King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 143: Convinced! Above the court, King Lu rises!

First of all, what was posted was the test paper for Huiyuan Xu Zengshou!

No matter whether it was a great scholar or a candidate for many exams, they all came together to take a look!

Xie Jin had a sneer on his face.

"If he had hidden the test papers, he would still be doing a good job in Huiyuan! Now that the test papers have been made public, I don't think he has the face to be a Huiyuan!"

People should be more or less self-aware! "

Huang Zicheng and others nodded slightly.

Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were already fixed on the exam paper in front of him.

I'm just waiting to get this exam paper approved to perfection.

As the examination paper was completely unfolded, there was a sudden sound of surprise from the crowd.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate about this imperial examination.

Not only does the font look so comfortable, but the article is also written so exquisitely!
Afterwards, more people looked at the following article.

Later, more and more people finally discovered what a great secret it was!
It turns out that the articles written by people from Hengzhong Academy all use the same font, and their stylistic structures are also very similar!
The biggest advantage is that the handwriting is clear and neat, and the article is well organized and understandable at a glance.

This opening chapter is extraordinary!
Subsequently.

"An article like this does not feel like an analysis and discussion, but more like a dialogue with the sages! The proficiency in quoting scriptures and the clever use of them show the depth of work that I put in!"

The discussion gradually became quieter!
As "A gentleman is thirsty for virtue. Like the spring sun, it is warm but not blazing; like the dew of a drizzle, it is moist but not irritable. Virtue should be in the world like the sun and the moon in the sky, shining brightly and illuminating the common people." .

at last.

But Xie Jin also had to admit that Xu Zengshou's handwriting was simply created for the imperial examination. It was written in such a square and majestic style that each word alone might not be beautiful enough, or even a little dull.

Suddenly there was another burst of exclamation.

Read this.

"Clearly organized, with strict logic, every word is as clear as a glass of wine! It's all clear!"

"His literary talents are not as good as mine! However, he deserves to win the title of Jieyuan! I am convinced!"

Because having good literary talent and being able to get high scores are two different concepts!

finally.

But when put together they look very neat and beautiful.

His eyes were full of shock and even panic!
They suddenly discovered that the secret of the imperial examination seemed to be really grasped.

Only then did everyone look at Zhu Tan and the people from Hengzhong Academy behind him.

Finally, someone began to read Xu Zengshou’s article.

"Not only is the second one similar to him, but the third and fourth ones are also similar!"

After mastering these tips, wouldn't it be advisable to cope with such exams?

Finally, someone couldn't help but gasp.

Even if he is as proud as Jie Jin, he has to sigh.

"It seems that it is not unfair to win a Huiyuan for such an article!"

Until then.

"Why is the font and style of the second place so similar to Huiyuan's?"

Someone sighed.

Xu Zengshou’s opening chapter is: “In the past, Confucius was swimming by the Surabaya River and said: “A gentleman uses literature to make friends, and friends to help benevolence.” "I think that the virtue of a gentleman lies not only in knowing books and being polite, but also in moistening things silently and showing his elegance to the world. Therefore, when discussing the virtue of a gentleman, we should express it from the two dimensions of its connotation and externalization."

Although the mouth is full of disdain.

Many people couldn't help but make a sound of surprise!

"Hiss! This Hengzhong Academy is simply the most proficient place in the world for imperial examinations!"

The people who originally wanted to get together to cause trouble finally decided to disperse.

Huang Zicheng, Lian Zining and others couldn't help but be convinced when they saw such an article!
We are all scholars, and scholars are used to being dismissive of each other, but there are some things that can always be judged at a glance.

"What good calligraphy? It's just a little neater! It has no spirit! I just didn't expect that such a rough man like Xu Zengshou could write such square handwriting!"

Huang Zicheng snorted softly and said: "Opportunism is obviously opportunism! It's just deliberately trying to please the examiner, but in the end, scholars still have to rely on their articles to win!"

