Chapter 24: The vassal kings provide for the eunuchs

"The question you said, I have already thought about it, there is no need to think of other ways to deal with the land, you can directly turn Nanhaizi into the camp of the New Guards Army!" Zhu Youzhen said with a wave of his big hand.

When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked.

If the territory of the Nanhaizi Pure Army is occupied, where will the 30,000 or 40,000 Pure Army eunuchs go?

"Your Majesty, what about the Pure Army?" Shi Fenglai asked.

If the 30,000 or 40,000 eunuchs have no land to support, do they want the household to distribute silver?

"You don't have to be afraid, I have already thought about this problem, the Nanhaizi Pure Army is also a group of loyal and good minions, if you keep them in the capital division, it will be a bit overkill, I have decided to organize all the 30,000 pure troops into official internal officials, and send all of them to various palaces to serve as guards and accompanying eunuchs for the vassal kings!"

When Zhu Youzhen said this, the smile on his face could hardly be hidden.

Seeing this, Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Weixian, the British minister, all understood the mind of the Ming Emperor!

They couldn't help but be amazed by the idea!

The issue of the resettlement of the 40,000 pure army is a rather thorny issue.

The eunuchs of the Jingjun are basically people who do not have a eunuch establishment, and in modern terms, they are basically temporary workers in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the treatment of these temporary workers is quite good, each of them is a military salary of eighteen taels of silver a year, plus weapons, equipment, armor, etc., all of which are not a small expense.

If the net army is abolished, for Zhu Youzhen, it will definitely be a big burden to get rid of it.

However, once the future of the more than 40,000 eunuchs is gone, it is easy to cause a big mess, and ordinary people dare not deal with it easily.

The method that Zhu Youzhen said today is very perfect.

Who is the richest in the Ming Dynasty now? It was definitely not the Ming court, but the civil officials and vassal kings.

The feudal kings were far fewer in number than the civil officials, and they had a lot of wealth in their hands, but they did not have to pay taxes.

Zhu Youzhen had long seen that they were not pleasing to the eye, and now he rewarded them with more than 40,000 eunuchs and let them raise them.

Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, also understood Zhu Youzhen's thoughts as the emperor, and hurriedly gave full play to his true colors as the first assistant of the sycophants, and praised Zhu Youzhen.

"Your Majesty is wise, these vassal kings are restricted in their lives, and they already lack eunuch service, and now Your Majesty rewards them with internal officials, I believe that I will be grateful to Your Majesty!" Huang Li said loudly.

Zhu Youzhen is not a fool, of course he will not really believe such a statement.

It's just that Huang Liji's statement represents the attitude of most officials, so that the Ming Dynasty can unite together to pit the vassal king.

"Okay, since the cabinet also agrees, then I won't issue a decree, and the cabinet will draft it, and then sign it directly with the celebrant supervisor." Zhu Youzhen said with a smile.

The central decree of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to an order issued in the emperor's personal name, and although it was also effective, it would be openly resisted by many feudal kings or civil officials.

And the decree jointly issued by the cabinet and the celebrant made it impossible for them to resist.

"After the reorganization of the Jing Army, the land saved is the camp of the Ming Guards."

"Now there are only 3,000 people in the Ming Guard, and I have decided to expand it to 30,000, so there is still a shortage of 27,000 people."

"I have decided to select 7,000 people from the border army, and then recruit the remaining 20,000 from the people!"