A long time passed.
The emperor's loud laughter was heard: "What a good Tao Lu! You are really sharp-tongued. No wonder you were able to penetrate deep into the enemy's camp, deceive the enemy chief, and capture the Gu Ling Tan clan!"
Taulu was so frightened that his body became weak.
"Why is this young man who went deep into the enemy's camp still scared by me?" Zhu Qiyu teased him.
"Your Majesty is as powerful as a real dragon in the world, and the students are no more than human beings. They are naturally very frightened in front of His Majesty."
Taulu is good at flattering, but in fact his back is completely exposed.
Zhu Qiyu laughed.
"Ou Boring and Duan Yuanyan, your parents are both famous generals!"
"Everyone get up."
"Give me a seat."
Tao Lu is the youngest person who can sit in the Hall of Cultivation of Heart.
But he didn't dare sit down.
It's just that the butt is slightly touched.
Ou Boring was a little better, but Duan Yuanyan kept shivering.
He was just the son of a little chieftain, and it was his mother who made the most of the achievements. On the way, he had learned that there were no female generals in the Ming Dynasty, and his mother seemed very embarrassed.
"Duan Yuanyan, your mother is a good general."
Seeing his nervousness, Zhu Qiyu said softly: "I plan to make her the commander and co-president of the capital. Although she is a woman, there are precedents such as Mu Guiying, Liang Hongyu, and Li Sanniang. The Ming Dynasty also had female generals. You should learn from your mother." .”
Duan Yuanyan never expected that the emperor had such a high opinion of his mother.
He was taught by his mother since he was a child, knows Chinese, has watched operas, and knows Mu Guiying, but he doesn't know who Liang Hongyu is.
However, Tao Lu, who had read the book, was full of surprise. He knew Liang Hongyu and Li Sanniang, but who was Mu Guiying?
Mu Guiying is a character in the compilation of the Jiajing period.
Now it is the Jingtai Dynasty, and it still exists in unpopular operas.
On the other hand, Liang Hongyu and Li Sanniang are well-known figures.
Liang Hongyu is the concubine of Han Shizhong, a famous general in history.
Li Sanniang is the third daughter of Li Yuan, and Niangziguan is named after her.
"Boy, thank you for Your Majesty's grace!" Duan Yuanyan kowtowed gratefully.
"Ou Xin has the qualifications to be knighted, Ou Bor. If you enter the martial arts hall, you must not embarrass your father." Zhu Qiyu smiled at Ou Bor.
Ou Boring quickly knelt down and promised.
Zhu Qiyu has high hopes for these three people, especially Tao Lu.
"I'm going to test you. This morning, I decided to split the northwest into the four provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningshan. I want to reopen the Western Region. What suggestions do you have?"
Ou Boring and Duan Yuanyan were confused. We have never been to the northwest. How do we know how the northwest can prosper?
Tao Lu also did enough homework on the road, but he had never done any homework in the northwest, so he was still asked the emperor's question.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, if the students can take a look at the map."
Taulu racked his brains, but he had no impression of Northwest.
Very embarrassing.
There is still an undivided map on the wall of Yangxin Hall, and it will be graffitied and painted again soon.
Feng Xiao told Tao Lu about the newly drawn boundaries.
Tao Lu gritted his teeth and knelt down: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the students think they can immigrate to Shaanxi and prosper Shaanxi first. I beg Your Majesty to rebuild Chang'an!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up: "Tell me carefully."
"After our Ming Dynasty occupied Hetao, Shaanxi became a completely inland province, no longer bordering the enemy, and became very safe."
"So the core of the northwest will be moved from Taiyuan, a place of beauty, to Chang'an, the pearl of the northwest."
"And Chang'an is located in the center of Guanzhong. Although it has been exhausted for many years, as long as everyone works together, rebuilding Chang'an can be just around the corner."
"When Chang'an is built, we can take Chang'an as the center, westward to Liokuo River, pass through Turpan, and conquer the Western Regions."
Tao Lu seemed to have said a lot, but in fact he only said one sentence: build Chang'an.
It was obvious that this question stumped him.
"Speak concisely and to the point." Zhu Qiyu didn't like to listen to nonsense.
"Your Majesty, first build Chang'an and rebuild the Guanzhong Fortress."
"Second, we need more immigrants to revitalize business in Guanzhong."
"Thirdly, Guanzhong is exhausted and cannot bear too many people. Therefore, we must protect the water and soil and reopen the Silk Road."
What Taulu said is a cliché.
Zhu Qiyu was slightly dissatisfied with Tao Lu's strategic vision.
"Tao Lu, the shortcomings of Guanzhong are the people's hearts." Zhu Qiyu didn't embarrass him, after all, he was a child.
Tauru knew that the emperor was not satisfied with his answer.
"You haven't been to Guanzhong, and you haven't seen much information."
"It's normal not to know."
