"Bang bang bang-"

At night, the Nanjing Imperial Palace is bustling with lights inside and outside, and the palace is inexplicably warm.

Zhu Digao sat on the golden platform in front of the gate of the canopy hall, wearing a winged crown, and wearing a scarlet dress with a plate collar and narrow sleeves.

The front and back of the regular clothes and the shoulders are embroidered with a gold plate dragon pattern, a jade belt around the waist, and leather boots under the feet.

Beside him, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were sitting on the left and right chairs respectively, were also wearing scarlet regular clothes and a crown of wings.

In the square of His Royal Highness Huacani, hundreds of civil and military officials sat at hundreds of round tables, and when the time came, they all got up and toasted the three people on the high platform.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on your triumphant return, long live, long live, long live, long live......"

Facing the courtiers' gifts, Zhu Di sat firmly on the chair, his face revealing a little pride, and raised his wine glass to drink with the courtiers.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and colorful fireworks burst out over the palace.

That kind of brilliant light makes people can't help but indulge in it, and it adds to the prosperity of this banquet.

The interweaving of fireworks and the sky is like colorful silk, which makes people feel refreshed.

Under the backdrop of fireworks, the palace seems to have become another world, and the luxurious and spectacular decorative details show the rich cultural heritage of the Han family.

Colorful lanterns were erected on the Huagai Hall Square, and the colorful lanterns of light illuminated the surroundings and dispelled the night.

Because the kitchen of the court and Guanglu Temple in the early Ming Dynasty were carefully selected, and Zheng He brought back a lot of spices from his trip to the West last time, the palace delicacies made at this state banquet were refreshing and indescribably delicious, making people intoxicated with the pleasure on the tip of the tongue.

The surrounding palace maids wore brocade clothes and embroidered skirts, pouring wine for the ministers on the Huagai Palace Square, and at the same time, they were responsible for serving the food brought by the eunuchs.

This scene of bright fireworks and busy beauties makes many people intoxicated and full of prosperity.

"Arrogant in the face of thousands of waves, hot blood is like the red sun, courage is like iron and bones are like steel, and the mind is thousands of feet long, and the vision is thousands ......of miles long."

Although it is full of prosperity, when thousands of musicians play music, and hundreds of soldiers in military uniforms sing songs in unison, the song "Men should be self-reliant" undoubtedly suppresses the greed in the hearts of the ministers and awakens the bloody side of men.

"It's a good song, and the way it's sung is good."

Zhu Di stroked his beard and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with satisfaction.

"This is a group chorus, which can be accompanied or unaccompanied, but it requires a high degree of unity of the singer's single voice and the harmony of the melody between the voices, which is one of the most popular and widely participated music performance forms discovered by Erchen."

Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Di explained the difference between this kind of chorus and the past, and for Zhu Di, the bosom friend of the Son of Heaven, he could naturally understand what Zhu Gaochu meant.

"That's good, I like ......"

Zhu Di nodded frequently, simply liking this way, and Zhu Gaoxu also bowed his head in response when he saw this.

Compared with the two, Zhu Gaosui is obviously not interested in this way of singing, he prefers the glamorous sounds composed by Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu has composed more than 90 songs, including the military song "Song of the Army", as well as the "Elephant King's Walk" and "Breaking the Array Music" suitable for the state banquet, as well as the beautiful sound of "Fengyue" and other tunes.

These tunes have long been spread, especially the official prostitutes and musicians on the 16th floor of Nanjing, who have almost choreographed "Fengyue" and "Blue and White Porcelain" into dance music.

That kind of dance music is the dance music that Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaochi like to watch, especially "Fengyue".

Almost all Western musical instruments can find a suitable replacement in the Ming Dynasty, but the style of music is different from this song.

"It's a pity that your mother doesn't like this excitement."

Zhu Di sighed, he just came back yesterday and went to see the Xu family, in order to say some whispers, Zhu Di also drove Zhu Gaoxu and them out, and he and Queen Xu were alone in the Huagai Palace.

The two chatted for a few hours, and it was not until the dinner party that everyone entered the palace for a family banquet, and then Queen Xu asked Zhu Di to send her back to the Qianqing Palace.

