My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 299
Facing the official documents from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, the Sixth Department was so angry!
You are taking the opportunity to blackmail, it is extortion, you know?

We have lost a lot, and you nobles have also lost a lot this time. We are all seeking money, so how can we not be moral and take the opportunity to blackmail, you are too much!
Three years, three years ready, the day lily here is cold.

No, no way!

As we all know, the two sides of the game, whoever has better concentration will get better conditions.Xungui also invested a lot of money here, but it was just money.

Once the civil servants can't clean up the mess, the national policy of encouraging industry and commerce, the value of the banknotes, and the confidence in business investment...the Ministry of Households can't explain to His Majesty, and the Ministry of Officials can't issue subsidies.

Even the Ministry of Rites can't handle it, so why not build a better Ming Dynasty?
This big event punctured the cowhide.

What should I do?

Hurry up and think about it, let the army leader agree to send troops!

At this moment, Xu Jingchang's mansion gathered three Dukes in Beijing, including his uncle Xu Huizu, Duke Qi Qiu Fu, and Duke Cheng Zhu Neng.

As for Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, he is still in Liaodong and has not returned.

These three, together with Xu Jingchang, Dingguo Duke, are enough to represent honor.

In fact, Xu Jingchang is not willing to get together with them, because he is now a detached political envoy, and he should have been superior. He has pitted civil officials and military officials.

However, these nobles were too useless, and they didn't see clearly the benefits at all, so Xu Jingchang had to work hard to give them some advice.

"Think about it, you guys. What happened this time is not for that little money."

Zhu Neng grinned and said, "Mr. Ding, that's not just a little money, it's several million a year, or even more."

Xu Jingchang groaned and glared at him, "Stupid, what's the use of having more money? In your hands, it can still be taken away by others, and this source of wealth can be cut off at any time. How can I gain insight? The eye sockets are too shallow!"

Zhu Neng was speechless and bowed his head in shame.

Xu Huizu pondered: "What do you mean, is there a way to keep this source of income for a long time?"

Xu Jingchang nodded, "Uncle, now is a god-sent opportunity to improve the status of the navy!"

"Navy master? What are you doing to promote their status?" Qiu Fu hummed: "War is about horseback riding and archery. How can you use things in the water?"

When Xu Jingchang heard this, his face immediately fell down, "Duke Qi, if you have the ability to cross the river with a reed, you can directly attack the Japanese country with soldiers and horses, relying on your unparalleled riding and shooting, and sweep the barbarians, wouldn't it be beautiful? "

Qiu Fu was dumbfounded.

Xu Jingchang took a deep breath, "Why can't you understand? Why are the nobles at a disadvantage in the court? Because the big guys have status, but they don't have much control over the actual government affairs. Even when it comes to war, they also control money, food and military orders." On the side of the civil servants. Now that we have the foundation to go to the West, and we want to use troops against the Japanese, we will take this opportunity to elevate the status of the navy. When the time comes, both land and water armies will be equally important, and we will have two more voices in the court. Do you understand? "

Qiu Fu was stunned, but Zhu Neng still didn't understand, "Duke Ding, with the addition of sailors, it's just one more copy, why are there two?"

Xu Jingchang was completely speechless, "Since there are two armies on the water and land, should we set up a yamen above the two armies to be in charge of coordination?"

Zhu Neng was dumbfounded, it really opened his eyes, how can he still play like this?
At this moment, Xu Huizu gradually understood Xu Jingchang's intentions.

The difficulty of using troops abroad is that no corresponding interest groups have been cultivated, and there is no guarantee of interests in the court.

Xu Jingchang's hard work in the layout is also for this.

Otherwise, it would be better to let Zheng He go directly, and if he wins, he would put it all in his own pocket, wouldn't it be better?

But this kind of thing is all in my pocket, and it may be broken at any time.

Benefits need to be shared, tied to the imperial court, and guaranteed by the system.

If you want to develop overseas interests, you need the escort of the navy. Conversely, if the general Xungui holds the navy, he can pinch the pocketbook and lifeline of the civil servant at any time.

We must know that although the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban, this sea ban only banned the imperial court, but it did not prohibit the big families in the south of the Yangtze River from smuggling and making a fortune.

"We raised the status of the navy and opened up the situation. Not only can we have more power in the court, but if the civil servants want to monopolize the interests of the sea and are not allowed to go to sea, we can expose what they have done these years, understand? ?”

Both Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu nodded their heads again and again. It has to be said that it was true that the rolling pin poked their ass and opened their eyes.

Compared with Xu Jingchang's lack of virtue, they are so weak that they have nothing to say.

But they still hesitated, "Mr. Dingguo, the position of the navy has been promoted, so we can't let Zheng He be on an equal footing with us, can we?"

