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Chapter 584 Food and grass go first
"... This servant is so heartbroken that he vows to stabilize the court and wait for the day of Long Live Lord's triumphant return. Long live, long live, long live my emperor!" After hearing this explanation, Wang An finally understood the emperor's difficulties.

The imperial commander's personal expedition was also a last resort. It was related to the promotion of the New Deal and the court's grand plans, and no one could take the lead except himself. Now, whether it is a knife to shrink the head, or a knife to extend the head, you have to fight for your life.

At the end of the first month of the eleventh year of Jingyang, Emperor Zhu Changluo of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to all people at the Temple of Heaven and Earth, and at the same time declared war on the Jurchens.

What the Jurchens want to kill is the world, not the country; what the Jurchens want to kill is all the people, not just one surname. This is because the princes, generals, ministers, scholars, peasants, and merchants all share the same hatred of the enemy and will fight to the death in order to preserve the spring of all species.

In the old state of Yi and Di, they shot eagles and herded horses, and the eagles flew over the grass. The animals were like humans, and the jungle was the rule, and the strong ones prospered. No farming, no reading, no fishing and no business. Abandon the teachings of poetry and books, and rely on the excellence of cavalry and archery. China and I have no understanding of each other's words, no understanding of our natures, no words in the same book, and few roads or bridges. We only know barbarians, how can we be friends?

Such Confucianism is to disrupt the orthodoxy of our country, and such law is the basis for defeating our country. This argument comes from the fact that the chiefs are afraid of the majesty of my righteousness, and do it out of poverty. However, how can they convince the people if they go against the grain? Isn't it absurd to try to disturb my eyes and ears and deceive my spiritual platform?

There is a sky above, and its path is bright. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Fu Jian was arrogant and was defeated by Fei Shui. He was rampant and dedicated to the dance hall. Therefore, we know that the way to victory or defeat does not depend on the number of people. Survival or death is determined by the numbers, regardless of the weak or the strong.

Today, I am determined to be angry with the wind and clouds, and flags from all over the world are gathered, vowing to eradicate the evildoers. Starting from Yangzhou in the east and connecting Bashu in the west, there are groups of soldiers and armors, and the ranks are connected with each other. The drums are beating and the south wind is blowing, and the sword energy is rushing and the Beidou is flat.

The lamentations of all the people are swallowing up the mountains and rivers. If you use this to defeat the captives, why not worry? As long as you do your best to serve the sun, you will be remembered in history and be remembered forever. The saint said that he sacrificed his life to become a benevolent person. I want to imitate him and sacrifice his life for righteousness.

As soon as this article came out, the government and the public were in an uproar. Some people praised Emperor Jingyang for his good writing style. One of his essays cited classics, which fully demonstrated the integrity of China. Some people admired the emperor's courage, and wanted to conquer the country personally to slay evildoers. Some people worry that history will repeat itself and Jingyang will make the same mistakes again. Some people suspect that the author of the article does not seem to have been written by the emperor himself.

But no matter what others say, it is certain that Emperor Jingyang will lead an army of 30,000 chariots to personally conquer the country. On the day of the ceremony to worship heaven and earth, the Tongzhou Army Camp was also very lively.

Groups of four-wheeled carriages carried soldiers and baggage toward the southeast, never stopping from day to night. The busier one is Tianjin Wei, no, it is now Tianjin Zhoucheng. In the east of the city, not far from the canal, there are dozens of huge factories stretching endlessly.

This place is nominally affiliated with the Navy, and is known as the Navy Warehouse to the outside world. In fact, it is a combat readiness material storage base under the jurisdiction of the General Staff Headquarters. It stores muskets, artillery, ammunition, clothing, shoes and hats, biscuit cans, four-wheeled carriages, etc. in various categories for combat. The amount of supplies can satisfy the army and navy's high-intensity operations for a month.

