: Army expansion

Xia Wanchun is worthy of being a young talent in the late Ming Dynasty. His words not only amaze the civil and military officials of the court, but also a little surprised Zhu Youjian.

Before Zhu Youjian could speak, the ministers came out to discuss:

"Your Majesty, I agree with Lord Xia's suggestion..."

"Your Majesty, I will discuss..."

...

"You are all dear, please be calm!"

"Thank you, your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Almost all the ministers attached the proposal, and several censors from the former Censorate were now in the Ministry of Rites, and he instinctively came out to object.

However, seeing that all the civil and military officials in the court agreed with Xia Wanchun's suggestion, they did not dare to act rashly, and they followed suit and agreed.

In fact, Zhu Youjian did not make everyone agree with his words and his decision.

It is not to let the censor ignore the suggestions of loyal ministers. If there are no opponents, how can loyal ministers come from? It is precisely the backdrop of opponents that the existence of loyal ministers can be shown.

However, Zhu Youjian didn't want to see it, and he didn't allow the censor to criticize him for no reason.

For matters that are beneficial to the country and the revival of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers fought bloody battles without evidence.

Zhu Youjian would never allow anyone to come out to sow discord, destroy the enthusiasm of the soldiers, and make the soldiers bleeding and cry.

When Lu Xiangsheng fought bloody battles to death, Yang Sichang deliberately made things difficult for him. It took eighty days before Lu Xiangsheng's body was collected.

The next year, Lu Xiangsheng's wife Wang asked for help. In the third year, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother Xiangjin and Xiangguan asked for help again, but they were not allowed.

It was not until Yang Sichang failed to suppress Zhang Xianzhong and committed suicide that the court awarded the title of Prince Lu Xiangsheng Shao Shi, the Minister of War, and was given a funeral. During the reign of King Fu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he posthumously named Zhonglie and built a temple to worship.

Such a thing would not happen to Zhu Youjian. If someone dared to accuse Zhongliang of this, Zhu Youjian would definitely destroy his nine clans.

Zhu Youjian was still a little surprised to see that all the civil and military officials of the court actually supported Xia Wanchun.

He knew very well that there were people who were opposed in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to reveal it.

A group of old ministers, such as Ni Yuanlu and Fan Jingwen, felt incredible when they saw the ministers like this.

If this situation is in the battle of defense in the capital, at least the emperor will be sprayed to death by the censor Qingliu.

Zhu Youjian nodded and slowly stood up from the dragon throne:

"Okay, since my dear friends are working together so hard, it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to enter the prosperous era. I will pass on the imperial edict:

An immigration team will be established from now on, with Xia Wanchun as the group leader, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of Revenue, Fan Jingwen, Minister of Personnel, and Sun Chuanting, Chief Cabinet, as the deputy group leader. You four are responsible for immigration and appointments to officials from Central South Province, Jiaozhi Province, Japan Province, Nanhai Province, and North Korea Province.

All departments and local officials must fully cooperate with the group work. If there is any negative slackness or inaction, they will be regarded as unsuitable for their position and will be dismissed and investigated..."

The four bowed and bowed again:

"Abide by the order"

The four of them received the order and retreated, and Zhu Youjian looked at Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzong again:

"Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong obeyed the order."

The two hurriedly came out to receive the order:

"I'm here."

"I am ready to merge the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army into the Ministry of National Defense of the Ming Dynasty at the right time.

Before the merger, the Ministry of War was responsible for the local defense of the Ming Dynasty and the logistics supply of various arms, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was responsible for the management and war of overseas troops.

Also, if we want to expand the scope of recruitment and increase the domestic force to one million, the Navy will select 200,000 from them.

As long as one is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty and has two sons in his family, one must serve in the military for three years when the male is sixteen years old. Only one man in his family voluntarily joins the army and cannot be forced to recruit him unless he is in war.

At the same time, the garrisons of the provinces that had just been included in the Ming Dynasty could collect 30,000 troops from each place. People should pay attention to those who must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty."

“Wow…”

Zhu Youjian's words immediately caused an uproar in the court. How could the Ming Dynasty treasury afford to recruit so many troops? Now it cannot owe military pay.

Several censors looked at each other, and they felt that they were taking action, so they left the shift and fell to their knees:

"Your Majesty, I have this memorial."

Zhu Youjian looked at them and knew what they were going to say.

The Ming Dynasty now had a great influence, and civil officials had almost no say except for governing the country.

They did not dare to attack the generals at all, as they would be destroyed.

They felt that they could speak out about the emperor's decree for military recruitment.

Zhu Youjian also wanted to maintain the balance of the power of the court, but it was not yet time, but he still had to listen to these people's words. If they were not allowed to speak, they would be suffocated to death.

So nodded:

"Play"

"Thank you, the Ming Dynasty now has hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are another 200,000 navy. If the recruitment is increased, it may have a great impact on the people and the Ming Dynasty treasury. I hope the emperor will think twice."

After hearing the words of several people, Zhu Youjian looked at them with no expression on his face, which made the four of them feel anxious. At this time, they began to regret that they shouldn't have said too much.

When I looked at other civil and military officials, I found that everyone wanted to see the fools who seemed to look at them, and these people felt even more confident.

After a while, Zhu Youjian stared at them and said slowly:

"It has a serious impact on the people of the Ming Dynasty and the treasury? Is there a basis for you to say this? Now you dare not embezzle again. Has your income decreased?"

Based on? Where is the basis? The Ming Dynasty has been launching wars now. Not only has their income increased significantly, but they have not heard that the treasury is short of silver.

Four people knelt on the hall:

"The emperor is very blessed with all the heavens, and the Ming Dynasty gradually conquered wars. The income of the ministers not only did not decrease but increased, but the national treasury was... "

Before they could finish their words, Zhu Youjian smiled coldly:

"Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, tell them if the treasury is short of silver!"

The Minister of Revenue Ni Yuanlu hurriedly stepped forward to salute:

"Abide by the order"

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, and Ni Yuanluping walked behind him to several civil servants and smiled:

"Mr. Liu and Zhang... I tell you the truth. The Ming Dynasty is not short of silver now, and the national treasury has unimaginable. The Ming army has made money now. They can increase income for the treasury every war. Not to mention anything else, Ashan, who is sold to the West, can support five million troops. You guys! They are worried about eating raw Luo Butan..."

Several civil servants looked up and saw that the Minister of Revenue was speechless for a long time. He did not dare to refute Ni Yuanlu's sarcasm, so he could only kowtow to Zhu Youjian again:

"Your Majesty, I am ignorant of asking my emperor to punish me..."

This time, Zhu Youjian didn’t punish you and the others, just waved his hand:

"You must have a basis for speaking in the future. Don't talk nonsense and leave!"

Several civil servants left to kowtow to Zhu Youjian:

"Thank you, long live my emperor!"

Seeing that no one reported the book again, the eunuch near the servant said sharply:

"If you have any questions, report them to the court without a precepts!"

When he returned to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian summoned Qinglong and Cao Zhengchun again.

The two of them quickly arrived at Qianqing Palace:

"See Your Majesty!"

"No gifts, just flatter you!"

"Thank you, my Majesty, I wonder what instructions did your Majesty summon me?"

Zhu Youjian said without hesitation:

"Qinglong, expand the Jinyiwei team to 50,000. I want to master every move of major countries in the world."

"Abide by the order"
Chapter completed!