I'm really not the carpenter emperor

At the same time, it is necessary to rectify from the inside out the system of the five military governors that has continued to this day. The purpose of this rectification is to fundamentally improve the status and rights of generals!

The military power is in the hands of the emperor, and improving the status of the warriors is equivalent to strengthening the centralization of power.

Once the nobles lose their military power, they really become pigs raised in captivity just like the royal family. There are some capable people among the nobles. Zhu Youxiao can't let this happen.

Therefore, the rectification of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion will also involve some capable and capable nobles.

After this time, although the nobles lost their military power as a whole, a group of people will enter the five-army governor's mansion and become generals who lead the army outside and serve the country.

Chapter 297 I'm Not Here

Xu Hongji heard the bloody wind that this reform would bring, Emperor Tianqi's legs fell from the agarwood seat, his ears trembled in fright, and he took a step back.

"Your Majesty has been worrying about Daming, so pay attention to the dragon's body..."

"Wei Guogong has a heart, so what I just said is just settled like this?" Zhu Youxiao only wore a single layer of socks, with military inscriptions in one hand, and a sable fur with the other hand casually draped over his body, as if he didn't care said between.

In fact, Xu Hongji really didn't want to let this decree be issued.

But he could also see that Emperor Tianqi wanted to reform in Nanzhili for more than a day or two, and this was not a muddled decision on the spur of the moment.

On the contrary, this is a major event that the emperor has been planning since he ascended the throne, and this trip to the south must be to deter Xiaoxiao and facilitate reforms.

That being the case, he really has nothing to say.

The pros and cons of reform are not something that a Wei Guogong should mention. What he has to do is to grit his teeth and be the next Ye Xianggao.

The only thing he still worries about now is whether he will end up like Ye Xianggao. If so, he would rather fight desperately, even if there is a great possibility that he will be ruined.

"Your Majesty, I will look forward to it."

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that Xu Hongji said that he respected his will, but he was still thinking in his heart whether he should bear the scolding of the nobles and go with him.

Then give him a shot in the arm and let him understand that cooperating with him is the best choice for him, the leader of his relatives!

"Ah."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said lightly, then stood up, and said with a satisfied smile:

"Give me this manuscript to Duke Wei, and hang it on the beam of the main hall. When outsiders see it, they will see me in person. Duke Wei, the next thing is to wait for the order."

Xu Hongji received this painting of Emperor Tianqi's ink from Wang Chengen's hand, see the eight characters in the letter:

"Jingnan Feudal Honor, meritorious service to the country."

Suddenly, as if he realized something, he shouted loudly, bowed his head and said: "Mr. Wei Xu Hongji, thank you for your words."

"Wanwang Your Majesty's dragon body is healthy, long live long live—!"

These eight words are equivalent to "iron coupons to avoid death". Just now, the emperor said that I will be here in person, which broke his only worry.

At least in this reform, Wei Guogong's mansion with this horoscope will not suffer.

"It's getting late, I just drank a lot at the banquet, I'm a little dizzy, a little tired, I want to rest."

As Zhu Youxiao said, he sat down on the round stool beside the table, put the Liaodong Army newspaper in front of his eyes, poured water on his face, and let out a long sigh.

Xu Hongji was trembling in his heart, but in fact he was also a little grateful for the kindness the emperor had shown him. He pursed his lips and followed Chaofu out of the inner hall.

After walking out of the Anding Hall, looking at the horizon, a little paleness gradually appeared.

Xu Hongji sighed, the Jinling City is still peaceful at present, but he knows that this tranquility hides a great change that has never been seen since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty has an order. The road is slippery after the rain. Please go back to the mansion slowly."

Xu Hongji trembled all over, turned his head and replied: "I'm sorry to trouble you to report to Your Majesty, I should be careful on the way back to the mansion."

"That's good."

Wang Chaofu smiled slightly, put his hands in front of his body, quietly watched Xu Hongji leave his sight, and then turned and entered the Anding Hall.

Even after Yuan Xun, the descendant of the founding general Xu Da, in front of the emperor, he was subdued in a few words.

God bless Daming with such a monarch.

……

In the third year of the apocalypse, the first day has just passed.

Carrying a bright yellow scroll on his back, Tiqi galloped into the capital from Yongding Gate, sweating beads of sweat. The news he brought would shake the entire empire.

