"Your Highness, you have arrived."

Zhu Zhanji raised his gaze from the information in his hand, pinched the root of his nose, and rested his brain.

As the commander of the first army, there are so many things to worry about.

Although most of the subordinates don't want Zhu Zhanji to finish things alone, they can't show their value.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to be like Zhuge Liang, doing everything by himself, so that he was tired to death.

However, as a manager, you have to know the big picture, which is the most basic requirement.

Hundreds of thousands of troops came from all over the country, and except for the Fourth Naval Base in Guangdong, which did not need to be dispatched, the other three naval divisions had to dispatch more than 30,000 naval personnel to participate in the war.

In addition, from Guangdong, Fujian, and other mountainous areas, 10 elite soldiers and strong generals who were familiar with fighting in mountainous areas were also transferred as the armed forces after the landing.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not want to use only the power of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I want to let Duoyan Sanwei, including the Jurchens in the northeast, also participate in this war.

Yisha is such a very suitable candidate, as a slave Gandu Si town guard eunuch, he was born in Haixi, and he is a Jurchen himself.

He knew Jurchen and Chinese; He is not only familiar with the customs and customs of the Northeast region, but also knows the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when Zhu Di established the Nuergan Capital Division and selected officials in the Nuergan region, he became the most suitable candidate.

Knowing that he had returned to Beijing to resume his life, Zhu Zhanji sent Li Liang to call him over.

"Let him in."

In an instant, a smooth eunuch in his forties came in behind Li Liang, who was not tall, but very strong, and looked like a wall of flesh.

In the palace at this time, the eunuchs practiced martial arts. Zhu Di's seven eunuchs have all been practicing martial arts since they were young and learning Wen Tao's martial arts strategy, so they became a force to be reckoned with during the Battle of Jingjing.

This is also a martial artist at first glance, and ordinary three or five people are probably not his opponents at all.

He fell to the ground like a stone. "The slave and maid also lost Ha to see His Highness."

As a minister outside the lord, Zhu Zhanji has never seen Yizhinha before, although Yizhinha knows a little about the temperament of this grandson, but the first time he meets him, he does not dare to be the slightest sloppy, and even the ministers dare not call themselves slaves and maids.

Zhu Zhanji got up and personally helped him stand up. Because of his martial arts, he had a good impression of the eunuchs who practiced martial arts, and couldn't help pinching his sturdy arm and said: "Eunuchs don't have to be polite, now that you are a six-rank eunuch, you don't have to be so humble." ”

Although Yizha is a Jurchen, the Jurchen at this time is completely different from the Jurchen two hundred years later.

Zhu Zhanji will not be prejudiced against him because he is a Jurchen. Although most of the eunuchs in the palace are Han Chinese, the proportion of foreigners accounts for at least more than 10%, and most of them were captured in the past and grew up in the palace after castration.

They are of a different race, but they are more positive, and four of the seven eunuchs are of a foreign race, and they are even more loyal to the royal family.

Because in this era of the world, everyone does not have the concept of a country and a nation, or it is not so obvious.

Let Yizhan Ha sit down under his head, and Zhu Zhanji said: "Since the ninth year of Yongle, you, as a eunuch of the Qincha, went to Nuer Gandu Division to preach the national prestige and comfort all ethnic groups. In August of the tenth year of Yongle, one hundred and seventy-eight Jurchen leaders from the local Qili Mi, Nanggar, and other places came to Beijing to pay tribute to the imperial court, and these are your credits. ”

"The ministers don't dare to boast about their highness, as a courtier, they should put state affairs first. What's more, the ministers were born in Haixi, so they naturally hope that the old clan can bathe in the emperor's grace and live a good life. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "I have read the information of the Northern Regions, from the north of Liaodong, the guards under the jurisdiction of the capital department have increased to one hundred and eighty-four guards and twenty thousand households over the years. The Jurchen tribes occasionally receive a large amount of goods and tools from the imperial court every year, and now the two sides are trading with each other, and the Jurchens exchange horses for iron tools and ploughing cattle, which have greatly improved their lives now, right? ”

Yizha nodded and said: "The Jurchen is poor, and life has gradually improved over the years, and all ethnic groups are grateful to me for Daming." ”

Zhu Zhanji asked again: "Then how many soldiers are there in this woman's twenty thousand households now?" If they are truthfully allowed to send troops, how many troops can be sent? ”

