I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 4 Why is Xu Guangqi training troops?
By the time the morning court was over, it was already around ten o'clock in the morning when Zhu Youxiao returned to Qianqing Palace.It's time to have lunch.

It was extremely troublesome for the Ming Dynasty emperors to eat. In the past, they had to play music while eating. However, during the Wanli period, this ceremony was abolished at the suggestion of Zhang Juzheng.

After Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, he advocated not being extravagant and complicated, but keeping things simple. Now there is not so much sense of ritual in eating.

After a simple meal, he would start processing the memorials submitted by the cabinet or courtiers.Memorials of the Ming Dynasty Except those memorialized in personal names in the Ming Dynasty, they are all called "Tiben".

Most of the contents in this question book are official matters that need to be reported to the emperor, or there are official matters that need to be handled by the emperor.

There are two copies of the question book, one of which was sent directly to the palace by the General Affairs Department, handed over to the official in charge, and presented to His Majesty's desk.The other copy will be handed over to the Sixth Section for transcription.

The question book was first submitted to the cabinet for processing. After the cabinet read it, it added corrections. This is called a draft, and then submitted to the emperor for approval (that is, whether he agrees or disagrees). However, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was a bit lazy, so this link was mostly done by the eunuch Bingbi. Responsible.

Zhu Youxiao, a time traveler, did not dare to leave most of the government affairs to the eunuch Pianhong.Therefore, we must also carefully read the cabinet's vote plan.

He has the final say on the voting plan. If he agrees, he will draw a circle and agree. If he disagrees, he will send it back to the cabinet and ask him to re-vote. If his attitude is ambiguous, he will leave it unchanged.

But he didn't have the energy to read every one, so he asked the eunuch Wang An, the secretary of Li Bingbi, to divide the memorials into various types in advance and make a list of them every day. He gave it to him to read first, and then he selected the ones he thought were more important to read first. .

After Wang An sorted out the list of memorials, he took a closer look and found that there were only two important things today:
The first thing the ministers suggested to Zhu Youxiao was to start a Jingyan. The so-called Jingyan was for the ministers to give lessons to the emperor. Basically, there were daily lectures (small classes, similar to one-on-one) every day, and three days a month for general lectures (big lectures). class).

The Jingyan Festival is very good for the emperor. He can study more and meet more courtiers. For the ministers, he also has the opportunity to meet the emperor. After all, he has seen a lot and Jane is in the heart of the emperor. That is also good.

Zhu Youxiao has never received formal education since he was a child. He himself has just traveled through time and needs to learn, so he is also familiar with banquets.

He still remembered that Zhu You School’s Jingyan teacher in history was the famous Sun Chengzong.Thinking of this, he became more accepting.So Huaquan agreed.

The second item is the renovation of the three main halls.
Zhu Youxiao passed by the three main halls every day when he went to court, and he felt uncomfortable looking at the ruins. Emperor Wanli wanted to repair the halls before, but there was too much wood to build the halls and he was not ready to repair them.

The preparations are almost complete now. This year, Zhu Youxiao's father, Guangzong, came to the throne, and he also issued 200 million (actually 100 million) in internal funds to prepare for repairs. Now that Zhu Youxiao has ascended the throne, the courtiers suggested that the repairs should be carried out quickly.

But Zhu Youxiao also has a headache. Now it seems that the construction of these three main halls is very expensive. If he has such thoughts, he might as well spend the money wisely.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said to Wang An:
"The construction of the three main halls has cost a lot of money since the emperor started it. The wood purchase alone costs millions. If we add more repairs, the total cost will be tens of millions.

Nowadays, the imperial court has many places to spend money. As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade. I think the three major palaces will temporarily suspend work.When the treasury is rich, we can start repairing it again. Anyway, the wood is already ready."

After Wang An heard this, he suddenly knelt on the ground and said
"Your Majesty, no!"

"The imperial city is neither magnificent nor majestic. The three main palaces of the outer dynasties are originally magnificent and can fully display the majesty of the royal family. If they are not repaired, it will not only damage the view of the imperial court, but also harm the image among the people of the court and foreign envoys. ."