Emperor Apocalypse sent an order to return to Beijing, ordering the six ministries to discuss, the cabinet and the military computer room to reconsider, to carry out a significant reform in Nanzhili, and then reorganize the five armies.

This reform is a formal decree issued by the cabinet and the military computer room, rather than a temporary decree issued by Zhu Youxiao in Nanjing.

Therefore, it will take at least one month for the ministers of the imperial court in the capital to discuss specific arrangements.

But in one month, how could the ministers discuss such an earth-shattering reform arrangement...

If it is acceptable to rectify the five military governors' mansions and improve the status of generals, civil servants can accept it while scolding, then the abolition of various ministries in Nanjing is a reform measure that they completely despise.

According to the decree sent back to Beijing by Zhu Youxiao, the first step in Nanjing's reform is to integrate the ministries and other institutions left over from the more than two hundred years of the reform.

Before that, no one thought of doing this, Zhu Youxiao thought about it, and did it vigorously.

If the reform continues, the six ministries of officials, households, rites, workers, criminals, and soldiers in Nanjing, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, General Administration Department, Clan Mansion, Imperial Academy, and Guozijian, will become history.

Then the problem ensues. If so many court departments are cut off at once, there will be a large number of official officials who have nothing to do and no official positions.

Are these people going up or down, and where are they going to stay?

In addition, Nanjing has always had a garrison of civil servants, an internal prison garrison and a garrison of honored officials. After the abolition of various ministries, these three garrison positions will certainly cease to exist.

The top stratum that holds the power is instantly vacuumed, and the power structure that has lasted for more than [-] years in Nanjing City will be reorganized.

Although the Emperor Tianqi personally sits in town, the emperor will leave sooner or later. After the emperor leaves, he will have to find a substitute to bring Nanjing's rights back to the delicate balance of the early Ming Dynasty.

These problems were all thrown back to the capital by Zhu Youxiao, and into the hands of those important court officials who were busy every day.

All of a sudden, the literati and bureaucrats complained, and the civil servants had no time to consider how to arrange matters for this reform, and the memorials flew to Nanjing like snowflakes.

Even with Wei Zhongxian suppressing it, the voices against reform are intensifying!

On the contrary, wealthy businessmen and landlords, because there is no direct conflict of interest, shouted twice while being shocked, watching the excitement is not a big deal, and they are ready to take over at any time.

In this stormy reform initiated by Emperor Tianqi, the common people may be the most frightened group of people.

They don't have much political vision, and they don't know what changes this reform means in their lives and what changes they will usher in.

With such a mentality, they are often used and clamored by some literati with ulterior motives to stand up and act as the forerunners who oppose reform.

But in reality, they are just a shield for conservative bureaucrats.

……

"The empress is in the central palace, and her mother is honored to the world. Please persuade Your Majesty not to go astray. I, Daming, can't stand this kind of trouble!"

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao's wife, Zhang Yan, the Empress of the Ming Empire, sat on the vermilion chair beside the Eight Immortals table with a slightly angry face.

Facing the group of courtiers in front of her, she struggled to squeeze a smile on her face, clenched her fists tightly on her lap, and said in a trembling voice:

"You, you..."

Wei Zhongxian, the admiral of Dongchang, who was wearing the imperial python robe, was standing by. He could tell that the empress's smile was not sincere.

The blunt curvature of the lips and cheeks, showing anger and not daring to explode, were all written on Zhang Yan's pretty face.

Wei Zhongxian smiled wryly in his heart, it seems that compared with the emperor, her heart is still much immature.

Immediately, he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Gu Bingqian:

"Elder Ge also knows that Nanjing's reform is the meaning of His Majesty's message. Now that the court has exploded, don't you plan to do something?"

Gu Bingqian was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to stand up for the queen this time.

"Your Majesty, I know that this is His Majesty's intention, but now in court, nine times out of ten, it is all about talking about it, and I really feel powerless."

"Then please resign and go back to take care of yourself..."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's eyes tightened, and he sneered:

"It's so easy for Mr. Ge to think..."

Chapter 298 Tao Lang's First Case

Gu Bingqian, a hard-core eunuch, called Wei Zhongxian the No. 1 of "Father Wei". He did everything he could to get into the cabinet and ruined his reputation.

But at the beginning of such a reform, it flinched.

But he wants to get out, is it possible?

Even if Emperor Apocalypse agrees to play, will Wei Zhongxian let him go?

The emperor's reform caused an uproar among the eunuchs. If it started, countless people would follow suit.

