[Outside, the Shengshi Jingshi received the Han Dynasty and the stars fell, and Shengge was everywhere upstairs, while you were fighting at night with the overwhelming clerical cases in the yamen of the military department. 】

[After His Majesty succeeded to the throne today, the importance of the military department has skyrocketed, and its status among the six departments is second only to the ministry of officials. The official department is also known as "Heavenly Official" or "Otsuka Zai", while the military department is also known as "Xia Guan" or "Great Sima". 】

[Among the six departments today, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Soldiers, and the Ministry of Households are called the upper three, while the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry are called the lower three. 】

[Needless to say, the officials in charge of the transfer of officials have always been the head of the six departments, except for the officials, most of the other five departments are different because of the different dynasties. Although the household department is in charge of the world's money, but because the tax is now stripped out and managed by the tax governor, the actual power has greatly declined. 】

[The first Zaifu Xia Yuanji of the Hengjing Dynasty was born in the household department, and the first assistant of the cabinet concurrently served as the sixth Shangshu, which was also the precedent of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the first Zaifu of the Ming Dynasty in the real sense. And the two cabinet assistants, Yang Rong and Su Wu, both became cabinet chiefs after taking over the household department. 】

[And the military department can be ranked in the top three, and even overpower the household department, because after His Majesty the Emperor Hengjing ascended the throne, the speed of the Ming Dynasty's external expansion was too fast, and in just nine years, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was almost twice that of the Hongwu Dynasty! 】

[As the country becomes more and more vast, the biggest benefit is nothing more than the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. The larger the territory, the more the officials and armies under the world need to expand, and in the 26th year of Hongwu, the total number of troops in the whole country was 2.8 million, which is an extremely astonishing number. 】

[At its peak, the Han Dynasty had a total strength of 700,000 troops, but throughout the two Han Dynasty, the standing army was only maintained at about 300,000. In the powerful Tang Dynasty, the standing army of the whole country was only 300,000; The Northern Song Dynasty, which invested seventy percent of the country's fiscal revenue in the army, was less than 1.3 million at its peak; As for the Southern Song Dynasty, which lost a large amount of land, the national military strength remained at around 400,000. 】

[The total strength of the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty combined was 2.7 million, and the total strength of the four dynasties was less than the 2.8 million of the Hongwu Dynasty. However, in today's Hengjing Dynasty, the standing army is 6.5 million. 】

[6.5 million, this is still the number after a major disarmament, before the great disarmament, the national army of the Ming Dynasty was about nearly eight million. 】

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Rao is Zhu Di, and he couldn't help but be taken aback at this time.

The total number of troops in the country is 8 million!

What is this Nima?!

The national strength of the Hengjing Dynasty is one-fifth of the total population of the Yongle Dynasty?

When the Hongwu Dynasty was founded, the total population of the Ming Dynasty was about 60 million, and in the second year of Yongle, the population grew negatively to 50 million.

Under Zhu Di's conscientious governance, in the tenth year of Yongle, the total population of the Ming Dynasty recovered to 65 million, but after the statistics of the eleventh year of Yongle, it suddenly fell to 51 million. Because some people are hiding the population, this kind of thing is not uncommon, and the local government reduces taxes by concealing the population, which is the general trend, although Zhu Di tries his best to save it, but it is still to no avail.

Fortunately, after Zhu Gaoxian set up the Tax Supervision Yuan and reformed the tax system, this phenomenon eased slightly. Because the local forces found that even if they concealed the population, they needed to pay taxes to the imperial court under the pressure of the tax superintendent, and the tax rate of the black tax was much higher than that of the white tax.

Therefore, in just half a year after the establishment of the Tax Supervision Yuan, the total population of the Yongle Dynasty surged to more than 70 million!

Even if the total population comes up, the total strength of the Hengjing Dynasty of eight million is still terrifying, this is a suffocating number, how can the imperial court afford the total strength of eight million? How did you manage it?

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been constantly conquering, so the total strength of the whole country has been high, Zhu Di thought that the total strength of two or three million was already the limit, because once this number was exceeded, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty could not bear it at all, and even went out of control!

Once the total strength of the whole country exceeds the limit, it will go to irretrievable destruction, doesn't Zhu Gaoxian know this truth?

Zhu Di was puzzled, so he could only watch patiently.

