobles are not stupid, many people know that it is probably not far from the ban on the Beijing camp, and the emperor established the Beijing Division Janissary on the basis of the Xiyuan Guard, isn't it to ban the Beijing camp?

The nobles have great interests in Jingying, and their sons and nephews all serve in Jingying, and these interests will soon disappear completely. And the Jingshi Guards, they can't get in at all, without the Beijing camp, how much income will they lose every year? How can this satisfy the nobles?

But no matter how dissatisfied you are, there is no way to do it, there is a stabbing case in front of you, and now no one dares to disobey the emperor!

The nobles with flexible minds chose to let their nephews and nephews take the assessment to join the Praetorian Guard, even if they started as ordinary soldiers, so that there would be a chance to rise up in the future. However, most of the pampered sons and daughters of the nobles cannot pass the assessment at all, and even if they can pass the assessment, they cannot withstand the strict training and boring military life, and the decline of the old nobles has been irreversible.

However, there are hereditary titles, there are family properties and fields accumulated over the years, and life can go on, and there is no problem in being a rich man, and most of the nobles have chosen to lie down.

The nobles could choose to lie down, but some could not, such as the hereditary officers in the Beijing camp.

These officers relied on the budding shadow of their ancestors, and as soon as they entered the army, they became officers, driving their subordinates to occupy military fields, and eat empty salaries. And if the Beijing camp is disbanded, although they have hereditary official positions, they will have no corresponding positions, and naturally they will have no way to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers. Without the location of Jingying, he can't afford to support his family, and he may not even be able to keep his original family property.

Therefore, for these hereditary officers, only if the Beijing camp exists, can they continue to live a good life, and they last want to see any changes in the Beijing camp.

Although the emperor has not yet announced the abolition of the Beijing camp, there are already signs of it, and most of the hereditary officers are panicked and do not know what to do.

Join the Praetorian Guard? They thought, but it's a pity that the Praetorian Guards don't need them who can only drink the blood of soldiers, and they can't even pass the assessment. And even if you can pass the assessment, you can only start from ordinary soldiers, and it is impossible to become an officer again, so how can these hereditary families be willing?

Rarely, these officers are much more diligent than ever, entering the barracks every morning, actively training, trying to prove their worth through performance. However, they found that many of their soldiers did not want to come back, even if they gave some orders.

Most of the soldiers under their command went to enlist in the Praetorian Guard, and those who passed would not come back, and those who did not pass the examination did not want to come again. At this time, even ordinary soldiers knew that Jingying had no future, and they were all looking for a way out for themselves.

Not only did ordinary soldiers not want to come to the barracks, but even Li Banghua, the soldier who assisted in the management of the Beijing camp, no longer came. Li Banghua had already guessed the emperor's intentions, since he could completely replace the Beijing camp with a more powerful Praetorian Guard, the Beijing camp would have no value in existence, and Li Banghua was happy to see it.

As for the new commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Ding Liao Bo Cao Wenzhao, he has not appeared in the Beijing camp since he appeared in the Beijing camp when he took office. Moreover, it is rumored that Cao Wenzhao is now helping the emperor recruit Praetorian Guards, and many soldiers who went to the Beijing camp to prove that they had seen Cao Wenzhao at the assessment site.

"Your Majesty, 13,500 Praetorian Guards have been recruited from the Beijing camp, and almost all those in the Beijing camp who are fighting are recruited, and the rest are the old, weak, sick and disabled users, as well as the families of those officers."

At this moment, Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, was standing in front of the emperor, reporting on the recruitment of troops.

"Nuoda's Jingying, I remember that after Li Banghua was reorganized, there were still more than 56,000 people on the roster, but is this the only person who can be used?" Zhu Youzhen frowned.

"There are more than 50,000 people on the roster, and there are still a lot of vacancies, and there are many vacancies, even Li Shilang can't do it." Cao Wenzhao smiled bitterly, "Aside from the vacancy, the actual amount in Beijing is estimated to be more than 40,000 people, including the old, weak, sick and disabled. And this recruitment, as long as the young and strong, and anyone who joins the Praetorian Guard, can only start from ordinary soldiers, these two items make many officers at all levels of the Beijing camp, as well as the families of those generals, reluctant to enter the Praetorian Guard. Being able to recruit these thirteen,500 people is already the limit. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, agreeing with Cao Wenzhao's explanation, but the Beijing camp, which costs millions of dollars and grain every year, can only use more than 10,000 people in the end, which makes him very unhappy. The decaying Jingying should have been completely eliminated a long time ago!

"Uncle Dingliao has worked hard, and then you will continue to be responsible for the formation and training of the Beijing Guards, and I will let Li Banghua, the squire of the military department, assist you." Zhu Youzhen said.

Although Cao Wenzhao is not from the Praetorian Guard, he is from a family of generals and has led troops for nearly 20 years, and his ability to lead troops is much stronger than those nobles. During these days in Beijing, Cao Wenzhao also knew a lot about the Praetorian Guard system, and he had fought side by side with the Praetorian Guard in Liaodong, so there was naturally no problem for him to be in charge of the preparation of the Beijing Praetorian Guard.

Even if Cao Wenzhao had omissions, Li Banghua also assisted. Although Li Banghua is a civilian official, although he comes from the Donglin Party, he is a real official who can do things without selfishness.

Moreover, the officers at all levels of the Beijing Praetorian Guard were all promoted from the Xiyuan Janissaries and the Janissaries who had made meritorious contributions in Liaodong, and whether it was Cao Wenzhao or Li Banghua, they only had the right to train troops, and did not have the power to appoint private individuals. Moreover, the Praetorian Guard's military supervision system is enough to balance these two people, ensuring that no one who is a general can mess around.

Only 13,000 soldiers were recruited from Gyeongyeong, which was still far from the 30,000 establishment, and the remaining quota could only be recruited from peasants or displaced people in the Gyeonggi area.

On February 28, the third year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen issued a formal decree, announcing the abolition of the establishment of the Beijing battalion, and the newly established Beijing Division Guards would be responsible for guarding the Beijing Division, and the original officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion would all be converted into civilian households.

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