eldest son of Ming dynasty

Zhu Houzhao talked with Wang Shouren for a long time. The hot-blooded young man who stretched his neck and wanted to slack was now fully mature.

However, today's military clearing actually has to be traced back to Wang Shouren's memorial.

In the 12th year of Hongzhi, Wang Shouren still remembers this time.

Zhu Houzhao felt that Wang Shouren was knowledgeable and unique, while Wang Shouren felt that the emperor was far-sighted and planned this matter ten years ago.

Judging from the difficulty of promoting this matter today, if Hongzhi really followed his advice in 12 years, every border town would be in chaos, and the final result would be better, which would be chaos in half of the world.

Because there were not so many elite soldiers to suppress them at that time.

Thinking of this, Wang Shouren was extremely ashamed. He said to the emperor, "Back then, I was young and acted on my own initiative, and almost misled Your Majesty and caused disaster. For several months, every time I think about it, I feel both ashamed and sad. Your Majesty did not accept my advice back then." , This is an act of sage. I, I almost harmed the country!"

Being praised by Wang Shouren made Zhu Houzhao feel a little comfortable.

But to be fair, Wang Shouren is limited by the times, and he is standing on the shoulders of his predecessors, so it is not necessarily wise to say that he is brilliant.

Just a little complacency is fine.

"Has Bo'an been in Guizhou for six or seven years? At the beginning, he probably didn't understand, right?"

"I dare not."

Zhu Houzhao sighed deeply, "Actually, I do many things today, but I still don't understand them. It was the same in the past. Let's talk about opening the sea, and the resistance is so great. I still remember that Mr. Wang was sent to governor the two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian. It was forced to push this matter by suppressing bandits and arresting people. I didn’t want to offend the gentry in Zhejiang back then, but I had to. You are from Zhejiang. I’m afraid the locals will not accept it when they mention it now?”

Wang Shouren knew that the emperor was a little wanton in front of him, but he didn't dare to do so, "Even if there was in the past, but seeing the benefits of opening the sea, I understand it now."

"That's right. If it wasn't for opening the sea, where would the extra one million taels of silver that the cavalry and the Beijing camp pay each year come from? Without these, how could we have defeated the Tatars? If we can't defeat the Tatars, the northern frontier is unstable , We monarchs still want to clean up the military settlements? Ha."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and shook his head, "Maybe there will be news of internal and external collusion tomorrow, and it will be called real chaos at that time."

These words, Zhu Houzhao hardly ever said to anyone.

Because these old men around him don’t understand even if you talk about it, so it’s better not to talk about it.Furthermore, he is the emperor after all, and there is a huge disparity in his status. It is actually a bit awkward to ask him to say "from the bottom of his heart".

But with Wang Shouren it seems that there is no such restriction, and it is logical to recall the past.

It was the first time for Wang Shouren to hear the emperor himself tell these events and experiences in the past. After listening so casually, he realized that the emperor's plan was not simple at all.

One ring after another, and the plan lasted ten years, he really wanted to feel emotional.

"Your Majesty's layout plan can be No. 1 in ancient and modern times, and I am very grateful."

"It's not that I want to make a plan, but to make a thing. It's really not easy." Zhu Houzhao began to use the self-proclaimed 'I', and seemed to have an irresistible desire to express, or wanted to put these words together. Nian said everything he had in mind, anyway he just wanted to say, "In the final analysis, Kaihai is to grab money from smuggling gentry, and Qingtun is to grab money from Daming's own military officers, magistrates, and big families." When I open my mouth, I am loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but when I do things, I only recognize money but not people, so that, apart from killing people, I, the emperor, have no other choice. Therefore, I can only kill."

Wang Shouren said: "Your Majesty killed rightly."

"Oh? You, a frail scholar, have such murderous intentions? Ah, I'm confused. Compassion doesn't command soldiers. If you lead soldiers so well, you must be not weak."

"I just think that murderous intent and weak culture have nothing to do with it. Just like a strong army must be disciplined, and discipline sometimes means turning your back and denying people, or even your relatives. This is actually the same as His Majesty having to kill people. But it should be The people who are to be killed must be killed. If we don’t kill the people, the land will only be invaded and occupied, and the guard base will not have combat power at all.”

"I'm very lucky, because you really understand me. I want to drink, come on, have some wine. After drinking, you can tell me how you are in Hetao!"

If the emperor has a decree, then of course there will be good wine on the table.

Wang Shouren was so confused that he drank with the emperor. What if he drank too much and made a mistake?
Alcohol is prohibited in the military, so his drinking capacity can only be considered average.

"Your Majesty, I am too strong to drink. If you lose your manners and offend Your Majesty, I will be an unforgivable sin..."

"Hey, don't say a few words." Zhu Houzhao gestured to the eunuch, "Everyone is upside down. After a while, I will let them all go out. No matter what you say today, only I will hear it. Wait. I'm drunk, and I'll forget everything tomorrow, so no one in this world will know. You may not even know, so what are you afraid of?"

You Zhi thought from the side, it is really not easy for the emperor to be able to explain such fallacies.

