"Five million acres of Kinki land, plus 2 million taels of start-up money, plus 500,000 taels of maintenance money every year, plus reward money and pension money when troops are sent to war... Is it enough?"
In the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Youjian was settling accounts with Yang Hao on his fingers. His calculation... Yang Hao was so impressed that he fell to the ground.
Five million acres of land in Kinki is worth two to thirty million taels, plus the one-time investment of 2 million taels, plus the annual maintenance fee of 500,000 taels, and additional money is needed to send troops to fight... ...This is a huge loss of gold and silver!
Such a large amount of expenditure was mentioned in the mouth of this young emperor, but it was so understated, as if it was just a little money.
This kind of demeanor of treating gold and silver like dirt is probably incomparable to the old emperor Wanli! If he could have helped Xima Dongli make up for the shortfall caused by sending troops to North Korea, how could there have been the disaster of Sarhu?
But how did Yang Hao know that in addition to the 5 million acres of land, the one-time investment of 2 million taels of silver and the annual maintenance fee of 500,000 taels were nothing at all in Zhu Youjian's eyes. I think back then, his annual pocket money was 1 million taels! And he also has many other ways to make money, such as "selling" his son to the traitor for marriage... By the way, the traitor is "the richest in the world". How can I be the "richest in the world"? No money? Moreover, there are 70 fat sheep waiting for their wool outside the Wenhua Hall! The two families behind Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family and a bunch of implicated relatives are still waiting to have their homes raided. There are also many royal officials in the palace who have handed over memorials of apology and are ready to buy indulgences at high prices.
And the indulgence business has just started! Thinking about the many corrupt officials and sycophants in the Ming Dynasty, the demand for indulgences must be in short supply...Zhu Youjian was not worried at all about not being able to come up with millions or tens of millions of silver!
"The money and land are enough..." Yang Hao frowned and said, "But to make good use of the money and land, we still need a really capable yamen and many officials who can handle things. I don't know. Your Majesty, do you want the inner government to take charge of thousands of households, or do you want the Ministry of War to take charge?"
"If the Ministry of War is in charge, should we call them servants?" Zhu Youjian asked rhetorically, and then added, "But it is not appropriate to let the inner government take charge of my servants... I want to use the method of my ancestors to set up accounts. The former General Zhijun Commandery Commander is responsible for commanding my servants and personal guards. The General Zhijun Commandery Commander and the Jinyi Commandery Commander are at the same level, and they are both under my direct control."
In the second year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang formally established the Pro-Army Command Department in front of the account to command the guards and pro-army. Feng Guoyong was appointed as the first pro-army commander. Later, the pro-army in front of the account was changed to the Jinwu Guards Pro-Army Duhufu. Later, the Duhufu was abolished, and the pro-army affiliated to it was reorganized into the twelve guards of the pro-guards, among whom the Jinyi Guards were the first. Later, the status of the Jinyi Guards became higher and higher, and the rest of the Imperial Guards gradually became depleted. The Ming Dynasty emperor had no choice but to start anew and establish private troops affiliated with the Royal Horse Guards to protect his own safety.
However, the management ability and financial resources of the Royal Horse Supervisor are limited after all, and he cannot afford to support or manage too many troops. Therefore, the number of pro-army troops under the jurisdiction of Yumajian has always been very limited. The number of soldiers is only 6,500, which can only protect the palace. To use them as the main force, the number is too small.
Now Zhu Youjian wants to build a large-scale pro-army, and the 10,000 "households" are just cavalry. In addition to them, Zhu Youjian also planned to use Western methods to train scouts. He would first go to Haao to invite foreign generals, introduce Spanish formations, and train 20,000 to 30,000 young soldiers. At the same time, artillery that can be deployed quickly in the field was introduced, an artillery team was organized, and the soldiers were all young soldiers.
After a few years, when the pro-army forces are fully formed, Zhu Youjian can lead them to the "Five Years of Ping Liao".
To manage this pro-army, which includes infantry, artillery and cavalry, there must be a powerful yamen directly subordinate to the emperor, who can control a large amount of land, have independent logistics and military industry departments, and reliable financial sources.
