In the northeast, there are rebels in the southwest, and Henan has not yet been pacified, and the Ming Dynasty in the second year of the Apocalypse seems to be a bit troubled.

With the arrival of the winter moon, Xu Hongru was sent to the capital and subsequently died in the western city.

On the 14th and 24th of the winter month, heavy snow arrived, and the snowflakes over the capital began to fall heavier and heavier.

In such a snowy day, Zhu Youxiao lived comfortably.

Liaodong is stable, and the Central Plains don't need him to worry about it.

The only thing in the southwest that he needed to pay attention to was that after Zhu Xieyuan commanded more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from Sun Chuanting and other troops at the end of last month to capture Shuixi City, Zhijin Pass, Yongning Prefecture, Anshun Prefecture, Pingbawei and other places, the situation was completely controllable.

An Bangyan and Song Wanhua can only be in Duyunfu, Xintianwei, and southern Guiyang, and Zhenning's generation is surviving, relying on the terrain and the Ming army to entangle, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that An Bangyan is getting closer and closer to the day of defeat.

Therefore, such a good situation made Zhu Youxiao have a very comfortable life at other times, except for some headaches when dealing with the music every day.

When he was free, he ordered someone to build a huge dock next to Taixi Liquor behind the internal official supervisor, and asked people to send all the teak wood that had been transported to the capital to the dock.

When the dock was completed, Zhu Youxiao called all the royal craftsmen in Beijing, and under his command, he built a sail battleship with his own painting and design.

Zhu You had great ambitions for this sail battleship, and after learning that the Tianjin Shipyard had successfully made a warship of 6,000 materials, he went directly to the warship of 8,000 materials.

This kind of intensity has made his feet not touch the ground recently, except for the occasional Chang Chao, and he has almost stayed in the dock next to Taixi Liquor at other times.

Those concubines in the harem have not been fortunate for more than a month.

It was Zhang Yan, who Zhu Youxiao couldn't put down, and Zhu Youxiao didn't meet him, but in the bewitchment of Wei Zhongxian and the Ke family, he was buried in the construction of the 8,000-material ship.

After the winter moon, he didn't even go to the Chang Dynasty, except for the recitals of the celebrant supervisor about the southwest, the Central Plains, and Liaodong, he would deal with them, and the other recitals were handed over to Wang Tiqian, Liu Ruoyu, and Wei Zhongxian.

The only people who could see him, except for the craftsmen of the dock, as well as Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka clan, were Cao Huachun.

"Long live, Emperor Zheng Guifei asks to see ......"

In a courtyard of the official supervisor next door to the Taixi Liquid Dock, when Liu Ruoyu's voice sounded in the courtyard, Zhu Youxiao, who was still dealing with the music in the study in the small courtyard, stopped the Zhu pen in his hand, frowned and said to the outside of the courtyard:

"Except for you and Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, Huachun, and Kebaba, no one else is there!"

"Slave maid takes orders......" Liu Ruoyu responded, and Zhu Youxiao also looked down at the music on the table.

[Hanlin compiled Gao Panlong: The minister heard that the king of Qi led the troops and did not ......]

Before he finished reading, Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and threw the song into a bamboo basket next to him.

Not surprisingly, the music in these bamboo baskets was impeached against Zhu Youzhen, and their fate would eventually be thrown into the earth dragon and burned to keep the palace warm.

As Zhu Youzhen swept through the Central Plains, there were more and more impeachments against him, and there were countless rumors.

[The king of Qi did not go through the governor's mansion of the five armies, tortured and killed the soldiers and horses of thousands of households in Taoyuan, and the ministers ......]

The next book was to impeach Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youxiao still threw it into the bamboo basket next to him.

At this time, the sound of light footsteps also sounded, Zhu Youxiao looked up, but saw the smiling Hakka with four palace maids, carrying five plates and ten stacks of dishes into the house, bowing slightly in the hall outside the study:

"Hooray, it's time for lunch."

"Well, Kebaba is on the table in the hall." When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he also responded, and then got up and walked out of the study.

