Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 152 Layout of North Korea
"My lord, is She Chongming really willing to give us three thousand armor?"

Southwest, Guizhou Zhijinguan, Xuanweitong magistrate, when a middle-aged man dressed in Ming Dynasty Shanwenjia and wearing a Yi headdress asked the person in front of him.

In front of him was An Bangyan, who was sitting behind the desk and dressed in Han Chinese uniform.

He is not tall, even a little short, but about five feet tall, and his appearance is very ordinary, but he is a little fairer than ordinary Yi men.

Hearing what his subordinates said, An Bangyan slowly opened his eyes, and then said:
"What did Song Wanhua say?"

"Song Xuanwei said, Shuixi and Shuidong's family, as long as Shuixi raises troops, Shuidong will follow." The general responded, and An Bangyan lowered his eyes and said:
"Tell She Chongming, Wuqian Tiejia, if he agrees, Song Wanhua and I will raise troops to respond to him, and attack Sun Chuanting in Bijie Mansion!"

"But the time to raise troops must be set in winter, until it snows!"

"Snow?" The general was a little puzzled, snow is not a good thing for them.

It's just his confusion, which was seen by An Bangyan, and he explained:
"If it snows heavily in Guizhou this year, then Sichuan, Huguang, and the Central Plains and the north will all be covered in heavy snow. When the Yellow River freezes, it will take four to five months for the soldiers and horses from Beizhili to reach Guizhou even if they want to mobilize."

"At that time, I had already drank the Yangtze River and approached Changde!" A hint of greed flashed in An Bangyan's eyes.

He once went to Changde in Huguang when he was young, and he will never forget the prosperity of that place in his life!
As long as Changde is defeated, they can confront the Ming court across the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake, and Xiangshui River.

At that time, many chieftains from Xingdusi in Sichuan, southern Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places will see that the Ming court has lost power, and they will attack in groups!

In the southwestern land, An Bangyan knew very well how many chieftains wanted to rebel openly and secretly.

Many chieftains were dissatisfied with the Ming court's reform of land in the southwest, but it was only due to the strength of the Ming court.

But right now, Shenyang City has been besieged several times, Saarhu's [-] troops have been buried, and troops have been mobilized from all over the country to help Liao. It is very empty, and it is a good time to revolt!
An Bangyan couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and he held his thigh tightly with his left hand. After a few seconds, he continued to raise his head and said:

"As long as She Chongming agrees to the conditions, the two of us will use Bijie as the boundary, and the prefectures and counties north and west of Bijie will be his."

"The places south and east of Bijie, as many as I lay down, are mine!"

"But my lord, Song Wanhua from Shuidong..." The general hesitantly mentioned the Song family from Shuidong, but An Bangyan only hesitated for a few seconds before saying:

"Guangxi, Guangdong, and the south of Changde, so many of them belong to the Song family!"

"In addition, ask someone to send a letter to all the chieftains of the An family, and ask them to wait for my order..."

An Bangyan's eyes were deep, and the general was terrified, just because the meaning of this sentence was that even if She Chongming didn't agree, his lord would still rebel.

Thinking about it, the three major chieftains plus countless small chieftains under their command have a population of nearly one hundred thousand, which is several times the number of Yang Yinglong and his like back then.

Since Yang Yinglong can create such a great power, it is impossible for the three of them, who are also the four chieftains, to overthrow the southwestern corner of the Ming court!
"Get back!"

As soon as An Bangyan waved his hand, the general retreated, and half an hour later, scouting horses riding Shuixi horses sent letters to various chieftains under the Shuixian clan, and even some guards were implicated.

At the same time as the letter was sent, fast horses also rushed to send news from all over Guizhou to the capital at a speed of eight hundred miles.

On the fourth day of September, copies of important information marked with Class A in Beizhen Fusizhong were sent to Li Ruolian's desk.

At the same time, Cui Yingyuan of Nanzhen Fusi also received the news, and rushed to the outer court with the information anxiously, preparing to send the military information to Zhu Youxiao one step ahead of time, so as to show his merits.

But when he just entered Donghua Gate, he saw Li Ruolian with five or six people carrying first-class information, and the other party had already crossed the Jinshui Bridge, one step ahead of him.

"Straight thief!"

