Although Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi also sat in the position of minister and had their own preferences...but when facing Xu Jingchang, they felt a little guilty and were not as tough as Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji.
There was nothing we could do about it. After all, they were Hanlin officials before the Yongle Dynasty. They were highly used by Zhu Di and rose to prominence. Xu Jingchang was already the general envoy and hereditary Duke of Dingguo.
Later, a few of them even took the title of Councilor of the General Affairs Commission, which meant that they had to receive salaries from Xu Jingchang... With such status, even if they wanted to be tough, they couldn't do it!
The only Xie Jin who was slightly more impressive had been driven out of the capital by Xu Jingchang. To a certain extent, Xu Jingchang had completely taken control of the court.
It's just that Xu Jingchang, who has firmly secured his throne, has become very humble and docile. Different from the past... he rarely directly intervenes in government affairs. Instead, he asks various ministries to submit their reports. Small matters are discussed in the General Affairs Department, and major matters are brought to Wuying Palace.
When Xu Jingchang expressed his opinions less and less directly, he always asked the people below to propose them, and then after he seconded the opinions, he handed them to Zhu Di.
Another point worth mentioning is that Xu Jingchang resigned from the position of Commander-in-Chief of Jinyiwei and recommended Ji Gang to take over.
It's just that because Ji Gang lacked military merit and was not from a noble background, he was unable to obtain the status of governor in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, so he could only continue to be in charge of the Jinyiwei as a commander.
After Xu Jingchang learned about the situation, he proposed to Zhu Di to set up a military joint meeting in addition to the Wuyingdian meeting.
After some discussion, a military affairs joint meeting composed of the general envoy, the Minister of War, the two governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and the commander of the Jinyiwei was formally established.
Ji Gang is a mere commander, and being able to be among them is simply a matter of luck that comes from ten lifetimes of training.
However, it is difficult for a person like him to be truly grateful, but with Xu Jingchang's current strength, he is simply not comparable to him, and it is impossible not to be honest.
Therefore, Xu Jingchang’s administration highlights one characteristic: stability!
Silent and silent, no wind and no waves.
All government affairs, except those that cannot be pushed forward, are being pushed forward rapidly.
The first is the issue of annual income. According to Xu Jingchang's calculations, the Ming Dynasty's annual income has exceeded 150 million taels, and this does not include a large number of industrial tax exemptions.
Such an astronomical figure made Zhu Di extremely excited and very pleased.
He would be more pleased if the expenses could be reduced.
"This year's budget is 160 million taels, and the overspend is 10 million taels!"
Xu Jingchang immediately shook his head, "Your Majesty, there is definitely not that many...according to the minister's figures, the overspending is only 9,988,700 taels!"
Zhu Di rolled his eyes and said, "You just call this a name? What do you think if I also cut off 99% of the salaries of you people?"
Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, if you feel that it is necessary to reduce salary expenditures, I will order the Ministry of Personnel to study it."
Zhu Di hummed: "How are they going to do research? They can't recruit a group of people first, right?"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Sheng Ming is a piece of shit!" Zhu Di scolded his mother angrily. He wanted to cut officials' salaries, but it turned out that he needed to increase the number of officials first and increase expenses... It didn't matter whether the money could be reduced, but expenses had to be increased first.
Zhu Di was really angry, "Xu Jingchang, you are getting more and more cunning now... I ask you, how do you want me to use troops with so much overspending?"
Xu Jingchang asked: "Where is your Majesty planning to launch troops?"
"I want to send troops abroad, can you find a way to get the money?"
"Of course." Xu Jingchang said, "I can quickly raise funds for Your Majesty."
Zhu Di said with a smile: "Then tell me, I plan to use troops against Annan, what will you do?"
"I will expel the Annan merchants and declare a blockade of the seaport."
Zhu Di asked: "Can we get money in this way?"
"I will relax my tone next and announce that the two countries are still discussing and the so-called war is just nonsense."
Zhu Di was shocked, "You are going back on your word!"
"Your Majesty is wise, I will raise my voice next and deploy troops to attack Annan." Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, these merchants in Annan will be in panic.
, throw away the property in hand. We collect it at a low price, take advantage of the easing, and sell it at a high price. When the profit is obtained, we can deploy our troops and launch an offensive. I conservatively estimate that after some operations, we can at least give
Your Majesty has contributed three million taels to the military. If your Majesty still wants more, you can confiscate the savings of Annan wealthy households in the Ming Dynasty, which should be three to five million taels."
What else can Zhu Di say? Xu Jingchang is hopeless. Whenever he takes action, he is always very evil and does not follow the right path. But it is difficult to deny that Xu Jingchang's ideas often have some effect.
"The matter of using troops abroad will wait for now. I have to weigh it again... But I heard that Xu Qin is back?"
Xu Jingchang nodded, "He arrived home yesterday. He went to sea this time and said that he collected a lot of information and was translating books. He planned to introduce the customs and customs of Japan to the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Di sighed: "It's really not easy for this flower hunter. Tomorrow I and the queen will go to the Xu Mansion. Please make arrangements so that everyone from the royal family and the Xu family will gather together so that no one is left behind."
This is a big get-together for the two families!
Xu Jingchang didn't want to neglect him. Sure enough, on the next day, the prince Zhu Gaochi, the grandson Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji's second brother Zhu Zhancheng, and the third eldest brother Zhu Zhanyi all came.
