The leopard house is in the West Garden, and the hunting ground is in the South Garden.

Nanyuan is the area of Nanhaizi Park in the later world, it is twenty or thirty miles away from the city of Beijing, and belongs to the royal hunting ground of the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

"Drive!"

Zhu Houzhao rode his horse and galloped, followed by Wang Yuan, Zhu Lin, Shen Zhou, Li Cong and others. The imperial concubine is also there, and Song Ling'er joins in the fun, but unfortunately Huang E really can't ride a horse and shoot arrows, so he can only study at home and take care of his children today.

Guards had already arrived on horseback to hunt, and an elk panicked out of the woods, only a few dozen paces away from the crowd.

Zhu Houzhao smiled: "Erlang, that head is not like it, only allowed to shoot its eyes." Is it possible? ”

Wang Yuan lowered his body, beat his horse past the emperor, and took aim with his bow and arrows.

Shout!

I saw that the elk was hit by an arrow in the head, rolled forward by inertia, and then lay there still.

Yuan Da rushed over to check and shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, this arrow only hit the eye, and did not hurt the fur!" ”

Zhu Houzhao galloped on his horse and praised: "Erlang is really a miracle shot." ”

Yuan Da had already graduated from martial arts, and just happened to encounter Jiang Bin's loss of power, and the generals of the new army also adjusted. Yuan Er had already had a lot of military exploits, and because of the battle of Yingzhou, he was trusted by the emperor, and was directly awarded the command of the fourth grade, and it is estimated that he will follow Zhu Houzhao to go out to fight in the future.

Another pheasant was startled, and Zhu Houzhao turned around and said with a smile: "Panpan can hunt this thing?" ”

"Try it, concubine."

The imperial concubine chased after her, and Song Ling'er hurriedly followed, temporarily serving as the imperial concubine's bodyguard.

The imperial concubine's swordsmanship is excellent, her equestrian skills are also good, and her foot archery skills are equally skillful. It's a pity that the horse is a little blind when running and shooting, and the arrow shoots out, grazing the pheasant's scalp and flying by, almost scaring the prey to death.

After a few arrows, the imperial concubine has been promoted to a stroke master.

"Hahaha," Zhu Houzhao gloated, and said to Song Ling'er, "General Song, you come and try." ”

"General Song" is the emperor's joking name for Song Ling'er, Song Ling'er has been riding and shooting and hunting since she was a child, and this thing is a game in her eyes. I saw her shoot an arrow, and the pheasant fluttered twice and died, which was really not challenging.

Zhu Houzhao approvingly: "Good archery, I really want you to lead the troops to fight and be my female general of the Ming Dynasty." The big turbans in the middle of the court must be so angry that they blow their beards and stare at them, and then there will be a good show to watch. ”

Song Ling'er said with a smile: "If there is any more chaos in Guizhou, Your Majesty can let me go back and lead the troops to pacify." ”

"Then it's decided." Zhu Houzhao likes to break the rules.

After a while, it was noon.

Zhu Houzhao asked the eunuch to set up a stove to play barbecue, and Wang Yuan also sent someone to bring a large pot and throw in a pile of corn cobs to cook.

"What is this?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan explained: "The former governor of Franco was a smart man who wanted to have a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty and do business. I promised him that if I could bring the seeds of a new crop, I would take him north to meet Your Majesty. This thing, which I call corn, is native to the Great Island of the Far East. Regardless of the land, the yield is extremely high, and it can be a staple food. ”

"Can it be a staple food?" The imperial concubine was surprised.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "You can grind the dough to make cakes, or you can boil it to make porridge." But when you eat it, the taste is worse than wheat and rice, and most of the rich people don't like it, so it can be regarded as life-saving food for the poor. ”

The imperial concubine approvingly: "It's enough to save lives, and you should push the provinces." ”

Zhu Houzhao also said: "Quickly push the seeds, there is more food, so I can lead the troops to fight." ”

Wang Yuan explained: "There are still too few seeds, so the minister tried to plant them in Beijing, and the minister's students tried to plant them in Hangzhou. The four Jishi released this time will also be tried in their respective jurisdictions, and it will take a few more years before they can be popularized on a large scale. ”

Zhu Houzhao, who had been ignoring the government for half a year, suddenly said: "Hou Guan of Cangchang Shangshu, old and frail, has resigned three times this year. Can Erlang have the right person to recommend to succeed Kuraba Shangshu? ”

The full name of Kuraba Shoshu is "Governor Kuraba Tobe Shoshu".

