Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

The long national policy meeting is finally over.

In this meeting that determined the future direction of the Ming Empire, with Dao Yan's careful preparation and Jiang Xinghuo's divine assistance, the emperor persuaded the six ministers with great courage.

In the newly divided experimental fields of Southern Zhili and Northern Zhili, two princes were responsible for presiding over the reform.

At the same time, Zhu Di also relied on his consistent ruthlessness to find a way to solve the biggest danger that kept him awake.

——A large number of non-Yan army troops left behind after the Jingnan incident.

The famous generals of the Southern Army will soon be transferred to serve in the northern frontier army. The northern frontier army, which will be guarded and reorganized by the vassals, will become Zhu Di's best sword against the most powerful kings of Qin and Jin. It can also be used in the future. Cut down the Tatar and Oara tribes of Mongolia.

The remaining regular southern army and Huaidian garrison after the Battle of Lingbi will soon be eliminated and reorganized into the Japanese Army to be used as cannon fodder for the conquest of Japan.

As for Zhu Di's cherished treasure, the more than 200,000 direct descendants of the Yan army, which were expanded from the Yanshan Three Guards and the Daning Three Guards, will soon be reorganized into the Ming Dynasty Jingying.

In the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, the 200,000 strong troops in the Beijing camp who were able to conquer and conquer were the "roots" that maintained their unshakable throne for the three generations of Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Zhanji.

Until Baozong came to power, he became a rootless person.

As for why there was no mention of the Jurchens that Gu Cheng was busy preparing to obliterate

Well, at this time, the leader of the Jurchen Oduoli tribe in Jianzhou, the ancestor of "my Qing Dynasty", Meng brother Timur (Aixinjueluo Mentemu), was also the leader of the Huli Gai tribe, Aha Where is the little brother who came out?

In the Hongwu Dynasty, the main existence significance of the three Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou (Huli Gai tribe, Tuowen tribe, and Audoli tribe) was to act as a dog for the Ming Dynasty and disgust North Korea.

North Korea compared Huli's reform of Aha to recruit Jianzhou Jurchen tribes and wild Jurchens on behalf of the Ming Dynasty to "squeezing my throat and holding my right arm." Therefore, North Korea tried every means to remove the constraints from Huli's reform.

Zhu Di is not stupid. He wants to kill the Jurchens in order to kill the Jurchens. He has no intention of removing this thorn in the side and flesh of Li Chenggui, the supreme king of the Li family in Korea.

If all the Jurchens were wiped out at once, wouldn't Liaodong be taken advantage of by North Korea?

On the contrary, Zhu Di had already asked Zheng He to find out clearly that in a future predicted by Jiang Xinghuo, the one who would replace the Ming Dynasty would be the Aixinjueluo family, that is, the Jurchen Oduoli of Jianzhou.

Therefore, Zhu Di changed his strategy slightly and planned to ask Gu Cheng to send troops to assist the Huli Gai tribe leader Aha to come out. At the same time, he promised to reward the Oduoli tribe with official titles.

After all, it is the most efficient way to use Jurchens who live in the mountains to deal with another group of Jurchens.

As for whether Huli's reform department will become bigger?

impossible.

When Zhu Di takes out the kings of Qin, Jin, and Japan one by one in the next two or three years, it will be the turn of the remaining Jianzhou Jurchens and North Korea.

Even if the Huli reform department develops and grows, it will only take two or three years. What will it become?

After reading Zhu Di's little book, that is the ending of Genealogy Xiaoxiaole, no surprises.

In the final analysis, today's Jianzhou Jurchens, even the strongest Huli tribe, only have a few thousand men, while the Onduoli tribe has less than a thousand men (in history, the fierce brother Timur was defeated At that time, there were only 300 tribal migration households).

Therefore, it is basically a matter of Zhu Di crushing him to death with his hands.

The reason why Zhu Di only planned to crush the Oduoli tribe first, instead of crushing the Huli Gai tribe and Tuowen tribe of the Jianzhou Jurchen Tribe together, was because he did not want Li Chenggui to take advantage.

