Zhu Qiyu was in high spirits and in high spirits. He looked at the ministers who were filing in with a smile. Today's small court meeting was another day of bastard madness.
After all the ministers saluted, Zhu Qiyu readily gave the elderly minister a seat.
There are not many veterans left.
Yu Qian and Hang Yu were just seventy years old, Bai Gui, Lu Yu, and Li Shi were in their fifties, and Hang Min, Chen Xun, Chen Ruyan, and the seven ministers were all in their early forties.
It is a person's peak years.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "We have won a great victory outside the pass. Zhu Yong and Zhao Fu are still chasing the remnants of the Mobei tribes. In the next three to five years, the Mobei tribes will not dare to invade our Ming border again. This is actually the most advantageous situation after the first year of Jingtai." The situation at the border.”
Zhu Qiyu felt so happy.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the wars against tribes outside the Guan Dynasty resulted in more victories than defeats. After all, Taizu Taizong was too powerful, and during the reign of Emperor Ren and Xuan, Renzong's reign was too short. In the ten years of Xuanzong, he was also tough on Mobei.
As a result, a wooden fort was built in the 14th year of Orthodoxy.
Then he ascended the throne himself.
After he ascended the throne, he won the war against Mobei!
What does this mean?
It shows that I, Zhu Qiyu, is more suitable to be the emperor of Ming Dynasty than Zhu Qizhen!
This achievement will go down in the history books...
Zhu Qiyu, the confirmed Ming Wuzong!
Can Zhu Qiyu not be secretly happy?
Yu Qian said with a smile: "This great victory outside the Pass is all thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince's military skill!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Bai Gui, in particular, was extremely satisfied with his son-in-law, and he praised him without hesitation, saying that although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was on an expedition in Taiwan, he had prepared for a rainy day and had seen through the plans of the ministries outside the pass. The 10,000 elite troops, together with the troops from the Zhenbei Army, the Torgut Division, and the troops from the Hami area and the Hexi Corridor area, first sent troops to Hami, and then after the smoke appeared in Datong, they quickly moved from west to east in a roundabout way. Forming a situation of encirclement, this move of using troops is comparable to the military immortal Han Xin.
After this battle, everyone in the Ming Dynasty and the public was convinced of His Highness the Crown Prince.
So amazing.
It should be noted that there was a key factor in the victory of this battle so cleanly: the advancing speed of Zhu Yong's tens of thousands of troops in the Hami area formed an encirclement situation before Datong fell into a fierce battle.
Zhu Yong was able to do this not because he had many cavalry, but because he had a sharp arrow.
Ten thousand young troops!
Since the Ming Dynasty's young army swept across the front line from west to east outside the Pass last year, it returned to the capital. With the strong support of Yu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the full cooperation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the young army expanded to 20,000 people before the Shangyuan Festival.
The Ministry of Industry provided steel and gunpowder materials to the maximum extent, and the Donggong Military Research Institute worked overtime to create supporting firearms for an additional 10,000 people.
The 10,000 young troops conducting drills in the Dengzhou Guard sea area are an additional 10,000 people.
The young army that went to the Hami area as a surprise attack force was an old and young army.
After all, in everyone's perception, if a fake Bao Sect rebels in Taiwan, it won't matter if it can't be defeated for a while. However, the Ming Dynasty cannot afford to make any mistakes in the war in Mobei, so it puts the elite force of the young army in the north.
Now, even the most pedantic scholars no longer doubt the role of the Donggong Military Research Institute in promoting the military power of the Ming Dynasty.
After Bai Gui finished praising the prince, he added: "I wonder how the war in Taiwan is going?"
Yu Qian said: "His Royal Highness is already on his way back to the court."
Everyone was refreshed and looked at Yu Qian.
Yu Qian said nothing.
He understands.
This time should still be reserved for His Majesty to show off his son.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Yes, last night's military report stated that Prince Zhu Jianji led 10,000 new soldiers of the East Palace Young Army, and after subduing the rebel Huilong Camp and the four guards stationed on the Penghu Islands, they set off on the coasts of the three major capitals of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang.
Under the protection of the naval force of the Guard, they quickly landed in Kaohsiung. In just one day, they broke through Kaohsiung, entered the main chamber of commerce, killed all the traitors of the puppet dynasty, and seized 7 million taels of gold and silver from the treasury of the puppet dynasty, including 1 million taels of gold and silver.
Two taels were allocated to the local navies of the three major divisions of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang. One million taels were left for the newly built Taiwan Administrative Envoy Department and the garrisoned Huilong Camp to surrender troops. The remaining five million taels will be
Ship it back to Gyeonggi to fill the national treasury."
