Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Di and asked, "Is there an eunuch named Zheng He in Prince Yan's palace?"
"Eunuch?"
Zhu Di was even more confused.
Could it be that the emperor was looking for someone to make fun of him?
There are no eunuchs in the entire Yan Palace, so how can there be eunuchs?
Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Di's confused look and frowned. Could it be that Zheng He is not by Zhu Di's side yet?
It shouldn't be, there is no Zheng He around me either.
Xu Huizu said nothing and secretly wondered, who is this guy from Zheng He that is worthy of being asked and begged by the emperor himself?
Eunuch?
Is the palace still short of eunuchs?
Zhu Yunwen didn't ask any more questions. Zhu Di didn't even say anything to ask for Dao Yan. He wouldn't say anything to ask for Zheng He, unless he really didn't know.
After walking out of the study, Zhu Di took Zhu Yunwen to the back garden. The conversation between the two became much calmer, and they occasionally laughed.
In front of the Moon Gate, a big man about two meters tall stood solemnly. When he saw Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di coming from a distance, he knelt aside.
Zhu Yunwen glanced at it and walked into the Moon Gate, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked outside the Moon Gate, and asked Zhu Di, "Who is this guard?"
"Ma Sanbao."
Zhu Di quickly replied.
Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up.
Damn it, how could I forget? The name Zheng He comes from the fact that Ma Sanbao advised Zhu Di during the Battle of Zhengcunba and helped Zhu Di win. Later, when Zhu Di became emperor, he gave Ma Sanbao the surname Zheng and the name He.
No wonder I can't find him!
Zhu Yunwen walked back. Ma Sanbao wanted to kneel down, but Zhu Yunwen stopped him and said, "Stand still."
Ma Sanbao looked at Zhu Yunwen at a loss.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Sanbao. His face was as white as jade, his chin was beardless, his forehead, cheeks and cheekbones were relatively high, his brows were clear, and his ears were big.
"How long have you been in Prince Yan's Mansion?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Ma Sanbao's voice was like a loud bell and said: "It has been thirteen years since I returned to the emperor."
"Come on, let's have a few words. Fourth uncle, Duke Wei, please don't come over yet."
Zhu Yunwen patted Ma Sanbao on the shoulder, shouted to the astonished Zhu Di and Xu Huizu, and then led Ma Sanbao to a nearby pavilion and motioned Ma Sanbao to sit down. Ma Sanbao did not dare and only stood uneasily.
"I don't know, Your Majesty..."
"Anse Liangmu Alai with dead wood."
Zhu Yunwen said calmly.
Ma Sanbao's eyes suddenly widened and he said quickly: "My Alai is so sleepy that my eyes are blocked."
Zhu Yunwen smiled, it was indeed him.
The conversation between the two is just a way of communication among Muslims.
Zhu Yunwen said, "May God grant you peace," and Ma Sanbao replied, "May God grant you peace, too."
Although Zhu Yunwen is not interested in Western religions, as a later generation, he has been more or less exposed to some Western religious cultures, and he still knows something about the Yahweh of Christianity and the Allah of Islam.
No matter how bad it is, I have always tried Lanzhou Ramen.
Lanzhou Ramen is mostly opened by the Hui people, and the Hui people believe in Islam, which is the same belief as Ma Sanbao.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Ma Sanbao trembled. He had never heard greetings from Muslims in many years. Who would have thought that the sudden greetings would come from the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Sanbao in front of him, and his heart surged. He finally found a commander in his great voyage!
However, Ma Sanbao's past is unbearable to look back on.
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu's reign, Fu Youde and Lan Yu marched into Yunnan. Ma Sanbao, who was only ten years old at the time, became a prisoner.
After that, he was castrated and served in the palace.
"I am not a believer in Islam, but I have read the Quran."
Zhu Yunwen said slowly.
Ma Sanbao became excited. Unexpectedly, the emperor had read the Islamic Quran.
"I don't care whether Allah is your God or not. But I hope that from now on, you will follow me and be loyal to me! I will give you the opportunity to sail and make a pilgrimage to the holy land of Mecca! To realize your Islamic dream!"
Zhu Yunwen said seriously.
Ma Sanbao's breathing became rapid and his eyes sparkled.
dream!
The emperor supports his dream!
Can you go to sea by yourself?
Can I go to Mecca?
Can you touch the sacred stone, can you express your heart to Allah?
"Are you willing to follow me?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Ma Sanbao fell to his knees and shouted loudly: "I do!"
Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and said: "Get up. Since you follow me, your name is no longer Ma Sanbao. I give you the surname Zheng and the name He! Enter the Royal Horse Prison and become the eunuch with the palm seal!"
"Zheng He!"
Ma Sanbao repeated the name, then knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"
Zhu Yunwen laughed and felt happy.
He took Ma Sanbao to Zhu Di and Xu Huizu and said, "Fourth uncle, I will decide on this person."
Zhu Di looked at Ma Sanbao and frowned.
I don’t know why Zhu Yunwen got so crazy that he snatched his own eunuch and bodyguard.
But this time, Zhu Yunwen had no room for negotiation.
The emperor wanted someone, so what else could he do but let him go.
Zhu Di nodded helplessly.
Ma Sanbao knelt in front of Zhu Di and said: "Ma Sanbao is grateful to King Yan for taking care of him. I am so grateful that it is beyond words. I hope King Yan will be famous all over the world and be in good health."
Zhu Di sighed. This guard was deeply trusted by him, but now...
"Fourth uncle, I brought Duke Wei here today because I have something I want to discuss with my fourth uncle."
Zhu Yunwen said softly.
Zhu Di smiled ugly and looked at Xu Huizu, wondering what else he could do.
