Chapter 257: Reform of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry
After the court was dispersed, the officials slowly walked out of the noon gate, still gathering in a pile in twos and threes as they did in the early morning waiting for the court.
But their topic at this time is completely different, that is, the one who said loudly in the morning, "How can there be no chaos in the Tianxing Mansion", and he said to a few people beside him: "If you want to say that although His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King is young, he is very humane, which is rare in previous dynasties." ”
"That's right, Your Highness is really an immortal masterpiece, and we may be able to see the prosperity of the society in our lifetime."
"Yes, yes."
But someone next to him was not at ease and said: "I just don't know if this money can be delivered on time with the current income of the imperial court." ”
"Hey, don't worry, you haven't seen that Tianxing Mansion has been copied everywhere in the past few days, how can you not find more than a million taels."
"Yes, in addition, the taxes of Fujing and Jiangxi have been returned to the imperial court, which is really not enough, just mention the amount of taxes. His Royal Highness the Vice-Chancellor has made a promise, and he will have a proposition. ”
"Well, that's true."
talked about the topic of meeting Lulu again, and someone suddenly said: "I said a few adults, today's official transfer is a little confusing.
"Zhu Jizuo, Zhu Ge is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and Huang Ge Lao is returning to the Ministry of Officials, which is expected.
"But the secretary of the military department of the Yang Pavilion Department is doing a good job, and the battle situation in Jiangxi is also quite smooth, but he was transferred to the household department. To say, he can be regarded as an auxiliary king. ”
"What's so strange about that? The household department is an important place for money and grain, and recently the big bank in Tianxing Mansion has been confiscated, and a lot of silver taels have been set in the treasury, so how can you rest assured if you don't let your own people stare at it? ”
The man from before nodded, "That's how it is." But why after being transferred out of the Yang Pavilion Department, the post of secretary of the military department is still vacant. Oh, by the way, there is no candidate for the Ministry of Works. ”
Master Lu was also stunned, "This, I don't know the reason for this." ”
Naturally, he didn't know that Zhu Linmiao was brewing a military restructuring and structural reform of the Ministry of Industry, after all, the shortcomings of the army and the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty were too heavy, and they had to be changed.
The army's guard system was lifeless and ineffective, and it also occupied a large amount of arable land. The generals who could fight the war raised more private soldiers, and the soldiers only recognized the officers and did not recognize the imperial court, and most of these people became separatist warlords in the later period.
The Ministry of Industry is corrupt from top to bottom, and it is good that one percent of the imperial court's appropriations can be used for the manufacture of utensils. In addition, the status of craftsmen is low, and the exploitation of craftsmen by officials is extremely serious, resulting in the quality of things made by the Ministry of Industry like shit.
Not to mention anything else, when the soldiers fighting on the battlefield saw the words "Ministry of Industry" on the birds, they had to reduce the gunpowder by at least half before they dared to fire the guns, otherwise they would be blown up twice in three days. Whoever can get a privately cast fire gun in their hands is like the New Year.
Although the Ming Dynasty was also in urgent need of reform in many aspects such as commerce, taxation, officials, and imperial examinations, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry had the most serious impact on the country.
Before the two were completely straightened out, he left the two titles empty. In other words, he is doing it on a temporary basis, so that he can be more efficient when making major adjustments.
It is also possible to take this opportunity to change Yang Tinglin, who is not familiar with military affairs, to a position suitable for him. Zhu Linmiao considered that his greatest contribution to the Jiangxi war situation was to raise a lot of food and wages, and when he was very familiar with this way, he simply transferred him to the household department.
Lord Na Lu continued: "Eh, by the way, do you know the origin of Song Yingxing, the Ministry of Works, and the Chinese Yizhi, the Ministry of Works, who were promoted this time? ”
Beside him, an official who served in the Ministry of Rites said: "I remember that this Fang Yizhi is a Shuji who has been in Chongzhen for thirteen years, and has served as a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy. As for Song Yingxing...... It seems to be just a name. ”
The review of the Hanlin Academy is only a seven-rank official, and as for Song Yingxing's background, it is even more difficult to enter the eyes of these court officials, and several people are shaking their heads for a while, thinking that this must be the auxiliary king's personal confidant.
"There is also the Langzhong Xu'er Road who was newly inserted into our Ministry of Rites, who used to be just the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Eighth Grade. As for the newly established Xuanbu Langzhong and the director, what are they called? It is said that they used to be local eight-rank junior members......"
"Hey, that's with the right person. Now that the auxiliary king is above 10,000 people, it is strange to promote some of his own people. Fortunately, the officials of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment are all in the middle of the court, so isn't the Propaganda Department also in charge of the Ministry of Pavilions?
"It seems that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King has just taken charge of the court, and he still has to rely on the original group of courtiers, but his own people have not obtained too many important positions."
The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry have always had little power, and the newly established Propaganda Department is just a leading class in their eyes, so Zhu Linmiao's people really don't hold important positions.
However, when Zhu Linmiao's "Daming Development Outline" is fully implemented, they will be dumbfounded, these positions they originally thought were insignificant, and they were really hot!
And these people tacitly did not talk about the large number of military positions that entered the seal this time. For example, the newly promoted deputy general, Zhen Zhen, the commander of the Broken Battalion, and Yu Xin, the commander of the Longwei Military Battalion. There are nine new generals, including Zhu Jiadi, Zhao Shichao, Chen Xiongfei, and Xia Fuxian. Eleven newly promoted guerrilla generals, including Liu Guoxuan, Li Ying, Liu Chang, Ma De, and Shi Lang.
After all, in the past six months, the Long Wei Army and the Broken Camp have captured 80,000 or 90,000 Qing troops in Pingjiangxi and Dingfujing.
Moreover, King Chen started as a soldier, and these people are all his descendants, and he will rely on these generals to recover the lost territory in the Northern Expedition in the future. Even though the auxiliary king rewarded them greatly, the Chinese officials did not dare to say too much.
In fact, after the Long Wei Army entered Tianxing Mansion, Zhu Linmiao had announced a new standard for soldiers' salaries, and the salaries of all soldiers and officers were basically increased by six to seventy percent.
A new system of military salaries was also implemented on the side of the camp, and the military department was responsible for the payment of military salaries. As for the specific salary of each soldier, although it is lower than that of the Long Guard, looking at the entire land of China, it can definitely be regarded as a "high salary".
These soldiers shed their blood for the country and drove the land back to the land with their own lives, and it is only natural that they should be paid a higher salary.
Among Zhu Linmiao's old subordinates, only Gu Yanwu's name did not appear in the list of Jinfeng, but no one cared about him at all, this unknown former head of the Ministry of War.
And what Zhu Linmiao arranged for him was an extremely important and somewhat mysterious position.
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When Zhu Linmiao returned to the palace study from the Wenhua Palace, before his butt was hot, Shi Lin came to Tongyu, "My lord, General Yu and Zhang Shilang ask to see you." ”
General Yu? Zhang Shilang? Zhu Linmiao was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, it should be Yu Xin and Zhang Jiayu, who had just been promoted in the morning. He hurriedly laughed, "Let them in." ”
The two of them still saluted according to the military custom, but one was obviously jubilant, and the other seemed a little anxious.