Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 40 The Top of the Forbidden City (2)

"Since Yuji ascended the throne, I have heard some words more than once."

Zhu Youxiao looked calm, looked at Cao Huachun who was kneeling on the ground, and said calmly: "What are you talking about? Whether it is an eunuch or eunuch in the inner court, he left Beijing to go to various places on business, unlike the inner court, where he started to swell up. .

There are many evil deeds such as lawlessness, disrupting the place, forcing the good into prostitution, bullying the market and so on. "

Cao Huachun, who was kneeling on the ground, and Liu Ruoyu and Wang Tiqian, who were left behind to accompany the driver, all lowered their heads nervously.

"Cao Huachun, if I asked you to leave Beijing according to the order, would you also do these things?"

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward, looked at Cao Huachun who was kneeling on the ground with a smile, and said, "After all, I have left the capital, and the emperor is far away today. Even if I really do something in private, I don't know if I am in the palace." .”

"The slaves dare not!"

Cao Huachun, who was startled, quickly kowtowed and said, "The slaves are the servants of the emperor, and the whole world belongs to the emperor. Even if the slaves die, they dare not do these things behind the emperor's back."

"It turns out that this world belongs to me."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and shook his head, "If you didn't say that, I would have thought that this world is not just mine."

Liu Ruoyu and Wang Tiqian looked at each other, showing different expressions. At this moment, they thought a lot, and their hearts beat a lot faster.

"I want to issue several decrees to the Liao land."

Zhu Youxiao restrained his smile, looked at Cao Huachun and said, "If the errand is done well, the crime will be pardoned, but if the errand is missed, the death penalty will be imposed."

"The slaves obey the order."

Cao Huachun hurriedly responded.

It was Zhu Youxiao's careful consideration to let Cao Huachun, who was implicated, lead the team to Liao to issue decrees.

Under the autocratic rule of the imperial power, eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court are special products attached to the imperial power. If you want to choose to reuse them, you must know the advantages and disadvantages of the double-edged sword.

Through the previous cleaning of the inner court, Zhu Youxiao knew that the current inner court felt awe of him and knew what his bottom line was.

But only these are not enough.

Especially things involving the Liao land.

At this time, Cao Huachun was more urgent than anyone else. He wanted to prove that he was still useful and valuable, otherwise he would be dead.

"Wang Tiqian, has the supervisor of ceremonies tracked down the bank deposits of the current domestic funds?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Cao Huachun in front of him, but asked Wang Tiqian.

"Reporting to the emperor, the internal funds and silver deposits have been found out."

Wang Tiqian was very nervous and hurriedly bowed and said: "After many calculations by the Director of Ceremonies, the total amount of internal money is more than 731 million taels, and all kinds of details..."

Really poor.

Zhu Youxiao listened to Wang Tiqian's detailed statement, and he sighed in his heart. Emperor Wanli Yuji had been on the throne for more than [-] years, and he had accumulated a lot of family money from internal funds. It is a pity that Emperor Taichang Yuji took away a few funds from internal funds in less than a month. One million taels of silver, it really doesn't hurt to sell your father's land.

In addition, no one expected that Emperor Taichang would suddenly collapse, which cost a lot of money. Money was needed to support the family's dignity. Most of the money spent on the national funeral was allocated from internal funds.

"Appropriating 200 million taels of internal money, the Supervisor of Ceremonies dispatched personnel to escort him. Cao Huachun was responsible for leading the team. They left Beijing and went to Tianjin Sanwei to recruit reliable seagoing ships. They secretly went to Liaoqian to find Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong manager."

Zhu Youxiao was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "Liu Ruoyu, remember the first decree, the 200 million taels of silver allocated directly from internal funds, half of which Xiong Qing used to defend the army owed by the troops before the Liao Dynasty, and half was used to raise the money owed by the Liao Zhuang Army. need.

I will let the Internal Supervisor Cao Huachun and his team supervise the payment of the outstanding wages. If anyone dares to embezzle this part of the internal funds, I will not be lenient.

