North Town.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was the political center and military center of Liaodong, and with the development of the Ming Dynasty, it was gradually replaced by Liaoyang in the middle period, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the scale of Shenyang began to catch up with Liaoyang.

Therefore, after the Houjin rebellion, when conquering Liaodong, the capital was moved to Shenyang as the capital, and the flesh and blood of the Han people who were reduced to slaves were used to create a splendid Houjin palace in a short period of time.

In comparison, the Liao Palace has not been repaired so far, because Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the consumption of civil power was too heavy, so the construction period was stopped and stopped.

Now Zhu Di is out of Liao, with Beizhen as the rear, sitting here.

In Zhu Di's eyes, Liaodong and Beiping seem to be two worlds.

It is accurate to describe Beiping after industrial development, before the eldest son promoted industrial development, Liaodong was the same as Beiping more than ten years ago.

At that time, Beiping was the same as Liaodong now, with a sparse population, withered people's livelihood, and barren water conservancy, but after decades of governance and immigration by the imperial court, Beiping had already undergone great changes.

After several years of industrial development, driven by the behemoth China heavy industry system, many changes, although Zhu Di didn't mention it much, he still remembered it in his heart.

"Xiyang Ha, this person, is really hateful, if it weren't for his father's will, Gu would have sent troops to surround his hometown."

After the desk, Zhu Di said angrily.

Zhu Yuanzhang is very broad-minded, and as long as he lives in China, he adopts an attitude of treating all ethnic groups equally, and has issued an edict to the world.

Therefore, the policy towards the frontier is based on peaceful absorption.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang did not advocate the use of large armies in the Nuergan area.

He said to his courtiers: "The Yuan capital is under the capital, there are those who persuade me to take Liaoyang, I say that the power is not used to slow down, the power is not to be feared, although the Liao land is far away, there is no need to use soldiers, the world is calm, and he should return to himself." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's policy was not wrong.

After decades of kingization, all ethnic groups in Nuergan took the initiative to choose to submit to the Ming Dynasty, cutting off the ambition of the North Korea next door to plot against Nuergan.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the DPRK was still very invigorated, and it made great efforts to open up, and indeed achieved a lot of results.

Hamgyong Province and Pyongan Province have been Chinese lands since ancient times.

Because of the historical legacy of the late Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, although it did not send troops to recapture it, it was not recognized and belonged to the disputed area.

Korea actually occupied two places, but it was not officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty.

In the end, it was recognized by the rulers of the early Qing Dynasty, and officials were sent to divide the frontier and determine the ownership, so in legal terms, the two places completely belonged to Korea.

Therefore, in the current slave work, North Korea has the strength to have delusions about this region.

It was not until all the ethnic groups in these areas submitted to the Ming Dynasty and raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty that the DPRK dispelled the attempt.

In later generations, it was deliberately distorted by some people, denying Zhu Yuanzhang's policy, and believing that because he had not sent a large army to conquer, it was not clear.

Zhu Di is flanked by the King of Liao, Guo Ming is on the left below, Zhou Xing is on the right, and Zhuang De who came from 30,000 Wei.

"Xiyang Ha is just a thief, the last general led his troops to his hometown and cut off his back road, this thief should be obedient."

Eight years ago, that is, in the twentieth year of Hongwu, the 30,000 guards set up in Nuergan, the current general Zhuang De said loudly.

Hearing this, Zhu Di groaned, and the King of Liao on the side looked at the fourth brother curiously.

Guo Ming spoke at this time.

"It's easy to move troops, but it's not liked by the saints, the slaves are all in general, and they are still bright-minded, and there is no need to spoil a pot of porridge for a mouse."

Zhu Yuanzhang's opening of the frontier liked to subdue the king, which meant to make others culturally subordinate to China, rather than purely using military means.

This attitude applies not only to the North and the Northeast, but also to the South.

For example, the borderlands of Yunnan.

Confucianism in Yunnan reached its most prosperous period in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many Tusi who were all focused on the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the famous King of Lijiang, when he was at his strongest, still held high the banner of the Ming Dynasty and built the largest library in Yunnan, where his children had to study.

Even the famous Xu Xiake has traveled to Lijiang and left a lot of handwriting, and the two have formed a friendship behind them.

Therefore, Guo Ming's reason made Zhuang De unable to fight back, so he closed his mouth helplessly and looked at Zhou Xing, who was silent.

Zhou Xing went to Beiping to ask Zhu Di for his guilt because of Li Xueyan's matter, and obtained Zhu Di's generous forgiveness, so no matter what his true heart is now, he can't oppose Zhu Di on the bright side, otherwise it will make people doubt his character.

