"There are not many soldiers who are valuable and talented."
Too much conscription will delay civilian farming.
Moreover, there is also pressure to provide.
"The War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau will provide you with sufficient equipment."
Zhu Qiyu said: "The newly trained soldiers will mainly focus on firearms, but they must be able to ride horses, be proficient in foot riding, and practice firearms battle formations."
"Your Majesty, it is enough for the firearms force to have a divine machine battalion. Moreover, firearms have great limitations, especially affected by the weather. I am afraid that they will not be able to take on major tasks."
Fang Ying believes that the emperor is a layman and guides an expert, and families of honorable ministers like Liang Yue have secrets of systematic military training that have been passed down from generation to generation.
And the emperor gave up the original method of training his troops and switched to firearms training with a slap on the head. How can such an army go to the battlefield?
Liang Yue and Li Jin nodded secretly.
"Fang Ying, what you say makes sense, but listen to me."
Zhu Qiyu was not angry. He asked everyone to sit in a circle with stools and said with a smile: "I won't lie to you. When I formed the regiment camp, I was prepared for the annihilation of the entire Beijing camp."
"As a result, there were not many soldiers in Jingying and Xuanzhen. It was because I misjudged the situation."
"You are waiting to recruit more than 100,000 soldiers. If these people are trained according to the old method, they will definitely not be able to compete with the soldiers in the Beijing camp who have seen blood. After a few years of training, they will eventually be dismissed."
"This is one, and the other is that if I want to cross Mobei, I can't do it just by relying on the soldiers of the original Beijing camp."
"I know that I am far inferior to Taizu and Taizong. Even Emperor Taizong can't do something. Why should I do it?"
"We can only find another way."
"Fang Ying, your concerns are very reasonable. Firearms have serious drawbacks, but I will reorganize the military situation and try my best to improve it."
"I'm willing to give it a try. If I fail, I'll probably lose my fighting skills and have to practice again. I'm only thirty years old, so I can afford to wait!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was passionate.
Fang Ying and others kowtowed, and Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Get up, not in the palace. There is no need to be restrained. Sit down and sit around. You are the people I trust the most. I want to say something from the bottom of my heart to you!"
"In my heart, not only Mobei, but also the territory of Meng Yuan should be the territory of Ming Dynasty!"
Seeing Liang Yue trying to persuade, Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I'm not in a hurry. If I can't do it, the prince will do it. If the prince can't do it, the grandson will do it. One day, Ming Dynasty will do it!"
"What I mean is that you don't have to worry about not having a war, let alone having no place to use it!"
"I understand!" Fang Ying took the lead and knelt down.
"You will gradually explore the method of military training. The War Bureau will provide firearms for you to practice." Zhu Qiyu set the tone.
There are many benefits to practicing horseback firearms training. The requirements for soldiers are much lower. Even those with short stature and low strength can go to the battlefield.
Moreover, with the development of firearms, soldiers will become consumables and can be manufactured in batches, which can maximize the population advantage.
The Ming Dynasty had exactly the same population.
If Zhu Qiyu wants to take root in the grassland, he must use firearms, food and faith to encroach on Mobei.
"When will Li Zhen and Chen You arrive in Beijing?"
Zhu Qiyu asked Fang Ying.
"Based on the time, it should be soon."
Fang Ying thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, after the Beijing camp returns to the capital, will the regiment camp recruited by Weichen belong to the Beijing camp?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone put down their teacups and looked at the emperor nervously.
The emperor is taboo on the capital camp, not just for a day or two.
So rebuild the army.
Fang Ying is also worried that if he is subordinate to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, who will he belong to in the future?
"No, the Beijing Camp is under the Fifth Army Commander's Office. Your newly built regiment camp can have another Commander's Office, which is also under the Military Aircraft Department, so there is no need to mix it up."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed: "Why don't we call it regiment camp? Name it after the army. I will give you two military numbers, Bai Qi and Wudang. Now I will give you two more military numbers, Hubao and Beiwei!"
"These two military numbers are mainly based on cavalry. Many cavalry generals will be selected from the army to join these two armies."
"If we establish the Governor's Mansion again, I will personally serve as the Governor."
Zhu Qiyu wanted to seize military power.
He planned to give Yang Xin and Chen Jing the command of the two armies. These two performed well, especially Yang Xin. He wanted to send him to the capital to see if he was loyal or traitorous.
You need to find someone to guard Xuan Town, and Zhao Fu is good.
Just chatting.
"Urgent report! Urgent report, Your Majesty!"
There was a chaotic sound of horse hooves outside, and a eunuch hurriedly dismounted, rushed in and threw himself to the ground: "Urgent report from Xuan Town!"
Feng Xiao presented it, and after Zhu Qiyu read it, he slammed it on the table: "How did Xuanhua keep it!"
