"In addition, what Chen Qing said is very good, I will send an envoy to Annan, telling Li Ji and Annan's minister Daming that he is about to send troops to conquer them, and at the same time, Xiaoyu and his own scholars and people, so that they will not be enemies of Daming's soldiers." Yun said.

"Your Majesty's words are very appropriate." Everyone said that they would not practice martial arts. Originally, it was impossible to conceal the war of the conquest of Annam, which would definitely involve many troops, so it was better to tell Li Ji openly: I will punish you later, wash your neck and wait.

"Chen Qing of the Ministry of Rites, select one person from the Pedestrian Division, and set off for Annan Xiaoyu and Li Ji the day after tomorrow." Yun commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Di agreed.

Qi Qing of the household department immediately began to mobilize grain and grass. A lot of grain and grass should be raised in the south, a lot of grain and grass should be raised in the west, and grain and grass should also be shipped to Leizhou, Qinzhou, Qiongzhou and other places. Yun commanded again.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qi Tai also replied.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since this matter has been decided, there is no need to keep it secret from today onwards, and you can tell your relatives and friends about this matter."

"Tyrant Qing, Li Qing and other Aiqing, next I want to discuss the matter of sending troops, except for a few governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the three Aiqing of the Military Department, the rest of the Aiqing will retreat." Yun said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Violent Zhao, Li Ren and others bowed down and agreed, bowed and retreated. Among them, Guo Zhen, the Qiu auxiliary officer, wanted to participate in the discussion of sending troops very much, but Yun did not open his mouth to let him stay, and he did not dare to stay privately, so he was unwilling to leave this palace with Tyrant Zhao, Xie Jin and others.

Seeing the last figure of Xie Jin to leave here disappear, Yun immediately asked: "Xue Qing, Yin Qing, Li Qing, Zhang Qing, Sun Qing, according to your opinion, can 300,000 barbarian soldiers be recruited from the five provinces of Sichuan, Nan, Huguang, Xi, and Guangzhou, as well as the prefecture capital (the prefecture has no province) to participate in the battle against Annam?" ”

"Recruit 300,000 barbarian soldiers?" Li Jian, the former Governor of the Military Governor's Mansion, was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "I wonder how many troops Your Majesty plans to recruit to conquer Annam?" ”

"300,000 Han troops, 300,000 barbarian soldiers, and another order to occupy the city and Zhenla Zhufanguo, and send troops from the south to attack Annam." Yun said.

"Your Majesty, why do you need so many soldiers to attack little Annan? The minister heard that at this time, there were about 7 million people in Annan, and his country's soldiers and horses were only 100,000, and there were 200,000 Han troops. Chen Huan of the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army said.

Yun shook his head and said, "It's 300,000 Han troops and 300,000 barbarian soldiers." "Maybe it's enough to break through Annan, but it's not enough to deal with the follow-up.

"Your Majesty, even if the imperial court is willing to reward it heavily, the barbarian people are not willing to send too many people to follow the Ming Dynasty to fight at one time. According to the minister's local officials, Huguang can mobilize 40,000 or 50,000 Tujia people, the state capital can mobilize 20,000 Dong and Miao people, and Guang can mobilize more than 10,000 Yao people and Li people at most. Xue Ning of the Left Army Governor's Mansion said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has fought in the West and other places, there are many people in Xiyi, and they are good at and willing to fight, and it is not a problem for wolf soldiers and Yao people to recruit 100,000; Sichuan can requisition about 20,000 Qiang and Yi people. In the southern province, the Miao, Dai, and Yi people in the southeast of Yunnan can levy about 50,000 or 60,000 people. Yin Qing of the Houjun Governor's Mansion said.

In this way, a total of about 2560,000 people can be recruited. 50,000 less than I expected. Yun muttered to himself.

"Your Majesty, there are still soldiers from Huguang and the Mongols who can be recruited." Sun Ke of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army said: "Since His Majesty's Northern Expedition has come, there have always been Mongols who have taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty; In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Naha surrendered, and at that time, in addition to the Mongols, there were many Semu people under his command, who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty along with Naha. In order to settle them, the first emperor ordered the construction of 80,000 houses in Huguang, Wuchang Mansion and other places. ”

"You're saying that the Lusters can pull out an army of 50,000?" Yun's face suddenly became a little gloomy and asked.

"Your Majesty, if you only recruit Semu soldiers, I'm afraid you can't have an army of 50,000, but you can also have 30,000 or 40,000 people." Sun Ke said.

"And how many of them are there? I'm talking about the population, not the soldiers. Yun asked again.

Sun Ke felt that something was wrong at this time, but he didn't understand why it was wrong, so he could only say to Yun more carefully: "Your Majesty, because in the first year of Hongwu, His Majesty issued an order: 'Marriage of Mongolian Semu people: All Mongolian Semu people, listen to marriage with Chinese, must be consensual, do not allow this kind of self-marriage, violators eighty rods, men and women into official slavery. Therefore, there are many Han women who marry into the Semu family, and now there are about 300,000 or 400,000 Semu people in Huguang. ”

"What! Grandpa Huang still has such an order! Yun shouted.

