The royal car stopped, Zhu Ming lifted the curtain and jumped down, and shouted at Qin Hui: "What about this kind of dish? ”

Qin Hui and his brothers deliberately turned their backs to the prince, and at this moment they seemed to come back to their senses, and hurriedly turned around and held the hoe as a gesture: "Minister Qin Hui (Qin Zi) to meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhu Ming glanced at the nearby vegetable patch, pointed to a piece of vegetable that had just emerged, and because he couldn't identify what it was, he said casually: "This leek is planted well." ”

Qin Hui wanted to speak and stopped.

He wanted to show that he was good at growing vegetables, but Prince Zhu "pointed to pineapples as leeks", and instantly couldn't fix Qin Hui.

Correct it, it is equivalent to slapping the prince in the face.

If you don't correct it, you will seem to be a sycophant again, and the prince will not dare to admonish if he makes a mistake.

Fortunately, Emperor Zhu got out of the car and reprimanded his son: "There is no division between grains, those are spinach seedlings!" ”

Zhu Ming leaned over to take a closer look: "Spinach seedlings look like this?" I've only seen spinach when I grow up. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Even if you admit your mistake, you won't mistake it for leeks, right?" ”

Zhu Ming immediately learned a lesson and said: "Then if I recognize the wrong crops in the future, I will try to make the error as small as possible." ”

The two brothers of the Qin family couldn't interject at all, especially Qin Zi, he didn't expect Prince Zhu to be so funny.

Zhu Guoxiang no longer paid attention to his son, pointed to the spinach seedlings and said, "You are good." ”

Qin Hui hurriedly took the opportunity to show himself: "The minister also read the agricultural book written by the official, and he realized that there are all kinds of mysteries in the matter of crops. The same is true for planting this spinach, you have to soak it in water for a few hours, and then take it out and let it stand for a few days to germinate. After sowing, it is necessary to water thoroughly, and then cover the soil for two inches, and the seedlings can be completed in six or seven days. ”

"It's really spinach my way." Zhu Guoxiang smiled approvingly.

Qin Hui continued to pat himself without a trace: "The ministers are busy with official business, and they don't come to the field often, and they only come over occasionally on a day off." The ministers followed the rules of the official family and asked the tenants to strictly abide by them. At first, the tenants were too troublesome, saying that the emperor knew how to grow vegetables. But after planting it once, the tenants were convinced, saying that they had grown spinach for half their lives, and it was not as good as the method of the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Everything has its own nature, and we must carefully observe, experiment, and summarize. ”

"What the officials say is very true, growing vegetables is like governing the country and the people." Qin Hui echoed.

Zhu Guoxiang also said: "Spinach is excellent, simple in temperament, cold and drought tolerant, and can be grown even in winter." However, it is best planted in the summer, when it grows fastest and can be harvested in a month. ”

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Since ancient times, there has never been a big farmer like the official family, who is familiar with the habits of all things. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and if the king of a country is a good farmer, then all the people can be warm. ”

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Are you also familiar with farming?" ”

Qin Hui said: "The minister's energy is limited, and he is not as good as the official family, so he only learned some skills of growing vegetables. When it comes to planting wheat, rice, and sorghum, the minister only knows a little fur. ”

"It's already pretty good." Zhu Guoxiang praised.

Qin Hui suppressed the joy in his heart, and said, "The minister must redouble his efforts in the future." ”

Zhu Ming also praised: "You are very good, you are good at government affairs, you can grow vegetables, and you are also a leader among many courtiers." ”

Qin Hui was even more happy: "The minister is also encouraged by His Royal Highness. When the minister entered Beijing to take the exam, he happened to live in an inn with His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness's knowledge and morality directly shocked the minister. Since then, the minister has known that there is a heaven outside the sky and there are people outside the people, and the ministers can only study and do things more diligently. ”

"Hahaha, you know how to pat on the back." Zhu Ming laughed.

Qin Hui couldn't suppress his ecstasy, and a smile appeared on his face.

If someone else said that he would be a sycophant, Qin Hui would definitely think it was sarcastic. But these words came from the mouth of the prince, which shows that the prince is close to him, and it has reached the point where he can joke.

The future career is stable!

After a few words of encouragement, the father and son took the carriage back to the palace.

Qin Zi looked at the car in the distance, and said enviously: "San Lang will be in the emperor's heart from now on!" ”

Qin Hui said: "Second brother should have been remembered just now. ”

Qin Zi said worriedly: "Although San Lang doesn't come every time, but he has encountered the Heavenly Family many times, will the official family and the prince suspect anything?" ”

Qin Hui smiled and said: "The official family and the crown prince are all wise men in the world, how can they not know in their hearts? But as long as I do a good job as an official and handle all government affairs in an orderly manner, they don't care about anything else at all, but think that I am self-motivated to farm here. The reason why I come once in a while, and I don't dare to come every time, is just to avoid the suspicion of peeping into the heavenly home. ”

"San Lang is impenetrable in his work, and he admires his brother." Qin Zi was sincerely admired.

Qin Hui said: "In today's imperial court, there are few people who strive to cater to the holy will. The most successful ones are none other than Xiao Chu and Hu Anguo. They talk about the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, but they are just flattering to strengthen the imperial power, how can the emperor and the crown prince not like it? ”

Qin Zi asked, "What is the relationship between Erlang and these two?" ”

Qin Hui said: "Hu Anguo and I hit it off at first sight, and our personal relationship is still excellent, and we can refer to each other in the court in the future." ”

At this time and space, Hu Anguo was still fooled by Qin Hui after all, and he thought that Qin Hui had the talent of a prime minister who helped the people through the world.

It is estimated that one day in the future, Hu Anguo will be implicated by Qin Hui again.

