"I am going to abolish the government military system. On the one hand, these government soldiers have no combat effectiveness. They have almost ordinary people. There is no need to use military salaries to support them. On the other hand, I have already figured out a way out for them."
"A way out?" Li Chunye's eyelids broke through his eye sockets again, "Does your Majesty plan to use the large amount of money that Liaodong has harvested to repay the army's salary?"
"No, the imperial court owes too much money to the soldiers. I am afraid that these silver coins are not enough," Zhu Youjian shook his head. "Moreover, these silver coins have to be built outside the customs. The court still does not have enough silver."
"The minister doesn't understand. Without enough silver, how can I give the soldiers a way out?"
"Right now, what the government soldiers lack the most is not the silver."
"It's the land. As long as there is land, they can support themselves and their families," Li Chunye seemed to understand. "But, there is no multi-page land everywhere!"
"Li Aiqing seems to have forgotten what I said!"
"Your majesty is talking about outside the customs? Your majesty intends to move the extra soldiers outside the customs?"
"Yes, Immigrate outside the customs, but Daming has too many soldiers to move away for a while. Start with the five northern provinces and select qualified soldiers. The rest of the soldiers who have lost their land will all emigrate outside the customs."
"Guanwai is a treasure!" Li Chunye sighed, and in his heart, it was even more sigh. For Daming, the biggest treasure is not the Guanwai, but Zhu Youjian, "Your Majesty, as long as you can give them land, these soldiers can Only the five northern provinces have been dissolved, but what about the five central and southern five provinces?"
"Li Aiqing don't have to worry. If you take it step by step, first solve the five provinces in the north. In order to solve all the army soldiers, find a way. From now on, the army soldiers in the south can solve it according to this method... Maybe there are new solutions. "Zhu Youjian began to leave behind for his grand strategy.
"In any case, it is good to solve the government soldiers in the five northern provinces first."
"The two Aiqings, did they agree to my reform draft?"
"Your Majesty, the minister is still worried about the clan!" Huang Liji was particularly worried that the clan took advantage of Zhu Youjian's reform and let them out of the cage to communicate with each other, seek personal gain, and let Daming fall into turmoil.
"Huang Aiqing don't worry. For the clan, when I close a window, I open a door for them. I have given them a way out. If they lose their minds, I can't blame me."
"Your Majesty, the minister has one more suggestion."
"Huang Aiqing, please say."
"Just now Your Majesty said that we should first solve the government soldiers in the five northern provinces. Then, can we try this reform in the five northern provinces first... If the reform is not successful, the loss to Ming is not great. If the reform is successful, the southern Naturally, he actively asked to follow the example of the five northern provinces."
Zhu Youjian fell into deep thought, and he thought a lot for a while.
Although he has the vision of future generations for hundreds of years, he is not very familiar with the political situation of Daming after all. If he believes in his vision too much, it is hard to guarantee that something will happen.
Reform is like crossing a river by feeling the stones. No one can guarantee that it will happen. Moreover, reforms in future generations will often be piloted.
At present, Daming’s taxation is still the largest in the south of the Yangtze River. If the five northern provinces develop industry and commerce, they will catch up and change the imperial reliance on Jiangnan’s taxation.
Since the five northern provinces do not account for the bulk of Daming’s tax revenue, if the reform is not successful, the impact on Daming will be limited.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian suddenly understood: "Aiqing's words are very good, and I will follow what Aiqing said."
"Such ministers will no longer oppose your majesty's reform draft!" Huang Liji and Li Chunye looked at each other again, nodding their heads: "Your Majesty, what will the minister do now?"
"You? First try to figure out whether there are any omissions and areas that need to be improved in this reform draft. In addition, at the 15th Korean meeting, you must assist me to pass this draft smoothly so that it will become the law of the Ming Dynasty at an early date. Law and national policy."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers understand."
Having settled the two important ministers, Huang Liji and Li Chunye, Zhu Youjian was in a good mood. His plan to revitalize Daming was finally taking the first step. He hummed a small tune, thinking that when he went to Kunning Palace at night, he should Suddenly he thought of Bumbutai. She had been in the barracks for more than ten days. If she stayed any longer, she would regret that she would go to Yashan with Zhu Youjian.
Bumubutai was the Gege of Mongolian Horqin, and was also the Fujin side of the western palace of Huangtaiji. Zhu Youjian didn't know whether Zhou Yufeng would allow her to live in Kunning Palace.
On the afternoon of September 6, Zhu Youjian went to the barracks in person, and he took Bumbutai into the imperial city.
When Zhou Yufeng saw Zhu Youjian lead a woman in palace clothes, she thought it was the palace lady he liked, and said to her heart: "Which palace lady do you like, you will be lucky, or you will bring it back to the Palace of Qianqing, and you will bring it to my Kunning Palace. do what?"
Zhu Youzhen leaned on the seat with a grinning grin: "Feng'er, let Wan'er and Xue'er come over, and I will let you meet a new person."
"Your Majesty, who is she?" Zhou Yufeng had a premonition that it was not as simple as an ordinary court lady.
"You let them come first, and I will introduce them together, lest I have to say the same thing three times."
"Your Majesty, here we are!"
Wan'er and Hu Xinxue were already alarmed by Zhu Youzhen, and they came over on their own initiative.
