"Your Majesty, although this move is good, it has several problems."
Li Guopu pondered for a while: "It's easy to say that the Mobei Mongols have become our obedient people, but will our move allow Mobei, Monan, Horqin and other tribes to unite? If they unite, Ming Dynasty will have another enemy."
"That's why I summoned a few people to discuss this matter."
Chongzhen waved his hand: "Besides, I didn't say I would attack them now."
"I seem to understand what your Majesty means!"
Li Banghua, who had been silent until now, suddenly broke his silence.
"Everyone, His Majesty said at the beginning that our current task is to stabilize the border army and train the new army. As long as the border army has sufficient wages and food, it will not be a big problem."
"The training of the new army mainly focuses on the Four Guards of Tengxiang. According to Mr. Fang's idea, the cavalry can only have 20,000 to 28,000 people at best.
If they were all elites, this force would be enough to gallop through the various Mongolian tribes. The most important thing here is the horses.
Among war horses, Mongolian horses are the most popular. The environment of the Mongolian plateau allows war horses to recover their physical strength quickly and are very good at long-distance movement in various environments.
Your Majesty said all this because he wanted to get war horses from Mongolia. "
"Everyone thinks about how much money was confiscated from the Eunuch Party just now. It is understandable that it was given to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but why was it also given to Taipu Temple and the Ministry of Works?"
"Taipu Temple specializes in horse administration and mainly obtains horses from the Mongolian mutual market. His Majesty has allocated five hundred thousand to Taipu Temple. According to the transactions in previous years, five hundred thousand taels can probably buy 60,000 high-quality horses. Ma, if the Ministry of Industry cooperates again, we can get more."
“The Ministry of Industry is in charge of iron, lead, copper and other metals, and iron is the most lacking in Mongolia, followed by tea and medicinal materials.
Without medicinal materials and tea leaves, Mongolian people’s meat-eating is prone to indigestion and constipation, which is a blow to their normal life.
Without steel, they would have trouble even cooking meat, let alone making weapons.
In the mutual market, use these reasons to raise the price, or ask them to lower the price of horses to get more horses.
Second, Lin Dan Khan is still bribed with huge sums of money to allow them to continue fighting against the Jiannu, which consumes the strength of both sides. This is the time for us to train a new army.
With high-quality horses and natural warriors from the six counties of Hexi, within a year, the fighting power will be considerable. "
After listening to Li Banghua's analysis, everyone suddenly realized.
Chongzhen also admired it very much.
"Please give me your Majesty's instructions!"
Chongzhen smiled with satisfaction and said: "The main task of Taipu Temple in the future is to buy as many horses as possible from the mutual market, as many as possible.
But as long as the horses are high-grade and medium-grade, the matter will be discussed with Fang Zhenghua, and the required silver will also be transferred from the Royal Horse Supervisor. "
"The Ministry of Industry, starting from today, store as much iron, lead, and copper as possible, and at the same time strictly control the quantities of the three metals in the mutual market."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs, quickly reissue the arrears of wages and stabilize the border troops. At the same time, go to Jiangnan and other places to purchase large quantities of grain and store it."
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"I'm waiting for the order!"
After Chongzhen explained a few more words to everyone, Sun Chengzong suddenly said: "Your Majesty, you said that there is a problem with the left wing. Should we also make plans for the right wing?"
Everyone was stunned and suddenly thought of something.
After hearing this, Chongzhen understood that Lin Danhan on the left was unreliable, but the situation on the right was more complicated.
Because here is Dongjiang Pidao Mao Wenlong's headquarters.
Mao Wenlong dared to fight, was good at fighting, and had a unique strategic vision. This was an important reason why Yuan Keli had been supporting him. However, after Yuan Keli was impeached, no one could control Mao Wenlong.
There are eight reasons for the impeachment of courtiers: living at sea, taking advantage of their pay, frequently violating the orders of the court, not being restrained, marching with troops in recent times, demanding payment and blackmail, acting unpredictably, and having traces of their connections with barbarians, having no funds for their horns, and being restrained. hinder.
It's hard to say whether he was a slave or not. There are too many doubts, but it is true that he didn't listen to orders.
If Mao Wenlong's matter is not handled well, the frontal pressure on Jinning's defense will definitely increase.
