I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 188 Zhu Houzhao's Brilliant Move
The same principle applies to the world-famous Soviet "doctor" sausage, which was launched after the Great Famine in the Soviet Union.

The ingredients of the sausage are very honest. According to the requirements, every 100 kg of sausage should be added with 25 kg of high-quality beef, 70 kg of lean pork, 3 kg of fresh eggs, 2 liters of milk, salt, sugar, nutmeg or cardamom. The theoretical shelf life of this sausage at room temperature is 72 hours.

This is a great food, very fresh and very tasty. Its task is to restore the strength of a malnourished person, and this sausage performs very well. It is even prescribed by doctors to treat malnutrition, which is why it is named "doctor" sausage.

As Zhou's mother's health improved, smiles appeared on the faces of the Zhou family again.

At the same time, Zhu Houxuan also returned to the capital.

The reason why he had to return to the capital at this time was because the supreme leader of the Ming Royal Group was still Zhu Houzhao. As the second-in-command of the Ming Royal Group, even though their relationship was very good now, he should still maintain the relationship between them and not be arrogant because of his favor.

After all, he had been in the capital for several months, and had been making many big and small moves. His lavish spending could not be hidden from anyone with ulterior motives.

Zhu Houxun was also always paying attention to all kinds of news from the capital. Now some bad rumors about him had begun to appear in the capital. After all, building such a long dam on the seashore was completely unheard of. Many people believed that this was an act of Zhu Houxun's vanity and a waste of money and labor.

Although salt drying has existed since ancient times, it was not mainstream in the Ming Dynasty at that time. Moreover, salt merchants only sold table salt, but did not know much about the production process of sea salt. Therefore, although everyone understood that Zhu Houxuan went to such great lengths to dry salt, there was still no correct estimate of the output of the salt field.

So many people have already started waiting to see Zhu Houxun make a fool of himself.

After making such a big fuss and spending so much money, there must be a result, even if this result is only an expected result now.

So Zhu Houxuan returned to the capital. He needed to make an advance report to Zhu Houzhao to give Zhu Houzhao peace of mind. After all, the rumors in the capital also caused a certain degree of pressure on Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao had also been paying attention to Zhu Houxun's actions. Not long after Zhu Houxun arrived in Nangong, General Zhu Shou came with his men.

"Your Highness the Prince of Jing has been out of the capital for such a long time, are you going back now?" General Zhu Shou looked at Zhu Houxuan with eyes full of resentment.

"Why do you say that, my royal brother? I haven't been away from the capital for so long to have fun. I've been living in the wilderness all day, eating out and sleeping in the open air. I have to deal with many things every day, and I don't even have time to have fun." Zhu Houxuan spread his hands and didn't buy Zhu Houzhao's words at all.

"It's good to live in the wilderness!" Zhu Houzhao said with some envy.

Zhu Houzhao's attitude surprised Zhu Houxuan a little, but when he thought about his brother's subsequent deeds, it was not surprising at all.

In history, this guy toured all nine borders of the Ming Dynasty and never got tired of it. Naturally, he would not consider sleeping in the open air as a hardship.

Zhu Houxuan looked at the entourage behind Zhu Houzhao and found some unfamiliar faces. From their looks, he could tell that they were experienced military commanders.

Zhu Houzhao also noticed Zhu Houxuan's eyes, and without hesitation, he pulled over his entourage one by one and introduced them to Zhu Houxuan.

"These are all fierce generals in the border army. Each of them is brave and good at fighting. These are the talents I will make great use of in the future!" Zhu Houzhao said finally.

The attendants who were selected by Zhu Houzhao were all excited. "This is our God of Wealth, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jing." Zhu Houzhao patted Zhu Houxuan on the shoulder and joked. Zhu Houxuan's purpose of coming to Beijing was no longer a secret, so Zhu Houzhao did not say much.

Zhu Houxun greeted his entourage in a neutral manner. There was no need to get too close to these people, just getting to know them would be enough.

At first, Zhu Houxun also thought that Zhu Houzhao transferred the border troops to the capital just because he liked military affairs and for fun. However, after arriving in Beijing and observing the court politics up close, he found that things were not as simple as he had imagined at first.

This was a very clever move by Zhu Houzhao, which was made in order to compete with the civil officials for military power.

Some people may wonder, isn't the emperor born to be the supreme commander of all the troops in the world? Why does he need to compete with the civil officials?
This story begins with the Battle of Tumu.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was the supreme commander of the army. The Five Military Commandery and the Ministry of War checked and balanced each other. The Commandery had the power to command troops, while the Ministry of War had the power to mobilize troops.

Before the Battle of Tumu, the Governor-General's Office had enormous power. It not only controlled the management, training, and production of the army, but also participated in important military decisions of the central government.

After the Battle of Tumu, the Military Governor's Office was almost completely emptied out by the Ministry of War. The power of local military management, training, promotion of generals, and military intelligence was all taken away by the Ministry of War. The Military Governor's Office was now only able to manage the Beijing Camp. All matters of the local military only needed to be brought to the Military Governor's Office to go through the procedures. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the procedures were simply not followed, and the Military Governor's Office became a complete decoration.

Why did Yu Qian die?
Not to mention the political struggle, the power he held at that time was too terrifying. He actually had the military and political power of the Ministry of War and the military command and management power of the Metropolitan Government. This was equivalent to combining the power of the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Government in one person. If a new emperor came to power, how could he tolerate such an existence?

Although Yu Qian was dead, the civil officials were unwilling to return the power of the Governor's Office that he had taken away.

The Five Military Governor's Office has now become a place for the nobles to retire.

Therefore, the Battle of Tumu not only caused a generational shortage of talent among the Ming nobles, but also allowed the civil officials to seize military power at the institutional level.

Although Zhu Houzhao is now the supreme commander of the Ming Dynasty, power needs checks and balances. If the military power is divided into two departments and the emperor coordinates in the middle, the emperor can control the military power. But now the military power is basically in the hands of civil servants without checks and balances, and Zhu Houzhao actually has no idea where to start.

Because the military has always been the most complex organizational action of mankind, it is not as simple as it seems on the surface, and the military requires support from many aspects.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao took a different approach. He brought some border generals with outstanding combat records into the Leopard Room and spent the whole day with them. Not only did they learn military knowledge, but they also cultivated personal relationships, and kept the elite border troops and their superiors around him for a long time.

Zhu Houzhao may be the only emperor since Xuanzong who established good personal relationships with senior generals.

This obviously caused great psychological pressure on the civil officials.

It can be seen from the various memorials submitted by the civil officials and the public opinion they controlled that they tried their best to portray Wuzong's behavior as a ridiculous joke and deny all political significance of his behavior.

Zhu Houzhao's actions even diverted the attention of the civil officials from Zhu Houxuan, which reduced the pressure on Zhu Houxuan.
My head felt heavy after I took medicine last night. I wrote one chapter and then fell asleep. I got up at five o'clock this morning to write the second chapter. I hadn't finished it by the time I went to work, so I quickly finished it when I got to the office. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time.

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