Jingming

Chapter 38 It's All My Money

"...Your Majesty clearly learned that this servant never had any private dealings with Luo Qianhu." Gu Dayong was shocked.

"Okay." Zhu Houcong waved his hand, "This is a method. After all, I brought it out from the palace, and I can trust it. I have already made arrangements for Lu Song. Zhang Yong, you will find Mai Fu when you go back. .”

The three breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the emperor would listen to their advice.

"If you think Luo An is competent, then hand over all of you who were buried in Jinyiwei to him." Zhu Houcong looked at them indifferently, "The Dongchang side and the palace are all the same, they are all your disciples and grandchildren. Zhang Zuowo sent to the Rites Supervisor, Mai Fu to the Yuma Supervisor, and Zhang Zuo to the Imperial Supervisor, you should bring them up first."

"The servant obeys the order..."

"As for the Beijing camp, it's really shocking. Mr. Yang Ge said that there are more than 37 people in the Beijing official army, banner schools, and military craftsmen, and they receive as much as 400 million shi of food a year. Is that true?"

"Your Majesty, do you really want to abolish it?" Zhang Yong's voice trembled slightly.

Gu Dayong gritted his teeth and accepted it painfully: "Your Majesty, these are really your own property."

Zhu Houcong was amused: "My own family?"

Gu Dayong thought that Zhu Houcong didn't understand the importance, so he bravely explained: "In fact, the number of officers and soldiers in Beijing is quite a lot, but the actual amount is very small, and the shortage is getting bigger and bigger. Now there are more, mainly because Jin Yiwei and the newly selected Beijing camp officers and soldiers."

"Your Majesty, among them, firstly, thanks to the graciousness of the sage, the number of Yinzi and Jilu officials has continued to increase, which involves almost all honored ministers, relatives of the state, and even those civil servants with martial arts. The number of guards and tomb guards has naturally increased over the years. Thirdly...During the reign of Emperor Daxing, Jin Yiwei was added, and new troops were selected and trained, in the hope that the heavens would be heard and the military equipment would be better day by day."

Zhu Houcong understood, nodded and said, "You mean, you and your disciples and grandchildren didn't accept other people's money and let them serve as refugee servants?"

Gu Dayong immediately returned his forehead to the ground: "Slave... slave..."

Zhu Houcong said lightly: "You can't move your post, you can't move your salary, and you can't move either the guards of the palace and the guards of the mausoleum. The most likely thing to move is the person who pretends to be a substitute, and the vacancy of the Beijing camp will be abolished. Needless to say, the former, the personal guards There is a salary of one stone in January, and the servants can be exempted. Outside the newly trained regiment battalion, the old army known as the hometown has a lot of empty pay. If this is done, the courtiers and military officials will be further suppressed. I can think of these I understand, I just want to ask, three big pengs, how much money did you eat?"

Hearing his last somber question, Gu Dayong and the others trembled like sifting chaff, pleading guilty continuously.

This is the benefit of doing homework. When Zhu Houcong was in Anlu, he read a lot of discussions and presentations on many issues in the courtiers in the newspaper.If there are any doubts, the officials of the royal family who lived leisurely at that time also dared to talk more about the truth.

Now that Zhu Houcong had solved the question, seeing that Gu Dayong and the others were still terrified and did not answer, he finally frowned: "Respond well! This is really shocking to hear that it is so redundant. It is inevitable to abolish some parts. But soldiers are expensive." It’s more refined than expensive, and I won’t let them cut it off, I will definitely hold this capital camp firmly in my hands! Tell me everything you know!”

He now has an advantage, that is, the succession of the vassal king.

The reason why this is an advantage is because of one sentence: I am afraid that someone will rebel.

For this reason, it is natural to retain control over the Beijing camp, take advantage of this opportunity of dismantling and reorganizing to make the Beijing camp stronger, and win over the military officials who are overwhelmed by civil officials?

The three of them finally spoke one after the other, and Zhu Houcong frowned as he listened.

The number of salaries in the Jinyiwei establishment reached nearly 7, and the Tengxiang Four Guards that Zhu Houzhao focused on training had more than 4.In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Beijing army was as high as more than 40, and now there are only so few left, and it is said that the vacancies still account for a large proportion.

