First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 466

"Don't you have a big seal?" Li Jinglong said angrily, even my father listened to you, what a deal!

Zhu Di was stunned, he seemed to understand something... "Quick, get me some ink!"

Hua Wei hurriedly helped him spread the paper, Zhu Di held the brush, gritted his teeth for a while, and finally made up his mind to do it!

"Zhu Wenzheng! Li Wenzhong! As the emperor's relatives, you do nothing! You waste the country's money and people's wealth, let the Mongolian cavalry invade my land, plunder my wealth, and kill my people... You are unkind, sinful, and thunderous …This king will rule Beiping, protect the people’s well-being, and order you to attack immediately, behead the generals and kill the enemy. If the people of Beiping cannot sleep well, the people’s livelihood cannot be prosperous, and your Majesty cannot be healthy…”

"As the emperor's relatives, are you worthy of my father!!"

Zhu Di issued a soul torture, "When the king arrives, you will not be able to make contributions. The king can only ask the king to order the flag and kill you! Kill relatives with righteousness! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

After Zhu Di finished writing, he looked at Li Jinglong, "How is it?"

Li Jinglong cried, "Yan Wang, you, you want to kill my father, I will fight with you!"

Zhu Di laughed angrily when he saw him baring his teeth and claws, "Idiot, do I have that ability? He spanked my ass, which is almost the same! It's just to say it, to have a good time!"

Afterwards, Zhu Di checked again and again to confirm that it was correct, then picked up the big seal and pressed it heavily.

"Okay, let's send it!"

After sending the order away, Zhu Di hugged the big seal, lying on the bed happily, thinking about the next victim... What he didn't know was that at this moment, Li Wenzhong was leading the troops and going out to the west of Liaoning, and Zhu Wen was leading the cavalry to Kaiping from above. The city was detoured, and Guan Duo's troops set off from Goryeo...

"Next year will be the tenth year of Your Majesty's Yuji! Absolutely can't allow any miscellaneous things to disturb your mood!"

Li Wenzhong shouted angrily: "The whole army... Let's go!"

Chapter 648 Great Victory in Liaodong

The westerly wind was blowing, and the flag was fluttering. Li Wenzhong was sitting on horseback, wearing a thick battle jacket, and the dog fur outer edge of the helmet hung down to protect his ears and neck.

Like him, the soldiers of the Ming army were all tightly wrapped from head to toe, holding knives and guns in their hands. Among the ranks, there were muskets and field cannons, which could be said to be armed to the extreme.

This is also the capital where Li Wenzhong and the others dared to sweep Liaodong.

From the seventh year of Hongwu to the autumn of the ninth year of Hongwu, almost two and a half years, the Ming Dynasty Hall was relatively stable and there was no major movement.

But only from the perspective of Yingtian, if you look at the whole country, it is no exaggeration to say that the changes have not stopped a day.

Hu Dahai, the Duke of Yue, supervised the construction of a five-thousand-mile beacon tower, extending from Shanhaiguan to Datong, which is equivalent to adding a warning line to the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

Every autumn and winter, the flames of war are burning, and the flames are everywhere.

The soldiers and horses of the Northern Yuan Dynasty went south to plunder from time to time. They attacked the beacon towers, robbed the people, and looted the population.

Similarly, Zhu Wenzheng, Li Wenzhong, and many other generals led the troops decisively and fought back.

They even followed Sapphire's example and sent elite cavalry to go straight into the grassland, set fire to Beiyuan's tents, and resolutely expelled the Beiyuan tribe, forcing them to retreat northward.

After more than two years of fighting, Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong's elite cavalry has reached over [-].

You must know that when the Ming army just regained Beiping, there were only more than 1 cavalry in their hands, and the rest could only be regarded as mounted infantry.

Now there are more than 3 elite professional iron cavalry alone!

Behind the soaring cavalry, a large number of infantry and veterans left the barracks... But only a small number of these people were disarmed and returned to the countryside.

Tens of thousands of veterans were arranged in the land of Yanyun.

Beacon towers, fort piers, village towns, and even military villages... all have veterans.

The person who is busy with these things is the prince Zhu Biao.

In this huge country, the most important thing is never the court's shrewd decision-making, but the down-to-earth implementation at the local level.

But these things are not so eye-catching, and many people are too lazy to write.

For example, when Zhang Ximeng was in Beiping, he made a request to build the Beacon Tower, and then he returned to Beijing, and the Beacon Tower was completed?What are you thinking?

For thousands of miles, it is necessary to inspect the location, transport building materials, and arrange manpower.

Hu Dahai is busy day and night, and it is only beginning to take shape.

