Chapter 339 Avoiding suspicion
Zhu Youxiao showed his power in Fengtian Hall today, and ordered the beheading of a censor to reprimand a minister of the Ministry of War and ordered the increase in the amount of salt tax in Jiangnan to pay out. More importantly, the domineering aura he showed today greatly shocked all civil and military officials. What scared the officials was that they could vaguely see the father and son of his ancestors, Comrade Zhu and Zhu Di, from Zhu Youxiao.
And who are Comrade Zhu and Zhu Di? When these two were still there, the chief minister of the cabinet. The six ministers were just scumbags. The father and son were all figures of one word. Who dared to whine about the things they decided? Those who waited for him were either jailed or beheaded.
Take Comrade Zhu for example. Killing corrupt officials is like mowing grass, killing tens of thousands of people in one breath without blinking. Zhu Di is not a good person. Killing nine clans is already the most serious criminal law, but this guy thinks killing nine clans is too light, and he also pioneered the addition of one clan. Comrade Fang Xiaoru, the most famous scholar at that time, was killed by Zhu Di.
The cultural management group felt uneasy, and the atmosphere in the capital became particularly strange in the following days. Many officials were making some small connections in private to discuss what impact the emperor would have on them.
"Your Majesty has really grown up. Although our family has not had the blessing to see Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gaozu, we can see the style of the two late emperors Taizu and Emperor Gaozu from His Majesty's actions today! I really don't know where Your Majesty has the confidence to force those civil officials like this. Wouldn't he be afraid of causing a rebound from the officials in Jiangnan?" In the signing room of the Silijian, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the Silijian, was savoring Xiangming as he shook his head and said.
Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting next to him, snorted: "Old Wang, it's not our family to attack you. If it were Taizu and the two late emperors of Emperor Gaozu were still there, people like us would have been dragged out and beaten to death by sticks."
Wang Tiqian's face froze when he heard this. He laughed and beat him up and stopped mentioning this. Ye Gong Haolong probably was talking about people like him. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di and his son were very strict in the control of eunuchs, especially Zhu Yuanzhang even erected a stone tablet in the harem where eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics. Once they were discovered, they would definitely be beaten to death. If they were like them, they would definitely have to peel their skin and fill them with grass during the Hongwu period.
After arguing with Wang Tiqian, Wei Zhongxian said softly: "Your Majesty is naturally confident in doing this, and his greatest confidence is the 30,000 new army in the Jing camp that is currently training. Speaking of this, we have to admire Jiang Ning Bo, and I don't know where he found the three people. Especially Lu Xiangsheng, who was not only a Jinshi, but also very proficient in martial arts. He is a rare pillar of the country!
A few days ago, our family had visited the camp in Dongzhimen to see the training of the soldiers in the Beijing camp. We found that after several months of training, the 30,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp had already looked like elites. In time, our Ming Dynasty would have had many elite troops. This is Your Majesty’s biggest reliance now."
When Wang Tiqian heard this, he asked curiously: "How about the Jiangning Army under Jiangning Bo's command?"
At the beginning, Wei Zhongxian was still a little uncomfortable. He thought that if he had impeached him one day in the past fewer than thirty or fifty memorials, it would be God's kindness. But now it has been three months, and the memorials that have been impeached by him are less than twenty...twenty memorials.
At the beginning, our Nine Thousand Years were still a little uncomfortable, and he felt a sense of desolation when people left for tea! But then he thought, this is a good thing. What's wrong with someone sheltering him from the wind and rain in front? Could it be that someone had to scold him every day? Isn't this a shame? So Eunuch Wei, who had been thinking about it, looked at Yang Feng naturally differently. Such a human-shaped shield is so rare that it must be protected.
So during this period, Wei Zhongxian would also let his people take care of Yang Feng openly and secretly if conditions permit, which also made Wang Tigan feel very puzzled.
Just as Wei Zhongxian and Wang Ti were chatting, Zhu Youxiao also met three generals from the Beijing camp at the East Warehouse.
Looking at the three generals wearing scarlet official uniforms standing in front of him, Zhu Youxiao said kindly: "Lu Aiqing, Yang Aiqing, Hu Aiqing, you all sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei all gave a gift to Zhu Youxiao and then sat on the brocade stool that had just been sent by the eunuch.
Seeing the sitting posture of the three of them, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile and said, "I see that you are not as free and easy as Yang Feng. Every time this guy comes to the palace, he simply doesn't treat himself as an outsider. He should eat and drink, and he is not polite at all. He is not as careful as you even sit on a stool."
