Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 277 Materials that can be made

  The **** left in a hurry after hearing Liu Jian's order.

   While Liu Jian was still in the cabinet, with a bit of irritability in his eyes, he turned around in a hurry. Several Hanlins who were on duty at night had been woken up in the middle of the night.

  Liu Jian folded his hands behind his back and looked up at the darkness outside the cabinet. After a while, he finally settled down.

  At this time, the more important thing to do is...should be steady.

   There is no rush.

  The target of the Tatars was actually Jinzhou, so the so-called Datong is really just a trick to deceive people.

But more than a month ago, the Tatars sent troops and horses to attack Datong. At the same time, according to the reports from Daning, all the actions of the Tatars were actually preparations for a surprise attack on Jinzhou to disperse them. Sight.

   This is completely a long-planned and extremely meticulous military plan.

In Jinzhou, although the strength of the Tatars has not been detected, it seems that the Tatars are bound to win this battle, and the entire Tatar army must be headed by the little prince. It was a huge conspiracy to sweep the entire Jinzhou, and even the entire Liaodong.

   The Great War...has begun.

  This little prince...

   The little prince of Tatar is not easy.

  In the Tatar tribe, the little prince was another name for the Great Khan of Tatar. In the past few years, there were frequent internal strife within the Tatar, and the change of the little prince was extremely fast.

Since Emperor Hongzhi came to the throne, this little prince has shown his edge. He seems to have stabilized the interior of Tatar. The prince begged for tribute and claimed to be Da Yuan Da Khan. The imperial court's affairs are excellent and tolerant, so allow it.

   Afterwards, the little prince asked for a mutual market, and the court agreed after a brief dispute.

  After that, after receiving a lot of news from the desert, the Tatar tribe took this opportunity to attack the Oala tribe frantically and seized a large number of grasslands from the Oirat tribe. Many Oirat tribes joined the Tatar tribe one after another, and the Tatar tribe grew stronger.

  Even, even within the Duoyan tribe, there seem to be many tribes close to the Tatars.

  Liu Jian couldn't help but heaved a long sigh when he thought of this.

   To a certain extent, the growth of the Tatar tribe is not only related to the cunning of the little prince, but also related to Ming's appeasement?

   Throughout the desert, the Tatar tribe and the Wara tribe competed for supremacy. In addition, there was also the Duoyan tribe attached to the Ming Dynasty as a sharp sword for the Ming court to balance the internal affairs of the desert.

  Thus, in the past few decades, in addition to using the Duoyan tribe, the imperial court has always supported the Tatar tribe, and even the Tatar tribe called itself the Great Khan of the Yuan Dynasty, and the imperial court still gave preferential treatment.

   The reason is not so much the short-sightedness of Hongzhi's monarchs and ministers, but it is the firm position of Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Wara tribe is the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. During the Tumu Fort change, many nobles of the Ming Dynasty died in battle. Emperor Yingzong was even captured by the Wara tribe. Therefore, in dealing with the affairs of the entire desert, the imperial court almost took the elimination of Wara as the first priority. First and foremost, even if the balance of power in the desert is out of balance, the Tatars are getting stronger and stronger, while the Oala is weak, there are signs that the entire desert is dominated by the Tatars, and the court has never changed its position on this.

   But within a few years, the Tatars with long wings invaded all sides, plundering a lot of people and food, and now, they have come out with all their strength to attack Liaodong.

  This... I really didn't expect it.

   Suddenly, Liu Jian opened his eyes and murmured involuntarily: "Strengthen the walls and clear the wilds, but I don't know how the Jinzhou's hard walls and clear the wilds are going now?"

  Taking a deep breath, Liu Jian smiled wryly in his heart. A few days ago, almost everyone was disputing Ouyang Zhi's hard wall and clearing the wilderness in Jinzhou, but now, he was afraid that the hard wall clearing the wilderness was not thorough enough.

  After half an hour, the **** hurried over, and what he brought was the report from the Ministry of War.

   This is all the news from inside Jinzhou to the Ministry of War. From a month ago to a few days ago, there were as many as seven or eight copies.

  Liu Jian eagerly took the memorial, and read each copy. The more he read, the more shocking he felt.

  Obviously, rather than saying...this is a report, it is better to say that this is a complaint from within Jinzhou against Ouyang Zhi and Liu Jin.

  In order to fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, the two can be described as frantic. They will never allow a grain of grain to be left in the wild, or even burn a large amount of grain that cannot be taken away. All the people must migrate, and those who refuse to migrate will be killed. All livestock, cattle and horses, even... including grain, there is nothing left.

   Even the iron cannons of the guards outside Jinzhou City and some iron objects for military use, if they cannot be taken away, they will be buried on the spot.

  The entire Jinzhou is full of complaints about these two guys from the capital.

   In order to hurry up, Ouyang Zhi even issued an order that those who fail to meet the deadline will be held accountable by the local Baojia chief, and those who are military guards from various places will be directly held accountable by hundreds or thousands of households.

  Because of time constraints, Jinzhou City did not have time to accept such a large population. In just a few days, thirty-nine people died along the way. When they arrived in Jinzhou, more than a hundred died of freezing.

