Chapter 87 Where is my general?
“As for the expenses, they are simple and will be borne by the eunuchs and maids themselves.
Those who want to take care of themselves in this retirement home when they are old must pay one or two taels of silver every year. After twenty years, they will be able to enter the nursing home after the age of sixty and provide them with food and clothing. "
"In order to make these eunuchs and maids trust the nursing home, they can be allowed to leave the palace. , Feel free to go and see the condition of this nursing home in person.
In this way, as long as the nursing home is well run, they will definitely pay with confidence," Liu Jin explained.
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao felt that this was a good idea, "Well, not bad, let's do it like this.
It must be done well, and the eunuchs and maids who support the elderly cannot be wronged."
"Yes. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will keep an eye on you," Liu Jin said quickly.
After a pause, he added: "It's just that this nursing home needs special approval from His Majesty.
As for the initial expenses, it is not necessary.
There are some eunuchs and maids in the palace who are over sixty or nearly sixty. It should not be difficult for them to come up with twenty taels of silver at once. "
"You can find a place that is big enough, I will approve it.
There is no need to let them get the silver first. I have approved three thousand taels of silver and will use it first.
When they are satisfied, they will naturally pay for it. "Zhu Houzhao said generously.
"Your Majesty is really the most kind-hearted in the world. This old slave would like to thank Your Majesty for them. "Liu Jin immediately saluted with emotion.
"Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao laughed happily and suddenly began to think deeply, as if he had thought of something.
Seeing this, Liu Jin did not dare to disturb him and waited quietly.
"Eunuchs cannot have families, so I naturally have to provide for them in their old age.
But palace maids can have families, and we cannot trap them in the palace all their lives." Zhu Houzhao said thoughtfully.
After saying that, his eyes lit up, "Yes, we can't trap so many maids in the palace. Why do I need so many people to serve me?
Those who are willing to go home can go home, and those who are unable to go home can also get married. There are still so many people in Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry who have not gotten married. "
Liu Jin felt a little worried after hearing this. If too many palace maids are let go home and get married, the palace may not have enough servants.
"Liu Banban, tell the palace immediately. All the palace ladies who want to go home can do so immediately, just in time to celebrate the New Year.
For those who don’t want to go home and want to get married, I can introduce them to a good man from Emperor Wu’s Dragon Cavalry. "Zhu Houzhao gave a direct order.
"Your Majesty, all ages are allowed? "Liu Jin said in shock.
"Of course." Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate.
"Your Majesty, those young maids are beautiful ladies, you can favor them." Liu Jin said tactfully.
The beautiful young women in this palace are all your Majesty’s women.
"Hmph, how can an ordinary woman be worthy of me? I only want the best." Zhu Houzhao said proudly.
Liu Jin was thoughtful, put down those thoughts, and then said: "But if there are too many maids, the palace may be short of manpower."
"If you need people, you can recruit them from the capital. There are so many young and middle-aged women you can recruit. Liu Banban, you are so stupid." Zhu Houzhao scolded with a proud smile.
"The old slave is stupid and far less intelligent than your Majesty." Liu Jin subconsciously complimented, but felt helpless in his heart.
Recruiting people from the capital, you can also recruit middle-aged women.
This, this has never happened except in the early Ming Dynasty.
It is also a matter of great importance and involves many things. Safety issues and so on must be considered.
But what His Majesty said, he had to do it and do it well.
This is his first belief.
Thinking about it, he tentatively asked: "Then next year, should we select another group of beautiful girls to replenish the palace?"
"What kind of beautiful girls should be selected? What are the teenage girls chosen to do in the palace?" ? We won’t be recruiting girls anymore.
There is a shortage of people. We will recruit them in the capital.
There are so many idle women in the capital. As long as we give them money, they will definitely be willing to work. "Zhu Houzhao said happily.
The more he talked, the happier he became. He felt that he had done a good thing again.
Sure enough.
Liu Jin felt numb and sighed in his heart. .
Your Majesty really doesn’t know anything about women.
Even eunuchs, even though they have no ability, are still happy to see beautiful women even if they are not interested in women.
Not those middle-aged women.
He wanted to give some advice, but seeing His Majesty's happy look, he shut up.
Just do as you are told. Maybe when your majesty grows older, you will understand how good women are.
It won’t be too late to change it then.
Thinking about it, he opened his mouth to check for the release of the palace maid and fill in the gaps, and tried his best to do this better.
Zhu Houzhao was very happy to hear this and asked him to do it immediately.
Liu Jin went back to make preparations and gave orders one after another the next day.
Soon, the palace was boiling.
Most of the thousands of palace ladies were happy.
"Your Majesty is merciful and willing to let all the maids out of the palace!"
"It's great, great, I can finally go home. I miss my parents."
"Go home, Do I still have a family? ”
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Amidst the discussion, many young people want to go home directly, and some are willing to get married.
Only a few are still willing to stay in the palace.
Most of these few have lived in the palace since childhood. Most of them are orphans, and the palace is their home.
Nearly half of the older ones are willing to marry, the remaining half are willing to stay in the palace, and the other half are willing to go home.
As for the bigger ones, most of them are willing to stay in the palace.
