[On the 24th of April, at 7:45 a.m., Gui led his troops to attack and kill, burned and burned thousands of people from Bayo, and the captive chieftain and Jianlu Shuo led the troops out of the city, and the two sides fought three times, and the captive chieftain retreated and fled more than 100 miles eastward. 】

[At three o'clock (7:45), he negotiated with the native Zhong Nen, and Zhong Nen retreated. 】

[At six o'clock (10:30), Zhong Nen returned, and all the barbarian tribes agreed, and they were willing to exchange the grasslands in the middle and lower reaches of the Liao River to the north of the Tucheng of the Bayao Department. 】

[Zai Sai asked the court to reward 30,000 stones of grain, 10,000 stones of salt, and 2,000 stones, Gui did not dare to agree, and hereby asked His Highness. 】

[In this battle, our army beheaded 896 levels, including 197 Jianyu and 699 Beiyu. 】

[One hundred and thirty-seven levels for those who can transfer six subjects, and seven hundred and fifty-nine levels for those who can be monitored by the imperial horse]

[In addition, more than 9,600 military horses, more than 16,000 horses, 3,600 cattle, and 43,000 sheep were captured......]

When he was seen by Zhu Youzhen, it was already 26 April.

Looking at the military newspaper in his hand, Zhu Youzhen was a little regretful that he failed to catch Engdel and Shuo Zhen, but in terms of the results, Zhu Youzhen was still relatively happy.

Yu Linwei sacrificed 157 people, 121 were seriously injured and disabled, 372 were slightly injured, 437 military horses were killed in battle, and 1,235 were disabled and retired.

Such a rate of disability and fatality is forgivable for the decapitation rate and capture of this battle.

He focused on the minor and serious injuries, as well as the process of the battle report, all of which mentioned the lack of horsepower of the war horse, and as a result, he tripped and fell while sprinting, causing the soldiers to be thrown out, and the shells of Houjin's two iron cannons killed him.

"After all, there is not enough horses...... But now, with so many war horses captured and two official camps opened up in the mutual market, there will naturally be more horses. ”

Putting down the battle report, Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting in the courtyard of the Imperial Horse Prison of the Yanshan Daying, breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Chengen, who was pouring tea next to him, glanced at the military newspaper, and after paying attention to the seized column, he smiled at Zhu Youzhen and congratulated:

"Congratulations, Your Highness, with these more than 9,000 military horses, plus the cultivation of inferior horses, it should be possible for Tiance and Yu Linwei among the four horsemen to have four horses in one person."

"It's not enough." Zhu Youzhen pinched his eyebrows and said:

"Originally, I meant to give up the Bayo Department and build a grassland for the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the middle and lower reaches of the Liao River."

"But now it seems that according to Mangui's military report, there are more than 20,000 acres of cultivated land outside the city of Nabayo, and there are still 40,000 or 50,000 acres that can be cultivated."

"In this way, we can move the people to the Tucheng of Bayobe."

"More than 3,600 cultivated cattle, plus the mutual market, should be able to make up 5,000."

"In this way, it is enough to move four or five thousand people, and every year according to seventy-three points, the royal horse supervisor pays taxes, and can also produce fourteen or five thousand stone grain, which can feed a thousand soldiers and horses."

"Coupled with the grasslands in the middle and lower reaches of the Liaohe River, if tens of thousands of people are relocated, it is estimated that there will be two or three million mu, and these places can be used for grazing."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen sighed and said:

"If you want to rely on the Great Wall here to defend the grasslands and Liaoze in the middle and lower reaches of the Liao River, then at least one city and six forts must be built to maintain two guards, or three battalions."

"This man eats the chews of horses, and he needs at least seventy or eighty thousand taels and six or seven hundred thousand stones of grain every year."

Zhu Youzhen said so, but Wang Chengen smiled and said:

"But Your Highness, if we have these two or three million acres of grassland, then we will be able to raise more military horses, and Guangning and Liaodong will also have places to rely on outside the Guan."

