Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 340: Three years later, he established a crown prince and attacked the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

"The entire Yellow River, which stretches thousands of miles, was completed at the end of the 8000th century in Jingtai, and a major diversion was completed. The project took nine years and a total investment of million."

"The Yellow River after radical treatment not only reduces the possibility of flooding and disasters along the line, but also leads to several rivers to irrigate large areas of cultivated land."

"After the Yellow River changed its course, the two Huaihe Rivers no longer flooded and caused disasters, and the two Huaihe River areas became a land of plenty."

"Jiangsu is already extremely wealthy, adjacent to the sea, and a land heavily taxed with salt. Now it has irrigated thousands of miles of fertile farmland. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the richest in the world."

"Jiangnan's wealth has reached a new level."

"Across the country, all provinces except Yunnan, Xinyizhou, and Heilongjiang have built asphalt roads."

"War horses and carriages transport troops and grain through asphalt roads, and the speed is more than doubled."

"Especially with the construction of Chi Road leading to North Korea, Jilin, Guizhou, and Jiaozhi, the border provinces have been connected to the hinterland."

"By the end of this year, the Chi Road to Xinyizhou will be built."

"After three years of drought."

"The Ming Dynasty has had bumper harvests for three consecutive years, and the central government has continued to provide tax exemptions for the eleventh year. People have enough food left in their homes, and the price of rice remains stable at 5 cents per catty."

"Especially Jilin. Jilin has reclaimed vast arable land. The grain harvest in Jingtai in the 18th year exceeded the combined total of Hebei and Henan provinces. The soybean oil produced is supplied to the entire capital."

"And this, before Jilin is fully developed, if another two million people immigrate, the food can be doubled."

"Heilongjiang has only reclaimed the coastline. If Heilongjiang is also reclaimed, and the two new provinces in the north are also reclaimed, the huge granary in the Northeast can feed at least 300 million people."

Zhu Qiyu looked excited: "In the past three years, there has been no war in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau have been innovating and producing, and a large amount of materials have accumulated in the warehouse."

"The Ming Dynasty's standing army is as high as three million!"

"In the eighteenth year of Jingtai, the imperial court's fiscal revenue reached 8400 million, and the national inventory exceeded million."

"The bank's collection of private savings has reached 12 billion!"

"It can be said that the people of the world are prosperous and the country is strong. Isn't that enough to start a war?"

Zhu Qiyu couldn't wait any longer.

Jiangnan, whose backbone was broken by the emperor, has now returned to its glory. Three provinces plus one capital firmly occupy the top three positions in the Ming Dynasty.

Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Hubei followed closely. After the split of the huge Sichuan, Chongqing became an upstart in the new dynasty. Although Sichuan was good, it was small in area and could not grow without expansion. It was severely beaten by Chongqing.

The provinces that previously needed blood-sucking centers, such as Hunan, Guangxi, Jehol, Gansu, Jilin, North Korea, and Jiaozhi, after years of development, not only do they no longer suck blood, but they also transfuse blood to the center.

Ningxia has completed construction, and like Heilongjiang, Xinyizhou, and Guizhou provinces, it still needs central support.

Yunnan's localization rate is also very impressive, and asphalt roads have been laid in localized areas.

In the 17th year of Jingtai's reign, the first official had already joined Wushen as a exiled official. Huairou would still need time, and it would probably take time to withdraw the Xuanwei Department and establish a province.

Northern provinces such as Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Hebei are not only self-sufficient in food, but also can supply central food.

The most important thing is that in the eighteenth year of Jingtai, the central government issued an order to abandon the canal and switch all transportation to sea.

The central hub does not have to bear the huge expenses of the canal, and can be converted into farmland. The two Huaihe Rivers will naturally become richer.

There are two ways to transport food by sea, one is to transport grain from the northeast, and the other is to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River.

After the Yellow River is completely cured, in a few years the center will no longer need to transport food by sea, and will be able to eat enough local food.

The most frightening thing is that the population of Beizhili has exceeded three million, and there is still no chaos.

People's lives are getting better, and the population is booming. This is despite the continuous immigration. Not counting the new six provinces, the population of the mainland provinces has exceeded 2.1 million.

If you have a full stomach, you will have more children.

In terms of environmental governance, Ming Dynasty also made creative achievements.

In the eighteenth year of Jingtai, there was no sandstorm in the capital.

The already bare north has become green again, and all the provinces in the north are green. Especially in desert areas, a large number of protective forests have been planted to control the expansion of the desert.

It can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is already green.

In the northwest, as the population increases, the blood supply capacity to the central nervous system becomes weaker and weaker.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this. The northwest had been developed for two thousand years and the ecological environment was fragile. It would be better to maintain the status quo.

After the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is defeated, the policy of exempting agricultural taxes for tree planting in the northwest for ten years will be implemented to allow the northwest to completely recuperate.

To manage the northwest, we first need water. The northwest is seriously short of water. Maybe it can be improved through a variety of trees.

Humanistic governance was also the top priority of the Jingtai Dynasty.

Public security issues are a key issue in the assessment of officials in various provincial governments. It is not said that everyone should be polite and restore Zhou etiquette, but petty theft is never allowed. If caught, they will immigrate. The crime rate is a key item in the assessment of local officials.

This is also the main source of immigrants. There are laws in the world, and those who break the law will be punished with criticism and education at the least, immigration or even death penalty at the most serious.

The prisons in various places are also furnished. They have gathered enough people and transported them directly.

None of these criminals escaped, because the law clearly stipulates that the crime of escaping after committing a crime will be increased by one level, and the criminals will be skinned and their families will be immigrated.

