"My brother did nothing wrong with putting Hong Chengchou in Annan..."

On July 15th, when Zhu Youxiao's voice sounded in the dense forest, he and Zhu Youjian were walking side by side on a horse on the mountain road.

The Han general and the soldiers of the cavalry guards guarded them, and behind them there was a long-standing convoy.

Time enters autumn, but the power of autumn tigers makes the already severe drought-prone Northern Zhili very hot.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao proposed the idea of ​​going to Yanshan to hunt and safari at the same time.

When the civil officials shut up in unison and the imperial power was extremely powerful, the emperor's idea of ​​going on to take a break in autumn was almost conveyed to the ears of civil and military officials who needed preparation in just three days.

In the Autumn Convoy, there were not only many generals from the Governor's Office of the Five Army, but also eunuchs from the Sili Supervisor and officials from the Six Ministry of the Army.

Of course, what is more important is Zhang Yan from the inner court and a group of concubines.

It is not surprising that it is to take concubines in the autumn. Not to mention Zhu Youxiao, many officials have brought their wives, daughters and children, and Zhu Youjian himself also brought Li Dingguo and Yang Rushi, and Yang Yuanai.

Compared with all officials, Zhu Youjian has already taken fewer people.

Such a team of autumn walkers has never been passed since the Xuande period, and the place of autumn walkers has never been visited since the Yongle period.

It was only when Zhu Youjian cleared the southern part of the desert that Zhu Youxiao and all officials dared to come to the Yanshan Mountains outside the Great Wall to spend autumn. The place they chose was Chengde, which was praised by later generations as a sacred place for summer vacations.

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However, in the Ming Dynasty, Chengde was Yanshan County, which belongs to Duoyan Prefecture.

At present, Yanshan County has just been built, with only a few thousand people, and Zhu Youxiao’s autumn team has tens of thousands, which is spectacular.

This spectacular team is worthy of Zhu Youxiao’s current identity.

Among the people, some people have long boasted about him as a wise ruler, but he is not satisfied with this.

What he wanted was to conquer a large territory, which was comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, so the battle to recover Annan was particularly important.

Zhu Youxiao has a characteristic. Like the ancient kings, he knew that the old port was vast, but he was not concerned about the development of the old port because he knew that it was an overseas territory.

What he cared more about was the recovery of the territory connecting the Ming Dynasty's local territory, while Annan perfectly matched this point.

Hong Chengchou's arrangement in Annan made him very satisfied, and Zhu Youjian, who was walking side by side with him, did not think there was anything worthy of praise.

Everything about Hong Chengchou was carried out according to the plan and did not give him any unexpected surprises.

On the contrary, the surrender of the Mo family, Wu family and Laojie forces made the Ming army unable to clean up the three forces, which disappointed him.

But now that everyone has surrendered, he naturally cannot let him go back and call him again.

However, although he surrendered, Zhu Youjian would not let them stay in the northern part of Annan, so he said to Zhu Youxiao:

"Mo Jinggong can be named Gaopingbo, Wu Degong is named Xuanguangbo, and the thirty-two chieftains of Laojie are respectively awarded the ranks of the Xiaoqiwei."

"After the Battle of Annan, they were transferred to Luzon Prefecture, Zhongshan and Nanhai Prefecture respectively to serve, and moved their families to Kunming, Yunnan."

"Well..." Zhu Youxiao also knew that if this group of people were kept in the local area, it would form a family of gentry that had been entrenched in the local area for hundreds of years, and moving to Nanjing and Beijing would be discriminated against.

Only by moving them to Kunming can we not only restrain their family, but also comfort them. After all, Kunming is very close to Annan.

"What's the disaster in Sichuan, Shanxi and Zhili?"

Zhu Youxiao rarely asked about the drought, and Zhu Youjian also responded:

"Sichuan is mainly affected by disasters in Chongqing, Tongchuan, Shunqing and Baoning. It is expected that the number of people suffering from severe drought will be about 1.6 million, and the land acres will be out of stock..."

