On December 5th, Zhu Youjian summoned Huang Liji, Li Chunye, and Bi Ziyan in the Palace of the Qing Dynasty.
"The ministers are waiting to see your majesty." Huang Liji and the three people didn't know why Zhu Youzhen was summoned. They first respectfully gave Zhu Youzhen a big gift.
"The three Aiqing exempted the ceremony." Zhu Youjian turned to Cao Huachun again, "Huachun, give a seat and serve tea."
The three looked at each other, and after all they sat down opposite Zhu Youjian.
"Three Aiqings, do you know what I call you?"
"The ministers don't know, please make it clear." The three men wanted to kneel down to listen to the training.
Zhu Youjian waved his hand to stop them: "The three Aiqings are important ministers in the court, that is, my humerus ministers. You don't need these vain courtesies--don't do them in the future."
Regardless of whether the three of them are still speculating, Zhu Youjian, "It's nothing--I just want to ask the three Aiqings how to govern in the future?"
Huang Liji and Li Chunye haven't moved yet, but Bi Ziyan bowed his hands to Zhu Youjian in salute: "Your Majesty, the minister will be honest and self-defeating, and will never do anything that is greedy for ink."
Zhu Youjian nodded slowly. Bi Ziyan is a rare neutral in the DPRK. He does not have deep relations with the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, but he has contacts with him. He is the only one in this two-party duel. The important minister who was not on the impeachment list, but he took the initiative to hand over fifty thousand taels of silver and signed his name on the integrity documents.
"I believe that Bi Aiqing will strictly demand himself like his name." Before Bi Ziyan had time to be happy, Zhu Youjian turned around: "Do you know why I chose you as Shangshu?"
All three were taken aback. Now the court has no cabinet. The six Shangshu are the highest civil officials, especially Huang Liji. He is the head of the six Shangshu appointed by Zhu Youjian. He is under the emperor and above the hundreds of officials and the people. Daming second person.
"The minister is dull, please make it clear from your majesty."
"Haha," Zhu Youjian relaxed the atmosphere, and then said sternly: "Huang Liji, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, Wuyingdian University Fellow, Prince Taibao, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites; Li Chunye, former Prince and Taishi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Both of them support themselves. Under Wei Wei."
Both Huang Liji and Li Chunye were soaked in cold sweat from fright, and even Bi Ziyan was restless.
Zhu Youjian continued: "When Wei Eunuch was in office as the second assistant to the cabinet, it coincided with Wei Eunuch's election of his ministers out of town, and he was on the fifth stage of remonstration and upholding the laws of the Ming Dynasty; when Wei Eunuch was imprisoned privately, Form 5 once said, “The state has set up the three law divisions, it is nothing more than to punish Ming Yun... It is better to still go to the law to see the peace of the imperial court”, which is also to safeguard the laws of the Ming Dynasty; when Wei Wei wanted to kill Yushi Fang Zhenru and others, the fifth change It was clearly opposed and actively rescued, which eventually allowed Fang Zhenru and others to be pardoned."
Huang Liji's face gradually returned to normal, and Li Chunye felt something faintly.
"Compared with Form Five, Hou Zhi is more resolute. In the third year of the apocalypse, Hou Zhi was appointed as an official at the time when Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were persecuted for impeaching Wei Zhongxian. Hou Zhizhangyi spoke for them. He was relegated to participating in politics in Hunan and Guangxi; Hou Zhi also checked the Denglai governor Tao Langxian, the patrolman, the recruiting deputy envoy Liu Guojin, and others for infringing on military pay and silver relief, and recovered hundreds of thousands of money for the court; he served as the Ministry of Industry From the beginning of giving a position in the matter, the continuous playing of the need to enrich the treasury, train the soldiers, eliminate the old and the weak, and step up the defense of the capital was adopted by the emperor.
Zhu Youjian looked at Li Chunye and said in his heart that he still had a tacit understanding with me.
"Although the two of you entrusted yourselves to Wei Eunuch, you did not innocently harm the Donglin Party members, and even dared to confront your masters for justice; although there were also illegal acts, you did not have much money for corruption, and you confessed your guilt more thoroughly. New foundations and possibilities."
The three of them dared not speak, and the living room was a little scared of silence.
"Bi Ziyan is one of the few people in the DPRK who can make ends meet between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party. He focuses on protecting himself, and has limited greed for ink. Most of them are acting on the spot."
"In the open environment of the court's corruption of ink, it is basically clean and self-disciplined. This is why I chose you. Although the Fifth and Hou Zhi has a reputation for supporting me, I really value the latter more than your conduct."
The three of them hung in their throats, and then completely let go.
"I am young and don't understand government affairs--because I don't understand, I have no plans to manage politics in the usual way."
"The ministers respectfully listen to the edict."
"Listen? Good. Just now Bi Aiqing said that being honest and self-preserving is very good, but I would like to add that not only you, but also your subordinates-if someone's subordinates are greedy for ink, the number of him greedy for ink will also be counted. Officer’s body.” Zhu Youjian's tone eased, “Of course, if a competent minister obstructs or interferes with your normal work, you can come directly to me. Can you do it?”
The three of them were silent, obviously thinking carefully, Zhu Youjian proposed to be responsible to his subordinates. They had never thought about it, so they needed time to digest.
In the end, Li Chunye stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of the Ministry of War, and the number of troops he belongs to is too large, I am afraid...
"I'll talk about the army later, and take care of your military department first. Is there a problem?"
"Then there is no problem."
Li Chunye has already stated his position, although Huang Liji and Bi Ziyan are still not sure that he can absolutely control his subordinates, they can only follow his position: "The minister is not a problem."
