Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 211 Wei Gonggong's Wild Vision
"Old Ye Ge, Long Live said that I will not see foreign ministers today..."

When Ye Xianggao walked to the gate of Qianqing Palace, before he was notified, the Jing army at the gate of Qianqing Palace stopped him, and Ye Xianggao also said:

"I have something to tell Banzai about Guoben!"

"Long live, I don't see you...Please don't embarrass us, Mr. Ye Ge." The general banner officer of the Jing army bowed, and Ye Xianggao saw this, stood where he was for a long time, and finally turned and left.

It's just that when he left, Zhu Youxiao, the big tree who always shielded Zhu Youjian from the wind and rain, stood nervously in Kunning Palace at this moment, staring at the [-]-year-old man in front of him.

"Is it settled?"

"Long live back, sure..."

In the hall, Wei Zhongxian, Cao Huachun, Liu Ruoyu, Wang Tiqian, Wang Chengen and other five eunuchs stood behind Zhu Youxiao, and Hakka with an unnatural expression stood aside.

While everyone was waiting for the news, the sixty-year-old man suddenly bowed and said:
"Congratulations Long Live, Your Highness and Concubine Hui are indeed pregnant. Your Highness has been pregnant for more than five months, and Concubine Hui has been pregnant for three months..."

"Good! Good!"

When the news of Double Happiness came, Zhu Youxiao walked around happily, then raised his hand and said to the old man:

"Zhang Jingyue, after you go back, tell all the imperial doctors of the Taiyuan Hospital to study the anti-pregnancy prescription together with all the medical officers of Yanshan Medicine. Don't let my emperor's son make any mistakes!"

"Minister... lead the decree." Zhang Jingyue heard that Zhu Youxiao used Zhen's self-proclaimed name, and understood that the emperor was very concerned about this matter.

But this is not surprising, Zhu Youxiao is already eighteen years old, and under normal circumstances, it is not surprising to have children at this age.

Perhaps it has something to do with Zhu Youjian's cross-cutting and letting Zhu Youxiao go to get a boat. Originally, Zhu Youxiao should have had a daughter at this time.

But because Zhu Youxiao went to get a boat, he hadn't been close to a woman for more than half a year, so the princess was not pregnant.

On the contrary, Zhu Youxiao returned to the harem at the beginning of this year, and after several months of hard work, he really got results.

Therefore, for him, Zhang Yan and Concubine Fan Hui's pregnancy is worth celebrating, so he waved his hand and said:

"All servants and maidservants in Kunning Palace will be rewarded with three hundred coins!"

"Long live thanks, long live Ron..."

Immediately, everyone knelt down, and Zhu Youxiao also said to Zhang Jingyue:

"Zhang Jingyue, I will reward you with a hundred silver. From now on, you will be in charge of the medicine for the Empress and Concubine Hui."

"Your servant, you must do your best..." Zhang Jingyue knelt down, and then Zhu Youxiao stopped paying attention to him, and Liu Ruoyu also stepped forward to take Zhang Jingyue out of the harem.

It's just that Liu Ruoyu had just left with Zhang Jingyue, Zhu Youxiao put away his joyful expression. Although he didn't frown, the micro expression on his face gradually became terrifying.

Obviously there is no change in any of the five sense organs, but it makes people feel terrified.

Such a change made Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, and Liu Ruoyu lower their heads one after another, while Cao Huachun quietly waited for the emperor's order.

It was Wang Chengen, who backed off after speaking, and Zhu Youxiao also said after a brief silence:

"What happened to the outer court..."

"Long live, as you expected, the rations and gunpowder were all transferred, but they were also stopped."

Wei Zhongxian responded honestly, but Zhu Youxiao walked to the chair beside him like a stroll in the courtyard, sat down, took a cup of tea, took a sip before saying:

"Xu Pi really needs disaster relief, in case there is a problem with the military rations, the military rations from the household department should be transferred to Xu Pi for disaster relief."

"As for the land of Liaodong, my brother has stockpiled millions of stones of grain, which is enough to feed the army for a year and a half. Don't worry. If it is not enough, the Yumajian will adjust the grain. The only thing to worry about right now is the gunpowder."

"The gunpowder in the armor factory is only more than [-] catties, which may not be enough to support the entire battle of the Liao Dynasty."

Like many civil servants, Zhu Youxiao also believed that his younger brother would fall into a protracted war, so subconsciously he still believed that [-] catties of gunpowder was not enough to support the restoration of Liao Dynasty, so he asked:

"How much food do you have in your internal funds?"

