The Most Powerful Man in the World

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's happy appearance, Chu Yi said slowly, "Your Majesty should be cautious in his words and deeds."

Zhu Houzhao chuckled and said, "There are no outsiders here. I don't know how the emperor has been so humiliated over the years. Don't you guys still know?"

As the servants beside Zhu Houzhao, Chu Yi, Gu Dayong and the others really knew exactly how Zhu Houzhao came over these years.

Under the persecution of hundreds of officials, Zhu Houzhao really had no good life, and was even forced to move out of the Forbidden City.

With a light cough, Chu Yi said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, when the minister reorganizes the capital, His Majesty's military power is in hand, and you will no longer need to be angry with those officials."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep look at Chu Yi, his eyes were full of emotion, and he patted Chu Yi's shoulder and said, "I am entrusted with honor and disgrace to my partner!"

As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao's every move is watched, and many things can't be done at will. What you want to do can only be done through trusted ministers.

Liu Jin's actions made Zhu Houzhao's hard work in vain, but fortunately, Chu Yi's series of actions far exceeded Zhu Houzhao's expectations.

Now Zhu Houzhao still regards Chu Yi as his right-hand man, and even when moved, he said that he entrusted the honor and disgrace of his own emperor to Chu Yi.

If it weren't for the extreme trust in Chu Yi, with Zhu Houzhao's temperament, he would definitely not be so emotional and say such a thing.

Chu Yi naturally understood what kind of temperament Zhu Houzhao was, so after listening to what Zhu Houzhao said, Chu Yi took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Houzhao with a solemn expression, and said firmly, "Your Majesty will leave everything to the minister."

Gu Dayong stood there and looked at Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi who were facing each other. Suddenly, he felt that he was a little redundant, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of resentment.

The court meeting dispersed, Jiang Mian, Fei Hong and several other civil servants walked together, one civil servant said with a bit of concern: "Several adults, Chu Yi's move is clearly to recapture the capital in one fell swoop. , At that time, honors and nobles will rise, and the emperor will control the army, and I am afraid that we will return to the time of Taizu and Chengzu."

When it comes to Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Zhu Di, which one of the civil servants is not afraid, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, they are all iron-blooded emperors right away, and they really kill people without blinking their eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered meritorious officials, he was in prison several times, and the heads of civil and military officials were rolled. As for Zhu Di, there was a precedent for killing Fang Xiaoru. The strength is strong, and the civil servants are stabilized.

That is to say, when Zhu Di collapsed and Renzong Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, the civil officials gradually gained the right to speak. In the battle of Tumubao, the civil official group took control of the government and completely suppressed the Xungui group.

It can be said that it lasted for nearly a hundred years. From being suppressed to rising, it was definitely through the efforts of generations to get the status of today's civil servants.

However, Chu Yi, together with Zhang Mao and other nobles, made it clear that they wanted to recreate the old scene of equal emphasis on both civil and military, which was absolutely unacceptable to most civil servants.

Although it is said that the Xungui Group still does not have much right to speak in the court, the right to speak is determined by the power in its hands.

Previously, the Xungui Group lost military power, and naturally had no right to speak in the court, but once the Xungui Group formed an alliance with Chu Yi and regained military power, the right to speak would naturally be restored.

Fei Hong frowned, glanced at the man, and sighed softly, "Everyone, be careful!"

Jiang Mian looked around and said in a low voice, "Now that Chu Yi is at the peak of his momentum, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to compete with him at this time!"

An official said with a bit of unwillingness: "Could it be that we can only watch Chu Yi take away the power in our hands little by little, and the honor will become bigger, and I will try to suppress it later, do we have to do it again? The Civil Fortress can’t be done…”

"Master Cheng, shut up, you dare to talk nonsense about such things!"

The adult Cheng was reprimanded, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly closed his mouth.

Fei Hong glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, bear with me for a while, I don't believe that the Son of Heaven can trust Chu Yi as always. When Chu Yi falls out of favor, it will be the day of his death."

It is said that the family of heaven is merciless, and the favor of the Son of Heaven cannot be on one person forever. Don't look at how Chu Yi is favored by the Son of Heaven right now, but there have been many favored ministers like this in history. A few people will end well.

That's why Fei Hong only said that everyone should be patient for a while, and when Chu Yi falls out of favor, everyone will fight back.

The Jingying Dajiaochang covers a vast area, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalions, and the Fifth Army Battalion are all here.

All the soldiers have been informed that the imperial court will reorganize the Beijing camp and abolish the old, the weak, the sick, and the sick. .

Therefore, as long as they were able to move, they all came to the campus early in the morning under the leadership of their respective corps commanders and generals.

There were more than [-] people, and the entire campus was filled with darkness.

Because it is necessary to count the roster of the army to abolish the soldiers, Chu Yi specially selected nearly a hundred officers from the Ministry of Household, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei.

A thick roster filled with several large boxes was placed there. According to the roster records, there were more than [-] Jingying soldiers on it.

Of course, there are actually about [-] people on the entire campus. Some of them died in the fight against Lu Wenyang's rebellion, and some of them didn't come because they were injured, but they added up to [-] people. As for the difference of nearly [-] people, it is obvious that these are people who take empty wages.

