The Zhengdan court meeting in the fourteenth year of Yongle is no different from the previous big court meetings.

In the first half of the meeting, it is mainly a summary of the previous year, and the second half is the arrangement of the work for the new year.

What is different from usual is that Zhu Zhanji, as the chief official, officially attended the court meeting as an observer for the first time.

The main hall of Fengtian Hall has a total of three floors, and the first floor is Zhu Di and dozens of herald eunuchs around him. On the steps of the second floor, there are Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince and Jinyiwei.

In the past, Zhu Zhanji participated in the court meeting as the grandson, and his seat was opposite Zhu Gaochi, on the left and right sides of Zhu Di, and he did not have the right to speak.

But this time, as the commander of the navy, the governor of the capital, he was among the top military generals.

At the meeting, Zhu Zhanji summed up the course of the formation of the navy last year and expounded on the differences between the navy and the naval divisions, the differences in the command structure, and the differences in combat methods.

Finally, on behalf of the Navy, he also made a work outlook for the new year and gave a wake-up call on the military operations after the New Year.

Now that more than 10,000 Japanese have been arrested in Yingtianfu, Zhuang Jing's negotiations with Dongying on behalf of the Ming Dynasty have not progressed smoothly, and there have been conflicts.

The envoys and students of Dongying often went outside the imperial city to cry and complain, and they did not mention the Japanese or compensation, but only told the innocence of the people of Tsushima.

Although these things are bullshit, Ying Tianfu is not only the Ming family, but also the envoys of dozens of small countries, for the sake of international influence, the Ming Dynasty can't do too much.

I'm angry here, and of course I want to vent there. The literati of this era had just experienced the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty, and they had little love for foreign races.

Having said that, since ancient times, the literati have actually been extreme interests, and when they talk about benevolence, they also have to see if there is any benefit.

Now, except for a few literati who have been bribed to mention the Dongying people to say a few words, most of them are actually in favor of using force against Dongying.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji propose that he had the intention to punish Dongying in the future, countless people were already planning how to make a military contribution in this matter.

This year's New Year is a little different from previous years, that is, because a lot of Xungui's children have been accommodated, and this year there are many more people who have done everything possible to give Zhu Zhanji New Year's greetings.

In the past six months, the young army's noble children's battalion can be said to be half sea water and half flames.

Originally, a group of middle-level officers were selected from Yu Linwei, but after several years of hard work, they had a full understanding of Zhu Zhanji's training intentions.

They have formulated strict training norms with the aim of building a military force with comprehensive strength.

Especially after the former Jiazi Company was fought over by various military guards, they already understood Zhu Zhanji's intention to sow seeds among the military guards, and the requirements for the soldiers were even higher.

Although the requirements of the Xungui camp are lower than those of the orphan camp, both sides use the same code of conduct, and the competition between the two sides makes it easy for even the children of the Xungui camp.

Even if some of them can't stand the constraints of the young army, they are beaten by their parents and dare not say that they can't come.

And as long as they come, everyone wants some face, every time Xiaobi loses, he has to go to the other party's barracks to eat leftovers, and he has to clean up for ten years.

However, there are not people who are not afraid of boiling water without dead pigs, one of them is Yang Ji who was forced into the young army by Yang Shiqi.

This person is used to being free and loose in his hometown, and no one dares to care about his power in his hometown.

After entering the Young Army, he, the cabinet bachelor who was a Hanlin attendant, was not a big man among the nobles.

Chen Li and Zhang Fengshan of the young military camp are bent on getting Zhu Zhanji's reuse through the training results of the young military camp, and with him as the backstage, they don't have to give anyone face.

After Yang Ji entered the young military camp, he still wanted to continue to play prestige, that was looking for death, in the past few months, he has received countless punishments, and even now for the Chinese New Year, he is still in confinement.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Zhanji went to Zhang Chang's house to pay New Year's greetings and met Yang Shiqi, who came to intercede.

"Your Highness, the dog is stubborn, but this Chinese New Year, you can't just be alone in the prison, right? The minister's old wife is anxious, and she wants to ask Her Royal Highness for convenience. ”

Zhu Zhanji didn't give him face at all, and said: "Does the bachelor want me to discipline or not, if the bachelor thinks that my young army is too strict, you can take Yang Ji home." ”

Yang Shiqi was a little embarrassed, looked at Zhang Chang, and wanted to make him turn around. Of course, Zhang Chang knew that his relatives were far away, but it was difficult to shirk at this time, so he turned his head and asked Zhang Wu, Zhang Wei, who was accompanying him next. "What kind of military regulations did this Yang Ji violate, so that he was still in prison during the Chinese New Year?"

