Meng Yan arrived at Yanlan's mansion slowly, and before he knocked on the door, a guard came to report quickly, and whispered a few words to Jing Mu, Jing Mu was actually covering his mouth and laughing, it seems that someone is unlucky because of himself today.

Jing Mu grinned and turned over, not knowing if it was because her butt hurt or if it was particularly funny.

"Your Majesty, General An Da beat up Ning Nanhou! Thirty lashes! Jing Mu couldn't hold it anymore.

Meng Yan suddenly felt so helpless, Gu Sheng was unlucky, today he was on duty in the palace city, and he was secretly out of the palace, he would definitely not report to the Internal Guard Mansion, An Cang is a dead man, as the so-called fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, Gu Sheng is the unlucky fish.

"What's so funny! Your butt doesn't hurt anymore, does it? Meng Yan said solemnly, he knew that An Cang beat people no matter who you are, even if it is the prince, as long as you violate the rules of the Internal Guard Mansion, An Kui did not fall on his younger brother for this matter, but An Cang suffocated him back with a word, and no one touched An Cang's moldy head again, just because of An Cang's sentence: "I am determined to be martyred for the Lord!" ”

Although the words are not good, but the attitude is very clear, Meng Yan praised it even more after hearing about it, but also persuaded An Cang so that he didn't have to be like this, but people are brainless, and it is useless to say anything, and the entire Daxuan Dynasty only recognizes the emperor and the empress.

However, whipping Ning Nanhou is indeed a bit excessive, this is Gu Qingfeng's relatives, Qingfeng is okay, Gu Xifeng is still in Chengdu and waiting for the results of the military reform, this is looking for trouble, thought for a while and said: "Send someone back to pass a message to Niangniang, just say that Ningnanhou secretly let His Majesty out of the palace and was discovered by General Anda, and he was whipped thirty, and asked Niangniang to come forward to appease." ”

This is a small episode, the most important thing today is to meet Chengdu Ling Yanlan, Meng Yan refused the guard's behavior of calling the door, but called the door in person, after a while, someone came to open the door, and saw that it was Meng Yan who immediately knelt down and said Your Majesty, this child is no one else, it is Yan Lan's only son Yan Que, sixteen years old, studying in Qingyang Academy, and studying in Bai Zewu Academy, I heard Gu Yanfeng mention it, he is a good seedling.

He recognized Meng Yan, so he knelt down, Meng Yan helped him up and looked him up and down and said with a smile: "Much more heroic than your father, go, take me to find your father, learn to live in seclusion all day long, what's the point!" ”

Yan Que smiled embarrassedly, the monarch's father is above, and it is understandable to accuse the father, but as a son, he can't respond to the voice, which is disrespectful.

Before arriving in the inner courtyard, Yan Lan led the family to come and bow, surprisingly Yan Lan did not feel any surprise and excitement, as if he knew that Meng Yan was coming.

Meng Yan glanced at Yan Lan, and then after greeting Yan Lan's family, he moved to Yan Lan's side and said, "Old fox, are you waiting for me here?" ”

"The minister is guilty, but the minister doesn't dare." Yan Lan responded respectfully.

This is angry, what is called "the minister is guilty", it is obvious that he is sitting in the house waiting for you to come, and people will give you the right calculation.

Meng Yan came to the main hall under the support of everyone, and the people who entered the main hall were stopped by Jing Mu at the door, Meng Yan saw that there was no one around, and he went up with a kick, and said hatefully: "Three invitations and four invitations are not available, you have to wait for me to come to the door in person, right?" ”

Yan Lan smiled, just patted his clothes lightly and said: "Your Majesty, you know me, and you have never wanted to say much about the government, and you have let me be in charge of the White Clothes Temple in the past few years, and it is inconvenient for me to talk about many things." ”

"Bastard! I don't know what happened in the court in the past two days, I've been arguing about this for several days since the fifteenth day of the first month, and my head has exploded! Meng Yan grumbled.

"Your Majesty, it's a good thing to quarrel, it means that everyone is doing things and wants to do things." Yan Lan said with relief.

"Okay, don't sell it, tell me what you think, the Baiyi Temple has developed very rapidly in your hands in recent years, and I'm afraid that even the Mingjian Division can't compare to you, let's talk about it."

"Your Majesty, in fact, the key to the problem is money and food, but it seems to have little to do with money and food."

Meng Yan took the tea handed over by Yan Lan and motioned for him to continue while drinking it.

"Your Majesty, our Daxuan Dynasty has not the most troops, the largest number of troops is Daning, it seems that Daning's territory is not as big as ours, but the dense population, commercial prosperity and fertile land will have the courage to raise soldiers and horses, but we can't, it's okay to be in a corner of peace, but it is difficult to unify the Central Plains, you know, the ancestors have been out of Qishan six times, and finally failed to step into the gate, this is our limitation."

"You mean, we still have to think of more ways to pay for food?"

"That's right, our Daxuan Dynasty has a complete set of business guarantees, this is an absolute advantage, military supplies are inevitable, even if they are disarmed, for the remaining soldiers to greatly enhance their combat effectiveness, the same is indispensable to spend money on food, Your Majesty's idea of three years of military service is very good, one is to alleviate the problem of labor shortage, the other is that if we encounter danger, we have enough reserve forces, but the region is different, when the soldiers eat food is different, for a long time, it will inevitably cause unfair treatment, it is better to wait for work."

"Oh? How to wait for the labor law? Meng Yan suddenly became interested.

