Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 156 Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang
"coming……"

When Lu Wenzhao uttered the information loudly and knocked his head on the ground, Zhu Youjian's heart sank.

He looked at his imperial brother, and sure enough, the other party's face was not very good-looking either.

And, after reacting, he looked at himself and said, "My brother arranges..."

"Your brother takes orders!" Zhu Youjian frowned tightly, and said to Lu Wenzhao:

"Where are Mu Zeng, Mu Changzuo, Mu Qiyuan, and Du Wenhuan?"

Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao hurriedly reported:
"Back to Long Live, Your Highness, Mu Zeng received the imperial decree on the twelfth of this month, and immediately mobilized troops and horses, and stopped Wusizang and Duogan's internal chieftains from causing chaos, but Wusizang chieftains refused to listen, and there was still internal strife. Only Duogan Gewan The household raised [-] young adults to go south."

"Six days ago, the young and strong men of the Duogan camp had arrived in Lijiang. The right chief minister, Mu Zeng, gathered [-] main soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers to lead the eastward movement of the Duogan camp. The day before yesterday, they settled in Beiteng Prefecture."

"Mu Changzuo, Duke of Qian State, and Mu Qiyuan, Chief Military Officer of the Governor General, received the imperial decree on the [-]th of this month, but the deployment of troops was extremely slow. Right now, only [-] soldiers and horses have gathered in Kunming City."

"Du Wenhuan led [-] regular soldiers from the headquarters and [-] auxiliary soldiers to the south. They just left Hanzhong Mansion this morning."

Lu Wenzhao talked about the situation of reinforcements transferred from various units, but the most chilling thing was the actions of the Guizhou government.

After receiving the imperial decree, Du Wenhuan entered Sichuan from Yansui, and Mu Zengdu commanded nearly [-] soldiers and horses stationed in Beitengzhou, while Mu Changzuo and others were still working abroad in Kunming.

"Bastard!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but let out a soft drink, and Zhu Youjian quickly comforted him:
"Brother, don't be angry. The most urgent task right now is to stabilize the situation."

"Well... my brother is right." After a brief moment of anger, Zhu Youxiao regained his composure, and immediately turned to Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Xuan Cabinet, Six Ministries, and Six Divisions will go to Qianqing Palace to discuss matters in half an hour."

After that, he said to Zhu Youjian: "My brother is also ready to prepare, think of a good plan, and talk about it together later."

"Yes..." Zhu Youjian responded with a wry smile in his heart.

As early as when he first supported his royal brother to take the throne, he had already planned how to deal with She Chongming.

It's just that after the last time, he found that he still underestimated the disobedience of the Southwest chieftain.

Unexpectedly, She Chongming would drag the Shui'an family and the Shuidong Song family into the water. Once these two chieftains are in the water, the things that were originally controllable will become uncontrollable.

Although Mu Zeng and Du Wenhuan have been transferred, Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan are still muddy and unable to support the wall...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian went through it briefly in his mind, and assessed the strength of the enemy and ourselves on both sides.

First of all, the [-] Yi soldiers under the command of the chieftain of the Sanshi are definitely relatively strong, otherwise the turmoil in the Southwest would not have lasted for more than ten years.

In addition to the [-] Yi soldiers, the remaining chieftains and Han soldiers should not exceed [-]. That is to say, An Bangyan and the others have about [-] to [-] troops.

On the other hand, Qin Liangyu had [-] recruits who had been trained for four months, and another [-] veterans who had been trained for nine months, making a total of [-] troops.

Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, and Yang Wenyue had around [-] soldiers, while Mu Zeng had [-] regular soldiers plus [-] Duogan battalion.

They added Du Wenhuan's [-] soldiers, and the Ming army's card was [-].

If you add a small number of elites that can be mobilized in Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, the strength should not be less than [-].

"It's a pity that the more than [-] soldiers and horses of Tengyue Eight Passes cannot be mobilized..."

Zhu Youjian sighed secretly, if he could mobilize the soldiers and horses of Yunnan Tengyue Eight Passes, he would probably be able to gather [-] elite troops.

Right now, only [-] is against [-], and the [-] is still worthwhile. It is inevitable that there will be vacancies for soldiers and horses in the six provinces. In this way, the Ming army may only have [-] to [-], or even [-] to [-]...

Zhu Youjian frowned tightly, then raised his head and said to Lu Wenzhao who had already stood up:

"Have someone send the Southwest Kunyu sand table from Xuqin Palace!"

"Yes!" Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Lu Wenzhao knew what it was, and immediately sent a small banner of Jinyiwei to fetch it.

