The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The three true kings of the court came hand in hand.

They had some vague guesses, probably related to Shandong.

In fact, the results of Marquis Zhongshan's treatment of Shandong officials had already been reported back to the capital, causing an uproar.

The top officials of the three local bureaus, Bian Xiong, Huang Xingfu and Zhu Maogong, were skinned and stripped, their children were prostituted into slaves, and their entire family members were beheaded in public display!

A group of gentry and gentry who provided goods to collude with the Japanese pirates for smuggling and profiting, all had their homes ransacked, their direct relatives beheaded in public display, and their affiliated relatives were exiled to guard the border!

In addition, nearly half of the Shandong officials were traced, as many as hundreds of them, and their heads were also beheaded by Zhongshan Hou!

At this point, the entire Shandong officialdom was completely overthrown, and countless gentry and gentry had their homes confiscated and went bankrupt, at least as many as a thousand!

Such bloody and cruel methods are simply shocking to the world!

Immediately afterwards, there was a crazy impeachment by the gentry against Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan!

Letters of impeachment memorials flew into the Wenyuan Pavilion like snowflakes. Even though Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, had been in charge of the cabinet for many years, he had never seen such a terrifying posture.

"Master Hou, it's time to go!"

Its confidence came from the Ming Dynasty's garrison and military garrison system.

In the words of savages, this is called piloting, crossing the river by feeling the stones step by step.

Because of Bian Xiong, Marquis Zhongshan took advantage of the situation to clean up the entire Shandong large and small guard stations, and beheaded all the officers and generals who were corrupt, bribed, and enslaved the soldiers.

"This is the army's field. No matter who reaches in, they will catch whoever deserves to be caught and kill whoever deserves to be killed!"

In the field of vision, several large ships and dozens of Japanese pirate boats gradually became smaller and gradually disappeared into the rising sun.

After all, he was a close successor trained by Tianguan Ma Wensheng. If it weren't for Liu Jin who stole the power of the government, there is no way that Wang Hao could really succeed Ma Wensheng and become the next Tianguan Lord.

Liu Jian once again reminded the young emperor not to go too far, otherwise he would arouse the rebellious spirit of the gentry and Jin gentry, and then the Ming Dynasty would really be at its end!

Zhu Houzhao didn't like the words of the old chief minister the most. To put it nicely, he was putting the overall situation first, and to put it worst, he was trying to make trouble!

"Forget it, let's not mention this for now!"

"I called you here today because of matters at the guard station!"

"If they want to make trouble, let them make trouble!"

These gentry and gentry must kill Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan!

As soon as he entered the Qianqing Palace, Liu Jian immediately knelt down and saluted, explaining the tense situation at hand.

Lord Motosuke set a tone.

Even the personal imperial prestige of Emperor Taizu Gao could not suppress the raging public resentment. In the end, Wu Yong, the interrogator in charge of the case, was killed to quell the public resentment!

To put it bluntly, the "Guo Huan Case" was actually a bloody purge by the emperor to suppress the gentry. The main target has evolved from corrupt officials like Guo Huan to the local gentry who preyed on the common people, especially those with the Mainly Jiangnan gentry!

During the Hongwu Dynasty, a major corruption case occurred, called the Guo Huan case.

Contradictions and arguments often occur. After all, the little emperor upholds the belief of unconditionally supporting the Marquis of Zhongshan and helps the sergeants of the guard station to strive for their interests as much as possible.

The sergeants of the guard station were practicing while working in the fields, farming in peacetime, and participating in battles during wartime.

Mou Bin didn't respond, but he didn't object either.

After hearing this, Wang Hao was sincerely convinced and nodded solemnly.

In the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, Emperor Taizu Gao suspected that Li Yu, the official envoy of the Beiping Proclamation, and Zhao Quande, the envoy for punishment and inspection, together with Guo Huan, the Minister of Household Affairs, and others were involved in corruption and fraud, and ordered an investigation.

In terms of identity, status, and political achievements, Wang Hao is an undisputed elite of civil servants. As long as the Heavenly Official Ma Wensheng returns to his hometown, he can succeed Ma Wensheng and become the next Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This is the consensus of everyone in the government and the public!

However, for such an elite bureaucrat to be polite to the ferocious Marquis of Zhongshan, the officials and gentry were confused and even vaguely dissatisfied with it.

If we just clean up the military camps and return the fields to the sergeants to ensure their benefit, then that's really no problem. We can continue talking.

And this field is precisely the most important thing in this era.

"Godsend, cooperate with Lord Tishuai to investigate the military garrison!"