"You are here just right!" Zhu Youjian sat on the main seat of the hall, letting the four women line up, "I would like to introduce you, this is Gege, Bumubutai from the Horqin Ministry of Mongolia."
"Bumbutai? Why is this name so awkward?" Wan'er may have a foreboding of something, so she started to attack from the name.
"It's a bit awkward!" Zhu Youzhen smiled. Not only is this name not Chinese, it is not as catchy as "Harizhula", "Hailanzhu", "Halaha" and "Wuyunqiqige". "Well, I will give her the name given to the Han people in the future."
"Your Majesty, this is what you said last time, the person from outside the pass... The concubine thought that your majesty brought back a man!" Zhou Yufeng glanced at Bu Mu Butai, with a rather disdainful tone.
"Man? When did I say that I would take a man into the palace? Do you know where this is?"
Zhou Yufeng was speechless, and Hu Xinxue said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has already seen the woman outside the Guan, put on the palace costume, although a little charming, she is still a lot worse than the woman in the palace... Your Majesty let her go back!"
Zhou Yufeng and Wan'er were both born as court ladies. Hearing Hu Xinxue's words, they felt comforted in their hearts.
Zhu Youzhen was unhappy: "Go back? What did Xueer say? Bu Mubutai will be your sister from now on, and she will also live in the palace."
"Sister?" Wan'er rose up to protest: "The concubine is a Han Chinese. How can there be any Mongolian sister?"
Zhou Yufeng looked at Zhu Youjian's eyes with a strange expression: "Your Majesty..."
"Feng'er guessed right, she is my woman, of course she will live in the palace in the future."
"Your Majesty, how can there be a Mongolian woman in this Daming's harem?" If his eyes can kill, Bumbutai has been killed by Wan'er many times.
"Yeah, if your majesty dislikes our sisters, there are palace ladies in this harem," Zhou Yufeng, who has always been calm, seemed to be touched today, "the toffees in the palace are better than the women of foreign races."
"Two sisters, don't say a few words!" Hu Xinxue took the initiative to be a peacemaker, "Listen to your Majesty's arrangements first."
"Xue'er said well!" Zhu Youzhen coughed, and temporarily suppressed the momentum of Zhou Yufeng and Wan'er. "This woman outside the barrier is now a member of Daming. Sooner or later, her people will be naturalized. Han, she looks the same as us Han."
"Your Majesty, my concubines don't want to see outsiders every day." Zhou Yufeng glanced at Bumubutai subconsciously.
"I'll talk about this later, Feng'er, first set up a dormitory for Bumbutai."
"Your Majesty must keep her in the palace, the sixth house of east and west, isn't it all vacant now?"
Zhu Youjian is about to have an attack, but thinking about Zhou Yufeng, it seems to make sense. Bumubutai is at odds with Zhou Yufeng and others. If they barely live together, they are prone to conflicts. Besides, his harem is getting bigger and bigger, concubines. Sooner or later, I will also move out of Kunning Palace, "Well, then place Bumubutai in Yanxi Palace first."
"Your Majesty..." Wan'er wanted to say something more.
Zhu You prosecutor waved his hand to stop Wan'er, "Come here, send Bumbutai to Yanxi Palace."
The two court ladies came over with their heads down.
"Wait," Zhu Youjian drank them: "Bumbutai, this is my queen, come see you first!"
"Slaves, see the Queen Empress!" Bumbutai can understand part of Chinese. Besides, Zhou Yufeng's cold face can also tell the clues, especially Wan'er's gaze, which has completely betrayed her heart. , If it were not for Zhu Youjian sitting, she might have driven Bumu Butai away with a broom, but Bumu Butai still gave Zhou Yufeng a blessing.
Under Zhu Youjian's gaze, Zhou Yufeng didn't say a word, and she reluctantly paid it back.
"These two are my Concubine Ju and Concubine Mei!"
"The slave maid has seen Concubine Ju, and Concubine Mei!"
"Well, Bu Mu Butai, you go to Yanxi Palace first, I will see you later."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Bumbutai lowered her head, followed the two court ladies, and walked to the gate of the palace. She turned her head and glanced at Zhu Youzhen.
As soon as Bu Mu Butai left, Zhu Youjian's expression was dazzling: "Your sisters, you really have one heart, do you sincerely show me?"
"Your Majesty, your concubines will never be embarrassed. It's just this Mongolian woman..." Wan'er was still worried, even though Bumubutai had already moved into Yanxi Palace, she was still a little unwilling.
"Aren't you embarrassing me? Wan'er, are you arrogant and arrogant?"
"Your Majesty, my concubines dare not!" Wan'er was so scared that she almost cried when she was criticized by Zhu Youjian.
"Don't dare? Didn't you have the courage just now? Your eyes almost dared to kill me."
"Your Majesty, concubine..." Wan'er fell to her knees in fright, and her words didn't go smoothly.
Zhu Youjian's gaze turned to Zhou Yufeng: "Feng'er has always been calm, why are you so impulsive today? Is there any queen's Fengyi for what you did?"
"Your Majesty..." Zhou Yufeng lowered her head. This was the first quarrel with Zhu Youjian. There were so many grievances in her heart, but she couldn't tell, and Feng's eyes were already filled with water.