"Well, that's a plus, but it's better to see if we can reclaim the meanders of the Liao River for arable land." Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, got up and looked at the map of Liaodong behind him.

I have to say that if you build a city in the place where you are currently in the Ba Youbu and place the troops of one or three guards, then you can completely threaten Kaiyuan and Tieling, and even support Shenyang.

Judging from the battle situation, the old slave would never let the city be built here, unless he was willing to risk being attacked by the Ming army on Kaiyuan and Tieling every time he went on an expedition.

Therefore, it is very cost-effective to spend more than 200,000 taels to get a place outside the customs to contain Houjin.

It's just the people who stay here......

Zhu Youzhen had a headache, he didn't have so many experienced generals under him, if he stayed behind in Mangui, then his own subordinates would ......

"That's right! And him. ”

At this time, he remembered a person, so he turned to Wang Chengen and asked:

"Go and ask Jinyiwei, what is the garrison called Cao Wenzhao that I asked the military department to transfer before, what is he doing now?"

"Yes......" Wang Chengen walked out of the study, and then went to ask Jinyiwei.

It's just that the Jinyi guards naturally don't have too close a grasp of the movements of a garrison, so they can only fly pigeons to send a message to ask the Beizhen Fusi in the capital.

After Wang Chengen came back and said what happened, Zhu Youzhen said to him:

"You help me write a handwritten letter, and let Man Gui use the captured materials and the barbarian tribes to exchange markets, leave enough food for the army to eat for a month, and then send him the mutual market price between us and Karaqin."

"In addition, all the cleaned Bayo and Jianyu Jiajia can be given to Zaisai."

"Finally, let Mangui choose some places suitable for building cities and forts in the middle and lower reaches of the Liao River, and can be reclaimed."

"Tell him that after the men and horses sent by Xiong Tingbi arrive at the Bayo Department, lead them to join forces to slaughter the race, and the sheep will attack the Qinghe Pass in Kaiyuan."

"Once the old slave comes back to help, he will immediately return to the Bayo Department."

"After the autumn harvest, I will relocate enough people to build a city in Bayobu and other places according to the places that can be cultivated."

After Zhu Youzhen's words were heard by Wang Chengen, he hurriedly polished the handwriting, and after writing, he blew the ink before saying to Zhu Youzhen:

'Your Highness, do you want to write a copy for Banzai?' ’

"This is nature, remember to ask the imperial brother for credit!" Zhu Youzhen responded with a smile.

Nearly 1,000 real captives were killed, and thousands of women and children were captured, and finally part of the hometown of Duoyan Sanwei was recovered, expanding the territory for hundreds of miles.

It is really unreasonable not to praise such an achievement.

Other than that......

"Remember to ask the imperial brother for the establishment of the three guards again, and set up the three guards to garrison here, and it is best to stay in Mangui."

Zhu Youzhen did not forget to help Man Gui promote his official position, and he also left Man Gui in the Liaozhong region.

In this way, the 16th Guards of Beizhili can only let Zhu Youzhen handle it single-handedly.

Although tired, compared to the recovery of Liaozhong, this pain is nothing.

Moreover, Zhu Youzhen also wants to know whether the lower reaches of the Liaohe River in Liaozhong and the northern part of Liaoze can be reclaimed.

This area of central Liaoning is very complex, and most of it belongs to the scope of Liaoze.

Liaoze also refers to the swampy area of the Liaohe Plain, mainly distributed in the west of the Liaohe River, about the later Xinmin, Liaozhong, Tai'an, Panshan, and Beizhen.

In the history of the Liaoze River network, there were many swamps, sparsely populated, and it was difficult for cars and horses to travel, until the large influx of people and the rapid development of the natural environment when the eastern part of the country was opened, and Liaoze finally disappeared.

At present, Liaodong and Liaoxi were under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and Liaoze became a natural barrier to separate the Mongols from the north, and was placed outside the Great Wall.

Who thought that the real threat would appear in the northeast, and after Nurhachi occupied Liaoyang, he led his army to capture Quang Ninh.

