Chapter 8: Where does the soldiers come from (2)

"Your Majesty, the Censor Huang and the others are here!" Xu Yingyuan came in and bowed.

"Let them all come in, and bring three more chairs to the three of them!"

"Slaves obey the order!"

After a while, Huang Zongxi, Wei Xuelian and Yang Zhiyi entered one after another. First, they saw Shi Kefa, who had already sat beside him, were slightly stunned and hurriedly knelt down side by side to salute Zhu Yinglong.

Zhu Yinglong asked the three of them to sit flat, then gave them a seat, and then said to the three of them with a smile: "I came to you today to discuss how to demote you!"

When the three of them heard this, they all looked surprised on their faces, but seeing that the emperor had no cold expression on his face, they said to them with a smile, and they couldn't help but have some speculation in their hearts, look at me, look at you, and finally pushed Huang Zongxi out and said, "I don't know what the emperor means?"

"I know what you do in the Imperial Academy, but the so-called Qingliu people are so powerful that I just want you to light a fire. I don't want you to burn yourself. A spark can start a prairie fire and the seeds are sown. As long as they don't die, it will eventually break through the obstruction of the soil and take root and sprout. Do you understand that I said so much?" Zhu Yinglong said to them so seriously.

Among the three, Huang Zongxi was the youngest, but he was the leader and the one with the strongest comprehension. After hearing this, Wei Xuelian and Yang Zhiyi's eyes were confused, and even Shi Kefa was slightly stunned. He seemed to understand the true meaning of Zhu Yinglong's words. A trace of wisdom flashed in his eyes and leaned over and said, "The emperor is wise, I understand the emperor's painstaking efforts!"

Zhu Yinglong nodded with a smile, and was worthy of the great thinker in the future. He turned to Wei Xuelian and Yang Zhiyi and said, "You two should discuss with Huang Zongxi more when encountering problems in the future. Do you understand?"

Wei Xuelian and Yang Zhiyi looked at each other. Although there was still a fog in their hearts, Huang Zongxi already understood the holy intention. Isn’t it enough to go back and hear him? He immediately leaned over and said, “I obey the order!”

"Okay, very good. You three will not go to the school these days. In addition to handling the official duties, just follow Shi Kefa and learn more. It will be useful in the future!" Zhu Yinglong said.

Speaking of leaders, Shi Kefa, the first among the young and backwards in Qiandi, is Shi Kefa. He not only followed the emperor for the longest time, but also the most trusted confidant in front of the emperor. He is currently the highest official rank, and the achievements he has made in the capital should also be the first. Of course, the people taught by the emperor are naturally extraordinary. Although Huang Zongxi and others have not been too short of their time, they have learned much less than Shi Kefa, who is in front of him.

"Your Majesty, this?" Shi Kefa felt quite embarrassed. He couldn't even get busy with his own affairs, so he had no time to teach them.

"It doesn't matter, you do your thing. The three of them are watching from the side. Don't you secretly collect many handwritings? Just learn it for them by yourself!"

"I obey the order!" Shi Kefa hurriedly responded.

As soon as he heard the emperor's handwriting, Huang Zongxi and his three-person three eyes shone brightly, and they wanted to take Shi Kefajia home and take it out now.

"Okay, you all go back first. The court has a lot of things. I can't keep you too long." Zhu Yinglong waved his hand and asked them all to go back.

The four of them hurriedly left the Palace of Harmony again. Huang Zongxi and the other three couldn't wait to set up Shi Kefa and leave. The emperor's handwriting was so attractive to them. They didn't know how many of the emperor's wonderful ideas they had seen. Now the cat smelled the fishy smell. Why don't you go and look for it desperately?

The four of them left with ease, but the ones who left Zhu Yinglong were endless troubles, because there were more than 100 memorials impeached them. I was dizzy when I looked at these memorials of impeachment. Among them, many of them were jealous. They were jealous of Shi Kefa and did this and that, and they were all things that made a lot of money. The oil and water were great. They were honest as water, who believed it?

"Your Majesty, it's time to have dinner!"

