"Chief, what do you think of what Your Majesty just said?" After Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu walked out of Huang Liji's duty room, they looked at no one around, and couldn't help but ask their colleagues around them.

Zhang Ruitu pretended not to know and asked, "You mean that Your Majesty changed Wang Huazhen to exile in the border?" Or did His Majesty set up a staff headquarters under the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to formulate a strategy for the future use of troops by the imperial court? ”

Wang Huazhen was stubborn and self-serving, and Xiong Tingbi and Xiong Tingbi were in a fierce fight, resulting in the defeat of Guangning. If it was in the past, it should naturally be punished in order to deter the border towns. However, after the death of the first emperor, His Majesty ascended the throne with Chongling, and he would inevitably not be despised by the border towns.

Phi Island Mao Wenlong is Wang Huazhen's former general, Mao Wenlong has been outside the pass for a long time, and there is gradually a tendency to lose the tail. Phi Dao is also lonely overseas, and the imperial court whip is beyond the reach, and in the long run, it will become a warlord who divides one side.

His Majesty caressed Phi Island with Wang Huazhen, presumably to appease Mao Wenlong's heart, which is Lao Cheng's move to seek the country, and I have no doubt about it.

It's just that the establishment of this staff headquarters is ostensibly to plan a strategy for the future use of troops by the imperial court, but in essence, isn't it equivalent to depriving everyone in the court of the right to discuss military affairs? ”

After listening to Huang Liji's admonition, Zhang Ruitu's mood calmed down a lot, he glanced sideways at Shi Fenglai, and said meaningfully: "I see that what you care about is not setting up this staff headquarters, but Your Majesty let Sun Kaiyang serve as the head of this staff headquarters." Sun Kaiyang has deep qualifications, are you afraid that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will become bigger in the future? ”

Shi Fenglai was broken by Zhang Ruitu, and there was no change on his face, he just asked, "What, Changgong, don't you seem to be worried about this at all?" ”

Zhang Ruitu glanced at the yellowed snow that was trampled under his feet, and said casually: "Instead of worrying about whether the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will become bigger, let's first worry about whether the four ministries of officials, households, rites, and workers can obey the orders of the cabinet..."

Zhu Youzhen, who returned to the Qianqing Palace from Wenyuan Pavilion, asked Wang Chengen to send someone to summon Tian Ergeng before he sat down.

"What? Is there anything else you want to report to me? Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen, who hesitated and did not go down immediately, and asked.

Wang Chengen immediately replied to Chongzhen's words: "There are two things to report to Your Majesty, one is that Zheng Zhilong and others will donate 15,000 taels of silver to Your Majesty, and Zheng Zhilong himself will donate another 3,000 taels to help the suffering people in the capital rebuild their homes.

In addition, they also sent some overseas curiosities for His Majesty to play with, the most rare is that there is a box of ambergris incense, weighing one pound and seven taels. The minister has already inspected it, although it is not the best, but it can be called the top grade. The quality is better than the eight taels of ambergris purchased in the palace a few years ago..."

"Except for ambergris, the others were sold and used for relief to refugees in the capital. What's another thing? Zhu Youzhen quickly interrupted, and Wang Chengen's admiration for the box of ambergris he received made him get back to business.

Wang Chengen seemed to hear Chongzhen's impatience, and hurriedly said simply: "There is another thing, it is Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, who is sparse to His Majesty. Yan Gyeonggi first smelled incense and sect rebellion, and then there was a mutiny in Beijing, and his family history was favored by the country, and he must be reported at this moment. Therefore, I am willing to repay the three hundred and twenty-three hectares of land under the name of the Hou Mansion to your Majesty. ”

Zhu Youzhen's mind couldn't help but move, and he smiled and said: "This is a person who is willing to pay the capital, does he have any requests?" ”

Wang Chengen lowered his eyebrows and said: "I didn't write it, but when he submitted it, he asked someone to pass on the message to the minister, hoping to have the opportunity to face the saint alone." ”

"He spent such a lot of money, what is the difficulty when I see him, so I will pass him on to enter the palace with Tian Ergeng." Zhu Youzhen said casually.

Wang Chengen was relieved when he saw that Chongzhen had agreed to Li Chengzuo's request. He hurriedly withdrew from the upper study and went to convey Chongzhen's order.

When Chongzhen had breakfast, Tian Ergeng and Li Chengzuo were already waiting outside the hall, and Zhu Youzhen summoned Tian Ergeng to meet first.

Facing Tian Ergeng, Zhu Youzhen didn't even say a cliché of greetings, and said straightforwardly: "The case of Wenxiang Sect's rebellion against the party can be concluded in the capital." After letting Ye Qi and Xu Xianchun finish sorting out Shunyi, Pinggu, and Sanhe, they investigated the encroachment of the Weisho military cantonment in the four counties of Miyun, Changping, Jixian, and Fangshan. ”

Tian Ergeng had to advise: "But Your Majesty, isn't this step too fast, although the Santun Wei of Yingzhou has roughly completed the cleanup of the military tun, but most of the gentry in the three places have basically been cleaned up, and now the matter of cleaning up the military tun has become a matter of strict prevention by all parties."

As the minister knows, all the counties under the Shuntian Mansion are desperately selling off the land connected to the guard. Some ignorant people did not know the details and bought these fields cheaply. If there is more fanfare at this time, and the area of land cleared by the guards is expanded, I am afraid that Gyeonggi may not change again. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, and then asked, "Then what do you think should be done, it is more appropriate?" ”

Tian Ergeng immediately replied: "The minister thinks that we should take a hold off and wait for the spring of next year to investigate the encroachment of the four counties on the land of Juntun." It is also good to let Shunyi, Pinggu, and Sanhe finish well and set a precedent for each county. ”

"It will definitely not work at the beginning of spring next year, and after the New Year, whether or not the land that has been cleared and encroached upon must be stopped. Otherwise, if the land property rights are not clear, how can those people dare to farm?

