"Your Majesty, this is my inspection of the civil servants' account books. This time, a total of 17,370,000 taels of silver, 2,630,000 taels of gold, and an estimated 8,500,000 taels of land and shops were found. "
"All the guilty officials' families have also been executed!"
Since Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, the most common thing Xu Xianchun has done is to ransack homes.
Zhu Youxiao's expenses during this period were too great. Fortunately, these civil servants paid him back.
"Where are Zhang Shize and the others!"
Nanjing is more corrupt than the capital, and the money is not too little.
"Back to Your Majesty, the news sent back yesterday is that it has arrived in Tongzhou."
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Each of the Tiqimen of Jinyiwei will receive a reward of five taels of silver. There should be nothing much to do before the new year. Let everyone relax and stop being in a high-intensity state all day long."
"On behalf of my brothers, I thank His Majesty for His grace!"
After saying that, Xu Xianchun exited. Zhu Youxiao also wanted to relax, but there was still an important thing he needed to do right now.
"Proclamation of the cabinet, six ministries will come to the Qing palace!"
…
Shenyang
"Taitai, Your Majesty's order has arrived!"
"The imperial edict has arrived. Xiong Tingbi is responsible for the management of Liaodong, and Yang Huan, the imperial guard of thousands of households, receives the edict!"
Xiong Tingbi and Yang Huan knelt and said:
"Holy greetings, Holy Ann!"
The little eunuch shouted:
"Holy Holy Gong!"
"The Emperor of Heaven carries the edict: Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, collaborates with the enemy, deceives the emperor, and harms the officials in the border areas. Yang Huan, who is guarding thousands of households in royal robes, will quickly arrest him and bring him back to the capital. If there is any obstruction, no matter who it is, he will be killed on the spot. , the military and political affairs of Liaodong are presided over by Xiong Tingbi!"
"I obey the decree!"
After reciting the imperial edict, the little eunuch shouted:
"His Majesty ordered Xiong Tingbi to rectify the Liao army, verify the number of troops, report missing troops, supplies, ordnance, armor, etc. to the Ministry of War, and kill all the Jurchens, Mongolians and refugees who escaped from the old slaves in the city, and the others There must be strict control, no mistakes can be made, and the two cities of Liao and Shen must be guaranteed!"
"My minister Xiong Tingbi will live up to the divine grace!"
"Yang Qianhu, I will go to Liaoyang as soon as possible to apprehend Yuan Yingtai. The emperor also said that Liaodong will not send a governor for the time being. Before Xiong Jinglue completes the rectification of Shenyang, Yang Qianhu will be guarding Liaoyang to prevent anyone from interfering with slaves."
Zhu Youxiao really couldn't believe anyone except Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong, so he had no choice but to let Yang Huan and Xiong Tingbi cooperate.
"Jing Lue can start this matter immediately. The emperor has specifically asked that the troops should not be numerous but refined. Although the emperor is in the capital, he still knows three points about Liaodong. Those old, weak, sick and disabled, black sheep, are half-hearted and spreading rumors. No one can stay in the army."
Xiong Tingbi did not expect that His Majesty would make such a strong determination. It seemed that Liaodong must be rectified. Of course, Xiong Tingbi supported it because he had wanted to do this for a long time.
Even though Yang Huandang went to Liaoyang with hundreds of cavalry, Xiong Tingbi specially asked his general Biaoying to follow him with two thousand cavalry in order to prevent chaos in Liaoyang.
"What do you hawks and dogs want to do? This is the governor's hall, how can we allow you to wait for the dogs to act arrogantly?"
Yang Huan looked at the indignant counselor in front of him, and without hesitation he killed him with his own hands, and then rushed directly into the governor's hall with his men.
At this time, when Yuan Yingtai heard his servant say that Jin Yiwei was coming, he also walked out angrily, and happened to bump into Yang Huan in the main hall.
"Yuan Yingtai, do you still want to fight stubbornly? Your Majesty has ordered that in case of resistance, you will be killed on the spot."
Yuan Yingtai originally wanted to criticize Yang Huan using the rhetoric that their civil servants were good at, but when he saw the bloody sword in Yang Huan's hand, his remaining courage was instantly gone.
"take away!"
