I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"Why don't we enter the palace together and seek justice for the scholars of the world!"

"If you don't drink, I will." Ye Xianggao chuckled, no matter how anxious Gao Panlong was, he was still as still as a mountain. After drinking tea quietly, he said with a sigh of relief:

"What the emperor means is that Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and Dongchang will handle this matter together, so you don't want to get involved."

"Dongchang participated in this matter?" Gao Panlong was surprised, and said angrily: "If those stray dogs are involved, will Yang Gong come back?"

Hearing this, Ye Xianggao glanced at this side coldly, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said, "Yang Lian can't come back."

"My old bones will be torn apart by you sooner or later!"

After all, under Gao Panlong's astonished gaze, Ye Xianggao walked away step by step tremblingly, no matter how much he shouted, he never looked back.

Yang Lian just left without knowing why, even though there was such a commotion in Donglin, Zhu Youxiao didn't have the slightest intention of calling him back.

After Gao Panlong went to Ye's mansion and talked with Ye Xianggao once, he never mentioned the matter of returning Yang Lian.

In a few days, Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, offered to resign.

……

Looking at the resignation in front of Nuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and said, "Send it back!"

"Wang Tiqian, tell Wei Zhongxian that if Ye Xianggao has any more resignations, I will call back all of them!"

Zhu Youxiao knew that Ye Xianggao had underestimated his "ability" as a member of the Donglin Party, and also underestimated the power of his 16-year-old boy emperor.

Now he was afraid of getting fishy all over his body, so he wanted to get away.

When Ye Xianggao resigned, the Donglin Party reacted the most and tried to persuade him to stay, while the eunuchs gloated over his misfortune, and Wei Zhongxian paid a visit in person in a hypocritical manner.

As for Zhu Youxiao, it is even more impossible to let him go directly.

Didn't you always dream of being the chief minister of the cabinet?Why, I can't continue playing, want to leave?How can there be such a cheap thing in the world!

Speaking on the feast day?Business as usual, and you have to come every day!

Malingering?I sent the imperial physician from the imperial hospital to your home to take care of you 24 hours a day, and you have to come if you don't come!

I don't want to hear what you say, I just want to use you to make the Donglin Party members in the Manchu Dynasty feel uncomfortable. If they feel uncomfortable, I will be happy!

If Donglin is not allowed to split completely, this matter will not be over!

"Your Majesty, General Qi has performed martial arts in the inner school field, and the Yongwei Battalion should be almost ready for training." Wei Zhongxian rushed over excitedly.

Zhu Youxiao snorted, and then asked, "Last month, I asked you to look for any dirty things in this harem. How is it going?"

Wei Zhongxian said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the servants have already replaced Xi Li's servants, Zheng Guifei's private eunuchs, and close servants."

"There are also attendants who come in and out, the palace people who guard the gates of the palace, and the servants and servants have also been replaced by the royal confidants."

"Well, if something unexpected happens, you know what will happen to you!" Zhu Youxiao nodded, relieved a lot, got up and said:

"I'm going to see the heroic appearance of Ming's soldiers!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youxiao jumped off the imperial case, and accompanied by Wei Zhongxian, went to Dongnuange to change the emperor's military uniform.

……

The school grounds in the Forbidden City are the time when the banners are flying and the dust is flying.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Accompanied by orderly shouts, about a thousand cavalrymen from the Yongwei Battalion were galloping in the racecourse.

They all wore shiny new swallow-wing helmets on their heads, and crimson armor on their bodies. Holding steel knives, they rushed over and hacked the straw man in Jiannu armor to pieces.

"Da Ming will win, and the dog slave will be destroyed!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

After that, more than [-] soldiers of Qi's army armed with spears stepped forward step by step, and flexibly changed into various formations under the instructions of the flag bearer above.

On the general stage, Qi Jin was wearing a red sash, with a Qi family saber on his waist, watching the scene of smoke and dust billowing in front of him, he kept nodding his head.

In his opinion, these days of training have made these soldiers who are not weak at all have begun to have the ability to fight.

What is needed now is firstly sophisticated armor and ordnance, and secondly advanced and high-quality muskets and artillery. With these, he is confident to use these 6000 men to defeat [-] enemy troops!

"The emperor is here!" At this moment, Huang Degong, who was selected as a personal guard, suddenly yelled out.

Qi Jin was startled when he heard the words, the emperor actually came! ?