Let Xu Xianchun only investigate the scale of land encroachment on more than one hectare, and hand over those below one hectare to Ye Qi's camera for disposal.

After the Smelling Fragrance Rebellion, wasn't most of the land in Shunyi confiscated? Let Ye Qi first use Shunyi as a pilot to test how to allocate land use.

I only have two requirements, one is that the cultivator has his land; The second is that those who have been allocated land must perform military service. Zhu Youzhen categorically vetoed Tian Ergeng, who was a little retreating.

After seeing that Tian Ergeng did not object, Zhu Youzhen continued: "This time the Beijing camp mutiny, most of the clues point to the noble relatives of the Yuanxun, I plan..."

Zhu Youzhen stopped suddenly, he thought about it carefully, and then changed his words and said, "I want to discuss with the Marquis of Fengcheng first, and you go out first and wait for a while." ”

Tian Ergeng agreed, and then followed Wang Chengen to retreat first. Wang Chengen went out and called Li Chengzuo, who was waiting outside the hall, to come in and face the saint, and asked Tian Ergeng to wait outside the study.

After Li Chengzuo entered the upper study, he cautiously gave a full salute to Chongzhen. Zhu Youzhen comforted him a little before he said casually.

"I've already seen your sparseness. Among the nobles, you are the first who is willing to share the difficulties with me. But it seems, it's also the last one. At a time when state affairs are so difficult, there are still people among the nobles who ignore the country's kindness, do not want to serve the imperial court, and provoke a rebellion in Beijing, which is really an unforgivable crime. ”

Li Chengzuo was suddenly a little frightened, he didn't know, was this His Majesty preparing to beat him? Or is it just a passing statement.

"Weichen is terrified, as the governor of the five armies, he is actually ignorant of this matter, it is really a corpse meal, and I ask Your Majesty to punish him."

"I'm not talking about you, my brocade guards don't know anything, and no one reports to me until the rebels rush into the city.

I came to you to ask you. How should these lawless nobles be rectified, they dare to incite a mutiny to intimidate the imperial court, presumably it is no better for those ordinary people on weekdays.

Since the Marquis of Fengcheng has the idea of contributing to the country, I wonder if he can share his worries for me? ”

Hearing that Chongzhen characterized this Jingying mutiny as intimidating the imperial court, this is many times lighter than the rebellion.

Obviously, the emperor did not intend to raise a big prison, which made Li Chengzuo much easier, but he didn't know how the emperor wanted to rectify the nobles, so he simply hid it and said: "Your Majesty is intelligent, and Weichen is just a fool." Instead of letting Wechen offer a plan, it is better for His Majesty to make a plan, and Wechen will definitely go to the soup and fire, and he will not give up. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Fengcheng Hou for a long time before he spoke: "That's it? Let's take a look and see if I can inspire your thinking.

I thought that the current lords and nobles did not study or practice martial arts. The good time is either wasted in cockfighting, or in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion. It is really against the meaning of Taizu's canonization of all the noble relatives of the noble family and the rest of the country.

As the saying goes, the state has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. The Ming royal family has a Zongren Mansion, the people have the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the officials have the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Three Law Divisions, but there is no special person to manage this noble family, so that I have few available talents in the Ming Dynasty.

I thought that if this continued, it would be difficult for the noble relatives of the Xun family to want to rest with the country. Therefore, I hope to set up a noble house to manage these noble relatives, I wonder if the Marquis of Fengcheng thinks it is feasible? ”

Specially set up an institution to manage the nobles, Li Chengzuo naturally knew that this was an idea that offended people, but Chongzhen inquired, and he didn't dare not support it.

After listening to what Li Chengzuo said, Zhu Youzhen continued: "There are three places where I want to manage the nobles: first, all the sons and daughters of the nobles must go to school in the future, and choose one from the university or the army officer school.

2. Formulate a code of conduct for the nobles and relatives of the honorable family, and anyone who violates it will start with the ban and fine, and end with the reduction of the title.

The third is to set the amount of tax-exempt land for marquis and earl, and those who exceed the amount will pay taxes as usual.

Fengcheng Hou, what do you think? ”

Li Chengzuo thought about it carefully and found that although the first one was a little mean, it was also for the good of the nobles, so that there would not be some wretched people from generation to generation.

There doesn't seem to be a problem with the second one. As for the third article, he raised his head and asked, "I wonder if the amount of your majesty's tax-free land is according to the standard of Emperor Muzong?" Or according to the standards of Emperor Shenzong? ”

"You tell me about the standards of these two emperors?" Zhu Youzhen really didn't know that the original policy of restricting fields for relatives had already appeared.

"Emperor Muzong first promulgated: the lord of the fifth generation of the emperor is limited to 100 hectares; Qi Wan limited the field to 700 to 70 hectares. Later, it was changed to: the lineage of the ancestors is limited to 200 hectares, and the half of the relatives is limited to 150 hectares.

Emperor Shenzong added a few more: the queen's family sent the fifth generation, leaving a hundred acres. The imperial concubine and the concubine's family sent the fifth generation, leaving seventy hectares, thinking that it was an incense land. Regardless of the side branches, the descendants will always pay and abide by it. The concubine's family is not decent, and it is passed on to the third generation, no matter how much, all of them will be returned to the official. The horse was passed to the third generation, and he was allowed to stay for ten acres, thinking that the princess would be incense and would be paid forever, and the rest would be returned to the official. ”