"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei, Xu Huizu, requests an audience.”
The chamberlain quietly entered and reported. Xu Qilin collected his thoughts and smiled.""The fun is over. Let him go to the Martial Meritocrats Hall.”Wuying Hall.
After Xu Huizu bowed, he said to Xu Qilin,"Your Majesty, the Prince of Gaoyang won a golden saber.”
The Prince of Gaoyang, Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Di's second son.
Xu Qilin nodded slightly." It seems that Imperial Uncle's son is indeed powerful. However, he's not worthy of the Duke entering the palace personally, is he?"”
Xu Huizu lowered his head and hesitated for a moment before kneeling down and saying solemnly,"Your Majesty, I have seen the three guards of the King of Yan. They have become the King of Yan's private soldiers. I have been afraid day and night.”
"I believe that the Fan Wang holding a large army is not beneficial to the court. I implore Your Majesty to carry out the reduction of vassals."
Xu Qilin looked at Xu Huizu and frowned.
It seemed that the news of him summoning the King of Yan to the capital last night had made Xu Huizu mistakenly think that he wanted to detain the King of Yan in the capital to cut off his vassal state.
Therefore, he came one step ahead and requested to cut off his vassal state.
You can express your loyalty. Look clearly, I, Old Xu, am your man, Xu Qilin.
He could also state his position.
Qi Shangli and Huang Shi kept talking about cutting the vassals. Although these things were kept secret, they couldn't bypass the military governors.
"Cut off the vassals? Hehe, why do you want to cut off your vassal state?"
Xu Qilin stood up and looked at the shocked Xu Huizu. He said,"You think too much. Zhen still trusts the few imperial uncles.”
Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qilin in disbelief.
"The rule of the empire lies in the prosperity of the people and the prosperity of the country," Xu Qilin said kindly.”
Xu Huizu was a little confused.
Xu Qilin did not explain further and said,""I plan to implement a new policy of training troops."
"New policy of training troops?"
Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qilin and quickly said,""I dare not disobey Your Majesty's orders.”
Xu Qilin thought for a long time and ordered,""Go to the Central Army Governor's Office and get some military name lists.”
The chamberlain replied and left in a hurry.
Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qilin in confusion and asked,""Your Majesty, which general do you need?”
Xu Qilin waved his hand and said,"Duke of Wei, please wait a moment."”
In about fifteen minutes, the chamberlain brought over a dozen rosters.
Xu Qilin carefully flipped through it and secretly calculated for a while before continuing to flip through it. After a long time, he raised his head and said to Xu Huizu seriously,"How about we reduce our army by 100,000?"
"Mobilize 100,000 elite soldiers to guard…eh?" Xu Huizu quickly said. Disarm?"
Xu Huizu, who had thought that it was a transfer of troops, immediately panicked. It was fine if he did not increase his strength now, but how could he reduce his troops and weaken his own strength?
Once the vassal king has an accident, how to deal with it?
Xu Qilin wasn't joking. He said seriously,""You know better than me how the army is like. What I want is not the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. In this roster, some of the soldiers are already old. Does the Duke of Wei intend to let them charge into battle or let the Imperial Court support them in their old age?”
Xu Huizu trembled.
"What I want is an elite army that can fight!" Xu Qilin said in a deep voice.”
Xu Huizu broke out in cold sweat.
"I will give you two months to reorganize the army. In two months, I will inspect it! Remember to make a big commotion."
Xu Qilin ordered.
Xu Huizu agreed loudly and left the Martial Meritocrats Hall after bowing. When he returned to the Five Armies Governor's Office, Xu Huizu was still in shock. He summoned his two younger brothers, Xu Yingxu, Qian of the Central Army Governor's Office, and Xu Zengshou, Left Governor of the Right Army Governor's Office, to inform them of the Emperor's plan to reduce his army by 100,000.
The two of them were also shocked and caught off guard.
Xu Huizu looked at the two of them calmly and sighed."Your Majesty, this move is extremely powerful.”
"Big brother, what do you mean?" Xu Yingxu asked in confusion.”
Xu Huizu took a sip of tea to suppress his shock and said,"His Majesty's action is to reorganize the army, warn the nobles, and tell all the Sai Kings to stay safe.”
"Perhaps Your Majesty has another meaning.”
Xu Huizu looked at Xu Zengshou with appreciation, but changed the sensitive topic and said,"His Majesty's thoughts are hard to predict, but it is imperative to reduce the army by 100,000.”
At present, it was peaceful. All the generals and relatives wanted to make a fortune. If they only relied on the salary set by Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone would have starved to death.
For the current Jing army, cutting tens of thousands of soldiers was beneficial to boosting morale, improving military discipline, and strengthening the combat strength of the soldiers.
With the young and strong as the bones, galloping unhindered, this should be the true appearance of the capital army!
Just from the strategy of reducing troops, Zhu Yunwen, this young emperor, had a clear understanding. As he thought about it, Xu Huizu felt that this young Emperor could lead the Darming Dynasty to a prosperous era!
Ever since the news of the reduction of troops spread, memorials were sent in one after another.
Xu Qilin flipped through a few memorials, which were nothing more than exaggerating the disadvantage of the military.
Rationally, these words might not be all false.
During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang attacked the Northern Yuan several times, but because of the lack of horses in the Central Plains, it was necessary to send more troops.
In addition, Japan was in the midst of war during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Many people fled to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. In order to protect the Ming Dynasty, the scale of the Beijing army was further expanded.
By the time Xu Qilin came to power, the redundant army had become a chronic problem.
Xu Qilin's decision to reduce the army was based on his judgment of history and reality.
At this moment, Xu Qilin was only worried about the Fan King and his three guards.
Zhu Yuanzhang had many wives and many children, so Xu Qilin had dozens of uncles. However, in general, the only ones who really threatened the rule of the imperial court were the nine kings and the king of Zhou.
The only thing Xu Qilin cared about was the biggest hidden danger:
Zhu Di!
To deal with the King of Yan, the old, weak, sick, and disabled were useless, and it was also not feasible to tire out the weak.
There was only one way: to make new leather for the army!
As the saying goes, if you don't seek death, you won't die so quickly.
As long as he didn't take action, he could plan slowly when he had time.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Academy Official Fang Xiaoru requests an audience.”
Xu Qilin replied. A thin man wearing a green official robe walked in.
This was the Fang Xiaoru who was killed by Zhu Di!
If Fang Xiaoru had not been killed by Emperor Yongle, the historians of later generations would have definitely classified him as Li Jiujiang.
Fang Xiaoru was known as a child prodigy when he was young and later became a disciple of Song Lian.
Song Lian was called by Zhu Yuanzhang as the " First of the Founding Civil Officials."
Logically speaking, Fang Xiaoru was highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang and had been summoned many times. He should have a good official career.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not use Fang Xiaoru. Instead, he left it to his son. After his son died, he left it to his grandson, who was now Zhu Yunwen.
Xu Qilin sighed. If history really went by and Zhu Di invaded the capital, Fang Xiaoru would die with hundreds of people.
Saying that he was a loyal minister was absolutely correct!
When he faced Zhu Di's butcher knife, he was righteous and invincible.
His belief was the belief of a scholar," There are those who sacrifice themselves to achieve benevolence, but do not live to harm benevolence."
He would rather die than submit, and he would rather die than obey the two masters!
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