Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 647 Nine-sided Discussion
After October, there was something unusual about this day.

A heavy rain will fall at any time.

It doesn't give people any time to react at all.

Rumble~
In the sky above Xiyuan, a flash of lightning first appeared among the dense dark clouds. Not long after, there was a piercing thunder and huge raindrops poured down.

"It's raining at the wrong time."

In the Chongzhi Hall, Zhu Youxiao, who was standing with his hands behind his hands, looked back at the door of the hall. Seeing the heavy downpour, he frowned and said: "Come here, go and convey the order to the chief minister of the Shaofu to strengthen the control of the flood season. In Beizhili There must be no mistakes in the Haihe River system built in this environment!”

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Liu Ruoyu, who was standing outside the hall, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed in response.

A heavy rain has been falling for several days. Judging from the situation, it may continue to rain for several more days. Everything else is easy to say, but the water system of the capital and Gyeonggi is not something Zhu Youxiao can't worry about.

"Go on."

Zhu Youxiao turned around and stared at the map hanging in front of him. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, who was standing next to the map, glanced at the other colleagues from the Military Academy in the palace, calmed down, raised his long stick in his hand, and continued to ask the emperor Report the situation.

"...According to the memorial written by Ding Lupp (Qin Bangping) who urgently returned to the capital, the problems currently existing in the important towns on the nine sides include not only lax armaments, border defenses that need to be repaired, neglect of drills, and the withholding of food and wages."

Lu Xiangsheng's expression was serious. While pointing at the map in front of him, he described the current situation involving the Nine Borders, "The Military Administration is summarizing and sorting out the military malpractices involving the Nine Borders."

"First, the hereditary guard officers dominate Jiubian, and there is a tendency to stick together. Many generals who have been transferred to Jiubian, if they want to gain a foothold in their respective defense areas, they must have good dealings with these people. This has led to some Bad things happen.”

"Secondly, the practice of supporting servants and guards in Jiubian is very strong. According to Dinglubo's private investigation, a lot of withheld food and salary are used to support the servants and guards. The treatment of these servants and guards is very high. Well, in addition to receiving full military pay every month, they can also eat meat, drink wine, and even the armor and weapons they wear are equipped by the master they are loyal to, and this is a huge sum of money. The hereditary guards are doing this, as are the generals stationed on the border.”

"Third, the roads in the nine border defense areas are seriously damaged, especially in the northwest border towns of Yulin, Ningxia, Guyuan, Gansu and other towns. This has caused problems in any one of the above towns, and the joint defense of other border towns has Unable to send troops to help in time.”

"In addition to this situation, there is also an increase in losses during the daily transportation of military rations, which has also led some people to focus on this and directly detain a batch of military rations before they have been transferred out, blaming it on losses. This is one of the main reasons why Jiubian’s military ration consumption remains high.”

Wei Guangxu, Jin Xuan, Zhang Kentang, He Tengjiao, Chen Shiqi, Zhang Guowei and other military ministers standing in front of the imperial court all had complicated expressions on their faces.

As the wars in Liaodong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Korea and other places continued, the emperor specially summoned them to Xiyuan to hold an imperial meeting on some of the current conditions of Jiubian. Everyone knew that the emperor's tolerance of Jiubian had reached an unacceptable level.

In fact, when the Military Affairs Council started to sort out the real situation on the Nine Sides, through the memorials sent to Beijing in batches by Qin Bangping and others, after continuous sorting and integration, the attitudes of many people were also very clear.

The situation in Jiubian is too much! !

If the imperial court does not intervene and rectify the situation in the Nine Borders, then in the long run, there will be a trend of separatism among the vassals and towns in the Ming Dynasty. This will not only intensify the conflicts and turmoil in the borders, but also cause the central government to lose control of the Nine Borders. This is No one can accept it.

"In addition to the above sorted out, there is another very serious problem." Sensing the emperor's anger, Lu Xiangsheng frowned and said without much hesitation.