After Zhu Youxiao listened, he shook his head helplessly.

"Don't I understand this truth? But now that the slaves in Liaodong are trying to do evil, the country spends a lot of money in Liaodong every year. Of course, we can save what we can. It is important to repair the three halls, but it doesn't matter if we delay for a few years.

Not only do I need to delay, but I also need to check to see if anyone is lining their pockets by building the three gates and buying the wood. You go down and send people from the East Factory to check and arrest each one. You can let Wei Jinzhong handle this matter. "

"Old slave understands, let's make arrangements"

After Wang An heard this, he couldn't help but admire Zhu Youxiao's good skills. Many of the people who built the three gates and bought the wood were handled by eunuchs from the Wanli period.In the past, they were protected by Wanli, and they had nothing to do. Now, the emperor and his ministers just took care of these people and arranged for Zhu Youxiao's own people to go up.

Wei Jinzhong was just left to do it. Why did the emperor suddenly take a fancy to him so much? Could it be that he was thinking about the old relationship of the Hakka family. However, during this period, the emperor had been neglecting the Hakka family and sent her out directly after he came to the throne.

Of course Wang An didn't know why Zhu Youxiao did this.Only Zhu Youxiao, a time traveler, knows that this Wei Jinzhong is the later Wei Zhongxian. Since time traveling, he has been paying attention to him and found that Wei Zhongxian is a shrewd person and can indeed be used in the future.

As for the original disaster of eunuchs in history, he is not worried.

First, he knew that the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were all dependent on the emperor, and without the emperor's support, they were nothing;

Secondly, he was not going to use Wei Zhongxian alone. He had to find a balance and let the eunuchs fight among themselves, so that he, as the emperor, could have better control.

After dealing with these two matters, Zhu Youxiao read the summary of the memorial again. He suddenly found a title "Chen Xu Guangqi stopped begging to train troops and returned to leave".

Xu Guangqi?
To Zhu Youxiao, this person was like a thunderbolt. He was truly "the No. 1 person who opened his eyes to the world." He was a frequent visitor in the textbooks of later generations and a famous scientist, mathematician, and astronomer in the Ming Dynasty.He translated "Elements of Geometry" and wrote "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration". He also revised the lunar calendar that was widely popular in later generations and is still in use today.

Why is he still training for the army?Why do you still want to resign?

With doubts, Zhu Youxiao found his memorial, and after a cursory look at it, he understood the general story.

It turned out that after the Battle of Sarhu, Xu Guang inspired many Taoist memorials to Emperor Wanli, requesting military training. After Wanli saw it, he promoted him to Shao Zhanshi and Henan Province Censor.He was asked to train troops in Tongzhou. It was originally said that he would train [-] troops, but it was finally reduced to [-].

When he started to train troops, he was very concerned about it, but the court did not pay attention to the matter. He asked for money but did not give him money, and he asked for weapons but did not give them weapons. Finally, Xu Guangqi asked for them again, and then he was given some weapons for him to train.

After practicing for more than a year, the war in Liaodong became urgent and more than 1 people were dispatched.Now he only has a few thousand people under his command, and no one cares about him. He doesn't get what he wants.

He was very dissatisfied, so he said he would resign.

After Zhu Youxiao saw it, he was helpless. No matter how short of money the court was, it would not just let others train troops without giving them anything.Xu Guangqi's experience was obviously that he was disliked by some people in the court and was ostracized.

But it doesn’t matter, no one will be your backstage, then I will be your backstage, Zhu Youxiao then said to Wang An

"My dear companion, hereby convey the decree, and we will invite Xu Guangqi to the palace for an audience tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty"

After arranging these things, I read some memorials.It was already afternoon.It's time to eat and have lunch again.He is only about 16 years old now, which is when his body is growing, and nutrition must keep up.

At the same time, after becoming the emperor, there are more restrictions.But the habit of walking after eating is still maintained.This not only provides exercise, but also helps him think.

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