"Hurry up and let us go?"
Deng Ping took back his belt and became angry again.
The tax official quickly waved his hand, "Brothers, let it go!" He nodded and said, "I don't know how to see Mount Tai, but I don't know if it's you..." Then he hurriedly said to Zhang Fu, "This
Don’t blame a strong man, it’s your duty to be a lower-ranking official!”
Zhang Fu smiled helplessly, "Hey!" Then, looking at Deng Ping, he joked, "Are you still awesome? I fought with those barbarians to death in Yunnan, and when I came back to the capital, even the big officials in the capital dared to look down on me.
"
"Stop making sarcastic remarks!" Deng Ping smiled and immediately whispered, "After entering the city, find a place to wait. I'm in the car behind you!"
"Ah!" Zhang Fu was startled and said quickly, "Holy driver? I have to tell Duke Zhang quickly, he is in the carriage behind."
The two exchanged a few words, and Zhang Fu led people into the city. When the carriage passed Deng Ping, in the carriage in the middle, a scholar with an elegant face behind the curtain smiled at Deng Ping and nodded.
Deng Ping knew that this person was the chief minister of Yunnan, Zhang Yan. If he returned to Beijing this time to be in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he would not dare to ask him to salute him quickly.
Then, he immediately ran back to Zhu Yunxi.
The tax collectors continued to check the carriages and pedestrians entering the city. Some people saw Zhang Fu's motorcade passing through safely, and they became dissatisfied and murmured secretly.
"Didn't you say you were carrying private goods? Why didn't you lock it?"
"The powerful ones don't dare to investigate, so why should they investigate us?"
The tax collector immediately scolded, "What are you talking about? You have to speak louder. Do you still want to go to the city? If you don't want to go to the city, get out? Hey, that kid, don't look at others. Who told you to wear a mask? You do it."
Where is the thief? Pull him down!"
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Zhu Yunxi was sitting in a carriage. As soon as he entered the city and turned the corner, he saw Zhang Fu and Yunnan Chief Zhang Zhen, one behind the other, standing on the roadside waiting with hands down.
"I was still mumbling just now, maybe you were in the carriage." Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty Zhang You."
"Chen Zhang Fu..."
"Okay, this is outside, not in the palace!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Zhang Yan, get on my carriage." After saying that, he looked at Zhang Fu and said with a smile, "I heard that you are doing well in Yunnan, and there are toasts in autumn.
If you don't obey Wang Hua, it was you who led the troops to break down their stronghold."
"I don't dare to praise you!" Zhang Fu has been practicing in Yunnan for several years, and now he looks like a famous general. Standing there motionless, his magnanimity can be compared with that of the guards around Zhu Yunxi.
"Well, I'll talk to you later!" Zhu Yunxi said, lowering the car curtain.
In the carriage, Zhu Yunxi was leaning, while Zhang Yan was a little embarrassed, leaning on the door of the carriage and kneeling.
"No need to be formal, just be casual!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
It can be said that Zhang Yong fought against all opinions and broke the rule that the feudal officials were not allowed to serve in one place for a long time. He allowed Zhang Yong to herd Yunnan, and Zhu Yunxi supported all his requests.
In these years, Zhang Yao also lived up to Zhu Yunxi's expectations. He promoted the construction of cities and cultivated fields, and was very effective in controlling the barbarian border people.
"You tell me, you will soon be a second-grade Beijing hall, and you have to be incognito when you enter the capital!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Don't you know that the king of hell is better than the little devil? If you really get scolded by those tax collectors, can you do it?"
"I just want to take a good look at the faces of the tax collectors in the capital!" Zhang Yan said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi frowned, "Where do you start talking about this?"
"When I was a foreign official, I often heard from my friends and others in the same year that going to Beijing as a foreign official was actually a hard job!" Zhang Zhen was a serious-minded person, and he spoke even more solemnly at this time, "When you enter the city, you must pay attention to the tax collectors and soldiers at the city gate.
, reward money. If you go to various ministries to do things, you have to give benefits to the junior officials. Not only will the work not be done smoothly!"
Zhu Yunxi sighed, "I know about this, the so-called ice respect and charcoal respect!" He said with a wry smile, "At the beginning of spring, Mu Chun gave me a discount and sued the Ministry of Revenue."
"Last year, Yunnan used troops against the Burmese chieftains several times, and they needed to write off the military expenditure receipts with the Ministry of Household Affairs. It took three months to send the documents to the capital, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea."
"Muchun sent someone to ask, but the clerks from the Ministry of Revenue said that there are not enough people and there are too many things on their hands. Mr. Guogong, you have to wait for the verification. He also said firmly that it is a violation of the rules to jump in the queue for you.
!”
"Ha! In fact, I am just asking for benefits, and I also intend to deal with those small officials. But they all do things according to the regulations and rules, and are stuck with the rules of the court. They are disgusting others openly."
Zhang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Ministry officials in all dynasties have been the root cause of bad governance, and the reputation of the imperial court has been ruined in their hands. The emperor wants ministers to serve in the Ministry of Household Affairs. After they take office, they must take drastic measures to eliminate the abuses."
