"Squeak"

In the early morning of June, a carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the Marquis of Wuding's mansion.

Under the surprised gaze of the Hou Mansion guards, Zhu Gaoxu stepped down from the carriage, followed by more than 100 cavalry as escorts.

"See Your Highness!"

As the guards of the Hou Mansion, many of them had seen Zhu Gaoxu when they escorted Guo Yan to the north, and naturally knew that their aunt Sun had returned home, so they saluted one after another.

"Let's all get up, my grandfather-in-law is in the house, right?"

"In!"

Zhu Gaochu asked, the guards hurriedly responded, and when he heard this, Zhu Gaochu also raised his head and walked into the mansion of the Marquis of Wuding.

Seeing him walk in, the guards also hurriedly ran to the back door to inform the porter maids, and asked them to tell Guo Ying that the prince was coming.

Everyone knows that there is only one prince today, and he is still the grandson of his own mansion, so the entire Wuding Marquis Mansion began to be busy.

In such a hectic situation, Guo Ying looked up in confusion: "What's going on in the house?" How do chickens fly and dogs jump? ”

"Daddy! The prince is here! ”

As Guo Ying's fourth son, Guo Yong, the current governor of the Chinese Army, trotted all the way into the study, and Guo Ying, who heard the words, frowned and leaned back on the chair.

Guo Yong looked at him like this, and immediately complained: "Dad, the prince has come to the door, what are you still doing here?" ”

"What am I going to do?" Guo Ying asked Guo Yong rhetorically: "Anyway, the people who are about to enter the ground, what do he want to arrest or do, it's up to him." ”

"Don't make trouble...... Guo Yong wanted to cry without tears, his eldest brother and second brother were gone, and the Marquis of Wuding Mansion relied on Guo Ying to support him.

When Zhu Gaoxu surrounded the capital, Guo Yong almost clapped his hands with joy, so that he was also the most active among those who surrendered later.

He is not Guo Yan's father, but he is Guo Yan's fourth uncle, so he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor.

As long as you hug Zhu Gaoxu's thighs a little, maybe you can become a prince of the country.

Even Guo Yong suspected that if it weren't for his father and Jianwen's advice, his family would have been the Guogong Mansion by now.

"Shijun Zhilu, Emperor Gao treats me like this, I can't sit still and don't care about anything."

"If he thinks I'm doing something wrong, he'll cut me off."

"Daddy......"

"But no one said that Grandpa Yue's actions were wrong!"

Guo Ying's words were hard, Guo Yong heard it and hurriedly wanted to dissuade him, but before he could speak, Zhu Gaoxu's voice had already appeared.

Guo Ying and Guo Yong subconsciously looked at the door, and sure enough, they saw Zhu Gaoxu walking into the study.

He glanced at Guo Yong, and then looked at Guo Ying, the attitude of a superior who looked down on people, full of oppression.

The last time Guo Ying felt it, it was Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Zhu Gaoxu's figure is taller and burlier than Zhu Yuanzhang, and his eyes are more aggressive, so the sense of oppression is heavier.

"I heard what my grandfather did, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with it."

"But now that Jianwen has self-immolated, Grandfather-in-law doesn't have to continue to be foolish."

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for Guo Ying.

"The crown princess will go south in a few days, and I don't want my grandfather-in-law to embarrass her......"

Zhu Gaoxu handed out the teacup and looked at Guo Ying, and this was also the reunion of the two after many years of absence.

I have to say that Zhu Gaoxu is even more feared than when he was in Wuliangha Bald City.

Guo Ying stretched out his hand and took the teacup, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Anyway, I'm old, if there is anything you tell me, this unfilial fourth son." ”

After that, he drank the tea, which was very hot, but Guo Ying drank it.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw it, he also knew that he really didn't have the heart to continue to be an official in the court, so he said: "In recent days, there have always been people chewing on the root of their tongue outside, saying that my grandfather-in-law doesn't like my father. ”

"It's just that I came to see it today, I'm afraid it's a mistake......"

