"Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiangnan in the Ministry of War, has meritorious service in defending the city, and he has the title of prince and prince of Shaobao, and he has authorized Yin Yizi to be a thousand households in Jinyi."

"Yuan Keli, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department and the assistant director of military training, first had the merit of rectifying Huaiyan, and then assisted me in planning the military, and made a lot of meritorious deeds, adding the title of prince and prince, and Xu Yin's son was Shang Baocheng."

"Zhang Shize, the Marquis of Pingbei, first had the merit of pacifying the red scarves in Henan, and then was ordered to come to Jiangnan, and repeatedly made meritorious contributions in the battle against the anti-thieves, and was added to the post of governor of the left capital, and was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."

"Li Yanzhi, the general soldier of Fujian, led his troops to defeat the anti-thief water division, and made great contributions in the battle of Nanjing, and issued an order to seal him Jinghaibo, the right governor of the five armies."

"Li Dingguo, the staff general of the Fujian Navy Division, led his troops to fight against thieves and made many meritorious achievements, and promoted him to the post of chief officer of the rebellion!"

"Guerrilla General Liu Wenxiu ....... and was promoted to deputy general."

Zhu Youzhen said while thinking about it, and said that he would reward his subordinates.

At the end of the Battle of Nanjing, the supervising army and the Xuanfu officials also made a clear calculation of the battlefield achievements, and it was time to reward the meritorious deeds. The so-called reward is not overdue, and if the reward is not awarded in time, it will inevitably make the soldiers complain.

The greatest hero of this battle was Hong Chengchou, who defended the inner city of Nanjing with 4,000 troops and 200,000 thieves, and held out for a month, which was a great credit. However, Hong Chengchou himself has already achieved the rank of secretary of the military department, and not long ago he was added to the rank of Dongge University sergeant, and his official position has been almost promoted, so he can only be given the honorary title of three dukes and three orphans.

Yuan Keli and Hong Chengchou are similar, although the status of the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu is not as good as Hong Chengchou, but the grade is exactly the same. However, unlike Hong Chengchou, who has ambitions to be prime minister, Yuan Keli is over seventy years old and has little ambition in politics.

The greatest merit of the military general is Li Yanzhi, Wuhu, and two Yangtze River water battles outside Nanjing, the anti-thief water division was directly defeated, and the Yangtze River was controlled, so as to ensure that Nanjing City would not be surrounded by the anti-thieves, and then led his subordinates to go ashore, launched a counterattack against the anti-thieves in the outer city, captured the anti-thief fort and the three major battalions, and captured the six city gates such as the east gate of the outer city, and made great contributions, so Zhu Youzhen decided to make him an earl to reward his merits.

As for Zhang Shize, his contribution is not small, first the Henan battlefield defeated the Fufu Red Turban Army, and then came thousands of miles to reinforce it. However, he has been made a marquis, and the title cannot be further raised in a short time, so he can only be given the title of governor of the capital.

The second is Li Dingguo, who has the merit of breaking through Wuhu, and attacked the anti-thief camp in Wuhu, and then attacked all the way, repeatedly broke the strong enemy, won the time for Hong Chengchou to prepare to defend the city, and then was ordered to return to Zhenjiang to train the peasant soldiers, and then led his troops to capture Jurong, and captured the anti-thief commander Yuan Chonghuan in Moling Pass, and the contribution was really not small. However, after all, he was too young, and it was not appropriate to be knighted now, so Zhu Youzhen decided to only promote him to his official position. The chief military officer who is less than twenty years old is also the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty. From then on, Li Dingguo could lead the troops alone to take charge of one side.

As for Liu Wenxiu, Luo Fengcai, and the generals, they are all rewarded. All officers and men who made meritorious contributions throughout the operation were promoted and promoted. The staff generals and deputy generals alone have been sealed a lot. Fortunately, the Jiangnan Praetorian Guard New Army will be established soon, and some of them will be placed in positions for these promoted soldiers.

Zhu Youzhen said slowly, and Liu Ruyi sat aside, holding a pen and quickly disciplining Zhu Youzhen's words, and soon these words would be polished and written as a holy decree.

Naturally everyone was happy when they were promoted to silver, and the whole Nanjing was jubilant.

Hong Chengchou came to the palace and asked Zhu Youzhen for instructions on whether to repair the Nanjing Palace.

"Nanjing Imperial Palace? Isn't the amount of work to be repaired too much, and I will have to return to Beijing in a few months, so there is no need to start this project, right? Zhu Youzhen frowned.