Seeing the back of Li Ruolian leading people towards the East Palace, Cui Yingyuan stomped his feet angrily, then he could only grit his teeth and leave disappointed.

But after he left, Li Ruolian sent copies of the military information to Xuqin Palace in the East Palace, and handed it to Zhu Youjian's desk with his own hands.

"It's a good job this time..."

Accompanied by Zhu Youjian's words, Li Ruolian in Xuqin Palace raised his head, and at first glance saw Zhu Youjian sitting in the main seat, and Lu Wenzhao and Cao Huachun sitting on the left and right sides. There was sitting next to Lu Wenzhao, an unknown Jin Yiwei.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your compliment!" Li Ruolian bowed in return, and Zhu Youjian turned his head sideways and said to Lu Wenzhao:

"Where is Ma Xianglin?"

"Returning to Your Highness, I have already returned to the stone pillar." Lu Wenzhao bowed in return.

"Lu Jianxing, where is the food under your command?" Zhu Youjian asked again, and also revealed the identity of the person sitting next to Lu Wenzhao.

At this moment, Lu Jianxing has put on the clothes of commanding colleagues, and he is very handsome. However, his business experience in the past year has made his temperament more complicated and smoother.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's question, he subconsciously wanted to get up, but Lu Wenzhao held down his thigh, so he bowed belatedly and said:

"Your Highness, more than [-] million shi of grain from Sichuan has been escorted by my second brother Shen Lian. It left Sichuan from Chongqing and arrived in Wuchang."

"According to the time, we should leave Yangzhou and enter the Huaihe River in ten days, go to sea to Liaodong, and arrive in Zhenjiang in one month."

"Okay..." Zhu Youjian raised his hand, Lu Jianxing also closed his mouth, and Zhu Youjian also said to Li Ruolian:

"This is Lu Tongzhi from the Jinyiwei Supervision Department in the future. You should get to know him well in the future."

"Yes..." When Li Ruolian heard that Lu Jianxing was actually the commander of the Supervision Department, Li Ruolian felt terrified.

He squeezed a smile at Lu Jianxing, and Lu Jianxing was still immersed in his promotion to command Tongzhi and supervise the power of the Nanbei Town Fusi.

Seeing Li Ruolian smiling at him, Lu Jianxing also forced a smile, and then stopped talking.

"Go and do your work." Zhu Youjian said to Li Ruolian, and Li Ruolian also knew that he couldn't get into this circle right now, he needed to accumulate time and show his loyalty.

Regarding this, he left with interest, and Zhu Youjian said after he left:
"Although the three chieftains in Guizhou are powerful, they are not unstoppable. On the contrary, this is a good opportunity."

"Maybe after the war, we can take advantage of the trend to promote the reform of the land in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places, and the abolition of the guards."

"If the land is reformed and the guards are abolished successfully, there will be another [-] million mu of military farmland."

"What Your Highness said is true." Lu Wenzhao bowed and said:
"It's just that the current strength of the troops is not enough?"

"Everything depends on the government of the state of Qian. I expect that Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan will not dare to send troops. At that time, they can be imprisoned for disobeying the imperial decree. Then find a chance to send the government of the state of Qian to the government. Move out." Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Qianguo government is not as simple as what later generations said. In fact, the power struggle started from the time of Zhu Di.

At the beginning, Zhu Di moved King Min to confront the Duke of Guizhou, but failed. After that, the Duke of Qian became more and more powerful, and it was even more out of control in the late Ming Dynasty.

In history, An Bangyan in Guizhou rebelled, and the Ming court ordered Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan to go out to fight. They were afraid and had many excuses.

After the death of Mu Changzuo in the fourth year of Tianqi, Mu Qiyuan seized the title of duke of Qianguo, and Mu Qiyuan was frivolous and lawless.

After the house slave was arrested, Mu Qiyuan actually mobilized troops and aimed artillery at the patrol office.

After this incident broke out, the government and the public were shaken. It can be said that Mu Qiyuan was slapping the Ming Dynasty in the face.

Zhu Youjian didn't kill them because the Mu family had guarded the land for the Ming Dynasty, the Han people, and China for more than two hundred years.

