"Three seats in the cabinet, changes in the law, decisions to cut, and the elimination of the East and West Factories...... Their appetite is greater, greater than that of the lonely. ”

In the palace of King Qi, Zhu Youzhen leaned on a chair, and in front of him was the restructuring of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It is said that it is a restructuring, but in fact it is for its own welfare.

"I'm only over thirty years old, and they think I'm leaving, so I'm not in charge, right?"

Zhu Youzhen swept the hall, Lu Wenzhao, Huang Long, Man Gui, Cao Huachun, Sun Yingyuan, Wang Chengen, and the old ministers of the Tengxiang Siwei period all came.

"Your Highness, what do you care about these ungrateful people? As long as your order is issued, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Soldiers and Horses Division will all look forward to His Highness, and the generals will be killed if they are killed! ”

"It's a big deal, it takes a few years and a few big battles, and a new batch of generals can be trained immediately."

It was Huang Long who spoke, he was still so arrogant, but his words also buried his own careful thoughts.

This time, he came to Beijing to go through the transfer procedures, and as soon as the procedures were completed, he was about to embark on the journey to Qi State.

But if there is turmoil in Daming right now and some generals fall, then he will be useful again, and he can continue to rely on Daming.

Huang Long is a restless guy, but his restlessness is to others, and his recklessness is also to others.

For Zhu Youzhen, he can often only use the way of sprinkling and playing tricks to achieve his goals.

His method really worked, Zhu Youzhen was soft-hearted and forced him to stay in Daming for ten years.

It's just that no matter how much he cheats right now, it is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to let him continue to stay in Daming.

"Da Ming's affairs, you don't have to worry about preparing well, I received Jin Xuan's letter, and Franco's colonial army soldiers and horses were transferred away by another thousand, and there are less than four thousand people at the moment."

"After you go to the Qi country, give me the soldiers and horses ready, and when I give the order, you will use the flintlock pistol to drive the Franji people out of the Qi country and recover the lost land."

"As long as the Franz people are still in the Qi country, the soldiers and horses of the Qi country cannot be equipped with firing guns, nor can they use steamships and trains at will, and they are an obstacle to keep them."

While Zhu Youzhen explained, he also said:

"I have already let the carrier pigeon fly to Yan Yingyuan, and he will send someone to negotiate with King Franji."

"If the Franco Kingdom is willing to give up the colony, the Qi Kingdom can sign a trade treaty with the Franco Kingdom and buy the colony at a price of 60 million taels of silver."

"Naturally, these 60 million taels of silver are divided into ten years, and 6 million taels are repaid every year, but in the form of materials."

"At the same time, the Qi kingdom supported him in winning the wars of religion, asserting the kingdom's rule on the European continent on his behalf, and supporting him in taking Morocco."

Zhu Youzhen offered a price of 60 million taels to buy Spain's colonies in the Americas.

This price sounds like a lot of jaw-dropping, but for Spain, it was just a decade of gold and silver production in the American colonies.

However, for the state, if gold and silver are not transformed into means to promote economic trade, then gold and silver are just metals.

Now that prices in Spain have risen to an outrageous level, a soldier's salary for a year is not even enough to feed himself, and the Kingdom of Spain is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Inflationary prices are bringing Spain to a devastation, and unless commodities pour into Spain to keep it alive, Spain will lose the war, as it has historically, and the outcome will be much worse.

Because the five-nation alliance formed by France, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Portugal all had a flintlock army of no less than 10,000 people, and the Ming Dynasty traded behind it to stabilize prices for each country.

Therefore, they could continue their offensive with impunity, forcing Spain to recognize the independence of Portugal and the Netherlands, and at the same time ceding large tracts of land to them.

"After you arrive in Qi State, you will reorganize the Qi army, add troops to the battalion, and the general commander will be the general soldier, one army and four battalions, three field battalions and one baggage battalion, totaling more than 12,000 people."

"Qi State's current soldiers and horses and annual revenue, let's temporarily retrain the strength of the five armies."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen spoke, the number of soldiers and horses of the Qi State increased from the original 40,000 to 60,000, which made Huang Long a little excited.

