"Brother Chun, do you think you are your uncle?" Empress Zhou looked at this rebellious son with overwhelming confidence in an annoyed tone, and began to lecture her in a low voice.
Zhu Cixiang laughed and said: "Auntie, my nephew and my uncle are actually father and son. Of course they are equally powerful! The slaves are afraid of my uncle, so they will also be afraid of my nephew!"
Queen Zhou was left speechless by her son's words - at such a young age, she actually dared to talk back, how can she still do it when she grows up? You are not allowed to chase your own father with a sword and chop him down!
Empress Zhang dotes on this cheap son - Empress Zhou already has two sons (including Zhu Cixiang) and a daughter, and she can continue to have children.
As for Empress Zhang, she only had Zhu Cixiang, and she would rely on him to be the queen mother in the future. How could she not favor her?
Moreover, Zhu Cixiang is really smart and studious. He is just "someone else's child". How could Empress Zhang not like him? Now seeing Queen Zhou's stern expression about scolding her son, she quickly changed the subject.
"Shilang Sun, what do you think of your nephew's proposal? If the imperial court moves to the Xuan Mansion, will it scare away the slave thieves?"
Sun Chuanting frowned and thought for a while, then nodded, "Although my nephew is young, his talent is amazing. The method he proposed is indeed feasible."
"Will slaves really be afraid of the imperial court moving to the Xuan Mansion?" Queen Zhou no longer wanted to lecture her son, but asked.
"My great nephew is young, of course slaves and thieves will not be afraid..." Sun Chuanting glanced at Zhu Cihong, why did this little kid look so disdainful? Do you look down on Huang Taiji? Is it too underestimated?
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting also frowned slightly and emphasized his tone: "But the nephew and the imperial court have arrived at Xuanfu, will the emperor be far away? Now the emperor is inspecting the disaster in Xuzhou, which is not too far from Xuanfu. Once the emperor learns about the slaves, News of the thieves' westward march could come to Xuanfu from the north at any time.
And if the emperor is in charge of Xuanfu, slaves and thieves will not dare to cross the thousand-mile pine forest. If the slave thieves still want to fight, they can only attack a few fortresses in Liaoxi, Yanshan, and Ningyuan. Regardless of victory or defeat, it will not affect the overall situation... When the world matures next year, Long live the Lord will be able to personally lead the Sixth Army and march eastward to Ping Liao. "
Sun Chuanting's words about conquering Pingliao from the east were not entirely lies. He himself is the commander-in-chief of the Dianqian Army and a veteran of the Zhangqian Army. Of course he knows the power of the Zhangqian and Dianqian armies.
In addition, he was ordered to lead a team to practice battle formation coordination with the camel cavalry of Imperial Concubine Uliangha outside the Xuanfu wall, so he knew very well how powerful this camel cavalry was - if the camel cavalry faced off, they were equipped with a large number of firearms, and The troops in front of the palace and in front of the tent who adopt coordinated combat tactics of infantry, artillery and cavalry are actually of little use. However, it was effective against the Hou Jin Eight Banners soldiers who did not have many firearms.
The camel city tactics of the camel cavalry can resist the impact of the Eight Banners cavalry. The saddle-mounted guns and camel guns of the camel cavalry can provide powerful mobile firepower. Especially the camel gun soldiers can move quickly, run away after hitting, and hit again after running... If there is another team of 3kg. Coupled with field artillery, the camel cavalry alone was enough to drink a pot of Houjin's Eight Banners soldiers.
Therefore, in Sun Chuanting's view, as long as we continue to work hard to expand the size of the tent front and palace front armies and the camel cavalry in the past two years to about 150,000, we can start the battle to restore Liao... Of course, The premise is that the Ming Dynasty will have peace and stability.
Therefore, before sending troops to exterminate slaves, Ming Dynasty had to have a few years of good weather! From this perspective, Emperor Chongzhen was right to ignore the arrogant Huang Taiji and focus on An Nei.
It's just that this God is too disrespectful, and I don't know when he will reward the people of Ming Dynasty with a few good years of food and drink.
...
"Long live my lord...young one, can I really go to Wuhe County in Fengyang Prefecture to cultivate wasteland?"
The person who asked the question was a soldier who was crying with gratitude. He was in his forties or fifties, and was sunburned and dry. He was kneeling in front of Zhu Youjian who came to provide relief in a smelly shack outside Xuzhou City. . The dozen or so men and women in the same shed all looked at the Ming Emperor with expectant eyes.
