The next day, Zhan Shifu.

From the Fengtian Hall of the Great Dynasty to the south, through the Duanmen, Chengtianmen, after the outer five dragon bridge, it is the office of the imperial court, the east is the Zongren Mansion and the six departments in turn, and then to the east is the Hanlin Academy, the Zhan Shi Mansion, the Tai Hospital and the Dongcheng Terracotta Division; To the west is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and Taichang Temple, and further east are some other departments, such as the General Administration Division, Qin Tianjian and so on, as well as the Jinyi Guard, the Banner Guard, etc. On the periphery of these yamen were the garrisons of the pro-army guarding the imperial city.

Zhan Shifu is a special agency to assist the prince or the emperor, with Zhan Shi and Shao Zhan Shi, Zhan Shi overseeing the political affairs of the government, fang, and bureau, and Shao Zhan Shi as a deputy position. The so-called square is the left spring fang and the right spring fang, the bureau is the bureau of the economic bureau, the left and right spring fang each have a university scholar, responsible for lecturing for the prince, Liu Sanwu is now a scholar of the left Chunfang, and the right Chunfang university scholar is temporarily absent. The Bureau of Economic Affairs is a place where the classics are kept, and in today's terms, it is a library.

Zhu Yunwen came to Zhan Shifu early, and after arriving, he found Geng Xuan and the other four standing at the door of Zhan Shiyuan, and when they saw him coming, they hurriedly came over to salute: "See His Royal Highness Taisun." ”

"Why don't you go in?"

"The guards don't know us and won't let us in." Geng Xuan scratched his head and said.

"Hehe, Lone understands, this matter is not clear, you are here for the first time, and it will be fine in the future." Zhu Yunwen turned back to the guards and said, "These four people are my martial arts companions, and they will come often in the future." ”

The guard hurriedly returned the salute: "Understood, Your Highness." He turned to Geng Xuan and the others and said, "I'm sorry, four adults. The little one didn't know the four adults just now, and he collided with the four adults, please atone for his sins. ”

Geng Xuan and the four of them also returned the salute and said, "It's okay. ”

Zhu Yunwen interjected and said: "Wait a minute, you are not wrong, you two guard the Zhan Mansion, subject to the waist card, you are not wrong to stop them." By the way, the four of you will go to Lord Zhan Shitang for a while to get four waist cards, and then you will enter and exit with the waist cards. There will be two more adults coming in a while, Qi De, the head of the military department, and Huang Zicheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple, and let them come in directly when the time comes. The two guards hurriedly nodded in thanks.

Saying that, he waved to the four of them and entered the Zhan Mansion.

Zhan Shifu is a quadrangle-style building, on the left is the left Chunfang, on the right is the right Chunfang, directly opposite the place where the emperor's grandson sees things, the width of the front is five, over the main hall, behind is two houses, respectively, Zhan Shi and Shao Zhan Shi office, next to it is the Department of Economic Affairs, the Department of Economic Affairs preserves the books and classics that need to be consulted at any time.

Zhu Yunwen came directly to the hall of the office, sat on the main seat, and said to the eunuch next to him: "You go and inform Tang Lao, Shao Zhan Shi, Zuo Tongzheng and Mr. Liu to come over, and discuss some things." The eunuch said yes and went out.

After a while, Zhan Shi Tang Duo, Shao Zhan Shi Li Wenji, Zuo Chunfang University scholar Liu Sanwu and others came in one after another, standing on both sides, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly said to the eunuchs on both sides: "Show the masters a seat, go quickly." ”

After everyone sat down, Zhu Yunwen briefly asked about the recent situation, Zhan Shifu actually didn't have any big things, they all revolved around him, the imperial grandson, and his imperial grandson hadn't come over much recently, so there was nothing to do. Then Yun Wei pointed to Geng Xuan and a few people and said: "Gu wants this room on the right, Tang Lao arranged for someone to clean it up, and hung a sign called the combat deduction room, this is my four martial arts companions, and I will come over every day in the future to carry out the battle flag deduction, and Qi Tai, the director of the military department, and Huang Zicheng, the companion of the reading, will participate." As he was talking, Qi De and Huang Zicheng walked in from the gate, and Zhu Yunwen hurriedly beckoned and said, "You two come here." ”

After coming in, let Qi De and Huang Zicheng get to know each other with the others, and then talked about wargame deduction. Qi De bowed down and said, "Your Royal Highness, the minister has already found out the relevant information about the wargame deduction, and went to the Ministry of Industry to ask a few carpenters to specialize in wargames. ”

Zhu Yunwen clapped his hands and said happily: "You do a good job, if you have any needs, you can directly coordinate with the ministries, and if there is a problem, notify the orphan in time." Lone had already told the emperor, and the emperor promised to come and see the results in 7 days. ”