"Long live back..." Wei Zhongxian took a step forward and replied:
"There are only three hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred taels..."

The internal money was consumed quickly because Zhu Youxiao had been slowly building the three halls.

Zhu Youxiao didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but said to Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen:
"How much food does the Yu Ma Jian have right now?"

"There are still more than [-] million taels of silver in the warehouse, and more than [-] million shi of grain." Wang Chengen replied:
"It's mainly due to the transfer of food and grass to Liaodong and Ryukyu, as well as the relief of the victims, and the fact that the autumn harvest has not yet started."

After Wang Chengen finished explaining, Cao Huachun continued:
"Long live, gunpowder is a simple matter. We only need to approve the expansion of the gunpowder bureau of Yanshan Ordnance Institute. If we expand the manpower by [-], starting from ten days later, we can produce more than [-] catties of gunpowder every day."

Thirty thousand catties of gunpowder, which can be said to be the amount used in a big war for European countries, but for the Ming army in Liaodong, it was only more than [-] artillery pieces, which took three quarters of an hour.

"Quasi-play! Don't delay the battle in Liaodong." Zhu Youxiao approved without hesitation.

The gunpowder output of Yanshan Ordnance Institute has been restricted by Zhu Youjian himself, the reason is to leave a handle for his royal brother.

But now Zhu Youxiao has solved this problem, and Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen don't understand the meaning, they just bow to each other, and then order people to handle the matter.

"The Royal Horse Supervisor dispatched [-] million shi of military rations and transported them to Liaodong under the Central Order. Anyone who dared to inspect along the way will be warned and killed on the spot..."

"For the matter of gunpowder, follow what Hua Chunyi said, and don't let the army stop because of gunpowder on the front line."

"Only about the disaster victims, let the Shangzhi [-]th Battalion do it freely, and then give the Zhongzhi."

"In addition, bring up the sand table, and then call for Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan." Zhu Youxiao continued to drink tea, as if in his opinion, these things had been expected a long time ago.

When Xu Pi broke the Yellow River, he knew what stupid excuses civil officials would use to do stupid things.

He had heard about this kind of method a long time ago from his royal grandfather, and he was already prepared in his heart.

A quarter of an hour after he ordered, a huge Liaodong sand table was carried into the Qianqing Palace.

The sand table was three feet long and three feet wide, and soon Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan rushed over.

"Right now, is the situation in Liaodong good or bad?"

Zhu Youxiao is good at side affairs, but he is not very smart in tactics and strategy, so he can only ask.

For those who don't understand the situation, it is obviously not a good situation to see Nurhachi scurrying in the hinterland of Liaodong full of Ming troops, but Li Ruolian was born as a Wu Jinshi after all, and he has first-hand information about Liaodong , I also know the analysis of Xiong Tingbi and Zhu Youjian, so I naturally understand the situation.

He bowed to Zhu Youxiao respectfully, and then said:

"At the moment in Liaodong, our Ming troops are mainly defending the Hunhe River and Taizi River and taking back the Wujing Camp, while Xiong Jinglue, Yang Bing Beidao, He Zongbing, Hong Bing Beidao, and Qin Zongbing are on the offensive. "

"In the land of Liaoshen, it seems that the old slaves are running around in the belly of our army, and they are trying to disperse our army and carry out outflanking and suppression. However, our army is divided into ten battalions as many as ten battalions, and as few as six battalions. They will not easily encircle and suppress the old slaves."

"Now that the [-] old slaves have been besieged in the hinterland of Liaodong, His Royal Highness Qi also sent [-] cavalry led by Mangui to cross the Liao River for a surprise attack. land."

"Right now, we only need to wait for His Royal Highness King Qi to order all the troops to encircle and suppress the old slave! The situation is not that bad."

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao called out, and everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.

But when they breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Youxiao no longer cared about Liao affairs, but said to Cui Yingyuan:
"Cui Yingyuan, tell me about Xu Pi, and about the salt class..."

"Yes!" Cui Yingyuan bowed in response, and then said to Zhu Youxiao:

"Since King Qi led the troops out of the customs, the salt tax collected by the salt department in the Lianghuai area has become increasingly scarce. Last year there were more than [-] million taels, but this year it is only more than [-] million taels."

"In addition, the tea class only earns more than [-] taels..."

"The land of Xupi and Suiyang was caused by local officials' unfavorable reinforcement of the dam..."

"Reinforcement is not good... that is to say, you are greedy for money?" Zhu Youxiao didn't get angry as expected, but turned to Wei Zhongxian with a smile and said:
"Zhongxian, did you recommend an official named Cui a few days ago?"

