Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 111 Change of Position
"Long live, the Fifth Highness, please see me..."

After Zhu Youjian thought about the talents he had chosen, he brought the list to Qianqing Palace.

Following Wei Zhongxian's biography, Zhu Youxiao, who was doing carpentry, hurriedly greeted:

"Wait, first carry this wooden boat in and hide it."

Zhu Youxiao's guilty conscience was not because of the government, but because he and Zhu Youjian had boasted about their boatmanship.

But the boat he built now is at most an apprentice's craft. If his younger brother sees it, wouldn't his dignity as an older brother be disgraced?
The little eunuchs nearby rushed out one after another, carried the two-foot-long boat and hid in a side hall of the Qianqing Palace. When Wei Zhongxian saw this, he preached to the outside world:

"Emperor Xuan's fifth younger brother enters the palace."

Hearing the summons, Zhu Youjian sorted out his mood because of the Huaibei famine case, and then took Wang Chengen in.

After he went in, he only saw the good emperor brother in a middle coat, but he couldn't see the wood, so he was a little curious.

However, this kind of curiosity is not his main purpose. It is to seize the positions of many parties in Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan and Kun after the failure of the party struggle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian walked to Brother Haohuang and said:

"Brother, I heard that the party struggle is over, so I specially sent you some talents."

He didn't hide it. Anyway, for him, he just wanted to let himself and his good brother live, and not let Jianlu enter the pass.

If the good emperor brother thinks that he is bored at any time, he will take people there.

"Talent? What kind of talent? Let's hear it?" Zhu Youxiao asked someone to put on a uniform for him. Wei Zhongxian had a sharp hand and a quick eye, and Wang Tiqian also followed suit.

Faced with the inquiry, Zhu Youjian also directly took out the list and said:

"Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, the censor of Henan Province, Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi's disciple, Mei Zhihuan, the Xuezheng of Shandong Province, Chen Qiyu, the prefect of Luoyang County, Li Changgeng, the minister of the household department, and Bi Ziyan, the minister of Taipusi"

"Well, among the people you mentioned, I know Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, Li Changgeng, and Bi Ziyan." After Zhu Youxiao got dressed, he pulled Zhu Youjian to sit on the left and right seats in the main hall.

"However, I have never heard of Mei Zhihuan, Chen Qiyu, and Sun Yuanhua."

"Li Changgeng is already the servant of the household department, how do you want to call him?"

As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao can still discover some talents, especially the names of talents that are frequently heard.

Li Changgeng, Bi Ziyan, and Yuan Keli were very famous during the Wanli period, it is impossible for him not to know.

However, he still wanted to know where his younger brother was going to transfer these people.

Regarding his doubts, Zhu Youjian explained:
"Yuan Keli's rule is strict and good at strategy. I want to transfer him to Shandong to serve as Zuobu political envoy, governor of Shandong and other places, supervising camps and rivers, and supervising military affairs."

Speaking of this, he continued:
"The Shandong area is one of the most important links in water transportation. Right now, Jiangnan already has the Southern Field Supervisor of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and there is only one Shandong left."

"Well, but my brother is sure that he can supervise military affairs?" Zhu Youxiao asked if he thought about it.

"Naturally." Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "If you want to reduce the burden on Liao Town, the first thing is to transport grain."

"If Yuan Keli is the governor of Shandong and supervises the barracks, he can directly transport military rations from Shandong to Liaodong every year."

"Shandong has the commander of the capital and the capital of the preparation of the Japanese, a total of eighteen guards and nine offices."

"Among them, the Command and Envoy Division of the Shandong Capital is responsible for managing seven guards, and the remaining eleven guards are under the management of the Command and Envoy Division of the Beiwa Capital in Shandong."

"Because it is under the management of Beiwa Capital, it is called Shandong Beiwa Army."

"Shandong's Beiwo Capital Division managed the Dengzhou Camp, Jimo Camp, and Wendeng Camp, and each camp managed part of the guards."

"Among them, the Dengzhou Camp is in charge of the Dengzhou Guard, Qingzhou Left Guard, and Laizhou Guard; the Wendeng Camp is in charge of the Weihai Guard, Ninghai Guard, Chengshan Guard, and Jinghai Guard; the Jimo Camp is in charge of the Dasong Guard, Aoshan Guard, Lingshan Guard, An Dongwei."