  In normal times, what Ouyang Zhi and Liu Jin did would be enough to spit people to death.

   But now, Liu Jian really breathed a sigh of relief, with a feeling of relief, he couldn't help but sigh: "Ouyang Zhi...has a good way of doing things, and he is a man who can be made."

  Liu Jian is in his heart, and he can't help but sigh with emotion.

  If it weren't for this resolute fortification of the wall and clearing the wilderness, I am afraid that the entire outside of Jinzhou City would have been reduced to **** on earth.

A Jinzhou is not as simple as Jinzhou City. You must know that there, almost more than 80% of the military and civilian population are in the wild, and the Tatars attacked so unexpectedly. The stored food will become the Tatars' army rations, the cattle and horses of countless people will become the Tatars' meat, and countless men, women, old and children will also become pigs and dogs in the eyes of the Tatars.

  This not only strengthened the Tatars, but also provided enough military supplies for them to seize Jinzhou in the next step, and even sweep up the entire Liaodong, but it would also cause shocks in the entire capital, with disastrous consequences.

  Now... at least it's not as bad.

   Among them, the most important person is Ouyang Zhi.

  As for Liu Jin...

  Liu Jian automatically ignored it. Although everyone's surname is Liu, such eunuchs are not included in Liu Jian's consideration.

   At this time, Liu Jian raised his head and glanced at the Hanlin on duty. They were still standing obediently in the corner, waiting for Liu Gong to speak in a little panic.

  Liu Jian shook his head involuntarily. The Hanlin who can be appointed to the cabinet is naturally the best in the Hanlin, but now it seems that they are still several orders of magnitude behind Ouyang Zhi.

  Of course, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan... Now the facts have proved that they are correct.

  Liu Jian finally cheered up, and said in a deep voice: "Send someone into the inner palace immediately and report this matter!"

"Also, inform Li, Xie Ergong, and inform all ministries and halls to send people to Zhan Shifu..." Liu Jian paused here, comfortable, what was originally a terrible thing has now disappeared for seven or eight years Eighth, he was still holding these reports of Jinzhou officials complaining to Ouyang Zhi, and said excitedly: "Go to Fang's house on the way, let Fang Jifan know, enter the palace immediately in the early morning, and discuss the secrets!"

  ...

   At this time, in the queen's bedroom in the harem, it was very quiet.

  Emperor Hongzhi didn't sleep well at night. Empress Zhang was worried that he would not sleep well, so she demanded absolute silence in the Kunning Palace.

  Occasionally, Emperor Hongzhi would grind his teeth and talk in his sleep.

   Among the ravings, there are probably some disasters or messy things.

  Hence, Empress Zhang's sleep was also a little bad. Fortunately, even if she was awakened by Emperor Hongzhi, she kept silent and still fell asleep.

  But tonight, small footsteps came from outside the hall.

  The footsteps were very light, but they still reached the sleeping hall.

   Soon, an inaudible voice came from outside: "Bold, at this time..."

  Another voice said anxiously: "Something went wrong... The Tatars attacked Jinzhou!"

  Suddenly, Emperor Hongzhi, who had just been asleep, sat up suddenly.

  was awakened.

  He didn't know if he was dreaming, but he stroked his forehead with a severe headache.

  The voice outside was still very clear.

   "What Jinzhou, you can't talk about anything tomorrow. If you disturb the Holy One, you will die without knowing how to die."

   "Eunuch Zhang, Jinzhou... is the gateway to Liaodong, and the Tatars are coming out in full force. The matter is of great importance. If slaves and maids are not forced to do so, how dare they..."

  Emperor Hongzhi had already kicked off his shoes, as if he was afraid of waking up Empress Zhang, so he glanced back.

  Empress Zhang had already been awakened by his sleep talking and snoring, but at this time, she was lying under the dental curtain and pretending to be sound asleep, as if she was afraid of arousing Emperor Hongzhi's guilt.

  Emperor Hongzhi heaved a sigh of relief. He got up in a hurry, put on a robe, but found that he didn't know how to wear it at all, so he put it on vaguely, and then hurried out of the bedroom.

  Outside the sleeping hall, two eunuchs were whispering. When they saw Emperor Hongzhi slowly coming out of the sleeping hall, their faces turned pale with fright.

  The two looked terrified, bowed down in a hurry, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and were about to ask for mercy.

  Emperor Hongzhi said calmly: "Shut up, go to the side hall to talk."

  In the side hall.

  Emperor Hongzhi opened the report, and then his face turned livid: "The Tatars...hateful!"

  The whole nest came out, which was enough to arouse Emperor Hongzhi's worries.

Immediately, his brows slowly relaxed, and he couldn't help saying: "Prince and Fang Jifan, as expected, Ouyang Zhi did a good job in Jinzhou. If it weren't for them, Liaodong would be in danger! Drive... to the Nuan Pavilion, and summon the ministers to the palace overnight .Jinzhou is still under the iron heel of the Tatars, so there is no delay!"

   After Emperor Hongzhi finished speaking, he seemed to feel that it was not enough: "Call the prince and Fang Jifan!"

  ...

  The first chapter was delivered, and it’s been five o’clock until now. Well, the second chapter will continue to be written, very soon.

  (end of this chapter)