"Shanxi Datong, Pingyang Prefecture, and Taiyuan Prefecture have no limit of about 9 million mu. The other five prefectures in Shaanxi except Xi'an, Fengxiang, Hanzhong, Shuofang, and Ningxia have no limit of about 18 million mu..."

"Northern Zhili is mainly in Xuanfu area, with a total of about 300

There are 10,000 mu of more than 3 million mu of Henan Prefecture, and the provinces have lost more than 40 million mu of them, affecting tens of millions of people…”

After explaining the number of unlimited harvests, Zhu Youjian explained:

"The court is already trying to solve the problem of severe drought. Wherever it can be dug wells, the Ministry of Revenue will pay money to directly drill wells."

"In places where wells cannot be dug, the people have basically moved to Annan, including those in Sichuan. The number of people who must be moved is around 420,000, and Sichuan has not yet counted."

"The Ministry of Revenue allocated 2 million taels of migration silver and 4 million stones of migration grain. In addition, the people who remained but had no land harvests were banned, and hired millions of people to sort out the Yellow River."

"Does the Ministry of Revenue and the Imperial Horse Supervision still have money or food?" Zhu Youzai asked worriedly, and Zhu Youzai asked Zhu Youzai to rest assured:

"There are still more than 7 million taels of silver, and the Changping warehouse grain transferred from the warehouses in various places in the north have accumulated nearly 24 million stones."

"The grain prices in various provinces are maintained below 700 cents, and should not exceed 700 cents."

"Well..." Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded. Obviously, when Zhu Youjian was there, he didn't have to spend too much effort on government and military affairs. He just needed to maintain the balance of the court.

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"Thank you for your hard work, my brother." Zhu Youxiao felt a little guilty. After all, Zhu Youjian is nominally the King of Qi, but in fact he is almost as good as the prime minister.

"The state is difficult, so it's better for my brother to rest for a while. If things happen to the south next year are settled, I will lead my troops to sweep the north. Then I will need my brother to work hard."

Zhu Youjian didn't think there was any difficulty. When he came to this world and had this identity, he had to bear the burden on his shoulders.

Although he can deliver the burden now, he does not have anyone to help him carry the burden.

The problem of the late Ming Dynasty was actually a lack of politically capable ministers. If you insist on selecting a few people to enter the cabinet, then Yuan Keli and Hong Chengchou are the only two people who Zhu Youjian can choose.

Sun Chengzong had a good strategy, but he had a strait as soon as he reached the tactics, and he had too little understanding of politics and economy.

The personalities of Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Xiong Tingbi are destined to offend many civil and military officials if they go to Beijing to become officials. Leaving them on the border is to protect them.

Only Yuan Keli and Hong Chengchou are the only two, no matter where they are, it is enough to put them in the cabinet.

As for pure economic issues, Hong Chengchou in history also saw clearly how much damage the peasant uprising army had destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when many people in the Ming Dynasty were still looking forward to pacifying, he chose to kill them all.

If the economic problems cannot be solved, the peasant uprising army will be useless and will rebel again in the future.

In the Battle of Songjin, Zhu Youjian's trump card to Hong Chengchou was not the best trump card he could have at that time, but Hong Chengchou still played several small wins.

If it weren't for Wang Pu's behavior of selling his teammates, it would be not difficult for Hong Chengchou to lead the army to withdraw to Ningyuan. Even without the checks and balances of the Ministry of War, Hong Chengchou could continue to suppress Huang Taiji.

The key is that Hong Chengchou is a man with a strong face and a bad heart and strong ability. He can even play in the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and even thrown into the long river of five thousand years of history.

"After the Battle of Annan, Hong Chengchou may be granted the title of Prince's Little Guard."

Zhu Youjian was finding a position for Hong Chengchou. He had to transfer him back to the capital with only three more battles.

