"He wants to move the two million officials of the Ming Dynasty......"

"It's a bit of a matter of taking it for granted......"

In mid-October, when a familiar voice appeared, in a villa outside Yuyao County, Zhejiang, within the courtyard wall, four old men each held chess pieces and played against each other.

If you look closely, it's easy to recognize their identity.

Zhejiang Party leaders Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yan......

The four people who once stirred up the wind and rain and were dragged into the water by Zhu Youzhen one by one got together at this moment to play chess.

The people who opened their mouths were Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou, who were playing the game.

Perhaps it was Zhu Youzhen's action that caused the two to go ahead of schedule, but Sun Ruyou, who should have died of illness this year, escaped the catastrophe and was still 76 years old.

At this moment, he and Fang Congzhe were playing against each other, but there was another person involved in the words.

Zhu Youjian......

"Da Ming Xu has been a official for more than 200 years, and he has no money, if he wants to support the whole family, he can only form a party for personal gain, and now Zhu Youzhen thinks that he can change the situation with his tens of thousands of students in Yanshan? Too much to take for granted. ”

Sun Ruyou was wearing a fox fur and shook his head again and again when he fell.

Zhu Guozuo, who was playing chess next door, also sneered and said:

"But this time he was seriously ill, so that the officials could see the weakness of Banzai."

"He wants to go overseas, but he doesn't want to think about whether the people below are willing to go with him." Shen Yan picked up the last sentence.

"Ruling the Ming Dynasty is much more tempting than being in charge ......of the so-called Qi State" Fang Congzhe continued to pick up, and then Luozi ate a few chess pieces of Sun Ruyou, and then said flatly:

"Looking at this, I may be able to return to the capital and plan in advance."

"It's still early, and it's not too late for him to go north when he goes on the expedition." Sun Ruyou Luozi suggested, but then after a pause, he spoke:

"Now it seems that it can be laid out in advance, no matter how much you spoil him, it is impossible to ignore the prince's ......"

"The prince is too young, I'm afraid that when he grows up, the four of you and I may not still be there." Fang Congzhe narrowed his eyes.

"In order to protect the family, the only way to stand on the side of the prince is to stand on the side of the prince." Zhu Guozuo supported Sun Ruyou's idea.

"Zhu Youzhen and I are not in the same boat, he thinks very highly of himself, and regards us as the Yellow River, and he is alone in the Yangtze River." Shen Yu added.

"The Yangtze River is not so easy to do......" Sun Ruyou fell, and the cold wind blew, making him tighten his fox fur tightly, and exhaled a mouthful of white mist:

"It is the Yangtze River, its main trunk is clear, but its tributaries are turbid and inseparable."

"That Huanglong is alone overseas, and now Shen Tingyang has moved hundreds of thousands of people south, which is enough to establish a country on its own."

"He wants to leave, but he also wants to see if the people below let him go......"

"What if this group of martial artists turns against us?" Zhu Guozuo looked at Sun Ruyou cautiously, but Fang Congzhe shook his head and said:

"At present, the generals at home and abroad, there is no Zhu to check the enemy, although Huanglong is alone overseas, but the armory is in Yanshan."

"He dares to rebel this year, and Zhu Youzhen will dare to go south next year."

"Unless Xiong Fei pulls the flag, only Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou, Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan are not the opponents of Zhu Youzhen."

Everyone pulled back and forth, and finally pulled on the key person, Xiong Tingbi......

But they also all knew that it was impossible for Xiong Tingbi to rebel, and Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting did not have the strength to rebel.

Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan have strength, but whether they can beat Zhu Youzhen is still two words.

Zhu Youzhen's cavalry rush battle, whether it was rushing to Xu Hongru, or smashing the Hetao, chasing and killing the fire for thousands of miles, in terms of tactics and beheading rate, it was much more brilliant than Mangui's attack on Bayo.

Mangui may not be able to beat Zhu Youzhen with cavalry, but it is even more difficult to say with infantry.

The combat styles and tactics of the cavalry, infantry, and gunners of the Ming army are all following Zhu Youzhen's path, and using Zhu Youzhen's tactics to fight Zhu Youzhen?

"We can't win over the two clans of Qin and Qi, but we can try to see Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, and the four of them ......."

