Zhu Youxiao only brought 55,000 troops on this patrol, including 30,000 cavalry, 10,000 firearms and artillery troops from the Shenji Camp, 10,000 infantry from the Huben Camp, and 5,000 Yulin troops.
In addition to the civil servants who were on the blacklist, Zhu Chunchen, Jiang Chengxun, Zhu Guobi and other distinguished officials who accompanied him on the patrol were all taken away by Zhu Youxiao.
Naturally, he has to deal with these people. Since they have become rebellious, it is useless to keep them.
When I left Beijing with so many troops, I was really afraid that they would cause trouble behind my back.
For this reason, he also summoned the British Duke Zhang Weixian to discuss matters of honor with him.
Although there are nobles like Zhu Chunchen who have disloyal intentions, the Ming Dynasty also has no shortage of loyal nobles.
In addition to the British Duke, other families such as the Marquis of Xining, the Marquis of Wu'an, and the Marquis of Gongshun were also loyal to the royal family.
Although he secretly flirted with some businessmen behind his back and made some money from the national crisis, in general, he was just greedy for money.
Not like people like Zhu Chunchen and Jiang Chengxun.
Long before, after learning that Zhu Chunchen had united with several nobles, Zhu Youxiao had already started to be wary.
This is also the reason why he left the palace to go to the British government last time.
Zhang Weixian has a very high status among the nobles and is his confidant. It would be best for him to come forward to win over some reliable nobles.
After all, it is impossible for him to slaughter all the nobles. Isn't this equivalent to rebelling against himself?
The British Duke has fulfilled his mission. After combining his observations and the information from the Jin Yiwei's investigation, he combined and analyzed it and won over many nobles.
After learning that the emperor planned to destroy at least half of the nobles in the capital, even a man named Zhang Weixian could not calm down.
Half of the honours, and His Majesty also made it clear that none of the princes in the capital, except his British prince's family, would be retained.
Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything when he saw his reaction. He believed that this old man who had lived for decades knew much better than him about what Xungui did.
Sure enough, Zhang Weixian was surprised for a while and then said nothing.
Now that the emperor has made up his mind, there is no way to stop it.
As for the nobles who stayed in the capital, although the British Duke guaranteed them, Zhu Youxiao was still on guard.
Xu Xianchun's royal guards would always keep an eye on them, and their son was basically taken away by him in the name of training.
Among them were the six sons of nobles who had studied at Huangming Academy for several months.
Zhu Youxiao incorporated them into the Royal Guards' bodyguards and served them before driving.
In fact, the emperor's policies and personnel arrangements this year have been great blessings to the military commanders and nobles.
Xuancheng Bo and others led the troops outside, and were entrusted with important tasks and held real power.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor wants to restore his honor, raise the status of his military commanders, and return to the stage of history.
So when they learned that the emperor was going to take their son out for training, they accepted the order without thinking and shouted loudly, "Long live the emperor."
Of course, this is not a good thing for Zhu Chunchen and others.
As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, but these people are obviously very guilty and have a serious lack of confidence.
He was afraid that the emperor would find out what he had done, and that he would have nowhere to run.
But they did not dare to violate the emperor's imperial edict, so they could only resign themselves to fate.
After arranging the defense of the capital and the remaining officials, Zhu Youxiao sent another secret order to Mangui.
They also sent people outside the customs to contact Aohan and other ministries.
He patrolled the border with such great fanfare not just for Yang Hong.
Those restless Mongolian tribes were also part of his plan, but they were not the first priority.
Because there were many officials, the border patrol team did not march very fast, and could only cover dozens of miles in a day.
After arriving at Juyongguan, many officials wrote to him, suggesting that he should stay at Juyongguan for two days and rest before setting off.
Zhu Youxiao called them in front of them and cursed them, leaving them no face at all.
The angry old men blushed and had thick necks, but they did not dare to say anything.
I only place my hope on Yang Hong, hoping that he can successfully kill this dog emperor, so that everyone's life will be easier.
After leaving Juyongguan, the border patrol team left the Inner Great Wall, although they were still on their own territory, with Xuanzang Town in front of them.
But Zhu Youxiao did not relax at all, but became more vigilant.
Nearly half of the scouts and Ye Bushou in the army were sent out, and a radius of dozens of miles was under his control.
He would never forget that when Emperor Yingzong led his army, he was ambushed just after he left the Inner Great Wall and was unprepared.
Because they walked slowly, the border patrol team walked for two full days before reaching Xuanfu Town.
The civil and military officers of Xuanfu, led by Man Gui, have been waiting for them for a long time.
After entering the city, the first thing Zhu Youxiao did was to review the soldiers and generals of Xuanfu.
The final result certainly did not disappoint him, and Xuan Zhen's army had indeed undergone great changes.
At least there is no such serious polarization as in the past, where servants are well-equipped and ordinary sergeants are like beggars.
Then, under the leadership of Man Gui, he went to inspect several pass fortresses near Xuanfu.
Under the current situation, the Great Wall is still very important to the Ming Dynasty. It is the first line of defense against the grassland and it is also the last line of defense.
Zhu Youxiao still paid more attention to it. Although the Mongolian tribes in the Monan Grassland were injured a lot and fell into small-scale melee, they still could not take it lightly.
During this period of time, Zhu Youxiao spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver just to repair the Great Wall Pass Fortress in the Xuanzhen area.
Although it was a bit painful, at least I saw results.
It's just that Zhu Youxiao still feels that these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are not worth spending, but he has no choice but to spend it.
Zhu Youxiao stayed in Xuanfu for five full days before leaving. Before leaving, he specifically told Mangui to gather his troops and horses and wait for his military orders at any time.
If there were any changes in Datong or Mongolia outside the customs, and if he could not wait for his own military orders, he could use the king's order flags to temporarily mobilize troops to leave the customs when necessary.
Although Mangui didn't know why the emperor said these words to him, his loyalty told him that he just had to obey and carry out the instructions.
Not long after Zhu Youxiao left Xuanzhen, there was another Ming army of several thousand people in Juyong Pass, about to leave the pass.
"We were originally stationed in Dushi and Maying. Now we have received an order from the Ministry of War to move to Datong. I have documents from the Ministry of War here. Please switch on and off as soon as possible."
The general guarding the gate took a look at the document and found that there was nothing unusual. He walked aside and looked back at the army.
Suddenly asked:
"What's wrong with this day? The Ministry of War ordered you to arrive in Datong on April 15th. It's already April 23rd. Why are you here?"
The leading general quickly explained:
"The transfer of defense was delayed for several days, so it arrived late."