Yang Hao frowned even more tightly, "Your Majesty, where did the military ministers who are in charge of the general command and command the pro-army department and serve in the department come from?"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Since the General Control and Pro-Army Command Department in front of the account is the yamen under my direct control, naturally everything is decided by me! Hereditary military honors do not count among the pro-army forces in front of the account... ..Furthermore, the officials in the pro-army in front of the account are not only military ministers, civil servants, chamberlains, vassals, and even foreigners from foreign countries. As long as I think they are useful, they can serve in the command department of the pro-army capital in front of the account. Foreign dynasties are not allowed to put one's oar in!"
He wants to take full power from the Qianqian pro-military army!
The financial source of the pro-army forces in front of the account comes from the inner treasury and the inner treasury, so the personnel power must of course be controlled by Zhu Youjian.
This army is the emperor's servants, so of course it cannot be interfered with by foreign dynasties.
"Your Majesty," Yang Hao's brows were already knitted together, "Do you want civil servants to join the army and serve as officials before they join the army?"
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually no such thing as the idea that civil servants were valued more than military officers, and that civil servants were promoted to military officers. It was promotion from civil servants to military officers!
But nowadays, civil servants are all noble. Who would be willing to serve in the army in front of the army? Isn’t this too demeaning?
Even if you still have academic qualifications, no one would be willing to do it.
Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Yang Hao, are you willing to serve as the general counselor before joining the army?"
"Old minister... of course I want it!" Yang Hao didn't have the guts to confront Zhu You!
He is not an upright civil servant in the court. Those people who contradict the emperor are just trying to make a fool of themselves.
And Yang Hao is a death row prisoner awaiting execution in Jinyiwei Prison!
Zhu Youjian had only one sentence to kill him... He was already sentenced to death, but the emperor was kind and allowed him to live a few more years!
"That's enough!" Zhu Youjian paused, "There is another Li Ruzhen in Jinyiwei Prison, and he is also discussing the death penalty... Go and talk to him, and ask him to come to the tent and serve as a pro-army officer. If he doesn’t want to, then prepare to behead him!”
Li Ruzhen is the third son of Li Chengliang. He is not as good as his brothers, but he finally knows how to select and train servants, and he may be able to recruit a group of old friends.
So Zhu Youjian also plans to give him a chance to make meritorious deeds... If he doesn't want to, then just kill him!
"He will definitely be willing," Yang Hao said. "I will go and tell him, and he will definitely be very grateful to Your Majesty."
Zhu Youjian nodded, waved his hand, and asked Cao Wenxue to lead Yang Hao to look for Li Ruzhen in the Jinyiwei Prison.
Watching the two people leave, Zhu Youjian said to his left and right again: "Let all the criminals outside come to the yard, and I will talk to them."
These criminals are not only fat sheep, but also potential lackeys!
Wei Zhongxian didn't use them solely because they were willing to give away a lot of money - the money must be given away, but this alone cannot become the five tigers, five bears, ten dogs, ten children and forty grandchildren... These 70 people are Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs How can the core of the party do without any ability to do things?
Under the governance of this group of people, the great Ming Dynasty seemed to be more prosperous than the later times when everyone was prosperous!
As a polished emperor, Zhu Youjian must of course accept these traitorous ministers as lackeys!
With the lackeys Eagle Dog, Zhu Youjian can be a comfortable emperor. Most civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were arrogant, especially those who thought they were gentlemen. How could these people be willing to be treated like dogs?
So Zhu Youjian can't be picky. People in the imperial edict can be used, and Wei Zhongxian's eunuch lackeys can also be used... Whether they are traitors or not is another matter, at least they are obedient and willing to do things.
And now there is still a fatal clue in Zhu Youjian's hands... If he is disobedient, he can be labeled as a traitor to the party at any time, and beheading and confiscating his house will be enough.
70 criminals have been escorted into the courtyard of Wenhua Palace, and every one of them is uneasy... They are not eunuchs now, but rebels! Those who rebel against the party will be beheaded. Even if they are not killed, they will be thrown into jail for several years and they will lose their entire fortune!
"Long live the Lord is here!"
As the eunuch shouted, the traitorous ministers quickly knelt down.
Zhu Youjian looked at them and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, you came just in time... Today is the day when your ancestor wife turned one thousand years old and was stabbed in the Jing Le Hall... ...You all go and see her off!”