In this way, three quarters of an hour later, a huge table measuring one foot in length, one foot in width, and four feet in height was moved into the Qianqing Palace. It was covered with black cloth, making people wonder what it was.

At this time, hurried footsteps came from outside Qianqing Palace.

"Cabinet, six ministries, six divisions, ministers and workers... to ~~~~"

"Long live Saint Gongan..."

Forty or so ministers poured into the Qianqing Palace one after another, which made the Qianqing Palace look a lot more crowded, and Zhu Youxiao, who was handling the memorials in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, also put down the memorials, walked out of the Palace of Mental Cultivation, and walked to the main hall of the Palace of Yangxin. He sat down on the seat and motioned Zhu Youjian to sit beside him.

But Zhu Youjian shook his head and pointed to the sand table.

Although Zhu Youxiao was puzzled, he still respected his younger brother, then looked at Chengong and the others and said, "You all know what happened!"

"Long live back, I already know..."

Ye, who had not left for a long time, bowed to Gao in return, and so did many ministers.

Among these people, Zhu Youjian saw Yang Lian, who he hadn't seen for a long time. He lost a lot of weight and his mental state was also much worse.

It seems that the gaining power of the Donglin Party has not been easy for him, but even more tiring for him.

Zhu Youjian observed Yang Lian, and Lu Wenzhao also stood up and told what happened in the southwest.

The mobilization of various troops, as well as the military gap between Daming and Chieftain, were all mentioned.

Now it is September [-]th, and the rebels will rebel on October [-]th. According to the Yellow Emperor's calendar, there are only seven days if today is counted.

After learning everything, Yang Lian bowed first and took a step forward:

"Long live, be the first to strike right now, and catch the rebels by surprise!"

"That's right!"

"It should be so!"

As soon as Yang Lian opened his mouth, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Chaorui and others all agreed, but Zhu Guozuo, a cabinet minister of the Zhejiang Party, stepped forward and said:

"Long live, Qi Yuanbi can be transferred to lead the Zhejiang soldiers to support Sichuan and Guizhou."

Zhu Guozuo mentioned Qi Yuanbi as soon as he opened his mouth, just because Qi Yuanbi returned to Zhejiang to recruit troops, which made the Zhejiang party uneasy.

After Qi Yuanbi arrived in Zhejiang in June, he began to recruit soldiers in Zhejiang. However, because the beheading rewards for aiding Liao and Zhejiang soldiers were sent back to the homes of Zhejiang soldiers, many men in Zhejiang were jealous.

With such enthusiasm, within half a month, Qi Yuanbi recruited tens of thousands of Zhejiang soldiers throughout Zhejiang, and they are still actively signing up. Currently, they have been training for three and a half months.

Sending them to support the Southwest will also let the Zhejiang Party breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, no one wants to have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses belonging to the emperor on their territory, but Zhu Youjian scoffed at their ideas.

He crossed his arms and said to Zhu Guozuo: "Zhu Gechen, the Zhejiang soldiers already have a direction, and they have only trained for three months, so they should continue to garrison and wait for the late October to enter Liao."

As soon as Zhu Youjian spoke, Zhu Guozuo frowned immediately, but did not refute.

Right now, Zhu Youjian is too strong, especially in terms of military power. It can be said that he has mastered one-third of the world, or even more than half of the elite.

Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, Qi Jin, Qin Bangping, Sun Chuanting...

These few people are the veritable King Qi's party, and there are not a few people who support each other, and the courtiers know it.

Since Zhu Youjian has already said that Zhejiang soldiers will aid Liao in late October, there is no need to provoke the other party.

Thinking of this, Zhu Guozuo was silent, but Liu Yixiu stepped forward and bowed:
"Long live, with the current strength of the Southwest, it may be difficult to suppress the rebellion in a short time."

"If Nurhachi in Liaodong invades again, our court may be in a dilemma."

"I respectfully invite you to live long, and send Tengxiang, Wuxiang, Jinwu, and Shence to go south to support Sichuan, and call four cavalry guards to help Liao......"

Liu Yixiu's proposal seemed good, but it made Zhu Youjian narrow his eyes slightly.

Not only him, but others are also thinking about it in their hearts.

With this transfer, the Eight Guards were transferred away, leaving only the Eight Guards and the Twelve Guards Battalion in Shuntian and Yongping, the Three Guards of the Imperial City, the Dahan General, and the Beijing Camp.

Among them, there are three guards who are sailors, and only five infantry guards.

Such a transfer, under the guesswork of everyone, came up with the answer.

Liu Yixiu probably knew about the recent recruiting of soldiers in the Yanshan Camp, so he deliberately wanted to reduce the number of soldiers in Zhili in the hands of King Qi Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian also thought of it, but he was unmoved.

