The peach blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom, as if the cold winter has quietly escaped overnight.
The ice at the port has already thawed, and the dock is bustling again. Many ships leave the port for Tianjin every day, and ships from Jiangnan continue to sail into the port, bringing in various supplies and commodities.
Zhu Yihai woke up at dawn, washed up, then went for a walk on his horse, then practiced archery at the primary school ground, shot more than a dozen rounds with a musket, and then went back to change clothes.
After the New Year, Zhu Yihai issued an order to adjust the rules of the court meeting.
In the past, morning court meetings were held every day, but such morning court meetings were of little significance. After all, major matters were held in small meetings, and important military and state affairs were not discussed in the morning court meetings. The morning court meetings were purely routine meetings.
Previously, Zhu Yihai canceled the rule of making morning pilgrimage at five or six o'clock every day, and changed it to about eight o'clock in the morning. This prevented the regular officials from getting up early and working late at night, which was very troublesome especially in winter and rainy days.
Now he simply stipulates that there should be an early morning court every five days. Officials of the fifth rank and above are serving in Beijing, ministers and ministers of the eighth rank and above, Dr. Taichang attends the court, and other officials do not need to go to court. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, all officials who are in Beijing
Officials of the ninth rank of civil and military officials and above are required to wear official uniforms to meet the emperor.
Chang Chao listened to the government at the imperial gate, and Zhu Yihai required that it be completed within half an hour. There were strict regulations on matters such as memorials. The matters to be reported and the time to be reported must be within the regulations, and no delay should be allowed. Important matters must be recorded in the title book.
It's not that Zhu Yihai wanted to imitate Jiajing Wanli's lazy and lazy government just after the revolution was successful, but he had long understood that this early dynasty had no practical effect, so there was no need to waste time and mess around.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing's reign, he only met the court officials three times, and the same was true for his grandson Emperor Wanli.
Zhu Yihai was still very diligent and never let go of government affairs. However, he did not go through trivial early court affairs, but mainly focused on the Prime Minister's office.
Every morning, the prime ministers perform services in front of the Holy Spirit Hall, usually only a few prime ministers on duty, but not all.
Only when major matters arise, the emperor will summon some or all of the prime ministers, or even an enlarged meeting of the six ministries and nine ministers.
Officials below the ministry level are basically not qualified to participate in these major decision-making discussions.
This kind of meeting is both streamlined and confidential, and avoids discussion without making a decision or rambling. Zhu Yihai is very particular about efficiency.
Compared with Jiajing, Wanli, Zhu Yihai personally approved the red papers, and even had to deal with a large number of secrets every day, how could he have so much time to hold those useless meetings every day.
If you have that time, you might as well ride a horse and shoot archery to exercise, or spend more time with your wife, concubines, and children.
The daily affairs of the imperial court are handled by the six ministries, and important matters are handled by the cabinet. Major military affairs are reported directly to the Prime Minister's Office, who assist the emperor in making decisions and handle them according to the imperial decree.
After these layers of screening, there were actually not many things that were actually sent to the emperor that needed to be decided by the emperor. They were all military and national affairs.
The main energy the emperor spends every day is actually those secrets.
A large number of civil and military officials, as well as Beijing officials and foreign ministers, have the right to make secret reports. Their secret reports include both memorials and invitations. No matter what kind of report they are, they need to be handled by the emperor personally.
Even ordinary memorials can only be written once, and even memorials have strict specifications, limited number of words, etc., but there are hundreds, even hundreds, of them every day.
When reporting on some important matters, you must study it carefully.
Zhu Yihai drew up a schedule for himself. He got up at about six o'clock every day, exercised for an hour, then had breakfast, and started listening to politics at about eight o'clock.
During the early morning court meeting at Wuyumen, there will be a large court meeting at the Golden Palace on the first day of the new year.
On days other than court meetings, listen to the Prime Minister's speech at the Prime Minister's Office on time at eight o'clock. The Prime Minister's Office will sort out the various reports collected the previous day and submit them to the emperor for disposal. Unless it is an urgent matter, it will usually be the next day.
Report in the morning.
Then the emperor explained the matters reported the day before in person and asked them to handle them according to the order.
