"Pretty deferential......"

On March 17, when Li Liang succeeded anyway, the news was sent to the capital in a steady stream through the hands of Jinyiwei.

Zhu Youxiao held the latest information about the DPRK in his hand, and his face was flat, and he could not say that it was bad or good.

The rebellious new regime installed Li Hui as king, and Li Liang first deposed Li Hui as Gwanghaejun, and then launched a purge of Li Hui and his cronies.

Li Hui's family was exiled to Ganghwa Island in North Korea, and his favorite retainers Han Zhangnan, Baek Daheng, and Zheng Mengbi were beheaded, and they were executed together with the previously executed soldiers Cho Counselor Park Dingji, Sanggong Kim Jieshi, and Seung Ji Park Hong-do.

In addition to them, among the more than 5,000 civil and military ministers in the whole territory of Korea, thousands of people have been affected, and the reason why so many people have been affected is also because of Yang Hao's support.

Or rather, it is the support of the Ming Dynasty......

If such a large-scale slaughter of courtiers was not recognized by the Ming Dynasty, and the legal identity of Li Liang's new king was not recognized by the Ming Dynasty, civil strife would break out in Korea in an instant.

Therefore, Li Liang, who had just succeeded to the throne, immediately led all the officials of the Westerner Party to organize 3,000 soldiers and horses to welcome Yang Hao, who had returned from Suwon, and then with Yang Hao's consent, sent a delegation of 30 people to Daming.

At present, the latest information in Zhu Youxiao's hands is March 12, that is, the North Korean mission should be about to arrive in Denglai and Denglai in Shandong.

Putting down the information, Zhu Youxiao, who was standing in front of a pile of concocted wood, picked up the planer, and while continuing to concoct the wood, he also spoke:

"What do the officials say......"

When he asked this, Wei Zhongxian, who was standing next to him and waiting, replied honestly:

"The officials think that Li Hui is the legitimate king of Korea who has been canonized by my Ming Dynasty, and Li Ju is challenging the authority of my Ming Dynasty by replacing Li Hui without the permission of my Ming Dynasty."

"The courtiers believe that even if Li Hui is guilty, the correct procedure is to first play the concubine of North Korea to the governor of Shandong, Yuan Keli, to play the cabinet, and then to decide whether to abolish it."

Therefore, after the matter was known to the courtiers, Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong, put forward the idea of "condemning the crime", and believed that even if he could not send troops due to "Liaodong's troubles", the Ming Dynasty should also send an envoy to proclaim the Korean subjects to punish the thief, or after Li Liang's crime, "Xu issued an edict of forgiveness of crimes", just like Ming Taizu did with Li Chenggui to recognize the ruling but not canonized. ”

"In addition, officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate also demanded that North Korea be held accountable."

The cabinet held that it was not possible to crusade against Li Liang, and that he should not be canonized rashly, and that he should not be canonized until he "surrendered and pleaded for his guilt and went back and forth repeatedly" or "marched into the army to help suppress him, and his merits were obvious." ”

"However, Yang Hao pointed out that Li Hui was ungrateful and betrayal, and Li Ju was really pro-Ming."

"Qin Ming?" Colonel Zhu You sneered lightly: "I'm afraid I just care about that position." ”

After that, Zhu Youxiao raised his hand to sweep the sawdust away from the wood, and then ordered:

"After the Korean envoys arrived in the capital, they ordered the cabinet to take care of it themselves, and since Li Hui, who was deposed in Korea, was captured, then according to his brother's plan, he sent troops to take over the Jingcheng Protectorate in North Korean Province, and the Korean soldiers and horses here were all dispatched by my Ming Dynasty."

"Long live Shengming......" Wei Zhongxian patted a sycophant, and Zhu Youxiao also concocted a few times of wood, and then asked: ...

"How's the younger brother's guard being laid off? Any news? ”

When he asked this question, Wei Zhongxian did not answer immediately, but glanced at Zhu Youxiao's back, and then spoke:

"I heard that the Weisutian in Henan, the Weisotian in Shandong, and the fields of the vassal kings have all been handed over."

