Lian Shanxiang hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister is going to start training the Han generals tomorrow, I don't know if Your Majesty has any additional instructions?" ”

Zhu Youzhen simply ordered: "I don't have anything to say about the whole training, you should know more about this aspect than me." However, I want to change a few rules, this Han general is subordinate to the Jinyi Guard, and he has always chosen those with rich and brave bodies to be them, allowing his children to be hereditary, and he is not allowed to be an official unless he is 50, I don't think it's good.

After you take over the Han generals, all those who have reached the age of 30 will be eliminated, and those who are willing to continue to serve in the army will be transferred to the Beijing camp for a higher level of use. If you don't want to, you will be given a one-year salary, and you will be transferred to the various ministries in the capital as a small official, or transferred to the prefecture and county under the Shuntian Mansion as a small official.

In the future, the generals of the Han Dynasty shall not be hereditary, and the vacancies will be filled by the guards in Beijing or the meritorious soldiers in the border army, and the Beijing camp will take 3 percent, and the foreign army will take 7 percent. Those below the small flag shall not be more than 25 years old, and those below the general flag shall be transferred if they are more than 30 years old.

All Han generals were required to undergo literacy education and to enter the Army Officers' Academy. The selection criteria are no longer based on the physical abundance and courage. Rather, it requires loyalty, honesty, integrity, and literacy is preferred. ”

Lian Shanxiang agreed to Chongzhen's order without hindrance, and Wang Shide, who was standing beside him, became a little thoughtful when he heard it.

After receiving Chongzhen's order, Lu Qi rushed to the station of the Zuotun Guard Station in Yingzhou. On the day of his arrival, he sent reporters from Dongchang, and he himself patrolled the vicinity for a day and chatted with some local villagers.

That night, he talked with Tian Ergeng, Ye Qi, Cui Yingyuan and others behind closed doors for one night. After staying in Yingzhou for three days, Lu Qi, who thought that he had fully understood what had happened, hurried back to the capital with his people.

It took exactly 5 days to come and go. After Lu Qi entered the palace, he didn't freshen up, so he hurried to the Qianqing Palace to apologize to Chongzhen.

Looking at Lu Qi, who had sunken eyes, blue circles under his eyes, and a clean lamp, Zhu Youzhen, who was preparing for lunch, opened his mouth to stop Lu Qi from wanting to report immediately.

"You hand in the investigation records and let me see them first. Wang Chengen, reward Lu Qi with a meal. After eating, you should go back and rest for a while, and then report to me when you are rested. ”

Lu Qi said with some emotion: "Your Majesty, the minister is not in the way, you can go to rest after the report." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "The court meeting is also tomorrow's, and there is still time." You take a break and report back in the evening. Besides, if I hadn't read the report, I wouldn't have thought of a question to ask. After lunch, you should go to the duty room on the side to rest for a while, if there is any problem, I will ask someone to call you over. ”

Chongzhen's kindness made Lu Qi no longer shirk, and he was indeed at the limit of his physical strength, tired and without appetite, he hurriedly drank a bowl of porridge and went to the eunuch duty room on the side. Lu Qi, who hadn't rested much for a few days, fell asleep almost as soon as he got on the pillow.

When he was shaken awake, he realized that the room had been lit with candles. In the orange candlelight, Lu Qi asked the little eunuch who woke him up with some anxiety, "What time is it?" How long have I been asleep? ”

After the little eunuch handed him a twisted hot towel, he replied respectfully: "Master Hui, it is the beginning of the hour, and you have rested for about two hours. Your Majesty has asked me to wake up you, Lord Steward, and tell you to go see him again after dinner. ”

Lu Qi glanced at the table next to him and saw a sea of steaming bowls of three fresh noodles resting on the table, which made him feel hungry almost immediately.

took the towel and touched his face carelessly, and then changed his clothes under the service of the two little eunuchs. Lu Qi picked up the noodles and ate them, although at this time he felt that the hunger in his stomach could swallow all the bowls, but in front of the two eunuchs, he had already maintained the etiquette of eating.

After suppressing the hunger in his abdomen, Lu Qi stopped eating. He was afraid that he would eat too much, and he would make unruly actions such as burping in front of the emperor.

The little eunuch waiting on the side immediately stepped forward to take away the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and the other little eunuch took a bronze mirror and held it in his hand for Lu Qi to check the clothes on his body.

After taking care of all this, Lu Qi gave a few instructions to the little eunuch before he went to the upper study and met Emperor Chongzhen.

In front of Chongzhen, Lu Qi didn't add a word, and completely said what he saw and heard in Zuotunwei, Yingzhou.

After listening to Lu Qi's report, Zhu Youzhen commented in a good mood: "Unexpectedly, these two people, Tian Ergeng and Cui Yingyuan, are doing things vigorously. Although there are some small flaws, the flaws are not hidden. What do they think about this matter themselves, but do they have any countermeasures? ”

"Your Majesty, when the minister returned, Ye Qi Zongqi once made a suggestion. He said that although it was a great crime for the good land of the guard to be encroached upon by the local gentry, wealthy families, and nobles, this kind of encroachment on the good land did not occur in the last few decades, but began in the Chenghua period.