"I have four major marshals' mansions and ten generals' mansions in the Great Xuan Dynasty, excluding the best-treated Divine Eagle Marshal's Mansion and the worst-treated Snow Wolf Marshal's Mansion, let's set a standard based on Qingshuai's white-clothed marshal's mansion, everyone is treated equally, and we can also appropriately increase the number of generals' mansions and command envoys' mansions, and give them the power to counsel the localities, so that the military can solve local defense and reduce the pressure on local patrol battalions; Second, the localities can voluntarily take out a part of the money and grain to supply the military. ”

"It's not as good as this, there are local officials, the patrol battalion is only responsible for the defense of the city, there are invasions, bandits, when the patrol battalion is not enough, you can ask the local garrison for help, the patrol battalion officers and military officers can have the power to transfer each other, and at the same time, the local garrison leader participates in local decision-making." Meng Yan squinted his eyes and said, In this way, the place is also you and me, I have you, the cooperation is efficient, the disharmony is simpler, and the replacement is just that.

Yan Lan thought for a while, slapped his thigh directly and exclaimed, "Wonderful! It's wonderful! This is completely solved, and the daily expenses of the patrol battalions and local garrisons can be completely provided by the localities with land and fields, or rich localities can be directly supplied, wasteland can be reclaimed, and surplus money and grain can be collected for war preparation. ”

Meng Yan rolled his eyes and said: "You obviously have a good way, why can't you say it in the court, okay, even if you want to avoid suspicion, you can give me a secret fold, you have to make me come to you in person!" ”

"Your Majesty, although the minister has changed his name and surname, he still retains the blood of the Zhuge family, please forgive the minister." Yan Lan looked distressed.

Meng Yan didn't want to force him, so he suddenly remembered something and said: "Yan Que is sixteen this year, I heard the prince of Hengyang County say that this child is good, what's the matter?" Are you going to put him in the test? ”

"Your Majesty, Yan Que's heart is unstable, and he still needs to go through a few more years of training, as for participating in the test or entering the court, it depends on his own choice." Yan Lan probably understood what Meng Yan meant.

"That's it, you let him come close to the Neiwei Mansion, go back and say hello to An Cang, and I will teach him personally!"

Yan Lan hurriedly knelt down, and said with a flattered look: "Thank you for your majesty's love!" ”

Meng Yan didn't like this very much, but he couldn't help it, just like he couldn't change An Cang, some habits were imprinted in his bones, that is, Gu Qingfeng always taught children to be more strict than loving, this is the education method of the old family, and it can't be changed for a while.

drank a meal, ate a meal, and took away his son by the way, Meng Yan smiled, Yan Lan smiled, Mrs. Yan was even more happy, not for anything else, those who can be a personal guard by His Majesty's side are very promising, Huo Youzhi and Deng Ang are in front of them, and they have grown into the best of the second-generation generals of the Great Xuan Dynasty.

After Meng Yan returned to the Inner Three Cities, he went straight to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Zhengcheng, and at the same time summoned the two Metropolitan Governors of Quartz and Jin Qian, who were not on duty, and the people from the Counselor's Department to have a detailed discussion in the secret room until the second day.

On the second day, Meng Yan summoned the three dukes and the people of the three Taiwans, four middle halls and six divisions in the library hall to talk in detail until the evening.

After Meng Yan dragged his tired body back to the harem, Gu Qingfeng habitually rubbed his shoulders for him and said, "Summoned so many people for two consecutive days, has the military reform come to fruition?" ”

Meng Yan nodded and said, "Well, everyone has basically reached an agreement, and now we are waiting for the opinions of the local authorities, if there is no problem, all the matters of the military reform can be decided." ”

"In such a hurry?" Gu Qingfeng asked.

Meng Yan took Gu Qingfeng into his arms and said: "I can't help but be in a hurry, last night Mingjian Division reported urgently, Daning Tenghan has launched a second attack on Youdu, with the ability of Youdu, it is estimated that it will be difficult to defend, I judge that at least Dezhou and Hanoi will be lost." ”

"Daning is so strong? Or do you not have faith in Kwon Han-liang? Gu Qingfeng did not agree with Meng Yan's speculation.

"I'm just feeling, let's see." Meng Yan didn't refute it, because he was really just guessing.

Gu Qingfeng felt that Meng Yan's mood was not high, so he got up and said, "I'll go and cook you some food and take a good rest, okay?" ”

Meng Yan patted her ass and said, "Thank you for your hard work," and then paused and said: "There won't be too many things in the next few days, why don't you invite the two sisters-in-law of the Gu family into the palace and talk about the two girls in our family." ”

Gu Qingfeng's expression moved, and said: "The concubine obeys the order, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about these things, I can't fix these little hairy children, and tomorrow Su Qing and Duchess Zhuo will also enter the palace." ”

Looking at Gu Qingfeng's confident appearance, Meng Yan felt as if he was meddling in his own affairs.

On the eighth day of February in the first year of Datong, the military reform of the Ming Decree of the Great Xuan Dynasty was opened, and the four marshals remained unchanged, from the original eight generals' mansions to the twelve generals' mansions, and the generals' mansions corresponded to the twelve governors' mansions.

The general's office and below are all involved in the decision-making of local affairs, and the decision-making of regional affairs forms a decision-making team, composed of five or seven people, with the general as the head of the daily affairs, and the general as the head during the military management period, the border army under the jurisdiction of the general's palace is allocated by the metropolitan governor's office, and the garrison army and patrol battalion are borne by the locality, and the tuntian can be directly allocated, mainly depending on the local economic strength.

The border army under the jurisdiction of the four marshals totals 1 million, the garrison army is 360,000, the patrol battalion is 120,000, and the internal guard government has 400,000 permanent troops.