Bright Spring

Mu Zhen said: "Because I was watched by the Holy Majesty, I often think about it, and I am so entangled in my heart. Later, I felt very weird, and vaguely wanted to be seen by you..." The more she spoke, the lower her voice became.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I've only been pregnant for one month, and I can still do that kind of thing. I'll sleep in your palace tonight."

"Your Majesty..." Mu Zhen hummed shyly.

...The next day after Zhu Gaoxu met the minister at the imperial gate, he came to the Rouyi Palace to work.

The weather has been very good recently, the weather in the capital is calm and calm, maybe Mu Zhen is right, the heavens approve of this Northern Expedition!Zhu Gaoxu also has a clear conscience, it is not an unjust war in itself!

Most of the memorials do not need to be approved every day, and the cabinet and the Department of Treasures can handle them. So far, there have been no major problems; however, matters related to the Northern Expedition will still be submitted directly to Zhu Gaoxu.

The Ministry of War often has memorials, and everything is complicated; there are also memorials for the allocation of weapons and ordnance.

Zhu Gaoxu took a general look at the weapons and ammunition that the Ministry of War was going to deploy. The equipment was not substantially changed from the things used by the Han King's army during the "Battle of Criminology"; but it improved the production system that was not yet mature.

Among them, the Hanwang Cannon used to be inconsistent in size and troublesome to use.Today, the workshops of all bureaus have uniformly used the size standards and casting technology of the "Iron Works" of the South Department of Defense, and finally avoided the disadvantage of being difficult to replenish shells.

In terms of firecrackers, the various types of "bronze handguns" and "sharp guns" in the past have been eliminated from the local guards; the firecrackers used by the elites of the Beijing camp and distributed to all walks of life in the Northern Expedition are all made of Kaishan blunderbusses. .

The gun|powder used has also changed from the past, adding several purification processes of filtering, drying and boiling, and then grinding and screening to make granules.Due to the increase in the power of gunpowder, the amount of gunpowder used by guns and cannons has also been adjusted by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

Based on these experiences, Zhu Gaoxu pondered in his heart: the improvement of specific technologies and top-down government measures will have certain effects, as long as enough money and resources are invested.However, if technology is to develop in an all-round way, it needs the participation of a wider group, and it needs motivation and enthusiasm.

After he put down the memorial from the Ministry of War, he remembered the "induction between heaven and man" mentioned by Mu Zhen yesterday, and suddenly remembered that this year is the year of Qiu Wei, and next spring he will be admitted to Enke to obtain a Jinshi.

Zhu Gaoxu then asked the eunuch to go to the Hall of Martial Arts to read the government affairs files recently processed by the cabinet.

Sure enough, in the dossier, I found the content of the imperial examination, mainly about the examination of candidates this autumn. The "Qiu Wei" rural examination is administered by the provincial tribute courts, but the Ministry of Rites must send people to supervise; the examiners, questions, etc., are all controlled by the imperial court.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't need to ask Qiu Wei's progress in detail, but he could determine the problem 100% in his heart: it must be the Confucian Neo Confucianism!

Since the Song Dynasty, until the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism has been an officially recognized knowledge, and it is also the direction of the imperial examination.It means: Scholars from Confucian scholars, scholars, Juren, Jinshi, most people's thinking is very unified...

People in the world are very utilitarian and focus on practicality. No matter whether people agree or not, learning this thing can make you an official, and everyone is willing to learn it when they study.Even serious books like "Historical Records" are useless idle books at this time!

Although Zhu Gaoxu was born as a vassal king and showed himself as a warrior, he was taught by well-educated people since he was a child, and his educational resources are very rich.So now he still remembers a lot of knowledge in his mind; he still understands the general theories and schools of knowledge in ancient times.

Before and after the Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism and Xinxue, both branches of Confucianism, had a relatively complete set of systems.

In fact, these "backward" ideas in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes played a great role in maintaining the rule of the Zhu family dynasty.It rigorously expounds the reasonable relationship between monarchy and ethics; if it is not the most basic thing, it is wrong. This set of worldviews is almost impeccable!

If Zhu Gaoxu told everyone "science" now, because of his status as the emperor, he must be considered a lunatic... His elder brother who was going to kill Zhu Gaoxu, who had already become an enemy, died, Zhu Gaoxu only had a little suspicion, so he made him mad It's a bit battered; let alone the emperor suddenly jumped out to challenge the ideological foundation of the world.

Moreover, the theory of science may not necessarily match the current productivity and ruling order.

"You can't act too hastily..." Zhu Gaoxu muttered to himself, and closed the cabinet file helplessly.

The lady standing by the side listened to him talking, so she quickly paid attention to it.But Zhu Gaoxu has nothing to say.

He planned to ignore this year's provincial examination and next spring's general examination for the time being, and just let the ministers fiddle with it; at least people are familiar with things and people are good at playing, and it is better than chaos.

Now it seems that Neo Confucianism is Neo Confucianism!Anyway, when Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, he had also "sensed heaven and man" at the Chengtian Gate.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but think of what he said again: Any meaningful event is complicated and difficult.

