Zhu Gaochi returned to the Wenhua Palace.

The eunuch in charge of the Wenhua Palace, according to Zhu Gaochi's request, brought a list of personnel from the Chunhe Palace and the Wenhua Palace.

Chunhe Palace is connected to Wenhua Hall.

The former is Zhu Gaochi's dormitory, where he lived with his family, and the latter is a place for office, not only a large hall, but also a cabinet, a storage building for ancient and modern historical documents, and a warehouse for various materials.

In a corner of Donghua Gate, according to Zhu Gaochi's instructions, a stable and a garage were set up.

In addition to the main hall, there are two main halls in the Wenhua Palace, and there are many corridors on the left and right, which have become the office places for officials such as the cabinet and cabinet officials, and the office space of the officials of the six departments is opposite the gate of the Wuying Palace.

There are two canteens in the east and west, and all officials, guards, and civil servants eat in the room, and provide four meals a day in breakfast, noon and dinner, as well as tea and snacks.

"The big and small maids and palace maids around Niangniang, and even the girls who take care of their brothers and sisters, as well as the number of people who maintain the daily life of the two palaces, a total of fifty-nine people, of which thirty-two are offered in Goryeo and nine are offered in the Wa Kingdom."

The steward eunuch said fifteen and ten.

That's a lot of numbers.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but compare with the Song Dynasty, which was the dynasty that used the least number of eunuchs, and during the reign of Song Taizu, the number of eunuchs was roughly around fifty.

The Ming Dynasty experienced the Yuan Dynasty and vigorously used eunuchs.

During the two generations of emperors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, a large number of captives became eunuchs, and there were vassal states such as Korea to pay tribute.

In some ways, the Ming Dynasty was regressive.

In order to strengthen the rule over the localities, various bureaus and departments were set up, which not only served the royal family, but also served as military industrial group enterprises, providing gunpowder and firearms to the local armies.

The demise of the Song Dynasty is not a pity, but the regression of civilization is a pity.

"The stables, the garage, the bungalows, the warehouses, the library pavilion, the official library, and the palace material warehouse, hand them over to Zhang Quan in the future, and let Zhang Quan come to me." Zhu Gaochi commanded.

After hearing this, the chief eunuch wanted to persuade him, but he could see the eyes of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, so he could only retreat.

Soon.

Zhang Quan is here.

"Meet His Royal Highness."

"You sit."

Zhu Gaochi said unceremoniously, he grew up with Zhang Quan since he was a child, although Zhang Quan has no ambitions, but Zhang Quan is an ordinary person, not everyone is a talent.

As the center of the world, Zhu Gaochi has seen too many talents.

"I don't know what His Highness has to tell his subordinates?"

Zhang Quan knew that Zhu Gaochi was very busy, and suddenly came to him, he must have something important to explain, and the two knew the roots, although there was a difference between the top and bottom, but they were not overly restrained.

"I want you to come forward and organize the palace affairs bureau."

"Huh?"

Zhang Quan was stunned.

Although he knew that His Highness was very benevolent, he didn't expect that his steps would be so big.

"All affairs will be undertaken by the Imperial Palace Affairs Bureau in the future, and the helpers used by the Imperial Palace Affairs Bureau shall be recruited from good private families, and shall be given first-class treatment, and shall also be protected by the rights of the Joint Office of Migrant Workers."

Zhu Gaochi said carefully.

Female workers are employed in the Chunhe Palace, and male workers are employed in the Wenhua Palace.

If you encounter heavy work such as repairs, the ladies of the Spring and Palace can avoid it.

Jiafu in the Red Mansion, isn't it normal to build the Grand View Garden, there are only women in the Grand View Garden, which is also normal.

With women and men, there are female officers.

Start with the royal family first.

"The cabinet, the house and other places where people are employed are to serve the country, and they cannot be counted as the head of our royal family, and they should be maintained at the expense of the household department, and as for the materials of the palace, the palace will pay for them."

"Then Wuying Palace, there is also the back."

Zhang Quan pointed to the back.

"Father is the same as me here, and grandpa is business as usual."

Zhu Gaochi said.

He only has one wife, and Zhu Di is in love with the Xu family, since this is the case, there is no need for so many people.

