"Your Majesty, are you angry?"

In the meditation room of Jiming Temple, Yao Guangxiao didn't expect that his meeting with Zhu Di would be like this.

"The second brother is the one who picks the bricks, he will transfer millions of stones to Liaodong for millions of stones, and he will cry poor if he transfers 500,000 stones to me."

"I look at it now, he just wants to set me up and let me be his puppet."

"No, I have to find a way to get back the military power and the household department, the officials department and the Ministry of Industry."

In the meditation hall, Zhu Di walked left and right, obviously angry with Zhu Gaoxu.

"Hehe......"

Hearing the laughter, Zhu Di stopped and looked at Yao Guangxiao with surprise in anger: "Old monk, what are you laughing at?" ”

"I laugh at you for having Baoyu but treating it as dross."

Yao Guangxiao smiled kindly, and the movement of calculating the Buddha beads in his hand never stopped.

When he said this, Zhu Di slowly calmed down, sat directly on the futon in front of Yao Guangxiao, and stared at him.

"Old monk, the friendship between the two of us has been almost twenty years, didn't you take the benefits of the second child and speak for him everywhere."

"Monks, what can you do with more benefits?" Yao Guangxiao chuckled and shook his head, but Zhu Di didn't believe it after hearing it.

"You said that kid was Baoyu, but I felt that he was one step ahead of me everywhere, making me seem to be pressed all the time."

Zhu Di is a very confident and proud person, he has always felt that he is talented, and this is also the case.

Whether it is fighting a war or governing the army, he is the most outstanding among Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty-six sons.

Now he is beginning to govern and has his own set of concepts, but Zhu Gaoxu is one step ahead of him everywhere, and he thinks of a more perfect way than him.

Although his son is excellent and he is very proud of being a father, once there are too many such things, Zhu Di will inevitably be a little unbalanced.

It is a pleasure to crouch in the back and watch the play, but the results must fall on his head, so that the world knows his talents as a king.

Now he is attached to the second child everywhere, just like his puppet.

He, Zhu Di, is not a person who is willing to be a puppet, he wants to realize his ambitions.

"Your Majesty, don't you think it's good to have the same idea?"

Yao Guangxiao made a pot of tea for Zhu Di, and Zhu Di listened to the sound of tea, and his heart couldn't help but calm down a little.

"It's good to have the same concept, but if it's too consistent, I will feel bored."

Picking up the teacup, Zhu Di said his thoughts, and said, "Old monk, if I ask you to be an official to help me, would you like to?" ”

"You have a prince, why do you need a poor monk?" Yao Guangxiao seemed to say this on purpose, and immediately hooked Zhu Di's anger again.

"You did it on purpose?" There was a little anger in Zhu Di's eyes, but Yao Guangxiao stretched out his hand to continue pouring tea for him, and at the same time said slowly:

"Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, ......"

"This group of people is dissatisfied with the child they like, because the powerful king always thinks that his son is inferior to himself."

"They can find the excellence of their ministers, but they can't see the excellence of their children, and they are full of thoughts about going further."

"You have a child like the crown prince, and he is filial enough, what do you have to be dissatisfied with?"

Yao Guangxiao seemed to be praising Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Di heard that something was wrong, because the emperors and princes he said seemed to have a bad end, and this kind of end could have been avoided.

"Old monk, you have something to say."

Zhu Di untied the veil of the story that Yao Guangxiao had covered, and Yao Guangxiao, who was revealed, didn't feel anything, but still had a kind smile on his face.

"The current Ming Dynasty is extremely strong, and there is the prince's intention on top of the money and grain, and the only problem is the relationship between you and the prince."

"Before His Majesty and the crown prince, there were few cases where the prince could fight against the emperor."

"Even if there were, it was the prince and the emperor who fought and ended up with a joke."

"In this world, there are not a few people who want to see your jokes with the prince."

Yao Guangxiao said, Zhu Di also remembered the leak of today's news, and couldn't help but calm down.

"You don't really have to rush it." Yao Guangxiao said, but Zhu Di retorted:

"I'm forty-two this year, but my body is still healthy, but the second child is already twenty-two, what if he is in a hurry?"