"Yes, yes, yes! It's wrong! Guo Yong hurriedly played a round when he heard this, but Guo Ying also calmly did not speak.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu also knew that Guo Ying probably said this kind of thing, otherwise he would not have been caught by others.

But now that I'm here, and if there are still people chasing after the wind, things won't be so easy to get along.

"Since it's a mistake, then I'll go, as for the fourth uncle's side, let's do things in the position of the servant for the time being."

"If my grandfather-in-law has time, please come into the palace to say hello to my father, after all, my father is also very nostalgic for the time when he worked with my grandfather-in-law in Beiping."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Guo Yong, Guo Yong was overjoyed when he heard this, and was glad that his official position had been preserved.

However, Guo Ying is not as rebellious as before, in the end, if he is really rebellious, he will not live until now, and he should have been targeted in the Hongwu period a long time ago.

Turning to leave, Zhu Gaoxu cured Guo Ying's temper with just a few words.

Guo Yong sent him out of the house with a smile all the way, and sent him to the car after a while, until after his carriage left, Guo Yong also ordered people to set off firecrackers at the gate of the Hou Mansion to celebrate the prince's arrival in the house and recognize his relatives.

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was supporting Guo Fu, those who were chasing after the wind could only press their own thoughts.

There are not many people who try to chase after the wind and shadows, and everyone wants to be loyal to the new dynasty, and the best way to be loyal is to pull and step on it.

Yu Xin, Xia Yuanji, Huang Fu, Li Jinglong, Wu Gao, Yu Tongyuan, Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Xu Kai, Wu Jie and other civil and military generals in the Jianwen period were impeached, and even Bohai was involved.

Others Bohai can not be investigated, but for Wu Gao, Yu Tongyuan, Ping'an, Liu Zhen and others, Bohai's soldiers have a lot of grievances.

Today, Zhu Gaoxu not only wants to stand in line for Guo Ying, but also for this group of people.

Therefore, his carriage gradually drifted down and gradually came to the door of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

At this moment, the capital is mainly dominated by 6,000 elite cavalry from Bohai and 5,000 old elite cavalry from Yanfu, as well as 30,000 Shangzhi who withdrew from Jiangbei.

Wherever Zhu Gaoxu went, the local yamen would be taken over by hundreds of Bohai elite cavalry following him, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was no exception.

Today may be the most depressing day since the establishment of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

In the open space outside the middle hall of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, hundreds of chairs were arranged neatly, divided into three classes.

At the entrance of the middle hall, there are also two chairs, but one of them has already been sat down, that is, Zhu Di, who came to join in the fun.

Or rather, Zhu Di wanted to see how Zhu Gaoxu arranged the world's soldiers and horses.

Since the end of the canonization of meritorious heroes, most meritorious heroes have only had titles and official positions, but in fact they do not have much power.

Zhu Gaoxu summoned the old and new people at the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies today, in order to properly distribute their whereabouts and prevent them from causing trouble.

"His Royal Highness Chitose ......"

When the singing salute sounded, Zhu Di, who was sitting on a chair discussing things with Qiu Fu, Zhang Wu and others, also looked at the door.

Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu rushed over and was receiving the salute of the Bohai generals.

Qiu Fu, Zhang Wu and the generals of the Southern Army, who had no other movement except for singing Zhu Di, began to stand up one after another and salute Zhu Gaoxu.

After Zhu Gaoxu simply nodded and said hello, he came to Zhu Di's side to salute, and then sat down under Zhu Di's chin.

When he was seated, everyone took their seats.

Scanning everyone, Zhu Gaoxu tilted his head and looked at Zhu Di: "Does my father have any thoughts about the generals of Beiping, Shaanxi, and Shanxi?" ”

"Zhu Yong, Qiu Fu, Li Bin in Beiping, Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu, Liu Sheng in Shanxi, Liu Rong, Zhang Xin, Zhang Wu in Shaanxi, I will draw up a note for you, you don't need to arrange these three places for the time being."

