In the first month of the third year of Yongle, the Son of Heaven gave a banquet to the civil and military ministers on the Lantern Festival, and the queen gave a banquet to the women of the court in Kunning Palace. Those who have not been given a feast will be rewarded with a piece of treasure money.

Nanjing and Beijing all have a lamp market, from the east gate of the imperial city to the north, every night, all kinds of lanterns suddenly brighten, the style is varied, colorful, the most lights, bright as day. And there are all kinds of snacks and juggling stalls - wear - interspersed - in the meantime, men, women and children wearing new clothes, walking with lanterns, rubbing shoulders, very lively.

In previous years, Daning did not raise the lamp market, the border plug place, most of the military and military families, busy preparing the border food is exhausted, the New Year to rectify a table of good dishes, put a firecracker, it is to remove the old and welcome the new.

With Xingningbo, the rules naturally have to be changed.

What happened to the Frontier Lands?

The land of the border fortress is still going to be lively and lively for the New Year!

Firecrackers are going to be set off, the light market will do it, how lively and how to come, anyway, we have money!

When he said this, Meng was quite confident.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the north and south of Beijing, in the second year of Yongle, Daning paid grain tax and the grain of the capital treasury were far ahead in the country. Coupled with the livestock, furs and herbs exchanged with the Tatar Jurchens, the wealth of the Daning border army overwhelmed the border towns and was proud of Liaodong, and it could even be compared with the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

In previous years, the largest number of tuntian fields in the north was in Gansu, and the chief military officer Song Sheng was repeatedly praised by the Son of Heaven, and there was no one else who could do it.

In the second year of Yongle, the dark horse of Daning was born, followed by the Xuanfu guarded by Zhu Gaoxu and the Shuntian Eight Mansion under the leadership of Shen Xuan. Ningxia, Liaodong and other places are not far behind, and the number of cultivated barren land and grain taxes has skyrocketed, while the number of fugitives and displaced people has plummeted. According to careful statistics, more than 10,000 border residents returned to the south and reported to the imperial court, which is no small political achievement.

Song Sheng was suddenly under a lot of pressure.

Losing to Daning can be regarded as an accident, and the tiger also has a nap. But he couldn't even keep the second place, and he was pressed by Ningxia Xuanfu and other places, which was no less than a thunderstorm.

When the results of the household statistics came out, Song Sheng immediately summoned the generals under his command, stared, the table slammed, and said, what should I do about this?!

The generals are also scratching their heads.

It stands to reason that everyone is not lazy, and the output of grain is not less than in previous years, and even much more, how can this be the result?

"Zong Rong, the lowly rank has done its best. The number of tuntian fields and the yield per mu in Daning and other places are really unexpectedly high. ”

In other words, it's not that we don't work hard, it's all because our opponents are really very human.

Xingningbo, Dingguo Gong, Han Wang, Zhao Wang.

Daning, Suncheon Bafu, Xuanfu, Kaiyuan, Quang Ninh.

Not to mention the same qi and branches, twisted into a rope, it is also to help each other, communicate with each other, and share skills. Even the king of Jin and the king of Zhou entrusted the relationship to go through the back door, and sent people to Daning to learn from the experience and obtain a bumper harvest. If it weren't for the vassal king's tuntian production not being included in the household department, Gansu would be ranked lower.

The leader of the previous years has now fallen to the middle of the stream, no wonder the chief military officer is so angry that he blows his beard and glares.

The face is gone, and everyone has to have hydrogen in their heads.

Song Sheng lost his temper and calmed down, knowing that the generals under his command were telling the truth, and they couldn't be blamed for this matter. brushed the long hair under his chin, and finally made up his mind, and immediately sent people to Daning to learn advanced experience after the first month.

Face is secondary, and being able to produce more food is the most important thing. By ensuring the supply of grain and grass, the border troops will be able to have more strength, drill, and training, and their combat effectiveness will be somewhat stronger.

What could be more important to the border guards than to defend their neighbor to the north?

Although Tatar and Warat are fighting lively, it is hard to guarantee that one day they will suddenly come back to their senses, shake hands and make peace, stop fighting, and turn to find trouble with the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, a strong city bunker and a strong border army will be the foundation that can stop these evil neighbors.

Song Sheng made a decision, and the generals under his command raised their hands in approval.

If it weren't for the guards who were not allowed to leave their posts without permission, they really wanted to go to Daning to see in person what the desolate city had become now.

Like Song Sheng, there is also He Fu, the chief military officer of Ningxia.

No one thinks that there is too much food, and an extra bucket is a bucket. The opportunity is in front of him, and He Fu is better at grasping it than Song Sheng. He not only sent people to Daning to learn scriptures, but also sent people to Xuanfu, nominally to send a letter to Zheng Heng, but in fact to the military tun cultivated by the King of Han himself to observe.

