On the thirtieth day of the first month, Zhu Di mobilized the Beijing army through the military department, and a large number of Beijing troops were mobilized and entered Yingtianfu.

However, everyone knew that Zhu Di had the intention of going west, and the mobilization of the Beijing army at this time did not attract everyone's special attention.

After Zhu Yuanzhang unified the whole country, he adopted Liu Ji's suggestion, established the military defense law, and established health centers throughout the country to control the key points.

The central government set up the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which was later changed to the Metropolitan Governor's Office of the Five Armies, which was the highest military organ and was in charge of the military registration of the national health station.

The military department is responsible for requisition, suppression, training, and logistics.

In the event of war, the military department was ordered by the emperor to transfer the army, appoint a leading officer, send a letter to Yin, and lead the army transferred from the guard to the battle. At the end of the war, the leading officers surrendered the seal to the court, and the officers and soldiers returned to the guard post.

This system of separating the power to unify the army from the power to transfer the army, and the system of not having a special army and not a private general, was intended to ensure the emperor's control over the entire army.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was divided into the Beijing army and the local army, and the capital commander and the commander were set up, who were the highest fixed commanders of the army.

The Beijing army was divided into Beijing soldiers and Beijing guards, and in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, there were forty-eight guards.

In the original history, because Zhu Di moved the capital to Beiping, he set up a maximum of 72 guards.

The Beijing army is an elite army that goes into battle, and there are no governors and commanders except for commanders.

Including the Metropolitan Governor of the Five Armies, there is only one guard and horse under his jurisdiction.

In order to prevent autocracy, although the Beijing army was an elite army, it was slightly smaller, with 3,000 people in one guard, which was also the highest number of pro-army soldiers in the noble class.

And the prince of the clan, basically, has only two guards at the most, and the number cannot exceed six thousand.

Zhu Gaochi is the only one with two guards, 6,000 people, and a grandson like Zhu Zhanji, who currently has the right to lead the troops, is the only one in the Ming Dynasty.

The local army includes the guards, border soldiers and militia.

The garrison was deployed in various important military towns in the interior and in the southeast coastal defense areas. The border soldiers are the garrison troops defending against the Mongolian cavalry in the north, which are deployed in nine military towns from the Yalu River in the east to Jiayuguan in the west, and are known as the "Nine Sides" in history.

The militia is outside the military status, by the government, to maintain local law and order of the armed forces, the interior is called the people, the brave or archers, the machine soldiers, the fast hand, the northwest border is called the native soldiers, the southwest minority areas have Miao soldiers, wolf soldiers and other Tusi soldiers.

In addition, there are miners, salt soldiers, monk soldiers (Shaolin soldiers, Wutai soldiers) formed by different industries and classes, etc., in case of war, they are often called out to fight, and they still return to their original sites after the war.

At the local level, there is a capital command and envoy department (referred to as the capital department), and a commander is placed as the local commander of the army.

Under the capital, guards or offices are set up in the prefectures and counties of important areas. The general guard is led by the commander of the guard, and has jurisdiction over 5 thousand households, with a total of 5,600 people.

The 1000 households are led by 1000 households, with 100 households, with a total of 1,120 people, and the 100 households are led by 100 households, with two general flags and a total of 112 people. The general flag has jurisdiction over 5 small flags, with a total of 50 people; Small flag 10 people.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the national capital division and health office were determined, with a total of 17 capital divisions, 3 Xingdu divisions, 1 left-behind division, 329 internal and external guards, and 65 guards.

In the thirteenth year of Yongle, three more water villages at the level of the capital division were added in Nanyang. The total number of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty reached more than 2.7 million.

Zhu Di transferred troops, not because he was worried that someone would rebel, but just to deter civil and military officials. He always likes to show off his martial arts, and is accustomed to simple and rough methods of cutting through chaos with a quick knife.

Zhu Di can recklessly transfer troops, but Zhu Zhanji does not dare to make the slightest move.

There are some things that Zhu Di can do, but he can't.

Just like this transfer of troops, Zhu Di must be afraid of transferring the prince away, and hundreds of officials oppose it as a deterrent.

Zhu Gaochi is his son, he can do this.

But Zhu Zhanji is the grandson, and his soldiers can't move. As long as he moves, this kind of arrangement for his father will make him lie on the pillar of shame for the rest of his life.

The grand court meeting on 1 February was held as scheduled.

Early in the morning of this day, all the chief officials and important auxiliary officials of the capital who were above the seventh grade in the capital, numbering nearly 1,000 people, densely lined up from the Fengtian Hall to the outer square of the Fengtian Palace.

Only officials of the fourth rank and above can enter the main hall, and the officials of the fourth rank must be the chief official.

When the first morning light shines on the earth, the civil and military officials bow together with a big bow in the instrumental music of Honglu Temple, and shout long live.

In the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Di sat high on the dragon chair on the third floor, and on the second floor below him, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji were sideways and lined up on the left and right.