Zhu Guozuo tentatively spoke, but Sun Ruyou, who heard the words, stopped his hand that was about to fall.

After a few seconds, as if he had thought of something, he slowly fell and slowly spoke:

"Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou have the right to have no soldiers, and Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui have soldiers but no rights."

"Most of the people below them were promoted by Zhu Youzhen, and they fought with Zhu Youzhen, even if Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan were co-opted by us, it would not hinder the overall situation."

"This guy's control over military power is too much...... Shen Xiao fell, and Zhu Guozuo opposite him also frowned and said:

"Now the military power in the world is in his hands, and even the soldiers and horses and the officials of the criminal department are also under his control, if he seizes the officialdom and controls the court again, it will be simple to clean up the two million officials."

"Once the officials are cleaned up, we will not be far away."

"Don't worry, his steps are too big, he only cares about himself, regardless of his back, he thinks that sweeping the north and renovating can solve the affairs of the Ming Dynasty? It's so naïve......" Sun Ruyou chuckled, and then continued:

"He can't take care of each other right now, as long as something happens to either of him and Banzai, our chance will come."

"So you have to wait?" Zhu Guozuo was a little unwilling, and hurriedly said:

"He knocked down Bansheng City, who knows if there will be something about us in Bansheng City?"

"......" words, everyone stopped Luozi's actions and frowned slightly.

"If we had laid down Bansheng City and gotten the relevant things, it would not be us who should be most alarmed now, our people would not have dealt with Shanxi ...... too much."

After a while, Sun Ruyou frowned and spoke, while Fang Congzhe also said at the same time:

"It seems that he has to go back to the capital after he goes on the expedition."

"In addition, today, it seems that it is also the day when Ye Xianggao and Zhao Nanxing are begging for the old......"

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"He-"

"Long live you, long live long live ......"

At the same time as Fang Congzhe's voice fell, more than 2,000 miles away from the Yuntai Gate of the Outer Court of the capital, accompanied by the singing of Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao also slowly took off the black gauze hat on their heads and put it on the tray.

Seeing this, the two eunuchs of the celebrant stepped forward, took the tray, and returned to Liu Ruoyu's side.

"Two, our family won't send much, this is a gift from our family......"

At the end of the tedious etiquette, Liu Ruoyu stepped forward with another eunuch holding a tray with a heavy tray.

They handed the tray to Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao, and what was placed in the tray was three hundred coins made of gold.

The officials behind Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao stepped forward to take it, and the two of them waved at Liu Ruoyu, and then turned around and prepared to leave from Yuntai Gate with the two officials.

"Pavilion ......"

"Mr. Tsuru's ......"

When they crossed the Wenlou to the square in front of the Wenhua Palace, some non-party officials in the Wenhua Palace, as well as Zuo Guangdou and Yuan Hua in Donglin, walked out to say goodbye.

However, the officials who were snubbed by Zhao Nanxing pretended to be busy with official business in the hall, and only then did they pretend to follow until there were too many people who came out.

It's a pity that compared to Yang Lian, who has been stubborn after being inspected by Zhu You many times, Zhao Nanxing's vision is too vicious.

He wasn't interested in the coy behavior of this group of people, but just explained a few words to Zuo Guangdou and them, and after putting the people first, he turned around and left.

Such a face-saving move, most of the angry Donglin Qingliu frowned.

Compared with Zhao Nanxing, Ye Xianggao's treatment is much better.

Although he always likes to make peace with the mud, which leads to unsuccessful party battles, it also shows in disguise that he has protected many officials.

Therefore, there were nearly 1,000 officials who saw off Ye Xianggao, and many of them even came from the six ministries, six departments, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

However, when this group of officials passed by Donghua Gate, they all saw a very familiar carriage, and they couldn't help but slow down and pass cautiously.

Zhao Nanxing walked all the way, and there were very few people who greeted him, and he didn't feel uncomfortable.

From the moment he proposed to solve the "redundancy", a large number of officials began to be hostile to him, and he had long been prepared for this.

He thought he would pass by the carriage safe and sound, but he didn't want the window of the carriage to open when he passed by, revealing a childish face.

"Young Master Zhao, why did you walk in such a hurry and didn't even say hello?"

