"Your Majesty, don't worry. I have ministers supervising the army in Gansu and Shaanxi. I will not let the rogue bandits succeed under any circumstances."
Wu Sangui breathed a sigh of relief. He really did not feel any malice from Zhu Cixiang's words and expressions... It was probably that the emperor was too busy with everything and had no time to read the official history, so he mistakenly read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Sima Yi's resistance to Zhuge Liang was taken seriously.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded: "I will transfer three divisions to you, one of which is already in Shaanxi, and the other two are entering the Pass... If it is not enough, you are allowed to transfer troops from Anxi, Hexi, and Shuofang. "
Wu Sangui hurriedly saluted and said: "Rescuing troops is like putting out fire. I don't want to delay. I want to return to Gansu and Shaanxi immediately to take charge of military affairs."
Zhu Cixi waved his hand and said: "No hurry, no hurry... I'll stay for two more days. I want to take you to see Tianjin New City. Has Third Sister told you?"
When Wu Sangui arrived at the Tianjin Bastion, Zhu Cixiang was not in the castle. Instead, he went to the newly enclosed Tianjin New City on the north bank of the Wei River with Shi Kefa and Shen Tingyang, which was where Tianjin City, the future Ming Dynasty's ruling center in the north, would be located.
Zhu Cixiang's idea of ruling the country was not to take root in the countryside and then surround the cities. Instead, central cities control transportation hubs and economic lifelines, thereby controlling the countryside.
So he paid special attention to the construction of central cities!
In the south, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan in the Yangtze River Basin, Guangzhou in the Pearl River Basin, and Quanzhou in southern Fujian have received key attention.
In the north, the two areas that Zhu Cixiang favors for vigorous development are the Haikou and Hekou areas of Tianjin and Tianhe (Yingkou). It is expected that two metropolises will be built.
In the direction of Nanyang, Zhu Cixiang is also building Jinou City and Golden City, two Haikou (estuary) cities that control the Jiulong River and the Chao Phraya River.
In North America, the focus is on developing America.
In other words, in the future, the ruling center of the Ming Empire will be nine metropolitan cities, including Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Tianhe, Camou, and Golden City. Of course, Malacca will be added if possible. A total of ten metropolises along rivers and coasts, located on transportation hubs, which can radiate a large area, will allow the Ming court to firmly control the entire Celestial Empire with affordable administrative costs... As for the empire In other places, according to the economic development situation, you can relax appropriately, relax again, or let it go!
What a great empire! How can there be no point? They have to be firmly in control, the imperial power has to be sent to the countryside, administrative costs cannot be controlled, and the court has too many troublesome things to deal with!
"Your Majesty, the Empress said..." Wu Sangui said thoughtfully, "You don't want the Chen family to buy land in Liaodong, and you also want the Chen family to build two streets here in Tianjin?"
"That's right," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "You can't make money buying land in Liaodong... Neither you nor your father are good at business, and you don't know how to run a farm. How can you make a living in such a careful way? Don't invest hundreds of thousands and end up unable to collect a few rents. So I left two streets for your family in Tianjin New Town, one for you and one for Sanfu. They are both left near the Wei River. It will be a good place near the dock in the future. , the value will definitely increase. But don’t build your own home, just cut it into pieces and rent it out. Remember, you must only rent it and not sell it. When Tianjin develops in the future, your home can make money just by sitting down. "
Wu Sangui's family can just sit back and make some money... If they were left to run their own business, they would definitely lose money.
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Wu Sangui stood up and saluted, "But I still want to get up as soon as possible... Your Majesty, you can give me these two streets in Tianjin New City. You can give them anywhere. I don't know how to do business. Just listen to Your Majesty, and you will definitely be right. However, regarding the war between Gansu and Shaanxi, Your Majesty must listen to your Majesty, and you must not ignore it!"
This is good, considering Zhu Cixiang as the manager of the Wu family...
Wu Sangui then said: "Your Majesty, today's rogue bandits are not the same as during the Battle of Jingchu! After the rogue bandits occupied Bashu, Yunnan and Guizhou, they also worked hard to govern, imitated the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and found a way to build the country through farming and warfare. Now the whole country has There are two to three hundred thousand warriors among them who dare to fight, and everyone will be happy to hear about the battle! If I can't stop them south of Qishan, Sanguan, and Baoxie Valley Road, the consequences are unimaginable. Maybe the entire northwest will fall. Rival!"