However, Huang Long did not forget his own work, so he licked his face and smiled: "Your Highness, our Qi country is an island country, and this navy ......"

"The navy will wait for the time being, the technology of ironclad ships is not mature at the moment, and the technology of iron-clad wood can only be used." Zhu Youzhen interrupted:

"When the ironclad technology of the national dynasty matures, your navy will have it."

Zhu Youzhen did not talk about Yanshan, it seems that in his opinion, the difficulty of this matter is not difficult to deal with, and he has already prepared and methoded.

At the moment, what he needs to do is to plan as a whole before leaving.

He has to settle things this year and next year, and in the last year of the Apocalypse, in the twenty-third year of the Apocalypse, he will fulfill the promise he made to the people of Qinghai and Hexi that year, and tour the Ming provinces again.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen continued to arrange:

"The imperial store and officialdom can also be handed over to the officials of the East Palace."

"In addition, the officialdom is ready to prepare to transport all kinds of cattle and horses, elephants, camels and other livestock and animals that the Ming Dynasty did not have to go to the Qi country, and the corresponding plants they want to eat will also be transplanted to the Qi country as early as possible."

There are relatively few creatures in Qi country, and in order to facilitate the people, Zhu Youzhen must have migrated many species to Qi country in advance to enrich the local ecology.

It just so happened that the officialdom kept many royal animals in captivity, and with the existence of steam engine ships, it was not difficult to migrate animals.

Of course, for the Ming of the same race, species migration is not a big deal, because the animals that can be eaten will not be eaten when they arrive in the Qi country.

For the Qi country, the migration of the population is the top priority.

"How is the situation of the population migration of Qi country?" Zhu Youzhen asked Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun acted without thinking:

"At present, more than 1.32 million people have been relocated, and there are more than 600,000 people waiting to be relocated."

"The ships used to move people to Qi are mainly sixty steamships and one hundred and eighty baggage ships."

"With the capacity of these ships, they can move 400,000 people to the ...... of Qi every year."

"How many steam engine ships are there in the country right now?" Zhu Youzhen interrupted Cao Huachun's words, and Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then replied: "A total of two hundred and forty wooden steamships." ”

"What if they were all used for immigration?" Zhu Youzhen's words were amazing, which made Cao Huachun stunned for a moment, and then reacted back and replied:

"If a sailboat is used as a baggage ship to sail between the two hundred and forty wooden steam engine ships, then these two hundred and forty wooden steam engine ships should be able to transport 2,670,000 people at a time, and no less than 1,500,000 in a year."

After Cao Huachun's words were finished, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said:

"In this case, then row half of the steam engine ship to Qi to migrate the population, and the rest is generally used to migrate the population to the old port and Luchuan."

"This ......" Cao Huachun was stunned and said with a hesitant face:

"Your Highness, but if this is the case, then the food ......"

"There is still enough food to eat in various places for a year, which is enough." As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, everyone immediately looked at him in surprise.

At present, the great drought is still very rapid, and the number of acres of fields that have been cut off and reduced in output in the Ming Dynasty is as much as 500 million mu, accounting for more than half of the world's acres.

Under such circumstances, everyone felt that the drought would continue, but Zhu Youzhen said that the drought was coming to an end.

"Listen to me, use the ship to relocate, this is the first time I have used my power for personal gain."

Zhu Youzhen ordered with a smile, and even ridiculed himself for using power for personal gain.

He had the heart to joke, which naturally meant that his prediction was very accurate.

In the hearts of hundreds of officials and the people, since Zhu Youzhen wrote astronomical textbooks, it seems that he has become a person who knows astronomy and geography.

His current gesture seems to be saying that the drought is coming to an end, or that it is about to subside, which is heartening.

"Slave and maid command!" Cao Huachun couldn't stop being excited, even his hands trembled a little, and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

He can understand, everyone can naturally understand, and as soon as Huang Long heard that the drought in Daming was coming to an end, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.

It's just that now he has no way back, he only hopes that Jin Xuan will not deceive people, and the prosperous Xijing City on the picture scroll must not be selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, otherwise he will be miserable by Jin Xuan.

