The emperor and Concubine Zhuang were sitting in the garden, accompanied by Zhang Wei, Zhu Ying, Li Ying, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Qian Ning and others.
Zhu Houzhao asked with great interest: "Can the hot air balloon made by the School of Physics really drop mines from high altitudes?"
Li Ying replied: "Your Majesty, the terrain at that time was quite special. There were strong winds all year round in the valley, and the wind direction was fixed. I only need to select a location in advance, tie the hot air balloon to the hillside with a rope, and take advantage of the strong wind to lift the balloon.
The hot air balloon hovers over the valley. As long as enemy troops pass by the valley, the soldiers on the hot air balloon can be thrown down."
"Wonderful!" Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and praised.
Li Ying continued: "At that time, mines were falling continuously, and the enemy troops and horses were frightened. The valley was in chaos. Wang Shilang ran for two thousand miles and destroyed all the cities in the Western Region. At the critical moment, he came to the valley and killed more than 30,000 enemy invaders.
The soldiers and civilians were immediately killed and were running away."
Zhu Houzhao sighed sadly: "It's a pity that you and others didn't join Erlang in the decisive battle. I want to hear from people who saw it with my own eyes, how Erlang fought with Mansu'er in front of the formation."
Zhu Ying said with a smile: "Although the emperor and his ministers did not participate in the decisive battle, they followed Wang Shilang to attack more than 4,000 Turpan elite cavalry. At that time, the sources of our cavalry were mixed, and many Mongolian miscellaneous cavalry retreated before the battle. Scholar Wang wanted to encourage the soldiers.
, took the lead and charged forward. His attendants Yuan Da and Xiliang King Zhu Dangqi followed closely behind Wang Shilang. The three of them and three cavalry rushed towards the enemy's formation and killed the enemy's own troops. The morale of our soldiers was high, and everyone was united.
Even the ministers forgot about life and death and led the army forward with Uncle Zhang."
Zhu Houzhao was very excited when he heard this and praised: "You and others are all my guards!"
Hui'an Bo Zhang Wei had a long scar on his face, and a section of his ear was cut off. Although he was not promoted this time, he was restored to the title of Crown Prince and Taibao. While restoring his salary, he also received a one-level increase in salary, and Yin Yizi was named
Hundreds of Jinyiwei.
Zhu Ying had two broken fingers, and it would be difficult for him to go to the battlefield again in the future. He still belonged to the Royal Horse Prison, and although he was not promoted, he got a new job. Not only was he in charge of the four guards of Longxiang, but he was also ordered to supervise the East Government Office. To put it in human terms
, that is, Zhu Ying was in charge of four of the seventeen guards of the emperor's personal army, and at the same time, he was in charge of half of the Beijing camp (all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled).
Li Ying was directly promoted to the fourth rank of Jinyi Guards to command the general affairs, and it was a practical duty, in charge of the direct guards. In other words, from now on, whether he was offering sacrifices to the ancestral temple or going on personal expeditions, Li Ying would lead his men and follow the emperor closely to protect his safety.
Zhu Ying and Li Ying combined could barely compete with Jiang Bin.
"Your Majesty, Wang Qiong, Secretary of the Ministry of War, is here to see you." Lu Ming, the young eunuch of the Bureau of Rites, came over to report.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Let him come over."
Lu Ming is a eunuch who has emerged in the past two years. He used to have a good relationship with Yang Tinghe and secretly colluded with Qian Ning, the Jin Yiwei, and the three of them worked together to deal with Jiang Bin and other generals.
Jiang Bin has become a big BOSS. No one can fight against him alone. They can only unite to resist his pressure.
Wang Qiong knelt down and kowtowed: "I pay homage to Your Majesty."
"Get up and talk." Zhu Houzhao nodded.
After Wang Qiong stood up, he greeted everyone with fists and then sat down carefully next to him.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Wang Shangshu, Erlang expanded more than 2,000 miles of territory in the Western Regions and achieved such amazing feats. It shows that our Ming Dynasty has many elite soldiers. The little Mongolian prince went south several times. I want to lead my troops to attack him. You might as well do it."
A charter comes out.”
It was obvious that the emperor was stimulated by Wang Yuan's achievements and was so proud of the prisoner ceremony that he actually wanted to go and fight with the little Mongolian prince himself.
Wang Qiong was taken aback and had to tactfully dissuade him: "Your Majesty, Bian Zhen has been training in Beijing for only two years, why not train for another year and a half? Moreover, the rebel bandits in various places have not been eliminated. Take the bandits in Jiangxi, for example, they have already caused a lot of trouble.
Ten years, it should be paid off completely!"