What's more, unlike Shuntian and Yingtian's nobles, the Mu family still has more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Mu clan in their hands, and most of these soldiers and horses are local officials and Mu clan's children as generals.

But if they don't do anything, the Mu family will occupy another third of the fields in Yunnan, which will damage the interests of the Ming Dynasty in disguise.

Therefore, the easiest thing to do is to take advantage of this opportunity to collect the farmland in the hands of the Mu Mansion and move them to other places.

As for this place, Zhu Youjian has also thought about it. It is the southeast of Burma, today's Meng Gen Mansion.

Move them there, maybe you can wait for the opportunity to recover the three propaganda and six comforts.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian returned to reality, and continued to say to everyone:
"The abolition of the four provinces needs to wait until the end of the war, so the main energy right now is still on the three towns in Shanxi."

"Currently, the Sixteen Outer Guards Battalion of Yanshan Camp has been training for four months, and there are still more than [-] people without armor."

"I estimate the time, at most by the end of October, we will be able to send troops to dismantle the guards in Shanxi and the southern part of Northern Zhili."

"This matter needs to be dealt with before it is played. Even the emperor will not tell the nobles. You must be strict with your mouth. You can continue to do things, but you can't talk nonsense."

"The humble job is clear..." Lu Wenzhao and others bowed one after another, while Zhu Youjian continued:
"Once the abolition of Shanxi and the southern part of Beizhili is fermented, Guizhou is likely to rebel, and the old slaves will even wait for the opportunity."

"On the North Korean side, the Beizhen Fusi must hurry up. It is best to find out whether North Korea has any private trade with Jianlu before it is abolished."

"If Jianlu didn't conduct private trade with North Korea, the old slave would definitely attack North Korea."

"However, if there is trade between the two parties, the old slave should raid the Beishan Jurchen tribe in the north, or the barbarians, and form an alliance with Horqin in the west."

"And we can seize this opportunity to let Yang Hao expose the trade issue between North Korea and Houjin, and then seize the opportunity to transfer troops to North Korea, and even stationed in Chongjin (northwest North Korea)."

"Your Highness, if there is evidence, why didn't you abolish Li Hui directly?" Cao Huachun made a bow and asked puzzledly, while Lu Wenzhao explained:
"Although the matter of abolishing the king is refreshing, it does not solve the problem. It will even make the new king who succeeds me afraid of me, Daming."

"Thus, the garrison of troops can damage Li Hui's prestige, so that when the hidden people in North Korea surfaced, they launched a rebellion."

"At that time, when the new king succeeds to the throne, he will definitely flatter us in order to obtain an orthodox position."

"At that time, it may be possible to make a request to increase the garrison in North Korea."

Lu Wenzhao expressed Zhu Youjian's thoughts. In Zhu Youjian's view, it is difficult to conquer countries with a population of more than [-] million such as North Korea and Japan with a butcher's knife.

What should be used most is to station troops in places that are beneficial, and then use the tribute physique of the Ming Dynasty to infiltrate them with culture, and finally when the culture is almost infiltrated, other people of color will suddenly be moved out.

At this time, skin color, etiquette, and culture can be used to distinguish the enemy from the enemy.

Without steam engines, there would be no ships, no trains, and no real control over large territories.

Head west?It can be developed, but after conquering the central Asian river area, it reached its limit.

For those with legal principles, such as three declarations and six comforts, the old port, the governor of Luzon, the governor of Annan, etc., they can all be restored and governed by "wanghua".

Nanyang has been suffering from Western barbarians for a long time. Daming must use his identity as a big country to save them and stay there to contribute to local education.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help being a little proud.

He is about twelve years old, as long as he doesn't take some medicine like his ancestors, judging from the blood and physique of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Jiajing and Wanli, it is easy to live to sixty years old.

More than forty years is enough to initially spread the Ming culture in these places.

But to fight a war, you need money. If you don't have enough money, you don't have enough food. Everything is empty talk.

Wars require money, and relocation of people requires food. These two points are the key points, which represent whether Daming can survive the long Little Ice Age.

The Qing Dynasty was able to survive the severe drought that was borne by the Ming Dynasty, and then the low temperature period from 1644 to 1720, and because of the massacres when it entered the customs, the population was small and the land was large, which made it barely able to survive.