These people only exist on the roster, and it can be said that real people do not exist at all, but the salaries for these people are faithfully distributed, and it goes without saying that these salaries fall into the hands of certain officials and generals.

Corruption in civil officials is rampant, almost ****. In fact, military generals are not much better than civil officials.

Among the generals in the local guards, almost one is counted as one. Corruption is normal, but it is strange not to be greedy.

This Beijing camp is a little better than the local guards. After all, it has only been about five years since the last reorganization of the Beijing camp.

But even so, not long ago, Chu Yi still picked up hundreds of corrupt generals from the Beijing camp, and now they are already on the high platform.

On one side were hundreds of corrupt generals in the army who were locked up, and on the other were millions of taels of silver piled up in white flowers.

Nearly [-] soldiers, the old, the weak, the sick and the sick, gathered on the campus, looking at the white silver on the high platform, one by one, eager to rush up and snatch all the silver.

After the three-way drum, Chu Yi, Zhang Mao, Xu Guangzhu, Zhu Fu, Han Kun, Shi Kui, Zhang Yu, Cheng Xiangwu and others all appeared on the high platform.

Chu Yi was condescending, and when he looked at it, he saw that there were densely packed heads, and the army of [-] people was in front of his eyes. Unfortunately, many of them were old and crooked.

Among these large armies, there were even white-haired soldiers. This was a Beijing camp that had undergone a reorganization. Even so, the proportion of strong men was less than half.

It is no wonder that Chu Yi insisted on reorganizing the military camp. On the one hand, this method was used to completely control the military power of the Beijing camp. On the other hand, Chu Yi really wanted to strengthen the Ming army.

The surrounding area of ​​Daming is not peaceful. Tatar, Oara, Jianzhou Sanwei, Dongying and Annan can all be called the scourge of Daming.

Not to mention other things, the Oirat invasion of Daming led to the disaster of Tumu Fort, and the Tatars often moved to the frontier, and only then did Daming frontier troops guard the frontier.

As for the three guards of Jianzhou, the Jurchen Yi people even rebelled and surrendered to the rebels, disturbing the land of Liaodong. Although it was not as bad as Tartar and Oara, it was also considered a frontier trouble.

Not to mention the land of Dongying. After most of ten years, Dongying has produced outstanding figures such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi even invaded North Korea with troops, trying to use North Korea as a Pedal invasion of Daming.

Not to mention Annan, the British public Zhang Fu made three expeditions to Annan. During the Jiajing period, Annan devastated the southern part of the Ming Dynasty. Sejong Jiajing sent an army to suppress it. Mo Dengyong was defeated and offered a letter of surrender.

It can be said that there are disasters on all sides of Daming. If there is not a strong enough army, even the Eastern Empire, Daming, is afraid that there will be times when it is too powerful.

Chu Yi took a deep breath and shouted: "All officers and men, the Governor, together with Duke Ying, Duke Cheng, Duke Ding and others, have been ordered by the Son of Heaven to abolish the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and reorganize the capital. Your Majesty is merciful and merciful. The soldiers in the army are specially given five million taels of silver grain and [-] mu of fertile land to abolish and resettle the soldiers who have been abolished. Long live your majesty, long live, long live."

The soldiers below couldn't help but bow down with a bang, long live the mountain, and the sound shook the Forbidden City.

After the soldiers below calmed down their excitement, Chu Yi said again: "Before this, the Governor will kill a group of scum who are greedy for the salary of the soldiers in the Mexican army in front of all the soldiers, and hope that the soldiers can learn from it. !"

While speaking, the hundreds of military generals who had been identified were dragged up one by one, and many of them couldn't help roaring at Chu Yi: "The robber, you have to die!"

"The robber, grandpa is still a good man eighteen years later!"

"Haha, no one in the army is not greedy. If you have the ability, you can kill all the generals!"

Chu Yi turned a deaf ear to the roars of these people, and waved his hand: "Cut!"

Immediately, the sword light flashed, and heads rolled down one by one. Watching the heads of former colleagues fall to the ground, white sweat oozes from the foreheads of many generals.

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Just as these generals who subdue the law said, there are very few generals in the army who are not greedy. If Chu Yi really wants to kill, I am afraid that all the generals will really be out of [-], so even Chu Yi can only select a part of the most sinful crimes. used to intimidate the military.

These generals dared to be greedy in the army, each of them naturally had their own background, and even some of them were able to have a relationship with the British public and other nobles.

That is, Chu Yi, if he were someone else, it would not be easy to win so many generals at once.

The honorable group, including the Duke of England, was already on Chu Yi's side, so when it came to saying that Chu Yi killed these greedy people, he had already greeted the honorable people beforehand.

Of course, even if these nobles do not support, Chu Yi will not hesitate. It is not an easy task to control the military heart of more than [-] people in the Beijing camp. It is not easy to control a few governors, but to win a lot of soldiers. Approved.

Even if it is to gain military heart, Chu Yi will definitely choose this method.

