In the spring of the sixth year of Chenghua.
Pingyuan Bo Chen Huai embezzled 11,000 taels of salary and committed suicide. He was deprived of his title and was buried as a guilty person.
Involving fourteen people who have been honored for generations.
General Liu Qing embezzled 6,000 taels of pay and silver. He was detained in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and was to be executed on a certain day.
General Zhaojun embezzled four thousand taels of pay and silver. He was detained in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and asked to be executed on a certain day.
Qian Zhongshu, a guerrilla in the regiment camp, embezzled 600 taels of pay and silver, was dismissed from his military post, and was exiled to Liaodong.
Liu Hun went on a guerrilla attack in the regiment camp and embezzled 500 taels of pay and silver. He was dismissed from his military post and exiled to Datong.
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The previous dynasty knew that because of this honor, the first assistant was Yu Qian, the second assistant was Li Xian, the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Taining, Chen Ying and others reported to His Majesty and re-established the post of supervisor of the army.
But this time, eunuchs were not used. Instead, officials appointed by the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the Ministry of War, and the Third Academy were used to inspect armaments and verify the number of troops every year. Of course, this inquiry is irregular, six times a year, each time The inspection needs to be conducted confidentially.
Of course, what the previous dynasty didn't know was that these were all suggested by Zhu Jianshen, and were handled by Marquis Taining, Yu Qian and others with their consent.
Zhu Jianshen knew very well that the emperor's authority came from having an army that was loyal to him. Telling the soldiers about etiquette, justice and integrity, the sage's sayings, is nonsense. How to make the army loyal is the treatment. If the treatment of the soldiers cannot be guaranteed, then how can you By forcing soldiers to be loyal to the court, the Ming Dynasty also entered the late Ming Dynasty ahead of schedule.
Therefore, Zhu Jianshen attached great importance to this issue. This time he showed his sharpness. Although it was claimed that it was the idea of Yu Qian and others, it was Zhu Jianshen's idea.
The Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, verified by the Ministry of War, and supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The three parties inspected the number of people, drills, and armaments of the Beijing camp.
Due to the suicide of Pingyuan Bo Chen Huai, the admiral of the Beijing camp was temporarily supervised by Taining Marquis Chen Ying.
After the court meeting ended that day, Yu Qian brought the list of people he had drawn up into the Qianqing Palace.
The chief assistants of the cabinet were Yu Qian and Li Xian, Xu Youzhen, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Ying, the Marquis of Taining, Wang Wen, the minister of the Ministry of War, Shang Ren, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and others.
The strategy of converting the locals into exiles had been planned for a long time, but first it was delayed due to Duke Cheng's gaffe, and then due to the military pay shortage case, the matter was delayed for three or four days.
When Yu Qian proposed the strategy of reforming Liaodong and returning it to exile, Wang Wen and Chen Ying. Shang Ren and others had hesitation on their faces.
Zhu Jianshen said softly: "I think what Yu Taibao said makes sense. The Liaodong Jurchens should indeed be dealt with properly."
As soon as Xu Youzhen heard Zhu Jian's deep attitude, she immediately spoke.
"Your Majesty is willing to divide the bitter cold land of Liaodong into a national territory, set up officials, and educate the Jurchen ethnic group. This is indeed a model of a wise king through the ages. I feel that Yu Taibao's policy is in line with the conditions of Liaodong, benefits the country and the people, and spreads the saint's teachings." Speaking is also a great merit."
After listening to Xu Youzhen's words, Zhu Jianshen nodded with satisfaction. This guy is still as good as ever.
Xu Youzhen's words also blocked the opinions that several officials wanted to raise.
Why, if you want to contradict His Majesty, first look at your own abilities. Can you outshine me, Old Xu?
Shang Ren said: "Although your Majesty has good intentions, how can officials be appointed, and who is willing to go there?"
Shang Ren was the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. To select officials, he had to come up with a charter. But at first glance, it was not a bad job. He had studied hard for decades and worked as a cold-blooded person in the Hanlin Academy for several years. The bench was suddenly thrown into Liaodong. It was not Liaodong. Who would go to the foot of Changbai Mountain?
"Shang Shilang, this is your fault. How to select should be a matter for your staff to consider. Do you want His Majesty to name the appointed officials?" Xu Youzhen said softly.
Hearing Xu Youzhen's sarcasm, Shang Ren's face looked slightly wrong. I was just expressing my opinion. Why are you biting me?
Zhu Jianshen chuckled and then said: "Officials can be selected from Liaodong by Sundu Yushi. Those who are willing to volunteer can be promoted to two levels. Those who are appointed can also be promoted to one level. If they are managed well, the Jurchen tribe can quickly return to their homeland. Those who are responsible for the follow-up committee and important responsibilities.”
