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Chapter 43: Go Home (1)

"Hurry up, let it go?"

Deng Ping took back his waist card and looked straight.

The tax officer quickly waved his hand, "Brothers, let go!" and nodded and bowed, "The villain has no idea that he is a great man..." Then, he quickly said to Zhang Fu, "Don't blame this hero, the subordinate is also his duty!"

Zhang Fu smiled helplessly, "Oh!" Then, he looked at Deng Ping and joked, "Are you still the mighty? I was fighting with those barbarians in Yunnan, and even the officials who came back from the capital dared to show me their faces."

"Don't say sarcastic words!" Deng Ping smiled and immediately whispered, "Search to find a place to wait after entering the city, and I'm in the car behind!"

"Ah!" Zhang Fu was shocked and said quickly, "Sage? I have to report to Mr. Zhang quickly, he is in the carriage behind him."

The two exchanged a few greetings, and Zhang Fu brought people into the city. When the carriage passed by Deng Ping, in the middle of the carriage, a scholar with a gentle face in the curtain smiled and nodded at Deng Ping.

Deng Ping knew that this person was Zhang Yu, the governor of Yunnan. If he returned to Beijing this time, he would not dare to ask the emperor to bow to him quickly.

Then, he immediately ran back to Zhu Yunxiu's side.

The tax collectors continued to check on the chariots and pedestrians entering the city. Someone was dissatisfied and muttered secretly when he saw Zhang Fu's convoy passing through safely.

"Didn't you say that you have sucked the private goods? Why don't you hold them?"

"Those who are powerful and powerful dare not investigate, just investigate us?"

The tax officer immediately scolded, "What are you saying? You have a loud voice, do you want to enter the city? If you don't want to enter the city, just get out of here? Hey, that boy, you said, don't look at others, who asked you to wear a mask? You are a thief, pull it down!"

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Zhu Yunyu was sitting in a carriage. As soon as he entered the city, he saw Zhang Fu and Yunnan governor Zhang Yu. They stood by the roadside with their hands hanging down and waiting.

"I was still muttering just now, maybe you are in the carriage." Zhu Yunsheng smiled.

"My minister Zhang Feng."

"Since Zhang Fu..."

"Okay, this is outside, not the palace!" Zhu Yunyu smiled, "Zhang Yu, you get on my carriage." As he said, he looked at Zhang Fu and said, "I heard that you did a good job in Yunnan. In autumn, there were chieftains who did not accept Wang Hua. It was you who led the troops to break their village."

"I dare not be the praise of Long Live!" Zhang Fu has been practicing in Yunnan for several years and now he looks like a famous general. Standing there, he is as motionless as a mountain, his demeanor has surpassed the guards around Zhu Yunsheng.

"Well, I'll look for you to talk to you again!" Zhu Yunsheng said, lowering the curtain.

In the carriage, Zhu Yunxiu leaned against the side, while Zhang Xu was a little cramped and leaned against the car door and sat down.

"No need to be polite, be more casual!" Zhu Yunsheng said with a smile.

It can be said that Zhang Yun was dissatisfied with the public opinion and broke the rule that the chief officials were not allowed to serve in a place for a long time, so that Zhang Yung could not support him in Yunnan, but Zhu Yung had any requests.

In recent years, Zhang Yan has not disappointed Zhu Yun's expectations. He has promoted the construction of kingly cities and cities to reclaim fields, and has been effective in governing the barbarian and border residents.

"You said you will be the second-rank Jingtang soon, and you will have to be in vain when you enter Beijing!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Don't you know that the King of Hell is better than a little ghost? If you really get scolded by those tax collectors, you will be wrong?"

"I just want to take a good look at the face of the tax collector in the capital!" Zhang Jue spoke in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunxiu frowned, "Where does this start?"

"When I was a foreign official, I often heard from friends and others of the same year that foreign officials were actually a hard job to enter the capital!" Zhang Yu was originally a serious person, and his speech was even more serious at this time. "As soon as he entered the city, he had to reward the tax collectors and soldiers at the city gate. If he went to various departments to do business, he would give benefits to the minor officials. Not only would he not be able to do things well!"

Zhu Yunxi sighed, "I know this, the so-called Bing Jingtan Gong Jing!" As he said that, he also smiled bitterly, "When Mu Chun was writing a memorial to me, he sued the Ministry of Revenue for a battle."

"Last year, Yunnan used troops to attack Myanmar chieftains several times, and they needed to write off military bills with the Ministry of Revenue. The feasible documents could be sent to the capital for three months, like a stone sinking to the sea."

"Mu Chun sent someone to ask, but the officials of the Ministry of Revenue said that there was not enough staff and there were too many things to do. Duke Guo, you should lean back on your verification. He even said with a tough word, "It's a broken rule to jump to you in line!"

"Ha! Actually, I just want to ask for benefits. I am willing to deal with those minor officials. But they all do things according to the rules of the court, and use the rules of the court to disgust others with dignity."

