Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

"Could it be that Prime Minister Hu had prepared it in advance?" Li Wenzhong asked.

Just as Yang Xian said, Hu Weiyong's plan was too perfect and could not be formulated in just half a day. However, if he suspected Hu Weiyong's ulterior motives just because of this, it was still too much in Li Wenzhong's opinion.

News of the border invasion by various countries broke out yesterday.

It can be seen from Hu Weiyong's performance in the court that Hu Weiyong is a staunch fighter. It is not impossible to say that he prepared for the next expedition in advance.

One day, although there is still a bit of a rush in terms of time, but it is still more acceptable than having to come up with such a nearly perfect combat plan immediately after the morning meeting at the Military Aircraft Department.

This is the only reasonable explanation that can be made.

Tang He on the side also agreed with this statement.

Yang Xian smiled and said, "Maybe I'm overthinking, but there's one more thing that needs to be noted. According to Prime Minister Hu's plan, even the troops from the Beijing camp will be dispatched in large numbers to guard the city during the next period. The work in the capital still needs to be properly arranged by Tang Shuai and Cao Guogong before leaving for the expedition. "

The eight fronts are fighting at the same time, and there are simply not enough troops from all over the country. There is no way to call in the troops from the Beijing camp.

Although Yang Xian said this with a smile, Tang He and Li Wenzhong still understood the meaning of the words.

The two looked at each other and nodded with heavy expressions.

Tang He said in a deep voice: "It is very important to defend the capital. Bao'er and I will try our best to control the number of soldiers deployed in the capital camp to a minimum. From now on, the safety of the capital will be entrusted to Duke Yang."

As he spoke, Tang He and Li Wenzhong bowed to Yang Xian at the same time.

The two of them are also on the list of personnel for this expedition.

Yang Xian quickly helped the two of them up.

"As long as I am here, the capital will be there, and Ming Dynasty will be there."

The autumn of Hongwu's twelfth year was more deserted than in previous years.

Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang decided to conquer the eight countries at the same time, the entire Ming Dynasty was preparing for this unprecedented expedition.

The armies mobilized from various places are heading to their respective battlefields according to established routes, and now they have basically settled on the borders of various places in the Ming Dynasty.

Grains, as well as military rations such as compressed biscuits and cans, are also continuously transported to the borders.

For this expedition, a total of 600,000 infantry, 100,000 cavalry, and nearly 300,000 horses were mobilized from various places.

There are still 200,000 troops in the capital and Zhongdu camp, and 100,000 naval troops set out at the same time.

Without the transportation system that Yang Xian had built in Daming over the years, it would have been impossible to prepare such a large-scale dispatch of troops, horses, and food in such a short period of time.

Similarly, Yang Xian’s invention of canned food and compressed biscuits did not solve the military ration problem. With the original situation of the Ming Dynasty, it could not support the logistics of such a large-scale expedition.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ming Dynasty is now rich.

The essence of war is to burn money.

With the money of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, it would be more than enough to fight a war of this scale again even if it happened again.

This was also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang dared to make the decision to conquer all nations. Hundreds of years later in the original time and space, there was a person who made the same choice as Zhu Yuanzhang.

But pride with strength is called self-confidence, and without strength is called arrogance.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was about to clean the door of his house and point his sword at the whole world, an undercurrent surged.

Beijing.

Prime Minister's House.

Listening to his adopted son Tu Jie's report on the status of the various expeditionary forces, Hu Weiyong looked at the tea in the cup quietly, raising the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

Everything went smoothly according to his plan. Most of Huaixi's martial arts heroes are Hu Weiyong's old friends, and almost all Huaixi's civil servants follow his lead.

After Li Shanchang returned to his home, and Xu Da's previous actions of deliberately keeping a distance from Lan Yu and others, Hu Weiyong, who took over as Zhongshu Zuo's prime minister, can be said to be the big brother of Huaixi nobles now.

The true leader of hundreds of officials, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang's series of reforms.

Even before the army was restructured, Hu Weiyong never thought of rebelling against the Ming Dynasty.

Or to put it another way, I dare not.

No matter how arrogant he is, he only dares to play with the power of the prime minister and get involved in the imperial power. Even if you lend him a hundred courages, he will not dare.

Because Hu Weiyong knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was the absolute authority in the land of Ming Dynasty.

From the time he defected to Zhu Yuanzhang in the first year of Longfeng, he witnessed Zhu Yuanzhang step by step becoming the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Hu Weiyong knew Zhu Yuanzhang's terror better than anyone else.

He made friends with Huaixi nobles, established his own power in the court, and a series of other actions were just for self-protection.

But things are different now.

He saw clearly that in the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power, one party would die in the end.

Hu Weiyong was reluctant to part with the power in his hands, and he also didn't want to die.

It is equivalent to saying that Hu Weiyong was cornered and forced to make a choice.

This is internal cause.

Of course, if it was just because of this, he would still choose to remain dormant.

More important are external factors.

The series of reforms promoted by Ming Dynasty in recent years created a golden opportunity for Hu Weiyong.

Because of the tax system reform, official administration reform, and military reform, the nobles of Huaixi were forced to a dead end.

Especially after the death of Zhu Liangzu and others, some people were in constant panic. Many of these people had done no less immoral things than Zhu Liangzu, and they were also afraid that they would follow in Zhu Liangzu's footsteps.

The mutiny triggered by the military reform was their method of resistance, but unfortunately it ended in failure.

These people had no choice but to seek refuge with Hu Weiyong.

The second is the restructuring of the diplomatic and tributary systems, which not only cancels the benefits originally provided to neighboring countries, but also directly enforces the Ming Dynasty treasure money in their countries to carry out economic colonization.

It also pushed these countries to oppose the Ming Dynasty. They were afraid of the Ming Dynasty's force and did not dare to take any action.

Hu Weiyong saw this and connected all the countries together. Together with Japan's ambitious general, they formed today's anti-Ming alliance.

It's just that compared to those countries that have openly launched attacks on the Ming Dynasty, Japan is still hiding in the dark and has not participated in this action on the surface.

The Ming Dynasty also believed that Zhu Ping was in charge there. If something really happened, Zhu Ping would respond immediately. The prince's army was not a vegetarian.

After making so many preparations, Hu Weiyong finally made up his mind to plan this rebellion. It was Zhu Di's Western Expedition and Xu Da's fleet sailing around the world.

When he got the news, Hu Weiyong almost smiled crookedly.

God and God can't take it, but they are to blame!
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Hu Weiyong to receive various auspicious news about his hometown.

God wants me to be the emperor! (End of chapter)