Hearing Xu Hongji's words, Zhu Yinghuai pursed his lips and said in a small voice, "Do you think there will be a rebellion after this announcement? Will the vassal lords and members of the royal family rebel? "
Xu Hongji looked at Zhu Yinghuai in surprise. "Why are you thinking about this? Does it have anything to do with us? Right now, the most important thing for us is to close our doors and not interact with anyone. If His Majesty orders us to go to the palace, if not, we will stay at home and enjoy life. Don't think about anything else. "
"I'm just worried that someone will rebel."
Zhu Yinghuai said in a small voice, "After all, there are still many places that have not been attacked by the army. If there really is a rebellion, won't there be another war?"
"Good things have nothing to do with us."
Xu Hongji shook his head. "I only care about whether my days are good or not. I don't care about anything else. If you care, go to the palace and ask His Majesty yourself."
Zhu Yinghuai shrank his head back. "The palace is in full swing right now. I don't dare go in. If I go in and delay someone's business, it will be my fault."
Zhu Yinghuai was absolutely unwilling to go to the palace now because it was very, very, very busy. While people were arranged to go to the palace to start renovations, they were also working in full swing.
Basically, some of the original Ming court officials had been reactivated by Xiao Ruxun. The clerks he had brought with him were arranged to be assistants to gain experience. They mainly relied on the original administrative team.
Of course, the mad dogs of the Imperial Censorate were all left at home by Xiao Ruxun and were not allowed to go out and cause trouble. He had had enough of these mad dogs and began to think about letting his own people be in charge of supervision. He wanted to set up a specialized department to deal with official crimes, similar to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Using morals and words to restrain officials had proven to be very noisy. Xiao Ruxun hated these people who could do nothing but talk. Their existence would only drag down the efficiency of the administration. In the new dynasty, efficiency was the most important. Imperial Censors, go to hell!
After getting rid of the Imperial Censor, many of the old officials of the former Ming Dynasty felt that they were much more relaxed. Their administrative efficiency was also much higher. When they were working, they did not procrastinate or push the blame onto each other. If they wanted to do something, they would do it. If they did not, they would give a reason. In short, they would not allow people to act recklessly.
After the high pressure of Shen Yicheng's reign and the reshuffling of Xiao Ruxun's reign, the previous intense party struggle had died down. Whether it would rise again in the future depended on the Emperor. In fact, the Emperor was often the one behind the party struggle.
Xiao Ruxun had a very deep understanding of this point.
For the past month, he had led his officials to work day and night, dealing with government affairs, military affairs, and all sorts of other matters. He was so busy that his head was spinning, but he truly did feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Seeing one matter after another being taken care of and put into practice was truly very interesting.
However, there was also a point. When he saw the constructive and meaningful administrative strategies put forward by the experienced Wang Xijue and Li Tingji being constantly adopted and adopted, Xiao Ruxun felt that something was not right when he looked at the court full of officials who did not object.
Well, it was not right when there was no quarrel. It was not right when there was no argument. It was not right when there was no stare.
It was only right now. If such a situation were to occur after peace was restored, Xiao Ruxun would definitely make a move to divide the officials. Because to the Emperor, if the officials did not fight each other and instead joined forces, the Emperor would feel very insecure.
More and more, he felt that he had been mistaken about a fact before.
The reason why Zhu Yijun wanted to fight for the foundation of the country was not to compete with the officials for the supreme power of the world. Instead, he wanted to use Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun to divide the officials.
He threw out two baits in an attempt to divide the officials into the Eldest Son's party and Prince Fu's party, opposing each other and arguing with each other, achieving the effect of the Jiajing era's Yan and Xu factions, and thus achieving the goal of fishing in troubled waters to seize power.
In the beginning, the Jiajing Emperor used the Great Ceremony to divide the officials, and played the officials in the palm of his hand for decades. And Zhu Yijun respected his Imperial Grandfather the most. It was very likely that he would learn from Zhu Houcong's method and come up with a counterfeit version of the Great Ceremony.
But that would really be a counterfeit. The officials had learned their lesson, and simply ignored the bait thrown out by Zhu Yijun. They unswervingly stood on the side of the Eldest Son, and stood in the name of righteousness, so that Zhu Yijun could not advance or retreat.
Did Zhu Yijun really want to establish the Crown Prince so soon?
Probably not. Xiao Ruxun felt that if Zhu Yijun really wanted to establish Zhu Changxun as the Crown Prince, it was not that there was no way. Zhu Yijun had not made any effort at all, and did not make any substantial move for Prince Fu's ascension to the throne. He was just annoyed by the fact that the officials insisted on establishing the Eldest Son as the Crown Prince.
Why is it that the method that Imperial Grandfather used so smoothly doesn't work on me?
Zhu Yijun may have thought about this problem.
This may be the real purpose of the struggle for the foundation of the country. The Emperor wanted to divide the officials, but instead lifted a rock and dropped it on his own feet. Disheartened, he took revenge on the officials by slacking off, and indirectly harmed the Daming court.
From this, it can be seen how important the Emperor's sense of security is.
"When the Northwest Generals return to the court, arrange for the Minister of War to go out of the city to welcome them. Your Majesty can hold a banquet in the palace to entertain the Generals, and then bestow titles and rewards to the army, so that the morale of the army can be stabilized. But whether the nine borders should continue to be maintained, this is still up to Your Majesty."
Wang Xijue made his own suggestions on the matter of the Northwest Generals returning to the court, and then asked Xiao Ruxun to make a decision.
Of course, rewards and the like were not a problem, and it was also necessary to maintain the nine borders. More importantly, Xiao Ruxun needed to build a strong cavalry force to launch a second full-scale attack on the northern grasslands.
A year ago, he wiped out 300,000 Northern Barbarians, built dozens of forts along the Great Wall of Datong, and used such a cruel method to deter the Northern Barbarians, causing the surrounding Northern Barbarians to either flee to the east or flee to the west, and all of them trembled in fear. This also won valuable external conditions for Xiao Ruxun's current peaceful development.
At this time, he had no external enemies. The Japanese country was split in two, Nanyang was occupied by him, the Southeast Asian countries had succumbed to him, and the Northern Barbarians were frightened out of their wits. This was a great opportunity to develop himself. Seizing this opportunity to focus on development was Xiao Ruxun's basic national policy.
But this did not mean that there would be no war.
In order to seize the grasslands as a breeding ground for horses, expand the strategic depth of the capital, and conquer Liaodong, he needed an extremely strong cavalry.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he once planned to completely destroy Northern Yuan and take over the last province of Northern Yuan, Lingbei Province. For this, he sent out all the famous generals. In the fifth year of Hongwu, he sent Xu Da, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, and others to lead 150,000 cavalrymen to the north to fight against Wang Baobao, but they were defeated.
The Mongolian warhorses that the Ming Army inherited from the Han Dynasty were all lost, and they temporarily lost the ability to attack strategically. They also lost the opportunity to take over Lingbei. From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang had to adopt a relatively defensive position, and could not maintain a strategic attack.
At the moment, for Xiao Ruxun, warhorses were still a problem.
In this era, there was no need to even think about chariots like tanks, and the importance of cavalry was still irreplaceable. If one wanted to fight on the grasslands, it was impossible without a strong cavalry force.
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