嘎了一刀做个太监的情况分四类：宗亲那边的藩府太监加起来已经超过1万；24衙门管理下发俸的太监加起来已近1万5；外派的监军、镇守、矿监税监以及守陵太监加起来又有超过1万；还有大几千私自净身不能入宫却被他们收留起来种菜或在宫外做苦差的。

Then there are military craftsmen: their status is very special, they are both military and craftsmen.The management of these military craftsmen, in essence, gradually became the responsibility of Jin Yiwei and the internal supervisor.Even if there is a project in the Ministry of Industry, the military craftsmen are only dispatched to work.

These military craftsmen with various skills mainly serve the royal family, and almost everything used in the palace is handmade by them.

How much is this part?There are 3000 registered military craftsmen, but there are nearly twice as many handymen.

Although the monthly rations of these military craftsmen and miscellaneous workers are less than five dou per capita, there are so many people.

Then came the contradiction: the food brought into Beijing every year was only enough to feed this group of people, so where did the rest of the population in the capital, officials and even the royal family get their rations?How can the two warehouses in Kyoto store food?

Oh yes, there are folding colors.As for how much to send out in silver or into something else, and how much, there is a lot of room for manipulation.For example, the precious banknotes that have depreciated to an outrageous level.

Zhu Houcong narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at them: "Look up and look at me!"

Gu Dayong and Wei Bin raised their heads tremblingly, how dare they look directly at the Son of Heaven?
"With so many people, how much is paid each year, and how much is actually sent out?"

This is a fatal question, but these three remnants of the "Eight Tigers" from the Zhengde Dynasty now vividly explain what it means to live by relying on imperial power.

They could only kowtow and explain vaguely at the same time.

Zhu Houcong was a little dazed when he heard this: Can you tell that his cousin Zhu Houzhao also got a lot of money in this way?

Based on the attitude of letting the people below be greedy, it is better to reach out for a little bit, so that Zhu Houzhao can not be restricted by civil servants in terms of money and food, and can re-drill the new Beijing army.

With so much money and rations, there are naturally a lot of benefits for the officers and generals in charge of the soldiers, but Zhu Houzhao can also achieve his own goals.

how to say?It's all "my" money.

It is better than Jiajing, Jiajing is used to cultivate immortals, and Zhengde is mainly used to train soldiers.

After being slightly taken aback, Zhu Houcong was no longer surprised.

For Zhu Houzhao, in the era of the family world, it only belonged to the left hand and the right hand. By the way, it could also help him train the new army well and use it to win over cronies.

Of course, Gu Dayong and the others are by no means untouched, or even touched a lot.

Now that Zhu Houcong has asked this data, he already has a bottom line in his heart.

"According to what you said, there are a total of more than 10 fraudsters among them. I will investigate whether it is true or not. If I don't investigate, there will be someone from the foreign minister. Now someone from the foreign minister wants to investigate, and I can't stop it." Stay. Do you understand?"

Hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Wei Bin quickly replied: "My servant understands... Among the foreign ministers who are truly loyal to His Majesty, I don't know how many people are there. In each yamen, the foreign ministers also have many eyes and ears..."

"In the Chenhao Rebellion, Brother Huang certainly thought about taking this opportunity to stabilize the military power, but you can't suppress the fact that you are robbing meritorious deeds. Wang Shouren and the others haven't claimed meritorious service so far, and the soldiers who really put down the rebellion won't be long. It’s gone. Qian Ningjiangbin’s imprisonment is irreversible, and Zhang Zhong’s confession, how many of you are involved?”

When Zhu Houcong mentioned this, Wei Bin and the others knew that what they really cared about tonight was coming.

After a pause, Zhu Houcong said: "Gu Dayong has made great achievements in welcoming him. I can allow him to renovate his father's mausoleum and stay there in the future. Wei Bin, I will also renovate some palaces in the palace later. It would be best for the officials and supervisors to retire. As for Zhang Yong... I remember that you and Yang Yiqing have a good friendship."

Zhang Yong was taken aback by these words: "The maidservant just made contributions with Mr. Yang Ge in the Anhua Rebellion and brought down Liu Jin. There is no friendship..."

　Thank you for the 600-point reward of Bar Level Crazy, thank Li Dong for the 200-point reward, and thank you for the 100-point reward from Shangyutang, Xia Chongzangyubing, terminal insomnia patients, and strolling.

　　
　
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