Watching the ministers present slowly retreat, before coming to the jade steps, Zhu Zhangui turned around and bowed to the old man who was sitting on the top and was deep in thought, indicating that his words had been finished.

The old man, who came back to his senses, glanced at the ministers below, wanted to say something, but looked around, and finally sighed and waved his hand.

Xiao Snot, who was waiting next to him, hurriedly picked up the tray on the table, walked to the second step, knelt on the ground and held the tray in front of Zhu Fatpang.

"Decree!"

Zhu Chupang shouted with a serious expression, and the civil and military ministers, including the vassal king Zhu Zhangui, collectively knelt down to listen to the holy words.

Reaching out to pick up one of the holy decrees, Zhu Chubby had a fat expression, slowly unfolded it seriously, and read it aloud:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor, the edict said: Zhu Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Xun An and others, despise the law of the country, deceive the king, embezzle and accept bribes, hurt the country and harm the people, and the crime is unforgivable!"

"Today, I am ordered to remove the official position of meritorious name, confiscate all his family property, and within three generations of his own nine clans, he shall not enter the court as an official."

"Zhu Yan and others, the crime is unforgivable, they should have been skinned and filled with grass, but they read their own law, sentenced to beheading, and executed on a certain day, and those who committed crimes in their families will be punished according to law, and those who are not guilty will be expelled from Beijing."

"In addition, the officials who committed crimes in Shandong will be punished according to their crimes, and they will be punished!"

"Thank you, my emperor!"

Zhu Yan and others, kowtowed to thank them with tears.

"Hold it down!"

The old man didn't want to look at them anymore, so he waved his hand and asked Ji Gang, who had been waiting at the door, to bring people and escort all the forty-odd people away.

After the prisoner was escorted away, Zhu Fatpang asked everyone not to get up first, and picked up a holy decree from the tray.

"Fengtian carrier, emperor, edict said: From today onwards, the right of the county government to judge eucalyptus will be abolished, and the current chief official will only be responsible for local management and development from now on, and shall not interfere in any eucalyptus privately."

"From today onwards, all large and small cases in the country will be handed over to the newly formed censorship guard, and this yamen will be directly managed by the emperor's grandson, Qin this!"

The face of the civilian group darkened, and they understood that this was the power that the royal family had begun to divide among the civil officials in various places.

Although they were very unhappy in their hearts, but today's situation was like this, they didn't dare to stand up against it, so they could only grit their teeth and think about finding a way to deal with it later.

But before they could recover from this incident, Zhu Panpang announced another holy decree, which directly made them fall in place.

"Fengtian carrier, emperor, edict said: Taizu set up a military household system, but after decades of development there have been drawbacks, after I think hard, from today on, the identity of the older generation of military households will remain unchanged, and in the future, military household newborns will all be converted into civil registration."

"In addition, for the national armament, from the beginning of the first month of next year, all adult men over the age of 16, except for the special cases of disability, dementia and stupidity, all men registered in the Ming Dynasty, whether rich or poor, without papers, agricultural businessmen, after reaching their age, will enter the army to serve for two years, if there is a desertion, all will be punished!"

"Wow!"

At this moment, the entire court was in an uproar.

It is the inner thoughts of many people to let these high-ranking literati masters go to be soldiers, isn't it their lives.

"Peng Peng Peng!"

The old man picked up the jade Ruyi on the jade eucalyptus and knocked on the table, looking at the uproar of the ministers below with a cold face.

"In the future, the imperial examination will enter the round of the Beijing examination, and those who have reached the age of 16 and have not served in the military will not be allowed to participate in the scientific examination."

"Your Majesty, the scholar is weak, if he joins the army for two years, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, an old pedant stood up.

"What's unbearable, people's newly learned child soldiers are not trained every afternoon, aren't you scholars even as good as children?"

"Besides, don't you Confucian saints pay attention to the six arts of gentlemen, why do you scholars, the more you live, the more you go back, you don't even dare to suffer a little hardship."

"That is, the scholars in the Tang Dynasty were good men who could kill the enemy on the horse, but look at the current readers, not to mention killing the enemy with a sword, go to the Qinglou for a night, and walk out of the wall on the second day, just this physical strength, let alone killing the enemy, and fighting with a girl may not be able to win!"

"Hahaha..."

Before the old man could speak, the generals who were happy to bubble their noses after listening to the holy decree jumped out with a roar.

Nima is so cool, the emperor really wants to be a soldier for us.

These wilting readers, we have long seen that they are unhappy, and they are still in the hands of Wenyuwu, now they are in our hands, see how we toss you.

"Vulgar martial arts, you know very well, we read the books of sages, although we are weak, but what we learn is the way to govern the country, not the skills in our hands!"

"Haha, it's also the way of governing the country, the more than 40 people who were arrested just now seem to be all you who learned the way of governing the country, if the way of governing the country is like this, I think it's better not to learn it, and let's cut the enemy with a blade, maybe it's a little more reliable."