These are the grain transport army and their family members stationed in Xuzhou. Before the flood broke out in the fifth year of Chongzhen, they were all gathered by Xu Yunsong to Xuzhou to dredge the canal that was silted up by sediment.
Unexpectedly, the canal was flooded again before it was dug. Not to mention that all the previous work was in vain. Even the court seemed to be discouraged and wanted to abandon the canal and convert it to the sea.
When the news reached Xuzhou, the grain transport army concentrated in Xuzhou immediately became commotion, and a mutiny almost broke out. Fortunately, Zhu Youjian arrived in time and brought a large number of cavalry in front of the tent. He also made an offer that the soldiers of the Canal Army could not refuse - to go to Huaibei to reclaim wasteland! One household can cultivate 50 acres, and the cultivated land can be tax-free for three years and halved for two years...and after the tax exemption period, the government will also issue a land deed.
Of course, 50 acres of land in Huaibei is not that fragrant. Even with tax holidays and property rights, it is not attractive enough. But after going to the court to abolish the canal and protect the Huaihe River, and dig a channel for the Yellow River to enter the sea, it will be sweet enough.
Because once the project of digging the Yellow River into the sea is completed, Huaibei will not be flooded!
Huaibei is a good place, but it is because of the floods and sediment from the Yellow River that the Huaihe River floods every two and a half years on average.
If the Yellow River changed its course and no longer diverted the Huai River into the sea, then Huaibei would be better off!
Of course, Zhu Youjian did not give these distressed canal soldiers other options. They could not give up the 50 acres of land in Huaibei (for one family) and choose a mere half-acre of homestead land in Shanghai.
"Old man, you can go to Shanghai... and give me half an acre of land for your home. It's on Huaihai Street in Shanghai Commercial City. That's a great place!"
Zhu Youjian patiently tried to "sell" the Shanghai household registration that no one wanted and the white land on Huaihai Street.
But this is really not as easy as imagined.
Only a fool would trade fifty acres of land for half an acre of land... Who cares where the homestead is? You can’t eat it anywhere!
As for the officials and soldiers in the Shanghai Commercial Market, they are even less interested.
I'm not even interested in half an acre of land on Huaihai Street... What else is there to talk about?
"Long live my lord," the canal veteran shook his head, "I don't want to go to Shanghai... I'm content with guarding the 50 acres of dry land in Huaibei and farming honestly."
Zhu Youjian sighed and couldn't say anything else.
The residential land in Shanghai is only half an acre, how can it be compared with the 50 acres of farmland in Huaibei? Just do a math problem and you will know that 50 acres is a hundred times as much as half an acre!
Wouldn’t you be a fool to choose to go to Shanghai?
Therefore, almost all the canal veterans Zhu Youjian has met in the past few days choose to go to Huaibei to farm. Not many people want to go to Shanghai!
Zhu Youjian could only sigh when he thought that the money-spinner who had rented the king in his previous life was actually rejected by others.
It’s true that things and people are different!
Zhu Youjian, who had returned from visiting the poor and asked about their sufferings, returned to the palace full of emotion. As soon as he entered the lobby, he saw the newly appointed General Counsel Chen Qiyu already waiting there.
"Long live the Lord, it's not good, the 100,000 soldiers of the thieves are coming!"
"Don't be afraid," Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said with a smile, "With the emperor's great nephew here, of course everything is safe!"
After hearing what he said, Chen Qiyu also couldn't help but smile. How old is Zhu Cihong? What use can a little brat do? If Huang Taiji loses to him, will he still have the face to see others in the future?
"Long live my lord," Chen Qiyu shook his head and handed a memorial to Zhu Youjian with both hands, "the nephew of the emperor wants to go to Xuanfu to take charge! You'd better go back to Beijing as soon as possible!"
"I'm not going back!" Zhu Youjian said firmly, "I'm going to Shanxi next!"
What? Going to Shanxi? Chen Qiyu really didn't know, what could Zhu Youjian do in Shanxi at this time? There are no bandits in the province of Shanxi, and it seems to be far away from the army of slaves and bandits.
"There are rogue bandits in Shanxi," Zhu Youjian looked at the general comment, who was still a little slow to react. "I will lead my troops to Shanxi. There are important things to be done there! That is a major matter related to the life and death of our Ming Dynasty!"
