"Will the people of the world be separated from me because of this?
These ink-greedy civil officials will really intimidate me!
”After Zhu Youxiao learned what Zhang Heming and the others said when they were executed, he sneered, and looked at Wei Zhongxian, Xu Guangqi and others and said: "If I really deviate from the world, I will not succeed in copying the Jin Shang this time!"
And Qin, Qi and others can refuse millions of profits and be loyal to the king, it can be seen that I have not lost the hearts of the people in the world, and it is they who have lost the hearts of the people in the world. ”"What Your Majesty said is very true, the current disadvantages of the world are that the etiquette is not strict, the discipline is not prosperous, even the people in our Shilin are greedy and despicable and hypocritical, Zhang, Wang and others can be severely punished!
But the powerful gentry have been arrogant for a long time, and control the local manpower and grain, with in-laws, protégés and other relationships connected into a trend, the same qi and branches, can be described as intertwined, one is prosperous, one is lost, and now His Majesty has copied the Jin merchants to punish corrupt officials, I am afraid that it has really caused them to be dissatisfied!
Therefore, the minister believes that although what Zhang Heming and others said is not completely reasonable, it does imply a threat, and the court should be on guard against it, beware of what opportunity these powerful and dissatisfied with the court will take to make waves!
”Xu Guangqi spoke, and also reminded Zhu Youxiao.Zhu Youxiao nodded: "What Aiqing said is very true, good and evil are not mutually exclusive, those who are disloyal to me and only care about their own interests will definitely not be willing to be suppressed by me like this, but although they have power, I also have power, my power is most of the people in the world who just want to live a peaceful life, and they are loyal and good people who know the righteousness!"
”Zhu Youxiao said again: "I am now exercising the power of the monarch and exercising strict government, and I am alone and reject public opinion, so naturally the most dissatisfied with me is the Jiangnan scholar who accounts for the most wealth in the world, so sooner or later I will have to go to Jiangnan!"
Otherwise, the people of Jiangnan really don't know that they still have a monarch and really think that this world is a gentleman!
”Xu Guangqi said yes.Nowadays, in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Jiangnan region, scholars and doctors are free and loose, etiquette and music are broken, and their behavior is not checked, and they do not take the court system in their eyes; The light ones just do not pay attention to etiquette in clothing, travel and even residence, such as merchants wearing brocade, gentry using gold silk nanmu, and even men dressing up as women, applying grease and powder, and swaggering through the market; The heavier ones are good at talking about current evils and aggressive officials, and often write exposés that is, engage in anonymous reports to manipulate public opinion.In the view of Xu Guangqi, who is biased in thinking about things and practical learning, this requires the monarch to implement strict government, rectify the rule of the government and officials, rebuild the hierarchical order of etiquette and law, increase the control of the court to promote production, and curb the unscrupulous annexation of the powerful and powerful, rather than being disorderly as it is now, so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the government cannot restrain the wealthy, but is the lackey of the wealthy, making the order more and more chaotic.However, although Zhu Youxiao decided to go to Jiangnan in the future to strengthen his control over Jiangnan as an emperor, he also knew that if he didn't bring enough soldiers and horses to fight with most of the scholars in Jiangnan who were in the same spirit.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao thinks that it is still necessary to step up military training and expand the number of soldiers and horses that he can directly control in his hands, so that he can ensure that the nine sides are not chaotic at the same time, and he can also control the Jiangnan without chaos, after all, although there are many military households in the Ming Dynasty, most of them are farmers who can only farm, and there are very few elite soldiers who really belong directly to the imperial court."
This time the confiscation of Jin Shang proves that Qin Liangyu, Qi Jin and many other Ming generals are still loyal and can be used, so I have to continue to train this new army based on them, the first batch of students of this lecture martial arts hall is almost about to graduate, and the recruitment work must begin, this matter is in charge of your military department and the imperial horse supervisor, the new army is called Yu Linwei, and those who succeed in becoming officers and soldiers of the guards will be given the status of Yu Linwei, as for the internal rank, the lowest varies from Yulin Wei warriors to Du Dudu, and the same as Jinyi Wei belongs to my pro-army, It's just that Yu Linwei is dedicated to conquering and opening up territory for me!
”"Yes!
May I ask Your Majesty, where are the soldiers recruited by this recruitment, are they shack-dwelling homeless people outside the city or local people with households?
”Xu Guangqi asked."
Naturally, it is the local people who have households, especially in the early days of the new army, the officers and soldiers must have a clean family background, and they must not mix with people with ulterior motives, not only local households, but also only recruit the good sons of Huangzhuang, so that it is convenient for me to control, in addition, adopt the opinions of Luo Shangzhi and Qi Jin, who are generals from the Qi family's army, and the recruits should choose the kind of honest and obedient."
Zhu Youxiao said."
Obey the order!"
Xu Guangqi replied.Then, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Ruoyu and instructed: "You are also in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, after the people of Huangzhuang join the army, you are responsible for their own treatment and family treatment, pass on my will, all those who officially join the army in Huangzhuang will be given their own monthly salary of one or two, reduce the rent by fifty percent, and set up Huangzhuang Social School, you can send your own child to study in social school for free, and a month's subsidy of silver and one penny, and then Huangzhuang will set up social science to improve the internal literacy rate of Huangzhuang, so that it knows the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety." ”Liu Ruoyu took the initiative to ask after Zhu Youxiao said: "If the emperor reduces the tenant rent by fifty percent, then the tenant income of the Huangzhuang tenants will be greatly reduced, and it is almost not very different from not paying, and the income of the Huangzhuang is no longer the main source of income for the internal money, and it is even dispensable, so, in the opinion of the slave and maid, why doesn't the emperor directly exempt the tenants of the Huangzhuang from the tenant rent, so that he will be more grateful for the emperor's grace?"
”"Although the tenant income of Huangzhuang is not the main income of the domestic treasury now, it cannot be exempted from rent because of less, first, you can't let the people have no sense of paying food, second, you can't let the people who manage Huangzhuang lose their income, and third, these tenant rents should be collected to have more use, such as dredging canals, digging wells and dams, and other public things."
Zhu Youxiao vetoed Liu Ruoyu's proposal, and asked Liu Ruoyu again: "Where is the nearest Gyeonggi Huangzhuang?"
”"Back to the emperor, the nearest is the western suburbs of Huangzhuang."
Liu Ruoyu replied."
I'll go to the western suburbs tomorrow to have a look."
Zhu Youxiao said.The next day, Zhu Youxiao went to Huangzhuang in the western suburbs, accompanied by Xu Guangqi and other officials of the martial arts hall and a group of eunuchs from the inner court, Jinyiwei.As soon as he came to the western suburbs of Huangzhuang, Zhu Youxiao saw that the thatched houses in the entire Huangzhuang were connected, hidden between the beautiful trees, and the vast fertile fields were densely scattered around the thatched houses, and there were still some mountains in the distance, but they were not used, after all, sweet potatoes and corn had not been promoted on a large scale in this era.The tenants of the Imperial Village were all kneeling on both sides of the road, not daring to raise their heads, and were kept out of their spears by the sergeants who had already come to maintain order.Zhu Youxiao glanced at these tenants, who were better than the photos of the people of the late Qing Dynasty he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, his body was much stronger and taller, his expression was not so numb, and his simplicity revealed his curiosity about the emperor, although his clothes were also coarse cloth and short clothes, they were also neat and clean.Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't know if the eunuchs who managed the imperial horse eunuch had some preparations in advance, so that these people had sorted out their images in advance, so they didn't look like beggars, but those clear and bright eyes couldn't be faked.