Chapter 209 Who approves, who opposes! 【Monthly ticket】
The army is definitely a gold-swallowing beast. If there is not enough gold and silver, let alone expanding the army, if it can maintain the current army, it will be good.
What's more, Chu Yi is preparing to perform a major operation on Jingying from the beginning, instead of just making slight changes like the previous times.
According to Chu Yi's plan, this time the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the Beijing camp will be directly eliminated, but no one will be spared.
If you calculate it this way, at least half of the more than 100,000 people in the Beijing camp must be eliminated. Even if there are 50,000 people who finally meet Chu Yi's requirements and can stay, it will be lucky.
But how to place the 670,000 to 70,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers who were eliminated is a big problem. If it is not handled well, it may lead to a mutiny.
The best way is to use a large sum of money to sever these old, weak, sick and disabled people. In the short term, it does cost a lot of money, but in the long run, this is equivalent to cutting off a cancer.
After all, these old, weak, sick and disabled people need money from the imperial court to support them. After all, the Beijing camp is different from the soldiers of the local guards. After hundreds of years of corruption, the soldiers of the local guards have been reduced to the point where they are inferior to ordinary people.
The Beijing camp still retains some combat strength, which is pretty good.
But even so, Chu Yi decided to take advantage of this time to completely eradicate the old, weak, sick and disabled people who were mixed in the army and who had empty pay quotas.
At that time, if a soldier is calculated at 50-100 taels of silver, that will be a severance fee of three to five million taels.
To be honest, it is a bit high to spend so much money to disband a soldier, at least based on the current situation, it is really high.
In the Ming Dynasty, according to the usual practice, even the pension money was nothing more than this, but Chu Yi was ready to use the money to hit these soldiers without any resentment.
When they heard Chu Yi mention that he had to spend so much money to demobilize the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army, both Zhang Mao and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be shocked.
Zhang Mao couldn't help but look at Chu Yi and exclaimed: "Lord Governor, if we follow your specifications, I'm afraid the cost of demobilizing the soldiers alone will be nearly four million taels!"
Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Yes, it will cost about 3 to 4 million taels of silver."
Xu Guangzhao said: "Isn't this a bit high? If you ask me, twenty or thirty taels of silver per person is enough."
Chu Yi shook his head and said: "Ding Guogong thought wrong. Since they are old, weak, sick and disabled, once they are abolished, they will lose their means of livelihood. A mere twenty taels of silver will only be enough for them for a year.
The necessities of life, once the gold and silver in their hands are exhausted, these people will become the source of turmoil."
Zhu Fu said: "If this is the case, even if each person is 50 taels of silver, it will only allow them to survive for one or two more years, and they will become the source of trouble by then."
Chu Yi said slowly: "So I would like to ask your Majesty to promise me something!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said curiously: "Oh, you might as well just say so, I agree."
Zhang Mao and others on the side saw that Zhu Houzhao agreed without even mentioning any of Chu Yi's requests, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that Zhu Houzhao really trusted Chu Yi.
Chu Yi looked straight and said: "Reporting to your Majesty, the confiscated property of the officials involved in Lu Wenyang's rebellion is being counted. The confiscated land is probably no less than hundreds of thousands of acres. I sincerely request your Majesty's permission to transfer these tens of thousands of acres."
From the 10,000 acres of farmland, give 100,000 acres to these old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to cultivate and support themselves!"
Zhu Fu immediately said: "Although this is a wonderful move, I am afraid that a considerable number of these soldiers will exchange the allocated acres for grain silver, and then they will have nothing."
Chu Yi sneered and said: "I never said that these fields belong to them. It's just that the imperial court took pity on them because they were old and weak and leased them to them."
Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "This is a great plan. The land belongs to me. I don't charge rent for it, but allow it to be cultivated to support themselves. This way, we can provide these soldiers with a place to live, and also can
Prevent anyone from selling the land."
Zhang Mao and others couldn't help but look at Chu Yi with admiration.
Although this method still has various disadvantages, at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, which is enough.
Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while and looked at Chu Yi and said: "It seems that I am still a little angry. I am afraid that five million taels are not enough, so I will order the Ministry of Household Affairs..."
