There is a cloud in "Zuo Biography": "The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong". Rituals are the various rituals of the state, and Rong refers to the military actions of the state. Zhu Youxiao launched three major battles against Jianlu and Southwest Tusi in two years, and although it cost a huge amount of money and left the treasury empty for many years, it played a vital role in the stability of the entire dynasty.

First of all, the Chahar tribe, Horqin tribe, and Han tribe of Mongolia all returned to the Ming Dynasty, and the Jurchen tribe migrated to the Yalu River area, and the entire Guanwai became the territory of the Han people. Second, these three wars succeeded in diverting the internal contradictions caused by the implementation of the New Deal, bringing the land back into the hands of the tenant farmers, and resolving the vicious circle of peasant uprisings caused by land annexation.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao really pulled the Ming Dynasty on the verge of collapse on the right track, and the strong hematopoietic ability of the Chinese nation made this land full of vitality again, which provided sufficient economic conditions for him to solve the problem of the Western Regions in the next step.

In the history of the Tang Dynasty, there were nine surnames Tiele, the Tang Dynasty Tianbao three years, Guli Peiluo with the support of the Tang army overthrew the tyranny of the Turks, the establishment of the Uighur Khanate, the territory covers the south of Lake Baikal, east of the Altai Mountains, north of the Yin Mountains and west of the Xing'an Mountains of the entire Mongolian steppe. In the same year, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty made Guli Peiluo the Khan of Huairen, and the Uighur Khanate became a vassal of the Tang Empire and renamed the Uighurs.

With the collapse of the Tang Empire, the subsequent Central Plains Dynasty basically abandoned this relatively barren land, which became a sphere of influence for various nomadic peoples. At the beginning of the twelfth century, part of the Khitans, under the leadership of Yelu Dashi, conquered the Qarakhanid Dynasty and the Gaochang Uighur Kingdom, and established the Western Liao regime. After the rise of the Mongols, the Uighurs rebelled against the oppression of the Western Liao and submitted to Genghis Khan, which became the territory of the later Chahatai Khanate.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it went west to the Hami area, where the Hami Guard was set up as the west of the Ming Empire. At this time, due to the division of Mongolia into Tatar and Warat, it was unable to govern the vast Uighur region from Hami in the east to Hotan in the south, and after more than 200 years of scattered and secession, a unified Kashgar Khanate was gradually formed.

In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, this group has always been called the Wu'er, and everyone is basically at peace with each other, maintaining a tributary relationship for nearly 300 years. The official documents of the Qing Dynasty refer to them as "entanglements", etc., which is somewhat indecent. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a Chinese scholar named Hao Dengbang (Uyghur name Nuri Burke) changed the noun to "Weiwuer". Although Hao Dengbang was very proud of his nation, "Weiwuer" was too strong and easy to affect national unity, so in 1934, Xu Lian, then Minister of Education of the Republic of China, replaced it with Uygur, which means to maintain (Uyghur) us (I) and you (Er), and has been used to this day.

To get back to the point, at this time, there were three powerful countries in the Western Regions: Junggar, Bukhara and Yarkand, which were completely simplified versions of the Three Kingdoms. Zhu Youxiao fully learned Chen Shou's wisdom and was determined to adopt a strategy of division to support the northward expansion of the Yarkand Khanate, and then united with Tsarist Russia to attack the Dzungar Khanate, re-set the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate, and brought this land under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

From the perspective of strategic intent, this will be a protracted battle, in order to ensure that the imperial court can work together, Zhu Youxiao decided to solve some hidden dangers first, including the huge imperial family. At the beginning of the year, Zhu Youxiao only postponed the distribution of their salaries, and there were already complaints in various places, and if they really wanted to deprive them of the privilege of sitting and eating, they could think of what they would do with their heels. For this reason, he specially arranged for the vassal kings from all over the country to go to Nanjing to worship the filial piety tomb of Taizu, and took the opportunity to blow the wind on them and see everyone's reaction.

As mentioned earlier, in order to prevent future generations from suffering, Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a super welfare system from the cradle to the grave. At the same time, he made twenty-eight of his own sons vassal kings in various places to assist the emperor in defending the territory of the Ming Dynasty. His wish was very good, but the fourth had different opinions, and after the martyrdom, he fully learned the lesson of Emperor Jianwen, and cut the feudal domain in a gentle way, not only resolutely implementing the ancestral precept that "the vassal king shall not enter Beijing without an edict", but also developed into a seclusion in disguise for the vassal king not to go out of the city without a reason, and to confine them in disguise.

These vassal kings lost their military command and political qualifications, and their personal freedom was also restricted, so they had to indulge in alcohol to squander the rest of their lives, and started a crazy breeding mode. Although Zhu Di controlled the increase of princes by implementing the system of primogeniture inheritance and demotion, he still could not stop this huge fertility machine. In the first year of the Apocalypse, there were as many as 90,000 royal families who needed to be supported by the imperial court, and the imperial court had to take out one-third of the annual income to distribute their salaries.

Seeing that her husband was packing her luggage again, Zhang Yan quietly appeared with the child in her arms, and suddenly asked:

"Long live Lord, are you running away from home?"

Zhu Youxiao was already a thief, so he trembled twice, and wanted to make a few jokes, but when he saw that the beauty was already crying, he couldn't help but feel guilty, and took his wife and children into his arms.

