Above the port, a group of people was slowly moving towards the fleet moored in the port. The leader was none other than the current King of Jin.
Behind King Jin were a group of people from Prince Jin's palace, including Princess Jin, the crown prince of Jin and others, as well as scholars who had been recruited by King Jin and were willing to follow him to the Nanyang fiefdoms to try their luck.
It has to be said that this time the imperial court enfeoffed kings in Southeast Asia and allowed them to establish kingdoms and establish kingdoms. This was a great opportunity for many unsuccessful scholars.
Although the imperial court has been opening Enke exams in recent years and recruiting a large number of scholars, it does not mean that everyone who takes the exam can pass the exam and enter the officialdom.
After all, there are too many scholars in the world, but only a few have entered the officialdom through scientific examinations. As a result, a large number of failed scholars will naturally turn their attention to these vassal kings.
Any fool can guess that if these feudal kings want to govern the place after arriving in their fiefdoms, they will definitely need a large number of officials.
Although most of the fiefdoms of these vassal kings are only the size of one county, even if they are only the size of one county, it is still a fiefdom.
If you want to establish a country, you must improve the system. In this case, the vassal kings must recruit some scholars to manage the feudal country.
A state in one county may not need many officials, but it needs at least hundreds or thousands of officials to truly build a complete state.
This is a great opportunity to enter the officialdom. Even if it is just an official in the vassal states of these vassals, it can satisfy their desire to become an official, right?
Therefore, not only the King of Jin, but also all the other vassal princes, as well as the clan members of the vassal princes who issued notices, there would inevitably be a large number of scholars in front of the palace to recommend themselves.
In this way, the vassal kings selected among these scholars. It can be said that each vassal king has selected at least thousands of scholars to bring to the fief to assist him in managing the fief.
The scholars behind King Jin were also bringing their families with them, looking at the large ships in the harbor in the distance with a bit of hope.
King Jin vigorously led the people behind him and strode towards the treasure ship in the port. His lineage, King Jin, was the first to leave the Central Plains and go to Southeast Asia, which made King Jin extremely proud.
Suddenly, the palace official who was following King Jin whispered to King Jin: "My lord, look, that's the Duke of Qin!"
When King Jin heard this, he couldn't help but look forward and saw a group of people blocking the front. Who could it be if it wasn't Li Huan?
When he recognized Li Huan, a look of displeasure flashed in King Jin's eyes. Previously, Li Huan had tried his best to oppose the emperor's decision to enfeoff the vassal kings like them to Nanyang. It seemed that King Jin and other vassal kings were gnashing their teeth in hatred towards Li Huan.
Later, the emperor allowed the enfeoffment, and they were granted enfeoffment one by one. They focused all their energy on raising manpower and supplies, and had no time to trouble Li Huan.
Now that he was about to leave the Central Plains, he never expected to meet Li Huan here, and judging from Li Huan's posture, it seemed that he was here just for him.
Thinking of this, the King of Jin strode towards Li Huan to greet him. When he saw Li Huan from a distance, he said, "Who do you think this king is? It turns out to be the Duke of Qin. I wonder what Duke Qin has to say!"
Everyone in the Ming Dynasty could tell that Li Huan was here for the King of Jin, so he was not polite when he opened his mouth.
Li Huan looked at King Jin calmly, glanced at the people behind King Jin, and said calmly: "His Majesty has spoken!"
When the King of Jin heard this, he couldn't help but be startled. He looked at Li Huan and then at Qiu Ju, the emperor's servant who was following Li Huan. He immediately understood. I am afraid that Li Huan really came with the emperor's will this time.
After all, in front of so many people, even if Li Huan had the courage, he would never dare to falsely convey the imperial edict.
King Jin immediately bowed to Li Huan, and everyone around him followed suit. King Jin respectfully said, "I respectfully listen to the edict!"
Li Huan said lightly: "The King of Jin moved to the feudal vassal, and I am reluctant to give up. I will give you a hundred taels of gold, a hundred bolts of silk, and a hundred jars of fine wine. I hope that the King of Jin can guard one side of the Ming Dynasty for me..."
When Li Huan read out the emperor's oral edict, the young eunuch at the side hurriedly came forward and presented the emperor's reward.
Although the things offered by the Emperor were nothing compared to the wealth of Prince Jin's Palace, this was a reward from the Emperor, so everyone in Prince Jin's Palace respectfully thanked him.
