The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 239 Reform of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry
After the court was over, the officials walked out of the Meridian Gate slowly, gathering in twos and threes as they did when they were waiting for the court in the early morning.

But their topic at this time is completely different, that is, the one who said in the morning, "How can there be no chaos in Tianxing Mansion", is cheerfully saying to the people around him: "If you want to say that His Royal Highness is young, But it is extremely understanding of human feelings, which is rare in all dynasties."

"That's exactly the case. Your Highness is indeed an outstanding person who will not be born in the world. We may see the prosperity of the country in our lifetime."

"Yes, yes."

But someone next to him said worriedly: "I just don't know if the salary will be available on time with the current income of the imperial court."

"Hey, don't worry, you haven't seen it being confiscated everywhere in Tianxing's mansion these days, why can't more than a million taels be found?"

"Yes, besides, the taxes from Fujing and Jiangxi have already been returned to the imperial court, which is really not enough. A little tax increase is enough. Since His Royal Highness the Coordinating King has made a promise, he will definitely have a proposition."

"Well, it makes sense."

When the subject of salary was brought up again, someone suddenly said: "I told you my lords, today's transfer of official positions is a bit confusing.

"Zhu Jizuo's Zhu Ge Department is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and Huang Ge's return to the Ministry of Officials is expected.

"But the Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the Yangge Department is doing very well, and the situation in Jiangxi is quite smooth, but he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. In other words, he can be regarded as a person who assists the king."

"What's so strange about this? The Ministry of Households is an important place for money and food. Recently, a big bank in Tianxing's mansion confiscated a lot of silver taels in the treasury. How can you feel at ease if you don't let someone of your own watch over it?"

The previous man nodded and said: "That's how it is. But after being transferred from the Yangge Department, why is the post of Minister of the Ministry of War still vacant. Oh, by the way, there is no candidate for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Master Lu was also taken aback, "I don't know why."

Naturally, he didn't know that Zhu Linmi was planning a military restructuring and a structural reform of the Ministry of Industry. After all, Daming's army and the Ministry of Industry had too many shortcomings that had to be corrected.

The army's guard system is lifeless, has no combat effectiveness, and has occupied a large amount of cultivated land.And the generals who were able to fight raised more private soldiers, and the soldiers only recognized officers but not the court. Most of these people later became separatist warlords.

However, the Ministry of Industry has been corrupt from top to bottom, and it would be considered good if [-]% of the imperial court's allocation was used to make utensils.Coupled with the low status of the craftsmen, the bureaucrats exploited the craftsmen extremely seriously, resulting in the quality of the things made by the Ministry of Industry as shit.

Among other things, when soldiers fighting on the battlefield saw the words "Ministry of Industry" on the bird guns, they had to reduce the gunpowder by at least half before they dared to fire the guns, otherwise they would explode every three days.Whoever can get a privately forged firecracker, it's like Chinese New Year.

Although the Ming Dynasty urgently needed reforms in many aspects such as commerce, taxation, bureaucracy, and imperial examinations, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry had the most serious impact on the country, so Zhu Linming first wanted to take action on these two departments.

Before the two were completely straightened out, he left the two Shangshu titles empty.In other words, he himself will be temporarily in charge, so that the efficiency will be higher when major adjustments are made.

It is also possible to take this opportunity to change Yang Tinglin, who is not familiar with the military, to a suitable position for him.Zhu Linmei considered that his greatest contribution to the Jiangxi war situation was raising a lot of food and salaries, so she was very familiar with this method, so she simply transferred him to manage the household department.

Master Lu then continued: "Oh, yes, do you know the origins of Song Yingxing, Minister of Industry, and Fang Yizhi, Minister of Industry, who have been promoted this time?"

Beside him, an official working in the Ministry of Rites said: "I remember that Fang Yizhi was a concubine in the 13th year of Chongzhen and served as a reviewer of the Imperial Academy. As for Song Yingxing...it seems to be just a famous candidate."

The review by the Imperial Academy was only a seventh-rank official. As for Song Yingxing's family background, it was even more difficult for these court officials to discern. For a while, several people shook their heads, thinking that this must be the appointment of a confidant by the assistant king.

"There is also Xu Erlu, the doctor who Xin'an inserted into our Ministry of Rites. He used to be just an eighth-rank secretary of the Ministry of Industry. As for the newly established Langzhong and the chief of the Xuanbu, what are they called? It is said that they used to be local. It's just a member of the eighth rank..."

"Hey, this is the right person. Now that the assistant king is less than ten thousand, it is strange to promote some of his own people. Fortunately, the chief officials of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment are all from the court. Even the Propaganda Department is handed over to the Luge Department?
"It seems that His Royal Highness, the assistant king, has to rely on the original group of courtiers when he first came to power in the court, but his own people did not get too many important positions."

The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry have always had little power. In their eyes, the newly established Ministry of Propaganda is just leading the troupe and singing operas.

But when Zhu Linmin's "Daming Development Outline" is fully implemented, they will be dumbfounded. These positions that they thought were insignificant are the real hot spots!
And these people tacitly did not talk about the large number of military positions that were entrusted this time.For example, the newly promoted deputy generals, Zhen Zhen, the commander of the Polu Battalion, and Yu Xin, the commander of the Longwei Army Battalion.There are nine newly promoted generals Zhu Jiadi, Zhao Shichao, Chen Xiongfei and Xia Fuxian.Eleven new guerrilla generals including Liu Guoxuan, Li Ying, Liu Chang, Ma De, and Shi Lang.

After all, the Dragon Guards and Poluying have pacified Jiangxi and Dingfujing in the past six months and captured 9 or [-] Qing troops. These promotions are all rewards for meritorious service.

Moreover, King Chen started his family with soldiers, and these people are all his direct descendants. In the future, the Northern Expedition will rely on these generals to recover the lost land.Therefore, even though the assistant king rewarded them a lot, the court officials did not dare to comment too much.

In fact, after the Dragon Guards entered Tianxing Mansion, Zhu Linmi had announced a new standard for soldiers' salaries, and the salaries of all soldiers and officers had basically increased by [-] to [-] percent.

The Polu Camp also implemented a new military payment system, and the Ministry of War was responsible for the distribution of military payments.As for the specific salary each soldier received, although it was lower than that of the Longwei Army, but looking at the entire land of China, it was definitely considered a "high salary".

These soldiers threw their heads and blood for the country, expelling captives and restoring the land with their own lives, and it is only natural that they should be treated better.

Among Zhu Linmi's old subordinates, only Gu Yanwu's name did not appear in the list of enfeoffment, but no one cared about this unknown former head of the Ministry of War.

And what Zhu Linming arranged for him was an extremely important and somewhat mysterious position.

……

When Zhu Linmi returned from the Wenhua Palace to the Wangfu study, Shi Lin came to report before her buttocks were hot, "My lord, General Yu and Zhang Shilang are asking to see you."

General Yu?Zhang Shilang?Zhu Lin was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that it should be Yu Xin and Zhang Jiayu, who had just been promoted in the morning.He hurriedly smiled and said, "Let them in quickly."

The two still saluted the military according to the military custom, but one was obviously beaming, while the other seemed a little anxious.

(End of this chapter)