Therefore, no one who was arrested escaped, and they would not die anyway. If they went to a new place to divide houses, land, and wives, what's the disadvantage?

The Immigration Law stipulates in detail what circumstances of immigration, how much land will be allocated, and how many daughters-in-law will be allocated.

In the 16th year of Jingtai's reign, local government was reformed, and modern methods of local governance such as police stations, streets, and township cadres were established, and a grassroots structure was built to allow local governments to fully obey the central government's orders, and to eliminate the situation where local village elders held power at the grassroots level.

The emperor valued literature and military affairs, rural social studies continued to increase in scale, various schools emerged one after another, and countless mathematical theories developed explosively in the Ming Dynasty.

Ideas from dozens of Western countries spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

But it could not shake Confucianism, and even their books were at risk of being washed away. Fortunately, the emperor stepped aside and allowed folk thought to absorb new learning.

Otherwise, Western learning will be lost to everyone in the Ming Dynasty.

In the 19th year of Jingtai, there is still no Western Yi official. Even if there are Western Yi officials who are proficient in Chinese, they still cannot become officials.

The explosion of folk thought, in this era of extreme freedom, gave birth to countless theories and schools of thought. The collision of ideas created new sparks and created a new era.

In the 16th year of Jingtai, the first Imperial College of the Ming Dynasty was established. It was composed of more than a dozen academic palaces. It was Zijin Imperial College.

Taixue is a university. Since there is no junior high school or junior high school, there are many schools such as Mengxue, Social Studies, Xuegong, Imperial College, Lecture Hall, etc., so we use the ancient name, Taixue.

After the first Imperial College was established, the trend of Imperial College spread throughout the country, and all Imperial Colleges listed under the name of the province were established.

As of the beginning of the 47th year of Jingtai's reign, there were a total of Taixue schools recognized by the central government.

Martial Arts was also in full swing, and batches of outstanding officers were selected.

Literacy rates are improving every year.

The imperial court encouraged inventions and creations, and internal funds contributed five million per year to invest and support inventions and creations.

Everything is running smoothly on the right track.

But what really gave Zhu Qiyu the confidence was that in the 17th year of Jingtai, someone designed a sketch of a steam engine. He invested money and began to study and develop it, and now it has begun to bear fruit.

"Your Majesty, it's been ten years as promised." Hu Hui saw the birth of an unimaginable prosperous age.

The prosperous age of 200 million people has never happened since ancient times.

Hu Xi was really scared, and with just one poke, he destroyed this prosperous world.

There is indeed excitement, excitement, and a sense of accomplishment, but more importantly, there is fear. There are too many people. Although there are two big granaries in Jilin and Jiaozhi, can they really support so many people? If there is a disaster, so many people will be a big bomb.

He believed that the population of Jilin should be increased first, Heilongjiang should be reclaimed, and Xinyizhou, Xinjingzhou, and Xinyangzhou should be reclaimed, and then the war would begin.

"My hair has turned gray. How many decades have I had?" Zhu Qiyu came again.

Hu Xi rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, when the new six provinces are fully developed, the Ming Dynasty will have enough food and supplies, so there will be no problem in continuing to develop."

"Huh, waiting for development? Li Xian regards the six new provinces as a burden and wants my son to inherit the vassal. I guess he will mention it when it is developed. Aren't I busy in vain?"

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "I will continue to explore south. Why do those small countries occupy the sacred land?"

"If I follow your speed, I won't be able to finish the development in my lifetime."

"When I am gone, will my son be able to shoulder this heavy burden?"

Preparations are already underway to establish a crown prince.

Zhu Jianshen got married in the 16th year of Jingtai and already had three children. If he didn't change the prince, it would be difficult to suppress him.

"Old Master, I want to speak to you from the bottom of my heart."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Do you know what I am afraid of?"

Hu Xi was slightly startled.

"I'm worried about Yu Qian's health."

"You know how ambitious I am, but just to have ambition, I also need to be able to withstand attacks."

"If I annex Cambodia, I will trigger millions of southeastern coalition troops."

"This war seems easy to pacify."

"But haven't you ever thought about it? That's because of Yu Qian!"

"Old Master."

"Look at someone else, who can command an army of hundreds of thousands? Who can win a war worth millions?"

"There are no more handsome people in Ming Dynasty!"

"If I continue to occupy new territories, I will trigger a multi-national coalition. The national war will not be fought once, but many times!"

"Who will be able to lead the Ming Dynasty's troops then? You are ninety this year, and Yu Qian is seventy too!"

"You are no longer young, and I am no longer young either."

"I can wait, but he can't wait!"

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "It is rare for people to live seventy years old. I am really afraid that he will die in the south. In the past few years, I have been wishing to send him 10,000 imperial doctors."

"Without him, who can be the commander-in-chief of an army of hundreds of thousands?"

Hu Xi also thought about this problem. He thought that Wang Yue, Fan Guang, Fang Ying, Xiang Zhong, Han Yong, Liang Yue, Yang Xin, Li Zhen, Li Jin and others might also be commanders.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "You can't do it. In the fifteenth year of Jingtai, I told Wang Yue when I wrote a letter. He thinks he is far inferior to Yu Qian."

"What about Fang Ying? Now he has completely fallen. He can no longer fight a tough battle."

"Look at Fan Guang's resemblance to Yu Qian, but it's actually just a resemblance."

"Liang Yue is fierce and short-sighted, how can he be a handsome man?"

"Although Xiang Zhong and Han Yong are good, they have no experience in commanding an army of hundreds of thousands. Fan Guang, Yang Xin, Li Zhen, Li Jin, Ou Xin, and Guo Deng are top-notch generals, but they cannot command hundreds of thousands. It’s not that I underestimate them, handsome men are born, not trained.”