After all, Zhu Di has to take care of the Yanfu faction, and Zhu Gaoxu also chooses to respect his ideas, but for the generals of Yanfu, he only thinks that Zhu Yong, Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu are good, and the younger Li Yuan and Meng Ying can also do it, and the others are leading tens of thousands of troops, so it is better to entrust them with important tasks.

Zhu Di only reserved his opinion on the three capitals, which gave Zhu Gaoxu room to play.

His gaze first moved to the military generals left over from the Jianwen period, among which Li Jinglong, Wu Gao, Yu Tongyuan, Ping'an and others were the mainstays.

"At the beginning of the dynasty, the world was not peaceful."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu spoke, the generals listened attentively, and he also arranged for everyone:

"At present, the rebellions of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi are endless, all because of the instigation of local officials."

"Therefore, the imperial court intends to change the land and return to the stream, and change the Tusi who are not subject to the king's transformation to a liuguan, or simply abolish it."

"Today, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is appointed as the general of Pingqiang, Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, is the former general, and Wu Jie is the deputy general, and the 12 guards and 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangbei and their families are controlled to go to Guangxi to change the land and return to the river."

Li Jinglong and Wu Gao, a group of former ministers, Zhu Gaoxu chose to transfer them to the next door in Yunnan, which was also the gathering place of the former ministers...... Guangxi.

"Qinghai Fankou has repeatedly entered the Kou, and transferred Yu Tongyuan, the governor of Ping'an, Xu Kai, and Yu Jing to garrison Xining in Jinghe Prefecture."

"Sheng Yong, Song Xuan, and Fang Kuan, the three governors of the capital, respectively led 30,000 soldiers left behind in Beiping and Henan and their families to move to Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou."

Zhu Gaoxu basically placed Jianwen's old ministers next to the former ministers, but he was not afraid that this group of people would have bad intentions.

There are Song Sheng in the northwest, the three Fu brothers and Wang Xuan's father and son in the southwest, and this son can still be suppressed.

"Ministers and Leaders ......"

When Li Jinglong and the others heard this, they got up one after another, knowing that Zhu Gaoxu was protecting them.

Zhu Gaoxu also had a headache, although because of his participation, the conflict between the Southern Army and the Yan Army was not as grand as in history, but there were still a lot of grievances.

In order to take care of the generals of Yanfu and Bohai, he could only transfer Li Jinglong and Sheng Yong to the northwest and southwest.

However, after settling them, Zhu Gaoxu also set his sights on Bohai, which had the largest number of people present.

"Grant Wang Yi, Duke of Shen, as the commander of Daning, Meng Zhang, Duke of Liao, as the commander of Bohai, and Governor Yang Wen as the commander of Liaodong."

"Grant the Governor of the Governor of Shandong as the Commander of Shandong, the Governor of Tongzhi Lin Su as the Commander of Zhejiang, the Marquis of Changchun Xu Sheng as the Commander of Jiangxi, the Marquis of Zhaozhou Chen Chang as the Commander of Huguang, and the Marquis of Hanzhou ......"

Zhu Gaoxu successively granted real power to many officials in Bohai who had been knighted, from Sichuan to Huguang, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Zhili to Henan, Shandong, Liaodong, Daning, and Bohai......

It can be said that this group of local commanders, commanders, and intellectuals are basically all handled by him.

Leaving to Yanfu, only Shanxi Xingdu Division (Hetao) and Shaanxi Xingdu Division, as well as Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Beiping three divisions.

He did this in order to prevent anyone in the imperial court from thinking of abolishing the Shanxi Xingdu Division in the Hetao area, and to increase investment in the local area.

However, the Hetao is like chicken ribs for the current Ming Dynasty, it is useless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it.

The Ming Dynasty spent more than 200,000 stones a year to maintain the local Dongshengwei, but there was no trace of the Mongols in the entire Monan, so that the local defenders had nothing to do every day.

But it doesn't matter, Zhu Gaoxu will soon rise the wind of infrastructure construction in the Hetao, so that the front and back sets are full of vitality.

