At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a "Emperor Ming Zu Xun", which listed the surrounding Korea, Japan, Annam, Siam, Burma and other 15 large and small countries as the "countries that do not levy the Ming Dynasty" to the outside world, and warned future generations not to arbitrarily levy them. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason given by Ming Taizu is that these small surrounding foreign countries are either separated by mountains or seas, and they are generally located in remote areas, with different cultures, and their land is not enough to cultivate and supply, and their people are not enough to drive and use, if they do not come to harass, then it is easy to destroy them, if they do not come to harass, then let them fend for themselves.

Of course, there is another reason why Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay attention to these small border countries, that is, to warn future generations to always focus on the Hulu north of the Great Wall.

Regarding these problems, Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, said in "Emperor Ming Zu Xun": "I am afraid that future generations will rely on China's prosperity and strength, be greedy for temporary military achievements, raise troops for no reason, and cause injuries, remember not to!" However, Hu Rong and the northwest border are close to each other, and they must be selected to train their troops in wars, so be careful when they are prepared! ”

Of course, the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not completely abide by this ancestral precept about the country that is not to be conquered, for example, when Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, sent a large army to conquer Annam, and the general who went to conquer Annam was the ancestor of the British Duke Zhang Weixian.

It is a pity that after the withdrawal of the Ming army, the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Annam only lasted for more than ten years, because of improper employment and excessive looting, resulting in continuous resistance of the Annam people, the gains of the imperial court outweighed the losses, and finally had to give up Annam.

After the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor Zhu Di, almost all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty consciously or helplessly complied with this ancestral precept, even if they paid for several years of the war to aid Korea and resist the Japanese in the Wanli period, after the victory, they did not take the opportunity to occupy North Korea, even if they let North Korea cede land to compensate for it.

Although there are considerations of military strength and even national strength, it is not unrelated to the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and faith in foreign exchanges that have been repeatedly advocated by Confucian scholars and scholars in the court since Wanli.

The civil official group after Wanli was reluctant to fight foreign wars, firstly, they did not want to make trouble, and secondly, they did not want the nobles to be in power or the status of military generals to rise, after all, once the war was fought, the political status of the nobles and generals would rise.

In addition, of course, there are many reasons, but no matter what the reason, after Wanli, the party struggle is fierce, although behind the party struggle is the conflict of interests, but it is manifested as the battle of righteousness, and they like to use righteousness to press each other, and first make the other party's reputation stink.

Therefore, the so-called clear stream began to prevail in the court, and all civil officials like to boast of the clear stream, like to talk about the way of benevolence and righteousness, when the northwest famine, the displaced people are everywhere, the country is short of food, there is no way to help, do not think about foreign development, conquer the land to transfer the population, plunder the surrounding areas to stabilize the country, and no one even dares to mention this stubble.

At that time, small Southeast Asian countries such as Annam, Champang, Siam, and Burma could produce a large amount of rice, and only one fleet needed to go to sea to conquer a country's land and bring back countless grains, but unfortunately no one did it.

In the final analysis, it is the ideological bondage and imprisonment that are at work.

And now this Emperor Chongzhen will not talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with the surrounding barbarian small countries, killing his people and seizing his land, which is enough to settle millions of landless displaced people in the northwest.

And if you want to do this in the near future, the first thing to break is the ideological imprisonment above the court, and there is no need to talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, and etiquette to the surrounding barbarians, and there is no "country that does not levy" from now on.

At this time, after Emperor Chongzhen finished his deafening words, the three military ministers all left their seats and knelt on the ground, and the scholars in the pavilion and the attendants of the Gong Guard also knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "My emperor is Shengming!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

At this time, Shen Tingyang, Li Xin, and Niu Jinxing, the new scholars who could already be on duty independently in the hall, were naturally even more excited in their hearts.

Because the emperor's words not only untied the shackles that bound the Ming Dynasty, but also pointed out a golden road for them to be crowned marquis immediately for these young talents who have strong ambitions and want to make a difference! Heroes like Ban Chao and Chen Tang, who have made great contributions to foreign lands and have since gone down in history, are naturally the objects they have always admired and wanted to imitate.

Therefore, these people are now crying out long live our emperor, and their hearts are more pious than ever.

The reaction of these people, Emperor Chongzhen was unexpected, and he quickly asked everyone in the cabinet to get up.

