Zhu Yunxi came out of the palace and did not go back to the North Palace directly, but went to the Miaozhen Palace opposite the North Palace and asked Xu Miaojin to give him medicine.

Xu Miaojin looked at the scars on Zhu Yunxi's body, and complained with distress on her face.

"Your Majesty is too, why do you still beat people at every turn!"

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand indifferently.

"It's fine!"

"Grandpa Huang can still beat people, which proves that he is in good health, if he really can't beat it, then it's a bad thing!"

"Your Highness is really a person of pure filial piety......"

"Alas!"

"What is filial piety or not, no matter how much you want to be filial, you can't be filial for a few days......"

"This ......"

Xu Miaojin looked panicked when she heard this, she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, so she could only look at Zhu Yunxi with a blank eye.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi's face turned pale, and he refused undoubtedly.

"Don't ask, I won't tell you if you ask!"

Xu Miaojin's nose tightened when she heard this, and she stopped paying attention to him after "humming", and when she finished giving Zhu Yunxi the medicine, she pushed him directly.

"It's over, let's go!"

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Xu Miaojin when he heard this, and said pretending to be while sorting out his clothes.

"Lone is really gone?"

"Let's go!"

"Like someone who scares about you!"

Xu Miaojin said resolutely, but when she saw that Zhu Yunxi was really leaving, she suddenly hugged her from behind and hugged Zhu Yunxi's waist tightly.

"Hey, hey!"

"Lone knows, you think I ...... tightly"

"Humph!"

"Who misses you, I just don't want to cheapen those little goblins in the palace!"

After having an in-depth exchange with Xu Miaojin, Zhu Yunxi took a comfortable hot spring bath under her service, and then returned to Beigong to work refreshed.

Several scholars in the political hall were anxious to wait for a long time, and when they saw the imperial grandson driving to them and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, they didn't wait for Zhu Yunxi to say that they were flat, and they started talking nonsense.

"Your Highness, the battle on the front line is over, it's time to retire, right?"

Although the North Palace and the Imperial Palace are two sets of teams and two management methods, the opinions of the two sides are surprisingly consistent, that is, the labor expedition consumes national strength.

At the same time, the people on both sides didn't care about the Mobei grassland, just that it was a bottomless pit that burned money, and there was no idea of garrisoning at all.

Perhaps in the Ming Dynasty, only Zhu Yunxi had a strong desire for land, and as long as the place was occupied by him, he resolutely did not want to spit it out.

"Your Highness, now the daily military expenditure is as high as 100,000 taels, and it will be millions of taels in a month, and if we drag it on, all the money we have saved over the years will be gone!"

"There are also the Mengyuan tribes that have been absorbed, and it takes a lot of money and materials to settle them down, redivide the grassland, etc."

"It's okay to say the money now, the key is the materials, we really don't have that much money!"

Zhu Yunxi listened to them complain for a while, and when he saw that no one was talking, he asked.

"All said and done?"

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi hadn't spoken, a few people knew in their hearts that they had touched the emperor's grandson's moldy head, so they naturally shut up with interest.

"Please advise the imperial grandson!"

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand helplessly when he heard this.

"How dare you have any instructions, haven't you finished saying everything?"

"Wait for a capital offense!"

Several scholars of the cabinet knelt down in turn, but only their bodies knelt down, and their souls still stood proudly.

At least in the matter of withdrawing troops, they believe that they are not wrong, and they are wholeheartedly thinking about the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world.

Only Zhang Zongjun flashed his small eyes, paying attention to Zhu Yunxi's expression from time to time, guessing what the imperial grandson was thinking.

In fact, just now when he was admonishing a few other elders, he has been slow to half a beat, and it is always others who have finished speaking, and he echoes a few sentences, and none of them are provoked by him.

Because he knows Zhu Yunxi too well, and knows that Zhu Yunxi is young and vigorous, how can he be willing to give up the land that he has fought so hard?

In fact, Zhu Yunxi's three masters also knew what their apprentices thought, but they didn't care, and felt that they had a responsibility and an obligation to set things right.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the few people kneeling on the ground, and only felt a headache.

Relatively speaking, Lao Zhu can still carry a few sticks to fool around, but these old men here really can't fool around.

"A few masters, please!"

"If His Highness does not order the withdrawal of troops, the ministers will resolutely not rise!"

Originally, Zhang Zongjun remembered it, but when he heard Gao Ming's words, he could only continue to kneel.

But he didn't want to kneel like this, so he had to express his dissatisfaction.

"Master Gao, is this the tone that a courtier should have?"

"His Royal Highness respects us, we can't kick our noses in the face, and we can't do anything to persecute His Highness!"

Gao Ming hurriedly apologized when he heard this.

"What Master Zhang said is right, Weichen has just offended a lot, and I hope that the emperor's grandson will forgive his sins!"

"Alas!"

Zhu Yunxi let out a long sigh and stepped forward to help Gao Ming and the others.

"Several masters are people who have watched Lone grow up, if there is anything to say, there is no need to be ...... like this"

Hearing this, several people hurriedly borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and stood up honestly one by one.