Today's Great Dynasty Meeting, there are two major topics, one is the official implementation of the budget system in the Ming Dynasty, and the household department has made the annual budget of each department.

Funds are divided into budgetary and extrabudgetary components, with budgetary funds corresponding to the average of public expenditures over the past three years, plus two per cent.

This piece alone has met almost everyone's expectations.

Therefore, in the first half of the court meeting, it can be said that everyone was happy.

At the court meeting presided over by Jian Yi, even the opponent unanimously voted in favor of the bill today, allowing it to pass.

A series of affairs that were difficult for the various ministries to make decisions were quickly decided under the auspices of Jian Yi and after the orderly deliberation of the ministers.

Zhu Di rarely exercised his veto power today, and most of the decrees were passed smoothly.

made many civil officials think that in order to go out smoothly, Zhu Di, the emperor, also began to compromise with them.

In just one hour, all the important government affairs accumulated over the past few days were handled, which was more than double the efficiency of the previous work.

At the end of the day, Wang Yan officially announced the formal implementation of the budget system of various ministries.

And Chen Xuan, the governor of the Daming Development Bank, also promised that this afternoon, the funds of various ministries will be in place.

Wang Yan waited for Chen Xuan to finish playing, looked at Zhu Di's face, Zhu Di nodded lightly, and his eyes looked at Fang Bin, who was in the fourth place on the left hand below.

That Fang Bin had been staring at Zhu Di's movements, and when he saw Zhu Di looking at him, he understood that he was going to play.

"Something happens...... Nothing to do to retreat ......"

Wang Yan's slightly shrill voice came out, and the herald eunuchs lined up on the wall of the main hall spread his words throughout the entire Fengtian Hall and beyond.

Fang Bin took two steps to the left, held the Chao Wat with both hands, bowed down and said, "The minister has a play!" ”

Zhu Di snorted and said, "Fang Aiqing, please speak......"

Fang Bin took a deep breath, straightened up, and said loudly: "In the second year of Yongle, Naxiyi Timur actually led an army of 200,000 and wanted to invade my Ming Dynasty. Become my Ming confidant. As the secretary of the military department, the minister could not be calm in the face of this strong enemy, and the minister asked His Majesty to send troops to destroy the enemy, and return me to a clear and clear future. ”

The ministers below were solemn, although it was known that Zhu Di was going to send troops and had been preparing for this for several years.

But today, it was brought to the court to discuss, which shows that the dispatch of troops is ready to be dispatched.

Zhu Di asked: "Where did this Timurid country come from?" ”

"When the Mongol Yuan was strong, they vigorously marched westward and established the Kipchak Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ögedai Khanate, and the Ilkhanate in the conquered areas. The rulers of the four khanates were descended from the so-called "Golden Family" by blood, and they all served the Great Mongol State as their suzerain.

This Timur came from the Western Chagatai Khanate and had intermarriage relations with the royal family.

Later, the Western Chagatai Khanate was in civil strife, and Timur's support forces were relatively weak, and the Western Chagatai Khan's royal family was related to him by marriage.

In the first year of Hongwu, he killed the brotherly Western Chahatai Khan Khusin, declared himself the heir of the Chagatai Khanate, and established the Timurid Empire.

This Timurid country is the former Western Chahatai Khanate. And the Eastern Chahatai Khanate is now attached to our Ming Dynasty, regardless of Turpan, Yili Jiangli these areas are the Eastern Chahatai Khanate that was once split from the Chahatai Khanate.

Now all ethnic groups are being bullied by the Timurid State, and now there is the Principality of Turpan, and the envoys of the Li and other countries have asked for help from my Daming, hoping that my Daming can cut off the trouble. ”

Zhu Di asked loudly: "This Turpan Principality, where is the envoy of Yili?" ”

Wang Yan shouted loudly: "It is reported that the envoys of the three departments of Liucheng, Huozhou, and Turpan of the Principality of Turpan have come to meet you...... Chuan Yili sent envoys from the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kirgiz, Mughal and other tribes to meet ......"

A group of messengers dressed in national costumes, led by the chamberlain, entered the main hall. There were fourteen of them, and they were the messengers of the seven tribes, one prince and one envoy.

Entering the Mukden Temple, they knelt down on the central plank on the lowest floor and bowed together.

Zhu Di's face was very kind at this time, and he said a few words to the envoys one by one to "comfort".

Of course, these people have already communicated, no matter when, the Ming Dynasty must be a "righteous army" and have a righteous reason.

And this time, of course, it was to save the ethnic groups in the northwest who were bullied by the Timurid state.

The disturbance in the audience seems to have nothing to do with Zhu Zhanji, he changed his normal behavior today, his performance was extremely heavy, and he kept his head bowed and silent.

But Zhu Gaochi was very happy, and his eyes glanced down from time to time, eye-to-eyeing with a group of Wenchen.

Zhu Di's westward expedition was originally opposed by many people, mainly because of a lack of silver.

