Huang Liji coughed lightly, stopping Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu beside him from wanting to continue to advise, but said frankly: "Your Majesty, if we lack enough vigilance against the martial arts, then the situation of the division of the feudal town at the end of the Tang Dynasty may not happen. Let the warriors lose their restraint, and in the end, aren't those people who suffer? ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded in agreement with Huang Liji's statement, and then explained: "It's not that I disagree with the need for sufficient restraint on the army, but I think that the restraint of the army should rely on honor and discipline, rather than deducting wages and discrimination.

I do not want to discuss with the cabinet about the reorganization of the army, which is the business of the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armed Forces.

However, I can briefly describe the direction of army reform, and in the future, the army of the Ming Dynasty will be divided into four parts: command, military discipline, logistics, and equipment production, and military tribunals will also be part of them. In this way, there is no need to worry about the uncontrolled army. ”

Huang Liji was only silent for a while, and then said: "If it can really be as Your Majesty said, the ministers will naturally wait and see." However, Your Majesty, it can be seen from this Beijing Mutiny that if the cabinet cannot control the Rong government, it will not be able to deal with some emergencies in the capital in a timely manner.

The minister thought that the cabinet should at least have the power to impose emergency sanctions on the Rong government. ”

Regarding Huang Liji's request for control over the Rong government, Zhu Youzhen neither agreed nor immediately refused, he thought for a while before saying: "I want to hear it, what else does the cabinet disagree with." ”

Guo Yunhou blinked his eyes and said to Chongzhen: "As for what Your Majesty said, the pension of the martyrs' families will be increased, and the ordinary people who suffered in the Liaodong War and the Lu'an Rebellion will also be subsidized.

The minister thought that he had to do his best to do the first one, and if he wanted to do the latter, even if he sold the old bones of the minister, he would not be satisfied. If the last article is not deleted by the protection decree, the minister will not be able to approve it in any way.

If Your Majesty really wants to pass this article, then please allow the minister. ”

This is the first time that Guo Yunhou has threatened Chongzhen to resign, Zhu Youzhen knows how difficult it is to be a housekeeper in the Ming Dynasty now, and he will naturally not let Guo Yunhou resign easily.

He racked his brains and thought for a long time before he said: "Then issue land bonds to all the people and meritorious soldiers who suffered in the Liaodong and Lu'an Rebellion, and after the recovery of Liaodong and the pacification of the Lu'an Rebellion, land will be granted according to the face value of the land bonds." ”

Shi Fenglai was suddenly surprised and said, "Your Majesty, aren't we talking about peace with Jiannu?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded at Shi Fenglai and said, "Yes, we are indeed negotiating peace with Jiannu." But the purpose of peace talks is to prepare for war, not to close your eyes and enjoy peace. ”

Zhang Ruitu was a little unaccustomed to Chongzhen's practice of advocating peace talks with Jiannu while beginning to prepare to tear up the peace treaty.

"Your Majesty, if Jiannu really agrees to sign a peace treaty with us, will we turn around and tear up the peace treaty again? In that case, what is the point of peace talks? How will the overseas vassals see my Ming Dynasty? ”

Regarding Zhang Ruitu's statement, Zhu Youzhen did not care at all, "The only use of signing the peace treaty is to tear it up." The important thing is not who tore up the peace treaty first, but whether the Ming Dynasty has the power to tear up the peace treaty, if you don't prepare anything, just blindly tear up the peace treaty, then it is stupid and should be ridiculed. ”

Although none of the ministers present had a penchant for morality, they also felt a little ashamed in the face of an emperor who measured state affairs entirely by interests, but it was only a sense of shame.

For Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, as long as the household department is not allowed to allocate funds, he does not care whether the decree to protect the military and martyrs' families can be passed.

However, he was skeptical that the land bond would be of much use, and that the refugees and soldiers of Liaodong still had a vast piece of land in Liaodong that could be used to paint cakes.

However, although the rebellion of Lu'an has now pacified the Yongning Xuanfu Division, it is not easy to recover the Yongning Xuanfu Division, and no one in the cabinet dares to risk provoking the rebellion of the Yongning Xuanfu Division again to deprive these natives who surrendered to the imperial court of their land.

Zhang Ruitu said: "Your Majesty's land bond in Liaodong is just that, this land bond paid to the people and meritorious soldiers involved in the Lu'an Rebellion can't be cashed at all.

Although there is a lot of cultivated land in the Shuixi Xuanfu Division, there is not much arable land in the Yongning Xuanfu Division, and these two Tusi are at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou, which is where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and their cultivated land is already very good to support themselves.

If Your Majesty wants to use their fields to distribute to the suffering people and meritorious soldiers, I am afraid that these natives will rebel even after surrendering. Moreover, the area affected by the Lu'an Rebellion was almost half of Guizhou and most of Sichuan, and millions of people were affected. ”

Zhu Youzhen showed a helpless smile on his face, "Have you ever thought about what era my Daming is in now?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the few ministers who were silent before continuing: "The current Ming Dynasty is in the last days, and it is the season of decline and decline when people will eat people.