Chapter 668 Old Armor

In the blink of an eye, it's June, and the weather in the capital is getting hotter and hotter.Occasional downpours don't cool down the heat.Zhu Gaoxu was originally scheduled to leave Beijing in late June, this month!

Everything has been prepared one after another, including warm clothes and felt blankets, which have been transported to the Beiping chief envoy.

Now the capital is very hot, but when the army arrives in Mongolia, it will be the cold season of autumn and winter.The Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies ordered a large number of felt blankets, cotton-padded clothes, and woolen clothes from the Shen family merchants.

Originally, this was against the rules. The official and military expenses of the Ming Dynasty were usually produced by artisans in the yamen under the Ministry of War, and then ordered the local governments to confiscate civilians for transportation; expedient.

Shen Xushi had just arrived in the capital for a few months, and she had merged some weaving factories in the Zhili area, but they were still unable to meet the needs; she also contacted merchants from various places to buy, and the delivery was roughly on schedule.

After Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, asked for an order to increase the printing of Yanyin, he used Yanyin as a reward and found a group of merchants to transfer the warm fabrics along the canal to the Beiping Chief Envoy.These salt merchants used to transport grain to the border customs in exchange for salt imports. There were boats, mules and carts, and they were easy to transport.

Zhu Gaoxu also informed Shen Xu, and suggested that she earn money from this military supply, and order more sea-going ships from the official shipyard, so that she can be ordered to transport government supplies in the future.I don’t know why the past dynasties liked river transportation, but Zhu Gaoxu’s later generations believed that the cost of ocean transportation should be lower.

In addition, the Tatar command branch and the Wuliangha command branch of the South Department of the Defense Department have also gone to Liaodong long ago.They will inquire about news from the Mongolian side through the Wuliangha tribe who had surrendered to Ming Dynasty and had envoys.

At the end of this month, Zhu Gaoxu will lead [-] elite cavalry to the north, and they will also be the last batch of troops from the Northern Expedition to leave Beijing.

... In the main hall of Rouyi Hall, Zhu Gaoxu was sitting behind the desk in the middle, with a map in front of him.A group of generals stood opposite the desk, and after saluting, they started talking there.

At this time Zhu Gaoxu said: "Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu!"

Zhang Fu took two steps forward from the crowd, cupped his fists and said, "The minister is here!"

Zhu Gaoxu said directly: "For this march, you will be responsible for arranging the march, setting up the camp, and taking turns as guards."

All the generals looked at Zhang Fu after hearing this.Zhang Fu also looked very surprised, he immediately clasped his fists and said: "I obey the order! I will live up to the trust of the Holy Majesty, be loyal and on duty, and dare not slack off!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head in response.After seeing Zhang Fu retreating into the crowd of generals, he looked thoughtful.

All the generals, including Zhang Fu, probably felt that the cavalry of the guards around Zhu Gaoxu should be deployed by the former generals of the Han Palace.

However, Zhu Gaoxu believes that Zhang Fu's situation is changing; a nobleman who has a chance of promotion has already seen the dawn of the future, and it is unlikely that he will have second thoughts at this time!

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu dared to reuse Zhang Fu.

"Chen Dachui led the Yulin left guard cavalry, and Wang Yu led the Jinwu rear guard cavalry to follow me to the north," Zhu Gaoxu said again.

The two stepped forward one after another to respond to the order.

"Chen Wu from a hundred households, you have been the general of my bodyguard since the Chinese cavalry left the capital." Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and looked at the young man standing at the back.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a military general clasping his fists and bowing: "I obey the order!"

Just now, everyone just thought this person was unfamiliar and didn't pay much attention to him.Many people still don't know where this Chen Wu came from!Zhu Gaoxu is now the emperor, and he usually summons civil and military officials who hold great power. It is really strange for a hundred households to stand in this Rouyi Hall.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't explain, anyway, he knew what was going on.

Last year in Hengzhou Mansion, Huguang, the Duan Yang family wanted to assassinate Zhu Gaoxu, but she had just arrived in the city and before she did it, she was already noticed by this Chen Wu; later Zhu Gaoxu asked Chen Wu to be a hundred households, and restrained his subordinates from leaking Chen Wu also kept the news very secret.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu remembered this little man who was originally unknown, and felt that he was quite talented, so he was called the commander of the guards in this expedition.

Qi Tai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, persuaded that the vassal kings should not dare to rebel easily and blatantly, but there may not be no conspiracy; Zhu Gaoxu also listened to the persuasion to some extent, and had some precautions in advance.

In addition to the guards and generals he personally promoted, he also ordered the concubine Duan Xuehen to accompany him on the expedition, of course not because the concubine was the most favored...

Zhu Gaoxu arranged a lot of manpower, then looked around and said: "Last year, the Mongolian tribes took advantage of the civil war in Ming Dynasty, sent troops to harass the border, burned, killed, looted, and looted all kinds of crimes! If our army does not counterattack the north, there is no way to repay the tribes.

This battle is imperative, and only by making the enemy bandits pay the price can we let each other understand the value of peace!Otherwise, no matter how much you persuade them, it will be useless! "

All the generals bowed one after another: "May I be a pioneer for the saint!"