"Although the main halls of the palace are deserted, but the main body of the foundation is still there, only need some wood tiles, the minister has inspected the Nanjing warehouse, and has seen a lot of yellow tiles in the Xicheng warehouse, which is left by repairing the palace, and has been useless, so now only some wood is needed. As for the required labor, there are now tens of thousands of strong men inside and outside Nanjing who are working for relief, and they happen to be okay recently, and they are idle. Hong Chengchou explained.

"Where do you get all this wood?" Zhu Youzhen frowned. Repair the palace is should, after all, Nanjing is one of the two capitals, and he will inevitably tour the south in the future, and at least have a place to live after repairing. But it's too troublesome, and at this time, Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to work hard and lose money.

"Didn't you copy a lot of noble mansions recently, many noble mansions are too luxurious, and it is useless to leave them, it is better to demolish their mansions and use them to renovate the palace, so Your Majesty can rest assured, there is no shortage of materials and the like." Hong Chengchou explained.

This time, the nobles in Nanjing City fell into bad luck, except for a few, the rest were uprooted, except for the lords. There are hundreds of their mansions, including other courtyards, all of which can be called gardens, especially the Wei State Mansion, which is far more luxurious than the Forbidden City in Beijing.

It is useless to keep these mansions, it is better to demolish their main buildings to repair the palace, in fact, just the Wei State Mansion, the stripped materials are enough to repair most of the palace.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it carefully and felt that what Hong Chengchou said was still very reasonable. Since it is not a waste of money and labor, it is not impossible to repair the palace. But? Zhu Youzhen thought about it, but still felt that something was wrong.

Hong Chengchou, as the governor of Jiangnan, is in charge of not only Nanjing City but also the Jiangnan Prefectures under Nanzhili, there are so many things every day, how can he have the leisure to pay attention to such a thing as repairing the palace?

And although Hong Chengchou's bones are a little soft, he is a capable official rather than a minister, so he naturally will not propose to repair the palace in order to please himself.

"Does Aiqing have other ideas? Let's put it this way. Zhu Youzhen didn't want to speculate, so he asked himself.

"Your Majesty." Hong Chengchou complimented, and then said slowly, "Your Majesty should have discovered that the north has been dry for many years, the weather has become colder and colder, and the economy has become farther and farther away from the south. At present, the richest place in the whole Ming Dynasty is Jiangnan, and the tax-paying population far exceeds that of the north.

When Taizu founded the country, he made Nanjing the national capital, and Chengzu sealed Beijing, plus Beijing was the border defense site, in order to resist the Mongols, he made the decision of the Son of Heaven to guard the country and move the capital to Beijing.

And now that Jiannu is far away, the Mongols are attached, and our Praetorian Guard is extremely strong, the border defense is not as difficult as before. After all, the city of Beijing is too far north, far from the center of the Ming Dynasty, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to transport grain and various materials to the north every year. In that case, why not move the capital back to Nanjing? ”

Moving the capital to Nanjing? Zhu Youzhen looked at Hong Chengchou in shock, he never expected that Hong Chengchou would put forward the idea of moving the capital at this time.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the minister proposed to move the capital is another consideration. Although the city of Beijing has been cleaned up, the various relationships are still intertwined, the power of the military attaches of the nobles is still very strong, and most of the civil officials in the entire court are also unpredictable. We brazenly attacked the gentry class in Jiangnan, announced the Juntian Order, and seized the land of the gentry landlords to the landless people, which violated the interests of all civil officials in the imperial court.

His Majesty is far away in Jiangnan, and the court officials are helpless about it. But if you return to Beijing, you will inevitably have to face these civil officials. Hong Chengchou continued.

Zhu Youzhen remembered that in these days, countless court officials who were sent to Jiangnan were sparse, and most of them advised themselves not to Juntian.

"I'm afraid of them?" Zhu Youzhen sneered. As the supreme emperor and with a powerful army in his hands, how could Zhu Youzhen be afraid of a group of civil officials who could not do anything but make noise?

"Your Majesty is naturally not afraid of them. But did His Majesty think about how to face them? Hong Chengchou asked.

"......" Zhu Youzhen was stunned. He hadn't really thought about it.

Since his southern tour, he has never consulted the Beijing court in everything he has done, whether it is dealing with King Lu of De in Shandong, carrying out the reform of the clan, or dividing the land to try the landlords of Shandong. Yangzhou rectified the salt administration, Jiangdong Juntian released slaves, and everything he did was contrary to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and they all subverted the old system of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he is the emperor, if he were to do it differently, it would be an absolutely indisputable rebellion!

Zhu Youzhen also rebelled, but he did rebel against himself and the imperial court. In this way, it has actually broken with the imperial court and has parted ways.