Zhu Qiyu stepped down from the throne, squatted next to Hu Hui, and held his hand: "There is only one Yu Qian in the Ming Dynasty. I don't know how long it will take to wait for the next Yu Qian!"

"I am forty this year!"

"Can you wait until the next Yu Qian?"

"Old Master, you know me well. Why do I have to open up the main route to the Western Region? If there were no huge benefits, I wouldn't value this place so much."

"If Ming Dynasty wants to occupy dozens of countries in the Western Region, it will inevitably have to fight a national war. This national war is related to the future of Ming Dynasty."

"Only Yu Qian can fight this kind of national war. After Qian's death, can Wang Yue, Fan Guang, Xiang Zhong, and Han Yong inherit his career and lead the Ming Dynasty to win a national war?"

Zhu Qiyu was very worried.

It's not that he doesn't believe in the abilities of Wang Yue and others. He asked them in his letter and wanted them to learn from Yu Qian, but they all said that handsomeness is born and cannot be learned.

"Your Majesty, please understand that the current situation is such that we cannot fight a national war."

"Dounan Yi is very weak, so it didn't hurt Daming's vitality."

"The Eastern Chagatai Khanate is different. Going west, the other countries are not weak. If there is a national war, it will take at least ten years for the Ming Dynasty to recover."

"But these ten years are also the golden ten years for the development of Ming Dynasty."

Hu Hu also held the emperor's hand and said sincerely: "It's not that I don't want to expand the territory, but the price is too high."

"Without the Southeastern Allied Forces, the Ming Dynasty would not be in such a predicament. The Eastern Chagatai Khanate would have been destroyed long ago, and there would be no need to wait eight years." Zhu Qiyu sighed.

"It's all dead now, so don't mention it."

Hu Xi waved his hand: "Your Majesty, there are two ways to solve this problem."

"The first is to look for opportunities to start war next year. Ming Dynasty will seize this year to immigrate to Jilin first and develop Jilin on a large scale."

"Send flying generals to the north of Xing'an Mountains to defeat all the savages and make Jilin a large and sufficient granary."

"This year we will maintain the status quo of Borneo and Luzon, vigorously reclaim all areas in eastern Laos and Siam, and establish New Jingzhou and New Yangzhou to connect these places."

"In this way, Jiaozhi can become the rear area with stable food supply."

"The second is to collect war taxes from the people..."

Before he finished the second article, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "You can't collect taxes. The harder the center is, the harder it will be. The people have just begun to prosper. If we collect taxes again, the enthusiasm of the people will be dampened, the good days will come to an abrupt end, and there will be resentment." Center, resent me."

Being a holy king is not a good thing.

People singing praises of virtue are also shackles.

"Besides, the Ming Dynasty is not short of money. The money for sending troops comes from the internal money. If it lacks food, the internal money goes to private purchases."

"Can the Ming Dynasty still go abroad to buy food? The vassal countries can also buy food!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "I need you to support me on the war issue."

Hu Xi nodded: "I support it, but there is a condition."

"You say."

"The prince must be changed this year, and then the current prince must be enfeoffed."

Now that a war has begun, we cannot allow instability in the center.

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "It's time to change. I will discuss it with the prince."

Hu Hui was sent away here.

Then Zhu Jianshenxuan came.

Zhu Jianshen is now twenty-one years old and an adult. Recently, his relationship with the Queen Mother Sun is getting better and better, and his life in the palace is also easier.

When he came in, Zhu Qiyu was looking at a map.

There is a map of the world hanging on this wall, but America is missing. The secrets of America are in the hands of Portugal, and now there is no sea map to Portugal.

The person who mastered the sea chart was in Ming's hands, but he couldn't recruit him no matter how he asked.

Liang Yue was angry and had them all castrated and sent to the palace to serve them.

It would be difficult for the Western Yi to go to the Americas via the Ming Dynasty, because the straits were in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. If they wanted to go, the Ming Dynasty would follow them.

As a result, in the past two years, many people came to trade, but officials from Spain and Portugal did not come to Daming. It was obvious that they had broken off diplomatic relations, and instead came smuggling ships.

American goods no longer enter the Ming Dynasty, and Spain and Portugal will no longer follow this path.

"Here, come and take a look."

Zhu Jianshen's heart skipped a beat and he came over slowly.

"The Ming Dynasty had frequent trade with Japan. You should know what Japan is like."

"Besides, the Japanese people are difficult to control."

"The Japanese army was the main force in the Ming Dynasty's development of the six new provinces. They massacred them and refused to recognize their relatives."

"The barren land of Japan is not the foundation of a king."

"I entrusted the Japanese kingdom to you. You must not be happy to accept it. The court officials will also say that I am stingy."

Zhu Jianshen quickly knelt on the ground and said that His Majesty had the final say.

"Although he is a foreign vassal, he is actually the emperor."

"You just have to always remember that you are of the Zhu family's blood."

"I have treated you well and badly over the years. Of course you are angry, but when you grow old, you will know that I am doing it for your own good."

Zhu Qiyu helped him up and pointed to Africa: "Your fiefdom is here."

Zhu Jianshen's face immediately turned dark.

There are a lot of slaves in this place, and no one wants to sell them for a penny. It's too dark. Let him go to this ghost place to become the king?

"What did I just say? You are going to be an emperor, not a fool."

"How did Ming Dynasty do it in the six new provinces? Don't you know how to do it?"

Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "You still need my guidance on this matter?"