It seems that Zhu Di is back, and she will not be so lonely when she lives in Qianqing Palace again.

Zhu Di nodded naturally, personally helped his sister-in-law to get on the big wheel, and returned to the Qianqing Palace to rest.

That is, Queen Xu can't stand the toss, otherwise he might want an eighth child.

At present, Empress Xu's illness, Zhu Gaoxu suspects that it is caused by continuous and frequent production.

From the time Hongwu was canonized as Princess Yan in the ninth year to the birth of Princess Zhu Zhiming of Xianning in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, in almost ten years, Queen Xu gave birth to seven children for Zhu Di in a row, which had already hurt the fundamentals, not to mention that Zhu Gaochi was only sixteen years old when he was born.

The same thing happened to Empress Ma and Empress Tang Changsun, who gave birth to five male heirs for Lao Zhu in seven years, then recuperated for three years, and gave birth to two baby girls within three years.

Empress Changsun of Tang gave birth to Li Shimin's two sons and one daughter, Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Lizhi within three years.

In this era when medical conditions are not yet developed, Zhu Gaoxu does not believe that if there is no damage to the body at such a young age, so many children are frequently born.

Because of this, he was always happy that he met Guo Yan late, and he was also happy that Guo Yan gave birth to an heir later.

After all, the two husbands and wives have been together for thirteen years, even if Zhu Gaoxu puts his family and country first, he can't ignore Guo Yan's intentions for himself and his family.

Now he is eight out of twenty, Guo Yan is six out of twenty, and the two husbands and wives are in love at the same time, and their physical condition is also very good.

Compared with their husband and wife, Zhu Gaochi's side is a little not good.

"Yesterday, I heard from your mother that the head of the Han Palace, Shi Shu, said that your eldest brother fell on the way to worship the Buddha, how is his body now?"

Zhu Di took a sip of his wine glass, and asked Zhu Gaoxu at the same time.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then replied: "I sent an official from the Yunnan Political Envoy Department to see it, saying that I had to lie in bed for half a month, and the imperial doctor of the palace did not dare to prescribe medicine to my eldest brother at will, for fear that he would make up too much." ”

"What's the big deal?"

In order to help his sister diagnose the pulse, Zhu Di studied medicine by himself for two years, so he naturally knew what this meant.

To put it in layman's terms, it means that Zhu Gaochi has eaten too well over the years, coupled with excessive indulgence, he can't even eat tonics if he is not replenished.

Zhu Di can imagine what his greedy boss looks like now.

"Let Princess Han take care of his mouth and body!" With a light snort, Zhu Di stopped discussing Zhu Gaochi.

The father and son set their sights on the state banquet at the same time, watching the ministers pushing cups and changing lamps in the square, which was so lively.

It's a pity that often at times like this, things that disrupt the situation will happen, such as the present.

"Your Highness......"

Yisha cautiously walked to Zhu Gaoxu's side, lowered his head and whispered a few times in his ear, Zhu Gaoxu was a little moved when he heard it.

Zhu Di has been paying attention to Zhu Gaoxu, and when he saw him like this, he asked, "What happened?" ”

"Back to my father, Banzhou consolation made Yang Sheng, Sinan consolation made Tian Zongding, and Sizhou consolation made Tian Chen raise troops to rebel."

Zhu Gaoxu said something that was enough to shake the court, but Zhu Di heard the words and said, "Didn't you already start to quell the rebellion?" ”

"It was postponed because of the rainy season in Qiandi, and now that the rainy season has just passed, they have rebelled before they have sent troops, which is an opportunity."

In addition to Zhu Gaoxu's explanation, he also told Zhu Di about the situation in the southwest at this time.

The 150,000 officers and troops of the imperial court, mainly Mu Chun and Li Jinglong, supplemented by Gu Cheng, Yang Wen, He Fu, Qu Neng, Sheng Yong, Liu Zhen, Qu Yu, Qu Tao and others, have launched a siege of Guizhou.

Now that the rainy season has passed, Mu Chun wanted to wait for the weather to be clearer, and wait for the road to be stronger before setting off with the artillery army, but he never thought that these two toasts would take the lead.

