The last time I received a military report from Zhu Zhen on his expedition to the northwest was more than a month ago, and at that time, Zhu Zhen had just arrived at the position of the former Mongolian Bawei, and left the Chinese army in Hami, and received it again after more than a month, and Zhu Yunwen still had some expectations.

"Northwest starts?"

Zhu Di stepped over the threshold with his front foot, and then heard Zhu Yunwen's voice.

"Yes, there was a fight on the sixth day of the first month of last month, and the sixth broke the 50,000 defense troops of East Chagatai, and drove directly to the headquarters, Shami Chagan, the great Khan of East Chagatai, to Tashkurgan, and the military newspaper ran for more than a month before it was delivered."

The northwest is too far away from Nanjing.

Zhu Di handed the military report to Zhu Yunwen, stood aside and said: "The battle was won, but after the army entered Chagatai, it encountered strong hostility from the local aborigines.

Shamichagan sent an envoy to Lao Liu, wanting to discuss the surrender, and expressed his willingness to bear the full amount of the military expenses of our Ming Dynasty this time, and pay an additional one million taels of gold. ”

The northwest is known as the nickname of the state of gold and jade, and it is also a treasure land rich in valuable minerals such as gold and silver.

"Surrender, armistice?"

Zhu Yun sneered and laughed, and casually threw the military newspaper on the imperial case.

"Reply to the sixth uncle, the battle can't stop, I will give him reinforcements and continue to fight."

How much did a battle span more than 8,000 miles cost?

During Zhu Zhen's current expedition to the west, only 150,000 troops were requisitioned and transferred, but the number of civilians recruited exceeded 400,000, not counting the consumption along the way, and the armaments purchased by the Logistics Department from Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces alone exceeded 2 million taels.

Well, according to the consistent unit of measurement of the Ming Dynasty, there are four Chongzhen dynasties.

"There are mobs inside and Timur outside, and if we want to keep the situation in the northwest under control, we will need another 100,000 to 150,000 people, and the military expenditure may reach 8 million, far exceeding the budget of the cabinet at the beginning of this year."

"If the budget is exceeded, the fourth uncle will go and talk to the cabinet, if it doesn't work, you will owe it first, and then talk about it after the battle is over."

Now that the troops are collected, they can indeed make a lot of money, and one million taels of gold is the bid of Dongchagatai, and when negotiating, there will be no pressure until one hundred and fifty six, and in other words, there will be a small twenty million.

But, is Jianwen Chao short of money?

The purpose of this battle is not to make money.

"Fight no matter how big and how long you fight, and don't worry about the truce."

In the set goal, casualties and time are not considered, and the purpose to be achieved is fundamental.

The destruction of Chagatai, the unification of the northwest, and the Ming Dynasty's southwest battlefield to form an echoing posture, surrounded by Wusizang, and then the annexation of the Sanzang region, to achieve the unification of the territory is Zhu Yunwen's pursuit.

"When Temujin went west, he fought all the way along the Hexi Corridor, and I didn't have such great ambitions to enter Europa all the way, but it was inevitable to destroy Chagatai, and I wanted to force the Timurid Khanate to move its capital and leave Samarkand."

Pointing to the location of Samarkand on the map, Zhu Yunwen focused twice.

"If they don't move the capital, then they will continue to fight, fight each other, and fight him for a protracted war for ten or twenty years, otherwise, our Ming athletes will not fight, and the knives and guns will rust if they are placed in the treasury, and they will not work without opponents and enemies."

In addition to this reason, Zhu Di knew that Zhu Yunwen's arrangement also had the factor of purifying the domestic bloodline.

If you really fight with the Timurid Khanate for more than ten years, many foreign nobles will be born in the country, but correspondingly, the male population will also drop sharply to the point of negligibility, and finally be completely assimilated.

Therefore, this battle is not only for the sake of promoting national prestige, but also mixed with too many political and economic factors.

Without these factors, Zhu Di would not believe that Zhu Yunwen really wanted to fight with the Timurid Khanate in the heyday of integrity.

Although Timur's cripple died for many years, the country he left behind was still strong.

"Then it's decided, the minister will go down to give an order to the sixth child, and at the same time transfer some of Moting's troops to reinforce it."

Zhu Di nodded, turned his head and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Yunwen again.

"Fourth uncle, slow down."

Looking back, Zhu Di was still a little puzzled: "What else does Your Majesty command?" ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled casually and said, "Ma Dajun's humil person has been studying for more than half a year, how has he been doing recently?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di laughed.

"It's not easy to get that guy to put down the knife and take the pen, it's been more than half a year, and he can barely write two or three hundred words, and he either goes to watch a ball game or plays horse racing with the Five Military Mansions all day long, and it's almost a wine bag and a rice bag."

"This bastard thing."

scolded in a whisper, Zhu Yunwen was happy: "My hard work has made him clean up, let him study hard, he is good, and the dog can't change eating." ”

The emperor scolded people, and no one did anything.

"In the past two years, I have instructed those students of the Hanlin Academy, many of whom went to the Jingying Lecture Hall to teach, and changed to join the army, the purpose is to let people like Ma Dajun learn some knowledge and culture, but they have been negligent in discipline, they are good, they play around all day long, or they don't understand the importance of learning, what can they do in the future.

Fourth uncle, you say it for me, at the end of this year, the General Staff will hold a cultural class test for this group of people, but if there are still illiterate people, they will all go back to their hometown to farm. ”

It is not necessary to build a strong army with culture, but if the status has reached the level of Ma Dajun, it is also inappropriate to be a group of rough people who can't read a lot of big words.

Soldiers cannot get involved in politics, but high-ranking soldiers cannot be ignorant of politics.

Taking 10,000 steps back, the cutting-edge factions such as Ma Dajun and others have made great contributions, and in the future, Zhu Yunwen wants to promote them to serve in the Fifth Military Government and the General Staff Office, and he doesn't even know a word, how can he approve the military situation, and each person will be assigned a few secretaries.

One is definitely not good, and it is not possible to falsely report the military situation.

It is better to rely on others than on yourself, this kind of important thing of the country, of course, is to be down-to-earth in your own opinion.

"Then the minister will inform them."

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile and responded.

"Well, it's hard work Fourth Uncle."

After Zhu Di left, Zhu Yunwen's face immediately turned cold, turned his head to look at Shuangxi, and said in a deep voice.

"Double happiness, go and check, Wen Kui is the master bookkeeper, who leaked the rumors."

Zhu Wenkui was on duty every day, and he was usually escorted into the palace by a special person late at night, and occasionally when he was busy, he stayed in Yingtianfu.

If it can be detected, it must be someone with ulterior motives who is following and following.

This is human nature, of course, the powerful people in Nanjing City want to find out the true face of Lushan and know what Zhu Wenkui's identity is, which is understandable.

But why say it when you know it?

This not only affected Zhu Wenkui's next exercise, but also gave the outside world a wrong guidance, that is, the emperor favored the second prince Wenqi.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Zhu Wenqi entered the lakeside school with his front foot, and Zhu Wenkui was kicked out with his back foot, and rushed to Yingtianfu with a feeling of almost being a distributor to be a small bookkeeper.

Disrupting the political audio-visual and misleading the direction of the wind is uneasy and kind.

Shuangxi nodded silently, but the murderous intent in his eyes was very intense.