No matter when, the national selection examination will select the most calm and atmospheric articles!
With the end of the examination, the palace examination also started soon afterwards.

The topic of this examination is "The Virtue of a Gentleman".

This is what Xu Zengshou’s article is at this time!

Jie Jin snorted coldly.

My articles are obviously much worse than others, so what qualifications do I have to continue to cause trouble?
Although many people are still dissatisfied, after all, their literary talents are still much better than those from Hengzhong Academy.

But they also had to admit that they lost.

"This Xu Zengshou is really good at handwriting!"

He casually selected Xu Zengshou’s number one pick.

After all, in terms of literary talent, knowledge, and knowledge, Xu Zengshou is a well-deserved number one.

What's more, his father is his old brother Xu Da.

He deserves the No. 1 pick.

Regarding the second place on the list, Zhu Yuanzhang had some other considerations. In the end, he chose the sixteen-year-old Xie Jin whom he admired very much and was very talented!

Tanhua chose Lan Yu’s second son Lan Bin.

It's not unfair to be ranked No. 3 overall at his level.

At this point, Hongwu’s eighteen-year imperial examination has officially ended!

Forbidden City.

Fengtian Temple.

The first day after the Ming Dynasty imperial examination.

At this time, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were waiting for the emperor to go to court.

Civil and military officials stood on both sides.

In addition to civil and military officials.

Today, there are many vassal kings standing in front of the ministers!

They are the King of Qin, King of Jin, King of Yan, King of Zhou and others who came to Yingtian to handle clan affairs.

Of course, Zhu Tan was also standing in the middle.

At the top of them stood Prince Zhu Biao.

In the past, after standing like this, although the ministers would whisper among themselves, it would not become a mess.

But today, the atmosphere was a little weird.

The civil servants looked uncomfortable, and some even wanted to leave.

The nobles were full of excitement and talked a lot!
In particular, a group of generals headed by Lan Yu ran into the ranks of civil servants intentionally or unintentionally and started chatting arrogantly.

"Lao Lu, where did your son rank in the imperial examination this time?"

"Hey, that's not good. It's only seventh place! Fourth place in the second-tier class!"

"Not bad! But speaking of it, my son didn't live up to expectations! This loser only got the top grade in the exam!
You said that we, the children, didn’t compete with those scholars in the past, so we didn’t even take the exam. It’s not good if your grades are not good!
What now? We let them study hard for half a year! After studying for so long, this loser Lan Bin didn’t even get a top score for me. Alas, it’s really not possible! "

Beside Lan Yu.

All the civil servants looked extremely embarrassed.

Many people's mouth corners twitched from time to time.

Listen, is this bastard speaking human language?

Just got top marks in the exam?
We have been studying hard for more than ten years, and we are all thankful to God if we can finally get a Jinshi. Our ancestors have revealed themselves!

Your bastard son is a lucky kid, his ancestral grave is about to be set on fire, and yet you are still talking nonsense here, calling him a loser!

So what are our children?
Worse than a waste?
The former Minister of Rites, Zhao Mao, was implicated in Guo Huan's case, so his original name was changed to Li.

Lan Yu walked up to him with a smile and said with a smile: "Li Shangshu, I heard that your nephew did well in the exam this time. He actually got 72nd place in the exam! It's really rare. What a joy to congratulate!"

Hearing these words, the corners of Li Yuanming's eyes twitched!
To be honest, as a scholar, if you can pass the Jinshi examination, you can be regarded as one of the best among people.

It is already a very rare achievement to be ranked 72nd among more than 400 Jinshi.

If others congratulate Li Yuanming, he will definitely accept it happily.

But if the Lan Yu in front of him congratulated himself again, it would be completely disgusting.

My nephew Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten or twenty years, and finally managed to get the 72nd place in the exam.

His son Lan Bin had long been heard in the court. He was clearly a playboy. He had neither knowledge nor skills since he was a child. He was a well-known bully in Yingtian Mansion.

