"Zhou Yanzhang, the chief soldier of Datong, is here, please lead the Ming cavalry north out of the Great Wall, you should all know about it, right?"

The Emperor convened the Military Aircraft Department today to discuss the government.

After the big martial arts, the holy decree was exempted from one day, and some civil officials may have ideas, but in the afternoon, the emperor summoned the officials into the palace, and there was nothing to say.

"If you go back to the emperor, I sent it in yesterday evening, and most of us already know it today." It was Yang Tinghe who answered this.

"Yes. When I read history, I often thought that if Yue Wumu had received not the twelve golden books of recall, but military salaries, food, soldiers, and weapons, would the Zhao and Song dynasties be so weak? ”

The officials of the Military Aircraft Department were in charge of the money department, the military department in charge of the soldiers, and Yang Tinghe listened to the emperor's holy teachings together.

"I also know that Song Taizu released his military power with a cup of wine, and the Zhao family suffered from the problem of worrying about the military generals sitting on the throne from the very beginning. But future generations will look at it, no matter what, they will feel that Yue Wumu is really a pity. Emperor Taizu of this dynasty inherited the will of heaven and obeyed the will of the people. I thought that the people's heart was to hope that our Han people would win the war, so what Song Taizu was worried about, I didn't worry; Song Gaozong is afraid of Yue Wumu, I am not afraid, not only am I not afraid, but I also look forward to having a Yue Wumu in Daming! is really raising an An Lushan in this way, and if I want to replace my Emperor of the Zhu family, then at least the Central Plains is still Han people sitting in the world. It's better than being a 'fourth-class southerner' under the Yuan room, right? ”

The court of the Yuan Dynasty divided the country into four classes, the first class was the Mongols, the second class was the Semu people, the third class was the Han people, and the fourth class was the Nan people.

The emperor's words were very ambitious.

Yang Tinghe couldn't help but praise, "Your Majesty's magnanimity is shocking when you hear it." However, Chen believes that Zhou Yanzhang will be Yue Wumu, and will never be An Lushan! ”

Han Wen and Wang Bing also echoed the voice.

In the current environment of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to have a powerful envoy like An Lushan. Daming has a Beijing camp, as well as Yang Yiqing's soldiers and horses, so there is no need to worry about the so-called general army becoming bigger.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, and said: "Zhou Yanzhang led 20,000 soldiers and horses into the desert, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world. Therefore, I thought that although we could not directly help them, we ...... It is also impossible to sing and dance every day, and make a situation of 'when will the West Lake sing and dance'. In the final analysis, this battle has something to do with everyone in the world! ”

The three officials of the Military Aircraft Department were a little surprised, the emperor sympathized with the soldiers on the front line, to this extent, it has always been rare.

"Your Majesty's Meaning ......"

"Starting tomorrow, the Military Aircraft Department will first publish an article signed by the three of you in Ming Pao, announcing to officials across the country that the Military Aircraft Department fully supports Zhou Yanzhang's crackdown operation. Subsequently, the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household ...... and all the yamen of the imperial court must follow. In this way, it is to tell the officials of the world that the Ming Dynasty is fighting abroad, and no one can hinder it, no matter who moves what political thoughts, what political turmoil I want to provoke, as long as I want to use the war...... I won't say yes! ”

In this case...... Han, Wang, and Yang thought for a while, although they were a little different, but the emperor's request for the Military Aircraft Department to support the imperial generals was also a proper duty.

"Your Majesty, this article will be written by the minister." Yang Tinghe volunteered.

"Quasi-play!"

In fact, Zhu Houzhao is appointing more and more 'cronies' to serve as local dignitaries, even if they do not have the emperor's explicit instructions, but if so many yamen in Beijing publish such articles,

Some governors or envoys also represented the local government in solidarity with the military campaign.

If there is no solidarity......

Zhu Houzhao is going to deal with people.

This thought was planted in his heart, and he wanted to see it.

Because many officials have a bystander mentality of 'he's fighting, not me' anyway. It's actually strange to think about it, how can your country be at war and you don't care in the slightest?

As for Zhou Yanzhang, the political support that he, a border general, can get must be ranked first in history.

On the fifth day after Ma Rong's departure,

Zhou Shangwen led the generals to step out of the gate of Datong according to the plan.

Nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses from the sky overlooked like ants pouring out of the nest, and the flag of the Ming King was erected between heaven and earth with the north wind blowing, guiding the procession forward.

The most terrible thing about its implementation of the military desert is the problem of material supply.

