"Haha, teacher, how dare I be cold? What I say is from my heart! Back then, the teacher taught the first emperor, although I was only a student who audited, but," Zhu Youzhen's face turned pale, and he looked extremely solemn: "I learned from the teacher what it means to be loyal to my duties. ”

"Faithful?" Sun Chengzong muttered, but he didn't understand what he meant for a while.

"To be honest, the first emperor is not a studious student, and even often forgets the homework assigned by the teacher," Zhu Youzhen looked sad, "However, the teacher never lowers the teaching content because the first emperor is tired of learning, on the contrary, the teacher prepares a large handwritten handout every day, and for several years, I have learned from the teacher, no matter good times or bad, or frustrated, you must do your own job." ”

"What do you do?" Sun Chengzong chewed for a while, "No wonder His Majesty summoned the old minister in the pavilion after he first ascended to the Great Treasure, but the minister remembered clearly, His Majesty asked the old minister to guard the mountain customs for two years. ”

"Teacher......" Zhu Youzhen didn't understand what Sun Chengzong meant this time.

"Your Majesty has been preparing for this war today?" Sun Chengzong's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked like he had suddenly realized.

"Yes, from the teacher's body, I understand, since I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I must always think about the interests of the Ming Dynasty, at that time, Jiannu was a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Ming Dynasty, and half of the tax income of the Ming Dynasty was spent in Liaodong, so I made a lot of preparations for today's war, and let the teacher serve as the governor of Jiliao, which is part of the plan - at that time, the Ming Dynasty had to guard the Shanhaiguan, and the teacher was the person I trusted the most."

Sun Chengzong narrowed his eyes and nodded incessantly: "Your Majesty is a generation of saints!" Pity...... It's a pity that the minister is old and can't follow His Majesty to the world, it's a pity! Pity! After speaking, Sun Chengzong's voice was so low that only he could hear it clearly.

Zhu Youzhen asked casually: "The teacher is not yet seventy today, right?" ”

"The old minister is seventy-seven years old this year!" Sun Chengzong looked a little lonely, if he was born a few decades later, or if Zhu Youzhen could be born a few decades earlier, then his life course may be completely different, "Your Majesty, now the generals of the younger generation are fully competent, and the old minister intends to resign from the post of governor of Jiliao." ”

"Resign? The teacher's body is still very tough! Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chengzong and was silent for a while, "After the teacher, I don't plan to set up the post of governor of Jiliao." ”

"The old minister is close to the ancient rarity, and the old minister doesn't understand the new firearms of His Majesty at all, if the old minister is asked to lead these new troops, the old minister really doesn't know how to lead the troops." Sun Chengzong faintly felt that Zhu Youzhen was "releasing military power with a glass of wine".

Zhu Youzhen suddenly said: "The teacher has been guarding Liaodong for many years, and he has no feelings for Liaodong?" ”

"The old minister naturally has feelings for Liaodong, but if the old minister stays in Liaodong, it will not be good at all to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, hey......" If Zhu Youzhen really wants to remove his military power, Sun Chengzong has no regrets, after all, he is almost seventy.

"Isn't the teacher from a civil service? Even if you leave the army, you can continue to serve the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chengzong and smiled faintly.

"Majesty refers to ......" Sun Chengzong's heart, "grunt", like a person who fell into the water, suddenly encountered a floating log, in addition to excitement, he was a little flustered.

"Teacher, although Liaodong has been recovered, but Liaodong has been plundered by Jiannu, a large amount of land is deserted, and the population is also Yan zhòng is insufficient, in the future to govern Liaodong, I plan to separate Liaodong from Shandong and establish an independent province, this future governor of Liaodong cannot live unless virtuous."

"Your Majesty ......" Sun Chengzong finally understood what Zhu Youzhen meant, although Liaodong is not fat, but it is Zhu Youzhen's greatest trust.

"The teacher has a noble temperament and is very familiar with Liaodong, and I think that the governor of Liaodong is none other than the teacher - only the governor of Liaodong, and he is not as good as the teacher as the governor of Liaoning."

"Does Your Majesty really trust Lao Chen?" Sun Chengzong is almost seventy, and he can get Zhu Youzhen's extreme trust, so he doesn't care about the level of his position.

"I trust Sun Chengzong, not only because he is my teacher, but also because of his own conduct," Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, "Back then, when the pavilion was right, I was able to hand over the life and death line of the Ming Dynasty to the teacher, would I still not believe the teacher?" It's just that the teacher is at this age, and he can't live for a long time, so I really can't bear it! ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister's body is still tough?" Sun Chengzong put down the teacup in his hand and showed off the muscles on his arm to Zhu Youzhen.

"The teacher is strong, and I am relieved."

"Your Majesty, what is the old minister going to do in Liaodong now?"

"Liaodong will definitely open a county in the future, but the great cause of the Northern Expedition has not been completed, and I have not considered Liaodong for the time being, and I now have three things that the teacher needs to do."

"What are the three things?" Sun Chengzong seemed to be twenty years younger immediately, and he was full of expectations.

"This first thing requires the teacher to take over the entire Liaodong, and the new army will continue the Northern Expedition."