How many Han people were slaughtered in the Qing Dynasty?Countless, it is impossible for Zhu Youjian to follow suit and slaughter his own people.

Therefore, he had to complete the migration of the people in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places with the worst drought seven years before the apocalypse.

As long as the most difficult seventeen-year drought is over, the remaining low-temperature period can be slowly relocated, or the grain from Southeast Asia can be transported northward and distributed to Changping warehouses in various places to fight the drought.

Zhu Youjian rubbed his brows, then looked up at Lu Jianxing and said:
"All the food in the Yumajian is sold in Liaodong. How long will it take for your line to sell it?"

His question was handed over to Lu Jianxing, but Lu Jianxing looked distressed and said:

"Including the grain from Nanchang and Sichuan, if the land tax is not paid, it will be [-] million shi. It may take three to four months to sell off such a large amount of grain."

"According to my humble opinion, it is still necessary to set up imperial stores throughout Liaodong, and use them to sell rice to suppress the rising grain prices in Liaodong."

Lu Jianxing's words made Zhu Youjian frown, but he knew it was true.

Sixteen million shi, if you sell them in Liaodong, you will definitely make a lot of money, but the time is too slow, and the transportation time is also very long.

The only disadvantage of handing over to Huangdian is that it is easy to collide with Liaodong generals and servants who secretly sell military rations, causing dissatisfaction.

Zhu Youjian is still going to clean up Shanxi first, and then clean up Liaodong.

But right now, it seems that if you want to clean up Shanxi and maintain the operation of the Yumajian, you must first set up the Imperial Store.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said to Cao Huachun:
"You ask someone to write a letter to Cheng En, and give [-] taels of silver to open a royal store in the whole of Liaodong. The time limit is one month!"

After all, Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Jianxing again and said:
"You and Cheng En will do it. After the [-] million shi grains are sold out, we will keep [-] million taels of silver, and the rest of the silver taels will go to Huguang and Sichuan to buy grain. We must buy the grain of this amount of silver before the spring planting. "

"A lowly official takes orders!" Lu Jianxing saluted back, while Zhu Youjian frowned.

He didn't prepare the food for the Yumajian, but for Mangui and Daning Sanwei, as well as the Hetao that he planned to clean up in the next year or two.

The difficulty of reclamation in Hetao is lower than that of Daning Sanwei, but even so, tens, even hundreds of thousands, or millions of people migrated, and the grain needed for three years of reclamation is an astronomical figure.

It is not difficult to eat all the food of the Yumajian in a year, not to mention that Zhu Youjian has to supply the three guards of Daning.

When Shanxi and Hetao are cleaned up and the middle and lower reaches of the Liaohe River are determined to be reclaimed, it is time to clean up Liaodong and recover Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places.

If Nurhaci is still in the mountains by then, Daming can go north to defeat the Tuman and Horqin, and occupy the Horqin Grassland and the Songnen Plain.

Stone forts were set up at the mountain pass one after another, and small groups of people were used to harass them. When they were exhausted, it was time to make meritorious deeds in one fell swoop.

Of course, this is the plan, and the plan often does not change as fast, but the plan will also change with the change.

"Pay close attention to the old slave's movements." Zhu Youjian finally explained to Lu Wenzhao, and then waved for everyone to disperse.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao and Lu Jianxing bowed and retreated, while Cao Huachun stepped forward and said:
"Your Highness, the people from the Royal Horse Supervisor transported grain to Daning Sanwei to see that it can indeed be reclaimed, but it consumes a lot of energy."

"According to the eunuch who went there, three oxen share one plow to plow the meadow, and every third part of the plow requires a new rope."

"Man Zongbing also admitted that even if [-] people go there and tens of thousands of cattle go, I am afraid that before the Zhengdan Festival, they will only be able to reclaim [-] to [-] mu at most."

"The speed is good." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and said again:
"If possible, let Mangui and the others try to build the canals of Liaoze first, build dams, and then fill Liaoze with sand, or divert water from the Laoha River and Liaoze into the sand, raise livestock in captivity, and use livestock dung rich sand."

Zhu Youjian knew that the south of Daning Sanwei was Liaoze, and the west was sandy land. There were only tens of thousands of acres of easily cultivated land.

