It had been a year since Zhang Shize was ordered to go to Nanjing. At that time, he was able to enter Nanjing and garrison with 5,000 elite troops.
Now that there are more than 30,000 Yulin troops in Nanjing, he doesn't believe that those gentry really dare to break up with the imperial court and fight to the death.
They have no soldiers and no power. Even if they want to cause trouble, they just let the few private soldiers they harbor go out to do some damage and rob the people.
Another tactic is to spread rumors everywhere to incite people to rebel, stimulate civil unrest, and rebel against the imperial court.
In the eyes of Zhu Youxiao, who has long been used to fighting and killing, this is nothing more than child's play. The army can just drive over and push him flatly.
Those who can be easily incited to rebel against him are not honest and good citizens. If they are killed, they will be killed. Death is not a pity.
Although most of the local officials were their protective umbrella or their own family members, at this time, no such iron-headed boy dared to collide with the emperor's gun.
They will only seize the opportunity to submit a joint petition and falsify the facts, saying that the government is forcing the people to rebel and the people are living in dire straits.
The court's policies are wrong, the emperor's behavior is morally wrong and needs to be corrected, etc.
Although the noble generals in Nanjing colluded with each other and had huge interests.
But as long as Zhu Youxiao doesn't touch them and makes them feel that they are safe, they will definitely stay out of it.
They will not stand up for these Gods of Wealth and get themselves into a quagmire just for the sake of their face.
Furthermore, it is natural to pay back debts. These wealthy gentry people dare to be rogues and fail to pay the taxes owed to the court. They should be punished.
This time, he had absolute moral integrity in taking action, and with the IOU in hand, no matter how eloquent they were, it would not have any effect at that time.
Zhu Youxiao was even worried that Li Zhicai and Zhang Shize's 30,000 troops and horses were too few and they would not be able to effectively recover the money and food they owed in the first time.
In addition to the specific tasks and arrangements, the contents of his handwriting to Jinyiwei Qianhu also reminded the two of them to always pay attention to any abnormal movements in the city.
He also strictly ordered the two of them to keep all their whereabouts completely secret from the outside world, and the guards around them must not relax.
Regardless of whether they are in peacetime or on a mission, they cannot leave Nanjing City together. There must be one person who stays in the city to take charge of the overall situation and suppress those officials, gentry and nobles who are ready to make moves.
Only in this way can Nanjing be firmly controlled. Controlling Nanjing is equivalent to controlling the entire Yingtian Mansion and having absolute initiative.
In order to ensure that they could act cheaply and that all actions were reasonable and legal, Zhu Youxiao issued another order.
The 30,000 troops and horses stationed in Nanjing were officially reorganized into the Royal Guards Habayashi Army and the Nanjing Defense Garrison Corps.
Their responsibility is to look after the palace city and the imperial city for the emperor, as well as the central and prosperous areas of the capital, as well as Chaoyang Gate and Zhengyang Gate, which are relatively close to the imperial city, and put them all under control.
After the imperial edict arrived, they would be stationed in Nanjing City legitimately, and they would no longer be members of the Xiaoling Guards.
There are some people in the province who always make him feel disgusted by saying that his name is not correct, his words are not smooth, and he is not in line with the etiquette and ancestral system.
He also appointed Li Zhicai as the chief military officer of the Nanjing Defense Garrison Corps, taking charge of all defense in the city, recruiting drill sergeants, and forging weapons and ordnance, all of which were his responsibility.
Zhang Shize was appointed deputy general, and also led the Zuo Canjun of the Nanjing garrison and the judge of the Chinese Army Dudu Mansion. (The deputy general is the deputy general)
Although this judge is only a fifth-grade official, he has considerable power.
The role of this position in the Fifth Army Governor's Office is equivalent to that of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, which is responsible for supervising and managing the military attaches in the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
The reason why Zhu Youxiao wanted to give him such an official position was because most of the nobles in Nanjing had official positions in the Fifth Army Commander's Office.
Zhang Shize can judge them as officials and govern them, even if they are high-ranking nobles. After all, no one is the heir to the throne.
Although Zhang Shize had not made any achievements and was so young, it did not affect Zhu Youxiao's appointment of him as deputy general and his authority.
His status as the eldest grandson of the British Duke was greater than any merit. From the moment he was born, his fate and responsibilities were determined, and his status was a passport.
At the same time, a secret order was also given to Tian Ergeng, who was in charge of Nanzhen Fusi.
Let him send out all the Tiqi to fully monitor the city of Nanjing, the noble generals who hold military power, and the Minister of War in Nanjing.
The Minister of War in Nanjing has very powerful powers, even greater than those in Beijing.
One is in charge of the south and the other is in charge of the north, but the Minister of War in Beijing also has cabinet ministers and the emperor, and even faces constraints from the other five ministers.
As for the man in Nanjing, he is the well-deserved number one official in the officialdom. He can basically have the final say in all matters, big and small.
Not only was he in charge of the military garrison stations in the southern provinces, he also held the official position of military counselor in the Nanjing garrison.
This so-called Counselor's Service was established by Zhu Di when he moved the capital to Beijing. The purpose was to decentralize power and prevent the noble generals from becoming disloyal, bullying the superiors and concealing the inferiors, and threatening his position as emperor.
But what he didn't expect was that this so-called decentralization of power did not go as perfectly as he thought.
As time went by, it even indirectly brought about the cooperation of the Minister of War in Nanjing and the garrison ministers.
The situation of coexistence of civil and military forces that he expected did not appear. Instead, they united together, colluded with the gentry, and colluded together to fight against the imperial power.
Zhu Youxiao did not know much about Huaiyuan Hou Chang Yinxu, a descendant of the current Nanjing garrison minister and general Chang Yuchun.
Therefore, he could only strive to give Li Zhicai and Zhang Shize greater power so that they could act without hindrance.
Wei Guogong Xu Hongji is also a veteran. When the situation is unclear, he will not easily take sides.
What Zhu Youxiao wants is his hesitation and hedging mentality to get things done quickly and officially settle the matter.
After all, he is also the leader of Nanjing's nobles. Although he is not a garrison minister now, and he does not have the status and absolute suppression power like the British Duke, he is still the leader of Nanjing's nobles.
As long as the Duke of Wei can remain neutral and not get involved, it will be of great help to Zhu Youxiao.
The eldest brother was silent, and the younger brother naturally followed his lead, and they also pretended to be dumbfounded.
In order to appease them, Zhu Youxiao also appointed Xu Hongji as Taibao and Chang Yin as Prince Shaobao in his imperial edict!
It is also telling them in disguise that nothing will happen to you. You are still an indispensable pillar of the country and my humerus ministers.
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