I have also read history, how much is the difference between the current Ming Dynasty and the time of the Five Chaos of China? Jiannu killed Han Chinese outside the Guan, Lu'an Liang Tusi killed Han Chinese in the southwestern hinterland, and Spain killed Han Chinese in Manila, who were trading overseas.

At such a moment, we also have to think about whether the beasts that killed our Han people can survive, don't you gentlemen feel ashamed? Aren't the clothes you wear, the food you eat, and all that you enjoy on a daily basis come from the people's sustenance?

Although I am not deeply educated, I also know that without a people, there is no country, and without a country, there is no king. As the king of the Ming Dynasty, I only care about whether the people of the Ming Dynasty can survive. As for other people's lives, it's none of my business. ”

Xu Guangqi finally couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, although the two Tusi of Lu'an have rebelled, the people under the rule of the two Tusi are also the people of my Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "When they wave their swords at the Han people, they are no longer my Ming people. I ask the cabinet to issue an order that by March 15 next year, the natives under the rule of the two Tusi who still do not surrender will no longer be our Ming people. In the Rebellion of Luxury, the natives who had killed the people of the Ming Dynasty would never accept surrender. ”

Huang Li said a little nervously: "Your Majesty, if you issue an edict like this, then how can Shuishui An Bangyan surrender to the imperial court again, this Southwest Luan War may not be able to be fought in two or three years, and the military resources spent at that time will probably be an astronomical amount." ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered and said, "I advise Mr. Huang to give up as soon as possible and quickly quell the idea of the Extravagant Rebellion."

Since the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, since Yang Yinglong rebelled in Banzhou, Southwest Tusi Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan have rebelled against my Ming Dynasty, can you tell me why? ”

Regarding Chongzhen's question, Huang Liji was a little difficult to open his mouth, and Zhang Ruitu couldn't help but say out loud: "Liu Xixuan, a scholar in Guizhou, once said: The local people in Yunnan and Guizhou have been exploited by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and their lives are miserable, even if they are Tusi. The minister thinks that it is still a matter of the rule of officials. ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately said: "I have heard that the local officials in the southwest region not only deliberately made things difficult for the people who succeeded the Tusi, but also wantonly blackmailed, which made the Tusi in the southwest rebel, is this the case?" ”

Huang Liji said with some embarrassment: "These things are about to exist. ”

Zhu Youzhen raised his voice slightly and said: "These corrupt officials are indeed not a good thing, but they are no longer a good thing, and they are also the court officials of my Ming Dynasty, how can these Tusi gather troops to retaliate?"

And in my opinion, although these Tusi raised troops under the pretext of opposing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, in fact, they just saw that my Ming Dynasty was unfavorable in Liaodong, and thought that they could take the opportunity to stab the Ming Dynasty in the abdomen and tear the soil into a country of their own.

When my Ming power was strong, I could naturally use the method of appeasement to them, acknowledging that they had the right to manage themselves.

But now when the power of the Ming Dynasty is declining, what we need to do is to let the surrounding savage tribes know that those who betray our Ming will be severely punished.

Otherwise, wouldn't the Ming people who lived in the border areas become the most delicious food in these toasts?

Da Ming can be a wounded wolf, but he must not be a wounded pig, otherwise all the outsiders who have a little strength around him will pounce on us and bite us. ”

Under Chongzhen's fierce accusations, the cabinet finally passed the decree on the protection of military families and martyrs' families. At the same time, the cabinet issued an order: if the rebels did not surrender to the imperial court on March 15 of the first year of Chongzhen, then the Ming would no longer recognize the rebel people to enjoy the same rights as the Ming people.

Similarly, Chongzhen also made some concessions. Regarding Huang Liji's request to master a force in the capital, he chose to partially agree.

Chongzhen did not agree that the cabinet could intervene in the Rong government, but he recognized the Beijing Patrol Police Bureau, which was originally controlled by Jinyiwei, and now also accepts the leadership of Shuntianfu.

Although the cabinet needed to pass the Shuncheon Mansion before it could give orders to the patrol police station, Huang Liji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Chengzong and other Donglin Party members held the power of martial arts and the preparation of the new army, which put a lot of pressure on him, the head of the cabinet who had a deep grudge against the Donglin Party. With the power to lead this patrol police station, at least the cabinet will not be ignorant of the turmoil in the capital.

Zhu Youzhen obviously did not want to end the meeting, and he went on to make a suggestion: "There are 689 river moorings throughout the country, which perform the duties of collecting fish and registering the condition of ships.

But I also saw that these river moorings did not promote the prosperity of the fishing industry except for collecting taxes, and even set a number of conditions to restrict fishermen from developing fisheries, such as restricting fishing boats to single sloops and moving fishermen back to the mainland.

I think it's time to repeal these provisions, which are not suitable for the development of the fishing industry. The system of river berths also needs to be reformed, and most of them have now become a tool for the wealthy and the royal government to oppress fishermen.

In a word, the benefits were taken away by them, but the notoriety was borne by the imperial court, and I don't do this kind of business. ”