"Your Majesty, since the first month of the seventh year of the Tianqi period, 814,000 officers and soldiers from all over the country have been reduced by 21,000 compared with the sixth year of the Tianqi period. From the perspective of previous dynasties, from three million to more than nine hundred thousand during the Zhengde period, to more than eight hundred thousand during the Jiajing period, the two dynasties of Longqing and Wanli increased to one million because of the previous dynasties' training to fight against Japanese devils, but now it has decreased to the Jiajing period;

The minister thinks that the military officers have slaughtered the military force to overload the guards, which caused a large number of soldiers to flee. However, the court's military pay increased by 1.2 million from the sixth year of Tianqi. This year, the military pay budget reported from various places increased by 300,000 taels on the basis of 1.2 million."

Lu Xiangsheng was very knowledgeable and had a lot of complicated numbers with his hands on the elephant tablet.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said, "This is strange. The officers and soldiers have lost more than 20,000 yuan, but the military salary has increased by hundreds of thousands of taels. What are the censors of the Censorate doing? Don't keep an eye on trivial matters such as who snoring and who take concubines all day long? How many people have eaten empty salary and how many empty salary they have eaten must be checked carefully!"

After Zhu Youxiao said this, Zuodu Censor Cao Sicheng couldn't help but blush.

Over the past few days, the censors of his Censorate have been frequently suppressed by His Majesty. They have either been dismissed or transferred, and many have even been beheaded.

Therefore, the censors who are still in the Censorate are not afraid to speak nonsense anymore, but the court also has assessments. The censors must impeach a few people to be considered competent, otherwise they will be subject to a dereliction of duty during the Censorship.

Therefore, the censors had to find some trivial matters to impeach, but now that Your Majesty said this, Cao Sicheng understood that Your Majesty is not asking them to impeach the great man, but the gun cannot be pointed at Your Majesty, and he must impeach according to Your Majesty's instructions.

Next is the most noble Ministry of Rites among the six ministries. This yamen that controls scholars and dynasties' etiquette standards are sometimes not inferior to that of the Ministry of Personnel.

Therefore, before entering the cabinet, the Grand Secretary was mostly ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and Hanlin often joined the Ministry of Rites to perform their duties.

Now, although Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites in the eighth year of Tianqi, was mostly presided over by Li Mingrui, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

At this time, it was naturally Li Mingrui who stood up to summarize the affairs of the Ministry of Etiquette.

This emperor, who was promoted from Hanlin Academy to Zuo Zhongyun and then directly transferred to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and joined the Xihunting Pavilion, was considered the person with the fastest promotion in the seventh year of Tianqi, except for Lu Xiang, and was also the youngest senior civil servant among the ministers of the ministry.

Zhu Youxiao intended to make the entire Ming Dynasty bureaucratic system younger. Whether it was the generals of the Nine Borders or the newly promoted senior civil servants, they were Jinshi at the end of the Wanli Festival or even the beginning of the Tianqi period.

For example, Li Mingrui and Lu Xiangsheng were Jinshis in the second year of Tianqi, and Sun Chuanting was just Jinshis in the forty-seventh year of Wanli.

"Report to Your Majesty, in the seventh year of Tianqi, more than 670 new students were added, more than 3,400 new students were added, and more than 400 people were eliminated, which is twice as high as in previous years. This year is the auspicious date of the 300th birthday of Taizu. Your Majesty should sacrifice to the filial tombs of Kings and Princes and Princes."

After listening to Li Mingrui's report, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but frowned, and suddenly a few hundred juren were added, which meant that the duty-free group of gentry was further expanded.

The officials and gentry should start to pay food as soon as possible, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would sooner or later be hollowed out by this increasingly powerful privileged class.

Of course, the number of people who have eliminated fame and fortune has doubled compared with previous years, which is naturally the result of the bloody suppression of Zhu Youxiao's elimination of the Donglin Party and Ju Zi's trouble last year.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but wonder if he had to carry out several large-scale suppression operations and eliminated a few parasites who did not pay taxes and did not obediently.

Zhu Yuanzhang has actually been born for three hundred years. This is a memorable event in modern times, and it is naturally not to be underestimated in the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao also needs to re-examine the existence of the Ming Dynasty, an ancient empire, in the world, and re-express the glory of the Ming Dynasty to revitalize the morale of the Ming Dynasty.

And in order not to let the people of the world forget who gave them the peaceful world, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "I will go in person to celebrate the filial piety."

"Your Majesty, no!"

The young secretary Huang Daozhou stood up at this time inappropriately. The cabinet ministers and ministers of the department all over the court looked at the Qingliu official who was only qualified to be a foil.

Zhu Youxiao was also surprised to look at the thin official Huang Daozhou.

In the court, the people who are speaking now are senior officials of the second rank or above. When will it be the turn of this fourth rank official and it is not as idle officials of the six ministries and nine ministers.

It can be seen that he is a nerdy official who is ignorant of the current affairs. Zhu Youxiao frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, the emperor should follow the example of Yao and Shun and rule the world. Although he values ​​filial piety, he does not have to do it himself. This is not a wise move. He only consumes people's wealth and can only send honors and relatives and important officials."

Although Huang Daozhou was citing scriptures and meaning that he was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would disturb the people when he went to the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Nandong, he naturally did not want the imperial power to extend too long. Now that he went to the capital, it was something that he like the guards could not tolerate. His Majesty also wanted to go to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, which was simply an act of influencing the core rule of their civil servants.

Most of the important officials in the court were Zhu Youxiao's personal personalities, so naturally they dare not speak out, but Huang Daozhou must stand up and express the opinions of the scholars and officials.

Zhu Youxiao was speechless. In this court, these ignorant officials were really unable to kill them. Unexpectedly, there were still people like this to criticize him.

When Li Mingrui, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, saw His Majesty's displeasure, he also knew that this was the time to use his dynasty's authority to ritual system. He also knew that His Majesty would not have the intention to increase His Majesty's right to speak in the ritual system.

"Your Majesty is a descendant of Taizu. What's wrong with respecting the emperor and worshiping the ancestors and worshiping the filial piety in person?"

As Li Mingrui said that, he bowed to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction. Now there are his own shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the court, rather than fighting alone.

At this time, Li Mingrui said again: "Then the underworld is the king's land; the boundaries of the land are the king's ministers; Your Majesty is rich in nine provinces and all the seas, so how can you not come in person? Do you think Your Majesty is just as big as the royal palace and can only be the leader of a city in the Forbidden City of Shuntian Prefecture? If Your Majesty does not leave the capital, will he allow the Tartars to plunder the capital, destroy our city, and kill our people!"

Huang Daozhou was very disdainful of Li Mingrui, who was a young master who was in charge of being the young master, and therefore was fearless: "Mr. Li said this badly. The Tartars were just bandits and only came for three or four months. It was like a natural disaster. He would leave. Why should Your Majesty come in person and consume money and food?"

"According to your wishes, let the Tartars plunder the capital of our capital, and then watch the Tartars plunder the population and wealth of the Ming Dynasty and leave. Huangdaozhou, what are you thinking!"
Chapter completed!