All of a sudden, after only studying for half a year, I got the top prize in the exam. How embarrassing is this?

He was even called a waste by Lan Yu!

So what does it mean that my nephew got 72nd place in the examination?
Get angry, get angry!
Angry, angry!
In fact, who among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty is not like this!

The civil servants who originally planned to celebrate their nephew's passing the Jinshi examination were completely out of mood at this time.

Fortunately, everyone still boasts of being a scholarly family!
Even though all those Zixungui were high-ranking officials with generous salaries and high arrogance, these civil servants did not take them seriously.

After all, everything is inferior, only reading is superior!

But now, these nobles have really let the civil servants break their defenses!

Because the study they were so proud of was actually outclassed by these noble disciples!
Except for Jie Jin, who is second in the list, he is still a serious scholar.

The ranking in the palace examination is even more exaggerated.

The fifty noble disciples were all ranked in the top sixty!
It can be said that all orthodox scholars were completely defeated.

Of course, these civil servants had to be convinced by Hengzhong Academy and King Lu.

After all, all candidates' examination papers are posted outside the gate of Gongyuan.

People's articles are well-written, and their books are solidly read!
I really don’t know what kind of hard work they have gone through in the past six months, how can they reach such a height!

It seems that Hengzhong Academy has been extremely proficient in examinations since its establishment.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Whether it is teaching or training, everything at Hengzhong Academy is exam-centered.

The power that this kind of examination machine can unleash is indeed terrifying.

Other academies will teach students poetry, poetry, philosophy of life, reading and painting. Students trained in this way are born with a sense of poetry and calligraphy.

This is not the case at Hengzhong Academy.

Even the poetry and songs they teach.

It is also to prepare for the exam.

Maybe it’s not the best in writing or the most outstanding in literary talent, but it must be the safest and most favored by the examiner!
at this time.

Many civil servants could not help but feel upset one after another.

Because the group of noble nobles in front of them were jumping up and down around them like flies.

After all, the words were nothing more than showing off how good his son was in the exam.

Damn it!
Seeing everyone in chaos.

King Qin couldn't help his eyelids twitching.

He groaned: "Now the imperial court has become a mess and a smoky mess! It's all because of Lao Shi!"

Jin Wang Zhu Fan stood beside him, smiled bitterly, and said: "I don't want to accept it! How did Lao Shi teach him! He can actually teach so many students! I can't understand!"

King Qin Zhu Xi snorted and said: "The messy things among literati are so false! Anyway, I don't care about it!"

Zhu Di stood in the crowd.

But there was only shock in my heart.

There is even a little bit of envy.

He is not a person who wants to live under others for a long time. At this time, seeing that the sixteen-year-old Zhu Tan can do such a big thing, attracting the attention of the government and the public, and shocking the world, it would be a lie to say that he is not envious!

Not to mention the chaos in the court.

Finally, many civil servants came to Zhu Yuanzhang.

If they had seen this emperor in the past, they would have felt fear in their hearts.

Although Guo Huan was forcibly held down by Zhu Tan, not many people were killed.

But the entire court was still empty.

Such as now.

The ministers of the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Minister of Rites have all been replaced.

Several other ministers also changed.

The original owners were dragged out and executed.

It is also called Ling Chi.

Every day the officials who went to court didn't know whether they could walk out of the hall alive.

They wished they could see this living King of Hell, Emperor Hongwu, later.

And today, I saw Zhu Yuanzhang coming.

All civil servants felt happy and even felt relieved.

Finally, I no longer have to listen to the buzzing of flies in my ears.

When Lan Yu and others saw Zhu Yuanzhang looking at them with unkind eyes, they couldn't help but shudder and ran back to the honorable team.

These noble people are so disrespectful! What are you doing in the morning among other people's civil servants?
It makes no sense to jump up and down like a bunch of monkeys!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Suddenly a voice sounded.

"Your Majesty, I have a script!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and looked at the person in front of him.