Everyone felt like they were hearing a fantasy.
Can you still make money by fighting?
This time the prince's expedition to Taiwan cost no more than three million in silver at most, but he ended up having to transport back five million in gold and silver. The battle was incredible.
After a second thought, I realized it again.
After all, Taiwan's puppet forces have been operating in the local area for many years, and most of them are pirates. Before setting sail, they often robbed smuggling caravans that went out to sea.
How could there be no money?
And I'm afraid it's more than just these millions of taels. Maybe His Highness the Crown Prince has made a lot of money and only used a small amount to fill the national treasury.
OK.
Isn’t His Highness the Prince’s money the same as Ming Dynasty’s money?
I don’t see that the eleven million taels that His Highness the Crown Prince spent on his overseas qualifications were not all spent on the East Palace Military Research Institute and the young army. I’m afraid it will be the same this time.
Anyway, as long as we make money, we can continue to fight this battle.
External expansion, especially sea expansion, can indeed lead to great things.
You see, you can't make money by attacking Mobei.
All the ministers came out one after another, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a powerful and powerful man. As a scholar, it was ridiculous to praise people. He almost said that Zhu Jianji was the Emperor of Qin and Han Dynasty. A burst of rainbow farts blew down, and Zhu Qiyu felt refreshed.
ah……
This is the joy of being a father!
But Zhu Qiyu did not forget about it, and quickly said: "Everyone knows the excellence of the prince. From now on, I hope that all members of the Qing family will fully assist the prince and help him create a splendid and prosperous age for the Ming Dynasty. However, there are still things to discuss at the moment, about Annan...
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Guangxi Dusi was defeated miserably.
If Prince Mu's Mansion hadn't discovered something was wrong in time and sent out reinforcements in advance, Guangxi Dusi would have been annihilated.
What needs to be dealt with has already been dealt with.
However, Annan still stayed at the junction of Guangxi, Guangdong, and Annan, and the Mu Palace did not dare to attack rashly. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, which was not good news for the Ming Dynasty.
There is a war there, which will affect overseas trade.
Veteran minister Hang Yu came out and said, "Wei Chen thinks that our Ming Dynasty has just sent troops to Taiwan outside the customs, and Annan is now under the rule of Li Sicheng, and its national strength has soared. The war with Annan should not be expanded. The war should be calmed down as soon as possible, and the young people should be fully developed.
Army, after a few years the young army has reached the size of a regiment and camp, we can use this year's war as an excuse to conquer Annan."
Annan is really a headache.
Since the Xuanzong era, the Ming Dynasty and Annan have suffered more defeats than victories.
It failed again this year.
Zhu Qiyu said: "Before the prince went on an expedition to Taiwan, he also talked about the war with Annan. He told me that it was not yet time to completely break up with Annan."
Bai Gui said: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince has said so, I second your opinion!"
The rest of the people agreed one after another.
After more than ten years in Jingtai, no one among the courtiers and central officials was convinced by Zhu Jianji.
Zhu Qiyu was slightly worried, "But how can we withdraw our troops? If we take the initiative to ask the Guangxi Dusi and Prince Mu's Mansion to withdraw their troops, Li Sicheng will think that we are afraid of Annan."
Daming also wants face.
As soon as this question was raised, the officials fell silent.
really.
At present, Ming Dynasty cannot take the initiative to withdraw its troops.
Let Annan withdraw his troops?
impossible.
Annan's army had just defeated the Guangxi Dusi, and the military front was at its peak. Maybe after this battle, Annan's country had become swollen, and it was very possible that he wanted to use the advantage of this war to get rid of the matter of paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty every three years.
.
He even wanted Daming to get some money to calm the situation.
Let Ming pay for peace?
Thinking too much!
The basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty destined this to be impossible.
Therefore, if you want Annan to retreat, there is almost no peaceful strategy, only one operation.
One more fight.
Beat Annan painfully and make him retreat.
However……
Guangxi Dusi has just suffered a disastrous defeat, and Prince Mu's Palace is not absolutely sure of victory. How to fight this battle?
If troops are mobilized and the capitals from Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Huguang and other places are mobilized to reinforce Guangxi, let alone the situation will escalate. Even if Annan is forced to retreat in the end, the scope of mobilization is so large and the number of troops is so large that not even one or two million taels can be used.
Don't think about it.
This money is basically wasted!
The Ming Dynasty was already poor, so how could it be so wasteful?
