Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 81 Becoming a Mule

The twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus under the jurisdiction of the inner court are undoubtedly the most powerful of the Lijian and Yumajian. Compared with the integrity of the former's functions and powers, the latter is a bit more mixed, except for the command of the Four Guards and the Imperial Guard. In addition to the warrior camp, he is also in charge of the supervision of the Beijing camp, dispatching out of the town, stationing the supervising army, raising horses, and expropriating grass and pastures. During the heyday of the Yumajian, he even supervised the Xijiu Factory. He can wrestle with the supervisor of ceremonies.

"The recruitment of new recruits by the Four Guards Camp and the Warriors Camp involves follow-up drills and reorganization. You don't have to take care of it. The generals stationed in Fengtai Camp will be in charge."

Inside Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne, took a sip of the tea cup at hand, looked at Fang Zhenghua, Wang Chengen and his party, and said, "I asked Wei Banban to leave Beijing by order, and personally lead the factory guard to supervise the administration of the Northern Zhili border." You have heard about the matter of the Huangzhuanghuangdian, when you were selecting new recruits from the Liao people who fled the refugees in the Shuntian and Yongping prefectures, right?"

"Your Majesty, all servants and servants have heard about it."

Fang Zhenghua thought for a while, stepped forward and bowed and said, "As the emperor's domestic slave, not only does he not want to share his worries for the emperor, but instead stretches his hands to places that should not be stretched. It seems that such domestic slaves should be severely punished."

"Anyone can say beautiful things, but that's not what I want to hear."

Zhu Youxiao put down the tea cup and said with a serious expression: "The Huangzhuang Huangdian is in ruins like this. The pastures and pastures under the supervision of the Royal Horse will probably not be much better."

Fang Zhenghua, Wang Chengen and his party were nervous. They had just been promoted to official positions not long ago. Even if there were problems with the pastures and pastures under the jurisdiction of Yuma, it was not directly related to them, but the problems left by their predecessors. Still nervous.

"Founderization."

"The servant is here."

Looking at Fang Zhenghua who was kneeling directly, Zhu Youxiao showed a smile, and it was time for the second sharpest knife in the inner court to make its official debut.

The first and sharpest knife is Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and the admiral of the East Police Factory.

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, all the eunuchs in power in the inner court are swords in his hands, but swords are different, and facing different situations or difficulties, one must choose the most suitable sword.

"It's up to you to take over the post of Admiral of the Western Police Factory."

Zhu Youxiao said in an indifferent tone: "As soon as possible, let me know the pastures and pastures under the jurisdiction of Yuma Monitoring, and their distribution in the northern Zhili border. Then I will leave Beijing to conduct an inventory. I want to find out the true situation of the pastures and pastures, especially the The number of horses, camels, cattle, and sheep raised on pastures.

The most important point is that whoever puts his hand in will be arrested by me. Fengtai and Xishan camps need to be equipped with a group of combat-driven war horses and a group of transshipment-driven animals. What should we do? Shall I emphasize it again? "

"The servant understands."

Fang Zhenghua immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely take care of this matter. If anyone dares to touch the imperial property, I will arrest them all!"

Being young has the advantage of being young.

The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth turned up slightly. Perhaps the current Fang Zhenghua is inferior to Wei Zhongxian in some aspects. After all, Wei Zhongxian has not experienced as many things as Wei Zhongxian, but these are not important. Ability can be cultivated. The reason why Fang Zhenghua is reused is that It was Zhu Youxiao who valued his loyalty.

This also applies to people like Wang Chengen.

"Wang Chengen."

"The servant is here."

With Fang Zhenghua in front, Wang Chengen knelt down after him. His current status and power were all given by the emperor. For Wang Chengen, all he could do was to do his duty faithfully.

"While Fang Zhenghua is away from the capital under the decree, you, the Royal Horse Supervisor, will supervise the eunuchs. You will be the Royal Horse Supervisor for me."

Zhu Youxiao said calmly: "Let me lead the Royal Horse Supervisor to carefully examine the land acquired from Shandong, Henan, and Beizhili over the years. I want to file a lawsuit with the Ministry of Household Affairs. Take a look at these In recent years, how much of the taxation of internal funds is true and how false is it?"

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen kowtowed hurriedly.

Daming's increasingly weak financial revenue has reached the point where rectification is necessary, especially the unreasonable taxes accumulated on the bottom groups must be abolished. Daming's bottom groups are too miserable, so hard that Zhu Youxiao dare not think about it. There are civil uprisings or rebellions in strange places, but if there is a way to survive, the bottom will never take risks.

The tax that should be collected cannot be collected.

The tax that should be exempted is not controlled.

In the eyes of the ruling class at all levels in Ming Dynasty, the group at the bottom is just a bunch of assholes, and if one group dies, they will die. Anyway, there are many assholes in Daming, as long as their interests are not touched.

Financial reform is a long process of struggle, and Zhu Youxiao didn't expect short-term results. Some things can't be done by internal supervision, but by foreign ministers. However, Zhu Youxiao has his own ideas about the choice of foreign ministers.

"Gao Shiming, Li Fengxiang, Chu Xianzhang, Zhang Guoyuan."

"The servant is here."

Looking at the few people in front of him, Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, and his tone was a little cold, "The four of you each bring a batch of domestic money and send them to Xuanfu, Datong, etc. to buy a batch of fine horses, poor horses, mules, etc. , during the time you lead the team to leave Beijing, you are not allowed to reveal the identity of the internal ministers, I don't want the local government to know about this, I would rather the efficiency of the acquisition be slower, and absolutely not be noticed by anyone, remember?"

"Slaves and servants will obey the order."

Several people kowtowed immediately.

Fang Zhenghua led a team to investigate the pastures and pastures in the northern Zhili border. They would definitely find a group of large rats and even involve many local people. However, Zhu Youxiao also knew that if he wanted to gather as much animal power as possible, he was afraid is unrealistic, so he has to walk on two legs.

Gradually implementing mules and horses in the new army is what Zhu Youxiao must do, so as to ensure the ability to respond quickly.

Fighters on the battlefield are fleeting, and they may arrive on the battlefield an hour late, or a shorter time, which may lead to changes in the battle situation.

If he wants to effectively intervene in the battle of Liaozuo in the next year and ensure that Shenliao and other important towns will not be captured by Jianlu, Zhu Youxiao must make pre-war preparations from now on to ensure that the military forces that will be invested in Liaodi, long-distance Trek to reach the front of the Liao battlefield, to inflict the deadliest damage on Jianlu!

This is an early investment bet. If you can defeat the rampant warlords, the profits from the war will be enough to make up for this part of the expenses, and you can even make a fortune. If you fail to win, you will lose more than just internal money. , and even the country will suffer huge losses, which Zhu Youxiao will never allow.

As for letting Gao Shiming and the others hide their identities, the main reason is that Zhu Youxiao didn’t want to startle the snakes, betray Daming, and secretly collude with Jianlu’s Shanxi merchants. Zhu Youxiao must knock them out, preferably before the Liaozuo War broke out. Knock them out, but if you really want to knock them out, you will inevitably involve a lot of people, and it will become the biggest case in the Tianqi dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao had decided how to deal with this big case, so he called Wei Zhongxian, the sharpest knife, and Luo Sigong, a political speculator, to follow. The cancer must be eradicated, but it is equally important to stabilize Xuanfu, Datong, etc. There are some things Doing it is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.

"The errands I have stated are because I trust you, so I asked you to do them." Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked around at the people in front of him and emphasized again: "I hope you don't disappoint me."

"Slaves wait to understand."

When everyone heard the words, they worshiped again.

(End of this chapter)