At this time, the palace maid had already pulled out a chair for him, and after he sat down, the first thing he saw was his favorite seafood stew.

In addition to this dish made by the Hakka family, there are also roasted mutton, mutton buns, roasted clams, fried fresh shrimp, chicken thighs, steamed fresh fish, steamed gluten with five flavors, mutton crystal dumplings, and a dish that Zhu Youxiao has never seen.

After the tribute rice and tea, as well as the pot of imperial wine and golden stem dew were served, Zhu Youxiao asked the Hakka family:

"What kind of dish is this? Why haven't you seen it before? ”

The Hakka who was pouring wine saw Zhu Youxiao asking about the dishes he had carefully prepared, and responded with a smile:

"Long live didn't you say that His Royal Highness King Qi said that you need to prepare a vegetarian dish? This dish is the chicken fir mushroom of Bazhai Toast Shanggong in Lin'an Prefecture, Yunnan, and the taste is extremely delicious. ”

"Oh? That's a taste. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao became interested, picked up the chopsticks and leaned into the plate, picked up a few pieces and put them in his mouth, and couldn't help but praise after refusing:

"This mushroom is delicious, and it's no worse than some meat after stir-frying."

"But I'm afraid it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to pay tribute from Yunnan, right?"

"Long live Mingjian......" Hakka bowed slightly, and then responded:

"From Lin'an Mansion to the capital, more than 4,700 miles, more than 40 times along the way, it took three days to reach the capital, if it is two days late, it will be inedible."

When these words were spoken, Zhu Youxiao nodded and sighed slightly:

"This Bazhai Toast also has a heart, and this year's Bazhai tribute will be exempted."

"The slave maid writes long live Long......en for Bazhai Tusi," the Hakka family saluted respectfully, as if she was the one who was gifted.

Seeing that the Hakka family was like this, Zhu Youxiao simply smiled and said:

"Kebaba is also tired of being in charge of my daily life during this time, so let's get five hundred taels of silver from the inside."

"Long live the slave and maid clothes, how can they be tired? It's long live the hard work, you have to have a good rest, there is nothing big about it, you can ask the celebrant to help, so as not to get tired. ”

The Ke family looked at Zhu Youxiao with a distressed face, which made Zhu Youxiao, who was already a little troubled by the handling of the music, feel a little lax, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"It's true, there are no major events in the world, and all the performances of these officials can be handed over to the celebrant to deal with."

After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao felt a little uneasy, and then said to the door:

"Spread Liu Ruoyu in."

"Long live, slave maid is here......" Liu Ruoyu turned around and walked out from the left side of the door, kneeling down to show respect, and Zhu Youxiao saw this, so he said:

"In the future, there is no need to give me any more information about the recitals of the speaker, and the celebrant will dispose of it himself."

"In addition, Cao Huachun, the commander of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, was ordered to concurrently serve as the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch Bingbi, and ordered him to take office on the same day."

There are eight eunuchs in the court, but they are not fixed, and sometimes four or five people can do it.

Zhu Youxiao let Cao Huachun enter the master of ceremonies and the supervisor Bingbi, obviously because he was worried that someone would deceive the superiors and subordinates, so he placed Cao Huachun in to balance all parties.

In this regard, Liu Ruoyu did not make any other moves, but responded directly, and then got up and said:

"Long live, Emperor Zheng didn't leave, she was still waiting at the door."

"If she's willing to wait, let her wait." Hearing Emperor Zheng waiting in the snow, Zhu Youxiao sneered in his heart and responded calmly.

Seeing this, Liu Ruoyu could only retreat and order someone to clean up and take away all the speeches and officials in the study.

After this cleanup, there were only more than 30 books left on the desk, and the task was much easier, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but regret it, thinking that he should have done it a long time ago.

After eating and drinking, Zhu Youxiao didn't spend much time, so he solved all the more than 30 books, and then continued to rest in the hospital.

After resting like this for six days, in order to understand the progress of Tianjin, he went to the dockyard of the internal official supervisor and prepared to call Cao Huachun to understand the situation.

