Forbidden City, Xuanzheng Hall.
The Brocade Guards rushed the 800-mile journey to the main hall, and the eunuchs brought the memorial to the throne to the Dragon's desk.
All the civil and military officials in the court looked up and waited.
Zhu Houzhao opened the memorial submitted by Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren took the credit for entering the Tartar camp alone and killing the King of Tartar.
"Your Majesty, the head of the King of Tartar is outside the hall.”
The second merit was that the defenders of Datong were united in their efforts to wipe out the enemy army. None of the 300,000 enemy troops escaped.
Third, Qi Jingtong's reinforcements had arrived in time to provide protection for Da Tong Prefecture.
Other than showing his merits, the memorial also requested the court to rescue him.
The flood had flooded Datong Prefecture, and many corpses were floating in it. If the corpses rotted, it might become a plague. They requested the imperial court to send the Imperial Academy of Medicine to Datong.
The flood has caused damage to the farmland of Datong Prefecture. Your Majesty, please allocate the disaster relief debt and grain.
In the end, the memorial requested His Majesty to punish Wang Shouren for causing the Haihe River to burst its banks, causing the lives of the people to be plunged into misery. He requested His Majesty to behead Wang Shouren in Datong Prefecture to thank the people.
After Zhu Houzhao finished reading the memorial, the joy on his face was finally hard to suppress!
"Read!"
The eunuch took Wang Shouren's memorial and read it aloud in the main hall. All the civil and military officials in the court heard it and either cried tears of joy or revealed the joy of revenge!
All the officials in the court felt as if the world was clear and bright!
His Majesty eradicated the eunuchs and treacherous officials. Those eunuchs who committed crimes were eliminated by His Majesty. These eunuchs were all treacherous officials left behind by the previous emperor. They were bold, presumptuous, and corrupt...
Liu Jin deceived the emperor. There were 300,000 people invading Da Tong Prefecture, but he told Zhu Houzhao that it was just a few bandits…
After the recent investigation, Zhu Houzhao had a deeper understanding of eunuchs. In the Ming court, the corruption of eunuchs was very serious.
His Majesty killed these eunuchs, and the foul atmosphere in the palace disappeared.
12 million taels of silver were confiscated!
Emperor Hongzhi had saved up three million taels of silver for his entire life. The silver that Emperor Hongzhi had saved up was only enough to cover the expenses of the eunuchs for two years. One could imagine how many eunuchs there were in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Houzhao seized the eunuchs 'party and filled the treasury.
At this moment, there was a total of fifteen million taels of silver in the Great Ming's treasury.
Except for the East and West Chambers, which were His Majesty's eyes and ears, the other eunuch groups suffered a devastating blow.
Even the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards had been dismissed, and the Emperor was choosing a new Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, the eunuch group was too big. There were 150,000 eunuchs in the capital, and the total population of the capital was only 1,600,000. The number of eunuchs actually accounted for one-tenth.
Every year, it cost 1.9 million taels of silver to raise these eunuchs. These eunuchs, like the officials of the court, had salaries and official positions…
In the court, there were seventy thousand eunuchs.
If he didn't crack down on the government officials, it would be difficult to get rid of the cancer.
In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, other than the East and West Chambers, there should be less than eight thousand eunuchs in the Imperial Court. The Ming Dynasty's national treasury did not have the spare money to support more eunuchs.
The number of palace maids could be increased to 60,000 to 70,000. After all, palace maids would leave the palace to marry after they turned 26. It would not affect their marriage and childbirth at all.
And once a eunuch entered the palace, this job could last a lifetime.
Many families had prospered because they had a powerful eunuch in their family!
In order to send their children to the palace, many families had to spend money to ask for help. If the money was not enough, they might not be able to enter the palace.
Such heavy expenses had to be saved.
Zhu Houzhao had already begun to consider how to dismiss these eunuchs and increase the number of palace maids to replace their positions.
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When all the officials heard the news of Wang Shouren's victory, they were naturally excited!
After the eunuch read out Wang Shouren's memorial, Zhu Houzhao looked at all the civil and military officials and said,""Good! Wang Shouren did not let down my expectations. Send the decree to confer Wang Shouren the title of Minister of War and Governor of Datong Prefecture!”
The commander was a fourth-grade military officer, and the governor was a second-grade civil official. Wang Shouren was promoted two levels in a row and became a border official in charge of the administrative power of a region.
"Qi Jingtong will be appointed as the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and lead the Divine Arms Battalion!”
Qi Jingtong was originally the commander of the Divine Arms Battalion. Now that he was promoted to the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, it was also a promotion. Moreover, the Embroidered Uniform Guards were the Emperor's imperial guards. Only the Emperor's favorite people could take on the position of commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"Xuantai Hospital's hospital judge, immediately lead the doctors of the hospital to Da Tong Prefecture to prevent the plague.”
"Ministry of Revenue, immediately transfer 500,000 grain to Da Tong Prefecture to relieve the disaster.”
"Ministry of Works, immediately mobilize laborers to Da Tong Prefecture to repair the Haihe River embankment!”
"Bureau of Military Personnel, immediately dispatch troops from Da Tong Prefecture into the desert. Step by step, advance the territory of Great Ming by a thousand miles and destroy all the Tartar tribes you see!”
Since they had won the war, they had to swallow the fruits of victory.
Zhu Houzhao had long been waiting for the Mongolian grassland that Datong Prefecture thought was his territory. After this battle, the Tartars would be greatly weakened, and he would take advantage of his weakness to kill him!
The Ming Empire's navy was powerful, but the cavalry was too weak. If they controlled the Mongolian steppe, would they be afraid of not having warhorses?
Zhu Houzhao's orders were issued one after another in the Political Announcement Hall, and the war machine of the Ming Empire started to move quickly.
The news of the defeat of the Tartar army spread to all the surrounding countries.
The vassal states of Ming once again saw the power of the suzerain state.
Emperor Zheng De had just ascended the throne. As a vassal state, they began to prepare annual silver and tributes.
The Ming Empire had thirteen affiliated kingdoms. These affiliated kingdoms had to pay annual silver every year to beg the mother country for protection.
These affiliated kingdoms also fantasized about meeting the emperor of Ming Dynasty, the man who could make the world tremble with a stomp of his foot!
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