Zhu Houzhao pointed to an old map and said: "Erlang, you have three goals for this northern expedition!"
Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Zhu Houzhao said: "First, recapture the Hetao; second, restore the Dongsheng Guard and the new Dingxiang Guard, forming a tripartite confrontation with the Ningxia Guard to firmly control the Hetao area; third..."
Wang Yuan listened carefully and waited for Zhu Houzhao to speak.
Genghis Khan's sacrificial place has always been in the Hetao area. Whether it is Oara Mongolia or Tatar Mongolia, if they want to be called the Great Khan, they must invade the Hetao area, otherwise they will lack legitimacy.
The Deputy Khan of Mongolia, called "Jinong", which means "King of Jin", has the right to worship Genghis Khan.
Therefore, the deputy khans of Oara and Tatar have their jurisdictions in the Hetao area.
Wang Yuan cupped his hands and said, "I accept the decree!"
Zhu Houzhao said: "Remember to place my dragon flag on the ruins of Temujin's altar!"
"Okay." Wang Yuan said solemnly.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Go ahead, I'm waiting for the good news about Erlang."
Wang Yuan stood up to say goodbye and strode away from Haoshan Garden.
The purpose of this battle is not to annihilate the enemy. We will send troops in the autumn to drive the Mongols out of the Hetao. Winter is enough for these guys.
Of course, it would be best to annihilate the main right-wing Mongolian force, otherwise there will be repeated competition in the coming year.
At the time of Zhu Di, the Loop was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
In Zhu Di's later years, the northern border defenses moved southward, and the Mongolians crossed the Yellow River sporadically to graze. After that, more and more Mongolians went south to graze. The Ming border troops could only keep driving them away, but they came back soon after each time.
The Tumubao Incident was completely blown up, and the Hetao was taken away by the Mongols.
The fatuous emperor Zhu Jianshen, who only favored his concubine Wan Guifei, not only solved the problem of millions of internal refugees, but also recaptured the Hetao area. It was not until eight years after the death of the fatuous emperor Zhu Jianshen that in the hands of a generation of wise emperor Zhu Youtang, the Hetao area was taken away by the Mongols.
During this period, the Ming Dynasty occupied Hetao for a full twenty-two years.
It was Zhu Houzhao's grandfather who regained the Hetao; it was Zhu Houzhao's father who lost the Hetao.
Historically, neither Zhu Houzhao nor Zhu Houzhao's father stopped the "hunting" activities.
Searching for Tao means sending troops to search, kill, and drive away the Mongols in the Hetao area. During the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, the Ming Dynasty border troops crossed the Great Wall and actively attacked lone Mongolians or small tribes. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, regardless of victory
Whether it was good or bad, they all reflected Ming's desire to "replicate".
Until Jiajing succeeded to the throne, the border town was in dire straits and was forced to recognize the Mongols' possession of the Hetao.
After Wang Yuan received the emperor's order, he asked Yan Song, the left minister, to take charge of the seal of the Ministry of Rites, while he concentrated on preparing for the Northern Expedition to Hetao.
October.
Zhu Ying, the admiral of the Jinyi Haiwei, sent an envoy to Beijing to report the victory and bring a large amount of gold with him.
Qiu Zhen, the commanding officer of Haiwei Dudu in Jinyi, knelt down and shouted: "Qiu Zhen, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Get up quickly and give me a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qiu Zhen stood up happily.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "You destroyed Ananda Gongde in the Western Heaven?"
Qiu Zhen replied: "Report to your majesty, it has not been destroyed. The territory of Ananda in the West is larger than Huguang, with a population of hundreds of millions, and its royal city alone has 500,000 or 600,000 people. This country is a foreign race, so directly
It was difficult to rule after it was destroyed, so a new infant king was established. From now on, the Ananda Kingdom will always be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. This time, the Ananda Kingdom's envoys also went to Beijing to pay homage to the emperor, and they are also willing to present the eldest princess as his majesty's concubine."
Zhu Houzhao didn't care who the eldest princess was, and asked directly: "I heard that you brought back a lot of gold?"
Qiu Zhen said with a smile: "I brought back fifty thousand taels of gold."
"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed.
Hindus like gold very much. They only plundered the royal family and ministers and did not demolish Hindu temples. Ning Botao obtained more than 400,000 taels of gold. He took all the gold back and divided it with Zhu Ying, Man Zheng and others.
A fraction of 50,000 taels was given to Zhu Houzhao.
In recent years, although the gold and silver sent from Nanyang were not as much as those from Yinzhou, they have always continued to pay tribute. Otherwise, the admiral of Jinyi Haiwei and the commander-in-chief would have been replaced long ago.
Zhu Houzhao was so wealthy that no one in the civil and military dynasties knew how much money he had.
The one-time donation of 50,000 taels of gold and the establishment of a vassal state greatly satisfied Zhu Houzhao's ambition to expand his territory.
Anyway, he couldn't go to war himself, and the improvement of guns and artillery came to an end. Zhu Houzhao was so idle that he simply found something to pass the time.
