The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 175 Emergency Military Information

Among the original kings, the largest number of people were the generals who served the country and the lieutenants who defended the country, who had developed to the fifth or sixth generation.

There are very few people in the two levels below.

Now, the common people have the largest number, followed by the Lieutenants of Fengguo and Fuguo.

In terms of status alone, the status of the Ming Dynasty royal family was greatly reduced.

But Zhu Houzhao found it much more pleasing to the eye.

Everyone who deserves to die is dead.

This should wake them up now. They should be more cautious next time. I hope they won't lose anyone from the Zhu family again.

Finally, here is the Zhu family’s current talent summary and training plan.

Those who are in politics, military, or good at other things.

And the most important thing is martial arts.

Not counting Zhu Wusi and the Purple-Robed Marquis who returned to the official royal family.

Ye Gucheng, whose real name is Zhu Youcheng, is a commoner. He is at the peak of innateness and is also known as the Sword Immortal in the martial arts world. He is only one step away from becoming a grandmaster.

Now he serves in the Embroidered Uniform Guard and leads his men in Yunnan to assist Mu Kun, the Duke of Qian, and to reorganize the army.

The next is Zhu Houxu, who is sixteen years old this year, at the innate realm, and also serves in the Jinyiwei.

Due to his age, he is only a deputy captain and is still learning.

In addition, there are more than 30 young people with strong martial arts talents. They will be trained uniformly and more strongly in the training plan.

This training plan was also made by Zhu Wusi based on Zhu Houzhao's ideas.

Zhu Houzhao thought a lot about the future development of the royal family.

The Ming Dynasty today is no longer like the early Ming Dynasty, which required the Ming royal family to guard the four directions. It is necessary to let each branch be in charge of different places.

In addition, in order to prevent these royal family members from harming the people again and being exploited by people with ulterior motives.

After all, the current royal family of the Ming Dynasty is no longer like the kings in the early Ming Dynasty. Most of them are good at fighting and powerful, and have the ability to suppress local forces and ensure their own safety.

The vast majority of royal family members nowadays are really just fat pigs.

If you ever meet someone with ulterior motives, you will become a puppet.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao decided to let these clan members live in the capital.

Unless it is for official business reasons, you cannot go out of town.

In order to let them live in the capital, of course, we must try our best to prepare everything. This is not difficult, as Zhu Houzhao is getting richer and richer now.

The training of royal family members must be planned in a unified manner.

Reading, practicing martial arts, and being interested in military affairs, medicine, various arts, etc.

Zhu Houzhao became increasingly aware of the importance of talents and the importance of allowing a hundred flowers to bloom.

Zhu Wusi’s training plan was made based on this.

Zhu Houzhao read it carefully for a while, thought for a while and said: "Let's train the children of the common people and royal family together.

After all, they all have the surname Zhu, and some of them are talented.

In terms of martial arts, everyone must be trained and assessed equally. If someone fails the assessment, he will no longer be trained in martial arts, even if he is the son of a prince.

In short, we must cultivate truly talented members of our Zhu family.

The first group of people consisted of these thirty-something people.

Those children over the age of six will all study and practice martial arts, and we will select those with talent in martial arts or other areas. We can take our time and there is no need to rush. "

"Your Majesty, if we also educate children from commoner families, I'm afraid the expenses will become increasingly higher." Zhu Wusi frowned.

"It's just children's education and basic martial arts training, how much can they spend even if there are more people?
In the future, I hope that there will be more and more talented people in martial arts training. I am not worried about the high cost, but I am worried that there are too few martial arts talents. "Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.

Zhu Wusi thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case.

As long as strict assessments are set up and true talents are screened out step by step for training, the fewer people will be promoted and the expenditure will not be too large.

Of course, the assessment and training intensity of each step, including children’s reading and basic martial arts training, need to be strictly set.

He bowed slightly and said, "I understand."

"Well, I'll leave these to you, Uncle Thirteen. The clan office also needs to expand its manpower, so there's no need to worry about so many things. The people you trained can also join in.

As for the corresponding money, manpower, etc., just let me know." Zhu Houzhao said trustingly.

"Yes." Zhu Wusi responded directly without being polite.

Next, he will be very busy. As the head of the clan, the only prince of the Ming Dynasty, he is basically responsible for all matters concerning the clan.

This includes the settlement of more than 2,000 members of the royal family in the capital.

After a brief conversation, Zhu Wusi went back to work.

May 5th, Dragon Boat Festival.

Zhu Houzhao has been a little irritated these days because the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet have been unable to make a final decision on the evaluation of many heroes in the Temple of Meritorious Officials, so they had to ask him to come forward.

If there were only a few people, it would be fine. Zhu Houzhao would be quite interested, but the problem was that there were too many people, and he didn't quite understand the details of many of them.

For example, Zhu Houzhao still had to look into the details and inside stories of the mistakes of Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others.

Too much trouble.

After looking for a while, Zhu Houzhao became impatient. With so many people around, how long would it take for him to see the whole place?

Finally, he asked the Ministry of Rites to write down the merits and faults of each person in simple terms, and make an assessment of that person.

