Three days later, the governor of the Yan Mansion, Shi Wen Jin Zhi, returned to his hometown after illness, and the Yan King was allowed to play.

On the third day of the seventh month, Xu Huizu returned to Nanjing, and after arranging the soldiers, he hurried into the palace to meet Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Xu Huizu, Qu Neng, Guo Yue, Song Xuan and others in the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Yunwen stood aside.

Zhu Yuanzhang inquired in detail about the situation in Shaanxi and the northern fortresses, and also cordially asked about the situation of several sons, and Xu Huizu knew everything. When it came to Zhu Di's night attack on Taisun's guards, Zhu Yuanzhang was very interested and asked in detail. In the end, Xu Huizu described the situation of Suiyuan City in detail, including the site selection, approximate scale, the army and craftsmen needed, etc., Xu Huizu answered in great detail, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied, and after the summons, he let Xu Huizu go back, give him seven days off, and rest at home.

After Xu Huizu left, the old emperor looked at his grandson and said, "Yun Wei, what do you think Xu Huizu is responsible for building Suiyuan City?" ”

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "It's very suitable, it's just that Sun Er originally planned to level the Qiang general Song Sheng to be in charge." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the map and said: "Yun Wei, I have thought about it in detail, and I think that Suiyuan City is likely to cause the Mongols to fight back wildly, you see that over the years, the Ming attack is mainly on the east side, so we don't know the situation of the Mongols on the west side, and Suiyuan City, as the key point to resist the invasion of the steppe in the past dynasties, will inevitably attract the attention of the Mongols." They are not stupid, if the Ming succeeds in building the city, then it will be very difficult for it to go south. Therefore, although the Mongols rarely invade the border now, it has been almost ten years since the battle of Lanyu Fishing in the Sea, which is enough for the Mongols to recuperate. In addition, Moxi Mongolia has been preserving its strength, in terms of strength, they will occupy an important position in the current Mongolian Khanate, if Mongolia sends troops, Moxi Mongolia may also send troops, so it must be worried. I planned to use Xu Huizu as the main general and Song Sheng as the deputy general, and summoned 100,000 troops from Shanxi Xingdu Division (Ningxia, Gansu), Shaanxi Capital Division, and Shanxi Xingdu Division (Datong) to build the city. ”

Zhu Yunwen thought about it, and remembered that Mongolia did not have a large-scale war with the Ming Dynasty at this time, mainly because Zhu Di sent troops to Mongolia, and even during the Yongle period, Mongolia was also in a defensive position, but no one knew what would happen to the war, so it was better to be safe, so he said: "What the emperor's grandfather thinks is very perfect, and Yunwen admires it." ”

The old emperor smiled and said, "Yun Wei, you have grown up very quickly, this time the construction of Suiyuan City shows that you are very discerning, in fact, I have not considered this matter, but if you are not able to continue my policy, I might as well not do it." Since you have, then I will naturally pave the way for you. ”

Zhu Yunwen thanked him: "Grandpa Xie Huang." ”

The old emperor smiled and did not speak.

Zhu Yunwen took out a recital and said, "Sun Chen has a recital." ”

"What?"

