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Chapter 779 Increase of troops on the northeast border (second update)
Zhu Yousong immediately granted Song Yingxing the title of Hanlin Bachelor, and Song Yingsheng the title of Zhan Shifu's Shao Zhan Shi. At the same time, he made the two of them part-time directors of the Royal Military and Political Academy.

In a word from Zhu Yousong, both of them are fourth-rank officials. Before that, they both served as eighth-rank officials and seventh-rank officials, and also served as the prefect of Guangzhou.But nothing compared to now.The current fourth-rank officials are Beijing officials, and Zhan Shifu and Hanlin Academy are the most authoritative academic institutions and scientific research institutions in the Ming Dynasty.Zhan Shifu and Hanlin Academy are transitional institutions. In the words of later generations, the Song brothers were named academicians of the two academies as soon as they entered the court, which can be said to have reached the sky in one step.

The Song brothers were flattered and grateful for the great kindness of the emperor.Zhu Yousong asked them to bathe and change clothes, and sent someone to take their family to the capital. The Song brothers took office a few days later.

Specifically speaking, Zhu Yousong asked the two brothers to go to the military and political school to specialize in learning, focusing on military industry.

The current military and political school is the original Donglin Academy. After Zhu Yousong depoliticized her, it was affiliated to the Imperial Academy, and Wang Duo, the second assistant of the cabinet, was directly in charge.

The current military and political school can be said to be full of talents, mainly including Wang Duo, Huang Daozhou, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Zongxi, Qian Qianyi, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, Mao Xiang, and now Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng brothers. The Taishan Beidou in the world, theoretical research involves Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, calligraphy, painting, astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, military industry and other fields.

At this time, Li Quan, the head of Jinyiwei, saw him.

"I'm here to ask you, how is the investigation of Zhao Lin's murder going?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The minister is here for this matter. Please take a moment to speak." Li Quan saluted.

Zhu Yousong understood what he meant, waved his hand and said to the maids and eunuchs next to him: "You all step down."

"Yes." The eunuchs and maids who were in charge of serving agreed, gave a salute and all retreated far away.

Li Quan saw that there were only two monarchs and ministers left in front of him, and said: "Sure enough, as expected by Your Majesty, there are indeed people who are involved in this matter."

Li Quan originally thought that Zhu Yousong was also making a big fuss. The eunuch molested the court lady to death, so he should be arrested and punished.It may be that this case involves Concubine He and Chief Eunuch Li Guofu, His Majesty also wants to be cautious.

But this was just an ordinary homicide case. Although the nature was bad and the murderer should be severely punished, Zhu Yousong instructed him to deal with it strictly, and all those who intervened in the case would be investigated thoroughly.

This made Li Quan puzzled.It can be asserted that apart from Li Guofu will intervene in this case, other people will not and dare not intervene at all. After all, this is the factory guard handling the case, and it is too late for others to hide. What is your majesty's intention?

But Li Guofu never intervened, and he didn't even ask him, as if Zhao Lin's case had nothing to do with him, only one person had looked for him secretly, which was beyond Li Quan's expectation.

"Who is involved in this case?"

"Return to Your Majesty, my uncle, Mr. Jin Chengjin, visited Wei Chen last night."

Of course Zhu Yousong knew that Jin Cheng was the Queen of the Palace and Jin Niangniang's brother. After hearing Li Quan's words, his eyes flicked in surprise, and then he calmed down again.

"Didn't I say that no matter who is involved in this case, it will be thoroughly investigated to the end."

"Your Majesty is wise, I have always adhered to the sacred teachings, and I will never dare to do anything wrong. Zhao Lin has already confessed, and he is the murderer. The facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. The case can be settled. The uncle of the country has already sent someone to make an unannounced visit. Now, according to what Zhao Lin said, the two of them really have a relationship in private."

"Well, we must investigate clearly, we can't wrong a good person, and never let a bad person go."

"My minister obeys the order." Seeing Zhu Yousong's categorical words, Li Quan not only dared to attack his closest eunuch, but also showed no mercy to the emperor's relatives.

"Is there any clue about Tang Ruowang?" Zhu Yousong asked again.

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the news from outside the customs, our people have left the customs and successfully sneaked into the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and have discovered Tang Ruowang's whereabouts."

"Very good, I will send someone to respond." Zhu Yousong was overjoyed. If Tang Ruowang could be rescued and used by my Ming Dynasty, the goal of strong ships and powerful guns would not be difficult to achieve. The training of the expeditionary force and his imperial battalion would be the same. No worries about firearms either.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong immediately issued an order to order Huang Degong, who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, to do a good job of rescue and response, and to increase his troops by 2. .

There are now more than 6 soldiers stationed at Shanhaiguan.Huang Degong is the chief general of Shanhaiguan, responsible for defending strategic fortresses including Shanhaiguan and Yiyishi.

Zhu Yousong's next step was to deal with the Qing Tartars and Mongolian Tartars outside the customs. This was the main step in his plan to strengthen the country, and it was also the first formidable enemy to be dealt with when training the expeditionary army.

Although it is said that Zhu Yousong drove the Manchu Tartars out of Beijing and out of the customs in one fell swoop three years ago, the places outside Shanhaiguan, including important military towns such as Ningyuan, all the way to Liaodong, this vast area is still a large area. Qing's sphere of influence.

Now the Qing Dynasty is still the rival of the Ming Dynasty, and its strength is still very strong. Although Shunzhi is still a boy in his teens, Dorgon, Qierhalang, Daishan, Sony, Gong Adai, Xihan, Yue Le, these Qing Dynasty The backbone and core essence of the Qing Dynasty are still there, and the hardcore traitor Ning Wanwo and the legendary traitor Hong Chengchou advised them, and the Qing vassal Mongolian Tartars helped out. The strength of the Qing Dynasty should not be underestimated.

In the past three years, Zhu Yousong mainly focused on the battlefields in the Midwest and the South, and quelled the domestic thieves and the riots in southern Xinjiang. However, the Qing Tartars, who were unwilling to fail, were not idle. Raid the northeast border of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Huang Degong of Shanhaiguan has not been idle in the past three years, and there have been constant wars outside the pass.In the past three years, Zhu Yousong's personal conquests were to quell the rogues in the central and western regions and the rebellion in the southern seas. The national soldiers were concentrated in these places. The northern and northeast borders were in short supply and had not been supplied for a long time.

Therefore, the 2 troops were mainly used to supplement the troops of Huang Degong's troops stationed in Shanhaiguan. War casualties and natural attrition needed to be replenished in time to maintain sufficient combat power.

After sending Li Quan away, Zhu Yousong looked at the map of Daming, and several places caught his attention.In addition to Shanhaiguan, there are also a stone, Xifengkou, and Chengde.

The northern border of these hundreds of miles is a place frequently harassed by Qing and Mongolian Tartars.

Now there is Huang Degong in Shanhaiguan, and a piece of stone is garrisoned by Huang Shi, the commander-in-chief of Huang Degong. Relatively speaking, Xifengkou is weak in prevention and control, and Chengde has no garrison at all, because Chengde is still a small village at this time.

So Zhu Yousong immediately made a decree.

(End of this chapter)