"Your Highness, shouldn't Ying Yuan and I also prepare to go to the Qi Kingdom? There are also Cao Wenzhao, Cao Meng, Sun Shoufa, and their group of people. ”

Man Guizuo asked about something that made everyone's atmosphere instantly cool down.

Cao Wenzhao, Cao Meng, Sun Shoufa, Cao Dingjiao, and Cao Bianjiao are all the backbone of the current Ming generals.

If all of them follow the King of Qi to become vassals, how many generals will the Ming Dynasty have?

Besides, there are more generals who want to go to Qi than that.

"The general's affairs will be discussed after the Western Expedition is over." Zhu Youzhen did not answer positively, but put the matter on hold for the time being.

He didn't give everyone time to think, but watched everyone continue to explain:

"The Northern Army and the Eastern Army can jointly fight in the west this time, don't think that the northern battlefield is all the Northern Army's because of a "word" problem, and the Eastern Army is only aimed at the east. ”

"This time, the Governor's Office of the Eastern Army transferred ten battalions of soldiers and horses to participate in the Western Expedition, and the Northern Army also sent ten battalions of soldiers and horses, totaling more than 60,000 people in 20 battalions."

"However, the coach this time is still Cao Wenzhao."

"The other 60,000 soldiers and horses, in addition to the more than 20,000 cavalry as the main force, the remaining 40,000 horse infantry are still mainly to protect the baggage, and don't take the enemy lightly because they have rifles in their hands."

"In the end, the place to be recovered in this western expedition is not only Hezhongdi, but also the Lingbei Mountain Range, and it is best to gain a firm foothold in the west of the Lingbei Mountain Range."

Zhu Youzhen said his strategic goal, and Sun Yingyuan, who heard the words, couldn't help sighing:

"I can't participate in this battle, and I regret it......"

"You and I are old, give the opportunity to your children and nephews." Man Gui smiled heartily, but in the face of his words, Sun Yingyuan couldn't cry or laugh.

Man Gui is now in his sixties, so he is naturally old, but he Sun Yingyuan is only in his early fifties, and although he is over half a hundred years old, he doesn't feel old.

However, Huang Long, the youngest next to him, as the younger generation of the two, is only nine out of forty at the moment, not even fifty years old, let alone old.

It is not so much that they are old and should give their children and nephews the opportunity to exercise, but that Zhu Youzhen needs to leave a group of young and strong factions for Daming as the pillar of border defense in the future.

"Your Highness, I'll leave ......"

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen didn't speak, several people also got up and signaled that they were leaving.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but get up and smile: "I'll send you ......"

Perhaps it was the behavior of the Yanshan faction that made Zhu Youzhen feel cold, in short, he was very reluctant to follow this group of people who had followed him for the longest time, but had no dissent.

They may have tried to put themselves on the throne, but in the end they did not stand against them.

That's enough.

Zhu Youzhen walked out of the carrier hall with them, and talked about the past with Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Long, Lu Wenzhao, Cao Huachun and others, and the conversation was very lively.

Wang Chengen, who was walking at the end, looked at this scene and couldn't help but think of various experiences in the past 22 years.

Time flies so fast, so fast that no one notices.

Zhu Youzhen, who was once called "Huangkou Child" by others, has been Optimus Prime for 22 years in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness......"

Wang Chengen spoke softly, but everyone in front of him was noisy, and Zhu Youzhen didn't hear it.

It's just that Wang Chengen didn't continue to shout, but shook his head with a smile, and then followed.

"Dismissed ......"

An hour later, in the official's workshop, Cheng De held the Ducha Yuan that was rejected by the Qi Palace, and his face was expressionless, as if this was expected by him.

It's just that compared to his ancient well Wubo, the group of people sitting below were a little unable to sit still.

"This ...... Since His Highness can't use swords, and we don't have the handle in his hands for the time being, why did he refuse? ”

"Hmm...... A stalemate with us will not benefit Your Highness. ”

"Aren't you waiting for Jin Boyu and Yan Gengming?"

"The two of them coming back won't have much impact on the overall situation, it shouldn't be their ......"

"It's a bit hard to say......"