"Sun Er suggested that the emperor's grandfather reset the pastoral supervision and supervision, and set up military horse farms in the Hetao grassland and Liaodong to provide military horses for the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the piece and looked at it, and said: "Yunwen, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has mainly been private horses, and there are three kinds of horses, including stallions, table horses, and foster horses. According to the regulations of the imperial court, stallions should be rested, horses should be good, and foster horses must be used. Although it has repeatedly disturbed the people, the horse is an important weapon of the military state and cannot be abolished. Therefore, in addition to raising horses among the people, the imperial court also established a horse market at the border pass to exchange tea for horses. Therefore, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, I abolished the herd superintendents, and I feel that it is not very useful, and you want to reset it, is there any purpose? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that it was not advisable for the people to raise horses in the current way, first of all, horses to the north of the horse is better, such as Liaodong horse, North Korean horse, Mongolian horse, Hetao horse is better, the horse raised in the south of the Yangtze River can not be used as a war horse at all, can only be used to pull a cart; Secondly, if the disturbance is too great, once the horse dies or is too thin, it will be compensated, and the people will fall into poverty. This time Xu Huizu inspected the Hetao, and Sun Er ordered the cavalry to walk through the entire Hetao, and found that although the north of Yulin and the south of the Yellow River are deserts, the center of the Hetao is still an endless prairie, and the Western Wei Dynasty herded millions of horses in the Hetao during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so it can destroy the Northern Qi Xing Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Weizhen grassland, and dominate the world. In addition, when Suiyuan City is completed, the south of Yinshan Mountain and the north of the Yellow River are all grazing and arable land, which is also suitable for raising high-quality war horses. Although Liaodong is cold, the soil is fertile, not only excellent farmland, but also excellent pasture, so my grandson suggested so. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the chapter carefully, then walked to the map, thought for a while, and said, "Then you are abolishing private horse breeding?" ”

"No, now it's still mainly based on private horse breeding and horse markets, and when the military horse farm is successful, we will consider canceling it."

"But I, Han people, are not good at raising horses, how can I find so many farmers?"

"Hehe, Grandpa Huang, the people of Jiangnan are not good at raising horses, why can the imperial court let them raise horses? In fact, it was just a pretext for the court officials to be reluctant to go to the north. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang woke up like a dream, his face was a little unbearable, and said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"First of all, the pastoral supervision and supervision were reset, and the grade was raised, and then a pasture was set up in the Hetao, and Han people were recruited, and Mongolian herdsmen could also be recruited, and the boundaries were demarcated according to the water and grass, and the management was divided into sections, even if they were herdsmen, they were not allowed to be nomadic, so that it was easier to manage. The land of Liaodong, Yun Wei doesn't know much about it, and plans to send people to Liaodong to inspect, choose a suitable horse farm, and then make a decision. ”

"Then who are you going to appoint to be the shepherd, and who is in charge of the Hetao Horse Farm?"

"The governor's mansion is the governor of the city, Hu Yan is the pastoral supervisor, the Zhou Wangfu is enshrined in Zhou De as the supervisor of the Hetao Racecourse, and Gao Wei, a native of Liaozhou, inspects Liaodong."

"Think about it, is there anything else?"

"Nope."

Back at Duanben Palace, Xu Huizu, Qu Neng, Wang Du and others had been waiting for a long time. Zhu Yunwen thought about it, asked Zhuo Jing to come over, and then met them in the side hall.

First of all, I introduced Zhuo Jing for everyone, and then Xu Huizu described in detail what he saw and heard during this inspection, Qu Neng and Wang Du made additions, and when he heard that King Yan accepted Zhang Yu's daughter as a side concubine, he couldn't help but sigh: "I saw the seal on King Yan two days ago, and I didn't know it at the time, but even if I knew, I couldn't do anything, this woman has not yet made up my mind, and King Yan's move cannot be blamed." In this way, tomorrow I will bring the people from the staff office with me, and I will see them. ”

Wang Du hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the problem is not here, it is the ...... of King Yan."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Everyone, how to deal with the matter of King Yan?" What do you think? ”

When asked this question, everyone was a little cold, but Wang Du said first: "Your Highness, King Yan has sprouted, you must guard against it." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "Zizhong, although everyone who is doing it knows it, can these reasons convince the world?" If the court disposes of him, the teacher will be nameless. ”

"Your Highness, the world is so big that it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. In the future, the whole world will be owned by His Royal Highness, and King Yan is your courtier, why should you be careful? ”

Zhuo Jing said: "Your Highness, what Zizhong said is right, the king of Yan will not reduce his half-point fortune, and there is no bitter cold and frost wind in the border stopper, it is a move by the court to give preferential treatment to the king of the Sai, why can't you do it?" Do you have to wait for King Yan to raise the flag of rebellion, and the lives of the north and south of the river will be ruined? ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Wei Guogong, General Qu, what about you?" ”