"After the Liao, Jin, Meng and Yuan dynasties, Guanzhong was already dominated by Semu people and barbarians. It was no longer the Guanzhong of the Han and Tang dynasties."
"So I say that to govern Guanzhong, the first step is to govern the heart."
"As long as the Guanzhong people identify with the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts, identify themselves as Han people, not Huihui, and are sincerely willing to shed their lives and blood for the Ming Dynasty, then any difficulty will not be a difficulty."
Zhu Qiyu showed his face: "Get up, you have such an insight at such a young age, it is already quite good."
"When you enter the martial arts hall, you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity."
"You are like a dragon or a phoenix among people in Yulin, but in Beijing, where the world's talents gather here, you still want to stand out, so you have to work harder than others."
"Learning is your only key to success."
Zhu Qiyu encouraged learning.
Tao Lu quickly kowtowed and thanked him.
"You two, too. When you enter the martial arts hall, you must study hard. You must not let me or your parents down."
"Boy, please thank Your Majesty for your teachings!" The three of them kowtowed in unison.
Tao Lu knelt down again and told his father Tao Cheng's words of thanks.
Zhu Qiyu was greatly moved: "I can see Tao Cheng's loyalty to me."
Send away three people.
Feng Xiao reported: "Your Majesty, Governor Fang has sent over 700 castrated children. Where do you think they should be placed?"
"Fang Ying is interested."
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Let's go to the inner study hall. In the past, the inner study hall invited the Hanlin Academy to give lectures. From today on, the lectures will be given by learned eunuchs."
"The affairs of the palace are matters within the palace, and no outsiders are allowed to interfere."
"Understand?"
The bachelor's degree lecturer gave lessons to the eunuch, and slowly led the eunuch astray. The eunuch would become the puppet of the civil servants in the palace.
Zhu Qiyu asked these chieftain children who did not understand Chinese to learn Chinese and knowledge.
It is to prevent these people from being corrupted by civil servants and becoming his wings in the future.
"I understand!" Feng Xiao kowtowed.
"It's useless to understand many big principles. You have to learn to be down-to-earth and do things down-to-earth." Zhu Qiyu warned.
As soon as Zhu Qiyu opened the memorial, he remembered another thing: "Ou Xin submitted a letter and wanted to take Duan Si'e as his concubine."
"What does the emperor mean?" Feng Xiao asked carefully.
"Duan Si'e is a talented general. It's a bit unfair to be Ou Xin's concubine. Let's give her an equal wife. Give her permission to fight with the army. She will be given a fourth-grade honorable person first. In the future, she can be knighted according to her military merits."
Feng Xiao was surprised. He didn't expect that the emperor would be so in love with Duan Si'e.
Also, the emperor favors women a lot. I heard that many women in the capital set up longevity tablets for the emperor at home to express their gratitude to him.
"This slave is going to deliver the order right now!"
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Tell Ou Xin that I hope he will be Han Shizhong, and Duan Si'e will be Liang Hongyu of the Ming Dynasty!"
Feng Xiao saw that the emperor deliberately made Ou Xin and Duan Si'e's worth too high.
No one was praising Ou Xin, so he, the emperor, might as well do it himself.
And in Shanxi, Datong.
Shu Liang smacked the case angrily: "Damn Gong Hui! He got together with a traitor. What is he going to do? Rebellion?"
He, the eunuch, was actually the governor of Shanxi.
He is plowing Shanxi.
Yu Shan and Yu Gang also had to obey orders.
At this moment, he is in Datong, personally recruiting troops.
Guo Deng personally accompanied him.
"Why is the factory owner so angry?" Xu Ning asked in a low voice.
Xu Ning is the son of Xu Gui and the grandson of Xu Cheng, the uncle of Yongxin. Because he has no life certificate, he has no title.
"Private affairs of Dongchang."
Shu Liang calmed down his anger and thought about writing a letter of apology at night, and said to His Majesty:
"Let's get down to business. Your Majesty has issued an order for Shanxi to recruit troops to immigrate to Guangxi and Hetao. What do you think?"
He knew that the emperor valued Xu Gui, so he looked at Xu Ning in a different light.
Needless to say, Guo Deng was the emperor's confidant.
"Mr. Factory, I think this matter is not easy." Xu Ning dared to say anything.
"Why?"
Xu Ning smiled bitterly: "The court has managed Shanxi very well. Although the people cannot live a prosperous life, at least they are not hungry. Who wants to be a ghost in a foreign land?"
This is true. Although Shanxi is not rich, it is certainly not poor.
Because Shanxi people are good at doing business.
There are still massive coal mines underground, and the people are not short of food and clothing, so naturally they are unwilling to leave their hometown.
He looked at Yang Ning, the governor of Datong.
Yang Ning smiled bitterly: "Xu Youyi is right. People in Shanxi are willing to do business but not to be soldiers. Even if the central government recruits troops, I'm afraid it will be in vain."
