I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 40 King Zhu’s court meeting
Time flies, and it’s the first day of September.

Taiwan Mansion, Daming Palace.

The core and high-level civil and military officials of the entire Ming Dynasty gathered here. The civil servants who should take the lead were the prefect Wang Li and Tongzhi Liang Wenxuan, together with Taiwan County Magistrate Wu Guanyu, Zhuluo County Magistrate Zhu Kui, and Fengshan County Magistrate Wang Yuan. .

The number of people on the general side was smaller. Only the deputy commander of the first town, Zheng Dingrui, the commander of the second town, Yang Gong, and the commander of the third town, Xu Jin, were present.

Among the three, Zheng Dingrui is only the deputy commander, but he is the deputy commander of the first town.The commander of the first town was personally led by King Zhu Da, so his actual status was equivalent to that of Yang Gong and Xu Jin, but he was able to attend the meeting.

There was no deputy commander in the fourth town, so no one came.

In addition to the eight senior members, two new members were added last month.They are Lifansi Zhang Yue and Zhuluo general soldier Lai Chi.

Zhang Yue was fine, but Lai Chi was completely unconscious and was taking the trouble to chat with Yang Gong and other generals.It's just that he basically said it with a playful smile, while Yang Gong and the other three listened intently, only occasionally saying a few token words.

But Lai Chi seems to be completely unable to tell... Okay!I really didn't notice it, and I was still chatting with Yang Gong and others on my own.

At this time, a guard suddenly shouted outside the door: "The king has arrived!"

Suddenly, everyone fell silent, stood respectfully, and looked towards the door.

As if feeling that the atmosphere suddenly became serious, Lai Chi quickly closed his mouth.

Zhu Yijiong didn't even look at Wang Li and the others after entering. He went straight to the throne behind the desk and sat down.

Wang Li took the lead in bowing and said: "I bow to His Highness the Ming Dynasty Supervisor, long live the Supervisor!"

Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly, raised his right hand and said, "Everyone please stand up!"

"Thank you Jianguo!"

Wang Li and others then stood up. However, although today is the second court meeting held since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, there are currently too few officials with real power in the Ming Dynasty.

There was no need to be too particular about this court meeting. There were only two or three big cats and kittens in total. Zhu Yijiong didn't even bother to hold a morning meeting in the main hall. He just called everyone to the imperial study room and held a morning meeting.

Zhu Yijiong said: "Let's start!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Ding, the chief of the secretariat who was following behind him, quickly took out the pen and paper he carried with him, preparing to write down all the words of the court meeting so that the supervisor could refer to them at any time after he went to court.

As the head of the civil service, Wang Li took a step forward and spoke first: "Reporting to the supervisor, since the Ming Dynasty came down a month ago, Taiwan Mansion and the three counties have suffered heavy rain disasters, causing heavy losses. Fortunately, the supervisor is not afraid of danger and leads the people to overcome the natural disaster. "

"Today, all the disaster-stricken areas have received relief, and people's livelihood and agriculture are gradually recovering. This is all due to the decisive work of the sage who oversees the country!"

After Wang Li finished his report, he did not forget to flatter him.

But it doesn't matter, just flatter me, and you won't lose a piece of meat, and King Zhu also likes to hear it.

After hearing what Wang Li said, Zhu Yijiong nodded, but also did not forget to praise: "Wang Qing's hard work, this is not the work of one person, it is all thanks to the efforts of everyone, this station can recover from the disaster so quickly."

"I dare not wait!"

Wang Li, Liang Wenxuan, and the magistrates of three other counties responded in unison.Zhu Yijiong turned his head and looked at Yang Gong and the others. Yang Gong knew that it was his turn to speak, so he stepped forward and said: "Reporting to the Supervisor, as of a few days ago, all the soldiers in the second town of the Ming Dynasty's New Army have been fully trained in formation. . The soldiers and armor are also fully equipped and ready to conquer the country at any time."

After Yang Gong finished speaking, Zheng Dingrui and Xu Jin also opened their mouths to report.

Among them, although most of Xu Jin's third town consisted of miscellaneous troops with less than a thousand people as the main force, they had also completed the basic formation training of the Ming army formulated by King Zhu Da.

In this way, with the completion of the same training, only the fourth town of the New Army is left for actual combat.The [-]-strong army under the Ming army has initially acquired combat effectiveness, and is no longer just a showpiece before attacking Du Junying.

Zhu Yijiong asked again: "By the way, where are the [-] Du rebel soldiers captured before?"

But it was Yang Gong who answered: "Reporting to the Supervisory State, the [-] Du soldiers who rebelled against surrender have all joined our Ming Dynasty New Army after being 'persuaded' by our ministers. They are currently temporarily designated as the fifth and sixth towns of the New Army. Basics Queue training is still in progress, and it is expected to take more than a month to achieve initial combat capability."

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "That's great, thank you Yang Qing for your hard work!"

Yang Gong cupped his hands and said, "How dare you express your sorrow to share the worries of the prison country."

At this time, Wang Li suddenly spoke, took out a memorial from his arms, and interjected: "I have begun to memorialize the supervision of the country, and I have some memorials for you. This is the place where our Taiwan Mansion in the Ming Dynasty joins the three counties. Please ask for the population account book." The country has seen it."

Zhu Yijiong heard this and glanced at Wang Li, but did not pick it up.

Behind him, Zhu Dingsui stopped writing, stepped forward to take the memorial, and handed it to Zhu Yijiong's case.

Zhu Yijiong did not open it and read it, but just waited for Wang Li to continue.

Wang Li said: "According to the supervision of the State, according to the census statistics, there are currently 31 registered households in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, there are more than 860 households under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Prefecture and Taiwan County, and Fengshan County has There are 16 households, and Zhuluo County also governs more than [-] households."

In ancient times, the number of people in a household varied, but it was basically four to five people.

These 30 households represent a population of 150 million, which is above normal compared to prefectures and counties at the same time.

By the Qianlong period, this population would continue to grow, reaching around 100 million households.They are mainly people who migrated from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong and those who have fled.

However, the current Ming Dynasty has not established administrative units in villages below the town level.Wang Li's census relied on dispatching local soldiers, and then the heirs of the big families served as census officers to conduct the census.

Anyway, there are many people from these wealthy families, so if you don’t use them, you won’t use them in vain.

As for whether there will be people who are helping to practice favoritism and hide people?That's for sure!
However, Wang Li already had a solution. He directly disrupted all the children of these wealthy families and sent them to different places to check the population accounts.He also issued a death order. As long as the number of people counted was less than the account book, everyone would be dismissed from their posts and their homes raided. The whole family would be exiled to Taipei to cut down camphor trees.

Moreover, to be sure, we ensure that we get the correct population account book.Wang Li also specially arranged for another group of people to conduct re-examination of the places that had been inspected. If there were fewer account books after the re-inspection, the people who re-inspected would have their homes confiscated and exiled.If the recheck turns out to be more than the account books, the first person responsible for checking will have his house confiscated and be exiled.

Officials from wealthy families who were not deeply involved in the officialdom did not dare to show any protection for such behavior.

In order to protect their own lives and family property, each of them turned into the most loyal and ferocious hunting dog under the Ming Dynasty.

Bringing soldiers around is like locusts passing through the border. They basically say, "Open the door, check the population account book, what? Don't open it, someone comes and smash it for me!".

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(End of this chapter)