The people present were a little puzzled: Wasn't it discussing the matter of sending troops to Annam, how could they talk about the matter of the Semu people. But since His Majesty mentioned it, Chen Xingshan replied: "Your Majesty, it is true, the first emperor once issued such an order. It is recorded in the volume 141 of the "Daming Huidian". ”

When Yun heard this, his face became even more unsightly. But when everyone thought he would say something about it, he said: "I will talk about this later, and I will talk about the soldiers of Semu going to Annam first." I decided to recruit all the soldiers who could be recruited and set out for Annam. ”

"That's about 200,000 barbarians. For the rest, the edict ordered the four kings of Song, Luo, Pu, and Su, who were enshrined in Nanyang, to send thousands of troops each to participate in the battle of Annam. That's 300,000. ”

"In addition, 300,000 soldiers were recruited and transferred from the eight provinces of Sichuan, Huguang, Chixi, Jiangsu, Jian, Guangzhou, Xixi, and Nan, as well as Zhili and Prefecture Prefectures to participate in the war."

During the Lu Xie Rebellion, in order to be able to send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, Yun only requisitioned the guards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the nearby rebels to participate in the war, and did not recruit troops on a large scale across the country as Zhu Yun did in history.

But this expedition to Annam was different. There was no hurry to conquer Annam, so Yun decided to mobilize all the provinces in the south and make them all feel that the Ming Dynasty was going to fight.

"Among them, the six guards of the Jinwu Qianwei, Yulin Left Guard, Huben Left Guard and the Right Guard of the Fu Army, and the Tiance Guard in the Jingwei are recruited and transferred by the Zhili, and the other provinces also have their own levies, which guard is the specific station, and the five armies will report to me after the Governor's Office decides."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone present said.

Yun discussed some more things with them and told them to step down.

But after that, Yun did not go to approve the recital, nor did he continue to summon the minister to discuss the matter of conquest of Annan, but returned to the study, found the "Ming Huidian" and read it.

It was not until noon, after having lunch and sleeping, that Yuncai summoned several ministers to discuss the conquest of Annam. Then he finished answering all the remaining recitals, and was returning to the harem to rest.

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A few days later, the news that the Ming Dynasty was about to send troops to conquer Annam spread all over the court, causing everyone to discuss. However, although several ministers wrote to advise them not to send troops, this was not the mainstream in the court, and everyone unanimously felt that troops should be sent to punish Annan and uphold justice.

The war machine of the Ming Dynasty was also officially launched. The first thing to start was the household department in charge of the grain and grass throughout the country, and the head of the household department was Qitai, who racked his brains to arrange the food supply along the way for the army to set off. Among them, the health centers along the Yangtze River and the sea are easy to manage, even if the local grain and grass are not enough, they can also use ships to transport grain and grass to ensure supply; It was very difficult to get food supplies for the front line from the guards who did not rely on the river or the sea, and Qi Tai wasted a lot of effort to formulate a reasonable plan.

In accordance with Yun's order, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies also formulated a plan for the requisition and transfer of the provincial guards, which was approved after several revisions. After that, they immediately sent orders to various places, so that the generals of the guards to be recruited were ready to go to the battle. At the same time, they formulated various battle plans according to Yun's orders, and the governors handed over the work of making the plans to Tongzhi, who in turn handed over the work to the servants. The servants also wanted to push down, but found that their experiences and governors were all civilian military attachés, and it was okay to push the matter to them, but it was afraid that they would be scolded if they reported the plan they had made to the governor, so in the end, the servants had to make their own plans.

Xu Dian, Bai Shan and others were in charge of the yamen that produced weapons, and they were also busy. Not only should firearms and steel helmets be handed over to the guards as soon as possible, but the weapons of the other guards should be replaced if they are damaged, and the arrows used in bows and crossbows should also be replenished. All the craftsmen who make these things have been called up to make these weapons with all their might.

Yun was also very busy, and every day he had to discuss various matters related to the conquest of Annam with his ministers. Because during the day, they were almost discussing various things, so the time for commenting and answering could only be moved to the evening, and the time for sleeping at night was also moved backwards, from the original beginning of the time and the beginning of the time to the beginning of the child.

Of course, Xiyao was very distressed about this. "Husband, why bother to keep yourself so busy! The husband has few things to do on weekdays, but now because he wants to conquer Annan, why is he so busy? Leave a lot of things to the people below. In the Qianqing Palace, while having dinner, Xi Yao said to Yun. Yun didn't go to the harem at night because he was busy with the answers and folds these days, so Xiyao came to eat with him every night, and rested with him in the Qianqing Palace at night.

"Back then, Grandpa Huang was as busy as me every day." Yun said with a smile.

"The imperial grandfather is the imperial grandfather, and the husband is the husband, which is different. Besides, the husband is like this, and the concubine looks very distressed. Xi Yao said.

"It's just a few days, it's not long, it's okay." Yun smiled.

"Oh well. However, the husband must promise the concubines that lunch must be used on time, and it should not be delayed because of discussing matters with the ministers. Xi Yao said.

"Yes, lady." Yun smiled.