Zhu Youxiao had to admit at this time that it was a blessing for the emperor and the people to have a top figure in the dynasty.
The existence of such a person is truly superior to millions of soldiers.
The minister also supported the emperor's appointment of Zhou Xingwu as the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan.
Shanhaiguan is the key point, and the defender must have someone who is trustworthy and has military ability to go there.
Wang Xiangqian advised Zhu Youxiao to appoint the governor of Jiliao as soon as possible, but Zhu Youxiao rejected it.
In his opinion, with the Liaodong Economic Strategy, there is no need for the so-called Governor of Jiliao. The responsibilities and powers of these two positions conflict and overlap in many aspects, and only one of them can exist.
Besides, he can rest assured that the civil servants under him now all hold important positions in the six ministries, and there are simply no suitable candidates who can be released to take charge of the administration.
Wang Xiangqian remonstrated:
"Since Your Majesty has an idea to rectify the border army, he should make arrangements as early as possible. Just like His Majesty's last northern expedition, you can be worry-free only if you are fully prepared. You only need to launch a thunderous strike when the time comes, and no major changes will happen. .”
Zhu Youxiao nodded repeatedly. What Wang Xiangqian said was indeed reasonable.
After careful consideration, Zhu Youxiao decided to appoint Xifengkou General Mangui as the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town.
Although Man Gui is a Mongolian and not Zhu Youxiao's confidant, Zhu Youxiao always regards loyalty as the first criterion for employing people. Man Gui's loyalty has been proved in history, not to mention his bravery and The military level is top notch.
The former chief soldier of Xuanfu was transferred to the chief soldier of Jizhen, and the title of General Wuyi was added to him, which can be regarded as a title for his last military exploits.
The General Soldier of Jizhen was transferred to the Yulin Army and served as the infantry drill drill general of the Yulin Army's auxiliary barracks.
The change of the commander-in-chief to the staff-general position may appear to be a demotion on the surface, but in fact it is a level promotion, and it can even be said to be an overt demotion but a covert promotion.
Since the disbandment of the Beijing Camp, the Yulin Army has been automatically assumed by everyone to play the role of the New Beijing Camp.
According to the military general town system of the Ming Dynasty, the generals of the Beijing camp were one level higher than the generals of the local military towns.
If the previous old system was followed, the local military commander-in-chief would be transferred to the Beijing camp. At most, he could only serve as the deputy general of one of the three battalions. The rank of admiral-general commander would not even be qualified to see him.
In order to prevent Xifengkou's military strength from declining after Man Gui left, Zhu Youxiao appointed guerrilla general Ma Shilong to take over Man Gui's squad.
In addition, Shenyang Counselor Zhao Lejiao was transferred back to the pass and served as deputy general in Datong Town. Qi Jin, the former military aid general of the Liao Army, was also appointed as deputy general in Xuanfu Town. Two thousand troops were selected from his old Zhejiang army to form a full-scale army. The Firearms Army also assigned three thousand Huben sergeants to him.
Only those who have soldiers are qualified to speak. Zhu Youxiao knows this very well. If you just let others take office with just a letter of appointment, then your appointment will be worse than nothing.
Although Qi Jin was a veteran, he knew that Qi Jin was unwilling to retire in the capital. He also wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country. In order to prevent Qi Jiguang's regret from happening again, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to let this veteran wear armor and go into battle again.
However, Man Gui and Zhao Lijiao did not need the support of his troops. These two men had served as border generals for many years, and their servants and confidants totaled not one thousand but eight hundred. Such a military strength was no longer weak.
Coupled with Zhu Youxiao's appointment and great righteousness, if they can't outplay others after taking office, then there is no need for them to take on this important task.
Zhu Youxiao's operation seemed to be just the replacement and transfer of a few generals, but it was a huge impact on the border town's system.
Although he could not take action against those businessmen and generals due to the situation, he could first slowly disintegrate their interest group system.
They may feel that something is wrong, but like the generals in Liaodong, they have no choice. They will not dare to openly disagree with the court or even resist because of this kind of thing.
However, Zhu Youxiao's personnel appointment was opposed by Xue Zhen, the Minister of Punishment. In his words, it was not appropriate to alert the enemy too early.
Judging from what he just said, Zhu Youxiao already knew that in addition to local civil servants and military generals, there were probably not a few officials in the court who had benefited from them.
And Xue Zhen herself should have obtained benefits in the past.
Zhu Youxiao's guess was correct. The inspector in Shanxi was his friend for many years. Through this friend, he got a lot of money from those businessmen. They only had one condition, saying a few words for them when necessary was enough. .
Xue Zhen didn't want to get involved in this matter, but he was helpless. If His Majesty wanted to investigate and punish him, he would never be able to stay alone and would be implicated. In order to save his career and life, he had no choice but to offend the emperor. .
Zhu Youxiao did not respond to him. He was just a minister, which might have some influence on his plan, but his actions would not be very big. As long as the cabinet agreed, the matter was settled.
The officials and censors of Liu Ke would not go against the emperor for these unrelated people, and they did not dare. After all, the emperor had already killed the entire Liu Ke.
Xue Zhen saw that the emperor and other colleagues looked at him with strange eyes, and she was panicked in her heart and did not dare to say anything.
"The expedition to the southwest is imminent. It will take a long time for me to leave Beijing this time. If everything goes well, I will be back in March or May. If there are emergencies and obstacles, I don't know when I will be able to return north."
"After I leave Beijing, I will establish the Prime Minister's Office in accordance with the last arrangement. It will be superior to the cabinet and the six ministries to handle all major military and political affairs."
"The prime minister should be Yuan Fu, Ge Lao, Da Situ, Ying Gong, my four humerus ministers. Do you have any objections or additions?"
"I have no objection!"
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"Okay, let's settle this first. Before I leave the capital, I will order the four prime ministers to enter the palace to give instructions. This is the end of the discussion today. Everyone, please step aside!"
"Da Sikong, please stay here for a moment. I have something to ask Da Sikong!"
Cold-resistant rice seeds are so important. They will be Zhu Youxiao's main confidence in dealing with disasters in the future. They must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
There is still more than half a year before next year's spring plowing. We must develop rice seeds before then, and then conduct testing and cultivation.
As for potatoes and sweet potatoes, they can indeed provide food and clothing, but they have not been promoted and publicized, and the people know very little about them.
The Han people are very conservative and rarely try anything unknown. In other words, the Han people now do not have the confidence to try it. After all, this is about the family's rations.
Moreover, without the existence of sharp tools such as chemical fertilizers, the yield of these things is not very high, not to mention nutrition. Those who regard these things as staple foods are probably watered down.
The Manchus had eaten potatoes and sweet potatoes for two hundred years, and who didn’t know what kind of horrible things they had done to people?
Is that called a human being?
Apart from the skeleton, can you still see a little bit of flesh?
Perhaps it would be more accurate to call them zombies.
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