The "success" that Zhu Di said is the throne, and he is obviously still not worried about Zhu Gaoxu.

"If you are really in a hurry, you will not be able to sit on the throne this time last year."

"What's more, judging from what the crown prince has done this year, he is walking a frank and unrestrained road, and it is impossible to force you to abdicate."

"If he really wants the throne, he doesn't need to be reminded by the poor monk, you must be able to think of it yourself."

"Besides, the poor monk said one last word."

Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhu Di, and the Buddhist beads in his hand calculated: "What the prince has done, the merits will undoubtedly be counted on your head by the historian, and future generations will only know that your father and son have a harmonious relationship, and you know how to make good use of them, so that the world can be peaceful." ”

"As for the merits of the crown prince, it is inevitable that he will not be known to the world until he ascends to the throne."

"Using a good person is the best way to show that your merits are better than Jianwen and not inferior to Emperor Taizu Gao."

"How many people did you think about when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne and became emperors?"

"But in the end, the merit is not counted on them."

"Your Majesty's obsession is too deep, and sometimes there is no problem with what the prince says."

Yao Guangxiao clearly said the problem of Zhu Gaoxu's quarrel with Zhu Di, and Zhu Di immediately got up after hearing it and walked left and right.

"I asked you to inquire about the news, but I didn't let you inquire about me."

"The news I want now is ......"

"Yushi Cheshu." Yao Guangxiao counted the Buddhist beads in his hand, and lightly said the news that Hu Lun and Ji Gang had not yet found.

Zhu Di was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Yao Guangxiao to be so fast.

Just before he could speak, Yao Guangxiao said: "He is just a little person who has been pushed out, Your Majesty can kill or not if he wants to, the key is to solve the dissatisfaction of officials in Jiangdong and Zhedong." ”

"The coastal merchant gang has existed since the pre-Yuan period, and now there are hundreds of complicated ones, each of which supports the children of their hometowns, and the children also begin to help after they become officials."

"Not only civil officials, but also many military attaches and lords also accepted money, food, and treasures."

"Once the East and West are successful, it will completely cut off the back road of the coastal merchant gang, and there are too many people involved in this matter, so it is better for you to deal with it carefully."

Yao Guangxiao not only unveiled today's events for Zhu Di, but also made things clear from beginning to end in one fell swoop.

He doesn't say anything specific about a particular person, or he is well aware that power can be top-down, but it can also be bottom-up.

Killing one person can't solve this matter very well, and if you want to kill them all, Da Ming doesn't have the confidence.

Therefore, if you want to deal with this matter, you can only prevaricate and fool the past.

"The matter of the coastal merchant gang, the second brother told me ......"

Zhu Di sat down again and told Zhu Gaoxu that he wanted to set up Nanyang and Dongyang as government-run trade zones, and Xiaoxiyang as a private trade zone, and to collect taxes and inspect taxes in the old port.

After Yao Guangxiao heard this, the calculated movements in his hands slowed down, and after a while, he spoke: "If you do this, there will be a split within the coastal merchant gang. ”

"Among the coastal merchants, Jiangdong and Zhedong are mainly engaged in Oriental trade and secondary in Nanyang trade, while Fujian and Guangdong are mainly engaged in Nanyang trade and secondary in Western and Oriental trade."

"If the imperial court eats up the trade in these three places, then the coastal merchant gang will inevitably die, but if the Western trade is left, it will give the coastal merchant gang hope."

"Even if there are many restrictions on this way of life, as long as they can survive, they will not dare to be so determined to confront the imperial court."

"That's what you say." Zhu Di touched his beard, and said with a flash of inspiration:

"If they are allowed to go to the West with Zheng He, what do you think they will do?"

"Overseas affairs, the poor monk is not very clear, you can go and ask the prince." Yao Guangxiao responded with a soft smile, but Zhu Di was a little deflated after hearing it.

He just asked Zhu Gaochu to get out, and now he has to go to Zhu Gaochu, so where is his majesty as Lao Tzu?

"There's no rush in this matter, anyway, Zheng He will have to take a few months to come back."

Zhu Di said, he also stood up, and looked around: "Tell me if you lack anything." ”

Yao Guangxiao closed his eyes with a smile when he heard this, and continued to count the Buddhist beads and read the Buddhist scriptures silently.

