Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 738: The Dog That Bereaved
Late spring March.

The peach blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom, as if the cold winter has quietly escaped overnight.

The ice in the port had already thawed out, and the pier was bustling again. Every day, many ships left the port for Tianjin, and ships from Jiangnan continued to enter the port, bringing in various supplies and commodities.

Zhu Yihai woke up at dawn, took a shower and went for a walk, then practiced arrows in the small school grounds, fired more than a dozen rounds of blunderbuss, and then went back to change clothes.

After the New Year, Zhu Yihai issued an order to adjust the rules of the court meeting.

In the past, morning meetings were held every day, but this kind of morning meeting was of little significance. After all, there were small meetings for major events, and important military and state affairs were not discussed at the morning meeting. The morning meeting was purely a regular meeting.

Before that, Zhu Yihai canceled the rule of morning morning at five or six o'clock every day, and changed it to early morning at about eight o'clock in the morning, so as to prevent the regular officials from getting up early and staying late, especially in winter and rainy days.

Now he simply stipulates that the morning court every five days, officials of the fifth rank and above serving in Beijing, worship officials of the eighth rank and above, Yuanwailang, and Dr. Taichang attend the court, and other officials do not need to go to court.On the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month, all officials above the ninth rank of civil and military affairs in Beijing must wear official uniforms to meet the emperor.

Chang Chao is the imperial gate, and Zhu Yihai requires that it be over within half an hour. There are strict regulations on the performances, and the matters and the time of the performances must be within the regulations, and no delays are allowed.

It's not that Zhu Yihai has just succeeded in the revolution, so he wants to learn from Jiajing Wanli's slack and lazy administration, but he has long understood that this early court nature has no practical effect, so there is no need to waste time messing around.

Jiajing only met courtiers three times in 24 years, and his grandson, Emperor Wanli, did the same thing.

Zhu Yihai is still very diligent in politics, and he never let go of the government, but he didn't go through the weak early court, but mainly played in the prime minister's office.

Every morning, the prime ministers will perform in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Generally, there are only a few prime ministers on duty, not all of them.

Only when important matters were encountered, the emperor would call some or all of the prime ministers, or even convene an enlarged meeting of the six ministries and nine ministers.

Officials below the ministry hall are basically not qualified to participate in these major decision-making discussions.

This kind of meeting is both streamlined and confidential, avoiding discussion without resolution, ramblings, Zhu Yihai is very particular about efficiency.

Compared with Jiajing and Wanli, Zhu Yihai personally approves the reds, and even has to deal with a lot of confidential documents every day, how can he have so much time to hold those unnutritious meetings every day.

If you have that time, you might as well ride horses and shoot archery to exercise, or spend more time with your wives, concubines and children.

The daily affairs of the imperial court are handled in six ministries, and important matters are handled by the cabinet.Important military and state affairs should be directly reported to the Prime Minister's office, and they will assist the emperor in handling decisions and handling them according to the holy will.

After going through this layer of screening, in fact, there are not many things that need to be decided by the emperor when they are actually sent to the emperor, and they are all military affairs.

The main energy that the emperor spends every day is actually those secret books.

A large number of civil and military officials, as well as Beijing officials and foreign ministers, have the right to secret memorials. Their secret memorials include both memorials and peace invitations.

Even ordinary memorials can only be written, and even memorials have strict specifications, limited number of words, etc., but there are hundreds or even hundreds of pieces every day.

When you encounter some important affairs, you have to study them carefully.

Zhu Yihai drew up a schedule for himself, getting up at about six o'clock every day, exercising for an hour, then having breakfast, and starting to listen to politics at about eight o'clock.

Every five imperial gates early court, Shuo Wangri Golden Palace Grand Court meeting.

On non-court days, listen to the Prime Minister’s minister’s report at the Prime Minister’s office on time at eight o’clock. The Prime Minister’s Office will sort out all the reports collected the day before and submit it to the emperor for disposal. Unless it is an urgent matter, it is usually the next day Report in the morning.

