"Then it is said that in the palace forbidden, His Majesty's reprimand, the old man knew that he had made a big mistake." Shi Heng stroked his three long hairs, which were very well groomed, he thought that he was quite favored by the emperor, and it was precisely because of his favorite general, whom Zhu Qiyu promoted, first defected to Zhu Qizhen, that those border town generals made up their final determination to stand on Zhu Qizhen's side.

After that, Zhu Qizhen also attached great importance to himself, and when he fought on the grassland, he could be said to be obedient to his words in the war. It is precisely because of this that his confidence is overwhelmed, but he forgets about Zhu Qizhen's deeds.

The will of an emperor who can turn a cold eye in the face of the enemy's threat, and who can shout loudly in the capital city to provoke the will of death, can others easily shake it?

"Uncle has thought about these words behind closed doors in the mansion, and finally figured out a truth, a male lord like His Majesty today can be swayed by the will of his courtiers, hehe, it's a pity that my uncle has only figured out this truth until now." Turning his face, he looked at Shi Biao, who was now entrusted with an important task by Zhu Qizhen and was the commander of the pro-army with Yang Jun, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "In the past, the old man always regarded you as a child. ”

"Uncle, you don't have to worry too much, in fact, I came here today, first, to visit my uncle, and second, I came to serve the holy order." Shi Biao raised his hand and scratched his head, drank the teacup in front of him, and said to the depressed Shi Heng.

"Your Majesty asked you to come to find the old man?" Hearing this, Shi Heng couldn't help but sit up straight, and his expression, which was originally quite depressed, suddenly showed a little doubt.

"Yes, Your Majesty asked your nephew to bring you a few words...... Shi Biao nodded, and met Shi Heng's gaze and said earnestly: "Your Majesty has a saying, now my uncle is in the prime of life, and he is ambitious and courageous, and it is not suitable to waste his time in the big dye vat of Jingshi for a long time, and it is not suitable to waste his ambition." Therefore, I want my nephew to ask my uncle, I don't know what my uncle thinks about Liaozhen today? ”

"Liaozhen ......" Hearing this title, Shi Heng's face couldn't help but show a little cautious, the so-called Liaozhen refers to the east from Phoenix City to Shanhaiguan in the west, which is 1,950 miles long. Its direction is: from the west bank of the Yalu River east of Fengcheng to the north, through Kuandian, Xinbin, and turn to the northeast, bypass the north of Kaiyuan County, and extend to the southwest, through Tieling, over the Liao River, the east tends to the northwest, bypass the north of Beizhen County, turn to the southwest again, pass through the west of Jinzhou and Suizhong counties, and arrive at Shanhaiguan.

In the first year of Hongwu -------------------- the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army captured Dadu and the Yuan Dynasty fell. In order to eliminate the remnants of the old Yuan Dynasty who were entrenched in the northeast and resisted stubbornly, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty sent Huang Yan and others to Liaodong on the one hand, "edicting the officials and people in Liaoyang to be attached"; On the other hand, he sent troops to cross the sea from Shandong and march to Liaodong, forcing Liu Yi of Pingzhang of Liaoyang Province of the Late Yuan Dynasty to surrender. So in the fourth year of Hongwu, Ming set up the Dingliao Guard in Liaodong, and began to build a city in the northeast region. Border forts were established successively, the Great Wall was built, and a post station was established from Shanhaiguan to Liaodong to command the envoys. Then he established the system of tuntian, iron smelting, and boiling salt to supply military needs; He also appointed a general army to guard Liaodong Town, so that the vast Liaodong region could form a complete land and sea defense system.

In the eighth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty changed the Liaowei Duwei as the commander of the Liaodong Metropolitan Command, with jurisdiction over 25 Liaodong Wei, 138 institutes, two states, and one alliance. In order to advance northward, Zhu Yuanzhang, under the guidance of the ideology of "prudently consolidating the border defense and winging the royal family", divided his son into the north and the northeast.

For example, the purpose of sealing the king of Yan in Beiping, the king of Han in Kaiyuan, the king of Fengning in Daning, and the king of Liao in Guangning, the purpose of which is to "control the key points according to the name of the domain, and divide the sea". At that time, the late Yuan Taiwei Naha went out to occupy the Jinshan area, and the remnants of the old Yuan such as Gaojianu, Harazhang, and Yesuzhi in Liaodong "depended on each other and supported each other", trying to continue to resist stubbornly.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to unify the Northeast, it was necessary to eliminate the "remnants of the Yuan Dynasty" in the Northeast. In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Feng Sheng and Fu Youde to lead the Ming army to attack Jinshan, Naha sent troops to defeat and surrender, and other "remnants of the old Yuan" also surrendered, and the remnants of Meng Yuan in the northeast were purged.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, agriculture and handicrafts were greatly developed in Liaodong. The Liaoyang area is already a rich place with more than enough years, thousands of miles of miles connected, and Tunpu facing each other. At that time, the handicraft industries such as iron smelting and salt making in the Liaodong Prefecture were also well developed. Sanwanwei in Liaodong and Longzhou and Zunhua in Shuntian in Sichuan were the three famous iron smelting centers in the country at that time.

