In front of Duanmen, Li Jinglong and many ministers walked forward slowly.
When most of the ministers arrived at Qianbu Corridor, they went directly to the office to work. Li Jinglong passed by the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, but did not enter. Instead, he walked directly outside the palace.
"Cousin, cousin, don't blame your cousin for not helping you. His Highness Changsun is such a ruthless person. If he is involved in the slightest and is misunderstood by His Highness Changsun, that would be bad."
"My cousin is said to be the younger brother of His Highness Changsun. Even if there is some unpleasantness, it won't be a big deal, but that's not the case with my cousin."
"How can I understand my cousin's thoughts? If this is settled, my cousin's life will be at risk."
Li Jinglong was talking to himself as he walked.
During the morning court, he certainly saw the look that his cousin Zhu Yunwen gave him, but during the next court, he definitely did not go to the Chunhe Hall.
Instead, he left the palace in a hurry, not even going to the Zuojun Governor's Mansion, so as not to have his cousin find someone to summon him.
Anyway, he had not returned to the capital for long, and he didn’t have much to do.
It's not that there aren't many things going on in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, it's just that Li Jinglong's position is still with Xifan, and he is temporarily posted here in the capital, and has not been rearranged.
Each of the five military governors was not only responsible for managing the training and production of the garrison, but also participated in the central military decision-making of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the Ministry of War has the power to appoint, remove, promote, and train in the army, it is not qualified to govern when it comes to commanding troops and managing guard posts.
Before the Tumubao Incident in the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's army was in the hands of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and civil servants could not interfere.
Regarding this incident, Ming's army had very strong combat effectiveness.
The Tumu Fort Incident, following the Lanyu Case and the Jingnan Campaign, once again had a huge impact on the development and changes of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
The status of the Ministry of War, represented by Yu Qian, rose rapidly. The power of governor of military affairs, control of military affairs, and general troops was actually the management and command power of the army previously held by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, all of which were controlled by Qian Ren.
This led to civil servants commanding military generals, so that in all aspects, the status of military generals was reduced, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army declined rapidly.
In particular, the corruption of civil servants has affected the army. Most of the military leaders led by civil servants mainly drink the blood of soldiers and eat empty pay.
It directly corrupted the Ming Dynasty's army, and various types of payment arrears occurred frequently.
The reason why the army led by Qi Jiguang in the late Ming Dynasty had such strong combat effectiveness was entirely due to Qi Jiguang himself giving gifts to his literary boss Zhang Juzheng, and even to Yan Song in the capital.
Even the military pay for the army was paid for by Qi Jiguang himself.
Under the circumstances of the late Ming Dynasty, how could the soldiers not die in service? Coupled with Qi Jiguang's own military capabilities, he was naturally more powerful.
Qi Jiguang's money mainly comes from the family fortune left to him by his father.
Qi Jiguang's father, Jingtong, was also the hereditary commander of the Dengzhou Guard. In terms of rank, he was a senior official of the fourth rank.
At that time, Qi Jingtong did not do anything to command others, but wanted to find a way to be a seventh-grade general manager.
This commander from the seventh rank is the commander of Jiangnan Water Transport.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, water transport was the most lucrative job, and the gray income was quite high. However, Qi Jingtong worked as the general manager of water transport in Jiangnan for many years, and the wealth he accumulated can be imagined.
It was for this reason that Wang Dong, a man of ten thousand households in Nanxi at that time, married his daughter to Qi Jiguang.
At the same time, Zhu Ying was in the courtyard, inspecting the military system of the Ming Dynasty.
"It seems that the separation of military and political affairs will be accelerated."
Zhu Ying frowned and said as he looked at the jurisdictional functions of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
Today's Ming Dynasty is based on the ruling concept of integrating military and political affairs.
In Zhu Ying's view, the old man's centralization of power was an uncomfortable thing, because the emperor himself was bound by all the affairs of the country.
The so-called daily management is not even a joke. All kinds of things involve all the emperor's energy, so there is no other thought.
There are endless memorials and endless morning court meetings.
If this were replaced by a less capable emperor, he would not even have time to leave the palace. If he did not deal with it, it would be difficult to leave the palace due to the decree.
In Zhu Ying's view, centralization of power is not actually reflected in domestic affairs, but in military power.
The advantage of the integration of military and political power is the high efficiency of local governance, but the disadvantage is that local independence is enhanced.
On the other hand, the biggest advantage of the separation of military and political affairs is that military power can be completely in the hands of the emperor.
As for the place, the emperor himself can completely rule it from the ground up.