Zhu Qiyu threw the memorial on the ground.
Fang Ying picked it up and after reading it, her eyes darkened: "This Tan You really deserves to be killed!"
The battle report said that when the Wala soldiers entered Xuanhua, it was like a deserted land, burning, killing and looting all the way. Xuanhua closed the city gate tightly and refused to leave the city.
Chen Jing led his troops to set up an ambush in Zhangjiabao, more than ten miles outside Xuanhua, and fought with the Wala soldiers inextricably. Chen Jing repeatedly asked for help from Xuanhua, but Tan You, the commander-in-chief of Xuanhua, refused to send troops to help, and instead lived in Xuanhua City.
In the end, Chen Jing was defeated and suffered heavy losses.
"Where are the guard eunuchs? Where are the governors? What do they do for food?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were like daggers.
Chen Jing was defeated, with more than 7,000 casualties. The Wala soldiers calmly retreated from Xuanhua and returned to the grassland.
"Invite Li Xian and others in!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up, while Fang Ying and others knelt on the ground, trembling.
Li Xian and others came in and saw the emperor's dark face, so they knew something was wrong. Feng Xiao handed over the battle report. After reading it, he immediately cursed.
"Who recommended this Tan You? Why don't I have any impression?" Zhu Qiyu had a gloomy face.
Chen Jing made an impromptu decision and ran from Pangjiabao to Xuanhua on his own legs, and then set up an ambush in Xuanhua. He was short of men, horses and soldiers.
With 10,000 people, facing 30,000 Wala elite troops, more than 100,000 family members and their auxiliaries, it is already very good that the entire army was not wiped out.
If the Xuanhua General Soldiers are willing to send troops to cooperate, they can at least preserve their vitality.
In the end, Tan You was lucky. He just didn't send troops and saw Chen Jing's troops defeated. More than 7,000 elite soldiers were gone!
"Your Majesty, Tan You ascended the throne at the beginning of the year and took office as the commander-in-chief of Xuanhua Army for just over a month. He was recommended by Zhang Min and approved by Your Majesty," Wang Zhi said.
"Is Tan You a British citizen?"
Tan You is a hereditary Xin Ningbo, and his great-grandfather Tan Yuan was the Marquis of Chong'an and a general under Taizong.
Zhu Qiyu calmed down his anger: "I remember that Tan You knows the military. He has spoken to the emperor many times and knows the military very well. How could he ignore the call for help?"
No one dared to speak.
"Is there any battle report from Yu Qian? How to deal with him?" Zhu Qiyu's tone was cold.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it has reached the cabinet but has not yet reached Nanyuan." Li Xian replied bravely.
"Go back to Beijing!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was unkind.
After the emperor returned to Beijing, Zhu Qiyu cleaned himself up and put on regular clothes. Yu Qian's battle report was delivered to him.
Yu Qian dealt with Tan You and wrote a detailed battle report and losses.
From the Great Wall to Xuanhua, everything was in a mess.
"Tan You!"
Zhu Qiyu gritted his teeth. It was clear that he had won a great victory, but one mouse droppings ruined the pot of soup!
"Your Majesty, this is Xinning Bo Tan You's memorial to plead guilty!" Li Xian said cautiously.
"I don't want to see it! It's nothing more than excuses!"
"As long as he is the commander-in-chief of Xuanhua, he must bear the responsibility!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "Publish the decree to deprive Xinning of the earldom and take back the world certificate. Tan You will be executed if asked. His family will be exiled to Qiongzhou and will not be allowed to return to Beijing without an edict!"
He took care of all the Xinning Bo family.
"Xuanhua officials, from top to bottom, were all escorted back to the capital. Those who deserved to be killed were killed, and the eunuchs also dealt with them! From top to bottom, no one was spared!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious.
No one dared to touch his bad luck.
Even Li Shi, Han Yong, Xuan Shi and others from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who had just returned to Beijing did not dare to say anything.
"It's a great victory, but there must be a piece of mouse droppings in it!"
"Xuanhua was doing well, but it suffered a great disaster!"
"How many people have been displaced? How much money will it cost to rebuild!"
"I'll kill a few people, it's useless!"
Zhu Qiyu yelled: "Wala marched in three parts, how come Datong is fine? There are no reinforcements or support, why can Guo Deng handle it so well?"
"One general's incompetence will kill the three armies!"
"Zhang Xi is dead, otherwise I would give him Lingchi again!"
"From now on, whoever recommends a person will be punished by the leader! If he is punished, the leader will also follow suit! I won't listen to the explanation!"
"There are so many scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Even if all the officials in the world are dead, I can still promote people to enrich the officialdom!"
"Don't think that if Ming Dynasty leaves you, it will be over!"
