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Text Chapter 498: Rectifying the Beijing Camp (Part 2)

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    "The Beijing camp will be disbanded from now on!" As soon as Yue Yang said these words, it was like a thunderbolt ringing in everyone's ears. The nobles below the earth platform just shouted out in confusion, but standing there  Zhang Zhiji's face turned livid next to Yue Yang, and what he was most worried about happened.  ¡ø¡à He said with an ugly expression: "Brother Yue, the emperor only ordered you to rectify the Beijing camp, but he didn't ask you to disband the Beijing camp, right?" "This is actually the same thing!" Yue Yang shook his head and pointed at those in the audience.  The soldier said: "My lord, look at the old man below. He is so old that he can be the prince's grandfather. Look at that baby I'm afraid he has just been weaned for a few days, right? Can these people defend the Ming Dynasty?" Look  Seeing the sarcastic smile on Yue Yang's face, Zhang Zhiji said angrily: "Brother Yue, let me tell you clearly. The water in Jingying is deep. After Lu Jiandou came last month, he could only be in despair.  He ran back. No matter how powerful you are as an outsider, you can't be an enemy of all the men in the capital. I advise you to go back to Shanxi and be your marquis. Otherwise, if something happens in the future,  But it will hurt the harmony between us." "Harmony!" Seeing Zhang Zhiji's cold expression, Yue Yang's expression also became serious, "Mr. Guo, I also told you clearly that this is the capital camp today.  I¡¯m really going to disband. If you¡¯re not convinced, then come over with your carriage and horse.¡± After saying that, Yue Yang ignored Zhang Zhiji again. He turned around and stretched out his hand, and a soldier behind him handed it over.  A microphone, Yue Yang took the microphone and said loudly: "Brothers from the Beijing camp, let me introduce myself first. I am the Zhongyong Hou Yueyang. I tell you something by the emperor's decree. From today on, the Beijing camp will be disbanded. You guys  Everyone will receive a severance package of five silver dollars. After receiving the severance package, you will have nothing to do with Beijing Camp from now on. Now everyone is lining up to come and receive the silver dollars!" After Yue Yang finished speaking, there were ten people!  Several Xuanda sergeants carried several heavy boxes to the earth platform and put them down with a heavy muffled sound.  Then the box was opened, emitting a burst of silvery white light under the sunlight.  "Silver so much silver!" Seeing so many silver coins, many soldiers from the Beijing camp on the school field could not calm down immediately, and many of them had burning eyes.  The knowledgeable person scolded his companion, "Ignorant idiot, that's a silver dollar, a silver dollar from Shanxi. Each piece is one tael of silver!" Because the silver coins from Shanxi have high purity, are well-made, and have exquisite styles, they have become popular over the years.  It has gradually begun to become popular throughout the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty was very dissatisfied with this situation, they had nothing to do in the face of the powerful Yueyang.  After all, many businessmen and ordinary people today recognize this.  In fact, it was not just the soldiers of the Beijing camp. The light of these silver coins also dazzled the eyes of Zhang Zhiji and the nobles below. Looking at the white silver coins in front of them, they looked at Yue Yang with even more resentful expressions.  If these silver coins were handed over to them, they would be able to get at least 60% or even 80% of the benefits from them. But now Yue Yang just gave them to the poor big-headed soldiers below, which would save them a lot of benefits!  The greedy look in the eyes of Zhang Zhiji and others did not hide from Yue Yang's eyes. He turned to Zhang Zhiji and said: "Master Guo, I have already informed you. Now I want to distribute the severance money to the soldiers.  You can go back!" Zhang Zhiji reluctantly withdrew his greedy eyes and said word by word: "Yue Yang, do you really want to be our enemy?" "Hahaha" Yue Yang laughed.  stand up.  Suddenly he shouted loudly: "Come here, drive these irrelevant people out!" "Yes!" Following Yue Yang's order, the sergeants next to him immediately strode forward to remove the Duke of Guo including Zhang Zhiji.  The nobles were all driven out. Some of the nobles who tried to struggle were beaten to death by the sergeants with rifle butts.  The sergeants of Xuan Dajun don't care about their identities. If you don't want to go out, they will beat you until you do.  The capital is a well-informed place, and what Yue Yang did immediately caused an uproar in the capital.  Whether it was disbanding the capital camp or beating up a noble relative, it was no small matter, let alone two things happening at the same time.  Zhang Zhiji and other dignitaries went to the palace to ask for an audience with Chongzhen that day, but they didn't even see Chongzhen's face. Only Cao Huachun led hundreds of Dongchang fans to stand at the gate of the palace and told them that Yueyang had received the emperor's personal permission for this matter.  Yes, yes, anyone can use it if they want to cry.  Facing the cold palace gate and the frowning palace guards and fans, Zhang Zhiji and others could only leave in frustration.  And the reactions of the officials were also different. Some were gloating about the misfortune, some were yelling, and some were waiting to see a good show. Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of War, even rushed to the palace to see Chongzhen for this reason, and saidThe worry in the heart: "Your Majesty, is it too reckless to have such a big battle this time? It should be noted that the capital camp is very involved. Zhongyong Hou will offend all the nobles by doing this. If these people make a fuss  I'm afraid it won't be good for Your Majesty!" "Humph, what's the fuss about?" Chongzhen snorted and said, "The reason why the Beijing camp is so corrupt is because of the 100,000 people on the roster.  