And just when Liaodong was about to develop rapidly, the rise of the Tatar and tile spurs of these nomadic peoples one after another, so that the northern parts of the Ming Dynasty were hit hard, the so-called border towns, in fact, are military control areas, everything has to move closer to the military, which makes the development of the Ming Dynasty gradually slow down, and even regress.

Now, Zhu Qizhen has led a large army to plow the entire grassland back and forth, originally developed strongly, there are already faint nomads who can threaten the survival of the Ming Dynasty, this time, it is very neatly fallen under the iron hooves of the Ming Dynasty. There was not even room for struggle, and the men in the entire prairie were nearly half less than half of them, even if they were captured with death.

It can be said that within thirty or fifty years, it is impossible for the grassland to pose a major threat to the border towns of the Ming Dynasty.

And more importantly, Zhu Qizhen is not the emperors of the past, and there are many means in the follow-up, so to speak, Zhu Qizhen did not regard the steppe nomads who have become a plate of scattered sand as the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, they will be fused and devoured by the Ming Dynasty, and will become the starting point of the Ming Dynasty's westward expedition to Eurasia.

Well, and said that after Shi Heng thought about it, his thick eyebrows were raised, and then he said with a little hesitation: "The remnants of this Yuan and Mongolia no longer have the power to mess with my Ming border town, and the border town in eastern Liaodong is quite rich, if it can be developed, my Ming Dynasty will also have one more tax land, but the land of Liaodong, enemies on three sides, in addition to facing the grassland, the northern barbarians do not obey the king, and in the east, although North Korea is a Ming vassal, but often have a peek at my heart of the fertile soil of Liaodong......"

Shi Heng is a veteran general in the army after all, and this remark also made Shi Biao, who had already listened to Zhu Qizhen's analysis of the situation in Liaodong, nod frequently, and said to his uncle Shi Heng: "It seems that Your Majesty has really found the right place for your nephew to come to find your uncle, and your uncle's remarks are almost exactly the same as Your Majesty." ”

For martial artists, it is their greatest dream to expand their territory and make contributions to history. Shi Heng, who originally thought that he had lost the emperor's favor and might be a fifth-marquis of the first generation of inaction, smelled a few unusual smells from the words from Shi Biao.

Liaodong Town is the northernmost place of the Ming Dynasty, with enemies on three sides, but the land is vast and the specialties are abundant, but in the end, because of the attack of Yuan Meng, the Ming Dynasty's control over this place is getting lower and lower, and even lost a lot of areas that have been controlled.

If you can go, the grand occasion of Liaodong when Emperor Taizong is alive is indispensable, the position of a national prince, and more importantly, I am afraid that I can also be like the founding hero Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, which will be passed on to the world.

Thinking of this, Shi Heng felt as if he had thrown a red-hot coal stone into his heart, and his body was hot. "Your Majesty, what did you think about coming to find your uncle? Could it be that it is not a matter of Liaodong? Shi Heng rolled his eyes a little excitedly, then looked at Shi Biao and asked.

--------------------, "Well, Your Majesty just asked your uncle with your nephew, saying that if your uncle is not willing to die in Beijing, he can go to the palace to discuss the affairs of Liaodong." Shi Biao nodded heavily and explained.

"It seems that Your Majesty is really ambitious, not a generation of heroes of Emperor Taizong......" Hearing Shi Biao's words, Shi Heng couldn't help but gently patted the case with his big hand, and took a deep breath and sighed.

Turning his head, he said to Shi Biao: "You go back to Your Majesty, the old man said...... No, please give Weichen a few more words, and wait for the old man to know more about Liaozhen, and when the time comes, Fang will be ......."

Out of the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion, facing the cold wind like a knife, Shi Biao took the cloak handed by the guards and put it on, faced the wind and snow, and galloped away. Along the way, Shi Biao couldn't help but feel a little emotional, in the past, he had always regarded Shi Heng as a model and idol, and longed to be like his uncle, with the blade in his hand, to make immortal achievements and go down in history.

But I never thought that some time ago, Shi Heng's actions really disappointed Shi Biao, and Shi Heng even wanted to persuade Yu Ji to persuade His Majesty together. This time, Shi Biao did not listen to Shi Heng's words, and persuaded him, which made Shi Heng quite unhappy.

Now, Shi Heng can only swallow this bitter fruit by himself, although Shi Biao is not ashamed of his uncle's behavior of gathering people for personal gain, but he is still his uncle after all, his father died early, and he grew up beside his uncle since he was a child.

What Shi Biao, who was originally uneasy, did not expect was that Zhu Qizhen not only did not reprimand himself, but patiently explained the reason why he made his uncle and others introspect behind closed doors, and told himself that as long as his uncle could realize his mistake, he would use it again, and he would let his uncle go to the eastern border town of Liaodong to take charge of the military and politics and expand the territory, which made Shi Biao's heart even more guilty.

has been by Zhu Qizhen's side for more than two years, and Shi Biao at this moment is no longer the barbarian who believed that the axe in his hand was the source of strength, or in other words, following Zhu Qizhen's side, Shi Biao now has a faint talent as a general, and understands that war is not just by the weapons in his hands, and his eyes are no longer limited to the battlefield, but to look farther away.

(To be continued)