…
"I want to abolish the Beijing camp, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the capital camp is the army guarding the capital. How can your majesty dismantle it?"
Liu Yishen quickly stepped forward and shouted.
Han Xu was also anxious. The capital was also their source of profit. If it disappeared, wouldn't the loss be great?
"Your Majesty, the Jingying camp was built by Emperor Chengzu. He conquered Mobei during the five campaigns and made great achievements. How could your Majesty violate the ancestral system? Besides, the Jingying camp is the most powerful army in the world. If the Jingying camp was gone, the world might be in chaos!
"
This Han Xu has been shocking all day long. Zhu Youxiao has long been unhappy with him. It seems that he has to find a way to copy him.
"The Yongle period did have great military achievements, but starting from Tumubao, the Jingying camp has long lost its prestige as a strong army in the past, and is now even more corrupt. I did some inventory a few days ago. There are 250,000 soldiers on the roster. In fact,
Not even 150,000 yuan."
"Moreover, most of these people are old, weak, sick, or disabled, or they are noble family members and relatives. Not to mention the soldiers who can fight, even if all these people are counted, there are only more than 100,000. This can also be called an army.
?”
"I would like to ask the two masters, how can such an army conquer the world? If the capital is in trouble, how can it go into battle to kill the enemy? The millions of troops that the imperial court has every year have raised some waste."
In fact, Ming Yingzong was responsible for the corruption in the Beijing camp. First, he destroyed all the Tumu Fort troops and lost all his elites. Later, he defeated Yu Qian and defeated many of the correct strategies of Emperor Daizong.
After the victory in the Battle of Beijing, Yu Qian had been working hard to restore the glory of the Beijing Camp. However, due to his second ascension to the throne, the Beijing Camp, which had worked hard for several years and had just improved, was forced back.
Emperor Xianzong of the Later Ming Dynasty was disappointed when he inspected the Beijing camp twice. He had to open a royal shop and a palace to make money and redevelop the Beijing camp army. He also worked hard for several years, so he was able to launch a large-scale war during the Chenghua period, which is known in history as "
"Chenghua Liting".
When it came to the Ming Dynasty, Xiaozong, a pig, ruled by inaction, which led to the rapid corruption of the capital. He was worthy of being called the "Lord of the ZTE" by civil servants. If such a pig didn't cheat, wouldn't it be a waste of resources?
Emperor Wu Zong also discovered the corruption in the Beijing camp and replaced the Beijing camp with border troops in an attempt to reorganize it, but inexplicably the people disappeared.
Liu Yishen and Han Xu were speechless by Zhu Youxiao, because this was all true, and they still had to be a little more shameless.
Wang Xiangqian, Yuanfu of the Cabinet, stepped forward again and said:
"Your Majesty, although the Beijing Camp is unbearable, it cannot be dismantled casually. We need to come up with a complete solution. At least the current Beijing Camp on the surface can still suppress those with ulterior motives."
Wang Xiangqian also had no good impression of Jingying. When he was guarding Jiubian, he knew the situation of Jingying. It was indeed useless and a waste of money and food.
"I have already figured it out. After the Beijing Camp is dismantled, it will be replaced by the Yulin Army. The Yulin Army has now begun to take shape. It is better to withdraw the Beijing Camp as soon as possible to save the country some money and food."
"Now that I have no worries, I agree to replace the Beijing camp with the Yulin army."
Although Wang Xiangqian had heard that His Majesty had established a new army before, he didn't know what it was like. He only learned about it after he became the Yuan Fu of the Cabinet.
"I also agree!"
Except for Liu Yishen and Han Xu, other ministers agreed. Xu Guangqi, Wang Xiangqian, and Wang Zaijin were all promoted by Zhu Youxiao. The other five ministers were due to the last great purge, including the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment. The position of minister is still vacant.
Although Wang Xiangqian and the others only had the title of minister, since the formal ones were gone, the nominal ones could make the decision.
"Since most of them have passed, let's officially announce the matter at the court meeting tomorrow. The Chinese New Year is almost here, and everyone can relax for a few days after dealing with the Beijing camp."
Although Zhu Youxiao was killing the opposition in the court, after all, such a major matter as the abolition of the Beijing Camp was not something he could decide with just one sentence.