In the Daming Political Hall carved by Zhu Mantle, after Zhu Yijun asked, the privy envoy Fang Fengshi got up on Zhu Yi's right side at this moment, and then came to Zhu Yijun.

Then, Fang Fengshi played: "Your Majesty, according to the existing amount of southern soldiers in the three battalions of Jiliao, the Privy Council believes that 5,000 southern soldiers can be transferred to the pro-army guard, and the new number of troops in the pro-army guard can be set at 50,000. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, and then asked Zhang Xueyan: "How much is the silver discount now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are now three million and fifty thousand taels of silver in the year."

Zhang Xueyan also got up again and replied.

Then, Zhang Juzheng also got up on the left side below Zhu Yijun, came to Zhu Yijun, and said: "Your Majesty, this time the increase in troops, if the pro-army guard is 50,000 according to the agreement of the Privy Council, and add 30,000 in Liaodong, and 10,000 in Xuanfu, 10,000 in Datong, and 5,000 in Shanxi, there should be a total of 100,000 and 5,000 people; In this way, the annual increase in military needs will be just enough for the surplus at this time, but in this case, the surplus will be less than one million taels, and once there is a major event such as a flood or drought in any year, or the prince will become a vassal domain, it will cause the year to be unable to make ends meet. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded.

He had to admit that Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the household department, obviously sincerely supported the officials and gentry to pay food as an errand boy, otherwise he would not have made the financial figures so coincidental.

That is, the surplus of the national treasury is just enough to increase the expenditure after increasing the number of 100,000 soldiers, and there is a slight surplus.

But it was not that there was a lot of surplus, but it made the emperor have the idea of building a large number of buildings or even excessive troops.

And this means nothing more than supporting the emperor's military training, enhancing the strength of his own pro-army guards, and also supporting the emperor to buy the generals of the border towns in the name of increasing the number of troops in the border towns.

In short, the root of all this is that he Zhang Xueyan supports the new policy of the official gentry to pay food and work as errands.

That is, let the emperor see that if he wants to increase the surplus in a large amount after increasing the army, he must pay the grain and errand of the officials and gentry, and then he can do greater things in the future.

Because you have to spend money to do big things, and you have to increase your expenses.

How dare you do big things without increasing your income first?

If you replace it with a household secretary who doesn't want to continue to pay food as an errand for the gentry, and doesn't want the emperor to train soldiers.

It is completely possible to make the financial accounts into the increase in expenditures after the surplus is not enough to increase the number of troops, and there can even be a situation like some ministers in history who will let the emperor only see that although the annual income is very large, the annual expenditure is also very large, so that the deficit still exists, and the emperor still needs to be thrifty.

In this case, the emperor should not say that he wants to train and increase his troops, but should also reduce his troops and reduce the factory guards, and at the same time should increase his salary, it seems that if he does not increase his salary, the country's finances will collapse.

Therefore, the information expressed by the Hubu Shangshu or the entire civil government system that is the emperor's steward often determines what the emperor can do.

After all, the emperor lives in the deep palace, and he only has a pair of eyes, what is the real finance of the empire, and it is not the civil officials who have the final say for his housekeeper?

Obviously, Zhang Xueyan really supported Zhang Juzheng's implementation of the reform of the official gentry paying grain and working errands, and according to Zhang Juzheng's will, the accounts were just enough to meet the emperor's needs for increasing the number of recruits, and he had to continue to open up the source after the increase of recruits, that is, to implement the new policy of the official gentry to pay the grain and work as an errand boy.

"The number of soldiers must be increased, otherwise there will be problems in the border defense and the Beijing defense, I don't want another Gengxu change in this dynasty!"

"But the situation mentioned by the gentleman that the surplus will be seriously insufficient as a result cannot be ignored."

Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Xueyan, who were reformers who supported the New Deal, and were willing to let the emperor, have his own loyal ministers, so he cooperated and continued to ask:

"So, what is the best solution to the shortcomings?"

Zhang Xueyan, Wang Guoguang, Shen Shixing and other ministers who came to the political hall, that is, the ruling ministers, all looked at Zhang Juzheng.

And Zhang Juzheng also got up again at this time, stood in front of Zhu Yijun and said:

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, there is only one way to cancel the preferential exemption!"

"This can not only greatly increase the current state treasury, but also avoid the future dynasty due to more and more gentry and mergers more and more serious, and the court can not function!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "I remember that Zhao Qing's family mentioned this matter back then, and now it is rare that Mr. also proposes this matter, and I am approved!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhang Juzheng and the ruling ministers were also busy flattering.