In Zhu Ying's mind, governing from the top is to return the power of civil servants to the civil servants to govern the place.
If the governance is not good, you will naturally be punished. If the governance is good, you will naturally be promoted.
The emperor who controls the army will have a great say in his own right. He is not afraid that the civil servants will be disobedient and misbehave. If they are disobedient, they will be dismissed from their posts, and if they are serious, they will be sentenced to death.
Ensure that there is no problem with the military pay of the army. There are so many people in the Ming Dynasty, there will never be a shortage of geniuses, and there will always be ministers who can govern the world.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ying took out a piece of white paper and began to write down his thoughts on it.
For the Ming Dynasty's current army, especially the guard system, it must not be discarded. For now, military households' farming operations are very efficient.
Because today's military itself is also a manifestation of productivity. It cannot be regarded as a professional soldier. It can only be a registered military household. When not practicing, it also has to go to the fields to plant rice.
So of course we cannot copy the models of later generations and implement one size fits all.
What needs to be reformed is the implementation of dual-line management of the military, that is, the separation of military, political, and military orders.
The military and administrative department is responsible for the daily production of military households, including farming, military registration, combat readiness, and other work that is relatively logistical, and is divided into categories.
The military command department is a complete combat department, especially the elite soldiers who have been trained for a long time, are completely controlled by the military command department.
In peacetime, the military and political lines are the main ones and the military order lines are the supplement. In wartime, the two lines are reversed, and the commander-in-chief of the military command department uniformly commands the combat forces of all services and arms to achieve centralized and unified command.
Take Liang Guogong Sapphire as an example.
When Yuelu Timur suppressed the rebellion in Sichuan, Lan Yu, Duke of Liang, was in charge of coordinating the army and arranging battles.
However, after the counter-insurgency was over, except for the elite officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers stationed in the garrison were handed over to the leaders of other military and political departments of the army for management and arrangement.
In other words, the army itself will face two situations, wartime and non-wartime.
This is Zhu Ying's vision for the Ming army in the future.
"Master, the old man is here." Uncle Zhang entered the study and reported to Zhu Ying.
Zhu Yuanzhang has not officially disclosed his identity yet, nor has he officially summoned Zhu Ying into the palace to announce the identity of his eldest grandson.
Although there was only a layer of window paper that was not broken through, it was obvious that only Zhu Yuanzhang was qualified to break through this layer of window paper.
Therefore, although everyone already knew Zhu Yuanzhang's identity, Uncle Zhang still addressed him as the old man.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying put the pen on the pen holder, then stood up and went out to greet him.
"Grandson, have you missed grandpa? We miss you so much."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Ying, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Now Zhu Ying no longer wears the coarse linen clothes before, but puts on brocade clothes made of silk and satin.
Of course, linen clothes are not as comfortable as silk and satin, and Zhu Ying is not a pedantic person who insists on making some linen clothes to show off herself.
Although his identity has not been officially announced, if he wears good clothes, there is no way he can be criticized without opening his eyes.
Not to mention other things, just the Jin Yiwei near the house, Zhu Ying is not something ordinary people can come into contact with if they want to.
"Grandpa, you arrange so many things for your grandson. How can he have time to miss you? He is confused every day."
Zhu Yingying said angrily with a little complaint.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he laughed.
He understood what Da Sun meant. He was thinking about himself while reading the memorial.
"We have to talk to you about this matter. In your opinion, the memorial is extremely complicated, but it is related to the survival of the people of the Ming Dynasty. So, Dasun, this idea of you is unacceptable."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, seemingly accusatory, but his tone was instructive.
"My grandson thinks that there is no need to work so hard." Zhu Ying said bluntly.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he paused for a moment, then seemed to understand something and asked, "Could it be that the great grandson has come up with some good ideas to help us share our worries?"
Although Zhu Yuanzhang has not been with his eldest grandson for a long time, he now understands his habits more and more.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang would have reprimanded the preacher first, but now, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is familiar with Zhu Ying, is naturally more patient.
"Okay, my grandson does have some ideas. Grandpa, please come into the house with me." Zhu Ying touched her nose in embarrassment. She originally wanted to show off, but the old man saw through it.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled successfully and followed Zhu Ying into the study.
As soon as he entered the house, Zhu Yuanzhang was attracted by the white paper full of words on the desk.
The memorial is placed aside on the desk. The ink next to it is fresh, and you can vaguely see that the ink on the white paper is still wet.
Zhu Yuanzhang ignored his eldest grandson and walked directly to the bookcase and began to look at it.
Seeing this, Zhu Ying smiled helplessly.