Zhu Gaochi has already issued an order to Goryeo, asking Goryeo to no longer pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

After Goryeo paid tribute to the Ming royal family, the concubine ended up in the Ming Dynasty.

The color of wine hurts.

Lu Bu said.

Zhu Di has a great responsibility and can't be delayed by women, so Zhu Gaochi made an idea for Zhu Di.

He opened his mouth and finally closed it.

Da Ming is very strange.

The sage had already decreed that the prince should supervise the country, and the prince would go on expeditions all the year round, and the state affairs would be handed over to His Royal Highness the crown prince to govern, even if the prince returned to Beijing, he did not take back the right to govern the country.

It can be described as a beautiful talk in history.

There has always been a royal danger, and the father and son were killed, but this dynasty did not.

Zhang Quan and Zhu Gaochi grew up together since childhood, and Zhu Gaochi was easy-going, when they were in Beiping, the two visited Beiping.

"Say whatever you want, do whatever you want." Zhu Gaochi said directly.

Zhang Quan looked left and right, and then said: "Young master, you have both children and daughters, and they all seem to be healthy and easy to feed, but what if there is a problem with the heirs in the future." ”

This is what Zhang Quan dared to say.

Zhang Quan's worries did not come out of nowhere.

I now only have a son and a daughter, and the child in Guo Cailian's belly doesn't know if it's a man or a woman.

Although there has been a development in medicine, it is not an epoch-making progress.

Eat a full stomach, keep up with the body's nutrition, combine work and rest, and give birth to a healthy child who is not easy to die, but there is always a probability, although there is progress in production and medical technology, it cannot be avoided.

"If the day my son can't do it, my daughter can do it."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

Zhang Quan was dumbfounded, what kind of words did this look like.

"Leave the future to the future, let's do it in the present." Zhu Gaochi changed the topic and avoided this topic.

Women and men are not only different in their physical structure, but also in their psychological structure.

In his last life, he and his wife have been in love for half a life, although they have encountered wind and rain on the road, but the two have worked together to tolerate and understand each other.

A hundred years later.

What kind of development and civilization the Ming Dynasty has developed to is the era chosen by the descendants themselves.

When this generation of eunuchs is old.

The royal family no longer uses slaves, and what qualifications do the nobles have to use slaves?

In fact, the most important thing is economic development.

Just like in the Wanli period, eunuchs were no longer wanted, but with the bankruptcy of the country's economy, the people could not make a living, resulting in the capital being full of poor people who castrated themselves, and instead of collecting them, they starved to death on the streets.

Equally.

When the people are rich, who will go to other houses to be slaves, on the contrary, the common people can't eat enough, and no matter how good the rules are, they can only be reduced to nothing, after all, people have to eat.

In the coastal areas of the 90s, they worked 16 hours a day, all month long, and the wages they received were only enough to eat, but there were still a large number of migrant workers waiting at the factory gate.

Twenty years later.

A large number of people dislike the poor treatment and wages, and would rather be unemployed than earn money.

What's the difference?

It's just because people are rich.

It's really like in the 90s, when you didn't have enough to eat, you would also rush to grab a job, and no matter how bad the job was, someone would rush to do it.

That's why development is the last word.

After a few days, Zhu Di found that his Wuying Hall had changed, and he asked someone to ask about it, only to know that the changes in Wuying Hall and Wenhua Hall did not say anything.

There are so many things that the boss has changed.

Big things, little things.

Some things will be announced, and some things he will make up his mind.

If you are a father, you may be dissatisfied, but Zhu Di doesn't care very much, he just feels that life is getting worse and worse, and he is contributing more and more, and the affairs of Jingying have kept him busy for a long time.

"There are basically no problems in Jingying."

Zhu Di told Zhu Gaochi.

There are 150,000 troops in the Beijing camp, scattered in the capital and the area of Yingtianfu, which is the defense line of the Gongwei Beijing Division, which must guard against the military generals outside and the military generals inside.

"How did Father change it?"

"Geng Bingwen and Song Sheng are your imperial grandfather's people, Ge Bingwen is the only founding hero, you can't neglect him, the old general Song Sheng has been in the northwest for many years, and he has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty."