"Then what can be done?" Shu Liang was at a loss.
What the central government sees are only numbers and cannot see the real situation among the people.
"I'm afraid we can only force them to conquer." Shen Gu, the governor of Shanxi, said with a bitter smile.
"Forcible conscription is absolutely not possible. If the emperor holds him accountable, no one will be able to live with it!" Shu Liang was in trouble.
Just when Shu Liang was in trouble.
However, Fan Guang had already led his army to march westward. He first sent a message to Zhenyuan Pass, contacted Zhenyuan Pass for information, and then contacted Kou Shen in Gansu Town.
From the moment he entered Gansu, what Kou Shen saw was desolation.
It may be difficult for Gansu to prosper within a hundred years.
The key is that this place is located on the front line. Even if it is rebuilt, it will be reduced to ashes in a war, so it is better not to rebuild.
Kou Shen also had a headache.
He wrote a letter to the central government, and the emperor wrote a written reply to build Gansu regardless of the consequences.
Kou Shen knew that the emperor had not broken his promise to him.
At this time, Kou Shen received a report from Ganzhou Guardian that a large-scale cavalry was crossing the border.
"It seems that the more than 10,000 cavalry in front are just the vanguard."
Kou Shen looked in the direction of Hetao: "I don't know if the former chief envoy has received my message or not."
Before he left Beijing, he brought three generals, Tao Jin, Yang Jie and Li Duan.
These three people were all governors-general, participated in the defense of Beijing, and all had military exploits.
Especially Tao Jin, who was known as a capable general. He originally served in Shanxi, but was transferred by the emperor to follow him to Gansu.
"Sir, will this cavalry come to the grassland to seek refuge with someone like the cavalry of the Timur Khanate?"
Tao Jin was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He cupped his hands and said, "I would like to contact this group of cavalry and inquire about their purpose."
"No!"
Kou Shen shook his head: "There are not many soldiers in Gansu Province, so we cannot go out at will."
Tao Jin glanced at Yang Jie and Li Duan, feeling very aggrieved.
I thought I came to Gansu to show off my skills.
As a result, who would have thought that there were only 20,000 people in Gansu Town, all of whom were old and weak. There were less than 3,000 capable of fighting, and they had to defend the fortress separately.
When Kou Shen came to Gansu, he carried out drastic reforms.
Abolish the old and weak, recruit new troops, and practice battle formations.
But now there are only more than 10,000 people in hand.
Can't stand the consumption.
They are still new troops, and they will easily collapse without a fight on the battlefield.
At this time, Fan Guang came with a message.
Kou Shen knew the whole story of the Tubasi tribe, and his eyes lit up: "The Han people despise the desolation of Gansu, but these barbarians certainly don't despise it."
"If our whales swallow hundreds of thousands of people, there will be no shortage of people in Gansu."
"I can show my ambition now."
He also wants to govern Gansu.
The problem is that there is no one in Gansu, so who can he govern?
Simply, he also wanted to imitate Sun Yuanzhen, force the Mongols to stay and become naturalized Gansu people.
Sun Yuanzhen had a bad start.
"Sir, there are only more than 10,000 of us, so what are we going to fight for?" Tao Jin asked him to wake up quickly and stop dreaming.
"Borrowing a chicken to lay an egg."
Kou Shen is deliberately making things mysterious.
Ask someone to prepare paper and ink, and he immediately replies.
When this group of cavalry crosses, Gansu Town will send troops to cut off its retreat, but all prisoners will be divided into half.
Tao Jin was stunned. Are you so capable of deceiving me?
There are more than 10,000 people, cutting off the escape route of hundreds of thousands of people?
Can Fan Guang believe it?
"A soldier never tires of deception. We call this a white lie." Kou was very pleased with himself and sent someone to deliver the message.
"Deploy all the troops and concentrate them in Juyeze. I will personally fight this battle!" Kou Shen was also a generalist in military and political affairs.
"Sir, all troops are mobilized? Are the borders no longer guarded?" Yang Jie asked innocently.
Kou Shen rolled his eyes at him: "Who do you think can come to rob Gansu in such a poor state? To rob the loess?"
"Hurry up and send the message. Except for the 1,000 Suzhou guards left behind, all the other soldiers will be transferred over!"
"When hundreds of thousands of people are surrendered, we Gansu officials will at least have someone to take care of them."
Tao Jin, Yang Jie, and Li Duan all nodded.
Everyone knows that Gansu is poor, but they don’t know that the poverty has become so deadly. The population is less than 200,000, and the Han people are only 40,000 to 50,000. Who can believe it?
Gansu town is in turmoil.
Ningxia Wei also moved.
Fan Guangze dispersed the army along the way, with Shenying as the vanguard.
Of the seventy-one riders in Shenying's family, only fifty people were left.
The cavalrymen were made to have three horses per person, one horse to carry the armor, and one horse to ride on.
