Chapter 236: Remarkable Results
Qin Qiong, Li Ren, Xiao Yunji...
After looking at it for a while, Zhu Houzhao had no idea.
As for the generals, they are not innate, and their potential cannot be determined yet.
It is a dragon or an insect, which will naturally be revealed in the Ming army in the future.
It is more convenient for doctors and craftsmen. After some time, the Imperial College will be able to evaluate their true level.
After talking about these talents, there is also the food aspect.
Four million stones of grain is not a small amount.
In the Ming Dynasty, in terms of staple food alone, a normal adult could eat one stone of rice a year.
Of course the army is different. Based on today's new army, consumption is constantly increasing.
In terms of staple food alone, a person needs to eat about three to four kilo of rice a year.
Coupled with the consumption in all aspects, four million stones of food are enough to feed an army of 200,000 for more than four years.
Of course, this cannot be considered a war horse.
In short, four million stones of grain was not a small amount for the Ming Dynasty. It was much more precious than the market price of eight million taels of silver.
Even excluding the consumption of shipping, it is still very important.
At the current rate, it will take around mid-January next year to transport all four million stones of grain back to the Ming Dynasty.
After these three aspects were explained in detail, Guo Bujing looked more solemn and talked about other aspects of the Sui Kingdom.
The most important thing is that the attitudes of all the forces in the Sui Kingdom are different from those in the past.
After learning that Guo Bujing was in Daxing City this time, almost all the powerful families and martial arts forces in the Sui Kingdom took the initiative to contact him.
Some directly said they were willing to surrender.
Others didn't say that they wanted to join him, and their intention to make good friends was very obvious. They just said that they were preparing for the future.
Obviously, everyone can see that the sun has set on the Sui Kingdom and they don’t know how long they can last.
At present, there are four forces that are most likely to occupy the Sui Kingdom.
One Ming Dynasty, two Mongolian Yuan Dynasties, three local forces, and four Liyang.
The first two are the most likely. Among the latter two, not many people are optimistic about Liyang. In fact, the Liyang court has not even straightened out the domestic situation.
Everyone knows clearly that the King of Northern Liang is the biggest instability in Liyang.
But the presence of the Northern Liang King allowed Li Yang to block Beimang's offensive.
As long as the King of Northern Liang is still alive and as long as the problem of Beimang is not solved, Li Yang will not have the strength to capture the Sui Kingdom.
The local forces are actually the favorite of all the forces in the Sui Kingdom. After all, they are closer and can gain greater benefits.
But with the two fierce tigers Daming and Meng Yuan watching, they have little confidence in the local forces.
Unless Ming Dynasty and Meng Yuan Dynasty fight to the death, both sides will lose, and local forces will have a chance to truly rise.
Even so, it is necessary to have an unparalleled hero who is like a fierce man descended from heaven to truly be able to withstand the Ming Dynasty and Meng Yuan Dynasty.
For the former, no one thinks that Ming and Meng Yuan are fools who will fight first and lose both sides.
The chance of this happening is very small.
For the latter, the hope is even slimmer.
In the eyes of many people, even if a hero who is not weaker than Yang Jian appears, they cannot stop him.
Because the Ming Dynasty and Meng Yuan Dynasty would not give it a chance to develop and grow.
As for the fierce man who is much more fierce than Yang Jian?
No one dares to imagine.
Therefore, all the forces in the Sui Kingdom, whose family was far more important than the country, were the mainstream forces, all focused on the Ming Dynasty and Meng Yuan.
Relatively speaking, there are more people who are optimistic about Ming Dynasty and are willing to support Ming Dynasty.
After all, Meng Yuan is a foreign race.
And in the past few years, Meng Yuan has continued to lose troops and generals at the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
So, when a high-ranking and powerful person like Guo Bujing came to the Sui Kingdom, almost all the forces in the Sui Kingdom took the initiative to contact him.
No matter what, establish contact first, there is a way to go.
After hearing the news, Zhu Houzhao was happy at first, but then said disdainfully: "These people are really just outsiders."
"Your Majesty, many aristocratic families also said that they are willing to let some of their disciples come to our country in Ming Dynasty anonymously. Effectiveness." Guo Bujing said again.
"Humph, I didn't come to Daming before, but now that I saw you, Lao Guo, I said that I would take the initiative to come and keep my name anonymous.
I am no longer interested." Zhu Houzhao said arrogantly, only feeling A burst of pleasure.
I, Ming Dynasty, can come when I want to come, but can’t come if I don’t want to come?
"Your Majesty, these aristocratic families control most of the power of the Sui Kingdom. If I, the Ming Dynasty, want to enter the Sui Kingdom in the future, I am afraid I will still need their help." Guo Bujing solemnly advised.
Zhu Houzhao thought it made sense, but felt something was wrong in his heart.
He thought about it seriously, suddenly waved his hand, and said firmly: "No, these so-called aristocratic families control most of the power of the Sui Kingdom, and they will inevitably hide most of their crimes. In the future, I, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely I want to cleanse them.
