The capital in the past half month has been very lively.
The blood in Caishikou never stopped, and was exiled, and the people guarding the border were in groups. The Sansiyamen, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei ransacked their homes everywhere, and the once shining palace was also taken over. The people inside were either arrested or deported, leaving them suddenly desolate.
Sansiyamen, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei are active all over the country, and the Ministry of Households has received a lot of assets. The scale of these assets is scary!
Silver alone is worth tens of millions, and there are countless gold, jade jewelry, antique calligraphy and painting, mansion courtyards, shops and restaurants, and millions of hectares of land.
The cabinet compound, Zhou Zheng's class room.
Zhang Heyi took out an official document with a hesitant expression, and said: "My lord, this is the opinion of Old Yang Ge on the military reform. He generally agrees with our original strategy, but only revised the details. For example, the county stationed an army of two thousand and one. The government stationed five thousand people, and one province stationed twenty thousand people, which belonged to the Ministry of War. In addition, he suggested that an artillery army, two cavalry troops, and a Zhili town in Nanzhili, with fifty thousand people, belong to the emperor. Direct command."
Zhou Zheng looked pensive and motioned to Zhang Heyi to continue.
Zhang Heyi glanced at Zhou Zheng and said: "Regarding the governor, Mr. Yang Ge suggested that it should be directly attributed to the cabinet. It should be regarded as a militia and classified as government affairs, which is also a kind of check and balance. The daily security, anti-theft, and bandit suppression of a province complements the local affairs."
After listening to Zhang Heyi's words, Zhou Zheng thought for a long time before saying, "Anything else?"
The corner of Zhang Heyi's mouth moved, and he looked at Zhou Zheng very cautiously, and said: "Old Yang Ge said that the place is complicated, and only the imperial decree, the cabinet, and the documents of the Ministry of War are not enough. I hope to go out of Beijing in person to get a good rectification."
Zhou Zheng raised his brows, and Yang Sichang was actually going to go out of Beijing, commanding military reforms on the ground
This shows that he can get involved in the military power, Yang Sichang is not afraid of Zhou Zheng's jealousy, does not agree? Let him hit the basket for nothing? Or does Yang Sichang have other calculations
Seeing Zhou Zheng groaning, Zhang Heyi said: "My lord, I don't feel relieved when I'm in office. It's better to leave him in Beijing and go out for a run. It will take a year. It should be done."
Zhou Zheng held up his hand, thought about it seriously, and said, "I agree. Go and tell Yang Sichang that with the Yangtze River as the boundary, it belongs to him in the south, and I will come personally in the north. The cavalry and artillery are also."
Zhang Heyi hurriedly said: "My lord, this old Yang Ge is unpredictable. If he holds the military power and makes peace with Yuanfu, we will be very passive."
Zhou Zheng laughed and said: "Don't worry, Daming's army, seven or eight out of ten, come out of my own sect. Which of those generals is not closely related to me, and Yang Sichang can easily control it? Even if these are aside, Yang Sichang wants to The soldiers fight against me, he doesn't have that ability yet."
What Zhou Zheng said was plain and plain, Zhang Heyi suddenly realized that Zhou Zheng, and today's them, still need to be afraid of whom? Are you still afraid of a little Yang Sichang
Zhang Heyi suddenly calmed down, raising her hand and said, "Yes, I will go to Yang Ge, the next official."
Zhou Zheng hummed and continued to do things.
Not long after, Gao Hongtu, the Shangshu Book of the Household Department, came, with sunken eyes and a tired face. He sighed softly after seeing the ceremony, and said, "My lord, the official is really shocked."
Zhou Zheng looked at his expression and said with a smile: "Yao Tongshun, move a chair for the tall man, pour a cup of tea, and get some snacks."
Gao Hongtu was a little uncomfortable with Zhou Zheng's enthusiasm, moved his bottom, and said, "My lord, although there is no complete statistics. But the fields, shops, palaces, courtyards, and various restaurants and brothels of various names are huge. Unimaginable, it's no wonder the people can't survive..."