Only before that, he needed to speak:

"Outside the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armed Forces, there is a special Navy Governor's Office, an autocratic river water division, and a marine navy."

"Yang Zhan, the Duke of Yueguo, was appointed as the right governor of the navy, and his official position was a good one."

"Chongming Marquis Yang Yu is the left governor of the navy, and his official position is the first grade."

"Pingjiang Hou Chen Xuan, Bohai Bo Zheng Jun, and Donghai Hou Cui Jun are the three governors of the navy, and they are from the same product."

"The navy is composed of seven guards, including the East Sea Guard, the East Ocean Guard, the Whale Sea Guard, the South Sea Guard, the South Sea Guard, the West Sea Guard, and the West Ocean Guard, which mainly dominate the East, the South Sea, and the West."

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies became the Governor's Mansion of the Sixth Army, and everyone summed up Zhu Gaoxu's emphasis on the navy to the reason why he captured the capital, but they did not know that Zhu Gaochu attached great importance to the navy because the navy would bring rich benefits to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

After the arrangement of his headquarters, Zhu Gaoxu set his sights on Zhu Di, and Zhu Di also announced the transfer of several other capital divisions and Xingdu divisions.

Zhang Yu temporarily acted as the commander of Shanxi, Zhu Yong as the commander of Beiping, Song Sheng as the commander of Shaanxi, Zhang Xin as the commander of Shaanxi, and Qiu Fu as the commander of Shanxi.

The rest of the official positions such as commanding Tongzhi and commanding servants were also arranged, but even so, the Yanfu generals were still in short supply, and many people had no real power.

For this reason, after discussing with Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di expanded the 16 guards to the 26 guards.

On the premise of retaining the sixteen guards, Yanfu added seven guards in the north of the Yangtze River, and Bohai occupied three guards in the south of the Yangtze River.

Every time the father and son negotiated, they represented the advance and retreat of interests, although Zhu Di wanted more, but the number of soldiers and horses under him was not much.

Excluding the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Bohai and Daning led by Fang Kuan and Wang Yi, Zhu Di could only use less than 120,000, and Song Sheng was only 150,000.

On the other hand, Zhu Gaoxu, because of the timely reception, almost all the rest of the world's soldiers and horses are in his hands, except for the 50,000 people in Mu Chun's hands, he can't control them, and the remaining nearly 600,000 soldiers are controlled by him.

After dividing the cake of the Ming military attache system, Zhu Di also got up and left with the generals of Yanfu.

The people who stayed behind congratulated Zhu Di and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu immediately sat down and said to everyone:

"The health system can no longer fully apply to the situation of the Ming Dynasty, but the sudden restructuring is not good, so I am ready to take the lead in the pilot from Bohai to Daning, Shandong, and Liaodong."

"There are forty-seven guards under the command of these four commanders, but the available soldiers have been reduced by us, and there are actually only 120,000 people, and there are still 140,000 troops left."

"For the soldiers of these four capitals, I have decided to leave the guard from today onwards, and only keep the establishment, not the tuntian."

"All the tuntian fields will be handed over to the former soldiers to divide the fields equally, and the tun army will be organized for the people."

"The people who were selected as soldiers were still the same as before, with an annual salary of eight yuan, 20 stone of military rations, one horse of cloth, 3 catties of cotton, and 24 catties of salt."

Zhu Gaoxu announced a major event, that is, the four capitals began to settle the fields and mobilize the people.

Such a move seemed to be expected for the Bohai generals, only Li Jinglong, a group of former ministers, was slightly surprised, but they also quickly stood up to support Zhu Gaoxu.

They have no choice, they have too deep a grudge with Yanfu, and they can only go to the black with Bohai.

"Of course, the guard system will not be abolished, I will continue to open guard posts in various parts of the Bohai Sea to appease the people to reclaim wasteland, but once these guards can be self-sufficient, they will immediately cancel the establishment of counties and towns."

The soldiers opened up the territory and defended the territory, this is the system that Zhu Gaoxu wanted.

