Like the eighth year of the Age of Revelation, the ninth year of the Age of Revelation also came in a series of cumbersome sacrificial ritual activities. After reviewing the Imperial Guards, it was Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival was a particularly important festival for the ancients, and officials would continue to take a vacation for up to ten years.

The projects under the responsibility of Royal Industrial Company, the Ministry of Industry and Shuntian Prefecture have also begun to take holidays. A large number of people from other places who have just received a generous amount of double wages at the end of the year flocked to major restaurants and tea shops in the capital, as well as unspeakable places of elegance.

Unfortunately, the capital has not yet implemented commercial tax collection, and a large amount of silver has flowed into the hands of high-ranking officials with industries in the capital. Otherwise, the Dongchang would not have come to report that after the Lantern Festival, land prices and housing prices in the capital soared.

It is obvious that it is because these high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen in the capital made a lot of money and started to buy real estate and real estate. However, Zhu Youxiao's royal capital did not enjoy any benefits during this period of consumption fanaticism. The people in the late Ming Dynasty did not seem to like to save money. They like to compare and pay attention to enjoyment.

However, for the vast majority of people who only have some extra money, they cannot afford luxury goods from the Royal Industrial Company, and do not show their appearance and practical objects that satisfy vanity, but do not buy them. Therefore, they put their money on entertainment consumption. For people who are too far away from home, they naturally will not pursue any elegant entertainment. A large amount of money is spent on food and sex, but the court cannot get a half-profit on it. There is only a Jiaofangsi, but it cannot account for the total sales of the Lantern Festival in the entire capital.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor could not expressly encourage the people to go to the Jiaofangsi to find joy. This not only aggravates the bad social customs and promotes the spread of sexual diseases. Although condoms have been promoted in these romantic places, it is still impossible to completely eliminate diseases such as floral and willow diseases.

Zhu Youxiao has no time to pay attention to collecting commercial taxes in this capital. After all, if it starts suddenly, it will touch too many forces.

The implementation of the policy should be carried out step by step. As for where the next reform pilot area is, Zhu Youxiao has asked the Dongchang and the Ministry of Revenue to organize a special team to go to the thirteen provinces of the two Beijing and the thirteen provinces to determine its potential commercial value and the intensity of obstacles that may be encountered, and thus decide where to best carry out the next reform promotion.

Ma Shiying was awarded the title of Prince Shaobao and Right Deputy Censor, and was promoted to the second rank of official rank, while Yuan Keli also awarded the title of Prince Shaogong, and Sun Chengzong was awarded the title of Xincheng Bo. Zhu Youxiao's reason was that Sun Chengzong was his mentor and had made meritorious contributions in Liaodong, so he was awarded the title, which was also regarded as the second civil servant to be awarded the title after Wang Yangming.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the present time when His Majesty is expressing his political will, that is, proclaiming the world that he encourages the ministers to unswervingly implement their new policies, and he will not bring out the ministers who have worked for him as scapegoats due to the obstacles of stubborn forces.

Moreover, as the Emperor, you will definitely give you generous rewards and what you want. For example, a corruption like Ma Shiying is praised by His Majesty as the world's No. 1 governor. The evaluation is also honest and honest, and eager to innovate. In fact, Ma Shiying only did the latter point, while the former did not do it at all.

According to the Dongchang report, the corruption of some censors impeached Ma Shiying was exactly there.

For example, during this year's Lantern Festival, Ma Shiying ordered his slaves to transport millions of silver back to his hometown. In order to cater to the current emperor and not violate the norms of being a member of the royal party, he did not purchase land, but he purchased hundreds of houses and shops. His hometown Guiyang was originally a barren land, but housing prices soared to the same level as those in Jiangnan towns.

Therefore, Ma Shiying quickly expanded his business empire in Guiyang area, which is also Ma Shiying's cunning point. Fengyang collects taxes, but Guiyang does not collect taxes. Ma Shiying built his own industry in Guiyang, and he has power and can establish his own business empire well at the Sichuan-Guizhou hub.

However, there are many inconveniences in the Fengyang area dominated by Ma Shiying himself. After all, it is necessary to make it look for His Majesty today to establish a good business atmosphere, which leads to fair competition in the Fengyang area, and the profit amount is not only due to power but also economic benefits.

However, Zhu Youxiao now needs Ma Shiying to be his pioneer in economic reform, so he can only give him a green light. As long as he does not rebel or annexes the land, he violates his principles, even if Ma Shiying really becomes the world rich today, he can only turn a blind eye.