It's just because he, brother Huang, and Ye Xianggao all know that these newly recruited soldiers and horses are to be used to solve the three towns in Shanxi.

Once the three towns in Shanxi are resolved, the military power held by civil servants may drop to a weak level again.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian is not going to say that Ye Xianggao is the same, and Zhu Youxiao is even more so.

"The Sixteenth Guards need to guard against Harqin, Tuman, and Tumot, so there's no need to talk about it."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, he set the tone of the matter, but Liu Yixiu frowned tightly, feeling very uncomfortable.

At this time, it was time for Ye Xianggao to come out and adjust.

Ye Xianggao stepped forward and bowed, and said to Zhu Youxiao:
"Long live, the old minister thinks that it is necessary to transfer troops, but it doesn't need that many."

"You can transfer the two guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang to go south, and order Sun Yingyuan, the general soldier of Tianjin, to rule."

"Yes..." Zhu Youjian nodded slightly. He also knew that a lot of troops in the Southwest had been withdrawn because of Sarhu, and it was normal for reinforcements to go south.

Seeing that his younger brother agreed, Zhu Youxiao also nodded slightly. At this time, Yao Zongwen of the Zhejiang Party stood up and said:

"Long live, I will appoint a minister to be the governor of five provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Huguang, and Guangxi to encircle and suppress the rebels."

"I recommend Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, as the governor of the five southwestern provinces!"

"No!" Hearing Yao Zongwen's words, Liu Yixiu, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian, Zhou Chaorui, Zhao Nanxing and others bowed and rejected:
"Long live, Xu Keqiu doesn't know soldiers, how can he be allowed to govern the five provinces?" Liu Yixiu said.

"Then Hong Chengchou, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, and Qin Liangyu can have such a large scale, isn't it because His Royal Highness Qi Wang and Xu Keqiu commanded it properly?"

Yao Zongwen learned to take advantage of the situation, and even borrowed it from Zhu Youjian.

Not only that, he took advantage of the situation to put the most credit on Zhu Youjian.

Although it is true that Zhu Youjian contributed the most to the layout of the Southwest, he did not want to get involved in party disputes, so he thought for a while and said:
"Xu Keqiu's governance is acceptable, but his military strategy is not good. We can let him sit in Chengdu and manage the distribution of food, grass and supplies. As for the position of governor, we can let Sichuan Zuo Buzheng Zhu Xie (xie) Yuan try."

"Zhu Xieyuan?"

Hearing such a name, Zhejiang Party officials didn't think much of it, because Zhu Xieyuan is also a Zhejiang Party official, but officials from Donglin Party and other parties frowned.

"Zhu Xieyuan has only suppressed civil unrest a few times, so what military strategy can he praise? How about sending Yang He to the governor!"

The first person to speak was Ying Zhen, an official of the Qi Party, and the one he recommended was Yang He, Yang Sichang's father.

"Long live, we also think that it is better for Yang He to be the governor."

Gu Tianjun from the Kunming Party and Tang Binyin from the Xuan Party came forward to bow to each other, and they resisted Zhu Xieyuan's appointment as governor because of Zhu Xieyuan's character.

Zhu Xieyuan was a Jinshi in his early years and was awarded the official Dali to judge affairs.

At that time, Shanxi gentry Liu Shen and others ran rampant in the countryside, and "the dead were lying on their pillows".Since the incident happened, the case has been in prison for ten years.Zhu Xieyuan accepted the case without being asked by the powerful. After detailed investigation, the case was finalized and more than [-] people were rehabilitated.

If this is the case, he can only be regarded as a clean and capable minister among the Zhejiang Party, and will not offend the Xuan Party and the Kun Party.

However, in the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Zhu Xieyuan became the magistrate of Suzhou, and the wealth of Suzhou was the best in the world, and most of the county and government officials were corrupt.

After Zhu Xieyuan took office, he assigned the quota of grain that needed to be escorted in the treasury to each county. Whenever the land tax from a township was transported to the county seat, the county magistrate was ordered to enter the treasury.

After arriving at the mansion, Zhu Xieyuan personally conducted the inspection, and then sent it directly to the capital instead of Nanjing, and asked officials above the household department member Wailang to conduct the inspection in person, and the subordinate officials were not allowed to intervene in the whole process.

In this way, the situation that the subordinate officials of the county, government, Nanjing, and household department used the name of leaking money to misappropriate people's wealth disappeared.

This practice cut off the source of income for the subordinate officials in Suzhou, forced the powerful and evil gentry to pay taxes in advance, and offended many people.