He was actually a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and he was a minister of wine to Song Ne in the Imperial College.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Take it!"

Song Ne bit the bullet and handed over his memorial.

The bet has now been lost and it is time to pay the debt.

Otherwise, not to mention His Majesty King Lu, not even His Majesty in front of me would be able to spare him!

Song Ne bowed and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! Originally, the imperial examination should be based on the Four Books and Five Classics as the only content! But after going through Hengzhong Academy this time, I feel that the content of today's imperial examination is really too simple and the coverage is too small. Got it!

This is why many students from Hengzhong Academy can achieve such results after only half a year of study! "

After the words fell, everyone looked at Song Ne.

Song Ne bit the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's time to reform the imperial examination!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and asked, while flipping through the memorial: "Ai Qing, how do you think we should reform it?"

Song Na said: "I suggest that in addition to the examination of the Four Books and Five Classics, there should be additional examination items such as law, arithmetic, miscellaneous studies, and art of war!

No matter which subject you pass, you should be given a Jinshi background!
Regardless of which subject the top scorer, the second best, or the top scorer should be treated equally, and should be trained uniformly when they enter the court and serve as officials!

At the same time, the examination subjects should be adjusted in time according to the needs of the court. "

As soon as the words fell, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, causing everyone in the court to exclaim.

Although everyone knew that when fifty people occupied the top sixty places in the imperial examination of Hengzhong Academy, the tide of imperial examination reform was inevitable.

But I still didn’t expect that the reform would be so big!
Those subjects that are not usually considered on the stage can actually become examination subjects alongside the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism!

What's even more outrageous is that they can also select the No. 1 pick, the No. 2 pick, and the No. 3 overall pick!

And it has the same gold content as the top three in Confucianism!
As a result, wouldn't it mean that the status of Confucianism in the imperial court and even in the entire Ming Dynasty was greatly weakened?
In arithmetic, law, and art of war, he was barely close to being a scholar.

What is miscellaneous studies?
Many people have already learned about it in advance.

It means craftsmen!
For example, inspect water conservancy, construction, farm tools and even the making of weapons!
These people are now called Takumi!
Their status is so humble, how can they have the same status as scholars!

How could this be true? How could it be true?
However, all the civil servants were just angry in their hearts, but did not say anything in the end.

When Hengzhong Academy completely defeated the scholars all over the world, these civil servants knew that this reform of the imperial examination was inevitable.

In fact, today's morning meeting had been discussed in advance. Similar to today's document discussions, they are almost settled before the discussion begins.

The so-called discussion is just a process. After the discussion, it can be issued and implemented.

The same is true for the reform of the imperial examination system. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Tan had already discussed it.

At first, Zhu Tan wanted to join the business major.

This proposal was ultimately rejected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, it is still a national policy to emphasize agriculture and suppress business. On the premise that Zhu Yuanzhang cannot see any benefits in improving the status of businessmen, he will never allow business subjects to be listed as an imperial examination subject.

Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to continue pretending.

In short, it is tacitly understood, so let’s reform!

In this way, not only will there be more people available to the court, but the court will not be filled with rotten literati.

More importantly, it can also effectively prevent these officials from forming cliques for personal gain!

After all, everyone is in a different category.

You study miscellaneous studies, he studies Confucianism, and some study law and arithmetic!
They may still despise each other, let alone form a party for personal gain.

After all, for the emperor Lao Zhu, ministers were not only the emperor's helpers, but more likely his opponents.

Once the balance is not properly grasped, the ministers may in turn restrict the emperor!
Therefore, the more chaotic the thoughts among the ministers, the better, and the more fierce the fight, the better!

The emperor is in the most perfect state and is in charge of everything!
The reform of the imperial examination system was finally solved.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said: "Let us announce something here! The six departments will follow up and implement it later!"

The words fell.

Everyone listened carefully.

It seems that this matter is not a small matter, otherwise why would it require the entire six departments to follow up and implement it?
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "King Zhu Tan of Lu has outstanding intelligence and unique ideas for governing the country.

