My Daming New Empire

All the ministers also found that when other people were talking, although it was a bit uncomfortable not to be able to refute, the quarrels were indeed much less, and the speed of discussion was also accelerated a lot.

Zhu Zhanji has been watching with cold eyes, watching everyone quickly adapt to their positions. Although there are many problems caused by this reform, the changes have already begun, and the general trend is good.

As for the reward for his voyage to the West, the reward plan he proposed did not encounter too much embarrassment.Although Liu Jiang, the governor of the navy who made the declaration on behalf of Zhu Zhanji, also faced doubts from some ministers, he passed the voting process smoothly.

This time, the most successful voyage to the West was the Tongshi Ma Huan. He, a fifth-rank Tongshi, reached a cooperation agreement with the Mamluk Dynasty on his own, and obtained hundreds of miles of farmland in Suez. Garrison, although he was temporarily arranged there by Zhu Zhanji in the name of the governor, but after all, the name is not right.

This time he was directly named Xihai Bo, and also got the official seal of Zhu Di, becoming the governor of Xihai.

He not only holds the military and political power of Suez, but also the armies of Crete and Ceuta, only the commercial trade there is not under his control.Except for him, most of the other senior generals rewarded gold and silver, or awarded honors to their descendants.

However, most of the generals and soldiers in the army were promoted to a higher level in addition to material rewards.

Because Zhu Zhanji's young army stayed in Suez in case of chance, Zhu Di authorized him to give priority to selecting manpower after the army went out and after the new soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were trained.

And the middle-level generals of this new army already have all of them, that is, the six hundred soldiers trained by Habayashi Wei.

Of the six hundred soldiers, Zhu Zhanji could only leave 100 of them, and Zhu Di took over the others and arranged them among the various armies.Most of them have been awarded the post of deputy chief executive, and for later generations, this is the middle-level general at the deputy battalion level.

However, the soldiers trained by the Habayashi guards all received new tactical training, and everyone was proficient in surveying, positioning, and firearms combat, and their military literacy was definitely first-class in Ming Dynasty.

Most of the former [-] Jiazi Battalion soldiers are now the core of each army. No one doubts that they are too young to take on important responsibilities.

Zhang Wei was left to Zhu Zhanji by Zhu Di because he was going to get married, but Zhang Wu was arranged by Zhu Di to become a thousand households in Jinwuwei.

There is no obstacle to his marriage with Sophia now, but if he wants to get married, he will have to wait until he returns with Zhu Di himself.

During the Spring Festival, Zhu Zhanji contacted left and right, and with Zhu Di's hint yesterday, neither the Governor's Office of the Five Armies nor the Jingwei Command Division raised military issues at the court meeting.

It wasn't until the Ministry of War put forward various preparations for the Western Expedition that Zhu Di discussed military issues separately with the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Navy Headquarters, and the Ministry of War, and it will not be officially announced in the content of the court meeting in the future.

At this time, civil servants had no ambitions for military affairs, and under Zhu Di's previous hegemonic style, they had no chance to participate in the decision-making of entering military affairs, so this decision did not arouse dissatisfaction among civil servants.

This surprised Zhu Zhanji a little bit, he thought that the civil servants would be dissatisfied because of this!

On this day, the Grand Court will discuss matters from eight o'clock until noon. Everyone moved to the Wuying Hall, and set up a royal banquet to entertain the ministers.

After the meal, there was no rest at all, and we continued to discuss matters of various ministries.

It wasn't until Shen Shi that the grand court meeting finally came to an end.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji wrote to Zhu Di in the name of his grandson, announcing that he would build a large arena in the capital that could accommodate 10 people.

There was an uproar among the crowd. A stadium that could hold 10 people was inconceivable to most ministers of Ming Dynasty who had never seen Western architecture.

But Zhu Di did not hesitate at all, and directly agreed to Zhu Zhanji's proposal, and the money was not paid out from the national treasury, but directly from the internal treasury.

Since there was no need to steal money from people like himself, the ministers did not object, and the matter was quickly settled.

