"Haha, yes, yes!"

Qin Mufeng shouted: "What Mr. Li said is so right! No matter how he tosses the court, the most important thing for us now is to control the 14th Guards of Nanjing in our hands, all the key positions are our people, even if the emperor moves his mind to transfer you out, the entire 14th Guards of Nanjing will still be under your control at that time! None of these lords in Nanjing want to get involved! ”

Zhu Jie frowned, carefully considering the pros and cons.

Li Yan continued: "My lord, you don't have a choice, what you are doing now is simply to be the enemy of all the powerful people in the world and even the wealthy businessmen, risking the disapproval of the world, without special means, you will not be able to move an inch, do you think the nobles of Nanjing have such a little means?" Wrong, wrong is outrageous, their next attack is the craziest, the conflict of interests, there is no benevolence, righteousness and morality at all, this is what Mr. Song Xiance told me at the beginning, why didn't I want to do something in the camp? Every time a measure is proposed, it can be called far-sighted, but unfortunately, the generals in the camp are strongly opposed, and most of them are on the opposite side of me, and the defeat is the king's weapon against me, and I can't always do it against these generals under my command, the so-called public anger is this reason......"

Qin Mufeng echoed: "Yes, my lord, what Mr. Li said is right, how similar is your situation now to that of Mr. Li when he broke into the camp?" Mr. Li can't show his hands and feet, you are also tied up, and you are constrained everywhere, if you still have to be careful, then the next thing will be difficult! ”

Zhu Jie gritted his teeth and replied: "Okay, since Brother Li Yan also said so, then I will never let myself become the second you, I, Zhu Jie, must fulfill my own dream, isn't it to fully control the 14th Guard of Nanjing?" And that doesn't bother me! Next, it's time to shuffle! ”

Zhu Jie stood up and said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, starting tomorrow, the 14 guards will be completely reduced, each guard must be more than 40 percent of the staff, and the maximum number of troops must not exceed 2,500 people, the generals below 1,000 households in the army are over 50 years old, and the soldiers are over 40 years old, all of them will withdraw from the 14 guards, and those who are sick and disabled will all be withdrawn from the 14 guards, and the military department will uniformly allocate one year of military salary for retirees, and all personnel will be registered in the register, and they will be exempted from agricultural and commercial taxes for life!" The four guards of the Yulin Army were temporarily named Nanjing Qianzhen, and the commander of the Yulin Qianwei promoted Zhong Yue to the commander of Tongzhi, led the general army of Nanjing Qianzhen, and acted in charge of the rectification of the four guards of Nanjing Qianzhen; The Jinwu Five Guards were temporarily named Nanjing Zuozhen, Cha Xuan was transferred to the Nanjing Zuozhen General Army, and the guerrilla general Guo Kai was appointed as the Deputy Chief Soldier of Nanjing Town, and jointly acted for the rectification of the Nanjing Five Guards; The five guards of the government army were temporarily named Nanjing Right Town, Qin Mufeng was transferred to the general army of Nanjing Right Town, and the general Dong Xi was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Nanjing Right Town, and jointly acted for the rectification of the five guards of Nanjing Right Town; All the soldiers brought by the Tianwei Army left two hundred people to protect the Longjiang Bao Shipyard, and all the rest were promoted to one level and placed in the three towns of Nanjing! ”

As soon as Zhu Jie gave the order, Nanjing City set off another huge storm, and it was completely disarmed, and it was supervised by each person!

Originally, Zhu Jie did not have the right to appoint the chief soldier, but in addition to Zhong Yue, Cha Zhu and Qin Mufeng themselves were the commander-in-chiefs, but they were transferred, so it was not so troublesome, as for Zhong Yue, it was just a procedure, with Zhong Yue's strength among the four guards in Yulin, without Duan Ke to make trouble, even if he was the acting chief soldier, there would not be much problem in rectifying the four guards.

Zhong Yue and Hou Yongdu led the elite of the 100-day mighty army to supervise the front town of Nanjing, Cha Xuan and Guo Kai led the 120-day mighty army to supervise the left town of Nanjing, and Qin Mufeng and Dong Xi led the 120-day mighty army to supervise the right town of Nanjing.

The Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, Shi Kefa's face was flushed and angry.

I can't help Shi Kefa not to be angry, rectify the Fourteenth Guard, Shi Kefa has no opinion, and he fully supports it, after all, the Fourteenth Guard is rotten to the bone, and it is really impossible not to rectify it, but if you want to rectify it, you have to discuss it with yourself, the secretary of the military department, such a big move, you Zhu Jie will directly make a decision? More than 40% of the staff is laid off! Forty percent, even if the real reduction of the army is only more than 10,000 people, that is also a great thing, everyone needs to subsidize twenty taels of silver, and the generals will be more, together, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of thousands of taels, where can the military department and the household department find so much silver?

"Zhen Guogong, nonsense, you are nonsense!"

Shi Kefa said angrily: "Such a big movement, has it been played in the imperial court?" Does the emperor know? ”

Zhu Jie replied lightly: "Shi Butang, don't be impatient, when the governor came to Nanjing, he had already played to the emperor, and he wanted to make every effort to rectify the military affairs of Nanzhili, the emperor has given permission, and gave me the sword of Shang Fang Tianzi, I can act cheaply, without the permission of the emperor, how can I act recklessly?" ”

Shi Kefa was dissatisfied: "Even if the emperor approves it, you can't be so Meng Lang, suddenly, the guards of Nanjing City are not prepared at all, and the military department is not prepared at all!" I ask you, where does the funding for the layoffs come from? What happens if someone makes a disturbance and causes a mutiny? Have you considered these? Anyway, my military department is now poor jingle, no silver, no! Layoffs have already begun, what's next? What do you say? ”

Zhu Jie glanced at Shi Kefa and replied: "Shi Butang, I know that you are sincere to the country, but sometimes you are too cautious and have too many concerns, so you have been in Nanjing for a year and a half, and nothing has been accomplished; I don't care so much, I just want Nanjing 14 Guards to become a strong team, as for the rest, it's not something I want to consider; Funding for layoffs? Feel relieved! I have already prepared that my Yongxing Bank will provide a loan of 1 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Households, which will be specially used to rectify the military affairs of Nanzhili, and will be repaid in ten years with the future tax of Nanzhili, and 350,000 taels of silver will be enough for this disarmament! A year's compensation for each person's military salary, and the lifetime exemption from commercial taxes and agricultural taxes, the conditions are so generous that I think a mutiny will never happen, will it? ”

Shi Kefa was speechless for a while, and said helplessly: "Then why do you have to borrow a million taels of silver?" It's fun, isn't it? Zhen Guogong, these silver have to be repaid, your Yongxing Bank still has to charge interest, ten years, how much silver will the interest alone? It's always one hundred or two hundred thousand taels, right? You are rich enough to rival the country, do you want to suck blood from the common people of Nanzhili's father again? ”

Zhu Jie's face changed, and he replied slowly: "Shi Butang, if you think that I want to suck the blood of the common people, then I can waive all the interest on this silver!" As for why you borrowed so much silver, don't you know that now all the armies of Nanzhili, whether they are ordnance or firearms, have been seriously damaged? Did you let these soldiers go to war with burning sticks when you were fighting? ”

(End of chapter)