Twenty-six thousand war horses were gathered.
There are now a lot of war horses in Hetao, and as Datong Town and Xuan Town leave the customs and cross the Great Wall, the territory is pushed northward.
The price of war horses dropped rapidly in the Ming Dynasty.
However, the price of raising horses has soared sharply, and an industry chain of horse herders has been born.
Fan Guang had about 30,000 people.
They are all cavalry gunners.
In the sky, wolf smoke ignited.
"My lord, there is a signal from Zhenyuan Pass. The cavalry is approaching Zhenyuan Pass!" The messenger came to report.
Fan Guang decided to set up an ambush along the Dusitu River.
As a result, after waiting and waiting, the cavalry turned back and headed west.
"broken!"
"It must be that I haven't heard from Tuoba Ti for a long time."
"Scare the prey away!"
Fan Guang reacted too late.
The Ningxia Guard has cut off the return route of the cavalry.
When Fan Guang arrived, Ningxia Wei had been overwhelmed.
That cavalry force was like a black torrent, heading west.
Fan Guang led his army in pursuit.
On the grassland outside the Great Wall, two torrents chase each other.
The Tubasi tribe penetrated into the Alxa Desert.
When the Alxa Desert was in Xixia, it was once a very prosperous thoroughfare connecting the East and the West. However, it was destroyed by successive wars and has now become an endless desert.
The Mongolians are good at running, and even when they enter the desert, they can get out of the desert with their super strong willpower.
The most important thing is that the Tubasi people are fully prepared for the migration and have brought enough food. They can survive a year in the desert.
Because they drove horses, cattle and sheep on the march, they could eat horses, cattle and sheep to satisfy their hunger when they were hungry.
Fan Guang was in trouble.
He sent troops without food supplies, and the nearest supplies were at Zhenyuan Pass.
"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, I am willing to go deep into the desert!" Shenying asked for a fight.
Fan Guang was not in a hurry to make a decision: "Bring me the map."
"The Tubasi people probably came out of the desert, so they are very familiar with the desert and will not get lost if they go in."
The map is not exhaustive.
Fortunately, Zhenyuan Pass sent a detailed map.
Alxa Desert is divided into Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert and Ulan Buh Desert.
The area between the Badain Jaran Desert and the Tengger Desert is narrow.
Take this road to reach Juye Ze.
That’s the key to getting out of the desert, an oasis.
After passing through Juye Ze, it is a smooth road heading west.
"If Gansu Town sends troops to guard the enemy's throat, where will they be stationed?" Fan Guang asked Shenying and others.
Shenying and others were shocked: "What do you mean, Sir, that Master Kou is setting up an ambush in Juye Ze?"
"must."
Zhenyuan Pass has been devastated.
More than four thousand soldiers were lost.
If Gansu Town is strangled again, Fan Guang will not be able to escape the relationship.
"Sir, can we save him or not?" Fang Neng wiped the sweat from his face. The weather on the edge of the desert was too hot.
"save!"
Fan Guang didn't hesitate, he had to be saved and there was no need to discuss.
"What about supplies?" Tan Xu asked.
Fan Guang gritted his teeth and said: "We have no supplies, so we will rob their cattle and sheep to eat!"
"A living person cannot be choked to death by urinating!"
"Send the order, go to the nearest place to get water, get enough water, and then enter the desert!"
"Transfer the most grain from Ningxia Wei and borrow as many horses as you need."
"Fan Sheng, you personally visit Ningxia Guard, find a few guides, and lead us out of the desert!"
at the same time.
Cao Jixiang tortured Ding Xuan.
"Stop fighting, I said it, I said it!" Ding Xuan kept screaming, but it was his wife and children who sentenced him!
On the contrary, for a childless person like Qin Zhao, interrogating him is a waste of time.
Ding Xuan's daughter is so cruel.
Take a soldering iron and burn his biological father's lower body.
Ding Xuan was covered in blood and was extremely miserable.
Cao Jixiang drank tea happily. The tea was delicious with the aroma of meat.
The emperor issued an order to arrest all merchants from Jiangnan and investigate them one by one.
The patrol camp's prison sentence can no longer be released.
Borrowed the imperial edict from Jinyiwei.
"continue."
You are not allowed to drink alcohol while on duty.
Otherwise, Cao Jixiang would have had a few drinks. Looking at this scene, he felt a little refreshed.
Ding Xuan's daughter trembled and continued to bake. Except for the unfamiliar technique, her eyes were cold.
It must be useless.
He can't get out of prison anyway, so what's the use of that thing?
Let's play with it.
"I said it all, I said it all..." Ding Xuan kept begging for mercy.
But Cao Jixiang likes to hear this sound.
"Cao Xuan, make another pot."
Cao Xuan couldn't stand the smell of meat and rushed out to vomit.