This important task is to go to colder places and manage the Jurchens or other savages who are more difficult to manage.
What Zhu Jianshen thought was that in a sense, in this era, the Jurchens could become a knife for the Ming Dynasty to expand its territory, and he would sharpen this knife very sharply and break it in the later stage.
Shang Ren nodded when he heard this, still thinking about the impact of returning to his native land. They were all serious scholars. No one dared to mess with national policies unless they had to. Not everyone has the courage of Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng.
"Your Majesty, what kind of status should be given to the Jurchen tribe?" Li Xian asked.
He was asking both Yu Qian and Zhu Jianshen.
"If you want long-term peace and stability, you must treat everyone equally," Yu Qian said.
After listening to Yu Qian's words, Zhu Jianshen hurriedly said: "If you want to treat everyone equally, you must contribute to the Ming Dynasty."
“How to contribute?”
"Fighting for the Ming Dynasty is considered a contribution, paying taxes is a contribution,..." Zhu Jianshen said thoughtfully.
"Yes, but when we change our ways, we are doing a loss-making business, but we have never thought of getting benefits from them. If they can feed themselves and be self-sufficient, they will not attack and plunder our Ming Dynasty. The common people." Xu Youzhen couldn't help it anymore. His Majesty just wanted to educate the barbarians and make them be honest. He also wanted them to pay taxes and go to war. They couldn't support themselves. If all the strong men were taken out to fight, Who will cultivate their fields and hunt for food? It will not all be rescued by the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it further increases the pressure on our Qilu land. (Almost all Liaodong’s needs are deployed from Shandong, and less than 30% of them go by land.)
Yu Qian, Li Xian and others were also a little confused as to what Zhu Jianshen meant by this statement.
"I have not said that all the Jurchens will be transferred to fight. I just want to organize all the Jurchens into military households and set up military households. They are rarely drafted on weekdays and will not affect their lives too much. But all the hundreds of households in the military household office are served by soldiers from our Liaodong Frontier Army."
"And when I talk about fighting for the country, I want to imitate the Duoyan Three Guards at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Among these military households, those who are skilled in bow and horse are selected to form an army, and they are first incorporated into the nine-border towns in batches."
"As for the poverty of the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong, it is not from the poverty of the land, as Xu Du Yushi said, but from the poverty of the instruments of life. Cattle, seeds, and grain can be traded by themselves, which is enough for this item. This will allow the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong to be self-sufficient. As for the taxes levied, of course this still needs to be implemented and final considerations are being made."
"But in order to prevent the Jurchens from gathering in large groups, no one can have any private contact with each other. If found, the entire Hundred Households will be killed on the spot." Zhu Jianshen said softly.
"But what should we do with the original Jianzhou Guard, Mao Lian Guard, and other guards?" Li Xian asked.
"Abolish all of them. If you want to survive in Liaodong, you must follow the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. If you build a camp privately, reclaim land privately, or hunt privately, it is a capital crime. Give Liaodong five years to add a Liaoping building to the Ming Dynasty. Mansion."
Zhu Jianshen stood up and said.
Yu Qian frowned.
In his opinion, His Majesty's thinking is too simple. Such a high-pressure policy will not bring them stability, but will arouse their anger, thus causing another uncertainty in Liaodong.
But Zhu Jianshen also has his own ideas. He can only start with high pressure and slowly adjust downwards. If you are very good to the Jurchens at the beginning, they will inevitably kick your nose and face. When the time comes, the freedom from the back will rise to a high pressure state. , it will be much more difficult. M.biQuge.biZ
"But if we treat the Jurchens like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to win their hearts." Yu Qian thought for a while before speaking.
Li Xian, who was standing aside, had a different view.
"Yu Taibao, I think what your majesty said is right. The war has just ended. The Jurchens already hate me, the Ming Dynasty. If they come up, they will use gentle methods. The Jurchens think that the Ming Dynasty is unable to fight anymore, and they have no intention of attacking our army. They are timid, but if we use coercive means from the beginning and give them equipment that was difficult to obtain at the beginning, we can really win over the hearts of the Jurchen tribe early."
When Zhu Jianshen spoke, Li Xian had been considering the feasibility of the matter. Although he felt that some of what His Majesty said was unreasonable, some of it was quite right.
The Baihusuo is similar to a village, with managers directly set up so that there is little contact between villages. This is a new idea.
If people don't get together, how can they discuss and cause trouble?
After Li Xian finished speaking, Yu Qian also listened to some of it, but he had to overthrow his own assumptions and start over.
His original idea was to build a city in the middle of the Jurchen tribe, and finally let the Jurchens gather together and select some prestigious Jurchens to assist the government in managing these Jurchens. Now with Li Xian, His Majesty said There are indeed some omissions in the comparison.
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