The cost of the Western Expedition is too high, according to the Ming Dynasty's consistent war capability, the journey spanning tens of thousands of miles, the manpower and material resources consumed are beyond the reach of the Ming Dynasty today.

Although Zhu Zhanji established the Daming Development Bank, it became the money bag of the imperial court, providing Zhu Di with more than five million taels of silver. But in the past two years, Daming has also paid an additional five million taels of silver for military spending.

All of this was slowly implemented with the support of the generals and the strong promotion of Zhu Di.

But gradually, the ministers changed their thinking, because Zhu Di went on an expedition, leaving them more room to toss.

No matter how you look at it, Zhu Gaochi is much easier to fool than Zhu Di.

When Zhu Zhanji returned from the West, there was no one in the imperial court who still opposed the Western Expedition.

The generals wanted to make contributions, and the ministers hoped that Zhu Di would run as far as possible.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaochi's radiant face, thinking that he was about to face the biggest blow in his life, and felt pity.

This is also the reason why he changed his normal behavior today and behaved very low-key and heavy.

Zhu Di wants to keep him in prison, and he can't say that he didn't know anything at first.

As a son of man, it would be too unreasonable to fight for power with his father, if he was still elated.

On the general's side, Zhang Fu, who was standing in the first place, was very calm.

From Zhu Di's insistence on keeping him in the capital, he knew that Zhu Di would never act according to everyone's expectations, he just liked to surprise everyone.

Zhu Di wanted to let the grandson supervise the country, and he had already told him a few days ago that he would stay in the capital to assist the grandson.

At first, he was surprised by Zhu Di's boldness when he knew it, but then he thought about it, this was in line with Zhu Di's character.

Moreover, in Zhang Fu's opinion, the grandson is definitely more suitable for the country than the prince.

It's just that the prince is suffering, he has always wanted to be a good prince all these years, but compared with the grandson of a genius, he is still much worse.

Regardless of his ability, he is much worse in terms of vision alone.

There are prime ministers like Jianyi in the court, pragmatic people like Xia Yuanji, and capable people like Yang Rong, he doesn't seem to be able to see them.

Yang Shiqi, whom he values, still understands some current affairs, but he is just a person with low eyes. As for the people raised in the James's Mansion, they are all good at writing poems and writing Baguwen, but how many can do things?

On the other hand, the grandson, the people he contacts are all pragmatic people, and each can take charge of himself.

Even himself, not yet, bowed down in front of the vulgar mainland.

He was in the first place on his right hand, facing the prince who was sitting on the second floor, and when he saw his radiant face, Zhang Fu thought about waiting for his miserable expression.

Zhu Gaochi saw Zhang Fu's gaze sweeping over, and also looked over. The eyes of the two people were facing each other in the air, and Zhu Gaochi smiled and nodded to Zhang Fu.

This Zhang Fu is the Duke of England, although he is not the highest in the Lord, there are several Dukes who can compare with him.

But he is the highest rank among the nobles, and he is a highly respected person who has won the military generals and honors.

His sister-in-law is a concubine in the palace, and his daughter is his own concubine, and this glory is incomparable to anyone.

The father was about to go on an expedition, but he called Zhang Fu back from Jiaozhi, which must have prepared him for the prison country.

Zhang Fu's eyes were calm, and he nodded lightly with Zhu Gaochi, regretting that he had married his daughter to him in the first place.

Zhang Fu retracted his gaze, looked down on a group of Wenchen, and finally landed on a group of envoys kneeling in the main hall.

All this in front of me is just acting, everything is to prepare for the expedition.

When Zhu Di finished acting with this group of envoys, they went out of the hall, and the real drama came.

The little eunuch took out a seven-colored holy decree and silently came to Wang Yan's side in front of Zhu Di, and everyone held their breath, waiting for Wang Yan's voice.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: There is a remnant of the Mengyuan Dynasty in the northwest that Timur does not obey the king, and has repeatedly harassed my Ming vassal state and watched the civilization of the Central Plains.

Yili put the li, Turpan and other countries since the Qing Dynasty for my Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years, years of cultivation and tribute, for China and foreign well-known.

A group of little kings asked for help from the army, and the love words were urgent, and I was deeply worried.

Since the fifteen years, the imperial court has raised military rations, and the grain and grass are innumerable, and the cost is very heavy. Now the time is ripe, I have made up my mind, and I should punish foreign enemies for my Ming Dynasty, clear the border of the Ping Domain, and return the peace of my Ming Dynasty and the northwest countries. Chin this. ”

This is a declaration of war, and there is no personnel arrangement, so everyone is silent and quietly waits for the following.

Another little eunuch took out a seven-colored jade shaft holy decree, Wang Yan took a breath and said loudly: "I hereby order the crown prince Gao Chi to be the chief military officer of the North Road, stationed in Jiayuguan, raise food and grass for our army, and set out for the ...... in mid-February."

Before Wang Yan's words were finished, one of the Wenchen rushed out. "Your Majesty...... Never! ”

(stuck...... ）