"What a waste." Cao Jixiang thought of his heir Cao Qin, who could inherit his mantle. The other nephews were all very mediocre, which was a pity.
"I said! I said!" Ding Xuan wanted to say.
The problem is that Cao Jixiang doesn't want to hear it.
His daughter was burned.
Horrible.
Cao Jixiang's stomach was full and he went out to use the toilet. After a while, he came back, waved his hand and asked someone to drag Ding Xuan over.
Ding Xuan kept wailing.
His wives, concubines, and children were also wiping tears.
"Aren't these people your wives, concubines, and children?" Cao Jixiang asked him.
Ding Xuan was dumbfounded.
The wives, concubines, and children all knelt on the ground, their faces full of horror.
Cao Jixiang pointed to the daughter who was being executed: "You branded your own father without any sense of guilt, and your techniques became more and more skillful."
"And you, can you cry out your tears? Don't let it thunder or rain. The governor looks uncomfortable."
"And you, can you cry out your tears? Don't let it thunder or rain. The governor looks uncomfortable."
Cao Jixiang pointed to Ding Xuan's second son.
"You, too, covered your eyes with your hands when you cried, but when you took them off, there weren't any tears on your hands."
"There are too many flaws."
"I think you have many secrets."
Ding Xuan opened his mouth wide, not expecting so many flaws.
"Do you want to be happy? Or do you want to continue to be tortured?" Cao Jixiang stared at Ding Xuan.
Ding Xuan closed his eyes in despair: "The villain is a member of the Jiang Zuo Alliance!"
"Tell me carefully."
Ding Xuan said that the Jiangzuo Alliance was omnipotent.
The Jiangzuo League has a list.
The list is in the hands of the alliance leader, who relies on this list to contact members of the alliance in a single line.
In the early stage, the Jiangzuo Alliance will support its members in politics and business, but the members of the alliance have to wait for their awakening and must be prepared to sacrifice everything for the alliance.
Cao Jixiang's eyes flashed.
This is death time!
Emperor Xuanzong loved to use death time the most, especially eight years after Xuande. He buried a lot of death time and placed it in many departments, waiting for it to bear fruit.
And this Jiangzuo Alliance does not look like the handiwork of a certain businessman.
It's more like someone's handwriting standing in the court.
What is the purpose?
Cao Jixiang suddenly interrogated Qin Zhao.
They also interrogated all Ding Xuan's wives, concubines, and children, as well as many of the arrested members.
The results were compiled into a memorial and sent to the palace.
Cao Jixiang went to deliver it in person.
"Your Majesty, I guess this is the late emperor's handiwork!" Cao Jixiang asked Zhu Qiyu to retreat and report secretly.
Zhu Qiyu stared: "Tell me carefully."
"My slave has also heard from Xing'an."
"In the eighth year of Xuande's reign, delegations from fifteen countries came to Beijing for pilgrimage to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty."
"But in the ninth year of Xuande, the late emperor sent Wang Jinghong to the West again, but unfortunately the late emperor did not wait until Wang Jinghong came back."
"In the ninth year of Xuande, after the late emperor visited the border, he died suddenly in the first month of the tenth year of Xuande."
"Xing'an said that during this period, the late emperor thought about expanding the scale of the Songjiang Shipyard, building more ships, increasing the scale of cruises, and continuing to expand the scale of the Western Ocean."
"The late emperor even envisioned replacing agricultural taxes with prosperous commerce and restoring the tax laws of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties so that the people would not be so tired."
"But this is just an idea, because the late emperor passed away suddenly!"
Cao Jixiang recounted: "Xing'an once said that during this period, the late emperor used factory guards to frequently appear in southern Zhili."
"My servant suspects that this so-called Jiangzuo Alliance is a secret chess game laid by the late emperor."
Zhu Qiyu was secretly annoyed.
If Xing'an had not died, those moments of death would have been his own.
pity.
"You mean, this Jiangzuo Alliance is the late emperor's chess?" Zhu Qiyu naturally suspected Zhu Qizhen.
"Go back to your Majesty, I am 80% sure."
Cao Jixiang said.
Only specially trained Shicha can be so loyal.
The scale of the Jiangzuo Alliance is huge and beyond the reach of ordinary businessmen, and among the courtiers, the oldest one is Hu Hui.
Could it be that Hu Hui has a disobedient heart?
Totally impossible.
Cao Jixiang did not dare to elaborate, but he pointed his sword at Zhu Qizhen.
"If it was really time to die, why did you rebel against the imperial court?" Zhu Qiyu wondered.
"Your Majesty, you are the emperor, and there are people who are also emperors!" Cao Jixiang lay prone on the ground.
Zhu Qiyu pondered.
He was thinking, what is Zhu Qizhen doing with these tricks?
What kind of Jiangzuo Alliance? Wait until I plow through Jiangnan to see if any other alliance can still exist?
Is this the Jiangnan gentry taking the opportunity to demonstrate to me?