Obviously, this method is very effective, especially through the news that Jinyiwei and Dongchang have investigated in advance. This time, all the generals in the army who were selected by Chu Yi as the target of Liwei are all in the army, causing a lot of resentment among the people. It can be said that None of the lieutenant generals did not hate him.

This time, Chu Yi chose these generals to kill them in front of everyone, and the response can be imagined. I saw a black mass, and more than [-] soldiers watched the hundreds of soldiers who were usually in the military camp. The generals who oppressed the soldiers had their heads chopped off. Everyone was stunned at first, and then shouted loudly one by one.

"Long live the father-in-law, long live your majesty!"

Cheers sounded, and on the high platform, Zhang Mao and the others could not help frowning when they heard the words, but looking at Chu Yi, no one said anything.

Although it was said that the cheers of the soldiers were a little overwhelmed, none of them were fools. Given the level of trust Chu Yi received from Zhu Houzhao, I am afraid that as long as Chu Yi did not rebel, Zhu Houzhao would not do anything about it. A Chitose title is nothing at all.

If you want to find trouble for Chu Yi on this point, then you are really looking for trouble for yourself.

Chu Yi let out a long whistle, and all the officers and soldiers were all solemn, and their eyes fell on Chu Yi.

With a big hand, Chu Yi pointed to the piles of millions of taels of silver and piles of land contracts, and said solemnly, "All officers, if you click on anyone's name, you will come forward to receive your severance. Silver and the contract of land and acres."

Although it is said that many people in the army do not feel like leaving the barracks, most of them are very supportive of Chu Yi's actions. After all, many of them are already old and have even stayed in the army for a lifetime. Going down, I'm afraid I won't have a good life for a few years.

Being able to receive a sum of money for severance, and another two or three acres of heaven and earth, would be enough for them to spend the rest of their lives in peace.

"Anyang Li Musheng!"

Seeing a white-haired old man in a worn-out military uniform slowly walk up to the high platform, Chu Yi was worried that the other party might accidentally fall down.

This Li Musheng can be said to be one of the few people in this army who has reached the age of sixty. It is said that it is rare in the seventies. In this army, it is quite rare to be able to exceed sixty.

However, Chu Yi was still in the army at such a young age, and Chu Yi couldn't help but sigh that such a soldier could do anything other than die when he entered the battlefield.

The full fifty-two grains of silver and the contract of two acres of land made Li Musheng burst into tears. He bowed to the ground first in the direction of the Forbidden City, and then bowed in the direction of Chu Yi.

Chu Yi nodded slightly and watched Li Musheng leave.

Figures came out of the army one after another and climbed to the high platform to receive the severance silver and the land contract.

From morning to night, hundreds of documents were processed at the same time, and it took a whole day to wait for the unqualified soldiers to be dismissed one by one from the general roster.

When the last soldier left with the stripped silver and the contract, there were only about [-] people left on the large campus. Many people stood for a full day and were about to lose their strength. , but Chu Yi stood on the high platform, looked at the remaining [-] strong people below, and nodded slightly.

No matter what these people are, at least they are strong after eliminating the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Since they are strong, it is not too difficult to get an elite soldier with strict training.

On the high platform, the millions of taels of silver that were originally piled up in a pile now have more than one million taels left.

It was originally intended to be used to buy military hearts. Chu Yi looked at the remaining Wen Yin and the soldiers present who had been lethargic because of standing for a day. He stepped forward and said, "All soldiers, you have been selected to stay in the military camp. Among them, they are all my elite soldiers of Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty will not treat the soldiers lightly when he reorganizes the capital.”

Speaking of which, Chu Yi cupped his hands in the direction of the Forbidden City and said, "Following the order of the Son of Heaven, as long as those who stay after the selection will be rewarded with five taels of silver!"

One by one, everyone watched the dismissed soldiers leave with the white money, and many people even had a few thoughts, did they also leave together, at least get a sum of money, right?

Hearing Chu Yi say this now, the emperor did not forget them, but gave them a reward, and all the soldiers shouted excitedly.

Compared with the cheers when the generals who were greedy for the army's salaries were beheaded before, the cheers this time were naturally shocking and attracted many people's attention.

That's five taels of silver. Usually, the army's salaries are handed out, and it's even less than one-third of the silver when it reaches them every month. If you calculate it like this, Chu Yi's big distribution of silver taels this time is equivalent to rewarding each soldier for more than a year. How can this not make all the soldiers excited.

After the soldiers calmed down, Chu Yi looked at the crowd and said again, "Your Majesty has pity on the meager pay of all the officers and soldiers, and has specially ordered that since then, every soldier in the army will be paid twice as much!"

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming!"

You must know that when the Ming Dynasty recruits soldiers, it generally only pays three to five taels to settle down. As for the salary, it is five or eight taels a year.

Even in an army like the Qi Family Army, when recruiting soldiers, the annual salary of each soldier is between [-] taels and [-] taels.

As soon as Chu Yi opened his mouth, he doubled the salary. If the salary that the soldiers in the Beijing camp could get at the moment was doubled, it would mean that each soldier was paid as much as [-] taels per year.