It was too late to rush back to Beijing that night, so Zhu Youzhen set up a camp in Shunyi County.

The six Shangshu washed the dust for Zhu Youzhen at the Shunfeng Restaurant, and the other officials, big and small, feasted the corresponding officers separately, only the ordinary soldiers were not entertained, and there were too many of them, and sixty or seventy thousand people could only eat in the barracks.

The six Shangshu jointly feasted the emperor, which is really a good story in history.

The wine culture of the Han people has a long history, and many problems are solved at the wine table, "at one end of the wine glass, the policy is relaxed", Zhu Youzhen also wants to take this opportunity to indoctrinate his own governance philosophy to the scholars.

"I am not in Beijing during this time, and the major affairs of governing the country will bother you, this first cup of wine, I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, my lords, hard work!"

"Your Majesty, it should be that we respect you," Huang Liji and the other scholars looked at each other, "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and if you overshadow any historical monarch, you should be a minister who respects Your Majesty!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's the ministers who wish His Majesty!" Everyone agreed together.

"Haha," Zhu Youzhen laughed, "Huang Aiqing has always disliked slapping horses, what's wrong today?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is not a slap on the horse," Huang Li said with a straight face: "This is the heartfelt words of the ministers." ”

"Then I drank the first cup." Zhu Youzhen drank it all, and the six Shangshu were also dry.

The guards stepped forward and filled each of them with a second cup.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to raise a glass, but Huang Liji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this second cup of wine is for your Majesty to wash the dust and welcome Your Majesty's Northern Expedition and return victorious." ”

"Haha, the Northern Expedition is more smooth." Zhu Youzhen accompanied the scholars again, "Huang Aiqing, what do you say about this third cup?" ”

"Your Majesty," Huang Liji raised his glass, "This third cup is a criticism of wine, His Majesty personally went on a Northern Expedition, and the ministers were in Beijing to supervise the country, and if there was anything inappropriate, I hope His Majesty will correct it." ”

Zhu Youzhen secretly scolded Huang Liji for slipping his head, he has not returned to Beijing yet, and he has not been in contact with specific affairs, how do you know what they are doing wrong? However, the Jingshi is relatively stable, and they are still good in the overall situation, "Everyone, Aiqing, when I am outside the customs, the Jingshi is safe, the whole country is peaceful, your credit is not small, this glass of wine can be regarded as my gratitude to you, you have worked hard!" ”

"Your Majesty's Northern Expedition is even harder!"

Junchen toasted again.

After three rounds of drinking, the speed at which they drank became slower, Huang Liji finally couldn't help but be curious: "Your Majesty, Da Ming and Jiannu have fought in Liaodong for more than ten years, with fewer wins and more losses, how did Your Majesty destroy Jiannu in one battle?" ”

"Haha," Zhu Youzhen laughed again, "Of course, the Ming Dynasty is strong and has advanced firearms." Zhu Youzhen picked the important places about the Northern Expedition and briefly described it.

"Majesty, I see!" Huang Liji and others sighed.

Zhu Youzhen ate a mouthful of food in a sullen voice, he patronized and drank and talked, and he didn't eat a mouthful of food until now.

Huang Liji didn't let Zhu Youjian eat again: "Your Majesty, since Liaodong and Nu'er have been restored, how will these places be governed in the future?" ”

Zhu Youzhen put down his chopsticks: "How is Yuan Chonghuan now?" Is he back? ”

Li Chunye replied: "Your Majesty, not yet, Yuan Chonghuan has passed on the military department, he has already finished the battle there and is on his way back to the Beijing Division, and it is estimated that he will be able to return to the Beijing Division in a month." ”

"Ao," Zhu Youzhen relieved himself, since Yuan Chonghuan was coming back, the battle should be quite smooth, "I remembered the incident at noon today, a large number of people were holding the Sun and Moon military flag, if they were holding the national flag, it would be better - the people should not only love their own army, but also love their country. ”

"Majesty xià means to say......" Huang Liji couldn't figure out what Zhu Youzhen meant.

"Huang Aiqing, I plan to set up a national flag for the Ming Dynasty as a symbol of the Ming Dynasty, as for what kind of pattern to choose, I will leave it to your Ministry of Rites! Around the pattern of the military flag, appropriately reshape. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Liji arched his hand, "After returning to Jingshi, the minister immediately set out to do it." ”

"Just now Huang Aiqing asked about what Liaodong and Nu'er did, in fact, I have a lot of ideas," Zhu Youzhen ate orchid cabbage, and no matter how many others were waiting, "I'll talk about Guanwai!" ”

Seeing that the six of them were listening attentively, Zhu Youzhen planned to explain his own plans, anyway, these plans would need them to implement sooner or later, "First of all, I plan to garrison troops outside the Guan. ”

"Garrison?" Huang Liji asked softly, representing the questions of several people.

Among these six people, Li Chunye knew the most about Zhu Youzhen, and since he found out that Hong Chengchou did not return to Beijing with the army, he guessed it.

"Think about it, why did Daming's slave Gandusi lose it?"

"Your Majesty, isn't the loss of Nu'er Gandusi because of the rise of Jiannu?" Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, frowned.