Xu Jingchang squinted at Qiu Fu, and snorted, "Duke Qi, do you think you are much more noble than the Sanbao eunuch?"

Qiu Fu blushed, and hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that, I just thought it was inappropriate."

"It's really inappropriate. There are so many nobles, all of whom are famous generals. They can't even find a few decent naval commanders. They also make the three treasure eunuchs work hard. I can only say disgusting, disgusting!"

In an instant, Qiu Fu's old face turned a purple eggplant color, and Zhu Neng coughed repeatedly to relieve the embarrassment.

Xu Huizu sighed and said: "In this way, it is true that more naval talents need to be cultivated. Xungui can't stand still."

Xu Jingchang snorted, "It's not just honors, martial arts is fine. If you choose from there, His Majesty will only be happier."

Qiu Fu was greatly surprised, "Mr. Ding, is it inappropriate for you to do this?"

Xu Jingchang sneered and said, "It's really inappropriate. I should ask Fang Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War, to suggest directly to His Majesty. I wonder if His Majesty will agree?"

"This..." Qiu Fu blushed, and could only focus on Xu Huizu.

"Wei Guogong, do you think so too?"

Xu Huizu sighed: "What if we don't do this? Why do we always suffer from civil servants, because the civil servants have a steady stream, which is not something we can compare with."

Qiu Fu argued: "Didn't we also study martial arts?"

Xu Huizu said: "It's true that you have learned martial arts, but who is not a noble general who leads the army? Not to mention, even the three treasure eunuchs can't tolerate it. Compared with civil servants, military commanders seem to need more Reform is it!"

Who needs reform more?
Not a civil servant, but a general!

These words were really harsh. As top nobles, Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng didn't like to hear them, but they couldn't refute them.

Xu Jingchang finally sneered and said, "Actually, the navy said that big ships are better than small ones, and more soldiers are better than fewer soldiers... With the equipment of firearms, whoever has stronger firearms will have a greater advantage. On land, It is still possible to defeat the strong with the weak, but it is very difficult when it comes to the sea. Now that the status of the navy is promoted, the one who can actually benefit is the honor. Don’t you know that the navy is an aristocratic branch?"

Xu Jingchang sighed: "I have worked so hard to leave a piece of private land for you nobles. Do you really think I need these things? It is really troublesome to talk to you about things. If I had known this, I would have talked with Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji ... I am willing to help them, it is not difficult for two civilian officials to lead the army and use literature to control military forces."

Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng's complexions instantly turned ugly.

Xu Jingchang did what he said, he really has this ability.

"Ding Guogong, those civil servants don't know how to fight, and they will only do bad things if they run the army."

Xu Jingchang snorted and said, "Don't talk about others, the second and third generations of your nobles really know how to fight? The people trained in martial arts, at most, give them a civil servant background and let them supervise the generals."

"I'm telling you this not to scare you, but to remind you that Daming is now at a juncture of transformation. The addition and reduction of yamen and the increase and adjustment of power are all within a single thought. Don't mislead yourself and others!"

Having said that, the two of them were finally speechless.

"Dingguo Gong, since this is the case, we will all follow your orders." Zhu Neng said honestly.

Xu Jingchang corrected: "I hope you are clear about where your own interests lie! You must have a long-term vision, have a big picture, and don't have small noses and small eyes."

Xu Jingchang's beating made the two princes remain silent.

Back home, after listening to the narration of the dog father, Zhu Yong mercilessly gave him the biggest supercilious look.

"Ding Guogong said so well, you all blame yourselves, you are self-styled, with small noses and small eyes."

Snapped!
Zhu Neng slammed the table, "Little brat, why are you talking to your father?"

Zhu Yong rolled his eyes, "Father, you'd better not call your son a bastard."

"Why? You can't scold yet?"

"That's not true, it's mainly not good for you old man."

Zhu Neng froze for a moment, then became furious and jumped up to hit him.

"I'll fucking kill you bastard."

Zhu Yong turned around and ran away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, not to mention, he slipped faster than a rabbit.

But the next day, Zhu Yong appeared outside the Secretary of General Administration.

"Dingguo Gong, I can't be like those trash anymore, I want to go to sea!"

Xu Jingchang was slightly taken aback, and then said: "Zhu Yong, it is dangerous to go to sea, and you have to leave your hometown and drift on the sea, which is not a good job."

Zhu Yong sighed, with a childish face full of helplessness, "Is there any way to do this, it's because my father is incompetent and has no choice but to do it!"

Xu Jingchang was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his thumb, "Very well, let's just go for this, Xungui finally didn't lose to the civil servants."

Zhu Yong was taken aback for a moment. At this time, an elderly minister walked by, and it was Song Li who was driven overseas by Zhu Di before...

(End of this chapter)