"Not only that, but the fields of several vassal kings in Shaanxi have been handed over......"

"Didn't you play?" Zhu Youxiao stopped what he was doing and asked without looking back, while Wei Zhongxian said:

"It may be that His Royal Highness King Qi has too many things on his hands and can't be busy."

“……”

For a while, there was some silence in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment before saying:

"Where did Sun Chuanting and the others go......

"News came five days ago that we have arrived in Wuchang, and we will arrive in the capital in early May, and we will arrive in Kuandian, Liaodong, in July." Wei Zhongxian responded sincerely and said:

"However, His Royal Highness King Qi seems to be preparing to divide them into three parts, which is a change from the previous plan."

"It's normal to have changes, even my younger brother can't anticipate the enemy's opportunity." Zhu Youxiao didn't interfere with anything, but just said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Call Hwa Chun."

"Slave and maid take orders......" Wei Zhongxian saw the emperor speak, and immediately retreated and asked Cao Huachun to be called.

Two quarters of an hour later, when Cao Huachun arrived, he only saw sawdust in the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a single coat and was concocting wood, as if he was preparing to build a waterwheel or something.

"Long live, the slave is coming......"

Cao Huachun knelt at the door, and Zhu Youxiao didn't reply: "Come in, tell me about the dismissal of the guard in Shandong, and how my younger brother is going to arrange it." ”

"The slave maid takes the order...... Cao Huachun walked into the hall when he saw this, and then responded:

"His Royal Highness has already set off from Bishui Pass yesterday to return to the capital with three hundred horsemen, and the Weisutian Reduction Papers in Shandong, Henan and other places have also been brought to the capital."

"Your Highness said that he needs to return to the capital for details, and tell Banzai in person."

"Hmm...... Got it. Hearing Cao Huachun's words, Zhu Youxiao continued to ask:

"How about that big watermill I made? How many acres of land can be watered compared to a normal waterwheel? ”

Zhu Youxiao asked about the improved version of the "water turning and overturning car" that he made while researching the hydraulic textile machine.

The shape of the ordinary water turning and overturning car is not much different from that of a human stepping on the overturning car, but the power used is different.

It is necessary to dig a deep and narrow ditch on the bank of the flowing water, set the waterwheel in it, and then extend the tread shaft of the overturned car to make an upright runner to act as a gear, and then set up another wooden shaft next to the upright runner, and make two horizontal wheels on the shaft.

If the water rushes under the horizontal wheel, the lower wheel will be driven, the lower wheel drives the upper horizontal wheel, and then drives the vertical wheel that is supported by the upper horizontal wheel, and the principle of gear linkage is used to drive the overturned car placed in the ditch on the side, and the water is transported to the shore.

The biggest advantage of this kind of water turning and overturning is labor-saving, because it uses the power of nature, manpower and animal power can be used for other production activities, and this method of water irrigation can be used day and night, and the convenience is on the person stepping on the overturn. …

However, this kind of water turning overturn is often too strong because of the water potential, so that the keel plate is broken and unusable.

However, after Zhu Youxiao's improvement, adding a plurality of runners, and wrapping the keel around the iron bar with a small weight, the kinetic energy of this water rotation and overturning car has been greatly enhanced.

This principle was learned by Zhu Youxiao from the bicycle provided by Zhu Youjian.

For the bicycle, Zhu Youxiao asked the craftsman to hand-build the chain connection, and after making the frisbee, the remaining steel frame was even simpler.

Although there are no rubber trees in East Asia, fig trees and some plants of the Euphorbiaceae family can also provide rubber, and fig trees were introduced to the Central Plains as early as the Tang Dynasty and were planted in both the north and south.

Therefore, when providing bicycle drawings, Zhu Youzhen asked people to collect ten catties of natural rubber.

Although it is not as flexible as the natural rubber produced by rubber trees, it is much more comfortable to ride on an iron wheel after roasting than a wooden wheel.

