"It's incredible that this Jilin City can develop like this......"

At night, in a small courtyard in Jilin City, three middle-aged people wearing mandarin duck jackets gathered in the candlelight, sighing about the situation in Jilin City.

These three people are the three people selected by Zhu Yunwen from among the children of military attachés in the Great Sect last year.

After the three of them were elected, Zhu Yunwen just waved his pen, and these three people inherited their father's position one after another, and then they were sent to Shandong Deng, Lai, and Erzhou, and after recruiting 3,000 military households, they went north after the spring of this year.

On the way north, they also learned the news of the collapse of the first emperor and the accession of the emperor's grandson, so they were even more concerned about the things explained by the people in the East Palace.

It has only been two months since the three of them came to Guanwai, and it has only been more than half a month since they came to Jilin City, but even if they only have this little time, it is enough for them to figure out a lot of things.

"The King of Bohai is indeed quite talented, and he can actually use such a foreign land to raise tens of thousands of soldiers."

One of the thousand households slowly spoke, and the other also bowed his head and agreed: "Judging from the news from Na Yisha today, this King of Bohai even wants to train us and the other thousand military households to form an army. ”

"When we were in Shandong, even the coastal soldiers were only three battles and eight ploughing, but now it is a full battle here."

This person was surprised by Bohai's strength, and the other person also picked up: "Not only that, but they are all armored soldiers. ”

"There are only 18,000 soldiers in armor, even in Shandong Dusi, there are so many here."

"After all, this is outside the Guan, and you need to guard against Wuliangha and Beishan Jurchens, and it is normal for there to be many soldiers." The first to speak explained, and went further:

"What we need to figure out now is how much grain is stored in the treasury of this Bohai Sea, which is enough to support this army for how long."

"Only with that in mind will we be able to discuss with the one to the south when to do so."

"This matter can only be done by the three of us working together."

As he said this, the other two also bowed their heads, but after bowing their heads, one of them also spoke: "How many brocade guards are left in Bohai by the first emperor?" ”

"There are about 700 people, and the highest official position is already a thousand household officials." Another replied:

"I've been negotiating with them all this time, but they're always vague, and the most important thing now is to see if they can hand over the information from the Bohai Treasury, if they don't want to, it means that they are also complicit."

"The King of Bohai is really vicious, and he actually gave the military household Juntian ......"

At the mention of Juntian, the faces of the three thousand household officials all showed displeasure.

The inland guards were seriously corrupted, and the military tuntian was undoubtedly the best source of blood for them.

Although it is still the Hongwu period, there are always petty thefts.

A thousand households range from 5,000 to 1,200,300, and the number of military tun fields they are responsible for ranges from 10,000 mu to tens of thousands of mu.

But the officers of the guard station deduct a little bit per mu, and the accumulated amount is also a huge amount, so for some military attaches who have the idea of drinking the blood of soldiers from the beginning, Juntian is given to military households, which is simply cutting off their way of life, not to mention that Jilinwei's Juntian is distributed by the officials, and it does not go through the military attache at all.

For military households, such a Juntian is fairer, but for military attachés who want to drink the blood of soldiers, the entire Juntian system has nothing to do with them, so it is strange that they are not disgusted with Zhu Gaoxu.

"Let's look at the group of brocade guards first, if things change, then report to Your Majesty."

"Good!"

While the three of them were conspiring, a group of apprehensive people also ushered in the Bohai Palace, which was a mile away from them.

They walked into the carrier hall under the guidance of Yishaha, while Zhu Gaoxu sat in a high position, as if he was writing something.

"All here?"

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Zhu Gaoxu put down the pen in his hand and looked up at the group of people behind Yishaha with a smile.

In his gaze, he saw many familiar people, but he was not surprised, after all, he had long known that Lao Zhu was mixing sand into Jilin City, so he was full of trust in all the brothers of the Bohai Navy on the surface, but in private he only trusted a few of them.

"Your Highness, the last general is ashamed of your favor!"

"I'm ashamed ......"

Hu Lun, the leader of the thousand-household officials, knelt down in shame, and more than a dozen hundred-household officials, chief flag officials and others behind him also knelt down one after another, expressing their guilt to Zhu Gaoxu.

Just in the face of their shame, Zhu Gaoxu got up and left his position and walked to them.

"You didn't harm me, as for spying information, it was also my grandfather's confession, you are a courtier, so you naturally have to be loyal to my grandfather."

