The army is definitely a gold-swalking beast. If there is not enough gold and silver, it is not bad to say that it is expanding the army, but it is probably enough to maintain the current army.

What's more, Chu Yi and Chu Yi were preparing to undergo a major operation in the Beijing camp completely, rather than just making slight changes as before.

According to Chu Yi's plan, this time, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people in the Beijing camp will be directly cut off. None of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people will be lost.

If this is the case, at least most of the people in Beijing have to be eliminated, and even if they meet Chu Yi's requirements, it would be a blessing that there would be 50,000 people.

However, how to resettle the 60,000 to 70,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers who were eliminated is a big problem. If it is not handled properly, it may lead to mutiny.

The best way is to take out a large piece of silver to disperse the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. In the short term, it does cost a lot of silver, but in the long run, it is equivalent to cutting off a tumor.

After all, the old, weak, sick and disabled people also need the court to take out silver to support them. After all, the Beijing camp is different from the soldiers of local garrisons. After hundreds of years of corruption, the soldiers of local garrisons have fallen to a point where they are inferior to ordinary people.

The Beijing Camp still retains some combat power, which is quite good.

But even so, Chu Yi decided to take advantage of this time to completely eliminate all the places in the army's old, weak, sick and disabled people and those who were scrambling to get nothing.

At that time, if a soldier counts 50-100 taels of silver, it will be a severance fee of 30 million taels.

To be honest, it is indeed a bit high to dismiss a soldier, at least according to the current situation, that is really high.

During the Ming Dynasty, according to convention, even if it was pension silver, it was just like this, but Chu Yi was just going to smash the silver, which made the soldiers feel no resentment.

When they heard Chu Yi mention that he actually wanted to take out so many silver to disperse the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army, neither Zhang Mao nor Zhu Houzhao could help but be shocked.

Zhang Mao couldn't help but look at Chu Yi and exclaimed: "Master, if you follow your specifications, I'm afraid the cost of severing the soldiers alone would be nearly four million taels!"

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Yes, it costs about 3-4 million taels of silver."

Xu Guangzha said: "Is this a bit taller? If I want to say something, it is enough to get 20 or 30 taels of silver on each person?"

Chu Yi shook his head and said, "Duke Ding is thinking badly. Since they are old, weak, sick and disabled, once they are cut off, they will lose their livelihood means. Just twenty taels of silver are probably enough for their life needs in a year. Once the gold and silver in their hands are exhausted, these people will become the source of turmoil."

Zhu Fu said: "If this is the case, even if each person has 50 taels of silver, it will only allow them to hold on for one or two more years, and it will still become the source of chaos at that time."

Chu Yi said slowly: "So I want to ask Your Majesty to agree to me!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say curiously: "Oh, my companion might as well say it bluntly, I agree."

Zhang Mao and the others on the side agreed without even mentioning Chu Yi’s request. They couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts that Zhu Houzhao trusted Chu Yi.

Chu Yi said with a righteous expression: "Report to Your Majesty, the property confiscated by the officials involved in the Lu Wenyang rebellion is being counted, and the land confiscated is probably not less than hundreds of thousands of acres. I beg Your Majesty to allow me to take out the hundreds of thousands of acres of land to be distributed to these elderly, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to cultivate them to support them!"

Zhu Fu immediately said: "Although this move is wonderful, a considerable number of these soldiers will use these divided acres for silver, and they will still have nothing at that time."

Chu Yi sneered: "I have never said that these land belong to them, it is just that the court pleads with them, the old and weak, and rents them to them."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he laughed and said, "This plan is very good for Dalian. The land is my own. I will not charge him rent and allow him to farm to support him. In this way, he can provide the soldiers with a place to nourish his body and prevent anyone from selling the land."

Zhang Mao and the others couldn't help but look at Chu Yi with admiration.

Although this method still has various disadvantages, at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, which is enough.

Zhu Houzhao pondered and looked at Chu Yi and said, "It seems that I am still a little petty. Five million taels are probably not enough. I will order the Ministry of Revenue..."

Chu Yi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty does not need to draw the silver from the Ministry of Revenue. There were originally any objections to the officials of the Beijing camp. If the amount of silver was consumed, the officials would probably oppose it even more. Except for the five million taels, the remaining silver from the confiscated property will be collected."