[The war has brought great disasters, countless people have been displaced in the war, the flames of war are like locusts flying through the fields, and no grass grows in the places they pass, and countless people have died in the war, not only the war damage of the army, but also the civilians who died. 】

[Although His Majesty has never slaughtered civilians, war is war after all, and in the midst of war, civilians will always die the most. When the Ming army faced a foreign race, it was impossible for them to delay their fighters because they had to go to avoid the death of enemy civilians. 】

[In the first year of Hengjing, Emperor Hengjing, who had just succeeded to the throne, launched a war and declared war on the Great Luo Kingdom, at that time you did not understand the thoughts of the new emperor, and thought that His Majesty was a faint monarch who was very happy. 】

[At that time, the new emperor carefully read your recital, and summoned you into the palace to face the saint, you still thought that the emperor suddenly woke up to the prodigal son and turned back, you saw yourself as Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty, and regarded His Majesty as Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and gladly entered the palace to meet you. However, it is not the favor of the emperor that awaits you, but a ruthless deposition. 】

[The new emperor deprived you of all your positions, and after the Daluo Kingdom was destroyed by the Ming army, he changed the establishment of Tianzhu Province and let you serve as a small official in the Tianzhu Chengxuan Political Envoy Division. 】

[That time is the darkest time in your life, you feel that you were born at the wrong time, although you have great ambitions, you can't afford to be depressed, Hengjing, a faint gentleman, has eyes and no beads and can't recognize people. During that time, you drank excessively and indulged in drunken dreams and death. 】

[However, Yu Qian is Yu Qian after all, it didn't take long for you to stand up again, Emperor Hengjing degraded you to a small official, then you should be a good little official, you have to be the first official in the world! ] You don't want to prove anything to the world or Emperor Hengjing, you just want to be yourself and be your ideal self. 】

Zhu Di sighed when he saw this.

Yu Qian is a talent, but it's a pity that he is still too immature.

Based on Zhu Di's understanding of Zhu Gaoxian, this kid is by no means a person who is happy with great achievements, this is a person who climbs his power and scheming to the extreme. The new emperor ascended the throne and went out to crusade, which was to announce to the world that the Ming Dynasty had lost the Yongle Emperor, but the Ming Dynasty did not collapse because of this, and the new emperor was still the most wise and heroic emperor, in order to calm the hearts of the people in the world and revitalize the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the premise is that this emperor is really capable, otherwise it is better to squat honestly at home, there is no shame in squatting at home, and the shame is to lose the battle as soon as he ascends the throne.

Obviously, Zhu Gaoxian belongs to the type of emperor who is really capable.

Yu Qian is too young, he can't see this, he is the position of "people" to look up to the "emperor", and in the end he only sees the clouds and mist and can't see the top of the mountain.

If nothing else, he should have stopped here for the rest of his life, paying a heavy price for his youthfulness......

Wait a minute!

Zhu Di suddenly realized a problem: Yu Qian was demoted to a minor official in the first year of Hengjing, but Yu Qian in the ninth year of Hengjing was an important minister of the court of the Ministry of War.

How did he do it?

When simulating Zhu Gaoxian's identity as Emperor Hengjing twice, the first time was the imperial domineering when Zhu Gaoxian first ascended the throne, and the second time was when Zhu Gaoxian paved the way for the heir of the empire in his later years.

And this simulation of Yu Qian, which took place in the early and middle stages of the Hengjing Dynasty, was at the time of construction, and from Yu Qian's perspective, he appreciated more of the development of the empire.

This is a completely different experience, the first two times he simulated Hengjingchao, he only felt very proud and relieved. But this simulation, he felt that it was completely outrageous.

Outrageous!

How did Zhu Gaoxian do these things?

It's not just about pulling out a seed, he's throwing a seed, and letting it take root the next day and grow into a towering tree that allows him to pick the fruit.

For other dynasties and other emperors, such a toss, not to mention the rapid development of the country, it is clear that the country will decline rapidly!

However, in the hands of Zhu Gaoxian, Daming did not decline because of too fast steps, but successfully climbed to the top again and again in an incomprehensible way!