He helped Hu Lun and the others up, and then asked: "How many brothers in the army are willing to stand up?" ”

"A total of seven hundred and forty-nine people, divided into three groups into Jilin City, everyone is willing to stand up, but among the new four thousand military households, I am afraid that there are also new brocade guards, if His Highness needs it, the last general can picket it out."

Hu Lun dared to say this, which shows that he is sure in his heart and has that ability.

Regarding Hu Lun's refuge, Zhu Gaoxu had a smile on his face, but he didn't dare to believe Hu Lun easily in his heart, so he chuckled and said: "If that group of people wants to investigate, let them investigate, anyway, those things I have here are not guilty of death." ”

"Your Highness, please rest assured!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Hu Lun didn't know that Zhu Gaochu was testing him, so he hurriedly explained: "In the letters between the last general and others and the south, those things were never mentioned. ”

"The only thing that the last general and others are sorry for His Highness is to hand over the number of troops, cultivated fields, and people in Bohai except for Heishui City to the south."

Hu Lun blew himself up, if Zhu Gaochu had a small belly and chicken intestines, then these things were enough for Zhu Gaochu to kill him.

However, for Zhu Gaoxu, these things are not his most important things, his most important things are always on the side of Heishui City, so when he heard that Hu Lun did not know the information of Heishui City, he couldn't help but feel that his decision to let Meng Zhang and Xu Sheng lead the Jurchen soldiers to guard Heishui City was correct.

"Did you report the three events?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked about the three games, and Hu Lun also lowered his head in shame: "It was reported, but the specific output was not explained." ”

Hu Lun thought that Zhu Gaoxu would be unhappy, but he didn't want Zhu Gaoxu to chuckle and say, "In this way, I have nothing to worry about." ”

He stretched out his hand and grabbed Hu Lun's hand: "If you and the more than 700 brothers are organized into a separate family, you will be called ......."

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a few seconds, and then seemed to think of something funny, and blurted out: "Let's call it Xichang, you are the commander of Xichang, and you will be responsible for spying on intelligence for me in the Bohai Sea in the future." ”

"Of course, for the time being, I don't have anything to assign, if anything, can you use trusted colleagues to get the location of the water sub-warehouse along the canal, as well as the number of grain stored in the reserve warehouse and Changping in Su, Song, Yang, and other three prefectures?"

"This ......" Hu Lun was puzzled: "Your Highness, these things can only be known by the command of the servants, and the last general is now in the Jinyi Guard, just a hundred household officials." ”

"You're just a hundred-household official?" Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised, after all, he was familiar with Hu Lun.

Hu Lun can be one of the sixteen thousand household officials in Bohai, and he naturally has two brushes in his hands, so it is not surprising that a person like him is only a hundred household officials in Jinyiwei.

"In this way, it seems that the military attache in the brocade guard is ignorant."

Zhu Gaoxu patted Hu Lun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Is there anything else you want to tell me?" ”

"Yes, there is ......" Hu Lun nodded, and then told him about the three thousand household officials who had come to him these days and asked him to inquire about the information of the Bohai Mansion.

"Those three people are Liu Wu, He Zhu, and Li Hui, all of whom inherited their father's position to become officials of a thousand households, and their specific abilities are unknown, and among the people they brought, at least a thousand people are the soldiers they brought from Shandong."

Hu Lun dared to come to Zhu Gaoxu, naturally he brought enough information to forgive his sins.

These information allowed Zhu Gaochu to have a basic judgment on the strength of Liu Wu and the others, so Zhu Gaochu explained to Yishuha: "The armor of the four thousand households is slowly made and stored in the mansion, and when I solve Liu Wu's people, I will slowly issue armor to them." ”

"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu also turned to Hu Lun and said: "If you choose to be open and honest, then we are still brothers, you don't have to have a burden in your heart, as long as the court doesn't do anything to me, I will still keep to myself." ”

"As for the affairs of the treasury, I will ask Yishiha to write a book for you later."

"The last general is ashamed...... Hu Lun and the others felt guilty on their faces, and Zhu Gaoxu also comforted them a few more words, and then asked them to go back to rest earlier.

It was only after they left that Yishiha looked at their backs and asked, "Does Your Highness believe them?" ”

"It's not credible for the time being, but we have to see how my big brother treats me." Zhu Gaoxu replied softly, but he also said: "Since it is not credible, then why does His Highness want to say this to them?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu's question made Zhu Gaoxu silent, and after a while, seeing that he didn't speak, Yisha said tentatively: "Your Highness, do you still have any illusions about the one in the south?" ”

"Nope!" Zhu Gaoxu was categorical, but in fact, he still had a trace of luck in his heart, after all, once Zhu Di gave up the military power of the Sandu Division, then their chances of winning would already be very small.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu was also wondering if Zhu Di would hold on to the military power of the Sandu Division because of his own reminder.