After everyone got up, Emperor Chongzhen said: "What Sun Aiqing said is very reasonable. Zhongshu Sheren can draw up another will, to Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, that is, North Korea has now taken refuge in Jianguo, with the theory of the Ming Law, traitor to the enemy, from now on, North Korea will be treated as an enemy country, but where the Korean land, city, manpower, storage wealth, etc., can be used to destroy the Jianjiao, if there is a need in Dongjiang Town, you can go ashore to take it for yourself, and the court will not care. ”

A few Chinese scholars immediately worked hard to write down every word the emperor said.

At this time, Li Banghua, Minister of Military Aircraft and Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, the minister is inspired by His Majesty, and there are some things that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen fully trusted Li Banghua's character and insight, so he said: "Li Aiqing has something to say, just say it!" ”

Li Banghua said: "Your Majesty aims to set up a town guard on Yingzhou Island, and take the Dongjiang Town Supervisor Yu Shi Mao Weizhang as the town guard, the minister thinks that this move may be extended, I have a vast land outside the border of the Ming Dynasty, and the population is sparse, if it is like setting up state and county officials in the interior to manage civil affairs, and then set up garrisons, capital divisions and even generals, and general soldiers to manage military affairs, it is really a bit more than worth the loss.

"It is indeed a good way for Your Majesty to set up the Yingzhou Town Guard Mansion and manage all the general affairs such as military, government and civil affairs within the jurisdiction. It is the ministers who suggested that His Majesty can set up town guard mansions in sparsely populated and vital places outside the border, such as the East Fanwei in front of Yingzhou, such as the Jinzhou Wei in Denglai, the Suzhou Wei in the west, and the Yingzhou Houtun Guard outside the border wall in eastern Liaodong, can set up town guard mansions to manage the military, government and civil affairs. ”

Speaking of this, Li Banghua saw that the emperor nodded at him, so he continued: "Now the only one who is concerned about the minister is the candidate for the town guard, the border land is sparsely populated, and it seems that the military general should be guarded, and the Yingzhou town guard envoy, Your Majesty entrusted it to the superintendent of the army Mao Weizhang." Mao Wei Zhang is a civil servant born in Jinshi. I don't know ...... Your Majesty"

Hearing Li Banghua say this, Emperor Chongzhen already understood what he meant.

So without waiting for him to finish, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I understand what you mean. Now that the town guard system has been created, there is no conclusion in my mind. From my point of view, regardless of the military generals, Jinshi or white bodies, those who have edge talents and are competent, the center can be arbitrary. ”

When everyone heard this, they all called "Your Majesty Shengming".

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand, signaling that he didn't want to hear this kind of talk anymore, and then continued: "Li Aiqing's suggestion reminded me. Now that the Eastern Fanwei has been established, it is not appropriate for the imperial court to change the order overnight. And Jinzhou Wei needs to wait for the end of the battle in Dongjiang Town. As for the rest, we will wait until the time is ripe.

"Now there is an important place, I thought that I could set up a town guard to manage military and civil affairs, and this place is now the Rehe Fort where Cao Wenzhao's martial arts battalion is stationed."

Because there was no map or sand table in the east pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen could not point out to everyone present where the newly built Rehe Fort led by Cao Wenzhao and the Wulie Camp was located.

But when the emperor said so, what could the ministers of the palace say besides praising the emperor for his wisdom?

I only heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "I see, the Military Aircraft Department can draw up another will, with Rehe Fort as the station, set up the Rehe Town Guard, and appoint Cao Wenzhao, the deputy chief soldier of Jizhen Town, as the Rehe Town Guard, in addition to the Wulie Battalion, the Xingzhou Guard, Anzhou Guard, Huizhou Guard, and Da'an Wei around Rehe Fort are all under the jurisdiction of the Rehe Town Guard.

"When the Military Aircraft Department sends people to deliver the decree, it is necessary to remind Cao Wenzhao and Guiyi Wang Burhatu and others to pay attention to beware of the Horqin and Ao Han tribes jointly coming to retaliate, especially the sound of the Jianyu attacking the west."

The ministers of military aircraft, Zhang Weixian, Sun Chengzong, and Li Banghua, naturally agreed to the order.

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen reminded the Military Aircraft Department to pay attention to the military situation in Liaodong at any time, and make all kinds of preparations for responding at any time, and then ended today's discussion.

On the second day, August 17, a series of holy decrees were issued from the palace again, and a group of messengers rushed in different directions.