Later, Sun Long, the eunuch of mining tax, levied violently in Suzhou, which aroused more than ten thousand weavers led by Ge Cheng to revolt.

Originally, he didn't care about this matter, but at this time the officials and subordinates in Suzhou panicked, so they could only ask Zhu Xieyuan to come to quell the chaos.

Zhu Xieyuan opposed the use of troops to suppress them on the grounds that "soldiers are used to ward off foreign invaders" and "it is difficult to offend people who are angry". He persuaded them to disband with kindness and righteousness. The gentry offended to death.

Therefore, Gu Tianjun of the Kunming Party didn't want to see Zhu Xieyuan governor of the five provinces, and finally succeeded in suppressing the rebellion, earning credit for his position.

However, the Kunming Party is a small party after all, and if Zhu Xieyuan succeeds in suppressing the rebellion, the Zhejiang Party will undoubtedly add a powerful Beijing official, so the Zhejiang Party did not stand up.

Seeing this, Qi Shijiao of the Qi Party felt that it was none of his business, so he didn't stand up.

This led to the fact that the strength of Chu Xuankun's three parties alone was not enough to reject Zhu Youjian's proposal.

Right now, Zhu Youjian is not as good as the complete Donglin Party, nor as good as the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun Five Parties in the alliance, but if the two alliances split, they will not be able to suppress him at all.

He has soldiers, and the emperor's brother is famous, so even the imperial edict can be carried out unimpeded.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian said to everyone:

"Zhu Xieyuan is stable, and it is not a big problem for him to be the governor of the five provinces. Although Yang He is talented, he is filial because of the loss of his father. Our dynasty governs the world with loyalty, benevolence, and filial piety. How can we destroy others' filial piety?"

Zhu Youjian used the methods of civil servants to criticize the officials of the three parties from the commanding heights of morality, which made them look very ugly.

Everyone had no choice but to focus on the emperor Zhu Youxiao.

But he didn't want to, the emperor looked at King Qi with satisfaction in his eyes.

"My brother has grown up a lot..."

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied, and then felt the gaze of the minister, and then said:

"Award Zhu Xieyuan as the censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of the five provinces of Yunnan, Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi."

"Send Tianjin General Soldier Sun Yingyuan to lead the two guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang to go south. From Taicang, [-] shi of grain will be transferred, [-] liang of silver will be allocated, and various supplies will be allocated. Three days later, they will go south."

"My minister Wang Yingjiao leads the decree..." Hearing the emperor's words, Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of the Household Department of the Donglin Party members, immediately bowed in response.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youxiao said again:

"Order King Qi to be the prime minister of the five provinces, and the affairs of the Southwest will be delegated to each other, so there is no need to bother the cabinet and the six ministries anymore."

"Long live!"

"Long live, this move is ridiculous!"

"How can the prince and prime minister go to the army without going through the Ministry of War?!"

Zhu Youxiao's words instantly ignited all civil servants, just because it was a challenge.

This is a challenge by the emperor to the power of the Ministry of War, a challenge to the military power of civil servants, and even more a challenge to civil servants' governance of the world.

One step back, one step back.

Civil servants are not good friends. Ji Town was abolished earlier because Donglin and the five parties were fighting fiercely at that time, and there was no time to take care of them.

But right now, it is impossible to get a share of the Southwest military affairs.

If Zhu Youjian moved his mind to stay in the five provinces and continue to take root, then the strength of civil servants would shrink again.

It's a pity that Zhu Youxiao didn't take their rebuttals seriously.

Right now, he has soldiers, money, and food, so he needs officials to reserve.

Therefore, facing the refusal of civil servants, Zhu Youxiao said: "Do I need to make a decree?"

After all, he took advantage of the fact that the civil servants were stunned, and said to Zhu Youjian: "Does King Qi dare to accept the order?"

Zhu Youjian twitched the corner of his mouth, and sneered at everyone, "Your brother accepts the order!"

"..."

At this moment, the officials of the five parties and some officials of the Donglin Party clenched the wat boards in their hands, their faces extremely gloomy.

Among such gloomy faces, only a few people showed a little serious worry.

Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Liu Yixiu, Ye Xianggao, Wang Yingjiao...

Scanning the dignified people, Zhu Youxiao had an idea in his mind, so he immediately said:

"A few days ago, Wang Shangshu published it. I read it and thought it was very good. I also passed it on to Elder Ye Ge for viewing, and Elder Ye Ge also thought it was feasible."

"According to my decree, the land tax will be reduced by [-]%, miscellaneous items will be added by [-]%, the salt tax will be [-]%, and the customs duty will be [-]%!"