In the past 100 years, these fields have changed hands several times. It is very difficult to trace it from the beginning, and the scope of involvement is too wide. The gentry, the wealthy, and the nobles are just the beginning.

Next, if the ordinary people who had purchased from others and belonged to the small pieces of fertile land belonging to the land of the guard, if they were also instigated by these gentry, wealthy families, and nobles, the situation would inevitably get out of control.

Therefore, Ye Qi suggested that it was better to recognize the ownership of the land by these people, and then redeem it at the market price. If they are unwilling to redeem it, they will be incorporated into the military household. Lu Qi relayed what he thought was the most reliable solution.

Zhu Youzhen was noncommittal, he thought for a while, and then asked: "Who is Shunyi Zhixian?" What did he do? ”

Lu Qi racked his brains and thought for a while before he remembered the name of the Shunyi County Order, and replied cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, it's Shangguan Xun." This person came forward to appease the people of Shunyi who had a dispute with Wei over all fields, but he did nothing else. ”

After Zhu Youjian listened, he was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice: "It is absolutely impossible to buy it, Yingzhou Sanwei is just a pilot for the restructuring of the health institute." Now that the country is insufficient, where can we get all this amount of money to buy these lands? Besides, if they have made it a habit to occupy the land of the guard, will they not regard the encroachment on the land of the guard as a profitable thing in the future? Who dances the most in these places among the gentry and wealthy families? ”

Lu Qi immediately replied: "The local wealthy family is headed by the three families of Wu, Wang, and Xu, the head of the Wu family retired from the prefect, the Wang family has 2 people, and the Xu family has 3 students, and the three of them are also in-laws. Together with other landlords who had encroached on the land of the guard, they mobilized their own tenants to oppose the liquidation of the land that had encroached on the guard. The Xu family also gathered more than 20 students from Shunyi, surrounded the Shunyi County Ya, and demanded that the county order uphold justice. ”

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and continued to ask: "So what is the performance of the people of Shunyi?" Do you want to watch the excitement, or do you think it's right for the guard to take back the land? ”

As if feeling Chongzhen's anger, Lu Qi lowered his head, looked at the carpet in front of him, and replied more cautiously: "Most of the local people think that it is really unreasonable for this guard to clean up and encroach on the land, and after so many years, even if it is the encroached land, at this time, it should be recognized as owned by the current landlord." And..."

"And what?" Looking at Lu Qi's stumbling appearance, Zhu Youzhen finally asked impatiently.

Moreover, many people in Shunyi believe that the reason why they have to bear heavy conscription is because they have to transport supplies for the border army. The land of the guard was encroached upon, and they had a sense of schadenfreude. Lu Qi stubbornly told all the news he had found.

After Lu Qi finished speaking, he listened to Chongzhen's breath suddenly became urgent, and just when he thought that the emperor was about to vent his anger, Chongzhen's breath suddenly became calmer.

After taking a few deep breaths and recovering his impatient mood due to anxiety, Zhu Youzhen finally calmly said to Lu Qi: "You did a good job on this errand, I already know it completely, now you go back and rest first." Except for the king's companion, everyone else should go down. ”

A group of people quietly exited the room, and Wang Chengen held his breath, waiting for Chongzhen's order to arrest people. In his opinion, although Chongzhen tried his best to control his emotions, the behavior of these gentlemen and wealthy families was too provocative.

If these gentry and wealthy families really provoked the confrontation between the local people and the guards, it will definitely cause a popular uprising. With such a big basket near Gyeonggi, those officials in the imperial court will definitely take this opportunity to attack the reform of the guard office and clean up the occupation of military fields.

After all, there are nearly 500 guards stationed in various places in the Ming Dynasty, and if the land is cleared and occupied in the way of the three guards of this Yingzhou, the interests of the gentry and wealthy families in various places will inevitably be damaged.

The reason why the officials in the DPRK and China did not bear it before was that they did not find an excuse and did not understand Chongzhen's temperament; The second is to clean up the land that encroaches on the military guard, not that no one has done it, and in the end it is not all gone.

They didn't expect that Tian Ergeng, these brocade guards, would really dare to clean up the land occupied by the gentry, wealthy families, and nobles. Then as long as they find the slightest excuse, these officials will definitely jump out to stop it.

For Wang Chengen, solving this kind of problem is nothing more than arresting people. dared to resist the emperor's order, with this reason, Dongchang and Jinyiwei could already arrest people.

Of course, he didn't care whether the continued resistance of the courtiers would lead to a hasty end to the restructuring of the guard and the clearing of the land that encroached on the guard.

As the factory duke of Dongchang and the first close attendant of the emperor, Wang Chengen only cares about whether he can keep the emperor's mood comfortable.