In addition to the grassland, there are actually more Gobi in the south and north of the desert. The fields on the Gobi are endless, so in order to solve the material problem, the army often has to use nearly 1,000 wagons to ensure food.

And in order to make it easier to preserve, it is common to bring a lot of pickled foods that are not easy to spoil.

The better ones can bring some salted meat, and the bad ones are pickles, anyway, three meals a day, and one meal is a mouthful of dry food with pickles.

Although there will be some cattle and sheep on the grassland, there will be no herds, at most a few yellow sheep will be beaten to the officials, and the soldiers are not that blessed.

Herds of cattle and sheep, those are all trophies, if you want to eat these, it means that the situation is already very bad, there is a feeling that you can't go back alive anyway, eat a good bite, and then desperately.

In addition, there is a big problem with the water source.

There is not much precipitation on the Mongolian plateau, and some of the water is still salty, although it is a way to move along the water source, but the Tatars are not stupid, you are going to come to me, I still run along the water source?

Not to mention other dynasties, it was only the Ming army that had to stay away from the drinking ground and pursue it in all previous northern expeditions.

The only peace of mind is that Zhou Shangwen is not the first time to come back.

For Ma Rong too,

After Hongzhi set out on the expedition in the eighteenth year, Ma Rong realized that if he wanted to win the battle on the grassland Gobi, he must know the road, which was more important than practicing on weekdays.

That's why this time he asked someone to find him a guide.

First, at least in the vast wilderness to know the south, south, west, and northwest, the second is to know the clues such as horse manure and sheep dung, which are all things that will leave important information, of course, more importantly, to remember the location of some springs and rivers.

Such people are hard to find, after all, for the Han people, they do not often travel these places, only some merchants who have trade with the Tatars.

“…… This thing is called daylily, recorded in the "Northern Expedition Record", its flowers are as big as artemisia, the leaves are as big as fingers, several feet long, and can be eaten. ”

The guide was an ordinary man in the prime of life, he wore no military uniform, only a sackcloth draped in which his head was shrunk, but the skin on his face was rough, and his lips were cracked twice.

Ma Rong was fine, there was no crack, but his lips were covered with dead skin, and it was obvious that he was a little dry.

He squatted down, and said that it was too late, and he opened his mouth and chewed the vegetable that the guide said was like artemisia.

Ma Sheng and the three Qianhu, who were watching on the side, were shocked, "Major General (Second Brother)!"

”

"Slightly sweet. It should be able to eat. Ma Rong disagreed, stood up and said with a smile.

On the other side, in fact, the guide has already eaten it.

"In the past, we had dry food, and we didn't want to take this risk, and we didn't know about it. It's really right to bring you, at least you can have fresh wild vegetables to eat. ”

The guide worked for a merchant and had a humble status, so he hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I've walked a lot on the grassland, so I know." Besides, this is not a good skill, and now the generals know about it. ”

Ma Rong smiled and gave the four generals behind him a signaling look, so the four of them beckoned the soldiers to dismount, "There are wild vegetables to eat today, don't eat those pickles!" ”

Ma Rong took the guide aside, "Food, water, enemies, all three must be found." Don't worry about General Ben. ”

"General, there is a sentence that villains still have to say...... The little prince is not the lord of mediocrity. ”

"I know, so you're more important."

The guide's eyes continued north, "The villain knows a grazing field, and it will take at least seven more days to walk. ”

"General!

Look to the west! ”

As he was talking, someone suddenly called the police, Ma Ronghe and some people around him all stepped on the horse, and then shouted: "Drive!"

”

The horse's hooves galloped wildly, and when they got closer, they found that they were just two yellow sheep.

On the steppe, the soldiers were already tediously tight, and when they met a sheep, they all whistled and screamed to fence it.

Ma Rong commanded, "See if there is anyone!" ”

When the soldiers slowly surrounded the two yellow sheep tighter and tighter, and finally captured them, the guide also rushed up, and he walked quickly with the corners of his clothes, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Circling the two sheep, he touched and touched the left, looked up after counting the breaths, and said very seriously: "General, this is raised, not wild!" ”

The soldier's screaming stopped, and everyone understood what it meant.

Ma Rong also had a straight face, "How can you see it?" ”

"Look at the fur." The guide turned over the yellow sheep's body, "It's much cleaner than the wild ones, someone has definitely cleaned it up!" ”

"But since there are people raising them, how can they come here?"

