In May, as if to give Zhu Gaoxu some troubles, a hurricane occurred in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and other prefectures on the ninth day of the first lunar month, flooding more than 500 people, drowning more than 500 people, floating more than 1,600 houses, and damaging more than 50,000 stones of grain.

When the news of the disaster reached Beijing, Zhu Gaoxu sent Xichang to command Tongzhi Hu Ji to inspect the disaster, and ordered the Guangdong Political Secretary and the Huguang Political Secretary to distribute relief and food, with 15-year-old adults as adults, three buckets per month for adults and two buckets per month for children.

At the beginning of July, Hu Ji reported that the disaster situation in Guangdong was true, and Zhu Gaoxu issued an order to exempt the people of Guangzhou from paying taxes, and to take 300,000 yuan of treasury money from the Daming Bank in Jiaozhi to buy more than 700,000 yuan of rice and more than 700,000 stones and transport them to Guangzhou, Huizhou, Chaozhou, and other prefectures for disaster relief.

The city of Guangzhou has been cleaned up, and the bank deposits have been counted and there is no shortage.

Zhu Gaoxu replied to the decree, and asked Hu Lun to withdraw 200,000 yuan from the banks in Guangzhou and other prefectures, and ordered the Guangzhou Political Secretary to demolish the houses affected by the disaster, and the government to rebuild the houses at the expense of the government.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu's handwritten letter was sent to the Guangdong Newspaper, and the handwritten letter was published in the "Guangdong Monthly".

[I heard that Guangdong was hit by a hurricane dragon, and the people were panicked and displaced, and the mood was uneasy, so I wrote a monthly report to appease the people and give a promise......]

The words of the military official reminded Li Ying that although the specialties of the Oris Military and Civilian Marshal's Mansion were gold and silver, the local desertification was serious, the oases were relatively scarce, and the roads were rugged and difficult, and the communication with the outside world was not close, and there was an extreme lack of materials.

"Someone from the Yamen?"

Closing the newspaper, a young man in old clothes explained the contents of the newspaper to the group of people in front of him.

Li Ying reluctantly finished speaking, and then turned his attention to the seizure behind him.

Compared with his busyness, Li Ying at this moment is extremely excited.

Zhu Gaoxu's handwritten book is sprinkled with hundreds of words, and the meaning expressed is also very clear.

It's a pity that God doesn't want him to be easy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but get angry.

"I have asked the officials in Guangdong to start demolishing the dilapidated houses damaged by the hurricane, and the imperial court will provide money and grain to help you build new houses, and the affected people will also have food rations to eat, three buckets per month for those over 15 years old, and two buckets per month for those under 15 years old."

"Prince Xuan enters the palace!"

"Well, you just know." Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth:

The eighteenth year of Yongle in history is the third year of Hongxi.

The buildings of the entire city are divided into the royal palace area, the residential area, the temple area, the suzerain, and the defense engineering facilities.

The man who came shouted and shouted: "Someone is coming, someone is coming, the yamen is coming with grain, cement and money, saying that the village officials from all villages have gone to the town to get money, grain and cement, and the royal officials have asked me to call the servants to the town, and all the men will go!" ”

He put down the Zhu pen and got up and walked to Zhu Zhanyan, helping him up and looking up and down at the same time.

"Thank you to the imperial court for relieving us of the siege, this is the gold and silver we have saved, and only with them can we repay the general's kindness to us."

Knowing that the disaster in Guangdong was under control and the people began to rebuild their homes, Zhu Gaoxu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, in the case of this battle, the strength of the Ming army was far beyond their imagination, and with only 2,000 people, they defeated nearly 10,000 troops led by Zaiyin.

Li Ying said this, and the military attachés under his command also operated according to his orders.

"Mother, the head of the barbarian in the south is not worth much, and the old man who has no reward for silver has recognized it!"

The sub-zero weather combined with the highland climate means that only those who live on the plateau all year round can fight hard in such a harsh environment.

In the middle of his thoughts, Zhu Zhanyan withdrew from the Wuying Palace.

"His collusion with Mahamu was told to me by tribute at the beginning of the year."

Half a day later, they followed the river to Zhangxiong City, which seemed to have been ravaged by war.

Maybe he didn't think about Li Ying anymore, so this matter was also pressed deep by the heavy pile in front of him.