Come on, I’m too lazy to talk nonsense. Let’s wait until the old man finishes reading.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the thousands of words written on it, and at first he just took a look at it with interest.
At the beginning of the above, it reads: A brief discussion of the Ming Dynasty’s army.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel funny.
"Our eldest grandson is really ambitious. How much effort we put into ruling millions of lions in the Ming Dynasty cannot be changed by a few thousand words."
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang settled down, took a good look at what Da Sun wrote, and then prescribed the right medicine and taught him again.
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang came into contact with the content of the text, the four words "separation of military and political affairs" made Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly become serious.
These four simple words made Zhu Yuanzhang feel an unprecedented impact.
The current system of the Ming Dynasty army was inherited from the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and then improved based on the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The concept of integrating military and political affairs has been throughout ancient and modern times, and few people have made any suggestions in this regard.
So when Zhu Yuanzhang saw these four words, it was as if a new door to the world had been opened.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was very familiar with the army, had a hunch in his heart that these four words would have an immeasurable impact on today's Ming Dynasty.
It was when Zhu Yuanzhang carefully pondered the article written by Zhu Ying.
On the Mongolian grassland, two teams of people are chasing and fighting.
"Batu, you are a man from the grassland and a noble descendant of Genghis Khan. Why do you want to serve a Han as the master and work for it? Are you worthy of your great Bor's surname?"
The numbers of the two teams were very different. One team had thousands of knights, while the other team had only over 300 knights.
Soon thousands of cavalry surrounded the three hundred people and forced them to stop.
The leader of a thousand men, riding a tall horse with pure black hair, yelled at the besieged cavalry.
The man called Batu rode out of it, looked at the leader of thousands of people in front, and shouted:
"The severe winter last year, my tribe was short of food and almost starved to death. It was my boss who gave me a new life. At that time, I had sworn to the Immortal God that I would be loyal to my boss to the death."
"Hasbagen, give up. I will never betray my employer, even if I die here today."
Hasbagan, the leader of thousands of people, pulled out the scimitar from his waist, raised it high, and looked indifferently at Batu, his childhood friend.
Seeing this, the surrounding Mongolian cavalry bent their bows and set arrows, waiting for Hasbagon's order to start shooting.
Seeing this, Batu grasped the horse rope tightly with both hands and prepared to charge.
At this critical moment, suddenly the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance accompanied by shouting.
"The Khan has an order. Timur is attacking, and the warriors from all tribes are called back quickly. They are not allowed to fight each other." The herald, holding high the flag representing the Golden Horde, roared and shouted.
Hasbagan looked at Batu in front of him, a struggle flashed in his eyes, and he wanted to forcefully order him to be shot.
But the surrounding Mongolian knights heard the shouts and put down their bows and arrows.
This is the rule of Mongolia. Usually tribes can fight each other for survival, but when they encounter foreign enemies, they must unite.
Even if the knife is held to his neck, he must stop.
Now Hasbagan has lost the chance to kill Batu. In desperation, he turned his horse's head and led thousands of knights to leave in a mighty manner.
"Brother, what should we do now?"
Next to Batu, a majestic man asked.
Batu hesitated for a moment and said firmly: "Since we have pledged allegiance to our master, we no longer belong to the Golden Horde Khan. The Khan's orders are of no use to us. Go back, report the situation to the Chamber of Commerce, and wait for instructions."
After saying that, Batu did not hesitate, galloped his horse and left directly.
The following cavalry men did not hesitate at all and followed closely.
All of them have sworn to Changshengtian and are loyal to their master to the death.
During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, there were four major khanates in Mongolia, which were not ruled by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
After Genghis Khan Temujin unified Mongolia, he proclaimed himself emperor on the Onan River and turned Mongolia into a military group.
He began his own path of external expansion. After a series of western expeditions, eastern expeditions, and southern attacks, a great empire spanning Europe and Asia was born.
Faced with how to rule this huge empire, Genghis Khan began to establish four major khanates in view of the numerical limitations of the Mongols.
With the Golden Horde as the core and the three khanates of Ogodei, Chagatai and Ilkhanate as auxiliaries, they ruled the affairs of their respective regions.
Genghis Khan used his direct bloodline as a link to carry out political rule.
This form still had a strong deterrent effect when Genghis Khan was alive.
Because Genghis Khan's status among the Mongols is extraordinary. He was the first in Mongolian history to completely unify the Mongols.
To a certain extent, Genghis Khan is to the Mongols what the Central Plains is to Qin Shihuang.