The situation is similar in the two places, and studying in Xuanfu is better than Daning.

He Fuhui made this decision because Zhu Gaoxu had made great achievements in the Tuntian incident. It is reported that the Jiahe of Xuanfu's dedication to the imperial court was planted by the Han King himself.

The Son of Heaven was very pleased, and he was quite face-saving among the brothers.

See? This is what my son planted!

Is your son okay? Can't you?

Haha

I'm arrogant?

I'm arrogant, what can you do!

In the New Year, the long history of the palace who entered Beijing to congratulate him was basically in good spirits and entered the palace in good spirits, and went out of the palace in the wind. With the letter written by the Son of Heaven to his boss, he embarked on the return journey with fluttering steps.

When the vassal kings from all over the country received the letter, they all gritted their teeth and were sure, and they raised the soles of their shoes - pumped - Zhu Lao Si's villain's - impulse.

It's amazing to show off your son?! Isn't it just farming?

Who doesn't have a son? Our son can do it too!

As a result, in the spring ploughing season of the third year of Yongle, the people of the fiefdoms of the feudal kings saw a strange scene, the princes of the palace and the county kings got rid of their gorgeous clothes, pulled up their trouser legs, picked up their hoes, and went to the fields to plow the land barefoot.

Farm cattle? No!

The descendants of the Zhu family should be so sharp!

The feudal kings and fathers stood on the ridge of the field to supervise the work, and the whips and wooden sticks in their hands danced vigorously, refusing to relax at all.

Slow, lazy, whip-stick-serve-wait!

In the hands of ordinary people, the whip is a tool for riding horses and driving cattle.

In the hands of the Zhu family, it is definitely the best choice for educating his son.

The princes and the county kings were wielding hoes and sweating like rain, and they hated to tie Zhu Gaoxu into a sieve and chop it into a pulp.

You kid wants to behave in front of his father, don't take your tired brother into the water.

Who is your father, and who is our father? The Lord who is stimulated to jump high.

It's okay now, the book can't be read, and it's useless for the professor of the palace to jump his feet, and the sentence "Food is the foundation of the country, food is the people's sky, and the clan should lead by example" was blocked.

The play can't be heard, who dares to be passive and slack off, whips and sticks immediately beckoned.

The third and fourth generations of the Lao Zhu family found at the same time that their Lao Tzu's force value was not low, and he couldn't go on the horse to fight, and it was more than enough to beat all his sons down.

As a result, the feudal king's overseer and the prince of the prince cultivated the fields, which became the norm in the domain of the feudal king.

The so-called saying that the predecessors tasted bitterness and the descendants tasted sweetness made no sense at all in the old Zhu family.

He was cleaned up by his father, and his own son, his son's son, also wanted to escape this experience.

The children and grandchildren of Emperor Hongwu have to think that others can't think about it, and do what others can't do. It doesn't matter if your EQ is low, just have a high IQ and physical strength.

Emperor Yongle's ostentatious behavior caused a trend of clan farming. The reputation of the royal family among the people, especially the prestige of the Son of Heaven among the people, suddenly increased.

was praised repeatedly, and Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but write letters to show off his good brothers and friends.

After receiving Zhu Gaoxu's letter, Meng was a little dizzy. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, was there such a thing as a clan collectively going up-mountain-down-countryside, remembering-bitter-thinking-sweet?

After thinking about it, I didn't want to.

Anyway, it's not a bad thing, there are clans taking the lead in hard struggle, and the Korean Chinese martial arts should also think carefully and change their concepts. Otherwise, not only will the Son of Heaven not be accustomed to it, but the saliva of the people will drown people.

In the past, the royal clan was always a negative teaching material in the mouths of officials, all kinds of horizontal - levy, violence, restraint, bullying, male, bully, female, and disturbing-chaotic-market. In battle, the words and officials always keep their eyes open, and when they catch their tails, they will participate in a book.

Today, the brothers and nephews of Emperor Yongle do not - horizontal - conquest - violence - restraint, nor - bullying - men - bully - women, and begin to farm and develop production wholeheartedly. During this period, there were feudal kings who successively put on the table, please cut the palace guards, reduce taxes, and pay to vigorously support the navigation plan of the Son of Heaven, and then drive other clan members to follow suit, and contribute to the economic take-off of the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly.

In contrast, the fire and ice charcoal of the officials of the DPRK and China, and all kinds of filial piety have become the most prominent ills. Every time I take filial piety, I always feel hot, and I don't know whether to accept benefits or trouble.

