In the Palace of Qianqing.
Zhu Jianshen sat on the dragon chair, holding in his hand the detailed military documents of Liaodong, as well as the annual military expenditures.
All documents concerning Liaodong affairs from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs were placed on Zhu Jianshen's imperial case.
Liaodong has an important geographical location. It can be said that besides the two capitals, it has the largest number of standing troops. There are 150,000 soldiers in the huge city system. These 150,000 soldiers include the four directly under the command of Shi Biao of Liaoping Prefecture. Ten thousand elites, including 10,000 Mongolians who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period, and Jurchen soldiers.
The imperial court needs to distribute an additional 300,000 yuan in salary in Liaodong every year.
Although Zhu Jianshen can't fight, he can settle accounts.
Now it seems that the larger the Ming Dynasty's territory outside the customs, the greater the annual expenses will be. It seems to be a loss-making business, but in a few years, Liaodong, with its huge resources, will not be a burden, but will become a sweet potato. cake.
In Zhu Jianshen's vision for the future, everything from the north to Siberia should be the back garden of the Ming Dynasty, and the bears should stay in their dens and not run eastward.
This is something that will benefit the present generation and benefit the future. Zhu Jianshen has no reason not to do it.
The commander of this 150,000-strong army was Shi Heng, but now Zhu Jianshen decided to transfer Shi Heng back this year after some research.
Because his father might come back next year, he didn't want to see Zhu Qizhen and Shi Heng appear in the same place.
Time was tight and the tasks were heavy, so we could only transfer Shi Heng back early, stay in Beijing for a while, and then let Shi Heng go to Yunnan.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen has always had a plan to train hundreds of thousands of Beijing troops into a strong army capable of fighting tough battles. Therefore, this time when he went to Shiheng to Yunnan, he had a mission to take tens of thousands of Beijing troops with him. Soldiers go to Yunnan and fight a tough battle for two or three years. Training every day only makes them better qualified, but it does not mean that they are a strong army that can continuously bring victory to the Ming Dynasty.
Only a battlefield of blood and fire can form a powerful army. M.biQuge.biZ
As for those Wuxun children who had been living comfortably all year round, Zhu Jianshen was not willing to let them stop doing their jobs in the capital every day. When Shi Heng came back, he would ask Shi Heng to select some people to take with him to Yunnan.
Wu Xun's children progress in the military faster than children from ordinary people's families. As long as they join the army, they can become middle-level managers in the army within a few years. However, the long-term peace will make them become people who have high ambitions but low abilities, and talk on paper. , it is not a good thing for such a group of people to hold important positions in the army.
But if Shi Heng comes back, the situation between North Korea and North Korea will definitely heat up. This will be a test for Liaoping Mansion and Shi Biao.
Zhao Fu could play a containment role in Seoul, but he could not play a decisive role.
Before letting Shi Heng come back, Zhu Jianshen planned to let Shi Biao go back to Beijing first. The decree had been sent out a few days ago.
Zhu Jianshen still wanted to reuse Shi Biao.
Just as Zhu Jianshen was thinking about things, Zhang Bao quickly walked into Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Mongolian script of the Supreme Emperor has been translated. Alas, Your Majesty, there are countless knowledgeable people in the Hanlin Academy, but there are only a few who understand the Mongolian script. It was only after we found General Wu Kezhong, the loyal and shunhou, that he could translate it."
Zhu Jianshen chuckled softly: "These doctors of mine are all sages who have heard the scriptures before others. How can they have any knowledge of Mongolian characters?" As he said, Zhu Jianshen took the paper translated by Zhang Bao and said nothing. He opened it anxiously and read: "Zhongshun Hou is the most valiant and highest-ranking Mongolian general in the Ming Dynasty. His father was once a general under Emperor Taizongwen. I heard that Zhongshun Hou's son Wu Jin is also a fierce general."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Bao was somewhat absent-minded, and his hesitant expression made Zhu Jianshen feel a little strange: "Why, is there anything else?"
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say. I don't know whether to say it or not."
