Zhu Shou did not know that Timur actually met and fell in love with Wu Lanzhen. He had never even met Wu Lanzhen, so he naturally had no interest in the girl who was just an accessory to political transactions.**
Before the tragic prince's life turned into a coffee table, Zhu Shou was discussing the prince's future with two eunuchs.
"Your Majesty, you absolutely must not send a supervisory army!" Admiral Chen Jingchen persuaded him earnestly in the temporary palace in Ganzhou, "The general will be outside, your orders will not be accepted, and people's hearts are unpredictable. If there is no supervisory army, what will happen to those people?"
The military leaders will be unable to lose their tail."
After the Longxiang Army was established, Zhu Shou did not arrange a close eunuch to serve as a supervisor. The supervisors of the Ming Dynasty mainly kept an eye on the commander-in-chief and senior generals. In their hands, they all held the emperor's secret decree, and they had to abolish or kill the commander-in-chief.
power.
Some emperors who were very lenient even handed over their battle strategies to the supervisors before going on an expedition and asked him to act according to the plan. As for the commander, he was just a scapegoat. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the battles that were miserably defeated due to the emperor's indiscriminate command can be easily reviewed.
, several times.
"Except for you and Zhang Yong and others, how many people in this palace know military strategy?" Zhu Shou shook his head, "The position of supervising the army is just for restriction. It is better to restrict people than to make contracts with benefits; one person can control the number.
It is better to use multiple people to control each other. Therefore, it does not matter whether the supervisory army is sent or not. Moreover, the Longxiang Army is a rough creation, so it will be used as a trial. If it is successful, it will be extended to the other guards; if it fails,
Those five people all died in Hami, so if you send a supervisor, will you die with them?"
After killing Liu Jin, Zhu Shou's imperial studies gained another level of power and played with power, which was quite impressive.
Zhang Yong was also accompanying him at this time. After hearing the words, he also advised: "Your Majesty, what Chen Jing said is not alarmist. The trend of separatism in the late Tang Dynasty was that it was difficult for the court to control the military leaders. Supervise the army and control it.
Although it has all kinds of disadvantages, it also has one advantage. It is that it can kill generals with different ambitions at any time. There are many heroes in our dynasty, and killing one or two will not damage the foundation."
After Liu Jin was executed, Zhang Yong handed over the Supervisor of Ceremonies to Wei Bin. In addition to following Zhu Shou closely, even in the old home of Shenji Camp, he also shied away from major matters and ignored minor matters, becoming the boss of the office.
Admiral Zhang, who did not fight for power and gain, instead won Zhu Shou's greater trust and praise from the civil service group. Some low-level civil servants even compared Admiral Zhang to Huai En, and praised him as a "good prisoner" both at home and abroad.
But this time, Zhu Shou did not adopt Admiral Zhang's opinion, but asked: "Mencius said, those who have permanent property must have perseverance, right?"
What Yasheng said. (.) How dare the two eunuch bosses say something wrong? They are not awesome people like Chong Bage, and they dare to treat what the saint said as bullshit.
"I will give the textile trade outside Jiayuguan to Long Xiang's army. As long as they can survive the battle of Hami, everyone can become a rich man, with fields, land, shops and businesses." Zhu Shou said with a smile, "When have you seen this before?
A rich man becomes the leader of the army and separatists one side? If there is such a man, how can the Long Xiang army be allowed to be arrogant? Within three days, the head of such a person will be placed in front of the local government.
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For careerists who are bent on changing their own destiny, most real lives are not satisfactory. Looking through history, it is difficult to find an example of a rich man rebelling. Occasionally, there are one or two alternative rich men, both like Prince Ning.
This guy with a rich political background.
"Besides, the textile trade is also controlled by the Donghai Company. The Longxiang Army and the others are just sitting back and enjoying the benefits," Zhu Shou continued, "Raising and building the army, combining the two into one, why not do it?"
Looking at the thoughtful expressions of the two admirals Zhang and Chen, Zhu Shou asked again: "It is true that people's hearts are unpredictable, but their behavior is well documented. You can deceive several people for a short time, or you can deceive one person for a long time.
But it is absolutely impossible to deceive several people for a long time! The five people in the Long Xiang Army restrict each other and each has a secret purpose. As you and others said, people's hearts are unpredictable, how can there be any collusion?"
"Wealth, happiness and happiness all make people arrogant," Admiral Zhang pondered for a long time before he said, "In less than two years, this Longxiang army will have no fighting power and will be of no use."
Will the generals who have money and land still fight desperately? Will the soldiers who have money still risk their lives to kill the enemy?
Zhu Shou nodded: "The generals of the Longxiang Army are changed every two years, and those with outstanding achievements are selected from the martial arts academy, and the old generals are transferred to other places; the soldiers are changed every three years, and elites are selected from the garrison in each province.
.The troops are like flowing water and the camp is made of iron. In your opinion, what troubles there are?"
This idea was not something he learned from later generations, but was an idea that Zhu Houzhao had long ago. It has always been Zhu Houzhao's wish to recruit elites from various provinces to reorganize the regiment. What this little military madman dreams of is to be able to control a world army.
Invincible elite soldiers to satisfy your desire for war.
Whether it was Qian Ning, Jiang Bin, or Xu Tai, as long as they could give him such hope, he would reuse them one by one, leaving many mysteries in history.
