Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

After the two left, Sun Chengzong was left.

Zhu Cihong looked at the other party and asked directly: "How is the roster of soldiers in the guards in various places?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, after the people sent by the military department, I spent a year to explore all over the country, and almost every guard station has empty salaries, but there are a little more in Liaodong, Northwest, South Zhili, and Nanjing, and the general soldiers, Zuo Liangyu eats the most.

Sun Chengzong sat on the chair under Zhu Cihong's signal, and said: "They can all get together the number of people, just like when His Royal Highness rectified the Beijing camp and ate empty salaries, they were all hired temporary workers to serve as soldiers, and the people in the military department knew that these people did not have the conditions to be soldiers, but they had nothing to say, let alone dare to say it."

"Taken together, these places eat more than 700,000 empty wages every year.

Zhu Cihong cocked Erlang's legs, leaned back in the chair, and asked, "Then what do you think?" "

According to the old minister, if you want to rectify the national guard office, I am afraid it is a little difficult to eat empty salaries with the general soldiers in various places, and now the anti-thieves in the northwest are rampant, if the order is thoroughly investigated and rectified at this time, I am afraid that it will cause civil strife and even mutiny.

"Of course, it can't be generalized, there are also generals who are willing to listen to the orders of the imperial court.

"And.

Sun Chengzong said this, paused, looked at Zhu Cihong's eyes, as if he was saying, I don't know whether to say this or not.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that.

Zhu Cihong said.

"Moreover, if His Highness's will is issued, of course they will listen to it, but if it damages their interests, or if they want to rectify their will, I am afraid that after leaving the capital, it will not be of much use.

"Therefore, Lao Chen suggests that you should not worry about eating empty salaries now, at least until the anti-thieves in the territory are eliminated, you can't move.

After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he quietly waited for Zhu Cihong's decision.

"You're right.

Zhu Cihong sat up straight, took a sip of hot tea, and continued: "I really have to give more than 700,000 unjust money every year, otherwise there will be chaos, so I will put this matter aside and tell you something important." "

No, all the salt from the salt wells in the country was transferred to the Agricultural Affairs Department, and it couldn't be implemented, and only a part of it was transported for show, so he gave birth to the idea of using a knife against the gentry in advance, which was originally planned to be reformed after the thieves were pacified.

Although he doesn't plan to move the army now, at least he has a bottom in his heart, at least he knows where he is the craziest, and if he wants to fight, he will fight the craziest ones, and he will kill the most ferocious ones, and the rest will be captured.

For example, if you want to implement a new policy, if you want to carry it out now, the will will will continue, it must not work, such as the later Yongzheng, his reforms, in fact, have not been implemented, many places have resisted, the speed of implementation is particularly slow, and the resistance is also very large.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong wants to take advantage of the salt matter to first kill the most crazy Lianghuai and those people in Jiangnan, and then the people in other provinces will be like a dead dog, and they will obediently lie on his stomach

! Next, he will lay out Jiangnan, and he will be hit with one blow and completely uproot the opposition!

But no matter how it is done, army reform is the best, because those people have military power, and his plan is to change and change the army ideologically.

"Your Highness, please speak, the old minister listens.

Sun Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately, His Royal Highness is stable enough, otherwise the northwest anti-thieves have not been resolved, and there will be chaos in various places, and when the time comes, it will be much more troublesome to clean up than the anti-thieves.

"Hongu plans to reopen the station.

Zhu Cihong went straight to the point.

"This is abolished by His Majesty, and it does save the treasury as much as 680,000 yuan a year, this is still a drop in the bucket, and now His Royal Highness is going to reopen again

, this is not ......" Sun Chengzong looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in surprise, he didn't finish his words, but His Royal Highness should be able to hear the meaning of the words clearly, this is not a wrong view of His Majesty's decision, this is not a refutation of His Majesty's face.

This kind of thing has not happened since ancient times, but it was only when the emperor died that he dared to do so, and his majesty was still there, and the prince dared to do this, and he was also a ruthless person.

No!

The crown prince was originally

a ruthless man through and through! There was no ruthless man before, and he couldn't find a ruthless person in the history books!

