Hearty laughter came from the courtyard. Shen Fucong stroked his beard with one hand and held a wine glass with the other. He looked down upon Wang Yangming and said: "Old Wang, I have definitely been happier than you in these years. Even though you were so sick in Guizhou, you still drank occasionally. Now I don’t drink at all in order to survive. How many years have I not touched alcohol? It’s almost twenty or thirty years, right? If it were me, I would rather drink for one more year, so why not live ten years shorter than him!”
Wang Yangming smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid of death."
Shen Fucong raised his glass to Wang Yuan: "Come on, brother Yuan, have another drink!"
Wang Yuan raised his glass and said: "Take your time, don't get drunk."
Wang Yangming smiled and said nothing, sitting there silently peeling melon seeds. The melon seeds came from the sunflowers he planted himself. He didn't have many teeth left, so he peeled them and piled them there for his grandchildren to eat.
Wang Yangming's grandchildren, Shen Fucong's grandchildren, and Wang Yuan's youngest children, a total of seven people, were playing in the yard.
Shen Fucong called his grandson, pointed at Wang Yuan and said: "My dear grandson, this is grandpa's student. He was the first assistant in the Ming Dynasty and became the king when he went overseas. How majestic is that? Do you know why he can be like this? Is it as prestigious? It all comes down to hard work and study! You don’t have to imitate your uncles or your cousins. You can only imitate your elder brother and study hard. Do you understand?”
"I know." The little grandson nodded obediently, but his eyes were fixed on the melon seeds on the stone table.
Wang Yangming was observing the children playing games, and saw a child with alien characteristics directing other children to form troops. Wang Yangming asked: "What is that child's name?"
Wang Yuan said: "Wang Fu, born to my concubine Kong Fu, is seven years old this year."
"This child is extremely smart," Wang Yangming pointed to a little girl, "That is my granddaughter Wang Hui, who is also well-behaved and smart. She is five years old this year."
The little girl Wang Hui belongs to the "Cheng" generation, but girls are generally not named according to their generation.
Wang Yuan understood what that meant and just said: "People with the same surname do not marry according to etiquette."
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "If you give out the five clothes, it is a virtual ceremony."
Wang Yuan couldn't refuse, so he said: "Disciple, I will write a marriage contract tonight."
Shen Fucong was a little jealous, but he didn't want his granddaughter to marry overseas. He raised his glass and said with a smile: "Congratulations, if I can live another ten years, I will definitely go to Tianzhu to drink the wedding banquet of these two juniors."
After Wang Yuan agreed to the engagement, he said: "Sir, don't look at this kid's command. In fact, he learned it from his elder brothers. He is not a genius."
"Hahahaha," Wang Yangming laughed, "That is the origin of family education, and my granddaughter is not at a loss either."
That night, the two families made a marriage contract. Ten years later, when Wang Hui turned fifteen, Wang Yuan sent someone to pick up the bride and consummate the marriage.
Wang Yuan spent this Spring Festival at Wang Yangming's house, and occasionally visited Shen Fucong's house.
During this period, Wang Yangming's brothers, such as Wang Shouyi and Wang Shouxin, also came from Yuyao to pay a visit. Many of Wang Yangming's disciples also came to visit during the Spring Festival and accepted the teachings of Grand Master Wang.
After the Lantern Festival, Wang Yuan said goodbye, took his wife, children and family to Hangzhou, and then took a boat south to Luzon.
As for those European students, they had been staying in Hangzhou for fun and did not come to Shaoxing. They also boarded the ship with Wang Yuan in Hangzhou.
Wang Yangming's body became increasingly weak, and he wrote a letter to his student Qian Dehong when he fell ill. The letter explained Wang Yuan's world view, methodology and materialist dialectics, which made this proud disciple who he accepted in his later years study hard, which led to Qian Dehong's death. He turned from mind science to physics and led a large number of mind science disciples astray.