The actions of the Ming clan are not Meng Neng's beak, even if he is given a surname and his household registration is changed, he can only be regarded as half a supernumerary, at most, he slaps a few times and praises the actions of the vassal kings and princes.

The vassal kings are just for self-preservation, making superficial articles, or sincerely dedicating themselves to the country, that is what the Son of Heaven should worry about.

What Meng wants to do is to take root in Daning, vigorously develop the local economy, enrich the military strength, enrich the cultural life of the border army and the border people, and develop Daning into a pearl in the north of the country, which will attract all kinds of drooling from the neighbors on the grassland, but it cannot be seen or touched.

Thinking about it, I can't help but laugh three times.

Well, he's Sue again.

Touching his chin, it's really no wonder that he's really doing too many good things in recent times.

Daning's abundant production has been praised by the imperial court many times, and as soon as the reward of the Son of Heaven arrives, all the commanders are overjoyed, and Meng is naturally no exception.

Shen Xuan came to Daning for the New Year, and the two of them kept the New Year together, during which there was no need to mention much, and if you mentioned it, you would blush.

In the first month, Daning opened the lantern market for the first time, and in the brilliant lights, Shen Xuan took his hand and handed him a lantern.

"Hold the hand of the son, grow old with the son. I would like to tie the knot with Twelve Lang and share the good of this life. ”

The mask blocked Meng's face, but it couldn't cover his red ears.

He didn't know how he followed the crowd around the city, or how he got back to Bofu, but he remembered the big hand that held him and the sound that flowed in his ears.

The warm palms, the fingertips and the calluses of the tiger's mouth, as well as the deep black eyes, were deeply imprinted into his heart.

One night.

How crazy.

Wake up in the morning, reluctant to open your eyes.

If it was a dream, he wanted to stay in the dream forever. It wasn't until a light kiss fell on his forehead that he had to wake up from the delusion, looking at the beauty in the scarlet robe and jade belt, his head became even more dizzy.

He's still dreaming, isn't he?

Thinking of the stupidity at that time, Meng covered his face and wept. The faces of two lifetimes were lost in one morning.

But his appearance seemed to please Shen Xuan.

He opened his fingers and touched the side of his neck, and couldn't help but laugh again.

Holding the official document and looking for everything, he stood outside the door, whether to knock on the door at this time, he was very hesitant. Ever since Dingguo Gong Patrol North passed through Daning, Xingningbo has become not quite right. After leaving, it still didn't get better.

Could it be that there is a change between Tatar and Warat?

It doesn't look like it.

Du Shi sighed, hoping that Xingningbo was only intermittent seizures. After all, it's not easy to have a good boss who is competent and kind.

After the New Year, the smell of fireworks, flowers, firecrackers, and firecrackers gradually dissipated, and the city market returned to its former form.

The Tatars and Jurchens who stayed in the city of Daning for the New Year returned to the tribe and the station one after another, and the trip to Daning was very fruitful, not to mention that the goods were sold out, and the excitement encountered in the first month was also the talk of the tribe.

Jianzhou Wei Commander Heha Chu and Mao Lianwei Commander Xiyang Ha personally visited Meng in Daning Dusi and thanked him for his reminder and help when he set up a military and civilian command envoy in the imperial court. The newly established commander of Hu'er Wenwei, Yeer Guni, also came to pay homage to the dock and gave him valuable gifts.

Meng was puzzled, and only after learning about the location of Hu'er Wenwei and the relationship between the three Jurchen tribes did he suddenly realize.

After the departure of Hehachu and others, they immediately classified the things sent and made a book, went to the imperial court, and sent a letter to Zhu Gaosui of Kaiyuan, the court's strategy of differentiation and co-optation has achieved initial results, the contradictions between the savage Jurchens are irreconcilable, and the struggle for power has begun to take shape, which is a good opportunity to make great efforts.

Whether it is to fight or suppress, whether it is to win over or help, it depends on the choice of the court.

A map of the Jurchen guards is attached to the upper sparsely, although it is not very detailed, but the location of the Jurchen tribes is roughly marked, and the contradictions between the tribes are also remarked.

After Emperor Yongle finished reading the recital, he immediately summoned the secretary of the military department and Shi Langzhong, the official of the Qing Dynasty, and handed the map presented by Meng to the two of them.

The meaning is very clear, a few months ago, he issued a holy decree to reformulate the map of northern Xinjiang, Xingningbo and other military generals have such performances, and the military department has not given a letter of approval so far, is it too slow?

If the Nanjing Military Department could not do this, he ordered the Beijing Military Department to take full responsibility for the matter.

"The court does not raise useless people, and I do not use incompetent people."