"Impossible! Don't let anyone try my sword. My sword can kill anyone! If you don't believe me, come and try it!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes sharpened: "Kill all of Tan You's lineage! For the other branches, for Tan Yuan's sake, I will spare their lives!"
"Tan Yuan, Marquis of Chong'an, move out of the Ancestral Temple!"
"Hero Tan Yuan's descendants are like bears! I can't let Tan Yuan cause trouble for Emperor Taizong!"
"If Emperor Taizong finds out, he will directly kill his three clans!"
In the Qinzheng Hall, all the officials were trembling.
The emperor went crazy again!
All civil and military officials from the DPRK and China were summoned and scolded, but no one dared to speak.
Zhu Qiyu cannot be killed directly by his clan. Otherwise, people will feel sad and the title will become worthless. No one will be willing to die for the Ming Dynasty for the title.
Anyway, first deprive them of their title, kill one of them, slowly process the rest, and throw them away to Qiongzhou. How do you want them to die? Isn't it just a matter of words?
"You all, keep your eyes open for me and don't recommend this kind of trash! Ming Dynasty does not support trash!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Tell me, who should Xuanhua send?"
Who dares to speak? Tan You's example is before. The emperor just said that the method of sitting together is to sit together with the person who recommends.
"Tell me who to choose!" Zhu Qiyu said in a gloomy tone.
Snap!
The tea cup hit the ground and broke into pieces.
"I gave you the power, not to leave you dead and eat nothing!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Are you afraid of sitting in a row, so you have to be lazy and negligent in government?"
"If this is the case, just abdicate and go home to take care of your children! Don't bother me in the court!"
"There are so many scholars in the world, and there are so many of you who want to stand in the court, and you are not missing!"
"I don't dare!"
Hu Hu took the lead in pleading guilty.
"Speak of candidates, don't waste my time!"
Zhu Qiyu felt unhappy: "Every department in the court is leaving its administrative affairs aside. All major world affairs are waiting for the central government's response. Don't waste time!"
"Those who eat nothing in the corpse position and those who are incompetent will be sentenced to death! The nine tribes will be exiled!"
"The reason why we didn't kill them all was because there were few scholars in the world at that time. Today, there are many scholars in the world!"
Hu Xi continued to pretend to be dead, and Li Xian didn't want to speak.
Pretending to ponder the emperor's deep meaning.
"Wang Wen, you come to recommend me!" Zhu Qiyu directly named him, and he started with his own people.
If Wang Wen was smart, he would promote the emperor's people to Xuanhua.
Xuanhua was emptied, didn't it give the imperial power an opportunity to extend its reach?
Despite the harshness of the emperor's scolding, he was actually already happy.
Xuanhua doesn't seem to be a dangerous place, but it is located between Xuan Town and Datong Town, and it can control the forces of both sides and control both sides.
Why not turn Xuanhua into Zhu Qiyu's base?
Wang Wen was so scolded that his head was buzzing, and he couldn't figure out the emperor's meaning for a while.
"Your Majesty, I have someone to recommend you!"
Lin Cong immediately understood the meaning and immediately flattered him: "Wei Chen thinks that Jiang Wan, Marquis of Dingxi, is the best candidate to guard Xuanhua."
"Jiang Wan? He is not qualified enough." Zhu Qiyu's tone softened slightly.
He valued Jiang Wan very much and originally planned to order Jiang Wan to return to Beijing to serve as Yang Xin's deputy and take charge of the Tiger and Leopard Army.
"Your Majesty, although Jiang Wan is young, his qualifications are indeed insufficient."
"But in the Battle of Xuanzang, his performance was remarkable. Yu Shaofu praised him many times and said that Jiang Wan has the qualifications to be a famous general."
"Now that Wala is defeated, there will be no major battles for a while, and Xuanhua is like a blank slate, so Jiang Wan can practice his skills."
Lin Cong highly recommended Jiang Wan.
Wang Wen came back to his senses. No wonder Lin Cong could become the emperor's favorite. He was far inferior to him in terms of guessing Tian's heart.
Just when Zhu Qiyu cursed loudly, Wang Wen was frightened.
But it was Lin Cong who knew the emperor's pulse.
When Lin Cong said this, all the officials understood that the emperor was not angry, but was taking the opportunity to seize power.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, little clever devil.
"What do you think, gentlemen? Jiang Wan is too young, and I'm worried that he won't be able to hold a big position." Zhu Qiyu couldn't have such a clear purpose.
Always leave a fig leaf behind.
"I think Jiang Wan is very suitable." Li Shi, the censor of Zuodu, actually agreed.
Lin Cong was stunned, why did Li Shi want to wade into this muddy water?
It should be that the governor of Xuanhua came from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. At that time, Li Shi was appointed as the censor of Youdu, so he handed the ladder to the emperor.