But after Genghis Khan died, like the Qin Empire, the remaining power could still shock him for a while.
However, the relationship between the khanates maintained by blood began to show cracks. After several changes in the imperial power, certain contradictions appeared in the contacts between the four khanates. Especially in the areas under their control, the communication between them began to become discontinuous.
Kublai Khan established the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty through his southern expedition and won the throne, but he did not win the recognition of other khanates and tribal elders.
The military victory brought rejection and hostility from other khanates. For this reason, the two sides engaged in fierce war conflicts. In particular, Haidu's attack used the strength and strength of the two khanates to attack the Yuan Empire.
The long-term war between them made Meng Yuan very passive for a time. After Kublai Khan's death, his successors continued to fight against him. This war lasted for more than thirty years, although it eventually ended with the victory of the Yuan Empire.
But the cost is also heavy. Through differentiation, disintegration and military intimidation, the Mongolian Yuan's heritage and national strength gradually established their advantages in this protracted war, and finally destroyed the Ogedai Khanate.
The Chagatai Khanate finally turned back, betrayed the alliance, and surrendered to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. In the end, the two divided the territory of the Ogedai Khanate.
In addition to the four major khanates being destroyed because one of the Ogedai Khanates challenged the Mongolian Yuan, the relationship between the other three major khanates was not very stable.
There are even many conflicts and constant wars between them. The internal fighting among the three major khanates was also very fierce, and this internal fighting also caused serious internal strife.
Therefore, after the rise of Zhu Yuanzhang, many Mongolian khanates basically chose to stand by and watch the demise of Meng Yuan indifferently.
However, after the end of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, only the Golden Horde was left among the four once powerful khanates.
The Chagatai Khanate was split into two parts: the east and the west. The Western Chagatai Khanate was destroyed by the Timurid Empire, while the Eastern Chagatai Khanate survived.
After the death of Busaiin, the Khan of the Ilkhanate, the kings fought for power, the Khanate fell into division, and the country's power declined.
In the 21st year of Hongwu's reign, he was destroyed by the Timur Empire.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the Timurid Empire in West Asia to pay tribute according to Yuan regulations. Timur ignored it at first, but when the empire reached the Ilkhanate.
Seeing that it was getting closer to the Ming Empire, due to the impact of the Timur Empire's wars at that time, it began to send envoys to pay tribute.
Although Timur claimed to be a minister in the document, he definitely did not want to regard the Ming Empire as his suzerain.
On the contrary, through envoys, he continued to understand the situation and national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and prepared to attack the Ming Empire.
At the same time, wealth was obtained through paying tribute.
In fact, the Timurid Empire later mobilized millions of troops to conduct an eastern expedition against the Ming Empire.
However, during this period, Timur died of illness during the march. Before the million-strong army could engage in battle with the Ming Empire, the Eastern Expedition was stopped.
Batu had a lucky escape just now, and it was at this time that the Timur Empire once again attacked the Golden Horde.
As a nomadic people, the Mongols started by conquering. They have their own writing and cultural traditions, and their inheritance system is also its own system.
But it did not build its own cultural system on newly conquered territories like the Qin Empire and the Roman Empire.
On the contrary, the Mongolian people will be infected by the local civilization, and most of them will join the Communist Party.
The Mongols swept across the Eurasian continent, leaving no trace of their civilization except for re-disrupting the civilizations wherever they went. They can be said to be typical barbarians.
However, they were assimilated very quickly, and their legacy of conquest was inherited by the newly developed local forces.
In terms of conquest alone, almost all civilizations at that time were under the rule of the Mongol Empire.
From a civilizational perspective, when the Mongol Empire disappeared, nothing was left.
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After all, many Mongolians remained and integrated into the local culture.
Batu led his tribe towards the border of the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to report all the situation of Timur's empire, including his own exposure, to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
In a sense, Batu was not a cavalry team directly commanded by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce on the grasslands. It was actually Zhu Ying's thorn in the Golden Horde.
And his exposure means that there are some loopholes in Zhu Ying's layout in Mongolia, and there must be traitors among them.
While Batu was heading to the Ming border.
Zhang San finally arrived in the Western Regions.
As Zhu Ying's confidant in the capital, mobilizing important supplies such as sweet potatoes and potatoes obviously requires the intervention of figures like Zhang San in order to achieve the effect.
After all, potatoes and sweet potatoes are the key to Zhu Ying's core power. It is impossible for ordinary people to make Zhu Ying's power in the Western Regions obey.
Starting from the capital, Zhang San had the station pass documents given by Zhu Ying, which was already the fastest speed.