Zhu Jianshen looked delighted: "Your Majesty, do you mean to allow your subjects to immigrate to Africa?"

"Of course, it's not permission, it's forced immigration!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Why don't you be the emperor of the niggas? You don't think it's embarrassing, but I still think it's embarrassing!"

But how to get there?

"Go on the treasure ship."

"Now the Ming Dynasty's fleet has passed through India and is trading directly with the Great Eater."

"I have recently learned that the Great Eclipse is a thing of the past, the Arab Empire has been destroyed, and now it is the Ottoman Empire that is in charge of trade."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the Ottoman Empire has some relationship with us. It was an empire established by the Turks."

"I have also thought about your territory. It is in North Africa. Did you see it? It faces Europa across the sea. I will entrust this land to you."

"Of course, this territory still belongs to the Ottoman Empire, but you don't have to worry, I will teach them how to behave."

Zhu Jianshen looked delighted. If he could conquer all of Africa and move tens of millions of people from the Ming Dynasty, he would be the new king.

"I will make you the King of Chu. That area will be your Chu land from now on. You can ascend the throne no matter what you want."

"But one thing must be remembered."

Zhu Qiyu looked at him with sharp eyes: "Your roots are in the Ming Dynasty, and the roots of the people you removed are also in the Ming Dynasty. You will always be Ming people! You are Han people!"

"If one day, the suzerain country is destroyed, all the vassal countries must come back to serve the king! After you go to the new land, you will list these words as the ancestral instruction."

"No matter which one of you becomes the ruler of China, it will be the one named Zhu after all."

Zhu Jianshen was shocked by these words.

But thinking about it again, this is the emperor's knock on him. When he becomes the emperor, he must also remember the suzerain country. Once the suzerain country asks the princes to help in the war, they have to fight for the suzerain country.

"Your Majesty's advice will never be forgotten!" Zhu Jianshen knelt on the ground.

Zhu Qiyu helped him up: "I will depose you as the crown prince, and then you will participate in the government affairs as the king of Chu and learn how the government operates."

"Then wait for the opportunity. In ten years at most, I will let you become the emperor!"

Zhu Jian was deeply grateful and said, "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

"Although you are my nephew, after all, I have raised you for more than twenty years. I will arrange for you properly. Go ahead."

Zhu Qiyu had carefully considered Zhu Jianshen's fiefdom.

Zhu Jianshen's ability is definitely extremely strong.

Place him opposite Europa and give Europa eye drops, so that Europa can be blocked from moving eastward.

The most important thing is that Zhu Qiyu does not believe that his son can take over the European countries. Perhaps only Zhu Jianshen can challenge them.

The next step is to change the crown prince.

Zhu Jianshen was dethroned as crown prince, and the emperor's second son Zhu Jianqi was made crown prince.

Being granted the title of King of Chu and participating in government affairs caught the court officials off guard. Isn't the emperor worried about the King of Chu's rebellion?

The emperor also made it clear that the King of Chu would divide states and establish a country overseas.

But nothing was said.

The courtiers speculated that it might be Borneo.

In March, Yu Qian and Wang Yue returned to the court.

The first imperial edict Yu Qian received when he entered the court was to be granted the honorary title of Prince of Xing County, with a rank exceeding the first rank.

Wang Yue was promoted to martial arts and given world certificates.

After going to court, the emperor ordered them to enter the Yangxin Hall.

"I am ordering you to come back, not to leave you idle."

Zhu Qiyu said bluntly: "But we are going to fight."

Yu Qian and Wang Yue raised hopes at the same time. They both thought that the emperor would idle them for a few years before using them. This was the usual practice.

Wang Yue could wait, but Yu Qian could not wait.

"Your Majesty, is the Eastern Chagatai Khanate dishonest?" Although Yu Qian is seventy years old, the south has indeed raised people and his body is still strong.

Now he eats, drinks, and has diarrhea, all arranged by Taiyuan Hospital. He can't eat an extra piece of meat or skip a bite of vegetables.

There are even some vegetables that are not yet popular in Bianjing, so the Academy of Agricultural Sciences directly sends them to him and grows them in Bianjing just for him to eat.

In order to keep him alive, the emperor did everything possible.

"I want to fight."

"Three years of peace have passed. The national treasury has accumulated a large amount of money, food and military equipment. If it is no longer used, it will become moldy."

Zhu Qiyu joked: "The Eastern Chagatai Khanate occupies a necessary road, so it can't be justified not to fight."

Yu Qian rolled his eyes. He was seventy this year, and he was very lively. He said with a smile: "Your Majesty is coveting oil, right?"

"Indeed, when I boiled petroleum, I discovered that petroleum can also be used to make clothes, but it has not been made into one yet. I invested 100,000 yuan."

"No matter what, oil is a treasure. If you control oil, you control the future."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Let's just say that this asphalt road is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty."

"Why hasn't Baiyue Land been completely pacified? It's mainly related to the asphalt road. It's too difficult to transport oil there."

"If there were asphalt roads, the entire Baiyue Land could be completely pacified in three years."

"However, Ming Dynasty's reserves are obviously limited, or very small."

"I can't wait to open up the Western Region, plunder the oil and come back."

This is all a joke.

Yu Qian said seriously: "The Ming cavalry has been idle for three years, and I'm afraid it won't be able to go to war immediately."

"Prince Xing is right. I plan to use the Mongolian tribes in the north to train troops, and by the way, I will open up the Mongolian capital and the two provinces north of Xing'an Mountains for me."

"You two don't have to worry about military training."

"Just use some young players and ask a veteran to lead the battle."

