Su Maozhen, Minister of Justice, stood up at this time, and the audience suddenly became quiet. His Majesty had just intentionally improved the status of these senior civil servants, which made Su Maozhen feel very helpful. You should know that although he was the Minister of Justice, the Ministry of Justice had relatively little weight among the six ministries, so he had not enjoyed the dignity that senior civil servants should have in front of middle and lower-level officials.

Now, Zhu Youxiaoyi said this, his voice became louder: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice has currently tried and ruled 1,454 serious offenders, of which more than 50 were killed and ruled, and Lingchi was killed. More than 40 people were appointed by the imperial court. The heavy punishment was heavier than the sixth year of Tianqi. But now it is a troublesome, and only the heavy punishment can be governed by the world. Your Majesty should continue to rule the world with strict discipline!"

"I should encourage you to what Shangshu Su said very much."

Due to the fall of most officials of the Donglin Party, the result of severe punishment and death of more than 50 serious offenders, the court's official account accounted for the vast majority. However, what Zhu Youxiao did not expect was that the Minister of Justice Su Maozhen was a person who knew my heart very well. Although he mentioned his severe punishment, he also defended himself. This is the old saying.

At this time, the court was a rare scene of mutual adaptation between the king and the ministers. In a trance, he returned to the court during the Hongzhi Dynasty. The ministers were loyal to the country. As emperors, Zhu Youxiao also gave them the face they deserved.

The Minister of Works, Huo Weihua, was inspected outside, so the Ministry of Works was appointed as the Ministry of Works, Xu Guangqi, the Left Minister of Works.

As a technical official, Xu Guangqi would not say anything in a roundabout way. He reported to Zhu Youxiao how many guns and artillery departments had produced, how much production has increased, and how much money the Ministry of Industry has spent to repair river embankments and bridges and this year's budget, and then retreated.

The Ministry of Works is in charge of national projects, so it is easy to make money. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao reminded the Ministry of Works officials not to say anything more after being cleansed.

Next is the Zuodu Censor Cao Sicheng reported how many people the censors of various provincial highways impeached this year and how many were dismissed. Then Liu Zongzhou, the priest of the Imperial College, also reported on the academic status of the students of the Imperial College.

Zhu Youxiao did not make things difficult for these two people, and even praised these two people for these two words, especially Cao Sicheng. Zhu Youxiao did not expect that the Zuodu Censor met Feng in such a way. When he saw that he was unhappy, he immediately attacked Huang Daozhou. Zhu Youxiao, who originally wanted to take charge of the Censorate, wanted Cao Sicheng to work in the Censorate for a few more years.

A court event ended smoothly, and Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied. The court without the Donglin Party would indeed be much smoother.

After the court meeting, Zhu Youxiao had to select important officials to be responsible for peacekeeping matters against the Qing Dynasty. Because the Song Dynasty was weak and there were many peacekeeping matters. In the present Ming Dynasty, there was a case where the emperor would rather be captured alive than guard the capital, and then the emperor would be established to fight against the Tartars.

Peace discussion seemed to be an unspeakable thing for the strong Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Youxiao did not want to be so paranoid. Peace discussion was just a kind of power trick. Using it does not mean cowardice, and not using it does not mean hardness. Although Song lost gold and silk to Liao and Jin, he was still the richest country in the world. Even in foreign wars, he could win and lose fewer defeats. Their defeat was not caused by peace talks.

Now the Ming Dynasty has many internal conflicts, and it is about to be silenced, and its finances are no longer enough to make ends meet, and its army is corrupt. Although there has not been a situation where bandits traveled everywhere during the Chongzhen period and the Tartars robbed everywhere when they enter the pass, they have to admit that the crisis is still there. What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to negotiate with the Tartars to get a long period of peace, so that the Ming Dynasty, which is difficult to return, can relieve this momentum.

Zhu Youxiao told Li Mingrui his thoughts and asked Li Mingrui to write to convey this view in newspapers. At the same time, he asked Lu Xiangsheng, Qian Qianyi and others to write articles to help him, comprehensively explaining why they should discuss peace with the Tartars and what benefits can peace talk bring.