As for the recruits from the Liao Dynasty, Xiong Qing should recruit reliable people and go to the Liaonan guards to look for proletarians. Miners under the rule of the Liaonan guards will be the main recruiters. They have 15 to 40 years of experience. Honesty and loyalty will be given priority, and blood relatives will be given priority. Organize and train a new army of [-] people with sufficient quota, provide them with adequate pay and food, set up camp in Liaoyang for training, send loyal and brave generals to lead them, and put them under the direct control of Xiong Qing..."

Liu Ruoyu was writing shorthand for the content of the content, while thinking about how to draft it.

Zhongzhi has a format, and the vernacular like Zhu Youxiao said must not work.

An eunuch serving in front of the imperial court cannot be competent without cultural background.

"Cao Huachun."

"The servant is here."

After explaining the content of the first edict, Zhu Youxiao looked at Cao Huachun and said: "When it comes to the issue of pay, you have to personally lead the team to follow up and ask Xiong Qing to send people to accompany you. Keep an eye on me and collect the arrears of military pay. , must be issued to the hands of the soldiers at the bottom.

Let me tell them clearly that this is only a part, and the rest of the military salary owed will be reissued in batches by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. If the Ministry of War does not allocate it, I will allocate it from within. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Cao Huachun hurriedly responded.

It is very common for the Ming Dynasty's army to be in arrears with food and salary. If Zhu Youxiao wants to effectively solve this problem, he needs to do a lot of things, such as rectifying the central government's finances, solving the problem of wasting soldiers' blood on empty wages, fighting against hilltopism, etc. This is not a short period of time, just can play a corresponding role.

The low-level soldiers under the command of the Ming army are all very good. They are owed food, greedy for food, and abused harshly.

If it had been Zhu Youxiao, he would have given up on the pick a long time ago.

I can't even guarantee that I'll have enough to eat, so damn Daming.

The hole in Liaodong's arrears of food and payment is too big, even Zhu Youxiao can only fill it up slowly. When the situation in Liaodong can stabilize and Jianlu's arrogance is suppressed, some accounts should be settled together!
As for using money to let Xiong Tingbi recruit Liao Zhuang from the Liaonan guards, organize and train new troops, and put them under Xiong Tingbi's direct control, one is to prepare in advance for the subsequent war, and the other is to wait for these new soldiers to experience the war and see blood on the battlefield. The school will call them all into the capital to strengthen the military strength of the capital camp.

"The second edict is about the strategy of Liaodong. Xiong Tingbi was worried about the country. During the period when he was ordered to control Liao, he made outstanding contributions. He was promoted to Tongfeng doctor and given a python robe. I know that the affairs of Liao are difficult and it is difficult for you to serve in Liao. I am Zhang Qing. In the name of the land of Liao, the royal flag is specially given..."

Liu Ruoyu was shocked.

He never thought that the emperor would give Xiong Tingbi the king's life flag, this honor is too great.

But Liu Ruoyu didn't know that Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to make this decision.

The matter of Liao is too critical.

Liao is too far apart.

Zhu Youxiao was different from the various parties and factions in the outer court. His eyes were not only fixed on the court, but also looked elsewhere, especially in Liaodong.

Faced with the rampant establishment of the Eight Banners, if Zhu Youxiao did not plan ahead and let the Liao land continue to be in chaos, then he would wait for the Liao Zuo front line to be broken through.

The current Liao land is too chaotic.

The organizational structure is chaotic.

The division of power is chaotic.

The place is in disorder.

As far as Zhu Youxiao knows, such as the many guards under the jurisdiction of the capital of Liaodong, the local armies of Liaodong, the remnants left after the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Sarhu, the troops who were ordered to aid Liao, and the soldiers and horses who voluntarily aided Liao, can be described as There are a lot of proper factions!
But only at the level of the army, some of the secret deeds of the generals of the Liao faction, who are already united, are worth pondering.

In addition to the army, Zhu Youxiao admired the various functions of the civil service system in Liao, such as political participation, inspections, patrols, military preparations, etc., and in such a complicated environment, in With people in Liao being in panic, how did Xiong Tingbi step by step stabilize people's hearts and consolidate the defense in Liao since he took up the post of Liaodong Manager.