"You're not all right," Zhu Youjian quickly stuffed the carp into his mouth, giving them time to think, "If Nu'er Gan has a garrison of the Ming Dynasty, at the time of the rise of Jiannu, it is completely possible to attack Jiannu from both sides, but unfortunately, Nu'er Gan does not have a garrison of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Your Majesty, didn't Da Ming have many guards in Nu'er?" Bi Ziyan, the head of the household, felt that the more he listened, the more confused he became.

"Bi Aiqing, from the archives of the household department, have you seen that Daming has paid military salaries to these guards?"

Bi Ziyan shook his head: "No, Your Majesty." ”

"That's right, if this is the guard of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be no military salary? And what did the soldiers eat? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister understands, although the Ming Dynasty has guards in these places, all the soldiers and generals are local people!" Li Chunye, the secretary of the military department, immediately came to his senses.

"Hou Zhen is right!" Zhu Youzhen cast his eyes at him, and there was a sigh of "those who know me, Hou Qianye", "Since all the soldiers are locals, when the Ming Dynasty encounters a crisis, they will only wait and see, and will not really help the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty fails, they will take refuge in Jiannu, and they will not have any loss to them." ”

"These wall grass!" Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, scolded.

Zhu Youzhen was very relieved: "Actually, this can't be completely blamed on them, these weak nations are only for their own interests -- there are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests." ”

Li Chunye is a secretary of the Ministry of War, and he has a certain understanding of Zhu Youzhen's concept of governing the country, and he is most concerned about the affairs of the garrison outside the Guan, "How does Your Majesty plan to garrison the troops outside the Guan?" ”

"I withdrew my troops from Guanwai this time, and Hong Chengchou's Fourth Army stayed there, and they were distributed in a vast area of 1,000 to 3,000 miles."

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Army is stationed so far away, what about their food supplies? If it is always transported from Jingshi, I am afraid that the loss on the road alone will be more than half. "Bi Ziyan is in charge of Daming's money bags and rice bags, but in his hands, the grain is not very rich.

"That's the second issue I'm going to talk about, naturalization." Zhu Youzhen said eloquently, "I don't want the local weak ethnic groups to attach themselves to the Ming Dynasty, but to naturalize them as Han Chinese, speak Chinese language, learn Chinese characters, and use Chinese names." ”

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty itself has tens of millions of people, what's the use of naturalizing them?" Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, interjected.

"On the basis of naturalization, let them learn the farming skills of the Han people, produce grain locally, and hand it over to the army directly in the form of taxes, so that we don't have to transport grain and grass to the local area -- the Ming army protects them locally, and they naturally have to pay taxes."

It sounded reasonable, but everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhu Youzhen continued his policy philosophy: "Of course, it will not take a day or two to naturalize these ethnic groups, so I plan to transfer some Han Chinese to the local area. ”

"Your Majesty, are the people willing to go to such a far place?" Li Chunye was worried about Zhu Youzhen for the first time.

"This, I have also taken it into consideration," Zhu Youzhen drank half a glass of water and wine to himself, "First, let the people who have lost their land in the five northern provinces immigrate outside the customs, aren't they unable to live in the local area?" Then go to Guanwai and give them land, thirty acres per ding, not too little, right? ”

"Majesty, this can also reduce the local instability dìng factor." Huang Liji heard the signs.

"Yes, I think about it from this aspect, as long as the people who have lost their land have land again, a civil uprising like Shaanxi's will never happen again."

"Killing two birds with one stone, Your Majesty! The old minister really admires! Qiao Yunsheng was already admiring in his heart, if he wasn't drinking, he would have been ready to lie on the ground to express his reverence for Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen nodded at Qiao Yunsheng, "This second, I plan to immigrate these people to Liaodong, which is not too far from their original homeland, and if they meet Xinyuan, they can go back to their hometown to see." ”

"Your Majesty, what about the rest of the place?" Huang Liji asked.

"This matter of immigration, we must take our time, first immigrate to Liaodong, wait for Liaodong to really become the land of the Ming Dynasty, and then gradually immigrate to farther places," Zhu Youzhen changed his words, and his tone was very resolute: "To the west of the Daxing'an Mountains, the land is vast, but the people are very small, I have an idea to exile felons, such as those who have been sentenced to more than five years, along with their families. ”

"Your Majesty, in such a far place, I'm afraid their families are unwilling to ......" Qiao Yunsheng muttered, seeing that everyone did not object, his voice quickly disappeared, as if it had been silenced.

"Qiao Aiqing is right, otherwise, the prisoners must be exiled, but the family members are of their own free will."

"Your Majesty, in this way, it can also reduce the pressure on prisons in various places, according to the minister's view, let these prisoners wear the crime of defending the land for the Ming Dynasty, and it can be regarded as atonement for themselves," Qiao Yunsheng hugged his fist to Zhu Youzhen to show his admiration for Zhu Youzhen, "Danchen just remembered one thing, the nomads in the north, the folk customs are very strong, are they willing to naturalize the Ming Dynasty?" Are they willing to farm and pay for food? ”

"Qiao Aiqing doesn't have to worry about this."