But Ma Shiying will definitely be punished in the future. This is what Zhu Youxiao hidden in his heart. He could not really make the Ming Dynasty's administration worse due to Ma Shiying's role in order to reform the new policy. Now he asked the Censorate to punish corruption and also warn Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying still needs to use it again, and the domestic big moves have to wait for three reform trial points to fully enter the mature mode. That is, before the surnames and local gentry are completely accustomed to this policy, Zhu Youxiao does not intend to make any big moves in the Ming Dynasty in the short term.

The Imperial Guard has already had 100,000 warriors, and the nine border towns have also added more than 100,000 elite troops. The Arsenal Department, an arms production base, has entered its mature stage and can meet the basic needs of weapons. In addition, the reserves of the Royal Bank have also reached the support for military pay that can cope with one million troops for one year of combat. The Royal Weaving Bureau and the Royal Village have also reserved sufficient military uniforms, food and grass and other military supplies. According to the person in charge, it can meet the large-scale combat for one year.

Since this is the case, Zhu Youxiao felt that it was time to shine the sword of the Ming Dynasty, and the Imperial Guards should fight against powerful external enemies. They could not stay at home to suppress bandits. If they wanted to defeat the elite cavalry of the Tartars, they could only find the tricks from it after multiple actual combats, and explore the best tactical arrangements and train the real generals.

"Your Majesty has an order, and he has brought the Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall, the Minister of War Lu Xiangsheng, the eunuch of the Li Supervisor, Liu Ruoyu, the Admiral of the East Factory, Yang Sichang, the Left Minister of the Ministry of War, the General of the Imperial Guards, and the Governors and Generals of the Jiubian Town to face the Saint!"

This day was the day of the great dynasty, and it was also the last day when foreign officials were about to leave the capital. But on this day, Zhu Youxiao suddenly announced that he would meet the important members of the military system, and the location they saw was the most core part of the empire, so people were a little surprised, but they also felt that His Majesty seemed to be doing something big.

"Gei Master Lu, Your Majesty suddenly summoned us, but for what happened, all the soldiers in charge were called. Your Majesty would not have learned to learn from Emperor Taizu of Song to give him a cup of wine to relieve his military power, let us retire and return home in advance." Wang Zaijin and Lu Xiangsheng are both one of the two most powerful officials in the Liaodong area. It is precisely because of this that Wang Zaijin dared to greet Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Mingchu (the king of Jin was named Mingchu) was joking. We are just your majestic eagle and dog. How can we say that we have no cup of wine to release military power? What's more, Jiannu and Guanning thieves are eyeing each other outside the pass are eyeing each other. It is precisely when you, a minister like you, a pillar country, return home early, must be kept for three or five years before you can have such a blessing. As for why Your Majesty summoned us today, I think Eunuch Liu should be the clearest."

Everyone also looked at Liu Ruoyu. Liu Ruoyu, a eunuch with a little scholarly taste, is now almost the world's number one military supervisor. On the one hand, he controls the world's number one internal intelligence agency, namely the Dongchang. Like the leader of the Central Commission for the Republic of China, he has mastered many masters and officials in the world. On the other hand, his Majesty's direct lineage, namely the chief of the Imperial Guards. Like Lu Xiangsheng, among the 100,000 imperial guards, from the generals of each army to the commanders of each battalion, they are all his students.

But Liu Ruoyu is a low-key person and knows that the higher he is, the more he should be cautious in his words and actions. In addition, he does not know His Majesty’s intentions, so he waved his hands and said, “Don’t make fun of Liu, I am just a slave to Your Majesty’s family, how can I know anything.”

When Wang Zaijin saw Liu Ruoyu, he refused to say anything and was not easy to ask again. Sun Chuanting snorted when he saw this. He was so honest that he clearly expressed his hatred for the eunuchs.

Liu Ruoyu completely pretended that he hadn't heard of talking to Sun Chengzong.

But at this time, Yang Sichang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, who was unwilling to be lonely, walked up with a red robe, came to the front of a first-rank official, and said, "From the view of the emperor, Your Majesty is afraid that the war will take place again. Please think, now Your Majesty takes advantage of the opportunity of the southern tour to re-establish the orthodox Confucianism of the Confucianism, and at the same time, he personally sacrifices Xiaoling and loyal people to the world. He even boldly innovates, implements the new policy, and reverses the deficit of the national treasury for decades. It is not unsaintly wise! But for a Ming army, these are all civilized rule. If Your Majesty wants to imitate the Emperor Wu and Tang of Han, he naturally needs to have martial arts."