On the stone tablet, there were only the words "gong" and "guo", and the evaluation was left to each person who saw it to think for himself. This made things much simpler, and the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites bothered him less.

But just two days after relaxing, urgent news came from the north.

The Great Khan Kublai Khan raised a hundred thousand cavalrymen, shouting slogans of revenge for the Mongols, and showed a tendency to move southward.

As soon as he got the news, Zhu Houzhao became angry and excited.

"What a Kublai Khan! It seems that I didn't kill him last time, so he dared to scream again.

Let him come, this time, I will definitely chop off his dog head." Zhu Houzhao shouted loudly before he finished reading the military intelligence sent back by Wang Shouren.

There is a fiery fighting spirit in his eyes.

If the Mongols take the initiative to attack, there is nothing we can do but fight.

After reading it further, his brows furrowed again.

"Old Wang actually speculated that this was a conspiracy by the Mongols, who were pretending to go south to fight and avenge the Ming Dynasty so that Yang Guang could lead the second expedition without any worries.

Those 100,000 cavalrymen might have other goals.

I am advised not to act rashly."

Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He believed Lao Wang's speculation.

Yang Guang was the biggest gambler in the original prediction, and he believed it.

But it had only been over a year since Yang Guang suffered a disastrous defeat in his first expedition.

This caused great damage to the Sui Dynasty, which lost two great masters, hundreds of thousands of elite troops, and millions of civilians, and uprisings broke out in the country.

With such losses in just over a year, would Yang Guang be stupid enough to lead the army a second time?

Is he stupid?
Under the order, high-level officials including the Cabinet and the Military Cabinet came.

They all watched Wang Shouren's military intelligence.

There was a moment of silence at first, and when Liu Jian was about to speak, Gu Xichao spoke first without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I think that Commander Wang's speculation is very likely.

Temujin was a rare hero in the world. When he established the Yuan Dynasty, many of his sons and grandsons died, but none of them could influence his steps.

Although Meng Chixing had a high status and influence in the Yuan Dynasty, it was definitely not enough to make Temujin fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty.

The harassment from the Oirat and Tatars has reached its limit.

It is absolutely impossible for Kublai Khan to lead an army of 100,000 south to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Because Temujin must have known very well that would only send Kublai Khan and his 100,000 cavalrymen to their deaths.

He knew even more clearly that even if he took action himself, it would be impossible to destroy the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, his only purpose was probably to allow Yang Guang to lead his second expedition with peace of mind.”

A clear and steady voice rang out in the hall, and everyone present had to admit that this was a young man with extraordinary appearance, temperament and talent.

But few people liked this young man.

Putting aside other things, the fact that he was the first to speak regardless of his status was enough to make them dissatisfied.

Not to mention the military cabinet, there were few people who liked this young man who held a high position, held great power, and came from another country.

Gu Xichao knew all this, but he didn't care at all.

Because he had never thought about making friends with anyone, not even Wang Shouren, let alone the people present.

"Although Yang Guang is very stupid, is it really so easy for him to lead the army a second time?

Our Ming Dynasty could see through the Mongol Yuan conspiracy, and someone in the Sui Dynasty should be able to see through it too. Would Yang Guang really be so foolish as to personally lead the expedition a second time?" Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the relationship between the officials, and he still couldn't figure it out.

Is Yang Guang really that stupid?

“Your Majesty, Yang Guang is by no means stupid, he just had too much ambition but did not have the strength to support it, which led to the failure of his first expedition.

And now, if he really continues the second expedition in person, I am afraid that he will be completely crazy, just as General Wang said at the beginning.

Like a gambler's madness." Liu Jian said quickly.

Young people don't follow the rules. If he doesn't speak quickly, he might not be given a chance to speak at all.

"Gambler." Zhu Houzhao frowned deeply.

He certainly remembered Lao Wang's prediction.

Yang Guang had only two choices, the first was stability.

The second one was the second personal expedition, risking everything to get the chance to break through the realm of heaven and man.

"Your Majesty, according to the investigation of the Imperial Guard, Yang Guang has never stopped preparing to attack Goguryeo over the past year.

If he is going to lead the army for the second time, he will surely step up his preparations and it will be impossible to conceal it. The Royal Guards should receive intelligence soon, and we will know then. "Xie Qian said at this time.

"Yeah." Zhu Houzhao nodded. Indeed, it would be confirmed soon.

Even in his heart, he had completely believed Lao Wang's speculation.

"If this is true, what should we do? Should we remind and dissuade Yang Guang, that bastard and loser?
It doesn't matter if he dies alone. It won't bring any harm to others if he dies early.

But if he fails again in his second expedition, the Sui Dynasty will be in chaos, countless people will die, and the Mongols will not miss this opportunity. "

Zhu Houzhao said with some hatred that he wanted to cut Yang Guang into pieces.

“Your Majesty, Yang Guang really wants to lead the army a second time. No one’s reminders or dissuasion will be of any use.

He won't listen and will only do what he wants." Gu Xichao shook his head and said firmly.

He paused and continued, "I am wondering, does Kublai Khan have a real purpose in raising 100,000 cavalrymen?"

(Chapter two.)
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