In fact, there are not many major matters that need to be dealt with. After Zhu Yihai reviewed them, most of them can be approved directly and handed over to the Prime Minister's Office for handling. A few need to be discussed with the Prime Minister and ministers and listen to their suggestions.
Only very few matters require a court meeting.
Although a small number of officials opposed the emperor's court reform, thinking it was a neglect of government, most officials actually supported it. The morning court meeting with the rooster crowing and the storm every day was cumbersome and boring, and it required getting up late and being late.
He was impeached by the imperial censor, and he was even punished for farting accidentally.
That's fine now.
When Zhu Yihai stepped into the Prime Minister's Office in his regular uniform, Wen Anzhi, the Chief Assistant to the Cabinet and Chief Prime Minister, was already waiting there. There was also an associate minister, Shen Youlong, Minister of War, on duty.
"Wu Sangui and his party have arrived in Luoyang. Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan Province, read out the decree in Luoyang and asked Shang Fang's sword to kill Wang Fuchen, Yang Zhenwei and Sun Sike."
Zhu Yihai asked, "How did Wu Sangui react?"
"According to Chen Qianfu's report, Wu Sangui and others' expressions changed drastically and they were extremely frightened."
Zhu Yihai disagreed, "Is there a plan for the reorganization and dismantling of Shaanxi's troops?"
Shen Youlong, Minister of the Ministry of War and Associate Minister, stood up and answered, "The Cabinet and the Ministry of War plan to remove the approximately 120,000 surrendered troops in Guanzhong and all their auxiliary soldiers, Fu Zhuang, and send them back to the countryside. Each person will be given two silver coins to return to his hometown for resettlement.
The rest of the soldiers, those under twenty years old, over thirty-five years old, and those with disabilities, were disbanded, disbanded, and returned to the countryside, and were sent back to their hometowns with three silver dollars each.
There are about 30,000 to 40,000 remaining soldiers. Among them, officers, old, sick, and disabled will all be discharged from the army and given severance pay. The rest will be temporarily retained and summoned to the capital for assessment by the Ministry of War to test their martial arts and military skills. If they are not
Those who pass the exam will also be dismissed.
Those who pass will be arranged to study in martial arts halls, military academies, etc. After the study period, they will be transferred to various armies, and they will first serve as deputy positions. In principle, they will be used at the original grade, reduced by two to three levels."
Zhu Yihai thought for a while and said, "With so many people, we need to arrange them properly to avoid trouble. I think the severance pay is a bit low. Two yuan for each of the civilian husbands is fine, but many of the civilian husbands are strong men who were raped, and some were even originally
When refugees, bandits, etc. are demobilized now, we must consider how to resettle them. We cannot simply demobilize them, otherwise they will still be hidden dangers.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Those who have families to return to will be sent back to their hometowns and resettled in a place, sell them some land at a different price, or help them rent some fields so that they can
Settled down and settled down.
For those who have no home to return to, you can consider immigrating them to Taiwan, Yunnan and other border areas, where they can be granted farmland or join villages.
Those demobilized soldiers who are old and weak can be given two silver coins first, and then after they are resettled, they can be paid one silver dollar each year in spring and autumn for three years. Those who are young and strong soldiers who are demobilized can be given one silver dollar each quarter.
Or convert the severance pay into fields and give them to them.
Those officers should also increase their severance pay appropriately and arrange some land for them."
Among the 120,000 people in Guanzhong, there are soldiers from Wu Sangui, the Green Camp Army from the original Shaanxi-Gansu Province, some from the original Ming Army, or Shun Army, as well as some local villages, bandits, regiments, and even the Eight Banners Han Army from Huguang.
There are also the Eight Banners of Mongolia, as well as some Huguang Green Camps, regiment training, etc. The composition is very complex, and there are also many strong men and civilians who have been forced to do so.
Although they are a mob, there are more than 100,000 people there. If such people are not properly settled, they will definitely be the source of unrest.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria had been killed by Wu Sangui, Wang Fuchen and others, so it saved the court trouble. Although Zhu Yihai felt that it was a pity that tens of thousands of Manchurians died. They could have been sent to Yunnan to mine copper mines, or to dig gold in Shandong, or
I went to Taiwan to plant sugar cane.