The King of Jin bowed in the direction of the capital, and then stood up slowly. When he looked at Li Huan, he said with a bit of ridicule in his eyes: "I am about to go to Nanyang to establish a kingdom, but I asked Duke Qin to
I’m disappointed.”
Li Huan just glanced at King Jin lightly and stepped out of the way. When King Jin saw this scene, he just thought that Li Huan was afraid of him. He immediately showed a proud look and waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please follow me."
Get on board.”
King Jin's mighty troops began to board the ships. Soon, with the sound of loud horns, ships began to leave the port one after another. Hundreds of ships, large and small, sailed on the sea. The sea was dark and filled with power.
In the port, Li Huan couldn't help but smile as he looked at the Jin King's fleet going away.
With the King of Jin being the first to go to sea, soon the King of Qin, King of Zhou, King of Chu and other vassal kings went to sea one after another. For a while, the waters of the Ming Dynasty became extremely lively.
Autumn of the tenth year of Ming Dynasty Zhengde
Imperial Study Room of the Capital
In the Imperial Study Room, the Emperor was sitting, while Li Huan, Wang Yangming and other important officials of the imperial court were gathered here.
At this time, the emperor looked at the crowd and said with a smile on his face: "Dear gentlemen, as of the day before yesterday, when King Jing went to sea, there is no longer a vassal king in our Ming Dynasty. From now on, the imperial court will also be relieved of a great burden.
The Qing family has worked hard."
Although the organization of the men and fleets to go to sea was mostly organized by the princes' palaces, the support of the imperial court was indispensable behind the scenes.
After all, many people in the feudal princes' palaces simply do not have the organizational ability. After all, many feudal princes have been reduced to complete waste-like existences.
If the imperial court had not replaced the staff in the palaces for these vassals and given the palaces organizational capabilities, I am afraid that at least 30% of the palaces would not have been able to complete the relocation at all.
Therefore, this time the imperial court also contributed a lot, and a senior cabinet minister was personally responsible for this matter, so here, the emperor praised everyone present.
Wang Yangming and others quickly bowed to the emperor.
After the monarch and his ministers discussed the handling of the recovered palace properties in the royal study, the small court meeting dispersed accordingly.
After walking out of the palace, Li Huan did not return to the palace immediately. Instead, he went to the Fifth Army Commander's Palace.
Nowadays, Li Huan still holds the title of Governor of the Fifth Army and is in charge of the Governor's Palace of the Chinese Army. Compared with the past, most of the rights of the Governor's Palace of the Fifth Army were usurped by the Ministry of War. Now, because of Li Huan's strength and a large number of newly promoted nobles, he has entered the Fifth Army.
In the Military Governor's Office, and with the support of the Emperor, the Five Military Governor's Office has now become a force that can compete with the cabinet.
In the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, whether it is Zhang Lun or Zhu Fu, it can be said that under the huge interests, they are all on Li Huan's side. Therefore, in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Li Huan is absolutely
It can be regarded as an existence that sticks to its promise.
In the Governor's Mansion, several governors were all present. When he saw Li Huan, Zhu Fu looked at Li Huan while sipping tea and said: "Xian son-in-law, I wonder if you have summoned us all to come here for something?"
Li Huan sat down, glanced at several people and said: "The previous imperial court reorganized the local guards and moved a large number of guards soldiers to Nanyang. It has been several years now. I wonder how this matter has been handled?"
When several people heard this, their eyes turned to the British Duke Zhang Lun who was sitting there.
Among them, the British Duke Zhang Lun is the youngest. It seems that he was stimulated and influenced by Li Huan. Now he is very motivated in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.
Therefore, Zhang Lun was responsible for rectifying the local health centers.
Zhang Lun looked at Li Huan and introduced: "Thanks to the strong support of the cabinet, after several years of hard work, many guard posts in the country have now been abolished. A total of more than 2.36 million guardsmen have been abolished. In addition to local
In addition to the land distributed by the original guards, more than 1.2 million people moved to Southeast Asia and were resettled in major islands such as Surabaya, Java, and Malacca."
When he said this, Zhang Lun couldn't help but show a bit of pride on his face. You must know that this is a big project. Although it is assisted by a large number of officials sent by the cabinet, this matter is supervised by him alone.