"What did Mu Chun and the other An and Song families do?"

Zhu Di asked Mu Chun and the other two toasts what they were doing, and Zhu Gaoxu explained:

"When the Duke of Qianguo learned the news, he had already led an army of 30,000 from the Qijiang River into the border of Banzhou, preparing to clean up Banzhou first and then the Tian clan, and finally appease the Song and An clans who did not move."

"With an army of 120,000 to contain it, it is impossible for these four Tusi to divide too many soldiers and horses to fight against the Duke of Qianguo."

"As long as the Banzhou Yang clan is destroyed, Cao Guogong will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses from Guangxi to enter Guizhou from the south and cut off the connection between the Tian clan and the Song and An clans."

"Once the connection is severed, the imperial court can mobilize 20,000 soldiers and horses from Huguang to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Tian clan."

"Erchen expects that the war will end in two years at the earliest."

After the cannon appeared, Zhu Gaoxu did not take Guizhou Tusi in his eyes, in history Zhu Di sent 50,000 troops, only the use of the bowl mouth gun this kind of stone cannon can destroy Sizhou and Sina Nan, and set up Sizhou, Liping, Xinhua, Shiqian, Sinan, Zhenyuan, Tongren, Wuluo eight mansions in one fell swoop, it can be seen that the strength of the Tian clan is strong, and the strength of the Ming army is stronger.

Now that there are cannons and generals like Mu Chun, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't think that the Banzhou Yang clan and the Sizhou Song clan can jump for long.

"As long as you are sure in your heart, you can grasp the affairs of the southwest, I can rest assured."

Zhu Di approved Zhu Gaoxu's arrangement, and at the same time said:

"I've interrogated many Tatar officials before, and Warat doesn't have to worry about it for the time being, but Ghost Lichi has to take care of it."

"I want to try to see if I can appease the ghost Lichi."

"Erchen thinks it's unlikely." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, he was very familiar with Ghost Lichi, although Ghost Lichi asked the Ming Dynasty for help in history, this did not mean that he was close to the Ming Dynasty, but in the face of the threat of Arutai, Benjamin, and Warat.

If the ghost power is really sincere to the Ming Dynasty, then it will not send someone to poison Anker Timur of Hami, after all, Anker Timur is a pro-Ming faction.

"I know it's unlikely, but I can take this opportunity to reassure him."

Zhu Di stroked his beard and said in contemplation: "Now that the imperial court has a thousand households in Mobei, it will be able to send troops from the local area to recruit Warat in a few years. ”

"However, I want to try to take Hami and follow the old path of the Han and Tang Dynasties to attack Moxi."

It is not surprising that Zhu Di knew the Mongols well, but he did not know much about the Western Regions and the Han and Tang dynasties in Moxi.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, foreign intelligence work was already difficult, after all, there were either Mongols or Xifans around it, and Mongolia was almost one, and it was difficult to penetrate.

The Han people wanted to know about these places, one was to read ancient books, and the other was to send officials.

However, when officials go to Moxi, they are often supervised by the Warat cavalry, so they can't remember the route clearly when they walk, and the problem of translation makes the northern expedition very difficult.

Zhu Di felt that the army could go north to Hangai Mountain and Jinshan (Altai Mountain) in Hami, but he felt that the Han and Tang Dynasties and Mengyuan could do it, and the Ming army could also do it.

"The old road of the Han and Tang dynasties in Moxi has long been abandoned, and the few roads that remain are mostly occupied by Wara."

"If our army really wants to go to Moxi, and don't mention how to solve the problem of supplies, if it is said that Warat pollutes the water source, then tens of thousands of our army may be defeated without a fight."

Zhu Gaoxu was very glad that he knew the geography and climate, and he was able to further analyze the geography and climate of this era according to the situation of later generations.

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, the Ming army, an army that needs to be maintained by a large number of people, has no choice but to take the road of deserting the Northern Eurasian steppe.

"A little bit of I'll let Yishiha send you a sand table, and you'll know why you can't count on Hami."