"You, you..."

"What's wrong with me, isn't what I said right, you look at the whole Shandong, almost all of the people who commit the crime are you literati, and Shandong is still the hometown of the sage, and you dare to do this under the nose of the sage Confucius, but imagine how dirty you people who read the books of the sages."

"I, I..."

"Alas, you don't want me, me, me, me, you literati are useless, isn't there a saying? Righteousness comes from the slaughtering of dogs, ruthless and mostly scholars, you scholars, you are full of flowers, calculating this and calculating that all day long, calculating that, I think it is idle, playing two knives on the battlefield, tired and half dead every day, there are not so many crooked intestines. ”

For a while, the originally quiet court became the entrance of the vegetable market, and the civil and military ministers who were already looking at each other unpleasantly on the two sides directly rolled up their sleeves and started spraying.

Originally, the literati who were good at playing with their mouths should have the upper hand, but today I don't know what kind of chicken blood the military generals are fighting, and they are actually squirting wildly on the side of the civil officials.

Even a few veterans with strong combat effectiveness directly covered their chests with a few old pedants on the opposite side, and almost fainted.

The old man who sat on the upper hand did not say a word, and subconsciously put his hands in his sleeves to look lively.

The matter of letting the world and crown men enter the army was proposed by Zhu Zhangui.

As early as a few years ago, when Yao Guangxiao was not dead, Zhu Zhangui talked about the problem of military households.

Although there is an old man watching now, there is not much problem with the military household, but it will not be guaranteed in the future.

And what's even worse is that this system was set by Lao Zhu, and the general descendants of later generations don't have the courage to change it at all.

That is, when the old man is alive and can move, it is very difficult to change to someone else, even if Zhu Fat moves this system.

After several years of adjustment and preparation, there is no problem with the change of nationality of military households.

However, Zhu Zhangui thought about changing all of them at once, which was a very troublesome matter, and it was easy to cause chaos, so he proposed that the people who have military household registration should not change now, starting with the next generation of newborns.

In this way, decades later, as the older generation of military households leaves, the system that may be harmful in the future will be completely changed and disappeared.

Changing the military household system is not an idea that Zhu Zhangui put forward in his head, but there are many considerations in it.

In the future, the recruitment system will definitely be changed to a conscription system.

If in the future, all the troops are conscripted, then there is no other meaning for the military household than to pay taxes.

Back then, in order to reduce the burden on the common people, Lao Zhu added part of the taxes originally borne by the common people to the military households.

In this way, if there is no change in the future, then the military households will have to pay more taxes for the same life as the common people, and many people will definitely be dissatisfied.

The court is based on the people, and if the people are not satisfied, there will definitely be chaos.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhu Zhangui decided to take advantage of this opportunity to release the reform of military households, and at the same time announced the military service system.

The reason why he chose the compulsory military service system was because he was afraid that no one would sign up for the conscription system.

There is a popular saying among the people, good iron does not hit nails, and good men do not serve soldiers.

The country has been in a state of war for a long time, and when you enlist in the army, you will either soar or die, and the former are very few, almost most of them are the fate of the latter, and the better ones will go home with disabilities.

In addition, the imperial court used to have an imperfect pension system, and many disabled soldiers had no support after returning home, either starving to death or having broken families, and even some chose to commit suicide in order not to drag down their families.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the common people of the Ming Dynasty are somewhat resistant to being soldiers.

If you choose to voluntarily enlist in the army like later generations, I am afraid that the recruitment office will really not be able to recruit people

Therefore, it is still a little early for the Ming Dynasty to choose the voluntary enlistment system, and it is the best choice to take the lead in introducing the compulsory conscription system.

The advantages of such a choice are, first, to strengthen the national physique, second, to strengthen the reserve of the imperial army, and third, to unify ideological education in the army.

Although I dare not say that two years of military career can make these people follow the court with all their hearts, it can still be done if they have a greater sense of belonging to the court in their hearts.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise, I'll say a few words."

Zhu Zhangui, who was standing on the stairs, saw that there was a lot of noise below, and seeing that a few old guys with a temper were about to stage an all-martial arts, he hurriedly stood up and stopped between the two parties.

"His Royal Highness, this matter still needs to be considered more."

"Let's not mention the matter of literati serving as soldiers, with so many people from all over the country entering the army, the imperial court may not be able to afford it."

"Let's not talk about Yulu for a while, the amount of food consumed every day is astronomical."

An old pedant on the civilian side, as a representative, spoke bitterly about the problem of the military service system.

Although this old man is full of words for the sake of the court, Zhu Zhangui can still hear that the meaning of this old man's words is to let literati become soldiers, which is really insulting.

