Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Just as Zhang Xin had expected, the discussion between Xu and Zhu Di soon produced results.

On the afternoon of the second day after Zhang Xin visited Xu, Bixi brought a group of people and a bunch of name lists to Yande Palace.

It is easy to come up with an idea, but to actually implement it, a lot of preliminary work needs to be done.

In general,

The first is how to divide the batches specifically.

The second is to determine the amount of treasure notes awarded based on the level.

Mrs. Xu's intention in having the list sent over was that her daughter-in-law should work as much as possible, as she didn't want to work at all.

Zhu Gaochi was very responsible and accompanied Zhang Xin through thick and thin.

By the way, I also got a truly comprehensive understanding of the military composition of Yan.

All the armies of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into simple ones.

At the beginning of the dynasty, the imperial court used the Weisuo system which was created by the emperor’s grandfather.

The guards were divided into capital guards and local guards.

As the name suggests.

The Jingwei were the garrisons in the capital city. Most of them were directly managed by the emperor, while some were under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Commanderies and the Ministry of War, similar to the Imperial Guards.

Among the capital’s guards were the Jinyiwei, Fujunwei, Yulinwei, Tengxiangwei, etc.

Local garrisons are regular garrisons in other places relative to the Beijing garrisons. There are inland local garrisons and border garrisons.

Later, in order to distinguish, local garrison troops stationed in border areas such as Yan were called border troops.

The "Weisuo System" introduced by the imperial court was originally intended to fight in wartime, guard the borders and garrison in various places in peacetime, cultivate land and open up wasteland, and reduce daily military expenses.

Even though the original intention was later distorted, the military households began to escape in large numbers.

But it will still be functioning normally.

The highest superior institution of the garrison was the Duzhihuishisi, and its direct superior was the Duzhihuishi, and under the Duzhihuishi was the garrison commander.

The deputy commander and the assistant commander are the deputies of the commander-in-chief, and are in charge of corresponding matters.

Each garrison had a total of 5,600 soldiers, and under it were five thousand-household garrisons, each with a standard of 1,120 soldiers. Each thousand-household garrison had ten hundred-household garrisons, each with a standard of 112 soldiers. There were also general flags and small flags below them.

Speaking of this, in terms of rank, there are already the commander-in-chief, the guard commander-in-chief, the thousand households, the hundred households, the general flag, the small flag and so on.

In addition, there are positions such as lieutenant general, garrison commander, guerrilla commander, and assistant commander.

In times of war, there are governors, generals, and military supervisors.

This is just a distinction in position.

In terms of actual duties, there is a big difference between David's office and Xiao Wei's office.

The border troops of the entire Yan area actually need to be divided into two categories: one part is stationed at the border, and the other part is stationed outside the city of Beiping.

Those stationed in Beiping City are of course much more comfortable than those on the border, and they are usually not under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

To be precise, all the troops were nominally not under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Yan's Palace.

However, because of the border garrison, border invasions occurred frequently, and coupled with the orders of the imperial court, the border troops stationed on the border were led by the Prince of Yan.

They also basically obeyed the deployment and command of King Yan.

In the entire Yan area, the number of border troops is neither too many nor too few among the Nine Passes.

The total number is one hundred thousand, as Xu said.

There are not many officials.

Even among these few people, all of them have multiple positions and various duties are overlapping.

People in the same position do not necessarily have the same authority.

Several guards were also divided into groups based on closeness or distance.

Zhang Xin and Zhu Gaochi had to sort out the relationships between all these people clearly before they could clearly deliver the annual gift to the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

Zhang Xin pulled his two younger sisters over, and neither Wei nor Zhu Gaosui was spared.

A group of people, including everyone in Yeondeok Palace, spent two days and still felt like a mess.

Finally, Zhu Gaochi got angry and decided not to make things so complicated and just do it according to demand.

The first wave of payments were to the elderly, the young, the sick, the disabled and the dead.

The border troops at this time did not need to be rotated regularly like during the Yongle Dynasty. Almost all the border troops were locals, or they had served in the army and settled down there.

Because of the military household system, this family is full of people who have served in the military or are currently serving in the military.

Every family has veterans who sacrificed their lives and soldiers who have retired with disabilities.

Basically, the first wave of distribution covered the entire Yan area's military families.

The second wave of distribution and the following ones only followed the principle of far to near. The farther the garrison was from Peking, the sooner the family would get the treasure notes.

Since people cannot come back to celebrate the New Year, all the soldiers wish to let their families have a prosperous New Year.

We do not intend to divide the levels of the New Year gifts into too detailed categories, and will just calculate based on each person’s highest position.

The minimum is two strings of coins and the maximum is no more than twenty strings of coins.

Once the general direction is decided, this matter will be much easier.

The charter was finalized in three days.

As for the treasure notes that were awarded, they were re-stamped with a very exquisite auspicious cloud seal as Zhu Gaochi said.

All major shops were also required to bow and shout "Long live the emperor" when exchanging treasure notes. At appropriate times, shop staff would also explain to everyone that the purpose of the Prince of Yan's Mansion was to celebrate the emperor's birthday and pray for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di had been a vassal for nearly twenty years, and his annual salary had always included treasure notes, including those of Zhu Gaochi's generation. But this time, all of them were cleared out during the large-scale reward to the army.

The whole city of Peking was in a frenzy, and the excitement lasted all the way to the Lantern Festival.

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Ming Dynasty, the 31st year of Hongwu, January 16th.

"Is it true that no one came to report the deficit?"

Starting from the tenth day, Zhu Di asked Xu once a day.

"no!"

Xu once again gave a negative answer.

"How can this be so mysterious? Did the grandson carry it himself?"

Zhu Di was shocked.

"Can you please be more polite in your words?"

Xu stared.

"There is no business without fraud - I am always afraid that they will plot against me."

No matter what, Zhu Di was still a child of the Zhu family. His father hated merchants, and he was no less so.

Although he never suppressed the merchants in Yan area, he didn't support them either.

He does the same when his daughter-in-law earns some pocket money.

But I never expected that my daughter-in-law could do such a big thing.

"What didn't the Master say?"

Xu changed her glaring into rolling her eyes.

"When I say high, it's as high as a nine-story building. He explained it, but I didn't understand."

Zhu Di replied honestly.

When he wanted to read, there were no books to read. Later, when he was able to read, he still had trouble concentrating.

"Then don't worry about it. Anyway, your daughter-in-law is smart and kind, and she got what she deserved by accident."

"How much money was exchanged?"

Zhu Di asked again.

"Just a few thousand taels."

Xu was also very surprised.

Zhu Gaochi had informed her in advance and set up a small separate room in the official office of Prince of Yan's Mansion, named Bian Qian Wu, and went to various commercial streets to greet people in shops.

If you receive too much treasure notes and cannot support yourself, you can take the Xiangyun treasure notes and exchange them directly for the equivalent amount of silver at the Bianqianwu.

In short, it is imperative that merchants who reward the troops have no worries.

Xu also prepared 100,000 taels, but in just one month, she only exchanged a few thousand taels for it.

"Fuck, everyone has enough money——"

Zhu Di was frightened again and uttered vulgar words.