Chapter 53: The Great Water in the World

Li Sicheng thought of other ideas for a while, and he asked the ministers: "Can you counterattack and eat this Ming army?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Annan's generals changed color one after another.

Seeing this, Ruan Chi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, now our country does not have the ability to leave the 100,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty, and the minister thinks that the most important thing now is to send an envoy to Xiang Ming to repair, otherwise my country will not be able to bear much of such a war." ”

There was no answer to the question of how many casualties were suffered on both sides in this battle.

But in general, the casualties are comparable, that is, how many Ming troops died in battle, and how many Annan died in battle. It doesn't look like anyone is taking advantage.

But everyone knows that the size of Daming cannot be compared with Annan.

For the same loss, Da Ming didn't care at all.

Not to mention, except for the 50,000 Beijing battalions, the Southern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty was all Tusi soldiers and guards, that is, the second-rate army of the Ming Dynasty.

Once the Ming army invaded the capital camp in a big way, it was still uncertain whether Annan could stop it.

Li Sicheng sighed in his heart and said, "Wu Qing." ”

Wu Shilian said: "The minister is here." ”

Li Sicheng said: "You went to Beijing on behalf of Gu, remember that no matter what Beijing asks, you will agree to it." ”

If the purpose of this battle is only for the Ming Dynasty to teach Annan a lesson, then the effect has been achieved, and now the monarchs and ministers of Annan no longer have a trace of arrogance.

They desperately need peace.

But can peace be reached? It's up to Beijing to deal with it.

After Mao Sheng's body arrived in Pingxiang, it deteriorated rapidly.

In fact, after he just returned to Pingxiang, his body was still recuperating little by little, but it was just news, but he couldn't bear it, not anything else, but the world's water.

It seems that after a few ordinary years, God can't hold back the idea of making waves.

This year has not been a good one.

Mao Sheng wanted to continue fighting, even if it didn't work out this time, but at the end of this year, he still wanted to continue to go south, but he heard that there was a big flood in various places, and the military rations transported from the interior were temporarily intercepted.

It is used to provide relief to the local victims.

And this magistrate, who was cut first and then played, was not punished by the emperor.

In this way, the emperor's tendencies are obvious.

As soon as Mao Sheng's heart was gone, he was naturally lingering on the sickbed, and it was not as good as day by day.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Countless rain lines are weaving. and fell on the brick floor of the palace. The voice was very pleasant, but Zhu Qizhen listened to it at the moment, but he let out a long sigh. I don't know what to say.

God doesn't make beauty.

The Huai River and the Yangtze River were flooded in a large area, and even the Qiantang River was not at peace. Almost south of the Yellow River, there is a Zeguo, and the northernmost places are Xiuwu, Hanoi, Tangyin, and Luoyang. The rest is the whole line of the Huai River, the whole line of the Yangtze River, from Jingzhou, there is no good place along the coast.

The flood was already very difficult.

But there was also a major drought this year.

Hebei, Jinan, Qingzhou, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia are all drought.

The situation in Hebei is a little better, but not in other places, even though the northwest has been operated by Yu Qian for several years, it is not optimistic.

Zhu Qizhen has already estimated that this year's tax exemption will be carried out everywhere, plus the money and food for disaster relief, I am afraid that if there is no income, the imperial court will have to pay a large amount of money.

If you don't get it right, it's a turbulent situation in the world.

And at this time, it was the fight against Annan, what monastic codes, what military reforms, and so on, all of them were put aside.

Zhu Qizhen was very tolerant of Li Xian and let Li Xian focus on disaster relief affairs.

Although the result of the Battle of Annam made Zhu Qizhen a little disappointed. However, it is not a bad thing to be able to test out Annan's capital, at least Zhu Qizhen knows Annan's strength, so he will not think that more than 100,000 people can destroy Annan.

The next attack on Annam will be several times the current number of troops.

And in this battle, there are also many problems.

First of all, the army attacking Annam is nominally three routes, but the three routes are fighting separately, and after Liu Pu invaded from Yunnan, it was difficult to move an inch in Annam.

There are many reasons, the first is that the strength of the Yunnan army is not as good as that of Guangxi, and the second is that the Yunnan army was fighting in Guangxi, and the war started, and the time window is not large, so how long did the Yunnan army fight in Annam.