Qi Tai and the others received the order: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, to ensure that the task is completed." ”

Liu Sanwu stood up and said: "Your Royal Highness cares about military affairs, it is indeed beneficial, but I hope that Your Highness can focus on the rule of culture, the country has gradually stabilized, and the crisis in northern Xinjiang has gradually been lifted, but since the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people have been in hardship, and I hope that His Royal Highness will take the common people in the world as his mind, stop fighting, and rest with the people, which is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stood up: "Mr. Liu, Yun Wei has been taught, Yun Wei will always remember to think of the people in the world, and will not do anything without permission." ”

After everyone talked for a while, Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said, "Let's disperse, let's go back and do our own things, there are still things to do." ”

Then he went to the room on the right, summoned Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Geng Xuan, Wu Sheng, Song Xuan, and Guo Key, and asked, "How are you all thinking about the war game deduction?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, Qi De looked around, and said: "Your Highness, I have roughly thought about it, it is easy to make a sand table, I have asked the Ministry of Industry to assist in making a sand table according to the archives of the Ministry of War, I suggest that this screen be removed, and the map of Daming will be hung on the wall behind, and the sand table will be placed below." This half is used to do wargame deduction, and wargame deduction is still done on the map. My idea is to divide the wargames into infantry and cavalry, of which the infantry is divided into baggage soldiers, archers, pale soldiers, shield soldiers, pikemen, etc., and the cavalry is divided into light cavalry and heavy cavalry, the flag is square, and the types of soldiers are written on the front, and there are two sizes of wargames, the large one represents 10,000 and the small one represents 1,000. The wargames are distinguished by red and blue, respectively. ”

"In addition, I checked the treasury files of the military department, and there is a mutual restraint between the arms, and when the infantry encounters the cavalry, unless the formation is neat, the whole army will be annihilated; The combination of spear and shield is the best for the infantry in the array, and the Pak sword soldiers are certain to die in the face of archers at a certain distance, but the archers in hand-to-hand combat are also certain to die; The baggage soldiers are unprotected and need to be protected by infantry........"

"There are also infantry that can travel at a speed of about 30 miles a day, and if you march quickly, you can reach 70-80 miles, but it can't last too long. The cavalry was better, the normal speed was about 60 miles per day, and if the march could reach 90 miles, it would be faster if two or three horses were used, but the time was shorter, because the horses were easily tired and needed careful maintenance. ”

"That's about all I can think of." Zid said, took out a small box from his package, and opened it to see that it was a pile of large and small red and blue pieces of wood, and a black cloth.

Geng Xuan pointed to the black cloth and said, "What is this used for?" ”

"This is used to play blind wargames, simulating the situation of the dark sky." Zid said with a smile.

Zhu Yunwen was surprised, this Qi De is too good, he just made a general suggestion, how could this guy come up with so many things, although there are many factors that need to be considered in wargame deduction, but it is not easy to do this step in the early stage. couldn't help but applaud and said: "Yes, Director Qi, it seems that you have chosen the right person to preside over this matter, it's really good, it seems that you have put in a lot of effort, good, hard work." ”

Qi De hurriedly stood up: "I don't dare to praise my highness as a lowly position, these are the duties of ministers, and Lord Huang has also helped a lot." ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Master Huang, you have also worked hard. ”

Huang Zicheng said: "Your Highness, the minister just helped check some classics, and he didn't dare to take credit." ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Geng Xuan and asked, "What about you?" What's the insight? ”

Geng Xuan looked at Qi De with admiration: "Master Qi, you have thought very thoughtfully, everything I can think of has been told by you." I would like to add that the speed of the infantry and cavalry is also important to the specific terrain, climate, rivers, and whether there are bridges, as well as whether there are ready-made roads. ”

"Yes, that's a good point." Yun Wei nodded.

"Let me mention, I think the problem of the mutual restraint of the arms is not so simple, we don't have much actual combat experience, should we find a few generals with actual combat experience to participate." Song Xuan said.

"Well, this suggestion is not bad, go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies for a while, and ask Wei Guogong and them to help."

"I think this wargame seems simple, but I am afraid that it requires a lot of calculations to run, and I am afraid that people who know arithmetic need to participate." Wu Sheng thought for a moment and said.

"Well, that's a good suggestion too. Lone wrote it down. ”

"I think there is one less in the arms, firearms, and I think firearms will play an increasingly important role in the future." Guo Jian added.

"Huh? Why do you think firearms are so useful? Zhu Yunwen asked with interest, he didn't expect that there were people who liked to use firearms in his companions, which made him overjoyed.

