"Brother, don't be upset. This Xiong Tingbi has a straightforward temper, but there is no problem with his ability."

"As for the situation in the memorial, it should be true. Xiong Tingbi knew that Liao's pay was heavy and it was a good thing to disarm again."

"As long as we wait a month for the Zhejiang and Sichuan troops to leave for Liaoshen, tens of thousands of troops can be reduced by then, and Liao's pay can be reduced. This is a good thing..."

Zhu Youjian comforted his dear brother, but what the other party wanted to hear was not this. Instead, he pointed to Zhu Youjian and said:

"This Xiong Tingbi, it is a good thing to eliminate useless soldiers and horses, but his move caused the court officials to impeach him. My brother asked me, how should I protect him?"

There was some resentment in Zhu Youxiao's words, which is also human nature.

Although Xiong Tingbi is talented, due to his bad temper, not many people within the Chu Party can speak for him.

Now Yao Zongwen and Feng Sanyuan of the Zhejiang Party are impeaching him, and not many people in the Chu Party are speaking out for him. With this, it will be very difficult for Zhu Youxiao to protect him.

Unless someone is willing to speak for him at this time, Xiong Tingbi's dismissal is a certainty.

It is impossible for Zhu Youjian to offend his good emperor brother for Xiong Tingbi, nor can he let his good emperor brother take the blame for Xiong Tingbi.

Therefore, he must find a party to speak for Xiong Tingbi, and the status of this party cannot be low.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said:

"I understand what my brother said. I can ask Yang Lian to come forward to help Xiong Tingbi. After that, my brother can send people to Liaodong to investigate whether Xiong Tingbi's words are true."

Naturally, it is impossible to send one person when Zhu You is inspecting the matter. Since the matter needs to be investigated, and the nature of the matter is a party dispute, then all parties can only be sent to investigate.

Zhu Youxiao felt somewhat comforted after hearing his words, so he said softly:

"It would be much easier if my brother could call Yang Lian to help. However, Xiong Tingbi has such a stubborn temper. I think he will cause trouble again in the future."

"It's a good thing for a capable minister to be stubborn. If he's not stubborn on business matters, but stubborn on party disputes, that's a bad thing." Zhu Youjian responded with a smile, and applauded the emperor and nodded, indicating that he was right.

Within a month of taking the throne, Zhu Youxiao was used to party struggles and knew that it was impossible to change the Ming Dynasty by relying on this group of people. Only a few capable ministers among them could do it.

So he continued to look at the next memorial, which was also the one that troubled him the most among the three memorials.

After reading it briefly, he handed it to Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian couldn't help but have a headache after seeing the contents of the memorial.

[Your Majesty, Ge Rulin, a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, said that since the 14th year of Wanli, there has been an extreme shortage of Xuan pay, and famines have been very difficult to deal with day and night. It is said that the Xuan Mansion's annual quota of money for Beijing transport guests...]

Compared with Xiong Tingbi's memorial, Ge Rulin's memorial only has more than a hundred words, but it is even more troublesome.

Xiong Tingbi's matter was just a party dispute, which was already the norm in the late Ming Dynasty, but Ge Rulin's memorial was about real money.

In the memorial, the imperial court owed 764,700 taels of pay to the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu. From the 41st year of Wanli to the present, a total of eight years, the court owed 764,700 taels of pay.

Ge Rulin's memorial said that if there is a strong man who responds to his call, then the rebellion of Xuanfu soldiers is very close.

This is a bit serious, but it is indeed true.

The Xuanfu has more than 80,000 soldiers, most of whom are guards. There are only a few camp soldiers, and it is these camp soldiers who are owed wages. There are ten battalions, belonging to various places, about 30,000 people. .

These more than 30,000 people were soldiers and horses recruited by the Xuanfu, but it seems that most of them were paid by the camp generals.

It is estimated that half of the 764,700 taels of silver will be eaten by the generals after they are distributed.

To send or not to send becomes a question.

But this matter is not difficult for Zhu Youjian.

"Pay!" Zhu Youjian raised his head and said to Zhu Youxiao:

"The soldiers in the Xuanfu camp naturally need to be paid, but their hair cannot be gray."

"We need to find out how many vacancies there are in a camp of more than 30,000 soldiers."

"Therefore, my brother thinks that we can first inform the soldiers of the tenth battalion of Xuanfu that the road is difficult in winter and that the army will be paid at the same time next year and three springs, so as to appease the troops."

"What about next year?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Youjian and relied heavily on him in military matters.

"Next year?" Zhu Youjian said with a bad smile:

"Next year, my brother will take the soldiers and horses of the Royal Horse Supervisor to the Xuan Mansion to pay for the emperor's brother..."

Said one sentence, Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes and noticed the meaning of Zhu Youjian's words.

Even if the Royal Horse Prison only has the current number, there are still more than 4,000 people. The ten battalions of Xuan Mansion belong to different stations, so in a one-on-one situation, they can completely crush the soldiers of the same camp.

Zhu Youjian personally took more than 4,000 people to escort and pay wages. First of all, the wages would not be embezzled and could be distributed directly to the Xuanfu camp soldiers.

Secondly, Zhu Youjian would take his men and horses to personally pay the ten battalions of soldiers and horses. As long as there were vacancies, the leading general would have no choice but to die.

At that time, not only can you save money, but you can also kill generals and loot their homes to get money.

No matter how you look at it, this is a good thing.

The only thing that makes people afraid is Zhu Youjian leading the troops.

If Zhu Youjian rebels, it will only take a hundred and twenty miles from Changping to the capital, and he can reach the foot of the capital in a day and night.

If it were another emperor, he might be worried about whether the prince would rebel, but Zhu Youxiao was not afraid.

In his mind, if his younger brother wanted to seize the throne, the palace transfer case could be successful that night without any big trouble.

He just thought it was his younger brother who went out on a trip for him to help him solve a troublesome matter.

but……

"If this is the case, I'm afraid my brother will be impeached again, and those civil servants won't have anything good to say."

Zhu Youxiao's eyebrows were a little worried, and he didn't want his younger brother to be involved in the party struggle. But in the face of his worries, Zhu Youjian smiled and said:

"If you want to impeach me, just impeach me. If I do things for my brother, as long as my brother doesn't punish me, then who can punish me?"

"Haha, that's true." Zhu Youxiao was amused by him, so he raised his hand and patted him and said:

"My younger brother is very confident in his troops."

"Didn't I say it?" Zhu Youjian said seriously: "To train soldiers, I want to protect my brother and let him sit on the throne with peace of mind."

"If anyone dares to rebel, I will lead my troops to defeat him!"

"Okay!" After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said with some relief:

"In the future, when I sit in the palace, I will call my brother my general."

"Uh...hehe..." Zhu Youjian always felt weird when he heard this, and he remembered a certain plot from his previous life.

What Emperor Yongle? He is just my general who conquers the north...

It would be easy if I really become a general this time... Zhu Youjian sighed, then stood up and said:

"It's almost time to rest. I'm going to practice riding and shooting first. My brother will deal with the memorial first and then get on the horse after resting."

"Go on, go on. I asked someone to prepare lunch. We can eat it after the memorial is finished." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, indicating to Zhu Youjian to go quickly and stop blaming in front of him.

When Zhu Youjian saw this, he smiled without saying anything, got on the pony, and after sitting firmly, he took his bow and arrow and started shooting on horseback in the square at the back left door.

He was riding and shooting, while the good emperor brother was handling the memorials. The two of them were playing around and working together. It really became a "combination of work and rest".
Chapter completed!