Seeing this, Zhu Di left the meditation room and walked out of the Jiming Temple under the escort of the soldiers.

He also glanced at the place where Zhu Gaoxu's golden chariot was parked, but found that he had already left, and his heart couldn't help but be even more depressed.

"Let Ji Gang go to check the imperial history Che Shu, check as much as he can, find a reliable person after finding out, and clean things up."

"Slave Leader ......"

After getting on the big wheel, the depression in Zhu Di's heart was released by him after a while, and Wang Yan sent someone to inform Ji Gang who investigated the case after responding.

After a while, Da Zhen returned to Miyagi, and Zhu Gaoxu, who was shouted by Zhu Di to stay away, really rolled away.

He went from the inner city to the Dajiao field in the south of the outer city, and met the soldiers and horses in Beijing here...... Jurchen Eight Guards.

"Ready...... Put! ”

"Bang Bang!"

In the Dajiao field, after a year of training, the Jurchen Eight Guards have mastered the coordination of firearms, spears, and cavalry.

Under the control of the gunner, the artillery first carried out long-range solid shell shelling, then turned into a flowering shell shell, and then fixed the buckle of the gun carriage and the buckle of the horse, and the artillery position began to move.

After they left, the musketeers lined up in a skillful line, making three rounds of guns after the whistle blew, and then quickly retreated behind the pikemen.

In this process, the cavalry on the left and right flanks were ready to attack, waiting for the order to charge at any time, so as to cover the two flanks of the formation.

The whole process lasted a quarter of an hour, and this quarter of an hour on the battlefield is certainly a long time, but this is basic training, and it is nothing if it lasts a little longer.

The battlefield is always full of surprises, and it is the general's ability to adapt to changes that is tested.

If it is a cavalry raid, the baggage carts form a formation, and then use artillery and muskets to resist the enemy, which is the way to deal with emergencies.

In addition, there are many ways to deal with the enemy, all of which are invented by Zhu Gaoxu in combination with the background of this era.

These rigid methods are not suitable for geniuses, but they are suitable for most mediocre generals.

For example, in the Battle of Changshan in the Battle of Dalinghe at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Song Wei, who was rewarded with mediocre ability, led the Che Battalion of his headquarters to be besieged by the Qing army with several times the superiority in strength and firearms, but still relied on the Che Battalion to fight fiercely with the Qing army for half a day, causing considerable losses to the Qing army before being defeated.

If it weren't for the fact that Wu Xiang, who was originally sent to reinforce Dalinghe with Song Wei's chariot battalion, refused to cooperate with the command and coordination, and fled with thousands of cavalry, so that Song Wei's flank was completely exposed to the Qing army, then perhaps Song Wei would have more time to improve the deployment of the chariot camp and resist for a longer time.

The Mongols did not have the advantage of firearms, so a well-trained chariot battalion with a mediocre general could completely hold them back for days or even tens of days.

Of course, this method can only be applied to the north, and it is not easy to use it in the south, so for the southern war, Zhu Gaoxu also has a corresponding method, and the Jurchen Eight Guards also added it to the basic training.

Standing on the school platform, Zhu Gaoxu was followed by more than ten Jurchen generals such as Ta Lost, Nimatsa, Dol and Qi.

However, they cannot be called by their previous names now, because they have been given surnames since they were knighted.

Names such as Li Lost, Richard, Li Qi, and Li Chi became their current names.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the Eight Guards now?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the Jurchen soldiers and horses that occupied almost the entire square, and turned his head to ask everyone.

As the person who controlled the Eight Guards, Li Lost stood up and said: "Back to Your Highness, there are a total of 40,000 Eight Guards, 5,000 per guard, and 7,000 cavalry in Beijing in Bohai. ”

"Did all 40,000 people ride horses?" Zhu Gaoxu asked, what he was most concerned about was the mobility of the army.

"There are more than 13,000 horses missing, but the Duke of Liao (Meng Zhang) on the other side of the Bohai Sea wrote a letter, saying that it can be made up in two years at most."

