"Your Highness, I am guilty."

As soon as Lan Yu saw Zhu Ying, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted.

"Uncle, what are you doing? It's so strange. Is there something wrong?"

Zhu Ying asked doubtfully.

Of course, he would not directly say that he already knew about this matter. What he wanted was for Lan Yu to say it himself.

Hearing this, Lan Yu said with some shame, "I drank some wine at noon and got a little drunk because my general was bullied by the Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui and I couldn't help it."

"Zhan Huisu and I have never gotten along. As the Minister of Personnel, he has always made things difficult for military officers like us. But he is completely different when it comes to his own cronies."

"Thinking of what happened before, I was drunk and had my mind clouded. I brought people to the door and beat up Minister Zhan."

Hearing this, Zhu Ying asked in surprise: "The Minister of Personnel, Zhan Hui?"

"Uncle, don't you know that he is a big shot in grandpa's eyes, the most favored minister in front of him, and uncle actually beat him up?"

Hearing this, Lan Yu immediately lowered his head, not knowing how to respond.

Zhu Ying continued, "Uncle, this is the capital. If it were outside the capital, it would be easier to say, but in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, how could uncle be so confused and still be a second-rank official in the court?"

"This is not respecting the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If Grandfather knew about this, he would be furious and would definitely charge you with the crime of disrupting the government."

"You know my grandfather's temper. If he gets angry like you, it will be terrible. I'm afraid even I can't persuade him."

Zhu Ying said in a deep voice, his tone was somewhat serious, making the atmosphere begin to become tense.

Actually, Lan Yu didn't feel too much pressure when he came here this time. He felt that with his relationship with His Royal Highness Chang Sun, he shouldn't be punished too severely.

But now that His Royal Highness Changsun said this, he suddenly became a little frightened.

It seems that this matter is much more serious than he imagined.

Zhu Ying looked at Lan Yu's changing expression and added, "Since ancient times, military generals who bully civil officials have never had a good ending. Those literati are watching you every day, and they will impeach you for any matter."

"Even if this incident can be eased, I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future."

Lan Yu understood all this.

If the world is in chaos, the status of military generals will naturally be elevated. Once the world is pacified, it will have to rely on scholars to govern.

The saying that culture is more important than martial arts is not just empty talk.

Thinking of this, Lan Yu immediately kowtowed without hesitation and said, "Your Highness, save me."

Seeing this, Zhu Ying hurriedly said, "Uncle, what are you doing? Get up quickly, get up quickly."

As he spoke, Zhu Ying went to help Lan Yu up.

"In fact, it's not that there is no solution. The key to this matter lies in two points. One of them is with Grandpa."

"There is no way to escape punishment. Even if it means giving the civil servants an explanation, it must be acceptable."

"As my grandfather's current favorite, Zhan Hui must also give an explanation."

Zhu Ying spoke to himself, and Lan Yu who was standing beside him was obviously brought in.

"Your Highness, please teach me." Lan Yu said respectfully.

Zhu Ying continued, "In this case, you will first apologize to His Majesty at the court tomorrow morning and honestly explain your mistakes."

"Don't try to fish in troubled waters. Just let it be as it should be."

"Then, just tender your resignation."

Hearing the word "resignation", Lan Yu was shocked and fell silent.

His current position, apart from his title, is the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Commission.

The current Five Military Governorates are based on the Central Military Governorate. Although it is divided into two governorates, the left and right governorates, in the Ming Dynasty where the left is respected, the left governorate is naturally the highest.

In other words, the person with the highest position in the current Five Military Commandery is Lan Yu.

The current Five Military Commission is a completely different concept from that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it has extremely great power.

Each governor was not only responsible for managing the training and production of the garrisons, but also had a role in participating in the central military decision-making.

Although the current Ministry of War has the power to appoint, dismiss, promote, and train, in reality it is little more than it appears, it is more of a process and an auxiliary.

The Ministry of War's focus is mostly on logistics, and some military matters are mainly based on the opinions of the various commanders.

The position of Left General of the Central Military Governor's Office was the key to Lan Yu's ability to become the leader of the Huaixi military generals and nobles group.