"You just need to be responsible for checking. The first battle in the northwest will be fought by Fan Guang, and you will control it from the center."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Wang Yue, how much you can learn from Yu Qian during this period of time depends on your ability."

Wang Yue thanked him and bowed deeply to Yu Qian.

After chatting for a while, Wang Yue was sent away. He took Yu Qian's hand and said, "Prince Xing, you must protect your body and bones."

"The Western Region is also a hornet's nest. It is easy to defeat the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but it will soon attract the Mongolian coalition. Then you will have to take action."

Am I just a tool person when it comes to feelings?

Yu Qian also saw through it. The emperor had no intention of dealing with him at all, but just used him as a tool.

"Why is your Majesty so anxious?" Yu Qian asked.

I can't say I'm afraid of your death, right?

Zhu Qiyu hesitated and said: "I'm worried that you are not in good health..." Yu Qian almost exploded with anger. Is his love using me, a tool man, to the extreme?

"Prince Xing, don't be anxious, anger will hurt your health." Zhu Qiyu helped him soothe his chest.

"Your Majesty!" Yu Qian couldn't laugh or cry.

Zhu Qiyu laughed and said, "You are an old man who is seventy years old. Please take care of your health. That's why I transferred you back and raised you in the center for two years. Then you will have a big battle."

When Yu Qian left the palace, he was like a firecracker.

I happened to meet Fang Ying.

Yu Qian glared at him. Fang Ying was startled and quickly lowered her head, worried that Yu Qian would beat him.

Not to mention Yu Qian, the emperor had beaten him twice. The last time he got a black eye, he still refused to change after he returned.

"Hey, isn't this the Duke of the State?" Zhu Qiyu said in a strange tone.

Fang Ying knelt on the ground with a pop, and she was about to cry.

"Hold it back."

Zhu Qiyu's face turned cold: "Go out and run five laps."

Fang Ying almost burst into tears. She ran five laps with tears in her eyes and came in panting.

"Can you still get on your horse when you're out of breath?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

"Of course I can do it?"

Suddenly his vision went dark, and Zhu Qiyu slapped him on the face: "Look at you, a person who has been in the army all year round, you can't even dodge my slap."

Dare I hide?

Fang Ying really burst into tears.

Zhu Qiyu slapped him again with his backhand: "I'm angry when I see you dying like this! No wonder Tao Lu rejected your family's marriage. I wouldn't look down on you either."

Fang Ying kept her head down and said nothing. Tao Lu had already married another daughter.

"Don't look so dead."

Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "I'll give you a chance to look up again, do you want to?"

Fang Ying didn't say anything. She made it clear that she wanted to live in a drunken dream. She was already the Duke of the country, and she still wanted to fight.

"Your father-in-law has no credentials." Zhu Qiyu said coldly.

Fang Ying was excited: "I'll go!"

"What should I do if I lose the battle?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Aren't Prince Xing and Marquis Chunchuan returning to the capital? Why don't you send them there..."

Before Fang Ying finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu slapped him in the face: "Get out!"

Who did I offend?

Fang Ying knelt on the ground: "I am willing to go."

"Can you fight in such a dead state?"

Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "How old are you? You still have six unclean roots. Let me help you and cut off that thing of yours, and you will stop. Anyway, you have two sons. Even if you try hard all these years, you can't give birth to one." What’s the use of that thing for a son and a daughter?”

"Please have mercy on Your Majesty!" Fang Ying trembled with fear: "I can still fight and win the battle for Your Majesty!"

"I don't believe anything you say."

"How many times have you promised me? How many times have I beaten you?"

"But you'll forget about it when you get home."

"Fang Ying, have I exhausted my kindness and righteousness to you?"

"I haven't beaten my own son as many times as I have beaten you."

Zhu Qiyu was very angry. Although there were many generals in the Ming Dynasty, the more the better, especially Fang Ying. He had the opportunity to become a famous general, but he was willing to fall.

He originally wanted him to learn the art of war from Yu Qian, but it turned out that Yu Qian hated him the most and didn't see him at all. He looked at Yu Qian like a mouse looking at a cat.

Fang Ying kept kowtowing, feeling sad in her heart. Is it wrong for me to enjoy life?

"I will give you one last chance. If you can't seize it, I will completely leave you idle. I won't care about you no matter how you want to play."

Fang Ying had already guessed what the emperor was going to do.

"I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of Yunnan to help me pacify Yunnan. The sooner the better."

I knew it was Yunnan.

Fang Ying didn't want to go to that miserable place and suffer, but the emperor's order could not be violated, and he had to earn a world certificate for his son, alas, let's go.

He also knew that even if he didn't go, when he died, the emperor would not give him the world certificate, but the Duke would definitely be gone and become a marquis.

"I would like to ask your Majesty to transfer a few people."

Fang Ying said helplessly: "I want five people, Wang Xin, Zhou Xi, Shenying, Tao Jin, and Xu Ning."

"You can just move the martial arts hall to your home!"

Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "Shenying and Tao Jin are in the northwest, and Wang Xin and the other two are still on good terms. They are all assigned to you, but not to other places? What good things can you think of in one day?"

This guy is really smart. He picks a few who can fight, and then he goes to enjoy life.

Fang Ying laughed dryly: "It's okay to give one."

"Taulu."

Fang Ying's face immediately darkened, and she became angry when she mentioned Tao Lu. This white-eyed wolf, both of them are white-eyed wolves.

"I'll give you Mao Rong and Mao Hai. Is that interesting enough?"

Mao Rong is Mao Sheng's eldest son, and Mao Hai is Mao Zhong's nephew. They are both good generals.