If Guangning was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it was equivalent to guarding the west exit of the southern passage of Liaoze, and the Later Jin wanted to enter Liaoxi unless it bypassed Mongolia, but Guangning fell, and Liaoze was no longer an obstacle, and the situation outside the customs was not conducive to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, if they can be reclaimed in the northern part of Liaoze, then it is impossible for Nurhachi and Huangtaiji to make a detour to harass the northern part of Jizhen.

However, if the Xiaoice River period is about to fall, once the central Liaoning region cannot be reclaimed, it means that Zhu Youjian's plan to open up the basic plate of Chinese civilization to the outside world has gone bankrupt.

The Northeast Plain is composed of the Sanjiang Plain, the Songnen Plain, and the Liaohe Plain.

At present, among the three major plains in Northeast China, the easiest to reclaim is the Liaohe Plain, and in addition to Liaoze, which is difficult to reclaim downstream, there are many places that can be reclaimed in the north.

If even the northern part of the Liaohe Plain cannot be reclaimed, then Sanjiang and Songnen are not to be considered.

Therefore, the current establishment of the Bayo Ministry to guard the reclamation is the key point of whether Daming can dilute the population density of the two capitals and thirteen provinces in front of the Xiaoice River.

Even if after reclamation, the yield of one mu is less than one stone, or even less than 100 catties, as long as enough cultivated cattle are distributed, enough fields are given, and the design of honeycomb coal and ground kang is added, Zhu Youjian does not believe that Daming cannot cross the Xiaoice River.

Counting this year, he still has six years to go, and he must solve the most important problem of feeding the population in Shaanxi, Henan, Beizhili, Shanxi, and Shandong within six years.

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath, and then beckoned Wang Chengen to send someone to send the letter to the capital.

By the time the royal brother received the letter, it was already noon on April 28.

He had just finished the morning court and had finished the morning class, and he was very happy that he could get his brother's letter as soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, but when the letter was opened, the expression on his face froze.

"Sure enough, it's ghostwriting again......"

Looking at the familiar handwriting of Wang Chengen, the good imperial brother was speechless, and then paid attention to the content of the letter.

Bang!

"Good!"

Brother Hao Huang smashed his fist on the table with excitement, making Wei Zhongxian tremble.

When he looked up, he saw the emperor standing up with a smile, walking from side to side, holding the letter in his hand, and smiling very happily.

He read the entire letter at a glance and ten lines, and wrote clearly the process, process, and results of the war, as well as the various aspects of future governance.

Zhu Youxiao has no doubts about the content of this, just because he knows that if it is Yu Linwei, then he must have that kind of strength.

Thinking about it, he raised his head and said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Go and call the cabinet and the ministers of the six ministries and six departments to come to the Yangxin Palace to discuss matters, and also call Li Ruolian, the same acquaintance of the Beizhen Fusi, to come."

"The slave maid led the edict...... "Wei Zhongxian didn't understand what happened that deserved the emperor's pleasure, but he knew that pleasing the emperor was a good thing.

Therefore, he immediately asked Wang Tiqian to inform the cabinet and the six ministries, six sections, and the ministers of the Beizhen Fusi.

Half an hour passed, and everyone arrived one after another and arrived at the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, but Zhu Youxiao never showed up.

It wasn't until the last soldier Yang Lian arrived that Zhu Youxiao asked people to push open the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, strode to the main seat of the Qianqing Palace and sat down.

Ye Xianggao, who had been the head of the cabinet for many days, was keenly aware of the emperor's pleasure, so he said:

"I don't know what the so-called call of the ministers and others is coming?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the attention of more than forty ministers was placed on the emperor, and Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the big treasure, also shook the letter in his hand:

"Li Ruolian, your people should already know what happened outside the gate, right?"

"Long live Hui, the minister knows, and he is about to play." Li Ruolian returned the salute, and everyone looked at him.

"Then you can talk to you." Zhu Youxiao put the handbook aside and leaned proudly on the dragon chair.

