My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 207 Tiger Guards, dispatch!

Looking at Dong Yingju and the guards behind him from a distance.

Someone in the crowd of gentry murmured to himself.

"I'm afraid I can't hide."

"Hide? How to hide?"

After hearing what the man said, someone whispered.

"Have you heard what Dong Yingju said? The first offense will be punished three times, and the higher one will get 30% of the reward. If you offend again, your property will be confiscated."

"Someone must be thinking of dividing your family's property."

"Go back and tell your family to be careful."

While everyone was whispering, there were a few strong men in the crowd who were squinting at the gentry who were discussing matters.

Tax evasion and tax evasion are rewarded, and I don’t know if it’s true or not.

Dong Yingju didn't care about the performance of those behind him.

He had only one purpose in going out to Beijing this time, which was to support various township officials.

Stop by to see which family the local tyrants and evil gentry are getting impatient with.

This Sunchon New Deal needs an object to establish authority.

"Yuan Shizhen just came back, and Dong Yingju went out to inspect the capital again?"

Holding a memorial in his hand saying that the gentry is the foundation of the country and should be treated favorably but not harshly, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Shimin behind him and asked.

"Back to your lord, Magistrate Dong has left the city today."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shimin immediately replied.

When important ministers of the court go out to inspect places, they must report to the emperor when they expect to return, so as to prevent the emperor from not being able to find someone when he is looking for someone.

"is it?"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao leaned on his chair and pondered for a while, then took out a tiger charm from the drawer on the table and handed it to Liu Shimin.

"You hold the tiger talisman and summon the front and middle battalions of the Tiger Guard, as well as officers above the head of the Military Law Department and the Wude Department to come see me."

"The slaves obey the order."

Hearing this, although Liu Shimin didn't know what the emperor was going to do when he suddenly summoned the officers, he still took the tiger charm and went to summon the officers.

"Some people, once the rope around their necks is loosened, they no longer know their last name."

After Liu Shimin left, Zhu Youxiao looked at the memorial in his hand with amusement, which talked about the gentry's loyalty to the country.

This time it’s not just the official of the Department of Science and Technology who is going to tell the story.

Among the officials who were replaced by Taichang, at least half were in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the other half were in the Nanhaizi labor camp.

The remaining few people are all good people and will not show off easily.

Picking up the official list from the table and looking at the remaining names, Zhu Youxiao murmured to himself.

"There are a few people who have their own ideas, or who are not entangled in interests."

What is outstanding about Ming Dynasty’s Yan Guan?

What stands out is that he is young, energetic, and humble in his position.

During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, Yan Guan was definitely not what he is now, and he always opposed the emperor in everything.

The reason for becoming what it is today is simple.

There's something bad in the team!

Nowadays, all those who dare to make noises have been cleared out, and the remaining people either hide deeply or really have their own knowledge.

"If you write this letter to speak for the gentry, you will be a gentry for life."

Zhu Youxiao threw the man's notebook into the trash can and looked at a piece of paper on the table.

"Next, we can carry out political reform of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section."

After Zhu Youxiao thought about the reform of the supervision system for a while, Cao Wenzhao hurried into the hall with a group of officers.

Led by Cao Wenzhao and Xu Yunzhen, all the middle and senior officers hammered their chests with their right hands.

"I will wait to see your Majesty."

"Be flat."

Seeing everyone, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and hammered his chest.

"I want you to lead six thousand troops for one month. They will go out of the capital and patrol the territory of Shuntian Prefecture for me. This will be regarded as military training."

"By the way, let's see if there are any bandits or bandits around the Shuntian Prefecture. If there are any, we will suppress them together."

"The last general takes command!"

After hearing the emperor's words, Cao Wenzhao and Xu Yunzhen didn't hesitate at all and said at the same time.

"First."

Holding the Yongle Sword at his waist with one hand, Zhu Youxiao looked at the officers in the hall and said.

"In the suppression of bandits, we should use both suppression and appeasement. No one will be spared if his hands are stained with the blood of the common people. Those who surrender will be sent to Xishan to mine coal for five years as punishment."

The first point is the definition of bandits.

Chapter 3 of the agreement: Those who kill will die, and those who hurt others and steal will not be punished.

This is the simplest and most just punishment method.

Although Zhu Youxiao now faces the problems of Ming Dynasty's population expansion and soaring unemployment rate.

But he is not crazy enough to kill his own people in order to reduce the burden on society.

When the emperor began to talk about the rules, the officers quickly straightened their backs and listened carefully.

"Second, I have been watching you train for half a year. In the army, I have repeatedly emphasized that orders and prohibitions must be followed."

