I am the king of the dead

Chapter 514
Yu Qian asked someone to bring a carrier pigeon. The pigeon loft of the capital is in the Huitong hall and also in the martial arts hall.

During the implementation of the carrier pigeon system, Yu Qian has been supervising this matter.

From Hetao to Nanya, from Huguang to Guizhou, there are pigeon lofts raised by Yu Qian.

Raising pigeons is not expensive, but in the past when the Ming Dynasty could not make ends meet, Daming could not afford the administrative expenses.

Yu Qian has served in the local government for 19 years, and has been in charge of the court for more than six years. He knows that every decree of the court costs a lot of money, and every penny must be spent wisely.

In raising pigeons, the biggest cost is administrative expenses, not the pigeons themselves.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the carrier pigeon, it was a gray-black pigeon, not the usual big white pigeon, with a whistle like a bamboo tube tied to its foot, when it flew up, it sounded like a whistle.

This whistle is to show that this pigeon is a pigeon raised by the imperial court, please don't shoot it.

Contrary to what Zhu Qiyu thought, the pigeon's letter was not tied to his feet, but carried on his back.

Compared with ordinary meat pigeons, the feathers of this homing pigeon are gray and black, with a wide beak, big eyes, smaller body, white and compact nose, and quite soft feathers.

Zhu Qiyu played with the pigeon in his hand, and suddenly he was taken aback. Could his posthumous name in the future be Ming Pigeon Sect?
But he quickly let go of this idea, and chatted with Yu Qian about pigeon breeding and communication.

"Yu Shaobao, where did this pigeon come from?" Zhu Qiyu asked curiously.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "Actually, the pigeons I raise are named Fengweiqi, which are from Shaanxi. There are also more than [-] kinds of pigeons such as Wushan Snow, Bright Wings, Boot Toe, and Shegong."

"The "Horse Companion Classic" says: The head of a horse is king and if you want to get the square, then the pigeon will say: the eyes are the eyes of the prime minister. If you want to get clarity. Whether the horse's head is square or the pigeon is good depends on whether the eyes are clear."

"I wrote a book called "The Classic of Pigeons" with less than [-] words. It starts from five aspects: pigeons, suits, flying, jumping, and allusions, and generally discusses pigeon breeding."

Yu Qian handed his "The Book of Pigeons" to His Majesty, and said with a smile, "It's not finished yet."

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help thinking of "On Tung Oil", the value of this thing is self-evident.

Daming people are always like this, going around in circles, and finally got around to the matter of writing books and talking about it.

Zhu Qiyu put away the "The Book of Pigeons" and said: "Yu Shaobao, some people will scold you, saying that you are wasting the country's money, playing with things and losing your ambition."

Yu Qian said indifferently: "If you scold, you can scold, and you won't lose two pieces of meat. Now the test method is on their heads. If you don't want to do something, you will lose your official title."

The coolest test method in the world hangs high above your head. If you fail to complete the test method, you will have to suffer. In the matter of choosing to play with things and lose one's ambition or to choose to deteriorate in the test, it is natural to choose to complete the test method.

Before scolding Yu Qian for playing with things and losing his ambition, he must first scold the emperor for being extremely cruel.

The past dynasties have always been very easy to fall into a vicious circle. After reaching the peak, they often start to turn from prosperity to decline. There are countless reasons for this, but one thing is certain.

As time goes on, the society has gradually become exaggerated, focusing only on form, engaging in face-saving projects, superficial articles, and not paying attention to actual results.

Manifested in the officialdom, it is the phenomenon of deception, false reports and false reports. Cover up if you can, block you if you can, use the emperor's words as a fart, use the imperial decree as a piece of paper, and use a chicken feather as an arrow. both.

It is manifested in the folks, that is, the phenomenon of luxury and luxury competition is extremely serious. Compared with cars, clothes, makeup, number of maids, birds, crickets, etc., the atmosphere of comparison and competition for luxury is strong.

This is an inevitable trend of social development. Since we want to compare, how about comparing pigeons?
Zhu Qiyu chatted with Yu Qian for a long time, and unknowingly went back to the question of Jeju Island.

"It's very interesting." Zhu Qiyu said curiously: "Once we complete the deployment of Jeju Island and the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese pirates will not be able to go around and attack my Ming Dynasty. Only by ensuring the safety of the sea and the border can we keep Daming safe and peaceful."

Before Zhu Qiyu came to Daming, he always felt that the ancients were a bit cumbersome in marching and fighting.

Why can't they bypass cities and passes and go straight to the capital?
His question is mainly because he saw the light infantry of the Volunteer Army of later generations, appearing and disappearing at every turn, and the question arose after making roundabout raids for thousands of miles.

After he arrived in Daming, he realized that the tactics of big interspersed and big roundabouts are extremely difficult to implement!
Even in the 21th and [-]st centuries, there is only one store with no other branches that can achieve this kind of tactics of interspersed and roundabout.

