"My division, in fact, the Houjin and the Mongols are only the enemies of the current empire, but with the use of firearms, these people are no longer worthy of being the main enemies of the empire, my division, do you think that if there are 10,000 armed with apocalypse guns, are the Houjin and Mongols still terrible?" Zhu Youxiao said.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but it is extremely difficult to produce the Apocalypse Gun, and it is necessary to equip a team of 10,000 people, but I don't know what year and month it will be." Sun Chengzong said.

"My master, I believe that one day the problem of the production of the Apocalypse Gun will be solved. Once the problem of the Apocalypse Gun is solved, Houjin is not worth mentioning at all, and in the future, the biggest enemy of the empire will come from the sea, and the Three Treasure Eunuchs are still very discerning, in the past, no one believed him, but now I believe in him. ”

"I still need the imperial court to continue to increase military investment, but if there is no existing enemy, the opposition of the conservatives of the imperial court will be even stronger, and when there is a strong Houjin, I will be put on the hat of reckless military force inside and outside the imperial court, and if there is no enemy in front of me, I don't know what the situation will be." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Although Your Majesty's words sound a little unbelievable, the Minister believes in Your Majesty, and the Minister is willing to go to the cabinet to assist Your Majesty in accomplishing Your Majesty's grand cause." Sun Chengzong said.

"It's good that my teacher can understand, and I will definitely not let my teacher down." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"You have never disappointed Chen, who is a teacher." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

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The second day is to commemorate the Ming soldiers who died in the battle. In this battle, the middle army of the Ming army has invested more than 120,000 troops, of which more than 30,000 were killed.

One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither. Seeing the urns of countless Ming soldiers in front of him, as well as the heads of countless captives used to pay tribute to Ming soldiers, Zhu Youxiao inevitably felt a little worried. But he knew that in this era, such things were inevitable, that it would take bloodshed and sacrifice to establish a new order, and that mercy would not solve anything in this era.

Zhu Youxiao decided to build a martyr's cemetery in Shengjing to bury countless soldiers who died in the battle in Liaodong. This has gradually become a common practice. The cemetery is already under construction at the moment, and after the ritual is completed, the urns of these dead soldiers will be moved into the cemetery one by one.

After the memorial service is completed, it is time to discuss the affairs of Liaodong.

"I decided to change the name of Shengjing back to Shenyang, and the Jurchens in Shenyang City could no longer stay in Shenyang, so I decided that all the men would be sent to build roads, and all the women would be given to the disabled soldiers." Zhu Youxiao said.

In order to understand the problem of the ratio of men and women in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao specially asked the state capitals to investigate this matter, and Zhu Youxiao found that the imbalance in the ratio of men and women in the Ming Dynasty was more serious than imagined, which would also become a factor of social instability. In order to solve the problem of more men and fewer women in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao spared no effort to "import" women from foreign tribes, and now the sale of foreign female slaves has become a semi-open secret in the empire, and pirates in the southeast coastal area have begun to change careers.

At the same time, in order to prevent this matter from going astray, Zhu Youxiao has ordered Jinyiwei to pay close attention to this matter, and those who deviate will be severely punished, ranging from confiscating their family property to repair roads, or losing their heads.

"I also decided to set up the Liaoning Chengxuan Political Envoy Department and the Shenyang Governor's Office, and Yuan Chonghuan will be the Governor of the Shenyang Governor's Office, and the arrangements for the governor and others will be left to the cabinet. The Shenyang Governor's Office first maintained an army and was responsible for the defense of Liaodong. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty's Order, Thank You Your Majesty!" Yuan Chonghuan said respectfully. Yuan Chonghuan did not officially participate in this battle, he was only responsible for the defense of the Guanning defense line.

"Although Liaodong only retains 100,000 troops, the army in Liaodong will be reorganized according to the requirements of the new army, and Elder Sun Ge will assist you in completing the rectification of the army in Liaodong this time. Moreover, I will leave all the artillery I brought this time to the Liaodong Army. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No." Yuan Chonghuan said, and after speaking, he saluted Sun Chengzong and said, "There is Lao Sun Ge who is old. ”

"Although Jianyu was defeated this time, it retained nearly half of its strength, and it will still be the biggest threat to the Shenyang Governor's Mansion in the future, so it must not be taken lightly." Sun Chengzong said.

"Xia Guan understands, Xia Guan reconstructs a new line of defense." Yuan Chonghuan said.

"Your Majesty, Jianguo is newly defeated, and the minister thinks that he can take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely annihilate Jianguo in one fell swoop." You Shiwei suggested.

"The empire spent nearly three million taels of silver dollars in this war, and it is temporarily unable to continue the Northern Expedition." Zhu Youxiao said.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, according to the report of the spies, the Jianyu has been withdrawn to Nenkorqin, which is thousands of miles away from our army, and the weather is getting colder and colder, and it is almost impossible to continue the Northern Expedition." Yuan Chonghuan agreed.

"The land in eastern Liaodong is fertile, and land reclamation is the first priority of Liaoning Province, once Liaoning Province solves the food problem, the Northern Expedition will be put on the agenda, and I expect that there will be a second Northern Expedition in five years at most." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, the newly defeated Jianyu is temporarily unable to go south to plunder, it is the best time to open up the wasteland in Tuntian, and the governors and political envoys of the Liaoning Domain are very important, so that it is possible to solve the food problem in eastern Liaoning as soon as possible." Sun Chengzong said.

"My master, after you return to Beijing, you will discuss this matter with other cabinet ministers before making a decision." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

"No." Sun Chengzong said.

"Liaoning is now closed by heavy snow, and it is extremely difficult to pass, is there any other way to return to Beijing in advance?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

Zhu Youxiao's question was not answered by everyone for a while.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can go through Korea, and he can reach Seoul in only one month, and then go to sea from Incheon, and reach the empire in a few days." Mao Wenlong said.

Now North Korea is the hardcore little brother of the Ming Dynasty, throughout the history of all the subject countries of China, there is no more hardcore subject country than the current North Korea, Houjin has attacked North Korea several times, North Korea still insists on using the name of the Ming Dynasty, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea used the name of the Ming Dynasty until the beginning of the 20th century, and the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty is also a basic national policy of North Korea.

"How many days can I get to Shanghai from Incheon?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Even if it's slow, it won't take more than five days." Mao Wenlong said.

"Your proposal can be considered, since the opening of Shanghai, I heard that Shanghai has become one of the most prosperous cities in the empire, and the prosperity level is directly after Suzhou, Hangzhou and Hangzhou, I have always wanted to go to see it, and this time I just took the opportunity to go to Shanghai to have a look." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

(End of chapter)