Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 97 The Emperor is Strong and the Ministers Stand Up Straight (Requesting First Order)
When the civil and military officials quarreled at court meetings, it was a rare situation where they encountered passionate confrontations. If anyone did not take the opportunity to shout a few words, wouldn't he be unworthy of being a meritorious official and ashamed to see people in the future?
It's as awkward as if someone stood still while you're charging into battle together.

But who could have imagined that we would have to review and reflect on ourselves now?
There was an awkward atmosphere in the Yangxin Palace.

"You forgot it in a blink of an eye?" Zhu Changluo teased, then waved his hand, "Liu Ruoyu, you read it one by one."

"This slave takes the order."

Everyone listened in amazement as Liu Ruoyu repeated every word of the process like a storyteller.

What the hell, it was so noisy at the time, how could he remember it so clearly?

Of course, the meritorious officials did not know that behind the Qianqing Gate there were several young eunuchs working in the inner study who were writing non-stop.

Then naturally they named and pointed out names. Their overall fault was that after Xu Wenbi opened his mouth, their criticism became more and more outrageous and deviated from the main theme.

Zhu Changluo sighed, "If you want to use the abuse and occupation of the Beijing Army as an excuse, you will certainly feel uneasy. But can the Beijing Army continue like this? If there is a border crisis or civil unrest, I can only rely on the border army?"

"How can we rely on the border troops? They demand pay and mutiny from time to time." Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Dali muttered.

He inherited the title of Marquis of Zhenyuan at the beginning of last year, so he is still relatively young, not even thirty years old.

"You hit the nail on the head." Zhu Changluo nodded approvingly. "The border troops are more reliable in terms of combat power, but they are far behind in terms of loyalty. Although the Beijing troops are loyal, can they resolve the situation when something goes wrong? If they can't resolve the situation, do I still have to rely on the border troops?"

After all, such a large amount of grain and silver is transported directly to the capital every year, and the Beijing camp is under the emperor's nose. Although the civil officials have already intervened, they cannot go too far.

The border troops were different. They had long supply lines, were far from the emperor, and often cooperated with the civil and military officials. In this case, the border troops had too many bargaining chips in negotiations with the emperor and the court.

Therefore, after Hou Xianchun broke through the defense, he talked about military settlements and garrisons, and was immediately suppressed by the important officials of the civil class.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo needed the Beijing Camp as the sword to stabilize the country even more.

Gu Dali knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we all understand. If your Majesty wants to reorganize the Beijing camp, we will obey your orders."

Zhu Changluo asked them to stand up first, and then said: "It will reduce income and increase expenditure. Although it is not right to falsely claim the salary and occupy the labor of the Ministry of Labor, you are still unhappy. I have also thought of a way, and I will talk about the first one first."

Facing these pairs of husky-like eyes, Zhu Changluo was very patient.

"I let the Duke of England serve as the deputy general first, just to tell you that I still hope that you can have some of your ancestors' style and knowledge of military affairs and dare to fight, then I will definitely be willing to use you! The Duke of England may not be able to do it, but let's start with him. If any of you think you can do it, feel free to recommend yourself!"

After saying that, he stood up from his seat, walked up to each of them one by one, and asked them one by one if they were willing to give it a try.

After asking a lot of questions, Zhu Changluo showed a satisfied expression: "I admire those who are still ambitious! Today, those who dare to tell me that they are willing to give it a try, Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Dali, Taining Marquis Chen Liangbi, Dingxi Marquis's son Jiang Chengxun, all go to the Fifth Army Camp to serve as lieutenant generals!"

"I obey your order!" The three of them stood out and knelt on the ground, pretending to be tough and heroic.

Others, however, had mixed feelings: Don’t think that you can get past those things just because you have a place in the Xinjing Camp.

Regardless of past mistakes, if the new official still makes mistakes, will the civil servants let him go? Besides, it is not that easy.

But the emperor said: "At least you have to dare to think! Be willing to give it a try! In my opinion, you only need to do three things well at the beginning."

"I will listen to your teachings respectfully!"

"That means to be obedient, obedient, and obedient!"

Gu Dali, Chen Liangbi, and Jiang Chengxun's father were stunned.

"When it comes to mobilizing troops, listen to me! When it comes to training troops, listen to the Grand Marshal! When it comes to employing troops, listen to the new meritorious officials I select and the generals under your command!" Now the three people understood: it turns out that we are just messengers and seal-using officers.