[You have been a small official in Tianzhu Province for three years, and three years of tempering have made you from a high-spirited madman, with full wings to a calm official. In the past three years, you have inspected every piece of land in Tianzhu Province, and you have been surprised to find that after the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, the Daluo Kingdom is too different from what you imagined. 】

[The Ming Dynasty destroyed the Daluo Kingdom, but also established a glorious Tianzhu Province on the ruins of the Daluo Kingdom, and in just three years, the Ming Dynasty established one system after another in Tianzhu. What the imperial court did was not only to continuously establish the Han Academy in the practice of assimilation, simple brainwashing could not solve the problem, they brought Tianzhu Province to a new height, so that Tianzhu people lived a rich life that they could not think of before. 】

Destruction is the rebirth of salvation. 】

[And you, who want to understand these things, have become more and more calm, and you are determined to do your own errands, and you think there is nothing wrong with being a small official. You have abandoned the Confucianism you have received since childhood, because you feel that Confucianism is useless in doing practical things, and everything Your Majesty does today is contrary to Confucianism, but Confucianism seems so pale in front of Your Majesty's thoughts. 】

[If there is a god in the world, then this god will only be Emperor Hengjing. 】

[In the fourth year of Hengjing, His Majesty suddenly issued an order to recall you from Tianzhu Province to Beijing and promote you to the left squire of the Zhengsanpin Military Department. 】

[This can be described as a step to the sky, the moment you return to the capital to face the saint, you bow your head to Your Majesty from the bottom of your heart. 】

[Only then do you understand that Your Majesty is not angry and wants to hide you because of your negligence back then, he values your talent and lets you sharpen in Tianzhu Province, you have gained too much in the past three years, and it can even be said that "Tianzhu enlightened the Tao and became an immortal." 】

[There is no more complaint to Your Majesty in your heart, but reverence as if you look up to the gods. 】

[In the second year of your promotion to the left squire of the Ministry of War, Shangshu of the Ministry of War returned to his hometown, and you took over the position of Lord Shangshu and became the new leader of the Ministry of War. 】

Zhu Di exclaimed: "Good boy, it turns out that you are playing this hand with me." ”

After reading the ins and outs of Yu Qian's five years as an official in the Hengjing Dynasty, Zhu Di can be regarded as understanding Zhu Gaoxian's perfect way of being a king.

At first, it seemed that Yu Qian was hidden in the snow, but in fact, it was tempered, and in the end, an unruly and frivolous Yu Qian was forged into a calm blade, making Yu Qian return to his heart.

It's amazing!

[When you were reviewing and correcting documents in the military department, you suddenly heard footsteps, and when you looked back, it was Your Majesty who came unannounced. 】

[Your Majesty is dressed in a red dragon robe, with his hands behind his back, he is in the prime of life, and he is even more majestic as an emperor, but in your eyes, His Majesty is very kind and pleasant, and you hurriedly saluted: "I don't know if Your Majesty has missed the distance when you drive to the minister, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins." ”】

"It's okay. His Majesty smiled lightly, "I just passed by and saw that your yamen of the military department was bright, so I came in to take a look, but I didn't expect Yu Qing to fight at night on this Shangyuan Festival, I am very relieved, but I should rest or rest, don't burn my body." Yu Qing is a virtuous minister who governs the country and the cornerstone of the dynasty, and you are still young, so you should put your body first. ”】

[You are both a little flattered and a little confused when you hear this. 】

[I was flattered because of His Majesty's love and praise, and I was stunned...... It's because you think that today is the Shangyuan Festival, and every year the itinerary of His Majesty the Emperor should be full of arrangements, and from the second watch, you should lead the people in the inner palace to take a small car to the gatehouse of Xuande Gate to watch Ao Mountain, and then there are a series of arrangements, and it is impossible to have time to pass by the Yamen of the Ministry of War. What's more, even if you look at the main gate of the yamen of the Ministry of War, you can't see that the lights are still on in the room where you work. 】

[This can only mean one thing, that is, Your Majesty deliberately took time out to come to the military department, and he came to see you. 】

[Thinking of these, you feel that your feet are off the ground, and your mind is about to fly to the moon and Chang'e Niangniang side by side, Your Majesty actually came to visit you in this Shangyuan Festival, what a Longen! 】

[But your Yu Qian's thinking is very different from ordinary people, if you are so valued by Your Majesty as someone else, you will only kneel down on the spot to thank you to show your loyalty, and make a look of being willing to bow and die for Your Majesty, but after you reacted, you picked up the document on the spot and asked Your Majesty for instructions. 】

[Just kidding, Shane comes second, work comes first.] 】

[It's useless to talk nonsense, two more facts are the greatest reward for Your Majesty. 】

[You took the document and said seriously: "The minister has a few things that I don't understand, and I ask Your Majesty to show ......"]

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