Good mountain garden.

Zhu Houzhao pointed to an old map and said: "Erlang, you have three goals in this Northern Expedition!" ”

Wang Yuan said, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "First, recover the Hetao; second, the relocation of Dongshengwei and the new Dingxiangwei are in a three-legged position with Ningxia Wei, firmly controlling the Hetao area; Third ......"

Wang Yuan listened carefully, waiting for Zhu Houzhao to speak.

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Third, destroy the Temujin altar!" ”

Genghis Khan's place of worship has always been in the Hetao area. Whether it is Warat Mongolia or Tatar Mongolia, if they want to be called Great Khan, they must invade the Hetao, otherwise they will lack legitimacy.

The Mongol deputy khan, known as "Jinong", which means "king of Jin", has the right to worship Genghis Khan.

Therefore, the vice-khans of Warat and Tatar were all in the Hetao region.

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "The minister's decree! ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "Remember to plant my dragon flag on the ruins of Temujin's altar!" ”

"Okay." Wang Yuan said solemnly.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Go, I'm waiting for Erlang's good news." ”

Wang Yuan got up to say goodbye and strode away from Haoshan Garden.

This battle was not aimed at destroying the enemy, and troops were sent in the autumn to drive the Mongols out of the loop, and the winter was enough for these guys.

Of course, it is best to be able to annihilate the main force of the right-wing Mongols, otherwise it will be a repeated struggle in the coming year.

At that time, Zhu Di was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

In Zhu Di's later years, the northern frontier moved south, and the Mongols sporadically crossed the Yellow River for grazing. After that, more and more Mongols went south to graze, and the Ming border army could only keep driving away, but each time they drove away and ran back shortly.

The Tumu Fort was completely blown up, and the Hetao was taken away by the Mongols.

Zhu Jianshen, the faint monarch who favored Wan Guifei, not only solved the problem of millions of displaced people inside, but also recaptured the Hetao area. Until eight years after the death of Zhu Jianshen, a generation of Ming monarch Zhu Youzhang, the Hetao area was taken away by the Mongols, during which the Ming Dynasty occupied the Hetao for a full 22 years.

It was Zhu Houzhao's grandfather who recaptured the Hetao; It was Zhu Houzhao's father who lost the Hetao.

Historically, whether it is Zhu Houzhao or Zhu Houzhao's father, he has never stopped the "search for sets" activity.

Sotao, that is, sending troops to search, kill, and drive away the Mongols in the Hetao area. In the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, the Ming border army crossed the Great Wall and took the initiative to attack the lone Mongols or small tribes. No matter what the result is, whether it is victory or defeat, it reflects the desire of the Ming Dynasty to "reset".

Until Jiajing succeeded to the throne, the border towns were in ruins, and they were forced to recognize the Mongol possession of the Hetao.

After Wang Yuan got the emperor's order, he asked Yan Song, the left attendant, to take charge of the Great Seal of the Ministry of Rites, and he concentrated on preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Hetao.

October.

Zhu Ying, the commander of Jinyi Haiwei, sent an envoy to Beijing to report the victory, and carried a large amount of gold.

Jinyi Haiwei commanded his fellow Qiu Zhen, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Minister Qiu Zhen, knock to see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Get up quickly, give a seat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qiu Zhen got up happily.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "You have destroyed the Western Heaven Ananda Gong Germany?" ”

Qiu Zhen replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it has not been extinguished." Ananda Gong Germany in the West is larger than Huguang, with a population of tens of millions, and there are 500,000,000 or 600,000 people in its royal city alone. The kingdom was all alien, and it was difficult to rule after direct destruction, so a young king was appointed. From now on, Ananda will always be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and this time the Ananda delegation also went to Beijing to worship the Son of Heaven, and was willing to offer the eldest princess as His Majesty's concubine. ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the eldest princess, and asked directly: "I heard that you brought back a lot of gold?" ”

Qiu Zhen said with a smile: "The minister brought back 50,000 taels of gold. ”

"Good!" Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed.

Hinduism is very fond of gold, and only by looting the royal family and ministers, and not demolishing Hindu temples, Ning Botao got more than 400,000 taels of gold. All this gold was brought back and shared with Zhu Ying, Man Zheng and others, and only a fraction of 50,000 taels were shipped to Zhu Houzhao.

Over the years, although the gold and silver sent by Nanyang are not as much as Yinzhou, they have always maintained tribute, otherwise the commander of Jinyi Haiwei and the commander of the capital would have been replaced early.

Zhu Houzhao was very wealthy, and the Manchu Dynasty didn't know how much money he had.

A one-time donation of 50,000 taels of gold, and the establishment of a vassal state, greatly satisfied Zhu Houzhao's ambition to expand the territory.

Anyway, he couldn't fight in person, and the improvement of guns and artillery had come to an end, so Zhu Houzhao was so idle that he simply found something to pass the time.

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies was changed to the Governor's Office of the Six Armies, that is, the left, right, front, rear, middle, and sea.