"Back to Long Live, this servant did recommend him. This person is Cui Chengxiu, who is on patrol in Huaiyang. He is quite careful in his work, but he was squeezed out in Huaiyang's officialdom and couldn't bear to be wronged..." Wei Zhongxian didn't know why the emperor suddenly brought up this matter. matter.

"If you're careful, you can promote me." Zhu Youxiao said meaningfully:
"It's time to check the salt tax and tea tax in the south of the Yangtze River. A central decree was issued to promote him to be the inspector of Zhejiang and Huaihe Rivers, and also the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He inspected Nanzhili and Zhejiang. Yancha, by the way, also check on Xu Pi's affairs."

"In just three years, this section of the Yellow River breached twice, and a lot of land was flooded. How can the people bear it?"

"Order Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou to inspect the Yellow River, and report all the passages that need to be repaired one by one."

"Slave obeys the order!" Wei Zhongxian responded excitedly when he heard that Cui Chengxiu was promoted, and he was still inspecting Nanzhili and Zhejiang, which were very lucrative.

It's just that when he agreed, Cao Huachun's expression froze a bit.

Looking at the posture, the emperor was directly preparing to attack the old place of the Zhejiang Party, and he also chose to let Wei Zhongxian's people do it.

"This kind of thing must be notified to His Highness..."

Cao Huachun thought about it, and at the same time Zhu Youxiao also said:

"Have you found out who participated in the allocation of military rations and gunpowder this time?"

"Long live, according to your instructions, the minister has been sending people to watch, from the cabinet to the subordinates, and they should be investigated. There are more than [-] people in total..." Cui Yingyuan smelled the meaning of Zhu Youxiao's words.

"More than [-] people...that's quite a lot."

Zhu Youxiao blew on the tea in the cup, then took a sip, put the tea back on the table next to him, put his hand on the armrest of the chair, and tapped his fingers rhythmically.

No one spoke first, they were all waiting for the emperor to speak, and Zhu Youxiao also said after a while:

"There are more than [-] imperial examination candidates, most of whom have not been appointed to official positions. I don't know how many of the [-] people are clean..."

"..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, everyone was silent for a moment, but Cui Yingyuan bowed and said:

"All civil servants in the world have copybooks in Nanzhen Fusi. Among the [-] people, there are not a few with dirty hands and feet!"

Cui Yingyuan's words made Cao Huachun frown. After all, as Zhu Youjian's three major butlers, how could he not know the situation of Nanzhen Fusi?
It is said that there are not a few of the [-] people who are unclean. In fact, according to the documents of Nanzhen Fusi, most of the people have "clean hands and feet."

Official corruption often uses the people and merchants below, and then asks the merchants to use legal "moistening pen silver" to bribe, because this is the easiest corruption loophole in the Ming Dynasty's supervision.

This loophole is legal, but Zhu Youxiao knows that this kind of thing is legal, but still asks the question that the officials are not clean, which means that he does not want to use the name of Runbiyin to punish the crime at all.

If you don't have the reputation of Runbiyin, then you have to find another name, and Cui Yingyuan dared to speak, which means that what he has to do is nothing more than planting and framing.

Cui Yingyuan, who was born as a local ruffian, didn't care about the life and death of civil servants, whether his death was wronged or not, he only cared about whether he could please the people above him.

Cao Huachun was a little displeased with this approach, but he couldn't say anything, so he just wrote it down secretly.

"Since that's the case, some of these people should be damned..."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said to Wei Zhongxian:
"Zhongxian, this matter should be investigated by you and the people from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Nanzhen Fusi. Don't let the filthy people hide behind and eat their brains full of fat, while the imperial court is carrying an empty bag. stomach."

"Long live, don't worry, this servant knows how to do it..."

Wei Zhongxian always felt that today was a bit unrealistic, the emperor unexpectedly gave him so much power at once.

Inspecting Jiangnan and Zhejiang, inspecting Beijing officials...

These two things are big things, and they are both lucrative things.

While Wei Zhongxian was flattering, he glanced secretly at Keshi who was not far away, and Keshi took a deep look at Wei Zhongxian with seductive eyes.

At this point, Wei Zhongxian understood why the emperor used him so much today.

"Sure enough, when King Qi is away, this woman is still useful..."

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian began to think about how to repay Ke Shi at night, and at the same time Zhu Youxiao also turned to Ke Shi and said:
"Kebaba, what do you think?"

"Hehe, Long Live's arrangements are naturally the best..."

Ke Shi changed from a seductive expression to a benevolent and kind expression in a second. The change of expression was so fast that Cao Huachun, who had been watching her and Wei Zhongxian, frowned.