"However, because of the honor, none of the previous Beiwa capitals thought about reforming the system."

Zhu Youjian stopped when he said this, but Zhu Youxiao's curiosity was aroused, so he asked:

"According to my younger brother, how many soldiers and horses and military farms should the Beiwa Capital have?"

Zhu Youjian went over this question in his head, and after calculation, he said:
"The Dengzhou Camp of the Japanese Army in Shandong has a total of 1524 officers and soldiers and 540 horses. The Wendeng Camp has a total of 1140 officers and soldiers and 440 horses. As for the Jimo Camp, it has 1320 troops and 420 horses."

"Therefore, the total strength of the third battalion is 3984 people, 1400 horses, and the camp field is ten mu per person, which is less than [-] mu of camp land."

"As for the guards under the jurisdiction of the third battalion, there are a total of eleven guards, with a total of 61600 military households and 308 million military farms."

"As for the Shandong Metropolitan Command and Envoy Division, there are seven guards and nine offices under its jurisdiction, with a total of 48200 military households and 241 million troops stationed in the fields."

"Together, the two divisions have a total of 10 military households, 9800 million mu of military farmland, and 549 mu of camp land."

After Zhu Youjian's explanation, a huge organization appeared in Zhu Youxiao's mind.

Moreover, this data was left by Zhu Di's time back then. Two hundred years have passed now, and one hundred thousand military households may have grown to hundreds of thousands of households, and military farms and camps may have secretly expanded several times.

Therefore, when this string of data was finished, not only the good emperor brother was daydreaming, but also Zhu Youjian.

Historically, Yuan Keli only served as the governor of Denglai for three years, and he cleaned up military discipline, drilled the navy, built many warships, and added forts along the coast.

The formation of the horns of "a hundred miles of chess and a tripod to spread the beacon" has greatly strengthened Denglai's military equipment, and it has become an island base on the front line of Liaodong.

In addition, they instigated Liu Aita's rebellion and regained southern Liaoning. With the power of Denglai and Lai, they greatly restrained and weakened Houjin's combat effectiveness against Mingshan Pass.

He was the only governor of Denglai who was included in the Temple of Famous Eunuchs in Dengzhou, and created the heyday of Dengzhou Shuicheng's army.

Just using the camp fields and Weisuo fields in Denglai, he has formed a navy of more than [-] people. If Yuan Keli can be allowed to govern Shandong, then with his ability, he may be able to clean up Shandong in a very short time. All the troops of Beiwadusi garrisoned and camped fields.

"My brother is so confident in Yuan Keli's ability? Do you really think that he alone can clean up the entire Shandong Beiwa Capital?"

Zhu Youxiao spoke suddenly, but the answer to this question was already in Zhu Youjian's mind. He nodded to Zhu Youxiao and said:
"If Yuan Keli can't, there will be no second person in the world who can do it."

"Okay!" Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao also gained confidence.

In the two months since he succeeded to the throne, Zhu Youjian's various plans for him have not failed, which has greatly strengthened the imperial power, so this time he is still ready to trust his younger brother.

"Since this is the case, so Zhongxian, you draft the imperial decree, transfer Yuan Keli to Shandong, and take up the post of Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy, Si Zuobu Political Envoy, to patrol Shandong Province, to rectify Shandong's military affairs, camping fields, and preparation of Japanese capitals."

"The maidservant leads the order..." Wei Zhongxian was terrified, not surprised that Yuan Keli could be appointed to these official positions, but surprised by Zhu Youjian's influence.

The governor of Shandong, and then the chief minister, is equivalent to handing over the government and military affairs of the entire Shandong to Yuan Keli. Only the Shandong Dusi of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion is not restrained.

Such a great power was determined only by Zhu Youjian's recommendation. This kind of influence was beyond the reach of Wei Zhongxian himself and the Hakka family.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian resisted the idea of ​​falling out with Zhu Youjian for a short time.

He has no doubt that as long as he dares to turn against Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youxiao will dare to kill him...

Worried, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly asked someone to draft the imperial decree, and Zhu Youxiao heard so many things about Shandong from his younger brother, and was even more curious about where he would use the remaining few people.

"Where do you plan to use the other people my brother mentioned?"

