Chapter 46: Long Live the Thousand Households of the Mountain

In the morning of the next day, Liu Hong, who was specially named by Chongzhen, gradually stood at the end of Wuxun.

Chongzhen seems to be in a very good mood, sitting on the throne and looking quite peaceful, no wonder, eradicated corrupt officials, the treasury is also full, the devastated ancestral industry, now rejuvenated, Chongzhen the Great is now full of ambition and high spirits.

At the court meeting, Chongzhen spoke first, praising many officials, including the household department, the official department and An Guobo Liu Hongchuan, and then encouraged the children of the poor family who had just entered the official career, as long as they were dedicated to doing things for the Ming Dynasty, they would not be treated badly.

Liu Hongjian just smiled at Chongzhen's reward, and several grandfather-level officials from the household department and the official department only humbly saluted Chongzhen.

It's those newly recruited poor disciples, all of whom are happy and excited, and whoever is thrown into a place that is ignored for a few years to eat soil, suddenly fish you out, and then give you the fame you dream of, and you will be happy to close your mouth.

These children of the poor family knelt on the ground in unison to thank them, almost all of them touched the ground with their foreheads, vowing to enforce the law impartially, wholeheartedly serve the country, and share worries for the emperor.

Then the eunuch Wang Erxi read out Chongzhen's decree, announcing that he would pay all the officials the arrears of the money, Wang Erxi had just finished reading it, except for those rookies in the workplace who had just come out, the rest of the old ministers looked left and right, full of joy.

After the Hongmen Banquet operation, most of the old ministers who can stay here are innocent old stubborns, if you think that these old grandfathers are all ministers who are dedicated to the people and the country, it means that you are just a rookie.

In fact, even the Wenchen with clean sleeves, in order to climb up, did not give Chongzhen a stumbling block.

In order to achieve the reputation of eternal fame, these literati followed one after another, they did not embezzle, did not take bribes, in the vanity fair of the Ming Dynasty, this group of people only for fame, not for profit.

The salaries of Ming Dynasty officials were notoriously low, the treasury was empty, salaries were owed for more than half a year, and the ministers who were already strapped for money were also hungry every day.

Now that Chongzhen has announced the repayment of the salary that has been in arrears for more than half a year, how can he not make these old men happy, you must know that for these stubborn old ministers, the salary of half a year is a huge amount of money.

The court meeting was full of joy, and the gentlemen who had just entered the official career were gearing up, vowing to do a big job to share the emperor's worries, and the old ministers said hello to each other, thinking about returning home to have a big meal to celebrate.

Liu Hongjian squatted at the door of the Imperial Palace and was about to fall asleep, dare to love the big things that the emperor said was these trivial things?

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" A high-pitched voice interrupted the euphoric atmosphere in the court meeting that had not been seen for a long time.

Li Banghua, the new secretary of the military department, couldn't see any joy on his face, stepped forward and knelt on the ground to do something.

"Oh? Li Aiqing has something to do, come on! Chongzhen also had a headache for Li Banghua, who was known for his strictness and uprightness, and no one would give face to this guy, but according to Liu Hongji, the military department lacked such a person.

"The minister yesterday received a note from Pingxibo Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, saying that the situation in the north is unclear, the soldiers at the border pass are not paid enough, and they lack clothes and clothing, and beg the emperor to quickly increase the military salary."

Li Banghua doesn't have a good impression of this Wu Sangui, but there is nothing he can do at present, the Beijing camp has been baptized by many wars, and the remaining people are not even satisfied with the Beijing city wall, it is really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"Humph! This Wu Sangui, didn't I just give them 200,000 taels a few days ago, and I came to ask for it again for half a month, it's just ......"

Chongzhen is such a personality, there are not too many city governments, happiness and anger are written on his face, although he has long known that Wu Sangui has a problem, but at present, he really has no choice.

He wanted to count on Wu Sangui's Liaodong soldiers to resist Jianyu, and the border soldiers were extremely brave, and Wu Sangui had been operating for many years, so that these border soldiers only recognized Wu Sangui and did not know the imperial court, and they were simply warlords.

The ministers were also very angry, and some of those novices in officialdom even directly suggested that Wu Sangui be dismissed, and Liu Hong, who listened to it, gradually spoke secretly.

A generation of newcomers replace the old, and these novices don't know how many pits they have to jump into before they can be like those old men at the court meeting.

"The household department will give Wu Sangui an additional salary of one million taels of silver, and tell Wu Sangui that the situation is difficult, and I hope he will sympathize with the difficulties of the imperial court, be loyal to the country, and not let Jianyu step into the territory of the Ming Dynasty for half a step!"

