"Your tantric recital, I've taken a closer look, what do you think should be done?" Zhu Cijiong secretly told Zhu Youxiao about the department's private small treasury.

"The child thinks that the first is to strengthen supervision; Second, it is necessary to strictly investigate and deal with the establishment of small private treasuries. Zhu Cijiong replied.

"You first have to figure out the cause and effect, figure out the characteristics of the small treasury, and then think about how to deal with it."

"No."

"Let's start with the audit, from now on, you will be transferred to the Audit Department of the Ministry of Households to be in charge of this matter."

"No."

"You went to the Flower House last night?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Yes." Zhu Cijiong replied calmly.

"I don't object to the combination of work and rest, but we must have moderation, and we must pay more attention to safety and hygiene. Zhu Youxiao never thought that the average life expectancy of the emperor had anything to do with the low life expectancy of the emperor, and opened the historical records about the cause of death of the emperor, and the emperors who died due to indulgence were really pitiful, but there were more emperors who died due to rebellion and murder, and they lowered the average life expectancy of the emperor.

"The child just investigated the matter of the small treasury in the flower building." Zhu Cijiong said softly.

"Why do you think I would allow Xu Xinsu and others to sell slave girls?" Zhu Youxiao asked suddenly.

"There is a serious imbalance in the ratio of men and women in the empire, and although this will not directly affect the stability of the empire in the long run, it will be a hidden ......danger to the security of the empire," Zhu Cijiong replied.

"Xu Xinsu told you."

"Yes."

"Why do you think Hualou's business is so good?" Zhu Youxiao then asked.

"Hualou uses all female slaves, and because they are female slaves, Hualou can provide services that other Qinglou can't provide."

"This is also the blue ocean, just like a phoenix."

"About the blue ocean, the child has heard of it."

"Cijiong, then which do you think belongs to the blue ocean at the imperial level?" Zhu Youxiao asked. In this time and space, the blue ocean was proposed by Zhu Youxiao, so he can define the blue ocean.

"What Father means is that those wild lands are the blue ocean of the empire." Zhu Cijiong thought for a while.

"The Portuguese, the Spaniards, the Dutch, the British, and so on have plundered countless riches from what the empire calls the wild lands, and these riches will one day make them the overlords of this world, and if the empire does not participate in it, the empire will eventually be abandoned by this era, and the empire will become food for their mouths. This is not alarmism! Everything I do today is to avoid the fall of the empire and make it the hegemon of the world. ”

"The child understands!"

"This era is the best of times for empires, and the worst of times is that empires are bound by rules they have made themselves, and yet this rule is only followed by empires, and all other nations scoff at them. Many people in the empire don't understand a truth, only when your fists are harder than others, others will follow the rules you set. The best thing is that although the empire is a step slower than the Westerners, the empire has now caught up. This era was a chance and a last chance for the Empire, and there were many places in this era that were still blank, and although these places were known as wild places, there were countless riches hidden underground, such as the discovery of a large amount of gold in the North Sea after the Empire occupied the North Sea. Zhu Youxiao continued.

"Father, can we also learn from the methods of colonization by Westerners?" Zhu Cijiong asked.

"Of course, I will destroy the enemies of the empire as much as possible, leaving a stage for the successors to play better." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

……

Zhu Youxiao's father and son talked a lot, and they also talked for a long time, Zhu Youxiao's words, he will say it to everyone who may become the prince.

Zhu Ciyan is now a first-class staff officer, of course, there is Zhu Youxiao's meaning here, according to his military merits, it is impossible to rise so quickly. Zhu Youxiao hopes that Zhu Cijun can take on more responsibilities, which is also a test he gave Zhu Cijun.

In March, Zhao Shujiao had completed the strategic arrangement of the Heshuo Special Department.

On 20 March, Zhao led an army of 30,000 out of Aduanwei to attack Khotan and Shuote.

On May 15, Zhao led an army of 30,000 and an army of 43,000 led by Gushi Khan fought a decisive battle at Yaergan.

The reason why Gushi Khan chose to fight the Ming army here was that Gushi Khan knew that the gap between himself and the Ming army was huge, and his 43,000 army could not resist the Ming army at all.

First of all, Yaergan is far away from Aduanwei, the supply of the Ming army is more difficult, and the transportation of artillery is even more difficult, and then the Ming army has traveled a long distance, morale and energy will definitely be affected, and finally this place extends in all directions, if defeated, the Heshuo special department can withdraw in three directions: west, north, and south.

Zhao Shujiao also understood Gushi Khan's intentions, but he still decided to go deep alone. Although the Ming army could not carry heavy artillery, the Ming army carried a sufficient number of light artillery, and the Heshuo Special Department was still in the era of cold weapons, and their greatest combat power was cavalry.

At that time, the two armies set up positions at Yaergan. After a long journey, the Ming army was still a little tired, but the spirit was still there, especially when the Ming army saw that it was still a cold weapon to deal with, the absolute superiority in weapons made the Ming army feel a sense of victory in their hearts.

At three o'clock, the cavalry of the Heshute Department launched an attack, this attack was a suicidal attack in the eyes of the Ming army, and the Ming army easily blocked the cavalry of Heshuote by relying on the apocalypse guns and artillery, except for a very small number of unlucky Ming troops who were shot by stray arrows, the Ming army suffered almost no losses.

Three rounds of attacks were launched at the Heshute Division, leaving the corpses of men and horses on the ground, and the Ming army also began to take the initiative to attack, with the infantry in the center and the cavalry scattered on both flanks.

Seeing that the Ming army took the initiative to attack, Gushi Khan launched another round of offensive, and this round of offensive by the Heshuo Special Department still did not work, except for adding hundreds of unjust souls again, nothing was found.

With the advance of the Ming army, the army of the Heshute Department was forced into a corner.

"Withdraw!" Gushi Khan said without hesitation. Gushi Khan did not expect that the gap between the two armies would be so big, they could not threaten the Ming army at all, and could only watch the Ming army massacre the soldiers of the Heshute Department one-sidedly.

"Dragoon charge!" Seeing that there were signs of withdrawal from the Heshuo Special Department, Zhao Shujiao did not hesitate at all.

The dragoons on both wings of the Ming army were like two sharp swords plunging straight into the lineup of the Heshute Division.

(End of chapter)