There are actually less than 10,000 people. Even so, there are still thousands of people outside, but even so, the court still allocates a large amount of money to them every year. Yue Yang is right, these are the moths that are attached to the Ming Dynasty. If these are not removed.  Get rid of the moths as soon as possible. Sooner or later, I will be eaten by them!" At this point, Zhu Youjian's face showed a cold look.  He really couldn't tolerate that the Beijing camp, as the most powerful force to protect the capital, had been so corrupted. If a foreign enemy attacked the capital, the huge capital would be at the mercy of others.  Lu Xiangsheng also blushed upon hearing this. Although the corruption in Jingying had nothing to do with him directly, as the Minister of War, it was still difficult for him to live up to his reputation.  Seeing Lu Xiangsheng lowering his head, Chongzhen said with a somewhat solemn expression: "Lu Aiqing, a few days ago Yue Yang told me that he would establish a military academy in the capital to train officers for the Ming Dynasty. In the future, our officers and soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty will all draw from these officers.  "What do you think?" "Establishing a military academy?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help shouting.  "Exactly!" Chongzhen nodded and said affirmatively: "I think it makes sense. Take a look. Now our Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers and generals in name. It is possible that except for the Xuan army, even ten companies can be drawn out to fight.  To be honest, if Yue Yang had not led his army to destroy Jian Nu, we still don¡¯t know what our Ming Dynasty would have become now. So it¡¯s time to change. Don¡¯t leave later.  If you want to stay and have a meal with me, Yue Yang will also come over. You two have a good chat." "I obey!" It would have been a great honor to have dinner with the emperor, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't really want to be with Yue Yang.  eat.  After all, this guy who was his subordinate a few years ago is now the Marquis of the dynasty and ranks as a super noble relative. It would be a little awkward for the two of them to meet Nan Mian.  But the boss has already spoken, what else can he say.  At noon, Yue Yang arrived at Nuanxiang Pavilion on time.  When Chongzhen saw Yue Yang coming, he ordered the eunuch to prepare the meal.  Soon several eunuchs came, put the three dining tables together and covered them with tablecloths. The eunuchs holding red lacquer boxes lined up and quickly brought various dishes, meals, soups, etc. to the dining table.  Lu Xiangsheng and Yue Yang were also sitting on both sides. In front of them, Lu Xiangsheng had the honor to accompany Chongzhen to have a meal before. At that time, Chongzhen was still very frugal, just a bowl of brown rice, two plates of green vegetables and a stack of salted fish, but now it is very different.  Although it cannot be said to be delicacies, it is much richer than before.  Looking at the four meat, two vegetarian and one soup dishes in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes showed a trace of surprise. Seeing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Does Lu Aiqing think I'm a little extravagant?" "How dare you!" Lu Xiangsheng quickly stood up and said, "  The emperor was really too harsh on himself in the past few years. Now that the treasury has improved, it is understandable that the emperor should treat himself kindly. Furthermore, since the emperor used money from the inner treasury, no one can find a typo.  Yue Yang also nodded and said: "What Mr. Lu said is true. As the saying goes, money is earned, not saved. It is advisable to save money, but the most important thing is to increase revenue. It turns out that the income next year will only be a mere four hundred."  Ten thousand, now Shanxi and Shandong alone can contribute more than five million taels of tax money to the Ming Dynasty every year. Adding in the taxes from Jiangnan and other places, the Ming Dynasty already has an annual income of over ten million. In addition, after removing the Liao salary, the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to getting rid of it.  This is a big burden, and I heard that the Ministry of Finance has a balance of more than two million taels of silver this year. This is even more worthy of congratulations!" Upon hearing this, Chongzhen's eyebrows couldn't help but twitch, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.  Lifting up, Yue Yang's words simply scratched his heart. As an emperor who was used to living a hard life, he was happier than anyone else now that he could see that the court's expenses were more generous.  When Lu Xiangsheng on the side heard this, he said to Yue Yang: "Master Yue, I heard that you suggested to the emperor to rebuild the capital camp. I wonder if you have a charter?" Yue Yang pondered for a while before saying: "The charter or something first.  Don't worry, how about we first build a new army of 10,000 people according to the model of Xuan Dajun? I have already thought about the name, and it will be called the First Division of the Ming Royal Army! " " Chongzhenhe?  Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other after hearing this. Chongzhen pondered for a while before nodding and said: "Master, sending out troops to attack is like raising troops and gathering people. This name is good, but why not adapt it according to the original military system of the Ming Dynasty?  Yue Yang smiled and said, "The new army has a new atmosphere. Besides, I thought it was really great."The current military system is too complicated and not conducive to command. I plan to take advantage of the establishment of a new army to change the military system.  " Yue Yang expressed his thoughts (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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