golden scales

Sun Chuanting stood beside the Crown Prince and on Wu Zhen's right, inspecting the captured spoils together. After he left Xi'an, he was briefly confused. He heard that Feng Shi, Kong Huangjiong and others were also briefly absent-minded after they were martyred, but now he has adjusted his mentality and completely stood by the crown prince's side.

He feels that his age is not too old, and he still has the passion to rule the world, so he can't just give up, and end up with a regrettable and sad posthumous name.And in the whole world, the only one who can save him from the death crime of losing his master and sinking into the ground is the crown prince.As he got along with the crown prince for a long time, Sun Chuanting rekindled the highest goal in every Confucian's heart: to serve the king, Yao and Shun, and to make the people happy.

Since Du Fu wrote this sentence, countless passionate Confucian scholars have hoped to achieve such political ambitions.Although there are careerists who steal power among them, it is not possible to completely negate all Confucianists with partiality.Whether it is Hai Rui who scolds Jiajing, or even the non-jun Xinxue people, in fact, they hope to "send the king to Yao and Shun" in their hearts, but their methods and thinking are more extreme.

50 years old is the peak age of a central assistant minister, if you are too young, you will lack stability and experience, and if you are older, you will lack energy.After Sun Chuanting stepped out of the shadow of life, he returned to this peak state again.He took a firm stand, and the angle of thinking about the problem naturally changed, taking the East Palace as the starting point everywhere.

"Solve whether there is any or not first, and then we can say whether it is good or not." Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "Mazheng is really a pain point for Ming Dynasty. In the past, we bought horses from the Mongols. The Mongols sold those weak and inferior horses to us so that As for the horses of the officers and soldiers, they have never been as good as the Mongolians. The frontier soldiers are still like this, but the horses supplied to the interior have been eliminated again, and the weak and the weak have followed each other. How can the horse administration of Ming Dynasty be improved?"

"What Sun Du said is true," Zhu Cihong nodded, "but there is an exception here."

"Oh?" Sun Chuanting was taken aback.

"Nanhaizi." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "13 years before Chongzhen, Jiubian still had to bring in good horses to the Imperial Horse Academy for use. These tribute horses are all good horses, and there are many good horses. I remember that I went with my father last year. Nan Haizi rode and shot, and the eunuch said there were no less than two hundred horses."

Nanhaizi was called Feifangbo in the Yuan Dynasty, which originated from the fact that the Yuan court trained Haidongqing to catch birds and small animals in this area full of rivers and lakes.In order to make Haidongqing rest and dry its feathers wet with sweat and dew, Yuan Tingte built an eagle drying platform, which still exists today.

After Chengzu moved his capital to Yanjing, Yu Yongle expanded the hunting ground in Yuan Dynasty dozens of times in the 12th year of Yongle.In the third year of Xuande, the imperial court dispatched troops to repair Nanhaizi's walls, bridges, and earthen walls for more than 120 miles. Four Haizi gates were opened around them. Sea Gate" guards.

When the soldiers lacked horses to fight, there were herds of good horses galloping in the outer garden of the royal family.It's not that Chongzhen was stingy and refused to give, in fact, he didn't think of such a small point.Even Zhu Cihong had thought that cavalry and artillery would be the two bayonets of the future Emperor Ming at the beginning of the journey, but without practice, he also ignored the rich reserve of resources behind him.

"Write it down! Nanhaizi's horses and Haihu will be moved out together." Zhu Cihong was afraid that he would forget too many things, so he hurriedly summoned Tian Cunshan.

Sun Chuanting didn't know the "Prison Policy" between the Crown Prince and Wu Tong, so he couldn't help asking curiously, "Where does Your Highness want to move?"

"Shandong." Zhu Cihong didn't proclaim it loudly, and he didn't deliberately keep it secret. He said plainly.

"Shandong?" Sun Chuanting was a little dazed for a moment.If Yanjing can't keep it, you should go to Nanjing. Why go to Shandong?

"Sun Du thinks, where else can I go besides Shandong?" Wu Yan interrupted with a smile.

Sun Chuanting instantly scanned the geography in his mind.The northwest has never been a grain-producing area. Since the collapse of Kaizhong France, the entire Nine Frontiers can only rely on the south for military rations.During the Wanli period of Jiajing, the fields in the south of the Yangtze River were abandoned to plant mulberries, and they were not self-sufficient in food. Thanks to "huguang is ripe, the world is full", the country did not experience major turmoil.

If the crown prince wanted a land that he could decide on himself, it was clear that Qin, Jin, and Zhao San were absolutely undefendable and impossible.What's more, the Qin land is now owned by Li Zicheng, if it can be snatched from him, the prince will not have to think about "his own territory".

What about Huguang?That is the granary of the world, and Huguang soldiers can be considered good at fighting.

