Chapter 27: General Wu Liu

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked Xu Yingyuan to open the middle door, and thought about it as he walked: Why is the imperial brother giving me an order now? Could it be that his support for Ding Lan's development of rockets was known to the imperial brother? It's impossible, it's impossible for the imperial brother to know so quickly, even if he knew, he didn't give an order to reprimand himself! Have you done anything else illegal recently?

Because Zhu Youzhen's brain is full of worries about the situation of the Ming Dynasty, what he usually does is basically around the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, and sometimes he will inevitably do something that violates the Ming system.

For example, to enter the barracks is to violate the ancestral teachings since Chengzu. Now he is a minor, under the guise of exercising, others don't pay much attention to him, once he becomes an adult, if he still stays in the barracks and does not go to the fiefdom, he will inevitably be impeached by the officials.

The Ming Dynasty's speech officials were originally intended to supervise officials in various places, pick bones from eggs, and specifically find officials for illegal things to impeach, with the purpose of adding a layer of insurance outside the Metropolitan Procuratorate to make officials honest and self-disciplined, and the starting point is certainly good.

But any system, in the face of extreme **, is not omnipotent. With the ** of the Ming Dynasty, the speech officials gradually became a tool for party struggle, and the speech officials either turned a blind eye to corruption, because they were also one of the protagonists; Either under the leadership of the head figure, they bombard a certain event indiscriminately, and even the emperor is afraid of three points.

But entering the barracks was agreed by the imperial brother, and 10,000 taels of silver were allocated, which should not be for this matter. What is it? Zhu Youzhen really couldn't figure it out, so he didn't think about it again, anyway, he would know the answer in a while.

An old eunuch who was nearly sixty years old and had wrinkled skin like a scalper's neck shook his wide palace trousers, he glanced at Zhu Youzhen and found that Zhu Youzhen had knelt in front of him upright, so he opened the yellow line, unfolded the holy decree, and read it to the south: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, believe in the king Zhu Youzhen, good at commanding the army, rich in strategy." The commander of the Fenwu Battalion of the Fifth Military Battalion of the Beijing Division, General Wu Liu, is responsible for the daily training of the Fenwu Battalion. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live." Zhu Youzhen almost forgot to thank him, and only after being reminded by the eunuch who announced the decree did he thank him and accept the holy decree.

It turned out to be a good thing, but I lost myself thinking about it for a long time. Since the emperor decreed that he should serve as a commander in the Fenwu Battalion, it is justified for him to stay in the Fenwu Battalion.

This is very different from serving as a staff officer of the Fenwu Battalion before, the staff officer is only a temporary appointment of Qin Yongnian, which may be canceled at any time, even if Qin Yongnian does not take the initiative to cancel, once he is impeached by the official, he will not be able to protect himself at all.

With the appointment of the emperor, ordinary people do not dare to impeach at all, even if there is an impeachment of the official, as long as Zhu Youzhen does not do anything to rebel, Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor, can leave the impeachment in the middle of the note.

"May I ask my father-in-law, why did the emperor serve me as a general of Wu Liu?" Zhu Youzhen knew the rules, although he was a prince, he also had to give a gift to the eunuch Xuanzhi, and only after giving ten taels of silver did he inquire about the reason, after all, the eunuch who was with the emperor every day knew more about the emperor's intentions.

"The specific reason is not clear to our family, I heard that it was Lord Li of the Ministry of War who protected His Royal Highness in front of the emperor." After receiving ten taels of silver, the face of the eunuch softened slightly, but his voice was too ugly, more than a male duck.

Although there is no shortage of eunuchs around Zhu Youzhen, such as Xu Yingyuan is his personal attendant, the voice of the eunuch is too ugly, if he doesn't want to listen to some information, Zhu Youzhen feels that seeing such a person will have nightmares when he sleeps at night.

Sending away the eunuch who announced the decree, Zhu Youzhen was still thinking about the holy decree, it turned out to be Li Chunye's recommendation, obviously, this is a good thing, with the official status of an officer, it is convenient for him to train and control part of the army.

"Is Your Highness thinking about the Divine Decree?" Xu Yingyuan didn't leave, seeing that Zhu Youzhen was pondering, probably thinking about the holy decree.

"Ying Yuan, you say, is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Although Zhu Youzhen had the answer in his heart, he still wanted to hear the thoughts of this servant.

"It's a good thing and it's a bad thing." Xu Yingyuan gave an answer that surprised Zhu Youzhen.

"Huh? Ying Yuan, you can talk about it. Zhu Youzhen doesn't like this kind of overly dialectical answer, every thing, if analyzed, has a good and bad side, if you say so, there is no good or bad in everything.

"Let's talk about the good side first." Xu Yingyuan didn't pay attention to Zhu Youzhen's face, he didn't even look at Zhu Youzhen, the long-term palace life made him better at analyzing the conspiracy and conspiracy behind the matter than Zhu Youzhen, he didn't despise Zhu Youzhen, after all, Zhu Youzhen was still too young, he just seized an opportunity to make Zhu Youzhen mature. "Your Highness likes to stay in the barracks and do what you like, and with the command of the Fenwu Battalion, Your Highness can be more handy in doing things."

"Then tell me about the bad side." Zhu Youzhen felt that this was similar to his own thoughts, and he didn't know what the bad side of Xu Yingyuan said could be bad.

"The bad side is that His Highness will be on the cusp from now on." Xu Yingyuan's words were sensational, "In the past, His Highness was in the military camp, and not many people knew about it, but with this holy decree, His Highness will definitely attract more people's attention, and His Highness may be suspicious of the official and some people with ulterior motives." ”

"This is the holy decree of the imperial brother, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Youzhen disagreed, since the emperor was not in a hurry, what were the other eunuchs anxious about? It seems that Emperor Wanli planned to pass on his favorite youngest son, King Fu, but was opposed by the ministers, so he froze, and King Fu did not go to the fief until Wanli died.