After the sea ban, who is the biggest profiteer?
Do you need to elaborate?
"Cao Jixiang, do you think the death of the late emperor was unusual?" Zhu Qiyu focused on this.
"Go back to your Majesty, I don't dare to speculate."
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Everyone in this palace is my confidant. Don't worry, it won't spread."
"Your Majesty, the late Emperor has just returned from patrolling the border in September of the ninth year of Xuande. There are still many people on the road."
"It is even said that the late emperor was in very good health before his death."
"Just like your Majesty, you suddenly became seriously ill and died three days later!"
Cao Jixiang said these are taboo words.
Zhu Qiyu stepped in and murmured to himself: "In three days, the late emperor will be gone."
"Me too, I got sick out of nowhere and almost died."
"The same goes for Emperor Renzong."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were as cold as ice: "Is this emperor of the Ming Dynasty destined not to live long?"
In the Yangxin Palace, all the servants were so frightened that they fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty, since the death of the late emperor, he has never sailed to the West again." Cao Jixiang aggravated the emperor's suspicion.
Feng Xiao said: "In the eighth year of Zhengtong, the King of Mobei ordered Ma Yun and others to sail to the West again."
Cao Jixiang retorted: "Although we sailed to the Western Ocean, the fleet was scattered."
"Only a few ships returned to the Ming Dynasty."
"And it was already thirteen years of orthodoxy."
"It took five years for only a few people to come back!"
"And the leader of the fleet, the eunuch Hong Bao, is alive and dead."
"Chuwang who came back also came back from Yunnan by land. When he came back, Chuwang had already become a monk and was left at Baoen Temple in Nanjing by King Mobei."
"But Chuwang disappeared in the 14th year of Orthodoxy!"
"The palace was originally going to investigate, but the defeat of Tumubao happened, and the matter was never investigated again."
Cao Jixiang looked at Feng Xiao: "Eunuch Feng, tell me, is this a voyage to the West?"
Feng Xiao curled his lips.
Indeed, the orthodox eight-year voyage to the West can only be described as a joke.
Zhao Wang and others who came back couldn't even tell where they went.
The mighty treasure ships came back, but they were all small boats.
Where did the treasure ship go?
"Your Majesty, in the 14th year of Zhengtong, all the Ming Dynasty's fleet disappeared mysteriously." Cao Jixiang aggravated the emperor's suspicion.
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "The fourteenth year of Orthodoxy has been a troubled time."
Cao Jixiang was lying on the ground, not daring to say anything.
"You mean, the late emperor died during his voyages to the West and patrolling the border?" Zhu Qiyu understood.
"I dare not speculate on the late Emperor!" Cao Jixiang kowtowed quickly.
But the meaning is very clear, the late emperor died on these two points.
The late emperor was also careless.
Because he never imagined that Emperor Xuande would die of an inexplicable illness.
Just like Emperor Jingtai, he also died of an illness.
Which one of the Zhengtong Emperor, Chenghua Emperor, Hongzhi Emperor and Zhengde Emperor died normally? Who has lived past forty?
"I understand."
Zhu Qiyu pondered: "According to your speculation, Ding Xuan should be someone who was deliberately left to me by the Jiang Zuo League to show me and beat me."
That's right.
Yong Ding Xuan indirectly told the emperor the cause of Emperor Xuanzong's death.
Make the emperor afraid.
"I beg your Majesty to order me to go to Nanzhili in person and arrest all merchants from Jiangnan!" Cao Jixiang kowtowed.
"The Jiangzuo Alliance will not achieve anything great."
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Cao Jixiang, just show me the capital."
He slowly stood up and walked to Cao Jixiang: "You are my minion. I can give you power and wealth, but if I change the emperor, it will be gone."
What's on his mind?
Can Zhu Qiyu not understand?
Those who work as factory guards can only play a real role if the emperor becomes more suspicious.
Everyone has his own little calculation.
"I hope your Majesty will be at ease. I will always be loyal to your Majesty!" Cao Jixiang kowtowed heavily to show his loyalty.
“Loyalty cannot be said, it must be demonstrated.”
Zhu Qiyu helped him up with his own hands: "The patrol battalion has performed well, and I will give you a bronze talisman."
"My slave, thank you for your kindness!" Cao Jixiang was sweating coldly.
The emperor is beating him.
Tell him, don't be too careful, my West Factory can take care of you.
"Go down."
Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao: "Has the inventory been completed?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the count has not been completed yet. The current figure is 12 million taels."
Zhu Qiyu was shocked: "So many?"
Feng Xiao was also shocked by this number. It was really a lot.
"Your Majesty, we have only counted 70%. The total number is about 20 million taels."
I have money, but I don’t know how to spend it.
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's mouth naturally raised, and he was excited: "After the investigation is completed, and it is confirmed, return the family property and give them some business to make up for it."
