Leopard room.

The emperor and Concubine Zhuang sat in the garden, accompanied by Zhang Wei, Zhu Ying, Li Ying, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Qian Ning and others.

Zhu Houzhao asked with great interest: "The hot air balloon made by the physics school can really throw volcanic mines from a high altitude?" ”

Li Ying replied: "Your Majesty, the terrain at that time was quite special. The valley is characterized by strong winds all year round, and the wind direction is fixed. All you need to do is choose a location in advance, tie the balloon to the hillside with a rope, and hover over the valley with the help of strong winds. As long as an enemy army passes through the valley, the soldiers on the hot air balloon can be thrown down. ”

"Wonderful!" Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands in admiration.

Li Ying continued: "At that time, the mines kept falling, the enemy soldiers and horses were all frightened, and the valley was in chaos. Wang Shilang traveled 2,000 miles long distance, broke through the cities of the Western Regions, and then killed the valley at a critical moment, killing more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians of the enemy in an instant. ”

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "It's a pity that you didn't fight with Erlang, I want to hear from the people I saw with my own eyes, and tell me how Erlang fought alone with Man Su'er." ”

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "Emperor, although the ministers did not participate in the decisive battle, they followed Wang Shilang to attack more than 4,000 Turpan elite horsemen. At that time, the cavalry of our army came from a chaotic source, and many Mongolian cavalry retreated. His attendants Yuan Da and Zhu Dangshu, the king of Xiliang, followed Wang Shilang left and right, and the three of them rode straight to the enemy formation, killing the enemy army on their backs. The morale of the officers and men of our army was so high that even the ministers forgot about life and death, and led the army forward with Uncle Zhang. ”

Zhu Houzhao listened fiercely and praised: "You are all my guards!" ”

Zhang Wei had a long scar on his face, and his ears were cut off. Although he was not promoted this time, he restored the title of prince and princess, and at the same time he was added to the rank of Fenglu, and Yin Yizi was a hundred households in Jinyiwei.

Zhu Ying broke two fingers, and I am afraid it will be difficult to go to the battlefield in the future. He still belonged to the Young Eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and although he was not promoted, he was given a new errand, not only in charge of the four guards of Long Xiang, but also ordered to supervise the Eastern Official Office. In human terms, Zhu Ying was in charge of four of the seventeen guards of the Son of Heaven's army, and at the same time commanded half of the Beijing camp (all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled).

Li Ying was directly promoted to the commander of the four-grade brocade guard, and it was a real position, in charge of the direct guard. That is to say, in the future, whether it is sacrificing the temple or driving the royal expedition, Li Ying will take his subordinates and follow the emperor to protect his safety.

Combined, Zhu Ying and Li Ying can barely compete with Jiang Bin.

"Emperor, the secretary of the military department, Wang Qiong, will meet you." The celebrant and young eunuch Lu Ming came to report.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Let him come over." ”

Lu Ming is a eunuch who has risen in the past two years, and he used to have a good relationship with Yang Tinghe, and he also secretly colluded with Jinyi Wei Qian Ning, and the three of them dealt with Jiang Bin and other border generals together.

Jiang Bin has become the big boss, and no one can fight against it alone, so they can only unite to resist its pressure.

Wang Qiong knelt and kowtowed: "The minister knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

"Get up and speak." Zhu Houzhao nodded.

After Wang Qiong got up, he greeted everyone with his fists, and then sat down next to him carefully.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Wang Shangshu, Erlang has expanded the territory in the Western Regions for more than 2,000 miles, and has made such amazing achievements, which shows that my Ming soldiers are elite and general. The little Mongolian prince has gone south several times, and if I want to lead my troops to attack him, you might as well get a charter out. ”

Obviously, the emperor was stimulated by Wang Yuan's exploits, and was also complacent with the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, and actually wanted to drive the royal expedition to open the scoop with the little Mongolian prince.

Wang Qiong was taken aback, so she had to be politely dissuaded: "Your Majesty, the border town has only been training in Beijing for two years, why not train for another year and a half?" Moreover, the anti-thieves in various places have not yet been eliminated. Take the thieves in Jiangxi, for example, they have been in trouble for decades, and they should be cleared up! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't take it seriously and asked: "Why can't the thieves in Jiangxi be pacified?" You recommend a personal choice to put down the thieves in Jiangxi for me. ”

Wang Qiong said: "Wang Shouren, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is up to the task. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "It turned out to be Wang Erlang's teacher, then send him!" ”

Wang Yangming was recommended by Wang Yuan last year to serve as the right attendant of the military department and the governor of Liaodong. Because of the strange rule that people should not leave the country five miles away, Wang Yangming lured Allah of Haixi to loot, set up an ambush, and captured hundreds of thieves, and in only half a year, he frightened the Jurchens of all tribes to plead guilty.