Zhu Youxiao knows better than anyone else that the more chaotic the situation is, the less likely there are to be too many voices. Otherwise, if you talk to me one by one, things will only be delayed. This is also The root cause of why the Ming army was constantly defeated in Liao.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to give Xiong Tingbi more power to speak, and he wanted to bypass the gang of civil officials from the outer dynasty. This time he sent Cao Huachun to lead the team to Liao, and he went there secretly.

Zhu Youxiao has to make a time difference. Even if the parties and factions in the foreign court know about it, no matter how much opposition there is, Zhu Youxiao can continue to advance planning and deployment under pressure.

"The third decree is to call back all the internal guards stationed in various parts of the Liao region back to the capital."

Hearing this indifferent voice, Cao Huachun, Liu Ruoyu, and Wang Tigan all became nervous.

"Cao Huachun."

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were cold and stern: "When all the affairs in Liao Dynasty are clearly implemented, you will personally lead the team and recall all the eunuchs dispatched to the capital to the capital one by one. Don't procrastinate, and call them back in the shortest time. , who dares to shirk and neglect, kill without mercy, do you understand?"

"The servant understands."

Cao Huachun kowtowed hurriedly.

Since it is necessary to intervene and intervene in Liao affairs so that the Liao region can gradually restore stability, Zhu Youxiao must eliminate Xiong Tingbi for Xiong Tingbi to eliminate such unstable factors as the eunuchs sent abroad to guard the Liao region.

Letting them guard or supervise the army everywhere in Liaodi will not have any other effect except to make Liaodi more chaotic and consume Liaodi's foundation.

Instead of worrying that doing so may cause chaos in Liao and make some people become ambitious, it is better to organize the new army from now on. As long as the army under the central control is strong enough, Zhu Youxiao will not be afraid of rebellion.

"I still have a Taoist order here. After completing the above-mentioned things, you can see Xiong Tingbi alone to promulgate."

Zhu Youxiao stood up and said with firm eyes: "Xiong Qing, the safety of Liao is related to the stability of the country, the country, and the country. As a manager of Liaodong, you have seen far more things in Liao than I know. I won't deny it.

But I want to ask you, will your impetuous temperament, what you say, and what you do affect the stability of Liao?

Has Xiong Qing thought about how many pairs of eyes are staring at you, if you say a wrong word or do a wrong thing, you may be trapped in a whirlpool?

Liaodi's predicament was not formed in a day, and even if it wanted to be solved, it would not be something that could be done in a short time.

I firmly believe that Xiong Qing can assist me to stabilize the land of Liao, but your temper and impulse should be suppressed. No matter how difficult things are, they will be accomplished. No matter how long the road is, the road will come. I hope Xiong Qing can make Keep these words in mind, think more about everything, don't be impulsive, and don't make impulsive decisions. "

Cao Huachun did not dare to slack off in remembering, but he was also a little shocked in his heart, shocked by the emperor's trust in Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong manager.

"What I said, please do it as soon as possible."

After talking about this, Zhu Youxiao said indifferently: "I don't want the foreign court to know about this trip to Liao Dynasty. You all know what to do, right?"

"The servant understands."

"The slave is clear."

Wang Tiqian, Liu Ruoyu and the others responded one after another.

Just to escort 200 million taels of silver requires a lot of vehicles and manpower, not to mention that after rushing to Tianjin Sanwei, a batch of sea ships will be recruited. It is not easy to do this well, but no matter how difficult it is, Wang Ti will do them Don't dare to slack off.

Zhu Youxiao, who walked out of the Jiale Hall, looked down at the group of eunuchs kneeling on the ground, "From now on, you will be dispatched by Cao Huachun, and those who dare to contradict and slack off will be killed without mercy!"

"Slaves and servants will obey the order."

Everyone responded.

The layout involving Liaodong needs to be advanced step by step. Anyone can be anxious or chaotic, but Zhu Youxiao cannot. One wrong step may lead to the deterioration of the situation in Liaodong. Zhu Youxiao does not want this to happen. Nowadays, Zhu Youxiao What the school can do is to make good use of the time difference so that all the planned deployments can be steadily advanced to ensure that Liaozuo will not be captured by the Eight Banners of Jianlu.

(End of this chapter)