Although this possibility is very small, if there is such a possibility, then coupled with the military power in his hands, will the addition of the two make Zhu Yunwen throw a mouse bogey, and then dare not cut the domain.

History has changed a lot, and even Zhu Gaoxu himself did not dare to completely follow the script in history, so he revealed his thoughts to Hu Lun and them.

As long as the imperial court doesn't do anything to him and Zhu Di, he can indeed keep to himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang was right to say that he was indecisive in major matters, and Zhu Gaoxu himself admitted that after all, rebellion was a matter of pinning his head to the waistband of his trousers.

In the eyes of later generations, a man-made rebellion in the history books seems to be a matter of one sentence.

But history is not a story, they are all flesh and blood people.

When Zhu Gaoxu was there, he realized that it was not so easy to decide to rebel.

revealed the news to Hu Lun and them, first, Zhu Gaoxu was revealing to everyone that he didn't want to rebel, and second, he also wanted to get time from Zhu Yunwen.

He only appeased less than one-fifth of the Jurchens outside the gate, and if he could appease them all, then he might be able to pull out an army of forty or fifty thousand, and the chances of winning would be greater.

He didn't consider himself a genius, or he wouldn't have thought of casting cannons and making arquebuses and flintlock pistols.

He made these things out of distrust of his own strength, because he didn't think that he could crush hundreds of thousands of people in the southern army with one or two thousand people.

"Hu Lun, how many military merits do they have in Jilin?" Zhu Gaoxu inquired about Yiha, wanting to know how many valuable things he had unknowingly given to Hu Lun's group.

"The slave maid has checked, Hu Lun alone has more than 370 acres of military merits, and although the 749 people under his command have not been carefully investigated, they estimate the total number to be no less than 30,000 mu."

There is no arrears in Bohai's military merit awards, and the benefits of more than 30,000 mu of cultivated land are very large for this group of Jinyi guards, but the actual division is not much, which is why Zhu Gaoxu did not dare to trust Hu Lun and them.

"You send news to Wang Yi, Chen Chang, Xu Sheng, and Meng Zhang, and then contact Jilin City every ten days, but if something is wrong, they can lead troops to Jilin City by themselves."

Zhu Gaoxu instructed Yi Shiha, and also made arrangements for Hu Lun and others to have questions about the treasury books: "You compile a half-truth and half-truth for Hu Lun for the documents of the treasury, and let him hand them over to Liu Wu and them." ”

"Everything else is little or nothing to write, only food, and you need to write enough to eat until the autumn harvest."

"Yes" Yisha responded as always, and he only did what Zhu Gaoxu arranged.

"How much armor is still in the treasury, how much has the reserves been recruited over there in Blackwater City, and how much armor is missing?"

Zhu Gaoxu threw out questions one after another, and after hearing it, he also began to answer them one by one.

"There are two thousand four hundred and twenty-seven sets of armor in the treasury."

"There are already more than 9,600 reserves in Blackwater City, and there are still 6,916 sets of armor missing."

"There are already 17,600 large clay molds in reserve, even if there is only one percent of the finished product, it is enough for subsequent forging of no less than 1,700 large pieces."

"As for the small pieces, the parts plus the tubes, in addition to the fifteen thousand, there are seven thousand four hundred in addition."

"The enlarged iron car parts have also been forged and can be assembled at any time, in the number of 500 vehicles."

After answering everything, Zhu Gaoxu also asked again: "How about the output of the three games?" ”

"The coal yard and the iron yard have been dug up the outermost and most difficult to dig the place, plus the cement yard and its supporting limestone yard, a total of more than 3,400 people, a monthly output of about 300,000 catties of coal, 36,000 catties of iron, the most cement employers, the most output, 1.5 million catties per month."

Yishiha told Zhu Gaochu the bottom of the three games, and the output made Zhu Gaochu very satisfied.

Even an ironworks with less iron production can produce 36,000 catties of iron, which can be used to forge artillery, and at least 200 field guns and no less than 800 sets of armor can be obtained.

According to this progress, coupled with the amount of iron in the government stock that Zhu Gaoxu knew, as long as he was determined to rebel, then Jilin City could forge no less than 700 field guns in about a month.

However, this field artillery Zhu Gaoxu could not be used so much, according to his configuration, in fact, three hundred artillery pieces were enough to use.

The clay molds he lacked were mainly siege guns and naval guns that could quickly break through the city.