"Who said that they can't afford to eat, the food delivered by the Asan region every year is enough for these people to eat, plus the large-scale planting of potatoes in the next two years, let alone let these people eat, they can be supported to death."

Good guys, these two gangs are also addicted to arguing.

As soon as the old pedant expressed his concern here, a red-faced and thick-necked veteran on the other side rolled up his sleeves and refuted.

"Nonsense, the food in the Asan region is the foundation of the country, and it is to deal with emergencies in various parts of the country, and you soldiers have all eaten up, so if there is a disaster, I will take you to disaster relief."

"Ha, I said you old thing is."

"Have you forgotten the potatoes, that thing is very high-yielding, this year Jinling area and Shandong region have to be planted, this harvest is enough for people to eat, the food transported in the Asan area is definitely not needed, the grain is not silver, it can't be put for too long, Ah San can transport so much grain every year, if you don't eat it this year, it will become a sinking grain next year."

"Stop, stop, can you listen to me!"

Zhu Zhangui used his sleeves to block the saliva squirting on both sides, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice.

When the two parties heard this, they looked at each other and snorted coldly, turned around and returned to their queues, intending to hear what Zhu Zhangui had to say.

Flicking his sleeves and tidying up his clothes, Zhu Zhangui said to the civil and military ministers: "The reason why the imperial court wants to implement such a system is because of two considerations. ”

"The first aspect is that as our territory increases, the area that needs to be defended is gradually expanding."

"Almost all of my Ming army's troops come from military households, but there are so many of them, the territory is large, and there will be more soldiers, our court can't let the military family go to defend the land!"

"Therefore, it is imperative to recruit civilians, according to the system of the imperial court, once you enter the army, you will be registered in the army, so that some people will not do it."

"After all, they pay a little less tax when they are the people, but when they become military households, the tax will increase."

"Therefore, after consideration, combined with Emperor Taizu's last words, the general's household registration will gradually be canceled, and those who enlist in the army will no longer change their household registration in the future."

"The second aspect is to consider the aspect of national self-defense."

"As we all know, every time a clan invades, our people are the targets of massacre, and every time there is a massacre they don't even have the power to resist."

"Although with the protection of the imperial court, this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, but it is normal for ordinary people to encounter a bandit and beast when they travel, if they have been in the army for two years, and when they return to the life of the people, they can resist when they encounter danger, so as not to be called lambs waiting to be captured."

"What's more important is that if there is a very big national war in the future and the imperial court needs to increase its troops, then such veterans who have been in the army for two years can quickly enter the battle with simple training and form a force that can fight."

"Your Highness, these two ideas are good, and the old minister has nothing to oppose, but why do you have to let the literati join in."

"They have less time to study, if they waste two years in the army, or even die in a war, then their years of hard study and family training are all in vain."

As soon as Zhu Zhangui briefly explained the reason, the old pedant stood up with a frown and put forward his own ideas.

Zhu Zhangui looked at him and explained seriously: "The reason why we want to recruit literati and martial arts is because the weapons of the Ming Dynasty in the future will become more and more complex, and they will use knowledge in many aspects, such as arithmetic, geography and weather, etc. ”

"As we all know, ordinary people and military households are illiterate people who don't know much, and these high-end weapons are in their hands, they have no knowledge of using this weapon, and the weapons are a pile of scrap metal in their hands."

"Therefore, it is imperative for the Ming army to join literate soldiers and officers, and this is also the reason why the imperial court opened a new school and let students take half a day of astronomy class and half a day of martial arts class."

"But..."

"Okay, nothing but that."

The old scholar also wanted to say, Zhu Zhangui stretched out his hand to stop him and said solemnly: "Bachelor Chen, there is a good saying, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, guarding the frontier and defending the country is not only the business of ordinary people, but also the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the enemy. ”

"And more importantly, after you listen to the next decree, I don't think you have the heart to discuss it."

Smiling at the civilian, military and military generals, Zhu Zhangui turned around and gave his father a dead look.

Zhu Fatpang's face must have been serious, he reached out and picked up the last holy decree, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Fengtian carrier, emperor, the edict said: Since the incident in Shandong, I have been thinking day and night. The meritorious officials and talents of the imperial court, with the help of the tax exemption policy, collected the people's fields extensively, offset the taxes paid by the imperial court, caused the local officials, and imposed the taxes on the heads of the people who did not take refuge. ”

"After careful consideration, I have decided to cancel the tax exemption policy for officials, gentlemen and gentry from next year, and implement the integrated payment of grain by officials and gentry!"

In an instant, the entire hall could be heard, whether it was a civil or military attaché or a vassal king, their eyes were round, and they looked at the old man sitting on the top in disbelief, squinting his eyes.

ps: It's in the final stage now, my throat hurts like a knife scrape, and it's expected to get better tomorrow, and after the full-time update today and tomorrow, it will revert to at least 8,000 words the day after tomorrow.