The reason why Zhu Ying was able to rise in the Western Regions at the beginning actually had a lot to do with the situation in the Western Regions themselves.
The Western Region itself is a broad term with no specific direction. There are many small countries here and they have not been completely unified.
For example, the ancient Loulan Kingdom once existed, and the Jingjue Ancient Kingdom mysteriously disappeared during the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties, leaving behind the Jingjue Niya ruins today.
These small countries are extremely small, as if they are exquisite.
There are only 480 households in the country, with a population of just over 3,000, and only about 500 soldiers capable of fighting.
The so-called thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are just a general name. In fact, there have been hundreds of countries and regimes in the Western Regions over the past 2,000 years, each with their own separate culture and inheritance.
Zhu Yuanzhang defeated the Mongolian cavalry that once made the world tremble, fear, and arrogance, and restored the Han people's political power and established the Ming Dynasty.
When he was young, the ambitious Zhu Yuanzhang naturally wanted to achieve extraordinary achievements that surpassed those of Emperor Qin, Emperor Han, and Emperor Wu of Tang Dynasty.
After ascending to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the carrot and stick policy of the Tang Dynasty and began to adopt active ethnic policies towards the Western Regions.
In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Deng Yu on an expedition to Gansu, moved to Hezhou, and conquered Tubo and Uzang.
In the 10th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued another edict. Deng Yu and Mu Ying's army launched a three-pronged expedition against Tibet and defeated Tibet in the Kunlun Mountains and Qinghai Lake.
After the victory, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Deng Yu to return to Nanjing. On the way back to Beijing, the forty-year-old Deng Yu died unfortunately. After that, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Tubo eased.
Zhu Yuanzhang sent Cu Zongli as an envoy to Tibet to find Buddhist classics that had been lost for many years in the Central Plains as a sign of friendship.
At that time, Tubo was in disarray, and various factions with different ideas and interests were constantly causing trouble, making Ming's overtures become wishful thinking.
Zhu Yuanzhang lost his patience and became angry. In the eleventh year of Hongwu, when the eighteen ethnic groups in Chuzhou launched a mutiny, he issued another edict and sent Mu Ying to expedition to Tibet again.
The first battle at Tumen Gorge was successful, and a great victory was achieved in Taozhou. All the leaders of the eighteen tribes in Taozhou were defeated, 30,000 enemies were captured, and more than 200,000 cattle and sheep were seized. As a result, the Ming Dynasty expanded its territory thousands of miles, and Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Taozhou Guard.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that subjugation was not a long-term solution, and only moral subjugation could lead to long-term peace and stability, so he began to send envoys to carry out united front work against the Tubo people.
He kept in touch with the great abbot of the Karma Sect in southeastern Tibet, and granted him an official position. As long as he served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty, he would be granted an official position in the Ming Dynasty.
Rudobiji IV Living Buddha was moved and sent an envoy to Nanjing to pay a return visit to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Meng Yuan always deliberately supported a certain force to manage Tubo. However, no matter who he supported, it might cause a powerful force to confront him.
Zhu Yuanzhang first canceled the title of Tubo Emperor's Master conferred by Meng Yuan.
The so-called imperial master has great political and cultural influence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. After the Ming Dynasty canceled this title, the core of Tibetan politics no longer existed.
Then there were many feudal institutions. In the east, religious leaders were given titles, and in the west, local forces were given titles and titles.
As a result, the plateau is full of forces supported by the Ming Dynasty. They each have their own sphere of influence and live in harmony. No one can become stronger. They directly become subordinates of the Ming Dynasty and accept the leadership of the Ming Empire.
In the sixth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang granted various titles to various Tubo tribes. The tribes were extremely happy, and followers gathered in large numbers to request titles.
For a time, Ming's titles were not enough.
It's okay. If the Ming Dynasty doesn't have enough, you can use the Meng Yuan. Anyway, sealing is over.
As far as the current Western Region is concerned, almost all of it is nominally ruled by the Ming Dynasty. There are Ming vassals everywhere. This is a rare period of harmony in the entire Western Region.
The reason why Zhu Ying was able to rise during this period of time actually had a lot to do with Ming Dynasty's policy towards the Western Regions.
After all, Zhu Ying is a Han Chinese. If the Western Region is chaotic, Zhu Ying will have difficulty even recruiting people.
During the period when Zhu Ying rose to prominence, the Han people's status in the Western Regions was still relatively good.
Even in the early days of Zhu Ying's rise, he once pulled the tiger's skin out of Ming Dynasty, saying how awesome and powerful his family in Ming Dynasty was.