With Li Shi's endorsement.
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Let Jiang Wan be the commander-in-chief, but the deputy commander-in-chief must find someone who is steady and steady!"
"Your Majesty, I think it is appropriate to worship Bo Feizhao!" Lin Cong said.
Fei Zhao's father was Chongxin Bo Fei Zhen. Fei Zhen was not a famous general in the era when the Yongle Dynasty's generals were shining brightly. However, as his generals withered, in the Xuanzong Dynasty he was made an earl and took charge of the Governor's Mansion, which shows his ability.
Moreover, Fei Chen's ancestors and grandchildren were loyal to Emperor Taizong for three generations, and his roots were upright and Miaohong.
Fei Zhao was a neutral faction and was originally available.
But he had just dealt with the Xin Ning Bo lineage, and he was worried that Fei Zhao had hatred in his heart, so he didn't trust him.
Seeing the emperor's hesitation, Lin Cong wanted to slap himself in the face and gave another candidate "Chen Jing".
Chen Jing planned to be transferred back to Beijing to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Beiwei Army.
Moreover, Chen Jing was the Marquis of Taining and an older generation, so he would definitely dissatisfied with Jiang Wan. If Chen Jing were to be the commander-in-chief, Jiang Wan would be fine as the deputy.
Others, including Zhu Qiyu, were not at ease.
"Let Fei Zhao do it."
After careful consideration, Zhu Qiyu made a decision: "Tell Fei Zhao to assist Jiang Wan with all his heart, and his son Fei Huaizhen will reuse him."
This is a promise, but it can also be regarded as a threat. If you disobey, I will find a reason to kill your son!
Lin Cong breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where's the governor? Who is the right person to send?" Zhu Qiyu wanted to transfer people from the Military Aircraft Department, but these Hanlin had only been in the Military Aircraft Department for a short time. He had not yet understood their character, so it was not suitable for them to be released for the time being.
"The veteran believes that to rebuild Xuanhua, we need to send someone who is steady and steady."
Wang Zhi said: "I think Qi Zheng, the right young minister of Honglu Temple, is suitable."
"Qi Zheng? Is his health okay?"
Zhu Qiyu remembered that Qi Zheng was a Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen. In the past two years, he rarely appeared in court meetings due to physical discomfort.
"Going to Xuanhua is a hard job. I'm worried that he will die from exhaustion in office." Zhu Qiyu also felt that Qi Zheng was suitable.
"Your Majesty, Qi Zheng can be a candidate. I have asked him if he can withstand the travel before making a decision."
Wang Zhi saw through the emperor's thoughts, and Zhu Qiyu wanted to train young talents.
Qi Zheng was very capable and loved the people. The most important thing was that he was not qualified enough. He was transferred from the prefect to the central government. He was not qualified enough and went to Xuanhua, so he could not monopolize power.
"If Qi Zheng can go to Xuanhua, let Wan An and Huang Jian be his deputies."
Wan'an was the chief minister of the cabinet during the Chenghua period, a guy who was very good at maneuvering.
He is now Youchunfang Zhongyun, who takes orders from the military aircraft department, is very good at flattering, and has flattered him many times.
Zhu Qiyu felt that he was a talented person, so he gave him a chance to try his quality.
As for Huang Jian, he was an orthodox Jinshi for seven years and was sent to serve as a bachelor. Huang Jian had higher qualifications than Qi Zheng and could suppress him.
"Guarding eunuch, let Qi Zhuo go by my side. He is my bearer. He is honest and shallow-minded. He will not cause any trouble for you."
Zhu Qiyu chose Qi Zhuo, which shows that he values Xuanhua very much.
Xuanhua must be built into his base.
Use Xuanhua to hijack Xuanzhen and Datong Town.
Factory guards also need to send people in.
"That's it."
"Your Majesty, the money to rebuild Xuanhua..."
Zhang Feng forced himself to kneel on the ground: "Ahem, the Ministry of Revenue is really stretched thin. Rebuilding the Xuan Mansion is just a waste of money. The Ministry of Revenue will spend all the income in the next two years."
"Xuanhua and everyone, the money they copied should be enough for reconstruction." Zhu Qiyu sent him.
"Your Majesty, Xuanhua is not a capital city after all. I'm afraid there won't be much left after the copying is done." How dare Zhang Feng even say this?
The dignified Minister of Household Affairs openly talked about corruption!
Zhang Feng's face was full of disdain, I am too greedy to be afraid!
"Whoever takes it will have their house ransacked. Make it easier and send factory guards to do it!"
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with Zhang Feng's attitude.
I just want officials to be involved in involution. Even you officials in the capital cannot be corrupt. I want local officials to be corrupt. Can you feel balanced?