Zhang Wu arched his hand before saying: "Yang Ji has been sluggish in training since he entered the barracks, and he has always been the one who has been the laggard of the teams. Moreover, this person has poor military discipline, and has stolen food several times, escaped, and pretended to be sick to evade training. During the holiday a year ago, he had already left the barracks, but at the Xiamaqiao construction site, because the workers hindered his journey, he whipped him and was arrested by the deputy of Chang Fuliang's battalion, but he refused to obey the discipline, so he was imprisoned for a month. ”

Yang Shiqi was ashamed, and could only say: "It's all to blame for the old decay's lax family education, this matter is ashamed to mention, and this matter is not mentioned." ”

Zhu Zhanji said again: "Bachelor Yang, all battalions of the young army will be pulled directly to the battlefield by me after the year, if you are worried about the safety of your son, it is better to let him go home, otherwise when the time comes, the sword will be ruthless." ”

Yang Shiqi said ashamedly: "The old minister has two sons, even if one dies, there is a second. To serve the country is to serve the people and the ministers are only glorified, and how can they be abolished for private purposes? ”

Zhu Zhanji is not intimidating him, he has already decided that he will use troops against Dongying after the year, and he will send troops in March or April at the latest. Zhu Zhanji had high hopes for the young army, and this time he wanted to bring the young army into the army as a scout camp.

Dongying is not a bone to gnaw on, they have many mountains and few lands, and they are densely populated. Even if you can't win the war, once you escape deep into the mountains, it will be difficult to clear it again.

An Afghanistan without mountains and forests took the United States ten years to get it, and the same is true for Iraq.

Although the difference in military strength is similar to that of later generations, the current Ming Dynasty does not have advanced satellite facilities and electronic communication equipment in later generations.

Moreover, Dongying is mountainous, and it is not easy to defeat them completely.

However, Zhu Zhanji's goal was not to occupy Dongying, such a poor place, after the defeat, it was only a burden. Zhu Zhanji hopes to use Dongying's population to create dividends, but he is unwilling to add a big trouble to himself, let alone take them to develop together.

All he needs is control, he only needs to plant a few nails, divide the Daimyo of Toei and even dispose of their king directly, so that the people will be scattered.

In such a war, the special training of the young army plays a very obvious role in bringing into play the combat effectiveness of the army.

Zhu Zhanji was not afraid of the resistance of the Dongying army, but only afraid of the miasma in those mountainous areas and the source of disease in the cruel environment, which was the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

The eighth day of the first lunar month is the day when the yamen are opened, but before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, only half of the yamen are on duty at most.

Zhu Zhanji rushed to Xiamaqiao early in the morning to attend the opening ceremony of the young military camp.

Here, he also met Yang Ji, who had been detained for more than half a month.

Although this person is unruly, in front of Zhu Zhanji, he does not dare to be dissatisfied. Nearly a month of confinement also made him a little dazed, and he no longer had arrogance.

Zhu Zhanji didn't have the heart to pay attention to this little person, but as a negative example of the young army, he was picked up and criticized at the opening of the camp.

Although he is not a good reputation, he can be regarded as a good limelight in front of countless nobles.

Now the whole capital knows that Yang Shiqi has an eldest son who is not successful, and Yang Shiqi's face has not been lost at all.

Not only Yang Shiqi, but everyone also completely understood at this time that the young army was by no means a place for the sons and daughters of the nobles to mess around and grab credit.

At the opening ceremony of the young military camp, Zhu Zhanji also officially announced for the first time that the young military camp would participate in the navy's foreign campaign this year. All young soldiers over the age of 15 are required to serve in the army unconditionally.

The nobles who watched the ceremony that day were even more excited, and they had already decided to recall the children of the family who had no official duties, and wanted to transfer them to the navy.

Now that the Ming Dynasty's greatest enemies, Warat and Tatar, have all succumbed, Zheng Heng's 200,000 cavalry has kept them in their throats, not daring to make the slightest move.

What's more, the development of Beiming Mountain has also involved many small tribes, who have now tasted the sweetness of obeying the Ming Dynasty, and now they have no intention of rebelling at all.

The situation in the desert and steppe is stable, and the military guards on the land have no chance to make meritorious contributions. However, the expansion of the navy will not lack opportunities for conquest, let alone opportunities for meritorious service.

Last year, four uncles were sealed in a war, and this year it looks like a big battle is going to be fought, so that those nobles who want to make meritorious contributions are like chicken blood.

Liu Jiang, who was originally just a marginal figure in the army, has now become a big celebrity, full of nobles who want to have a relationship.

Zhu Zhanji didn't have anyone to bother here, and if he didn't reach a certain level, he didn't dare to find his head even if he wanted to insert someone in.

However, those who can find him are people who are not easy to shirk, such as Mu Sheng's fourth brother Mu Xin.

Mu Xin is not only Mu Ying's son, but also Zhu Zhanji's uncle. Although Princess Changning died of illness in the sixth year of Yongle, his position as the captain of the horse was not removed.

On the contrary, without Princess Changning, Mu Xin does not have to be restricted by the appearance of the official now. In the past few years, he has been aiming to supervise the construction of the Wudang Mountain Taoist Temple, and now that the Wudang Taoist Temple has been basically repaired, he hurriedly wants to mix a military merit.

If it was someone else, Zhu Zhanji really didn't want to deal with it, but this good guy was also his uncle, so he could only accept him.

(This chapter isn't very well written, sorry, it's not in good shape.) The next chapter will try to be better written. ）