He finished pouring it and confirmed, "Your Majesty, will this slave leave first?"

"Get out, get out, and close the door. It's cold in winter."

"Hey, the servant obeys the order."

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Zhu Houzhao did have the urge to talk to someone, he hadn't had a relaxing chat with someone for a long time.

In order to achieve this goal, he drank first and drank the guy until he was strong enough before he started asking questions.

"Hetao, Hetao, talk about Hetao."

Wang Shouren's small cheeks were a little flushed, and he really didn't drink well.

When Zhu Houzhao was in the palace, he sometimes had a drink while admiring the scenery, and sometimes had a drink to relieve his sorrows. In addition to banquets and entertainment, there was still a lot of drinking.

But Wang Shouren is indeed because of the prohibition of alcohol in the army, and he is a very self-disciplined person who has demands on himself and will not indulge, so his drinking capacity is average.

He belched a few times, which made Zhu Houzhao feel very interesting.

So I poured him a few more drinks.

When it was almost the same, this guy started to go up, "Hetao... The wind is blowing and the grass is low and the cattle and sheep are low. The two places organized the people in the interior to reclaim more than [-] hectares of wasteland and raise more than [-] war horses!"

"You also know that calling yourself a minister means you can still drink, so keep going."

"Of course you have to call yourself a minister! I am a minister, and you are a king!"

"There are more than 20 hectares of land, which is more than [-] mu. It's not a lot." Zhu Houzhao did some calculations.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Shouren stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"Oh, no, no, you'd better sit down, don't fall down, sit down."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Ouch.

Zhu Houzhao was about to frown. Is this guy sober or not? What is he shouting?
After sitting down, he said: "Your Majesty, I not only cultivate the field, but also raise horses. They are the best northwest war horses! Besides, the number of immigrants is not very large. Your Majesty can take advantage of this time to reorganize the border army and give it to me." As long as there are enough immigrants, I can cultivate another 50 acres of wasteland this year!"

"And what about the racecourse?"

"The same is doubled! Within three years, I have turned Hetao into a military base with millions of acres of fertile land, [-] horses, and [-] soldiers. And the sweet potatoes that His Majesty gave, that's a treasure, the same Tian, ​​the grain can be doubled ten times, so what else is there to worry about?!"

Zhu Houzhao began to have sweet dreams, "It's really like that. I will go north to conquer the grassland when the time comes."

"The minister Wang Shouren is willing to raise [-] soldiers and horses to wipe out the disobedient ministers for His Majesty and open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty!"

The man probably couldn't stand such stimuli, especially when they were still in his own hands. Zhu Houzhao blew him up so much that he drank three cups in a row, his throat burning hot.

"Of course it's good to have you, but it's a pity that there should be no heroes on the grasslands, and it can't match your great reputation, Wang Yangming."

Wang Shouren shook his head, "I don't care. I am a Han Chinese and a minister of the Ming Dynasty. I can make contributions to the country in my life. This is the most important thing. Besides, your majesty is promoting me. How can Wang Yangming have such a prestigious reputation?! Only your majesty has such a prestigious reputation!" !"

"It's just that you don't know, your reputation has grown."

"Your Majesty, do you mean the grassland? I have been in Hetao for two years. On the grassland, I have some reputation."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, and subconsciously asked, "What? They're still coming to harass you?"

"I am harassing them."

This guy is panting after drinking and talking.

"It should be harassing." Zhu Houzhao held up his wine glass, "how can a majestic Huaxia be bullied by a bunch of barbarians? It's not indecent when you come and don't reciprocate. During Hongzhi, they committed crimes every year. Now it's Zhengde, and we commit crimes every year. They go."

"Your Majesty is truly a majestic hero!" Wang Shouren admired, "Around the Hetao, south of the Yin Mountain, all the fertile water and grass land, I sent troops to patrol the border, even if we didn't raise horses, the Tatars were not allowed to graze. Now the minister I understand, what is the real 'do not teach Huma Du Yinshan', there are not many emperors who have been able to do this throughout the ages."

"What is the Yin Mountain? Find a way to cross the Yin Mountain, and then go north. Drink the horses and the sea, seal the wolf to the Xu, rule the rivers in the west, and counties Qilian!"

The ancient prose has a momentum that gets stronger the more it is spoken. It is all four words. Zhu Houzhao really felt it at the end, as if they were in the northwest desert and felt the heaviness directly, and even his own movements started to move.

It was also at this moment that he made a resolution: If he wants to conscript himself, he must personally conscript!

Only through personal expedition can he see the vastness of the northwest, express his passion, soothe some regrets in his heart, and truly feel what ZTE is.

In fact, his character is a bit stable, because he is the only son after all, after all, he has no prince, after all, he has the tragic lesson of Tumubao, so he is not willing to fight with the ministers, and he is not willing to take risks.

Although I always think about it in my heart, I always say to wait for the next time, just like those people who want to travel in later generations, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and finally push it to the next year.

I am afraid that it is only at this moment, with the strength of wine, that he can make such a decision.

Zhu Houzhao filled up both of their glasses and said, "Bo'an, you and I must make an agreement to conquer the desert together!"