Zhu Changluo looked at them and said, "If you can do these three things well, you can continue to stay in the military school. If you learn some skills in training and using troops, you will have a bit of the style of your ancestors. If you can learn three or five skills, I will appoint you as generals and make new achievements!"

"I will definitely study hard and practice diligently!"

Zhu Changluo continued to encourage with satisfaction. What else can we do? First of all, we must encourage them. We must find one or two typical examples among the old meritorious officials to inspire those with potential in the old meritorious officials.

Employ people according to their abilities.

"Let's talk about the second one." He looked at the remaining fifteen marquises. "In addition to the Beijing Camp, I am now in charge of the 26 guards of Beijing, the 17 guards of Nanjing, and the 12 mausoleum guards. Among the 26 guards, I also have important uses for the Jinyi Guard and the Four Guards. I have made arrangements for the rest of the guards. You can either take up your posts and receive a salary, or you can obey my orders and use all these guards."

Everyone stared at him blankly.

Among the twenty-six guards in Beijing, the Jinyiwei is the most famous. The four guard camps composed of Tengxiang Zuoyou and Wuxiang Zuoyou are now managed by the Imperial Horse Administration.

Except for the imperial guards, most of the rest were around the capital.

But since the establishment of the Beijing Camp, the combat power of the capital has been mainly based on the Beijing Camp. What should be done with the rest of the Shangzhiwei?

As for those in Nanjing, there are twelve mausoleum guards so far... Will they be exiled to Nanjing, or to guard the mausoleum?
Zhu Changluo did not say much: "That will happen after next year. There is also a third item, which will also happen next year. This third item is mainly about financial matters. The day before yesterday, I made arrangements with the five dukes and Marquis Wuding here."

Everyone suddenly realized, no wonder old Duke Dingguo was so strong today!
"One year, live in peace for one year. No matter how aggrieved you feel about the purge of Jinyiwei and Beijing Camp, just be obedient and wait for me for one year." Zhu Changluo gave them some hope and began to remind them, "If you can't even endure one year, don't blame me for saying it in advance. The emperors conferred titles on your ancestors as meritorious officials and granted you family certificates so that you can help me stabilize the government, not to hinder me."

"...I obey the order."

"Don't hold back the Ningyuan Marquis and other officers of the Beijing Camp, and don't hold back the Grand Marshal." Zhu Changluo said slowly, "The meritorious officials and generals have not been able to hold their heads up for many years. If you hold them back, you will make your descendants live in fear in the future. If we take the three armies as an example, I am the commander-in-chief and you are my generals. If you want to stand up straight, you have to rely on me to be strong first, and the Jinyiwei, the Four Guards Camp, and the Beijing Camp are my three legs!"

"...I understand."

"I don't want to see you being used as a pawn next year because you are unhappy, or committing other crimes and being reported to me. It is not easy to resolve this situation today. Just as Cheng Jing said, I have given so much of my treasury! Remember, your family can enjoy wealth and honor for generations, but it is because I can hold the throne and have a lot of wealth!"

"…I will bear this in mind."

Three rounds of appeasement, three rounds of warning, and then it was the earls' turn again, and finally the Five Dukes and Marquis Wuding were summoned again.

Some of the details were omitted for them, and special arrangements were made for each family one by one.

For example, the Duke of Qian in Yunnan and the Duke of Wei in Nanjing.

Zhu Changluo was particularly curious and asked Xu Wenbi, "Why did Duke Dingguo dare to speak out so frankly today and have such good sense of propriety?"

Xu Wenbi looked at him with an embarrassed expression: "I have been serving as a sacrificer for so many years, and I have experienced many disputes in the court. Now that Your Majesty has ascended the throne and has the ambition to make great progress, I don't want to have nothing to show for my achievements except sacrifices a hundred years later."

"...Duke Dingguo, I have really thanked you for your hard work over the years."

"In fact, it was when I saw Ningyuan Hou coming out that I remembered that Eunuch Wang had previously instructed me to select ladies by counting the names of the 26 guards in Shangzhi. That's when I suddenly realized it."

Zhu Changluo looked at him deeply, and the doubts in his heart were answered.

Many years of experience is one thing, and being a top-level minister and being well-informed is another.

"So, there are indeed many people paying attention to my wedding next year?"

(End of this chapter)