In the valley with snow-capped mountains as the background, a one-sided massacre is breaking out at this moment.

"It shouldn't be fake, didn't the emperor just ask someone to send us food a few days ago?"

Fortunately, his qi cultivation skills were good, and after soothing his emotions a little, he continued to calm down and deal with the music.

"I am in the prime of life, and I will pay the debts myself, and when you ascend the throne, I will naturally leave you a full treasury, and when your son ascends the throne, you will do the same."

"There are millions, if not tens of millions, of Mongols to the west, and they may not come back, so if you take the throne in the future, you should not take it lightly."

Li Ying, the commander of the Uszangdu stationed in Lasa, learned the news and immediately sent people to send the song to Beijing urgently, and at the same time personally led 2,000 troops to rush to the aid of the Marshal of the Oris Army and Civilians, and recruited 5,000 herdsmen from Lasa and Qiangtang to transport supplies for the Ming army.

Looking at his back as he withdrew, Zhu Gaoxu was also faintly satisfied.

Of course, the most troublesome thing for Li Ying and others is whether the imperial court will give them credit or not, and how much reward can these barbarians get for their heads.

Nearly a thousand cavalrymen, armed with a rifle in one hand and a short hammer in the other, rampaged through the rout, breaking the spirit of thousands of Kashmiri army.

In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Gaoxu muttered, and this picture seemed to flash in his mind.

"Kill!!"

"It's a good thing, this temple can't stay if it's not smooth enough, people who are too upright can only be courtiers, if it's a king, it's a disaster for the world."

"The relief food will be distributed for three months, and after three months, I hope you will live well."

Also in mid-September, when Beijing was still immersed in late autumn, the Ali region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had already entered early winter.

Today's Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and the government affairs are also complicated, and the Ministry of Rites and Pavilions stationed in various countries also have government affairs, so even if he has delegated a lot of power, the number of recitals is still increasing day by day.

Among them, the royal palace occupies the top of the mountain, the temple is located on the gentle slope of the northeast, the residential areas are mainly distributed in the northern and northwest foothills and slopes, and the defense engineering facilities are organized between the districts, and the functional division of the building complex is clear.

"Southside ......"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanyan had a keen sense of smell, Zhu Gaoxu motioned for him to follow, and said as he walked towards his position:

"That Alitai has a backbone, but he has no strength, so he wants to win over the Taiping and form an alliance with Bal Polo, Mahamu and others to deal with the imperial court."

When Li Ying and the others returned from victory, the former Marshal of the Military and Civilian Marshal of the Orith Army, the grandson of Si Gong who had lost his imprisonment, was leading hundreds of officials to wait for them.

Thinking like this, he gradually walked out of Li Ying's mood of sending troops without authorization.

"See." Zhu Zhanyan nodded: "Now it has been repaired for more than seventy miles, and according to this progress, there will be no problem in repairing it within four years." ”

Zhu Zhanyu's words were very pleasant, and Zhu Gaoxu also chuckled: "The future is the era of the ocean, if I am not worried that my children and grandchildren will not be able to deal with Mobei in the future, I will not work so hard to build a railway and migrate people." ”

"In addition, the construction of houses is carried out by recruiting the victims to build it themselves, so that you can see the sincerity of the imperial court, and at the same time, the wage is forty wen a day."

Si Ruoman, who was in his early thirties, took the officials and monks Li Ying to express his gratitude, and Li Ying also waved his hand when he saw this:

"You are the people of the Celestial Empire, and it is only natural for me to send troops, if that barbarian attacks you again in the future, you can inform me quickly, and I will come to deal with it."

"With the support of the railway and the Nuwen River, it is easy to transfer two or three million grains from the south of the Yangtze River to Mobei every year."

In the eighteenth year of Yongle in history, a kingdom in the Kashmir region attacked the kingdom of Guge, which was the military and civilian marshal of the Ming Dynasty.

"In the past, Hu Lu was repeatedly unable to be exterminated, it was nothing more than relying on the weak logistics of our army and the inability to pursue it deeply."

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Thousands of troops in strange armor were being pursued by less than a thousand cavalry, the hooves of their horses trampled heavily on the fallen corpses, the ringing in their ears was endless, and the occasional trigger of a failed fire could be heard.