He turned his head quickly, and saw Zhu Youxiao, accompanied by Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, Li Chaoqing and others, in a bright yellow military uniform, staring at the ongoing martial arts performance in the inner school field in a daze.

"Your Majesty forgives me for failing to meet you in time!" Qi Jin half-kneeled on the ground, terrified.

"Get up!" Zhu Youxiao just glanced at him casually, and suddenly felt that his blood was boiling. Seeing this, he quickly helped him up, and laughed loudly:

"From this point of view, Aiqing's training has been quite effective!"

Qi Jin nodded, and said: "There are more than 6000 horses. I will divide 500 people into infantry battalions, 100 people into left and right cavalry battalions, and then 2000 people will be used as firearms and supply battalions."

"This is already the second day of martial arts, but I still have worries..."

"General Qi can just tell you what difficulties you have. Your Majesty is a sage king, and he will be satisfied with you." Wei Zhongxian said something kind on the side.

To make Wei Zhongxian say good things, this Qi Jin must have had contact with the eunuch in private, but Zhu Youxiao was not angry.

Qi Jin's behavior in this way further shows that he is not a reckless man.

It's really like Xiong Tingbi who doesn't know what self-protection is, and doesn't give others any face. Zhu Youxiao is a headache.

"Oh? What concerns does Aiqing have, but it's okay to say!" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian, and Lang Lang laughed.

Chapter 39 I am so poor!

Qi Jindao: "Forty of the blunderbusses sent by the Bingzhan Bureau often exploded due to years of disrepair. Issued."

Zhu Youxiao thought about it when he heard it.

This is an era when firearms are king. With a strong base of firearms, not to mention the issue of expansion or not, at least you can keep yourself from falling behind and being bullied by others!

As for bullying others, that will be discussed later.

"Decree, the soldiers who were injured due to training, depending on the severity of the injury, each will be given a silver pension of less than five taels."

Hearing this, Qi Jin looked joyful, bowed his body and said: "On behalf of the soldiers of the Yongwei camp, I thank the emperor for his mercy!"

Zhu Youxiao said "hmm" without turning his head, and asked coldly, "Zhongxian, do you know about the military situation?"

No matter when, Wei Zhongxian's head turns very quickly, especially when he comes out with the emperor, every time he hears a word, he will think about all kinds of possibilities in advance.

Will this be blamed on myself?

If the emperor asked, how would he answer?

Just now when Qi Jin talked about the issue of firearms, Wei Zhongxian thought that the emperor would say this, so he naturally thought of some excuses, so he bowed and said:

"Speaking of this, the servant girl suddenly remembered that there is a message to ask the emperor to be the master."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao snorted with his hands behind his back, Wei Zhongxian continued:

"After the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor promoted Li Chaoqing, the supervisor of the palace, to supervise Nanhaizi. A few days ago, he told his servants that the clean army at Nanhaizi may not have been cleaned up for a long time."

"According to what you mean, what trouble did Li Chaoqing encounter in purging the Nanhai Zijing Army?" Zhu Youxiao turned his head and looked over.

It was also Zhu Youxiao's order to rectify the Nanhai Zijing Army.

There are more than 3000 people in the Nanhai Zijing Army. The name "Jingjun" is very nice. To put it bluntly, it is just a group of eunuchs who committed crimes and were expelled from the palace.

Not to mention how much combat power there is, it's always right to kick those thorns out.

Wei Zhongxian bowed his body, lowered his gaze, and said, "It's not too much trouble.

The servant girl thought that if he eats the king's salary, he should share it with the king. "

"These pure troops are still on the shelf. Why don't you send out some weapons and practice a little to protect the emperor."

"Wang Gonggong and the Donglin party members are very private teachers. They have always disliked slaves and maidservants. The board of directors of the military battle bureau is his godson. The purge of the army is just..."

The army of eunuchs probably won't have much combat effectiveness, Zhu Youxiao just rectified a little to make them useful.

As for the ordnance that was handed out, it was naturally accumulated by the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau for many years. It is a pity to throw it away, and it is of no use to distribute it to the Guards.

It is better to use it for the Jingjun than to continue to pile up in the warehouse and rot.

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao took a look at Wei Zhongxian.

This guy has been focusing on Wang An, the chief inspector of ceremonies, and always finds fault with him.

The last time Yang Lian retired from office, Cui Chengxiu impeached him for colluding with Wang An.

Now that the Jing army is not doing enough to clean up, this hat has also been put on Wang An's head.