Zhu Yunxi saw that they didn't do anything against him, so he immediately ordered someone to give them a seat.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Yunxi said earnestly.

"You all understand the advice of your masters, but please also ask your masters to think about it, my Ming soldiers threw their heads, spilled their blood, paid tens of thousands of sacrifices, and finally fought down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, is it really so easy to give up?"

The three old men glanced at each other when they heard this, and then immediately sent the most daring and clever men into battle.

"Your Highness, although Mobei is large, it is a barren land that cannot be cultivated, and it is useless to me."

"If you rush to garrison troops, not to mention how much it costs, it's a question of whether you can hold it."

"Thinking back to the time of the Tang Dynasty, the area under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate was so vast, but as soon as the Yuyang drum sounded, the entire Western Regions suddenly became an enclave, isolated from the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years!"

"The land conquered by His Highness today is more vast and remote than it was in the Tang Dynasty."

"Although Wechen doesn't understand military affairs, Wechen also knows a truth, throwing 120,000 people into that place doesn't have any effect at all, it's just a waste of national funds!"

After Gao Ming finished speaking, Yang Xinlu and Qin Hengbo immediately followed.

"Master Gao is right, we Daming want long-term peace and stability, we can't covet the breadth of the territory, we must cultivate benevolent government internally, and we can focus on border defense externally......"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately interrupted the words of several people.

"That's right!"

"Lone is rebuilding the border defense, and intends to set the border defense west of the Tianshan Mountains......"

"Your Highness, this side is too far away, and the materials in our Daming hinterland can't be transported at all!"

"Have the masters forgotten the railway?"

"Lone has already ordered someone to build the railway, and plans to build it all the way to the foot of the Tianshan Mountain!"

"This ......"

Several people were dumbfounded when they heard this, it was not that they had forgotten about the railway, but that they had never thought that the railway could be built to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains!

What a project this must be, the amount of work is comparable to the Great Wall built by Qin Shi Huang!

"Your Highness, do you really plan to build a railway directly to the Tianshan Mountains?"

"Of course!"

"Then does Your Highness know how much steel, money, and food is spent on such a railway, and how much labor is needed?"

Zhu Yunxi heard the words and stood up firmly.

"No matter how much it costs or how much it costs, you have to build this road!"

"I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, can't always think about preventing thieves, we must take the initiative to attack, go out from the Great Wall, and nip possible threats in the bud!"

"This ......"

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi's attitude was so resolute, several people stopped persuading.

"Since His Royal Highness has made up his mind, then Weichen and others will not persuade him, but Weichen and others want to advise His Highness, this road will be repaired, and the Ming Dynasty will not be able to slow down within five years!"

"If there are 400,000 troops stationed in the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty will be able to support it for half a year, and it will definitely be beyond its means after half a year!"

Seeing that they finally stopped objecting, Zhu Yunxi immediately showed a warm smile.

"Please also rest assured that Gu will definitely withdraw part of the army, and leave 350,000 people in the Western Regions to guard it, and don't let the people of the Timurid Empire call over......"

When several people saw Zhu Yunxi say this, they immediately arched their hands and said.

"It's so good, so that the ministers can stay up a few nights less and lose some gray hair......"

After Zhu Yunxi fooled the three old men to work, Zhang Zongjun deliberately followed behind several people, waiting for Zhu Yunxi to stop him.

Sure enough, just as he was about to cross the threshold, Zhu Yunxi immediately stopped him.

"Zhang Aiqing stays for a while, Lone has something to discuss with you!"

The three old men who walked out of the door all rolled their eyes when they heard this.

The imperial grandson is going to discuss things with Zhang Zongjun, a minister, again!

In fact, Zhang Zongjun can't be said to be a minister, if the lord is virtuous, he can be a virtuous minister. If the lord is mediocre, this guy will definitely not be a loyal minister, and he can only be a courtier who welcomes and shoots horses.

Fortunately, the imperial grandson Xianming has always been quite important to the three of their masters, and only let Zhang Zongjun do some miscellaneous things, and the three of them tolerated Zhang Zongjun's existence.

Otherwise, they would have jointly written a letter long ago, asking the old emperor to get rid of this courtier from the emperor's grandson.

After only Zhang Zongjun was left in the political affairs hall, Zhu Yunxi spoke much more casually.

"Zhang Aiqing, there were three masters here just now, and it is inconvenient for Gu to say something."

"Wechen understands!"

"Your Highness has any difficulties, just say it, Weichen will definitely know everything, and he will say everything."

Zhu Yunxi did not speak, but took out a stack of top-secret telegrams from his sleeve.

These telegrams can only be watched by Zhu Yunxi alone, and after reading them, they will be sealed, and outsiders will not have a chance to see them at all.

As soon as Zhang Zongjun saw the word "top secret", he was busy saying "transgression" in his mouth, but his hand was not idle, and he quickly opened the telegram and read it.