A sharp light flashed in Zhang Mao's eyes and said, "I wonder how much money and property are there when Lu Wenyang's accomplices are confiscated this time?"

Chu Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Because there are many officials involved, it has not been counted for a while. However, according to Chu's estimate, the gold and silver were estimated to be 5 million taels. The gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings combined are about millions of taels."

Compared with Lu Wenyang's accumulated tens of millions of taels of property, it is not too small that these officials in Beijing were able to confiscate so much property.

Dozens of officials, even some of them implicated, were able to confiscate nearly ten million taels of property, which was really a lot.

After all, it was quite good to confiscate a Count's house like Jing'anbo, which was a 500,000 or 600,000 taels.

These noble families are really rich. Not to mention the others, just the British Duke, Ding Guo, and Cheng Duke, who are present, these Dukes and Dukes of Dukes who are in the same state as the country. The wealth accumulated over hundreds of years is probably less than a few million taels of wealth in any family.

Maybe it was as exciting as Lu Wenyang's large pen torn silver, so Zhu Houzhao was not surprised when he heard Chu Yi say that these officials had only confiscated tens of millions of taels of money.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "So it's just this request, I agree."

Chu Yi showed a hint of joy on his face and said, "I would like to thank Your Majesty for such a thing."

It can be said that with such a sum of money in hand, Chu Yi was full of confidence in reorganizing the Beijing Camp and forming a navy.

As long as you have money, it is really not difficult to recruit soldiers and buy horses.

On the morning court on the second day, Zhang Mao and others jointly submitted a letter to the emperor, affirming that the emperor allowed him to reorganize the Beijing camp and form a navy.

As soon as the request was issued, all officials were upset. Except for Zhang Mao and others, there was no news about the other generals and nobles. Everyone was stunned. Although they didn't know what was going on, they only saw that Zhang Mao and others were asking for the request, so these nobles and generals would not jump out to object.

However, the civil servants did not do this. The censor immediately jumped out and shouted: "Your Majesty, you must not. The Beijing Camp has just been rectified and reorganized the Beijing Camp again. Is it a waste of money? As for the establishment of a navy, it is extremely absurd. Taizu's legacy and the implementation of a sea ban, our Ming Dynasty not only does not need to form a navy, but even abolish the navy is a justification..."

Several officials jumped out, clearly trying to persuade the emperor to not waste the people and damage their wealth.

After all, these officials are afraid that the power of Wuxun will grow and reorganize the Beijing camp. Needless to say, the ones who get benefits are naturally Wuxun.

Originally, Wu Xun was not as low-key as before in this court, and now he is trying to compete with them, which makes the civil servant system feel a great threat.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the civil and military officials below with a calm expression, but he almost cursed each other. Even those civil officials opposed it, Zhu Houzhao was not angry. Because Zhu Houzhao knew very well why these civil officials opposed it. After all, he was afraid that the noble group would rise.

After seeing through its essence, Zhu Houzhao naturally had a clear heart.

With a light cough, Chu Yi, who had been standing there silently, squinting his eyes, suddenly stepped forward.

Chu Yi coughed lightly, and the officials suddenly became quiet. Even the censors who jumped out and squirted at Wu Xun, all of them were honestly retreating back to their seats.

When Zhu Houzhao saw this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and said, "Chu Yi, what do you have to say?"

Chu Yi said slowly: "Your Majesty, I think the old country's words are reasonable. There are many old, weak, sick and disabled people in the Jing camp. This is really a detriment to the power of our Ming army. I beg your Majesty to allow me to preside over the reorganization of the Jing camp and form a navy."

The old minister Niu Xi stepped forward and said to Chu Yi: "Master Chu, you must not, this is a waste of money and money..."

"Um!"

Chu Yi's eyes fell on Niu Xi, and with a snorkeling, Niu Xi's body suddenly became cold. Seeing the chill in Chu Yi's eyes, cold sweat suddenly appeared on his back.

Looking at Niu Xi, Chu Yi slowly said, "Mr. Niu, who do you think is useless to the people and lose money?"