The Navy Governor's Mansion was born, and Zhu Ying was promoted to the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, and the Admiral Jinyi Haiwei and the Daming Sailor. was promoted to Manzheng as the left governor of the navy and was named Nanhai Bo; promoted Ning Botao to the right governor of the navy and sealed Xihaibo; Zhu Hai was promoted to the right governor of the navy and sealed the marquis of the sea.

Zhu Ying, Man Zheng, and Ning Botao, the three of them immediately returned to Beijing to take up their posts, and they will stay in the capital in the future.

What the hell is this to add an official to a knight, it is purely to collect power!

Zhu Houzhao is very smart and knows that he can no longer let it develop. This time, I destroyed a country bigger than Huguang, and if I continue to connive, how can I get it in the future?

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Of course, this matter cannot be said explicitly, and the three of them cannot be known. After they return to Beijing to take office, they can be forcibly detained, and they will honestly stay in the capital as an official.

At the same time, you can't go too far, it will inevitably force the three to rebel.

As compensation, Man Zheng's eldest son Man Yong, and Ning Botao's nephew Ning Xiong, could be promoted to the commander of Jinyi Haiwei, and continued to stay in Nanyang to command part of the naval division.

Send another eunuch to Nanyang to take charge of Jinyihai's affairs and replace Zhu Ying's previous position.

Then send a few generals from the leopard room to Nanyang to take over some of the warships, and try to divide the command power of the Daming Naval Division.

Don't think that Zhu Houzhao is dragging the navy back, emperors with normal brains will do this.

Let's just say that the king of Spain constantly sent nobles to colonize, dividing layer by layer, restricting each other, and overlapping powers. In the end, those colonial officials themselves could not straighten out the colonial bureaucracy, and they did not know who to co-opt to cooperate if they wanted to rebel.

Only Tan Hai Bo Zhu Hai, because it was far away in Yinzhou, where it was still in the early stage of development, Zhu Houzhao did not recall him back to captivity, and also took this opportunity to be promoted to the right governor of the navy and the marquis of Tanhai.

Yan Song, the left attendant who was in charge of the Great Seal of the Ministry of Rites, finally got busy, carved several large seals at once, planned the entry ceremony of Ananda, and sent ministers to Ananda to canonize the king.

As for the eldest princess of Ananda, it seems to have been forgotten by everyone.

Leopard room.

The imperial concubine asked kindly, "What's your name?" ”

The Aryan girl was puzzled, and after waiting for the translator to repeat it, she smiled nervously: "My name is Kavna Deva Raya. ”

The imperial concubine asked again: "Why is the name so long?" ”

The interpreter explained: "Deva and Raya are both royal family names of the Ananda Kingdom, and the eldest princess's name is Kavna. ”

The imperial concubine thought for a while and said, "From now on, you will be called Kong Fu." ”

The Aryan girl could only accept it, not knowing when she would meet the emperor.

Seeing the emperor of the fart, Zhu Houzhao's body was too weak, and even the imperial concubine rarely touched it, and he was often out of breath when he did that.

As for the harem, Zhu Houzhao has not stepped into the harem for 20 years.

The imperial concubine took pity on those palace maids, and after obtaining the emperor's permission, she went to ask the Empress Dowager Zhang again, and most of the palace maids were dismissed. Nowadays, the harem is like a cold palace, and there are few people in sight.

only pity the queen and the two concubines, who have been widowed in the harem, and the imperial concubine does not dare to send them away.

The Aryan girl in front of her, who changed her name to Kong Fu, has the right to dispose of it because she has not been officially canonized.

The imperial concubine smiled and said: "It's really a beauty, just stay by my side, and when you learn Chinese, I'll help you arrange a good family." ”

Kong Fu stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Queen." ”

The translator automatically filters out address errors.

Suddenly, Princess Zhu Xuanzhen rushed in: "Mother, Brother Ce has been married for half a year, why didn't you tell me?" ”

The imperial concubine sighed: "Your brother is the eldest son of Wang Shangshu, and he is also famous." He can't marry you, otherwise it will harm his future. ”

Zhu Xuanzhen was sullen and didn't know how to object, so she could only cry and run to the alpaca room and talk to herself to the newborn alpaca.

Leopard room, study.

Wang Su said to the prince, "You shouldn't tell her. ”

Zhu Zaiyun said: "Long pain is better than short pain." ”

Wang Su was silent, and then said again: "I'm going to the alpaca house to find her." ”

Zhu Zaiyun joked: "You want to be a colt? ”

"Yes." Wang Su admitted.

"Wouldn't it? If you marry my sister, you will not be able to be a civil official in the future. Zhu Zaiyun was surprised.

Wang Su said: "If you don't want to be an official, you are." As a lieutenant, I can study physics all my life. ”

Zhu Zaiyun was dumbfounded, and only after a long time did he say, "You are crazy." When your father's class teacher returns to the court, he will definitely kill you! ”

Wang Su shook his head: "No, I've tried it, and my father let me make my own decisions." ”