After Jia Ke learned about Jia Baoyu's current situation, he was also a little unbearable.

If you want to say that Jia Baoyu's feelings for Lin Daiyu are really deep, and she can't compare to Jia Baoyu at this point.

So Jia Ke was silent for a while, and said to Li Gui on the side: "Let him go with him in this matter, and then you go to the Ministry of Rites and those people in the Yushitai to talk about it, and don't pursue this matter." ”

The reason why Jia Ke ordered so much was because if Jia Baoyu was in a hurry to continue the strings after Lin Daiyu just died, I am afraid that there would be those famous Yu Shi who immediately jumped out to impeach Jia Baoyu, and then the royal face would be lost.

After that, Jia Ke put his mind back on national affairs.

Now that it is quite peaceful today, there are not many urgent matters for Jia Ke to decide personally, and Jia Ke is now worried about the Tatar problem.

In the last Northern Expedition, Jia Ke thought that with the sharpness of his firearms, he would definitely make the Tatars disappear by marching in two directions.

I didn't expect Meng He to be so determined, he actually gave up one way and attacked the other with all his might, so that the plan of the Northern Expedition came to an end.

Although the Tatars rarely harass the borders now, their strength has not been lost, and the 36 countries of the Western Regions are still the territory of the Tatars.

Now that the dynasty is strong, the Tatars can still be honest, and once the court is weak in the future, these Tatars will never let go of the opportunity to invade the south.

For the sake of future generations, Jia Ke had to find a way to completely exterminate the Tatars and turn the grassland into the pasture of the Manchu Eight Banners, so as to prevent the emergence of another ethnic group on the grassland that was not under his control.

In order to succeed in the Second Northern Expedition, Jia Ke began to order the firearms workshop to make firearms on a large scale, so that all the soldiers on the nine sides could also become firearms soldiers.

In addition to making muskets, Jia Ke also began to cast artillery on a large scale, and the last Northern Expedition did not let the artillery accompany him because the artillery was very heavy and inconvenient to transport.

Jia Ke had already seen that if he didn't use all his strength, he might not be able to completely wipe out the Tatars, so Jia Ke decided that he must use all the weapons he could in the next Northern Expedition.

And Jia Ke is here to prepare for a northern expedition, and the Tatars are not idle.

This Jia Ke's last operation, although it was said that it did not hurt the Tatars, but it also made them disgraced.

Arsleng Khan and Meng He can be said to have a deep memory of the new musketeers of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The sight of the musketeers marching forward in a line, constantly firing gunpowder, woke them up several times in their dreams.

Eventually, Arslen Khan thought that he too must have such a firearm, so he sent several of the captured muskets to the artisan battalion, where they could make the same muskets in the shortest possible time.

At first, the craftsmen looked at the simple structure of the musket and thought it was foolproof, but when they started to make it, they realized how difficult it was.

First of all, the barrel of the gun scratched the scalp of all of them, and they couldn't make the same look.

The barrels of the Tatar craftsmen were cast entirely in molds, and there was no guarantee that they would be straight at all, and the thickness of them was uneven. If this thing is brought to the battlefield, I'm afraid even soldiers don't want to use it.

Arslen Khan can be said to have broken his heart for this musket, and even sent people to gather all the skilled craftsmen from the 36 countries of the Western Regions to imitate it together.

The result was still unsatisfactory, and the barrel was cast, but in the drilling procedure, they were stumped.

Since there was no metal harder than steel on the Tatar side, Arslen Khan was ruthless and contributed many of his treasured diamonds to make drill bits.

Only then did the craftsmen barely make a musket.

As a result, only four or five rounds were fired during the test shot, and the barrel of the gun exploded, crippling the soldiers who used the musket.

Arslen Khan was completely discouraged when he saw this, and he only now realized the difference between the Tatars and the Central Plains.

This kind of gap is not at all something that Wu Yong can make up for, and it is precisely the all-round gap between the two countries in terms of national strength and science and technology.

And after Meng He knew that the production of muskets was in difficulty, he knew that Jia Ke would definitely be sent again, and then it would not be that little bit of talent.

Therefore, Shangmenghe secretly visited Arslen Khan on a dark and windy night. The two of them talked about dawn from late at night.

It is not clear what tribes the two men talked about, but in the next period the Tatars began to move important tribes and people westward.

And this important information was quickly sent to Jia Ke's desk.

As soon as Jia Ke looked at the content of the information, he already understood what Arslen Khan wanted to do?

This is the same mold as the Xiongnu's westward migration, and it seems that Arschoen Khan has discovered the danger, which is looking for a way back for himself.

In this way, even if they are defeated by themselves in the steppe, they can also take the people to the west, and Arslen Khan can still be his khan, and maybe even better off than now.

Jia Ke didn't want to let Arstun Khan leave easily, so he began to step up military preparations, wanting to inflict heavy losses on Arstun Khan before he moved west.

In this way, the peace between the two sides lasted for another year, and in the spring of the second year, almost all of the elite of the nine sides under Jia Ke's command had been replaced by musketeers, and after a winter of intensive training, they were able to adapt to modern firearms combat.

Jia Ke thought that the time was ripe and could not wait any longer, so Jia Ke decided to take the imperial expedition and conquer the Tartars this time.

This time, Jia Ke proposed in the court that he wanted to drive the expedition in person, and there was not much strong opposition.

Because at the time of the first Northern Expedition, Jia Ke had just ascended the throne, and the court was still a little unstable, so the ministers did not agree to Jia Ke's personal expedition.

But this time it has been six or seven years, the court has been stable, and Jia Ke already has four sons, and he is not afraid of turmoil in the court after Jia Ke's accident.

Then the next thing is which prince is in charge of the country.

For Jia Ke to drive the expedition in person and leave a prince to supervise the country, the princes in the harem soon got the news.

Among them, there are two princes who are imperative to this position.

One of these two people is Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, and the other is Jia Mao, the king of Wu.

These two princes are already in their teens, and among the royal family, they are already fully mature at this age, and they already have a certain understanding of power schemes.

Coupled with the explanation to them by the people behind them, they already understood the importance of this position, as long as they were in prison this time, they could become the crown prince in the future.

Since the death of her mother, the queen Qin Keqing, the king of Chu, Jia Zhi has lived with Concubine Ruizhu, and Ruizhu has a deep relationship with Qin Keqing's master and servant, and is obedient to Jia Zhi, the king of Chu.

Therefore, the current Chu King Jia Zhi has become a little unruly, he thinks that he is the eldest son of his father, and he is the future prince.

Therefore, he is very wary of other brothers who peep into the position of the crown prince, especially Jia Mao, the king of Wu, who has now become a confidant of Jia Zhi, the king of Chu.

Just because Wu Wang Jia Mao is about the same age as him, and his mother is the niece of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and this Wu King Jia Mao was raised by the Empress Dowager Zhou herself when he was young.

Empress Dowager Zhou's support for King Wu Jia Mao was never hidden, and even in several royal gatherings, Empress Dowager Zhou blatantly let King Wu Jia Mao sit next to Jia Ke.

But Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, was still young and had not opened a mansion and built a government, so he had no way to do anything about this matter.

However, Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, has a good teacher, this is Li Wenbin.

This Li Wenbin was Jia Ke's mentor back then, and now he is a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, specializing in the education of Jia Zhi, the king of Chu. Therefore, Li Wenbin is naturally a person from Jia Zhi's faction.

Li Wenbing is actually not very optimistic about Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, because although he is the queen's concubine, the queen is the bloodline of the previous dynasty, and there is no power left, and it is even more difficult for him to inherit the throne.

But now that he is the teacher of Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, it is impossible to change the court, so he can only give advice to Jia Zhi, the king of Chu.

For example, this time, Jia Ke wants to drive the expedition in person, and he wants to leave a prince in charge of the country.

Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, recruited his teacher Li Wenbin to discuss countermeasures.

After Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, and Li Wenbin sat down separately in the upper study, Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, couldn't wait to ask: "Teacher, do you know the news that my father wants to go on the Northern Expedition in the past few days." ”

Li Wenbin nodded, he had also heard it in the court in the past few days, and knew that Jia Ke was going to drive the expedition in person.

"Weichen has received news that the emperor wants to eliminate the Tatars in one fell swoop this time."

"Then the teacher thinks that this king can supervise the country."

Li Wenbin immediately frowned, he had actually thought about this matter, but he really didn't think that Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, had any advantages.

When Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, saw Li Wenbin frowning and not speaking, his heart was half cold.

"Teacher, is it really powerless?"

Li Wenbin was silent for a moment, and then he spoke: "Lord Wang, my disadvantages are already very clear when I think about it. It's time for us to build on our strengths and avoid our weaknesses. ”

"Please also ask the teacher for advice."

"When the emperor was young, he had already fought on the battlefield, but he was only forced to leave home, and he valued family affection very much in his heart, since the prince has no other advantages, it is better to start on this."

"Will the plan be released?"

"In the past few days, the prince does not have to show off his talents when he sees the emperor, as long as he thinks about it more, every time the emperor fights in the blood-stained robe, the danger in it, as long as he expresses some care and sorrow, he wants to come to the emperor to know the prince's filial piety."

When Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, heard this, he immediately smiled, and then clapped his hands and said: "This is a good idea, my father knows my filial piety, and he will definitely remember it in his heart." This time to fight for the crown prince, you don't have to be outstanding in learning, as long as you match the heart of your father, you can also become a prince. ”