Seniority must be emphasized in everything, and this is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

Zhu Neng is a very qualified person, he ranks second in the Jing Martyrdom, and Zhang Yu, who is the first, is dead, so of course, he is the representative of the Jing Martyr. Therefore, in the Yongle Dynasty, when it comes to the word seniority, except for Hao Fenglou's mentor Yao Guangxiao, no one can compare with him.

However, this kind of qualification is often a manifestation of ability, and being able to mix to the level of Zhu Neng is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and he has always had prestige in the army, and his means are naturally not ordinary.

Therefore, Zhu Di let him take command of the southern expedition, which also proved that Zhu Di was bound to win this southern expedition.

Yang Shiqi has retired, Zhu Neng is straight to the point, and directly talked about the matter of the Southern Expedition, he is the commander, and he is not much interested in talking nonsense with Zhu Di about marching and fighting, whether it is Zhu Di or Zhu Neng, in fact, they all understand that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and any so-called tactical problems must be adapted to the time and local conditions.

The strategic goal is very clear, and it is also very in line with the character of Zhu Di and Zhu Neng, it is nothing more than pressing on the ground and beating until death, killing the entire Hu clan and controlling the entire Annan, this point is actually needless to say, everyone knows it, and there is no need to discuss it.

So to put it bluntly, Zhu Neng's main purpose is only one, to ask the emperor for money, grain and materials, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, the grain and grass are ready-made, and they have already been transferred to Guangxi, Yunnan, Mu Sheng has already moved, and the Mu family in Yunnan has obviously hoarded a lot of grain, and it must be enough.

But now the problem is - materials.

Zhu Neng has visited some military depots in the Beijing Division in the past few days, as well as the Creation Bureau, and he looks very unoptimistic.

Zhu Neng said to Zhu Di very straightforwardly: "Annan is mountainous, lightly armed bows and crossbows are necessary, Weichen has been to many places in the past few days, and found that there is a huge discrepancy between the number reported by the household department and the hoarding in the library. Especially arrows. In this southern expedition, there are countless arrows and arrows, and the book of the household department says that there are 1.3 million arrow clusters and 900,000 arrow shafts, but after Weichen verified, he found that the arrow clusters and arrow shafts were not well preserved, either rotted or rusty, and they were not useful at all. And there are also great discrepancies in the number, and even some warehouses are less than 30% of the records in the book, and the rest are all gone. As for the sword. The vast majority of them are also so, because of poor maintenance, coupled with shoddy quality, it is simply useless. ”

Zhu Neng took a breath and continued: "Over there in the Creation Bureau. The swords cast are also inferior, and the greed for ink is rampant. Up to the Admiral. Down to the ordinary officials, everything is like this, which can be described as repeated prohibitions. That's not all, the coal and various minerals hoarded in the bureau are also untrue, even if they have to be temporary. It's not easy. There is also grain and grass, many grains and grasses are shaped like pig bran, and the soldiers are outside, do they let them eat this desperately? Your Majesty. The southern expedition was too hasty, but I was afraid that it would be very inappropriate, so Weichen asked His Majesty to immediately issue an order to supervise the production of the required swords, guns, swords, halberds, and a number of bows and arrows, otherwise once the army marched in, there would be no sharp weapons available, and once it lost, it would be beyond regret. ”

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes, it stands to reason that he should be furious at this time, but at this moment Zhu Di is surprisingly calm, Zhu Di paced back and forth, raised his eyes and said: "The arrow has to be sent on the string, and the troops must not be moved, otherwise it will be laughing and generous, as for the required ordnance, I will urge the Bureau of Manufacture to rush to the system, and order someone to personally supervise the work to prevent cutting corners." Swords and other things, if they can't do it, they will embezzle some from the pro-army, there are difficulties, and I also know this, but no matter how difficult it is, will it be difficult to be in Beiping back then? In my opinion, in fact, this is not difficult, it is nothing more than whether you are willing to do it, and you don't need to think about it. Speaking of ordnance, I mentioned last time that I had more guns and artillery, but it was really not possible, and if this arrow was insufficient, it was okay to replace it with guns and artillery. ”

Zhu Neng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it is rainy in Annan, and it may not be appropriate to use firearms." Then there are firearms, artillery is not light, with them over the mountains and mountains, but become an obstacle, when Beiping, firearms to guard the city is a sharp weapon, but with him to attack is even more inappropriate. The officers and soldiers are not used to this thing, everyone is afraid of blowing themselves up, can Your Majesty remember how Liu Xi died? When he was in Beiping, he was the one who tinkered with firearms and personally tested firing the firearms, but the gunpowder exploded and the guns were blown to pieces, and the people were finished. ”

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, and said: "What I want to say today is this matter, I plan to let Hao Fenglou give it a try, it's always good to try it, you see that Yunnan is equipped with a lot of firearms, specially used to deal with the barbarians, Qianning Wang Muying also drummed up a three-stage shooting method, Emperor Taizu also issued a special order to praise, it can be seen that the matter is man-made, Hao Fenglou, you can talk about it." ”

Hao Fenglou has been standing aside, he is not qualified to speak for such military affairs, and now that Zhu Di called him, Zhu Neng realized that there was a brocade guard by his side.