Seeing that the good emperor asked again, Zhu Youjian continued:
"Official corruption in Shaanxi in recent years has led to poor water conservancy. If another drought breaks out, it may cause something more serious than the great famine in Huaibei."

"I thought that Xu Guangqi could arrange to go to Shaanxi to serve as a political envoy to rectify the administration of officials and build water conservancy projects."

"Mei Zhihuan is brave and resourceful. Although he is a civil servant, he dared to compete with the officials in archery when he was young. After that, Mei Zhihuan got on his horse and rode away."

"In recent years, Tumed Mongolia has invaded Qinghai to the south seriously, and the three victories in Huangzhong did not hurt them."

"So I'm going to transfer him to Gansu to take up the post of governor. While rectifying the Gansu army's farms, I will actively prepare for war."

"As for Li Changgeng, there is currently a vacancy for the Minister of the Nanjing Household Department, and Li Changgeng will be transferred there. He has no party or affiliation, and is a clean and honest official. He is most suitable for the position of the Minister of the Nanjing Household Department."

"Bi Ziyan, put it in Shanxi to rectify government and military affairs."

"Chen Qiyu has served as the county magistrate in Luoyang for many years and is familiar with Henan, so he was promoted to the prefect of Luoyang. It is also good to restrain King Fu from encroaching on the fields."

"If you can do it in the future, you can be promoted to Henan Chief Envoy."

Zhu Youjian spoke out all his thoughts, and arranged from Nanzhili to Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu.

To put it bluntly, it is to rectify military affairs, prevent military pay from being embezzled by upper-level officials, and then let upper-level officials supervise the middle-level generals and distribute them accurately to the soldiers.

Of course, this cannot be as easy as it is said, and there must be many difficulties in it.

But if these people can't even overcome these difficulties, then they can be replaced.

However, when Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Brother Haohuang didn't speak anymore, but meditated silently like a daze.

Zhu Youjian was not in a hurry, he sat by the side and waited for Brother Huang to speak.

After a while, the good emperor brother said: "The matter of Yuan Keli can be settled, so can Mei Zhihuan, and so can Li Changgeng and Bi Ziyan."

"Xu Guangqi is also fine, but the words of his apprentice and Chen Qiyu are put aside for the time being, and I will make a decision after I think about it."

"Okay!" Hearing this, Zhu Youjian was not surprised.

At present, Sun Yuanhua is just a juren, and Chen Qiyu doesn't have any outstanding achievements, so it's normal not to use the two of them.

And this is just a shelving, not a complete veto, which means there is still a chance.

When he was thinking this way, hurried footsteps came from outside the door, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian looked up, only to see Wang An with a calm face walking in.

"Wang An, you came just in time." Zhu Youxiao just smiled, but Wang An knelt down and said:
"Long live, I heard that the south court of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is going to be set up. I hereby invite Long Live to transfer my servants to the south court of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to live up to their old age."

One sentence out of the mouth immediately shocked the hearts of the three people.

Zhu Youxiao thought he heard it wrong, but Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian laughed heartily.

"Long live, servant girl, please go to the south court of the Yumajian to live up to your old age." Wang An still insisted on speaking, which made Zhu Youxiao frown slightly and said:

"The eunuch of the Southern Court of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is chosen by the fifth younger brother of the emperor. You can't just go if you want."

"Now there is no one in the inner court, you stay here for now."

Zhu Youxiao's toughness exceeded Zhu Youjian and Wang An's expectations. This was mainly because Zhu Youjian helped Zhu Youxiao too much, so that Zhu Youxiao's dependence on Wei Zhongxian and Hakka did not increase.

This is an advantage as well as a disadvantage. After getting used to Wang An, Zhu Youxiao still likes him.

After all, Wei Zhongxian had just become the eunuch of the East Factory, so as a rule, he couldn't be the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

So when Wang An stepped down, Zhu Youxiao had to decide whether to let Wei Zhongxian be the chief eunuch, or continue to stay in Dongchang.

"Okay, you step back, communicate with Zhongxian about some of the things my brother and I said just now, and issue an imperial edict if there is no problem."

Not giving Wang An a chance to continue talking, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and directly reprimanded him to leave.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to make Zhu Youxiao angry, so he hurried into the side hall, and Wang An sighed, and followed him.