Zhu Cixiang really didn't take Dashun too seriously. In his opinion, although Dashun's strength was not weak, it would be very difficult to destroy him - how could it be so easy for two to three hundred thousand households to perish together with Dashun's soldiers? of? If two to three hundred thousand households are mobilized, five or six hundred thousand soldiers can be mobilized! If it were on the plains, Emperor Zhu could still rely on the Ming army's powerful cavalry group to crush it. However, the territory occupied by Dashun is densely covered with mountains, and there are many mountainous battles to be fought!
If we want to attack by force, the casualties will definitely be high...
However, he did not think that Bashu could succeed in counterattacking Guanlong. It seemed that such a thing had never happened in history.
"Since Sangui is eager to return to Gansu and Shaanxi, I won't keep you here." Zhu Cixang smiled and said, "I have ordered two Arabian thousand-mile horses to be prepared for you. The good horses are given to the general. You can ride them back to Gansu and Shaanxi to supervise the army. Go!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the horse!"
Wu Sangui thanked him for the reward, received the imperial edict to be granted the title of Governor of Gansu and Shaanxi, and hurriedly set out on his way west.
As soon as he left, another famous general of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Chunchen, rode a fast horse from Dagukou to the Tianjin Bastion.
Zhu Chunchen was already forty years old during the Jiashen Rebellion. Now fourteen years later, he is already an "old man" in his fifties. But if you really want to compare Zhu Chunchen now with Zhu Chunchen fourteen years ago, as long as you don't look at his face, he will definitely look younger.
Fourteen years ago, Zhu Chunchen was a fat man. He looked majestic, but if he took off his clothes, he would find that he was full of fat and of no use at all.
But now Zhu Chunchen has lost more than one lap, and has become more muscular. Although he is not the kind of muscular man who was trained in the gym, his figure can be seen from the daily exercise - maybe it was when Emperor Zhu first came to Jiangnan. There was really a shortage of generals at hand, so he was thrown into the military camp. Under the supervision of Zhu Cixiang, the new army of the Ming Army continued to "997" every day. Although Zhu Chunchen was a general, he could not be too lazy. Moreover, he had also experienced the Jiashen Incident, so he naturally had to work harder, so he followed along and practiced together. As he continued to practice, he found that his health was getting better, his food tasted better, and he felt more energetic even holding hands with his concubines.
So I became addicted to practice...
When the people below saw that Duke Cheng was working hard, they were naturally embarrassed to be lazy, so they had to work hard together. Gradually, Duke Cheng gained a reputation for being good at running an army.
In addition to being good at running the army, Zhu Chunchen was also found to be good at fighting!
Since moving south, he has been supervising the troops on the front line. He also fought against the Qing army many times in Henan, Fengyang and other places, and actually won them all!
Later, when Emperor Zhu launched the Northern Expedition, he, Wu Sanfu, and Yan Yingyuan were responsible for the Henan army, and they all won the battle.
Later, they sent troops into Shanxi to sweep away the remnants of the Qing Dynasty. They were also invincible, exterminated many resistance forces, and successfully recovered most of Shanxi (excluding Datong).
Therefore, after the Northern Expedition ended, the Generalissimo's Office and the Ministry of War both believed that Zhu Chunchen was a talented commander and unanimously recommended him to be the governor of Liaodong.
Now he came from Lushun Prefecture, where the Liaodong Governor's Office is located, to Tianjin Bastion to face the Holy Spirit.
"I am the governor of Liaodong's military affairs. I have overcome difficulties and become the country's Duke Zhu Chunchen. I sincerely wish you peace!"
In the Tianjin Palace, Zhu Chunchen's loud voice startled Emperor Zhu, who was looking down at the Tianjin New City planning map. He looked up at Cheng Guo, whose hair and beard were still shiny and black, but his face was much darker and had many more wrinkles. Gong, I suddenly remembered the scene when I used Shang Fang's sword to scare him. He sighed and said with a smile: "If Duke Cheng Guo fifteen years ago had the skills he has now, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any difficulties in Jiashen, right?"
Zhu Chunchen smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Without Your Majesty's supervision, how could I be where I am today? Without Your Majesty's creation of a new army to overcome difficulties, even if the successful ancestors are resurrected, would they be able to lead the officers and soldiers who are short of food and clothing to defeat the wolves and tigers? A strong enemy?"
