Mingshi

Chapter 1239 The Guardian
After entering the Ministry of Rites, I went to meet Yan Na first, and then dealt with it briefly. There was almost no work, so I wandered to Li Chunfang's office.Seeing Luo Xin coming in, Li Chunfang hurriedly stood up and said:

"Nothing is coming, hurry up and drink a cup of hot tea."

Luo Xin rubbed his hands, then took the teacup, warmed it in his hand, looked at Li Chunfang and said:

"Brother Li is not busy today!"

"It's winter, and our Ministry of Rites has nothing to do. In other words, the Ministry of War, which has nothing to do this year, is in a state of desperation."

"Oh, you mean about disarmament?"

"Well, what do you think of this matter?"

Luo Xin sighed in his heart, although this matter has nothing to do with Luo Xin, but the person who raised this issue has some relationship with Luo Xin.

The person who provoked this incident was none other than Hai Ruihai Pen Holder.

If there was no Luo Xin, Hai Rui would still be in the prison at this time, and Hai Rui would not be released until Emperor Jiajing died and King Yu ascended the throne.However, during the disaster relief the year before last, Luo Xin rescued Hai Rui from the prison and appointed him to be in charge of disaster relief.After the disaster relief was over, it was natural to reward meritorious service, and Hai Rui became an envoy.

Today, the Ming Dynasty established a unique system of guards: the emperor monopolized military power, set up guards in important places across the country, and the soldiers continued from generation to generation, relying on farmland for supplies.This system played a huge role in maintaining the centralized rule of the absolute monarchy of the Ming Dynasty.The number of soldiers is more than 270 million.

However, this kind of guard system has been corrupted now, how can these so-called soldiers still have combat power?They all became farmers, and the fields they set up were divided up by the officials, and the soldiers couldn't eat enough every day.

It can be said that this Weisuo system has become a cancer of Ming Dynasty.

Hai Rui was in the process of disaster relief, because at that time, when Luo Xin was suppressing the bandits, he witnessed with his own eyes the incompetence, greed and rage of those guard soldiers.Such soldiers are not beneficial to the country at all, and those officials are seriously short.For a guard of 5000 people, it would be good to have 1000 people.

It costs Daming millions of taels of silver every year, but makes the guard more and more corrupt.

Hai Rui has long been disgusted with it, but he has never found a chance.Now he has been promoted to the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which gave him an opportunity.

It took him a month to write a disarmament memorial, and this memorial was made public by Emperor Jiajing, causing an uproar in an instant.

This memorial lists the corruption of the guards today, the soldiers have no combat power, the military officers are not paid, and it is recommended that the Ming Dynasty disarm.

In fact, among the court elders of the Ming Dynasty, who didn't know the corruption of the guard?
Everyone knew it, even Emperor Jiajing knew it.

But there is no solution, and if a solution is not good, it will cause turmoil in Ming Dynasty.It doesn't mean that you can cut the army casually, and you have to arrange the people who are laid off, right?If you don't arrange them well, these people are likely to become rogues, and the turmoil in the world will start from this.

The Hai Rui Memorial raised questions and proposed a disarmament plan to solve the problem of corruption in the guards, but it did not mention the placement of the laid-off people, which is a very serious problem.And Emperor Jiajing didn't have a solution. If there was, he would have disarmed a long time ago.Therefore, he made Hai Rui's memorial public, and let the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty come up with a solution together.

Like the Ministry of Finance, it definitely supports disarmament.In this way, it will save a lot of money for the Ministry of household.However, the Ministry of War is definitely unwilling to disarm. This is weakening the power of the Ministry of War and taking money from them.There is also the Ministry of Industry, they do not support disarmament, and after disarmament, the Ministry of Industry will have less work to make weapons, and naturally the Ministry of Households will also reduce funding, but the center of the storm for this matter is naturally the Ministry of War, and everyone's eyes are on Gathered in the Ministry of War.

The Ministry of War is now like a big market, full of noise every day.Military officials from all over the country also sent people to the capital to cry and complain that they could not disarm.The officials of the Ministry of War also spent the whole day studying how to make Emperor Jiajing put away his idea of ​​disarmament.

This matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites, and the people in the Ministry of Rites are all used to leisure, so naturally they will not participate in it, and just sit on the sidelines and watch the fun.

But some things will always fall on your head invisibly, and you can't hide even if you want to.

Luo Xin was in Li Chunfang's office today, the two of them were drinking tea, chatting all over the world, and even talked about disarmament, no matter what they thought in their hearts, on the surface they still looked like they were watching the fun.

In the afternoon, Yan Na was called to a meeting by the emperor.Luo Xin didn't care about it either, thinking it was a matter of discussing disarmament, and now in Daming, there is nothing bigger than this matter.Luo Xin also has his own considerations, but he knows that with his current position as Minister of Rites, he is not suitable to speak out. At the age of 24, he has become a third-rank official, and he is still the enviable Minister of Rites, so he has already been envied by others However, if you speak indiscriminately about disarmament, a matter that has nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites, you will be isolated by the officials and then attacked.What's more, you will be suspected by Emperor Jiajing, aren't you, Luo Xin, obsessed with articles and noble?How do you take the initiative to participate in this troublesome matter?
Could it be that they were all pretended before?

Therefore, Luo Xin simply put the matter aside, there are so many people in the court, how come you, Luo Xin, are the only ones who are wise?Without you, Daming wouldn't be able to solve the problem?

Therefore, Luo Xin simply continued to enjoy his life.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Luo Xin and Li Chunfang bid farewell in front of the gate, and returned to Luo Mansion in a sedan chair.Entering the gate, getting off the sedan chair in the front yard, Luo Xin got off the sedan chair, walked leisurely inside, and saw Lu Yuan walking towards him.

At this time, Lu Yuan, although he was 50 years old, was full of energy, and his waist was straighter than when he first entered Luofu.He was deeply grateful that he was given to Luo Xin by the second master back then, and he never thought that one day he would be able to become a housekeeper in the mansion of the Minister of Rituals.And I have followed Luo Xin since Luo Xin's infancy, as long as I don't make big mistakes, I will rely on Luo Xin for the rest of my life, and I will definitely get better.

"master!"

Since Luo Xin was promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, everyone in the mansion changed their names to Luo Xin as the master and Lu Rudai as the wife.Call Luo Xin's parents the old man and the old lady.

"What's the matter?" Luo Xin didn't stop, he still walked forward leisurely.

Lu Yuan followed Luo Dao: "Mr. He is waiting for the master in the flower hall."

"Oh!"

Luo Xin's eyebrows twitched, and joy appeared in his eyes.During this time, Luo Xin had faintly felt that the honeymoon period between him and Gao Gong had passed away, and he also had expectations in his heart for the cooperation with Xinxue.Now that He Xinyin came again, it should be that Xinxue has already made a decision.He nodded and walked towards the flower hall.As soon as he entered the flower hall, he smiled at He Xin and said:
"Have Mr. He eaten yet? Stay and eat."

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(End of this chapter)