Various tricks were given to many of his subordinates, and his oratory skills made many of his subordinates believe that as long as they followed Zhu Ying, their descendants would be able to enjoy the blessings of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Zhu Ying has a large territory in the Western Region. After all, the Western Region is a vast place.
In a sense, even claiming the country is not a problem.
Some small countries do not have as many people as Zhu Ying.
The Western Region is a large area with many deserts and Gobi deserts, and its rivers are particularly precious.
Zhu Ying's power base is located in the Tarim River, near the corner where the ancient Loulan Kingdom once was.
There are mountains nearby to cover it, and the land is considered fertile.
Of course, this is not Zhu Ying's earliest site. In the past five years, Zhu Ying's site has been moved three times before he occupied such a good place.
When Zhang San arrived in the Western Region, he contacted the Chamber of Commerce.
He led hundreds of cavalry to Zhu Ying's territory.
"It's Zhang San. Zhang San is back. Did he bring news about his employer?"
When Zhang San first appeared, he was spotted by the cavalry patrolling here. After seeing clearly who was coming, many patrolling cavalry followed him.
As the shouting spread, dozens of middle-aged or older people wearing fancy clothes appeared.
Zhang Sanxing came to the front, turned over and dismounted.
The leader was an old man, about fifty years old, tall and tall, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, white beard and hair, and wearing bright robes.
Asked: "Zhang San, did you bring back the teacher's order?"
This old man is Zhu Ying's great disciple and Zhu Ying's acting manager in the Western Regions.
The old man was a slave bought by Zhu Ying, and initially existed as Zhu Ying's translator.
The old man is not a Han. Strictly speaking, there is no concept of ethnicity in the Western Regions. After following Zhu Ying, he is considered a Han.
As time went by, he gained Zhu Ying's trust and slowly evolved from a slave to Zhu Ying's apprentice.
The old man used to be a slave and follow a master, so he changed his name.
It is said that his ancestors had something to do with the Han Dynasty, so Zhu Ying named him Liu Sheng, which means victory.
"Mr. Liu, this is the document sent by my boss from the capital."
Zhang San did not dare to neglect, quickly took out the document from his bag and handed it to Liu Sheng.
Liu Sheng took the document and checked it immediately.
He recognized at a glance that the text on it was indeed written by his teacher Zhu Ying.
But after reading the content, Liu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Zhang San and asked, "Did the teacher give this to you personally?"
Zhang San hesitated for a moment and said, "My boss gave it to me through Uncle Zhang."
Liu Sheng asked again: "I see in this document that you set out from the capital and came here in less than a month. How did you come here?"
At this moment, Liu Sheng's tone was extremely calm, without any surprise from before, but with a faint feeling.
Zhang San didn't pay attention to this. The continuous running around had made him extremely tired, so he replied directly:
"I came here through the Daming Station, taking a boat at the water station, changing horses at the land station, riding horses during the day, taking a car and boat to rest at night, all day and night."
When Liu Sheng heard this, his slightly narrowed eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent.
Without Zhang San paying attention, he slowly took a few steps back, and then shouted sternly: "Come here, arrest this traitor."
Following the order, the surrounding soldiers hesitated slightly, and when they saw Zhang San making a move, they immediately restrained him.
"Well, Zhang San, your employer treats you well. Your whole family is supported by your employer. How dare you betray your employer and say, what are your intentions!"
Liu Sheng shouted sharply again.
Zhang San was completely confused as to what was going on. He was clearly here to deliver his boss's orders, so why did he become a traitor?
After being stunned, Zhang San immediately reacted and reprimanded Liu Sheng loudly.
"Why are you slandering me? This document was clearly written by my boss. As the eldest disciple of my boss, Liu Sheng, how could you not recognize my boss's handwriting?"
"I think you are the one who wants to betray your boss. Has your boss been away for a long time, so Liu Sheng, you have second thoughts?"
Hearing Zhang San's argument, the two soldiers next to him who caught Zhang San couldn't help but look at Liu Sheng.
Even the other Zhu Ying disciples subconsciously avoided Liu Sheng.
Now Zhu Ying's personal reputation here is quite high. As long as he has anything to do with betrayal, he will easily be ostracized by everyone.
Now both the knights and Zhu Ying's disciples are a little confused.
I don’t understand why Liu Sheng suddenly called Zhang San a traitor.
Immediately, Zhu Ying's second disciple, a middle-aged man, stood up and said to Liu Sheng: "Senior Brother, how could Zhang San, as the teacher's bodyguard, suddenly betray the teacher? Please give me an explanation."