Although I am not convinced yet, I am willing to give you a chance to try it!
Therefore, it was decided to merge the two counties of Qingzhou and Yanzhou in Shandong and grant them to King Lu.

Within its fiefdom, you can appoint officials, enforce laws, build projects, and take care of your own taxes!
In addition, it was given full authority over the military garrison posts in Yanzhou and Qingzhou. "

After the words fell, everyone was shocked!

Except for Prince Zhu Biao who was present at the time, he had already known about it.

Others could hardly believe their ears!

What does it mean?
If it can be said that the vassal kings that Zhu Yuanzhang entrusted to various places before were just in name.

Now this is completely a country within a country!

There is no difference from the enfeoffment of the Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty!

King Lu can take charge of all affairs in his own country!
Land, finance, law, military!
All powers are decentralized!
This is simply granting Qingzhou and Yanzhou to King Lu, and there is no difference in letting him establish an independent country!

The King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Yan, the King of Zhou and others looked at each other with incredible expressions on their faces!

King Qin Zhu Xi couldn't help but said: "Isn't this a country within a country? It has been the source of chaos since ancient times!"

Zhou Wang Zhu Ji couldn't help but echoed: "Second brother is right! Aren't the lessons of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty not painful enough? Why does my father still do this?"

Zhu Di was even more stunned and speechless!
My father is against this boy Zhu Tan.
It's great too!
The good eldest brother in front of me, Prince Zhu Biao, is just a prince in name only, with no power at all!
The father actually allocated two states directly on the land of the Ming Dynasty to the tenth brother!

What on earth is he thinking!

at this time.

The court was also in a commotion. No matter the nobles or the civil servants, they were all dumbfounded!
All the civil servants had already knelt down on the ground!
"I will tell you, Your Majesty! This must not be done! This is a bad rule of the court, and it will destroy the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!"

at this time.

Some people looked at Zhu Tan and cursed angrily: "Your Majesty! King Zhu Tan of Lu is so ambitious that he actually encouraged Your Majesty to make such a decree to bring disaster to the Ming Dynasty!
I want to impeach Zhu Tan! "

The words fell.

There was a chorus of agreement instantly!

"My minister Zhang Bing wants to impeach King Zhu Tan of Lu!"

"Your Majesty Du Chong, impeach King Zhu Tan of Lu!"

"My minister, Zhao Qingyu, impeaches King Zhu Tan of Lu!"

For a while.

All the ministers rose up in rebellion one after another!

after all.

This decision is so subversive and intolerable!

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and watched everyone perform.

at this time.

The Xungui Group is very emotionally stable.

at last.

Some people can't stand anymore.

Xu Da suddenly walked out of the team.

He said loudly: "Your Majesty, Xu Da, thinks this is a serious matter, so you should be cautious!"

The words fell.

Since Xu Da took the lead, soon the nobles also started to oppose it!

Even Tang He and Lan Yu were on the opposing team!

Of course there is no need to mention Sapphire.

The emperor loved Zhu Tan so much, although Prince Zhu Biao didn't take it seriously.

But as Zhu Biao's uncle-in-law, Lan Yu has a sense of crisis!
What if one day the emperor suddenly wants to abolish the elders and establish younger ones?
After all, this Zhu Tan has repeatedly made extraordinary achievements for the court, attracting attention from both the government and the public!

The prince has nothing but a good reputation for generosity and kindness, the favor of Emperor Hongwu and his status as the eldest son!

If Your Majesty deliberately wants to abolish the elders and establish younger ones, I am afraid no one can stop him!

After all, the man in front of him was not the Wanli Emperor who would be a coward in later generations.

If Lao Zhu wants to do something.

Whoever dares to stop him will disappear with his nine tribes!
As for Tang He, when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's announcement, he felt like a thorn in his back!

This Zhutan, can't you just calm down for a while?
Can't you just be a prince of peace?
We must create a state within a state!
With such great power, when the new king takes the throne in the future, he must not regard you as a thorn in his side?
When the time comes, won't it become a way to die?