Next, the four monarchs and ministers began to discuss how to come up with some effective regulations to ensure that these military camps would not be invaded by others. For example, the Metropolitan Procuratorate would send censors to station in local health centers, or abolish the hereditary system of military officers, etc. There are ways to reduce taxes on military villages or even directly reduce taxes on military villages...

Wang Hao briefly reported on his work, regarding the unowned fields.

If nothing happens, "Mo Bin", if something happens, "Master Tishuai", right?

The thief Zhongshan Hou is really nothing!

The sergeants are divided into 30% to defend the city and 70% to farm the crops. There are also examples such as 28, 46, 19, and half. The difference is that the fields are fertile and the areas are buffered.

The first crime is to embezzle taxes from Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture and other prefectures.

Wang Hao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he looked at this unique Beijing soldier.

Tang Hao looked around and saw that five thousand soldiers had already boarded the ship, and then nodded.

"I hope that when I return from the sea, I can see a completely different sacred land!"

Guo Huan and others embezzled a total of more than 24 million shi of grain. The case implicated twelve chief secretaries across the country, including Zhao Mao, the Minister of Rites, Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishments, Wang Zhi, the Minister of War, and Mai Zhide, the Minister of Works. Ministry official!

The final result was that "from the left and right ministers of the Six Ministries and below, seven million in stolen goods were stolen, and officials in the provinces and provinces were imprisoned, and tens of thousands of people were killed." In order to recover the stolen food, it turned into a nationwide commotion, and wealthy people ransacked their homes and went bankrupt. countless!

However, the world was in an uproar, the people were resentful, and the court's prestige was greatly damaged!

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to continue arguing with Liu Jian, so he directly took out Tang Hao's secret letter and the secret report from Jin Yiwei, and handed them to the three senior ministers.

On a side note, if you still want to listen to this thief Zhongshan Hou’s suggestion of “improving military pay”, then I’m sorry we can’t talk anymore!

The country is so poor that it is almost too poor to open the pot. Every year, the nine-sided military expenditure accounts for almost half of the country's total tax revenue. You fucking want us to increase our military investment and pay attention to military construction. Why don't you be the Ministry of Household Affairs? Minister, don't you want to be the chief minister of the cabinet?

Isn’t the nine-sided military expenditure military expenditure?

It's as if I didn't give you any money or food!

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised by this result.

Tang Hao also told him that he should do it step by step, first change the military system, and wait for Tang Hao to come back from suppressing the Japanese!

After all, under the regulations of the military garrison system, these fields allocated to the sergeants of the garrison belong to the army, and no one is allowed to reach into them. This is the real purpose of today's discussion!

"Yuan Fu's words make sense!"

"If you were Marquis Tang, would you risk your lives and lead your troops to sea to annihilate the Japanese pirates?"

"Although His Majesty has worked hard to govern since he came to the throne, he wants to refresh the administration and punish corruption."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they all lowered their heads in shame.

"If you really piss off the Marquis of Zhongshan and go to the south of the Yangtze River with your sword in hand, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Because Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao also said in a secret letter that if he really wanted to reorganize the guard station, the imperial court would have to increase its investment in military expenditures. This military expenditure is not only the military expenditure of the nine sides, but also based on the overall national political situation, the imperial court should increase its investment in military expenditures. Invest in military construction!

Improve military treatment and ensure the interests of military personnel, such as starting from the issue of military camps.

Both the military appearance and the appearance of the soldiers are completely different from ordinary guards soldiers.

Seeing this, Wang Hao bowed and gave a solemn salute to the fleet.

If equipment consumption is included, the annual military expenditure of the Beijing army's soldiers will almost double again!

It is simply impossible to implement this method of spending money to train troops.

Wang Hao glanced at them lightly and just asked a very simple question.

"Shilang Wang, the people of Shandong have been suffering from Huang Xingfu and other corrupt officials for a long time. Coupled with successive years of natural disasters, the people are in poverty. They eat bark and grass roots, sell their wives and children, and the young and old are displaced and have no way to make a living."

Because there are not enough warships, Tang Hao can only take five thousand people on this trip to sea.

"Since we know that it is getting worse and worse, we cannot just let it continue to rot like this!"

If all the troops in the Ming Guard were like the soldiers in front of them, with high morale and loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, then what else would the Ming be afraid of "pirates from the north and Japanese from the south"?

But Wang Hao suddenly thought of something, that is, such a strong army was created with money!

As far as Wang Hao knows, for these 50,000 Beijing troops, the military expenditure last year so far has reached 100,000 taels!