Although the grade and Yulu are equivalent to Shangshu, they are not the real Hubu Shangshu, and can only be responsible for supervising the warehouse and are not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the Hubu.

The reason for this is that this shortage is too fat, and the power and responsibility are too great, to the point where it is necessary to set up special posts.

Occasionally, there is also Kuraba Squiro, that is, the Governor Kuraba Tobe Squiro. Wang Yuan's father-in-law, Huang Ke, was the title of the right attendant of the household department, and the warehouse of the governor of Beijing and Tongzhou. At that time, Wang Yuan trained recruits and went to have trouble with Huang Ke.

Cangchang Shangshu Houguan is a person left by Li Dongyang. Although he tried his best to cooperate with the emperor in the war, he belonged to the Qingliu people, and occasionally made awkward troubles, such as the military rations that united with Emperor Shijika.

Zhu Houzhao is planning to make a move, once he controls the warehouse Shangshu or the warehouse squire, he can go around the account opening department during the war and directly ask the governor of the warehouse to ask for food and send troops.

"Your Majesty, do you want to be in person again?" Wang Yuan asked guessingly.

Zhu Houzhao said: "The Liaodong Jurchens have deceived people too much, and they have plundered and killed people in Kaiyuan many times this year. ”

Wang Yuan was very speechless about this, there was a border market on the Kaiyuan side. Just some Jurchens, who went to the market to kill people and rob people, are not even invading the border, but foreigners committed criminal cases in China, enough to provoke the Ming Emperor to drive the imperial expedition?

Zhu Houzhao is this guy, he is purely tired of being crooked in the capital, and he just wants to live the addiction of war.

The imperial concubine looked helpless, obviously she had been persuaded, but no matter how much she was advised, it was ineffective.

Wang Yuan said: "Since Your Majesty asked the minister to recommend candidates, the minister will not shy away from suspicion. The left is the imperial history of the book, which can be the right servant of the household department, and the governor of the warehouse. ”

"Will he advise me not to go to war?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan smiled: "Definitely, but the rations will be distributed." ”

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied: "If you can send military rations, let him advise casually and make a show for the courtiers." ”

Therefore, there are people in the court who are good officials, and Xi Shu was just promoted to the imperial history of Zuo Yu a while ago, and now he is going to be promoted again. Don't look at it as just the right squire of the Tobe, but as the Kuraba squire, he can not be responsible for the Tobe Shangshu, only responsible for the emperor and the cabinet, and has a transcendent status among the six ministries.

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "Is Erlang going?" ”

"Liaodong?" Wang Yuan said.

"Yes, you and I will join hands again, and we will definitely kill the Liaodong Nuzhen who dare not commit a crime!" Zhu Houzhao was eager to try, and he couldn't wait to fly to Liaodong immediately.

Wang Yuan said: "If Your Majesty wants to recruit in person, it is best not to work in the army, because the household department is really short of food. The Liaodong Jurchens are also very weak, and they can send troops with 5,000 cavalry, and they must go early and return early, but don't delay until winter to freeze the soldiers and horses to death. ”

"That makes sense." Zhu Houzhao was also scared by the cold winter of the past two years.

In fact, the fifteenth year of Zhengde was already the low temperature limit in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

From this year onwards, the temperature will gradually warm, and it will rise rapidly in a few years, and then the days will be much better, that is, in the first year of Jiajing's reign, the average temperature will begin to rise.

It's just that there is no Jiajing now, only the sixteenth year of Zhengde, the seventeenth year of Zhengde, and the eighteenth year of Zhengde......

Zhu Houzhao wanted to drive the expedition in person, but Wang Yuan not only dissuaded him, but also took the initiative to help formulate a plan to send troops. If this is known to the courtiers, it will definitely be another impeachment, and his identity as a courtier will be completely determined.

But since we can't persuade them, why don't we make military arrangements in advance?

After a short time, the corn was cooked.

After taking it out and cooling it for a while, Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, please try it." ”

Zhu Houzhao took a bite of the corn cob, his tongue almost swallowed, and his eyes widened and said, "Well, this taste is sweet, how can Erlang say that it is not delicious?" You take some seeds out, and I will let the Huangzhuang plant them too. This corn must be planted all over the world! ”

A large pot of boiled tender corn was easily wiped out, and the emperor's attachés all had thoughts and wanted to get some seeds from Wang Erlang.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "If Your Majesty likes it, you will serve roasted sweet potatoes and fried peanuts again by changing the heavens." ”