These two roads did not form a joint force at all, and the only role of the Yunnan army was to contain some troops in Annam.

As for the sailor Wang Ying's journey, it is even slower.

By the time he had put the Guangdong Navy Division in order and began to harass the coastline of Annan, the Guangxi side was already preparing to withdraw its troops.

Even if it is only placed on the road of Guangxi, Zhu Qizhen is not too satisfied with Mao Sheng.

However, Mao Sheng has tried his best after all. If you change to someone else, you may not be better than Mao Sheng. After all, the battlefield in Annam is not the same as the battlefield outside Cyprus.

More of it is probably a brutal offensive and defensive battle.

It's just that no matter whether it is Tianshi or the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty, this battle is not allowed to be fought. However, the Annan army should not be underestimated, and Zhu Qizhen cannot withdraw his troops.

first let them garrison Guangxi, but Zhu Jianjun was transferred.

Unless the Annan army has the courage to take the initiative to attack, for a long time, the armies of Annan and Daming are stationed on the border, staring at each other.

Zhu Qizhen asked the prince to directly participate in the disaster relief in the Yangtze River basin.

It is also good for the prince to have a good look at the suffering of the people.

In the past year, Wang Shu has not been idle, he took the Hanlin Academy from the various archives of the Ming Dynasty, from the Ming Hongwu all the changes in the official system and law, all of them were summarized and arranged by year.

Although it is only a draft, the framework is in place, and the rest is more to verify the authenticity of each piece of information little by little, corresponding to other historical archives.

See if anything goes wrong.

But regarding the code that Zhu Qizhen wanted, Wang Shu did not write a word, not even a draft.

It's not that Wang Shu doesn't support Zhu Qizhen, but this matter is too important, and Wang Shu feels that the decision should not be drafted by him.

Zhu Qizhen didn't embarrass him.

After all, Wang Shu can only be regarded as a small minister, and such a major political document is not something that the emperor can do well by finding one or two ministers. The best drafters should be the head of the cabinet.

It's just that there is a big flood today, and this one thing can only be let go first.

Although the task of disaster relief in the world is very heavy and busy, it is more the cabinet that is busy than Zhu Qizhen.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen is slacking.

But Zhu Qizhen knew very early on that in terms of disaster relief, the Ming civil official system has a very perfect method, as long as the imperial court gives enough food, no matter how many people can be safe.

The historical record of the Ming disaster relief is that during the Hongzhi period, tens of millions of people were rescued at once. You must know that in this era, in addition to the Ming Dynasty, the total number of people in many countries may not be as high as 10 million.

How can we talk about the ability to resettle tens of millions of people in one go?

The only thing Zhu Qizhen did was to aggravate the immigration. Emigrate to Liaodong, Haixi, Haidong, Yizhou, Hetao, Northwest, Guangxi, and other border areas.

It can also be regarded as a means of filling the local area.

In addition, Zhu Qizhen did not interfere much at all.

Because Zhu Qizhen felt that the more he interfered in this matter, the easier it was to help.

He is more about the various rules and regulations of the five prefectures, six ministries and even other yamen places that Li Xian has brought over, and the draft he has just compiled corresponds to it.

From the perspective of future generations, we should see what is appropriate and what is insufficient, so as to pave the way for future reforms.

At this moment, Wu Shilian also arrived in Zhejiang by sea, he got off the ship in Zhejiang, went privately, and prepared to go all the way to Beijing from Zhejiang with his escort.

This is also one of the disadvantages of opening the sea.

If the sea is not opened, Wu Shilian will be officially received along the way, where there is the possibility of leaving without permission, but after the opening of the sea, in various customs stations, it can be described as a mixture of fish and dragons, and even in Annam, there are people who specially pretend to trade Chinese back and forth, so it is not impossible for Wu Shilian to enter the interior of Daming.

The reason why Wu Shilian did this was because he wanted to judge what the disaster situation within the Ming Dynasty was, so as to adjust his bargaining chips. Although Li Sicheng said that in order to achieve peace, he is willing to pay any price.

But this is just a matter of listening, what can be promised and what cannot be promised, Wu Shilian still has a scale.

Some gold, silver, grain, and so on can be promised, but things related to the land and the personal safety of the lord of the country are absolutely not agreed.