"Your Majesty, the purpose of establishing the new academy is to change. If the Ministry of Works were to transfer people to fill the new academy…then this new academy would be nothing more than a second Ministry of Works.”
Lan Shenxing did not accept people from the Ministry of Works for two reasons.
Firstly, even if the Hongwu Courtyard was established, the first thing to do was to farm. Only after solving the food problem would he consider the issue of firearms and other military forces.
Secondly, in the Jiangnan Shen family case, Lan Shenxing had offended almost the entire imperial court.
The six tribes were no exception.
As the saying goes, destroying a person's path to wealth is like killing one's parents.
Lan Shenxing had caused them to lose such a large amount of income for nothing. How could they not hate him? Even if they came to the Hongwu Courtyard, would these people be obedient?
Of course.
Many people with discerning eyes knew that Lan Shenxing was only carrying out Zhu Yuanzhang's orders.
But did they dare to hate Zhu Yuanzhang?
Naturally, he didn't dare.
So…he could only hate Lan Shenxing.
This was the same logic as the death of Mao Xiang in history. Everyone knew that Hu Weiyong's case was Zhu Yuanzhang's idea, but who dared to say anything about Zhu Yuanzhang?
Moreover…
They were also afraid that Mao Xiang would find out about them one day. In addition, they were dissatisfied with the removal of the Prime Minister system, so they could only keep writing to Mao Xiang.
In the end.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to appease this group of officials, and because Mao Xiang knew too much, he pushed the boat with the current and made him a scapegoat.
There was another thing.
Ever since Lan Shenxing raided the Shen family, it wasn't that no one had tried to accuse him.
Instead…
Zhu Yuanzhang had instructed them to do so, and Zhu Biao had stopped them!
Slowly, the number of people joining Lan Shenxing decreased.
Firstly, it was because Lan Shenxing was only a nominal position and did not have as much real power as Mao Xiang.
The only time he mobilized a hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards was when he had an imperial edict.
Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were unyielding.
Most of the civil servants who had entered the imperial examinations had already been killed on New Year's Eve.
Those who had not been forced into a passive position were mostly related to Hu Weiyong's case. At this time, they were hiding at home and trembling.
He was about to lose his life, so how could he still have the mood to report?
As for Huaixi's nobles, they were not in the mood to criticize Lan Shenxing. At most, they would scold him…Xu Da's son-in-law, Lan Yu's son, was really a f * cking dog. Didn't he know to send a message to his own people?
Huaixi's meritorious officials are one family.
This was not just a saying in the early Ming Dynasty.
Although Lan Shenxing had stepped on their cake, their minds were not as complicated as the civil officials.
But at least they knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was warning them.
"Do you want us to get you a batch of clean rookies?”
What Lan Shenxing could think of, Zhu Yuanzhang could naturally see as well.
As the emperor and the chess player of the Ming Dynasty, how could he not see that the entire court was rejecting Lan Shenxing?
Even though this rejection was deliberately created by him.
"Your Majesty is wise."
Lan Shenxing bowed.
"Don't be in a hurry to talk about our Sacred. If you want someone with a clean background, I reckon that the only one is the Jinyiwei. However, it's impossible for us to give the Jinyiwei to you.”
Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning was very simple. Don't play this game with me. I have no one here.
"Your Majesty, do you mean to ask me to find the person myself?”
Lan Shenxing asked.
Zhu Yuanzhang said," I can give you this authority, and I can also ask the Ministry of Revenue to give the Hongwu Courtyard a salary. But before that, don't you have to tell me the specific structure of the Hongwu Courtyard?"”
" First, there will be the five guards of the Martial Arts Yard, Azure Dragon Guard, White Tiger Guard, Vermillion Bird Guard, Black Tortoise Guard, and Qilin Guard. Then…"
Lan Shenxing spoke without waiting for him to finish.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were stunned.
The former directly waved his hand to interrupt Lan Shenxing's words and said,"Wait a minute, Fifth Guard? Why do you need so many people?"
One guard, 5,600 men.
These five guards were 28,000 people!
Moreover, Lan Shenxing hadn't finished speaking. This was just the beginning. Who knew what he would say next?
In other words.
A conservative estimate would require 40,000 to 50,000 people in the Hongwu Courtyard.
However, to Zhu Yuanzhang, he would not agree to the five guards of the Hongwu Courtyard, let alone forty to fifty thousand people.
"Your Majesty, I…"
Lan Shenxing wanted to talk about his plans for Hongwu Yard.
"Forget it, it's better if you don't say anymore."
However…
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to listen anymore.
"You should find a few hundred people and settle the farming matters first. As for the Hongwu Courtyard, we'll talk about it later." Zhu Biao said.”
If Lan Shenxing wanted to recruit a few thousand people, there might be a chance.
But with so many people coming down…
To be honest, Zhu Biao felt a little numb when he heard it.
"Biao 'er is right."
Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of the food and said," Start from a young age. Take it step by step. You haven't even learned how to walk yet, and you're already thinking of running."
You haven't even led a team of 1,000 people before, and you want to lead a team of tens of thousands? Can you do it? If you want to lead a big team, you can, but first prove to me that you have the ability!”
At this point.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lan Shenxing with disappointment and continued,"I told you not to follow the army. If you follow the army, follow Tiande and learn how to lead a large team of hundreds of thousands of people. What can you learn by staying in Ying Tian and watching those civil officials every day? Do you want to learn from them and give me trouble every day?
Don't think that you can lead a team after you've dealt with the Jiangnan matter. Dealing with those matters and leading a team were two different things! Also, I'll give you the power to do so. You can try forming your own team and see if what I said tonight is right or wrong.
When you can form a team of thousands of people and manage them in an orderly manner, come and talk to me about the Hongwu Courtyard.”
"Yes."
Lan Shenxing said.
"Leave, I'm tired."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he no longer had the appetite to eat.
Zhu Biao and Lan Shenxing bowed and left.
On the way.
"Shenxing, don't take it to heart, and don't be discouraged. It's not that Imperial Father doesn't support you, but the current you really can't lead such a large team.”
Zhu Biao patted Lan Shenxing's shoulder and said with a smile,""This is the first time BenGong has seen Imperial Father speak so much to a junior.”
To be honest.
Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction today surprised Zhu Biao.
Because in the past, Zhu Yuanzhang would only teach and reprimand the princes like this.
Moreover, he had only seen it on the Di Prince.
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