The key thing is that Tang Heshen knew that the Hongwu Emperor in front of him had a cold nature!
He was Zhu Tan's father-in-law and a high-ranking Duke. He often commanded heavy troops and had great prestige in the army.

Perhaps His Majesty will completely trust Zhu Tan, but he may not trust himself!

Will His Majesty simply kill himself to prevent himself from colluding with Zhu Tan in order to create checks and balances?

The more Tang He thought about it, the more his heart grew colder. King Lu must not be able to act independently in his fiefdom.

It’s only if you don’t object that you’re the devil!
Tang He already felt a chill on his neck.
Zhu Yuanzhang also had a headache when he saw the civil and military quarrels in the court.

He couldn't help pinching his eyebrows, frowning and said: "King Lu! Now everyone in the civil and military dynasties disapproves of this matter, and they don't trust you! In front of everyone, tell me!"

Zhu Tan sighed.

In fact, if Lao Zhu happily agreed to speed up business development, there would be no need for him to prove anything to Lao Zhu.

But now he had to do it.

The risk that comes with it is that you may be labeled as a traitor!
At the same time, such huge power also comes with huge hidden dangers!
From then on, King Lu Fan will become a thorn in the eyes and flesh of everyone in the world!

Everyone will stare at him to see if he has done anything disobedient!
In fact, being independent like this is considered disobedient.
but.

Zhu Tan also knows.

It’s impossible not to take this step!
You must master all these powers before you can carry out drastic reforms in Qingzhou and Yanzhou!
The two places combined are already quite large.

It occupies almost half of Shandong.

Roughly equivalent to the territory of the Netherlands.

And because it is close to the sea, agriculture is developed at the same time.

With a little development, great energy may burst out!

Hear Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

Above the main hall, everything suddenly became silent!

No matter they were vassal kings from various places or civil and military officials, they all looked at Zhu Tan.

Since His Majesty wants him to explain something, then everyone might as well listen.

Zhu Tan nodded and said with a smile: "I obey your order!"

Zhu Tan said loudly: "Your Majesty's decree is not permanent! It only lasts for three years! If Qingzhou and Yanzhou are not able to achieve great governance and achieve a prosperous country and a strong military in these three years, the imperial court will still take back these vassals!"

Secondly, Qingzhou and Yanzhou will pay taxes to the court every year, which is equivalent to three million taels of silver! "

After the words fell, everyone stopped talking.

First of all.

The rights granted by the imperial court to King Lu's vassal territory were not permanent, so there was no danger of the country within a country being too big to lose.

Second.

The taxes Zhu Tan promised to provide to the court were too high!

It was so high that not only Lao Zhu, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty could not refuse!
If the Ming Dynasty tax revenue is deducted from the salt tax due to the increase in income from Changlu Saltworks, the annual income is only about 10 million taels of silver, and it is still in kind.

Now Zhu Tan will provide three million taels of taxes all at once!

This is simply unimaginable!
Today, the most important financial and taxation areas in the world are mainly South Zhili, Shandong and Zhejiang.

among them.

Southern Zhili had the heaviest burden, accounting for 200%, which meant that it had to provide million taels of tax to the court every year.

Shandong is about 17%, about 1.7 million taels!
In Zhejiang, it is only about 10%.

And now.

Zhu Tan actually planned to use the two prefectures of Yanzhou and Qingzhou to provide the imperial court with more taxes than one province in Southern Zhili!
This matter is incredible to anyone who looks at it!

Before this, the taxes in Yanzhou and Qingzhou were only four to five hundred thousand taels.

But now, Zhu Tan actually wants to increase the tax capacity of these two states five times!
Simply incredible!

Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs, was stunned for a long time when he heard Zhu Tan's words.

Finally, I choked out a sentence.

"If that's the case, it doesn't matter!"