But since they are all dead, there is nothing much to say.
"Horse soldiers, archers, gunners, gunners, and some excellent craftsmen can be selected according to some relaxed standards and transferred to various towns, but they have to be dispersed. After they arrive in the army, they must be given ideological reform to help them change.
Some bad habits from the old army."
Zhu Yihai is also willing to retain these veterans with rich professional skills. Now there are also a large number of imperial and provincial battalions. Now there is no need to worry about the impact of incorporating some old troops.
As for those officers, Zhu Yihai did not trust them, and was even sure that most of them were unqualified, but for the sake of stability, he kept them on temporarily.
After passing the Ministry of War assessment, studying in the military academy, and then being demoted to use and other means, they are slowly eliminated, and finally those who are outstanding, reformed, and loyal can be retained.
"Your Majesty is merciful, but this will increase a lot of expenses."
Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "After Guanzhong is recovered, we will clean up the fields and rectify the minerals, and then levy industrial and commercial taxes, collect fees, and special taxes. These can also be supplemented immediately. We will also clean up a group of corrupt officials, as well as some traitors and traitors, and confiscate their homes.
There are quite a few.
In addition, the materials and money from Wu Sangui and other troops can also be used."
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Geng Zhongming and the Korean army in Liaodong have submitted a request to send troops to Liaoyang and Shenyang. Zhang Guowei, the governor of Liaoning, also believes that the time is ripe to assemble Liaodong troops and launch an attack on Liaoyang and Shenyang."
Zhu Yihai looked at the map.
After the Tatars withdrew from the Great Wall, they stayed in the Laoha River Basin. This location was also near the original Daningwei in the early Ming Dynasty. It has dangerous mountains and forests, rich river valleys with rich water and grass, and is also conveniently connected to Mobei, and Mongolia's east and west.
department.
However, with the surrender of Chahar in Yizhou in western Liaoning and Ordos in Hetao, coupled with the Sunit tribe that had long rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and defected to Mobei, and the Mongolian Mongolia who were sitting on the fence and watching, the Tatars were now in a very bad situation.
Originally it was just the Eight Banners of Manzhou, but after a few years in Guanzhong, it was almost done.
Then, following the emperor's decree, it was said that the Jianzhou Jurchens that the Ming Dynasty wanted to destroy were the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the other Haixi Jurchens, Savage Jurchens and Monan Mongolian tribes did not matter.
The other Jurchen tribes that were conquered by the Jianzhou Jurchens in the early years had been kneaded into Manchuria and became a nation, but now they are rapidly falling apart.
Jirharang originally sent people to recruit the savage Jurchens from the White Mountains and Black Waters, that is, the Sauron Tribe, the Deer Tribe, and the Dog Tribe, especially the Sauron Tribe.
The Sauron tribe grew up in the most primitive and backward Liaodong region, where they made a living by fishing and hunting. Because of the harsh environment, they were very tough. After being conquered by the Jianlu, they were also incorporated into the Eight Banners and participated in battles. They often charged and wore sash wherever they went.
And now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has already sent people to contact the Sauron tribe. He not only issued decrees to appease and reward them, but also divided them into guardians and governor's mansions. He also awarded their tribal leaders the title of guardian, governor, and even marquis and count, and proposed marriage to them.
He married the leader's daughter and spent a lot of money to recruit Sauron and Daur tribe warriors as soldiers.
The emperor's imperial guards added a new Sauron camp of 500 people, and about 2,000 Sauron soldiers were recruited into the imperial camp and provincial camp in Liaodong.
Under the emperor's method, the Sauron tribes that had been conquered by the Jianzhou Jurchens received these rewards from the Emperor of Heaven, and built trading stations with them to trade mink skins, ginseng, etc., which made most of them
They all turned to Ming Dynasty.
Not only did he accept employment from the Ming Dynasty, he also began to refuse recruitment from the Qing court.
Not only did the Tatars lose the savage Jurchens, but the Si Nala clan of the Haixi Jurchens also began to waver. Under such circumstances, the conditions were indeed ripe to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang.
Geng Zhongming's request to send troops at this time made Zhu Yihai think about whether he wanted to make some small move?