Zhang Zongjun's face sank after reading a telegram, and when he silently read all the telegrams, his heart sank directly to the bottom.

"Your Highness, this matter is not trivial, it should be reported to Your Majesty quickly and let Your Majesty decide!"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head helplessly when he heard this.

"Don't worry about the imperial grandfather, the imperial grandfather has worried about Daming countless times in his life, it's time for him to live a comfortable life for a few years."

"But Your Highness ......"

"Timur and the Golden Horde all issued a war letter to the Ming Dynasty, even if our Ming Dynasty can fight, we will break our muscles and bones in the end!"

"So, we only have half a year, and if we win these two countries in half a year, we will have a better life in the future!"

Zhang Zongjun shook his head when he heard this.

"Your Highness, it's not Weichen pouring cold water, the key point of this battle is not us, but Timur and the Golden Horde."

"If they don't want a quick fix, they have 10,000 ways to drag us down."

"But if they can afford it, we may not be able to afford it."

"The current 400,000 troops on the front line is not a small number, and the daily cost of money and food is tens of thousands of taels, and if you count the disability pension, I am afraid it will exceed 300,000 ......."

Zhu Yunxi was not frightened by Zhang Zongjun's words, but ordered someone to bring in a map, pointed to a clear blue sea and said.

"If we only attack from land, then we will be at a disadvantage. But if we attack from the sea, our Ming Navy will be invincible in the world, and it will definitely make the Timurid Empire unable to care about each other! ”

"At sea?"

Zhang Zongjun looked at the vast territory of the Timurid Empire, and sure enough, there was a horn extending into the sea.

"Does Your Highness want the navy to attack, to land from this place of Abadan, and then attack Timur from the west to the east?"

Zhu Yunxi tilted his head and thought about it.

"Actually, it is better than having to land, as long as the seaports of the Timurid Empire are knocked out and they lose the income from maritime trade, I think this battle will be half the battle."

Zhang Zongjun shook his head when he heard this.

"Your Highness is overly optimistic!"

"Didn't we say just now, I'm not afraid that Timur won't fight with us, I'm afraid that he will drag and fight with us. As long as he drags on with us for more than half a year, it will be our turn to have a hard time. ”

"After all, our front is too far away from the hinterland, and it is really difficult to transport food and supplies."

"If Timur is implementing a scorched earth policy and does not let us resupply along the way, our life will be even more difficult."

"As for His Highness's statement that knocking out the other party's seaport and causing the other party's finances to have problems......

"To put it mildly, now Timur is a barefoot shabby in our eyes, what can a poor barehead be if he is poorer, isn't he still a single?"

"And Timur's side completely borrowed from the Great Yuan system, military politics is civil affairs, they can't do anything else, but it's still very convenient to organize the people to fight a war or something, we can't afford to spend it with them!"

"In addition, we still have the people of Chagatai and Beiyuan who need to be co-opted, which is a troublesome matter. If there weren't enough of them, these people would have rebelled! ”

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately took out a piece of music from the table and handed it over.

"This is handed over by the Naturalization City, you give Gu Shen a detailed explanation, how can we quickly solve the problem of the Mengyuan people."

Zhang Zongjun took the recital and looked at it quickly, then closed his eyes and pondered for a while.

"Your Highness, the problem now in the Naturalization City is that a large number of people have poured in, and the number of grassroots officials has not kept up, so it is impossible to properly manage the naturalized people."

"Yes, yes, that's this problem, you think of a way for Lone, how can we solve it effectively?"

"Well...... this"

Zhang Zongjun also felt quite a headache when he heard this, because it was an indisputable fact that there was a shortage of people in the Western Regions, but the most important thing was that no one wanted to go.

Not to mention that the officials are unwilling to go, that is, as long as ordinary people don't survive, who wants to go to the Western Regions?

But this matter cannot be forced to go to others, it can only be voluntary.

Just when Zhang Zongjun was frowning, the voice of a little eunuch suddenly came to mind outside the door.

"Your Highness, Concubine Chen is unwell and has already called the imperial doctor, do you want to go over and take a look?"

The so-called Concubine Chen is the former grandson concubine Mu Yao, Lao Zhu learned that she was pregnant with a baby, generally out of guilt, half out of happiness, and rewarded her with a big stroke of the pen.

Zhu Yunxi didn't react at all when he heard this, but Zhang Zongjun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Your Highness, why don't you ask Concubine Yu?"

"As long as Yan Shenggong raises his arms and shouts, is His Highness still worried that no one will go to the Western Regions to be an official?"

Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up when he heard this, but when he thought that he had just been absurd with Xu Miaojin for a night, he suddenly felt that he had more than enough heart and not enough strength.

"It's a good way, but can Yan Shenggong agree?"

"Your Highness, it's not that Weichen flatters Yan Shenggong, just the scholars of Yan Shenggong's own family can gather thousands of people to come out......"

"If you are cooperating with His Highness's support policies, such as those who have worked in the Western Regions for five years and will automatically obtain the qualification for the examination, are you still worried that no one is willing to go?"

(End of chapter)