Don't even think about it, this is Wei Zhongxian's stumbling block to get Wang An down, but in the matter of Wang An, Zhu Youxiao really doesn't want Wei Zhongxian to be so happy.

Zhu Youxiao knew in his heart that Wei Zhongxian was a mad dog, and there must be someone in the palace who could overwhelm him.

Apart from Wang An, there is no other candidate.

Having said that, there is nothing wrong with Wei Zhongxian's impeachment. The steward of the military bureau is indeed the godson of the great eunuch Wang An.

As for Yang Lian's collusion with Wang An, he himself admitted in the memorial.

Qi Jin complained just now that the military battle bureau withheld the ordnance of the Jingjun and Yongwei Battalion, and it was indeed they who did it.

Whatever Wei Zhongxian was thinking, Zhu Youxiao was like a bright mirror in his heart.

The Bingzhan Bureau is the only official office with real power in the Eighth Bureau of the Beijing Normal University. It is in charge of the maintenance of military equipment such as knives, guns, swords, halberds, whips, axes, helmets, armor, bows, and arrows.

Others, such as iron locks, needle scissors used in the palace, and the manufacture of bells and drums used in rituals, as well as the Gunpowder Department for keeping gunpowder, are also lower-level official offices of the Bingzhan Bureau.

The military battle bureau uses eunuchs as admirals, which is commonly known as the management board.

The person in charge of the brand is Wang An's, which is not good for Wei Zhongxian, so he naturally has to replace it with his own so that he can feel at ease.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao let out a "hmm", indicating that he already knew, but he didn't answer directly, he just asked:

"Aside from firearms, what difficulties does Ai Qing have in training the Guards?"

Qi Jin hesitated for a while, before he said: "Going back to the emperor, the rest is about post-war rewards and pensions."

"The minister believes that the infantry battalion is the main force of the battle, and those who cut off the head of the prisoner will get 20 taels of silver. The cavalry battalion should be determined according to the battle situation."

"If you win the cavalry fight, the person who beheads the head of the prisoner will be rewarded with 30 taels of silver. If you chase down the defeated soldiers, each person in the team will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver."

"As for the firearms battalion, supply battalion, and pacesetter battalion, the post-war rewards are relatively small, within ten taels of silver."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao slowly frowned. The reward was not mentioned, and it was quite in line with Qi's army tradition - it was too expensive.

When Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese, he set a reward in the army.

For capturing the head of a Japanese pirate, the whole team will be rewarded with 30 taels of silver, the one who rushes to the front gets 20 taels, the soldier who cuts off the head gets two taels, each bird gunner gets two taels, the other soldiers get one tael, and the gang leader gets five taels of silver. .

In addition to normal pay and post-war rewards, the firearm penetration rate of the entire Qi family army had reached [-]% when it was prepared for the imperial court, and the cost of maintenance and regular replacement was also borne by the court.

The reason why Qi's army has such a high combat effectiveness is that apart from the advanced training methods and firearms, it is the country's number one expense.

If there hadn't been Yan Song who took the blame and made money at that time, the meager income of the imperial court really couldn't afford to support such a strong army.

When later generations heard about this, Zhu Youxiao didn't think much about it, after all, he didn't spend the money himself.

Now that he has crossed over and become the emperor, he finally understands the difficulties of Jiajing at that time.

A strong army is really not easy to build. It is easy to build, but difficult to maintain!

I really have no money, I am really poor!

If the bonuses continue to be distributed like this, the Qi family's army will fight a few battles and expand again, and my internal funds will bottom out!

At this time, the Yongwei Battalion built by Qi Jin was almost the prototype of a new army. Zhu Youxiao knew that once it formed a scale, its combat effectiveness would rise in a straight line.

Without an absolutely loyal and powerful army as a base, it is difficult to do anything.

Zhu Youxiao did not come here to fight openly and secretly with the civil servants all day long in the court.

It doesn't matter if the reward is high, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, anyway, the "annual salary" is not high, as long as you can win the battle, you can talk about anything else.

Why do you say the annual salary is not high?

Because at this time, including the Yongwei Battalion, most of the guards in the country were paid only about ten taels a year, which was only equivalent to the income of craftsmen working part-time for a few months.

This is not a big deal, even the dignified Minister of the Ministry of War can only get a salary of 150 taels of silver every year.

The military pay is low, and the enthusiasm of others to work for you is naturally not high. The best way at this time is naturally to increase the reward after the battle.