Dingdeng retreated two parts, Niu Xi's forehead was covered in cold sweat and shook his head and said, "Is the lower official not talking about General Chu, I have no other intentions!"

Staring at Niu Xi, Chu Yi said, "Oh, so, Lord Niu, you agree with this general manager in charge of reorganizing the Beijing camp, right!"

Niu Xi almost cried. He wanted to object, but he didn't dare, because he was afraid that if he really insisted on opposing, he was afraid that the next moment, the eunuch who killed people in front of him would frame him and throw himself into a place of doom.

"The lower official...the lower official supports the general manager to contribute to the country and share his worries!"

Seeing that Niu Xi was forced to such an extent by Chu Yi, none of the civil and military officials in the court dared to stand up. Standing there, Chu Yi was like a villain in some legendary stories, but in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Chu Yi was really too domineering.

Just one sentence and a look shocked Niu Xi.

Chu Yi's eyes swept over the civil and military officials present, with a bit of fierce light flashing in his eyes, and he slowly said: "Whoever agrees, whoever objectes!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi's back, and a bright light flashed in her eyes. If she hadn't been proud of her identity, she would have been afraid that Zhu Houzhao would applaud and cheer for Chu Yi.

Facing Chu Yi's arrogant and domineering question, everyone was stared at by Chu Yi and bowed their heads, and no one dared to look at Chu Yi.

Jiao Fang took a deep breath, took a step forward, bowed to Chu Yi and the emperor with great respect and said, "I will discuss it!"

Seeing that Jiao Fang had already worshipped, the other civil officials subconsciously looked at Fei Hong and Jiang Mian.

At this moment, Fei Hong and Jiang Mian were really panicked. When he noticed everyone's eyes, he dared not hesitate at all. He hurriedly followed Jiao Fang and shouted: "I'm here to discuss it!"

All the civil and military officials in the palace bowed down together and shouted at the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao's face shone with glory, nodded at Chu Yi, and then said with a righteous expression: "Since all the ministers have no objection, then this matter is settled."

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Ding and said, "Shangshu Chen, since he wants to reorganize the Beijing Camp and form a navy, then he will draw five million taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue."

"What!"

The officials couldn't help but exclaimed.

This is five million taels, especially the amount of five million taels at a time. It can be said that during the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as five million taels of silver.

Zhu Houzhao looked solemn, leaned forward slightly, stared at Chen Ding and said, "Shangshu Chen, is there any problem?"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao staring at him coldly, even if Chen Ding was stubborn, he knew that if he dared to refute the emperor at this time and lost his face, then the next moment, he would be demoted to the people and kicked out of the court.

With a sigh in his heart, Chen Ding slowly bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the old minister will receive the order."

Zhu Houzhao then showed a smile on her face, and she nodded slowly and said, "I'll have to bother your family."

Gu Dayong shook the whisk in his hand and said, "If you have something to do, you will report it, and if you have nothing to do, you will retreat to the court!"

At this moment, all the officials have been shocked by the news sent by Chu Yi and Zhang Mao and others. Even if they have something to report, they will lose their minds now.

Zhu Houzhao nodded at Gu Dayong.

Gu Dayong said sharply: "Retreat!"

The civil and military officials looked at Chu Yi with extremely complicated eyes, then left the court with a complicated expression and left in groups of three or three.

Chu Yi followed Zhu Houzhao to the imperial study room and entered the imperial study room. Zhu Houzhao immediately put aside his identity as an emperor and laughed at Chu Yi with excitement, "It's so satisfying, it's so satisfying. I have been the emperor for these years and have never been as happy as I am today!"

Zhu Houzhao has never felt the feeling of saying a word and the golden mouth opens, and no one dares to refute it since he ascended the throne.

In Zhu Houzhao's memory, since he ascended the throne, he was advised by a group of ministers almost every time he went to court that it was wrong here and there, it was impossible to do this, and it was simply without any imperial dignity.

This time it was different. Although Chu Yi's contribution was made by all the civil and military officials in front of him, Zhu Houzhao felt the awe of all officials for him.

Especially when Chu Yi shouted: Whoever agrees or opposes, all officials are convinced, but Zhu Houzhao is not afraid of Chu Yi, but instead has the idea that a real man should be like this.

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