"The emperor's fifth brother led the Wanping camp, escorted Taipu Temple's 400,000 taels of silver horse price camp to the Yanshan camp, and purchased 30,000 military horses."

"I accept the decree..."

Ye Xianggao was very efficient in his work. Early in the morning, while still sleeping, Zhu Youjian received an imperial edict from Taipu Temple to adjust the price of horses and silver.

Zhu Youjian was a little happy to receive four hundred thousand taels of silver for no reason, but then he turned to Lu Wenzhao with peace of mind and said:

"Ask the generals from the Wanping camp to lead the troops to Taipu Temple to pick up the price of the horses. After sending them to the Yanshan camp, they will use honeycomb briquettes to exchange for the horses. The horses exchanged will be regarded as the money for the horses."

"I accept my order from my humble position..." Lu Wenzhao was ashamed. He had never thought that His Highness was very skilled in using his left hand and right hand.

But think about it, if you use silver taels to buy horses, Beibei will only use the silver taels to buy iron pots and grain, but will not buy their briquettes at all.

On the other hand, it would be more cost-effective to exchange it directly for briquettes and keep the silver.

Lu Wenzhao sent someone to do some work, while Zhu Youjian was sitting in Xu Qin Palace and continued writing his Yanshan textbook.

As time passed, the fully-staffed Thirteenth Guards Army and Twelfth Battalion were on the right track, especially the Yanshan Institute.

After the division of the guard station, the Yanshan Station was expanded three times, and all the children of military households in the divided area who were willing to study were recruited.

At this time, the number of people in Yanshan Institute has exceeded 30,000, and there are only seven months left before the first batch of Yanshan students will enter higher education.

There is not much time left for Zhu Youjian. He needs to compile the teaching materials in seven months, and then expand it into vernacular texts by subordinates, and then re-edit the materials for him to review.

After deciding on the teaching materials, he didn't need to worry too much about the rest.

At present, "Yanshan Thought" and "Yanshan Arithmetic" have been written, and Zhu Youjian has reviewed them and determined the teaching materials for the next five years.

It's just a pity that Zhu Youjian's math is really not very good. He can barely remember the math in junior high school, but he can't remember the math after that, and he can't do the questions anymore.

However, it is not necessary to use advanced mathematics to train officials and subordinates.

Currently he is writing two books: "Yanshan Military History" and "Yanshan Tiangong".

The first book talks about the basic knowledge of leading soldiers in war, especially the logistics aspect.

Currently, the three books "Yanshan Thoughts", "Yanshan Arithmetic", "Yanshan Military History" and "Yanshan Civil Engineering" compiled by craftsmen and subordinate officials are compulsory courses for Yanshan students.

As for "Yanshan Tiangong", there are also "Yanshan Medical Preparations", "Yanshan Economics", etc. that may appear in the future, which are all expanded subjects.

Starting from the fourth year of enrollment, officials need to learn four compulsory courses: civil engineering, arithmetic, ideology, and economics, as well as a basic "Yanshan Military History", a total of five subjects.

As for officers, they need to learn various military methods such as thinking, civil engineering, arithmetic, martial arts, and practical drills.

If you are really not interested in becoming an official or joining the army, then you can go to extracurricular studies in other livelihood and military research subjects such as medical equipment and engineering.

Zhu Youjian thought about it. He couldn't just throw suitable and unsuitable people to the local government to serve as officials or join the army.

There are always some people who are not interested in these, and it can even be said that they have no ambition.

When such people are in emergencies, Zhu Youjian may drag them to work as honest officials to put out fires, but normally they can still conduct academic research.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, traditional Chinese medicine had developed into a complete set of surgical instruments and methods. However, the entry of the Qing Dynasty into China interrupted this process.

What Zhu Youjian has to do is to let this process continue.

"By the way, Wen Zhao..."

After writing a paragraph of thoughts, Zhu Youjian looked up at Lu Wenzhao and then said to him: "I asked you to check the herbal medicine library of Tai Hospital, Anletang, Dian Pharmacy and Good Medical Clinic. How are the checks by the people below?"

When His Highness asked about this, Lu Wenzhao bowed in return and said:

"Your Highness, it is true that as you said, most of the medical officers in the Imperial Hospital are swindlers. Nanzhen Fusi has already searched for famous doctors from all over the world. I believe they can be taken to Yanshan Hospital soon. Then

Improve the "Medical Preparation"."

"Well..." Zhu Youjian was not surprised when he heard this.

Imperial doctors in the Ming Dynasty were originally a hereditary system. Things like a tiger father and a dog son happened in all walks of life, and it was the same in imperial hospitals.

Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, did not use a medical officer from the Imperial Hospital, but found a medical officer among the people himself.

It was a pity that when Zhu Houzhao went to Jiangnan, he did not listen to the medical officer and left him in the capital, which led to the worsening of his condition.

Although Zhu Youjian is very confident about his body, he remains skeptical about Zhu Youxiao's body.

Therefore, he planned to reorganize Taiyuan Hospital. Even if he couldn't replace all of them, he would still put capable people in charge.

The reason why Jiajing and Wanli lived so long was that the former seldom saw a doctor, while the latter found the right person.

It must be said that Wanli was very lucky. He found Gong Tingxian and Yang Jishi, the four famous doctors of the late Ming Dynasty, to be his imperial doctors, so he ranked among the top in the Ming Dynasty emperor's longevity.

But similarly, Taichang and Tianqi are a bit unlucky.

Because the two people Wan Li mentioned died of illness before his death, one was ninety-eight years old and the other was ninety-seven.

It can be seen from their ages that these two people have skills.

