"I accept the order!"
Zhou Yuji accepted the emperor's order for him to go to South Zhili to serve as a guard in the patrol camp.
This was still a bit difficult for him to accept. He did not expect that he would be directly expelled from the soldiers of Guards Town.
"Hey! It's better to be demoted to soldiers like Guo Mu and others. At least they can go into battle to kill the enemy."
Zhou Yuji sighed and cursed.
Lu Xiangsheng appeared in front of him at this time and said: "You don't have to sigh, the emperor has a profound meaning in doing this."
Zhou Yuji glanced at Lu Xiangsheng but said nothing.
At this time, Wu Dazhu, Zhou Yuji's direct commander, saw this and couldn't help shouting: "General!"
"What general? Call me to guard!"
Zhou Yuji said something and left the camp of the 1st Infantry Battalion of Guards Town.
Next.
Zhou Yuji had to pack his things and go to Nanjing to take office.
Lu Xiangsheng was appointed by Zhu Youxiao as the acting guerrilla, and at the same time continued to serve as the chief instructor of the first battalion.
Zhu Youxiao did this with deep intention. The purpose was to send a reliable cadre to South Zhili to manage the patrol camp first, so as to play the role of the patrol camp in South Zhili.
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"Guang Gong, have you read the newspaper? Yuan Gong has only been in charge of Liaodong for less than half a year, and he has directly captured tens of thousands of captive chiefs and recovered Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places!"
Huang Zunyi, the prefect of Baoding, spoke to Guang Shiheng.
Guang Shiheng nodded: "Of course I saw it. Back then, when Xiong Tingbi was appointed as the general manager, didn't he say that it was difficult to control the bandits, and it was difficult for the government and the army to work together? Sending a large army to actively suppress them would only lead to the defeat of Saarhu." , How come Yuan Gong did the opposite and directly sent a large army to suppress it, but nothing happened, and he even won a great victory and directly beheaded ten thousand people. Is this comparable to what Xiong Tingbi achieved when he was appointed as an administrator?"
"No, it's obvious that the strategy of Yuan Dalai (Yuan Yingtai) and Gong Yuan back then was obviously right. We have many soldiers in Liaodong, Ming Dynasty, and an elite frontier army of 200,000. If we take the initiative to suppress the Eastern captives, we will be able to pacify Jian. Thieves in the state! But unfortunately, because Fang thief controlled the imperial court, the imperial court only believed in Xiong Tingbi's words and feared the enemy like a tiger. It was not until the new Yuan Jinglue took the initiative to attack that our army won a great victory, which made the robbers frightened. Unfortunately, Mr. Yuan was originally a man of great strategism, but now he can only build water conservancy projects in Shaanxi!"
Huang Zunyi sighed.
Guang Siheng also sighed.
The two local civil servants who did not understand military affairs, like many officials in the court who were dissatisfied with the government, used this incident in Liaodong to express different opinions.
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"I heard that some people inside and outside the court are starting to talk again, saying that Xiong Tingbi is not capable enough, and that those who were convicted for participating in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi were not wrong, and they are still complaining about it. Why, according to their opinion, Was it because I didn’t know people well at the beginning?”
Because of these remarks, Zhu Youxiao specifically mentioned this matter at the newly established Privy Council meeting of the newly established Fifth Military Governor's Mansion.
Zhu Youxiao said without getting angry and boasting: "You don't understand shit! The situation in Liaodong when Yuan Keli was appointed as the general manager and the situation in Liaodong when Xiong Tingbi was appointed as the general manager are already different. Can this be the same?! It can be said that, Without Xiong Tingbi accumulating small victories to weaken the Donglu, there would be no basis for Yuan Keli to use his ingenuity to win a big victory at this time, so, Xiong Aiqing, please rest assured, I will not question your ability."
"I feel ashamed to have placed my trust in Your Majesty. Your Majesty's kindness to you will never be repaid even if I die!"
Xiong Tingbi, who was present at the court meeting, replied with emotion and knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao.
"My dear, there is no need to be like this. Get up quickly and wait for me to finish speaking. It will not be too late to salute you again."
With a wave of his sleeve, Colonel Zhu You once again spoke majestically to Fang Congzhe, the Chief Assistant to the Cabinet and Assistant Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, who was also present at the court meeting: "Drawing up the decree, Xiong Tingbi, Minister of the Ministry of War, has made meritorious service in the Liao Dynasty and knows military affairs. Xiao Rongji, who was of noble character and always had a first name, was appointed as a cabinet minister, and was appointed as a bachelor of Wuyingdian Palace. He was also in charge of the Ministry of War. At the same time, he served as an assistant to Han Xu and was appointed as an auxiliary minister in the Political Affairs Hall. Yuan Fu was renamed the chief minister. Assistant Minister!"
