It had been a year since Zhang Shize was ordered to go to Nanjing. At that time, he was able to enter Nanjing and garrison with 5,000 elite troops.
Now that there are more than 30,000 Yulin troops in Nanjing, he does not believe that those gentry really dare to break up with the imperial court and fight to the death.
They have no soldiers and no power. Even if they want to cause trouble, they just let the few private soldiers they hide go out to cause some damage and rob the people.
Another tactic is to spread rumors everywhere to incite people to rebel, stimulate civil unrest, and rebel against the imperial court.
In the eyes of Zhu Youxiao, who had long been accustomed to fighting and killing, this was nothing more than child's play. The army could just drive over and push him flatly.
Those who can be easily incited to rebel against him are not honest and good citizens. If they are killed, they will be killed. Death is not a pity.
Although most of the local officials were their protective umbrella or their own family members, at this time, no such iron-headed boy dared to collide with the emperor's gun.
They will only seize the opportunity to submit a joint petition, falsify the facts, and say that the government is forcing the people to rebel, and the people are living in dire straits.
The court's policies are wrong, the emperor's behavior is morally wrong and needs to be corrected, etc.
Although the noble generals in Nanjing colluded with them and had huge interests.
But as long as Zhu Youxiao doesn't touch them and makes them feel that they are safe, they will definitely stay out of it.
They will not stand up for these Gods of Wealth and get themselves into a quagmire just for the sake of their face.
Furthermore, it is natural to pay back debts. These wealthy gentry dared to be rogues and failed to pay the taxes owed to the court. They should be punished.
This time, he had absolute moral integrity in taking action, and with the IOU in hand, no matter how eloquent they were, it would not have any effect at that time.
Zhu Youxiao was even worried that Li Zhicai and Zhang Shize's 30,000 troops and horses were too few, and they would not be able to effectively recover the money and food they owed in the first time.
In addition to the specific tasks and arrangements, the contents of his handwriting to Jinyiwei Qianhu also reminded the two of them to always pay attention to any abnormal movements in the city.
He also strictly ordered the two of them to keep all their whereabouts completely secret from the outside world, and the guards around them must not relax.
No matter it is normal time or on a mission, we cannot leave Nanjing City together. There must be one person who stays in the city to take charge of the overall situation and suppress those officials, gentry and nobles who are ready to make moves.
Only in this way can we firmly control Nanjing. Controlling Nanjing is equivalent to controlling the entire Yingtian Mansion and having absolute initiative.
In order to ensure that they could act cheaply and that all actions were reasonable and legal, Zhu Youxiao issued another order.
The 30,000 troops and horses stationed in Nanjing were officially reorganized into the Royal Guards Habayashi Army and the Nanjing Defense Garrison Corps.
Their responsibility is to look after the palace city and the imperial city for the emperor, as well as the central and prosperous areas of the capital, as well as Chaoyang Gate and Zhengyang Gate, which are relatively close to the imperial city, and put them all under control.
After the imperial edict arrived, they were stationed in Nanjing City and were no longer part of the Xiaoling Guards.
There are also some people in the province who always make him feel disgusted by saying things like his name is unfair, his words are inappropriate, he is not in line with the etiquette and ancestral rules.
He also appointed Li Zhicai as the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Defense Garrison Corps. He was responsible for overseeing all defenses in the city, recruiting drill sergeants, and forging weapons and ordnance. All these were his responsibility.
Zhang Shize was appointed as deputy general, and also took charge of the Zuo Canjun of the Nanjing garrison and the judge of the Chinese Army Dudu Mansion (the deputy general is the deputy chief soldier).
Although this judge is only a fifth-grade official, he has considerable power.
The role of this position in the Fifth Army Governor's Office is equivalent to that of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, which is responsible for supervising and managing the military attachés in the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
The reason why Zhu Youxiao wanted to give him such an official position was because most of the nobles in Nanjing had the official position of the Governor-General of the Fifth Army.
Zhang Shize can judge them as officials and govern them, even if they are high-ranking nobles. After all, no one is the heir to the throne.
Although Zhang Shize had not made any achievements and was so young, it did not affect Zhu Youxiao's appointment of him as deputy general and his authority.
His status as the grandson of the British Duke is greater than any merit. From the moment he was born, his fate and responsibilities have been determined, and his status is a passport.
At the same time, a secret order was also given to Tian Ergen, who was in charge of Nanzhen Fusi.
Let him send out all the Tiqi to fully monitor the city of Nanjing, the noble generals who hold military power, and the Minister of War in Nanjing.
The Minister of War in Nanjing has very powerful powers, even greater than those in Beijing.
One is in charge of the south and the other is in charge of the north, but the Minister of War in Beijing also has cabinet ministers and the emperor, and even faces constraints from the other five ministers.
As for the man in Nanjing, he is the well-deserved number one official in the officialdom. He can basically have the final say on all matters, big and small.
Not only was he in charge of the military garrison stations in the southern provinces, he also held the official position of military counselor in the Nanjing garrison.
This so-called counselor's office was established by Zhu Di when he moved the capital to Beijing. The purpose was to decentralize power and prevent the noble generals from becoming disloyal and deceiving the superiors and concealing the inferiors, thereby threatening his position as emperor.
But what he didn't expect was that this so-called decentralization of power was not going as perfectly as he thought.
As time went by, it even indirectly brought about the cooperation of the Minister of War and the garrison ministers of Nanjing.
The situation of coexistence of civil and military forces that he expected did not appear. Instead, they united together, colluded with the gentry, and colluded together to fight against the imperial power.
Zhu Youxiao did not know much about Huaiyuan Marquis Chang Yinxu, a descendant of the current Nanjing garrison minister and general Chang Yuchun.
Therefore, he could only strive to give Li Zhicai and Zhang Shize greater power so that they could act without hindrance.
Wei Guogong Xu Hongji is also a veteran. When the situation is unclear, he will not take sides easily.
What Zhu Youxiao wants is his hesitation and hedging mentality to get things done quickly and officially settle the matter.
After all, he is also the leader of Nanjing's nobles. Although he is not a garrison minister now, and he does not have the status and absolute suppression power like the British Duke, he is still the leader of Nanjing's nobles.
As long as the Duke of Wei can remain neutral and not get involved, it will be of great help to Zhu Youxiao.
The eldest brother was silent, and the younger brother naturally followed his lead, and they also pretended to be dumbfounded.
In order to appease them, Zhu Youxiao also appointed Xu Hongji as Taibao and Chang Yin as Prince Shaobao in his imperial edict!
It is also telling them in disguise that nothing will happen to you. You are still an indispensable pillar of the country and my humerus ministers.