The guide asked, "Where does the general think this is?" Can't you graze here? ”

Hearing this, Ma Sheng's impulsive temperament could no longer bear it, and he immediately rode his horse back and shouted: "The whole army is assembled!" Assemble the whole army! ”

They were all nervous, because there were people nearby, but they didn't know, so it wasn't certain that they would be ambushed!

But Ma Rong's face remained the same,

"This is the day we have been waiting for!"

……

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

The emperor's mind made Han Wen attract the past,

"The salt in the hands of the merchants is not as good as the salt in the hands of the nobles and the ministers, Da Situ, you suddenly say such things, but you have to understand the severity."

"Wechen understands!" Han Wen held up the note in his hand, "In the salt industry, officials and businessmen generally call it occupying the nest and buying the nest!" If it is the prince and the minister, there is no difference in the salt field, but if it is a merchant to support the salt, the short is three or five years, and the long is to keep the salt for decades, the salt merchant has no choice but to bribe the prince and the minister, and borrow the status of the noble to draw salt, over the years, the elephant of buying a nest has intensified, so that everyone is accustomed to it! ”

In Zhu Houzhao's understanding, this is a concrete embodiment of power realization.

And such behavior can greatly disrupt any industry, because whether you do business well or not depends on whether your relationship is good or not. As an emperor, he definitely didn't like it.

But what makes him strange is that

Gu Liqing, the imperial history of the salt patrol, hasn't said anything in Yangzhou, how could Han Guandao, who has always been steady, suddenly fall into such an astonishing accident?

Among them, is there anything greasy?

"The salt law is corrupt, and I already know it. It's just that all the ministers in the court said that the world is governed, and it is necessary to have the parallel of benevolence and righteousness, and the combination of rigidity and softness. However, the country has been peaceful for a long time, and the people's will is becoming more and more lazy, so it is necessary to educate the world with benevolence, and the world will not return to benevolence. ”

Han Wen immediately said: "Your Majesty, Liu Daxia also said before Yu Xiaomiao that foreign ministers should not be asked, and internal ministers should discuss and verify the matter. How, then, can you convince the people? ”

The emperor looked at Wang Bing and Yang Tinghe, "What do you think? ”

Although they have nothing to do with this matter, the important ministers of the court can express their stance on major events, whether they support it or not.

Weichen thought that Da Situ was seeking the country's words. It's just that it involves dignitaries, and it still needs to be verified before something can be done. ”

This is nonsense, whether it involves dignitaries or not, it must be verified. Decrees cannot be changed at will.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

After listening to the words of the two of them, Zhu Houzhao didn't have any ideas, he just hadn't figured it out yet, why was this in Hanwen.

But he thought again, no matter why, since someone brought it up, it was a good thing after all.

"Da Situ,"

"The minister is here."

"It's not because it's a matter of dignitaries that I have to check it twice. Anyone and everything must be confirmed before making an order. There are princes and relatives here, and you Han Guandao will ask me to dispose of them as one, isn't this also inappropriate? Furthermore, if you firmly believe that this is true, then you should not be afraid to verify, yes or no? ”

Han Wen didn't think that the emperor might favor those people, and the emperor would send Gu Zuo over, isn't that what he is waiting for?

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and of course Weichen is not afraid to verify!"

"Good!"

The emperor turned his head and said to Liu Jin: "Don't alarm anyone first, in the name of the celebrant and the two Huai salt envoys will be announced to the capital, and Gu Liqing will also return to the court." This matter involves the emperor's relatives and relatives, whether it is the slander of Da Situ, or whether they really have illegal acts, we must always find out. ”

"Once you figure it out, you can do what you have to do. Moreover, the imperial court is teaching the ministers of the world to support the generals of the border army. At this time, if you make such a fuss, you can't swallow it. The front is tight, the rear is tight, say it, the court is a joke! ”

Zhu Houzhao said categorically, "This will definitely not work!" Da Situ, "

"The minister is here."

"Today's events, I will not publicize them to the outside world, and no one in the Qianqing Palace is allowed to publicize them to the outside world. After you go down, you must actively investigate this matter, I will not give you a will, you can only investigate by yourself, and if you come up with evidence, I will do what you do, and if you can't produce evidence, you should not complain to me. ”

Han Wen made a big salute, he was actually quite stable in his heart, and since he had done some things, he would not regret it.

"Weichen, Leader!"

The corners of Zhu Houzhao's mouth curled slightly, although he still didn't know what happened between Han Wen and Gu Zuo. But since someone made a move, he followed, in the end, it was nothing more than killing some people!

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It's too late today, so I can only update four thousand (I took my wife to the big hospital in the big city next door for some checkups).

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