As for the young King Liao, he didn't know if the fourth brother really listened to his father's words, or if he had other plans, and deliberately found a reason to stay in the Northeast.

But now the heads of both the civil and military sides have not spoken out against it, and the newcomer King Liao chose to keep a low profile.

The longer Zhu Di stays in the Northeast, the deeper his prestige in the Northeast becomes, which is an unchangeable fact.

Now that he is in the northeast, no one can urge him to leave except for the emperor of Ying Tianfu.

When everyone left, Zhuang De caught up with Zhou Xing and asked, "Why didn't you support me just now?" ”

Zhuang De's grade is lower than that of Zhou Xing, but Zhuang De is anxious and fierce, and he is a good hand at fighting, so it can be said that he is the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty's recovery of slaves.

Zhou Xing didn't blame Zhuang De for his rudeness, and explained to him in a low voice, "It's useless to talk too much, you can catch Xiyang Ha as soon as possible, it's better than me saying 10,000 words." ”

Zhuang De glanced at Zhou Xing, "Just have your words." ”

Zhou Xing looked at Zhuang De's angry back and shook his head helplessly, in the land of Liaodong, there is only this person who is not afraid of the power of King Yan.

On the second day, someone came to tell Zhu Di, saying that Zhuang De went back to 30,000 Wei, and soon after, the military information came, Zhuang De led the 30,000 Wei army, as well as the boats built by Jilin Shipyard, along the Naowen River to poke Lukou, to trace and besiege Xiyang Ha them.

Hearing the news, Zhu Di's face was ugly, Zhuang De's actions were tantamount to throwing his face to show him, no one dared to do this in front of him for many years.

An offensive anger in his heart almost made him almost want to be captured, but he quickly held back again.

Zhu Di was Zhu Di in the end, and said coldly: "This person acted without authorization, mistakenly orphaned a big thing, and sent someone to tell him that if he captures Xiyangha, he will still be counted as a great merit, and if he lets Xiyangha go, he will be severely punished for several crimes." ”

At this time.

An official document was sent from the Beiping Mansion, regarding the training of the guards in Beiping, under the organization of the prince and with the assistance of the Dusi, it was still carried out as usual.

"What a hurry." Zhu Di put down the official document, his face was full of noncommittal, he felt a little discouraged, and wondered whether to go back to Beiping.

Guo Ming was very respectful, took the official document handed to him by Zhu Di, and understood King Yan's dissatisfaction at a glance.

There are people in Liaodong who oppose King Yan, looking at the appearance of King Yan, the prince decided to parade the idea of Beiping, as if he had not informed King Yan?

"The prince is young after all, but his intentions are still good, which young man doesn't want to make achievements, King Yan doesn't have to worry."

Guo Ming spoke for his prospective son-in-law.

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile, fortunately there was this person planning for him in Liaodong, otherwise Zhu Di would really not be able to stay in Liaodong.

Zhou Xing didn't mention it, Zhuang De and the others below didn't like him very much.

He Zhu Di also wants face.

The good Beiping is much richer and stronger than Liaodong, so I don't want him to come.

Zhu Di is the Yan King of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Gaochi's ideas are different after all, and the starting points of the two are different.

Liaodong can pull out tens of thousands of elite soldiers, Zhu Di has not fought in this regard, and the imperial court will never allow it.

Because Daning was born in Beiping, the imperial court turned a blind eye to King Yan's actions in Daning, as long as Zhu Di was not too excessive.

But Liaodong is different.

Liaodong is subordinate to the Shandong Buzheng Division, and has no relationship with Beiping, and Zhu Di's plan for Liaodong is tantamount to stepping on the red line.

This is also the reason why Zhou Xing first and then Zhuang De dared to disobey Zhu Di one after another.

If it was in Beiping, even before the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhang Yu, who was the left guard of Yanshan, did not dare to disobey King Yan openly.

The regular spring and summer drills of Beiping Zhuwei are said to be carried out as usual, and this is not the usual as people think, but according to the regular spring and summer drills, but the way of the drills has completely changed.

Kaiping Zhuwei.

On the grassland, more than a dozen cavalry teams moved in one direction, converging into a torrent, and behind thousands of elite horsemen, rolling dust was raised, covering the clouds, and it was unstoppable.

After the discussion of the generals of Kaiping, those who went to Beiping to participate in the military exercise were arrayed with all cavalry and did not need to take a railway carriage.

Mi Yun Wei and Mi Yun Guard were notified by Kaiping Zhuwei, and they were so happy that they saved a lot of effort.

"A mouth on the top, a broken leg on the bottom." A veteran put the bowl on the ground and complained.