Xu Huizu stood up, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Highness, Huizu swears allegiance to His Highness, and will never hesitate because of the relationship between in-laws. ”

Xu Huizu's move alarmed everyone, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped Xu Huizu up, and said: "Wei Guogong, you don't have to be like this, Lone believes in your loyalty, otherwise you will not be given the important task of letting you patrol the north and command Lone's guards." ”

Xu Huizu bowed down and said: "Your Highness, King Yan is not easy to deal with, there are more than 100,000 troops in Beiping, most of them are cavalry, and the guards who raided His Highness that day, I am indeed an elite soldier in a hundred battles in the army of King Yan." In recent years, King Yan has been drawing elites to enrich his guards, coupled with his good surprise soldiers, the soldiers under his command are brave, once there is a change, between the ten days, the Beiping Dusi may all rebel, even if there are a few loyal and brave people, it will not help. ”

"Where's General Qu?"

"Your Highness, the last general has been in the southwest for a long time, and he doesn't know much about King Yan, but according to his understanding in Kaiping and Beiping, the local soldiers are very convinced of King Yan, but I believe that under the command of His Highness, King Yan will be quickly pacified even if he rebels."

Zhu Yunwen chuckled and said: "I have all Aiqing to help, why worry about King Yan's injustice." ”

"I am willing to die for His Highness!" The crowd bowed and saluted.

Zhu Yunwen stood up and said, "General Xu, just now the emperor's grandfather talked to Gu that he wants to appoint you as the general of Zhengbei, and Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining, as the deputy general, to lead the 100,000 troops of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, the Shaanxi Capital Division, and the Shanxi Xingdu Division, and build Suiyuan City. The kings will go out to cooperate, especially the king of Yan, who will go far out of the Krulun River and approach Helin to attract the attention of the Mongol army. ”

"Wang Du will be appointed as the commander of the march to assist in military affairs."

"What do you two think?"

Xu Huizu and Wang Du stood up and saluted in unison: "I am willing to die for His Royal Highness." ”

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said: "You two have been to the Firearms Bureau a lot recently, the tiger squat cannon they made is about to take shape, and it is being tested in the final stage, this tiger squat cannon is still more useful against cavalry, if it is harassed by the Mongols, it should be able to be used." By the way, the gunners can be drawn from the escort army, and General Qu Neng will cooperate. ”

"There are also hand-thrown explosive bags, which can also be equipped this time, this is a weapon for defending the city. If you think any other weapons are good, you can mention them and let the Firearms Bureau prepare them quickly. The stakes are so high that there must be no room for error. ”

Xu Huizu, Wang Du, and Qu Neng hurriedly received their orders.

Xu Huizu then said, "What about the matter of King Yan?" ”

"This time the city needs the assistance of King Yan, so I can't move King Yan for the time being. This time in Suiyuan, Lone will let you control Datong's army, if there is a change, Suiyuan City will be handed over to Song Sheng to be responsible, you have to rush to Datong, control the guards behind the mountain, these guards belong to the Beiping Division, so it is likely that there will be problems, the most important thing is here, you must control Juyongguan and Huailai, so that even if King Yan changes, if you don't control Juyongguan, you don't dare to go south, you can give the court time to send troops. ”

"The army's sortie order should be issued at the end of November, at that time the Lone Society ordered Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen to train troops in Henan and hold the Yellow River, Jinan Wei commanded Sheng Yong to hold Jinan, and Lone Hui promoted him to the commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Division."

Everyone looked at the map and thought it was safer.

It's just that Xu Huizu said: "Now that the emperor is still here, does King Yan dare to take risks?" ”

Zhu Yunwen sneered: "If he doesn't dare to be the best, wait a few more years, and he will have no chance." ”