Zhu Youzhen's voice sounded, and Zhao Nanxing also looked at his immature face.

The four eyes are opposite, and contrary to the immature face, it is Zhu Youzhen's eyes that have been full of vicissitudes.

"Why is Your Highness so sarcastic?"

Although Zhao Nanxing was not interested in Zhu Youzhen, he still bowed, because this is the way of respect and humility.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen also opened the door on the side of the four-wheeled carriage, and after getting out of the carriage, he returned the salute.

His behavior made the officials in the past a little surprised, after all, it was a matter on paper that King Qi and Donglin did not deal with each other.

"This gift is to thank Young Master Zhao for his dedication to Daming and the world over the past few years."

In officialdom, people often become political enemies because of political disagreements, but this does not mean that this kind of hostility will not rest until death.

Zhu Youzhen was willing to give Zhao Nanxing this gift, and he didn't have the slightest idea of putting on a show.

Zhao Nanxing They also want to change the Ming Dynasty, but their strength is not enough, or they are on the wrong path, which does not mean that they are the same as the five parties.

The five parties are simply bad, Zhao Nanxing is difficult to support alone, and Donglin Yanguan is stupid.

Zhu Youzhen is very clear about the difference, and his gift is also a recognition of Zhao Nanxing's actions in office over the years.

Zhao Nanxing was stunned by his salute, but after a while, he didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

If he talks to Zhu Youzhen now, I am afraid that the group of officials will take the opportunity to attack and accuse him of taking refuge in Zhu Youzhen.

Although he was not afraid of the impeachment of the officials, he didn't want to be framed for no reason, so he chose to go.

Zhu Youzhen also understood this, but he couldn't help but sigh when he looked at his departing back.

He turned around and returned to the carriage, because he knew that Ye Xianggao still needed a little time to come out.

Not to his expectations, when Ye Xianggao walked out of Donghua Gate, it was already half an hour after Zhao Nanxing left.

Compared with Zhao Nanxing, Ye Xianggao was not afraid that someone would impeach him, but walked directly to the door of the carriage and opened the door of the carriage.

The door opened, revealing a small study.

This two-horse four-wheeled carriage, which is one zhang long, seven feet wide, and seven feet high, is basically where Zhu Youzhen is working, and the bookshelf is next to the driver's back, while Zhu Youzhen is sitting on a cotton-filled leather sofa.

In front of him there was a small table that could be lifted up and stuck in the wall of the carriage, and a thick military newspaper was placed on the three-foot-long table.

"I'll finish reading this right away, please sit down and wait a while."

Zhu Youzhen, who was dealing with the military report, opened his mouth and asked Ye Xianggao to sit down, and Ye Xianggao also sat opposite Zhu Youzhen when he saw this.

Looking at Zhu Youzhen, who was dealing with the military report, Ye Xianggao sighed a little in his heart:

"If the emperors of the Ming Dynasty could have such diligent rulers, maybe the situation would not be so bad......"

For a while, Ye Xianggao didn't know whether he remembered Wanli or Taichang, or Zhu Youxiao, and he felt a lot of emotion.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know much about all this, and the reason why he ignored Ye Xianggao was not because he wanted to show any arrogance, but because the military newspaper in his hand was really important.

This is an order for armaments from the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces, and everything needed can be called astronomical.

[169,000 sets of cloth armor, cotton armor, and mandarin duck battle jackets, 224,000 sets of piercing armor, chain mail, and mandarin duck battle jackets, and ...... step guns]

Orders for nearly 1.3 million sets of various types of armor were placed in front of Zhu Youzhen, in addition to 260,000 infantry guns, 60,000 riding guns, 140,000 Yanling knives, 170,000 long knives, more than 30,000 spears, and other items such as gunpowder.

In short, after reading the entire armaments order, only a string of numbers appeared at the end.

[Total 14,376,327,24 dollars military ......]

"It's not worth so much to sell it at the price of jade......

Looking at the armament cost of more than 20 million taels of silver, Zhu Youzhen had a headache.

He didn't expect that there were nearly 400,000 people in an army of more than 800,000 who were not fully equipped.

More than 10 million taels of silver, even according to this year's annual income, it will take a whole year's annual income to settle this armament.