The officials were a little hesitant, after all, they had been suppressed by Zhu Youzhen for so long over the years, and it was the first time they had a political confrontation with Zhu Youzhen, which made them feel a little weak.

Many of them thought of the relationship between Chengde and Kim Xuan, Yan Yinshao and others, so they deliberately clicked on Chengde.

However, in the face of their vague signals, Chengde didn't bother to pay attention to them, but said on a case-by-case basis:

"The matter of decision-making power, I have said a long time ago, it is impossible for His Highness to let it."

"As long as we have three seats in the cabinet, then we can at least protect ourselves."

"Maybe in the eyes of His Highness, I'm waiting for a little bit of an inch."

"It's best to end the matter early, and when Wu Aheng and Yang Wenyue come back, plus the group of subordinate officials behind them, maybe we will be a little inferior."

Chengde's words are like a knife, sticking straight into the hearts of everyone seated.

Zhu Youzhen's suppression of them was not without effort, but in a place that was difficult for them to control.

Overseas is where it is difficult for them to control, and it is also the weakest place for the Yanshan faction to control.

Among them, especially in Jiugang and Nanzhou.

There are still a large number of old-fashioned officials who have been assigned to Nanzhou, and if the Yanshan faction really gains an inch, it cannot be ruled out that Zhu Youzhen will reactivate this group of old-fashioned officials.

There are more than 100,000 officials there, and if the capital officials are reinstated, then the power of the Yanshan faction will suffer a heavy blow.

"Your Highness won't use the old school, don't worry about that......"

Cheng De interrupted their ramblings and emphatically said:

"We may have political differences with His Highness, but His Highness agrees with us in his attitude towards old-fashioned officials."

"In that case, what are we afraid of?"

Zuo Du Yushi Wang Kejian couldn't help but stand up: "Your Highness wants to delay time, then we will accompany him to drag it." ”

"Drag down all the political affairs, and it shouldn't be us who will be in a hurry when the time comes, but Your Highness."

"Bang Bang Bang

Wang Kejian's words caused everyone to applaud, Cheng De glanced at them, and after making sure that they had bitten the decision-making power, he no longer persuaded him, but got up and said:

"In that case, let's delay it for three months."

"Good!" The crowd agreed, as if the longer it dragged on, the better it would be for them.

"Disperse, the year of rest I have accumulated should also be used."

Chengde said, and waved his hand to signal that everyone could go out, and he turned around and walked into the side room.

Seeing this, everyone dispersed, and there was no hesitation when they learned that their own recital had been rejected.

They walked out of the small courtyard happily, and this scene was also seen by Zhu Ciran's eyeliner arranged early, and they hurriedly played back to the East Palace.

"They're happy, but I don't think they're happy anytime soon......"

Zhu Ciran, who got the news, snorted coldly, with a gloomy expression on his face.

"I don't know why my uncle hasn't done it yet, but I think my uncle has his own considerations."

Zhu Ciran was blindly confident in Zhu Youzhen, but Zhang Xiu next to him was worried:

"If His Royal Highness King Qi doesn't want to care about these things, then how can he ......?"

"No!" Zhu Ciran vetoed categorically: "Uncle cherishes the people, he knows what will happen if he doesn't care." ”

"What if it really doesn't matter?" Rao is very open to the overall situation, Liu Shun can't help frowning and worrying, Zhu Ciran can only frown:

"If my uncle really can't bear to do it, then I can only do it myself after he becomes a vassal......"

Zhu Ciran's words made the plug Yinxi next to him frown, and his face was worried, he knew what Zhu Ciran's words meant.

When politics cannot be compromised, war is a last resort.

The high-level generals of the Southern Army, the Western Army, and the Northern Army all supported Zhu Ciran, and there were not a few middle-level and grass-roots generals of the Qin and Qi families, and these three armies could be checked and balanced.

The only variables are the Shangzhi, the Navy, and the Eastern Army.

The navy is at sea, and it has the least fight with the land, while the eastern army has the least number of troops at present, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, so it can't make trouble if it wants to.

What worries Zhu Ciran the most is Shangzhi, after all, Shangzhi is the most powerful.