Sun Chengzong was puzzled: "Your Majesty, the Jiannu in Xingjing is just the rest of their troops, the number of people is not too much, and there is no need for so many soldiers, right?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head with a smile: "I not only want to eliminate the Jiannu in Xingjing, but also the nomads further north, this time in the Northern Expedition, I want to pacify the entire Northeast." ”

"Your Majesty is saying that even Nuergan Dusi will be taken back together?"

"The teacher guessed right!" Zhu Youzhen's eyes were shining, "Now that the supply of grain, grass and ammunition is sufficient, and it is a high temperature in summer, if you can't take the opportunity to take back Nuergan, it is difficult to guarantee that a new Dajin country will not be formed in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister understands, the minister must guard Liaodong and ensure that the transportation line is smooth."

"Speaking of transportation lines, this is really the second point I want to say," Zhu Youjian took a sip of tea, "the cement road from Jinzhou to Guangning, where is the road?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's almost finished, and when the old minister returns to Quang Ninh, the road will definitely be completed."

"Okay, the teacher has worked hard, but the teacher has to continue to work hard for Daming - to expand this first avenue from Guangning to Shenyang."

Sun Chengzong suddenly looked like a deflated football: "Your Majesty, from Guangning to Shenyang, how can it be calculated, it will be more than 1,000 miles, and it will be very time-consuming to build this section of the road, and it will ...... Moreover, there is not enough labor. ”

"Teacher, to build this road, you don't have to follow the original roadbed, you don't need to go from the direction of the Sancha River, directly from Guangning to Shenyang, the distance is less than 300 miles, and even closer than Jinzhou to Guangning."

"Your Majesty, between Guangning and Shenyang, but across the Great Wall of Liaodong, if you build a road directly, not only will the Great Wall be destroyed, but also, if you have lofty mountains and mountains, it will be troublesome to build."

"Teacher, when building the road, although it is troublesome, it saves nearly a thousand miles of mileage, not only saves costs, but also, in the future, from Beijing to Shenyang, it will also take a thousand miles less detours, compared with the two, does the teacher think it is not worth it?"

"However, the Great Wall of Liaodong is about to be destroyed."

"There is no Great Wall in the world that cannot be attacked!" Zhu Youzhen remembered that in later history, the Great Wall was breached by the Manchu Qing Dynasty five times, and even remembered the Maginot Line in Europe, "Liaodong has the protection of the Great Wall, but it has not been occupied by Jiannu for more than ten years?" Moreover, the current Great Wall of Liaodong, which has not been repaired for many years, has long been dilapidated, and it cannot stop the cavalry of the nomads at all-Teacher, once the Ming Dynasty restores the Nuergandusi and the Great Wall of Liaodong, is there still a need to save zài? ”

Sun Chengzong saw his confidence from Zhu Youzhen's face, but Sun Chengzong was not very confident, "Your Majesty, Nuergandusi, can you definitely recover?" It was too far away from Jingshi, and the climate was too cold. ”

"Teacher, rest assured, Nurkandus will definitely be able to recover, and we will definitely be able to do better than before." Zhu Youzhen has already made it to the point.

"Then the old minister is responsible for building this section of the road."

"If you encounter technical difficulties, you can ask the Ministry of Industry and the Daming Academy for help, I here, there are nearly 10,000 Jurchen prisoners of war, temporarily send them to the teacher to build roads."

"Then there is no problem with labor, it's just ...... It's just that this is separated by Chongshan, and the cost is not low, so you need to say hello to the household in advance. ”

"Don't worry, teacher, this is the third thing I really want to say." Zhu Youzhen was secretly happy in his heart, Huang Taiji really helped a lot, "We searched for a total of more than 45 million taels worth of finances in Shenyang and Liaoyang, and the teacher left 3 million to repair the road first, as well as the construction of Liaodong in the future, and the rest, I entrusted the teacher to transport it to the Beijing Division, and temporarily handed it over to the household department for sealing." ”

"So much?" Sun Chengzong gasped, "Your Majesty, is this true?" How could Jiannu have so many silver taels? ”

"They don't have silver mines, these silver two, directly and indirectly, are from the Ming Dynasty, which is also an important reason for the depletion of the Ming household, there is no silver circulation in the market, and the household department certainly does not have enough income."

"陛xià......"

"These silver taels were originally Da Ming's, but now they are just returned to their original owners, and the teacher doesn't have to mind."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong prostrated on the ground again, "The minister must complete the three tasks of His Majesty as soon as possible."

He was shocked again, after he left Shenyang, he still couldn't understand why after Zhu Youzhen boarded the plane, Daming had one good message after another? He is still a teenager, could it be that he was sent by God to revitalize the Ming Dynasty? "Chongzhen, revitalize." He kept muttering.

As for the problem of understanding the wood, Sun Chengzong does not drill the horns, anyway, the groundbreaking things will be completed by Zhu Youzhen, he only needs to follow Zhu Youzhen's requirements and do his essential work.

In the afternoon, Zhu Youzhen still did not meet with the various army commanders, and he met separately with Mao Wenlong, the chief officer of the Dongjiang Army, who was held the title of Zuo Du Governor.