The dock of Taixi Liquor is six zhang high, twenty zhang wide and forty zhang long, and drains the water of Taixi Liquor and digs four zhang downward.

Since the warship could not be shipped out after it was successfully built, Zhu Youxiao only instructed more than 5,000 skilled craftsmen in the capital to build various parts of the warship, and then sent the parts to the dock on the Tonghui River outside the city, waiting for Zhu Youxiao's order to assemble it.

Therefore, the main body of the warship is actually in the dock of the Tonghui River, and what Zhu Youxiao can see are important parts.

As long as the parts are made, then they can rely on the mortise and tenon technology to successfully assemble in ten days.

At present, the ship's deck, keel, mast and other parts have been sent out of the city, and all that remains is the iron slide of some batteries and some various facilities in the ship.

Not surprisingly, this ship can be assembled at the end of the month, and as the assembly time approaches, Zhu Youxiao is also very worried.

After all, this was the first time he had built a warship, and although this warship had gathered the best five thousand shipwrights of the Ming Dynasty, he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

If this warship is successfully launched and there are no major problems, Zhu Youxiao will be able to brag in front of his younger brother when he returns from counterinsurgency.

"Bang-"

In the dock, the sound of planing and chiseling is endless, and Zhu Youxiao is sitting on the second floor of the dock, watching the craftsmen below busy with work.

It's just watching, but it's a lot of energy.

After each part is finished, the craftsmen need to notify Zhu Youxiao, and then hang the parts in the air and measure them with a cloth ruler for Zhu Youxiao himself.

After measuring, Zhu Youxiao observed the craftsmanship and confirmed that there was no problem before it could be sent to the Tonghui River dock outside the capital.

"Seventeen feet and two inches, qualified, send it outside the city."

No, Zhu Youxiao had just measured a part, and footsteps sounded behind him.

"Slave Cao Huachun see long live ......"

Cao Huachun's voice sounded, and Zhu Youxiao also rolled up the cloth ruler in his hand after hearing it, and then said:

"You know about letting you concurrently serve as the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch Bingbi, right?"

"The slave and maid know, Xie Wansui Longen, the slave and maid must do their best......" Cao Huachun said, and immediately kowtowed a few times, and Zhu Youxiao also said:

"Okay, get up, tell me how the warships in the Tianjin shipyard are progressing."

Zhu Youxiao is still more concerned about this issue, after all, the warship he wants to make must be bigger and better than the Tianjin shipyard, otherwise there is no way to ask for credit in front of his younger brother.

Cao Huachun was also very clear about Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, so he lowered his head and responded after getting up:

"Tianjin Shipyard has now completed the water test of 5,000 warships, and it is confirmed that there is no hindrance, and 10 warships of 6,000 materials have also been launched, and they have been testing the water for half a month, and there is no problem at present."

"It's been half a month?" Zhu Youxiao swallowed his saliva, and instantly felt a little anxious.

After all, if the 6,000-material warship tests the water for a month, and there is no problem with any of them, then the Tianjin shipyard can put the plan of the 7,000-material warship on the agenda.

At most, it's only three or four months.

Thinking that it was just such a little time, Zhu Youxiao was a little anxious, but his self-esteem did not allow him to give an order to let the craftsmen of the Tianjin shipyard stop the research and development of warships.

Therefore, he could only rush back and forth, and Cao Huachun was immediately Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, so he cautiously stepped forward and said:

"Hooray, in fact, His Highness doesn't pay much attention to warships, so he doesn't need to ......"

"That won't do! How could I lose to those craftsmen in Tianjin? Zhu Youxiao interrupted Cao Huachun's words and frowned.

Cao Huachun was helpless, so he could only take a step back and look at Zhu Youxiao anxiously.

But after a while, the sound of going upstairs came, Zhu Youxiao, Cao Huachun, and Liu Ruoyu looked, but saw Wang Tiqian flattering and stepped forward, and handed over a note:

"Long live, this is the summary of the Ministry of Rites collecting the feudal kings from all over the country, and the master of ceremonies can't be the master, so you need to take a look at ......"