All the officials felt that Yang Sichang was right, so they all surrounded him. Yang Sichang continued, "Please think about it, now our Ming Dynasty's national strength is booming, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers wearing armor. When Wu Xiang outside the pass rebelled against our Ming Dynasty and massacred the people of our capital, Jianlu still occupied more than 20 cities north of our Liaohe River. The important town of Shenyang was even occupied by him. This is a great humiliation that the dynasty has not seen in hundreds of years. Although Your Majesty was to have the man Huang Taiji kneeled down and signed the city alliance, Your Majesty also had abdicated his ambition and would one day wash the Liaohe River. Don't you think Your Majesty will make a big move and win the dignity of my great country?"

"With that being said, the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu have signed an alliance with him and will not invade each other within five years. It seems inappropriate if we rashly provoke the army. In addition, the Qing Dynasty has now expanded 50,000 elite cavalry, the firearm infantry has reached 150,000, and the whole country has reached more than 200,000. Although our Ming Dynasty can attack the enemy, it is difficult to protect our victory."

Sun Chuanting was the first to question, but Yang Sichang had no good attitude towards this rank of officials who were the right minister of the Ministry of War but also the governor of Datong. He just smiled and said, "Shilar Sun is such a bad word, but he doesn't know that soldiers are deceitful. Is it necessary for my Ming Dynasty to abide by this contract?"

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While the officials in these military systems were walking and talking, Zhu Youxiao had already obtained their conversation from the East Factory.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer and said to Wang Chengen, who was accompanying him: "This Yang Sichang is no different from Yang Xiu in the Three Kingdoms. It is an indisputable fact that he can guess my thoughts and have a certain strategic vision, but he is indeed crazy."

"Your Majesty said so much. Talented people are a bit arrogant, which is understandable." Wang Chengen persuaded him a few times, but didn't say more. Seeing Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, he simply retreated.

Today is a major military event. Although Wang Chengen is the chief supervisor of the seal, he does not have the authority in the military system, so he is not qualified to stay here.

However, Liu Ruoyu was the most worthy of serving Zhu Youxiao at this time, so he rushed in first. When he saw Wang Chengen coming out, he just nodded slightly, then took off his shoes and changed his clothes and entered the inner room.

The other foreign ministers could only wait in the hall in the Moon Cave In front of the inner door, but there were seats on both sides. In the past few days, all the officials of the front office sat down, the eunuch served tea, and then sat quietly.

Zhu Youxiao enjoyed this warm palace layout like spring. In addition, spring was very sleepy, so he was lazy and did not wear a comb. He tied it with a golden hairpin for a moment, and leaned against the leather seat and closed his eyes to rest.

The maid next to him put his hands into the hands of a Ming version of the warm baby. Starting from the palace, it is now popular in the Ming Dynasty when his maids are waiting aside in winter, which makes it look both human and more interesting.

But because of this, the Ming version of the warm baby will become one of the best-selling products every winter.

"Are you here?" Zhu Youxiao asked, then left to Zhang Yan, the queen who was lying in her arms and rubbing her jade back. Then he stood up and spread his arms: "Put it out first, then order people to prepare the sand table, just north, and finally announce that they come in."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Liu Ruoyu smiled and said, then served Zhu Youlai himself.

Not long after, Zhu Youxiao announced an order to let them in. As soon as these people came in, Zhu Youxiao said warmly: "Time is important, and I don't say it in a roundabout way. You also know the current strength of the Ming Dynasty and are no longer afraid of provoking wars. From my perspective, it is time for us to demonstrate the majesty of our Ming Dynasty. If you have any good opinions, we can also say, that is, who we need to fight first now? There are three forces in the north now, one is the Guanning Army, the Mongolian Tartars, and the Jiannu Tartars."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao said this, Yang Sichang stood up first: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, now we might as well attack Shengjing through waterways and then capture Jiannu's head together, which can also deter the Guanning Army, which is in line with the imperial court."

"The difference between Mr. Yang's words is now when the ice and snow have not yet melted, and the cavalry can still run horses and even cut down sleds directly, so the effect of a surprise attack cannot be achieved." Sun Chuanting said to Yang Sichang at this time, but Yang Sichang couldn't say anything else, but then he still argued again.

But just as a group of officials were struggling with how to start the war, Wu Jin suddenly ran in and hurriedly waited outside to face Liu Ruoyu and said, "Dadfather-in-law, big things are not good."
Chapter completed!