Now His Royal Highness Changsun asked him to give up this position on his own. How could Lan Yu bear to do that?

He just beat up the Minister of Personnel, so how could he lose his official position?

Seeing Lan Yu's struggling expression, Zhu Ying knew that he was very reluctant to leave, so he continued:

"Don't panic, uncle. The current governor's office is not easy to run. The world is peaceful now. Although there are occasional unrest in some places, it will not affect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty."

"The reason why I asked my uncle to resign from this official position is naturally because I have other official positions arranged for him."

When Lan Yu heard some of this, he still felt a little reluctant.

In Lan Yu's opinion, the current position of Left Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Governor's Office is no different from the previous position of Grand Commander-in-Chief.

Looking at all the official positions, is there any position that can compare to it?

This is already the pinnacle of a military commander.

Lan Yu naturally didn't dare to say this to His Royal Highness Chang Sun in person. At this point, he could only ask, "I wonder what position Your Highness is talking about."

Zhu Ying said frankly: "My idea is to let my uncle serve as the Grand Commander of the Public Security Department."

Lan Yu suddenly felt unhappy.

The name "Public Security Bureau" sounds nice, and it is indeed a new official position, but in the eyes of many people, there is no difference between it and a yamen runner.

Even the Five Cities Military Command in the capital is like this, without any dignity at all.

Even if the grade is higher, what difference does it make?

"Uncle, do you think that this Public Security Department is similar to the Five Cities Military Department, or the former yamen runners of the county government?"

"If you think so, you are totally wrong."

Zhu Ying's tone was filled with grief.

Lan Yu asked with some confusion: "Your Highness, do you mean that this Public Security Department has other differences?"

Zhu Ying said with a serious expression: "Of course it is different. If it is just what I have seen, why would I set up a separate Public Security Department? It would be better to just follow the pattern of the Five Cities Military Department and divide it into different places."

"This Public Security Department is extremely important to me, or to the entire Ming Dynasty. It may even change the entire landscape of the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing what His Royal Highness Chang Sun said, Lan Yu was really confused and could only say, "Please enlighten me, Your Highness."

Zhu Ying said seriously: "First of all, the members of the Public Security Department, not only now, but also in the future, will be mainly selected from retired soldiers who have reached the age of military service. The lowest standard is that they must have served in the formal military camp."

"As of now, even the county's Public Security Bureau has directly taken away the military power from the county magistrate. This means that the county magistrate is nominally one level higher, but the military power of the entire county is in the hands of the Public Security Bureau."

“By then, even if the magistrate violates the law, the Public Security Bureau can directly arrest him and detain him first.”

"In a sense, all officials are under the management of the Public Security Bureau, but if there is any behavior that triggers the law, the Public Security Bureau can arrest them first and then report to the police."

"Do you understand what I said, Uncle?"

As Zhu Ying spoke, Lan Yu's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Since ancient times, civil officials have been in charge of military officers. This is an eternal truth. But now in the Public Security Bureau, military officers are supervising civil officials.

This concept will be completely different.

In fact, strictly speaking, the Public Security Bureau does not belong to military generals or civil officials, and its main target is not among officials, but all those who violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Lan Yu began to think seriously. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that the existence of the Public Security Bureau was of immeasurable significance.

At first, Lan Yu just thought that there was a good place for the old soldiers in the army. Now it seems that the rules and regulations in the Public Security Bureau are very complicated.

Just as he was thinking about it, Lan Yu suddenly woke up.

This Public Security Bureau is actually the key to His Royal Highness Changsun's control of the world.

Let me take on such an important position.

In an instant, Lan Yu felt that His Royal Highness Chang Sun valued him.

Lan Yu kowtowed and said, "I am stupid and don't know what Your Highness means. Tomorrow morning, I will apologize to Your Majesty and resign from the post of Left Commander."

Zhu Ying helped Lan Yu up and said, "Uncle, I know very well in my heart that we are a family."

"There's no reason to go around in circles among family members. I have always trusted my uncle. From now on, the Public Security Department will be in his hands."

