The guards of the Ming Dynasty were extremely large and complex, and were divided into the pro-army Jingwei directly under the emperor and the national guards under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

Among them, the guard post is divided into cantonment guards, garrison guards, garrison guards and guards, and before the defeat of the civil fort in the 14th year of orthodoxy, the number of registered guards in the country was as much as more than 2.6 million.

Even after the civil fort, when the Jingwei forces suffered serious losses, Jingtai checked the soldiers in the first year, and the number of soldiers led by Yu Qian was found to be more than two million.

Most of the pro-army Shangzhi Twenty-six Guards, most of which are directly under the emperor, are not under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but there are exceptions, and this exception is not the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of Industry.

In addition to the four guards of the government army that Zhu Di recovered in the first year of Jingtai to deal with the forces of Sun's relatives, the three guards of Wugong Zhongwei, Wugong Left Guard, and Wugong Right Wei are also craftsmen and are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry.

The problem now is that Zhu Di attaches great importance to the development of firearms, and this kind of thing must be held in the hands of the emperor.

Therefore, the pro-army went to the 26 guards, and the first thing Zhu Di wanted to move was the martial arts three guards subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, and all these craftsmen were transferred to the yamen of the imperial court to manufacture firearms.

But Zhu Di sat in the Qianqing Palace, looking at Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

After the establishment of the Tiangong Bureau, it was clearly stipulated that it was a yamen that studied firearms, regardless of manufacturing, so it could be established so quickly, because Zhu Di knew that this would not make a cake made by firearms.

At present, there are still two yamen in the imperial court to manage the manufacture of firearms, the Ordnance Department and the Military War Bureau.

The Ordnance Department was originally subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau, but it was one of the 24 Supervision Bureaus of the Inner Government, and the eunuch admiral appointed by the emperor was, to put it bluntly, directly under the emperor.

Since it is necessary to streamline the pro-military guards and transfer the craftsmen from the martial arts three guards of the Ministry of Industry to the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Industry, it is obviously a blind man who lights the lamp in vain, and it is useless.

But if Zhu Di wants to get these craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to his own hands, it is not simple.

Although Jiang Yuan, the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is said to be an imperial party, this can only show that he is not crooked in the major issues of right and wrong, and when it comes to the interests of the Ministry of Industry, especially his own, he will not let go easily.

Especially for this kind of major event, the entire Ministry of Industry will not easily let go, because once it is let go, it means that for a long time to come, the Ministry of Industry will lose these craftsmen.

The Ming Dynasty has another set of systems for the shifts and occupation of artisan households, which are basically based on the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and these craftsmen are the cakes of the Ministry of Industry.

Jiang Yuan has indeed sided with Zhu Di several times in terms of major rights and wrongs, and he is also very smart, but this does not mean that this product is a saint.

Zhu Di has been the son of heaven for two lifetimes, and this kind of Tao is the clearest.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Di suddenly interrupted the argument of several important ministers in the Qianqing Palace, and asked, "How many craftsmen are there in total among the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works?"

After all, Jiang Yuan is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he has to be familiar with this kind of thing, because once he comes to the palace, he may need it at any time.

If a Ministry of Industry is still in the book, but does not know the exact amount of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth? ….

He said almost without the slightest hesitation: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the six audits of the first year of Jingtai, there are a total of 2,600 craftsmen in the martial arts and three guards, which is 784 fewer than the 14th year of orthodoxy."

"These seven hundred and eighty-four people were all martyred in the Battle of Tumubao, and the ministers have already taken care of their families and spread His Majesty's benevolence among the people."

This matter actually has nothing to do with Zhu Di, Zhu Di has been busy with other affairs since he was reborn, and he has no time to care about the bereavement of the families of these hundreds of artisan households.

Compared with the disrespect of the previous Ministry of Industry Shangshu Shi Pu to Zhu Di, Jiang Yuan's words were very polite, because everyone knew that at least on the surface, he was a member of the imperial party.

Before this streamlining of the pro-military guard, the Ministry of Industry had been quite harmonious with the emperor since the new officials took office, so there was no need to engage in any "scolding the Son of Heaven and fighting for fame".

Give the emperor enough face, the emperor will be happy, and things will go smoothly, which is the best of both worlds

What is it to shoot a few sycophants.

The Ministry of Industry, like the Ministry of Crime, is not favored by people in the six ministries, and the officials here value the silver and power in their hands more than the honor.

"Hmm."

Zhu Di said softly: "This time, I want to streamline the pro-military guards, cut off some of the pro-military guards, and the Ministry of Industry is in charge of the three guards of martial arts, so give me a word."

After speaking, Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

The emperor's meaning of asking this is very simple, in fact, Jiang Yuan also guessed before he came, the entire pro-army has twenty-six guards, except for the nineteen guards directly under the emperor, and the rest are the seven guards of the Ministry of Industry.

The four guards of the government army have been taken away by Zhu Di last time, and this time the pro-military guard is streamlined, but it is still the Ministry of Industry, because the Ministry of Industry has craftsmen of the three guards of martial arts in the pro-military guard.

Therefore, when the emperor asked this sentence, in the ears of Jiang Yuan and the ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the meaning was very straightforward, almost equivalent to saying directly:

Anyway, this time, the craftsmen of the martial arts three guards are going to be decided, so you should hurry up and discuss what to do.

The emperor wanted craftsmen of the martial arts and three guards, and there were two feasible plans for the Ministry of Industry, to hand over or not to pay.

Naturally, everyone is happy to hand it over directly, but the problem is that it is still light to lose more than 2,000 craftsmen, and in the future, these craftsmen will rotate, occupy labor and other things, and they will have nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry.

In the long run, this loss is more serious than the dismissal of officials, and this kind of bad reputation will be passed on forever, and Jiang Yuan does not dare to bear the eternal infamy of giving up the rights and interests of the Ministry of Industry.

But if he doesn't pay it, the emperor will not be able to get by easily, at least it can make him uncomfortable when he is alive, because it will be equivalent to tearing his face with the emperor.

The umbrella of the "Imperial Party" on the head of Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has lost its effect.

Not many people can be the evergreens of the imperial court, and the former cabinet chief assistant can do it, so naturally he has his own ability to meet the source, but Jiang Yuan doesn't need it.

In order to get on the throne, he took a lot of Zhu Di's sycophants, if he completely tore his face with Zhu Di in this matter, he may have to lose his life in the future.

If you think about it with your ass, as soon as you say it, as soon as you say it, there will be a snowflake impeachment performance to the Qianqing Palace the next day.

If you disobey the emperor and be impeached again, you will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Therefore, refusing directly is the most difficult choice, and it is also a choice that Jiang Yuan is very unwilling to choose, and the only advantage of doing so is that he has won the reputation of the literati.

But all this, is it worth it?

For Jiang Yuan, this is a difficult problem, it is certain, but he can't bear the infamy of eternity, as a literati, he really can't bear this kind of consequence.

Therefore, he can't hand it over so happily, and let everyone know that he, Jiang Yuan, is very reluctant to hand over this right.

I had no choice but to hand it over.

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