Daming Military Empire

Chapter 424 Recovering Northern Border
Recovering the vast land north of Nuer Gandusi is a great thing. As long as Sun Chengzong sends a telegram, Zhu Cijiong will definitely support it. So why did he go to the capital to ask for his life?

This Sun Chengzong has his own considerations. When Zhu Cijiong asked, he immediately changed his loving expression and said seriously: "Your Majesty, as a grand tutor, I have never taught the emperor carefully. I am really ashamed of the position of grand tutor. I am ashamed of the entrustment of the former emperor. Fortunately, the emperor is talented and intelligent, and brought Daming to the road of prosperity and strength. This is the great fortune of the world."

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly said modestly: "I don't dare to claim credit, the main thing is to rely on the soldiers of the three armies to use their lives. The officials are dedicated to serving the country. I just did what I should do."

Sun Chengzong insisted: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be too self-effacing. May I ask which emperor in the past dynasties has done better than the Emperor? The Emperor is worthy of being the master of my Great Ming Zhongxing! However, today's matter, I have to be bold Teach the emperor a thing or two."

Zhu Cijiong hastily cupped his hands solemnly and said: "I also ask the Grand Tutor to teach me."

The Taifu originally had the duty to teach the emperor, and Sun Chengzong was not hypocritical. He received this gift in his life, and then said earnestly: "The beginning of "Sun Tzu's Art of War. Land, the way of life and death, must be investigated.' I wonder if the emperor has studied this sentence carefully?"

Zhu Cijiong read it, but only read it, and did not study it. He couldn't help but sincerely said: "I haven't studied this in depth, so I ask the master to teach it."

Sun Chengzong nodded and continued: "The emperor must be aware of the importance of the army, so I won't say much about this humble minister. The main point of this sentence for the emperor is 'must not ignore'. Sorry for the offense To give an example, the first emperor did not observe the military affairs in Liaodong, listened to the slander of the eunuch party, and reused Gao Di and other people who did not understand the art of war. Not at stake."

Zhu Cijiong still knows about this matter. Although his cheap father is not a fool, he has also fallen into many tricks of Wei Zhongxian, such as the replacement of Sun Chengzong, which is a big failure. Hearing Wei Zhongxian's use of Gaodi, he did not fight at all. It is a bit absurd for an experienced civil servant to replace Sun Chengzong's supervisor Ji Liao, and Zhu Cijiong was so ashamed that he didn't know what to say.

Seeing his expression, Sun Chengzong quickly explained: "I am not complaining about the late emperor, but I just want to let the emperor understand the harm of this 'ignorance' through this matter. Like this time, I will use hundreds of thousands of troops to recover the north. Jiang, it is indeed a good thing, and I know that the emperor will not object, but if I send a telegram and the emperor immediately approves it, then the emperor has made a mistake of "ignoring"! Think about it, suppose If the person in charge of Liaodong is a mediocre person who can only talk about war on paper, or the people in Liaodong have evil intentions and want to use these hundreds of thousands of troops to do something else, wouldn't Ming be in danger?"

Zhu Cijiong finally understood that his actions were indeed a bit sloppy, and it is better now. After all, all the leading generals are famous loyal ministers in history, but these people will grow old, and newcomers will still have to be appointed. It would be really dangerous to let someone who can only talk or have bad intentions get the military power. Thinking of this, he said sincerely: "I understand, thank you for your teaching."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he smiled wryly and said: "Perhaps the humble minister is just worrying about the sky. The emperor is really a rare talent in governing the country. Every official is appointed just right, and every policy of governing the country is extremely wise. It is fortunate for the Ming Dynasty. Good luck!"

Zhu Cijiong felt a little embarrassed about what he said. What kind of genius is he? The reason why he has never made any mistakes is because he has the knowledge of later generations as a background, and has nothing to do with being wise and powerful.

He hurriedly said modestly: "I don't dare to praise you like this, let's talk about the northern Xinjiang."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he even showed an embarrassed expression, and he said in embarrassment: "Well, I want to build more forts in the process of advancing to prevent accidents."

Zhu Cijiong is so weird, it’s good to build a fortress, what’s there to be embarrassed about?He immediately nodded in agreement and said, "Well, it's best to make progress while maintaining stability. You can build as many fortresses as you want."

Building the fort was certainly not the reason for Sun Chengzong's embarrassment. He then said embarrassingly: "Well, Liaodong has enough food and grass for the army, but the repair of the fort and the railway need money, and Liaodong really can't afford it. Please ask the emperor to allocate some money."

It turned out that it was about money. Wars definitely cost money, and building fortresses and railways needed money even more. Zhu Cijiong said without hesitation: "Is there any thing that doesn't cost money to fight? Just say as much as the master wants!"

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong said in embarrassment: "Because a large number of guards will be recruited to build railways and forts this time, and the northern border is vast, this recovery operation will definitely take a long time, so the money may be more than before. One point, Wei Chen roughly estimated, at least 2000 million taels."

2000 million taels is indeed not a small amount. If it was in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Sun Chengzong would not have dared to say this at all, but now it is the Chongzheng Dynasty, and our Emperor Chongzheng is very rich. He said without hesitation: "Consult the Tunwei to go You can’t treat them badly when you work, so let’s count them according to the standard of hired workers. I will allocate 5000 million taels to you first, and if it’s not enough, you can just mention it.”

5000 million taels!It seems that the tax income of Daming for a year is not so much, Sun Chengzong hurriedly dissuaded him: "It should be done in the first place, and you don't need to spend so much money. Your Majesty, you can't spend it all because of the reckless actions of a humble minister." State treasury, if this is the case, the humble minister will be unforgivably guilty!"

For a long time, Sun Chengzong didn't know how rich he was, so Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking in surprise: "Did Zhihang and the others tell you how much money I made this time?"

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he immediately said seriously: "Thanks to the emperor's grace, I have bestowed endless glory and wealth on my descendants. I haven't thanked the emperor yet. As for how much money the emperor makes, that is the emperor's private matter. I dare not inquire."

Zhu Cijiong immediately reprimanded: "The Tai Tuo is out of touch now. I think that when my father died, I was young and incompetent. It was only with the support of the Tai Tuo that I was able to tide over the difficulties. Without the Tai Tuo, I would not be where I am today, and there would be no Ming Dynasty." Today! That small amount of money is not enough to repay the Taifu's kindness. As for my private affairs, you are the father's benefactor and the current Taifu. What can't you ask?"

Sun Chengzong hastily cupped his hands and said: "The humble minister is terrified."

Zhu Cijiong, on the other hand, had a straight face, and said angrily: "They all said not to see outsiders."

Sun Chengzong was very embarrassed when he heard the words, so he followed Zhu Cijiong's intentions and asked cautiously: "The humble minister has the courage, may I ask how much money the emperor made this time?"

That's right, Zhu Cijiong immediately relaxed his face, and proudly said: "This time I invested nearly 4 million yuan, but the income is not bad. Just from the treasury of the Mughal Empire, I got back more than [-] million yuan worth of real gold and silver." , there will be at least one billion in the account later, hahahaha, this time I really made a lot of money."

Sun Chengzong was dumbfounded when he heard the words, this is too exaggerated, hundreds of millions or even billions at every turn, is money so easy to earn?

(End of this chapter)