Zhang Jue pondered for a moment, "The minor officials of all dynasties have been stubbornly ill of evil politics, and the reputation of the court is corrupted in their hands. The emperor asked the ministers to serve in the Ministry of Revenue. After they took office, they would definitely take drastic measures to eliminate the disadvantages."

"I can trust you." Zhu Yunxi sighed for a while, "Although I am the emperor, there are some things. Hi, I really can't control it!" As he said, he smiled, "But you may not be used to deal with people. I have ordered people to prepare for the Independent Council. Haha, the good days of those who are evil are over!"

"I think I am a good-natured person and don't want to kill people? Then let's take a look."

As he said that, Zhu Yunxiu said again, "Mu Chun's health was fine before you came. He posted two reviews this year, and both said he was in poor health!"

"The young Duke joined the army. In his early years..." Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, "It's not very good. When I came to Beijing, the Duke was recuperating." As he said, he paused again, "The Burmese chieftain kidnapped Meng with a treacherous and cruel knife, and he jumped repeatedly..."

Listening to Zhang Ju's words, Zhu Yun's thought silently.

In history, Mu Chun seemed to have died young. He followed his father to join the army as a vanguard, and he was always a vanguard in every battle. In recent years, he has been fighting in a wild place with strong stern force.

Why did the loyal ministers and generals of the Ming Dynasty not have long lifespan?

"It's a pity that Xi Ying can't live with me for a moment, otherwise I would have sent me to Yunnan to see Mu Chun."

Zhu Yunxiu thought to himself that the Mu family father and son have been hard-core princes since their early years. In Zhu Yunxiu's memory, when Prince Zhu Biao was alive, Zhu Biao personally received him whenever the Mu family father and son came to Beijing.

When he thought of Mu Chun, Zhu Yunxiu's thoughts were associated with the southwest.

The huge Ming Empire's border troubles were not yet stable. The Tartars in the north had just calmed down for a few years, and the barbarian chieftains in the southwest jumped out again.

Guangnan chieftains, Ningyuan chieftains, and Yuezhou chieftains, are capricious. The imperial army surrenders when it is fierce. Once the imperial court is loose, it will be arrogant.

The southwest is different from other frontiers. Although it is a bit bitter and cold to fight against the Tartars, it can eventually capture the opponent's main force. However, the barbarians in the southwest won and rush to disperse.

Hiding in the deep mountains and forests, the Ming army could not use it even if they had all their strength. It was really abominable.

"Suppress them sooner or later!" Zhu Yunxiu expressed his anger, "The barbarian chieftains are capricious, and the court is gentle and fed the dogs. One day, he will be escorted to the capital's Meridian Gate to behead him to serve as a warning to others!"

Zhang Jue pondered for a moment, "Emperor, I have discussed with the government privately before coming to Beijing. If you use troops to the southwest chieftains, you should do it once and for all."

"I mean the same thing, otherwise I will fight every year and be angry if I don't feel tired!" Zhu Yunsheng said with a smile.

"But if you want to do it once and for all, the court must dispatch a large army to advance together." Zhang Jue said, "At that time, the troops will be launched in Nandian (Tengchong), destroy Luchuan, and Awabogu, and clear the entire Myanmar. The small country of Annan often secretly wins over the barbarian chieftains. I think they should be destroyed together and set up Xuanwei Office to eliminate future troubles!"

"Mr. Mu said, the battle is not difficult to fight, and the Ming Dynasty's troops are unstoppable!"

“But the difficulty lies in….”

Zhu Yunyu laughed and said, "It's hard to have food and money? Haha, if we move troops, we will mainly use the three armies of Yunnan, Guizhou and Shu, and Yunnan's barren army cannot be raised. Therefore, the food and money must be allocated from various places."

"It's okay to transfer it, but the ground is covered with dense forests and miasma, so I'm afraid that no more than 10% will be reached."

It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, but at this time the road to the Myanmar barbarians is even more difficult than the road to Shu.

"The emperor is wise, but I have a way!" Zhang Jue said.

"Tell me!" Zhu Yunxiu stretched his legs and spoke.

Zhang Yu knelt down and didn't move, "When fighting, there was no shortage of food, mainly the military pay of the soldiers. Every time he fought against the Burmese chieftain, the soldiers were not very willing to fight..."

"I know, I can't grab it... there are too few spoils!" Zhu Yunsheng smiled.

Zhang Ju smiled, "So they all rewarded the three armies with a lot of money to improve morale. The people in the army... after the war, there was no real reward of gold and silver..."

"Don't work hard!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "I know all this trick in the army!"

"And the military pay is really difficult to transport gold, silver and cloth. So I thought of a way..." As he said that, Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Yunyu's face, "I was inspired by other things. Some merchants came to Yunnan to sell tea, horses, etc., and now there are fewer and fewer silver and cloths, all of which are bills of silver. If the emperor issued an order, he would like to ask a few merchants to settle the military pay of the soldiers in the silver bill, and they would pay the court first. In this way, wouldn't everyone be happy?"
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