"The Public Security Department is extremely important to me. The key lies not in the capital, but in the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Grandpa keeps catching corrupt officials, but the more he kills them, the more corrupt they become. I hope my uncle can help me with this."

"There is one more thing. I want you to understand that you should never occupy other people's land again. In the future, it is best for you not to get involved in the land."

"If you believe me, I will hand over all the land under my name to the court tomorrow morning to express my attitude."

"Of course, I won't let my uncle suffer any loss without the income from the farmland. My uncle can arrange for someone to work with me at the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce."

"Don't underestimate the Chamber of Commerce's profits. They are much more than just a few thousand acres of fertile land."

"Especially in the near future, once the maritime ban is lifted, the profits from trade will be beyond your uncle's imagination."

Zhu Ying took the opportunity to speak.

Lan Yu had a lot of fertile land under his command. Zhu Ying did this because he wanted Lan Yu to set an example. If anyone made a mistake in the future, he would have to hand over the land under his name.

Land annexation is a major problem that all dynasties have to face.

Under the current circumstances in the Ming Dynasty, it is completely impossible to take action against the land class without sufficient guarantees, but this does not prevent the court from no longer granting fiefs and fertile land from now on.

Gradually changed to mainly reward money.

And Zhu Ying's Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, with the help of the government, is almost no different from a monopoly.

Relying on the profits brought by the monopoly, Zhu Ying's plan was to purchase large amounts of land from the landlord class.

These fields are registered under the name of the Chamber of Commerce, which is almost the same as being under the control of the government.

In this way, at least the problem of land annexation can be greatly improved.

It should be noted that the Ming Dynasty has only been established for 25 years, but it has already shown great signs of land annexation.

Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered meritorious officials on a large scale, and each of the four major cases of Hongwu involved a very wide range of people.

The purpose behind this is also to annex land.

These heroes who followed the army in conquering the world controlled too much land because of the initial rewards.

As the saying goes, when one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit.

Behind these heroes, there are a large number of landlords and gentry who have emerged like mushrooms after rain.

If Zhu Yuanzhang had not taken action, within a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty's land annexation would have been as serious as that of the Yuan Dynasty.

This is why founding emperors have always had the practice of killing their meritorious officials.

It was because the land they obtained and the clans behind them were too much.

Coupled with his own power, all his money expanded like a snowball, at a speed beyond imagination.

Whenever emperors inspected the place, they would feel the horror and would not be able to sleep well at night.

Which founding emperor who conquered the world with his own hands would not hope that his dynasty would last forever?

If things continue to develop in this way, I’m afraid it will collapse within a hundred years.

There is no other choice but to take ruthless measures.

At this point, Lan Yu did not hesitate much.

Since we have already boarded His Royal Highness Chang Sun's boat, naturally whatever His Royal Highness says will be the truth.

Of course Lan Yu knew about the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Being able to join the Heroes Chamber of Commerce means being closer to His Royal Highness Chang Sun, which is what Lan Yu has been longing for.

"After I return today, I will sort out all the land deeds under my name and hand them over to Your Majesty at the morning court tomorrow."

Lan Yu replied.

At this point, Zhu Yingcai nodded with satisfaction.

This incident can be said to have killed three birds with one stone.

I had been thinking about how to persuade Lan Yu to go to the Public Security Bureau, and now it has finally been settled.

With Lan Yu taking the lead, there would be less resistance when military nobles were transferred to the Public Security Department in the future.

The departure of the military nobles will also allow Zhu Ying to have a deeper control over military power.

The Public Security Bureau will also serve as a powerful tool for Zhu Ying to control the local area.

The days when imperial power did not extend to the countryside are gone forever.

The next morning, outside Fengtian Gate.

Lan Yu was seen with his bare arms and a bramble on his back.

Holding the Ming Dynasty Law in his left hand and a thick stack of land deeds in his right hand, he knelt outside the Fengtian Gate.

All the civil and military officials immediately began to talk about it.

The military officers of the Governor's Office were especially confused as they had no idea what the Duke of Liang was up to.

This is their immediate boss.

Some people who knew the whole story also looked panicked.

They never imagined that the matter would be so serious.