What no one expected was that once this view was published in newspapers and magazines, it would cause a thousand waves. The ministers and literati and officials in the court could break up without any pressure when the Qing Dynasty moved into the Central Plains, but the Ming court could not negotiate with the barbarians outside the border for any rights and interests.

Liu Zongzhou, the Imperial College Priest, took the lead in handing a memorial to Zhu Youxiao. After learning that Zhu Youxiao had had a secret talk with Huang Taiji on Cuiping Mountain, he couldn't blame Zhu Youxiao openly, but he just tactfully stated that the court still had hundreds of thousands of troops, so why should he be afraid of a Tartar and negotiate with him? His Majesty can lead the Imperial Guards to repel the Tartars, and he can send a large army to suppress the Dongnu.

After reading Liu Zongzhou's memorial, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing. He wanted to send hundreds of thousands of troops out of the pass to pacify the Dongnu, but he was afraid that before leaving the capital, reinforcements from all over the country would retreat. Or even if they went, the entire northern people of the Ming Dynasty might be poisoned by soldiers and bandits. At that time, he was afraid that the Tartars would have caught fire before they could encircle and suppress them.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are still missing. The huge gentry group and parasitic royal family are still dragging the Ming Dynasty into the abyss. The small peasant economy continues to go bankrupt, the number of refugees is still increasing, and the Ming army is still corrupt...

All these domestic problems made Zhu Youxiao unable to immediately attack the Later Jin Dynasty or take military measures against other external forces.

Zhu Youxiao did not intend to make a statement immediately. He was also thinking about how to negotiate with the Later Jin Dynasty, or how much hope he should have for this peace talk. Now the situation in Liaodong has been made more complicated by himself. In addition to the Later Jin Dynasty and Mao Wenlong, Wu Xiang and Yuan Chonghuan were also added, as well as the Zu Dale Club near Shanhaiguan.

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The Imperial Guards have entered a rest period since they returned to Beijing. Before recruiting new recruits, the Imperial Guards will not have any other military tasks during this period.

Although the Tartars were successfully repelled near the Gyeonggi this time, the Imperial Guards themselves suffered certain losses, so the casualties were naturally given generous pensions. Zhu Youxiao also ordered the Ministry of War to register the families of these casualties. In the future, the descendants of the casualties of military families could be admitted first. The family was exempted from corvee and taxes for three years. The disabled officers and soldiers could also directly receive the subsidy money and grain distributed by the Ministry of War every month.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard did not expect that His Majesty could give such generous benefits. They could not help but secretly thank them for sticking to it. Otherwise, they would have to live by eating a king's meal in the capital. When the Chinese New Year is over, they would have to go to the general's house to do short-term work.

However, the Imperial Guard said it was a rest, but not everyone could go home for vacation. The vacation had to be approved from above, and most people had to stay in the barracks for study and summary. The officers of each barracks had to write reports, further study and strengthen, and the soldiers had to continue to popularize culture.

No one understands why Your Majesty did this, which made everyone take the exam as a scholar. The most uncomfortable thing during the rest period is the criticism and fight. Some officers and soldiers who made mistakes during the marching and fighting will be invited to the stage to accept everyone's criticism and self-criticism.

This is what many officers and soldiers are most afraid of. They admit that they have done unethical things in front of all their comrades and soldiers are even more uncomfortable than killing themselves.

The most interesting thing is naturally the interrogation of Amin, the Tatar.

Amin was a serious criminal arrested during military operations, so Zhu Youxiao did not hand him over to the Third Court and did not let him go to the East Factory or the Jinyiwei. Instead, he interrogated him in front of all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard camp. The law enforcement officer Tang Fusheng presided over, and the surviving representatives of the people in Fengrun and Yutian charged him. This further aroused the hatred of the officers and soldiers towards the Tartars and made them understand what their responsibilities as soldiers were.

The army needs to summarize practical experience and lessons, and military production engineers must also summarize the practical effects of various weapons in actual combat.

The commanders of the Artillery Battalion, Fu Dahai and Johann Chan, now almost live in the Artillery Bureau of the Ordnance Department, and talked with Sun Yuanhua and others about how to better use artillery for attacks.

Chang Yanling has now become a frequent visitor to the Gunpowder Bureau, and quarrels often come from the Gunpowder Bureau.
Chapter completed!