As a result, the new policy of increasing the number of troops and strengthening the army and the integration of the officials and gentry to pay food and serve as errands was thus decided.

Next, the Privy Council issued a decree to recruit Zhuang Yong from the brave soldiers who knew the origin of Gyeonggi, and draw the brave soldiers from the border army who had never understood the origin of the soldiers, and set the number of soldiers at 50,000 soldiers.

At the same time, it also increased the number of troops to Liaodong by 30,000, and determined to set up the Andong Protectorate in Nuergan, and also added a number of troops to Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi.

In total, the Ming Dynasty wanted to increase the food and salary expenditure of more than 100,000 soldiers.

However, the difference here is that the pro-military guards do not need to eat empty salaries, and will train 50,000 soldiers in real time.

After all, the soldiers and horses directly commanded by Emperor Zhu Yijun himself did not need to make a fortune by eating empty salaries.

At the same time, Zhu Yijun will not use empty salaries to win over the pro-military guards, but will directly use the gold and silver fixed to the emperor every year as the cost of rewarding the pro-military guards.

It is worth mentioning that in history, there will be emperors who will slam the door to the point that they will not even pay the pro-military guards in full, and sit back and treat them as slaves of large households, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to delegate power, and as a result, nothing can be done.

Zhu Yijun naturally wouldn't do this, he wouldn't take the initiative to turn the knife in his hand into a rusty knife.

In the end, the Privy Council submitted the inscription, Zhu Yijun approved, and issued an edict to reorganize the three armies of Huben, Yulin, and Jinwu, and each army was divided into two guards, which was equivalent to setting up six guards for the Son of Heaven, and was directly commanded by the Son of Heaven, plus the existing Jinyi Guard, in fact, in this way, the soldiers and horses directly commanded by the Son of Heaven were seven guards.

Originally, to the present of the Ming Dynasty, because most of the pro-military guards have existed in name only, and most of them should be managed by the Ministry of War, and now they are under the management of the Privy Council, and there is no Jinyi Guard and Teng Xiang Left Guard, Teng Xiang Right Guard, Wu Xiang Left Guard, Wu Xiang Right Guard, these four guard battalions, in addition to the Jin Yi Guard, the other four guard battalions are all under the control of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so the only one who the Son of Heaven could have directly commanded before this was the Jin Yi Guard.

And now, changing to seven guards under the direct command of the Son of Heaven has undoubtedly really strengthened the emperor's military power!

Since the Son of Heaven is directly under the command, then the chief general of the Seven Guards of the pro-army must be directly appointed by the emperor, and the chief general is also directly responsible to the emperor, and can no longer be controlled by civilian officials.

Therefore, the chief general of the pro-military guard can be appointed or deposed directly by the emperor.

A decision can be made with a single edict, without having to go through the civil officials of the foreign court.

The chief general of the pro-military guard will also be granted the privilege of directly secreting the Son of Heaven and undertaking the holy decree, without going through the General Secretary and the Six Branches, and is not subject to the order of the Privy Council.

In this way, it can be regarded as improving the status of the military minister.

A change from the Ming Dynasty since the civil fort, more and more noble and cheap reality.

And in the beginning, there was an opportunity for Wuchen to be able to contact the Son of Heaven directly, without being conveyed by Wenchen.

But when the edict arrived at the Sixth Branch, it was refuted by Xie Jie's seal in the matter from the left of the Military Branch!

Xie Jie's reason for refutation is that there is nothing to do in the world, and it should not be increased arbitrarily, and the state funds are wasted, and the border army is transferred to the pro-military guard, which is afraid of accidents.

The implication is that there is no major war now, and there is no need to strengthen the army.

And if the 5,000-strong southern soldiers are transferred to the pro-military guard, isn't Your Majesty worried about Qi Jiguang's rebellion?

And for good reason.

But the essential purpose, Zhu Yijun was very clear after knowing that Liuke had refuted his edict.

He knew that this was the reason why many civil officials and doctors still didn't want their soldiers and horses under the personal command of the emperor to become strong.

The emperor can only be the most respected puppet in terms of etiquette, and he can only exercise power through the civil government.

You know, they don't even want the only Jinyi Guard who is still under the direct command of the emperor to be abolished, and they don't want it to continue to exist, not to mention that this time it is to reorganize the seven guards and let the emperor directly command?

Let the military ministers of the Seven Guards directly obey the emperor's orders, bypass the civil government, and become the close ministers of the Son of Heaven.

This really touched the bottom line of most scholars and doctors in the civil service.

(End of chapter)