"Therefore, Jingying is nominally under the control of the two of them."

"Below, Qiu Fu led 10,000 pig warriors, Wang Cong led 10,000 loyal warriors, and Chen Qi, Zheng Xiang, Xu Zhong, Zhang Xin, Guo Liang, Xu Li, Ping'an and other generals were in charge of the Beijing camp."

"Peace?"

"He is the adopted son of your imperial grandfather."

"Oh."

Zhu Gaochi suddenly realized that he remembered this.

The Jingying camp not only stayed in the capital and Yingtianfu, but also some of them were stationed in the surrounding provinces, at the junction with Yingtianfu, which played the role of monitoring the local army and ensuring that no force could threaten the capital.

It's not a worry.

Historically, Oda Nobunaga of Japan ended the Warring States period in Japan, and who would have thought that there would be a change in Honnoji.

Datang is strong enough.

In the most glorious period, an Anshi Rebellion kicked off the prelude to decay.

Capital.

It must not be an empty city.

If it is not only the political center of the world, but also the military center, some precautions are necessary.

Zhu Gaochi didn't want Zhu Di to lead the army to fight thousands of miles away, but as a result, a villain made a rebellion and took the opportunity to steal his home, and the emergence of the railway brought new changes.

I don't have any communication equipment.

If the rebels arrive in the capital in a thousand days, and the capital is not warned, and there is no army to defend, wouldn't they be directly captured by the thieves and capture the king first.

"Do you have any suggestions?"

"Nope."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

Most of the list of people mentioned by Zhu Di just now is known to Zhu Gaochi, more than half of them are from the Beiping family, and they are all people who can be trusted, and the capital is already impregnable.

"In that case, have you decided whether to go north or south?"

Zhu Di asked curiously.

"The retainer has sent an envoy to Timur."

"Again? Chen Chengke has not been heard from so far. ”

"There is indeed a danger, I have already told Yang Zhong, and it is my ultimatum, either Yang Zhong and Chen Cheng will return safely, or my father will lead a large army to punish Timur."

Zhu Di touched his beard.

He didn't want to move.

"The prestige of my father will surely be sung all over the world and admired by future generations." Zhu Gaochi patted his ass.

Zhu Di smiled.

I don't have any other preferences in my life, so I like to do things on face, so what's wrong.

"Then have you considered how Timur would respond next if he met our envoy of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

He really thought about it.

"Timur was worried about the Ming Dynasty, so he proclaimed himself a minister to the Ming Dynasty."

this era.

The prestige of the Ming Dynasty is enormous.

There are antecedents.

When Kublai Khan inherited the throne of the Great Khan, it was not an orthodox method, and the Mongols were not convinced.

Therefore, Kublai Khan did not have the support of the Mongols, he had very few Mongol troops in his hands, and he was on the weaker side than his opponents, so he chose the Han princes in the north.

Shihou refers to the special system that managed the Han people in the north during the Liao, Jin, and Yuan periods.

Kublai Khan led the Han princes back to the steppe to slaughter the Quartet, slaughtered everything, defeated all opponents, and secured his position.

Even the Mongolian state of later generations did not have a good evaluation of Kublai Khan, and even had hatred, even if this person became the emperor of the Central Plains.

Da Yuan was tantamount to subduing the surrounding khanates.

The Ming Dynasty defeated the Great Yuan again, and since the Hongwu Dynasty, the southern and northern wars have been famous.

Mongolia at this time was not a nomadic tribe that had declined from the world stage three hundred years later, was blockaded by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and could not even make an iron pot.

Whether it was the Golden Horde or the Timurid Empire, a large number of Mongols were still active, ruling Central Asia and West Asia and intimidating the West.

Including some traditions.

For example, every time the Timurid Empire conquered a country, it would first capture the local craftsmen together, lose their freedom, and work for the Timurid Empire like slaves.

Although this mode of production will bring about the regression of productivity and civilization, it still has a role in the early stage, ensuring the urgent productivity needs of nomadic civilization.

This is why Timur declared himself a vassal to the Ming Dynasty.

He's just one of many, but he's stronger.