However, the 16th Guards of Shangzhi did not have Yanshan to intervene, so Shangzhi was also divided into two factions: the guards and the battalions.

The 16th Guards of Shangzhi had nearly 90,000 troops, and the 40th Guard Battalion of Shangzhi had 120,000 troops.

But if you add the three guards of the imperial city, then the strength of the two sides is 100,000 to 120,000, the strength is similar, and the combat power of the guards is much higher than that of the Gongwei battalion.

This is also the result of Zhu Youzhen's suppression, if there is no suppression, then many generals who graduated from the Yanshan Military Academy may have already mastered all the middle and grass-roots official positions in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Although the Yanshan Military Academy has only been in operation for six years, it has produced tens of thousands of generals, who are the backbone of the Yanshan faction.

Later, the Yanshan Military Academy was reorganized, and the teaching and learning without background entered it, and the Yanshan Military Academy was changed to the Shuntian Military Academy.

For example, Li Zicheng and others graduated from the Yanshan Military Academy, and Li Dingguo is the Shuntian Military Academy.

The former is most influenced by Yanshan, while the latter is a purely official institution with no political background.

After the Yanshan faction was suppressed in the army, most of the people who replaced them in official positions were people like Li Dingguo.

"The Yanshan faction can't fight a protracted war, if they can't settle the battle in one battle, then as soon as the news spreads, the soldiers will change their banners."

It is indeed not good for Zhu Ciran to lead the troops to fight, but he knows that the soldiers are the least willing to fight a civil war.

No matter how the Yanshan faction coaxed them, as long as the lie was revealed, the Yanshan faction could only lose.

At the moment, they are just capturing part of the army and using it to blackmail the imperial court.

"Your Highness, we can inform all the armies in advance that they are not allowed to leave the camp next year?"

"In this case, how can the generals of the Yanshan faction incite the soldiers?"

Zhang Xiu thought about this matter with the idea of a traditional civil official, but was immediately asked by Zhu Ciran:

"If you are a soldier, do you believe in the newspapers of the imperial court, or do you believe in the comrades and generals who have broken through the sea of swords and fires with you?"

"Don't talk about them, but now I suddenly told you to wait, saying that Uncle Qi Wang was besieged by Qi Wangfu, and let you lead troops to rescue Uncle Qi with me, will you not believe me?"

Zhu Ciran said that the root of the problem is that the soldiers will believe in the person or thing they want to believe at the beginning of the war.

When they wake up, it will take time, and with their combat power, this little time to wake up is enough to cause great damage to Da Ming.

"The war will not start ......"

At the critical moment, Du Yinxi curbed the idea that the three of them were gradually going to extremes, and said seriously:

"The Yanshan faction will not seek death to provoke a war, and the King of Qi does not want to take the initiative to provoke a war."

"War will not be provoked, whichever side moves the sword first, which side loses the righteousness first."

"Now the test is not who has more people and more soldiers, but which side has vicious methods."

"Although I haven't worked with King Qi for too long, I still know some of His Royal Highness King Qi's methods."

"The Yanshan faction can't fight His Royal Highness King Qi no matter what, which is also the reason why His Royal Highness King Qi is still at ease at present."

"On the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people are in the emperor and the king of Qi, not in the temple."

"Even if Yanshan can coax the local people, as long as the king of Qi and Banzai announce to the world, the people can be pacified with a snap of their fingers."

"The hearts of the people and the hearts of the army are all in the imperial court, why should Your Highness be afraid?"

"What's more, with the talent of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, even if the wolf smoke is everywhere, His Royal Highness can lead the troops to survey the heroes and pacify the mountains and rivers."

"Therefore, from the opinion of the following officials, His Royal Highness the Prince, you only need to watch His Royal Highness the King of Qi survey Yanshan in the East Palace......"

Plugging Yinxi's words seemed to be a shot in the arm for everyone in the East Palace, and the anxiety on everyone's faces gradually disappeared, and Zhu Ciran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Just as they were soothing this breath, a footstep also came from outside the Chunhe Palace, followed by Li Yongzhen, whose face was full of joy.

"Your Highness, the Qi Palace's decree has arrived!"

(End of chapter)