After taking care of the feudal kings at home and Japan abroad, none of the remaining Jurchens could escape.

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Zhu Gaochi turned around and walked with several cabinet members to the place where the carriage was parked in the imperial city.

The palace city was already locked at this time, and the adult prince really should not continue to live in the palace, so Zhu Gaochi wanted to return to his mansion to rest.

The ministers dispersed one after another and rushed back to the Yamen to continue working overtime to handle official duties.

Well, I am also discussing with my disciples and former officials what benefits can be gained from the upcoming big changes.

After all, whether it is the re-divided North and South Zhili, or the related official positions that implement reforms, in the eyes of every hilltop in the civil service system, they are just pieces of fragrant and oily fat.

The arm cannot twist the thigh. Since the emperor who holds military power is determined to do it, instead of opposing it, it is better to find a way to gain some benefits.

Again, in the current Nanjing court, the bones are not too hard.

When they arrived at the carriage parking area, several members of the cabinet took their leave one after another.

Not to mention the emperor's confidant Jin Youzi, the honest man Hu Yan who unexpectedly showed his power today, the wallflower Hu Guang, the career seeker Yang Rong, and Huang Huai who was not so firm in his stance were all left behind.

Only Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi stayed.

And he stayed without avoiding the surveillance of the Jinyiwei, Jinwuwei and other spy agencies that were bound to exist in the palace.

Obviously, Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi, enemies who had always been secretly competing with each other, settled their differences at this time, chose to stick to their temple stance, and followed Zhu Gaochi to the end without looking back.

"Take a walk?"

Zhu Gaochi and the other three walked along the palace alley, speechless all the way.

After walking to Waiwulong Bridge, Xie Jin said: "Your Highness, I would like to venture to guess what Your Majesty was thinking just now."

What Xie Jin was talking about was the thoughtful look on the emperor's face when he walked out of the cabinet on duty at the end of the meeting just now.

When Yang Shiqi heard this, he wanted to avoid it, but the next moment, he stopped his movements.

There was a grasshopper on the line. Even if Xie Jin guessed the Holy Heart, his move was suspected of committing suicide, and he could not avoid suspicion.

Xie Jin naturally knew that he was taking a risk by saying this, but he hesitated before speaking, as if he didn't know how to word it. As smart as he was, he still hesitated for a few breaths before speaking.

"I believe that His Majesty is probably thinking about how to deal with Jiang Xinghuo, who is about to be released from prison before his last class."

"That's right." Zhu Gaochi admitted without hesitation.

Yang Shiqi stroked his beard, which was not long, and sighed: "Oh, Your Majesty is the Lord of Heaven, how can you be disturbed by just one person? But it happened to be this Jiang Xinghuo. The banished immortal came to this world, and it was impossible to say that he was like Jiang Ziya and King Wen of Zhou. The wind and clouds meet.”

"This is supposed to be God's will, but it makes people sigh." Xie Jin also said with a wry smile.

If Zhu Di is King Wen of Zhou, who is King Wu of Zhou?

In terms of whether he is worthy of the word "武", in their opinion, the probability of Zhu Gaoxu is much greater than that of Zhu Gaochi.

"Now that we have reached today's situation, it is inevitable that the north and south Zhili will compete to implement changes, so there is nothing to hide from you."

Zhu Gaochi looked at Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi, the two young talents who had already expressed their opinions towards him, and confided a little bit of his feelings.

"After listening to this last lesson, my father plans to appoint you as the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty."

"What?"

"National Division?"

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi were both stunned. It had been many years since the title "National Master" had appeared.

The national teacher is the teacher of a country!

How illustrious and honorable?

It is not a position that is easily given to people permanently. Only people who are extremely important to the country and so important that they cannot be replaced can sit in this position!

But after thinking about it, the two of them had to be convinced.

Is Jiang Xinghuo not worthy of this position?

Of course he deserves it. Any policy reform he proposes, even one or two, is worthy of this position, let alone so many.