"Huh?" Hearing Wang Tiqian's words, Zhu Youxiao frowned and took over the song, and then opened it to take a look:

[List of subsidies for each domain: Tang Wang Shuoxi donated 22,600 taels before and after, 21,000 taels for Zhou Mansion, 16,710 taels for Chongfu, 16,000 taels for Zheng Mansion, 15,000 taels for Shu Mansion, 14,000 taels for Shen Mansion, 13,500 taels for Han Mansion, 13,500 taels for Qin Mansion, Jin Mansion for Jing Mansion, Lu Mansion for Fu Mansion, 12,000 taels for Chu Mansion Rong Mansion, Lu Mansion and Heng Mansion for 12,200 taels each, Ji Mansion for Xiang Mansion, Zhao Mansion for Yi Mansion, De Mansion for Dai Mansion, Su Mansion and Qing Mansion for 11,000 taels, and the rest of Qingcheng, Jingjiang and other county kings each donated poorly, totaling 340,000 600 taels]

[The Ministry of Rites, please send officials to pay tribute and praise as usual, and still write that the political secretary should prepare a gift coin and sheep wine ceremony, and the Tang government donated Duduo iit and the prison vessel to show the court's praise and pro-vassal intentions......]

A very interesting thing happened, after Zhu Youxiao released the pigeons of Emperor Zheng and Concubine Zheng for six days, the feudal lords of the world began to help.

Zhu Youxiao looked at this list of subsidies, and there was no big wave in his heart, but he also knew that this was a soft move by the feudal clans.

"My brother's method is somewhat interesting......

Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes, and while sighing in his heart, he turned his head to Cao Huachun and said:

"Order someone to rush south for 800 miles, and tell my brother that the siege can be lifted, and it will not be good if the siege continues."

"By the way, I'll give him this note as well." Zhu Youxiao handed the music in his hand to Cao Huachun, and after Cao Huachun took it carefully, he didn't dare to open it to watch, and retired after saluting.

After that, this song and Zhu Youxiao's will were drafted by Cao Huachun in the name of the celebrant and sent to Fengyang Mansion in an expedited manner of 800 li.

It's just that when the holy decree was sent to Fengyang Mansion, Zhu Youzhen was not as tired as everyone imagined.

"Bang-"

"Come again!"

Outside Yimen County, Fengyang Prefecture, the endless stream of iron horsemen made the people who wanted to go to the county to buy and sell fear.

In the temporary camp outside the county, Zhu Youzhen and Lu Xiu each swung their knives and collided, and the iron knives made a buzzing sound, and they withdrew as the master's arm withdrew.

Zhu Youjian was dressed in armor and was ready for battle.

Lu Xiu was simply dressed in a scarlet robe, with leather arm guards on each hand to restrain the cuffs, and his steps were light.

The Qi family knife in his hand pointed obliquely at the ground, and he didn't seem to have any defense against Zhu Youzhen, but in fact, his free left hand was ready to hold the handle of the knife back at any time to press the knife.

Zhu Youzhen in the snow panted slightly, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, but he still did not stop training, but circled each other with Lu Xiu in the prescribed circle, staring at each other with his eyes.

Outside the circle, the generals of Lu Wenzhao and Tian Cewei watched the two perform martial arts, and one of them also sighed:

"His Royal Highness is nearly thirteen years old and has such strength to fight against Lu Qianhu, I'm afraid he will be able to press the knife in another two years."

His words were recognized by many people, and Zhu Youzhen in the circle also took the knife at the same time.

Lu Xiu's eyes quickly bumped the tip and handle of the knife, and after opening the long knife, the long knife in his hand was placed on Zhu Youzhen's shoulder.

"Lonely lost!"

Seeing that he was defeated, Zhu Youzhen was not discouraged, but stuck the long knife on the ground with a smile, and Lu Xiu immediately withdrew the long knife and said with a smile:

"Your Highness will be in two years, I'm afraid that my strength will be enough to press the knife with the lowly position, if it is the crown, I am afraid that the lowly position will not be the opponent of His Highness."