Chu Yi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to transfer money from the household department. The officials already have opinions on the reconstruction of the capital. If too much silver is consumed, the officials will be even more opposed. Except for the five million taels, the rest
The silver will be withdrawn from the confiscated property."
A flash of light flashed in Zhang Mao's eyes and he said: "I wonder how much money Lu Wenyang's companions have been confiscated this time?"
Chu Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Because there are so many officials involved, the statistics have not yet been calculated. However, according to Chu's estimate, excluding acres of land, restaurants, shops, etc., the gold and silver is estimated to be five million taels. The gold, silver and jewelry
The total value of antique paintings and calligraphy is probably millions of taels."
Compared with Lu Wenyang's accumulated tens of millions of taels of property, it is not a small amount that these officials in Beijing were able to confiscate so much property.
Dozens of officials, even some of the people implicated by them, were able to confiscate nearly ten million taels of property, which is really a lot.
After all, for a count like Jing'anbo to have confiscated five to six hundred thousand taels, that's pretty good.
These noble families are really rich. Let alone others, just talking about the British Duke, Ding Guo Duke and Cheng Guo Duke who are present. These people are from the same family of princes and princes who have lived with the country for hundreds of years.
The accumulated wealth, the total of various properties of any family is probably no less than a few million taels.
Perhaps it was because of the stimulation of Lu Wenyang's large sum of silver, so Zhu Houzhao was not surprised when Chu Yi said that these officials only confiscated tens of millions of taels of property.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "It turns out this is just a request, and I agreed."
Chu Yi's face showed a bit of joy and he said, "I would like to thank your Majesty for that."
It can be said that with such a fortune in hand, Chu Yi is full of confidence in reorganizing the capital camp and forming a navy.
As long as you have money, it's really not difficult to recruit troops.
At the morning meeting on the second day, Zhang Mao and others jointly submitted a petition to the emperor, affirming the emperor's permission to reorganize the capital camp and form a navy.
As soon as this memorial came out, all the officials were in an uproar. Except for Zhang Mao and others, there was no news about the generals and nobles. Everyone was stunned, although they didn't know what was going on.
, but seeing that it was Zhang Mao and others who submitted the petition, these noble generals would naturally not jump out to oppose it.
However, this was not the case for the civil servants. Immediately, a censor jumped out and shouted: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. The Beijing camp has just been reorganized. It is a waste of people and money to reorganize the Beijing camp. As for the establishment of a navy, it is extremely ridiculous.
According to Taizu's instructions, the Ming Dynasty not only does not need to establish a navy, but also needs to abolish the navy..."
Several officials jumped out and made it clear that they were admonishing the emperor not to waste people and money.
In the final analysis, these officials were afraid that Wu Xun would grow in power and reorganize the capital camp. Needless to say, the one who benefited was Wu Xun.
Originally, Wu Xun was not as low-key as before in this court, and now he is even trying to compete with them, which makes the civil service system feel a great threat.
Zhu Houzhao looked calmly at the civil and military officials below who were insisting on their own opinions without even yelling at each other. Even if those civil officials objected, Zhu Houzhao was not upset. Because Zhu Houzhao knew very well why these civil officials objected. In the final analysis, they were afraid of the rise of the Xungui Group.
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After seeing through its essence, Zhu Houzhao naturally felt like a clear mirror.
With a slight cough, Chu Yi, who had been standing there calmly and squinting his eyes, suddenly took a step forward.
Chu Yi coughed slightly, and all the officials suddenly fell silent. Even the few censors who jumped out and yelled at Wu Xunyi returned to their seats one by one.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao showed a smile and said, "Chu Yi, do you have anything to say?"
Chu Yi said slowly: "Your Majesty, I feel that what I said is right. There are many old, weak, sick and disabled people in the Beijing camp, which really damages the power of our Ming army. I sincerely ask your Majesty to allow me to preside over the reorganization of the Beijing camp and establish a navy."
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Veteran minister Niu Xi stepped forward and said to Chu Yi: "Manager Chu, you must not do this. This will waste people and money..."
"Um!"
Chu Yi's eyes fell on Niu Xi and he snorted softly. Niu Xi's body suddenly became cold. Seeing the chill in Chu Yi's eyes, cold sweat broke out on his back.
Looking at Niu Xi, Chu Yi said slowly: "Master Niu, who do you think is wasting people and wasting money?"