If it's not balanced, just use the knife. If the knife doesn't move, it will get rusty. There are not many other things in Daming, but there are many scholars!
"Set a number for the criminal family and let them come up with it. If they can't come up with it, they will be killed!"
"Don't behead them easily, invent more torture for them."
"Let them live and die!"
"If your family can't do it, let your tribe do it; if your tribe can't do it, let your fellow villagers do it; if your fellow villagers can't do it, let those who have benefited from them do it!"
"Do you still need me to teach you?"
Zhu Qiyu looked cold and stern: "To treat such corrupt criminals, you must use torture! What kind of torture did Taizu use? Come to Da Gao and use Da Gao to treat them!"
Zhang Feng swallowed his saliva.
It's over. I'm afraid if word of today's confrontation spreads, Zhang Feng's reputation will be ruined.
Local officials all over the world would poke him in the spine and call him a lackey of the emperor.
"Everyone in Xuanfu is dead, it's an advantage for them!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "Send an envoy to Wala and ask Wala to compensate!"
"Send a message to the commander of the border town to turn on and off and plunder Mobei! If a war breaks out, don't panic, I will take care of it!"
"Wala can rob Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty can rob Wala!"
"The Tatars deceive the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty can also rob the Tatars!"
"Wuliangha turned a blind eye and is equally guilty and deserves to be robbed!"
“Let the herdsmen pay for the reconstruction of Xuanzang Town!”
"We will keep 10% of the looted goods, and the rest will be divided among the border troops!"
Zhu Qiyu wants to reshape the soul of Ming Dynasty!
During the reign of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, they seldom guarded the passes. If their generals wanted to eat mutton, they would lead their troops out of the pass to grab it for a while. The herdsmen in Mobei were deeply disturbed by this and ran as far as they could.
By the Xuande and Zhengtong dynasties, they were frantically building passes, and their armaments were depleted and they could only defend them.
The Supreme Emperor can't even defend, so it's okay not to mention it.
Yu Qian's fire rekindled hope in both the government and the public. The tribes in Mobei are not strong at all.
Steal his brew!
"Do you have any opinions?" Zhu Qiyu looked around and asked.
Li Xian wanted to say, can you please stop being so explicit? You can steal it secretly, but if you write it directly in the edict, it will really damage the reputation of the Celestial Empire.
"Your Majesty, I have recommended myself and want to go to Xuanzang!"
Behind the courtiers, a man stood up.
It's Li Kan. This person is the Prime Minister of Zhan Shifu. During the Tumubao Incident, his parents died in Rongcheng, and Li Kan took the risk to welcome them back.
In the early years of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu did not think highly of him because he disobeyed the emperor by saying, "Those who take refuge and live in secret should be severely punished to encourage ministers to be honest."
This person is brave, but he doesn't know the importance of it.
At that time, the country was in turmoil, and the emperor should stabilize people's hearts and not be careless.
But this person wrote a letter and his advice was very inappropriate.
"allow!"
Zhu Qiyu has a bad impression of him, so let him go to Xuanzhen for some experience.
"Anyone else wants to volunteer? I agree!"
"Anyone who wants to make achievements in the border areas or be granted a title can go!"
"There will be wars at the border from now on. If Mobei doesn't fight us, we will fight them!"
One after another, many people want to go to the border to make contributions.
It just so happened that both Xuanfu and Xuanhua were short of people, so they just happened to be sent.
"Your Majesty, looting is a pleasure for a while."
"But this is not a long-term solution."
"And if people get used to looting, they will not do their job properly and will not be able to farm in a down-to-earth manner."
"One day, Mobei will surrender to His Majesty's divine power."
"At that time, will these soldiers who are accustomed to looting turn around and rob our own people?"
Hu Hui not only praised the emperor, but also advised him.
"Old Master An Xin, this world is so big that we can never take away everything." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.
"Meng Yuan had such thoughts, and the country fell apart in less than a hundred years. I advise your majesty that looting is not the right way."
Hu Hui's words seemed to be cursing the country.
But Zhu Qiyu listened and said: "I have sent a message to Liaodong Town. I have a thousand good horses in the Aohan tribe. I will send troops to bring them back. If anyone blocks them along the way, they will be killed immediately!"
Just change your excuse!
Hu Xi was speechless. It was obvious that the emperor was determined and could not be persuaded.
The imperial edict will be polished by the cabinet and let the generals understand it.
"Everyone else, please step aside. The old lady stays. I have something private to say." Zhu Qiyu stood up and moved around.
After everyone retreated, Zhu Qiyu said: "I have listened to what the old master said, and I will not resort to violence."
Hu Xi's tense expression softened slightly.
"I left the old master here because I wanted to say that when I formed the Fourth Army, I thought the Beijing camp would be wiped out."
