Zang Feng was transferred back to the capital, and Governor Xuanda was replaced by Peng Ze's confidant.
The situation in Xuanda seems to be very stable for the time being.
But the Tatars continued to harass the Kou border...
This was originally the main attack direction of our grassland tribe. Now that your Ming Dynasty is still changing coaches before the formation, why don't we step up our attack on the Xuanda front line?
The consequence of the fall of Aiyangkou was that all the defenses at the pass were destroyed. After the Tatars remobilized their forces, they used Aiyangkou as a breakthrough.
Our team of several hundred people can capture your pass. What will happen if there are ten times more people? We have to pick the weak ones. We don't understand the three sides, so let's use Xuanda.
The situation in Xuanda is becoming more serious day by day.
Entering August, there are two hot things in Beijing.
One is that the Longevity Festival is coming soon, which is the emperor’s birthday. Zhu Si’s birthday is on the tenth day of August.
The year Zhu Si first registered, not many people paid attention to the Longevity Festival. Zhu Si also demanded simplicity in everything at that time, so there was no news at all.
But now the situation is different. Zhu Si has been on the throne for a full year. Even if the throne is no longer passed down to him in the future, the emperor Zhu Si will still be remembered in the annals of history.
And now, except for some rifts between the emperor and his ministers, Zhu Si's ability to be emperor has been fully affirmed. The chaos during the Zhengde Dynasty has stabilized, and now the whole court is prosperous.
As a result, the emperor's birthday became a matter of concern to the ministers.
The second thing is that the emperor is about to get married.
After the election, it has entered the final step of choosing three, which will be personally selected by Zhu Si. The time is set in mid-August. The three candidates participating in the selection are all personally selected by Empress Dowager Zhang. The emperor's biological mother, Empress Dowager Chiang, is in
He never showed up in this matter from beginning to end.
The Empress Dowager Jiang was naturally unhappy. She chose a wife for her son, but her own mother was not even qualified to watch. Isn't this obvious bullying?
But unlike last year when she first arrived in the capital, she was always threatening to leave the palace and return to Anlu. Now she has learned her lesson and everything will be fine if she stays in the palace. Even if she is angry with the Queen Mother Zhang, she just doesn't go to see her.
Anyway, Queen Mother Zhang won’t force her to go here, and everything will be fine!
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The fourth day of August.
Zhu Hao received a letter from Yongping Mansion, which is the boundary where Lu Song, Gongsun Yi and others went to mine, located in Zunhua and Qianshan, later Tangshan. The letter mainly described the progress of iron ore mining.
Because we are not starting from scratch after that, we already have a certain foundation. Once the team of people is in place, it is almost the same as the machinery entering the site and starting to produce iron ore. Su Xigui has been recruiting workers locally for a long time, and with the support of the government's policies, the progress has been very fast.
smoothly.
In Gongsunyi's letter, he detailed the current situation and said that iron ore has begun to be shipped out. As for the daily and monthly production capacity, it is still unclear.
If you want to scale up and production finally stabilizes, you probably have to wait until the end of the year.
However, Zhu Hao is more concerned about the letters from Guan Jing and Sun Ru. They are Zhu Hao's apprentices. Unlike Jiang Rong, who became the prince of Yutian Bo, they are considered civilians and need to earn money by doing things for the court.
Due to their merits, connections, reputation, etc., Zhu Hao would later have reasons to recommend them to the court or directly to Zhu Si to serve as officials.
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Just like Tang Yin...
In fact, Tang Yin didn't know anything when he first started. Zhu Hao pushed him to learn a little bit, but now he still has a firm foothold in the court?
Near midnight, Tang Yin came over to help Zhu Hao review the memorials. Seeing that Zhang Zuo was no longer there, he turned around and went back to rest.
Zhu Hao greeted: "Sir, why don't you sit down and talk to me?"
"No."
Tang Yin smiled awkwardly.
If Zhang Zuo has gone to rest, it means that the process of classifying the memorials into different categories has ended. Even if he stayed, he would not be able to help Zhu Hao much.
Zhu Hao gave Tang Yin several letters from Yongping Mansion to read.
Tang Yin is more concerned about Lu Song's situation in Yongping. As for Gongsun Yi and the others... Tang Yin knows very well that these people have no ability.
It all depends on Zhu Hao's help. Now that he has just arrived in Yongping Mansion, what achievements can he make?
"What's wrong? Are they in trouble over there?" Tang Yin asked.
"No."
Zhu Hao said, "Actually, I asked Guan Jing and Sun Ru to go there because I wanted to form a local team."
"What... what did you say? Jing... Jing said, don't mess around... Do you know what a sin it is to recruit soldiers privately?" When Tang Yin heard this, he woke up from the wine and stammered.
Zhu Hao could tell that Tang Yin actually went out to drink that night. He didn't know who he was drinking with, but he expected that Tang Yin was hanging out in official circles now and socializing a lot more than before.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I just asked them to recruit a group of people to protect the mine, and they didn't equip horses, not even armor, and the weapons were just sticks and the like...Besides, I have already told Your Majesty about these things.
If you mention it, nothing will happen."
"Guard the mine?"
Tang Yin breathed a long sigh of relief, "It turns out that we are recruiting home caretakers. Do you insist on forming a team? Don't scare people, okay?"