But the sandy land is different from the desert. After the sandy land has been fattened, it can be used for farming after being diverted from water sources. Moreover, the sandy land in Daning Sanwei is caused by poor grazing, not a lack of water source.

As long as the water from the Laoha River is collected into the sandy land and fattened, more than [-] mu of arable land can be reclaimed and tens of thousands of people can be fed.

It is better to be able to feed more than to starve to death without land.

Zhu Youjian sighed, then shook his head, turned and walked into the study.

Cao Huachun followed up, and then saw Zhu Youjian writing the pen and spreading the scroll. Seeing this, Cao Huachun called the eunuchs to fetch paint.

Stacks of precious paints worth thousands of gold were brought up, and then painted by Zhu Youjian bit by bit.

It has to be said that after inheriting Chongzhen's body, Zhu Youjian's traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, and quyi really grew overnight.

Even though he had never studied traditional Chinese painting, with the muscle memory of his body and the memory in his brain, he quickly drew the scenery of a stone table in the deep mountains and a female general in armor, taking off his saddle to rest.

"call……"

Slightly relieved, Zhu Youjian picked up his pen again.

[Learn the eight formations of Xichuan, and hold the military talisman in the sleeve of the mandarin duck.The reason is that women are willing to accept it, so why should the general be her husband. 】

After finishing writing, Zhu Youjian asked someone to frame the painting, while Cao Huachun served an iced drink and asked:

"Your Highness wrote to Mrs. Qin?"

Zhu Youjian took a sip, nodded slightly and said: "Give it to the emperor first, please send the armor from the ordnance department of the military department to the stone pillar, and send this painting in the name of the emperor."

"This... is..." Hearing what His Royal Highness said, Cao Huachun felt that something was wrong, but he nodded slightly in agreement.

But just like Zhu Youjian loves his royal brother, the elder brother naturally loves the younger brother more.

"Why do I need my younger brother to give up my name? I am the emperor and everyone in the world knows my name. Let me give this name to my younger brother."

When the painting was brought to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Youzheng was eating with Queen Zhang Yan.

When Cao Huachun handed in the painting, Zhu Youxiao's heart warmed up, but he immediately said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Have someone fetch the King Qi's golden seal that I just made and stamp it on, and then tell Qin Liangyu not to disappoint my brother's painstaking efforts."

"Your maidservant takes orders..." Wei Zhongxian immediately asked someone to take out a cloud and tiger gold seal when he heard the words. After it was stained with inkpad, he stamped it on the painting.

Zhu Youxiao took the golden seal and handed it to Cao Huachun with one hand: "You don't need to tell my brother that I carved it."

"This...Long live..." Cao Huachun took it in a hurry, and Zhu Youxiao also smiled and looked sideways at Queen Zhang Yan and said:
"Bao Zhu, you need to love my younger brother like me."

"The love between Long Live and the King of Qi has long been spread throughout Beizhili..." Zhang Yan smiled slightly, her glamorous appearance made some eunuchs beside her swallow their saliva.

Zhu Youxiao's heart was also itching to see it. After all, they had only been married for more than four months, so there was still some freshness.

Seeing that the food was almost ready, Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand and said:

"Okay, let's get rid of the meal." After finishing speaking, he said to Zhang Yan: "Go to your Kunning Palace tonight."

"Yes..." Zhang Yanhong fluttered her face, as if water was about to drip, but Zhu Youxiao grinned, and immediately pulled Zhang Yan to leave.

But before leaving, he paused, then turned to Cao Huachun and said:

"By the way, Huachun, I made a two-foot-long model of a cargo ship, and you ask someone to move it for my brother to have a look at."

"If there is no problem, you can use the wood dried in the shade by the Tianjin Navy and the Denglai Navy to make the cargo ship first."

"The maidservant leads the order..." Cao Huachun bowed in return, and seeing this, Zhu Youxiao also smiled and pulled Zhang Yan to run towards Kunning Palace.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian and others followed, but they did not forget to leave a dozen or so eunuchs for Cao Huachun to drive the cargo ship.

Cao Huachun looked at the back of the emperor and empress and Wei Zhongxian leaving, heaved a sigh of relief, followed the instructions to find the cargo ship, and couldn't help but be taken aback the first time he saw it.

(End of this chapter)