"My lord, it seems that the Fifth Highness is really a soldier, and he can actually lead more than 7,000 people to march for dozens of miles and be in good order, and this camp is also very organized."

"Not only that, Director Li, you see, although His Royal Highness used the camp in the military book, he did not look at it at all, but adapted measures to local conditions, which is very rare."

At the temporary post station of Lishan Pass, when the army was burying the pot and cooking, Yang Lian took two chiefs sent by the military department on the hill of Lishan Pass, overlooking the movements of the entire army, and he was not stingy with praise.

As soon as the words of the two principals were said, Yang Lian blew his beard and glared at him:

"It is precisely because of the Fifth Highness that it is dangerous!"

"Changping descends from the south to the capital, but more than 120 miles, if the cavalry rushes lightly, the troops can come to the city in a few hours."

"The Fifth Highness knows the soldiers, and he has seven guards and one battalion, such a strength, if he tries to rebel, it will be a great disaster in the world!"

"Forehead......" Listening to Yang Lian's words, the two military department directors didn't know what to say, so they could only silently shut their mouths.

At the same time, the smoke rose, and soon the three of them were informed by the accompanying military officials to go to dinner.

Although Yang Lian was angry that Zhu Youzhen used him as a knife, and as a result, all the middle and high-level generals of Yulin Sanwei, he still admired Zhu Youzhen.

In fact, sometimes, he is also lamenting that if Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao are exchanged, maybe the situation in Daming will be better.

From the current point of view, the matter of Zhu Youxiao rewarding the Ke family with incense and fire fields as soon as he succeeded to the throne did make some courtiers complain.

But anyway, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, although Yang Lian subconsciously also believes that if Zhu Youzhen wants to be the emperor, he can do it on the night of Zhu Changluo's death.

At that time, Zhu Youxiao will die, and the throne will inevitably be Zhu Youzhen's, and he didn't do it, which means that he is not interested in the throne.

Of course, this is analyzed from a rational situation, but throughout the 5,000-year history of China, in the face of the throne, many times some people who are not interested in it for the time being have gradually become interested because of age.

That's what Yang Lian was afraid of.

Therefore, even though he knew that Zhu Youxiao sent him to Changping to supervise the construction of the imperial mausoleum to belittle him and distribute it in disguise, he still came without hesitation.

He wants to stare at Zhu Youzhen, if Zhu Youzhen has a little wrong move, even if he dies, he will spread the news, so as to live up to the emperor's trust in him.

Under this thought, even if Yang Lian was eating coarse noodles, he stared at Zhu Youzhen's chariot.

Zhu Youzhen was stared at by him uncomfortably, but he didn't bother to close the window, so he could only scold in his heart:

"This old thing, it's not going to be an old glass, is it?"

Thinking of the behavior of many good men among the ancient scholars, Zhu Youzhen had goosebumps.

However, as time passed, soon he led the army out of camp and continued to march towards the north under Yang Lian's knife-like eyes.

The target was Gonghua City, twenty-three miles away, and Zhu Youzhen had already informed the guards of Gonghua City early and informed him that the three guards of Yulin would enter the city to rest.

However, Zhu Youzhen was still a little worried that after the army entered the city, something would disturb the people, so he said to Lu Wenzhao before leaving:

"Order the whole army to enter Gonghua City before it gets dark, and set off tomorrow."

"If you dare to have soldiers disturb the people, behead them to show the public, and the whole family will be sent to Liaodong."

"Humble command!" Hearing the military order, Lu Wenzhao took it first, and then called Jinyiwei to pass the order.

It took dozens of horses to run back and forth more than a dozen times before the general's order reached everyone's ears.

Under this communication, the army slowly marched north, and finally arrived in front of the gate of Gonghua City in the dark, and successfully settled in.

During this period, Zhu Youzhen met with the guards of Gonghua City, where 500 Ming troops were stationed, almost a garrison force.

There are more than 3,000 households in the city, and the military camp can accommodate a maximum of one guard, so there are more than 1,000 people, and Zhu Youzhen can only arrange for them to go up to the city gate.