"Well... I think so too..." Zhu Youxiao said this meaningfully, then waved his hands and said:
"Okay, you all step back, Hua Chun stays."

"Your maidservant takes orders..." Hearing this, everyone retreated one after another, but Cao Huachun was left behind.

After all the people in Qianqing Palace had almost left, Zhu Youxiao got up and said:
"You go out with me for a walk." Zhu Youxiao used the self-proclaimed "Zhen" to let Cao Huachun understand something, and after Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he said to the court ladies and eunuchs who were trying to keep up:

"You don't have to follow."

"Yes..." The maids of the court all responded, and Cao Huachun also followed Zhu Youxiao, and the two walked towards the outside of Qianqing Palace.

Cao Huachun looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, looking down at the palace road under his feet, while Zhu Youxiao walked forward with his head held high and his hands behind his back.

When they crossed the gate of Qianqing Palace and came to the outer court, there was no one around the square, and Zhu Youxiao also turned his back to Cao Huachun, and said while walking:

"Do you understand the meaning..."

"The slaves understand some, some don't understand..." Cao Huachun replied, but in fact he had already thought about the matter in his heart.

Zhu Youxiao reused Cui Yingyuan and Wei Zhongxian, all he planned was to use them to attract attention.

It can even be said that this step has already been arranged as early as when Zhu Youjian reorganized Jinyiwei.

Cao Huachun and the others didn't know what the two brothers said, but after all, Cao Huachun was a person who had seen Wang An and Chen Ju and other famous eunuchs. If you think about the arrangement of the two brothers carefully, you can still see some clues.

Who are the people in Nanzhen Fusi?Either Wei Zhongxian's relatives, or Hakka's relatives, or people related to the two.

Who made the decision on the organizational structure and personnel transfer of Nanzhen Fusi?Isn't it Zhu Youjian?

A department dedicated to dealing with civil servants has placed a large number of people related to Wei Zhongxian at the top.

No matter how you look at it, it seems to be paving the way for Wei Zhongxian.

"If the Battle of Restoring Liao Dynasty is really like my brother's memorial and what Li Ruolian said, it is not far from the end, then how will civil servants react after the restoration of Liao Dynasty is over?"

"The first batch of Yanshan students, there are still two years to complete the course, right? Two years, is it going to develop into a party dispute between the younger brother and the civil servant?"

"This time, in the battle to restore Liao Dynasty, the civil servants did these things. If there is no Zhen, what will happen to my brother?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Cao Huachun, but Cao Huachun didn't know how to respond.

According to his understanding of his highness, if there is no Zhu Youxiao, according to his highness's temperament...

Cao Huachun felt a little guilty, Zhu Youjian's temperament was not as good-natured as it appeared on the surface.

"There are some things that should not involve me, nor my brother. Cheng En is too dull, and you are my brother's subordinate, so it is not suitable."

"Tell my brother that it is enough to let Zhongxian handle the matter."

Zhu Youxiao spoke suddenly, and Cao Huachun nodded slightly to express his understanding.

In other words, Zhu Youxiao is looking for someone for Zhu Youjian who can attract firepower, take the blame and resist thunder, but can also irritate the civil servants and make them pay attention to him.

This person is Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian's character is also doomed. His methods are often not the methods of internal fighting between civil servants, but more brutal ones.

"The first thing my brother will do when he comes back is to abolish the Beijing camp..."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao opened his mouth suddenly, he wanted to take away the last bit of power from the nobles in the north.

It's not his fault, it's just because the Beijing camp occupies too many resources.

First of all, not to mention the seven or eight hundred thousand taels of military pay per year for hundreds of thousands of troops, the annual military ration expenditure of three million shi alone accounted for one-tenth of Daming's land tax.

By abolishing the Beijing camp, the treasury will be filled with nearly two million taels of silver.

As for how to solve the problem of guarding the capital after the abolition, Zhu Youxiao needs to wait for Zhu Youjian to come back and discuss carefully.

It is indeed a bit small to garrison the capital with only the three guards of the imperial city, the generals of the Han Dynasty, and the two battalions of Daxing and Wanping.

"Tell Wang An to keep an eye on Cui Chengxiu and don't do anything too extreme..."

It was rare for Zhu Youxiao to mention Wang An, and such a mention also cheered Cao Huachun up:

"The servant knows..."

"And..." Zhu Youxiao looked at Cao Huachun with cold eyes:

"Let my younger brother see clearly that sometimes, not all the people under him are so loyal..."

(End of this chapter)