Such a lively event in the palace naturally spread throughout the capital immediately. This caused a lot of praise for Zhu Houzhao, and many families were happy.
In addition, the matter of the nursing home has also been finalized and announced.
It caused an uproar in the palace.
This time it was mainly the middle and lower eunuchs who were happy and looking forward to it.
In the next few days, the atmosphere in the palace was obviously happy. A group of palace maids whose homes were close to the capital had already left the palace and returned home, just in time to celebrate the New Year.
Other palace ladies who want to go home will do so in batches and plans, but most of them will have to wait until after the Chinese New Year.
Those who want to get married will have to wait for a while to meet the unmarried couples of Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders in batches.
In the past few days, Zhu Houzhao walked around the palace in person and heard the voices of many eunuchs and maids expressing gratitude to him, which made him feel better and better.
December 13th.
The Ming Dynasty officialdom and the army became more and more lively, more and more officials were frightened, and the atmosphere in the Ming Palace was relaxed and happy.
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao decided on the establishment system of the military cabinet in the presence of the cabinet, Wang Shouren, two ministers of the Ministry of War, and nobles.
The opposite of the military cabinet is the cabinet.
The separation of military and political affairs, or in other words, in order to concentrate efforts and rectify the Ming army as quickly as possible and to the greatest extent, the behemoth Military Pavilion was born.
It integrates commanding and dispatching troops.
Connect with the commanding envoys of the capital camp, frontier army, garrison, Taipu Temple, and administrative envoys from various places.
The power is so great that it can be compared with today's cabinet.
Of course, the final review of relatively major matters must be approved by Zhu Houzhao personally, and he will not go to the ceremonial supervisor.
The military is a major event, which is different from political affairs.
Even if the three elders in the cabinet were still dissatisfied with the establishment of the military cabinet, they still tried their best to work with Wang Shouren and others to seriously request that the military cabinet could only be responsible to His Majesty.
The rest of the people are not allowed to interfere at all, mainly eunuchs.
There is no chief assistant in the military pavilion, or the chief assistant is His Majesty.
The rest of the military pavilions are called Grand Governors, corresponding to the bachelors of the cabinet.
However, the Grand Governor of the Military Pavilion is a genuine grade, while the real grade of the Grand Bachelor of the Cabinet is still very low.
This cannot help but make Liu Jian and the other two really envious.
After the military pavilion system was finalized, what surprised Liu Jian and others was that Zhu Houzhao had not yet thought of a candidate for the military pavilion governor.
Obviously, no one else could interfere in this kind of matter, and Zhu Houzhao could only make the final decision.
The nobles looked at Zhu Houzhao eagerly.
The restoration of honorable men and generals to their former glory is just around the corner.
Who doesn’t want to share this huge piece of fat?
It’s just that this kind of glory and opportunity were all created by His Majesty.
Therefore, the nobles can only wait eagerly for His Majesty to feed him without daring to behave in the slightest.
In response, Zhu Houzhao looked at these obedient 'puppies' and felt increasingly awkward and depressed.
In the huge Ming Dynasty, no one is qualified to be the governor.
The governor he imagined was his general, a general who could lead an army to destroy the country.
But what is in front of me?
No one can fight.
The slightly outstanding ones are Zhu Hui, Duke of Baoguo, and Mu Kun, Duke of Guizhou.
But Zhu Hui is just the taller one among the short ones, barely, no, not that bad.
Being able to bring twenty or thirty thousand people with us is a problem.
Mu Kun has good potential, but he is too young and his ability is also an issue.
Only fighting a few battles with Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry was obviously not enough to support the position of Grand Governor.
The first battle of the Governor-General was to rectify the entire Ming army.
Mu Kun couldn’t hold himself up at all.
Looking at the generals other than the nobles, Zhu Houzhao has been looking for them for several days, but there is still no one.
The victors and commanders of the battles seemed to be civil servants.
It was impossible for Zhu Houzhao to let a civil servant serve as the governor.
The separation of military and political affairs was his idea, and it was also the secret he discovered.
Only with the separation of military and political affairs can he have a stronger army.
What’s more important is that he has seen some military reorganization in the past. No matter how outstanding the civil servants are, asking them to reorganize the Ming Dynasty’s army is actually treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.
For example, Ma Wensheng, the current Minister of Civil Affairs, is considered to be knowledgeable about military affairs, and he also reorganized the Liaodong and Beijing camps.
The effect is there, but not in terms of how big it is.
Zhu Houzhao, who couldn't find anyone, suddenly remembered that it seemed to be said on some TV that there was a very powerful General Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty.
Is that Ming Dynasty my Ming Dynasty?
If so, where is my Qi Jiguang?
Zhu Houzhao thought of this name and searched for it himself, but to no avail. The Ming Dynasty did not have the general Qi Jiguang at all.
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but get angry because he couldn't find anyone.
Where is my general?
Then the angry Zhu Houzhao called all the senior officials in Jingxungui over.
The nobles who felt that His Majesty wanted to reuse them came happily.
Except for Duke Wei of Nanjing, Duke Zhu Hui of Baoguo, Duke Zhang Mao of England, Mu Kun of Guizhou, Duke Zhu Fu of Cheng, and Duke Ding did not come, the other five Duke is here.
There are also a dozen marquis and earls.
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