As for the bearing, it is not difficult for the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, although it can not reach the high-precision bearings of modern times, but the bearings that are rough and have a shorter life can still be made.

The steel balls are not smooth enough, and the regulations are different, so people can polish them by hand.

In terms of manual technology, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty said that the second, there is no first in this era.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao not only built the bicycle, but also rode it twice.

However, compared to horseback riding, this thing is a bit laborious, not to please Zhu Youxiao, not to mention, the cost is also relatively expensive.

He calculated that the cost of a bicycle is five taels and five dollars of silver, that is, an ordinary laborer can only afford one after working for more than half a year.

Fortunately, although it could not be promoted, Zhu Youxiao was still very flexible, enlarged the bicycle wheel, asked someone to collect some natural rubber, and then pressed the rubber iron wheel on the carriage.

The carriage equipped with rubber wheels is much more comfortable to ride, and this is just a new thing that Zhu Youxiao has come up with from the principle of bicycles.

In addition to rubber wheels, there is also an improved version of the water rotation rollover.

Zhu Youxiao asked Cao Huachun, not because of how much he loves the people and how many people he thinks this thing can benefit, but because he wants to prove that his water overturned car is better than that of the Ming craftsmen.

Faced with the inquiry, Cao Huachun also smiled and said:

"Ordinary water turning and overturning can irrigate seven or eight hundred acres of fields at most, but long live the water turning and overturning can water a thousand acres of fields, and the slave maid let the people of Yongping test field try it, and there are no traces of keel wear for three months."

"Haha-" Hearing that his waterwheel was really better than the waterwheel of the world's craftsmen, Zhu Youxiao was happy, so he waved his hand and said:

"Let the people all change to the water rotation and overturning car I made, I think my brother will be very happy when he hears it."

"Banzai's craftsmanship is exquisite, how can ordinary craftsmen compare with Banzai? It's like a warship with 8,000 ingredients. Wei Zhongxian slapped his ass at the right time, which also reminded Zhu Youxiao of his warship.

He put down the planer, crossed his hands on his hips, and said:

"What happened to the warship of Huachun and Lonely?"

"Hui Banzai and Tiande have been on trial voyage for four months, and they are currently the first ships of the second class of the Navy Sanwei." Cao Huachun said the situation of the 8,000-material ship, as well as its name. …

Tiande, this is Zhu Youxiao named the 8,000 material warship after the name of Xu Da, the first general of the Ming Dynasty.

The length of the ship is 24 zhang, the keel is 20 zhang, the width of the ship is 6 zhang, the draft is 2 zhang 6 feet, the number of artillery pieces has reached 112, and the tonnage conversion has reached 2,600 tons.

Such a huge ship, which requires a crew of 980 people to control, is a well-deserved world giant.

Zhu Youxiao was able to build this kind of warship with his own hands, and he was naturally proud in his heart, and he has always been this warship.

After all, it is not difficult to get into the water, but it mainly depends on the sea trial.

At present, his 8,000-material warship has been successfully tested, which means that it can be officially put into service, while the Tianjin Shipyard has just announced that the 7,000-material warship is defective and needs to be made up before it can be mass-produced.

In this way, Zhu Youxiao can be said to be half a year ahead of the speed of Tianjin Shipyard.

He patted the non-existent ash on his hand before he spoke:

"Let's send the drawings of the Tiande to the Tianjin Shipyard, give them reference, and ask them when the auxiliary ships of the Tiande will be fully staffed."

Before Zhu Youzhen left, he had already set the size of the fleet, and the number of first, second, third, and fourth class was to promote the three-three progressive system.

In other words, the current Tiande needs to be equipped with three C-class warships of less than 7,000 materials, nine warships of less than 3,000 materials, and a full number of supply ships of 6,000 materials that match the fleet.

The size of the fleet is mainly distinguished by the class of the main ship.

Just like the fleet of the Tiande, it is the second class fleet, excluding the supply ships, the tonnage will range from 16,000 tons to 18,000 tons.