When Qian Dehong became a disciple, he had seventy-four disciples, and his own disciples were all over Yuyao.
As for Shen Fucong, he still lived a very carefree life. When he opened his mouth, he was his disciple Wang Yuan, and when he was silent, he was his grandson Shen Yi. The rest of his children and grandchildren were all bastards. Because he was afraid that his children and grandchildren would not obey his will, he chose a good family for his personal maid in advance, and waited until his death. Just marry her.
The little emperor has already put forward a battle plan.
As a result, Zhu Zaiyi was very disappointed. None of the core reformist officials left by Wang Yuan opposed the attack on the Songliao Basin. Because of his attack target, the Wang Party had already been planning, but they never encountered a good time. Everyone They are all waiting for Bodi Khan to die of illness and there will be civil strife.
After waiting for several years, Bodi Khan is still alive and kicking, and is giving birth to more and more sons. It seems that he will have no problem living for another ten years.
Since the Mongol Khan refused to die, and since the emperor expressed his intention to use troops, let's start the fight in advance!
Although Zhu Zaiyi was a little disappointed that he could not squeeze out the royal party who opposed the war by discussing military conditions, he was still very happy that the ministers supported him in the war.
The battle plan was quickly finalized——
The excuse for the war: the Chahar tribe annexed the Taining Guards of the Ming Dynasty without any reason, and expelled the Fuyu Guards of the Ming Dynasty without any reason. They had evil intentions and raised troops to fight against them.
Combat plan: The troops are divided into six routes. The troops from Ningxia and Hetao go out from the Yinshan Mountains in the north and attack the Wuliangha tribe in Mobei, with the intention of harassing and killing the enemy and preventing the Wuliangha tribe from rushing east to rescue. The troops from Jining, Also leaving the grassland in the north, the combat objectives were the same as those of the first two groups. The troops from Daning and Liaoning were divided into three groups and attacked the Chahar tribe from the east, west and south.
The scale of the war is estimated to be very large. Including food transportation and auxiliary troops, the Ming Dynasty will send at least 250,000 troops.
The Laos attack was too hasty that time, and everyone learned their lesson this time. They started preparations ten months in advance, and sent a large number of spies through caravans to find out the situation of various tribes in the Songliao Plain, and even planned to alienate Bodi Khan. Several sons were engaged in internal strife.
As for food, the people may be short of food, but the court has plenty of food.
Zhu Zaiyi was lucky not only to have a good chief minister, but also to be cared for by his old man. For several years before he ascended the throne, the climate had been warming up, and now the average temperature throughout the year has risen to that of his grandfather.
In addition, Wang Yuan likes to spend money, and water conservancy projects are being carried out across the country, and the frequency of floods is also decreasing.
High-yielding crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes were also promoted throughout the country. With various factors brought together, how could the imperial court be short of food?
By the way, Nanyang immigration has been going on for more than 20 years.
In addition to growing cash crops, Nanyang also produces a large amount of grain. The natives of Nanyang are not counted as human beings, and the Ming Dynasty immigrants cannot eat them all, so they are sold to the Ming Dynasty by sea. The scale of grain trade is expanding every year. In the process of easing Jiangnan, Shandong rice While raising the price, it also provided enough rations for the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zaiyi could even place an order directly with Nanyang rice merchants before the war.
As military rations, Nanyang grain can be transported directly to Tianjin seaport, transported by river to Tianjin city, and then transported directly to Jizhou by railway. Not only is the transportation very convenient, it also greatly reduces the number of civilians transporting grain.
When preparing for war, Zhu Zaiyi once again felt the benefits of Wang Yuan. Shipping, railways, and overseas grain, these three factors alone saved him countless troubles in the war.
"Alas, the grand master left too hastily."
Zhu Zaiyi suddenly felt emotional again and hoped that Wang Yuan would be the first assistant for a few more years. He wrote a Sanqu about missing the Grand Master and sent it to the "Yanjing Xunbao" for publication and received the royalties.