"Now the Beijing camp has not suffered much losses, but the Fourth Army in Beijing is still recruiting troops, with more than 100,000 troops."
"Including the Beijing camp, there are more than 300,000 people."
"I'm worried that I won't be able to support such a large army in Northern Zhili."
Seeing Zhu Qiyu's sincere words, Hu Hui nodded slightly. The emperor had the people in his heart.
"Your Majesty's words are very true. It is better to abolish them immediately..."
Zhu Qiyu interrupted Hu Hui's words: "No, Huguang is uneasy and Yunnan is uneasy, so there cannot be less soldiers!"
"Your Majesty, please speak clearly."
Hu Xi frowned, not understanding what the emperor meant.
"I plan to forcefully naturalize in Yunnan and Guizhou!"
"Old Master, listen to what I have to say."
"I have read all the memorials about Huguang, and I believe that the chaos in Huguang was firstly due to the support of the vassal king; secondly, it was the reason for fleeing; and thirdly, the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou were dissatisfied and kept causing trouble for the Ming Dynasty."
"I plan to send the Beijing camp to Yunnan and force them to naturalize in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou."
"Eliminate the root causes of the chaos in Huguang."
"Further reduce the vassal status, change the policy between the DPRK and China, and make Huguang, Yunnan, Guigui and Guizhou become the new granary of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Qiyu saw that Hu Hui was about to say something but stopped: "Old Master, I didn't say it out in the court. I spoke to you in private just because I wanted to hear your opinion. At this time, you and I are not monarchs and ministers, but teachers and students. You are My teacher."
Hu Hu rolled his eyes. Believe it or not, if the old minister goes out of line even a little bit, you will jump up and chop off the old dog's head!
Don't play this game.
"Your Majesty, what do you think is the reason for the rampant chieftains?" Hu Hu asked.
"There are probably a lot of them. The barbarians don't want to be Chineseized; their language, customs, etc.; and the Ming Dynasty officials' extortionate expropriation of local people are all the reasons why they don't want to be Chineseized."
Hu Xi shook his head: "Your Majesty is talking about the appearance, not the root. The root is in the 'topography'."
"Terrain?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.
"That's right, it's the terrain. The terrain of Yunnan and Guizhou is steep, the mountain roads are rugged, and it's difficult to get in and out. The world is cut off by mountains."
"Under such terrain, even if it were a Han Chinese who entered, they would have established themselves as kings."
Hu Hui said boldly: "Everyone is ambitious, and ambition can never be extinguished. And the rugged terrain provides geographical factors for those who are also determined."
"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to forcibly assimilate the barbarians. How do you cross the natural chasm?"
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly, what Hu Xi said made sense.
Later generations assimilated these frontier provinces, which was the development of science and technology.
firearm!
Zhu Qiyu's first thought was to use firearms to conquer the chieftains and quickly promote Chineseization.
"Your Majesty, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou are subject to scorching sun and humidity all year round."
"Gunpowder is extremely susceptible to moisture and is difficult to exert its power. Unless we can produce gunpowder that is not moisture-proof, we can conquer the chieftains."
"Only by relying on the power of chieftains to dig mountains and build roads and build Chi Road can we completely capture Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou."
Hu Bi didn't mention the Battle of Luchuan, which was really embarrassing.
The Supreme Emperor has never done a good thing! How can a person like this still have the dignity to live?
"What the old lady said makes sense."
Zhu Qiyu was a little excited, he really asked the right person.
He knew very well how far firearms could develop. With firearms, he could conquer Mobei, Huairou, Yungui and Guizhou.
"It is decreed by the War Bureau that a method of preserving gunpowder should be developed, so that firearms can overcome humid environments, etc. I will not be stingy with rewards. The craftsmen who develop the research will be given silver talismans! Allow their heirs to enter the court as officials! No need to participate in the imperial examination! I promoted you directly!"
Zhu Qiyu couldn't wait.
Hu Hui laughed. Compared with the Supreme Emperor, although the current emperor is explosive and angry, he can listen to advice, which means he is just talking without practicing.
Whenever you do something, think twice before acting, humbly listen to the opinions of all parties, and then take full power and never interfere.
Even if you fail, as long as you explain the reasons, you will be scolded a few times at most, and you will not be punished for it.
It is extremely lucky for those capable ministers to serve such an emperor.
Hu Xi said softly: "Your Majesty, the chaos in Huguang is a policy deviation. If the court can rectify corruption and reduce taxes and corvee, people will naturally be able to pay taxes to the court, and Huguang will naturally be pacified. Even if there are occasional small chaos, it will be fine. Day and night can be peaceful."
"The old lady Fu Lao Cheng has the words to plan for the country."
Zhu Qiyu and Hu Hui tacitly understood each other and did not mention military households.