Faced with the middle-aged man's doubts, Liu Sheng raised the document and handed it to the middle-aged man. At the same time, he snorted coldly and said:
"Junior brother, take a good look at the contents of the document and you will understand what I mean."
The middle-aged man took the document and after reading it, he was shocked and said: "This, how is this possible? This can never be what the teacher meant."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang San and scolded: "Zhang San, I didn't expect that you really betrayed the teacher. Where the teacher is now and what the situation is, you must tell the truth."
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he handed the document to everyone for viewing. The crowd immediately became excited and began to curse Zhang San loudly.
Zhang San looked at the crowd and felt bad. He quickly shouted: "What is going on? Do you all want to betray your boss?"
"Hmph, you still want to quibble, I will make you understand today." Liu Sheng said coldly.
"This is what my boss wrote in his own hand. What's the problem? Why are you suddenly slandering me?" Zhang San retorted.
"Okay, don't admit it, right? I'll explain it to you in detail."
Liu Sheng took the document back, opened it, and said to Zhang San: "What the document says, the teacher means to immediately send 30 dan of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other grain seeds to the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
"Who doesn't know how important these crops are to us in the Western Region? They are the basis for our survival."
"Thirty stones, almost half of the inventory has been transferred. How could the owner give such an order?"
Zhang San sneered and said: "What do you mean? It turns out that you want to take the crops as your own and keep giving orders from the boss. So that's it. Okay, then you just kill me."
"Can I hide it for a while? Can I hide it for a lifetime?"
Zhang San said, scanning the crowd with his eyes, and said at the same time: "I believe that among you, there must be some people who are loyal to the boss. If I were killed today, all I need to do is report the cause and effect to the capital."
"When the time comes, Liu Sheng, I'll see how you use lies to deceive everyone."
Liu Sheng laughed and said: "I have been following the teacher for more than six years. I have no children and am alone. For me in this life, the teacher is everything and everything."
"Now that I am nearly 60 years old and I don't have many years to live, what reason would I have to betray my teacher?"
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
Liu Sheng has never concealed the fact that he was once a slave bought by his employer. For some reasons, although Liu Sheng was not an eunuch, he no longer had the ability to give birth to offspring.
Therefore, anyone could betray his boss, but Liu Sheng would not.
Zhang San became even more confused at this moment and asked: "Then why do you think I betrayed my boss? This document is the instruction written by my boss."
Liu Sheng said: "Of course this document was written by the teacher, but it was not the teacher's own wish, so I don't know."
"Teacher, I won't go into details about the reason why I chose Annan."
"Therefore, it is impossible for the teacher to bring such crops to the capital for no reason. Doesn't this make Ming Dynasty more powerful."
Zhang San heard this and argued: "You just base your guesses on me and decide that I am a traitor?"
When Zhang San said this, everyone thought it was reasonable, and their eyes focused on Liu Sheng again.
Liu Sheng sneered: "Of course it's not just that. The most important thing among them is the wooden box that the teacher mentioned."
"The teacher is far away in the capital. Why did he specifically ask to bring the wooden box with him? The teacher once told me that this wooden box is very important to him, so it was kept in the Western Region to prevent it from being lost."
Zhang San argued again: "Since the boss mentioned it, of course there is something important to the boss in the wooden box. Why do you, Liu Sheng, make such rash guesses?"
Liu Sheng laughed and said: "Teacher's wooden box was given to me for safekeeping. There is nothing important in it. It's just a piece of broken rag. It probably reflects some of the teacher's thoughts."
"You said that the teacher requested in the document that thirty dan of these important crops should be sent to me. At the same time, he also hinted to me that the wooden boxes must be delivered first and not together with the crops."
"Isn't the meaning of this obvious enough?"
When Liu Sheng said this, the crowd suddenly burst into an uproar.
The current situation is almost very clear.
It was obvious that the boss had encountered a crisis in the capital, and even went so far as to expose the existence of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops to save his life.
When the boss was writing documents, there must be someone watching closely, so he could only use a wooden box to indicate his situation.
The crowd surged and cursed Zhang San.
A strong man who suppressed Zhang San next to him, his face trembling with anger, kicked Zhang San hard in the back, knocking him to the ground.
At the same time, he spat and cursed: "Hey Zhang San, your boss gave you this name. Are you worthy of your boss? You are such a wolf-hearted person. I thought you were reliable. I am really blind."
As the strong man took action, many people could no longer suppress him and started beating Zhang San one after another without even giving him a chance to argue.