Regarding Hao Fenglou, Zhu Neng's impression can only be said to be neither good nor bad, anyway, he has no friendship, he only knows that this person will come to trouble, but with his identity, he will not have any intersection with Hao Fenglou.

Hao Fenglou smiled bitterly: "Wei Chen said, try your best, as long as Your Majesty transfers the craftsman......"

When Zhu Neng heard this, his face immediately darkened, and he couldn't help but say: "Hao Qianhu, this official knows that you are powerful at forging knives, but this knife cannot be produced on a large scale at the moment, and it is in vain, now that the southern expedition is imminent, in order to supplement the needs of the soldiers, a large number of craftsmen are urgently needed, if it is allocated to you, how can this be done?" ”

Hao Fenglou said: "That's not the case, the so-called sharpening of knives does not mistake woodcutters, besides, the improvement of the firearm is also for the needs of the Southern Expedition, the Southern Expedition is not to end in March or May, at most three years, at least it will take a year or two, even so, why not give it a try?" ”

Zhu Neng is in a hurry now, the materials are not enough, and now His Majesty is still conniving at Hao Fenglou to waste manpower and materials like this, how can this be done? He still said with a dark face: "This move is very inappropriate, Your Majesty, it is better to take back your life." ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "Zhu Aiqing, your temperament is too anxious, I also want to see if this firearm can be improved and used in Annan to attack the city and pull out the village......

Zhu Neng's temper is not small, and he couldn't help but say: "If this is the case, Weichen has nothing to say, but the clever woman has no rice, if the time comes to waste military funds, it will be in vain, Weichen...... Weichen ...... "He wanted to say a few cruel words, but he suddenly realized that the person in front of him was the emperor, so he had no choice but to say: "Weichen retreats." ”

After that, Zhu Neng said goodbye and left.

Zhu Di smiled bitterly again, glanced at Hao Fenglou and said, "Look, you have provoked Chengguo Gong." ”

Hao Fenglou was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but scold, it was you who came up with the idea, and you were the one who drove the ducks to the shelves, it was you who had to let me give it a try, why did it become me to provoke Cheng Guogong now?

It can be seen that there are things in this world that you can't reason, Hao Fenglou simply pursed his lips and resisted with silence.

Zhu Di straightened his face and said: "Therefore, you should make a show of it, I have ugly words ahead, what you want, how much I give, how much I need, I will give you all satisfaction, but if it is in vain as Cheng Guogong said, I will find you trouble." Naturally, this is not forcing you, I also have my own difficulties, if you want to do something, you have to take risks, I have it, you have to have it, so let's do it. ”

Hao Fenglou had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty is Shengming." ”

Immediately said goodbye and went out of the palace, and returned home, Hao's father, who had already packed his bags, had received a new holy decree at this time, and the matter of the envoy was naturally no longer mentioned, and he was awarded a guerrilla general, and went to the governor's mansion of the five armies to prepare to go south with the army.

In this regard, Hao Zheng has nothing to say, in fact, it is almost the same for him to be in the army or as an envoy, and someone has already revealed the news, this is just grinding, not to let him be a pioneer, Hao Zheng's task is mostly to protect the grain and grass in the rear team, although it is not beautiful, but there is no risk, as long as nothing goes wrong, a southern expedition down, credit and qualifications are available.

Immediately, the palace gave two bullfighting suits, father and son, everyone has a share, which is also rare, replacing the unicorn suit, this bullfighting suit is more noble, but Hao Fenglou may not be happy.

Hao Zheng was happy for a day, and the next day he went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but when he came back, his face was dark.

When Hao Fenglou came back from the Jinyi Guard, he asked Hao Wu to call him to the study.

Hao Zheng ate tea, looked at his son slowly, and said: "Today I went to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, not only did I meet Mao, but also met some old acquaintances, everyone was quite lively together, the expedition is imminent, many people have to follow the army, I can't help but have some discussions, but my father heard that you insisted on your own opinion in front of His Majesty to improve the firecracker, and sang the opposite tune with Chengguo Gong, and made Chengguo Gong angry half to death, is there such a thing?" ”

When Hao Fenglou heard this, he was wronged, when did he insist on his own opinion? It is clear that Zhu Di is the one who insists on his own opinion.

It's a pity that most of these words are not believed, according to Hao Zheng's temperament, if he tells the truth, he may not have to denounce himself for talking nonsense, so Hao Fenglou had to say: "This matter ......"

Halfway through his speech, he was interrupted by Hao Zheng: "It doesn't matter what you think about this matter. Now the important thing is that this matter has spread, many of the princes in the capital have to join the army, and some of their sons and nephews are also going south with the army, and now many people are talking about it, saying that you want bad things, and some people criticize you for being unrealistic, and you are counting on using fire guns to attack the city, and some people say that you are confused, a little heavier, and even say that you have made slanderous words and deceived the emperor. ”

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I had a fever again, so I insisted on finishing this chapter and continued to get injections. After the most rebellious, I would like to remind everyone that I have stayed up less late and eaten less hot things recently, which is easy to cause throat inflammation and cause repeated fever at this time! (To be continued......)