Then the emperor told them face-to-face about the report the day before, and asked them to handle it according to the order.

In fact, there are not many major issues that need to be dealt with. After Zhu Yihai read it, most of them can be directly approved and handed over to the Prime Minister's Office, and a few need to discuss with the Prime Minister and listen to their suggestions.

There are only a few affairs that require a court meeting.

Although a small number of officials objected to the reform of the emperor's court council, thinking that it was negligence, most officials actually agreed with it. The morning court with cock crowing and wind and rain every day is cumbersome and tasteless, and getting up late is even more difficult. Being impeached by the imperial censor, even if the emperor accidentally farted, he would be punished.

That's fine now.

When Zhu Yihai stepped into the prime minister's office in his ordinary clothes, Wen Anzhi, the chief minister of the cabinet and the chief minister of the prime minister, was already waiting there, and an assistant minister, Shen Youlong, Minister of the Ministry of War, was on duty.

"Wu Sangui and his entourage have arrived in Luoyang. Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan Province, read out the decree in Luoyang, and asked Shang Fang to kill Wang Fuchen, Yang Zhenwei and Sun Sike with his sword."

Zhu Yihai asked, "How did Wu Sangui react?"

"According to Chen Qianfu's report, Wu Sangui and others' complexions changed drastically, and they were extremely panicked."

Zhu Yihai didn't take it seriously, "Is there a plan for the reorganization and withdrawal of Shaanxi soldiers and horses?"

Minister of the Ministry of War and Associate Minister Shen Youlong got up and answered, "The cabinet and the Ministry of War plan to abolish all the about 12 troops in Guanzhong, and all their auxiliary soldiers and husbands will be sent back to the peasants, and each person will be given two silver dollars to return to his hometown.

The rest of the soldiers, those under the age of 20, over the age of 35, and the disabled, were dismissed and dismissed to return to the peasantry, and each was given three silver dollars to be sent back to his hometown.

There are about [-] to [-] remaining soldiers. Among them, the officers, old, sick, and disabled will all be discharged from the army and given severance pay.The rest will be temporarily retained and will be summoned to Beijing, where they will be assessed by the Ministry of War to test their martial arts and military skills. If they fail, they will also be dismissed.

Those who pass will be arranged to study in lecture halls, military schools, etc., and then transferred to various armies and towns to serve as deputy posts after the completion of the study period. In principle, the original grade will be lowered by two to three grades. "

Zhu Yihai thought for a while, "There are so many people, and they need to be settled properly so that there will be no trouble. I think the severance pay is a bit lower, and two yuan per person is fine. Refugees, thieves, etc., now have to consider how to resettle them when they are dismissed, and they cannot be dismissed simply, otherwise they will still be hidden dangers.

For those who have a home to return to, send them back to their hometown, arrange a place for resettlement, sell them some land at a price, or help them rent some land, so that they can settle down and settle down.

For those who have no home to return to, consider immigrating them to border areas such as Taiwan and Yunnan, where they will be granted land and allocated land, or joined in villages and towns.

Those demobilized soldiers who are old and weak can be given two silver dollars first, and then after they are resettled, they will be divided into three years, one silver dollar each in spring and autumn each year.Those disbanded young and strong soldiers will be supplemented with one yuan and five quarters.

Or exchange the severance pay for them with land distribution.

Those officers also appropriately increased their severance pay and arranged some fields for them. "

Among the 12 people in Guanzhong, there are soldiers from Wu Sangui, as well as the Green Army from Shaanxi and Gansu. There are the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and some Huguang Green Camps, Tuanlian, etc. The ingredients are very complicated, and there are also many strong men and civilian husbands.

Although it is a mob, more than [-] people are real. If so many people are not properly settled, it must be the source of turmoil.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria had already been killed by Wu Sangui, Wang Fuchen and others, so it saved the court trouble. Although Zhu Yihai felt that it was a pity that tens of thousands of Manchuria died, they could have been sent to Yunnan to mine copper mines, or to Shandong to dig gold, or I went to Taiwan to plant sugar cane.