"I don't want to hear that thieves are like combs and soldiers are like grates. I have made it very clear before that the Ming army is to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty, not the bandits and robbers who abuse the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"The wages you hold in your hands were all handed over by them."

"I will never tolerate this situation. My army of the Ming Dynasty takes the taxes paid by the people and does not destroy the gangsters who bully the people. Instead, it harms the people, especially the Beijing camp!"

"I have made three orders and set up two battalions of military law and martial ethics to supervise."

"But if there is any lawlessness, even the emperor's disciples in Wulue Academy will be shot without mercy."

The two guards, Hu Ben and Bao Tao, devoted a lot of effort to the emperor Zhu Youxiao.

This is the basis for his next big move against the court.

Military orders are like mountains, and military discipline is like heaven.

After being paid so much money, if they can't do these eight words, then the new army can be thrown to Liaodong to fill the line.

Military discipline is the combat effectiveness of an army.

If something like looting or massacre happens, then this army is not far away from losing control.

This Beijing camp goes out of the capital to patrol and suppress bandits, if there is any robbery of the people.

The emperor personally trained his troops, and the result was an army that robbed his own family. Then Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, lost his face in the Mariana Trench.

Besides, if something like this really happens, let alone quelling the Jiannu and conquering all directions.

He might as well go to Meishan to find a rope and hang himself, so that his death would be easier.

"Third, according to the new army's reward order, for suppressing bandits, rewards will be based on merit. One level of beheading will be rewarded with two taels of silver. One person captured will be rewarded with five taels of silver. One meritorious service will be recorded."

"When a person reaches six levels, he will be promoted to one level. When he reaches eighteen levels, he will be promoted to three levels."

"After these days, I think you all know that I am by no means a stingy person. All the expenses for this trip to the capital came from my internal funds. You don't have to worry about whether the Ministry of War will withhold your rewards. Wait for your triumphant return. , all will be distributed without delay.”

"However, I will keep my ugly words in front of me. If something scandalous like killing a good person and taking credit for merit happens, someone will seize the handle and poke it in my ear. The whole team will be killed together!"

Sitting together is another way to ensure military discipline.

Zhu Youxiao would never allow such a thing to happen, such as killing a good person and taking credit for it.

"Han Feizi·Erbang" says:

The master of the Ming Dynasty can guide and control his ministers with only two handles.

Those with two handles are punishment virtues.

What is criminal virtue?

He said: Killing is called punishment, celebrating and rewarding is called virtue.

As the saying goes, only when rewards and punishments are clear can you be a king.

In the past six months, raising tigers and guards has required more than 20,000 taels of silver per month, but he has never been stingy.

Treating the sergeants so favorably and going out to fight in the capital, if good people are still killed and meritorious deeds are committed, then this army will almost be gone.

"Fourth, this trip to the capital is not for you to fight against the barbarians on the border. It is just to suppress the banditry. If you lose, then you will not have to come back to see me." The new army has been involved in building slaves for many times. It's okay for a veteran army to be defeated.

But if he can't defeat a group of bandits who don't even know whether they exist, then what's the use of spending so much money every month to support this army.

"I will obey the holy precepts!"

Sensing the cold-bloodedness in the emperor's words, the generals bowed and responded loudly.

Hearing the decisive responses from the generals, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction.

If one soldier is frightened, the whole group will be frightened.

I haven't practiced in vain in the past six months.

The evil spirit on his body slowly receded, Zhu Youxiao looked at the generals and said.

"You will go and reorganize the army and break camp tomorrow."

"When you leave Xiyuan, stop by the palace gate and have a look. I will have someone put the rewards prepared for you and wait for your return."

"Yes!"

Listening to the emperor's words, everyone responded in unison.

Standing at the door of the hall, looking at the leaving generals, Zhu Youxiao reached out and touched his chin.

Now that the fire has been lit, add some fire to it yourself.

As for Cao Wenzhao leaving Xiyuan, who will lead the army?

What this question is asking is that without the general Zhonglang, the system will be broken up. Then what is the use of this army?

This is the army of his emperor, not the army of General Zhonglang.

Besides, Cao Wenzhao left, but Ma Xianglin was still there.

The two battalions of Huben and Guards left the capital. Naturally, it was impossible to hide this action from others.

As the front and middle battalions took the lead, the baggage battalion followed, escorting two months of grain and grass, all the way north.

Then, all the courtiers were frightened by the emperor's actions.

What is the emperor going to do by sending troops north without passing through the Ministry of War?

Earlier, when Sun Chuanting led his army to Liaodong, he also followed the procedures. The Ministry of War allocated four months of food and grass for the army to carry.

But Cao Wenzhao left the city this time, left Xiyuan, and headed directly to the north of the city, leaving the city.

