In the past, Xu Jingchang really didn't have any goals, and he didn't even think about it seriously, but Zhu Di suddenly brought it up, and then his aunt and Zhu Da Fat Man came up, and a bunch of people came up...... Xu Jingchang didn't feel the excitement of starting a family, only endless troubles.

But today, a highly respected talented woman in Jiangnan can't compare to the ordinary girls who laugh and laugh around her, which makes Xu Jingchang feel like he is in the midst of happiness and does not know the blessing...... It's just that she looks like the daughter of Huang Guan, and she's not an ordinary girl!

Thinking about it again, Xu Jingchang calculated it even more, in comparison, Xia Yuanji is a scholar, Huang Guan is also a scholar, Xia Yuanji has a lot of power in the court, but Huang Guan is quite prestigious in Shilin, and the six heads of Kuiyuan are not blown.

The two sides are completely evenly matched, and the rest depends on how the two girls are......

Xu Jingchang's mind moved. His mind turned very quickly, "Xia Shangshu, after eating this meal, the two of us will discuss how to abolish the guard." What do you think of arranging a person to record next to you? ”

Xia Yuan Jiduo is shrewd, and when he saw Xu Jingchang looking at his niece, he smiled, "Yes, let my niece come, she is proficient in writing and ink, and her handwriting is also good-looking." She is responsible for copying Buddhist scriptures at home. ”

Xu Jingchang smiled: "Then there is Miss Laoxia." ”

Then Xu Jingchang got up and took out a set of four treasures of the study, what Xu Fu could take out was naturally not ordinary.

Xia Yuanji was even more secretly happy in his heart, is this a gift by writing?

This kid is quite scheming.

After eating something, they started talking.

"Xia Shangshu, the guards to be abolished this time are mainly in the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, and the Governor's Mansion of the former Army."

The so-called Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is the collective name of the five Governor's Mansions in the front, back, left and right.

Among them, the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army is responsible for the area around Tianfu, which is about Jiangsu and Anhui, and guards the capital...... According to reason, this is the most important part of the guards, but unfortunately, it is also the most completely destroyed in the Battle of Jingjing, and the remaining guards are also facing the situation of losing all the land and fleeing the military households.

It is the focus of this retrenchment.

In addition, the Left Army Governor's Office, leading Zhejiang, Shandong, and Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong is good, but Shandong is the hardest hit area of Jingnan, and Zhejiang is too good for economic development, with a large population, encroaching on fields, and it is difficult to maintain the guards, and it also needs to be rectified.

The former military governor's office led the four capital divisions of Fujian, Jiangxi, Huguang and Guangdong, of which Jiangxi and Huguang belonged to the hinterland and were also grain producing areas.

Along with the change of rice into mulberry in the south of the Yangtze River and the development of trade, it is inevitable to transfer grain from Huguang and Jiangxi...... In these two places, the abolition of health posts, the re-examination of land, and the reorganization of finances and taxes will not only enrich the national treasury, but also ensure food security, so it is necessary to take a heavy hand.

Among the governors of the five armies, the governor's office of the right army is responsible for several capitals in the southwest, plus Shaanxi, all of which are important frontier areas and cannot be moved. The Houjun Governor's Mansion is responsible for Beiping, Daning and Shanxi, and it is an important town on the nine sides, and the land of Longxing cannot be moved.

So the focus is on these three places.

Xia Yuanji said happily: "After the abolition of these guards, the imperial court can recover tens of millions of acres of fertile land, increase the household registration by one million, and open sources and reduce expenditure, nothing more than this!" The merit of this matter lies in the community, and the benefit lies in the future! ”

Xu Jingchang smiled faintly, "What about the guards officer?" ”

Xia Yuanji was stunned, "Naturally, it was retrenched...... I mean, the court can't ignore it, give each of them three months, or a year! With money, they won't make trouble. ”

Xu Jingchang directly gave him a big roll of the eyes, "Lao Xia, if you really cut it like this, hand it over, and we will both have our heads on the ground when we turn around." If you want to die, it's not the way to die. ”

Xia Yuanji said with a stiff face: "Dingguo Gong, you can't say that, saving expenses, benefiting the country and the people, with the support of His Majesty, people of insight from the government and the opposition will also agree, what are you worried about?" ”

"What am I worried about? This is the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people, and they are all generals who lead the army, at least a hundred households...... Suddenly cut off their way of life, which forced them to go up the mountain to be thieves. One in ten of them picked up a knife and gun, and they could turn the Ming Dynasty upside down, you know? ”

Xia Yuanji snorted: "These guards have long been rotten, how can they fight?" What's more, the elite soldiers of the imperial court are strong, and there are really people who rebel, and they can send troops to exterminate them, which is as easy as a snap. ”

"Against what? Don't forget, those soldiers who are going to be sent to suppress the bandits are also from the guards, let them go to exterminate the robes, the rabbits die and the foxes are sad, and the things are injured, in case anyone can't think of it, and give all the weapons and food to the thieves, what should they do? ”

Xu Jingchang was unceremonious, "What we are discussing today is not how to abolish the guards, but how to resettle the officers and soldiers of the guards, and to give them reasonable treatment. ”

Xu Jingchang and Xia Yuanji, you come and go, the more the discussion becomes, the more intense it becomes, Miss Xia is holding the pen, and she can deal with it calmly at first, but she soon seems to be flustered, no matter how she moves the pen like flying, it is difficult to parry...... In the end, Xu Jingchang and Xia Yuanji discussed the specific treatment, and a series of numbers came out of the mouths of the two people, and Miss Xia gave up directly.