"I obey the decree!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Xiong Tingbi saluted again.
Wang Xiangqian had also applied to become an official because he was too old, and Zhu Youxiao did not let him go home to retire. Instead, he and Li Ruhua stayed in the capital as consultants and teachers.
As for letting Xiong Tingbi join the cabinet and enter the political hall, it was another move by Zhu Youxiao to let officials with experience in local governance and military management enter the core decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty, and Xiong Tingbi naturally replaced Wang Xiangqian.
Zhu Youxiao also asked Han Xu to enter the political affairs hall, naturally because Han Xu was quite sensible. As an emperor, he was naturally willing to see officials on his side who were sensible. He was not afraid of officials being sensible, but he was afraid that some officials were not sensible. Interesting.
Han Xu got his wish and entered the Political Affairs Hall.
He was still not truly satisfied, because he had to admit that he did not seem to be qualified to enter the inner court in a sedan chair.
Therefore, based on his previous experience, Han Xu decided to continue to follow the emperor's intentions honestly, talking less and nodding more to do things. Silence is golden.
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"A survey by the Institute of Metrology found that the profits of the Cotton Yarn Bureau and the Weaving Bureau continue to rise, and the supply demand is still increasing. Foreign merchant ships that went to Japan and other places to purchase cotton cloth still turned around to Songjiang for purchase, but this time As a result, our government-run cotton yarn bureau and weaving layout still have a shortage of workers. In addition, the manufacturing industry in Tianjin is also seriously short of workers. There is also a huge gap in raw materials such as cotton yarn and raw silk. Therefore, we must increase the number of workers in the next step. The imperial government's treasury revenue must start from these two aspects. I wonder what you have to say?"
Fang Congzhe was instructed by Zhu Youxiao to convene an internal affairs meeting attended by the cabinet and Dajiu Qing, mainly to prepare for the subsequent internal affairs reform.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe took the initiative to speak up at this court meeting.
The Institute of Metrology mentioned by Fang Congzhe is a new institution recently established by Zhu Youxiao that is responsible for statistics of various data.
After all, a country's internal governance requires a lot of data as a reference.
"There are not enough workers, so more people need to enter the factories. From the official point of view, the first thing to bear the brunt is to strictly restrict the excessive slavery of the powerful gentry and wealthy businessmen. It must be strictly investigated! They are prohibited from excessive slavery, so that more people can become slaves. Restore your citizenship status so you can enter factories to support yourself! In addition, you should abolish your lowly status so that some fishermen can enter factories to make a living."
Bi Ziyan, who has become the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, first said something at this time. He had been responsible for the manufacturing industry in Tianjin and turned refugees into workers. Therefore, he also knew best what other destinations the people who lost their land had besides becoming refugees. According to his investigation, it was nothing more than surrendering into slavery.
"The matter of land clearing must be carried out as soon as possible. As long as a large number of unowned fields are cleared out and owned by the imperial officials in the form of imperial villages, they can be used to organize the people to grow cotton and mulberry leaves. After all, owned fields must be planted. Grain, then the ownerless fields can be used to solve the shortage of cotton and raw silk, and can be used to grow grain when there is a shortage of grain in the future. In short, the imperial court needs a number of public fields for dispatch."
Wang Yingjiao, the governor of Xichang, was inspired by some of the ideas mentioned by Zhu Youxiao in the Holy Instructions of the Huangming Dynasty, and put forward the concept of clearing the land of the world as soon as possible. Of course, as the governor of Xichang, he was responsible for collecting taxes, and he also hoped to clear the land of the world as soon as possible. Continue to attack large tax arrears.
"Extremely yes!"
Han Xu expressed his agreement, but his words were a bit concise.
"no disagreement."
Sun Ruyou also replied.
Seeing this, Fang Congzhe said: "Well, when the time comes, I will ask all the princes and servants to come together and advise Your Majesty that the land in the world should be cleared immediately and the phenomenon of excessive slavery should be strictly investigated."
The court meeting went smoothly.
Because these people have participated in the investment of the Cotton Yarn Bureau and the Weaving Bureau, they know that if the profits of the Cotton Yarn Bureau and the Weaving Bureau are increased, the profit sharing will be far greater than the loss caused by clearing the land. Therefore, these people also took the initiative to do this. Reform is equivalent to driving the slaves of the powerful gentry into factories, and also taking away the fields concentrated in the hands of the powerful gentry to produce the raw materials they need.
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