There is no need to worry about them now. They can do whatever they want.
As long as I am strong enough, it makes no difference whether I have their help or not. br>
You can also clean them earlier and cleaner. ”
Guo Bujing knew that his Majesty had become stubborn again.
If he didn’t bother to clean up after use, he would show it openly and openly.
He can't persuade him, so he can only do it slowly
When the senior officials of the court know about it, they will persuade His Majesty.
There is no rush anyway. The Ming Dynasty wants to invade the Sui Kingdom. Without major changes, it should not be possible within two or three years.
Guo Bujing turned to talk about other situations.
It took almost an hour before he left. The news that Guo Bujing brought people back to Beijing is still quite big.
But it’s December now, the last month of the year.
All departments in the imperial court are summarizing the year.
Customized plans and goals for next year have also been formed.
Everyone in the imperial court was even busier and did not pay much attention to it.
Guo Bujing also had no time to rest and immediately joined Jin Yiwei's busy work.
Although having an additional commanding officer can help him alleviate a lot of work, he still feels busier than last year.
In the midst of my busy schedule, the time came to December 23rd, the day of the Chinese New Year.
Zhu Houzhao held a large court meeting, and all officials of the fifth rank and above in the capital came to participate.
Thousands of civil and military officials gathered together in a majestic atmosphere.
Although the number is no different from that of the previous emperors, the momentum is obviously different.
Whether they are old officials or young officials, they are all filled with a vigorous and resolute drive.
It seems that we have a common goal and fighting spirit, and we are thriving and full of vitality.
At this time, many officials felt a little dazed when they saw it.
This kind of court was something they had never dared to imagine before.
No partisan fighting, no intrigues, no fear.
Some are just busy with state affairs, running for the people, and feeling proud and confident for the Ming Dynasty.
Unconsciously, the court has changed.
This has made many old officials feel excited and hot.
Compared to a few years ago, it is completely different.
This change only took a little more than three years.
It was built by the young emperor three years ago who in the eyes of many officials was absurd, tyrannical, unstable, and without the image of a holy king.
A Ming Dynasty Hall that can be called a miracle.
Liu Jian and Xie Qian stood at the head of the civil service and looked at each other, both seeing a bit of complexity and relief in each other.
No matter what, they have finally achieved results in the past few years, and they do not regret having to deal with His Majesty's various troubles.
"See you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, greetings!" When Zhu Houzhao arrived and sat on the dragon chair, the civil and military officials immediately saluted in unison.
"An, An." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand nonchalantly, and said with some expectation: "Let's begin."
After saying that, he couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and took a few steps forward to look at the ministers.
It is no different from three years ago. He is still so eager, restless, and unsteady, but his body is stronger and his momentum is more majestic, domineering, and heroic.
The most different thing is that no minister thinks there is a problem with this.
Your Majesty was born an emperor, so it is normal to be different.
"Yes." Liu Jian stood up and responded, and began to talk about this year's summary.
Today's meeting is to announce all the summary results of this year.
Zhu Houzhao actually knew about it in advance because all departments reported to him two days ago.
The situation is summarized very well.
But he felt that all officials should listen together to such a happy event summarizing the harvest.
If it weren’t for the various departments in the capital that still needed to function, he would have wanted to bring all the officials over to listen.
The summary starts from the Civilian Cabinet and then proceeds to the Six Civilian Ministries one by one.
The military attache will wait until the civilian officials are finished before proceeding.
As one of the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty summarized this year's harvest, there were suppressed exclamations from time to time among the thousands of officials.
In fact, it has been more than three years since the Ming Dynasty reform, and this year can be regarded as a real harvest year.
The results in all aspects have increased significantly.
The most obvious example is taxation.
The total amount of various taxes is about 70 million taels of silver, which directly exceeds the peak of Taizu's period by a lot.
When hearing this number, countless officials were stunned and their eyes shone.
Of course, during the Taizu period, people's livelihood was in decline, and neither the population nor the economy were far from what they are now.
The Ming Dynasty has now cleaned up the land of Jin and reorganized the officialdom. The tax revenue has easily surpassed the peak of the Taizu period.
Listening to the data one by one, many officials were shocked and at the same time truly felt the power of the Ming Dynasty.
This makes them even more excited and proud.
Zhu Houzhao saw the proud and increasingly condensed momentum and became increasingly happy.
The senior officials who stood up to announce their voices became louder and louder, their faces glowing red, and they became even more proud and honored.
The civil service achievements are unprecedented.
In comparison, the generals pale in comparison. After all, there are no big battles to be fought.
But it can also be used to rectify the guards, frontier troops, etc.
After Wen Wu finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and thousands of people fell silent for an instant. Most of their eyes looked at the domineering figure with reverence.
“This year, from the summary of all aspects, the results are not small, and I am quite satisfied.” Zhu Houzhao said loudly, and his voice clearly rang in everyone’s ears.
(Chapter 2, the temperature has changed a lot, I have a bit of a cold and I have a fever, so I will start with two chapters today, and the missing chapter will be added tomorrow.)
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