The flight of military households was really too heavy. In just three years of orthodoxy, 1.2 million households fled in one year. Now, more than 20 years later, military households have completely disappeared in name only.
But this is a hornet's nest and cannot be poked for the time being.
"The Miao chaos in Huguang has been put down. I plan to build Huguang into a new granary to ease the pressure on water transportation."
Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "Destroy Ning Fan first, and then the kings of Huguang. Even if I betray my ancestors, I still have to give an explanation to the people of Ming Dynasty!"
"Old minister, on behalf of the poor people in the world, thank you for your kindness!" Hu Hui knelt down respectfully.
After chatting for a while, Zhu Qiyu let Hu Xi leave.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "Ning Fan, move quickly, I can't wait!"
In the evening, the political affairs were dealt with.
Zhu Qiyu was strolling in the yard, and Xu Gan was waiting on him.
"What did the Emperor say?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor said he didn't know. Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was very sick, my slave did not dare to ask any more questions."
Xu Gan whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Emperor is pretending to be ill. Please ask the imperial doctor to take a look."
"Really sick?"
Xu Gan nodded.
"Is there any happy event in Nangong recently? Has the Supreme Emperor given birth to a new heir?" Zhu Qiyu asked Xu Gan.
Xu Gan could hear that the emperor was sour.
The Emperor's sons were born one after another, but he had none.
"As far as I'm concerned, your Majesty, I don't have any for the time being."
"Then let's find an imperial doctor and take a look. After all, he is my biological brother."
"Tell the prince to go to Nangong to serve the decoction. Stop coming to me to complain. I have already dealt with the Xiang family. Don't cry like a man."
Zhu Qiyu strolled: "Xu Gan, how are you doing in prison?"
"According to your instructions, the number of servants has been expanded to 300. They are all loyal, brave and reliable people." Xu Gan whispered.
"You secretly train a group of people and place them in every corner of the palace. You need to know what these officials and young men said, and they will finally be gathered here by me. Do you understand?" Zhu Qiyu said in a low voice. .
"My slave understands."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Now the palace is different from before. There are connections behind the palace maids and guards. This imperial city will become a Shura field. You have to keep an eye on me."
"You are my eyes in the palace. Let me remind you again. Whatever these people do means what their father outside the palace has done. Do you understand?"
Xu Gan nodded: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, by looking at them, you can see through their father's and ancestors' personal connections, and find out who each of them belongs to?"
Zhu Qiyu nodded gently: "There is still one more layer, grab the pigtails and let me hold them."
He looked up at the sky and said quietly: "I, sit there and look down at all living beings."
"This slave is willing to die for the Emperor!"
Xu Gan kowtowed respectfully and began to make preparations.
People enter the palace every day, and there are women from the families of Beijing officials entering the palace to serve.
Zhu Qiyu walked out of the Qianqing Palace and strolled on the road. He saw a palace maid limping and asked her: "Whose family do you belong to?"
The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground. She had just entered the palace not long ago and did not understand the rules. She said tremblingly: "My father is Li Jian, a classic of the Hanlin Academy."
"Stand up, pull up your skirt, and let me look at your feet." Zhu Qiyu said.
The maid thought that the emperor was attracted to her, and a blush appeared on her face.
"Hurry up!" Feng Xiao urged her.
She stood up and opened her skirt, revealing a three-inch golden lotus and a pair of small feet.
"Your feet were bound? How old were you when you had them bound?" Zhu Qiyu asked calmly.
"Reporting to your Majesty, my servant's feet were tied when she was four years old. Her family said that she can marry a good man only after her feet are tied!" She smiled shyly.
"Hmph, you have to tie your legs to get married to a happy man? What a lie!"
Zhu Qiyu's face was gloomy: "Is your father, Li Jian, a Hanlin Academy scholar? How did he read the sages' books? Did the sages' books teach him to bind his daughter's feet?"
"Come here, send me out of the palace!"
"When Xuan Li Jian came to Qinzheng Palace, I asked him personally why he tied his daughter's feet."
"I have been given many orders in the court, not to tie your feet! Why don't you listen!"
The maid was frightened.
"It is decreed that all those who have their feet bound in the palace will be sent out of the palace!"
"Those whose fathers and ancestors served as officials in the court were all reprimanded!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "Let them choose again, choose one without bound feet, and serve him in the palace!"
"You have little feet, how can you serve me?"
"They have become slaves in the palace and expect others to serve them?"
"You don't have any brains! How did you become an official!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious and entered the palace angrily.
The news in the palace quickly spread throughout the government and the public, and all the daughters who were bound by their feet were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Li Jianzhan entered the palace tremblingly and knelt in front of Qinzheng Hall.
His daughter has been driven out of the palace, and more than a thousand people have been driven out.