"Say it."
"Your Majesty, when my servant found Marquis Zhongshun, he looked a little surprised when he saw this sentence. My servant felt strange and asked in every possible way, does your Majesty know what I know?"
Zhu Jianshen chuckled and said, "Yu Taibao asked him to translate."
"How does your Majesty know?" Zhang Bao was slightly surprised.
"None of the letters my father gave me has been read by anyone. The one Xu Youzhen brought back to me also praised himself. Xu Youzhen must have pleased my father, and then under Xu Youzhen's instruction It was only then that my father wrote that sentence, "The censor of Xudu is an important minister of the country, and I hope that my son will respect him." If he wrote it for me, Yu Taibao would definitely read it. He also doesn't understand the Mongolian characters. , it’s not surprising that we can only find Marquis Zhongshun and others.”
"Yes, Your Majesty, when the Supreme Emperor was in Mongolia, he must have had an excellent life if he had the leisure and elegance to learn Mongolian."
Zhu Jianshen smiled but said nothing. If Daming won, his father would be treated politely. If Daming lost that war, he would have to work with sheep.
While talking, Zhu Jianshen opened the translation paper. When he saw the words above, Zhu Jianshen's heart tightened inexplicably. Was this his father threatening him?
Cherishing and showing mercy is the iron fist of love.
It seems that on the day when I meet my father, I still need to bring more people to shock the scene. Then I will select some Mongolians from the army who can also communicate with my father in foreign languages.
I can't wait.
Here, the father is kind and the son is filial. In Liaodong, the uncle dances and the nephew dances.
His Majesty the Emperor's decree came, for Shi Biao to bring his family to Beijing, which made Shi Heng 10,000 dissatisfied.
He and Shi Biao had already had two quarrels.
And Shi Biao felt that he was going back this time to face the emperor, entrust him with an important task, and to send his wife and children back. He was in charge of the army. Before, the emperor allowed Shi Biao to take his wife with him because Shi Heng was the boss, but When he came to Liaodong again, his uncle was about to return to Beijing, and he could no longer spend time with his wife and children in Liaodong.
He told Shi Heng his opinion, but Shi Heng was still dissatisfied. At that moment, Shi Biao was also very angry and quarreled with Shi Heng again.
Liaoping City, Shizhai.
Mrs. Qi was helping her servants pack their belongings, and the two large carriages outside were packed to the brim.
Shi Biao was also standing nearby, running down from time to time to bring tea to his wife who kept talking.
While packing, a soldier ran in.
He walked up to Shi Biao and whispered: "General Xiao Shi, General Lao Shi is outside the house."
After Shi Biao listened, he just nodded and did not speak.
"Would you like to invite General Lao Shi into the house?" the soldier also whispered.
"No, if he wants to come in, no one can stop him. If he doesn't want to come in, I don't have the ability to invite him in."
After the soldiers heard this, they turned around and walked out.
Qi Shuyuan, who was on the side, had been observing Shi Biao. After hearing the two men talking in low voices, she told the female envoy beside her a few words and then came over: "Husband, uncle is here to see you off. Why don't you go out and say something?" Words."
"Madam, my uncle actually thinks that he didn't do anything wrong last time and that it was me, the nephew, who deliberately harmed him. Therefore, I am stepping on his future to get promoted to a noble position. Madam Tell me, why should I see him?"
"Although my uncle spoke frankly, he didn't really blame you. He just felt a little uncomfortable. As a junior, how can you be angry with your elders? If you don't go to greet them, then I will." Qi Shuyuan said, Lift your feet to walk.
Shi Biao sighed and hurriedly grabbed Qi Shuyuan: "That's all. Madam is taking care of things at home. I'll go and invite uncle."
"That's right."
Shi Biao sighed heavily again and walked out reluctantly.
Outside the door, Shi Heng folded his arms and leaned against the wall, his face full of disdain, and his soldiers were far away.
The soldiers looked at the boxes of items being loaded on the carriage, and then at the wall leaning against Shi Heng. They started to whisper.