After Li lost his answer, Zhu Gaoxu also went down to personally inspect the training of the Jurchen Eight Guards.

He was very worried that the Jurchen Bawei would not be able to stand the flowery world of Nanjing, but it turned out that his worries were unnecessary.

The training of the Jurchen Eight Guards did not fall behind because of the literacy class, but became more united and sensible after learning.

Of course, all this is still due to Zhu Gaoxu's requirements for direct soldiers and horses in Beijing.

In order to prevent the fall of the soldiers and horses in Beijing, Zhu Gaoxu gave the quota of 16 guards and two horses.

Among the sixteen guards, the Jurchen eight guards occupy half, and the rest are the eight guards mixed with the old Shangzhi after the reorganization.

The two horses are Yan Zhao Jingqi who listened to the exercise in Beijing, and Bohai Jingqi who listened to the exercise in Beijing.

There were 100,000 soldiers and horses in Beijing, but in reality there were only 97,000, including 80,000 horse infantry and 17,000 cavalry.

The establishment of soldiers and horses in Beijing is fixed, and the last elimination system is adopted, and which guard's soldiers and horses have the worst effect in training will be transferred to the local garrison.

Of course, how to evaluate the effect of this training depends on the thoughts of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu.

Generally speaking, this sharp sword hanging above the heads of the soldiers and horses is always vigilant against them, so that they dare not relax at the moment.

What's more, they have also received news recently, it is said that the emperor is preparing to go on a northern expedition, so he will definitely choose soldiers and horses from the upper ranks to accompany him.

No one wants to miss such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so they will naturally train harder.

"Your Highness, is the establishment of 3,000 people still for us or for the people of the North Sect?"

Li Shu asked Zhu Gaoxu that the North Church Farm he was talking about was another Church Farm opened by Zhu Di in the Purple Mountain, because the Great Church Farm was in the south, so the Purple Mountain Church Farm was also called the North Church.

The soldiers and horses stationed in the North Sect were a mixture of the old Shangzhi and Yan Mansions, and the number was 3,000 more than the Bohai Soldiers and Horses of the Great Sect Field, which they called the South Sect Field.

It was precisely because there was still a vacancy of 3,000 that Li Lost asked Zhu Gaoxu.

It's just that in the face of his inquiry, Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, but after a while, he shook his head: "These 3,000 establishments are indeed from the Great Sect, but I am not going to select soldiers from Nanjing, and I am going to recruit them from the people in Xining." ”

Zhu Gaoxu wanted to confine Qinghai-Tibet, so he naturally needed people who could overcome altitude sickness, so the Xifanhe State Guard Cavalry left by Zhu Yuanzhang became the direction of his attention.

"Then we are also here to train this army and horses, right?"

Li Yu subconsciously asked, but Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "Li Ying, the commander of Xiningwei, is my old friend, his father Li Nange has been fighting in Qinghai for many years, and he has also followed his father to fight for more than eight years, and he can adapt to the changes on the plateau, so I am ready to ask you to instruct him to train this Western firearms horse infantry." ”

Li Ying, this person who has disappeared for several years was mentioned by Zhu Gaoxu, except for Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan, no one around Zhu Gaoxu knew that Zhu Gaoxu actually knew him.

At the beginning, he was cleaned up by Zhu Gaoxu in the big teaching field for many years, and his unruly temper was also suppressed.

In order to see if he had really changed his character, Zhu Gaoxu also sent people from Xichang to Xiningwei to inquire about his reputation in the local area.

If Li Ying really changes his temperament, then Zhu Gaoxu will have a candidate for Qinghai-Tibet.

With 3,000 firearms and horse infantry plus 3,000 Hezhou Weitie cavalry and 4,000 foot soldiers in Xining, this 10,000 soldiers were enough for the Ming Dynasty to confine the Qinghai-Tibet region.

Zhu Gaoxu had his own thoughts, and Li Lost didn't say much when he heard this, but asked: "I heard that Your Majesty is going to send troops to Wuliangha next year, so do you have our quota for soldiers and horses in Beijing?" ”

"I will fight for this, according to the situation, it should be two guards in Beijing, two guards in Beiping, and two guards in Bohai."