"Your Majesty, do you really want to pay me back?" Feng Xiao felt distressed.
"I am the emperor, how can I do something like a robber?"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him: "Repay what should be paid, and don't pay back what should not be paid. Do you understand?"
Feng Xiao understood.
The emperor's idea is to keep the cash, jewelry, antiques, etc., and return them as much as possible. If there is not enough, just give him a house to pay off the debt.
Anyway, the current market price of antiques is low.
It is better to just sell it to merchants at a high price.
Money is needed everywhere in the court.
Didn't you see it? The important ministers in the cabinet looked at the emperor eagerly every day, and the governors from all over the country were crying for a drink.
"By the way, Xuan Shipu enters the palace."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "I haven't gone to Renshou Palace to say hello for a long time? You go and make arrangements, and I will go to say hello in the evening."
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao understood that the emperor's suspicion had returned again.
In Juye Ze.
Kou was confused: "Are you sure? That cavalry is crossing the desert and heading in our direction?"
"My lord, I saw it with my own eyes!" Li Duan's mouth was bitter.
They ate sand here for more than ten days.
Just waiting to make a great contribution.
As a result, great success did not come, but disaster came.
"Why are you going back!" Kou Shen was really confused.
Who knows?
"Sir, let's withdraw!" Yang Jie glanced at the troops. They were all looking lazily and did not look like an army at all.
This army was formed less than two months ago.
It’s okay to fight against the wind.
Fight against the wind and surrender in minutes.
"Do you know where Fan Guang is?" Kou Shen asked again.
Li Duan shook his head and said he didn't know.
"If Fan Guang falls with that cavalry, we might be able to fight." Kou Shen looked at the map repeatedly.
"Sir, are you going to fight with these people?"
Yang Jie was speechless. There were less than 3,000 old soldiers in Gansu Town, and these 3,000 people could go to the battlefield.
For the rest, just practice for another year.
"Don't rush."
Kou Shen studied the map: "Our place is the main route to the west."
"If we get out of the way."
"If Fan Guang falls behind, he may never be able to catch up with this cavalry."
"If we don't get out of the way, as long as the opponent charges, we will definitely lose."
"It's hard to choose."
Kou Shen fell into deep thought: "Let's not stop and look again at night to see how strong this cavalry is? Are there any pursuers? Where are our Ming troops?"
And in the desert.
Fan Guang took off his shirt and was shirtless. The entire cavalry was similar, and the armor could no longer be worn.
It's too hot in the desert.
When they were training, they had never been to the desert for training, so many people were not accustomed to the climate and fell ill.
There were constant attrition along the way.
He left people to take care of him and transported the wounded out of the desert to the nearest town for treatment.
The food I brought with me was almost gone.
Patience has also been worn away.
There were complaints in the army and they wanted to fight urgently.
"Sir, our army has no patience. If we compare our hearts with our own, I am afraid that the Tubasi troops will become even more disorganized."
Fang Neng can come and report.
Fan Guang nodded: "We have few troops, so we must seize every opportunity."
"Sir, I am willing to go get food!" Fang Neng asked for a fight.
It has been fourteen days since we entered the desert.
The Ming army has gradually become accustomed to the desert environment. Although they are in trouble, the Ming army is practicing in the desert, how to gallop their horses and how to fire their guns.
Fan Guang took a sip of water, not daring to waste a drop.
He asked the guide: "How long does it take to reach Juye Ze?"
"Sir, four days at most." the guide replied.
Fan Guang looked at Fang Neng.
"Sir, now must be the most vulnerable time for Tubasi." Fang Neng thought.
The Tubasi tribe migrates as a whole tribe, with many old people, women, and children among them. The marching speed is slow and consumes a lot of money.
The more people there are, the more chaotic people will be.
Moreover, they came from Qianhe. They had been walking for several months and were still walking. At this critical moment, there were pursuers behind them and there was no news from the front army. It was inevitable that they would feel anxious.
The mentality must have reached a critical point.
"Fang Neng, go out and fight!"
Fang Neng received the order and ordered two thousand people. The horses' hooves rolled up the yellow sand and galloped forward.
Quickly approach the Bald Bath Department.
The leader of Tubasi tribe changed his name to Tuoba Yuan.
Because during the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba changed his surname to Yuan, so he regarded himself as "Yuan".
Tuoba Yuan already knew that his younger brother Tuoba Ti was defeated and captured.
He was going to go nomadic in the eastern foothills of the Altyn Mountains.
Don't go within the Ming army's sphere of influence.
But because it was a tribal migration, it brought him a lot of trouble.
He had twenty thousand cavalry at his disposal.
If the losses are too great, the herdsmen in the tribe can also be recruited. As long as they have enough weapons, they can raise an army of 50,000.
The Tubas tribe was very poor and did not have enough weapons.
Tuoba Ti fell in love with the Ming army's guns.
As a result, he sent people thousands of miles away and gave more than 20,000 horses to the Ming army.