If it is a first-class fleet, the tonnage will range from forty-five to sixty thousand.

You must know that the scale of the European fleet at the same time was still below 10,000, or even below 5,000, but the Ming Dynasty was smashed by Zhu Youzhen's silver and teak, and directly reached the scale of the fleet on which the sun never sets more than a hundred years later.

The total tonnage of the eight first-class fleets will exceed 360,000 tons, with an upper limit of 480,000 tons.

If you add in the armed merchant ships, then the scale is a bit terrifying.

"The fleet of Hui Banzai and Tiande has been completed, and ten warships of 5,000 materials and three of 6,000 materials were launched last month."

"In addition, Your Highness, please issue another decree and order the King of Siam to collect teak wood for transportation to the north."

Cao Huachun remembered what Zhu Youzhen ordered, and when Zhu Youxiao heard it, he also waved his hand and said:

"It's not good to let them send wood all the time, so let's let the Ministry of Rites send an envoy to Siam this time to reward Siam with 100 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and 1,000 horses of silk."

"After issuing the decree, let the warships of Tianjin form a fleet and go south to the Ryukyu Province, and order Huanglong to escort the merchant ships to Siam to bring back the timber."

"Slave maid leads the order......" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Cao Huachun responded honestly, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand to signal that he could retreat.

Cao Huachun honestly retreated, and Zhu Youxiao also turned around and continued to concoct his own wood.

The success of the water transfer overturned made Zhu Youxiao have more confidence and ideas, but among these many ideas, Zhu Youxiao still wants to do one thing the most......

"How much silver is there between the Jianji Hall and the Middle Pole Hall in the three major halls?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian behind him, and Wei Zhongxian quickly responded: ...

"The craftsmen of the Imperial Horse Prison have returned that the wood from the Ryukyu Mansion and Liaodong Kuandian has been transported back, and it will be dried in the shade and can be used after being concocted using the ancient method."

"Among the means, it will probably take 3.63 million taels of silver to complete the repair of the three major halls."

"In addition, the craftsman of the Imperial Horse Prison said that His Royal Highness King Qi once said that the reason why the three major halls and many halls were struck by lightning was because the height was too high, so it was necessary to install lightning protection things."

"Can you avoid thunder?" When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he turned around with interest, and Wei Zhongxian also said:

"Specifically, the slave and maid are not particularly clear, only know whether it seems to be installed with copper wire or iron wire, and then pulled to an open place."

"His Royal Highness King Qi said that if it is installed like this, there will be no more lightning strikes in the future, but it looks a little ugly......"

"Since it's my brother who said it, let's do it." Zhu Youxiao didn't understand it very well, so he just waved his hand and let the craftsmen of the Imperial Horse Supervisor watch it himself.

Wei Zhongxian didn't say anything when he saw Zhu Youxiao's sudden appearance, but quietly watched him deal with the wood.

Time passed bit by bit, and Zhu Youzhen also led Lu Wenzhao and Jinyiwei's cavalry back to the capital on March 25.

Since the emperor did not mention it, and Zhu Youzhen himself did not mention it, and the ministers did not want to expand Zhu Youzhen's prestige, the Ministry of Rites did not hold a celebration with great fanfare, but arranged hundreds of people to greet the celebration, and then dispersed when Zhu Youzhen led the people to leave.

After running outside for half a year, Zhu Youzhen's whole person was a little darker, and he also looked more precocious.

If he didn't say it, almost everyone who saw him would think that he was a weak-crowned boy of sixteen or seventeen.

As for himself, he returned to the palace as soon as he returned to the capital, and went to the Heart Cultivation Hall before he had time to wash.

"This elephant chariot has been changed well, have the chariots in the palace been changed?"

On the side of the square of the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City, Zhu Youzhen sat on the elephant chariot, sighing a little at the comfort brought by the rubber iron wheels, while Cao Huachun, who was following the car, looked at His Royal Highness who he hadn't seen for half a year, with a smile on his face.