Zhu Qiyu said excitedly: "And the cost spent on Ryukyu and Jeju Island is far lower than the cost of setting up an inspection department along the coast."

The more than 300 inspection departments deployed along the coast collapsed one after another during the Xuande and Zhengtong years, and the soldiers of the military guards fled to the village.

One of the reasons why the inspection department was abolished was that it was too expensive.

The corruption of the inspection department system is a footnote of the 24 years of Xingwenwuwu.

The corruption of this system brought unforgettable tragedies to Ming Dynasty. The Japanese invasion that intensified during the Jiajing period was the price.

The corruption of the inspection department was not only due to the reversal of the court's policy, but also a large part of the reason was its high price, which included people's livelihood and military equipment.Tuntian, ship repair and so on.

There are two solutions. The first is to move the borders and move the people from the coast to the interior. This is what the Qing court did, but it couldn't be carried out after three years.

The second method is to type out.

Garrisoning on Jeju Island and Ryukyu Island can effectively alleviate the Japanese invasion at a small cost. It is impossible for the Japanese pirates to bypass these two strategic locations and go straight to Daming.

Garrisoning troops in these two places is much, much cheaper than the more than [-] inspection departments.

Chen Mao finally said, "Your Majesty, in the Northern Song Dynasty, culture and martial arts were promoted, and thousands of cities were built, but it was useless."

"The Jin people can drive straight for thousands of miles, spare the city, and it took four months to fight from Beiya to Kaifeng."

Throughout the dynasties, the meaning of a city is that it must be breached, but anyone who wants to spare it means that he has handed over his back to the opponent.

The opponent can attack back and forth with large groups of troops, or harass with small groups of troops. If neither of these two courageous generals can harass the opponent's supply line, as long as the opponent's supply line is cut off, the opponent will be starved to death.

However, in the two battles of Kaifeng at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin people used various jump-frog tactics to bypass various cities and even hit the foot of Lin'an City.

Both Chen Mao and Yang Hong used the example of the Northern Song Dynasty to persuade His Majesty to emphasize literature over military affairs.

Using literature to control military force is a necessary means of politicizing the military, but to promote literature and military force is too much.

Yu Qian said with emotion: "At the beginning, Erye Guan devoted himself to the Northern Expedition and handed over his back to his allies, but Sun Quan's children attacked and occupied Jingzhou from behind, which eventually led to defeat in Maicheng, which is sad and deplorable."

In the 24th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao said that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was in Xuchang, which was too close to Jingzhou.

Then Sun Quan attacked Jingzhou from behind when Guan Yu and Cao Cao were fighting, and finally drove Guan Yu to a dead end.

After capturing and killing Guan Yu, Sun Quan took Guan Yu's head as a congratulatory gift, bowed his head to Cao Cao, and persuaded Cao Cao to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor to replace Han. Cao Cao angrily denounced Sun Quan as a child!
Even Cao Cao, who considers himself a hero, still despises Sun Quan's actions after receiving monstrous benefits.

At that time, Sun Liu was an alliance, and this behavior of betraying the alliance was not only a moral issue, but also a strategic issue.

Sun Wu occupied Jingzhou, and Cao Wei was not afraid at all, because from then on, Sun Wu only wanted to stay in a corner, and didn't want to go to the Northern Expedition at all, just muddling along.

The meaning of Shu Han occupying Jingzhou is completely different.

Even if it is to hand over the back to the allies, it is still not safe.

Zhu Qiyu, Yu Qian, and Chen Mao are all discussing the military, political, and economic significance of Jeju Island and the Ryukyu Islands, which are of great importance.

This means Antai in the coastal area of ​​Daming, and Antai in the coastal area of ​​Daming.

Yu Qian looked at Jeju Island, sighed and said, "I'm afraid Li Yu won't give it."

"Compared to the Japanese invaders, North Korea is more afraid of Daming, because the Japanese invaded North Korea, they can ask Daming to rescue them."

"But if Ming Dynasty occupies Jeju Island, North Korea is behind Jeju Island, and Ming Dynasty must plot North Korea."

"If you make a strong plan, it will inevitably lead to the alliance between North Korea and Japan, and the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the North Korean monarchs and ministers also understand."

Yu Qian changed his position and thought about it, standing on North Korea's standpoint, thinking about the problem, North Korea may not be willing to give Daming Jeju Island.

"It's up to him." Zhu Qiyu said calmly.

Yu Qian saw that he failed to persuade Renshu again, so he could only look at North Korea's position with a heavy face, and fell into deep thought.

If North Korea is beaten by Japanese pirates, you can call your father for help. What if North Korea is beaten by Do Daming?
Where did he go for help?
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the streets are decorated with lanterns and festoons. This year, the streets of the capital are mostly children. They run in groups on the streets, with willow branches inserted in the corners of their two buns, and on the clothes of their parents. The patch for her was also replaced by a swing patch.

And the capital has also become a sea of ​​flowers. Begonias and hostas bloom all over the capital, and every family offers moon cakes, melons and fruits, and waits for the willow branches on the moon. After burning incense, they drink and eat.

