Zhuo Jing bowed to Zhu Yunwen and saluted: "Your Highness, please forgive the ministers for being rude." ”。 Zhu Yunwen nodded blankly.

Zhuo Jing walked to the map, studied it for a while, and kept muttering to himself, Zhu Yunwen was also a little nervous, listening to Zhuo Jing's mouth, he only heard "Juyongguan" and "Suiyuan", as well as "King Yan", "Acting King" and "King Ning...... After a long time, Zhuo Jing sat down at the table, took a big sip of water, looked at Zhu Yunwen and said, "Your Highness, please think about it carefully, is this Suiyuan City really the strategy you thought of yourself?" Did anyone remind you, or suggest you? ”

"Well, I'm sure no one suggested it, it's all my personal thoughts."

"Your Highness, the idea of this Suiyuan City is very good, Your Highness is majestic and strategic, which is admirable, but at present, it is not very suitable. His Royal Highness has the grace of knowing the minister, respecting the mediocrity, and being treated by His Royal Highness with his heart, the minister will say some heartfelt words today, and hope that His Royal Highness will forgive his sins. With that, Zhuo Jing knelt on the ground and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Zhu Yunwen was shocked, helped Zhuo Jing and said: "Wei Gong, since Gu takes you as his heart, he wants to listen to your heartfelt words, you get up." ”

Zhuo Jing did not express his gratitude, and naturally stood up and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for saying bluntly, according to His Highness's concept, the construction of Suiyuan City requires the mobilization of Ningxia Wei, Dongshengwei and other Datong guards, and His Highness's transfer of supplies from Ningxia along the Yellow River is indeed a wonderful move, so Your Highness, who do you plan to let be responsible for the construction of Suiyuan City?" ”

"There are several candidates for Lone, Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, Qu Neng, the commander of Lone's Guards, Song Sheng, Marquis of Xining, and Ping'an, the martial arts instructor, is also a candidate."

Zhuo Jing thought for a while and said: "There is no problem with these candidates in terms of ability, but the minister suggested that Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining, should be used, and as for the Duke of Yingguo, the minister suggested that the military power should not be given lightly, and General Qu had better stay in the Beijing division to prevent changes." ”

"Change?"

"Your Highness, although Your Highness is extremely talented, he pays too much attention to external troubles and ignores internal worries. If the minister knew about this, he would definitely stop His Highness. ”

"Why?"

"Your Highness, at least 50,000 troops are needed to build Suiyuan City, and the number of troops that can fight at any time must be kept at more than 20,000; In addition, Datong, Beiping, Daning, and Ningyuan need to respond on the eastern front, and perhaps the troops of Taiyuan, Jinan and Kaifeng will be mobilized, and the troops mobilized in this way are expected to be more than 200,000, and the scale is not less than the blue jade attack on the fishing sea, so that the northern Xinjiang will gather more than half of the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, and this military operation will last for more than half a year, these troops can only be controlled by the emperor, once there is a change, how will His Royal Highness deal with it? ”

Zhu Yunwen suddenly realized a problem, he took it for granted, he always remembered that the Hongwu Year lasted for thirty-one years, but who can guarantee this? Even if this operation goes smoothly, it will continue until the second half of the 29th year of Hongwu, and if there is an accident during this period, there will be a situation where the kings will have more than 200,000 troops and will they obey their orders and disperse? King Yan estimated that he would not, this was the opportunity he dreamed of, and usually other princes were under his control, so there may be a rebellion of the kings, although the imperial army was numerous, but the elite level was far behind, and he would face a worse situation than Zhu Yunwen in history. Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but pat his forehead, how did he do it, he worked so hard, but he made things worse.