Seeing this, Li Ruolian returned the salute, and then said:

"Six days ago, His Royal Highness the King of Qi led the troops to Tiance Guard, and confronted the leader of Karaqin at Baima Pass, Bo Xuan, with more than 30,000 horsemen, and then set the conditions for Baima Pass to open the Imperial Horse Supervision City."

As soon as Li Ruolian's words came out, everyone frowned.

In this sentence, Li Ruolian bought a good one, he only said that Zhu Youzhen led Tiance Wei to confront more than 30,000 horsemen in Karaqin, but did not say that the reason was that Zhu Youzhen asked Bo to come to him.

This gave the ministers an illusion that they could only have an illusion, that is, Bo Huang led 30,000 horsemen to knock on the pass, and then Zhu Youzhen led a guard of 5,600 people to stop it, and decided to open the official city of Baima Guan.

Zhu Youxiao knew the story best, and Zhu Youzhen told Zhu Youxiao what happened without reservation, so he knew that he couldn't tell the truth about this matter.

Therefore, he told Li Ruolian early on after the incident at Baima Pass, and once the battle in Bayo had a result, he would be the first to tell about the incident at Baima Pass.

As for Li Ruolian's words, this was also instructed by Zhu Youxiao, so under such guidance, the ministers chose to remain silent about the opening of the mutual market at Baima Pass.

It's not a good thing to blame Zhu Youzhen, everyone knows how much the emperor favors this King of Qi now, and the King of Qi has already led a guard to stop the 30,000 cavalry of the Northern Captives, and they can't say anything.

But what they are curious about is that just because of a mutual market, so many important ministers are called to come?

Therefore, they all set their eyes on Li Ruolian, wondering if there was more important information.

Sure enough, as they expected, Li Ruolian immediately added:

"On April 18, the former warrior battalion staff general led the troops of Mangui out of the Yulin Pass, bypassed the Great Wall, and on the 6th, they attacked 900 li, attacked the Tucheng of the Bayo tribe, burned and burned thousands of people of the Bayo tribe, and the Bayao chieftain and Jianyu Shuo led nearly 10,000 troops out of the city, and the two sides fought three times, and the captive chieftain retreated and fled more than 100 miles to the east."

"Subsequently, Mangui exchanged the grassland north of the Tucheng of the Bayo Department for the grassland in the middle and lower reaches of the Liao River, expanded the land for more than 300 miles, and recovered the lost land."

"In this battle, our army beheaded 896 levels, including 197 Jianyu and 699 Beiyu."

"One hundred and thirty-seven for those who can transfer six subjects, and seven hundred and fifty-nine for those who can be monitored by the imperial horse"

"In addition, more than 9,600 military horses, more than 16,000 horses, and ...... cattle were captured."

"It can be called a great victory for the capture of the old slave and adopted daughter, the capture of the chief concubine, and thousands of women and children in the Bayo Department!"

Li Ruolian's information and Zhu Youxiao's knowledge through the letter did not have much source, he was very satisfied, and even glanced at the ministers triumphantly.

After the ministers heard this, most of the people such as Yang Lian clenched their fists excitedly, after all, this is to recover three hundred miles of lost land.

However, for Liu Yixiu, Ye Xianggao, who specialize in politics, it is not a good thing.

The emperor did not go through the military department, the military department, and the cabinet, and directly ordered the dispatch of troops.

Although the territory was expanded for 300 miles and a lot of gains were made, this shows that the connection between imperial power and military power is closer.

Ye Xianggao was silent because he knew that in the next period of time, I was afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Qi, who led the troops, would suffer a lot of impeachments.

He had to find a way to reconcile the party struggle between the king of Qi and the ministers, because the king of Bao Qi was the emperor of Bao.

Compared with him, Liu Yixian recalled the big drill of the Seven Guards and One Battalion, and recalled the soldiers and horses of more than 40,000 people.

He originally thought that after the Seventh Guard Battalion became the Sixteenth Guards, and the Thirteenth Guard Battalion, it would take a year to train.