After they left, Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Zhu Youjian, and said:

"How does my brother plan to arrange the matter in the south court of the Yumajian?"

Zhu Youjian already had an answer to his question, so he said without thinking:
"First, ransack the homes of the gentry and businessmen involved in the case, and then ask Lu Wenzhao to conduct a secret investigation. It is not necessary to make it public, but there must be evidence of other Nanzhili officials involved in the case."

"As for the south field of the Yumajian, you can ask Qi Yuanfu to take people there directly, and train troops in the south field of the Yumajian for three months."

"The autumn tax and the extra money will be transported to the north by Lu Wenzhao's order of a thousand brocade guards."

"The remaining [-] Jinyiwei and Qi Yuanfu's [-] Zhejiang soldiers are responsible for measuring the acres of land that will be filled into the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and then all the tenants will be incorporated into the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and they will be sent to the field."

"This field belongs to the imperial court. They are only responsible for farming, and they are divided from the Royal Horse Supervisor."

"I did some preliminary calculations, and the number of acres of land involving gentry and grain merchants should be at least three million acres."

"Three million mu of arable land, in terms of the yield per mu in Huai'an Prefecture, three stones a year, and one mu of land, the Yumajian can get [-] catties of grain, and after handing over the land tax and Liao Xiang, there is still [-] catties. "

"That is to say, every year, about [-] million mu of cultivated land can produce at least [-] million shi of grain."

"Of course, if there are more acres of land to be measured, then the output will be more, which is completely enough to feed the current seven guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. military pay."

"Shan Yu Ma Jian Nanchang, if it is operated properly, it can increase the internal funds by at least one million taels of silver."

Zhu Youjian's words made Zhu Youxiao's eyes shine.

Although the annual income of domestic funds is [-] million taels, that was before the abolition of the mining tax. Now that the mining tax has been abolished, it is impossible to know how much the internal funds will be income next year.

The mining tax should be abolished, because the impact is too bad, and the money is too polluted by the eunuchs.

It can be said that during the Wanli period, the eunuchs exploited a lot of people in the process of collecting mining taxes.

Collect mining taxes from gentry, landlords, common people, and even farmers.

Where are there so many mine taxes?
It was originally a good way to increase income, but Wanli and his group of eunuchs suddenly turned it into a tax that everyone hates.

Even if Zhu Youxiao and the others want to collect mining taxes in the future, they probably have to change their names.

However, if the Yumajian Nanchang is successfully established and operated correctly, it can increase the internal funds by as much as Zhu Youjian said.

Zhu Youxiao may move more, abolish the guards, and clean up the Taipu Temple.

It's just that Zhu Youjian didn't know his thoughts.

Seeing that Brother Huang didn't speak, Zhu Youjian said again:

"The addition of the south court of Yumajian is mainly to open the way to the south for Huangdian."

"I will open thirty-seven imperial stores in Xuzhou and Huai'an in the future, and operate some imperial stores."

"However, I am a little worried. Now that the Donglin Party is in power, their new policy may be anticlimactic."

Zhu Youjian's position changed in an instant, which Zhu Youxiao didn't expect.

Seeing this, he smiled and said, "Didn't you say that the Donglin Party is good for the court?"

"It's good, but that was before." Zhu Youjian sighed and said:
"In the Donglin Party, except for a small number of capable ministers and officials, most of them are boasters."

"Reducing land taxes, removing mining taxes, and tariffs sounds like it will be beneficial to the people, but whether it can really benefit the people in practice, I am not on the side of the Donglin Party."

Rather than saying that Zhu Youjian supported the Donglin Party, it would be better to say that he supported Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Yuan Keli, Liu Yixiu and others.

He has even thought about planning to let Wei Zhongxian get on the stage ahead of time, and kill the group of officials in the Donglin Party who only know how to talk.

but……

Thinking of the students he had just enrolled in Yanshan Institute, Zhu Youjian decided to endure it.

It will take at least five years before the children of Yanshan Institute can become officials.

When the time comes, Brother Huang is not afraid of not being obedient.

Just kill the civil servants, and then use the students from Yanshan Institute to top them.

In ancient times, as an official, as long as you can do arithmetic, you have your own backers and helpers, and you know a little about civil engineering and water conservancy construction projects, and it is best to join the army and know how to rectify military affairs, you are enough to serve as a county magistrate.

