During this time, he took one-third of the profits of the official entertainment hall and gave it to the emperor of Taishan Xingyuan.

Although the proportion is small.

However, the specific amount of silver taels in hand was calculated at three thousand taels a day.

One million taels a year.

This is beyond the scope of Chongzhen's own ability to collect money.

Chongzhenle couldn't close his mouth.

I am also more satisfied with the horse master and the country.

Zhou Xian was above the court, full of majesty.

Finding that everyone had no objections, he immediately ordered: "Sun Chengzong." ”

"The old minister is here."

"Chen Donghua."

"The lower official is here."

"The two of you will follow the structure I just said to prepare for the military and political yuan, and Jia Weikun will also actively participate."

"I'll do as I was told!"

"By the way, and the army."

"Now that I am worried about internal and external troubles, and the number of troops is obviously insufficient, I have signaled that you must work overtime to prepare for the new army. In addition, all the recruits absorbed by the imperial court this time cannot be sent to the nine sides at will, and they must stay in the capital as soon as possible. ”

"So that the imperial court can make overall plans and make unified plans."

"Yes!"

Zhou Xian knew that the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty now covered less than 300,000 troops.

Such an army should leave a part of the army to garrison the northwest to defend against the attacks of the people from the Western Regions.

It is also necessary to divide half of the elite Chen Bingxuan Mansion to reconnoiter Warat and most of Mongolia.

The remaining forces still have to fight off the real threat of Jiannu.

It is also necessary to allocate troops to suppress the thieves in the territory.

In this way, 300,000 is far from enough.

How much is enough?

Zhou Xian felt that he had to have at least a million troops.

And it is a million-strong army that is well-trained and capable of fighting well.

Then the number of recruits under your own command should be controlled at two million.

Since ancient times, a soldier who fights needs at least one logistics soldier to support him.

Even though it was the most powerful period of the Ming Dynasty, the Tumubao changed.

Of the 500,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty, only 150,000 of them fought.

The rest are construction engineers, grain and grass transporters, and troops in all aspects of logistics.

So, half a million listen to bluffing.

Except for those bloodless soldiers who are engaged in logistics.

The threat to the Warat army is not very great.

After all, Warat also sent an army of 100,000 at the beginning.

That's all elite power.

Therefore, in Zhou Xian's opinion, the imperial court can last for one day.

He had to do everything he could to prepare the recruits.

Of course, it's not just two million.

It's about the more the merrier.

Because the current people of the Ming Dynasty are a stock market.

Most of the people are still living in dire straits.

If the imperial court does not recruit, then Li Zicheng will.

The sausage is so big, so now the court has to race against time with the thieves to cut each other.

"In addition, the household department should regularly report the grain reserves of the major military towns, taking the northern theater as an example, the granary set up in Shanggu, the reserve cannot be less than one million stones."

"That is, the northern army must always have food that can be consumed for three months."

Lu Delian, the head of the household department, swore and said: "Chitose rest assured, the lower officials will definitely try their best to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the Northern Army." At this time, Han Shu suddenly asked, "Chitose, if you prepare for a new army now." Xia Guan felt that he could take advantage of the situation to revoke the seventy-two guards of the Ming Dynasty. ”

What he is talking about is the real redundant officials and redundant soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the system of guards who eat empty salaries.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has set up large-scale guards in the territory.

The duty of the guard was to recruit peasants and share the labor of the imperial soldiers in various places in times of peace.

When the war came, the battle was fought on the front line.

It stands to reason that this is a good framework.

However, after a long time, there will be a situation of false registration quota and empty salary.

Now, it is not uncommon for the guards to eat empty salaries.

A core military town like Xuanfu reported 170,000 people.

The actual combatants were just over 30,000.

In addition, there are only 70,000 old, weak, sick and disabled.

100,000 people were falsely reported.

In fact, the situation of the guards in the border towns that were inferior to those in the border towns was even worse than that of the nine sides.

At least 6,000 people were reported to each health center.

The number of guards is 20,000 people.

In this way, the seventy-two guards of the Ming Dynasty have already exceeded one million.

But in fact, now that three or five hundred warriors can be selected in the guard, they are already very lucky.

The proportion of them who eat empty pay is as high as 80%.

Among the ten people, eight people took the top quota to eat empty salaries.

Therefore, Zhou Xian agreed with Han Shu's suggestion.

But now is not the right time to abolish the guards.

Here, the health center system has been in place for many years.

It's not easy to revoke abruptly now.

First of all, those officials who are in collusion with the chiefs of the guard will form a great resistance.

That's all for today.

After the dispersal of the dynasty.

Zhou Xian changed into a micro-suit.

Hou Lianhui, the chief eunuch, had already made preparations.

"Chitose Lord, the carriages and horses are ready."

"Let's go, let's go out of town."

Since Zhou Xian crossed over, he has not yet walked out of the palace to see the real life of the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the prison or the emperor.

We should all look at the grassroots level in a down-to-earth manner.

In this way, we can understand the real suffering of the people.

On the other hand, sitting on the court is blind.

In addition, there is a more important reason for Zhou Xian to leave the city.

That is, to inspect how the Ministry of Agriculture business prepared by Song Yingxing in the north of the city is doing.

After all, it is about the test base of food security in the Ming Dynasty.

Whether the sickle can receive crops smoothly during the Xiaoice period is crucial.

In addition, Zhou Xian also had to personally visit the official entertainment hall in the city.

When passing by the official entertainment hall, Zhou Xian went inside to take a look.

Many dignitaries and dignitaries are having fun at the poker table.

Now the entire bureaucratic class has become accustomed to this form of entertainment.

Of course, except for those lonely officials who are really at the bottom and have no sides.

Besides, the imperial court prepares such an entertainment method, in the eyes of the real Hanmen, it is a plaything.

Therefore, some upright and poor officials did not understand the practice of opening casinos in prison.

Watching the gang at the table increase their chips.

Zhou Xian's heart was already happy.

Let's play, it's all fun.

Return all the huge assets that your father embezzled to the imperial court.

Because it was a private visit to Weifu, the officials at the scene and the staff in the hall did not notice Zhou Xian's uniqueness.

What about Cao Zhengchun?

He coordinates the chain of official entertainment halls in the city, and it is impossible for him to keep an eye on it in person.

In this regard, Zhou Xian did not mind.

All in all, it's okay for these projects to work properly.

As long as this machine does not stop, it can always stimulate the ambition of those corrupt officials.

As long as they don't give up, sooner or later they will go bankrupt.

Just when Zhou Xian was about to leave.

saw a large group of gentlemen surrounding the entrance of the official entertainment hall.

One of them roared loudly: "Young Master Ben has just opened a Tianhu, why don't you admire 30,000 taels of silver?" ”