"That is to say, Jiubian smuggling. Although Pinglubo secretly investigated very few, but through these signs, the Supervisory and Cleaning Department of the Military Academy followed the clues and found out a lot of bad things. Some generals and colonels in Jiubian, and even behind the scenes, There are also officials involved. They smuggle salt, horses and other in-demand commodities, and trade privately with merchants traveling around the world to make money from them..."

"enough!!"

Zhu Youxiao's voice sounded in Chongzhi Hall.

"This is the nine-sided town that the imperial court spent huge sums of money to supply. When Liaodong Dusi behaved like that, I had doubts about this." Zhu Youxiao's eyes were sharp and he stared at the map in front of him and said: "Looks like it now. , I thought too well at the time. With such a nine-border stronghold system, let alone ensuring that the Ming Dynasty's frontiers are worry-free, even if there is an invasion by alien invaders, it is not just waiting for the aliens to kill and rob, and then fuck it. Slowly rush to the rescue!"

Lu Xiangsheng and the others lowered their heads with complicated expressions.

"Don't do what you should do, and rush to do what you shouldn't do. Okay, that's great." Zhu Youxiao sneered: "No wonder my Ming Dynasty general is like this. From the beginning, the Ming general's head has always been If you can’t lift it, then you’ll be in trouble with these scum!”

Zhu Youxiao is very clear about the situation in Jiubian, but he knows clearly that if he wants to rectify the important towns in Jiubian, he must have great righteousness. Otherwise, rectification and disposal will not only hurt those who risk their lives for the Ming Dynasty. The general's heart will be exploited by some people with ulterior motives. In this way, Zhu Youxiao's desire to promote the reform of both civil and military affairs has become a big fucking joke.

Zhu Youxiao has one attitude when doing things.

Either don't do it at all and save yourself a lot of trouble, or do it to the extreme and save yourself a lot of trouble in the middle.

Today's Ming Dynasty can no longer afford any defeat.

Guo Zuo has been inherited for more than two hundred years. Under the influence of conservative ideological trends and the rule of successive kings, the accumulated problems and disadvantages are very troublesome and difficult.

"The Military Council will fulfill my duties and formulate a detailed plan on how to organize the nine-border town." Zhu Youxiao turned around and stared at Wei Guangxu and the others.

"When the situation in Liaodong becomes clear, I will start to rectify the Nine Borders. This kind of Nine Borders is not what I want, nor what Ming Dynasty wants. Since they want to be greedy, then I will let them be greedy enough, as long as But they can’t be greedy in this world!”

After Wei Guangxu and others heard this, their hearts suddenly trembled.

When the emperor said such words, the Nine Borders would be overwhelmed, which also made them feel great pressure. After all, if the Nine Borders' management was not handled properly, it would most likely lead to unrest in the border areas.

After all, in the northwest and northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty, there are many Mongolian Tatar forces who have bad relations with the Ming Dynasty. This may be much more complicated than in Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask for advice."

While Wei Guangxu and the others were thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and bowed: "Based on the situation known to the Military Council, many guard posts in the northwest border and even in Shanxi and other places are in terrible condition. I think..."

"If it should be abolished, it should be abolished! If it should be restructured, it should be restructured!"

Zhu Youxiao understood what Lu Xiangsheng meant, and expressed his attitude directly: "The bloated and useless health system has been passed down to this day, and some of it is no longer in line with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the health houses in the future exist, they will be reclaimed land." The garrison is the main thing, garrisoning and garrisoning cannot rely on them!”

This is another tricky thing.

After hearing this, Wei Guangxu and the others had complicated expressions on their faces.

The emperor's attitude towards the guards was different from that of the previous kings, but the guard system was established in the early Ming Dynasty, which provided a strong boost to the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

But now...

It's just that Wei Guangxu and the others simply didn't understand that Zhu Youxiao not only wanted to attack the guard system, but also the household registration system and the tax system.

These systems established in the early Ming Dynasty and passed down to this day not only cannot help the Ming Dynasty, but on the contrary are still dragging down the Ming Dynasty.

Since it is useless to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to innovate when it is time to innovate. There must be no conservative thoughts, otherwise it will only shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule in the end, and then the Ming Dynasty Zuo will not be able to escape the fate of overthrowing! !

(End of this chapter)