When the army besieged the capital, Wu Sangui did not move and refused King Qin, which almost all the officials in the capital knew, and Chongzhen, who had always been jealous and hateful, was even more angry whenever he thought of this guy.

However, Chongzhen was only slightly angry at first, and then calmly let Xiao Huangmen, who was waiting for the decree, draft the decree, which made the ministers extremely surprised, and even Liu Hongjian muttered in his heart, this is not like Chongzhen.

Li Banghua saw that Chongzhen not only did not punish Wu Sangui, but instead fueled Wu Sangui's momentum, one million taels of silver, which was three months of tax for the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty is now temporarily rich, but ......

The emperor probably can't help it, there are no soldiers! Li Banghua shook his head and sighed when he thought of this, got up and prepared to go back to work.

"Li Aiqing stops, I have a will for you!" Chongzhen said in a deep voice.

Li Banghua then knelt down with a suspicious face.

"I order you to reorganize the three major battalions in the capital, take the governor's mansion of the five armies, recruit 50,000 soldiers from Beizhili, Shandong and other places, and the third will become a pure firearms battalion, and all the weapons and other materials needed Aiqing can consult with the household department and the Ministry of Industry."

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Military Department are all under the orders of the Emperor, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces has the right to command the troops but not the right to transfer troops, and the Military Department has the right to transfer troops but not the right to command the troops. The Governor's Office and the Military Department of the five armies control each other and do not subordinate each other.

Since the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and the military ministers who have no work to do and are suppressed by the Wenchen see that the Wenchen is half a level lower.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Governor's Office even participated in politics, and the power to discuss politics was also lost, and it was divided into five from the highest military body that commanded the whole army to a simple execution of orders that was subject to the Ministry of War everywhere.

As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Li Banghua was overjoyed, it seems that the emperor also knows what the problem is, and is about to receive the decree of thanks, Chongzhen immediately said.

"I have only one requirement for you, you must be fast, you must step up your training, I will fully support you with food and grass, I want an army that can fight and win battles!"

For the second half of the sentence, Chongzhen emphasized.

"The minister Li Banghua will live up to the emperor's trust, if it violates the holy grace, the minister will cut off his head!" Li Banghua's ancestors are also favored by the emperor, and he is also burning in his heart when he comes to such a field in the Ming Dynasty, and now the emperor has placed great trust on him, how can he not do his best.

"An Guobo?" After Li Banghua stepped back excitedly, Emperor Chongzhen saw that Liu Hong seemed to be leaning against the door frame and fell asleep, so he pretended to be angry and shouted.

"Huh? The emperor called me? Hearing Chongzhen shouting at him, Liu Hong gradually became excited.

Now he seems to be an outlier at the court meeting, where he hardly speaks, does not criticize anyone, and it seems that everything has nothing to do with him.

But the scheming ministers all know that almost all the major orders issued by the emperor have something to do with this unscrupulous kid in front of him, and he is the person Chongzhen really trusts.

"An Guobo obeys the order!" Chongzhen frowned, how could this kid never wake up, could it be that my court was so sleepy?

Liu Hongjian didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward and knelt down.

"I heard that you were assassinated a few days ago, and your wife was seriously injured in order to protect you, and I heard that your wife is the granddaughter of my Chaozhushi Sun Chengzong, and the Sun Inspector is full of loyal martyrs, and is a model for me in the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen smiled, although the person in front of him was lazy, but he really never disappointed him, from Wang Erxi, who had been to the Liu family several times, he learned that An Guobo was still a spoiled wife and crazy demon, and Chongzhen had this reward on his temporary initiative.

The commander of Jinyiwei is a third-grade official, although the earl is a super product in the Ming Dynasty, but there is no reality of Jinyiwei's command, his husband is in a position, Sun Xiuxiu is inevitably a little arrogant.

Now that the emperor has icing on the cake, Liu Hongjian is naturally very happy to receive the order and thank you.

"Liu Aiqing also stopped, I still have a will for you!" Chongzhen saw Liu Hong gradually get up and go back to work, and said again.

I knew that things were not so simple, Liu Hong gradually rolled his eyes in front of him, and then turned around and knelt down.

"I order you to set up a thousand households in the Long Live Mountain, and appoint you as the official of the thousand households and thousands of households, and this thousand households only need to be responsible to me, and the military department and the five armies have no right to govern it! All the necessary armaments and salaries are paid from my internal funds! ”