Xu Huizu took a document, handed it to Zhu Di, and said: "This is the policy of the New Army. It has been implemented in the Beijing camp for more than a month and has achieved great success. The emperor has said that all soldiers and horses in the world are soldiers of the imperial court, and it should be Enjoy the same policies, no distinction between inside and outside, no distinction between closeness and distance."
Zhu Di took the document and read it carefully. The more he read, the more frightened he became.
These policies involve logistics, promotion, the soldiers themselves, their families, and even include retirement policies for soldiers after they retire!
Any one of them is enough to win people’s hearts!
Once such a policy spreads to the Ming Dynasty, all the troops will inevitably return to the court and Zhu Yunwen!
Who will work for themselves in the future?
They will only work hard for Zhu Yunwen!
This is not a policy for the new army, this is a policy for seizing the army!
Soldiers serve as soldiers, don't they just come to endure hardships and exchange their strength for food?
Many people become soldiers out of helplessness and to make a living!
But now, once Zhu Yunwen's recruiting strategy spreads, being a soldier will no longer be a miserable job, but a satisfying "good job"!
When the time comes, who will Bing Hui thank?
Naturally, it was Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen!
Even if he raises his arms and shouts, even if he breaks his arms and shouts hoarse, I am afraid that few people will be willing to rebel with him, and they may even tie him up and send him directly to Nanjing!
"This... Your Majesty, this strategy of recruiting new soldiers will probably cost countless money and food. If it is implemented, it will be a bit risky. If it cannot be implemented, wouldn't it easily lead to a mutiny?"
Zhu Di did not allow this policy to be issued, at least not in his own army!
Otherwise, I won’t be able to command many people at all!
Zhu Yunwen stood by the pavilion, looking at the lake beside him, and said: "The allocation of money and grain is a problem of the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue discussed it and they said there is no problem."
Zhu Di swallowed, looked down at the document, and said: "This policy is too generous and may reduce the soldiers' willingness to fight to the death. If on the battlefield, the soldiers cherish their lives and are afraid to move forward, what should we do?"
Zhu Yunwen asked Liu Changge to pick up some stones for him, and said to Zhu Di: "So, in addition to policies, we also need to supplement ideological construction. Let every soldier understand that they are fighting for the emperor and the Ming Dynasty. Fight. Their deaths are for the empire, for these mountains and rivers, and they will never fade for thousands of years!"
"Besides, I don't think that if I treat them well, they won't dare to risk their lives. Could it be that I treat my fourth uncle sincerely, but my fourth uncle won't treat me sincerely? I won't believe such ridiculous words!"
Zhu Di was completely at his wits end.
Looking at the document in his hand, he wanted to tear it into pieces.
Zhu Di couldn't imagine that once these policies spread, how many percent of the soldiers and horses in his hands would be his own people!
Xu Huizu looked at the silent Zhu Di and said: "This policy was successful in the Beijing camp and won the hearts of the troops. It should benefit every soldier in the empire. The emperor and the Fifth Army Governor's Office agreed that King Yan was loyal, filial, benevolent, and righteous. He is the commander-in-chief of the north and has a very high reputation, so he wants to entrust this matter to King Yan, who will be responsible for the strategy of the new army around Beiping Prefecture."
Zhu Di was so angry that his teeth hurt. He was loyal, filial, benevolent, and had a high reputation. Wasn't it because he was afraid of rebellion and wanted to implement the new army strategy from the Beiping Mansion to disintegrate his own strength?
"I am afraid that my abilities are limited. For such a big event, I ask the emperor to choose someone else..."
Zhu Di declined.
Zhu Yunwen laughed and said: "Since the fourth uncle is not willing, let Peking Commander Si Ping'an implement it. As for the three guards of King Yan..."
Zhu Di suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Zhu Yunwen in horror.
Zhu Yunwen threw a chess piece into the lake and said, "My fourth uncle will manage it, so I won't worry about it."
Zhu Di was relieved before he was nervous.
But Zhu Di also understood that as Zhu Yunwen approached step by step, he had no power to fight back!
If Ping An implements the strategy of recruiting new soldiers, everyone in Beiping Mansion will inevitably know about it, and the surrounding guards will also respond one after another and return to the court.
And in his own hands, he only has the three guards of King Yan and his personal guards. They are fully prepared, but they only have more than 50,000 troops! Relying on this small number of soldiers to fight against the 400,000 troops who have united their efforts to blockade them will definitely lead to death!
Regardless of whether Zhu Di liked it or not, Zhu Yunwen vigorously implemented the strategy of recruiting new soldiers, especially Beiping Prefecture.
This is because although the guards in Peiping eat food from the imperial court, after all, many of them are from the old troops of King Yan, especially the generals and officers. Most of them were promoted by Zhu Di. Once Zhu Di has any changes, those people will serve Zhu Di. Send troops.
This is something Zhu Yunwen does not allow. The policy of recruiting new soldiers and replacing generals and officers will be implemented together.
At this point, Zhu Yunwen still gave Zhu Di a lot of face.
After all, the three guards of King Yan, Zhu Yunwen, did not move!
These people are nominally the King of Yan's Guards, but fundamentally speaking, these guards are the soldiers of the Northern Zhili Economic System. The real command authority belongs to the Northern Zhili Capital Commander.
However, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's system, the prince assumed the position of commander-in-chief on his behalf.
In addition to the three guards of King Yan, King Yan also had personal soldiers. These soldiers numbered nearly ten thousand, but Zhu Yunwen did not move them.
Zhu Yunwen is waiting, waiting to crush Zhu Di with "power" and make him surrender completely!
