The captives of Timur's empire were divided among Zhu Gui, Zhu Zhi, Zhu Chun and others before they were sent across the Yangtze River. In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, the vassal kings ordered people to prepare money and deliver it to the Ministry of Revenue and the palace, while He crossed the Yangtze River with his belt in person, found Zhu Di, and asked for prisoners.
Zhu Di looked at his group of younger brothers, nodded with a smile, and arranged for Xu Huizu to send the prisoners to the Beijing Army Foreign Training Field. After counting and handing over the prisoners, they would be collected by the feudal king.
Zhu Gui, Zhu Chun and others were very happy, and even more admired Zhu Di. After chatting for a while, they went to the Beijing Army Foreign Teaching Field to wait. It is impossible for so many prisoners to enter the city directly. If there is a commotion or something goes wrong, the impact will be too bad.
Zhu Di looked at the departing figures of Zhu Gui, Zhu Zhi and others, with a bit of pity and sigh in his eyes. These vassal kings were guarding the frontiers in high spirits a few years ago, but now they are actually quarreling over some prisoners.
Zhu Yunwen took away the vassal king's guards and the vassal king's land. In the end, they didn't have much resentment. This was a bit surprising. It could be seen that Zhu Yunwen was using his interests to give them an explanation. I hope they can Always be the Prince of Peace.
This is them, what about you?
Zhu Di was a little uneasy. The other vassal kings all had industries, even Zhu Quan had iron mines behind him, but Prince Yan's palace had no industry behind him. This was not going to work. He also had a family, with several sons and several grandsons, and no money. How to feed them, or else ask Zhu Yunwen for a few mines as a reward?
The war might not be fought within a year or two. Zhu Yunwen probably would not let himself come into contact with the army out of the consideration of "succumbing to his great achievements". It seems that it will be quiet for a few years.
Well, this Western Expedition is really tiring, and it’s time to take a good rest.
The army took a full five days of ferrying before they all entered the south of the Yangtze River and formed a square formation. On May 28, under the welcome of countless civilians, they marched to Fengyi Gate of Jinling City!
In order to show the importance he attached to the victorious return of the army from the Western Expedition, Zhu Yunwen personally led the court's civil and military forces to Fengyi Gate to greet Zhu Di, Xu Huizu and the army.
Such an honor is shocking.
The news Zhu Di received was that the cabinet, the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the Ministry of War were on behalf of the reception. Zhu Yunwen was waiting at the teaching ground in the city. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunwen changed his mind and went outside the city in person.
Zhu Di, Xu Huizu, Liu Jun, Yang Rong and other soldiers who conquered the west saluted one after another, and the shouts of "Long Live the Mountain" made the ears of the people on the street hurt.
Zhu Yunwen walked towards Zhu Di, looked at the tired-looking Zhu Di and everyone, and couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle King Yan, Duke Wei, everyone, you have worked hard."
Zhu Di, Xu Huizu, Yang Rong and others wanted to cry.
We went on an expedition in February of the sixth year of Jianwen and did not return until nearly June of the seventh year of Jianwen. It was a long journey of one year and four months. To say it was not hard would be a lie. Facing Timur's elite cavalry, a life-and-death battle is impossible for anyone without paying attention. During the long journey home, in order to return to Beijing as soon as possible and reduce the burden on local places along the way, the marching speed did not slow down.
Fortunately, the army returned during the summer harvest, so it was extremely convenient to raise food on the spot, thus minimizing the interference to the people and local areas.
The word "hard work" is so deep in my heart.
Zhu Yunwen helped Zhu Di and others, looked at the soldiers fighting for the country, and shouted: "You are heroes fighting for the country, opening up new territories, forgetting life and death, and being loyal to the country. You are worthy of the respect of all people! You are glorious. Sergeants, as well as your families, are also honored. I hope that in the next ten years, everyone in the imperial court will support the army and give priority to their families. I cannot let the soldiers bleed and your families shed tears!"
hero!
glory!
Support the army and give priority to your subordinates!
Countless sergeants' eyes turned red when they heard this.
Soldiers have no status at all. What are their names? Hear them, roughnecks, warriors, and big-headed soldiers!
There are not many good words to describe soldiers in this era.
Even the officials and common people assigned by the imperial court who committed crimes were sent to where? Thousands of miles away, where is it?
The answer is military camp!
After all, the imperial court never paid attention to the military camp. Otherwise, why would it be used as a place to punish prisoners?
Birds of a feather flock together!
Soldiers and prisoners are together. What do you think of soldiers?
No status!
It really doesn’t have much status.
Zhu Yunwen knew this. Even if he implemented the new army policy and improved the salary of sergeants, in the eyes of countless people and officials, the soldiers were rough men and there was nothing to say. As for their death, what should they do? ???????????????, the court used money to support them, didn't they just buy their lives?
If it was their turn to die, these officials would probably cry. They received salary, not military pay, and they did not sell their lives to the court...
Next to salary is people and clothes; next to military pay is something: food, not people.
If the status of sergeants is not improved, it will be difficult to implement the sergeant recruitment system, and it will be difficult to select truly high-quality sergeants in the future.
Zhu Yunwen's brief words gathered the morale of the army.
The military is determined and loyal!