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and said, "Then go and talk to the emperor to cancel this city building operation." ”

Zhuo Jing smiled bitterly: "Your Royal Highness, this is something you are promoting, now the emperor has approved, the six ministries and the five military governors have begun to prepare for the order, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for preparing craftsmen, city bricks, lime and other things to build the city, the military department has begun to recruit soldiers, and the five military governors have begun to select generals, the rumor should have spread, such a big thing, if you want to stop, there must be a good reason." ”

"......" Zhu Yunwen said, yes, what is the reason? It is something that he is promoting, the emperor's grandfather is nearly seventy years old, and he still supports himself to do this, he ignores the old age of his body, and wants to leave himself a peaceful world, he has always been grateful to his heart, how can he use the reason that the old man is dying to stop his action? How sad does this have to make the imperial grandfather? Moreover, Zhu Yunwen suddenly looked back at Zhuo Jing's face, and found that Zhuo Jing's face was as usual, and he couldn't help but admire in his heart.

"Wei Gong, it seems that this matter cannot be stopped, so what do you suggest?"

Zhuo Jing's face was as usual, but he made up his mind in his heart, and said, "Your Highness, only Gong has the following suggestions:"

"1. Appoint Song Sheng, Marquis of Xining, as the commander-in-chief of the city construction, and mobilize the guards of Ningxia and Datong to build the city."

"Second, in order to ensure the success of this operation, it is necessary to mobilize the kings of the frontier to make a feint, especially the king of Yan, and order him to lead the elite cavalry to go deep into Mobei to minimize his contact with the kings."

"Third, try to mobilize the kings of Zhou and Qi to go north, and then deploy the trustworthy generals of His Highness in Jinan, Shandong and Kaifeng, Henan, to reserve grain and grass, just in case."

"Fourth, the safety of the emperor and His Royal Highness is absolutely guaranteed, and if there is any problem, the big thing will be done."

"Fifth, General Qu Neng should stay in the Beijing division as much as possible, and the escort army cannot participate in the construction of the city, so they must stay in the Beijing division to strengthen training."

"Sixth, those tiger squat guns should be deployed as soon as possible, and they can be of great use at critical moments."

After Zhuo Jing finished speaking, Zhu Yunwen pointed out on the map one by one, understood Zhuo Jing's intentions, and finally said: "Wei Gong, Gu understands what you mean, the only people who can be used by Gu now are Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, Xu Huizu, Duke of Wei, and General Qu Neng." Lone planned to let Changxinghou go to Henan, and Qu Neng to Shandong. ”

"The minister doesn't agree, it's better for General Qu Neng to stay, who else is there to choose?"

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "There is another candidate, that is, Sheng Yong, the instructor of martial arts, he is good at using firearms, and when the time comes, he will be equipped with tiger squat cannons, plus Tie Xuan, there should be no problem in holding Jinan." ”

Zhuo Jing thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, in case, I mean in case, Your Highness should immediately order someone to take over Beiping and Datong, and then invite the kings back to the fiefdom." ”

Zhu Yunwen's face turned pale with a "swish": "No, it won't come to that point, right?" ”

"Your Highness, the world is impermanent, anything can happen, I hope what the minister said is all nonsense."

......

The two of them talked about it late at night, and Zhu Yunwen arranged for someone to send Zhuo Jing back, and he hung himself up from the palace gate and returned to Duanben Palace.

Zhuo Jing on the way back, his heart fluctuated, the imperial grandson is indeed eloquent, far-sighted to build Suiyuan City, but the thought is still not thoughtful enough, the timing is not right, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster. But His Royal Highness is indeed benevolent and righteous, in fact, there is a way to stop this action, that is, His Royal Highness will tell the emperor everything, the emperor will inevitably be angry, and it is likely to terminate the operation, but he will inevitably be angry with himself, and he will destroy his own house, but His Highness will be in danger. However, His Highness's actions just now should have understood the key. However, the fact that this operation can be completed normally will greatly enhance the prestige of His Highness, especially among the border troops. Even if there is a problem, as long as the imperial court deals with it properly, it can solve the problem of the vassal king once and for all. From this point of view, His Royal Highness has some women's kindness, which is far less decisive than the emperor's decision-making, but he prefers such an emperor.

A few days later, Zhu Yunwen secretly ordered the household department and the military department to deliver grain, grass and soldiers to Jinan, and all this fell into the eyes of those who cared......