Unexpectedly, this is only three months later, and their combat strength has reached the level of going out of the fortress and running for 900 miles in six days.

The only ones who can surpass them are the Han and Tang dynasties and the former Yuan.

It can be expected that the emperor's unauthorized transfer of troops, and the behavior that the king of Qi dared to execute, greatly challenged the nerves of Wenchen.

What Liu Yixian is worried about now is the problem between them.

After all, they are different from Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and other parties, and they do not have such a close relationship of interests, so the emperor does not go through the cabinet, the six sections, and the six ministries to transfer troops, I am afraid that it will cause countless courtiers to attack in groups.

What should I do? Liu Yixiao asked himself, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Compared with him and Ye Xianggao, the rest of the officials of the five parties and other parties, such as Qi Chu, Zhe Xuankun, and other parties, frowned, and even thought that after going back, they would organize impeachment in the next Chang Dynasty.

However, without giving them much time to think about things, Zhu Youxiao spoke:

"With the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War set up three guards in the hometown of Liaohe, including the Daning Guard, the Daning Guard, and the Daning Guard."

"Man Gui has meritorious, promoted to the general army of Daning, commanded the three guards of Daning, built six cities and forts in the local area, and allocated 60,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Industry."

"In addition, the household department transferred 300,000 taels of silver, and 600,000 stones of grain to go to the outside of the Guan, and delivered it to Mangui, so that he could prepare for the construction of captives and supervise the barbarians."

"Then the prefects of Yongping and Shuntian, after the construction of the city, according to the needs of Mangui, the people of Shuntian and Yongping Nursing Home will be transferred to Daning."

"Long live ......" Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, did not say anything, but Li Ruhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, stepped forward and said:

"Long live, at present, the military salaries of the nine sides have not been paid, the imperial court is still in arrears of more than 11 million taels of military salaries, and the household department is still short of more than 9 million, so I really can't get ......"

Li Ruhua was crying poor, but it was not surprising that because of the complex financial system of the Ming Dynasty, the six ministries and many departments had their own internal treasury, and the household department could not receive much silver, but it was the most expenditure, so naturally there was no silver.

However, Zhu Youxiao was not as angry as before, but comforted Li Ruhua:

"I already know about the military salary, but please rest assured, when the Liaoshen matter is over, I will transfer silver from the internal funds to distribute the military salaries of the three towns of Shanxi and Liaodong."

"The household department only needs to be responsible for the military salaries of the four towns of Gansu, Ningxia, Guyuan, and Yulin, as well as the Beijing camp."

"Huh?" Hearing this, all the courtiers looked at Zhu Youxiao in disbelief.

It's unprecedented......

Although they knew that the emperor was more generous than the emperors of previous generations, and often allocated internal funds, they did not expect the emperor to be so generous.

In addition to the three towns of Shanxi and Liaodong, this year's military salary is nearly 6 million taels, and if you add the lack of sound, then it is more than 8 million taels.

Do you have an income of 7 million taels? Perhaps, after all, the emperor rectified the guards of Suncheon and Yongpyeong, and there was also the support of the north and south fields of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but at the same time, the military salary of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was also a big problem.

The 16th Guards and 12 Gong Guard Battalions, although there are currently empty 3 Guards, there are nearly 110,000 people, and the expenditure is nearly 3 million taels of silver.

However, this also shows in disguise that the emperor's internal funds are indeed unable to supply the sixteen guards and the twelve arch guard battalions.

Otherwise, the Daning Sanwei will not be assigned to the command of the military department, and the household department will not be allowed to pay the silver.

Many people among the Wenchen were relieved to hear the news, they were most afraid that the emperor would have a lot of silver, and then frantically recruited soldiers and horses, and finally let the military power in their hands far exceed the border army and internal army that Wenchen could control.

It's just that they don't know that Zhu Youxiao actually has silver, and the reason why he dares to say that he is responsible for the military salaries of the three towns of Shanxi and Liaodong is because he is going to do something to the three towns of Shanxi next.