"Spread the decree, order Liu Zhao of Duogan Dusi to lead 2,000 troops to Lasa, and inquire about the news, waiting for the opportunity to persuade Li Ying to return to the division."

"Hopefully......"

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty's garrison in Lasa very early, perhaps they would not have asked Lasa for help, after all, the group of monks in Lasa and Sanzhujie didn't look down on these people living in the Ali region at all.

"If the imperial court needs you to go to Beijing to report on your work, then I'm afraid you will have to go and testify for me."

Soon after, as the battlefield was over, they threw thousands of corpses into the river and headed home to the capital of Guge, Zhangxiong, with a cart of armor and weapons.

"Well, you go get busy first, by the way, have you gone to Daming Palace?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but remind Zhu Zhanyan, after all, he was sometimes busy with affairs, and Zhu Di was very bored in Daming Palace alone.

"So, do you know the news of those Hu people?" Zhu Zhanyan's eyes lit up, after all, his official position was too low, and no one dared to tell him many things.

The faces of the victims were sad, but they were not more than a quarter of an hour old, when a voice came running from the dirt road in the distance, and shouted excitedly:

"Yes, yes, it seems that I have learned a lot in Yanran Dusi."

Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache, his tone was a little proud, and Zhu Zhanyu was also surging when he heard it, and he couldn't hide his excitement.

"Is it the Bald Polo's people?" Zhu Zhanyan reads the newspaper every day, although it is not easy for the newspaper to be sent to Mobei, but the quarterly newspaper "Daming Bao", which is only published four times a year, is still a must-see.

Li Ying's rash action disrupted his layout and plans in the land of the West.

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth with satisfaction, but Zhu Zhanyan grinned and said: "In the past two years, those Hu people have pretended to be obedient, but in fact, they have probed our fiction and reality every day, and their sons have been fighting with them every day. ”

In this way, it has been more than a year since Kashmir attacked the Marshal of the Military and Civilian Marshal's Mansion in Oris, and Li Ying has gone over, and it is estimated that the daylilies are cold.

Fortunately, he is only forty-two years old, and his mental strength can still keep up.

"Someone from the Yamen is here! Someone from the yamen is coming! ”

After receiving tens of thousands of rewards, Li Ying also generously gave thousands of weapons to Si Ruoman, and at the same time explained:

"Don't spend this money indiscriminately, save it well, and when the house is repaired, you still need to buy furniture, which you can use to buy or buy rice and noodles to live."

"If it weren't for the fact that a railway could not be built from Songyuan to Hecheng, it would only take a month for supplies from Jiangnan to reach Hailaer City."

Their king, Zaiyin, had fled, leaving their infantry to be slaughtered by the Ming army.

"Well, you need to pay taxes every year, only more, not less."

Zhu Gaoxu did not shy away from these at all, he knew that his body was very good.

"Next, we can build the railway while fighting, and wherever the railway passes, it will be the territory of our Han people, and the land where the sun and moon shine will be the pasture and fertile land of our Han people."

They brought two chests, which were open, and inside they contained the sustenance of Guge...... Gold & Silver.

"He thinks very well, but he doesn't want to think that not everyone has the courage to confront the imperial court."

Looking at the gold and silver worth tens of thousands of yuan, Li Ying's eyes almost widened.

"It's fake, the usual salary is only fifteen yuan, how can it suddenly rise to forty yuan?"

"In addition, if you encounter officials who dare to deduct your wages, you must have the courage to resist, and you don't have to worry about the army and the Soldiers and Horses Division dealing with you, and immediately escort these officials to the barracks, and they deserve to be killed!"

"Although the alliance between Varat and the Tatars has nearly 100,000 cavalry, it is a big egg after all."

Only Da Ming will take care of them, and if Da Ming doesn't care about them, then they will inevitably be plundered this time.

The number of beheadings of the Ming army was designed by Zhu Gaoxu, and it was not as strict as in the middle and late stages of history, but it was much more complicated.

But judging from the armor of the cart behind the Ming army, they killed at least three or four kilograms of Shimiri troops.