"I'll give you Liu Chengkuan, Ou Boring, Ren Shou, and Song Zi."

Liu Chengkuan was Liu Pu's son, and Ren Shou was Ren Li's son.

Ren Li was still in Zhongdu, and Liu Pu was still in charge of the Rehe soldiers.

Zhang Feng succeeded Wang Yue, Wang Hong succeeded Yu Qian, Song Jie was transferred to the new Jingzhou general army, Li Zhen was transferred to the new Yizhou general army, and Ou Xin was transferred to the new Yangzhou general army.

"I obey the decree!" Fang Ying was helpless. These six were not good, and Song Zi was just doing okay.

The reason why Fang Ying was chosen was because there was a Mu family in Yunnan who was the Duke of Guizhou. They needed a Duke to control them.

Wang Yue's level is not enough, and Yu Qian's level is too high.

In this way, with the Mu family and Fang Ying, and Wang Wen in the middle, Yunnan will be pacified, and it is estimated that it will not be too slow.

If Yunnan is certain, the entire inland provinces will be completely pacified.

In June, Mao Zhong went to the hospital, saying that his health was not good, and asked to return to Beijing to be raised.

The center immediately approved.

Mao Zhong is already over 70, and his health has been really bad these past few years.

Wang Lai, Gong Yongji, Ren Li, Yu Shan, Yu Gang and others all went to Shu and asked to return to the capital to be promoted. He Wenyuan went to Shu and asked to be an official because he was too old.

Zhu Qiyu could only think about his successor, while lamenting the lack of talent.

The Ming Dynasty has a large number of scarce talents, especially veterans who are responsible for their own affairs. They are already too old.

However, as soon as the imperial edict to transfer Zhang Feng and Wang Hong arrived, Zhang Feng's obituary was announced.

Zhang Feng died of illness.

The Central Committee was shocked when he heard the news, and Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Didn't I say at the beginning of the year that I was in good health? Why did I say that I was gone?"

Zhang Feng is also seventy-two this year.

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. It is rare for people to live seventy years since ancient times. It is not surprising that Zhang Feng suddenly died of illness." Hu Hui tried to persuade His Majesty.

"I will also give Zhang Feng Taifu, a left-level Zhuguo, and a bachelor of Wen Huadian."

Zhu Qiyu was indeed caught off guard: "Every minister must be given a good posthumous title. Zhang Qing has made great contributions to the country and the people."

"I originally wanted him to take over Wang Yue's position and help me stabilize Borneo."

"But I don't want him to take the first step."

"Nowadays, all the old officials in the court are in poor health, and they all have to return to their hometowns to take care of themselves."

"But middle-aged talents cannot be reused."

"Who can support this world?"

There are people who can succeed Wang Lai and others, but the problem is that after they leave, there will be no one available for the center.

He Wenyuan is almost ninety years old and can no longer bear the heavy burden.

Even Hu Hui no longer shows up for everything. He only makes important decisions and spends the rest of his time at home.

Hu Xi's lips twitched. It wasn't that civil servants were short of talents, but that the emperor's requirements were too high and all he wanted were peerless talents.

And such people are formed after decades of training.

"First of all, let's transfer the old ministers who are in poor health back to the capital to support them and let them shine in the capital."

"Who can take their place?"

The rapid development of the region in recent years has a lot to do with the veteran government being in charge. Now that the young people are in charge, the veteran ministers may not be able to do things reliably.

Of course, veterans also represent old-fashioned people, and if they are replaced by young people, they will be even more radical.

"Zhu Ying's term is coming soon. Zhu Ying will be transferred to the cabinet, and Lu Yuan will be transferred back to Beijing to join the cabinet."

Zhu Qiyu pondered slightly: "Jilin and Jiaozhi are top priorities, so we have to send a capable minister there. Liu Ji and Liu Jue, what do you think of these two people?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Liu Ji and Liu Jue both performed well in the Beijing Examination, but they are only prefects and do not have enough time to hone their skills to be governors of any province."

"Where's Li Kan?" Zhu Qiyu felt that it was a waste to put Li Kan in North Korea. This person was repeatedly recommended by Wang Yue.

There is only one Xiang Zhong in North Korea, which is enough.

Li Kan can indeed.

"Introduce Li Kan to Jiaozhi and appoint him as governor of Jiaozhi."

"Ma Wen was transferred to Jilin and served as governor of Jilin, and Yang Xin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Jilin."

"Transferred Xia Xun to Heilongjiang, appointed him as the governor of Heilongjiang, and Zhao Fu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Heilongjiang."

"Then Zhangge and Tang Yu were transferred to Beijing, and they took over Ma Wensheng's position."

"Withdraw the governors of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Fujian and restore the regular system."

Zhu Qiyu discussed while talking: "Let Chen Tai take Lu Yuan's position. Who can preside over the left-behind department in Zhongdu?"

"Tune Niu Zhen to the south, and he will stay behind as the commander-in-chief during his tenure."

"Hu Wei is appointed as the chief military officer of the Fujian Navy."

After some further discussion, the matter was settled.

Zhu Qiyu said: "All officials must learn medicine. They don't have to heal others, but they must be able to heal themselves!"

"The cabinet has issued a decree to train a large number of doctors throughout the country. The more, the better."

"Important cabinet ministers must be accompanied by four doctors, and provincial officials must be accompanied by two doctors. They must protect their bodies."

Ming Dynasty cannot afford such losses.

And in Rehe.

Although Jehol was completely built, there was no shortage of wars at all.

The Chechen tribe was swallowed up by Liu Pu, and he wanted to annex it while fighting.