The military salary expenditure alone will cost 50,000 taels of silver. The remaining 50,000 taels of silver include the food, clothing, housing, transportation and other logistical matters for the soldiers of the Beijing army. This does not include their weapons, equipment and training consumption.

Zhongshan Hou's military training method may be really suitable for promotion.

"Don't let this prince down, and don't let your majesty down either!"

Xu Jin, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, had mentioned this matter in the court meeting before. They all saw the corruption in the guard station and had nothing to say.

Hearing this, the three elders were not surprised.

However, after they read Tang Hao's secret message, their expressions changed one after another.

Otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor would not be in a hurry to make money everywhere, and the Marquis of Zhongshan would not lead his troops to leave the capital. He would raid his house, kill people, and squander the money crazily!

These large ships have long been filled with all kinds of supplies. In addition to weapons and equipment, the most expensive items inside are food and drink. After all, going out to sea to clean up Japanese pirates this time is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job, and it is not that fast. You can return home.

But it is not difficult to see from the results that Emperor Taizu Gao won at the time but lost later. The reputation of "a single man and a thief of the people" has followed Emperor Taizu Gao all his life. Even now, scholars still call him Zhu Yuanzhang a cowardly tyrant!

In the same way, if the little emperor really lets Marquis Zhongshan carry his sword and go to the south of the Yangtze River, it will be a fatal crisis for both of them. The Ming Dynasty cannot withstand such a toss!

After all, Emperor Zhengde was not the Hongwu Emperor, and Zhu Houzhao did not have the prestige of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang as the founding emperor!

This military garrison system originated in the Western Han Dynasty, was continued by successive dynasties, and developed greatly in the Ming Dynasty.

These guard sergeants are now abolished, but Zhu Houzhao believes that once this series of new systems are implemented, the guard military system that Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Wen used to raise millions of soldiers will regain new vitality. He, the Zhengde Emperor, could also raise millions of troops, and then... launch the Northern Expedition!

At the same time, Dengzhou Water City!

One warship after another is undergoing busy preparations, including those Japanese ships.

Then Tang Hao looked at Mou Bin and Xu Tianci who stayed to lead the team.

However, whether a good system can operate and be implemented in the long term does not depend on the system itself, but on the people!

The foundation of the garrison system undoubtedly lies in the fields!

"My dear friends, what do you think of this?"

On the contrary, Tang Hao took the 5,000 people to Qingzhou, but they did not really suppress the rebellion. They just forced the Qingzhou Guard Army to wipe out the rebels, and also gave the military merit to the Qingzhou Guard Sergeants. This will make up for it!

Again, the Marquis of Zhongshan, Tang Hao, had opened the abscess on you and the blood was dripping out. How could you pretend not to see it?

Not to mention anything else, at least the wound needs to be stitched up, right?

"All the large and small guard stations in Shandong are becoming increasingly corrupt. There are not even one out of ten sergeants left in the guard stations. Due to corruption, occupation and other issues, a large number of sergeants have fled. Many guard stations exist in name only. It is no wonder that the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more rampant, and the Japanese pirates are unable to resist them. !”

Mou Bin and others did the same and bowed to bid farewell to the Marquis of Zhongshan.

"This is a secret report obtained by the Jinyiwei Inspection Guard."

How to move?

Do you really dare to let Tang Hao go to Jiangnan?

Of course, the Marquis of Zhongshan did dare to go, and after he went, Tang Hao also dared to bloodbath the Jiangnan gentry!

However, the problem is that if the emperor and the Marquis of Zhongshan really do this, they will inevitably become alienated from the gentry, and the two sides will become strangers and treat them as enemies!

"The military garrison system is our national policy of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wang Hao, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, led their officials to rush over, preparing to bid farewell to the notorious Zhongshan Marquis and go to sea to wipe out the Japanese pirates!

In the past, Emperor Taizu Gao once proudly said, "I can raise millions of soldiers without costing the people a grain of rice."

"Your Majesty, if it is just to clean up the military camps, this matter is not a bad idea."

The third crime is that when collecting taxes, they use clever names to levy taxes on water, food, treasury, gods and Buddhas, etc., so as to line their own pockets.

"Wang Hao, Mou Bin, Shandong will be left to you!"

Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Fuhua exchanged glances, and then Liu Jian spoke.

So next, how should the court deal with these guard posts that exist in name only? This is a difficult problem before them!

Should we continue to transfer some military generals to serve as officers and generals and continue to use the old system, or should we seize this opportunity to reorganize the Shandong Guard in order to restore the combat effectiveness of the Shandong Guard?

Tang Hao nodded after hearing this, and he still recognized Wang Hao's ability.