Many people also looked at Zhu Tan with shock on their faces!
Lan Yu couldn't help but said: "Is His Royal Highness the God of Wealth?
Where did he get so much silver? "

King Qin Zhu Xi's face twitched again and again.

I couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Father, you are too spoiled to the old man! This..."

however.

This took a long time.

Zhu Xi didn't know what to say.

after all.

Everyone agreed to pay three million taels of silver.

What else can I say?
Zhu Yuanzhang also sneered.

"Okay! King Lu has explained it clearly to everyone! If anyone still has objections, you might as well give it a try! I am also willing to give him the land of two states and let him pay so many taxes to the court!"

Xu Da stood up silently and couldn't help but sigh.

"His Royal Highness King Lu is a true god!"

Yanzhou.

Above officialdom.

at this time.

Zhu Tan and Princess Lu Tang were making love to each other in the car.

of course.

Tang definitely has no such idea.

It was entirely Zhu Tan's unilateral "attack".

Outside the carriage.

Prince Palace Chief Shi Yinshao rode on his horse with some sadness.

From time to time he looked back at the carriage behind him.

original.

There is still a place for oneself in the carriage.
Riding a horse is really hard on your legs and your butt!
soon.

Entering Yanzhou with carriages and horses.

Zhu Tan suddenly ordered: "Don't rush back to the palace yet! Take me to see the nearby guard station!"

Yanzhou is his vassal territory.

There are five main health centers.

They are Yanzhou right guard, Yanzhou left guard, Yanzhou left guard, Yanzhou right guard and Yanzhou middle guard.

Zhu Tan has already made a promise to Lao Zhu. Since we want to enrich the country and strengthen the army, then strengthening the army should be put on the agenda!

Of course, the main reason why Zhu Tan is so interested in the Yanzhou Guard is that the guard and the farm system are so broken!

Zhu Tan is not at all assured of the combat effectiveness of these guards!
Although it was pretty good in the early Ming Dynasty.

But it is already the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

More than ten years were enough for the guardsmen in the interior to begin to corrupt and collapse, and their combat effectiveness declined rapidly!

First of all, although the Ming Dynasty was very strict in combating corruption, it was only for civil servants.

Although the corruption problem among military officers is serious, Lao Zhu has never been very concerned about it.

The most direct consequence of the corruption of generals is the plummeting combat effectiveness of sergeants!
Secondly, the Ming Dynasty implemented the military household system.

Military status can be hereditary, which also makes those sergeants not interested in improving their professional abilities.

In the end, he had to become a soldier anyway.

At this time, the guardsmen had already changed generations, and it was still doubtful how much combat effectiveness the new generation of sergeants still retained.

When we first suppressed the Japanese pirates in Rizhao County, we took advantage of waiting for work, using more to defeat the few, and relying on calculated calculations.

But in fact.

Many sergeants still failed or even died on the battlefield.

At that time, Zhu Tan was not very satisfied with the combat effectiveness of these guardsmen!
To know.

What are Japanese pirates?
The Japanese are short and the bandits are thieves!
A group of short thieves can actually kill and injure Ming soldiers, which in itself makes people unhappy!
soon.

Zhu Tan's motorcade entered a farmland.

at this time.

There are working farmers all around.

Someone outside the car had already said: "Your Highness! We have arrived at Yanzhou Zuowei!"

Zhu Tan got off the carriage.

Looking at the farmers plowing the fields around them.

at this time.

They were dressed in tatters and were thin, and every time they swung farm tools, they looked very reluctant.

Zhu Tan was slightly startled and asked, "Is this Yanzhou Zuowei? Isn't this farmland?"

Yin Shao smiled and said: "Your Highness! This is the Yanzhou Zuowei! These places are all military camps! They are also considered the Yanzhou Zuowei's land!"

Zhu Tan was stunned, looked at Yin Shao, and asked: "You mean, these thin farmers cultivating the fields are the soldiers of the Yanzhou Guard?"

"OK!"

(End of this chapter)