, Zhang Lun should be proud of being able to handle such a thing well.
Li Huan actually knew something about this matter. After all, guessing about the local health station was not a trivial matter. Various things would definitely happen in the process.
Not to mention other things, the interests of local guards officials are intertwined. You must know that many local guards officials maintain their wealthy lives by drinking the blood of soldiers and using guards soldiers as slaves.
The imperial court suddenly issued an order to abolish local guards and relocate these military households, which was naturally a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, but for these vested interests, it was a disaster.
Therefore, during this process, countless so-called mutinies occurred. Unfortunately, Zhang Lun was well prepared for the reaction of these local guard officials. He had elite troops from the Beijing camp to personally suppress them.
The abolition will continue, and anyone who dares to jump out to fight will be directly captured, and then their homes will be confiscated and their families will be exterminated.
After the homes of more than a dozen guards commanders were confiscated and all their families were wiped out, the local guards officials became honest one by one. They were so frightened that they cooperated with the imperial court in dismantling the guards.
Li Huan chuckled at a few people and said: "Now that the vassal king has moved overseas and the local guards have been completely abolished, it can be said that a large amount of financial burden has been relieved for the court. With the tax revenue, the court can be said to have unprecedented
rich."
Needless to say, Li Huan, everyone also knows that today's imperial government's finances can be said to be unprecedentedly good. It can be said that looking at all dynasties, there is absolutely no one that can match the current financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty.
You must know that last year alone, the Ming Dynasty put aside the grain tax, and the various commercial taxes added up to more than 10 million taels. If the tariffs of the nine major shipping companies were added to the tens of millions taels, it would be more than 2,000 taels.
Ten thousand taels of tax money.
The grain tax revenue has increased by more than twice compared to before the tax reform, but the court's expenditure has been greatly reduced.
This resulted in a large financial surplus for the imperial court.
Zhang Lun looked at Li Huan. Based on his understanding of Li Huan, he was afraid that Li Huan had something important to tell them this time.
Zhu Fu also spoke at this moment: "Xianxiang, do you have anything to discuss with us?"
Li Huan smiled and said: "I knew I couldn't hide it from my father-in-law. Now that the local guards have been dismantled, the imperial court's finances are unprecedentedly sufficient. However, there is a serious shortage of military power in the imperial court. So I am going to petition the emperor to raise a strong army of 200,000...
…”
"puff!"
Xu Guangzhao, the Duke of Dingguo who was drinking tea, spit out a sip of tea and looked at Li Huan with a look of horror on his face.
Even though they knew that Li Huan would never stop talking without surprising anyone, and there was nothing that Li Huan did not dare to do, but this opening of his mouth was to recruit 200,000 strong troops, which still shocked all the nobles and nobles of the country.
With a slight cough, Zhu Fu opened his eyes with a bit of surprise and confusion and said: "Now the nine important towns of the imperial court have a total of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the Beijing camp has an army of 150,000. In total, this is
There are nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, and after being reduced, these soldiers and horses can now be said to be elite, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than the previous million-strong army of the imperial court. Now that the imperial court is not engaged in war, why does it suddenly want to recruit 20 soldiers and horses?
Wan Qiangjun..."
You must know that the imperial court now implements a recruitment system under Li Huan's insistence. The imperial court's annual investment in the army alone is as much as millions of taels, which is already a considerable amount of expenditure for the imperial court.
If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court's finances had been abundant in recent years, I'm afraid the four to five million military expenditures alone would have given the imperial court a headache.
Now Li Huan wants to raise another 200,000 troops. Not to mention other things, it is to equip these 200,000 troops with neat armor, war horses, weapons, etc., so that they are all in order. The court must invest at least four to five million taels.
Anyway, several nobles and nobles did not think that the cabinet would agree so easily. The most important thing was that they did not think that the imperial court needed to maintain so many troops now.
Li Huan looked at the puzzled expressions on the faces of several distinguished officials, took a deep breath and slowly said: "Since Li wants to recruit an army, he has a reason."
Several people looked at Li Huan. Obviously they also wanted to know why Li Huan insisted on recruiting so many soldiers. If even they couldn't convince them, let alone the court. After all, the civil servants in the cabinet had already been convinced.
The military is extremely fearful. If they recruit another large army, it would be strange if the cabinet does not explode.
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