As Rehe prospered, more and more northern nomads wanted to come in and grab some, but the soldiers in Rehe were so fierce that they had no problem going out to grab them.

Since the 16th year of Jingtai, the Mongolian capital has begun construction.

Liu Pu was in really good health. He was blown away by the wind in Mobei every day, but he was still in good health. He was still dedicated to making great achievements and wanted to be crowned Duke of the country.

He was in the army with his five sons, and one of them died in battle.

When he fought, he imitated Liang Yue and coveted the immediate success. He knew that he had only a few years to live and had to earn a title for his son.

Therefore, Rehe was looted all day long.

Shi Ju and Jiao Li were transferred back from Baiyue and were responsible for leading new soldiers in training.

They were awarded titles in the fifteenth year of Jingtai, Shi Ju was the Huairou Bo, and Jiao Li was the Dongning Bo.

They are all nearly eighty years old. Going to Rehe to command the troops is to stabilize the morale of the army. It also helps to bring new people to their hometown. If they die, they don't have to support their souls to come back.

For example, Song Cheng and Zhou Yu, although they are both beautiful, they need a lot of experience.

This is the first time that Song Cheng and Zhou Yu have led an army alone to fight on the grassland. They are talents that the emperor has high hopes for.

The Ming Dynasty, which had been peaceful for three years, suddenly launched troops against Mobei.

It was already July when the news reached Turpan.

Man Su'er was not in Turpan, but returned to the headquarters Yili.

After receiving the news, he reported it to his father Khan, but his father Ahema was very wary of him, especially when he joined forces with the Ming Dynasty to hand over Turpan to others, which made Ahemah think that his eldest son was unreliable.

Coupled with his preference for younger sons, Sayid also coveted the throne of Khan.

Man Su'er's position in the Khan Court was awkward.

The glory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate has receded, and it has been difficult to maintain the Khanate. Without trade with the Ming Dynasty, the entire Khanate would have collapsed.

The person who presided over the trade with the Ming Dynasty was Mansu'er who was eating alone.

This also aroused the disgust of the powerful people in the Khan's court, who believed that Mansuer was ambitious and might kill his father at any time.

Especially after the relocation of Oara, it occupied the top of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The ones who came back were the Junggar tribe.

The Junggar tribe wanted to establish the Junggar Khanate, but there was no fertile pasture. The territory in the east was eaten by the Ming Dynasty. The Junggar tribe also fought with the Ming Dynasty, but they were beaten back by Fan Guang.

They went south to bully the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The weakness of the Khanate is directly exposed under the eyes of the Junggar tribe. The Junggar tribe does not hide its ambition and just wants to eat you.

This caused embarrassment for the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The most embarrassing ones are the Golden Horde and Timur Khanate. The huge khanates are crumbling, and new khanates are rising.

It's not that Man Su'er has never thought about killing his father and him becoming the khan.

The problem is that once the Khan Court is in chaos, the Junggar tribe will go south to encroach on their territory, and the Ming Dynasty is eyeing them eagerly. Every movement is worse than silence.

When the news came that the Ming Dynasty was sweeping across Mobei, Man Su'er suggested to his father that he should unite with the Junggar tribe to drive the Ming Dynasty back to Hami.

Hami's asphalt roads have been opened and it has completely become a part of Gansu.

Ahema felt that his son had different intentions, because the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was not unified. It was divided into two parts, the east and the west, with Yilibari as the center. His brother Mahemu controlled the west, and he controlled the east.

He also wanted to unify the Khanate.

Besides, the Junggar tribe is the majority of the Oara tribe and is very powerful. Why should they cooperate with you? He won't wait for us and Daming to bite each other, and he will come out to clean up the mess?

No one is stupid.

But Mansuer understands the Ming Dynasty better. The Ming Dynasty swept across Mobei to train its troops.

Next year we will go west.

In recent years, he and Fan Guang have fought frequently, and they are almost tied. This shows that Fan Guang is powerful. There is a big problem here, that is, the Ming Dynasty will not come out to fight Qiugu.

Otherwise it would be hard to say whether we would win or lose.

In the past, harvesting Qiugu was the exclusive preserve of the Mongols. Nowadays, both Mongols and Han people do it, and the ones who do it most efficiently are definitely Han people.

Han people also like to collect ears, and all common people collect ears.

The Ming Dynasty, which had been in retreat for three years, suddenly appeared and swept across Mobei. Its meaning is self-evident.

Finally, in August, he returned to Turpan dejectedly. Turpan was repeatedly massacred by the Ming Dynasty, and he has not yet recovered.

In the blink of an eye, it’s February, the 20th year of Jingtai.

Just after Longtou, on the national highway from Gansu to Beijing, countless grain trucks began to transport grain to Gansu. The three ordnance factories in the capital, Chang'an Ordnance Factory and Taiyuan Ordnance Factory, all began to transport weapons to Gansu.

In March, cavalry began to gather in Ningxia.

This posture seems to be aimed at attacking the Junggar tribe.

Fan Guang has been in Ningxia for eight years. He fought with the Junggar tribe and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate with mixed success and failure, but he also trained 70,000 Ningxia elites.

Ningxia's ability to steadily expand its land and build cities is directly related to Fan Guang.

Fan Guang was the governor of the military affairs of the two provinces, so that the Junggar tribe did not dare to enter Ningxia and Gansu to plunder, and forced the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Especially after the asphalt road is completely paved, a steady stream of food will be transported into Ningxia. If there is enough food, Ningxia cannot lose it.

end of March.

Fan Guang led 100,000 cavalry out of the customs, but did not leave Ningxia. Instead, he sent troops from Hami to Turpan.