"The large clay molds used in siege and ships let Wang Yuan and them prepare earlier, and the large pieces in the field can be quickly forged after drying."

Zhu Gaoxu explained to Yisha, and then walked outside the hall.

After he responded, he also left the Bohai Mansion after Zhu Gaoxu left.

Zhu Gaoxu went to the former dormitory to find Guo Yan, since Guo Yan knew that the old Zhu collapsed and Zhu Yunwen took the throne, she was very worried about Guo Ying's situation, so Zhu Gaoxu has been comforting him.

Regarding Guo Ying's situation, Zhu Gaoxu is very relieved.

Although Zhu Yunwen is arrogant, he still takes great care of the veterans left behind in the Hongwu period, especially veterans with outstanding martial arts like Guo Ying and Geng Bingwen.

He has a bad heart, but he is not stupid, and he knows who to use against whom.

Facts have also proved that Zhu Gaoxu was not wrong, at this time, Zhu Yunwen in the south did not harshly reprimand the old ministers of Hongwu who had an in-law relationship with the vassal king, but was very kind to them.

Guo Ying and others arrived in Guangning, and they received Zhu Yunwen's will to reward him, including nearly 2,000 yuan of money and money, which can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang was too generous.

It's just that for Guo Ying, he clearly remembers what Lao Zhu's policy is for treasure banknotes.

Since Zhu Gaoxu proposed the "Money Law", Zhu Yuanzhang has never used treasure money as a reward, but recycled treasure money as much as possible to keep the treasure money on the market a certain value.

Now that Zhu Yunwen has only been on the throne for less than a month and a half, he has already begun to use the treasure banknotes that were recycled back then.

Although Guo Ying didn't know how to manage money and grain, he remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Gaoxu both said that the treasure money recovered in the treasury should not be used lightly.

Thinking of this, Guo Ying gradually felt unfamiliar with the enthroned imperial grandson.

"If it is according to what Mr. said, then exempting the world from taxes is the only way to make the society harmonious, and restoring the "Zhou Li" is the way to return the world to the prosperity of Tang Yao Yongxi."

At the beginning of July, when everyone was discussing the new policy of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen in the capital of Yingtianfu was discussing "Zhou Li" with an official in his early forties.

The two of them sat in the Wuying Palace, and although Zhu Yunwen was the emperor, he faced the person in front of him with the attitude of a student.

In this regard, the man sitting opposite him was very useful, and at the same time expressed his own philosophy: "The minister thinks that the knowledge of literary writing cannot be used to govern the country, and the monarch must always rule the world by declaring benevolence and righteousness, so as to achieve the peaceful and peaceful scene of the times." ”

After his words came out, Zhu Yunwen thought so, and asked again: "Nowadays, there are many theories about cutting feudal domains in the temple, what does Mr. think?" ”

"Only by accumulating sincerity and using great virtue to tie up the heart of heaven can the court stand on the righteousness." This person said eloquently: "To cut the feudal domain, it is necessary to start with the sinners in the past, so that the imperial court occupies the righteousness, and no one in the world dares not disobey." ”

"The students think so, too!" Hearing this person's words, Zhu Yunwen bowed his head, and asked again at the same time: "Emperor Daxing has collapsed, and there is no one available to compile the "Taizu Record" at the moment, Yun Wei wants to ask Mr. to compile it, how about it?" ”

"The king has an order, and the minister naturally does his best!" Under this person's response, Zhu Yunwen also spoke to Li Quan, who was promoted to the eunuch of the seal of the celebrant next to him: "Mr. Fang has a doctor of literature, and the president has many classics of "Taizu Records" and "Class Essentials". ”

"Slave and maid lead the ......" Li Quan responded, and the person who could be called Mr. Fang by Zhu Yunwen was naturally the Jiangnan Confucian Fang Xiaoru who had cheered for him among the people before.

Hearing that his official position was promoted to a doctor of literature, Fang Xiaoru felt useful, and Zhu Yunwen also turned around and asked again:

"Recently, the students have merged with the state and county health offices, which has caused a lot of discussion among the civil and military officials above the temple, what do you think?"

"Why did Your Majesty merge the state and county guards?" Fang Xiaoru did not answer directly, but asked Zhu Yunwen instead.

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he was not angry, but directly stated the reason for his merger with the state and county health centers.

"Students think that the existence of prefectures is too redundant among the political departments, prefectures, prefectures, and counties, so merging prefectures and counties will make it easier for the imperial court to sort out the localities."

"As for merging the counties set up by Wei, it was a move that the students discussed with Emperor Gao during his lifetime."

