Supporting the body in the white blade, wandering in the red dust

Relying on the preliminary cleansing of the imperial court and the tens of thousands of troops in his hands, Bailang can at least control the capital and Hebei and Shandong. Afterwards, Henan and Shanxi can at least obey orders. The more powerful it is, the better it is to go to the west. Those poor ghosts have to rely on the central government to maintain themselves, so they are more obedient.

"There are so many evils in this world, we still have to fight the world again." Bailang thought about it. First, stabilize the Central Plains, which means that Shanxi and Henan have to clean up first. There are many vassal kings in these two places, and Bailang I think it is enough to keep at most one vassal king in one place, and all of them have to be returned to the capital as idlers-anyway, they bully men and women in the local area but cannot interfere with local administration, so they are also idlers.

Emperor Ming's ancestral training is said to be unchangeable, but this Wanli Lord obviously regarded it as a butt wipe, "Fuck the law of the ancestors, I am the Great Ming! I am the law!" So no one dared to What kind of ancestral laws should be used to persuade Wanli.This tyrant didn't seem to accept advice at all, saying that he was an emperor who was educated by the articles of a sage from a young age, it would be better to say that this is more like the emperor of the Five Dynasties Jiedushi.

"He who has a strong army and a strong horse is the emperor!" Bailang has always believed in this, and he has indeed done so. The policy of Qingzhang and stalls in Shandong and Hebei to pay grain and errands together has been strongly implemented, and it seems that they will be charged first. year's autumn grain.The hereditary military officers in these two places are still there, but there are no military households under them, and all military households have been cleared and turned into civilian households.A hereditary military officer is just a relatively good starting point when becoming an official.

This starting point is still not high, because only after passing the martial arts examination can one take up the post as a soldier, otherwise, they will be reduced to only a title, and they can neither avoid paying taxes nor escaping errands.The only way in the Ming Dynasty that can reduce or exempt some acres of land tax and exempt from military service is to join the army, and soldiers can exempt ten acres of land.

After retiring, there is no such preferential treatment.It's just that the retired soldier himself can be exempted from military service and payment of military service money for life. "It can't be given too much." The payment has nothing to do with the chief officers of the army, it is directly distributed to the soldiers and officers by the Logistics and Military Payment Bureau directly under the Dudu Mansion and the Ministry of War.

Bailang was planning to wait until the harvest of the autumn grain, and first went out of the capital to inspect Henan and Shanxi——afterwards, Tartars can go to the south of the Yangtze River a few times, so what's the problem with him inspecting his own world? "Born in a deep palace, grew up in the hands of a woman. I can't leave the capital for a lifetime. Is this considered to be an emperor or go to jail? It's really hard to say."

Bailang didn't need much posture when traveling, it was enough to have thousands of soldiers guarding him, and he could move faster this way--as for any maids and eunuchs who served, he didn't need to bring along at most a team of secretaries.The autumn tax received this time is quite good, especially those in Hebei and Shandong. After killing the family of Yan Shenggong and randomly finding a child of the Confucian family to take up this position, after depriving them of all their fields, Shandong’s tax revenue has risen to a higher level. .

The autumn harvest in these two places has raised a lot of grain and grass, and there is also a lot of grain and grass transported by water—although the southeast must resist taxes, some autumn grain is also delivered.Bailang announced that he would tour Xuanda, Shanxi and Henan, and it was expected to take four months.No one in the court objected, this emperor can do whatever he wants, and don't try to persuade him.

Some people sing praises, and some feel that the emperor is cruel - it mainly depends on whether their relatives and family members have their heads chopped off by Bailang to build a Beijing temple.

The empress was still in the capital, and Bailang took the two concubines on a trip—on the premise that they could ride horses and be physically fit.To appease the Queen Mother, leave it to King Lu, and to supervise the country, let the queen go to supervise the country. Anyway, the cabinet handles major matters, and they have to be urgently sent to him for approval.Speaking of King Lu, the queen mother chased Wanli and asked him to write a document that would never hold King Lu accountable and even used the seal.

The middle-aged empress dowager and the chubby King Lu were both crying. To be honest, they couldn't stop those rebellious officials and thieves like tigers and wolves. King Lu originally didn't want to be dragged out to become emperor, but it turned out to be the father-in-law who jumped from the building in the inner court. Pulled him out with his own hands, no matter what King Lu said he didn't want to, those courtiers just put a yellow robe on him.

As for the queen mother, the queen mother refused to write the edict, but does anyone care if she writes a portrait as a woman?How difficult is it for the Queen Mother to write an edict for him?As for the Empress Dowager's Treasure?The Empress Dowager didn't keep this thing with her own hands, so what if she kept it with her own hands?Can you stop others from stealing or robbing?
So Bai Lang didn't pursue King Lu's responsibility at all. If it were any other emperor, King Lu would be imprisoned to death. So now, whether it is the Queen Mother or King Lu, they are all very grateful for the tolerance of the eldest son/brother.Not only is King Lu fine, Bailang even ordered him to live next door to the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion - not counting the palace outside the Forbidden City, but also officially gave him a place to live in the Forbidden City, and even if he went to Xiyuan, the Queen Mother would The palace near the residence was also given to King Lu.

This King Lu is justifiable and does not need to go out of Beijing to become a vassal, and Bailang did not assign him a fiefdom, but let the housekeeper's supervisor pay him gold, flowers, silver, various silks and daily necessities every year in accordance with the law. According to the prince, it is almost 10 taels a year.This is already exaggerated, but the queen mother still wants to subsidize the youngest son, and the queen mother really loves the youngest son.

Regardless of Shanxi and Henan, Henan, Shanxi is an important place to trade with the Mongols, and Shanxi merchants are the ones Wanli wants to skin and bone for them this time.It doesn't matter if you trade with the grasslands, but you have to pay taxes. As for the imported wool, Bailang intends to develop the wool industry - attacking the upper Mongolian princes and making the lower Mongolian herdsmen have income. This is the economic method to conquer the grasslands.

As for the military method, it is simple-if you can get barbed wire and flintlock guns, plus even the horse-drawn railway, then the Mongols will naturally become a nation capable of singing and dancing, and they will become faster if they have machine guns. "All nomads became able to sing and dance under barbed wire and machine guns." Bailang thought, but the current world can only be solved by attacking the upper princes.

In Wanli time, the Mongols still had some combat effectiveness, so after Bailang decided to dispose of the Jin merchants, he would fight a few battles on the Nine Sides depending on the opportunity, and strive to defeat the various Mongolian ministries. It would be better to catch their princes. Grassland, the habit of not allowing any tribe to grow up.