For a while, Zhu Youzhen didn't know how to get this money.

What made him even more troublesome was that the equipment of nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses and government servants also had to be raised, and the expenditure was more than 4 million taels of silver.

Together, these two sums of silver are more than 18 million taels of silver.

If we add the military salaries of these three parties, it basically exceeds fifteen million taels of silver.

Such a problem made Zhu Youzhen's brain cells continue to be consumed, and only the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army dismissed more than 70,000 soldiers and horses with poor quality, which made Zhu Youzhen feel a little relieved.

At present, the number of Ming troops is 793,310 people, and 28 guards and 210 arch guard battalions.

This amount is nearly one-tenth less than the previous 880,000, and the expenditure on military spending has also decreased by millions of taels of silver.

However, it is impossible for the court to ignore the people who have been laid off, otherwise they will become an uncontrollable force among the people.

Therefore, they were arranged to enter the Terracotta Division, and more than 30,000 disabled soldiers recruited by the Criminal Department from all over the country joined the local Yamen to serve as officials of the Criminal Department.

Compared with the number of 400,000 soldiers and horses, this number is only a quarter.

Not surprisingly, after the recruitment of personnel is full, the annual expenditure of these people alone in the Ming Dynasty will be as high as 20 million taels of silver.

Combined with the officials' salaries, at least 28 million taels are gone.

Therefore, while ensuring this team, Zhu Youzhen also had to find a way to come up with food to deal with the great hunger.

This grain has to be prepared from now on, because before the drought comes, Zhu Youzhen will have enough food to store.

If it weren't for Huang Taiji, Lin Dan Khan, and Bo Huang, it is estimated that Zhu Youzhen would not want to fight now, but would honestly wait for the first wave of drought to break out and provide disaster relief at the same time, and then send troops at the same time to stabilize the place.

While using the hungry as people's husbands to disguise "disaster relief through work", he also opened up the territory and resettled the displaced people.

It's just that the situation doesn't wait for him, and the battle still has to be fought.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen could only put pen to paper and write down his opinions in the face of this military report:

"It may be divided into three years, and it shall be divided into three sums of silver......

Writing down his opinions, Zhu Youzhen put down the military report, looked up at Ye Xianggao, who was the old god in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a resentment in his heart:

"You're begging for an old age, what about the court?"

"Ahem...... is old, although he has the heart to govern the country, his body can't keep up. Ye Xianggao pretended to cough, but Zhu Youzhen was unmoved.

Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao are both begging for old age, which makes his situation a little embarrassing and passive.

The imperial court really couldn't find the first assistant of the cabinet at the same level as Ye Xianggao for a while, and if he wanted to find it, Zhu Youzhen could only find Yuan Keli.

As for the secretary of the ministry, Zhu Youzhen is ready to let Gu Bingqian take the position.

"The position of the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, long live the decree just now, let Gu Bingqian and Cui Chengxiu serve respectively, does His Highness know about this matter?"

"What?"

Ye Xianggao Old God was in his mouth, and the appearance of hanging high that had nothing to do with himself made Zhu Youzhen taken aback, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think about why his brother arranged it like this.

Gu Bingqian served as the first assistant of the cabinet, obviously Zhu Youxiao wanted people to share his work, but it is not a good thing for Cui Chengxiu to serve as the secretary of the ministry.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen was about to let people stop, but Ye Xianggao suddenly said:

"Your Highness, don't meddle in the affairs of the court, what you need to do most now should be to look behind yourself......"

"Behind Lonely?" Zhu Youzhen frowned slightly, and Ye Xianggao could only sigh and shake his head when he saw this:

"When the old man was the first assistant, he said to Banzai many times that His Royal Highness should not interfere in politics, and even the military power must be handed over to the people below step by step."

"Banzai was angry when he heard this, and now you don't even notice it, Your Highness."

Speaking of this, Ye Xianggao lowered his eyes and said to Zhu Youzhen with a calm expression:

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about the whereabouts of the civil and military ministers of the Qi Palace?"

"Naturally!" Zhu Youzhen immediately replied, because he had thought about this thing many times.

His best idea was to have his generals on one side of the guard, especially those who had historically proven their loyalty.