"At that time, the students and Emperor Gao felt that there were many guards in the world, especially in the provinces in the interior, which caused a heavy burden on the people."

"If some of the guards in the interior can be merged into counties, they can be changed from military households to civilian households, and the generals will distribute tuntian to them as civilian land, then it will undoubtedly reduce the burden on the guards and make the local area more stable."

Merging the counties set up by the Wei Institute, this is a good policy of Zhu Yunwen among the many policies of Jianwen's New Deal, after all, this is a policy that has been nodded by Zhu Yuanzhang, and there is generally no problem.

However, the current reason is that due to the large number of proposed merger guards, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the local military attachés are very opposed, and this opposition makes Zhu Yunwen a little jealous.

"Since this government is benevolent, why should Your Majesty worry?" Fang Xiaoru talked eloquently.

"Throughout the ages, many powerful people have hindered the actions of the imperial court, all because the imperial court has touched their interests."

"The reason why the military attaché of this guard post is opposed is nothing more than that they are thieves and are worried that the past violations in the guard will be exposed, so they try their best to oppose it."

Fang Xiaoru labeled the military attachés of the Weisu who opposed the new policy as criminals, and Zhu Yunwen also bowed his head after hearing this: "The martial artists are vulgar, and many of them can live a life of fine clothes and food by exploiting their subordinate military households. ”

"With Mr.'s words, the students will know what to do."

"And that's not all." Hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, Fang Xiaoru also further said: "After merging the guards, how is Your Majesty going to deal with Juntuntian?" ”

"The army can be distributed to the people." He first agreed with Zhu Yunwen's policy, and then put forward his own opinions: "The division of land is a trivial matter, and what Your Majesty should worry about should be the affairs of the world." ”

"When the minister flipped through the "History of the Song Dynasty", he found that the cultivated land of the former Song Dynasty was twice that of the national dynasty, and the reason why it cannot be reached now is because there is too much wasteland in the north."

"Therefore, the minister thought that he could relocate the military households to the north, let them reclaim the wasteland, and implement the ancient well field system."

"Ida system?" Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly, but Fang Xiaoru was interested, and took the initiative to say: "There are many barren fields in the north, and a large amount of land is wasted, so the imperial court can take back the land in these places, and then summon the Jiangnan military households to practice the system of wells and fields in the north." ”

"This ......" Zhu Yunwen hesitated, the problem that Fang Xiaoru said existed, and the method was also feasible, but according to what he said, it would definitely be necessary to use the money and grain from the south to help the north.

In addition, since the land belongs to the imperial court and is not personal, it is undoubtedly a complete redundancy to let the military households go to the north to implement the Jingtian system, which is undoubtedly a complete redundant move from one guard system to another.

Besides, if all the Jiangnan military households are transferred to the north, without the supervision of the Jiangnan military households, will the squires and rich households in Jiangnan still be so honest?

Zhu Yunwen wanted to borrow their strength, so he exempted them from paying taxes, but this did not mean that Zhu Yunwen could give up monitoring them, so after thinking about it, Zhu Yunwen smiled embarrassedly: "Sir's move is indeed a good policy, but at the moment, the feudal domains are still there, and this strategy is difficult to put into practice." ”

"Your Majesty......" Fang Xiaoru wanted to say something more, but heard the sound of singing outside the hall.

"Minister Taichang Siqing Huang Zicheng (Bingbu Shangshu Qi Tai) asks to see His Majesty......"

"Biography!" Zhu Yunwen opened his mouth outside the hall, and soon saw Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai walking into the hall and bowing five times and three bows to himself.

After they were seated, they first glanced at each other with Fang Xiaoru, and then looked at Zhu Yunwen.

"How?" Zhu Yunwen's interest suddenly increased, obviously he was expecting something.

Regarding his expectations, Huang Zicheng also smiled: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the affairs of the Zhou Fan have been arranged, and now we are only waiting for Your Majesty to dispatch troops and horses." ”

"Good!" Hearing Huang Zicheng's words, Zhu Yunwen's eyes also lit up, and at the same time looked at Qi Tai: "Mr. Qi thinks, who should be sent to Henan?" ”

In the face of the inquiry, Qi Tai seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and said without thinking: "You can send Cao Guogong to Kaifeng in the name of military training, so that Cao Guogong can not only stand on His Majesty's side, but also let the military attachés of the world recognize the situation." ”

After his words were spoken, Zhu Yunwen bowed his head in satisfaction, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

"In this way, send Cao Guogong to Henan."

(End of chapter)