The busyness of the Forbidden City would make the passage of time feel nothing, and if it weren't for someone reminding him, Zhu Houzhao probably wouldn't have realized that the time had come to May.

During this time, Wang Shouren had moved from Sanguan Town to Datong Town, and in nearly half a year, his military supplies of 30,000 soldiers and horses were all transported from Beijing.

The emperor showed his determination by preferring to spend more money and food to maintain the army, and to deter generals who were unwilling to carry out the emperor's orders.

The clean-up of the two towns was done by Wang Shouren, an official of the governor of Hetao, who had actually controlled the soldiers and horses of Sanguan Town and Datong Town during this time.

One of his civil officials also personally led troops to the countryside to check, which was not actually required by the emperor.

But the matter of cleaning up the military tun was mentioned by Wang Shouren ten years ago. And the general who can really lead the soldiers must be the general who loves the soldiers. Distributing Tian Zhen to the soldiers again, this is what he always wanted to do.

And those who read through history must know how difficult it is to get this done.

Therefore, Wang Shouren is racing against time to push each guard to re-measure the land.

In the past ten years, the decay at the bottom of the houses has become even more alarming.

In the various garrisons in the two towns, he found that many military families had fled because they could not bear the hardships of life, the soldiers' rations were insufficient, and the weapons in the garrisons were dilapidated.

When the thousands of households of the Datong Left Guard greeted them, they were neatly organized, after all, they were coming to see their bosses, but when they really assembled the troops, none of them could get people together.

Even the remaining soldiers were many old men with loose skin and half-white beards.

Wang Shouren was quite embarrassed after reading it, and he said to Shi Feng, the chief soldier of Datong Town, and the generals: "Fortunately, Your Majesty insisted, even if the nine sides are opposed, this thing must be done, otherwise in a few decades, what should it be ruined into?" At that time, the Tatars will raise troops and attack again, and I am afraid that the Central Plains will become a pasture for the Tatars! And the cultivated fields that you people occupy privately?! ”

Shi Feng was ashamed, "From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, Your Majesty has issued several decrees and urges, but to this day, Datong has only cleaned up four guards. The military fields are too complicated. ”

After he finished speaking, the remaining thousands of households were a little uneasy.

"Jizhou, Ningxia, Sanguan, Yulin and Gansu are all doing it, how complicated can it be? It is nothing more than the generals who occupy the land, the local big clans and the royal palace are unwilling to spit it out. When Ningxia was in Ningxia, there were eunuchs involved, and they were also solved! This official thinks that His Majesty has opened the net, and whoever cooperates with the measurement of land and hands over the past encroachment will not be killed, this is written in the holy decree, so if you are not willing to do so, then we have no choice? ”

Wang Shouren thought silently, it was really inappropriate for him to tell the difficulty of this matter ten years ago. However, the emperor has been planning for ten years, and the accumulated power has been handed over to him for use, and he has a lot of confidence.

The progress of Datong Left Guard is slow, and no matter what the reason, it has become an excuse at this time.

Wang Shouren was too lazy to talk nonsense with them again, he personally went to this Qianhu House today, and since he came, he wanted to remove these posts and replace them with others.

The experience of the other towns is the same, and if you don't move a few people, you can't do it.

"Ministry?" He had a very young commander under him, Han Shishilang, and the two thousand guards and horses he brought were all fierce.

"Take it."

Wang Shouren ordered plainly.

Several big men in front of the door were frightened by this change, and shouted one after another, "Ministry, Chief Shi, what is this for?" We have all cooperated with the measurement of the land?! Why do you still take us?! We have been wronged! ”

Shi Bong is not easy to speak.

In fact, it has been ascertained before they come, these people do not dare to rebel, do not dare to disobey the will of the gods, but they are reluctant to give up their own illegal wealth, so the will of the above came, they also measure the land, but the amount of the amount is measured by other people's fields, but they transfer their own through various names, or sell them cheaply, and finally make a profit.

What is this called a fit?

Deputy Chief Soldier Zhu Feng angrily reprimanded, "How many of you still dare to shout injustice? Don't you know that the brocade guards sent by His Majesty have arrived in Datong? You guys can't find out what you guys are doing?! ”

Wang Shouren turned his back and waved his hand, he didn't want to talk nonsense with these people anymore, he had seen the situation of Datong Zuowei with his own eyes, instead of wasting time on these people, it was better to divide the fields quickly, because a considerable number of military households had been hungry.

"Spread the news of the arrest of these people, and from tomorrow onwards, the guards in Datong Town will still be punished and will not be spared! This official is not afraid of them fooling, His Majesty has already sent the deputy envoy of Jinyi Wei to conduct the first round of inspections, and if the action is fast, Jizhou has already carried out the second round of inspections! Inform the guards of all these situations and see if there are such bold people! ”

At the same time, Wang Shouren also ordered that the general soldier and the deputy general soldier should lead the soldiers and horses to each guard post to supervise the supervision, and he brought 30,000 six guards and horses, and sent them to one guard, plus Shi Feng and Zhu Feng's own people, so as to ensure that there would be no dissatisfied people.

