Domineering Daming

Early the next morning, Zhu Xu called Liu Shimin and filled his morning schedule.

He was drinking porridge when Cao Huachun walked in with today's newspaper and said, "Your Majesty, this is today's newspaper. It belongs to Qin Liangyu's commander-in-chief. According to the deployment of the Ministry of Rites, all regions will publish it at the same time. Most of the Ming Dynasty will be able to publish it today." See."

Zhu Xu nodded, opened it and smiled.

In Qin Liangyu's article, he denounced corruption and overstaffing of officials from all over the country. Then he changed the subject and lashed out at "partisan struggle", vowing that "partisan struggle will bring disaster to the country, and be serious about party members."

Qin Liangyu was not the first one. Sun Chengzong was the first to publish it. In the name of a university scholar, the whole article described the disadvantages of "the party is united in defeating differences" and "cliques run rampant". If the imperial court wants to reform, it must first "clean up cronies".

The second is Shen Yongmao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He said bluntly that the defeat of Liaodong in recent decades was all caused by "party struggle".

According to the order, tomorrow should be Shanxi General Cao Wenzhao, the emperor's number one confidant in the eyes of the world.

Zhu Xu glanced at it and closed it. These are all members of the "military line". They are openly anti-clique one by one, not only sending a signal to the world and establishing a new atmosphere, but also awakening themselves.

Zhu Xu finished eating in a hurry, wiped his mouth, and said, "Who was the first to see?"

Liu Shimin took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's Qin Zongbing. The servants have already sent someone to inform her, and they will arrive soon." Liu Shimin knew that the emperor always attached great importance to the Southwest, so he specially arranged for Qin Liangyu to be the first.

Zhu Xu shook his head and said, "Yes, yes, give Prince Jing half an hour."

Liu Shimin paused and said, "Yes."

Zhu Xu continued to look at the memorials submitted by Shen Yongmao, Sun Chengzong and the eighteen generals, and he was also thinking about every detail of the military reform in his heart.

Zhu Xu was preparing in the palace. Although Cao Bianjiao, who "remembered the vengeance", was in rest, he was dressed neatly, with a commander's armor all over his body, and under the protection of several personal soldiers, he rode his horse and went straight to Shuntian Mansion.

Since Chen Xinjia took office, he has been busy with his feet on the ground. The government affairs of Shuntian Mansion are complicated and changeable, especially when it comes to the generals who have entered Beijing. Nothing can happen to any of them. He is 12 careful.

The same is true for Hou Ke. As Shao Cheng, he is busier than Fu Yin, so he has no time to rest.

In the classroom, the two sat not far apart, dealing with their official documents.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good, Master Cao is here!" A guard ran in in panic.

Chen Xinjia frowned, and said, "Which Mr. Cao?" Cao is also a common surname, and there are quite a few people in Beijing who can be called Mr. Cao, but no one deserves such a fuss, right?

Hou Ke also turned his head to look over, his eyes curious.

The officer galloped all the way, short of breath, dry mouth, still shouted loudly: "It is the commander of the imperial army, Master Cao Bianjiao!"

Both Chen Xinjia and Hou Ke's expressions changed drastically. They thought of many people, but they never thought of Cao Bianjiao!

Cao Bianjiao is the commander of the Forbidden Army, in charge of the central military power, but he is usually like an invisible person, very few people pay attention, but it is okay not to pay attention, and must not be offended!

That is the emperor's confidant, one of the few people who can be counted on the fingers!

Chen Xinjia glanced at Hou Ke, with a look of surprise on his face, and hurried out.

Hou Ke hesitated a little, but followed quickly.

Cao Bianjiao stood in the lobby, holding a knife in his right hand, with a calm and indifferent expression.Dressed in black armor, he looked calm and domineering.

Chen Xinjia and Hou Ke walked out quickly, cupped their hands with smiles on their faces, and said, "Why is Commander Cao coming to my Shuntian Mansion when you have time? Is there something important, or is it the emperor's will?" Extremely vigilant, in the eyes of outsiders, he is "a man who believes in the king".

Cao Bianjiao glanced at the two of them, and after distinguishing who was who, he said in detail what happened last night with a blank face.

Chen Xinjia and Hou Ke's expressions changed after hearing this, especially Hou Ke's face was so gloomy that water dripped out.

In their view, the point of this matter was not that Cao Bianjiao was framed for saving people, and then Hou Fangyu took money to humiliate him, but that the emperor had been watching from the sidelines, saying nothing and doing nothing!

Chen Xinjia kept breaking out in cold sweat, raised his hand and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Don't worry, Commander Cao, the subordinate officials will seriously rectify the servants in the mansion, strictly enforce the law, and such things will never happen again!"

Hou Ke also hurriedly followed, and said: "Commander Cao, after the officer returned, he immediately escorted Hou Fangyu to the Ministry of Punishment to plead guilty, and he will definitely be punished severely!"

Hou Ke was really panicked, he finally made his comeback, his brother was still running around, and finally got some clues, Hou Fangyu made such a fuss, not only his brother's affairs might be ruined, but his position might be lost!