On June 17 of the 5th year of Hongxi, the Marshal of the Oris Army, which had not been in contact with the Ming Dynasty for 40 years, suddenly sent monks to Lhasa, and the reason was that they were attacked by forces from the south.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty in Duogan and Uszang has been reduced to 6,000 people, and if the 2,000 people in Lasa are wiped out, it will take several years to train another 2,000 people to be stationed in Lasa.

Although Wang Rong would talk to him, Wang Rong himself didn't know much about the intelligence spying of Xichang and Jinyiwei.

Xiangxiong City is built on an earthen mountain, one mile wide from east to west, two miles deep from north to south, the north of the city is Xiangquan River, the terrain is relatively open; The other east, south and west sides are surrounded by mountains, forming a natural barrier.

"I will take down the land and govern it well, so that the children and grandchildren of future generations can only manage the taxes well, and they will not have to worry about the rest."

"Of course, even if I take Mobei into my pocket, it doesn't mean that there are no foreign enemies in the imperial court."

"Gorou, is it really fake?"

"See Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live Long live ......"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Ying's political intelligence is not high, and after being reminded by the military officials, he said:

"If you have a gun, you can get a money bag."

He had a lot of flesh on his body, and his whole body looked much stronger, and his skin was dark, but he was very healthy.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down, put his hands on the armrests, leaned back in the chair and said:

Zhu Gaoxu was a little regretful, and Zhu Zhanyan also bowed his head and said: "Erchen will go to see the local situation at that time, and he will write to your father afterwards." ”

Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head and dealt with the music, and then after answering Yishu, he threw himself into it.

The number of beheadings of the Ming army was mainly based on the number of captured armor, and the body armor was the main one.

That's why they're willing to take the initiative to maintain their relationship.

At the same time, a footstep was heard from outside the temple.

"Yes, yes, it's definitely not fake, the court is looking at us pitifully to give such a high wage."

"This ......" Hearing this amount, Si Ruoman's face was embarrassed, and he said with a monk's salute: "General, we can't mine so much gold and silver. ”

Li Ying grinned, and at the same time instructed behind him: "Remember the capture, although the imperial court may not give a reward, but after all, there is a hope." ”

"Now I will repair the railway to Hailaer, and even approach Yanran City step by step."

After a full hour, there was no one in the valley except for the Ming cavalry in bright armor and armed with horse guns.

If it weren't for his promise that he would let him lead the army to the north, maybe Zhu Di would be eager to ask him to go to Daming Palace every day to talk to him.

Such scenes occurred in various parts of Guangdong, and for a time the people everywhere sang praises to the imperial court.

"Kill hard!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu was slightly irritable.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back."

A familiar voice sounded, and Zhu Gaoxu kept looking at the door of the hall, so he saw him clearly.

"Really send money and food?!" Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and the next second they immediately reacted, running towards the village that was half destroyed by the hurricane and looked like ruins, shouting as they ran.

"Those who jump off the beam will be punished!"

Zhu Zhanyan's length of five feet nine inches (188cm) is like a little giant in this era, even if he is only two inches shorter than Zhu Gaoxu.

"Relying on the railway, the materials from the south of the Yangtze River can be transported to Hailaer City in a month and a half at most, saving millions of people's manpower."

Of course, he was more worried that after the defeat of the 2,000 soldiers and horses of the Uszangdu Division, the flintlock pistol was captured, so it would affect other places.

Although his father seems to be only thirty-two or thirteen just by looking at his appearance, he is actually forty-two years old.

"If the vulture Polo is cowardly and afraid, he will always only rely on the strong."

"Longchuan, wait until next year's Lantern Festival after the construction of the railway will begin, but unfortunately the local terrain is complex, can not connect Kunming, if you can, then it will save the imperial court a lot of things."

It was precisely because it was dangerous enough that they resisted long enough to hold out until Li Ying and his army arrived.

"It's okay to send troops privately and win the war, but if you lose the war, it's a bit bad."

Yishaha, who was standing next to Zhu Gaoxu, also had a bad face, and only felt that Li Ying was a little too impulsive.

"All the commanders, if it is only us who gains and the court does not benefit, then the court is likely to be guilty and have to fight for some interests for the court."

"You!" Li Ying was angry when he heard this, but the military officer stopped him: "All the commanders are already good, and they don't seem to have too many good things in this place." ”

"Go ahead!" Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand, and his hand grabbed the Zhu pen the next moment, ready to govern well.