She was sweating and panting from her forehead.

It was Miss Huang, she didn't record it, she just poured tea and stored water, and when she saw that Miss Xia was embarrassed, she added a cup of mint tea to let her dissipate her anger.

The things that their men argue about have nothing to do with us, and they don't need to get along with themselves.

Xu Jingchang and Xia Yuanji discussed to the end, and both sides also had a showdown...... Xu Jingchang's side demanded the establishment of a martial arts school immediately, and demanded that the generals of the guard, including their children, enter Beijing immediately...... The imperial court expanded the Beijing camp by 100,000, and all the generals who passed the examination and passed the examination were charged into the forbidden army, and their salaries were doubled.

Those who are not qualified will return to their hometowns, but the court will pay a sum of money to redeem their hereditary positions...... The place will also take out the position of two minor officials and leave it to these people.

The household department needs to allocate 10 million taels for the dismantling of the guard post as a special fund.

Also, this time the income from going to the West will also be taken out and used to develop martial arts.

In addition, Xu Jingchang asked the local commanders to select the strong from among the soldiers of the guard post and reduce them to local garrison soldiers and horses. Those who do not pass should also be given the land in full, so that they can live in peace and not be left without food.

Moreover, it is necessary to dismantle the guard post and settle the soldiers as a local assessment, and those who fail to pass the test will be immediately dismissed.

"I'm quitting!"

Xia Yuanji directly took the case, "Dingguo Gong, if it is such a layoff plan, the imperial court will spend more money and bear a heavier burden, I will withdraw the proposal now, I oppose the elimination of the guard." ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Xia Shangshu, if you don't do this, something happens, are you responsible?" ”

Xia Yuanji said politely: "I can see through, you nominally abolished the guard, but in fact you are still inclined to martial artists, I will definitely write to Your Majesty and ask for a holy judgment!" ”

Saying that, Xia Yuanji got up and said to his niece, "Let's go, let's go home." ”

As if she had been pardoned, Miss Xia hurriedly got up and fled from this terrible place as soon as possible.

She didn't understand what the two of them were arguing about, and she couldn't imagine that someone would dare to be so angry with her uncle, he was so fierce, and there would definitely be no good end if he married.

This guy won't beat his wife, right?

No, it's terrible, I'm going home!

Miss Xia almost ran away from Xu's mansion.

Xu Jingchang sent the two away, shook his head slightly, and when he turned around, Miss Huang was pouring him a cup of tea.

"I'm tired of arguing, moisten my throat."

Xu Jingchang nodded, curious: "You know what the two of us are arguing about, right?" ”

Miss Huang smiled: "I can understand it, but I don't need to understand." ”

"Why?"

"If you are not in your position, you can't do your job, and you can do your job well, that's it."

Xu Jingchang couldn't help but nodded, "Miss Huang really has a good pattern and a good ......."

Miss Huang smiled faintly, "I don't deserve the praise of the Duke of Dingguo...... It's just that in the past two years, I've also seen a lot of officials doing nonsense. You think about it thoughtfully, but some people just indulge in enjoyment and don't want to get out of their comfort zone. Dingguo Gong has the heart of a bodhisattva, but he must also have a thunderbolt method, otherwise there will still be chaos. ”

Xu Jingchang was surprised for a while, and couldn't help but stretch out his thumb, "Miss Huang, you obviously understand it very well!" This insight is truly extraordinary. When I turned around, I wrote a letter and suggested that Your Majesty should assign generals in the army to go to various prefectures and departments to take command and avoid chaos. ”

Miss Huang nodded slightly, "Dingguo Gong, if there is nothing wrong, the little girl will leave." ”

"Wait."

Xu Jingchang turned around again, took out a delicate wooden box, and sent it to Miss Huang.

"Let's see."

Miss Huang opened the box and found that there was also a set of four treasures in the study, although Xu Jingchang had just taken out it was already a treasure, but this set instantly killed that set.

The inkstone used by Su Dongpo, the ink of Song Huizong, and the Chengxin Hall of Li Houzhu...... Although the pen is a little worse, it is also made of fine mutton fat white jade, and if you look closely, there is also the engraving of the jade craftsman in the palace.

When Miss Huang saw this, she couldn't help but be stunned, but quickly calmed down, "Dingguo Gong, I'm afraid this thing is too valuable, right?" ”

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Ling Zun is the sixth head of the Kui Yuan, and the four treasures of the study are placed here by me, which is also a waste of things, and it is given to your family, which is just commensurate with the scholarly family." ”

Miss Huang hesitated for a moment, but nodded, and accepted it.

Xu Jingchang looked at another set, which was used by Miss Xia, and she ran away from the desert without cleaning it up. He walked over and looked at the handwriting again.

It's really delicate, but it's obviously flustered in the back, and there are sweat stains on the paper...... Xu Jingchang sighed slightly, he turned his head and took a copy of the briefing note that Miss Huang had written for him in the past few days and sandwiched it in the paper.

Then he instructed: "Wrap up this set of four treasures of the study, prepare another hundred taels of gold, and send it to the Xia Mansion, which is my return." ”

The family agreed and hurriedly went to do it.

Xia Yuanji, who had just been angry, returned to the mansion and heard that Xu Jingchang had given a gift...... Lao Xia is quite happy, official affairs are put aside, and private affairs still have to be done.

But when he unfolded the gift, he frowned.

What do you mean kid?

Obviously the daughter of a daughter, you sent a hundred gold, do you look down on our Xia family?

(End of chapter)