Of course, he also offended Shi Jue because of this.

Because Shi Jue was the last governor of Liaodong, at that time, the Haixi Jurchens had repeatedly committed border crimes, and Duoyan Sanwei attacked each other with other tribes, causing trade in Liaodong to be cut off and no longer pay tribute. Shi Jue's practice was to be a peacemaker, personally go out of the customs, resolve the contradictions between Duoyan Sanwei and other tribes, and appease the Haixi Jurchens to come to pay tribute, so he was promoted through meritorious service and took charge of the Imperial Court as the imperial history of the right capital.

As soon as Shi Jue left Liaodong, the Haixi Jurchens raided the border again and were ambushed and defeated by Wang Yangming. But in Shi Jue's eyes, Wang Yangming was an unauthorized provocation and forced the Haixi Jurchens who had pacified him to continue the rebellion.

With Zhu Houzhao's character, he naturally prefers Wang Yangming's approach, the barbarian tribe, appease a fart, and the fight is over.

Just some time ago, Liu Chun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, offended Zhu Houzhao because of the matter of sealing the king.

Zhu Houzhao immediately asked Wang Yangming to be transferred to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and concurrently took charge of the affairs of Honglu Temple (Honglu Temple Qing is often concurrently served by the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites), and waited for the opportunity to promote Wang Yangming to be the left attendant. Liu Chun is old, and if he is sick and resigns one day, Wang Yangming can be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Well, Wang Yangming has also entered the emperor's eyes and belongs to the key training objects, and Zhu Houzhao wants him to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

Since Wang Qiong recommended Wang Yangming to patrol Jiangxi, Zhu Houzhao immediately agreed. Whoever makes any contributions, when he returns to Beijing, he will be the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhu Houzhao is worried that there is no excuse to promote Uncle Wang.

As a result, Wang Yangming was recommended by Wang Qiong to go to Jiangxi to suppress bandits one year earlier than in history.

The bandits in Jiangxi are not easy to clear, and the reasons for their formation are too complicated.

Jiangxi is the entire Ming Dynasty, the most serious land annexation area, not one.

One is because there are too many civil officials from Jiangxi, and the other is because there are too many nobles in Jiangxi in the early Ming Dynasty. These two groups are important forces in land annexation, and now that they are gathered in Jiangxi, can the common people have a better life?

Not only that, there are still many mines in Jiangxi, and the miners are cornered by the eunuchs, so they can only choose to become bandits.

What's the most?

Many people did not want to be bandits, so they joined the civil service and the nobles as tenants. The civil officials and nobles forced them to become bandits, and even developed to plunder the prefectures and counties, or run to other provinces to loot, and the money they robbed was also distributed to the civil officials and nobles, who in turn acted as the bandits' protective umbrella.

Therefore, the bandits in Jiangxi have been suppressed more and more, and they have not been cleared up for decades.

Historically, Wang Yangming easily exterminated several of the largest bandit gangs, and the remaining bandits ran to join King Ning. When King Ning rebelled, he had a large number of bandit troops under his command, and several of the generals were former giant bandits.

Even, at this moment, King Ning also raised some bandits under him, specially collecting wealth for him.

Wang Yangming's visit to Jiangxi this time was not only as simple as suppressing bandits, but also met with resistance from local civil officials and the Xungui clique. Historically, he suppressed bandits for a year and broke more than 40 villages in a row, but the more difficult it became, he had to go to the court, saying that his power was too small to command his soldiers. Wang Qiong immediately gave Wang Yangming the banner (Wang Ming banner, representing the power of the army) and allowed him to act cheaply, so that he had the strength to continue to suppress the bandits.

"Gross!"

Before Wang Qiong left, Concubine Zhuang suddenly felt nauseous and vomited.

Everyone was stunned.

Hui Anbo Zhang Wei immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, quickly announce the imperial doctor!" ”

The imperial doctor is here, happy pulse.