A new generation of three little pigs has gathered.
Everyone on Zhu Gaoxu's side also came, including Zhu Gaoxu's son Zhu Zhanhe.
The third child, Zhu Gaosui, also came with his son Zhu Zhanan.
The group of pigs was all gathered together. As a half-owner, Xu Qin did not dare to neglect, and his son Xu Xianzong also came over dressed neatly.
Among a group of older and younger children, Xu Xianzhong was the youngest, but this kid was not afraid and was still a familiar person.
He ran to Zhu Zhanji first, looked at Zhu Zhanchun and Zhu Zhanzhen, and compared their heights, they were both shorter than him.
Then he confidently said loudly: "Call me brother."
The two younger ones didn't know, but Zhu Zhanji stopped him, "That third brother is also two months older than you!"
Xu Xianzhong was stunned for a moment, right?
He shook his head violently, "I don't believe it. You see, they are obviously so short. They must not be older than me. Why don't you call me brother?"
Zhu Zhanji smiled helplessly, "If you have the ability to let the second and third children call you brother, I won't stop you."
When Xu Xianzhong heard this, he suddenly became interested. He stretched out his hand, grabbed Zhu Zhanchun and Zhu Zhanzhen, and ran towards the backyard. His strength was quite strong, and the two were pulled over.
Zhu Zhanji didn't think anything of it, so he didn't follow him.
But soon the sound of a child crying was heard, and Zhu Zhanji hurriedly chased after him. When he arrived, he found the two brothers hiding in the corner, shivering.
And Xu Xianzhong pinched the neck of a big goose with one hand and said proudly: "How about it? Call me brother quickly. Call me brother and I will crush these two geese to death."
Zhu Zhanchun and Zhu Zhanzhen secretly looked through the gaps between their fingers at the ferocious beast that had been chasing them just now. It was now dying in the hands of Xu Xianzhong.
He is really awesome!
"Brother!"
These two children really screamed.
Xu Xianzhong was so excited that he flicked the goose in his left hand and threw it to the ground. He waved his hand again and the goose in his right hand didn't run away.
"Come, I'll treat you two little brothers to some goose meat."
These two boys ran to Xu Xianzhong obediently, like two loyal little brothers.
Zhu Zhanji looked at his two younger brothers and felt his head grow bigger.
"It's chaos, it's chaos! You are his brothers, you can't break the rules, or I'll beat you up!"
As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, so Zhu Zhanji wanted to give his two younger brothers a little help, but Xu Xianzhong stretched out his hand to protect the two younger brothers.
"What are you doing? Want to bully others? I'm not afraid of you!"
As he spoke, Xu Xianzhong raised his fist and shook it at Zhu Zhanji. If he didn't agree, he made signs with me.
Zhu Zhanji was really speechless. He was already ten years old, how could he still act like a child?
Forget it, let them do whatever they want.
After all, there are so many adults here, so this little thing can't make any big noise... Zhu Zhanji didn't take it seriously, but Xu Xianzhong obviously didn't think so.
He defeated Zhu Zhanji!
He turned around and started talking to his two "younger brothers", who were also very cooperative. After talking for a while, they decided to take action.
Xu Xianzhong found three wooden sticks, one for each person, and then they took action.
Zhu Zhanhe of Zhu Gaoxu's family heard the sound of grasshoppers in the corner, so he chased them and searched around, but found nothing. When he turned his head, he happened to see three little boys smiling at him with their hands behind their backs.
Xu Xianzhong puffed up his cheeks and asked, "Did you bully them?"
Zhu Zhanhe didn't care about Xu Xianzhong at all. This boy was half a head shorter than him!
"Bullying is bullying, who do you think you dare to control me?"
This boy's arrogance made Xu Xianzhong furious. He turned his hand from his back to his front, and raised a one-foot-long wooden stick.
"beat!"
The two little brothers were so well-behaved that they actually listened to him. The three little boys came together and beat him hard with the sticks.
Zhu Zhanhe is a little older and has inherited his father's martial prowess, so he won't suffer if he fights two. But this time he faced three, and they all had deadly weapons in their hands.
This time I suffered a loss.
He was not careful and received several blows on his body. When he was dodging, Xu Xianzhong saw the opportunity and hit him on the forehead... The pain caused Zhu Zhanhe to sit on the ground and cry loudly. The three boys he saw were
It came up again, he got up from the ground, turned around and ran away.
Xu Xianzhong screamed and rushed forward like a general.
Zhu Zhanchuan and Zhu Zhanyi didn't know where they got their courage, but they were even more excited than Xu Xianzhong, so they also chased after them... The four little brats actually made a huge fuss.
"Dad, they bullied me and beat me!"
Zhu Zhanhe ran headlong into Zhu Gaoxu's arms, crying and wiping his tears.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the three cubs who were chasing him, then lowered his head and looked at his son. He stretched out his hand, lifted Zhu Zhanhe up, and threw him directly to Xu Xianzhong and the others.
"Those worthless things deserve to be beaten."
Zhu Zhanhe was stunned, you are my biological father!
However, Xu Xianzhong tilted his head, looked at it, and actually came over and said, "Call me brother. If you call me brother, I won't hit you."