But it's all dead, so there's not much to say.

"Horsemen, archers, gunners, gunners, and some excellent craftsmen can be selected with looser standards and transferred to various towns. Some of the bad habits of the old army."

Zhu Yihai is also willing to keep these veterans with rich professional skills. Now there are also a large number of imperial battalions and provincial battalions, and now there is no need to worry about the impact of recruiting some old troops.

As for those officers, Zhu Yihai didn't trust them, and even affirmed that most of them were unqualified, but for the sake of safety, he kept them temporarily.

Through various methods such as military assessment, military academy study, and then downgrading to use, and then slowly weeding out, finally those who are outstanding, reformed, and loyal can be retained.

"Your Majesty is merciful, but this will increase a lot of expenses."

Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "After the recovery of Guanzhong, clean up the fields, reorganize the mines, and then levy industrial and commercial taxes, lijin, and special taxes. These can be replenished immediately, and then a group of corrupt officials and traitors will be cleaned up. Homes will be confiscated. There are also many.

In addition, Wu Sangui and other military supplies and money can also be used. "

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Geng Zhongming and the Korean army in Liaodong requested to send troops to Liaoshen. Liao Governor Zhang Guowei also thinks that the time is ripe to gather Liaodong soldiers and horses to launch an attack on Liaoyang and Shenyang."

Zhu Yihai looked at the map.

After the Tartars withdrew from the Great Wall, they have been in the Laoha River Basin. This location is also near the Daningwei in the early Ming Dynasty. There are not only dangerous mountains and forests, but also rich water and grass in the valley. It is also convenient to connect Mobei and Monan Mongolia. department.

However, with the attachment of Chahar and Hetao Ordos in Yizhou in western Liaoning, plus the Sunite tribe who had long opposed the Qing Dynasty and surrendered to Mobei, and the Mongolian people in Monan who were sitting on the fence, the Tartars are now in a very bad situation.

Originally, it was only the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and it was almost tossed in Guanzhong for a few years.

Then following the emperor's decree, it was the Jianzhou Jurchen that Daming wanted to destroy, and the other Hercynian Jurchen, Savage Jurchen, and Monan Mongolian tribes didn't matter.

The other Jurchen tribes that were conquered by the Jianzhou Jurchen in the early years had already been kneaded into Manchuria and a nation, but now they are rapidly falling apart.

Jierhalang originally sent people to recruit the wild Jurchen from Baishan Heishui, that is, the Sauron tribe, the deer tribe, and the dog tribe, especially the Sauron tribe.

The Sauron tribe grew up in the most primitive and backward Liaodong region. They lived on fishing and hunting. Because of the harsh environment, they were very tough. After being conquered by Jianlu, they were also incorporated into the Eight Banners and participated in the battle.

And now the Emperor of Ming also sent someone to contact Sauron's tribe, not only decreed appeasement and rewards, but also divided them into Duhu and Dudu mansions, conferred Duhu, Dudu, and even the title of Marquis to their tribal leaders, and proposed marriage to them Married the leader's daughter, and paid a lot of money to recruit and hire Sauron and Daur tribe warriors as soldiers.

A 500-strong Sauron battalion was newly added to the emperor's imperial guards, and about [-] Sauron soldiers were recruited into the imperial and provincial camps in Liaodong.

Under the emperor's means, the tribes of Sauron, who were once conquered by Jianzhou Jurchen, received these rewards from the Emperor of Heaven, and traded mink fur and ginseng with them at their Jianzhou merchant station, which made most of them They all turned to Daming.

Not only accepted the employment of Ming Dynasty, but also began to reject the recruitment of the Qing court.

The Tartars not only lost the savage Jurchen, but also the Sinala family of the Haixi Jurchen, and now they are beginning to waver. Under such circumstances, the conditions are indeed ripe for attacking Liaoyang and Shenyang.

Geng Zhongming's request to send troops at such a time made Zhu Yihai think about it, did he want to do something small?

(End of this chapter)