I don’t know how many people in the court have their feet tied up at their daughter’s house!
"Let him get in!"
Zhu Qiyu's voice came, and Li Jian entered the palace in horror.
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu dropped a teacup on him.
Li Jian endured the pain and knelt on the ground, not daring to move.
"Li Jian, I have met you. The last time I came to the Hanlin Academy, you personally gave me a book, and I even praised your knowledge!"
"I have seen your daughter. She looks good and is very smart. Why should she be tied up?"
"With her background, appearance and figure, she can't find a suitable husband?"
Zhu Qiyu asked in a cold voice.
You won’t know if you don’t check, but you’ll be shocked if you check.
More than two thousand official ladies came into the palace, and more than 1,300 people were sent out of the palace, all with their feet tied!
Fortunately, the order was to reprimand, not to behead, otherwise he would be slapping himself in the face.
He only said that small feet were inconvenient to serve, but did not say that he wanted to cure the small feet.
Fortunately.
"Your Majesty!"
Li was good at observing words and expressions. Although His Majesty was angry, he would not kill anyone because of it. He breathed a sigh of relief and cried:
"Foot-binding is a thousand-year old practice, and the court has indeed issued orders several times not to allow it."
"But a daughter is going to get married. If she can't get married because her feet are not tied! Or if she gets married, wouldn't it be even worse if she suffers the consequences from her husband's family?"
"As parents, even if you are a high-ranking official and well-paid, you still have to bite the bullet!"
"No matter how great the imperial edict is, it cannot be greater than the human world, Your Majesty!"
Li Jian burst into tears.
His words were very rebellious, but Zhu Qiyu listened.
If you want to get rid of bad habits, it is useless to rely on a few imperial edicts.
People's hearts are driven by profit, and bad habits must be gradually eradicated only when people get benefits.
"So, you don't want your daughter's feet to be bound?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Of course I don't want to. My daughter's screams when her feet were bound made Weichen, a father, feel distressed." Li Jian wiped his tears.
"Then your wife, do you have big feet or small feet?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
I asked Li Jian.
His wives and concubines all have small feet. He doesn't like big feet. Farmers only have big feet. They look so awkward.
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu hit him with a bowl butt.
"You just like it! So you thought everyone in the world likes it!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "You are pretending to be pitiful in front of me, slap your mouth!"
Gu Youzhi slapped the words himself.
Li Jian kept screaming.
"Stop!"
Seeing that Li Jian's whole face was covered with slap marks, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I'll ask you again, why do you like small feet?"
"this?"
Li Jian was a little confused. Don't all men in the world like small feet?
"Keep fighting!" Zhu Qiyu couldn't figure out why this Ming man was so perverted?
After hundreds of slaps, Li Jian's appearance was broken.
"Weichen knows, Weichen knows..." Li Jian figured it out.
Zhu Qiyu asked people to stop.
"Because, because the little feet are so soft that they can be held in the palm of your hand. It feels good..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu was beaten again.
wrong!
This is contempt!
Contempt for women with surnames!
Macho chauvinism should not only be reflected in behavior, but also in body. At home, men are supreme.
Furthermore, it is just following the trend. Many people follow the same trend and don’t know what they really like. Anyway, they will like what others like.
Li Jian was beaten deaf in one ear, and Gu Youzhi asked the young eunuch to stop.
"That's all, let's find a doctor to treat him!"
Zhu Qiyu thought of the maid: "Choose a good family for that maid, and I will marry her myself so that her husband's family will not dare to laugh at her."
D.
He can't beat his whole family to death just because his daughter's feet are bound. Tomorrow the censor will impeach him for this.
Being deafened is an accident.
In order to make up for it, I chose a good family for her daughter and personally granted her marriage, which was enough to make up for it.
After scolding the waiter to go out, Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao: "Do you know why my daughter's family has their feet bound?"
"This slave is a guy who got stabbed. How could he know this?" Feng Xiao smiled bitterly.
"Why doesn't the imperial concubine have her feet bound?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked: "Not even Mr. Tan? Concubine Xuan comes over. Let me ask her why her feet are not bound at home?"
Soon, Concubine Tang entered the Qinzheng Hall. After saluting, Zhu Qiyu asked her.
She also heard that the emperor was furious because of the binding of his feet.
"Replying to Your Majesty, my concubine's family was poor at that time."
"Although my father is employed, the family is not wealthy, so my mother still needs to do some needlework with her concubines and others to supplement the family income."
"So my feet won't be tied."
Concubine Tang said seriously: "After I entered the palace, my father felt sorry for himself many times and did not tie my feet for my concubine, thinking that he was inferior because of this."
Sure enough, it is the desire to follow the trend and compare.
This is a social trend, and it is extremely difficult to change it.
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