Unable to complete the task as required, take the initiative and give up the position to those who are capable. There are a lot of new science and technology scholars in the six departments to watch the government, and then they can't do it, and they go to the Hanlin Academy to pick, but there are not enough Jishi, and the Guozi Prison directly raises talents.

Eight wilderness**, Yang Daming, can't pick out a few people who can do things? It's a joke!

The secretary of the military department and the official Lang Zhong first admitted their mistakes, and then said that the reason why the map was not submitted to the imperial inspection for a long time was that the personnel sent to the northern and southwestern parts of the country had not yet returned, and in order to ensure that the map did not make mistakes or omissions, they had to check it again and again, so the time was delayed.

Zhu Di could barely accept this reason, but he also made a request that he must make the map he wanted as soon as possible, especially in northern Xinjiang and southwestern places.

"I'm useful."

"Obey."

Walking out of the Xinuan Pavilion of the Fengtian Palace, the secretary of the military department and the staff of Fang Langzhong all broke out in a cold sweat.

Northern Xinjiang, Southwest.

Why did the Son of Heaven focus on these two places?

Could it be that there is a plan to raise troops?

If this is the case, the matter of the map cannot be delayed.

As the Son of Heaven said, he couldn't finish what the Son of Heaven had explained, he couldn't sit in an official position, and there were already people waiting in line behind him.

In February of the third year of Yongle, the Son of Heaven sent an official to release the ancestor Confucius.

On the tenth day, he ordered Zheng Heng, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, to return to Beijing and change the town to the southwest.

According to the local official of Nanning Yuanzhou, Tongzhili Jihan, since the 37th year of Hongwu, the Hu clan of Annan has repeatedly sent troops to capture the seven villages under its jurisdiction, such as Mengshao, and plundered the population, seized grain and livestock, and sent the people of the seven villages to hard labor. Even Lijihan's daughter and son-in-law were taken captive, and the villagers were even more miserable.

Li Jihan really had no choice, it was impossible to be reasonable, and he couldn't beat him, so he could only send someone to cry and complain to Daming.

The envoys sent by Lijihan wept to Emperor Yongle about the suffering of the villagers, and at the same time scolded the Hu clan for being bold and ambitious.

Since the Hongwu period, Lijihan received the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and was awarded the official position of the Ming Dynasty. Annam's snatching of the land under the jurisdiction of Lijihan is tantamount to showing the Ming Dynasty - Wei - breaking ground on the head of the Ming Dynasty!

"Please be merciful to the suffering of the kingdom and punish the Hu family!"

After crying to the fullest, the messenger made clear his final intentions.

The younger brother was bullied and was robbed of land and burned down the house, so he could only ask the big guy for help. With the strength of the big guy, whether to kill or be disabled is just a matter of how many troops to send.

Regardless of what kind of it is, Lijihan welcomes it.

As long as he helps him out of this breath and the land is snatched back, he is willing to lead the villagers to completely belong to Daming and become a state and county in Daming.

After listening to the cry of the messenger, Zhu Di was furious and said that he would be strictly investigated. If the situation is found to be true, it will definitely support Lijihan.

The messenger wept bitterly and prostrated in thanksgiving. Subsequently, the envoy was arranged to live in the same hall, and met Prince Chen in politics-governance-refuge-refuge-. At the end, facing the sunset together, with tears in their eyes, they imagined the arrival of the day when the Ming Dynasty sent troops.

In fact, Zhu Di already knew about the crying of the envoy of Lijihan.

Qianning Hou Musheng and Jinyiwei in the southwest reported the details of the situation early.

Zhu Di seized the tributary envoys of Annan and did not allow them to send news, but he did not issue an order to reprimand the king of the Hu family for a long time, and there was no sign of sending troops, not to open the net to Annan, but just waiting for the return of Zheng He's fleet.

He needs to understand the most real situation in Annam, and formulate the most complete battle plan, so that those who provoke him will never return.

In February, the fleet led by Zheng He finally returned from Annam. Compared to the time of departure, there were no less than twenty merchant ships and tribute missions from the Fan State at the back of the fleet.

Standing at the bow of the boat, the heroic Gonggong Zheng and Gonggong Wang both had mixed feelings.

It's really not easy to get out alive and come back alive.

Diaz, who was finally allowed out of the cabin, watched the ship come to shore with bright eyes. Thinking of being able to set foot on the land of longing for a long time, he was excited, and hugged the military man next to him.

As you can imagine, Dias, who finally came to the land of his dreams, was carried off the ship.

In a coma, he still muttered in his mouth: Hallelujah!

Ding Qianhu, who was passing by, suspected again that he had fished up a fool from the sea. I can't help but hesitate, bring this Yiren to Xingningbo, there really won't be a problem?