The 36 guards and 38 institutes are 239,600 military households, nearly 12 million mu of military tun land, and an annual expenditure of more than 3.3 million taels......

Thinking of the scale of the three towns in Shanxi, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but get angry.

I don't know how many of these nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses will be left after the vacancy!

The annual salary of more than 3.3 million taels of military salaries, I don't know who has fattened up......

Zhu Youxiao wanted to have a seizure, but he still held back.

He has not forgotten his younger brother's words, he must solve the problem of Liaodong first, as long as Nurhachi retreats, he will be able to carry out changes to the three towns of Shanxi at that time.

Therefore, he looked at Li Ruhua, and after Li Ruhua reacted, he also said:

"If that's the case, then the household can take out the money."

"Since you can, then give priority to the arrears of the four towns of Gansu, Ningxia, Guyuan, and Yulin and the military salaries of this year." Zhu Youxiao spoke calmly, and said:

"In addition, led by the cabinet and the Ministry of War, 12,000 Taiyuan soldiers, 10,000 Datong soldiers, and 15,000 Xuanfu soldiers were transferred to Liao."

"All the soldiers and horses, after arriving in Changping, will be allocated silver by the internal funds, and the king of Qi will pay the salary, and the arrears will be distributed together with the silver of this year!"

"Long live the Shengming ......" Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Cui Jingrong, the secretary of the military department, and Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, sang Shengming one after another.

Perhaps in Li Ruhua's view, the pressure on the household department is less, and in the eyes of the military department, the transfer of these 37,000 soldiers and horses to aid Liao can alleviate the Liao incident, which is a good thing in any way.

But only Ye Xianggao, who knew the emperor's thoughts, and Yang Lian, who knew Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, knew the truth of the matter.

Once these 37,000 soldiers and horses are transferred, there will be less than 30,000 combatable soldiers left in the three towns of Shanxi, or even less than 20,000.

As long as Jianyu is defeated and retreats into the Changbai Mountains, then without waiting for the three towns of Shanxi and most of the Wenchen to react, the Sixteen Guards will send troops to Shanxi and ban the three towns!

Both of them are civil officials, and it stands to reason that they should both fight against the emperor for the power of civil officials.

But Ye Xianggao and Yang Lian's family background was not a solid family, compared to Yang Lian, who can still be counted as a Qingliu party, Ye Xianggao is a non-party member.

He was included in the Donglin Party in later generations because he offended Wei Zhongxian, not because he himself was a member of the Donglin Party.

Therefore, they hope that the emperor can bring a new situation and make the Ming Dynasty prosperous.

As long as the three towns in Shanxi are abolished, all the Ming can get is the millions of Shijun tun seed grain handed over by tens of millions of acres of military tun fields, as well as the saving of 3.3 million taels of military salaries every year.

If these things disappear, then it seems that the Liao salary will be canceled in response to the current situation, so as to truly benefit the people.

Liaoxiang was canceled, and the people could pay three or four catties less grain per acre of land, which was more affordable than any other policy.

Because of this, they kept silent, and when the others saw that Ye Xianggao didn't speak, Liu Yixiao also kept silent, and immediately frowned.

But the situation is here, and it is normal to reward them, and they can't resist the emperor himself when it comes to setting up Daning Sanwei outside the gate.

Therefore, none of them stood up for impeachment, and Zhu Youxiao saw this, and also said:

"In addition, this time Mangui was commanded by the king of Qi, and the king of Qi also drank back from Bo Huang and went south, so the king of Qi was rewarded with 300 pieces of money from the inside, and the household department allocated 10,000 taels of silver to reward the Tiance guards."

"The minister's decree ......" Li Ruhua got cheap, so naturally he would not disobey the emperor, he should go, and this situation made Zhu Youxiao even more happy.

In his heart, he had a new recognition of what his younger brother said, using the military exploits obtained in the war to consolidate the imperial power.

Look, this group of guys who usually disobey him, after knowing that their people have achieved a great victory, can only bow their heads and promise their own words?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao was more enthusiastic about what his younger brother said about recovering the Hetao......