"It's an exaggeration......" Zhu Youzhen gasped and raised his hands, and when the brocade guards outside the circle saw this, they immediately came up to take off his armor.

After the armor was taken off, he exhaled a breath of turbidity after lightening his load, and said to Lu Xiu and many generals:

"Personal bravery needs a little, but it is not the whole battlefield, in the future, it will inevitably be the world of firearms and artillery, and cold weapons will eventually be eliminated."

When these words were spoken, everyone bowed their heads in approval, because they all saw the future of firearms.

As far as this southward counterinsurgency is concerned, the cavalry can be said to have become the key to breaking the formation of the four cavalry guards.

In the face of the rebels in the formation of spears, thousands of iron cavalry scattered, and then a round of face assault can break the formation, this is a representative.

Not only this, but also Sun Yingyuan on the battlefield in the southwest.

The three guards and horses led by him have not suffered more than 1,000 casualties so far, and the number of Tusi soldiers and horses he has annihilated has reached 30,000.

Artillery pressed the formation, platoon guns killed......

If it weren't for the high forests of Guinan Mountain and the restrictions on flintlock guns, it is estimated that Sun Yingyuan would have gone to Duyun Mansion.

The difficulty of the war in the southwest now is that the rebels will cut the roads.

It only took a day for them to dig a place, but it would take a month for the Ming army to restore the road to the point where it could be crossed by five or ten cannons.

It is precisely because of the obstruction of the road that the rebels in the southwest have been arrogant for so long.

However, it also taught the generals of the Sixteenth Guard a lesson.

That is, although the firearms of the Ming army were far away from other countries, they still had many shortcomings.

For example, going to mountainous areas will be subject to the terrain, and going to wet places will affect the ignition rate of flint.

To put it simply, the most suitable for firearms warfare is still the north and the west, and even the mountainous areas of the northeast in this era are not very suitable.

Zhu Youzhen has already summarized all these things to the generals, so everyone understands them.

Everyone followed Zhu Youzhen to the big tent, and after entering the big tent, they sat down step by step, while Zhu Youzhen washed his face with a copper basin in the main seat, wiped it with a towel before he spoke:

"At present, the rebels in Fengyang Mansion have been wiped out, and there are still more than 70,000 rebels in Henan, but the number is also decreasing."

"This morning, the imperial brother sent me a holy decree and ordered me to send troops to relieve the siege of Henan, what do you think?"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Sun Shoufa stood up and said:

"The rebels are nothing but a rabble, and even if I lead the army alone, I can defeat them."

"It's easy to defeat, but I'm going to capture all the rebels." Zhu Youzhen wiped his hands, then put the towel on the shelf, turned around and sat back on the main seat and said:

"The rebels are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, although the rebellion is wrong, but most of them are coerced and rebelled, and the law does not blame the people."

"On the Liaodong side, next year we will prepare for the battle of recovering Liao, and we will prepare to raise an army of 200,000 to go out of the city to recover Liao, and these 200,000 troops will need at least 400,000 auxiliaries and civilians to recover the entire territory of Liaodong."

"At present, there are already millions of displaced people in Henan, and these displaced people have experienced military disasters, and those who stay in Henan also need disaster relief."

"Lonely's meaning is to recruit these millions of displaced people as their husbands, go to Liaodong, and settle them in the local area after the restoration of Liao next year."

Zhu Youzhen's words asked millions of displaced people to cross more than 2,000 miles to Liaodong, which sounded like making trouble.

But the problem is that without these millions of displaced people, the population of Liaodong is too sparse to support the Northern Expedition of the Great Army.

And after the restoration of Liao, Tieling, Kaiyuan, Fushun and other places need the people to reclaim, the people in southern Liaoning have settled down, and it is not easy to resume production, and then mobilize them, which will only make the grain shortage in eastern Liaoning continue to expand in scale.

The most difficult aspect of mobilizing millions of displaced people is the food problem.