Another example is the division of provinces, which seems to have been successfully completed with one order.This is of course not the case. It would take several months to walk around the borders of each province.

Moreover, the boundaries have been clearly drawn, and the yellow book must be re-established, the households should be compiled for the people, and the scale book for taxation should be re-arranged for the grain chief and the route planned.

Then the newly demarcated provinces need to build government offices and arrange personnel. They need to establish a management order for the population, land, taxation and criminal names below...

All of these are trivial to the extreme.

The imperial government's decrees need to be conveyed level by level, and the following matters need to be reported level by level... For more than two years, the Zhongshu Province has been extremely busy.

Li Shanchang is such a capable person, he is a little bit overwhelmed.

He had no choice but to invite Zhu Yuanzhang, give Hu Weiyong the title of political participation, and then distribute more than half of the official duties to Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong, but even so, the old man's wrinkles are getting deeper day by day.

Zhang Ximeng's side is also not easy, he has won a huge amount of power for his disciples.

But just creating files for Baiguan, I have been busy until now, and it is only [-]%.

It's not that the people below are lazy, they are really too busy.

The archives that originally existed in the Ministry of Officials only included the ninth rank and eighteen ranks, and informal officials were not included at all.The military generals are not under their control, let alone the yamen of the Gongwei Division.

When they arrived at Zhang Ximeng's place, they had to take them all back. At the same time, ten times the number of scribes had to be included, and military generals had to take care of them.

Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, these are all very capable people. Facing such a huge project, they can only do nothing, except to use the strength of Yugong to move mountains, there is no other way at all.

Don't forget that Zhang Ximeng is also responsible for compiling history.

There is a vast amount of historical materials, and the content is extremely complicated.

Although there are a bunch of famous scholars below, Zhang Ximeng is still very busy.

And this is not the most troublesome thing, Zhang Ximeng got several million taels of gold and silver from Zhu Yuanzhang to invest in the shipyard, to sail abroad, and to investigate the overseas situation.

It will take several months for the fleet to go out, even to the nearest Ryukyu and Wa countries.

Without enough pre-work, everything is empty talk.

Therefore, the past two years have basically been spent in a busy and trivial way.

This is true of Zhang Ximeng, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, today, it has almost begun to harvest.

After Zhu Biao returned to Beijing, apart from going to Zhu Yuanzhang's side to greet him in the morning and evening, most of the time he went to Zhang Ximeng's side to see the National History Museum's revision of books and learn about the arrangement of the files in the next province.

In addition, there is an assessment for hundreds of officials. Just from this year to the first half of next year, that is, before Zhu Yuanzhang's ten-year reign, a large-scale examination will be completed.

All officials, from top to bottom, pass through one by one!

Everyone including Zhang Ximeng had to write a self-analysis and hand it over to Zhu Yuanzhang.Let Lao Zhu decide whether he will stay or not.

If Zhu Yuanzhang gets angry for a while, it's over, and Zhang Ximeng can only get out obediently.

The horror of this thing is several times scarier than the list of gods.

Civil and military officials, no one can escape.

Zhu Biao felt his scalp numb and shuddered when he looked at it.

"Sir, I just checked the situation of Beiping officials. It says that more than [-]% of them are old officials left over from the Yuan court. From my understanding, I'm afraid there will be more. It should be [-]%. There are still many of them." I changed my name on my own."

Zhang Ximeng was not surprised. Right now there is no national anti-fraud and no face recognition. It is not difficult for those old officials of the Yuan court to change their identities and go to other counties to re-examine their identities.

In addition, the control of the Yuan court was not strict, and the files and files were in a mess. Now that the Ming Dynasty has established the country, it took so long to establish a system.

"Previously, the evaluations under the sect were nothing more than minor incidents, without touching the vital points. Does Your Highness know what it is for?" Zhang Ximeng asked with a smile.

Zhu Biao was stunned, and he said: "Sir, what the disciple said may not be right. I think the meaning of the master should be that there must be a national system and a framework first, and then we can work hard to govern and govern better!"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "That's right, it seems that His Highness has indeed learned a lot of coups in governing the country over the years!"

Zhu Biao's face was flushed, "Sir, you praised me absurdly, but in fact, this disciple is still confused, and I don't know where to start."

"Then you released King Yan and let him disturb a pool of spring water!" Zhang Ximeng turned the topic to Zhu Di again, and Zhu Biao became more and more embarrassed, with a fever on his face. What a good brother, my disciple is ashamed!"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "What are you ashamed of! Zhu Di is a vassal king, as are Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan. If you want to become the emperor and sit on the dragon chair, you can still think about brotherhood everywhere, delaying state affairs? Said In the end, the big guys are all playing their own roles, and they are all bricks and tiles of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Ximeng said: "But according to the information I got, King Yan Zhu Di made a bit of a noise this time!"