Now that two months have passed, Zhu Gaoxu has just learned the news, which makes him feel quite a headache.

The eunuch on duty suddenly spoke, Zhu Gaoxu paused the pen in his hand, raised his head and said, "Xuan him in." ”

"Forty wen?"

"Give them the captured weapons, these things are not worth much if they drag down the team."

"When you go south this time, you should see the Mobei Railway under construction, right?"

The buildings of Xiangxiong City are stacked on top of each other along the mountain, from the ground to the top of the mountain, layer upon layer, forming a group of majestic buildings, and the overall drop is full of 100 zhang.

When the news came back to Beijing, it was already mid-September of the fifth year of Hong Xi.

"In addition, let Si Ruomanra, of the Marshal of the Army and Civilians of Oris, recruit two thousand men and transport these things to Lasa as trophies."

That is to say, the capture of a cuirass is equivalent to the decapitation of a person, and the weight of a cuirass ranges from more than ten catties to more than twenty catties, which is more troublesome to carry.

"That's right, four years." Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, with a little pride on his face:

"Sons are taught." Zhu Zhanyan said that he was taught, and then he spoke: "Then the minister will go to see his mother and brother." ”

"If the court needs it, we are willing to pay a tribute of one hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver every year......"

Zhu Zhanyan showed a smiling face, and without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to answer, he took the lead and said: "I told my grandfather that I wouldn't, but now the treasury is very full. ”

"Bang Bang Bang

Zhu Gaoxu can only make amends, after all, in his opinion, the strategic value of the Ali region in this era is not large, and after a few decades, if the science and technology of the Ming Dynasty progresses, it will not be too late to march to the Ali region at that time.

The reason why Li Ying rushed to Guge's aid was precisely because the monks who went to Lhasa said that Guge was rich in gold and silver mines, and that they would give a reward after the official army rushed to help.

"That's about it."

"Of course, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court also need money and food to maintain, so from now on, the Oris Military and Civilian Marshal's Mansion needs to pay a tribute of five hundred taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver to Lhasa every year!"

"The son knows, please rest assured father." Zhu Zhanyu was solemn, and Zhu Gaoxu also bowed his head and said:

Standing aside silently, he just bowed to Zhu Gaoxu with a smile and said:

"Your Highness seems to have come into contact with a lot of things, and it is much more sleek than before."

"Don't be, for the sake of the monarch, you can't be reckless, you should be overbearing, and you should grasp the military, politics and economy."

Now it seems that those two boxes of gold and silver are worth at least tens of thousands of yuan.

"I've been there, grandpa asked me to ask you, should the Northern Expedition be postponed?"

In a short time, hundreds of men gathered towards the town.

"A little nonsense, not to worry about." Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache, Daming was in his hands, and he was not afraid of any force.

Li Ying's voice fell, and he no longer wanted to continue to say anything, but at this time, the military officer on the side opened his mouth and said in Chinese:

The eunuch on duty sang the salute, and between breaths, he saw a figure walking into the Wuying Palace.

This group of buildings, with its backdrop to mountains and rivers, occupies a favorable terrain, and fully considers the factors of war and the functional requirements of defense.

"If Mobei can be included in the territory of the national dynasty, then my father will be the first person in my Han family to open up a county in Mobei."

"You go south this time, first rest in the capital, accompany your grandfather, and then go south to Yunnan after the Lantern Festival next year."

"I know that the people of Guangdong have been attacked by the dragon, and many people are afraid of displacement and their mood is difficult to settle, so I am now handwriting a monthly report to appease the people and make promises to you."

At the beginning of this year, he had to send the Vulture Polo to pay tribute, so he could think of the news that the Vulture Polo had sent.

Not only him, but even the Ming army behind him was the same.

After his southward administration this time, if he can come back to help him, it will be considered filial piety.

Not only him, but even Zhu Gaoxu felt the same.

A group of people who had been stricken were gossiping, and the young man scratched his head and said:

"Anyway, it's written in the newspaper, it's impossible for the yamen not to do what the emperor says, right?"

"I will definitely testify for the general!" Si Ruoman returned the salute, and Li Ying saw this and arranged for the army to camp outside Zhangxiong City.

The next morning, with a slight trepidation, he set out on the rough road back to Lasa......

(End of chapter)