Niu Xi stepped back two steps. Cold sweat covered his forehead and he shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about General Manager Chu. I have no other intentions!"
Staring at Niu Xi, Chu Yi said: "Oh, so Mr. Niu, you also agree with me to preside over the reorganization of the Beijing camp, right?"
Niu Xi almost cried. He wanted to object, but he didn't dare at all, because he was afraid that if he really insisted on objecting, the murderous eunuch in front of him would frame him in the next moment.
Throw yourself into a place of eternal destruction.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty supports the General Manager in serving the country and sharing His Majesty's worries!"
Seeing Niu Xi being forced to such an extent by Chu Yi, no one in the civil and military dynasties dared to stand up. Standing there, Chu Yi seemed like a villain in some legendary storybook. However, in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Chu Yi
Yi is really too domineering.
With just one word and one look, Niu Xi was stunned.
Chu Yi glanced at all the civil and military officials present, with a fierce light in his eyes, and said slowly: "Who is in favor and who is against!"
Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi's back with a bright light in his eyes. If he wasn't proud of his identity, he would have applauded and cheered for Chu Yi.
Facing Chu Yi's arrogant and domineering shouts, everyone was stared at by Chu Yi and all lowered their heads. No one dared to look at Chu Yi.
Jiao Fang took a deep breath, stepped forward, bowed to Chu Yi and the Emperor with great respect, and said, "I second your proposal!"
Seeing that Jiao Fang had already bowed down, the other civil servants subconsciously looked at Fei Hong and Jiang Mian.
At this moment, Fei Hong and Jiang Mian were really in a panic. After noticing everyone's gazes, they dared not hesitate at all. They quickly followed Jiao Fang and bowed down, shouting: "I second my opinion!"
Now all the civil and military officials in the palace bowed down together and shouted to the Emperor.
Zhu Houzhao's face glowed with glory, he nodded towards Chu Yi, and then said with a straight face: "Since all the ministers have no objections, then the matter has been settled."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Ding and said: "Chen Shangshu, since we want to reorganize the capital camp and form a navy, then we should allocate five million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"What!"
All the officials couldn't help but exclaimed after hearing this.
This is five million taels, especially an amount as large as five million taels at a time. It can be said that in the Ming Dynasty, such a large amount of five million taels of silver was never used at one time.
Zhu Houzhao looked solemn, leaned forward slightly, stared at Chen Ding and said: "Chen Shangshu, is there any problem?"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao staring at him coldly, no matter how stubborn Chen Ding is, he knows that if he dares to refute the emperor at this time and lose the emperor's face, then the next moment, he will be demoted from his post to the people.
, driven out of the court.
With a sigh in his heart, Chen Ding slowly bowed down and said: "Return to your majesty, I will accept the order."
A smile appeared on Zhu Houzhao's face, he nodded slowly and said, "This will trouble the Qing family."
Gu Da shook the dust in his hand and said: "If there is something to do, we will start, and if there is nothing, we will retreat!"
At this time, all the officials had been stunned by the news thrown out by Chu Yi, Zhang Mao and others. Even if they wanted to report something, they had no idea at the moment.
Zhu Houzhao nodded towards Gu Dayong.
Gu Da said in a sharp voice: "Retreat from the court!"
All the civil and military officials looked at Chu Yi with complicated eyes, and then left the court with complicated expressions, leaving in twos and threes.
Chu Yi accompanied Zhu Houzhao to the imperial study room. After entering the imperial study room, Zhu Houzhao immediately put aside his status as an emperor and smiled excitedly at Chu Yi: "It's so happy. I have been the emperor for all these years.
Have a great time like today!"
Zhu Houzhao had never felt this feeling since he came to the throne.
In Zhu Houzhao's memory, since he ascended the throne, almost every time he went to court, he was remonstrated by a group of ministers saying that something was wrong here, something was wrong there, this couldn't be done, that couldn't be done, it simply lacked the dignity of an emperor.
This time it was different. In front of the civil and military officials of the dynasty, even though it was Chu Yi's contribution, Zhu Houzhao felt the awe of him from all the officials.
Especially when Chu Yi shouted: Who is in favor and who is against, all the officials were in awe, but Zhu Houzhao did not have the slightest fear of Chu Yi, but instead had the idea that a man should be like this.
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