But no one complained, after all, Zhu Youzhen abolished more than 20 generals in one breath this morning, and at this time, the prestige of Daming was still there, and everyone thought that Nurhachi was just the recklessness of Yang Yinglong's generation.

Therefore, there are no soldiers and middle-level hundred households who dare to disobey his military orders, and everyone is honest.

As for Zhu Youzhen, he stayed in the garrison mansion after meeting with the garrison of Gonghua City, and Yang Lian and others were the same.

In order to study, after entering the city, Zhu Youzhen also took people to inspect the city wall, and Yang Lian, who was about to wash and sleep, saw that Zhu Youzhen was going out, so he immediately followed.

"Do you want to go to inspect the city defense together?"

Zhu Youzhen changed into a regular suit, looked at Yang Lian who was standing in the main hall, and a smile welled up in his heart.

"Naturally, the old man is in charge of the military department, since he can patrol the north, he naturally has to patrol all over the country for Banzai."

"Gonghua City is the northern gateway of the capital, so naturally we have to inspect it well."

Yang Lian said in a high-sounding voice, while Zhu Youzhen wanted to laugh.

This little old man was obviously afraid that he would go to Gonghua City to guard and become his own person, but he wanted to lie under another excuse.

However, Zhu Youzhen didn't mean that, so after smiling, he walked out of the garrison under the protection of Lu Wenzhao and more than a dozen brocade guards.

Yang Lian followed behind Zhu Youjian, and after they walked out of the garrison mansion, in the entire Gonghua City, except for some rammed earth houses with candles lit, there were only patrolling Ming soldiers and watchmen on the other streets.

The Ming army of Gonghua City all knew that the fifth brother of the emperor was staying overnight before dark, so after seeing them, they didn't even come up to ask for the waist card, so they left on a detour.

This kind of behavior made Zhu Youzhen frown a little, and Yang Lian snorted coldly:

"For the sake of soldiers, seeing the powerful and not checking, the degree of inspection of this Gonghua City is probably very small."

"You can't say that......" Although Zhu Youzhen also felt that Gong Huacheng's Ming Army's behavior was not good, he still spoke:

"These soldiers, the biggest official they have seen in their lives, that is, the garrison, now that the prince is here, how dare they come up and interrogate."

"There are a lot of lawbreakers in my Ming clan, and some vassal kings even dare to insult local governors, and if they are replaced by soldiers, I am afraid that they will be killed directly."

"......" Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Yang Lian was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to dare to expose this fact.

Therefore, he changed his opinion of Zhu Youzhen a little, and his tone and expression were also flattened:

"It's not so much a clan as a vassal king."

"Hmm......" Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, understanding what Yang Lian meant.

Although the clan at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not as exaggerated as later generations said, there were more than 100,000 people.

However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the clan's Yulu had already been quoted, and it was 1.5 million taels per year.

Of these 1.5 million taels, the vassal king took nearly five-tenths, and the remaining more than 100,000 people were divided into five-tenths, which can only be said to have barely survived.

Although the Wanli Emperor was in the middle of his reign, the children of the clan except for generals and lieutenants were allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.

Later, the restrictions were gradually relaxed, so that both generals and lieutenants of clan members could take the exam together with the students.

But the path of taking the imperial examination is very cruel.

If the children of the clan take the path of entering the imperial examination, then they must give up the hereditary title after passing the examination and be appointed by the ministry.

Therefore, under the pig breeding rules of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, many clans were not willing to get the title at all.

Zhu Youzhen remembered that in history, the opening of the sect of the Ming Dynasty lasted nearly 40 years, but very few members of the clan were admitted to the Jinshi.

The only one who was in high school and had some talents, he was later awarded the official position of Nanyang County Guard by the Ministry of Officials, and he also repelled the attacks of the peasant army many times during the Chongzhen period.

In short, the problems of the clan are not as simple as they seem, and they are difficult to solve without great determination and perseverance.

"Alas......"

Sighing, Zhu Youzhen also said to Yang Lian: "Originally, I was thinking about inspection, but it seems that it is unnecessary. ”

After speaking, he turned to Lu Wenzhao and said, "Go back." ”

In this way, the group walked out of the garrison mansion with great interest, but they didn't even take a hundred steps, and they returned in disappointment......