Then this "eunuch party" that has been painstakingly managed will collapse.

Wei Zhongxian would not allow such a thing to happen, at least not by himself.

Sometimes, it takes a word to destroy a person, and it doesn't even need to be said by himself. Unfortunately, Gu Bingqian is the one Wei Zhongxian intends to destroy.

At this time, it is necessary to use someone to stabilize the court situation, Gu Bingqian jumped out, the identity of the cabinet minister and eunuch party, who else to look for?

Wei Zhongxian didn't know the emperor's intention of doing this, he only knew that the emperor was definitely not what the civil servants thought, he was in a daze.

What he has to do is very simple. When the emperor is not in Beijing, he will try his best to maintain the balance of the current court situation and issue this imperial decree.

After the release, even if he is flooded, this is not something that a eunuch needs to worry about. Since the emperor has made such a decision, he must be prepared.

Wei Zhongxian understood Emperor Tianqi, who would not fight unprepared battles.

Some of the courtiers who came to force the palace in front of them were also "eunuchs" single-handedly promoted by Wei Zhongxian. At this moment, they stood together with the rest of the Donglin, Qi Chuzhe and other party officials to oppose this reform.

Wei Zhongxian secretly remembered everyone in his heart, he would not care about the high-sounding reasons of these people, he has always been the real villain in the mouths of honest gentlemen.

Viciousness, viciousness, and vengeance are all synonymous with his notoriety. Wei Zhongxian will not refute, on the contrary, he will take it as a compliment.

Wei Zhongxian is the most disappointed with those "eunuch party" officials who eat inside and out.

When they were promoted back then, they were expected to speak for the emperor or themselves at critical moments and control the court situation, but they beat back at such a time, instead of helping His Majesty, they opposed His Majesty.

Then why keep them?

Wei Zhongxian sneered, looked around the group of officials, and opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, please go back, the empress is weak and cannot withstand such a big toss."

"The empress can't afford it, so can Daming afford it?"

Standing up alone, the appearance of gaining power and not forgiving, reminded Wei Zhongxian of the Donglin Party when Emperor Tianqi first succeeded to the throne.

"You Shiren, the governor thinks Tao Lang's case is pending retrial, what do you think?"

Wei Zhongxian stood beside Zhang Yan with a natural expression, but there was a hint of murderous intent in his words, which made all the officials shudder.

You Shiren, whose name is Jiansheng, was born in Jiayu County and moved to Jiangxia. He was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli.

He is a student of Yang Lian, a well-known member of the Donglin Party. He once went to Liaodong to observe soldiers.

In the second year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao ordered Yuan Keli to be reappointed as the governor of Denglai, responsible for providing food and salaries for the subordinates of Zhenjiang General Soldier Mao Wenlong.

Tao Yunxian was recommended by Yuan Keli, and he was reactivated as a councilor of Denglai Seaport.

In half a year, he assisted Yuan Keli in raising 100 soldiers, [-] good horses, more than [-] boats, and [-] million armored battleships.

The Denglai water army can be said to have enough soldiers and food.

Liaodong relied on Ren Xiong Tingbi, and Denglai used Yuan Keli, which all proved the excellent strategic vision of the Emperor Tianqi.

But problems also followed. This was a difficult case that even Zhu Youxiao was unwilling to pursue too much.

Tao Yun was first reactivated after being recommended by Yuan Keli, who also trusted him very much. Although the relationship between the two was not a master-student relationship, it was better than a master-student relationship.

Since Yuan Keli was reactivated by Emperor Tianqi, he has appointed Tao Lanxian to be in charge of shipping grain.

Tao Yunxian lived up to his high expectations. In half a year, he transported 40 shi of military rations to Phi Island, compared with the same period of land transportation, saving more than two million taels of silver.

Yuan Keli not only often appealed to Zhu Youxiao for him, but also repeatedly praised Tao Yunxian's talents among the officials in Denglai. To put it bluntly, he was trained as his successor.

However, the superficial "data" that Tao Yun first maintained was soon exposed by the conscientious "eunuch party".

In July of the first year of Tianqi, Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wu Chunfu, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, successively impeached Tao Yunxian, which shocked half of the court.

The two of them impeached for the same purpose. They both said that Tao Lang first built a ship in Denglei Harbor, and when he allocated grain to Phi Island, he used the convenience of his position to cooperate with pirates and made a lot of personal gains.