Zhu Houzhao didn't take it seriously and asked: "Why can't the thieves in Jiangxi be pacified? Can you recommend someone to pacify the thieves in Jiangxi for me?"
Wang Qiong said: "Wang Shouren, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, is worthy of the important task."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "It turns out he is Wang Erlang's teacher, so send him!"
Wang Yangming was recommended by Wang Yuan last year to serve as the right minister of the Ministry of War and to patrol Liaodong. Because of the strange rule that he could not leave the country more than five miles away, Wang Yangming lured the Haixi Jurchens to take the initiative to plunder, set up an ambush, and captured and killed hundreds of bandits. It only took half a year.
He was so frightened that the Jurchens from all the tribes came forward to apologize.
Of course, this offended Shi Jie.
Because Shi Jie was the previous governor of Liaodong. At that time, the Haixi Jurchens invaded the border many times, and the three Duoyan guards attacked each other with other tribes. As a result, trade in various parts of Liaodong was cut off and tribute was no longer paid. Shi Jie's approach was to act as a peacemaker and personally go out.
Guan, resolved the conflicts between the three guards of Duoyan and other tribes, and appeased the Haixi Jurchens who came to pay tribute. Therefore, he was promoted to the imperial court as the censor of Youdu.
As soon as Shi Jie left Liaodong, the Haixi Jurchens once again raided the border and were ambushed and defeated by Wang Yangming. However, in Shi Jie's eyes, Wang Yangming was provocative and forced the Haixi Jurchens to continue their rebellion.
With Zhu Houzhao's character, he naturally preferred Wang Yangming's approach. Just appease the barbarian tribes and beat them up, and that would be it.
Just some time ago, Liu Chun, the Minister of Rites, offended Zhu Houzhao because of the matter of conferring the title of king.
Zhu Houzhao immediately asked Wang Yangming to be transferred to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and also be in charge of the affairs of Honglu Temple (the minister of Honglu Temple is often concurrently held by the right minister of the Ministry of Rites), and waited for the opportunity to promote Wang Yangming to the left minister. Liu Chun was getting old, and one day he fell ill and asked to resign.
You can be promoted to Minister of Rites.
Well, Wang Yangming also fell into the emperor's eyes and was a key training target. Zhu Houzhao wanted him to take charge of the Ministry of Rites.
Since Wang Qiong recommended Wang Yangming to be the governor of Jiangxi, Zhu Houzhao immediately agreed. As long as he achieved any merit, he would be the left minister of the Ministry of Rites when he returned to Beijing. Zhu Houzhao was worried that he had no excuse to promote Uncle Wang.
As a result, Wang Yangming was recommended by Wang Qiong to go to Jiangxi to suppress bandits one year earlier than in history.
The bandits in Jiangxi are not easy to deal with because the reasons for their formation are too complicated.
Jiangxi was one of the regions with the most serious land annexation in the entire Ming Dynasty.
One is because there are too many civil servants from Jiangxi, and the other is because there are too many nobles who were granted titles in Jiangxi in the early Ming Dynasty. These two groups are important forces in land annexation. Now that they are gathered in Jiangxi, will the lives of ordinary people be easy?
Not only that, there are many mines in Jiangxi. The miners were forced by the eunuchs to have no choice but to become bandits.
What's the most ridiculous thing?
Many common people originally did not want to be bandits, so they joined the civil service and became tenant farmers. The civil servants and nobles forced them to become bandits, and even developed to rob prefectures and counties, or went to other provinces to rob, and the money they robbed was also divided.
Wealth is provided to civil servants and nobles, while civil servants and nobles act as a protective umbrella for bandits.
Therefore, more and more bandits are being suppressed in Jiangxi, and they have not been eradicated for decades.
Historically, Wang Yangming easily wiped out several of the largest bandit gangs, and the remaining bandits fled to King Ning. When King Ning rebelled, he had a large number of bandit troops under his command, and several generals were former giant bandits.
Even at this moment, King Ning also kept some bandits under his command, specifically to collect wealth for him.
Wang Yangming's trip to Jiangxi this time was not only to suppress bandits, but also encountered resistance from local civil servants and the Xungui Group. Historically, he suppressed bandits for a year and destroyed more than 40 villages in a row. However, the suppression became more and more difficult, so he had to go
Wang Qiong immediately gave Wang Yangming a flag (the king's command flag, representing the power of commanding the army) and allowed him to act expediently. Only then did Wang Qiong have the strength to continue suppressing the bandits.
"vomit!"
Before Wang Qiong left, Concubine Zhuang suddenly felt nauseated and vomited.
Everyone was stunned.
Hui'an Bo Zhang Wei immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, quickly announce the imperial doctor!"