"I can trust you." Zhu Yunxi sighed for a while, "Although I am the emperor, I have some things. Hey, I really can't control it!" He said with a smile, "But I may not use you to deal with people. I have already
Order someone to prepare for the Institute of Integrity. Haha, the good days of the evildoers are over!"
"You think I have a good temper and don't want to kill people? Then we'll see."
After saying that, Zhu Yunxi added, "Mu Chun's health was quite good before you came. This year he got into trouble twice and both said he was in poor health!"
"The young prince joined the army in his early years..." Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment, "It's not very good. When I came to Beijing, the prince was recuperating." After saying that, he paused again and said, "Burmese Chieftain Knife"
Qian Meng was treacherous and cruel, and jumped repeatedly..."
Listening to Zhang Yan's words, Zhu Yunxi pondered silently.
Historically, Muchun seems to have died young. He joined the army as a vanguard with his father when he was young. He was always at the vanguard in every battle. In these years, he even fought in the wilderness with his own strength and bravery.
Why didn’t all the loyal ministers and generals of the Ming Dynasty live long?
"It's a pity that Xi Yingzhen can't leave the old man for a moment, otherwise he would be sent to Yunnan to give Mu Chun a good look."
Zhu Yunxi secretly thought that the Mu family and his son had been die-hard princelings since their early years. In Zhu Yunxi's memory, when the prince Zhu Biao was still alive, every time the Mu family and his son came to Beijing, Zhu Biao personally received them.
When he thought of Muchun, Zhu Yunxi's thoughts turned to the southwest.
The huge Ming Empire was still facing border troubles. The Tatars in the north had just subsided for a few years, and the barbarian chieftains in the southwest jumped out from time to time.
The chieftains of Guangnan, the chieftains of Ningyuan, and the chieftains of Yuezhou were all capricious. If the imperial army was fierce, they would surrender. Once the imperial government loosened its control, it would attack them on the nose.
The southwest is also different from other frontier fortresses. Although it is a bit bitter and cold to fight against the Tatars, they can eventually capture the opponent's main force. However, those barbarians in the southwest swarm up when they win, and scatter when they lose.
Hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, the Ming army could not use any of its strength, which was really abominable.
"Sooner or later, they will be exterminated!" Zhu Yunxi's anger was palpable. "The barbarian chieftain is capricious, and the court's tender heart will feed the dogs. One day, he will be escorted to the capital and beheaded at the Meridian Gate to serve as a warning to others!"
Zhang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, before I came to the capital, I had a private discussion with the Duke. If we use troops against the southwestern chieftains, we should do it once and for all."
"That's what I mean. Otherwise, if I fight every year, I'll be exhausted or angry to death!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"But if we want to get rid of it once and for all, the imperial court must send out a large army to advance in parallel." Zhang Zhen said, "At that time, the army will send troops to Nandian (Tengchong), destroy Luchuan, Ava and Bago, and wipe out the whole Burma. The small states of Annan often secretly win over each other.
I think that the barbarian chieftains should be destroyed altogether, so I set up the Xuanwei Division to avoid future troubles!"
"Gong Mu said that the battle is not difficult to fight, and the Ming Dynasty's army is unstoppable!"
"But the difficulty is..."
Zhu Yunxi laughed when he heard this and said, "The problem is food and salary, right? Haha, if we mobilize the troops, the three armies of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shu will be the main ones. Yunnan's barren army cannot be supported. Therefore, this food and salary must be allocated from various places."
"The transfer is okay, but the wild land is densely covered with miasma, and I'm afraid not even 10% of the 10% will be able to reach it."
It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, but at this time, the road of the Burmese barbarians was even more difficult than the road to Shu.
"Your Majesty is wise, but I do have a way!" Zhang Yan said.
"Come and listen!" Zhu Yunxi stretched his legs and said.
Zhang Yan sat motionless on his knees, "When there is a war, there is no shortage of food, mainly for the soldiers' pay. Every time we fight against the Burmese chieftain, the soldiers are not very willing to fight..."
"I know, I can't grab it...the spoils are too small!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "So the three armies are given heavy gold rewards to boost their morale. People in the army...there are no real rewards of gold and silver after the war..."
"Work is done without effort!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "I know all the tricks in the army!"
"It is difficult to transport the gold and silver cloth used by the army. So I thought of a way..." As he spoke, Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Yunxi's face and said, "I also got inspiration from other things. A businessman came to
Tea sellers and horse sellers in Yunnan carry less and less cash and cloth nowadays, and they are all banknotes. If the emperor decrees, a few merchants may have settled the military pay of the soldiers with banknotes, and they will first cash it to the court and then pay
.In this case, wouldn’t everyone be happy?”
Zhu Yunxi immediately sat up cross-legged and said with a smile, "You're talking about this, I'm worried about it!" He said in a low voice, "You come back to the palace with me, and let's talk about the banknote number. This matter is just right.
It will be under the control of your household department in the future!"
This chapter has been completed!