Before we knew it, the sun had set in the west, and the Yangxin Palace had already lit a big red candle. The red candlelight had replaced the sunshine that had been working all day.

"Then let's pass the meal!"

"Sister obeys the order!" Xu Yingyuan leaned over and walked out.

"Yanhong, Yanhong, Yanhong!" Zhu Yinglong shouted three times without any agreement. Then he remembered that he had scolded this girl today and didn't know where she was now?

"Oh..." Zhu Yinglong sighed.

"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty would even sigh!" Da Yu'er walked in with a big red lacquer plate. He heard Zhu Yinglong's sigh. She knew that Zhu Yinglong would not kill her, at most, it would be punished. So when there was no one else, the eunuchs in the Yangxin Palace were Zhu Yinglong's confidants, and no one dared to tell anything about it. So this girl is braver as she practices. You must know that Da Yu'er in history is now as a human being with her tail between her legs, and she is still an unknown little girl!

"What does my sigh have to do with you?" Zhu Yinglong shot a sharp look at Da Yu'er, and Da Yu'er quickly changed her mouth and said, "Dare you ask why the emperor sighs?"

"Do you want to know?" Zhu Yinglong asked with his eyelids slightly closed.

"I don't want to!" Da Yu'er said without thinking.

"It's okay if I don't want to. I was going to talk to you!" Zhu Yinglong sighed, "What should I have for dinner today? Let me see?"

Da Yu'er knew that Zhu Yinglong was teasing her, and pretended to be angry and brought the big red ground lacquer plate to Zhu Yinglong. A bowl of full and crystal rice, a plate of tomato scrambled eggs, and tomatoes were just introduced. Ordinary people could not eat it. A plate of green pepper shredded pork, a braised crucian carp, a bowl of green vegetables and tofu soup, a standard three dishes and one soup. Zhu Yinglong, who came from three hundred years later, knew what a healthy diet is. You can eat delicacies, but you can't eat it every day. Tiger whip, bear paw, ginseng, and deer antler can be supplemented, but you can't supplement it every day. These four dishes are Zhu Yinglong's favorite food. Only one person can cook this kind of dish with his heart, and that is the bright red.

She was apologizing to her. How could Zhu Yinglong not understand Yanhong's thoughts? It means that she did not blame herself in her heart. She immediately felt relieved and let the eunuch who tried it eat it and then swallowed it.

While having a meal, Zhu Yinglong was thinking about the idea of ​​recruiting refugees from the land to serve as an official army. There was still feasibility, but it was probably not so easy to operate. So he hurriedly asked Xu Yingyuan to take the copy of the memorial of the governor Hu Tingyan, who had been in Shaanxi for three months, Li Yingqi, and Lu Xiangsheng, and then sent people to the Junji Pavilion and Jingren Palace to invite Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi to come over to discuss the idea of ​​Shi Kefa.

When the two came over, they didn't eat. Zhu Yinglong had to order the imperial kitchen to cook a few side dishes and set up a banquet to talk while eating.

Both of them knew the difficulties faced by the court. The sea grain channel was cut off by Zheng Zhilong, and the heavy grain production area in Jiangnan was controlled by Wei Zhongxian from Nanjing. Although it was impossible for a grain of food to be unable to be produced, Wei Zhongxian recently increased the crackdown on grain smuggling, and he also needed to hoard grain. He tried to win without fighting.

Although the grain output in Sichuan is not low, it is not peaceful anywhere, and it is difficult to transfer. The Shu Road is difficult. The grain transported is only enough for Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places. There are also military rations on the three sides, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and Anhui are suffering from disasters every year, and the Yellow River is flooded every year, and drought is drought every year. It can be said that these natural disasters and man-made disasters have helped the Jin people a lot. By the time they entered the Central Plains, the Little Ice Age passed and the disasters were greatly reduced. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty in history could last for at least more than ten years.