He wished he could go to Hou Fangyu immediately with a knife in his heart, and let out such a bad breath by pulling a few knives on him!

Cao Bianjiao glanced at the two of them, and said calmly: "I will not pursue this matter, and you don't need to go to the palace to plead guilty. Recently, only the generals from all over the country have entered the capital. It won't be long before officials from all provinces will enter the capital. There are nearly a hundred people, Your Majesty. I hope that all the officials in the world can see the new look of the imperial court and the capital..."

Chen Xinjia's heart was shocked, he understood, and immediately said: "Commander Cao, please don't worry, and please rest assured that the emperor, Shuntian Mansion will be strictly punished from now on, and I promise to show a different capital to all officials in the world!"

This is the mission of Cao Bianjiao. Listening to Chen Xinjia's words, he said with a calm expression: "I will tell the emperor, maybe the emperor will go out of the palace in a few days. If this happens again, Mr. Chen and Mr. Hou should go first. Tell the family and prepare for the funeral."

Chen Xinjia and Hou Ke were icy all over, their hearts felt like they were falling into an abyss, their faces became more alert, and they said in a deep voice, "I will take orders!"

Cao Bianjiao didn't look at the two of them any more, turned around and left, leaving the gate of Shuntian Mansion, most of the anger in his heart was finally released, and he felt comfortable all over.

Before Cao Bianjiao left the Shuntian Mansion and returned to the Commander's Mansion, Qin Liangyu had already entered the Imperial Study Room.

Zhu Xu looked at Qin Liangyu, who was striding towards Qin Liangyu, who was still in good spirits and grey-haired, and felt emotional, this old general is also sixty this year, right?If she were to be placed in an ordinary family, she would be full of children and grandchildren long ago, but she still had to travel back and forth from Sichuan to the capital.

"My minister, Qin Liangyu, kowtow to the emperor!" Qin Liangyu knelt down on one knee in ordinary court clothes.

Zhu Xu held her up, smiled and said, "Excuse me, come and give me a seat."

Qin Liangyu also knew that the emperor had always "respected" her, so she more and more abided by the etiquette of a monarch and minister, raised her hand and said, "Your majesty, it is more convenient for me to reply to the emperor's words while standing."

Zhu Xu was slightly startled, then nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Okay, first tell me briefly about the Southwest."

Chapter 537

Qin Liangyu naturally knew the purpose of coming to Beijing this time. Sun Chengzong, Shen Yongmao and others talked about it many times.

She was also aware of the importance the emperor attached to the southwestern provinces, so she thought for a while and said, "Returning to the emperor, the six provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai have a total strength of nearly 20 troops, and there are nearly 20 provincial soldiers outside. Excitement, enough money and food, the Ministry of War has a comprehensive plan, and the minister has this careful deployment. The governors and governors of various places are very attentive. The minister believes that there is no worry in the Southwest. What happened to Governor Li should be an accident..."

Zhu Xu could hear that Qin Liangyu had a lot of confidence, which made him feel a little relieved about the Southwest. However, what happened to Li Jingbai was definitely not an accident. Jin Yiwei couldn't find out the clues, and he was afraid that there were really masters planning behind it.

Zhu Xu read Qin Liangyu's playbook several times, thought for a while, and changed the subject: "What do you think about the military reform?"

Qin Liangyu looked at Zhu Xu, didn't hide it, and said directly: "Your Majesty, I think that our Daming Guard was chaotic and the combat power was sluggish before, so we should reform it. The military guard promoted by the Ministry of War, I thought it was okay, and the old ones were removed. Disadvantages, get rid of the serious illness, the army can have stronger combat power, and protect the safety of our Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Xu kept nodding his head as he listened. The military guard system, with infantry as the main force and cavalry as supplementary, should be an attitude of the Ming military.

According to Zhu Xu's idea, he also wanted to equip each army with a heavy artillery battalion, but the current artillery can't be used in field battles, so they can only be released first.

When Qin Liangyu stopped, Zhu Xu tapped his fingers on the table and said in a flat tone: "Well, since the old general Qin can agree, the others should be fine... Besides, there are still some voices, I hope I will send supervisors to monitor Jun, what do you think?"

Qin Liangyu frowned. She hated the eunuchs very much. Although the eunuchs had been recalled to the palace one after another since the emperor ascended the throne, there were very few eunuchs sent outside, but few of the "evil dogs" who had been released since the Wanli period were sincere. like.

But this also involves the emperor's control over the army, and the imperial court's fear of the local generals, even Qin Liangyu must be cautious and careful to answer.

Qin Liangyu remained silent, it was difficult to answer this question, answering it would do nothing but harm to the Daming military reform.If he disagreed or made vague remarks, not only the emperor, but also the Ministry of War would be offended to death, which would be counterproductive.

Zhu Xu understood, nodded and said: "I understand, I will not agree to sending the eunuch out of the palace, do you have other ways to dispel the doubts of the Ministry of War and the court?"

Qin Liangyu's expression slowed down a little, he thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I think that you can send someone who understands the art of war among the nobles to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief."