Zhang Zhiji bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that another group of veterans should be recruited, and the number of soldiers needs to be at least about one million. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes suddenly narrowed - conscription of millions of retired soldiers?

Zhang Zhiji continued: "Your Majesty, Leshi Grassland, Wusizang, Nuergandusi, and Beishan are all the kind of land that is vast and sparsely populated, and whether it is the number of people or the number of cities, it is very small compared to Monan.

Now that our Ming Dynasty is directly attacking Tsarist Russia, if the existing railways and guards in the north alone are used to undertake the transfer of soldiers and materials, the time and cost required will be astronomical.

The minister thought that it would be better to recruit a group of retired soldiers, even if these people were not allowed to go to the front, they could be allowed to complete the transfer of materials that could not be completed by the railway. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and instructed Wang Chengen: "Send someone to find Lu Ge Lao." ”

Then Lu Xiangsheng blew up.

Lu Xiangsheng was originally a staunch military element, but only when Lu Xiangsheng was the governor of Xuanda.

Now that Lu Xiang has been promoted to the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, he naturally no longer considers the problem simply only in the military aspect, but mainly on the affairs of the court.

The matter of recruiting one million retired soldiers is not a big deal, with the population base of the Ming Dynasty and the number of retired soldiers, let alone one million, even if it is two million, it is only a matter of a few days.

However, the impact on the people is too great - most of these retired soldiers have entered the county yamen and are under the hands of the county lieutenant to do the work of arresting and arresting thieves.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, whose nose is not a nose and eyes are not eyes, Zhang Zhiji still laughed and said: "If these retired soldiers are not recruited, then where the Northern Xinjiang Railway is not reached, the transfer of materials will have to be completed by recruiting the people?" ”

Listening to Zhang Zhiji's half-pleading and half-threatening words, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but laugh angrily: "How incompetent does your military government have to be, so that you need the people to complete the transfer of materials?" Do you want to talk to Wu Butang about next year's military spending? ”

This bad old man surnamed Lu is really not a thing!

After scolding in his heart, Zhang Zhiji laughed again: "Elder Lu Ge, this northern expedition to Tsarist Russia is the biggest military operation at the moment, so the cabinet has to support it, right?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng squinted at Zhang Zhiji and said, "Yes, the cabinet definitely supports this action." But if you want to recruit retired soldiers, you have to agree to several conditions. ”

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, smiled and watched the civil officials and military giants tearing apart, and Zhu Cihong, who was honestly in front of the background wall, also felt eye-opening.

After Lu Xiangsheng put forward a few conditions to Zhang Zhiji, this matter can be regarded as a road to a end - Lu Xiangsheng also understands in his heart that since Emperor Chongzhen has decided to kill Tsarist Russia, he will definitely not be able to stop it, and he can only try to get some benefits.

Seeing that the two of them had negotiated the approximate conditions, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand to let the two of them go, and then said to Zhu Cihong with a smile: "Have you seen it?" ”

Zhu Cihong bowed and said, "Back to my father, I have seen it." Lu Ge Lao is now a cabinet elder, which is naturally different from when he was originally the governor of Xuanda, and he still thinks more about cabinet issues. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Yes, that's right." There is a popular saying among the people, called what mountain to stand on and what song to sing, when Lu Xiangsheng originally served as the governor of Xuanda, he belonged to the military lineage, and naturally stood from the perspective of the military.

Now that Lu Xiangsheng is the head and auxiliary minister of a country, it is natural that the issue should be considered holistically, and it cannot be considered from the perspective of the military alone.

The so-called way of the emperor is like this, just choose the right people to do the right things, and then control the situation so that the situation does not get out of control. ”

After Zhu Cihong said that he understood, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Also, this time the Mughal and Ottoman envoys came, and the main purpose was to import arms from the Ming Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Cihong was a little confused - how did Shah Jahan not have it? With such a deep hatred, Ozelo Langbu can still send people to Daming to seek arms trade?

Seeing Zhu Cihong's strange expression, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "What? Doesn't it feel weird? ”

Zhu Cihong bowed and said, "Yes." If the Ottomans sent someone to discuss the matter of arms, it would not be surprising that the two families had cooperated on the Suez Canal before.

As for the Mughals, according to the information that Erchen knows, Shah Jahan, the father of Ozerangbu, died at the hands of Yeyang Ye's father-in-law, and Ye's father-in-law also splashed Ozelangbu with a big bucket of dirty water? ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled reluctantly: "Of course he splashed a big bucket of dirty water." Although Ye Yang made his own ideas at the beginning, it was because of his action that the Mughal consumed decades of vitality.

Even today, the Mughals are still suspecting that Ozelombu colluded with Yeyang to kill his father, and it is difficult to do it as it was during the reign of Shah Jahan. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "It is precisely because of this that Erchen feels strange. With such a deep hatred, can Ozelo Langbu let it go? ”

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Either let go of hatred and fight for that glimmer of life for the Mughals, or take the entire Mughal to die, how will you choose in exchange for you?" ”

Zhu Cihong said categorically: "Erchen would rather be a broken jade than a complete tile!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said meaningfully: "You are the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, so you are naturally qualified to say this." But you must know that there is a great terror between life and death, and if you were to face a desperate situation like Ozelombu, would you still be the same as you are now? ”

casually knocked Zhu Cihong, and Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Don't talk about Nao Ze Langbu, now just talk about the current situation, Mughal and Ottoman have envoys to Daming, how to deal with it?" ”

Zhu Cihong lowered his head and paced back and forth in the main hall for a few steps, and pondered: "Is it to arrange the two of them in a similar courtyard?" What if the sound insulation is not good? ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Yes, yes, you have a bit of my demeanor now." The courtyard arranged for them by Honglu Temple is adjacent, and as long as the voice is loud, the next door can basically hear it.

Let's talk slowly, what I lack most now is labor, and the most important thing is time and arms, while the Mughal and Ottoman people lack time and arms the most, and the most important thing is labor.

After this negotiation, they can get what they want, and I can get what I want, which is originally a mutually beneficial thing. ”

……

For Summit, the Ming Empire is absolutely hateful - a large area of the country fell into the hands of the Ming Empire, the previous Mughal emperor was killed by the Ming people, not to mention, now Ozelomb can't even hang the name of the emperor, can only call himself the Mughal king!

It's too much of a deception!

What made Summit feel even more aggrieved was that he couldn't even bring a knife because of the reason for public security.

But look at the Ming people on the streets of Daming, those Ming people with knives and swords, they will not endanger public order? The swords in their hands are just decorations?

This is clearly a differentiator, okay? Isn't it discriminating against us foreigners?

Although he was very unhappy with Da Ming in his heart, Samit also knew what he was doing when he came back to Da Ming, and he had to be convinced of Da Ming.

On the streets of Daming, there are no beggars everywhere in the Mughals, and all of them have a kind of vigor on their faces that they have never seen before?

It seems that these people of Daming believe that they will live well, whether they are busy or resting, they can always see a faint smile on their faces.

Moreover, the way they looked at themselves was a very ordinary look, without envy or hatred, as if they were no different from them, and that feeling was strange, which was not seen anywhere else.

There are also those delicacies of the Ming Empire, although I don't know how they came up with them, but they are completely different from what their own Mughals have eaten, and almost any kind of ingredients can be turned into food in their hands.

The most direct embodiment is that even if his group has been in the capital of the Ming Empire for several days, the things they eat are completely different each time, and there are still many things that they have not tasted.

Perhaps, we should eat less at once and taste more of a few tricks?

Kemal's feeling for Daming is actually similar to Summit, the endless food, the positive people, and the prosperous scene make Kemal think that he has come to heaven.

"If there is a paradise on earth, Damascus will be in it. If Heaven is in the air, Damascus is as famous as it", the so-called Damascus with the same name as Heaven is compared with the capital of the Ming Empire, it is like a joke.

However, the moment the good mood saw Summit, it disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a deep hatred.

Although the Mughals and Ottomans had the same beliefs, and the two countries had tried to communicate and cooperate as much as possible before, when the Mughals assassinated the caliphate, all that remained was hatred.

I've confirmed my eyes, and the person on the other side is going to do it!

Like Summit, Kemal and his party did not wear swords, but put them in their residences - Honglu Temple had been informed early, and if there was no Ming household registration and went out with a sword, they were caught by the government, and Honglu Temple could not get people out.

Although he was very unhappy with this, in order to get enough arms from Daming this time, Kaimal still strictly restrained his men, requiring them to abide by Daming's regulations, and threw all their swords at his residence.

Then Kemal, who had just returned from a walk, saw Summit who was about to go out.

Summit is also extremely coerced.

Summit came a day or two later than Kemal, but in any case, he never imagined that the two families would actually live next door - could it be that all the words he said last night were heard by the bastard on the other side?

Taking advantage of the time when Summit was stunned, Kemal had already rushed directly and smashed his fist into Summit's face: "You damned Mughal sluts!" ”

Although he was a little smashed, Summit quickly came to his senses and fought back: "You damn low-caste sluts! ”

The soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were sent over to maintain law and order in Honglu Temple and nearby were a little confused, and after looking at each other for a while, they reported the news to Baihu Jiang Yan, who was squinting and recuperating.

Jiang Yan rubbed his sleepy eyes, which were still a little worried, and after following the horses to the scene, the two groups were still fighting.

Seeing that Jiang Yan had already come, Ren Zi'an, the chief banner, smiled and said, "Boss, do you want to separate them?" ”

grabbed a chair and sat down, Jiang Yan was not sleepy, but ordered with a smile: "What are you panicking about?" Go, get a pot of tea for Lao Tzu, let them fight for a while, anyway, they haven't killed anyone yet. ”

While drinking the tea that his subordinate Ma Zai had just brought over, Jiang Yan looked at the two groups of people who were fighting in the field, and from time to time he was anxious for each other: "Kick the crotch!" Eye-gouging! Hair! Kick him! ”

Jiang Yan is really anxious - as a veteran who entered the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division after retiring from the new army, he has seen a lot of all kinds of yin tricks on the battlefield, and he is really a little unaccustomed to the relatively "civilized" fighting style of the two groups......

It wasn't until a long time later, when the two groups finally ran out of strength, that Jiang Yan put down the teacup in his hand and ordered with a smile: "Go, take these two groups back and put them in a cell."

By the way, remember to tell the brothers on the other side of the cell, take good care of them, dare to fight at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is really a mouse licking the cat, nothing to find excitement! ”

Ren Zi'an bowed down and said with a smile: "Boss, after all, these two groups of people are the escorts of the Ottoman envoys and the Mughal envoys, and they are all captured, isn't it good?" ”

Jiang Yan chuckled, ignored Ren Zi'an, and instead got up and walked towards the envoys of the two countries who had just come out of the courtyard.

The Ottoman envoy Anton Harris said with a gloomy face: "Although they didn't fight right, but it was also a cause for the incident, and they were also the escorts of our mission, so you just took them away?" ”

The Mughal envoy Noah Emmett's face was equally ugly: "They are members of the mission!" You shouldn't just take them away! ”

Jiang Yan chuckled and said: "The fight at the feet of the Son of Heaven, let alone the guards of a few missions, even if it is the two of you, if you dare to do it, you will catch it the same!"

And those with knives behind you, dare to take a step out of the door with knives and try it? Believe it or not, you can't see the sun tomorrow?

Don't say that this hundred households didn't remind you, remember to go back to Honglu Temple, and let Honglu Temple take you to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to lead people. ”

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yan ignored the ugly expressions of the envoys of the two countries as if he had eaten, and directly led his subordinates to arrest Summit and Kemal and his party.

Ren Zi'an followed Jiang Yan and frowned, "Boss, what if they really take a step?" ”

Jiang Yan's face was still smiling: "What else can I do?" How many barbarian princes and nobles have been killed, how many are missing? ”