Qin Hui suddenly asked: "When my brother was an official outside, he didn't bend the law for bribes, right?" The Inspectorate keeps a close eye on it, and must not lose a big one because of a small one. ”

Qin Zi said: "Big greed definitely doesn't dare, only two were exiled from neighboring counties last year. But who doesn't make a little money as an official? The little money given by the imperial court is not enough for my usual expenses. ”

Qin Hui finally felt at ease: "As long as you don't do too much, there should be no problem." ”

Before the fall of the Song Dynasty, Qin Hui had already set a strategy. He wants to be a clean official and a capable minister, and let his brother go to make money in secret, so that he will have power, fame and money.

The Qin family is too poor, a small family, and has no big clan background, so it is really difficult to support it without money.

On top of the carriage.

Zhu Guoxiang said to his son: "This person has worked hard, and he is also very good at growing vegetables." At the very least, he wrote down the chapter on growing vegetables that I wrote in my agricultural book. ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "If he doesn't have real skills, how could there be so many upright ministers to help him become the prime minister in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty in history?" This thing deceived many capable officials, and it was not until his true form was revealed that countless people were so angry that they parted ways with him. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Qin Hui is so good at being an official and a person, he really can't just find a reason to start." ”

"For the time being," Zhu Ming said, "if he doesn't make big mistakes in his life, I'll admit that he's really awesome." ”

The rest of the day passed quickly, and Prince Zhu began to work all day again.

Fu Zhirou brought a document: "Your Highness, this is a military reform plan jointly drafted by the Generalissimo's Office, the Privy Council, and the Ministry of War. ”

"It's done so quickly?" Zhu Ming was a little surprised.

The army of the Song Dynasty was divided into the forbidden army, the box army, the township soldiers and the fan soldiers.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the number of forbidden troops reached its peak, with a total of 676,000 people on paper. Most of them are stationed in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, but many are scattered throughout the country.

Li Gang claimed that the forbidden army was short of one-third of the city.

There is a clear reservation in this statement, and the actual shortfall is at least more than one-half.

The phenomenon of the Hebei forbidden army eating empty salaries is the most serious, among the ten forbidden armies, there are only two or three real people, and the rest are all void soldiers.

There were also hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Song Dynasty, who not only ate empty salaries, but also deducted them at will, and used them as coolies.

The current Ming Dynasty has basically recovered the territory of the former Song Dynasty, and the army should also be cleaned up.

In addition, Zhu Ming also changed the names of the forbidden army, the box army, and the township soldiers to the field army, garrison army, and militia.

The field army is tentatively set at 200,000 people, including some regular civilian and logistical personnel.

The garrison force is tentatively set at 330,000 people, and its distribution is: 30,000 in Gyeonggi, 50,000 in Hebei, 50,000 in Shanxi, 50,000 in Shaanxi, 30,000 in Shandong, 20,000 in Henan, 20,000 in Sichuan, and 10,000 each in Huainan, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, and Guangxi.

In addition, there are 180,000 Cao troops, and post stations and delivery shops in various places are also included in the Cao army system.

There are also 30,000 sailors, divided into navies and river and lake navies.

The local anti-smuggling, anti-bandit, and inspection tasks were all entrusted to the garrison and the naval division.

These are temporary formations, with a total of 740,000 troops.

When the Jin State is destroyed, the garrisons of Hebei and Shanxi will be reduced. When the Western Xia is destroyed, the Shaanxi garrison will also be reduced.

If you want to conquer the southwest, the garrison of the corresponding province will increase.

The military salary of the Ming Field Army was issued according to the specifications of the middle and upper forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then slightly adjusted upward. The monthly salary is 600 to 1,500 wen (from small soldiers to junior officers), in addition to food every month, and clothes in summer and winter. There is an additional allowance when marching into battle.

The food and salary of the Ming garrison were adjusted up and down according to the specifications of the middle forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty. The monthly salary is 400 to 1,200 Wen, and there are also food, clothes, and allowances.

If the unit is stationed in an area with higher prices, there is also a corresponding subsistence allowance.

The salary of the Cao army is slightly lower than that of the garrison army, and when it receives the transportation task, it will also pay additional allowances.

The navy and the river and lake naval forces have food and salary between the field army and the garrison army.

For the troops of 740,000 people, the daily military salary is 600,000 guan per month (the Ming court only talks about the full hundred), and the annual military salary expenditure is 7.2 million guan.

The 7.2 million yuan is only a military salary, and does not include food, clothing, and allowances.

It does not include other logistics and military expenses!

In addition, the cavalry spent special money, and the various expenses of the war horse were not counted.

If this set of standards is followed, even if weapons and equipment are no longer built, they will no longer go out to fight in the army. Including food, maintenance, and various allowances, the annual military expenditure is estimated to exceed 12 million yuan.

Once the war starts, military spending will rise gradually!

Fu Zhirou said: "The Ministry of War showed it to the Ministry of Households, and the officials of the Ministry of Households thought that the salaries set for the garrison and the Cao army were too high. ”

"Maybe it's so high, is it okay not to starve to death like the former Song Dynasty?" Zhu Ming asked rhetorically.

The inferior forbidden army and the box army in the Song Dynasty lived no different life like beggars, and most of them had to rely on their own work to make a living. If you only rely on actual salaries, it will be difficult to support yourself, let alone your family.

Fu Zhiju said: "They say that the price of rice in the new dynasty is stable, and it has dropped in all places, even if the military salary remains the same, it is better than the former Song soldiers." ”

"Fart!"

Zhu Ming said: "Let Qian Chen find a way to make money." Don't embarrass him, he won't fight big battles this year, only fight some small battles in Shanxi. ”

(End of chapter)