"What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, Mao Wenlong is supported by Mr. Yuan Ge, and he also listens to Mr. Yuan Ge. In this case, your Majesty can write a letter to Mr. Yuan Ge, and then let him persuade, and the court will comfort him. Stabilize it first."
"Can!"
Chongzhen agreed straightforwardly. Even if he wanted to attack the isolated overseas islands, he couldn't.
After discussing the content of the letter and the criteria for comfort, Chongzhen changed the subject and looked at Sun Chengzong: "Sun Aiqing, how is the matter of filling vacancies for courtiers?"
"I want to report this matter to His Majesty!"
After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he took out a memorial: "Your Majesty, this is the list of vacancies and official positions that have been discussed by the ministers and others. Please take a look at it!"
Chongzhen took the memorial and read it slowly.
"Fan Jingwen, a native of Wuqiao, Hejian Prefecture, was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli. He was promoted to Dongchang Prefecture and received the title of "Buer Gong". In the 46th year of Wanli, he begged for leave and returned to his hometown... He was proposed to be appointed to the Ministry of Industry. Minister."
"Huang Daozhou is from Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. He studied under Yuan Keli. He is proficient in astronomy, theory and mathematics... He is proposed to be appointed as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry."
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"Liu Zongzhou was born in Shanyin, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He was a Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli. He was the head of the Ministry of Rites in the first year of Tianqi... and is proposed to be appointed as the Minister of Rites."
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"Fang Guiwei, a native of Anzhou, was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Wanli. He served as the magistrate of Xiangling County, Shanxi for 7 years. He was honest in government... He was reinstated in the 6th year of Tianqi... He is proposed to be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."
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Chongzhen read the memorial for two quarters of an hour. A total of 26 people were recommended in this memorial, including 4 ministers, 7 ministers, 3 censors of the inspectorate, and the remaining 6 were others.
Looking at the memorial, Chongzhen's face was a little uncertain. Among the 26 people, he knew a few of them, such as Fang Zhuangwei, Fan Jingwen, etc. These were all famous officials and loyal men.
The others were unclear, but he could keenly sense that at least seven or eight of them were members of the Donglin Party.
"Sun Aiqing, when you first came to Beijing to see me, I said that from now on, there will be no more party strife in this Ming Dynasty. Remember this!"
Plop...
Sun Chengzong knelt down, and Li Guopu, Li Banghua, and Guo Yunhou also knelt down.
"Your Majesty, the people recommended by me and others are all public servants and we dare not have the slightest selfishness. Your Majesty can send Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to keep a close eye on these 26 people."
Chongzhen nodded. He had just killed a group of people. As long as Sun Chengzong and others were not stupid, they would not mess with this matter.
Because this list does not include the most important Minister of the Ministry of War and the Yushi of Zuodu, the Supervisory Yuan.
The Ministry of War is the initiator and executor of the imperial court's troop deployment. Even if the cabinet, the Secretary of Ceremony, and the Royal Horse Supervisor agree, as long as the Ministry of War does not agree, it cannot be mobilized.
In addition, the Ministry of War is in charge of the guard post, the selection and appointment of non-commissioned officers, promotions, promotions, and merit awards, and has the power to decide on the appointment of generals.
As long as the military power is in hand, civilian officials can do whatever they want, it is only a matter of one blow.
Next is the Supervisory Council, which is in charge of supervision, impeachment and recommendations. It has the power to "report major matters and make decisions on minor matters." With the Supervisory Council present, this is a knife over the heads of all officials.
From this point, we can see that several people have the ability to figure out what they want, but they still have to beat when they should.
"Get up. It's not that I don't believe you, dear friends. It's really that Ming Dynasty can't stand the torment anymore. I will send Jin Yiwei to investigate thoroughly. I hope you can understand my feelings."
"I understand!"
"Okay, get up."
Chongzhen continued: "Tomorrow at the court meeting, we will inform these people and see if the ministers have any opinions.
If everything is passed, the cabinet will draft an edict to call these people back quickly and fill the vacancies quickly. Before these people come back, you should pay more attention to the six departments. "
"Okay, let's all go to work, Li Banghua stays!"
After everyone left, they stopped Li Banghua from saluting again: "Li Aiqing, there is no Minister of War on this proposed list, as you know."