Zhu Gaoxu gave a promise, which made Li Lost and others feel a lot more at ease.

Seeing their appearance, Zhu Gaoxu also smiled and patted Li Wei's shoulder: "I know what you are worried about, but these worries are superfluous. ”

"There are still many battles to be fought in the imperial court, and Uliangha is just the appetizer, and Tatar and Warat are the main meal."

"After taking Wuliangha this time, the Modong region will be assigned to the Daning Dusi, and at least three guards will be set up in the local area."

"Many of you are familiar with it, and I want to send you to garrison, but I'm worried that you won't be happy to go to Modong to endure hardships......"

"Your Highness, where are you talking about this!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Li Lost and others immediately made a move:

"If you say a word, we will set off immediately, not to mention that fighting a war is already a common thing for us, and it is more suitable for us to defend the border than to train troops in the capital."

Li Shi is not wrong in what he said, most of the Jurchen Bawei are around twenty or thirty years old, although they are nostalgic for the prosperity of Nanjing, but they are more yearning for meritorious service.

During this year in the capital, many people said that they were only able to get knighthoods because they were just following the right people, and they did not evaluate their abilities at all.

This made them all hold their breath in their hearts, wanting to prove themselves on the battlefield and prove the Jurchen Eight Guards.

This youthful vigor made Zhu Gaoxu happy, so he said with a smile: "To deal with Uliangha, it is useless to use you, but in the future, to deal with Tatar and Warat, then you will need to contribute." ”

After pacifying everyone, Zhu Gaoxu inspected the Great Sect again, and after making sure that the Jurchen Eight Guards did not slack off, he said goodbye to Li Shu and the others, and returned to the palace under the escort of the Bohai Elite Cavalry in a golden chariot.

It's just that he just returned to the inner city when he saw Hu Lun waiting at the city gate.

Seeing him appear, Zhu Gaoxu also asked people to stop the golden bridle, and only after he got in the car did he ask: "How is the matter investigated?" ”

"We haven't found out yet, but Jinyiwei's side has already started to collect charges." Hu Lun opened his mouth and continued:

"According to the news of Jinyiwei, it was a rumor spread by Che Shu, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but according to his official position, he did not have the ability to obtain this news, so the minister checked the officials who communicated with him recently, and found that most of them were officials from eastern Zhejiang."

"If nothing else, this news should have been spread by Zhedong."

Hu Lun didn't speak again, but waited for Zhu Gaoxu to make a statement.

"Don't dare to be a bird, and push out a substitute for the dead."

Zhu Gaoxu sneered, but he didn't take this matter to heart.

With this incident, he has solved the problem of the vassal king, and as for the matter of the coastal merchant gang, he is also ready to release the news of the official trade zone and the private trade zone.

The coastal merchant gangs can't be wiped out, and Zhu Gaoxu has to use them to check and balance the government-run maritime trade, so as to avoid being blindfolded and ignorant of overseas news.

Therefore, he is ready to use the news of the government-run and private trade zones to create contradictions between the coastal merchant gangs.

Their interests are inconsistent, and they can't unite even more, otherwise Zhu Di would not have implemented the Western policy so easily in history.

Now Zhu Gaoxu wants to take advantage of their contradictions to pull out the maritime merchants who can go down with the imperial court, divide the maritime merchants who do not support the imperial court's policies, and then give this group of maritime merchants who do not support the imperial court to Shunteng to see if the treasury can be filled more.

Thinking of this, he asked Yishiha to stop the carriage, and after thinking about it, he wrote down the affairs of the government-run trade zone and the private trade zone.

A quarter of an hour later, after he had finished writing this article of several hundred words, he dried the ink and handed it to Hu Lun in front of him.

"Spread the news, and I want the entire Jiangnan and Fujian and Guangdong regions to know about it."

"When the news spreads, you take the West Factory to check for me how many smugglers there are in these places."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Hu Lun indifferently, Hu Lun took the article with a tight pair of hands, and after reading it at a glance, he knew what his Royal Highness wanted to do.

"Command!"

Hu Lun returned the salute, and then walked off the golden brim.

After he left, at the signal of Zhu Gaoxu, the golden team continued to rush to Miyagi......

(End of chapter)