"Well, but my brother said before that he wanted to pacify the South Palm. Wouldn't Hong Chengchou have no way to pacify the South Palm?" Zhu Youxiao spoke in confusion.

"Not..." Zhu Youjian said: "Brother, Hou, Duke... He can fight three more games, and he must resolve it within ten years, and then be transferred back to the capital, or to the northwest."

"Ten years..." Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly. He felt that his younger brother was a little alert. Ten years later, Hong Chengchou was only forty-four years old. It was a waste to transfer back to the capital.

Zhu Youxiao felt that it was a bit wasteful, but Zhu Youjian knew very well that it was not a good thing to put Hong Chengchou in the southwest for too long, and the Ming Dynasty would also need Hong Chengchou ten years later.

Gu Bingqian's age can

It is still a problem that it cannot be used, and ten years later it will be the last seven years of the severe drought in the Ming Dynasty.

He transferred Hong Chengchou back to the capital, served as the Minister of the Six Ministers, and then entered the cabinet. Judging from the fact that he was scolded every day in history and could survive until seventy-two, this guy could operate the cabinet for at least twenty years.

Yuan Keli is already 65 years old, three years older than Gu Bingqian, and he is not as easy to use as Gu Bingqian.

It is much better to let him be a foreign minister and keep his name in history than to stay in the capital to intrigue...

"Ah..." When Zhu Youjian thought that he had no famous ministers to be available, mainly because of the destruction of civil and military officials in Wanli years, he was so angry that he was not angry.

However, Zhu Youxiao's words made Zhu Youjian confused about whether to send troops to the South Plate.

In terms of resources, Nanzhang's resources are not good, and it is a plateau jungle country, and the amount of minerals is not that attractive.

It is easy to fight against the Nanzhang for a long time to fight public security guerrilla warfare. Moreover, the population of the Nanzhang is only a few hundred thousand and the arable land is only one or two million mu, which makes people feel a little useless.

If Nanzhang continued to regard the Ming Dynasty as orthodox and accepted the Ming Dynasty's economy, troops and culture, then Zhu Youjian would not want to take over this place because the investment and income were not proportional.

By taking down Dongshuo and Annan, the Ming Dynasty could obtain thousands of kilometers of coastline, two large plains and tens of millions of arable land.

However, after taking the Nanzhang, the Ming Dynasty could only obtain hundreds of thousands of people who could not even eat enough, as well as a territory full of diseases.

"Let's see if the matter between Nanzhang is worthy of attack." Zhu Youjian still wanted to solve it with peaceful means, because he really had no interest in places like Nanzhang.

Minerals and forest resources can be obtained through trade, which is much more cost-effective than fighting.

"If the Nanzhang can be recovered, it is better to recover it." Zhu Youxiao put forward a different view on the issue of territory.

But he hopes to expand his territory as much as possible, rather than thinking like Zhu Youjian whether he can balance the income and expenditure after the local capital is captured.

If the income and expenditure cannot be balanced, then the future of the Ming Dynasty will have to be transfusions for blood for many years.

"Let's take a look first..." Zhu Youjian did not directly reject his brother. After all, it was a bit unfavorable to refuse in person.

The two did not continue to talk about this, but changed the topic:

"In recent days, the Duke of England and many ministers have been asking about their brother's marriage. It seems that they are preparing to participate in their brother's marriage."

"Ha..." The noble's actions made Zhu Youjian chuckle.

Obviously, the nobles were really forced to go to the forefront, or they narrowed their own path.

Since Zhu Youjian completely deprived the nobles of their power in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the nobles seemed to have become mascots that helped the royal sacrifices every year.

However, this situation was not forced by Zhu Youjian, but by their own choice.

Military Academy has opened the door to them all year round, but there are very few children who enter school every year.

Take the fifth year of the Apocalypse for example. In the Military Academy and Yanshan Academy, they mainly targeted the royal family members who registered independently. When the children of nobles were young, there were 209 royal students who took the initiative to register for the Yanshan Academy.
To be continued...