Soldiers are not the same as civil officials, as the old saying goes, if you rebel in three years, you can read too many books and be timid, but soldiers are different, they have developed limbs, are simple-minded, and they don't know a few big words, so it's easy to mess around with emotions.

But what did he do Wang Shouren?

After May, when he arrived in Datong, he was not ready to leave for the time being, and the remaining 20,000 elite soldiers were led by him himself, but to see how difficult it was.

When you are alone at night,

Wang Shouren wrote a note to the emperor in Xingyuan's study, reporting on the specific progress of Qingtun, and at the same time expounding some of his thoughts on the reorganization of the army.

From Sanguan Town to Datong Town, the escape of military households is a common phenomenon, resulting in the fort not becoming a fort, not a place, so far, he has not seen a thousand households are complete.

Moreover, such a reform will definitely sow the seeds of dissatisfaction, so Sanguan and Datong also need to take this opportunity to reorganize.

……

Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

The emperor took the note and read it to his ministers: "Wang Shouren believes that it is imperative to streamline and reorganize the soldiers and horses of the military town, and he suggests that this matter should be led by the military department, but at the same time, each town should take measures according to the locality. At the same time, he suggested that the strategy of reducing the size of the troops in Jizhou, Yulin, and Ningxia should not be applied to the towns of Datong and Sanguan.

Because there is Xuanfu on the west side of Jizhou, Ningxia and Yulin are no longer the forefront after the recovery of the Hetao, but Sanguan Town and Datong Town are different, Datong is the gateway to Shanxi, far away from the Hetao, close to the Beijing Division, like a person's back, if Datong is also reduced in size, it will cause the two ends to be heavy and the back light, once the Tatars take this as a breakthrough point, it will definitely shake the Beijing Division. In other words, there is a gap in the frontier defense line, so Datong should focus on management and continue to build fortifications such as forts and cities. ”

Qi Chengsui, the secretary of the military department, also returned, and the emperor summoned him to come, which must involve the current Qingtun and armament rectification on the nine sides.

Wang Shouren is indeed a generation of masters, and he is not confined to the atmosphere of downsizing that pervades the court now, but still puts forward his own opinions.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's original intention was to turn defense into offense, always maintain a large cavalry unit, and wipe out the Tatars at any time.

However, from the perspective of long-term stability, it is equally important to continue to strengthen the defensive line.

Wang Shouren was right to remind of this.

"What do you think?"

Qi Chengsui has returned to Beijing, and he has also entered the palace today, "Weichen thinks it is feasible, but the Datong Sancheng military household has fled." In the past, the towns were all reduced in scale, and they could still be selected among the best, but Datong had to expand, and it was not easy to add new military households. ”

"yes." Zhu Houzhao sighed, "Good iron doesn't hit nails, and good men don't serve soldiers." Who wants to be a military household? ”

The emperor was speechless when he talked about the cabinet and several scholars.

This is going to involve the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, and the household registration system involves a wide range, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged a role for everyone, and once a person's household registration is determined, his descendants can not easily change, so it is very rigid.

But it's not easy to change, especially in this eventful time.

"If there are not enough soldiers, they can only be replaced by recruitment, and I am against recruiting soldiers who are not physically or of age into the barracks in order to make up the numbers. Liqing put forward an idea a few days ago, I think it can be an effective supplement, after Jizhou and Datong flee from the military households, there will definitely be surplus land in Qingtun this time, so that the imperial court can recruit displaced people in those places to conduct business. ”

Gu Zuo is also here today, he arched his hand and said: "The matter of Shangtun, the minister has already arranged, the minister plans to carry out commercial reclamation in Sichuan, Hetao, and Jizhou, and the Shaofu has allocated 200,000 taels of silver each, and plans to cultivate 500,000 mu of land, which can produce 1 million to 1.5 million stones of grain." ”

Zhu Houzhao pondered, in his concept, the new Shangtun is completely different from the previous Shangtun carried out by the Ming merchants for the sake of salt introduction, this time they are doing it with the power of the state, so to be precise, this is a kind of concentration to do big things.

"Three people in charge?"

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao was eager to try, "I, I really want to go and see the golden wheat waves." ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, "Your Majesty's daughter's body, you can't easily get into danger, in case there is some mistake, the ministers will not be redeemed!" ”

"Liqing ......"

"Your Majesty!" Gu Zuo knelt down, "The minister knows that His Majesty is worried about state affairs, and his heart is pretending to be the world and the people, but what the elders of the cabinet said is right, Your Majesty also has the country and the country tied to his shoulders, so I implore Your Majesty to think twice!" ”

"Then the matter of Shangtun ......"

Gu Zuo kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will handle this matter properly no matter what!" ”

"I can't make a mistake with me."

"Yes!"

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

However, Zhu Houzhao himself also told them in this way that this was something he could take seriously.

Although only 500,000 acres is a bit small, but this is just the beginning, and like shipbuilding, this is not something that can be done by spending money, so much land, you have to find enough people to cultivate, this is the main point.

(End of chapter)