"The real Timur is a foreigner who believes in the Green Sect! Zhang Yunlin is very scheming and has the appearance of a hero." Chen Jing wanted to make a last-ditch effort and came up with several tips, all of which were secret reports from expert factories. "You must be careful.
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Zhu Shou smiled: "Didn't you arrange for two people to go in? Of the five people, two are spies from your expert factory. What can we guard against?"
Chen Jing's face turned red and he said, "It's just a rainy day."
The expert factory is not monolithic, especially for the emperor. Chen Jing understands his position and the hidden power in the emperor's hands. Just as he has placed agents at various key points, there are naturally countless spies of the emperor around him.
Starting from Chong Ba Ge, none of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty would truly trust others.
Emperors are called widowers because the only one they can trust is themselves.
This is a bloody lesson learned by many emperors' predecessors, and it is also the emperor's working principle that Zhu Shou remembers most.
After finishing the conversation with Chen Jing and Zhang Yong, Zhu Shou summoned Wang Shouren. Emperor Zhu loved and hated Wang Shengren. He loved that the old boy could always think of solutions to problems, but hated that Wang Shengren thought of it.
Ten out of ten of the methods that come out seem wonderful at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they all basically stink.
"Although we have been on a smooth journey since our expedition to the west, we are still far away from destroying Tulufan. However, there are currently shortages of food, grass and ordnance." When they met, Zhu Shou asked, "Does Wang Shenjun have any good strategies?"
A trace of loneliness flashed across Wang Shouren's face. The emperor was not angered by him, nor did he fall into his trap. Instead, he acted as if nothing had happened. He trusted himself so much that he didn't even ask about the luggage.
Wei Zhang, who knew this, asked himself.
Wang Shouren also understood the emperor's intentions very well. When treating others with courtesy, he must ask for something. Zhu Shou's starting point was higher. Others asked for things, but the emperor asked for life, Wang Shouren's life.
At this time, the sun was turning to the west. Wang Shouren looked at the sunshine outside the window and said softly: "All the wealth in the Western Regions is in the hands of the Green Cult. Once you join the Green Cult, your life and wealth belong to God."
If the country was not ruled by the Green Church, the believers would never pay taxes. Therefore, they chose Allah before Allah and the emperor."
"Wang's intention in joining the army is to collect taxes from the Green believers?" Zhu Shou didn't know whether the Ming Dynasty was so lenient to the Green believers. It stands to reason that civil servants who can even scrape the land three feet off, can they let the Green believers go?
"No!" Saint Wang has never had a good impression of Saint Mu. When the saint saw each other, he was extremely jealous and said in a deep voice, "There are many green temples in the Western Regions, incense is flourishing, and there are countless bronzes, gold, and silver. Your Majesty only needs to borrow
If we use the power of the Western Expedition to clear out the Green Temple in Turpan, we will gain a lot. Since ancient times, the emperors who destroyed the Buddha and the Green Temple have all been promising kings. Your Majesty, this is the time!"
Sage Wang's deception is really of little use to a historically illiterate Zhu Shou. He doesn't even know what the Green Sect is. He only knows that human bombs in later generations are very powerful, and that a guy who drilled into a cave was beaten to death by Lao Mi.
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The ignorant are fearless, and the ignorant are greedy. Zhu Shou, who had no intuitive impression of the wealth of the Green Temple, decided to do more rather than do less, so as not to cause a strong backlash from the countries in the Western Regions and undermine his plan to wipe out the Turpan Khanate.
Big plan.
"This matter will be discussed later."
Hearing Zhu Shou's answer, Wang Shouren sighed deeply in his heart and admonished: "The west of the river is all quicksand. It is difficult to transport food and grass, and it is impossible to collect food and grass on the spot along the way. This will make the supervisors make more
Large carts can transport both troops and grain, killing two birds with one stone. Although the cart array moves slowly, it is helpful to prevent cavalry, reducing losses, and saving military grain and equipment."
The Toulai River is a tributary of the Zhangye River and a natural barrier to Jiayuguan. After crossing this river, you will reach the vast desert Gobi. Let alone marching and fighting, even a leisurely business trip is also a hard work.
"This strategy is feasible." Zhu Shou nodded.
While Emperor Zhu and Wang Shengren were discussing the detailed military situation, Dong Zhen, thousands of miles away in Shazhou, replied angrily: "Don't talk about one hundred thousand taels of silver, even one million taels, I can get it!"
He hated being looked down upon by women the most in his life. He was about to express his inner plan to shock this ignorant little girl, but was interrupted by the real Timur.
"Second brother," the real Timur first apologized to Dong Zhen, and then looked at Wu Lanzhen, "If the Ming Dynasty loses Shazhou, the Uighur tribes on both sides of the Qilian Mountains will fall apart. King Heihe Khan will
Should you go to the Ming Dynasty or to Turpan?"
Wu Lanzhen responded calmly: "Of course it's the Ming Dynasty."
The real Timur said in a deep voice: "How many people are willing to follow King Khan?"
Kuanchepuhua is not the real great khan of Uighur. Although his bloodline is noble, humans are not horses and do not need name, breed, and blood. If he does not have enough strength, the name of King Khan will be a joke.
With 10,000 warriors, he is considered a strong one among the Uighur tribes, but he is by no means the top one.
If Turupan captured Shazhou, not only would the flanks of the Ming army be exposed to Mansuer, but even the many Uighur tribes in the Qilian Mountains would also face a dead end.
After hearing what Timur said, what choice would Wu Lanzhen make? (To be continued...)