Yishu paused for a moment, and when he saw Zhu Zhanji's bright eyes, he reacted again, and hurriedly said: "The Jurchens still don't negotiate with each other and rely on the sky for food. However, because of the difficulties of life, the folk customs are very strong. Today, the 20 thousand households set up by the imperial court are nominally soldiers, but in fact they are only benevolent to all ethnic groups through this means to make them return to their hearts. Therefore, there are actually no soldiers in these thousands of households. ”

Zhu Zhanji raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "I know all this, if I am recruited by the Ming Dynasty, how many troops do you think we can recruit from the local area?" ”

In fact, the Jurchen is just a general term, and the area of the Nuer Gandu Division at this time is huge. The jurisdiction extends from the Nan River (now the Onen River) in the west, to the Outer Khingan Mountains in the north, to the sea in the east, to the Tumen River in the south, and to Sakhalin Island in the northeast.

The Mongol, Jurchen, Jirimi, Kuyi (Kugu), Daur and other ethnic groups in its territory mostly make a living from fishing and hunting.

The Ming Dynasty government also appointed the leaders of the various ethnic groups to take charge of the guards, gave the seal letter, and still respected its customs, unified its belonging, and paid tribute at the time.

In today's terms, this is just an autonomous region, a special zone.

Although the people here submit to the Ming Dynasty, there are still many contradictions between each other, and they often go to war with each other, and the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is far from enough.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji actually wanted to recruit troops from the local area, he was a little embarrassed, but he still replied cautiously: "The Yi people are rude, rude, and survive with force." If there is no benefit, the ministers are afraid that there will be few responders. ”

"What if it's good enough?"

Yiha's spirits were lifted, and he said: "If you are induced by money, the ministers think that at least 10,000 soldiers can be recruited from the local area. ”

According to the statistics of the Ming government, the local people of all ethnic groups did not exceed 500,000, and there were at least more than 200 tribes.

Although it is said that everyone is a soldier, it is only a saying, and it is impossible for everyone to be a soldier in any nation.

Based on the total population of 500,000, if half of the women are removed, there are less than 250,000 left. Because of years of war, there are now many boys and girls in all countries, and in many tribes, the ratio of men to women can even reach 1 to 2.

Of the remaining half of the people, the elderly and children account for two-thirds, which is equivalent to only about 80,000 young adults.

And it is impossible for all of these people to go on the expedition, even if they are facing the battle of destroying the country, they must leave the seeds, let alone just conscription.

What's more, these people also have to engage in production, grazing, and leave troops to guard against the surrounding tribes. So being able to send 10,000 people is already an ideal state.

Zhu Zhanji said: "In that case, I would like to appoint you as a special envoy to the Northern Regions to recruit troops. At the same time, I will ask Zheng Heng to send 30,000 cavalry to help Nu'er Gandu Si maintain local law and order. When the tribes went on an expedition for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was responsible for protecting the safety of their tribes. ”

Yishu Hatchy said: "Why did Your Highness do this? For the sake of more than 10,000 troops, 30,000 cavalry were dispatched, and the grain and grass of these people, plus the goods given to the Jurchens, wouldn't this be worth the loss? ”

Zhu Zhanji sighed and said: "This is the price that has to be paid in order to make such a thing a system and a normal state." Only in this way can those aliens be more identified with the rule of my Great Ming. ”

This is only a superficial reason, but Zhu Zhanji's thoughts are more far-reaching and more evil.

The British invasion of China also had to put the Indians in the front, or directly manage it, while the Japanese invasion of China had to organize a large number of stick troops.

If Britain is still short of manpower, but the Japanese army is completely using the stick army to do some evil things that they are inconvenient to do.

Daming shot at Dongying, it must be to hurt them, and now most of Dongying's gold and silver mines have not been discovered, and Daming will also occupy these areas.

A war is easy to fight, but future management is a big problem.

Like the United States fighting Iraq, the war lasted only a few months, but after the war, Iraq dragged it into a quagmire, and in the past ten years, countless military expenditures have been spent.

If the Ming Dynasty does not want to intensify the conflict with the people of Dongying, he must also have a thug who does bad things and a buffer class.

Using the wild and untrained Jurchens to manage the Dongying people is the means that Zhu Zhanji wants to use. Let the Jurchens do the bad things, and let the Ming people do the good things,

In this way, the folk contradictions between the Ming Dynasty and Dongying will not be excessively intensified, and in this way, the Dongying people can learn this method and contribute to other areas of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

There are not many others in Dongying, but there are many people, and they are clearly hierarchical and disciplined, which is really a rare candidate for doglegs.