Xu Tianci smiled shyly, and Mou Bin's face turned green when he heard this.

Once the topic of the discussion was established, the rest was much simpler. At least the three important ministers could continue chatting with the little emperor.

This is a naked threat!

So Tang Hao laughed and gave the order, and the soldiers behind him began to board the ship.

Then the Marquis of Zhongshan is still leading his troops outside!

It is true that he is in Shandong now, but who knows where he will go next?

Shandong is not far away from the land south of the Yangtze River!

Liu Jian reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Jiangnan gentry must not move lightly."

"If there are any powerful people, Lord Tishuai will take care of it. Anyway, you don't have to be afraid. If anything happens, go to Tishuai!"

Speaking of which, Xu Tianci stayed to guard the Japanese pirates, and by chance, he annihilated four thousand Japanese pirates, so these five thousand brothers had achieved military exploits after all.

In March of the same year, Yushi Yumin and Ding Tingju reported that Guo Huan had used his power to collude with Li Yu, Zhao Quande, Hu Yi, Wang Daoheng and others to commit corruption.

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

Wang Hao looked at the fleet that was gradually moving away, and his eyes became profound.

The corruption of the Wei Institute is not the fault of the system, but the fault of the people!

"You only shout about the righteousness of the family and the country, but Marquis Tang truly upholds the righteousness of the family and the country!"

"Your salary and salary are good for the people. It's easy for the people to bully you, but it's hard for God to bully you!"

"I'd like to give it a try!"

As soon as these words came out, the three giants looked at each other with helpless expressions on their faces.

Therefore, all kinds of dignitaries, military officers, generals, and even the leading eunuchs have reached out to the land of military camps. Large areas of military fields have been occupied, a large number of guard sergeants have been enslaved, and a large number of low-level sergeants can no longer survive and have begun to flee... …

The officials and gentry standing behind him, although they were very unhappy, still bowed down in the end.

"The fertile land is occupied by the powerful officials, and the poor soldiers have no land to cultivate. How can this garrison camp survive?"

There is no way, the Beijing army has now become a gold-eating beast, and it is impossible to support them without money and food!

Therefore, Tang Hou's military training method is useful, but the feasibility is too low. At least it is impossible for the Shandong Guards Station to use this method. No one is willing to spend money to train them like this!

"The government should recruit the refugees, provide them with cattle, seeds, and farm tools, register them, and allow them to resume production as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao took Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao onto the warship, and then ordered to set sail!

For example, in the first year of Yongle, the output of the military garrison reached more than 23 million shi, which was enough to support the Yongle Dynasty's huge military army.

An official asked in a low voice, asking all the officials Jin Shen's doubts.

Wang Hao and other officials saw the inviolable morale of this army, and they also had a high-spirited fighting spirit!

Different from the murderous spirit of elite soldiers from hundreds of battles, these soldiers from the Beijing Army exuded high-spirited self-confidence. It seemed that going to sea to suppress Japanese pirates was full of dangers and unknowns, and it seemed to them that it was no big deal!

In addition to the three thousand and four forbidden soldiers, Tang Hao brought the five thousand soldiers who went with him to suppress the rebellion.

"Let's not mention other health centers for the moment. Looking at this Shandong Health Center alone, it is an opportunity. If it is run properly after restructuring, it can be promoted to the world in the future!"

"Prince, why do you treat the Marquis of Zhongshan so politely?"

Zhu Hou looked at the three people.

Yumu stepped forward and reminded.

"Don't worry, Marquis Tang, I will definitely live up to my trust!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't say much after hearing this, he just sneered.

Regardless of whether they are stationed in the interior or on the frontier, each soldier is allocated a certain amount of land by the state to cultivate and grow on his own, so as to avoid the burden on the people and the difficulty of transferring food and wages, and realize the self-supply of the army. This kind of farming is cultivated by the garrison. This method has achieved results for a certain period of time in relieving the people of the burden and the difficulty of transferring food and wages.

There is only one main content in this secret letter, which is to reform the guard station!

This choice seems simple, but in reality it is difficult to make!

"But the problem is that there are many reasons for official corruption. If you want to improve the official system, it cannot be done overnight. It will not take a day to freeze three feet. Your Majesty must not act hastily. The official system will not be improved immediately by killing a few corrupt officials... "

The second crime was to embezzle autumn grain from western Zhejiang. The autumn grain from western Zhejiang should have been handed over 4.5 million shi, but Guo Huan only turned over more than 2 million shi.

Wang Hao murmured a few words softly, and then sighed sadly.

"Those ownerless fields must be sold to the people!"

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