It's not perfect, but it's just what Zhu Gaoxu needs.

"Meng Zhang!" Zhu Gaoxu looked at Meng Zhang: "There are four prefectures and ten counties in the Bohai Prefecture at the moment, but I still have to appease the Jurchens and Shandong Hanmin Tunken." ”

"Within three years, Bohai will have at least twenty guards, each guard will have a minimum of three thousand households, and in addition, the Jurchen Eight Guards of Bohai will continue to recruit soldiers, and it depends on how many you can recruit."

"Your Highness, rest assured, the minister will not fail in his mission!" Meng Zhang did not complain that Zhu Gaoxu threw him back to the Bohai Sea, on the contrary, he was very happy.

Although he is already the prince of the country, many people who have titles now do not have the real power to match, and he can control the Bohai Sea and recruit the Bohai Jurchens, which is undoubtedly a good thing for him.

He became an important part of Bohai to transport soldiers to the Ming Dynasty, and he was also an important part of the Sinicization of Bohai.

"Cao Guogong ......" Zhu Gaoxu saw that Meng Zhang was not unhappy, so he looked sideways at Li Jinglong.

At this moment, he is a little embarrassed, and there are Wu Gao and others who are just as embarrassed as him.

However, Zhu Gaoxu appeased them and sheltered them, not to embarrass them, but to let them open up territory for the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Li Jinglong get up and make a move, Zhu Gaoxu spoke: "Cao Guogonger and the other 50,000 soldiers and horses, counting the 36,000 soldiers and horses of the Guangxi Metropolitan Division, is 86,000 people. ”

"Although the jurisdiction is in Guangxi, the Tusi of southeast Sichuan, southwest of Huguang, and the whole territory of Guangxi are all within the scope of your land reform."

"For the southwest to change the land and return to the stream, I will send the imperial history supervisor in the future, where the land is changed and returned to one place, seventy percent of the land will be sent to the local people, and thirty percent will be sent to the families of the soldiers to stay in the local area, and a school will be opened to teach them the official language, so that they can learn my culture."

"For the local officials who are willing to change their land and return to the stream, the imperial court can grant hereditary loose ranks according to their official positions, and there is still a fortune."

"Those who stubbornly resist will be resolutely and severely punished."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished saying everything, his eyes looked directly at Li Jinglong, and Li Jinglong could only bite the bullet.

Regarding the military discipline of the Ming army in the southwest, Zhu Gaoxu knew more than themselves.

Some toasts are indeed brutal and stubborn, but many more toasts just want to exchange their military power for some wealth and power.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 2,000 toasts in the southwest, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were less than 200, and some of the larger toasts were basically changed to the soil and returned to the stream, or were exterminated by the Ming army.

For example, the Song, Si, Yang, Tian, and An families in Guizhou, the Ami, Wanglong, Mu, and Long clans in Yunnan, and the Tulong, Sicheng, Longzhou, Tianzhou, and Donglan in Guangxi.

Of course, there are also three ponds in Xichuan, Daxue Mountain, etc., and there are also a large number of Hello Toast.

The Ming Dynasty's extermination of the Southwest Tusi was very strong, but the scale was not large.

But at present, Mu Chun has 50,000 soldiers in Yunnan, Fu Mao and others 30,000 soldiers, Wang Xuan and his son 20,000 soldiers, and now with Li Jinglong's 80,000 soldiers and Qu Neng and Gu Cheng's 20,000 soldiers, the number of soldiers in the southwest has reached 200,000.

Using 200,000 soldiers to change the land and return to the river for a long time can definitely promote the sinicization of the southwest, but before that, Zhu Gaoxu was willing to hand over one thing.

"This time, you have changed the land in the southwest, and the biggest obstacle you have encountered may be the stone fort and wooden village built by Tusina in the southwest for hundreds of years."