But Zhu Youjian didn't have such good luck. Once these two people died, the rest of the hospital would become a loser, so Zhu Youjian wanted to recruit famous doctors from all over the world.

This kind of famous doctor must not be the kind who seek fame and reputation; he must have a good reputation.

Zhu Youjian didn't want to die from a cold like Emperor Hongzhi.

Therefore, he specifically told Lu Wenzhao: "We must make sure that this person has real medical skills and is not a person who is just trying to gain fame."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I have always paid attention to the fact that after being selected, these famous doctors need to cure hundreds of patients before they can enter the Yanshan Institute." Lu Wenzhao responded, which made Zhu Youjian very satisfied.

However, while he was satisfied, he also remembered the military report, so he got up and walked outside the hospital, and asked as he walked:

"What's going on in Southwest and Liaodong? Lao Nu is still besieging Shenyang? Does She Chongming do anything else besides building armor?"

Lu Wenzhao followed Zhu Youjian's footsteps, walked out of Xuqin Palace, walked around the East Palace and replied:

"Lao Nu has been besieging Shenyang these days, but he has mobilized troops from Tieling, Kaiyuan, Puhesuo, Fushun and other places. Now there are 70,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers entrenched around Shenyang."

"Seventy thousand regular soldiers, thirty thousand auxiliary soldiers..." Hearing this sentence, Zhu Youxiao murmured, constantly calculating in his mind.

After a while, he had an answer in his mind, because Nurhachi's crazy behavior only happened during the Battle of Sarhu.

Such an all-or-nothing approach obviously represents a huge logistical problem within Houjin. After deploying troops, it is impossible to do nothing. If they do, then they must attack the stone fortress between Shenyang and Liaoyang.

"How much food are stored in the four stone forts of Weining Camp, Wujing Camp, Lord Wang's Camp, and Fengji Fort?"

Zhu Youjian asked Lu Wenzhao, and Lu Wenzhao memorized various things in Liaodong every day, so he could naturally remember them. He responded:

"Weining camp and Wujing camp should have 100,000 shi and 80,000 shi of military rations respectively. I don't know about the civilian rations. Lord Wang's camp and Fengjibao have 170,000 shi and 150,000 shi of rations."

"So, adding it all up, it's almost half a million stones?" Zhu Youjian asked, and Lu Wenzhao nodded.

After he nodded, Zhu Youjian's brows did not relax, but he asked Lu Wenzhao:

"The above four forts, plus the captured Shendan Stone Fortress, and the cultivated fields outside Shenyang City, how many acres are there in these places?"

"At least two to three million acres..." Lu Wenzhao answered subconsciously, then realized something was wrong and suddenly realized:

"Is it possible that His Highness thinks that Nurhaci is preparing to harvest grain and return to New Sarhu City during the autumn harvest?"

"Not necessarily!" Zhu Youjian turned back and returned to Xu Qin Palace.

Lu Wenzhao and other Jin Yiwei followed closely behind, and some even trotted back and hung the map of Liaodong behind the desk.

When Zhu Youjian walked into the study and looked at the map of Liaodong, he answered Lu Wenzhao's question:

"Based on the grain production in Liaodong, three million acres can produce about 2.3 million shi of grain. Even if Nurhaci's auxiliary soldiers don't take care of the fields, the output can still be 15.6 million shi.

"

"Even if it doesn't produce food, it can still be cut to make horse grass for the military horses to eat."

"With this batch of food and grass, Nurhachi can besiege Shenyang for one more year!"

"Right now, Nurhaci is deploying 30,000 auxiliary troops, obviously to prepare for harvesting grain. It is impossible for 70,000 regular troops to storm Shenyang, so they will target those four stone forts."

"Five to six hundred thousand shi of grain is enough to feed Lao Nu's army for eight or nine months."

Having said this, Zhu Youjian knew the danger of the matter and also knew one thing.

Houjin's food is insufficient, so at this time, it is necessary to purchase food from foreign aid. At present, Houjin's foreign aid is only the Engedel tribe in Inner Khalkha!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian turned his head to look at Lu Wenzhao and ordered him:

"Tell Li Ruolian to send people to do business with the Tubarbarians, especially Engedel's tribe. The old slaves may trade cattle and sheep with them."

"As soon as there is news, notify me immediately. This batch of cattle and sheep cannot be allowed to get into Nurhachi's hands."

"In addition, Tiao Shenwu, Lu Long Guards, Tiance Guards, and Yu Lin Guards have changed defenses. You send someone to tell the Emperor Brother... No, you go there yourself."

"By the way, I asked Cheng'en to bring all the military horses and rhinoceros horses that the Royal Horse Supervisor had acquired during this period to Yulinkou in Yongping, and then ordered him to transport 6,000 tons of military rations, 1,000 jins of military salt, 100 jins of coarse cloth and 3,000 jins of coarse cloth.

Catties of dried vegetables and sent together to Yulinkou."

"Bring all the Royal Horsemaster's muskets, as well as the gunpowder and bullets. There is no need for the artillery."

"This battle is inevitable. Li Ruolian's people must hurry. I will get news about Engelder within five days."

"I accept my order from my humble position!" Lu Wenzhao felt heavy after hearing Zhu Youjian's words.

He was not worried about whether Yulin and Tiancewei could fight. After all, Yulinwei and Tiancewei had six thousand veterans, and they were the most compatible among the armies at the moment.

At present, Lulongwei and Shenwu are stationed at Lulong and Yulinkou respectively. Replacing them would be equivalent to ambushing more than 10,000 cavalry in Yongping Mansion.

As long as the situation is not right, the army can leave the border within two hours, and with one man and three horses, it can reach Engelder in seven days.
To be continued...