Guo Jian was a little nervous and said: "Your Highness, the last general thinks that the advanced nature of weapons represents the growth and decline of our Han and Hu people, and the reason why one Han enemy is five Hu in the Han Dynasty is because the iron-making technology of the Han people is relatively developed, and the Huns are not good; During the Tang Dynasty, the crossbow arrows, armor, and Mo knives of the Han people were also superior to those of the Turks; Today, we don't have these advantages, iron tools are very popular with us, but the degree of tenacity has not changed, if it flows to the Hu people, we have no advantages. There are only firearms, which are unique to us Han people, and even if the Hu people get them, they can't use them, because they can't repair them, and they don't have gunpowder. ”

Zhu Yunwen listened to Guo Key's words quietly, and his heart was very uneasy, this person is worth reusing, and firearms are also something he wants to vigorously develop, but someone needs to support and understand, this person is worth reusing.

"Yes, very good, your idea of firearms is very special, I hope you will continue to work hard, study the tactics of firearms, and pay attention to the production of firearms, you can also tell me if you have any suggestions."

Zhu Yunwen was very excited, and found that these people were all manufacturable materials, so he concluded: "Everyone's analysis is very good, and the role of wargame deduction is to concentrate everyone's ideas, because everyone's ideas are one-sided and have loopholes, so you need to brainstorm." Director Qi and Master Huang, you are responsible for recording the ideas, suggestions and difficulties encountered in the wargame deduction, and you will send the report to the Wenhua Hall at noon every day, and you will come to study with you according to the situation. Okay, come on, in 7 days, the emperor will see our results. ”

Everyone stood up, bowed down to receive the order, and they were all excited, and they all felt that they were taken seriously and tried to get things done.

Then everyone continued to discuss the details, and Zhu Yunwen listened for a while, and then walked out of Zhan Shifu.

Coming out of Zhan Shifu, he brought his own guards (since he was named the emperor's grandson, Zhu Yunwen has his own guards and guards, but he hasn't seen them yet) and the eunuch Liu Zhen slowly slipped around the wall of the palace to the Zhongjun Governor's Mansion at the right gate of Chang'an, which is the closest to the city wall, and also reflects the prominent position of the Zhongjun Governor's Mansion in the Five Military Governor's Mansion. Zhu Yunwen arrived in front of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army and was looking around. The guard at the door stood in front of him and asked, "Who is Your Excellency, this is the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army." ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at him, happy, and was just about to speak, Liu Zhen walked over from behind, stopped the guard and said, "This is His Royal Highness Taisun, you dare to stop it?" As he spoke, he flashed the sign in front of the guard. The guard was so frightened that he quickly knelt down on one knee: "I don't know that His Highness has arrived, and I deserve death!" As he spoke, they all trembled.

Zhu Yunwen looked at him and said, "It's okay, you get up, those who don't know are not guilty, Wei Guogong is here?" ”

The guards didn't dare to get up: "Wei Guogong is inside, do you need a small report?" ”

Zhu Yunwen suddenly wanted to make a prank, and whispered to the guard: "Don't make a noise, I'll go in by myself, you stand guard here." ”

The guards didn't dare to say anything, so they had to let the group in.

The entrance of the Chinese military governor's mansion is a square, which seems to be used for military exercises, on both sides is the office of the subordinate officials, and on the opposite side is the place where the Chinese military governor manages official business. Zhu Yunwen felt that the layout of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion seemed to be a bit simple. The group walked through the square and came to the door with the "Governor of the Chinese Army" hanging on it, and there were constantly officers coming in and out, as if they were very busy. Zhu Yunwen waited on the side for a while, and after waiting for less, he secretly walked in and found a tall and majestic general in his thirties sitting on the main seat, with a square face and a serious face, looking down at the documents, and two subordinate officials next to him were helping. Zhu Yunwen stood in front of the case and didn't speak, just looked at Xu Huizu. Xu Huizu was looking at the information of the health centers in various places, and suddenly felt that there was someone in front of him, and he was about to scold, when he suddenly saw that it was Zhu Yunwen, he was startled, and quickly stood up, came out from behind the table, and knelt on the ground: "See His Royal Highness Taisun, why is His Highness here, you should inform it, and go out to greet him." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped up Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, looking at this mighty man, not only a little emotional, this person is his most loyal courtier in the future, he resisted until the last moment, and finally died of depression, but since he was a human being in two lives, he would not let these happen again. After sighing with emotion, he blurted out: "The general really has the legacy of the King of Zhongshan, and the emperor once commented that it is 'breaking the captives and barbarians, and the achievements are the first in ancient and modern times; In and out of the general, he is also unparalleled in the civil and military world', and now the general is also extraordinary, doing things rigorously and seriously, meticulously. When I saw it today, I benefited a lot. I hope you will continue to work hard to keep the Zhongshan Wang's family style unfalling. ”

Xu Huizu said movingly: "His Royal Highness is serious, my father's deeds can actually be looked at on my back, the Xu family has been favored by the emperor, and has given the world wealth and glory, and will be loyal to the king, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and would rather be broken to pieces, at any cost." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled: "The general doesn't have to be too humble, the times make heroes, and the general may not be able to surpass your father, as long as you work hard." ”

"I understand." Xu Huizu responded, but thought in his heart, how could he surpass his father.