"Your Highness, long live you."

"Hehe, the royal brother thinks that I am natural, and I go out for half a year, and I don't know if the imperial brother is fat or thin." Listening to Cao Huachun's words, Zhu Youzhen also looked forward to the meeting he was waiting for.

Of course, what is more pleasing than meeting is the general book of acres in his hand.

From the beginning of the measurement of the military tuntian to half a month ago, in a few months, the 100,000-strong army was considered to be a clean measurement, and the population of military households was counted.

In Shandong and Henan, there were only 10 million mu of land directly facing the army, but after the inventory, it was as high as more than 12.6 million mu.

The number of military households also exceeded Zhu Youzhen's imagination, reaching 2.06 million, more than tripling.

Although he was not able to count the population of Shandong and Henan provinces, Zhu Youzhen could roughly guess the population of the two provinces from the inventory of military households.

As most books in later generations speculate, the population of the late Ming Dynasty was about three times that of the Hongwu period, and the slightly richer and densely populated places also more than doubled.

In other words, the population of Shandong and Henan should be around 145 million and 10 million. …

However, after this war, as well as the relocation of people, the population of the two provinces should be reduced by more than one million.

That's not a bad thing, and it's definitely not a good thing.

It can only be said that those who survive will live a slightly more comfortable life because of the decrease in population density, such as the people who have been given the Imperial Horse Prison and have been abolished from the military household register.

For the people of the two provinces, Zhu Youzhen chose one person to divide five acres of land, leaving behind 2.3 million mu of bean fields in the herdsmen's herds.

These 2.3 million acres of bean fields are very important for the Imperial Horse Supervisor, because the number of military horses in the Imperial Horse Supervisor is growing, so it is necessary to ensure the bean feed for the military horses.

The opening of the battle of Liaodong was imminent, and in order to achieve this battle, it was necessary to stabilize the rear.

Zhu Youzhen transferred the soldiers of the three battalions of Jimo, Dengzhou, and Wendeng under Yuan Keli to Henan, and placed them under the command of the generals of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and then left the three battalions of the 28th battalion of Shanxi to garrison Shandong, which was under the command of Yuan Keli.

Beginning in May, after the end of the field, except for the three battalions of soldiers and horses who were required to stay in Shandong, the other soldiers and horses would be withdrawn to the garrison places one after another.

Shanxi needs to re-recruit three battalions of soldiers to make up for the three battalions of soldiers transferred to Shandong.

In this way, before the war, Zhu Youzhen should actually control the 16 Guards, the 90 Gong Guard Battalion, the Daning 3 Guards, plus the 48 battalions of the guest army of Sun Chuanting and others.

So many soldiers and horses are divided into Shanxi, Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Liaodong and other places in one Beijing and four provinces.

Among them, the 44th Battalion of Liaodong, the 48th Battalion of the Guest Army, and the Daning Three Guards Army participated in the Battle of Liaodong, totaling more than 295,600 people.

In addition to them, there are still 30 battalions of auxiliary troops already in formation, that is, a total of more than 386,500 auxiliary soldiers.

The number of auxiliaries is more than 90,900 people, counting them, in terms of the length of the road in this battle, even if the Liao River can be sailed, at least 300,000 people are needed.

In other words, there are nearly 300,000 regular soldiers, and 400,000 people and auxiliary soldiers are needed to ensure logistics supplies for them.

With the original population size of Liaodong, it is definitely impossible to do it.

But at present, Zhu Youzhen has migrated millions of refugees from Henan and Shandong to Liaodong, and more than 600,000 people have arrived, and before the start of the war, the population of Liaodong will exceed 2 million.

There are two million people to do the basic game, and it is impossible to lose such a flying dragon riding face game.

"Hoo ......"

Thinking of his own advantages, Zhu Youzhen let out a sigh.

After three years of planning, I was finally able to play the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty in this battle.

As long as this battle recovers the entire territory of Liaodong and continues to expand the results, then Jianyu will be broken, and after the war, Zhu Youzhen will be able to reform the country.