"Your Majesty, none of our actions in the past few months have passed through the imperial court, and the ministers of the imperial court do not agree with it, and everything we have done has not passed through the hands of the imperial court in Beijing. In this case, what is the use of the Beijing Imperial Court? Hong Chengchou continued.

What is the use of the Beijing Imperial Court? Zhu Youzhen was stunned again. Is this a suggestion to abandon the Beijing court directly?

"Your Majesty, the system we are adopting now is completely different from the past, the old system is no longer suitable at all, and the old official system should also be repaired. If you go back to Beijing, you will have to face the Beijing court, and you can only carry out reforms in the Beijing court. There will inevitably be great resistance. Moreover, the officials of the DPRK and China do not agree with us, so what is the use of letting them continue to stay in their positions? It is better to overturn everything and form a new imperial court in Nanjing. Hong Chengchou talked eloquently, talking about his plan.

Zhu Youzhen listened carefully, his mind thought quickly, and he had to admit that what Hong Chengchou said was very reasonable. By now, the entire Beijing imperial court is incompatible with what it wants to do, and it doesn't make much sense to keep them.

It is even more pointless to force a group of courtiers who are not interested in themselves or even have a grudge against themselves to continue to do things for themselves. It is better to re-form a new court.

But......

The cabinet, six ministries, three temples, two courts, the outer and inner courts, the entire imperial court is like a complex machine, composed of thousands of officials and tens of thousands of officials, with the cabinet as the head and six ministries as the auxiliary, managing the entire huge empire.

The entire imperial court has gone through more than 200 years of running-in, and it is actually very complicated in terms of rules and regulations. These systems are easy to destroy, perhaps all that can be burned with just one fire, but it is very difficult to re-establish one. Although Zhu Youzhen really wanted to rebuild a brand-new Ming Dynasty, he was not ready to completely replace the old system, and he just did it step by step according to the ideas in his heart, and did not think about tearing it all down and starting over all at once.

It must be said that Hong Chengchou's proposal is too bold. It sounds beautiful, but it's going to be a lot of hard work.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen also knows Hong Chengchou's thoughts. If the imperial court is rebuilt in Nanjing City, the entire imperial court will naturally be headed by him, and Hong Chengchou is the first high-ranking official to "serve" Zhu Youzhen in terms of qualifications, and he is also the best choice in terms of ability. I'm afraid it's not just the first assistant, Hong Chengchou is also thinking about the position of prime minister he once promised! And the only one who can compete with Hong Chengchou is Wen Tiren, who is far away in Kaifeng, but if the Beijing court is completely abandoned, Wen Tiren's old official connections will be completely wasted, plus the credit is not as good as Hong Chengchou, and he has fallen behind in the competition with Hong Chengchou for prime minister.

"It is easy to say that it is easy to form a new imperial court in Nanjing, but it is probably very troublesome to sit down. First of all, where do the officials who are needed come from? Zhu Youzhen resisted the temptation and asked slowly.

"Academy of Sciences, graduates of the business school, in the past few years, the people used by His Majesty have grown up, and it is time for them to take the lead." Hong Chengchou suggested.

From the first seven years of the Apocalypse to the establishment of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the School of Commerce, it has been five years now, but the Academy of Sciences and the School of Commerce and Trade have cultivated a lot of talents, these people either work in the Royal Commercial and Commercial Firm and the Maritime Trade Firm, or in Xuanda Liaodong in northern Shaanxi and Shandong as officials to manage the place. Hong Chengchou suggested that the court officials should be selected from among these people.

"They don't have enough qualifications, so they can use them to enter the court, so I'm afraid they can't enter the imperial court, right?" Zhu Youzhen frowned.

Most of the graduates of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the School of Commerce and Trade are from ordinary families, and most of them are only middle-class people in terms of ability, and there are not many outstanding talents. Let them serve in the imperial court, Zhu Youzhen can hardly imagine what the result will be.

"Although they are inexperienced, they can still do things, and the most important thing is to be absolutely loyal to His Majesty."

Hong Chengchou saw Zhu Youzhen's worries, so he explained, "In fact, many things in the imperial court can be done by ordinary people, and there is no need for so many smart people. ”

The operation of the court seems to be maintained by those scholars and attendants, but in fact, it is the officials of each yamen who are actually responsible for the specific work, and all kinds of practical trivial things are done by them, as long as these grassroots officials are there, there will be no problem with the operation of each yamen. During the Wanli period, because of Wanli's neglect of government for a period of time, even the officials who were lacking in the yamen were unwilling to be selected and appointed, so that the court lacked a small number of officials, but the court was still running, because of this reason.

"Let's talk about this, Rong Zhen thinks about it." The matter was too big, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't make up his mind for a while.

ps: This month's vacation is all used up, and the next thing is to work hard for full attendance.