"Yan'er, this time the King of Shu has made a great contribution in Chengdu, and I have decided to go to Nanjing with all the vassal kings to celebrate his achievements and comfort the soul of Emperor Taizu Gao in the sky."

In fact, worshipping ancestors is just a pretense, the imperial court has sent a mission to visit Tsarist Russia, once the two countries conclude an alliance, they will jointly send troops to flank the separatist forces in the Western Regions, and the big war is imminent, one is to stabilize the internal order, and the other is to raise enough food and households. He took the opportunity to have a showdown with the vassal kings, and to encourage them to participate in this war of expansion by elevating their political status in exchange for financial support. At the same time, he inspected the commercial development of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, expanded the scale of foreign trade, and increased the financial revenue of the imperial court.

As a pillow person, Zhang Yan naturally knew these thoughts in his heart, but he couldn't bear to poke them, and couldn't help but say distressedly:

"Since the concubines entered the palace to serve, they have to be busy until late at night every day when they see the Long Live Lord, and there are so many government affairs, so you might as well promote some more virtuous people to share the worries of the monarch. This time I went to Nanjing for at least half a year to come back, the yin qi in this deep palace lock courtyard is too heavy, if there is no long-lived lord's dragon yang qi to sit in charge, the concubine is worried that the child will be afraid to cry. ”

Zhu Youxiao knew that she was talking about the child, but in fact, she wanted to be by her side from time to time. On this issue, the ministers of the court also reflected that there would be at least thirty years of peace in the north during the First World War in Yizhou, and the court could breathe a sigh of relief, and there was no need for the little emperor to play so hard again.

Although he knew that this was far from enough, he couldn't confide in Zhang Yan the secret in his heart, so he had to find a way to change the topic, and said teasingly:

"My dragon yang qi concubine is not less, I will add some to you before leaving."

At this time, a nurse had already taken the child away, and several palace maids dropped the bed curtain, extinguished a few copper oil lamps, and left only a burgundy candle on the table.

Zhang Yan saw that he was still so anxious, and fell on the bed half-pushing. This kind of fish and water joy is the most wonderful thing for women, there is an indescribable pleasure in the ebb and flow of the tide, one will be like ethereal in the clouds, one will seem to be wandering in the water, over and over again, like a dream, and finally the climax recedes, and the fragrance is dripping with sweat.

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the pillow and leisurely lit a cigarette, quietly admiring the beauty's carcass by candlelight. Seeing this, Zhang Yan was embarrassed like the girl who had not left the cabinet, and buried her red face under his chest, and the two peach buttocks that were pouted were even more attractive.

Zhu Youxiao patted it lightly twice and said in a low voice:

"I have a lot to do in Nanjing this time, and it is estimated that it will take three months. During this time, you have to take care of the two of you, and the affairs of the harem will be taken care of by Concubine Zhuang, and the specific errands will be arranged for Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua to handle. In addition, Kou Yue is pregnant, and you have to personally inquire about the diet and daily life of their mother and child. ”

Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, is the land of kings. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing became the political, economic and cultural center of the country, and with the development of the handicraft industry, the statistical population reached 1.2 million, making it the largest capital in the world at that time.

In the "Commentary on Matteo Ricci", it is written: "Witnessing the great city of Nanjing, I can't help but be dazzled...... The city of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty was as majestic as any of Europe's largest capitals in the 19th century. The founding emperor of this dynasty, Hongwu, made it a miracle, and everything that could be seen in the East could not be matched. ”

In November, the climate is humid and cold, and the palace is a bleak scene. These palace complexes have endured more than 200 years of wind and rain, and the imperial court has not deliberately repaired them during this period, and ruins can be seen everywhere. In contrast, the vitality of nature is more tenacious, and the tall trees reach into the sky, merging themselves with heaven and earth.

Seeing the little emperor's deep thought, everyone didn't dare to talk nonsense, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly put away his thoughts when he saw this, turned his head and asked:

"Wei Dynasty, how is the tax in Jiangsu and Zhejiang this year?"

The last time the Wei Dynasty entered Beijing, he made a military order, and after he came back, he worked very hard, and the achievements were also eye-catching, and he replied with confidence:

"Back to the words of the Long Live Lord, after the imperial court implemented the new policy, Jiangsu and Zhejiang took the lead in using a whip law, and all taxes were converted into cash, which greatly simplified the relevant process. At present, the collection has been completed in many places ahead of schedule, and the total registered annual income is 3.67 million taels. In addition, this year's grain output has increased by 40 percent, not only will the people have no worries about food and clothing, but grain prices will also fall back to the level of 31 years of Wanli, which will be very beneficial to changing rice into mulberry next year. ”

For this kind of villain with bad morals but outstanding ability, Zhu Youxiao has always been not far away from them, and he is also lukewarm emotionally. After listening, he just nodded, and then continued to ask:

"What is the current situation of the weaving bureau in Yingtian, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and can raw silk be supplied?"

Wei Chao thought that the little emperor would praise his achievements, so that he could regain his place in the inner prison, but who knew that he didn't mention a word, and his heart was naturally not good, so he could only pretend to be calm and replied:

"This year, the merchants of the West and the Celestial Empire sold a total of 500,000 horses of brocade and cotton cloth, and the gross profit was 1,300,000 taels of silver. It's just that the production of raw silk is limited, and although the farmers in various places have expanded the scale of planting, it will take two years to bear fruit, so there will not be much change in trade next year. ”