"Your Majesty is joking." Yang Guozhu smiled awkwardly: "Jiang Ningbo is a pillar of the country. He is free and unruly by nature. However, he is a vulgar person, so he naturally cannot compare with him."
"Who are not ordinary people?" Zhu Youxiao laughed: "Last time I accidentally heard Yang Aiqing sing a song, which was very good. You and I are both ordinary people, born in the world. We are struggling all day long and have no time to have time..."
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he hummed a few times, and then said, "Don't look at me as the emperor, I am still a mortal and I have endless things to do every day. So don't say that the second one is good!"
When Zhu Youxiao said something interesting, several people laughed.
In fact, in the past few months, Lu Xiangsheng and the other three have been summoned by Zhu Youxiao several times. He even personally went to inspect the new army. Now everyone can see that Zhu Youxiao attaches importance to this army.
Today, when Zhu Youxiao summoned them, he didn't say anything, but asked about the training of the new army. When Lu Xiangsheng and the other two replied that the new army had been trained almost the same, and it would take another four to five months to officially form the army, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile with joy on his face.
Zhu Youchao's prosecutor's comments on the three of them were very popular. He asked them to leave the palace for about half an hour after he had sex at the Donghunting Pavilion.
After leaving the palace, Yang Guozhu looked back at the mighty palace and then sighed: "Your Majesty is really nothing to say to us. Not only do you often call us into the palace, but you also ask us about our well-being. We didn't know how much incense we burned in our previous life to be able to bear such love from Your Majesty!"
Hu Dawei also said with emotion: "Yes, Your Majesty is really nothing to say to us. It would be great if Jiang Ningbo could come with us. After all, he is the governor of the Jingying Rongzheng, but he seems not very concerned about the Jingying. He is not very responsible except sending people to check the accounts and weapons and supplies every month, and Jiang Ningbo is too lazy."
After hearing Hu Dawei's words, Yang Guozhu and Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other, and their hearts were as clear as a mirror.
Yang Feng is not lazy, he is clearly avoiding suspicion. You must know that Yang Feng already has a hundred elite soldiers like the Jiangning Army. Any emperor with a little brain will not allow the elite soldiers guarding the capital to be in the hands of others. This is irresponsible for his own lives.
Yang Feng was obviously aware of this, so he kept a distance from the Jing camp from the beginning. In addition to constantly providing weapons and equipment to the Jing camp, he no longer had too much contact with the people in the Jing camp. This is also what Lu Xiangsheng admired Yang Feng. It was just giving without asking for it. This is not something that ordinary people can do. Yang Guozhu also saw this, but the honest man Hu Dawei didn't know. However, the two of them didn't plan to tell him. After all, you can see this kind of thing. If you can't see it, it proves that you don't have the eyesight, and even if you tell you, it will only increase your worries.
Since Yang Feng had another wave of people in the morning court, he has lived a limited life again. He devoted all his energy to the training of the Royal Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty and Jiangning Wei. The former is money and the latter is soldiers. This is the foundation for his foothold in this world.
As for the 30,000 new troops in the capital, to be honest, he didn't take it seriously. As a later generation, he knew it very well. Although he ignored the Beijing camp on the surface, as an army that relied heavily on all its weapons, it really did not pose any threat to him.
If someone wants to pass the Beijing camp in the future, as long as he cut off the supply to the Beijing camp, stop replenishing the weapons of the Beijing camp and supplying huge monthly funds, the new army of the Beijing camp will be reduced from a modern hot weapon to a cold weapon unit. This is Yang Feng's confidence.
By mastering the supply of a force and then controlling a force, this is a principle that is familiar to people in later generations. However, due to limitations, not many people in this era know this principle because they do not know how dependent a force using hot weapons is on logistics.
In this way, Yang Feng accompanied several wives in Jiangning Bo Mansion every day, and then returned to modern society from time to time to comfort Sister Xu and Sister Chang'e. It was really not too comfortable to live such a small life. However, after a few days of such a life, a rumor began to slowly spread in the capital. Yang Feng not only married the most beautiful pearl sea Lanzhu, the Korqin tribe, but also grabbed Huang Taiji's two concubines Zhezhe and Da Yuer to his own mansion.
This rumor soon spread in the capital. At first, Yang Feng didn't care, but in just a few days, the rumor spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital. Finally, the rumor even evolved into a collusion between Yang Feng and the Mongols in an attempt to subvert the Ming Dynasty. This statement became more and more intense and even spread into the palace.
Chapter completed!