"Long live Shengming (Long live is not allowed)!" For a moment, two voices sounded in the court hall.

The officials of the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuan, Kun and Kneeling knelt down and bowed, but they could not sing loudly, while the three parties of Qi Chu and Donglin chanted the holy spirit.

Seeing their appearance, Zhu Youxiao was also happy.

After holding the imperial power for more than a year, he gradually figured out a way.

To cover up one point of contradiction, another point of contradiction must be propped up.

Since the officials disagreed with their younger brother's prime minister's five provinces to suppress the rebellion, they pulled out land taxes and miscellaneous items to fight among themselves.

Regarding military matters, everyone opposed Zhu Youxiao's ideas, so he divided the civil servants.

The three parties related to miscellaneous items in the south of the Yangtze River really could not accept the addition of miscellaneous items, while the three parties related to Tian Fu, such as Qi Chu Donglin, really fully supported it.

Ye Xianggao couldn't help nodding secretly after seeing his method of differentiation.

However, he glanced around slightly, and sure enough, he found that the leaders of the five parties, including Qi Chuzhe Xuankun, did not kneel down or say anything.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, how can they not know what the emperor is playing?Want to play differentiation?Everyone who has been tricked once has learned to be smart.

"Long live! The military affairs of the prince and governor have never happened since Emperor Wen..."

Zhu Guozuo bowed and continued to dismiss, while Guan Yingzhen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and others also bowed one after another: "Long live, please think twice..."

The civil servants learned to be smart. Except for Liu Yixiu who did not express his position, the other five parties all reacted, so they stood up one after another and stopped talking about taxation reform.

Wang Yingjiao frowned, knowing that his new law could not be implemented.

It was Zhu Youxiao who suddenly stood up, and then said with a cold face: "Back to court..."

After all, he walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation alone, and when Wei Zhongxian saw this, he immediately sang loudly: "Retire~~~~"

"This……"

The ministers frowned and looked around, only to find that everyone was at a loss.

According to the past, at times like this, the emperor would inevitably demand that King Qi become the prime minister of the five provinces, but why did he turn his face so directly now?
Not only them, but also Ye Xianggao and Zhu Youjian were confused and confused.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian could only follow up with the Hall of Mental Cultivation, while Ye Xianggao coughed:
"Ahem, the matter of the governors of the five provinces is decided to be Zhu Xieyuan. The Ministry of War hastened to [-] miles away. First, let Governor Zhu Xieyuan send troops to encircle and suppress the rebels of the three clans."

"Yes..." When everyone heard that Ye Xianggao did not support the emperor, they all breathed a sigh of relief, bowed in response, and then followed Ye Xianggao out of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Zhu Youjian walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, frowned and looked at his royal brother, only to find that his royal brother was actually leaning on a chair, dealing with memorials in his hands. appearance?

"Emperor Brother?" Zhu Youjian asked cautiously.

"Brother, today I will teach you another trick for my brother, which is to sprinkle ashes on the soil and then press wood..."

Zhu Youxiao suddenly smiled and looked up at his younger brother, but Zhu Youjian, who heard this, had an intangible clue in his mind, as if he was about to grasp it, but he couldn't grasp it tightly.

"Why? Still don't understand?" Zhu Youxiao stood up with a smile, and after moving his body, he smiled and said:
"Did you forget that you and I abolished the three towns in Shanxi?"

That's it!

Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "Brother, what you mean is that the plank is the prime minister of the Southwest Army, and the tax reform is dust. The abolition of the remaining guards in Shanxi and North Zhili is the soil?!"

"Well!" Zhu Youxiao showed a satisfied expression in his eyes, and continued to Zhu Youjian:
"It's just a matter of taking advantage of this matter to continue pestering the Prime Minister with civil servants in the past few days, and what my brother has to do..."

Zhu Youxiao didn't continue, but Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up and said:

"What I need to do is to send troops to Shanxi, and the southern part of Beizhili, but why?"

Zhu Youjian suddenly had a headache, but he had a flash of inspiration, and he and Zhu Youxiao said in unison:
"Payment of military pay..."

　"I am a chaebol in another world"

　　This is a steampunk fantasy world.

　　Huge ships braved the wind and waves, cannons roared wantonly, colonists attacked cities and conquered land, and careerists made great efforts to mobilize their troops.

　　Humans are not the only masters of the world.There are also dwarves, orcs, elves, naga... and legendary dragons!

　　Here, the law of the jungle is the basic law, and the winner takes all is a normal phenomenon.

　　……

　　In order to survive, Roy the traverser could only do some small business, barely getting by.

　　"They all say I'm a chaebol? I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense!"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)