"Now it is not what it used to be, Timur has already conquered a huge territory, and according to the information I have gathered, this man has just defeated a very large country in the far west, and has mastered a great deal of wealth and grain by means of plunder."

"With their way of fighting and raising war, they can probably put together a combat army of 200,000 infantry and 300,000 cavalry, and go on a long-term expedition."

"So powerful?"

Zhu Di's face was strange.

An expedition of 500,000 troops, and even 300,000 cavalry, is not a simple matter, and Zhu Di thought that only the Ming Dynasty could do it.

"They're different."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

Raiding is the guarantee of their centripetal force.

When the looting was over, it fell apart.

Now is indeed the most glorious period of Timur, robbing the largest country, whether it is his own troops and materials, it is the most abundant period, and he does not need to produce, let alone care about the life and death of the local people.

Just like the same natural and man-made disasters.

Well done old slave.

Killing the poor first, not touching the rich, killing all the poor households, and then killing the rich households, can be described as a sharp means, which not only solved their own food crisis, but also eliminated the signs of resistance.

Later, Houjin entered the customs.

Hou Jin did much better than Li Zicheng.

Directly distributed the local houses, shops, fields, and food to their own army soldiers, as for where the people sleep, what to eat, no food can survive for a few days, and what to do with the post-Jin.

All the troubles below, and completely destroy the people who caused the troubles.

All the grievances above have divided the interests of the people in their entirety.

In a word.

The people are damaged to make up for it, and satisfy all the upper classes.

If the ruling class really does not regard the common people as human beings, and uses the most ruthless means, the common people will not be able to resist, because the common people have no organizational power.

Even when you can't eat enough.

According to later research, as long as the natural disaster restricts the movement of people in various places, the people can only wait for death in the local area.

The Qing Dynasty could do it.

Because the Qing Dynasty had full cities in various places, the natural opposing classes would not be in the same stream as the locals.

The feudal era is about monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons.

There are deeds of cruelty to the people, but they are morally condemned in society and are illegal.

The Qing Dynasty was a slave country, so we don't talk about it.

Just like a lawbreaker and a vicious thug, the harm of the two is completely different.

"Their strength is only for a while, and now Timur's territory has reached the limit, and if you want to go to the land further west, it is geographically very difficult, it is not easy to do, and there is no area around to plunder, I am afraid that in three and five years, the country of Timur will fall apart and fall into civil strife."

"So it's only us who knows."

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes, revealing a murderous aura.

"yes."

"Only we know."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

The only way for Timur to remain strong was to find new countries to plunder, to obtain large quantities of supplies, and to meet Timur's needs.

See Asia.

At the moment, there is only Da Ming.

Historically, Timur did not dare to fight, and later during the Battle of Zhu Dijing, Timur felt that he could take the opportunity to invade.

But he fell ill and died on the road.

What Zhu Gaochi is not clear now is whether history will change.

Timur's attack on the Ming Dynasty was an inevitable direction to maintain the country, but his death was uncontrollable.

The advantages of Timur's attack on the Ming outweighed the disadvantages.

And the Ming attack on Timur did more harm than good.

"I'll go to the Western Regions."

Zhu Di took the initiative to say.

"Don't rush yet."

Zhu Gaochi wanted to wait and see.

If Timur died, it would be the best, the war would naturally stop, and the Ming would concentrate on governing overseas and Southeast Asia.

"Let Zhang Fu go to the Western Regions first, reorganize the army in the Western Regions, if Timur turns around and attacks the Ming Dynasty, his father will lead the Beijing camp, gather the troops from all over the northwest, and fight a decisive battle with Timur in the East Chagatai Division."

"Can Zhang Fu do it?"

Zhu Di hesitated.

In the war in Annan, Zhang Fu's talent was outstanding and won Zhu Di's recognition, but now he wants to let him rule one side alone, Zhu Di is a little worried that Zhang Fu is young and will break the big thing.

Zhu Gaochi supported Zhang Fu.

The generals of the Beiping Department proved their talents through the Battle of Jingyan, but the great failure of the initial expedition to the grassland showed that these heroes were not comprehensive enough when they were in charge alone.

Only Zhang Fu.