In just a few breaths, Zhang San was beaten violently, and blood even spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"Okay, don't beat him to death yet. We still need to interrogate him about the teacher's situation." Liu Sheng ordered.
Only then did everyone stop and tie Zhang San tightly.
Zhang San's throat rolled, and he wanted to defend himself. He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know how to explain it.
After all, he is just a personal guard and a warrior, and he is not very sharp-tongued.
"Hey, what is this."
Just as Zhang San was being tied up and dragged away, the previous disciple of Zhu Ying, a middle-aged man, looked through the luggage that Zhang San had brought.
See if there is any evidence.
I happened to see a blank inn document.
A large seal has been stamped on this document, and you only need to fill in your name to use it.
"this..."
Liu Sheng heard the sound, came over and saw it, and paused.
Then he took the pass document and looked at it carefully. And there is another copy printed in Zhang San’s luggage.
There was even a six-hundred-mile expedited stamp stamped on a document.
"Stop!"
Liu Sheng and the middle-aged man looked at each other, and then quickly shouted, and the person who tied Zhang San stopped hearing the sound.
Liu Sheng walked up to Zhang San with the document and asked, "How did you get this document?"
Zhang San said weakly: "This is given to me by the owner. There are two copies. The one of the six hundred miles of anxiety is the owner who asked me to send the wooden box to the station and quickly send it to the Beijing division."
"There is another copy for crops such as sweet potatoes and preparing for the stations."
Hearing this, Liu Shengdun lived.
He found that he seemed to have misunderstood something.
It was just a little puzzled in my heart. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Give Zhang Sanjie, let the doctor check the medicine."
Then he said, "Where is Li Xiu, let him come over to see me right away."
Liu Sheng's words made everyone seem to understand that there was a misunderstanding of Zhang San.
Several strong men quickly carried Zhang San's past treatment, and others went to find Li Xiu.
"Brother, maybe this is really the teacher's instruction." The middle -aged man frowned and frowned.
Liu Sheng replied: "It's really strange. A few days ago, I just waited for the desert. There may be news of traitors. Now Zhang San brings such strange instructions, making me a bit difficult to believe."
"Let Li Xiu take a look, he understands the Daming system, it should be understood."
Middle -aged man nodded.
The teacher managed to establish such a power, and suddenly came to such a instruction, and it was no exaggeration to be careful.
...
In the house, Zhu Yuanzhang watched the article on the white paper and the articles written by Zhu Ying twice before stopping.
After stopping, Zhu Yuanzhang was in contemplation.
For a long time, I asked Zhu Ying: "Grand Sun, how did you think of this method."
Zhu Ying's questions about the old man had long been expected.
The next step is the performance time.
"Grandpa, you also know that grandson is a laziness. When reading the chapters, he is thinking about a question."
"Why do I have to review so many chapters every day? Many of the chapters, from the grandson's view, but a small minister like a small matter of sesame and mung bean can handle it properly."
"The grandson also understands that the chapter means power. If the chapters are given to others for handling, then it is equivalent to the rights of rights."
"It seems that there seems to be no way to do both. So from another perspective, my grandson considers that my original power of Da Ming originated from where."
"Is it a Wenchen? No, it should be a general. The establishment of the Daming Empire is not right.
"The key is that the soldiers are strong. In other words, the military power is in hand, and the power itself."
"No matter how powerful the power of Wenchen has, it is nothing, such as the empty tower, which can be recovered at any time."
"From this, the grandson will put his attention into the military power."
"How to better grasp the power of military power and even hold the military power firmly in your hand is the key to the problem."
Zhu Yuanzhang listened quietly, and then took Zhu Ying's words: "Therefore, the separation of the military and political separation of the grandson is to make the soldiers more pure and not involved in the internal affairs.
Zhu Ying nodded and said with a smile: "Grandpa really is amazing, in a word."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "We have brought for so many years of soldiers. Although we are not smart, you can understand it without you?"
After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ying and sighed: "We didn't expect that the grandson, you have such a deep understanding of the army. You know, if this method is successful, this will bring me how much Daming brings me to Daming. Is it change? "
"Grandson does not know." Zhu Ying said.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Ying and knew that this was inherited himself, and then said:
"We have lived for most of their lives and never thought about it. If it is really the idea of the grandson, this great will usher in a tremendous change."
"Since then, the Emperor has no need to worry about the power of Wenchen too much, and he does not have to be in the tedious review chapter every day like us."
"Real in the real sense, Sheng Tianzi drooping the world."
After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ying deeply. He really wanted to open the brain of the grandchildren to see what kind of person is, but he can have such wonderful thoughts.
