"Does your Majesty have anyone to choose?"
Yuan Keli did not respond directly, but asked Chongzhen.
Chongzhen chuckled: "I do have a candidate, but I don't know if it's suitable?"
"Your Majesty, I also have someone to choose!"
Yuan Keli also laughed when he heard this: "How about your majesty and the minister write it down at the same time to see if the minister and your majesty think alike?"
"Since Yuan Aiqing is so elegant, I should relax a bit!"
After saying this, Chongzhen took up his pen and wrote down a name, and Yuan Keli also walked to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone prepared by the Fang family next to him, wrote a name, and then presented it to him.
Looking at the name on the paper, Chongzhen smiled, very happy.
"Yuan Aiqing, this person has no experience in fighting with a large army. Isn't it too childish to lead tens of thousands of troops in such a battle to destroy the country?"
"Your Majesty, no one is born to fight. They are all trained slowly. He has been very good at commanding and training troops in the past two years. He also performed extremely well in the battle on the grassland and has a strong sense of the overall situation!"
When Yuan Keli said this, he paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about how to persuade the emperor.
"Your Majesty, although Fuso has an army of hundreds of thousands, and the firearms will be fully prepared when we go to war, but as long as we attack steadily, it will be nothing more than a matter of sooner or later.
Fuso's ending has been determined from now on, it's just a matter of whether the process in the middle will be smooth or tortuous.
In this case, let him go and experience it, the opportunity is rare!
With this experience, I believe that I will be a qualified commander in the future, whether guarding one side or facing the outside world. The Ming Dynasty also needs an excellent commander and experienced generals to be powerful! "
"Hahaha... the one who knows me is Yuan Aiqing!"
Chongzhen laughed: "With Ming's strength, we can afford it!"
As he spoke, Chongzhen opened the paper on his back on the table. The three words Hong Chengchou were written on the paper, which was the same as the name on the paper Yuan Keli presented.
"Your Majesty, since this is for training, I would like to send Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and a few more commanders from the Forbidden Army to go with us.
To be sure, several experienced generals from Xuanfu, Liaodong, Jizhen, and Datong towns were dispatched to go together. "
"Okay, this matter will be finalized after the cabinet and the Ministry of War discuss it after returning to Beijing, and then the order will be sent to Hong Chengchou to return to Beijing!"
"I obey the decree!"
Yuan Keli responded immediately, and then said: "Your Majesty, after Hong Chengchou was transferred, the governors of the three sides were vacant. Should you not appoint a governor for the time being or transfer a new governor? Please tell me!"
"One new person is transferred. Shaanxi is too big. It has four border towns and nine military roads. There must be someone who lives in the town. When will Shaanxi be split up and when will the three border governors be abolished? !”
When Chongzhen said this, he frowned slightly and thought about the candidates for the governors of the three sides.
The names of the Ming Dynasty reserve officials investigated by Jin Yiwei flashed in his mind one by one, and it took him half a stick of incense to say: "Yuan Aiqing, what do you think of Fu Zonglong?"
"Former servant Shaoqing Fu Zonglong?"
Yuan Keli responded immediately, and then frowned: "Fu Zonglong was the head of the transfer department and served as the censor.
When An Bangyan rebelled, he petitioned himself to fight against the rebels. He later served as governor of Guizhou and made great achievements in the encirclement and suppression of An Bangyan's rebellion.
With his resume and ability, it is quite suitable to serve as the now stable Trilateral Governor.
Ke Chen remembered that his father died and returned home to Ding You, and the cabinet did not see his letter. It must be that Ding You's term has not yet expired! "
"Send him a letter in the name of the cabinet and see if he can take office before the year. If not, then transfer Qin Liangyu to serve as the governor of the three sides, and transfer Ma Xianglin to Guangxi to take over Qin Liangyu's position!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Yuan Keli's eyes lit up: "Marquis Zhongzhen is getting older, and his body can't bear the long-term battles. Going to serve as the governor of the three sides can be regarded as a recuperation, and he can train his troops by the way.
Ma Xianglin is in his prime and has rich experience. If he takes over the Guangxi side, there will be no need to mobilize troops when the imperial court attacks Annan. It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone! "
"Then this matter is settled, Yuan Aiqing is responsible!"
The two important candidates for the Eastern Expedition to Fuso and the governor of the three sides were decided in a few words between the two.
Seeing that the matter had been dealt with, Chongzhen stood up and handed over the confession on the table: "Yuan Aiqing, take back Yagyu Munenomi's confession and take a closer look to see if there is any other useful information.
I will go out for a walk and see North Korea again. I don’t know if I will have the chance to come again in the future! "
"I obey the decree!"
Yuan Keli responded again, stepped forward to take the confession prepared by the Fang family, and then slowly exited the lobby.
After Chongzhen took a sip of tea, he took the Fang family and others out of the city and strolled outside the city.
…
Early the next morning, Chongzhen's Luanjia, escorted by nearly 50,000 troops including Tengxiang Left Guard, Huben Guard, and Warrior Battalion, headed toward the Yalu River in a mighty manner.
Five days later, the army arrived at the Yalu River.
The trenches originally dug by the slave-building coalition were now filled in by the rescued people who acted as human shields, and three large tombs were built on the original sites.
One is the tomb of Ming people who were killed in the bombing, the other is the tomb of Korean people, and the other is the tomb of Ming soldiers who died here.
The three large tombs are in the shape of "pin", with the soldiers' tomb in front and the common people's tomb in the back, guarding one on the left and the other on the right.
It means that even if they have died in battle, they will still protect the people, and it also means that the people are the source of confidence for the soldiers.
After crossing the pontoon bridge, Chongzhen looked back at the calm river surface hundreds of meters wide, filled with emotion. The expansion of territory had really been realized in his hands.
"Yuan Aiqing, North Korea is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If North Korea wants to be connected with the Ming Dynasty and develop together, the first thing that will bear the brunt is the transportation problem.
Although the Yalu River, which is hundreds of meters wide, can be crossed by boat, it is ultimately too slow.
He sent an order to Yuan Chonghuan, the Left Chief Secretary of Liaodong, and Liu Hongxun, the Left Chief Secretary of North Korea, to recruit skilled craftsmen to plan stone bridges at suitable locations on the Yalu River and build five of them first!
When planning, you should consider whether you can sail in the future. After all, the Yalu River is 1,500 miles long, and it is even more convenient to transport merchant ships from top to bottom. Don’t build a bridge and be unable to cross the boat, which will cause great losses!
After the planning is completed, submit it to Dongnuan Pavilion. I will decide whether to build it after taking a look at it!
In addition, before the new bridge is built, the pontoon bridge must be reinforced. Troops must be stationed on both sides of the strait and on Moon Island in the middle to patrol upstream and downstream to prevent anyone from damaging the pontoon bridge;
In the next period of time, the exchanges between the two places, as well as the supplies for the Fuso army in the Eastern Expedition, will pass through here, so we must pay attention! "
PS: The bridge-building technology in ancient China was quite impressive. The Luoyang Bridge on the Luoyang River in Quanzhou was built in the fourth year of Song Jiayou's reign. It is 1,200 meters long and five meters wide.