The Fifth Army Commander's Office was changed to the Sixth Army Commander's Office, namely left, right, front, rear, center, and sea.
The Navy Governor's Office was born, and Zhu Ying was promoted to the rank of Royal Horse Eunuch, Admiral of the Jinyi Haiwei and the Ming Navy. Manzheng was promoted to the Navy's Left Commander, with the title of Nan Haibo; Ning Botao was promoted to the Navy's Right Commander, with the title of Xi Haibo;
Zhu Hai was appointed the right commander of the navy and was granted the title of Marquis of Tanhai.
Zhu Ying, Man Zheng, and Ning Botao immediately returned to Beijing to take up their posts and will stay in the capital to work in the future.
How can this motherfucker be promoted to a higher position? She is simply taking back power!
Zhu Houzhao was very smart and knew that he could no longer allow it to develop. This time he destroyed a country larger than Huguang, and if he continued to tolerate it, what would happen in the future?
Of course, this matter cannot be said openly, nor can the three people know about it. After they return to the capital to take up their posts, they can just detain them by force and let me stay in the capital as officials.
At the same time, don't go too far, as it will inevitably force the three of them to rebel.
As compensation, Man Zheng's eldest son Man Yong and Ning Bo Tao's nephew Ning Xiong could be promoted to commanders of Jinyi Haiweidu and continue to stay in Nanyang to command part of the navy.
Another eunuch was sent to Nanyang to take charge of the Jinyihai Guards and replace Zhu Ying's previous position.
Then send several generals from Baofang to Nanyang to take over some warships and try to divide the commanding power of the Ming Dynasty Navy as much as possible.
Don't think that Zhu Houzhao is dragging the navy back, any emperor in his right mind would do this.
For example, the King of Spain continued to send nobles to the colonies, with layers of divisions, mutual constraints, and overlapping powers. In the end, the colonial officials themselves couldn't handle the colonial bureaucracy, and if they wanted to rebel, they didn't know who to recruit to cooperate.
Only Tanhai Bo Zhuhai, because it was far away in Yinzhou and was still in its early stages of development, Zhu Houzhao did not recall him to be raised in captivity, and he also took this opportunity to be promoted to the right commander of the navy and the Marquis of Tanhai.
Yan Song, the left minister who was in charge of the seal of the Ministry of Rites, finally became busy. He had to engrave several seals at once, plan the Ananda Kingdom's entry ceremony, and send ministers to the Ananda Kingdom to canonize the king.
As for the Princess Ananda, it seems that everyone has forgotten about her.
Leopard room.
The imperial concubine asked kindly: "What is your name?"
The Aryan girl was puzzled by what she meant. She waited for the translator to repeat it, and then she squeezed out a smile nervously: "My name is Kavna Deva Raya."
The imperial concubine asked again: "Why is your name so long?"
The translator explained: "Deva and Raya are both royal surnames of the Ananda Kingdom. The eldest princess's name is Kavna."
The imperial concubine thought for a while and said: "From now on, you will be called Kong Fu."
The Aryan girl could only accept it, not knowing when she would see the emperor.
The shameless emperor, Zhu Houzhao was so weak that he rarely even touched the imperial concubine. He was often out of breath when doing that.
As for the harem, Zhu Houzhao has not set foot in the harem again for twenty years.
The imperial concubine took pity on the maids, and after obtaining the emperor's permission, she went to ask Empress Dowager Zhang for instructions, and she had already dismissed most of the maids. Now, the harem is like a cold palace, so ghostly that few people can be seen at all.
I only had pity on the queen and two concubines, who had been living as widows in the harem, and the imperial concubine did not dare to send them away.
The Aryan girl in front of her, who was renamed Kong Fu, was not officially canonized, so the imperial concubine had the right to deal with her.
The imperial concubine smiled and said: "She is indeed a beauty. Just stay with me. When you learn Chinese, I will help you find a good family."
Kong Fu stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Queen."
The translator automatically filters out title errors.
Suddenly, Princess Zhu Xuanzhen rushed in: "Mom, Brother Ce has been married for half a year, why didn't you tell me?"
The imperial concubine sighed: "Brother Ce of yours is the eldest son of Wang Shangshu, and he also has the title of civil servant. He cannot marry you, otherwise it will harm his future."
Zhu Xuanzhen was unhappy and didn't know how to object, so he could only run to the alpaca room crying and talk to himself to the newly born baby alpaca.
Leopard room, study room.
Wang Su said to the prince: "You shouldn't tell her."
Zhu Zaiyi said: "Long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain."
Wang Su was silent and then said: "I want to go to the alpaca room to find her."
Zhu Zaijun joked: "You want to be the consort?"
"Yes." Wang Su admitted immediately.
"No way? If you marry my sister, you won't be able to be a civil servant in the future." Zhu Zaiyi said in surprise.
Wang Su said: "If you don't want to be an official, you can become a prince-in-law, and you can study physics all your life."
Zhu Zaiyi was stunned and said after a long time: "You are crazy. When your father returns to the court, he will definitely beat you to death!"
Wang Su shook his head: "No, I tried it out, and dad let me make my own decision."