The moment Zhu Gaochu opened his mouth, Li Jinglong realized what he wanted to say, and the next second Zhu Gaoxu also looked at Meng Zhang and Xu Sheng:

"Meng Zhang, after you went to Bohai, the Jurchens you recruited were all expanded into the Shenji Battalion, and they were still trained according to three thousand people for one battalion."

"As for Xu Sheng, you lead two battalions of Shenji Artillery Battalion, carrying 400 field artillery pieces and 100 siege artillery guns, and Cao Guogong to the southwest to change the land and return to the stream."

"Me?" Xu Sheng frowned, he was a little reluctant to mix with Li Jinglong and the others.

However, seeing the appearance of His Royal Highness, he still had no choice but to respond.

Seeing his actions, Zhu Gaoxu also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go back and prepare."

He explained the last sentence, turned around and walked out of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army.

However, after he left, Bohai and Li Jinglong and the others glanced at each other, frowned slightly and left one after another.

However, when Zhu Gaoxu walked out, he also saw the emperor's chariot that had been parked at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

He was curious why Zhu Di didn't leave, but saw Zhu Di open the window: "Come up, I have something to ask you." ”

Zhu Di opened his mouth, and Zhu Gaoxu walked on his chariot and sat cross-legged.

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was about to reach the roof of the car, Zhu Di said to the outside world: "Dog, go back to the palace." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yan shook the reins, and soon more than 200 horsemen from Yanfu and Bohai who were guarding the Yan Mansion and Bohai began to move.

Sitting on the big wheel, Zhu Gaoxu waited for Zhu Di to speak.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Di said: "I have studied your battalion system, it is good, it is easy to mix soldiers." ”

"Iron battalions, flowing soldiers, all soldiers are on duty for three years, and there is no change of generals in places where there are frequent wars."

"Of course, it is more important to cultivate the knowledge of the soldiers, so that they will not be deceived."

Zhu Gaoxu explained his views, and at the same time analyzed the shortcomings of the battalion system: "The shortcomings of the battalion system are mainly financial problems. ”

"The salary of a guard soldier is twelve stones plus all kinds of sundries, at most no less than fifteen stones, but the battalion soldiers add up to at least forty stones."

"Based on the current situation of the imperial court, at most, it is 30.4 million stone fields and 22 million stone army tun seed grain every year."

"These 52,400,000 stones, plus about 6 million other salt classes, tea classes, and miscellaneous items, are all the income of the imperial court."

"Under the maintenance of the operation of the imperial court, there are actually no more than 10 million stones that can be mobilized."

"Shandong Sidu Division used to spend 3 million stones a year, but now after the restructuring, although there are fewer people, the expenditure has reached nearly 5 million stones."

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "I have calculated that if the Ming Dynasty's garrison is banned and the tuntian is taxed according to the people's land, then the grain income of the imperial court will drop to about 38 million stones. ”

"To maintain the current situation, at least 500,000 border guards and horses, as well as 200,000 inland soldiers and horses, a total of 700,000, will cost 28 million stones, which is 7 million stones higher than the 21 million stones in the Hongwu period."

"The extra 7 million stones, and the reduction of 14 million stones, this coming and going is the expenditure of 21 million stones."

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Di squinted his eyes, he didn't really understand the economy, although he did a good job in the West in history, the reason why he couldn't do it for a long time is also here.

In response to his inquiry, Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment before he spoke:

"I looked through the ancient books and found that the cultivated land area north of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains of the Han and Tang dynasties and the Song Dynasty could reach more than 3 million hectares, but the national dynasty was only more than 1.6 million because of the ruins in the north."

"If the imperial court can sympathize with the people, relocate the people to enrich the north, and at the same time increase the intensity of reclamation, and at the same time find financial resources from other places, then it only takes a few years to relieve the people, and the number of acres of land in the country can increase by millions of hectares."

"Bohai Chronicle": "At the end of May, the Navy Governor's Mansion was set up. ”

"Records of Taizong of the Ming Dynasty": "In May, Beiping was set up as the line, Beiping was changed to Beijing, and more than half of the world's taxes were exempted, and he wanted to go to the West. ”

(End of chapter)