Fang Neng and his army arrived in the blink of an eye.
His target was the cattle and sheep driven by Tubasi.
The Mongols relied on these four-legged sheep during their expedition to Europe. They used the sheep as military rations and ate them while driving them.
"Damn, you're so well guarded!"
When the house could get closer, Tubasi's cavalry surrounded the cattle and sheep, and the herdsmen began to drive the cattle and sheep toward safety.
Use cavalry to separate the cattle and sheep from Fang Neng's army.
Fang Neng smiled at them.
"Open the gun!"
Bang bang bang!
Firecrackers sounded.
The Tubasi tribesmen were confused and still greeted the fire.
As a result, countless people fell.
Fang Neng and his army arrived in the blink of an eye, and the sword fell down.
Countless horses fell in the desert.
The Tubas cavalry kept screaming: "Ghost, the ghost is coming!"
The chaos spread among the cavalry.
Tuoba Yuan asked anxiously: "What happened?"
"Your Majesty, the Ming people were transformed by ghosts. They were so far away from us, so they opened fire, and our people died in the blink of an eye."
The Bald Bassi people are incoherent.
But Tuoba Yuan understood clearly that the Ming army's muskets were powerful and had a long range.
"I personally supervise the formation to see who dares to cause chaos!" He galloped to the front of the formation.
As a result, it was discovered that the Ming army was armed with blunderbuss.
He ran quickly.
When Tuoba Yuan arrived, the morale of the army was greatly shaken.
As a result, Tuobayuan turned around and ran away, and his military morale immediately collapsed.
Bang bang bang!
The firecrackers opened fire, hitting the backs and hearts of countless Tubasi soldiers.
Fang Neng personally led the long-sword army and swooped in quickly, waving the blade like the scythe of death, constantly harvesting lives.
Tubasi's rear army collapsed instantly.
Fang Neng did not chase after him, but just robbed the cattle and sheep.
At this time, Fan Jiong rushed over.
After chasing for several miles, they found that they could not catch up with the defeated troops of Tubasi.
"These Tatars are so good at running for their lives."
Fang Neng asked Fan Jiong to help gather the cattle and sheep. The army relied on these cattle and sheep for food and drink during the past four days.
Fan Guang arrived with his crowd and counted the number of cattle and sheep, which was about a thousand.
"That's it?" Fan Guang was unhappy.
"Sir, our people don't know how to drive cattle and sheep, so they all ran away." Fang Neng scratched his hair, feeling very embarrassed.
The results turned out to be very gratifying.
It turned out that the Ming army did not know how to herd sheep, so the sheep ran away. Fortunately, the cattle ran slowly and there were still a few left.
"How much gunpowder was used?" Fan Guang did not ask about the result.
In the desert, as long as there are firecrackers, the Ming army will have an advantage.
"There's half left." Fang Neng thought it was very economical.
Fan Guang was a little dissatisfied: "Next time, save it. We don't have supplies before and after. We have to use as much as we bring."
"The war has just begun. I don't know how long it will last."
Although Fan Guang has a bad temper, he treats his subordinates sincerely and is willing to tolerate their mistakes.
So my subordinates are willing to obey.
"I know I made a mistake under the bid." Fang Neng confessed.
Fan Guang patted him on the shoulder: "Just remember."
"Shenying!"
Shenying was dismantling a cow and planned to have the butcher cut it up, but he was actually greedy.
"Here you go!" Shenying came over quickly.
"The Tubasi tribe will definitely not be willing to give in. They may attack the camp tonight, and you will be on guard and watch the night."
"I obey the order!" Shenying didn't care. Being able to eat beef was better than anything else.
"Sir, those thieves are so good at escaping. I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave them all in the desert." Fan Jiong did not call him father, but his official title.
Fan Guang glanced at him: "Can you use your brain?"
Fan Jiong scratched his hair, feeling very embarrassed.
"When did I say that I would leave them in the desert with all my might?"
Fan Guang asked back: "We are chasing them to wait for them to be exhausted and then eat them!"
"But they escaped so fast!" Fan Jiong was puzzled.
"That means they can still have enough to eat, so they will naturally have the strength to run."
Fan Guang said with a smile: "When they don't have enough to eat, they will think of hungry lions and fight to the death with us!"
"When the decisive battle comes, don't cry, kid. I will be satisfied!"
Fan Guang laughed loudly, his son has grown up.
Alas, I’m very upset to give away my dog that I’ve had for nearly three years! The author likes dogs, but hates cleaning up dog poop and so on. My mother takes care of it, but my mother is in poor health. This year, her health has become even worse. She has a fever every day. I think she felt bad because raising a dog added a lot of work, so she had no choice but to decide not to keep a dog. She decided to give it away and find a good home to send it away. But she felt very uncomfortable, but there was nothing she could do about it. Oh, it felt so uncomfortable~
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