Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 164 Raising Food Prices
The rising sun is rising in the east, the sky is clear, and the Forbidden City is still the same as before. The glazed tiles are glowing with golden light, and the palace walls are as red as blood. There is majesty here...

Zhu Youjian's expression was solemn, with a hint of fatigue between his brows. He held a file in his hand and walked towards the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace. The Han generals on duty along the way all bowed their heads slightly to show respect, but there was something wrong in their hearts. Zhu Youjian didn't care about this at all.

"Your Highness the Fifth~"

When approaching Dongnuan Pavilion, a figure blocked Zhu Youjian, which made Zhu Youjian frown slightly. When he looked up to see who was blocking him, Zhu Youjian's brows relaxed.

"Your Majesty the Fifth Highness, the Emperor is dealing with urgent matters." Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, bowed his head slightly and said: "No one can disturb you. If the Fifth Palace..."

Urgent matter?
Did something happen?
What Liu Ruoyu said made Zhu Youjian nervous, and he subconsciously looked at the closed palace door.

In Dongnuan Pavilion at that time.

"You are right to handle it this way."

Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the throne, reading the memorial he was holding, and said in a slightly lower voice: "Only in the northern Zhili territory, all the troops were prepared, and in the guard posts under his jurisdiction, a group of hereditary guard officials were arrested, and they invaded all kinds of The acres of land are as high as one million acres. If we really continue to conduct an in-depth investigation, I am afraid that there will be chaos in the northern Zhili border."

Luo Sigong, who was kneeling on the ground, felt his heart drop a little when he heard what the emperor said.

Previously, he was ordered to leave Beijing again and personally led a large number of troops from the Jinyi Guards School to prepare troops under the jurisdiction of Northern Zhili. He cooperated with the governor of Jiliao to arrest a group of guards officers in Jin. Luo Sigong knew that this job was not easy to handle, and in fact, in When I personally handled this matter, I did encounter a lot of troubles.

The fault was that the governor of Jiliao Wang was singing a double act in Jin Dynasty, and the troops in Northern Zhili were prepared with Yang Sichang, Liang Tingdong, Wu Aheng, Chen Xinjia and others. Luo Sigong was really worried that if the Jinyiwei continued to arrest them, a group of people would be forced to take risks.

"Your Majesty, the arrested guards officers have all been transferred to the imperial prison." Luo Sigong gathered his thoughts, bowed and reported to Zhu Youxiao: "When it comes to inspections, Governor Ji Liao..."

"Let me continue the trial."

Zhu Youxiao closed the memorial, looked at Luo Sigong and said: "On the surface, this matter has come to an end for the time being. It is just to stabilize the situation temporarily. This matter cannot be let go.

For the interrogation, the Qing family needs to deploy reliable personnel and let the outside world know that these guards officers have all been executed. I want to see who are the people who have something to do with them! "

Luo Sigong was shocked. He originally thought that the matter would be over, but he never thought that the emperor had never thought of exalting the case. It was just that the investigation was moved from the front to the back. At this moment, Luo Sigong thought of the previous order to aid the Liao Dynasty. team.

He was afraid that the emperor would not allow the investigation to continue. The troops stationed in the Fengtai and Xishan camps were temporarily dispatched to Liaoqian, otherwise he would not have been able to return to Beijing early.

It is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to make loud noises and small rains on this matter.

Luo Sigong was personally responsible for the arrest, and Wang Zaijin was specifically responsible for the subsequent inspections. The batch of guards officers who were arrested successively ranged from the highest to the commander level to the lowest to hundreds of households.

Unless they have done extremely evil things, they will not go out of their way to arrest officials such as the general banner and small banner officials. If we really want to arrest all of them, let alone whether the Jinyiwei Prison can accommodate them, I am afraid that there will be trouble in many places in Northern Zhili. There was a mutiny.

In order to avoid chaos in Ji Miyong and other places, the proceeds from the seizure were not transferred to the internal funds at all. Instead, Wang Zaijin was responsible for the coordination, and Yang Sichang, Liang Tingdong, Wu Aheng, and Chen Xinjia were responsible for the distribution.

The arrears of soldiers' pay in various places in Beizhili were made up, and any shortfalls were paid with the grain, salt, cloth, etc. plundered.Even in order to ensure that the rotten health centers could be temporarily stabilized and avoid bad things happening, Zhu Youxiao did not merge the raided fields scattered in various places into the imperial villages in various places, but chose to assign them to the various guards. Under the fields where we are stationed, we can provide more protection for military households in various military posts.

"The Ming Dynasty's guard system is completely rotten."

Zhu Youxiao held the memorial in his hand, but secretly said in his heart: "It seems that in the future, we will gradually adjust and dismantle. All the guard stations under the jurisdiction of the inland areas will be abolished and gradually merged into local jurisdiction. Non-essential financial expenditures will be reduced. Non-essential expenditures will be reduced." prepared by.

The garrison posts under the jurisdiction of the border areas should remove their strong military attributes and be converted into militia on the spot. The court will no longer issue food and salary, focus on production and construction, reduce the number of personnel, clarify the encouragement policy for border guarding, and in the name of building garrison posts, as a way to strengthen One of the measures for border control. "

The East Nuan Pavilion is very quiet.

When Luo Sigong saw that the emperor was silent, he couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart. This also made his thoughts confused. He began to wonder what the emperor was thinking and began to recall what the emperor had just said.

The human heart is so complicated.

Often inadvertently, a small movement or even a word can cause a person who is interested to figure out the chaos.

Today, the Ming Dynasty is shrouded in an inexplicable restlessness. People are impetuous, the atmosphere is impetuous, conflicts are intensifying, the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and there are more natural and man-made disasters. Wanting to control such a country well is like walking on a tightrope across thousands of feet. The abyss, if you are not careful, you will be completely destroyed!
"Luo Qing, there is something you need to do."

Looking at Luo Sigong, who was bowing his head in thought, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said: "Jin Yiwei can no longer be alone in the capital. We must try to restore the permanent local mechanism. If we really do this, I am afraid that the controversy between the government and the public will not be resolved." Small.

Therefore, I plan to use Beizhili as a pilot project to build a local government office for Jinyiwei. Luo Qing will not make any public announcement about this matter. He will secretly select a group of reliable personnel first. When the time is right, I will issue a decree to clarify this matter. "

"The minister leads the order!"

Luo Sigong's eyes lit up, he suppressed the joy and excitement in his heart, and immediately bowed in response.

Restoring the permanent presence of Jinyiwei in the local area is definitely a good thing for Luo Sigong. If this can be implemented, not only will the power of Jinyiwei increase, but the power of the Luo family will also expand.

What Luo Sigong didn't know was that the idea put forward by Zhu Youxiao was an important step in the plan to reform Jinyiwei.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from the factory!"

Liu Ruoyu's voice sounded outside the hall, which made Luo Sigong recover from his joy. During his previous order to inspect the Huangzhuang Huangdian, there were not only changes within the Jinyiwei, but also the inner court. The West Jishi Factory and the Da Neihang Factory The restoration made Luo Sigong feel alert.

In the eyes of outsiders, factory guards are not divided into different families. Suddenly there are West Factory and Inner Factory. This means that the emperor has more choices, and the competition for Jin Yiwei has also increased invisibly.

While Luo Sigong was thinking, Liu Ruoyu lowered his head and walked into the hall. Zhu Youxiao got the secret report and read the contents clearly, and said in a cold tone: "This is to show me how to control the grain of Gyeonggi Province." price!!"

(End of this chapter)