As for Hong Chengchou, he stayed in the capital as a Beijing official, and presumably he would not be unhappy.

As for people like Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, and Huang Long, he still hoped that he would take them to Levia by himself.

He is personally very confident that he only needs a million Han people to make Qi a powerful country in the west within his lifetime.

Tens of millions of Kunlun slaves will become the best free labor force for the construction of all kinds of major projects, and Zhu Youjian, who goes there, will enjoy the water conservancy projects and canals they have built.

After that, it was only necessary to get the steam engine out and install it on the railcar and ship, and it was very easy for Qi to control Levia roughly.

In addition, once the Suez Canal is opened, Qi will be equivalent to sitting at the door of Europe to collect taxes, and he can rest assured that he will cultivate his heirs, and then divide his heirs into North and South Melica.

He could even let the Mangui and them go to the north and south of Merica to establish their own princely kingdom, because all he wanted was meat rotting in the pot.

It's just that this idea, he can't tell anyone, because once this idea is spoken, I'm afraid that the saliva of the Zhu family clan can drown him.

The clans did not know the good of North and South Merica, and if Zhu Youzhen could move to North and South Merica, he would also choose to go to North and South Merica, and then send his heirs to the south and his subjects to Levia.

In these places far away from the Ming Dynasty, even if he used a means that were even bloodier than driving Miao Tuoye, no minister would impeach him.

"Your Highness, if you have the idea of bringing the generals to the vassal kingdom, then you should dispel it......"

Ye Xiang's sudden opening made Zhu Youzhen frown, and at the same time, he added:

"It is better to be a minister of a large country than a king of a small country......"

"I am strong in the Ming Dynasty, and I serve as the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in the Ming Dynasty, and I can control the life and death of countless small countries, and even the vassal kingdoms of the vassal kings need to look at the face of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies."

"At this time, Your Highness, do you think that with just some friendship, everyone can leave everything behind and leave your homeland with you?"

"They are not hungry people, they are not refugees, they have land and wealth in Daming, do you think they can give up everything?"

Ye Xianggao's words made Zhu Youzhen frown, but he still felt that the temptation of letting the generals seal the country was greater than these.

It's just that he never seemed to have thought that no one in the group of people in Mangui wanted to pull the flag and become the boss of the country by himself.

Even if Huanglong is thousands of miles away now, it is clear that he can directly pull the flag and rebel, but what he wants is to let Zhu Youzhen stay in Daming.

To put it bluntly, they themselves know that they are not the material to be the king of a country.

Zhu Youzhen fell into a misunderstanding at the moment, and he didn't want to break this misunderstanding himself.

He stubbornly didn't want to think about it for the worst, because he knew what it meant.

If he is gone, there will be no one to protect Mangui and their status, power, and wealth.

He felt that his brother's age was enough to send away a large number of generals who followed him, but he didn't think about whether Zhu Ciran would settle accounts in the future and uproot the families of these generals.

"Your Highness, think about it, the reason why the old man reminded you is that he doesn't want you to be unprepared at some point in the future."

"Sometimes, when you decide, you will be decided, otherwise you will suffer from its chaos......"

After Ye Xianggao finished speaking, he waited for Zhu Youzhen to speak, but Zhu Youzhen was a little uncomfortable with the meaning of his words.

To put it bluntly, the current situation is very similar to the situation in which Zhu Yuanzhang wants to solve the Huaixi Xungui, and the situation of Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran is more similar to the situation faced by Zhu Yunwen.

Neither of them had Zhu Youzhen's military ability, nor did they have the ability to unite his ministers.

In this case, even if they don't attack the generals, won't the descendants of the generals have other ideas?

"Since you opened your mouth to remind me, there is naturally a way to solve it......"

Zhu Youzhen stared at Ye Xianggao deadly, and Ye Xianggao said softly after hearing the voice:

"If Your Highness is willing to never leave Daming, the group of people behind you will naturally rest assured."

"With Your Highness, your age is enough to reassure the generals and the heirs of their family."

"One word......" Ye Xianggao leaned forward, and his expression was instantly gloomy:

"Either stay in the Ming Dynasty regent until death, or follow the example of Emperor Taizu Gao's actions towards Huaixi and eastern Zhejiang!"

(End of chapter)