But the good thing is that His Royal Highness is still a normal person!"

Zhu Cihong knew what he wanted to say, it was nothing more than another expense, slapping his father in the face in public or something.

"The reason why the post station costs more than 600,000 yuan a year is not that the post station itself costs a lot of money, but that officials from all over the country eat and drink excessively in the post station, and abuse the carriages and horses. "

To put it bluntly, all this money has been used to raise this group of waste!" Zhu

Cihong scolded directly, without hiding it at all.

"These ministers know, and Your Majesty knows, but even without these, the post station does not have much work every year, except for the time when the war is busy, the rest of the time is a waste of manpower.

Sun Chengzong didn't care, anyway, he didn't go to the post station to live much, but was more concerned about the practicality, so he said: "Besides, even if Your Highness reopens the post station, there are not so many public officials to maintain it now."

"With so many victims and a lot of manpower, just give money.

Zhu Cihong said, stopping Sun Chengzong, who was about to speak again, but explained: "The reopened post station this time abolished the system of free eating and drinking for officials, embezzling carriages and horses, and adding an express yamen.

"Your Highness, please. Sun

Chengzong didn't know why, he had already discovered that he couldn't keep up with His Highness's thinking, not only him, but also those in the cabinet couldn't keep up, in addition to maintaining the government on a daily basis, he just followed His Highness's will to do things.

It's just that he always refuses to accept the old man in his heart and wants to contribute to the country, so he sometimes gives other opinions, instead of blindly obeying it regardless of right or wrong.

"In the future, the post station will be free of charge for food, lodging, carriages and horses, only for the imperial court to send news, the military intelligence post guards will be used for public use, and other officials passing by can live for free, but they will have to pay for food and drink, which is one of them.

"Second, the palace said to add a courier yamen, which means to add a courier yamen in the city, increase the delivery of letters, letters, parcels, and even goods of the charging service, so that the post station can increase the income of the treasury, and secondly, it is also when there is nothing to do, so that the post station can also be busy, and can make money, killing two birds with one stone.

Zhu Cihong explained, he knew that Sun Chengzong could understand, the ancients were not stupid, but the problem of knowledge, for thousands of years are the four books and five classics, the Confucian set, it is difficult to expand the mind, it has always been agriculture-based, the treasury depends on these, from childhood to adulthood, it is all learned, and I never thought that there is a way out.

(The Ming Dynasty had science, but it was not taken seriously, but the court didn't care about you, but the Qing Dynasty couldn't, and directly sealed, suppressed, and banned you.)

"If this is the case, it is indeed good, firstly, it can abolish the disadvantages of the post station, secondly, it can indeed increase the income of the national treasury, and thirdly, it can also allow those people whose fields and houses have been destroyed by wars and natural disasters to have a job, an income to support their families.

When Sun Chengzong heard this, his eyes lit up, and after speaking, he stood up, bowed to Zhu Cihong, and said: "Your

Highness is really a genius, and you admire it!" "But Your Majesty knows that His Royal Highness is going to reopen the post station, will it ......"

Sun Chengzong was still a little worried about this.

"It's okay, my father won't care about this.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said: "However, I still want to announce it like this, just say: At the beginning, His Majesty abolished the post station, just so that the country could survive the war and natural disasters, and now that the country is stable, he issued an order to reopen the post station, and will recruit talents who can ride horses from the people to serve as post station soldiers, and will also recruit people who have lost their fields in natural disasters and wars to work, cultivate horseback riding skills, and help the people of the world."

"In this way, not only will the emperor not lose his majesty, but he will also gain a wave of popularity. "

Yes, Your Highness is really a prodigy.

Sun Chengzong admired again, and then immediately asked Zhu Cihong to talk about the details of the operation of this express, but at this time, Feng Ying walked in, which made Sun Chengzong a little unhappy.

"Your Highness, the four Dolgon have finished parading through the streets, and the ugly crimes of the Qing army have been posted throughout the city, and they have been escorted to the execution ground to be beheaded.

Feng Ying walked in to report.

"Let's go check it out.

Zhu Cihong stood up, and then the three of them walked out together and rushed to the execution ground.