Tang Yin originally thought that Zhu Hao was going to form an army on his own, but it turned out that he was forming a team of guards to maintain order in the mine. Is there anything worth making a fuss about?
Zhu Hao said: "But I still want to train them into a qualified army."
Tang Yin's eyes suddenly widened and he was extremely shocked.
"I asked people to make a batch of new firearms, which are much easier to use than the previous matchlock guns. Generally speaking, they can be loaded with bullets in a short time... They use standard bullets, which can be loaded within about ten dozen
Complete loading and firing." Zhu Hao said.
The muscles on Tang Yin's face twitched twice and he asked, "Do you know what nonsense you are talking about?"
Zhu Hao asked: "Don't you believe it?"
Tang Yin frowned: "But the weapons you gave to the court before were obviously..."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Not all good things have to be handed over to the court. I asked you to hand over the improved gun just for the sake of appearance. You are studying this to prepare for the research of more advanced weapons... You don't need to do this."
Look at me like this, I have asked for your Majesty’s consent on this matter..."
"You two little guys are going to rebel."
Tang Yin was furious.
Tang Yin was still wondering where Zhu Hao learned such advanced technology. The fire blunderbuss made by Zhu Hao after improving the technology was praised by the craftsmen in Wang Gong's factory, saying that it would take several generations to improve it.
At that time, Zhu Hao said he was very dissatisfied. Tang Yin always felt that Zhu Hao was bragging.
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Only now do we know that Zhu Hao's confidence comes from the fact that he has already manufactured a more advanced firecracker.
Zhu Haodao: "Actually, the structure of the fire gun is not complicated. The difficulty is to set off the explosive, which is gunpowder that can produce sparks by impact. Previously, we had such powerful explosives that can break mountains and rocks. If we can't equip them with better percussion powder,
, that’s such a pity.”
Tang Yin asked in confusion: "Zhu Hao, what on earth are you going to do?"
"Sir, I study these, firstly, to conquer the grassland as soon as possible, and secondly, to conquer the world. The grassland can make our Ming Dynasty's borders stable, and overseas can bring inexhaustible wealth to our Ming Dynasty. Overseas
There is also vast land, better crops, and a large amount of minerals that can meet the needs of our descendants for tens of millions of years... Isn't this good? Zhu Hao asked with a smile.
Tang Yin was probably a little sleepy because he had been drinking, and because he really couldn't understand what Zhu Hao said, he waved his hands to indicate that he didn't want to hear it.
Zhu Hao said: "The men and horses protecting the mine will be incorporated into the local guards in the future. From now on, the Jinyi Guards will give priority to recruiting men and horses to use new weapons. Sir, you are tired. Go back and rest. We will talk about it later. "
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After Zhu Hao talked with Tang Yin, Tang Yin didn't take it seriously.
It was never mentioned in front of Zhu Hao after that.
Zhu Hao was still in the Hanlin Academy, continuing his work of revising books, but on the seventh day of August, he was called away by Yang Shen.
"I've got something for you to do," Yang Shen said.
Zhu Hao said: "You are not asking me to prepare for the day's speech.
Let’s talk about the case? Didn’t you say that this matter has been settled?”
Yang Shen said angrily: "I know you like to push back. Since you have chosen to be an official, don't be too lazy. That's it. The king of North Korea sent an envoy to the capital to congratulate the Longevity Festival. They have already arrived at the hall. Now Honglu Temple
There is a shortage of manpower over there, so let me go to receive you temporarily, and I plan to take you there."
Meeting foreign guests?
Zhu Hao didn't like taking on this job.
The current king of North Korea is Li Yi, who is the Zhongzong anyway. Li Yi was a faint king in the history of North Korea, not much better than his predecessor Yanshanjun. When he was in power, North Korea had serious internal party strife and the people had a hard time.
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At this time, North Korea was a piece of cake, and the Ming Dynasty had no intention of moving. In addition, that area had never been conquered by the Central Plains Dynasty. Even if Zhu Hao had plans to include it in the Ming Dynasty's territory in the future, it was not a priority.
"What is the status of the envoy in North Korea?"
Zhu Hao asked.
Yang Shen said: "It seems that one is the Hu Cao and the other is the Li Cao, which is equivalent to the six ministers of our dynasty."
North Korea is also divided into six departments, called "Cao", and the highest boss is called "Pan Shu", which is equivalent to the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and below it is the Shen Pan, equivalent to the minister.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "To congratulate the sect's Longevity Festival, you send a minister here? Isn't it a bit disrespectful?"
"That's why I took you with me. They didn't come with any important people. Do we still have to use the ministry to receive them?"
Yang Shen glared at Zhu Hao, as if blaming him for talking too much.
Zhu Hao thought to himself that the North Korean official was only a minister-level official, and I was equivalent to the chief minister of the cabinet. This is not called equality.
But now Yang Shen obviously appreciates him and wants to take him out to see him more, so Zhu Hao naturally has no reason to refuse.
"When are you going?"
Zhu Hao asked again.
"Tomorrow morning, get ready and put on your court uniform. I will take you there mainly because you are young and can suppress their arrogance. If they have any problems or something, you can adapt to the situation or just say nothing."
Yang Shen said, "These envoys from small foreign countries often like to show their cleverness in front of envoys from higher states, so as not to fall into their traps."