Zhu Gaoxu, who had guessed Zhu Di's thoughts early on, naturally prepared a sand table early to let Zhu Di feel the situation in the north more intuitively.

"Don't wait a while, the third child, you greet here, and the second child and I will go and see the sand table."

Zhu Di got up and ordered Zhu Gaosui, who was sitting next to him to watch the whole play, and walked towards the Huagai Hall without waiting for him to react.

"Go and bring the sand table over."

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu also lost his orders, and then got up and followed Zhu Di's footsteps.

After the two of them walked into the Huagai Hall and took their seats, they soon saw Yishiha walking into the Huagai Hall with six soldiers carrying a heavy sand table.

The sand table is one zhang long and six feet wide, ending at the southern end from the line of Xi'an, Luoyang, and Jinan, and ending at Xiaohai (Lake Baikal), Nuergancheng, and the upper reaches of the Jianhe River (Yenisei River) at the northern end.

To the west is the end of the Hindara, and to the east is the end of the slave.

On such a sand table, the topography and water flow of Mongolia's plateau, as well as the topography and hydrological conditions of the Western Regions, Northeast China and Guannai are all clear at a glance, and even fine sand and turf, fine stones, and wood-carved mountains are laid according to the terrain to represent deserts, grasslands, Gobi and mountains.

Based on his own memories and the information obtained during the interrogation of Tatar officials in the past two days, Zhu Gaoxu planted the flags representing the Mongolian tribes and planted the banners of Beshbali in the Western Regions.

"This flag represents a tribe or a city, and it has a note on it."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished all this, he began to show Zhu Di: "With your ability, you don't need me to say it, you can see things from this." ”

After he said this, he returned to the chair next to him and sat down, while Zhu Di held his hands behind his back and watched the sand table while Wang Yan, Yishiha and others were holding candles.

The proportions of this sand table are more detailed than the sand table of the "General Map of the Four Yi Binfu of the World" made by Zhu Gaoxu before, so many small rivers are also presented.

Because of this, Zhu Di vetoed the idea of sending troops from Hami and Gansu at the first sight of it.

The main problem why the Mongolian Plateau is called Mobei and Monan is that there is a huge Gobi Desert between Mobei and Monan.

The Great Gobi Desert in Mongolia is the northernmost desert in the world, the second largest desert in Asia and the fifth largest in the world.

From Kaipingwei in the eastern boundary of the Gobi to the Hami area in the eastern part of the Western Regions, its straight line length can reach 3,000 li.

If you include the Gurbantunggut Desert in the north of Hami, the length of the east-west straight line can reach more than 4,600 miles.

Even in the later generations, it will not be easy to travel from Hami to Uriya Sutai, let alone this era.

In order to avoid the Great Gobi, Zhu Gaoxu deliberately developed the Modong Sanwei in order to save a large amount of grain and grass expenses with the help of water transportation on the Nenjiang River.

Without the Nenjiang River, the Northern Expedition would not have cost so little, and it would not have been possible to transport so much artillery and gunpowder and support so many troops to reach the Hulunbuir Prairie.

"Annoying Wen River, Yinma River, Selenga River, Ganwei River (Zabkhan River) ......"

Zhu Di muttered about these marked rivers, and finally looked up at Zhu Gaoxu, squinting his eyes: "You played a good chess move." ”

The distance between these rivers marked by Zhu Gaoxu is basically no more than 500 li, and these rivers are also the reason why the Mongols can live in Mobei.

They brought water and life, and brought abundant pastures, thus making it possible for the Mongols to live in Mobei permanently.

Along these rivers, if the Ming Dynasty had enough population in Modong Sanwei, it could even pull up a team of 300,000 people and supply 50,000 cavalry to attack Mobei.

It's just a pity that Daming can't pull so many people in Modong, and he can't move so many people in a short time, let alone feed so many people.

Looking at this sand table, Zhu Di sighed: "Second brother, do you say that our father and son can take down this Mobei?" ”

"There's no way to rule it for a long time." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, he didn't think that with the current productivity of the Ming Dynasty, he could mine and transport the minerals from Mobei to the south, and at the same time get huge profits.