There are countless flower fairs inside and outside the capital, and there are a lot of people who go out to enjoy the flowers, so it is very lively.

From the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone in Ming Dynasty is a gourd Jingbuzi, and the gourd is Fulu.

And when it comes to the Lantern Festival, it is the Lantern Festival Buzi, and the capital is always a Lantern Festival with thousands of colorful lanterns.

When it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, there are five poisonous Aihu Buzi, decorated with five poisons, implying the elimination of five poisons, exorcising evil and avoiding harm.

On the Qixi Festival, there are Magpie Bridge Buzi, on the Double Ninth Festival, there are King Chrysanthemum Buzi, and on the Winter Solstice, there is Yangsheng Buzi.

Everywhere in the capital is lively, and there are especially many children this year.

Xing'an opened the windows. In August, the weather turns cold and the wind blows. Normally, His Majesty is not here, so the windows will be opened for an hour to ventilate.

Today, His Majesty was in the imperial study, but he still opened the window because incense was being burned in the room.

Xing'an's complexion was rather heavy, which was incompatible with the cheerful atmosphere of the capital.

Because His Majesty has not returned to Tai'an Palace these days, but has been living in the Lecture Hall.

Every few days during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhu Qiyu's hostility became extremely heavy.

In the imperial study room of the lecture hall, he set up the spirit tablets of the soldiers who died in the civil fort, and Xing'an put up sacrifices on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

His Majesty lit three sticks of incense, and the rising smoke enveloped the spirit tablet between the incense sticks.

Xing'an didn't know if Daming had gradually forgotten the wound of the Tumubao defeat, but he knew that His Majesty hadn't.

"Do you think I'm hypocritical?" Zhu Qiyu asked in a daze.

Every year during the sacrifice, he would see the fantasy that those heroic spirits who died in the Tumu Fort had completely lost their original violence and just looked at him quietly.

Xing'an was startled, bowed his head and said, "I dare not! I don't even think so!"

"Receiving the dirt of the country is for the lord of the country; receiving the bad luck of the country is for the lord of the world!"

"Your Majesty always remembers the shame of Daming that day! It is the luck of Daming!"

After Xing'an finished speaking, he didn't wait for His Majesty's response. The sweat dripped from his temples. He looked up a little, only to realize that His Majesty was just talking to himself, not talking to him at all.

Because of His Majesty's eyes, he was a little absent-minded.

After the incense candle was burned out, Zhu Qiyu's eyes regained his clarity. Looking at Xing'an bowing his head to plead guilty, he said with a smile: "Let's be flat, I'm not asking you, I'm asking myself."

Zhu Qiyu was asking her heart.

Xing'an took down the sacrifice and turned the spirit card inside. No one knew what was written on the card, except for Xing'an and Zhu Qiyu.

"Your Majesty, there is a happy event. Concubine Li Shu gave birth to a daughter yesterday, and Chen Zhaoyi gave birth to a unicorn today."

His Majesty was not in the Tai'an Palace for the past few days, and His Majesty was extremely hostile. It was not until after offering sacrifices to the dead that Xing'an mentioned the good news.

Li Xi'er gave birth to a daughter, and Chen Wanniang gave birth to a son.

Because of Chen Wanniang's bad background, she was just an ordinary Zhaoyi when she became pregnant.

In the third year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao banned nine concubines, and the court of the Ming Dynasty only had one empress and three wives. Of course, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had many concubines.

"Hu Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has listed a few names. Your Majesty, please give a name to the emperor's heir." Xing'an took out a memorial, which Hu Wei had prepared a long time ago.

Hu Wei is now the prince's young teacher, and is responsible for teaching the studies of the emperor's heirs in Tai'an Palace.

"That's it, Concubine Li Shu's daughter, named Zhu Jianrong. Chen Zhaoyi's unicorn son Zhu Jianze." Zhu Qiyu circled two names.

Now Zhu Qiyu has four princes, the eldest son Zhu Jianji, the first son Zhu Jiancheng, the third prince Zhu Jianjun, the fourth prince Zhu Jianze, and three daughters, the eldest daughter Zhu Jianwei, the second daughter Zhu Jianzhi, and the third daughter Zhu Jianrong.

There is also a adopted son, Zhu Yu.

This is Zhu Jianjun's mischievousness the most. After all, his mother Tang Yunyan faced the attack on Tai'an Palace and was pregnant and eager to try.

Zhu Yu is the most stable.

Zhu Yu was the child of Duntai Yuanhou. His father died in Bianye, and his mother died of hemorrhage during childbirth. The child still had jaundice and was finally rescued by Lu Zicai.

Zhu Jianji is the most intelligent, and his academic progress is the fastest. The two princes, Hu Wei and Wang Zhi, are the most satisfied with Zhu Jianji's studies.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked suspiciously: "Princess Elena of the Great Qin Kingdom, when will she enter the palace, has it been decided?"

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