"But." Yang Shiqi said bitterly, "If Jiang Xinghuo becomes the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty and sides with the second prince, we may not be able to compete with him."

Jie Jin said with a lonely look, "I'm not as far away as Jiang Xinghuo."

Instead, Zhu Gaochi comforted him: "You don't have to worry too much."

"Why?"

Xie Jin thought thoughtfully: "Is it because His Highness feels that Your Majesty will not let Jiang Xinghuo destroy the balance?"

Zhu Gaochi did not answer. He was just guessing and could not put it into practice.

However, according to Zhu Gaochi's understanding of Jiang Xinghuo's character and temperament, this kind of talented person can only do important things to save the common people. He will never hoard for his own selfish interests, let alone get involved in any dispute for the crown prince.

In other words, I am afraid that the changes that his father is going to make and the competition between the two princes through the changes are just part of Jiang Xinghuo's efforts to change the world.

Zhu Gaochi turned around and continued walking forward: "Let's change the topic, regardless of Mr. Jiang's influence, which is how to implement reforms in South Zhili. Do you have any ideas?"

"It's difficult first and then it's easy." Xie Jin replied.

Zhu Gaochi stopped and said, "How do you say this?"

"In the Eight Strategies for Reform, Article 678, which refers to the national debt, the Imperial Heavenly Supervisor, and the powers of the Ministry of Rites, actually does not require His Highness to do anything."

"And the difficulty points from difficult to easy are the second and fifth items, the fourth item, the third item, and the first item."

"That is to say, it is most difficult to adjust the content of the imperial examination to promote the theory of the Holy King. It is more difficult to implement changes in the tax system and promote the promotion of rural labor service. However, it is the easiest to promote the examination method."

After hearing this, Yang Shiqi nodded slightly in agreement.

This is due to the differences in difficulty caused by different objects of administration.

There are a lot of officials. The total number of officials in Nanzhili is several thousand and more than 10,000. Therefore, even if the officials are unwilling, they can still push through the examination.

The reform of the tax system and the entry of labor into the mu are also listed in the fish scale register and the yellow register. After the adjustment of the nine prefectures in South Zhili, millions of people are all on the "double register". It is more difficult to organize stand up.

However, adjusting the content of the imperial examination and promoting the theory of the Holy King involves the invisible human heart.

The object of governance is not an individual at all, but the beliefs in people's hearts, which is naturally much more difficult than dealing with tangible individuals.

But on the other hand, Xie Jin is right.

Taking advantage of the fact that the center of the imperial court now has extremely high authority in Nanzhili, and with the foreshadowing of Zhu Di personally leading an army to sweep the south of the Yangtze River, it is better to do the hard things first and then the easy ones!

The most difficult thing has been dealt with, but are you still afraid that the simple thing will not be dealt with well?

Zhu Gaochi chatted with Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi for a few more words. This place was an imperial city after all, and there were many people and it was difficult to continue chatting.

The three of them exchanged a few words and then walked back and got into the carriage respectively.

However, just as Zhu Gaochi's carriage drove out of the Hongwu Gate of the imperial city, a series of thunderous hoofbeats woke up Zhu Gaochi who was taking a nap.

Zhu Gaochi poked his head out of the carriage window and saw that it was his third brother Zhu Gaosui, so he ordered the carriage to stop.

"Third brother, what are you doing here?"

Zhu Gaojiang is close to his second brother, but not to his eldest brother, but this does not mean that Zhu Gaojiang dares to neglect his eldest brother.

After all, although it was not Zhu Gaosui's turn to fight for the throne and he only supported his father, Zhu Gaosui had to think about the future. What if his father disappeared in twenty or thirty years? If the eldest brother becomes the emperor, it is better not to offend him too much at this time.

Therefore, Zhu Gaosui did not hide anything on his horse and simply responded.

"Father just forgot the order and now he sent me to deliver the order."

"The six ministers will all be imprisoned with their father in the future. Listen to Mr. Jiang's last lesson."