Zhu Yunwen sat on the main seat, flipped through the documents on the desk, and said, "What is Wei Guogong busy with?" It seems to be quite busy just now. ”

Xu Huizu stood respectfully beside him and said: "Recently, there have been more and more deserters in the guards, especially in the border guards, Huizu is counting the number, and he is a little worried, it has only been more than 20 years since the founding of the country, and there are so many deserters, what should I do if it goes on like this for a long time?" ”

"Huh? Are there a lot of deserters? ”

"Many, in November of the third year of Hongwu, a total of 47,986 people fled, although this statistics are not finished, but the military governor's office is estimated to be at least 50,000 or more."

"50,000? What about the other prefectures? I'm afraid it's even more serious, the area of the Chinese military governor's mansion is relatively richer, and there are fewer wars. That's at least 200,000, almost one-tenth of the standing army, right? ”

"Your Highness Mingjian, that's true."

What is the reason for this? How can there be so many deserters? ”

"This question is more complicated, and it is not clear in one or two sentences." Xu Huizu wanted to say and stopped.

"Okay, then I won't ask, Gu came today to ask Wei Guogong to do a favor, Gu has been doing a war game deduction recently, which has been rolled out in Zhan Shifu, and the imperial grandfather promised to test the results in 7 days. However, now there is a shortage of manpower, only Qi De, Huang Zicheng, Geng Xuan, Song Xuan, Wu Sheng, and Guo Jian are inexperienced, and some of them are talking on paper. Therefore, it is necessary to have a general with practical experience to assist in guiding it. ”

Xu Huizu asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, what does wargame deduction mean?" I don't know. Could you please explain it to Your Highness? ”

"Wargame deduction is very simple, that's ......how it works," Zhu Yunwen said as he drew it on paper and roughly explained it. Xu Huizu raised his head and thought for a moment, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, this is a great thing, it may have a great effect on the military command, and the last general is willing to participate in this matter." However....." Xu Huizu was embarrassed: "The last general is not a member of the Zhan Mansion, it seems inappropriate." ”

"It's okay, I'll talk to the emperor, you can also be the prince's guest."

"Okay, thank you, Your Highness, the last general has taken the order."

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and asked Xu Huizu: "By the way, what about my uncle's founding father?" Are you in class today? ”

Xu Huizu replied: "Yes, he is in the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, and the last general will send someone to call him over." ”

"Okay, hard general", after Yun Wei's response, Xu Huizu walked to the door and said a few words to the guard, and the guard took the order and ran out of the door.

After a bag of cigarettes, a red-faced young man walked in, looked at Zhu Yunwen on the main seat, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness, Chang Sheng is polite." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly got up and helped Chang Sheng up: "Why does my uncle bother to pay a big salute, Lone plans to ask his uncle for help with something." ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

"That's the ,....." After Yun Wei finished speaking, Chang Sheng was also very interested and agreed.

The three chatted for a while, Zhu Yunwen said goodbye, and the two of them sent Zhu Yunwen to the door, and Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and returned to the palace. After returning to the palace, he went to Qianqing Palace and told Zhu Yuanzhang about Xu Huizu, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, and suddenly asked: "Yun Wei, why don't you go to Song Guogong, Ying Guogong and Liang Guogong?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, yes, why didn't he look for them? I subconsciously excluded them, thought about it and said: "Sun Er thinks that the three princes are the dry cities of the country, how can they be busy with such small things, I am afraid they are not interested in this kind of small things, the war games are too meticulous, and people who are impatient may not be able to do it." ”

"Oh, Yun Wei, that's how you see the three princes?"

Zhu Yunwen suddenly didn't know what to say, so he took Zhu Yuanzhang's hand: "Grandson is not thoughtful, please punish the imperial grandfather." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's all a small matter, when it's done, when I pass, I'll let them go together." ”

"Okay, thank you, Grandpa."

"Well, go down, don't focus on war games, but also pay more attention to the study of civil and state affairs, as an emperor, you must be able to use people, and you can use talents."

"Okay, the grandson understands, the grandson retires."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen's back, Yunwen's words just now showed his jealousy of several princes, originally Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Yunwen had done a good job, but today's incident made him have to consider the problems of several princes, and he couldn't help but feel murderous......

Zhu Yunwen didn't know that his words made Zhu Yuanzhang make up his mind, even if he knew, he would feel that these things would inevitably happen and had nothing to do with him.

Zhu Yunwen is a kind person, he doesn't want to kill innocents, and he may be influenced by the society in his dreams, but he can't help but cover the coffin lid for the three princes, what an irony!