Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"Okay, stop howling!"

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted his performance with an angry shout. Li Wei's voice stopped abruptly and he looked at him blankly.

The ministers also all turned their attention to him, waiting to see whether he would drag this audacious prince-in-law out and chop him up or kill him with a plank.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang finished drinking angrily, the anger on his face gradually faded. He calmed down and said softly: "Well, although what you said is exaggerated, it is not true. Then we will consider the past merits of these people." For the sake of it, let’s open up a wide margin and let them serve their crimes.”

Li Wei was overjoyed and quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ministers were stunned for a moment, that's it? Is this the end? Even if I don't chop you, I can drag you out and beat him up, right?

Seeing this, Yu Ji and Zhao Ben even lowered their heads and remained silent, deeply concerned about His Majesty's trust in Li Wei.

Li Shanchang's inner anger surged, and he glanced at Li Wei, feeling a little jealous of Zhu Yuanzhang's favor towards him.

The general didn't think much about it, but felt that Li Wei's move today was considered affectionate and intentional.

Zhu Yuanzhang released a group of generals along the river and Yangzhou guards who had little to do with them. However, Zhang Cheng and Fan Guangyang still wanted to kill the Nine Tribes. Although they were dead, their family members also escaped. But this calamity! In addition, a large number of corrupt officials in Yangzhou were severely punished and executed.

This is not over yet, there is still the most important main culprit that has not been dealt with, that is, the Japanese pirates!

"The Ministry of Rites, please quickly send an envoy to tell the Japanese country to restrain their people and not to let the people become bandits again, otherwise we will raise troops to fight against them!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted sternly.

Gao Xin hurriedly left the office: "I obey the order!"

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although he was very angry with the Japanese country, this small country was far away overseas. It would be time-consuming, laborious and risky to conquer. Although Li Wei said there was money there, he still didn't want to take the risk.

The court meeting ended at three o'clock in the morning. After Zhu Yuanzhang left, the ministers also left one after another. Gao Xin, Chen Jing and others were still surrounding Li Wei and walked out of the hall in groups.

"Your Majesty really has great faith in your Majesty. Your Majesty persuaded your Majesty to forgive those military attachés in just a few words." Chen Jing was filled with emotion and praise.

Li Wei shook his head gently. These were originally Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements and had nothing to do with him. He was just cooperating with the performance.

"This time the Japanese pirates dared to sneak attack on you, sir. I will definitely warn the envoys and severely reprimand the Japanese king." Gao Xin vowed.

Hearing this, Li Wei also snorted coldly: "Yes, we must severely reprimand them, and we must make them pay tens of millions of taels of silver to compensate the people of Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing Li Wei's words, Gao Xin was immediately surprised: "Ah, is this too much?"

"No more, no more, they have plenty of silver!" Li Wei waved his hand and said, Japan has silver mines.

Of course, he didn't really expect the current king of Japan to come up with so much money, but asked Gao Xin to let the envoys talk to Bengbang from the beginning.

Gao Xin was not a fool. He understood what he meant in a moment and nodded lightly.

After the court meeting, Li Wei first went to Shenji Camp.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that he would not let him leave Yangzhou until he had recruited all his guards. This matter had to be done quickly. Zhu Yuanzhang promised him a guard quota, which was about 5,000, and he had to recruit at least 3,000 people to be roughly equal.

The Shenji Battalion has ready-made soldiers, but he certainly can't directly remove one guard. It would be enough to draw about a thousand soldiers without affecting the establishment of the Shenji Battalion. The rest will have to be recruited by himself.

To recruit people, one must first decide on the salary issue. He has to pay for these guards himself. Nowadays, ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty mostly receive direct military pay. The monthly ration is about one or two dan, which can be converted into about 100 yuan. Except for These, if there is a war, there will also be rations, rewards, etc., sometimes more than the fixed monthly rations.

Li Wei recruited people by himself, so of course he had to pay more. He directly set a price of three guans per month, and temporarily recruited 3,000 people. In this way, he would have to spend 100,000 guans a year just to maintain the guards, and this did not include all kinds of equipment.

Of course, your own guards must be well-armed, including muskets and cannons. This money must not be saved.

After figuring out the calculation, Li Wei couldn't help but be shocked even though he was now wealthy. Fortunately, he was now supported by the continuous income from the Chamber of Commerce and the bank, otherwise he would really not be able to support himself.

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build a military camp. At this cost, he would definitely not be able to support the Ming Dynasty's million-strong army if he didn't save money.

After arriving at the Shenji Camp, he directly called Lu Tang to ask about his wishes. The artillery force led by Lu Tang was mainly composed of craftsmen. There must be no problem with their loyalty, and they were also proficient in artillery. If they could be directly mobilized, they would naturally it's the best.

Lu Tang agreed without hesitation after understanding what he meant. He originally followed Li Weicai into the Shenji Camp. Now that he can become Li Wei's personal guard, it would be even better!

After deploying Lu Tang and the soldiers of Qian Shenji Battalion, Li Wei went to the Ordnance Bureau.

There is no other way. The Arms Bureau has the most people under him, and the craftsmen there are relatively loyal to him, so it is most suitable to recruit personal soldiers from them.

With the cooperation of a group of stewards led by Luti, he managed to gather the manpower, but these newly recruited craftsmen were just ordinary craftsmen. They would need to undergo training and even actual combat in the future to become truly elite soldiers.

When he returned home, he called Wu Yong, Abu and Tuo Huochi over to inform him about the recruitment.

Wu Yong was shocked when he learned that the personal military escort was exclusive to the prince. His Majesty could give Li Wei such treatment, which shows how much he is valued!

Abu didn't think much about it, but Tuo Huochi was very surprised!

If the master has personal guards, then these subordinates will have to be promoted accordingly. As for Xiaohuo, as the most popular person in front of the master, not to mention being directly appointed as a commander, he must be given a deputy position, right?

In this regard, Li Wei did not hesitate and arranged official positions for them respectively.

Wu Yong was an elite member of the pro-military army, so he was naturally assigned as a commander.

Lu Tang came from the Shenji Battalion and knew the most about firearms, and he knew the same thing as the commander.

Although Abu's personal force value is very high, Li Wei didn't know whether he could do it in terms of military affairs, so he arranged a command for him first.

As for Tuo Huochi, Li Wei hesitated again and gave him a position as a minister.

After all, this guy used to be a Duke of Beiyuan, and he always knew something about military matters. Besides, there was really no one he could use.

After arranging several positions, Li Wei asked them to find a place to train troops, while he himself began to prepare for the construction of Yangzhou.

Now that the local affairs have been settled, a lot of cement has been fired during this period, and everything is ready to start work. (End of chapter)