Sun Chuanting immediately smiled wryly, if Zhang Xianzhong was so easy to deal with, would Zuo Liangyu still sit and watch someone else sleep soundly beside her?It should be noted that Zuo Liangyu no longer needs to support the bandits, he and Liaozhen are actually the late Tang Dynasty feudal towns, and the difference from Li Chuang and Huanghu is only a matter of changing the banner and establishing a political system.

Both Huguang and Shaanxi have fallen into the enemy's hands, and the only land available in the world is Sichuan, Shandong, and Jiangnan.Sun Chuanting thought to himself: Sichuan is not allowed.With the strength of the East Palace, one death is less than one death. After entering Sichuan, the Tusi Yi and Qiang alone can't make peace.At that time, Li Zicheng will be attacked from Hanzhong and Zhang Xianzhong will be attacked from Jingmen, and there will be nowhere to escape.

So really only Jiangnan and Shandong can go.

Sun Chuanting finally couldn't figure out why Donggong chose Shandong.He asked Wu Xin, "Mr., the Eastern Palace Army is now worth less than [-] soldiers, and the number of well-trained Qin soldiers is only [-]. A major battle may cause injury or even collapse. The terrain of Shandong is suitable for attack and not for defense." , why not set up guards along the river?"

Wu Xuan shook his head and said, "If it's about defense, Shandong is indeed far inferior to Jiangnan. If it's about people's hearts, then Jiangnan is dead."

In terms of military strategy, Sun Chuanting is definitely better than Wu Zhen, who has never been in battle in person.However, when it comes to people's hearts, Sun Chuanting can't keep up with Wu Zhen even if he flatters him.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was puzzled, Wu Tong was also worried that this doubt would be exaggerated and eventually shake the crown prince's determination, so he took the opportunity to analyze in detail: "Jiangnan has an inch of land and gold. If His Highness goes to Jiangnan, how will he support the soldiers? Buy land? No?" So much money. Have you copied it? Jiangnan Shijia has been married for many generations, and everyone is prosperous, and everyone is hurt. How can they be offended?"

As long as one family is copied, other families will naturally unite.Open the door to offer the city during the war, and resist rent and tax on weekdays.Smuggling information is a trivial matter, and it is more likely that under their resistance, even food and cloth cannot be bought, and even cause the market to collapse.If the conflicts are further intensified, these powerful families will move to the earthen villages in the mountains, guarding the resistance soldiers, and waiting for the "king division".That's when I was really sleepy to death.

In this way, even if Jiangnan is obtained, it will be a piece of wasteland, and no matter who it is, it will not give Donggong this time to clear Jiangnan.Not to mention the reconstruction of Jiangnan, without the support of Shilin, it would be extremely difficult to find a scholar, so how can we rebuild it?In ancient times, there were many people who betrayed the country and sought glory, but it was rare for those who betrayed the family. It is really a fluke to expect someone to destroy their relatives righteously and benefit the East Palace to harm their own family.

"Going to the south of the Yangtze River is a tiger's mouth, but going to Shandong is not the case." Wu Sheng said again: "Shandong has been raided several times, and the rich and powerful families have been ruined, and their power is weak. Moreover, they are entrenched in Shandong. The East Palace is to guard the gate for Nanjing. It must be sent in a steady stream, so as not to cause local turmoil and ruin the way of life of Shijia himself.

Second, if the imperial court travels south, another major case is bound to arise.Speaking of it, you and I, Sun Du, are both guilty of crimes.Can His Highness be involved in party struggles for us? "

"Take a step back," Zhu Cihong said out loud, "As a son of man, I naturally have to guard the gate for Junfu, and Nanjing still needs Junfu to sit in charge."

Sun Chuanting nodded and said yes, the banner of "respecting the emperor" cannot be toppled no matter what.

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "From this point of view, Sun Du also agrees that the East Palace should stand on its own first, and Xu Tu should recover."

"Your Highness," Sun Chuanting said immediately, "During the Warring States period, Li Mu was able to consolidate the frontier fortresses and destroy the Xiongnu when he was a general in Gaoque, but he was favored by villains when he entered Handan. For His Majesty, that is exactly the case.

And now in troubled times, the Liao and Zuo feudal towns are self-reliant, the east captives are peeping out of the pass, and the west is rampant. Just as a seriously ill person should not be rescued with tiger and wolf medicine, Your Highness should be good at governing a place. Based on this, we will try to restore the north and south. "

Zhu Cihong was delighted and said with a smile, "What Sun Du said is true!"

In the East Palace, only Wu Wei and Sun Chuanting are able to serve as cabinet assistants. It is very important for them to unify their thinking.Only with the two core figures of Wen and Wu, supplemented by Li Banghua, Feng Yuanbiao, Li Yuzhi and other peripheral cadres, and Li Mingrui and Zhang Shiqi as minions, can a group be formed.Otherwise, the crown prince is a paper tiger. (To be continued.)