They gathered from the guard center, only to hear that they were going to Beiping to practice this time.

If the army marches normally, it is generally thirty miles a day, unless there are other requirements or factors, it will exceed this change.

From Miyun to Beiping, the total distance is about 150 miles, that is, it takes five days to march, and it is as high as ten days to go back and forth.

The flag officer comforted: "Practice more now, and there will be no accidents when you go to the battlefield in the future." ”

The sergeants were unimpressed by the flag officer's words.

Who wouldn't say the truth.

The flag officer smiled: "This time the march is changed to a railway carriage, which is different from the past, don't complain anymore, if the people above hear it, I can't protect you." ”

Although the flag officer brought an official word, in front of the villagers, he really couldn't put it on the score, otherwise he would be poked in the backbone.

And the flag officer still has to rely on the villagers to work for him and protect his life on the battlefield.

"I'm afraid that it's too much, I am practicing in the guard center, and I suddenly want to change to Beiping, and I won't let us say it."

No matter how good the above is, in short, in the eyes of the soldiers, they have to walk for days for no reason, and it is they who are hard.

"I heard that it was the little prince's idea, the little prince is still good to us, for the sake of the little prince's face, let's forget it." A well-informed person chimed in.

In a word.

The guards were generally resistant to the new changes, especially to make them harder.

Although he did not dare to resist, his morale fluctuated greatly.

The stone box camp stationed in the important place of Miyun, under the leadership of Qiu Fu, was the first to board the railway carriage at the Miyun Railway Station.

A six-horse railroad carriage with three carriages.

Flat ground.

A pack horse on an ordinary road, the long-distance transport load is two or three hundred catties, and the load capacity of a truck on the dirt road is more than a thousand catties.

Then by means of rail transportation, the long-distance transportation load of a horse can reach eight tons.

Six horses, though not forty-eight tons, had a carrying capacity of far more than thirty tons.

Three thousand people, plus armor, weapons, equipment, flags and other armaments, a total of nine six-horse railway carriages were used.

On the platform.

Nine railroad carriages, each with three carriages, with tables and chairs removed from the carriages, and open on both sides of the carriages.

Not only does it retain the sergeant's sight in the carriage, but it also allows the sergeants to get up and down quickly.

Each carriage carries one hundred and twelve people, exactly one hundred households.

Flags were hung on the carriages, and the carriages were painted with the notations No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4......

Each 100-household team, when arriving at the platform, received the corresponding carriage number of each team, and only needed to board the corresponding number of carriages.

Led by 100 households, people climbed into the carriage curiously, stretched their necks to look out, and most of them were riding the railway carriage for the first time.

"Six horses can pull us so many?"

"I can't pull it."

"It should be able to move, this is running on iron, and if it can't be pulled, it won't be a big joke."

The soldiers exchanged their heads and looked at the new thing curiously.

Each hundred households reported to the thousands, and each thousand households reported to Qiu Fu, and after the confirmation was completed, Qiu Fu took the rest of the people to board the railway carriage.

Several platform flag-bearers raised their flags.

The bamboo whistle sounded.

"Jingle bells."

"Jingle bells."

……

Then there is the sound of bells, and finally the sound of gongs, and the whole platform is filled with the sound of various instruments.

"Ka rub, Ka. Wipe. ”

"Stuck erase...... Card Eraser"

The railway carriage at the front moved, and three coachmen and two apprentices were at the front of the car, the carriage connecting out, and the rear of the car working.

The speed of the railway carriage became faster and faster, the sound of the iron wheels and rails became louder and louder, and the scenery on both sides began to recede.

"It's really moving."

"It's so cool."

The wind that ran poured into the carriage from both sides, making the pores of the soldiers, who had felt crowded just now, feel refreshed.

"Hey, I'll march like this in the future, but I don't have to endure hardship." There are old military families with smiles on their faces.

It's hard work.

Hearing that the army was going to march to Beiping, the soldiers of the guard station complained that the people above did not measure the labor below.

"It's unbelievable, it's unbelievable."

"It's going to change."

The Stone Box Battalion departed from Miyun Station in the morning and arrived in the evening, lined up on the platform, and then marched to the barracks that had been prepared.

Many people have felt the power of the railway.

The speed of the march is incomparable, and more importantly, the physical strength and morale of the soldiers are preserved.

From Miyun to Beiping, it only took one day, and then the army was able to enter the battle after getting off the car, and this change can be described as earth-shaking.

What does this mean?

It represents a new era, just as the Song Dynasty transformed firearms, indirectly changing the milestone of the mode of warfare.

(End of chapter)