With an army of 520,000 in one capital and four provinces, the territory has accumulated enough, and the first step after the war is to dismantle the local guard posts and the Beijing camp.

With the local health centers as the basic garrison, and then waiting for the students of the Yanshan Institute to complete their studies, you can start to reform the Ming Dynasty's fiscal and taxation system step by step.

When this complete vein line was sorted out by Zhu Youzhen, the recovery of the battle of Liaodong became a crucial section.

This section is not allowed to be disrupted by anyone, so it is necessary for the Imperial Horse Supervisor to take over the grain, gunpowder, baggage lines and other important nodes of Liaodong. …

Twist the foundation of one capital and four provinces into a rope, and use this rope to lead the Northern Expedition.

Thinking of this, the elephant chariot also stopped in front of the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and at the gate of the palace, Zhu Youzheng sat in front of the door, nervously waiting for his younger brother to get out of the car.

Wei Zhongxian, who was next to him, held a holy decree in his hand that he had been waiting for months, and handed the holy decree to the person above the elephant for this moment.

Cao Huachun took out the stool, Zhu Youzhen also opened the car door, stepped on the stool and got out of the car, and met his own royal brother who had been absent for half a year.

Zhu Youxiao was a little fatter and whiter than before Zhu Youzhen left, and at this moment, when he saw himself getting out of the car, he also stood up.

Zhu Youzhen did not delay, but walked forward quickly, and then dusted off the hem of his clothes, knelt in front of the palace gate, and said:

"Zhu Youzhen, King of Qi, pay homage to Long Live and Long Live the Holy Bow ......"

"Loyalty, proclamation!" Zhu Youxiao resisted the idea of stepping forward to help his younger brother up, urging Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian also pulled away the holy decree and sang loudly:

"Feng, Tian Carrier, Emperor System said: General Zhaowu, Counterinsurgency Strategy, Zuo Zhuguo, King Zhu of Qi by the inspection of talent and quality of Chengzhi, the conclusion of merit, Rui Zhi Kuang, Hongcai praise."

"When the world is in turmoil, we have a great responsibility and are unyielding. The position is heavy and dangerous, and the merit is high but not arrogant. Seeking to be close to the clumsy is really loyal to the country, and the vassal king is an example......"

"There is also a strategy for seeking saints, the essentials of the soldiers, the insight into the opportunity of the border plug, and the odds of winning compared to Zhuge Yurong. Today, it is hereby crowned as the general strategy of Fuliao, controlling the soldiers and horses of Beizhili, Liaodong, Shanxi, Shandong and other places, and awarding the hussar general and the governor of Liao, hoping that he will return victoriously and return the world to recreation and happiness......"

The holy decree of thousands of words is sprinkled, but there are only about 100 words related to business, and the remaining 900 words are all boasting about Zhu Youzhen.

Don't mention anything else, just the heroic and talented Cheng Zhi mentioned it no less than five times, and Zhu Youzhen blushed when he heard the rainbow fart.

With a big red face, Zhu Youzhen raised his hands and prepared to receive the decree, but Zhu Youxiao couldn't help it, snatched the holy decree from Wei Zhongxian's hand and put it in the hands of his younger brother.

In the end, Zhu Youxiao didn't forget to cough and said:

"Ahem, King Qi, I am waiting for your triumphant good news......"

"Brother, I haven't set off yet...... Zhu Youzhen couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't even set off, and his brother celebrated a few months in advance.

"Almost, my brother is out of the horse, and the mere Jianyu is just a clown jumping off the beam." Zhu Youxiao also blushed, but he still pretended to be calm and pulled Zhu Youzhen up.

He dragged Zhu Youzhen into the Qianqing Palace, and said: "I won't go to the inner court harem tonight, and I will have a long talk with my brother." ”

Zhu Youzhen listened helplessly, but looked at the bright smile on his brother's face, so he could only shake his head and dragged him in with a smile......