It is urgent to rectify the military affairs and system of the border army.
Excluding the border garrison posts and the Qianhu Station, the number of regular troops on the nine sides reached more than 300,000.
Of these more than 300,000 people, there are at least 100,000 in Kongxiang, not counting the officials and generals, big and small, who manipulated and engaged in all kinds of corruption.
As long as the reorganization of the border troops can be successfully completed.
Not to mention other things, I don’t know how much money will be saved just in terms of treasury expenditures.
Even if he dies, and even if Zhu Youjian becomes the emperor, the Ming Dynasty will not die at the hands of Li Zicheng, nor will the Jian slaves be allowed to enter the country, at least fifty more years of national destiny will be lost.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao felt that the burden on him was very heavy.
There are still too many things waiting for him to do, but he cannot rush for success and must do it step by step.
For now, we still have to deal with the matters at hand.
He had already thought about it, Datong must be thoroughly cleaned, and at least 70% of these officials and powerful nobles would be killed.
Those generals, except those at the lower level of guerrilla defense, as long as they did not participate in Yang Ni's rebellion or made no serious mistakes, he could pardon their crimes.
As for those above the guerrilla and garrison level, he did not intend to keep any of them.
In this battle, many members of the Yulin Army had made considerable military exploits, and it was just right for them to fill this gap.
In this way, he has a whole town of soldiers and horses in his own hands, and another strong army of the Ming Dynasty is about to appear, so he can relax a lot.
As for those civil servants, Zhu Youxiao planned to kill some, exile some, and then demote and appoint some.
The civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty were indeed hateful, but that doesn't mean they were all.
It's just that there were too many hateful civil servants with the right to speak in the court, which caused the matter to be infinitely magnified.
There were still many civil servants loyal to the Ming Dynasty and aspiring scholars, although their abilities varied.
"I will temporarily hand over these tens of thousands of border troops to you two for me to carefully select. The conditions will be in accordance with the Yulin Army's system."
"I will kick out all those soldiers, gangsters, and people who are greedy for life and afraid of death."
"Especially those small groups and those related households, we must not let them go. Don't miss them. I will give you half a month."
Zhu Youxiao handed over the task of reorganizing the frontier army to Mao Yuanyi and Li Wei.
Mao Yuanyi has profound knowledge and understanding of military training and military formations.
Otherwise, I would not be able to write such a wonderful work as Wu Beizhi.
Li Wei was a member of the Xiaoling Guards, and he also had strict requirements for the discipline and execution of the army.
In half a month, it was not difficult to reintegrate the frontier troops and refine an elite force.
Zhu Youxiao is not too worried about this aspect. The most important thing for him now is to make pre-war preparations and logistics issues as soon as possible.
After half a month, when the border troops are reorganized, he will immediately leave the border, completely conquer the central and southern areas of the Monan Grassland, and leave a buffer zone.
He had already received the latest information from Jinyiwei. He didn't expect Jiannu to move so quickly.
In such a situation, he was able to send troops to attack Lin Dan Khan several times, but Lin Dan Khan was defeated and fled.
Now the integration of the northern Monan Grassland has actually begun, which is a bit beyond his expectation, although he has been worried about it.
After waiting for two full days, Zhu Youxiao finally waited for Sun Yunhe.
The reason why Sun Yunhe was specially transferred from the capital for interrogation was to give him a chance to make meritorious deeds.
Since he ascended the throne, Sun Yunhe has gone deep into the grassland to collect information more than once. He also stayed in Liaodong for several months and made a lot of achievements.
In fact, to be honest, although he left Yang Huan and Xu Xianchun in the capital, the most capable one was still Sun Yunhe.
Furthermore, the layout of Datong was arranged by Sun Yunhe, and all the Jin Yiwei in Datong were from his Qianhu Office.
He knows the situation in Datong best and has no reason to leave this matter to others.
As the most trusted leader of the four imperial guards under Emperor Zhu, Sun Yunhe has the least reputation in officialdom and the system.
Because most of the time he was collecting intelligence on the slaves and Mongolia, and sometimes he even had a part-time job, taking care of the local area and the army for the emperor.
But this doesn't mean that his interrogation skills are useless.
As a senior Jinyiwei, how could he forget his ability to take care of his family and meals?
The powerful nobles and civil servants who were imprisoned in the Fuya Prison had just spent two good days in prison before their nightmare began.
Sun Yunhe's methods were no worse than Yang Huan's, and he was just as ruthless.
After only one day, he had basically found out the background of these people.
Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with this efficiency. He looked at the accomplices revealed by these people and the list of participants in the entire interest chain.
He didn't feel the slightest surprise.
Last time he dug up the roots of Shanxi merchants, which indeed caused great losses and impact.
But this did not affect them in the slightest from continuing to smuggle and privately seize military supplies such as ordnance, armor, and ironware distributed by the imperial court.
As well as grain, grass and other supplies, they were also packaged and sold to the Mongolian tribes in the grasslands through various means.
"Everyone was copied. No one named on this list was spared. All the people from the three tribes were captured. The principal criminals were skinned and the accomplices were chopped in half."
"The rest, the men were sent to Liaodong to build the Straight Road, and the women were sent to the Jiaofang Division. This has been the case for generations, and will never be forgiven."
Zhu Youxiao just said a faint word and announced that hundreds of heads would fall to the ground.
But he didn't feel any psychological burden at all, and even felt that it was a little too little. The population of Ming Dynasty was really too large, and the food production was getting less and less.
It’s impossible to just think about how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, right? Such a large population must be consumed.
"The guards in Jinyi are on duty and open the door quickly. If you don't open the door within two breaths, you will be punished for treason and the nine tribes will be exterminated."
In a luxurious mansion, a group of people were trembling as they listened to the rough kicking and shouting of the guards outside the door.
An old man with white hair said tremblingly with a cane:
"Open the door, we can't escape."
But before his servants could get close to the door, several sergeants had already set up ladders and climbed over the wall.
After opening the door, Xiaoqi, a leading Jin Yiwei, said to them:
"Two breaths have passed. The Ji family secretly communicated with Yang Ni and the Tartars to commit treacherous and unethical acts. In accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty's will, the nine tribes were killed."
As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen subordinates behind him came forward with swords drawn.
Seeing this scene, the white-haired old man was about to retort, but suddenly he couldn't breathe and fell to the ground.
And no matter how old Xiao Qi was, he would go up and beat him up, and only stop when he saw that he really had no response.
As long as they have the emperor's trust, the Jin Yiwei will have nothing to fear.
They are the emperor's close ministers and the emperor's personal soldiers. The power and life and death in their hands are just a word of the emperor.
Under the leadership of the Jin Yiwei, the soldiers of the Yulin Army frequently dispatched, and basically all the wealthy families in Datong City were emptied.
Some officials and landowners outside the city were not spared either, and they were all arrested and brought to justice.
It lasted for seven days, and this operation against the powerful nobles finally came to an end.