Zhu Di admired Zhu Yunwen, who used the simplest method that no one thought of, raising the sergeant's loyalty to the court to a new level.
Enter the city!
Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di and other generals and sergeants entered the teaching field next to the Imperial Academy amid the cheers of countless people, the fervor of people's hearts, and the joyful faces bursting with pride.
Zhu Di organized his army and Zhu Yunwen came to the stage.
The subsequent procedures were basically the same as those during Zhang Fu's class. First, Xie Jin announced the order to remove his armor, then the ritual music was accompanied by "Coming Out of the Car", and then the queen arranged for the maids to help the generals remove their armor and put on new clothes.
Zhu Di held the wat tablet in his hand, stepped forward and saluted, and said angrily: "My lord, Zhu Di! I was ordered by the emperor to protect the northwest, and defeated Timur in Qamdo. I am here to pay my order!"
Zhu Yun raised his right hand and said, "I love you for your hard work. Get up."
The chamberlain came forward, Zhu Di handed over the seal of the general, and continued to report: "The enemy chief Timur is dead, and the army of 150,000 has been defeated. I am now bringing the enemy chief's head to present to your majesty!"
Timur's head was brought up. It was a little pale, showing traces of lime treatment.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Timur's head, nodded slightly, and said: "Killing the enemy chieftains and destroying the enemy army is a specimen of great victory. Now the general conquered the Western Regions, and brought peace to the Western Regions in one battle, leaving behind a great military power. I am very happy.”
Zhu Di smiled happily, then became solemn: "Yi Li also captured the king of Li, Shami Chagan, his younger brother Mahama and others, and escorted them to the capital, and asked the emperor to punish them."
Shamichagan was pressed up, whining but unable to utter a word. If you look carefully, you can see that it was like a war horse being stuffed into a horse prong, and walnuts were put in his mouth to block the sound.
Zhu Yunwen knew that although the destruction of Yili was the result of the battle of Timur's army, it also had the Ming Dynasty fanning the flames behind it.
Between countries, there are only strategic interests, not so much sincerity and friendship.
Shami Chagan doesn't understand games.
Zhu Yunwen stared at the hateful Shamichagan and said: "Yi Li occupied all the lands in the Western Regions, and the Western Regions were the old land of China as early as the Han and Tang Dynasties. Your country was destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty took it back and followed the way of heaven. Those who subjugated their country will be He should sink in the darkness until the last moment of his life, come on, take him to the clan's mansion for custody."
After all, it is a royal family and cannot be handed over directly to the Ministry of Punishment.
After offering the heads and prisoners, Zhu Di began to offer treasures. Boxes of gold and silver were brought out, which made Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, eyes wide open.
In order to support the army marching to the west, the Ministry of Revenue worked hard. If Zhu Di came back three months later, it is estimated that the Ministry of Revenue would have to borrow money and have a fiscal deficit.
The wealth Zhu Di brought was far more than the 200,000 taels of gold and 3 million taels of silver sent by Harry, as well as boxes of gold and silver coins, all of which came from captives and sergeants Timur who died in battle. Its value is almost five hundred thousand taels.
Xia Yuanji smiled very happily. The household department was completely stable this year.
The year has started well. The summer harvest in the north has also come to an end. According to reports from various places, grain output has increased compared to last year. The Guozijian Agricultural College stole the show in this summer harvest. The appearance of Luizi has made people everywhere Harvesting wheat is even faster, which can greatly save harvesting time and avoid summer rains that reduce production.
If food is stabilized, tax revenue will be stabilized. The Ministry of Revenue also received two million taels of banknotes a few days ago, which were used by the vassal kings to buy prisoners. Now they have a large amount of income, which can be said to be a series of happy events.
Rewarding a large army requires a huge amount of money. Cloth and food are fine, but not all of them can be given to sergeants. They must also be rewarded with considerable amounts of money. After all, to realize military merit, it will cost at least three to four hundred dollars just in terms of money. Ten thousand taels.
Without the wealth brought by Zhu Di and the wealth brought by Zhu Yunwen from selling captives, the Ministry of Revenue and the entire court would really have to tighten their belts to get by.
Now it's better, this year's household department can breathe a sigh of relief.
Queen Ma Enhui was also very moved when she saw it. Zhu Yunwen was an unreliable guy with money. The Second Artillery Bureau, the Imperial College, and the Ministry of Household Affairs did not approve the money, so Zhu Yunwen used the money from the harem. No matter how much property or income he had, he couldn't bear it. Zhu Yunwen spent money like this.
All of this gold and silver must not go into the household, and holes in the harem also need to be filled.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the boxes of gold and silver and was very satisfied. All in all, the imperial court conquered the Western Region and achieved a surplus in the economic accounts. However, this war really exhausted countless people and soldiers.
But it is all worth it. The Western Regions have returned to the hands of the Central Plains Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty, which owns the Western Regions, will better communicate with the West, and this communication, in addition to economics, may also have military aspects.
Daming must establish its leading position!
In later generations, the West forced the mainland market to open and implemented trade dumping, which impacted countless national industries. Now that Ming Dynasty will have the upper hand in technology, it may be possible to dump trade goods overseas.
Dumping requires sales.
One road is the sea road. The other one is the Silk Road of the Western Regions!
This road is definitely not related to silk, ceramics and tea, but to the world map and the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty!