Just concealing his last intentions, Zhu Zhanji used the Jurchens to manage the Dongying people, and analyzed the importance of leaving a buffer zone with him thoroughly.

Hearing that the Ming would not use these Jurchens to fight, but only to manage the occupied areas, Yisha felt that this task was easier to complete.

After sending away, Zhu Zhanji looked at the time, and it was almost time for Shen.

At this time, through the fence, you can hear bursts of cries and noisy scolding from the street.

"What happened?"

Li Liang waved his hand, and the two little eunuchs quickly ran out to investigate the situation.

After a while, they ran back out of breath and reported the situation to Li Liang at the door.

Li Liang entered the room and said with a smile: "Your Highness, we have forgotten that this is the three hundred and thirteen members of the Qiu family who were detained outside the Chengtian Gate to listen to the holy ruling." Those people knew that the second son of the Qiu family was involved in the rebellion, and they were all people who scolded the Qiu family. ”

Zhu Zhanji patted his head, he really forgot about this incident, otherwise, he would not have come to the Navy Headquarters this afternoon, but would have stayed in the palace to watch the excitement.

In the palace, as long as he does not go to the harem and moves freely, he can watch the tragic scene of the Qiu family's people kneeling outside the Chengtian Gate and begging for mercy on the city wall.

Now he is at the headquarters of the Navy, but it is inconvenient to go out, otherwise he will be surrounded by the people.

A trace of regret swept away, and he ordered: "Send a few people to follow to see the situation and report it at any time." ”

Outside Chengtian Gate, Feng Xiaonian and Chu Song were not wearing official clothes today, and they were mixed in the crowd watching the excitement, paying close attention to the situation in the crowd.

Today is the day when everyone in the Qiu family is waiting for the Holy Judgment, as the only fish in the Qiu family who has slipped through the net, they don't believe that Qiu Changqing can hold back.

Now no one knows the emperor's intentions, and if he is in a good mood, he may let go of the Qiu family, but if he is in a bad mood, it may be possible to let all of them fall to the ground.

Qiu Changqing has some humanity, it should appear.

In order not to startle the snake, several groups of people and horses on the mission of today's Jinyi Guard have already scattered in the crowd outside the Chengtian Gate in their regular clothes, as long as Qiu Changqing appears, they will never be easily missed.

And Qiu Changqing did come, since the Qiu family was escorted to the capital a few days ago, he already knew the news.

This can be described as five thunderbolts for him, and all thoughts are lost.

If because of him, everyone in the family is implicated, then what is the point of him?

Although his parents are dead, they are his siblings, as well as his wife and children.

He didn't think that he didn't show the slightest bit of impediment, why the emperor determined that it was him, and without any trial, he directly ruled it.

He knew now that he couldn't afford to go against the imperial power, but it was too late.

That night, he slipped out of the courtyard belonging to the Han king's forces, because if he stayed there, he was afraid that he would not have a chance to get out of there alive.

It is impossible for King Han to expose his plans directly in front of Zhu Di, and staying in the other courtyard will only be a dead end.

Even if he was going to die, he had to die a little more worthwhile, rather than stay in this courtyard and die in obscurity.

At Lin Xi's house, he retrieved the evidence of his contact with the King of Han, that is, the letters.

But then, he was chased and killed by the Han Palace, and in the past few days, he hid everywhere and didn't dare to show his face at all.

At this time, he wants to thank the Taisun he has always wanted to deal with, and it was the sewer built by Taisun that allowed him to hide from the people who pursued him.

When this day came, he came out of the sewer with a tragic mood, first freshened up on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and then bought a few baked cakes, and ate and drank to his heart's content on the water of the Qinhuai River.

Then he saw with his own eyes, his people, in a string of five, tied together, marching together with great difficulty towards the palace.

His children were yellow-skinned and frightened, and his wife was already haggard.

This made his heart twist like a knife, and he couldn't bear to die. All he did was to make their lives better, not to be held by the servants like a dog waiting for a verdict.

He couldn't control his tears any longer, and he didn't want to, so he let them slip down, and then walked towards them firmly.

When he appeared in front of everyone and knelt down heavily, the clansmen of the Qiu clan couldn't help crying one by one.