"Does Your Highness know that Da Ming is not guilty of his words? Regardless of whether it is chasing after the wind or not, the speaker can say countless reasons as a precaution, and the speaker is not guilty anyway. If there are too many people, even the emperor can't stand it. Your Royal Highness can know why Emperor Wanli did not go to court for thirty years? "Xu Yingyuan's analysis is really reasonable, besides, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not a bull like Chengzu, Wanli, and Zhengde, if there is really a large-scale impeachment of the official, he is afraid that he is not a person who can bear it.

Zhu Youzhen realized that he was an idiot, as if the Ming Dynasty was the dynasty where the courtiers were the least afraid of the emperor, Austria, coupled with the development of industry and commerce in Jiangnan, is it true that the Middle Kingdom is about to reach the era of feathering? Having the experience of the afterlife, what can you do for the Middle Kingdom when it is feathered?

However, this is a matter for the future, so let's solve the problem first, and then say, "Well, too, then I usually pay attention and try not to do things that attract attention." In fact, Zhu Youzhen himself doesn't believe it, which of the things he is doing now is not attracting attention? Training, developing firearms, and what you are about to do.

"Your Highness understands it." Xu Yingyuan thinks that Zhu Youzhen is a smart person, and he only needs to click on it.

"Ying Yuan, I want to see the emperor." Although Xu Yingyuan reminded Zhu Youzhen not to take it lightly, he still couldn't leave what he should do. Since he now attaches great importance to the military, he should seize the opportunity to talk to him about the establishment of a military academy, so that the officers can produce in batches, so as not to train the army alone, not to mention the exhaustion, and the speed of training is not enough, after all, the Jurchen slave building and the peasant uprising are not waiting for anyone.

"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Yingyuan agreed, but his footsteps did not move, "Your Highness is going to the palace to thank you?" ”

"Well, this is the heavenly grace of the imperial brother, I must thank him in person." Zhu Youzhen didn't think about Xie En at all, but in order to dispel Xu Yingyuan's worries, he had to answer casually, hiding the words in his heart, it was already his habit, maybe he was destined to fight for the rebirth of Daming alone. However, Xu Yingyuan's words reminded him that if others asked, he should be in the palace to thank him.

Xu Yingyuan was quickly ready, and the two went straight to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao had not yet dispersed, and seeing that King Xin had arrived, a eunuch had already led Zhu Youzhen to the Qianqing Palace to wait. Holding the hot tea, Zhu Youzhen didn't have the heart to taste it, he wandered around the Qianqing Palace. Of course, all kinds of texts can't be touched, who knows what level of secret? This prince is just a fictitious title, and the real title is just the commander of the Fenwu Battalion, and it is just sealed.

In the Qianqing Palace, there were two things that impressed Zhu Youzhen the most.

First, the Qianqing Palace is full of all kinds of completed and unfinished wooden objects, including wooden chairs, wooden cabinets, wooden cabinets, and even a huge wooden bed.

An emperor does not feel at ease to govern the country, does not think about how to defeat the soldiers under the city, does not want to open up sources and reduce expenditure, but is obsessed with carpentry technology, if you really like carpentry, you build a chariot, wooden oxen and horses, aircraft carriers or something, make these daily utensils, and rob the people of their jobs.

In real history, the relationship between Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao is very deep, but the emperor's misguided behavior still makes Zhu Youzhen very sad, although he is still unable to speak to Zhu Youxiao.

Could it be that the story of Song Huizong who lost his life because of his love for paintings, and also lost the story of the Northern Song Dynasty, did not inspire him in any way?

As an emperor, you must focus on the governance of the country, if it is not capable, it is understandable, but if there is no psychological politics, it is a betrayal of the country to the royal family, if the country is ruined, the royal family is punished, how many people are implicated?

If you don't like to be the emperor, you can give up the throne, and those who want to be the emperor can be discharged from Beijing City even if they line up. The title of the emperor determines that you can't do whatever you want like ordinary people, if you like to enjoy flowers, fishing, chanting poetry or something, it's not impossible, but you can't be intoxicated by it, and you can't give up your true job in order to become a master expert in a certain field, the emperor is best a generalist, but he must not be a specialist.

Another thing that intrigued Zhu was a painting on the wall. To be exact, it is a map, a map of the current territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In the northwest, the Mongols approached the Great Wall, and the towns of Gansu, Ningxia, Yansui, Datong, and Shanxi were all under the threat of the Mongol cavalry, and the soldiers and civilians of the five towns were like living in the crater.

Although the Tatars have long surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, it is the result of Chengzu's military conquest, once the Ming Dynasty becomes weak, these only worship the powerful steppe wolf clan, will definitely bite you in turn, Mongolia has Genghis Khan, the great idol, destined to be difficult to make others surrender.

In the northeast, Jiannu has built the capital in Shenyang, almost all of Liaodong is under the control of Jiannu, only a narrow Liaoxi corridor east of the Great Wall is left outside Shanhaiguan, and the Beijing division has really become the front line, and the "Son of Heaven guarding the country" said by Chengzu has unfortunately become a reality, only because of the obstruction of the Great Wall and the Bohai Sea, Beijing has a temporary tranquility, and I don't know how long this tranquility can last.

It seems that the emperor is not ignorant of the crisis of the Ming Dynasty, but he is just obsessed with the research and production of woodware and cannot extricate himself. Later generations have only heard of drug addiction, and they know its dangers, but they can't resist its temptation, can they be addicted to carpenters?