"Subordinate officials to commit crimes, together with the sir. This is unprecedented. I also know that it is extremely difficult, so I give you three opportunities. If someone's subordinate is found to be greedy for ink for the fourth time, that is, you too. Just wait for your thanks!"
"The ministers must strictly restrain their subordinates." After three bottoms, the three people's confidence increased greatly.
"Not only you, but the other three are the same. Soon, I will sign and issue them in written form."
The three of them nodded, especially Li Chunye. The expression in his eyes was not about the pressure he was about to face, but full of expectations for Zhu Youzhen: Is it true that your Majesty has begun to revitalize Daming as he said before
Zhu Youjian also said to Huang Liji: "Huang Aiqing also leads the six departments. Since all six departments have essays, you do not need to be responsible for the officials of the other departments, but you have to supervise the various officials to perform their duties and do not shirk their duties."
"Yes, your majesty, the minister understands." Huang Liji hadn't thought of the other ministries just now, but after Zhu Youjian reminded him, he was frightened and sweated again.
"Huang Aiqing is in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette, and his current main task is to collect and sort out information on various ethnic groups, vassal states, neighboring countries, and Western countries."
"Your Majesty means..." Huang Liji didn't understand, isn't the Ministry of Rites in charge of sacrifices and rituals? Although it is also in charge of foreign countries, it is only a small part of the work. Generally, when foreign countries have envoys visiting, the Ministry of Ritual is responsible for receiving them.
"The current overview of all countries, the more detailed the better."
"The minister understands. After the minister returns, he will start preparations."
In fact, Li Chunye understood better than Huang Liji, but in front of Zhu Youjian, he was not good at reminding Huang Liji.
"Bi Aiqing is in charge of the household department. Now I have plenty of money, but I need to use the blade--Does Bi Aiqing know where Daming's blade is?" Zhu Youjian collected more than 27 million taels this time, and he took one of them. Fourteen million taels were directly brought into their own internal treasury, and the remaining 13 million taels were handed over to the state treasury, which is the household department under the charge of Bi Ziyan.
"Chen Gong listens to the edict."
Zhu Youjian knew that Bi Ziyan had no vision for later generations. “The imperial court will send troops to Liaodong on a large scale sooner or later to eliminate the troubles of establishing slavery forever. Therefore, although Bi Aiqing is now rich, she still has to be frugal in her days and transport the grain and silver that may be collected as soon as possible. Liaodong, to prepare for national war."
Civil war? Li Chunye's eyes brightened again. He remembered the young Xinwang who once looked forward to the future with him. Is it because your Majesty is going to set up a slavery
"Li Aiqing, just now I talked about the army. I will now talk about the army."
The three of them all listened with sincerity and respect. National warfare, but using all of Daming's power, regardless of victory or defeat, the impact on Daming would be far-reaching. Li Chunye stared at Zhu Youzhen closely, for fear of missing a word.
"The Ming Dynasty, including government soldiers from various places, has a total of more than two million. The imperial court is currently unable to pay all the military pay, but it must guarantee the military pay of the Liaodong, Jingshi and Shaanxi frontier troops."
"Let me talk about Shaanxi first. Tatar Mongolia, outside the Great Wall, surrenders to Daming on the surface, but Monan is mostly a bitter cold land with serious shortage of food. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no tribes knocking on the Great Wall to enter the Great Wall and snatching Daming's property and women. Regardless of them. The actual amount of property robbed, but every time robbed, the damage to the land and the harm to the people is very profound and long-lasting."
Therefore, I plan to set up a firearms factory in Xi’an to produce firearms for the Shaanxi frontier army after the completion of the reorganization of the capital’s army, and at the same time, fully reorganize the Shaanxi frontier army in the same way as the capital.”
"Your Majesty, Shaanxi has 300,000 frontier troops. Is there too much?" Li Chunye believes that Shaanxi is not dragged down by places outside the customs like Liaodong. It can be guarded by the Great Wall, which can reduce the number of troops and save limited military expenses.
"Not much." Zhu Youzhen has his own game of chess. "There is no Great Wall in the Hetao area of Shaanxi. Ningxia Junzhen is the front line of the direct confrontation between Daming and Mongolia. Moreover, since the Great Wall became its ancestor, there has been no major repairs. It’s unbearable and cannot rely solely on the city wall."
Li Chunye remembered that when Zhu Youjian was looking forward to the Ming Dynasty, for northern Mongolia, he was not prepared to divide Mongolia into the Great Wall, but to completely submit to Mongolia. Now that Zhu Youjian has become the emperor, he has the opportunity to surrender to Mongolia. I don't know how likely this opportunity will be realized.
"Furthermore, in Liaodong, the sergeants are working hard on the front line day and night. They sweat and bleed, and even bury their bones in their hometowns. Military payments and pensions must not be in arrears. They must be provided in full and in time."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Chunye knows where Liaodong is in Zhu Youjian's mind. Zhu Youjian's vision for the future is based on Liaodong. If Liaodong cannot be quelled in time, Daming will be under the threat of slavery for a long time. It's Jinghuashuiyue.
"Finally, let’s talk about the capital. The Royal First Army and the Royal Second Army are our own troops. We will personally be responsible for the military expenses and training. The newly formed First to Sixth Army are mainly firearms. The main force of the Northern Expedition in the future must be sufficient for their money, food, and ammunition. The Seventh and Eighth Army are pure cavalry. They are basically not equipped with firearms, but they must be equipped with the sharpest horses and sharpest sabers." Zhu From prosecution to Bi Ziyan, "Bi Aiqing, as the household secretary, must fully cooperate with Li Aiqing and must not make any difficulties."
Bi Ziyan nodded and agreed, but he asked, "Your Majesty, in the future, will the Northern Expedition to build slaves, not the Liaodong Army, but the Capital Army? Liaodong is recognized as the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty!"