Millions of displaced people must cross more than 2,400 miles to go to Liaodong.

The merchant ships of Huangdian could not be mobilized, because the merchant ships had to be used to buy grain.

Therefore the people had to walk over, and according to the strength of the people's feet, if they were not full, they could move at most forty miles a day, and if they were full, they would move at most eighty miles a day.

In other words, in the case of feeding millions of displaced people, it will take a whole month to reach Liaodong.

This has to be opened by soldiers and horses, urging them, otherwise they won't be able to finish in a month.

If you carry your belongings again, I'm afraid you will have to go for three months.

If millions of displaced people want to be fed, that person will have at least two catties of rice, and a month will be sixty catties of rice.

Millions of displaced people have to eat at least 380,000 stones, and after arriving in Liaodong, they can be allowed to settle in the local area.

If these millions of displaced people go to Liaodong, then the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule in Liaodong will be stable.

The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is that after the reclamation begins in Liaodong, two catties of rice a day for one person will definitely not work, at least four catties of rice, and there must be oil and salt vegetables.

Then the monthly expenditure is nearly 800,000 stones.

Even if the wanderers set off in the first month and arrive in the first month, it will take at least ten months from the first month to the time when the army finishes the battle to recover Liaodong.

After ten months, all the people could be moved to Kaiyuan and Tieling in northern Liaoning, and they were given land to reclaim the land.

As far as the land that has been reclaimed in northern Liaobei is concerned, it is naturally not enough for them to divide, and they still need to be reclaimed.

In this way, even if the cultivated land in northern Liaobei can meet one-third of the rations of one million displaced people, the imperial court still needs to pay 500,000 stone rice every month, and get three years.

In this way, the pressure on the imperial court is a little greater.

But the problem is that if the people are not relocated, these people still need disaster relief in Henan, and the population in Liaodong cannot guarantee the future expenditure of the garrison.

It can't guarantee the garrison expenditure of Liaodong, and Liaodong is still a place that needs blood supply from the imperial court.

Therefore, the migration of millions of displaced people is necessary, and Zhu Youzhen must also solve the problem of displaced people at the moment.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen said to Lu Wenzhao:

"Sent a message to Huachun, and ordered him to formulate a route from Henan to Liaodong, and set up a porridge shed every fifty miles along the road, and each porridge shed needs to hoard 30,000 stones."

"In addition, I will tell the imperial brother about the relocation of millions of displaced people in Henan and the importance of it, and ask the imperial brother to order Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Yingtai, and Sun Chengzong, who are the political envoys of Liaodong and the left and right, to raise millions of farm tools."

"Then ask the imperial brother to make a decree and order Zhu Xieyuan's troops to quickly encircle and suppress the rebels in Guinan."

"By the end of the lunar month, no matter what the result of the rebels' encirclement and suppression is, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, Yang Wenyue, Sun Chuanting, Sun Yingyuan, Cao Wenzhao and other ...... must be transferred."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen paused, did not continue to speak, but thought about the situation in Liaodong again, and finally sighed:

"That's it, and then transfer Hong Chengchou and Wu Aheng to the north to aid Liao."

"For the affairs of the southwest, please ask Zhu Xieyuan, the governor Hu Yingtai, Mu Zeng, Mu Changzuo and other three departments to continue to suppress bandits."

The three soldiers and horses, plus Zhu Xieyuan's headquarters, still have 80,000 soldiers and horses.

With 80,000 against An Bangyan, who is currently less than 40,000 troops, it will not overturn.

This time, Zhu Youzhen is to mobilize the elite of the Ming Dynasty, fight the national prestige in Liaodong, and change the peace of northern Xinjiang for three years!

As long as there is peace in northern Xinjiang for three years, Liaodong can become a self-sufficient iron wall.

But it is difficult to change the peace of Northern Xinjiang for three years, so it is necessary to completely break the backbone of Houjin!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen clenched his fists, he had sharpened his sword for two years, and he only needed to sharpen it for another year to be able to stab Jianyu!

(End of chapter)