Yao Tongshun asked people to bring chairs, hot tea, and snacks, and Gao Hongtu quickly took them over and thanked them.
Zhou Zheng waved Yao Tongshun to retreat and said, "You probably haven't closed your eyes overnight. Eat a little and speak slowly."
Gao Hongtu was really hungry, so he brought it to eat a little, and continued: "The land occupied by the palaces is a few thousand acres less, tens of thousands acres more, children and grandchildren are full of courtyards, good wine and food, groups of spoiled wives and concubines, servants, And various musicians and dancers..."
Zhou Zheng listened to Gao Hongtu's words, contrasted in his heart and nodded secretly.
At this time in Ming Dynasty, the disparity between the rich and the poor was at its extreme, and the people were severely deflationary. With so much money, it seemed that he didn't know where to go.
Gao Hongtu said for a while before he finished talking about the royal mansion, saying: "The King Fu received 40,000 hectares of land in the past, and several others follow this list, plus the seals, rewards, and the princes’ privates. Swallowing, grabbing and grabbing, two hundred years later, the total number is millions of hectares, accounting for more than one-third of our Da Ming acres."
To what extent was the merger of Daming acres serious? For a few Liezi, during the Tianqi period, King Lu was feudalized and feudalized 40,000 hectares. As a result, the governor of Shaanxi wrote that Shaanxi had insufficient land and asked to collect it from other provinces.
The huge Shaanxi was actually divided up!
Gao Hongtu said for a while, and continued: "Zonglu is also a big problem. The salary paid to the clan by the imperial court every year was 1.85 million shi in the tenth year of Wanli and 2.9 million in the sixth year of the apocalypse. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, it was 3.5 million shi. If there is no change, not to mention that the subsequent clan princes have no land to be named, and the imperial court cannot support them..."
Zhou Zheng listened for a while and said, "Tell me what you think."
Gao Hongtu wiped his mouth and said: "First, the clan cannot grow indefinitely. It needs to limit the salary and support itself. Second, the kings should not be vassalized, and the palaces of the kings, including the guards and long history, will be dismissed, and they will no longer be established in Beijing. Third, the rewards of the clan, weddings and funerals must also be strictly controlled, otherwise one day, it will be where it is today."
Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "Well. What should I do now?"
Now the royal palaces, family properties, fields, etc. of the world's clan have been robbed. This is an unimaginable number!
Gao Hongtu sighed and said, "The lower officials are also worried about this. Although they have been prepared for this, they are beyond imagination. Besides, those nobles, those rebel ministers, and the ransacked fields are about the same as half of my Ming. The ministry has been overwhelmed and cannot be cleaned up in a short period of time. The lower officials have already figured out a way to mobilize staff from various places to try to deal with it in half a year. In addition, there is another problem. How to dispose of the land after receiving it is also a big problem. Leave it to the local government. Don’t worry, the Ministry of Household will do it, and it’s just a drop in the bucket. It’s too much for you..."
Zhou Zheng looked at him, nodded lightly, and said: "The manpower you have transferred is not enough. In addition, I will find Yuanfu and give you the power to appoint households in provincial capitals and counties across the country. In addition, the governors of the provinces are about to take office. Let’s cooperate together next time. Um, it’s not enough for the Tadaji. Naturally, these acres must be distributed to the people. How to divide it must be carefully studied. There are other properties, which can be stored by the Zhou’s ticket number, and they can issue stubs. Or discount it to the Ministry of Households."
Gao Hongtu looked thoughtful, the Huhu is now under great pressure, and the power and wealth are the most attractive. I don’t know how many people are staring at this piece of fat. If something is not good, they will have to be the culprit. !
Gao Hongtu thought and thought, "My lord, the next official wants to take a trip out of Beijing."
Zhou Zheng gave him a surprised look, then smiled and said: "Okay, arrange the Beijing-China affairs, I will send someone to protect you."
Seeing Zhou Zhengken let him go out of Beijing, Gao Hongtu felt relieved and stood up and said, "Yes. Thank you, Lord." (End of this chapter)