Twenty-three officials of third rank or above from the Cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were recruited. He had eight good positions in his hands, plus Ye Chuchun, who replaced Liu Zhifeng, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Zhang Lijues, who replaced the left minister of the Ministry of Works. Xin, Xie Sheng, who replaced Chen Biqian, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and four cabinet assistants already had fifteen cards.
The number of ministers who obeyed the prince was almost equal to that of the prince, which can be said to be a rivalry. If he works hard and creates a climate, he will be a powerful force that cannot be underestimated in court meetings in the future, even worse than the Wen Ti Ren faction back then. Even the prince will have to be courteous to him.
Xue Shicheng just whispered in the ear of the first assistant. The shrewd Feng Quan did not hear the name of the visitor, but he saw that the visitor might be of the same mind as him, so he got up wisely: "Since the first assistant has a visitor, I will Without further ado, I’ll take my leave and wait for good news!”
Although the interview was short, the results were extremely fruitful. With the chief assistant's promise and another ten thousand taels of silver received, Feng Quan could go back and wait for the notice of taking office with satisfaction.
Xue Guoguan watched his old friend leave with a solemn expression. During the break between receptions, he stroked his beard and thought to himself...
Although the prince is smart, intelligent, and eloquent, he often refutes his courtiers in stunning ways. He can be said to be sharp-edged and unstoppable. However, the governance of the country relies on scholar-bureaucrats. If you want to implement political orders, you must use civil servants to implement them. Otherwise, the imperial edicts will be a piece of paper that cannot be issued in the Jifu area. How can you talk about extending kindness to Wanmin?
It is precisely because of this realization that the young prince gave him the power to nominate the cabinet and seven ministers who should have been recommended by the court. This was regarded as a way to show goodwill and win over the ministers. It was also the role given to the chief minister by the prince during the difficult moments in the early days of supervising the country. A unique privilege is a signal of cooperation between the two major groups, the prince and the chief minister, against the civil servant group that is trying to take advantage of the situation and seize power.
In just two days, with the use of both soft and hard tactics, the Crown Prince squeezed out and punished all the ministers who dared to disobey in the court meeting. The remaining ones did not dare to attack rashly anymore and could only give in.
This also means that the temporary cooperation between the two parties may come to an end, and they will lose their enemies for cooperation. Friction and conflict of interests between each other will inevitably occur. At that time, fierce and turbulent overt and covert conflicts will inevitably occur at the DPRK meeting.
If the vote is carried out according to the prince's method, as long as he accumulates enough votes, he can barely maintain the current evenly matched situation and use appeasement to weaken the prince's power in disguise.
Although this is a feasible shortcut, it is better to stay dormant until absolutely necessary. It would be foolish to confront the prince. However, it is still necessary to secretly maintain strength in case of emergencies.
If you really can't withstand the prince's fierce offensive, instead of fighting to the death and destroying your family, you might as well find a threatening target for the prince to vent his anger on, such as Dong Lin, who has been in the wild and is ready to make a move...
If you want to destroy Donglin, you can't do it overnight. In this way, the prince will have a powerful enemy to guard against for a long time in the future, and he will also have a lot of room for maneuver.
Well, this method is safer and won't damage your vitality.
Xue Guoguan made up his mind, his expression gradually became relaxed and happy, and in a good mood, he went to see Zhang Sizhi...
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After Yaoji finished dealing with these plans for making strange and obscene things, he started to get down to business, but unfortunately, Xi'er's temporary alias was not called "business"...
Since Zhou Yuji was asked to form the East Palace Guards, it was natural that he could no longer use the old training methods of the Yongwei Battalion and had to write a set of things similar to modern military training for him.
The content is nothing more than ideological culture, physical foundation, individual combat, weapon use, unit coordination, unit coordination, as well as new strategies and tactics, etc.
Whether he can beat Lien Zhan and Lianjie's pigtails is another matter. As long as he spends money to raise a good and obedient dog, he is more than half successful, and the money counted as sacks is not wasted.
Calculated according to the current prices of goods in the Ming Dynasty, if you spend fifty taels on a big-headed soldier every year, you will be a relatively qualified officer and soldier.
If this is doubled, he will be as elite as Guan Ningjun. He may not be able to defeat him in pigtails, but Brother Li will be able to pack the courier.
If the cost of raising an individual soldier reaches 150 to 200 taels, the combat effectiveness of this East Palace Guard can be closer to that of the Qi Family Army. I don't know what the actual situation will be like, but at least it is theoretically feasible.
Spending 200,000 taels of silver for 5,000 people is a lot of money. If this path really works, then 2 million taels of silver can be used to create an elite army of 50,000 people.
If this year's "harvest" can reach 30 million taels, Yaoji will decide to use the "extraordinary method" and spend 4 million taels to train a 100,000-strong army of doglegs, waiting for the big pigtails to come to their doorsteps.
It takes two or three years of training to be ready. It is impossible to eat Huang Taiji's twenty-four flags in one bite, but the other party can't do anything to stare at their lackeys.
I can't beat you, but I can disgust you to death. I'll hang it behind your butts and shoot you. I specialize in eating single pigtails, and I'll eat them all accurately!
Hundreds of thousands of people are "cracking" and "cracking" on their own territory to shoot guns, which can make Huang Taiji as restless as if he has hemorrhoids...
As the old saying goes: If you are not a sage, who doesn’t spend money? ? ?
Want to save money?
nonexistent!
This money should be spent either on your own idiot or on someone else's idiot!
If you don’t spend it, when the New Year is approaching, Huangtaiji will bring his lackeys to help you spend it!
Out of the righteousness of protecting his country, Yao Ji decided to buy some high-end dog food and let him out to eat other "chickens" after training!
"Brother Xang is writing?"
When Yao Ji was thinking about how to hit the chicken outside the pass, a voice came from beside him. When he heard the voice, he looked up and saw that it was his beautiful biological mother.
"My son didn't know that my mother was coming, so I missed her from afar. I hope my mother won't be offended!"
Do you want to "eat chicken" so much that you don't even realize when outsiders come over?
Yaoji couldn't help but turn around and look at Xi'er. The little chubby girl lowered her head shyly, indicating that she didn't know anything.
Empress Zhou saw the clues and took the initiative to excuse Xi'er: "Brother Xun, please don't blame Xi'er. The Queen Mother doesn't want to disturb Brother Xun's important matters!"
Although Xi'er has been transferred to Ciqing Palace, Queen Zhou still regards her as her maid. She misses her old love and naturally takes care of her in every possible way.
Yao Ji solemnly stated that he would not pursue the little fat girl's malfeasance. By the way, he asked about the purpose of the beautiful mother's visit: "The queen mother's orders, children and ministers must not dare to disobey. Furthermore, the queen mother is the children's important matter. I don’t know why my mother is here?”