In five years, Zhu Youjian will train hundreds of such officials and tens of thousands of honest officials.

As long as it has a large scale, Yanshan Institute can produce hundreds of officials and thousands of honest officials every year.

In the Ming Dynasty, the only one who had such a background was Zhu Yuanzhang who brought the Imperial Academy to life.

As long as there are a steady stream of officials, no matter whether they will become corrupt in the future, they can be killed!

"My brother can understand this, and I am very pleased."

Zhu Youxiao suddenly spoke with a smile in his eyes, and Zhu Youjian said helplessly when he heard the words:
"When I saved Yang Lian and suggested that my brother use the Donglin Party, it was only because the Donglin Party could fight against the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Five Parties."

"Now that the five parties are losing power, they won't be able to inflict serious damage on Donglin in at least three years, but my brother will probably be troubled in the past three years."

"Among the group of Donglin, most people only know how to talk about it. I'm afraid that no matter what my brother does in the future, they will be talked about by them."

"Haha!" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile:

"I'm the Son of Heaven, why should I be afraid of them? If it's too annoying, I'll fight their court battles."

"Hehe..." Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing seeing Brother Hao Huang's joke, and then joked:

"It's one thing for my brother to fight court battles, but it's my queen's sister-in-law's position. I don't know when someone will be able to take it."

"Haha, brother, don't worry, the cabinet will draft a girl in a while, and then you will go with me." Zhu Youxiao had a smirk on his face, making Zhu Youjian terrified.

After that, the two chatted for a while, mainly because Zhu Youxiao was asking Zhu Youjian why the bottom of the boat in his drawing paper was different from that of Daming's boat.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian, who can explain it, explained it, but he really didn't know anything about shipbuilding, so he couldn't answer most of Zhu Youxiao's questions.

The two chatted until dinner and late into the night, and finally Zhu Youxiao dragged Zhu Youjian to spend the night in Qianqing Palace.

It's just that when the two of them were lying on the bed, they couldn't say anything.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao said: "Today is mother's birthday..."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian also turned over, lying on the bed, looking at the good brother who was staring straight at the top of the bed, and said: "Brother, do you miss Wang Niangniang?"

"You can't just think about it..." Zhu Youxiao pursed his lips, and then continued:
"These days, I can always dream of my mother. When the poisonous woman was still there, I never saw my mother in my dreams."

"Now that poisonous woman is dead, but I dreamed of my mother."

"I wonder if it's because I avenged my mother that my mother is willing to meet me in her dream."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Youjian, and asked curiously: "Didn't my brother dream of Liu Niangniang?"

"..." After asking this sentence, Zhu Youjian fell silent immediately.

He inherited the memory of the original body. When Liu Shi passed away, the original body was only five years old. In his memory, he only remembered that when Zhu Changluo was beating Liu Shi, Liu Shi asked him to go back to Xuqin Palace.

This kind of maternal love, to be honest, even Zhu Youjian felt a sore nose when he recalled it.

He was a divorced family in his previous life, and only his father raised him, so he never experienced the feeling of maternal love.

But in Chongzhen's memory, the scene of Liu looking at him enduring pain and comforting him back to Xuqin Palace made him feel a very deep maternal love.

Zhu Changluo, what he did, caused his predecessor and himself to have no affection for him, and even a little hatred.

Right now, all his enemies seem to be dead, leaving only Concubine Zheng Gui who doesn't have much hatred.

Suddenly, Zhu Youjian felt that his face was a little wet, and then he saw a hand reaching out to wipe his tears away.

"It's my fault, I brought up my brother's bad memories..."

Zhu Youjian, who was belatedly aware of it, realized that he did not know why he shed tears, and Zhu Youxiao also wiped his tears for him with apology.

"Actually, it's not that uncomfortable..." Zhu Youjian forced a smile, which made Zhu Youxiao feel distressed.

It was only after asking that he realized that his brother was different from him.

After he went to the emperor's grandfather, he came back only to find that his mother was bullied and killed by Li Xuan's attendant, while his younger brother witnessed his mother being killed by his father. The two are different, and the pain is also different.

"Ugh……"

With a long sigh, he gently patted Zhu Youjian's shoulder with his hand, and slowly, both of them fell asleep...

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