At this time, this area has been tightly surrounded by navy soldiers and army soldiers. Not only have all roads and trails been cut off, prohibiting all idlers from passing through, there are even horse teams patrolling back and forth in the wilderness with angry wind lanterns. This has almost been achieved. The level of one post at ten steps and one sentinel at five steps.

On the avenue leading to the warehouse area, a group of people wearing naval officers' uniforms lined up neatly across the road, surrounded by soldiers carrying angry lanterns for several hundred meters. There was no official rank mark on the chest of one of the uniforms, only a golden badge depicting sails and wings, which appeared and disappeared under the flickering light. There was only one of this badge in the Ming Dynasty, and only one person could wear it, Navy Governor Yuan Keli.

Standing beside Yuan Keli was an old soldier in his sixties. His black navy uniform had three gold stars on the chest, which was the symbol of the navy commander. At present, except for the naval patrol commander Huang Nanping who is commanding operations in Manila, there is only one patrol commander in the navy, Shen Yourong.

"Captain Yuan, why does your Majesty insist on marching in person? Even if the Army lacks actual combat experience, it should be enough to send some of them to garrison in Manila Port. Wouldn't it be safer to replace the Marine Guards with returning and cooperating with the Army to exit the border?"

As someone who was appointed by the emperor to join the navy and came from behind in official ranks, Shen Yourong never pretended to be a commander. But it's not that he is humble by nature, but the longer he serves in the navy, the more he feels ignorant. He had to learn many things from scratch that even the sailors on the ship knew.

Although this feeling was not very pleasant, it also inspired the old general's fighting spirit. As long as you spare the time, no matter how tired you are, you still have to ask your subordinates for advice. As the saying goes, God rewards those who work hard. Over the past few years, I have managed to understand the nautical charts, sextants, longitudes and latitudes, navigational clocks, and lunar calendars, but the Latin is a bit unsatisfactory.

This time Huang Nanping led almost all the naval and land guards to fight south. As the commander, he had to lead the patrol north to guard the extremely empty naval base. I didn't expect that by such a coincidence, I would catch up with the emperor's imperial convoy. In addition to being excited, I was also a little uneasy and confused.

"General Shen doesn't know something. The world only knows that I, Mr. Yuan, are good at fighting. But they don't know that every bit of the navy, from sea battle guards to land battle guards, is personally taught by His Majesty. When it comes to marching and fighting, Yuan is just a thief who follows suit. What a shame!”

Yuan Keli didn't have high hopes for the emperor's man forced into the navy at first, and he only asked the other party not to interfere indiscriminately based on divine grace. But after observing it for several months, I had to secretly admire the emperor's vision. Although Shen Yourong is old and has rich combat experience, he has never relied on his old age to show off. Instead, he is very humble and conscientious in his work.

After establishing the patrol guards, the naval guards finally got rid of the drudgery of catching smuggling ships in the offshore. They no longer had to quarrel with various states and counties all day long, and could concentrate on studying large-scale naval battles. Although the merit is not obvious, it does help a lot.

There is a saying that people respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. Every time he met with this veteran general, Yuan Keli would deliberately call him general according to the old practice of the Ming Dynasty army, instead of calling him the commander directly, which seemed more humane.

"The Commander-in-Chief is too humble. I will study the Naval Code of Conduct written by His Majesty every day, and I will indeed benefit a lot. However, without the Commander-in-Chief's careful management over the years, the Navy would not have such achievements. Shen also commanded water battles, and he was able to do so in a few years. They captured the city of Manila within an hour without any casualties, almost as if they were soldiers from heaven.”

Why did he fight so many great battles and win many battles, but he was still just a general in his forties? It was because he was so incapable of speaking. If Yuan Keli wanted to exclude him, what he just said would be very unpleasant to the emperor's ears. It is indeed the truth, but in officialdom, one or two sentences a year is enough to tell the truth, but you cannot tell everyone.

(End of this chapter)