This person made extraordinary contributions in the Battle of Jingyan, and in the later period, he went south to Annan and north to conquer the desert, and his performance was amazing, and he could be described as handsome.

Seeing his son's resolute attitude, Zhu Di was not persuading.

The veteran of the Beiping department was useless, and Zhang Fu was used.

In the capital.

Zhang's house.

Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu, the two fathers and sons, are now the most dazzling noble families in the Ming Dynasty.

"The son is dragging down the father."

Zhang Fu said apologetically.

"Where's the word?"

Zhang Yu shook his hand indifferently, "Staying in the capital for my father is the trust of the prince and his son, the capital is not allowed to be lost, you go to the Western Regions, you must be cautious." ”

"The situation in the Western Regions is complicated, and there is a big enemy on the side, and if you are not careful, there is a risk of global annihilation."

Zhang Yu did not directly lead the army, but served in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

The one who directly led the army was Zhang Fu.

"Father, don't worry, His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun uses me, I will definitely not disappoint His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson and ensure the peace of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Fu said firmly.

"Good, good."

Zhang Yu said with a smile.

Soon.

Zhang Fu was ordered to go to the Western Regions.

He was accompanied by Liu Zhen and Huo Zhen.

Liu Zhen was originally a general of Daning, Huo Zhen was a Mongol, and fought for Zhu Di, participated in the Battle of Jingjing, ranked ninth among the heroes, and had a strong ability to charge into battle.

Such an arrangement can be seen in the arrangement of handsome and general.

Zhang Fu is the main one, and the two truths are supplemented.

Jiayuguan.

The local general was a young man named Zhao An, a native of Shaanxi.

"Good work."

"As it should be."

After the two sides met, Zhao An met with Zhang Fu and others, Zhang Fu's face was gentle, like a gentleman, and he couldn't see the shadow of the general, which was amazing.

Afternoon.

Pointing to the map on the wall, Zhao An said with a smile: "The local people are accustomed to calling the Western Regions Province the Western Regions East Province, and they also strive to call the Li Province the Western Regions and the Western Province, and the Eastern Chagatai Division as the Anxi Division. ”

Daming's planning.

The province of the Western Regions extends to Ningxia Wei in the east, including Ningxia Sanwei, bordering the Hetao region of Shaanxi, and the northern part includes the mountainous area of Buzhu, the area of Juyanhai, and the southern part of the Altai Mountains.

To the south of the Kunlun Mountains, bordering with Duogandusi, and to the west contains Hamiwei.

The area of the Yining River valley in the province of Yili includes the large desert on the north and south sides.

The East Chagatai Capital Division is further west, the main forces are east of my Gan, and further west are all mountains and plateaus, although they nominally belong to the Ming Dynasty, but they did not send people to garrison.

It is the same as the original Liaodong Dusi and Nuer Gandu Division in the Northeast.

The Eastern Chagatai Division, that is, the Anxi Division, all supplies came from the Western Regions Province and the Yili Province.

The Yining River Valley is the main grain-producing area.

Then there is the area around Hami in the Western Regions Province, as well as the Hexi Corridor and Lanzhou to produce food to meet the needs of the local people, and hundreds of thousands of people have immigrated and have some savings in a few years.

Relying on the cotton trade, the economic development of the Western Regions Province is not slow.

"The people in the entire region are only one million people, and if Anxi Dusi fights, at least 300,000 troops must be mobilized, and it is absolutely impossible to support them by relying on the local area."

Zhang Fu felt the pressure.

The railway has indeed reduced the burden of transportation, but it has also made the province and Anxi different from the mainland.

The materials that the army wants still need to be borne by the people.

From Weilumu to my Gan, a distance of thousands of miles, in order to ensure the supply of the army, at least hundreds of thousands of people are needed.

No wonder His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince was reluctant to go to war with Timur.

This is not the same as the original recovery of Hami and Yili Sholi.

Looking at the mountains east of my Gan, Zhang Fu couldn't help but think that sometimes it is indeed a favorable means to raise war by war, but unfortunately, listening to the meaning of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, what can be robbed by Timur has already been robbed.

Eat after grabbing, grab after eating, if there is no place to rob, people don't dare to come to Daming.

(End of chapter)