Chapter 8: The old man has already planned it
From the moment he received this task, Zhu Zhanyan knew that he was being used as a gun by the old man, and when he took the order to the three major battalions to transfer people, he was even more sure of his idea.
The 20,000 people that the old man transferred to him were nothing, but the problem was with the generals of these 20,000 people.
Daming An Yuanbo, Liu Sheng!
Liu Sheng's resume until now is brilliant, because he started from inheriting his father's position, and in the early years, when he served as the guard of Yanshan Hundred Households, he went through more than 20 battles, large and small, and was promoted to the governor of the left army because of his military achievements.
However, his real rise was in the fourth year of Yongle, when he followed Zhang Fu to conquer Jiaozhi, brushed the water division and broke the thief soldiers, captured the pseudo-Shangshu Ruan Xizhou and others, not to mention, and later captured Li Jiyan and his son Li Cheng.
Because of this merit, Liu Sheng was named An Yuanbo and was given a hereditary coupon.
In other words, Liu Sheng's An Yuanbo can be inherited by his son.
However, this is not important to Zhu Zhanqi, the important thing is that this year Liu Sheng led the boat division to inspect the Daming Sea Frontier, and just happened to meet the Japanese invaders, and pursued them all the way to the sea of Qingzhou, breaking the Japanese invaders and destroying more than 10,000 enemies!
Zhu Zhanyan privately mobilized the Japanese army on the front foot, and the old man on the back foot arranged for him a general with experience in fighting the Japanese army.
That's intriguing.
"The last general has seen His Royal Highness!"
As soon as Zhu Zhanyan entered the three major camps, Liu Sheng immediately greeted him.
"No courtesy." Although Zhu Zhanyan was young, his posture was very sufficient, and Liu Sheng did not dare to despise it for a while.
"I wonder if An Yuanbo is ready?"
"Son of the world! The 20,000 soldiers of the five military camps have been ordered! Please check it out, Your Highness! ”
Although it was not an expedition, routine inspections were also customary, but Zhu Zhanyan did not follow these cumbersome rules.
"Alright, you don't have to inspect it." Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand, and shouted Liu Sheng, who wanted to go and inform the soldiers.
"The matter is urgent, and this time it's not an expedition, so it's useless not to engage in these, you directly lead the team to the dock on the north side of Yingtian, there are treasure ships waiting there, and the first stop is Xiushui in Jiaxing Mansion."
Yingtianfu is adjacent to the Yangtze River, and water transportation should be faster in this era.
Liu Sheng was stunned when he heard this, he thought that Zhu Zhanyan would be as poor and exquisite as his father Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, but he didn't expect Zhu Zhanyan to have an informal meaning.
This made Liu Sheng feel a little good about him, but it was limited to that.
After all, in the past, Liu Sheng was in charge of the firearms-based Shenji Battalion, while the Han King was mainly responsible for the cavalry-based 3,000 battalions in previous wars, and the relationship between the two was not close.
This is also the reason why Zhu Zhanyan did not inspect the soldiers.
If it is 3,000 battalions, he will still take a look, with the influence of his Lao Tzu, he will better command these soldiers if he goes to brush his face, but the fifth army battalion is an infantry battalion, not under the control of his father Han Wang.
If you really want to say it, the relationship between the Fifth Military Camp and King Zhao is closer, that is, Zhu Zhanyan's third uncle.
In previous wars, Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, was mainly responsible for the command of the executioner camp, and the siege executioner camp was under the five military camps.
When the order reached the general, Zhu Zhanyan did not continue to wander around the three major battalions, because for him, these three battalions were nothing to look at.
Because of his father, Zhu Zhanyan didn't come often, and these three battalions couldn't be as familiar to him as home, but they weren't far behind.
Leaving the three major battalions, Zhu Zhanyan went directly to the dock.
Now he is getting more and more confident, and he is more and more sure that the old man is pulling him out to carry the black pot.
Why? Because of the way to Jiaxing Mansion this time!
You must know that the treasure ship is the ship used by Zheng He to go to the West, and one ship is enough to accommodate nearly two thousand people!
The construction of each treasure ship costs a lot, even if it is to grab food, it will not reach the point of using treasure ships, and it will be ten ships at a time!
You must know that even if it is a land march, three days will be about the same if you are notified by the imperial court in advance, and it is really not worth using a treasure ship.
Secondly, Zheng He only returned from his second trip to the West in June, and then immediately began to prepare for his trip to the West.
Although the treasure ship transferred to Zhu Zhan Yan for use this time was a spare, it was not something that could be moved casually.
Moreover, if you are not in a hurry, it is fine, but according to history, Zheng He will go to the West again in September!
In a month's time, if you had to use these spare treasure ships for anything else, wouldn't it be a bad thing?
It's not worth it at all!
Zhu Zhanyan, who privately mobilized the Japanese army, the treasure ship that should not be used, and Liu Sheng, who has experience in fighting against the Japanese invaders, what kind of combination can these three conditions be pieced together?
Anyone with a brain can figure it out.
And not only that, people with brains may come up with not just a little bit, but a lot.
More than ...... Maybe Zhu Zhanyan didn't expect it.
When Zhu Zhanyan was about to leave for Jiaxing Mansion, a person came to the Wenhua Hall of Emperor Ying's Palace.
Xie Jin.
It stands to reason that under a prosperous dynasty, it can be said that the vast majority of officials are capable, and there must be corrupt officials among them, but these corrupt officials are either still useful, or their power is intertwined and cannot be cleaned up in a short time.
But there are very few of those who still exist and exist in high positions without ability.
The strange thing is that there was such a person in the Yongle period, and this person was Xie Jin.
Of course, it is a bit too much to say that Xie Jin, because people still have real talents and real learning, but in terms of Xie Jin's ability, the first assistant of the cabinet is really a bit inflated.
Because Xie Jin's flexibility ability, or the ability to see the wind and rudder the rudder, is really average.
Xie Jin's superiority, in fact, can be summed up for two reasons, one is to pretend to do well, and the other reason is that although he has the ability to see the wind and rudder, it is not very sufficient.
The second point is the most important.
When Zhu Di entered the Yingtian Mansion, many Wenchen were not convinced by Zhu Di, and even scolded everywhere, the most famous is Fang Xiaoru of the Ten Clans.
After killing a bunch of Jianwen old ministers, Zhu Di regretted it, because he killed too much and his image in Wenchen's heart was even worse.
Because of this reason, Xie Jin was quickly promoted, and when he was ordered to review the articles of Jianwen's former ministers, he would take away and destroy all those who insulted Zhu Di in advance, and only presented the articles about military aircraft and people's livelihood to Zhu Di, Xie Jin finally entered the cabinet and became the first assistant.
But again, although Xie Jin's ability to see the wind and make the rudder is there, it is too ordinary.
That's why he ended up freezing to death in the snow...... One.