(It’s too uncomfortable, but I still completed [-], please subscribe)

Thank you for the rewards of seeing people with lights and monkeys pulling wires, thank you for your support

Chapter 23 The Joy of Invention

The ministers who have never been to Europe do not believe that Ming Dynasty can build an arena with 10 people, and they can't even imagine what such an arena looks like.

Will the arena be half the size of Ying Tianfu?How can I be heard?If the messenger eunuchs were to pass the message, wouldn't it take hundreds of eunuchs?

But in fact, apart from the poor sound reinforcement effect, building an arena with 10 people is not a technical problem.

In the first century, Rome could use bricks to build an arena with nearly 10 people, and Zhu Zhanji recruited talents from Italy to achieve this task.

The Roman Colosseum used volcanic ash as the bonding material, but Daming now has better cement.

The key is the difference in the research directions of architectural structures, which has resulted in the inability to build taller buildings in the East so far.

For Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji, this grand meeting was a success.

Although the ministers stumbled a little because they were not used to the rules when discussing matters.But everyone attaches great importance to the greater power space given to them because of the "concession" of imperial power.

Although today's power struggle has not yet appeared, everyone clearly recognizes their own sphere of power.

This is the biggest advantage of a clear division of labor.

In the previous imperial court, all important matters needed to be discussed by the court. Although the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was the head of the ministers, he did not have the right to appoint a minister.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry controls the world's projects, but even the construction of a bridge requires the consent of other ministers.

It means that all power is centralized, and ministers only have administrative power and no official power.

But now, after Zhu Di accepted Zhu Zhanji's suggestion, he only made a small concession, turning the main conflict between the emperor and civil servants into a secondary one.

Through a small concession of imperial power, the contradiction between ministers has become the main contradiction.

Since the rules of procedure have stipulated that the affairs of each ministry are independent, only major matters are brought up for court discussion.Then I will not interfere with your affairs, and the rest of you should not interfere with my power.

Not only Jian Yi, but Xia Yuanji and other chief officials have already discovered this point, and the ministers of affairs under them are even more aware of this.

Take servants, Langzhong and others as an example. They used to have the right to deal with affairs only after the matter was settled, and they couldn't decide how to do this matter by themselves.

But now, the imperial power has retreated and the decision-making power of many affairs has been handed down.Then, in order to maintain their own power, their main conflict is the court discussion.

The struggle for power has not yet started, but the pattern has been formed, and everyone has already understood what they should do.

After the dynasty was over, Zhu Zhanji returned to Xingqing Palace, changed his clothes, and prepared to go to Xiamaqiao Farm.

Zhu Di is going to meet Chen Cheng tomorrow and send him to the northwest. Zhu Zhanji wants to meet him today, and arrange for the Counseling Department and Jinyiwei staff to provide him with support.

But I didn't expect that today's court meeting would be held until after three o'clock in the afternoon.The days are short now, and it has been cloudy for the past few days, and the sky is already dark now.

"Your Highness, Jinyiwei informed that Lin San, Tang Sai'er and his wife are already in Jinyiwei."

Although Tang Sai'er's affairs are more important, there are priorities. Since Tang Sai'er and the others have been brought under control, it will not affect things sooner or later.

Chen Cheng will be summoned by Zhu Di tomorrow. Although this matter is small, it is more urgent.

"Tell Yang Zhangde, I will meet them at noon tomorrow. Go and see if the Concubine Taisun and the others are ready?"

"It will be ready in the afternoon, just wait for His Highness to come back."

After changing the clothes for going out, Sun Xian took Zhu Qizhen's little hand and entered the palace gate. "Your Highness, why do you have to accompany me when you go to Xiamaqiao for inspection? Let my concubine know, and I will be blamed again."

Having said that, Sun Xian was actually very happy to remember Zhu Zhanji when she went out.

Zhu Zhanji touched the head of Zhu Qizhen, who was shaved like a little Ah Fu, and said to Li Liang: "Bring my document No. 003, and put it on..."

It was not far from Xingqing Palace to Donghua Gate, Zhu Zhanji hugged Zhu Qizhen, followed by Sun Xian, and walked towards Donghua Gate with a steady pace.