Zhu Biao was startled subconsciously, because Zhang Ximeng said it was big, so it must be big, and it was still too big.

"Sir, he, did he dispose of the officials, or did he kill Hao Qiang? Or did he cause any trouble?" Zhu Biao's heart was beating wildly. He felt that he had been reckless, mainly because he underestimated Zhu Laosi's ability.

"He gave Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng a strict order to oversee the capture of Liaoyang and restore Liaodong. If they can't do it, they will be beheaded!"

"what?"

Zhu Biao was dumbfounded, "Who gave him the courage? One is a cousin, the other is a cousin, and they are both generals in the army, and they have made great military exploits. Zhu Dimao has not grown up, dare to order them, and dare to shout Fighting and shouting, is this kid crazy?

"Sir, I, I will write to them right now and explain this. The fourth brother is really ridiculous!"

Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing, "Your Highness, I think what you should think about is, if you win the battle, how will the credit be counted?"

Zhu Biao was stunned, what to do?

How does he know what to count!

"Sir, in the past few years, hoarding food and grass, investigating the military situation, arranging troops and horses, and even building beacon towers have all been prepared step by step. What credit can the fourth child have!"

Zhang Ximeng laughed, "But he gave the order to send troops!"

Zhu Biao was dumbfounded for a moment, speechless. Just thinking about asking Zhang Ximeng for advice, Zhang Ximeng shook his head again and again, "This is your family business, I can't take care of it, I can find a way to do it myself!"

Zhu Biao was really in a dilemma. He didn't sleep well for several days. He stared at the news from the Ministry of War.

But no matter how anxious he is, the battle ahead is not under Zhu Biao's control.

Li Wenzhong marched in a hurry, and it took only half a month to kill him outside Liaoyang City. At the same time, Guan Duo's troops who were entrenched in Yizhou and other places were also killed.

And the forward of Guan Duo's army is also an old friend, it is General Zhang Dingbian.

This long knife is invincible, this is a warrior who can make Chang Yuchun ashamed.

Liaodong Yuan Army, He Dehe Neng, can enjoy this blessing unexpectedly!

The subsequent things were simple. The Ming army drove straight in, divided into joint attacks, and recovered cities one by one. In the one month before and after, the Ming army expanded two thousand miles, recruited and surrendered Mongolian and Jurchen tribes, totaling 20 tents, and most of Liaodong was pacified. .

On the tenth day after Zhu Di arrived in Peiping, a huge pie fell on his head.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness! Your Highness won the victory, and with one order, Liaodong was taken!"

Zhu Di blinked his eyes a few times, is this true?Why is it like a dream?

Hua Wei is still urging him, hurry up and report victory to Ying Tian!

Zhu Di touched his butt subconsciously. He wrote Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong first, and signed himself third, and then stamped the great seal of the Left Behind Department in Peking.

"As long as you don't spank!"

Chapter 649 Rewards

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Bear children are also afraid sometimes, because bears are limited in size, and there are too many things in this world that are much bigger than bears... such as this big victory!

Three Ming armies attacked, and within a month, they wiped out thousands of miles of Liaodong, and cut off an arm of the Yuan army in one fell swoop.

How big is this achievement?

In the original history, until the 20th year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, and Lan Yu, three top generals attacked together. At that time, Zhu Di was also in it, and even Chang Mao also participated. It can be said that it was the last of Ming Dynasty. A group of famous generals completely conquered Liaodong and laid the foundation for Nuer Gandusi.

This time it was the ninth year of Hongwu, when Zhu Wenzheng, Li Wenzhong, Guan Duo, Zhang Dingbian and others achieved the goal of recovering Liaodong.

There is no doubt that the lineup this time is no worse than in history.

As for the results obtained, it is even more ambitious.

The Ming army pushed the territory to the Heilongjiang River Basin in one fell swoop, and to the east, the Ming army crossed the Yalu River and joined Yizhou.

Since the Red Scarf Army went on an expedition to the desert and detoured to Koryo, after more than ten years, this enclave has finally been connected to the Central Plains again!

On the surface of the Yalu River in winter, the ice layer is thick, several meters long.

The Ming troops on both sides of the strait, laughing and singing, crossed the ice.

Those who came from Yizhou sent baskets of ginseng, fur, pine nuts, and wild honey to the opposite side.

The Ming army on the opposite side exchanged tea, silk, sweaters, and ironware.

Almost overnight, the ice surface turned into the most prosperous market, people exchanged, merchants traded, people were full of voices, and the prosperity was abnormal.