If there is no profit, then Mobei is a "money-losing goods".

For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mobei at least has the united front value of "Manchu and Mongolian magnates", but for the Ming Dynasty, it is chicken ribs.

If Zhu Gaoxu dared to make those policies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty towards the Mobei magnates, he would definitely be poked in the backbone.

Whether it is to make peace with relatives or to transport money and food, this is almost a policy of losing power and humiliating the country in the eyes of the Han people, especially the Ming people after the two Song Dynasty.

Therefore, before the productivity and transportation capacity are not improved, the weak fetters of Mobei are the only possibility that Zhu Gaoxu can touch.

Occupy the Hulunbuir steppe, maintain a certain number of daring troops, and then deter the Mobei grassland, and at the same time, take the means of pulling one faction to fight the Mongols, using culture and economy to corrupt their magnates, so that they gradually depend on the Ming Dynasty until the Ming Dynasty began the industrial revolution.

As long as he enters the era of industry, as long as he has a train, Zhu Gaoxu can't think of a worse script than the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Lingda clan, found it difficult to innovate and accept industrialization, but the Han dynasty did not have so many concerns.

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, as long as the basic education is done well and the foundation is solid, even if the Ming Dynasty will not take the initiative to industrialization, it will follow after seeing the success of industrialization in other countries.

can do this, even if Daming plays normally, it can't be worse than the Manchu script anyway.

"You're right, you really can't cure ...... long"

Zhu Di thought of the time and money he had spent going north and south all the way, nodded approvingly, and then continued:

"Haila'er Qianhu, you greet Wang Yi well, I'm not in a hurry, but it can't be too long."

As he spoke, Zhu Di sat next to Zhu Gaoxu, held his hand, and pretended to be aggrieved: "Second brother, you have to know that your father is almost fifty years old, and he may leave when he will leave." ”

"You don't want to, let your father and I go with regrets, right?"

"The matter of money and food depends on you, and you will supervise the country in this family, I can rest assured."

"When I cripple Warat, you can also prepare to take the throne at that time."

"What about me, if I am still alive at that time, then I will be the emperor, you will allocate hundreds of thousands of yuan to me every year, and I will move to Beijing, and it will not hinder your eyes."

"If you don't feel at ease, then build a few gardens in Beijing, I'll live in the garden, and the Forbidden City will live for you."

"When it's okay, you go to see me, after all, people are old and afraid of being left out......

Zhu Di said the so-called "words from the heart", and his voice even cried unconsciously.

Looking at this scene, even though he had seen it countless times, Zhu Gaoxu still couldn't help but admire.

It's no wonder that the predecessor will be painted by the old man and it will be difficult to extricate himself, just this acting skill can be won in the future generations, and it is not a matter of holding a handle to deceive the predecessor.

"Dad, you're in good health."

Zhu Gaoxu's hand rested on Zhu Di's pulse, and he came to such a sentence coldly, directly blocking back many of the words prepared by Zhu Di.

"Warat is definitely going to fight, but when and how to fight, it depends on the situation of Modong Sanwei and Bohai."

"When our father and son govern the country, it is natural to open up the territory to the outside world and expand the territory to the internal people."

"Sichuan's new deal has already had results, and now we can also prepare for the new deal in Henan, Beiping, and Shanxi."

"Going to start?" Zhu Di withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and Zhu Gaoxu chuckled when he saw this: "In a few days, you will know after reading the "Yellow Book" and "Fish Scale Atlas" of the household department. ”

"This is only the situation in Sichuan Prefecture, if Mu Chun defeats the four major Tusi and Guizhou successfully sets up the three divisions, then the southwest will be the real people Lai'an, and the imperial court can also go all out to start the north."

Zhu Di stroked his beard: "If you want to start the north, the number of students under your command must be enough." ”

"In addition, when I was in Mobei, there were many officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who impeached the corruption of officials in the New Deal area."

"If you want to carry out a new deal on the north, you have to solve these tricks first."

"Father, rest assured." Zhu Gaoxu's eyes flickered, he touched his mustache, and said confidently:

"There are as many as 200,000 graduating candidates this year......

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