"Don't look at our general with such disdain on his face. In fact, he is very envious in his heart."
"Yes, General Xiaoshi has already received a title at a young age. He will have a bright future and his achievements will surely surpass those of our generals."
"You mean, you can go to the Duke's office."
"That's not true."
"Don't talk nonsense. Our general is angry. Yesterday, when I entered the camp with my left foot first, I was punished by our general and not allowed to have lunch. If you say something like this, if the general listens to it, Go and don’t even think about eating all day.”
"Yes, yes, be careful what you say, be careful what you say. I heard we almost got into a fight last night."
"We don't dare to start a fight now. Have you not seen how strong General Xiaoshi has become since he got married? He is also better in martial arts than our general. Now he is not afraid of our general. If we start a fight, we are only afraid of our general." It would be embarrassing."
"We know it, and our general also knows it. Otherwise, if we had shouted like that yesterday, our general wouldn't have taken action. To put it bluntly, wouldn't he be afraid?"
And the soldier who was punished and not allowed to eat saw them raising another topic, and was speechless for a moment. You are really not afraid of being punished by the general.
In fact, these soldiers are the closest people to the commander in the army. They must be brave, brave and not afraid of death. On the battlefield, when there is an emergency, these soldiers can voluntarily dedicate their lives to the commander, so To say they are personal soldiers, it is more appropriate to say they are a group of little brothers.
As long as you don't make principled mistakes, you will almost never be severely punished, and gossiping is harmless.
While everyone was talking in low voices, Shi Biao walked out of the house. The soldiers quickly stopped talking among themselves, and all took a step forward, getting closer, and then even closer, tying up their ears to guess their happiness and anger. Accumulate some first-hand information for your next gossip.
Shi Biao walked up to Shi Heng, raised his hands and saluted: "My nephew Shi Biao has met my uncle."
Shi Heng looked at Shi Biao, then at the carriage filled with luggage, and sighed and said: "Biao'er, I've been thinking about it for a long time. I think you are smarter than me. When I go back and see His Majesty this time, I must do more for my uncle." Say something nice and let your uncle return to Beijing as soon as possible."
"My nephew has already said that if my nephew comes again, my uncle will definitely be able to return to Beijing."
Shi Heng waved his hand: "How could you expect things to turn out like gods? Our old Shi family are all a bunch of elm-headed people. Don't think that if your brains are faster, you will forget your roots."
Shi Biao was a little angry again, and he slowly said: "When I first arrived in Liaodong, my uncle clearly said that the capital city is a place of right and wrong for him, and it is not suitable to stay for a long time. When we entered Liaodong, the sky was high, birds were flying, and the sea was wide and fish were jumping. Isn’t it more chic and joyful than coming to the capital, but why is my uncle so anxious to return to the capital now?”
"How can you understand? Now the memorials I give to His Majesty are the same as those of other ordinary ministers. Now Liaodong is gradually stabilizing. For me, the sky is not high, and the birds can no longer play freely. The sea If it is no longer wide, the fish can no longer swim freely."
"With Governor Sun here, Liaoping Mansion is no different from the capital. And most importantly, the roles of Xu Youzhen and his ilk in the court are like crucian carp crossing the river, emerging one after another. If I don't return to the capital and hang out in front of His Majesty, I’m afraid that Your Majesty won’t even remember who Shi Heng is.”
When Shi Biao heard this, he was mostly speechless. Xu Youzhen and his like would still have to move around a lot after they return. There are people in the court who can lead troops outside, so there will be less constraints.
Shi Heng looked at Shi Biao without saying a word. He thought that he was moved by his words, so he used another fierce move.
"Biao'er, my two sons are not as good as you. If your uncle gets the title of Duke, how about I pass this title on to you?"
Shi Heng's words were shocking and made Shi Biao dumbfounded for a while. You are ugly, but you think of beauty. You are still thinking about the title of the Duke of the country, and you still passed it to me. Who would believe it? Who would be a fool... …
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