Without saying hello, or even receiving any news from Mansuer, the Ming Dynasty captured more than a dozen cities in succession. In just one month, the troops were directed towards Turpan.

The news spread and caused an uproar on the grassland.

The leader of the Junggar tribe, Atemür, immediately thought that this was a good opportunity to plunder Ningxia. He led 50,000 cavalry into Ningxia eastward, but was beaten by Yuan Jie.

“Didn’t the Ming Dynasty only have 100,000 people!”

Ah Shi felt chills all over his body: "The Ming Dynasty is going to destroy the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!"

"Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

The Junggar tribe was so frightened that they withdrew immediately.

Yuan Jie led his troops out to pursue them, and then ordered gold to retreat.

Yes, the Ming Dynasty gathered 300,000 troops in Ningxia and Gansu, including 120,000 cavalry and 180,000 land troops.

Fan Guang is both a pioneer and a bait.

After repelling the Junggar tribe, Yuan Jie left 30,000 men behind, and then personally led 70,000 men to occupy the city of Turpan.

Mansuer was also confused, what was Daming going to do?

He sent an envoy to ask, but Fan Guang only gave him one answer: Ming Dynasty was interested in this land and wanted it.

Mansuer was furious and sent troops to fight Fan Guang.

He has dealt with the Ming Dynasty many times and understands the strengths and weaknesses of the Ming Dynasty very well. As long as the Ming Dynasty's food routes are continuous, the Ming army will be undefeated. If you want to defeat the Ming Dynasty, you have to trade space for the food routes. As long as the Ming Dynasty's food routes are cut off, the Ming army will be useless. Waste.

He originally wanted to defend the city, but the Ming army's weapons were too advanced. Ten thousand incendiary bombs were thrown into it to see if you could defend it?

Damn it, you've all been burned like a turkey.

In early May, Mansuer was defeated and fled Turpan.

After Fan Guang took a short rest, he advanced with all his strength.

At the same time, the troops began to be divided. Shenying went south and Tao Jin went north. Shenying must capture Korla and capture this oil city.

Mansu'er is also a bachelor, so he ordered the oil refinery before running away.

In June, the entire territory of Turpan was obtained.

Kou Shen led his troops out of Hami, gathered the city southward, and occupied new territory.

Fan Guang suffered a big loss when Yili was in control.

Mansu'er and Sa Yide are both famous generals in the world. Fan Guang is very powerful, but if he meets two big players, he will suffer.

The Battle of Qamdo was a bloody battle for twenty-seven days. The Ming army suffered 30,000 losses and was forced to retreat to Turpan. The Ming army was defeated.

Fortunately, Yuan Jie was stationed in Turpan and repelled Man Suer's and Sayide's troops head-on, preserving the vitality of Fan Guang's army.

But Fan Guangjun may not be able to fight anymore, so it's good that he didn't collapse.

A good war to destroy the country turned into a quagmire war.

The news reached the central government, and the entire court impeached Fan Guang for his incompetence. They asked the court to change generals and took away Fan Guang's title to live idle.

Zhu Qiyu only said that victory and defeat were commonplace for military strategists, and he would give Fan Guang another chance.

Fan Guang learned from the painful experience and no longer took a hard front. He sent many armies to burn the city and kill the herdsmen.

He guarded Weelumu (Urumqi) and began to hoard food and grass, with the potential to completely defend this area.

Ah Heima is anxious.

The Ming army contained the heavy troops of the Khan Court. The Junggar tribe in the north was eyeing them. The Mahemu in the east may not have the ambition to dominate the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The longer time passes, the more anxious they become.

A large army had to be sent from the headquarters. Ahei Ma personally led one hundred thousand troops and gathered with his two sons to attack Weilu Mu.

Fan Guang also saw the occupation clearly, turned from offense to defense, huddled in the city and refused to come out.

In September, the weather turns cooler.

Although the Ming army was depleting food and grass quickly, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was not much better.

The Ming army still had cities along the road for supplies.

They fought like the Mongols, plundering cities and using them as military supplies, and driving the people in the cities to consume each other.

But the Eastern Chagatai Khanate cannot.

This is their territory!

You have robbed your own people, what will happen if the rear rebels?

They finally encountered the dilemma of Zeng Daming!

Fan Guang is not in a hurry at all. Winter will come soon. Anyway, he has many cavalry, so in the worst case, he will retreat to Hami.

By mid-September.

The Junggar tribe went south.

Now Ahema can neither retreat nor advance. If Ming Dynasty doesn't fight you, go back and Ming Dynasty will seize the city.

The key point is that Daming didn't mean to ask for a city, but more like to plunder.

The thing that is least of all is the Junggar tribe.

Aheimaye and Ashi are three famous generals, and Ashi is also a famous general. The three of them were restrained here, and the Junggar tribe immediately conquered the eastern territory of Mahemu.

This is the smartest thing about Ah Shi.

Let the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate go after each other in this area in the west. He doesn't want it. He will grab the place in the west and wait until both sides are harmed here. Then he will come out to take advantage.

It has just entered October and the weather has turned cold.

The Ming army withdrew.

"Da Ming is simply a bastard!"

Ah Heima spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and he also wanted to bite Daming.

His brother Ma Hemu has been killed, and the territory has been occupied by the Junggar tribe. The Junggar tribe has already marched eastward and is attacking his home base...

"Da Ming must be sick!" Said looked at his elder brother.

Man Su'er was also confused. When did Ming Dynasty make wedding clothes for people?

"No, the Ming army didn't withdraw!" Man Su'er thought of a terrible idea, steal the house!

(End of this chapter)