Among the courtiers, the fastest one was Duzhi Si Zhengqing Bi Ziyan.

As the manager of major warehouses in the capital, Bi Ziyan knew that the Huben Guard Camp always had two months of food and grass, one month to eat and one month to receive.

There is not even a grain of rice left.

What can I do with food and grass in January? Just enough to run from Beijing to Ningyuan.

And the most important thing is, I don’t know if the emperor ran with him.

A group of officials hurried to the gate of Xiyuan to ask for an audience. Zhu Youxiao was puzzled.

Is something magical happening?

After the little eunuch passed by, Bi Ziyan was led to Xiyuan, where he saw the emperor playing football with the Jin Yiwei at the Wanshou Palace grounds.

"Why bother Bi Aiqing to come here in such a hurry?"

Kicking the ball to Ding Xiu, Zhu Youxiao looked at the panting Bi Ziyan curiously and asked.

Bi Ziyan's breath was not very steady at this time, but he still bowed and asked fluently.

"I dare to ask your majesty why he ordered Hu Benwei to leave the city? But to go to Liaodong to fight?"

You can't blame Bi Ziyan for being so nervous.

After the reorganization of the Beijing camp, the urban construction camp had little combat effectiveness.

And there are two guards, Long Xiang and Hu Xiang.

One is the new army, which has no combat effectiveness.

There are a large number of Liao troops, and everyone subconsciously distrusts them.

Huben Guard is the insurance of the capital today.

If the Huben Guards leave the capital, the capital will almost be air defense.

"Pingshen, please get up."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and asked Bi Ziyan to calm down.

"I just asked them to inspect Shuntian Mansion, not Liaodong."

"call."

When the emperor said that he was just inspecting Shuntian Mansion, Bi Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why is Bi Aiqing looking like this?"

Looking at Bi Ziyan's appearance, Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked curiously.

"My lord, I thought that Your Majesty wanted to recruit slaves in person, so I lost my composure."

Hearing this, Bi Ziyan didn't hide it and told the reason for his doubts.

He thought it was Xiong Tingbi who won the battle and let the emperor wander, and planned to have a personal conquest.

"..."

Hearing Bi Ziyan's words, Zhu Youxiao was speechless for a while.

Is he so incompetent?

Bi Ziyan was not the first to come, followed closely by Huang Kezhan, the Minister of War, and then Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Works.

Then, more and more people came, and the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all arrived.

"Inspecting and suppressing bandits."

When he heard the reason why the emperor sent troops out of the city, Yuan Shizhen's eyes flickered and he remained silent.

No matter how useless the new army trained by the emperor is, suppressing the bandits will not be a problem.

The bandit's stronghold can still block the artillery fire.

Moreover, is this a bandit suppression? This is to support the Shuntian government's new policy.

As for everyone else, the moment they saw the emperor, they breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the emperor didn't run away with him.

After hearing that they were just wandering around Shuntian Mansion, everyone became even more relaxed.

When the Tiger Guards leave the city, they can deal with the banditry in Shuntian Prefecture and test the quality of the new army. This is a good thing.

"I'm just traveling around the territory of Shuntian Mansion and don't need the cooperation of the various ministries. I didn't notify you. The food and grass needed are not much. You can adjust them as you go."

"I deeply feel the loyalty and devotion of all the gentlemen to the country."

Looking at the ministers with sweat on their faces, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said.

"Your Majesty is holy."

Hearing this, the officials quickly bowed their heads.

They also supported the emperor's new army.

It would be best to do something throughout Northern Zhili.

Otherwise, the emperor would spend every day in the capital, just because they would be worried.

This also lets the local officials know how big the emperor's movements are.

Moreover, this decree can only be implemented if the Beijing camp is in action.

Otherwise, all the local officials will imitate the disobedience of Nanzhili!

Zhu Youxiao didn't know what the ministers were thinking, but he still waved his hand.

"I just want to see how well the soldiers of the Tiger Guards are training."

"My lords, please go back to your respective offices, don't miss the state affairs."

"I'm waiting to retire."

After hearing this, all the courtiers bowed and bowed their heads and retired.

As the ministers left, everyone in the capital knew that the emperor had sent the Tiger Guards out of the city to suppress the bandits.

However, any smart person would not believe that the purpose of Huben Guards going out of the city was to suppress bandits.

Where did such large-scale bandits come from in Shuntian Prefecture? The capital camp must be dispatched to exterminate them.

A truly smart person can tell at a glance that the Huben Guards leaving the city are supporting Shuntian Prefecture's new policy.

As a result, an idea emerged in the minds of all the big families in Beijing at the same time.

The capital camp has been mobilized, this tax must be paid.

(End of this chapter)