Chapter 486: Your Majesty wants to conquer in person again?
Daiwang Palace, Jiaotai Palace.
This has become Zhu Youxiao's temporary office.
The officials selected by the capital to serve in Datong had already arrived. Zhu Youxiao also issued an edict to Chen Qiyu and Sun Chuanting, and held a small meeting in Jiaotai Hall.
If we say that among the vassal kings of the past dynasties, they were the richest and the most able to enjoy themselves, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the best.
The decoration and refinement of the Jiaotai Hall are even more luxurious than some of the main halls in the Forbidden City.
Of course, it is still incomparable to the Qianqing Palace where he lived.
"The rash reduction of vassals will inevitably cause shock in the world, and the people of the vassals will be panicked. Now, our Ming Dynasty is in a troubled year, a time of internal and external troubles."
"I'm going to say something disrespectful. Even if your Majesty has an idea, you should just bear it for a while."
The emperor directly cut off the Dai vassals. Chen Qiyu was both excited and worried, and was full of contradictions.
Anyone who is an official knows the harm caused by feudal kings.
The emperor's ability to take action against the vassal kings was naturally what the civil servants expected, but the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty at this time did not allow him to have the confidence to cut down the vassals.
"What Chen Qing said is absolutely true, and I think so too, so I just eliminated the Dai vassal vassal and did not question the other sects."
"But emergency measures must be taken. If I had swallowed my anger, this matter would have passed in such a muddle."
"Where is my majesty? Where is the majesty of the imperial court?"
"It is said that the whole world is not the land of the king, but do my clan members still think of me as their king and father?"
"My imperial edict has been issued for several months, but is there anyone who follows it?"
"I, the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty are still looked down upon by them?"
"It was the previous emperors who were too kind to them that encouraged them to have no regard for the imperial court."
"If I can't even give orders to them, what's the difference between me and the emperor?"
The emperor's words do make sense, which is why Chen Qiyu is troubled.
Sun Chuanting, as Shanxi's right-hand political envoy, never said a word from beginning to end.
This made Zhu Youxiao feel very strange. Sun Chuanting had a bad temper. He wouldn't comment on such an important matter?
But how could Zhu Youxiao know that it wasn't that Sun Chuanting didn't want to say it, but that he was holding back and didn't dare to say it.
How could he, a local official, be involved in such a thing as cutting off vassal vassals? Although he was a second-rank official, in terms of speaking power, he might not be as good as a seventh-rank censor in the capital.
The rest of the officials were even more afraid to speak. Most of these people were just Jinshi this year.
Not long ago, I received a cold look and ridicule from the emperor during the imperial examination at Huangji Palace.
How dare you make any suggestions at this time? Even if you want to flatter me, you can only endure it.
I was afraid that if I said something wrong, I would be killed by the emperor before I became an official.
"But it is really against etiquette for you to ask for money and food from your ministers. From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of any emperor asking for it with such express purpose."
"Your Majesty's move may be caught by some people and spread rumors. It will definitely have a devastating blow to His Majesty's reputation."
"How will the history books record what Your Majesty did today? How will future generations discuss this matter after reading it?"
Chen Qiyu was quite capable and loyal enough, so Zhu Youxiao reused him.
If it were anyone else, especially those he looked down upon, Datong rebelled and rebelled, and Yang Hong led his troops to rob and kill the emperor, it would have been enough for him, the governor of Xuanda, to be exterminated.
But he is a bit rigid, his thoughts and perspective on affairs have changed, but this is normal.
Those who have been able to stay in the officialdom for decades and climb up step by step are not simple-minded people. They must have been tainted with some of the customs in the officialdom.
"Okay, this matter is over now, so don't waste your time."
"This is not something you, the Governor of Xuanda, should be involved in."
"I declare that you are here to prepare for our army to go out to fight again and conquer the Monan grassland in the north."
"You are Governor Xuanda. I want to hear your opinion on how to fight this battle."
The purge of officials in the military and political system of Datong Prefecture is coming to an end.
Among the army, generals who guarded more than a thousand households were either killed or dismissed.
Zhu Youxiao replaced all of them with his own people. He killed Yang Jun's Bai Zongzong Zhang Wu and was promoted several levels in a row. He was already a guerrilla general in Datong Town.
Qianhu Feng Yi, who captured Yang Hong alive, was also transferred to Datong as a general.
The rest of those who had outstanding military exploits were basically arranged by him to serve as guerrillas and generals in Datong.
After all, there are only so many generals in the Habayashi Army. If the current ones are still there, they can't be promoted at all. It's better to let them go.
Even some generals at the grassroots level have been adjusted a lot. Zhu Youxiao has transferred more than 60 people to assume positions such as general control of hundreds of households.
The reorganization of the army has also been carried out extremely smoothly. The old, weak, sick and disabled, those soldiers, as well as the captured ordinary people, have all been sent home.
He took a brief look at the preliminary list of military personnel and found that it looked brand new.
The original establishment of 75,000 people was reduced to less than 40,000 after reorganization.
Although the number of soldiers is reduced, the combat effectiveness and discipline have been improved. As the saying goes, the soldiers are better than more.
Today's grassland is in chaos and its strength is greatly reduced, which is suitable for him to train troops.
Datong now has no shortage of food or soldiers. Not long ago, more than 20,000 fresh Mongolian troops were annihilated. This is a time when morale is high.
Under such absolutely favorable circumstances, why not strike while the iron is hot?
As a close official of the emperor, Chen Qiyu naturally knew something about the emperor's ambitions and goals.
But before he could ask in detail, he heard someone behind him say:
"Could it be that His Majesty wants to conquer it personally again?"
Zhu Youxiao also heard the news and went to see a middle-aged official walking to the middle and standing with a bow.
"Who are you?"
Hearing the emperor's somewhat cold words, the middle-aged official was not afraid at all and just listened to him say again:
"My name is Li Zhongzheng. He is the official of Datong Prefecture who was just appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was born in the same year as Jinshi in the top three this year."
The name Li Zhongzheng was not unfamiliar, but it was just that he was too far away and he lowered his head, so Zhu Youxiao didn't recognize him for a while.
But as soon as he heard the name, he remembered it.
When he asked questions in the palace examination that day, he left a big impression on himself.
However, this impression was not because of his talent, but because of his courage to face the king and speak the truth.
At that time, he had not yet been awarded the title of Jinshi, but he dared to directly criticize himself in front of the ministers and candidates for using those strange and obscene techniques to ask questions.
In fact, according to his scores and performance that day, he was qualified as a second-class Jinshi, but because of his mouth, Zhu Youxiao directly placed him in the last place of the third class.
At that time, Zhu Youxiao was still very angry. After all, no one had dared to confront him so directly for a long time.
He originally wanted to ask Jin Yiwei to search for his crimes and put him in jail directly, but he found out after investigation.