To sum up the results of the suppression and repression reported by Lu Xiangsheng, there were 170,000 to 180,000 young and strong men. Many of them were defeated and fled soldiers in the Battle of Sarhu. There were also many border troops who could not bear the hard life of the border and the wantonly deducting and exploitation of officials. There were more than 600,000 soldiers and horses in the nine borders and eleven towns. In addition to Jiliao, the governor of Xuanda was in charge of Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, and Taiyuan Town; the governor of Shaanxi three borders was in charge of Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, and Gansu Town. There should have been more than 400,000 generals and officials, and they would have to spend about 4 million taels of military pay every year. This is not considered military farming. If there were no military camps, I am afraid this

The number will be more than doubled. But now, I won’t know if I don’t check it. I’m shocked when I check it. I didn’t expect that the army had become so decayed. Hundreds and thousands of people mutinized and ran away from the military camp, but they didn’t report it. They took empty wages and the soldiers ran away. The court’s salary was taken. The number of troops was severely reduced. Under the combat effectiveness, the weapons and equipment were seriously insufficient. It’s really unimaginable to rely on such an army to resist foreign enemies. Fortunately, Mongolia has not unified into a powerful country. Otherwise, even if he became a firefighter captain, he would not have time to put out the war everywhere. I really want to raise the flag and fight the whole country and change the dynasty!

Tolerance, now we can only endure it. Everything must be put first. After we deal with Wei Zhongxian, a castrated person, we should take action against these borers in the army. Don’t think that he, the emperor, can only reform and will not kill people!

After a fierce discussion, we finally came to a conclusion that Shi Kefa's proposal was still feasible, but the question was what to do, and who to lead the army south. Zhu Yinglong originally wanted to be Hong Chengchou, but if he really recruited refugees as an official army, he, the commander with the reputation of "butcher", would be difficult to control those refugees who had been suppressed by him. If a mutiny occurred in the middle, it would be bad, so he had to choose another general.

"Your Majesty, why not draw a few generals from Liaodong to come here!" Xiong Tingbi suggested.

"Mr. Xiong's proposal is good. Liaodong generals and subordinates are all good at fighting. It should be no big problem to draw a few of them now." Sun Chengzong also echoed.

"What I mean is that not only will it be drawn from Liaodong, but also from the 11 towns in the nine borders. What do you think, two sirs?" Zhu Yinglong looked at the two of them with his eyes shining.

Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and said in unison: "The emperor is wise!"

"Who is the best coach?"

"I am willing to go!" Xiong Tingbi asked for a fight.

Zhu Yinglong shook his head and said, "I summoned you back to hand over the new army in the Beijing camp to you and let you train a powerful army for me. I have told you a long time ago that I will not let you go."

"Does the emperor like Lu Haotian?"

"Those who know me are still you, the old dean!" Zhu Yinglong said with a smile.

"Lu Haotian commanded a 50,000 army without such a large battle, and it was not enough to have enough experience in dispatching troops and generals. I am afraid it is difficult. But as this important task and this battle is of great importance, the emperor should let Weichen go and train the new army and local affairs to him. When Weichen recovers Huguang and lets him go to guard, Weichen will come back and take over him." Xiong Tingbi said.

"The old minister also feels that an experienced veteran must take action in this battle. The old minister agrees with what Lord Xiong said." Sun Chengzong persuaded.

Zhu Yinglong thought carefully and felt that the two loyal ministers were very reasonable. To recover the fate of Huguang relations, you must not act hasty and be advised. He nodded and said, "I don't think about this. I originally wanted Xiong Aiqing to take over the new army. First, Xiong Aiqing has rich experience in leading troops, and second, I also wanted him to rest for a while and get together with Li Niang. I didn't expect that I would have to let you go in the end!"

"Xiong Aiqing, how long does it take to prepare?"

"The emperor gives me three months, which is enough."

"No, it's too long. I can only give you two months. In two months, your 50,000 army must go south. Before the New Year, you must take over the entire Huguang area and return to Beijing for the New Year!"

"I obey the order!" Xiong Tingbi knelt down half his knees on the spot and said loudly.

"You will leave Beijing in three days. As long as the Ministry of Works has, you can get as much as you want. I will give you a special order to the Ministry of Works!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

It was only now that it was dawn and the three kings and ministers had really talked all night long.
Chapter completed!