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Later, the king of Tang sent troops to serve as the king, and was deprived of the throne by Chongzhen and imprisoned in Fengyang. In fact, Chongzhen was not wrong.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the first, second and third generations of vassal kings in various places had reached tens of thousands, which became a huge financial burden on the imperial court.
But after Chongzhen committed suicide and entered the customs, there are still many vassals who performed well. These people are the vassals who Zhu Youjian thought could go overseas to colonize.
Of course, only he knows, and it is impossible for Sun Chuanting and others to know. The historical process has been rewritten by Zhu Youjian, and those things will not happen again.
Among them, King Lu and King Tang are more famous. King Lu has always insisted on fighting in the southeast region, and Emperor Longwu succeeded to the throne when he was in danger. He is known as the most capable, responsible and strategic emperor in Shangnanming.
He was the first to realize that the Eastern captives were the most threatening enemy in Nanming, so he proposed the strategy of connecting the bandits against the captives, and advocated uniting Li Zicheng's remaining troops and the Daxi Army to jointly fight against the Eastern captives.
In addition, King Changle, King Rui'an, King Jinhua, King Gao'an, King Ruichang, King Yongning, King Yi, etc. all led their troops to fight against the Eastern captives and died in battle.
Seeing that all the ministers supported his idea, Zhu Youjian was overjoyed, and immediately delivered an order to let the above-mentioned princes recruit troops at their own expense and wait for the imperial court to appoint them.
Next, Zhu Youjian explained to Sun Chengzhong:
"Military Department, the population of Ming Dynasty is growing rapidly, and the speed of recruits' enlistment should be correspondingly accelerated. Within five years, except for the elderly veterans, the soldiers will not be discharged for the time being.
For the East Factory, West Factory, and Jinyiwei teams, I will also arrange to expand the number of recruits, and the specific personnel will select elites from various armies.
The regular army should increase to more than 100 million within two years, the number of the navy should be maintained at about 30, and the number of security forces in various places should be increased to about 50.
The security force is mainly used to maintain local law and order for emergency rescue and disaster relief. The generals are appointed by the Ministry of War, mainly selected from the army's meritorious generals, and directly obey orders from the Ministry of War. "
Sun Chengzhong hastily bowed and accepted the order:
"According to the purpose"
Then Zhu Youjian looked at Qi Jiguang, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies:
"The Fifth Army Commander's Office is mainly responsible for national defense construction, and to cooperate with the navy to fight overseas. Your tasks are relatively difficult at present. In the future, I will reorganize the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Commander's Office, so that the army can be mobilized more effectively."
Qi Jiguang hastily bowed and accepted the order:
"According to the purpose"
In fact, Zhu Youjian has long had the idea of merging the two departments of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies into the Ministry of National Defense.
However, the two departments are currently controlled by his summoned generals, and there will be no infighting between them. They don't need it for the time being, and there is no time.
After receiving the imperial edict, Li Yan, governor of Shaanxi, was happy, but at the same time he was still a little entangled. To be honest, he wanted to lead the army to Fujian himself.Recommended reading TVm.tv./.tv./
Who wouldn't want to do this kind of unworldly feat of opening up territories for the country? He also wanted to clear up his status as a rogue general, otherwise he would always feel a little inferior.
But thinking of the Zhou brothers on Tuesday, Li Yan decided to discuss with them before making a decision, so he sent someone to find the Zhou brothers.
As soon as Zhou Da entered the hall on Tuesday, Li Yan asked everyone else to retreat, and then stepped forward to salute:
"Your Highness, take your seat quickly. Li Yan has something to discuss with you."
Zhou Da hurried forward to support Li Yan:
"Master Li, don't be like this. Before our brothers have recovered their identities, we will always be under your command. Your prestige will affect your prestige, and it will also make everyone guess our brothers' identities. I hope you understand."
He also surrendered to Li Yangong on Tuesday:
"Brother is right, thanks to the care taken by the adults before our brothers' identities were exposed, I really hope that the adults can still be the same as before."
Li Yan looked at Zhou Da Tuesday with admiration in his eyes. After this catastrophe, the prince and king Ding have become very mature, and they are very kind to people, without a hint of arrogance.
"Okay, since His Highness said so, then Li Yan will not be angry. Today, I would like to discuss with you two Highnesses. Your Majesty's imperial decree has arrived. The Holy Majesty ordered us to send [-] elite troops to follow the navy to fight overseas. Li Yan wants to lead the army in person. , now I want to hear His Highness’s opinion.”
"Ah, good news! Congratulations, Master Li."
There was a flash of light in Tuesday's eyes, and then congratulations to Li Yan.
Zhou Da was also very pleasantly surprised, but he didn't express Ma San's opinion, but after a little thought, he opened his mouth slowly:
"Master Li, as the governor of Shaanxi, it is impossible for the emperor to let you lead the army in person. It is best to send someone else to lead the army."
Li Yan nodded:
"Indeed, His Majesty did not say that Li Yan should go to the battle in person, but he also did not say no, that's why he discussed with the two Highnesses."
Zhou Da smiled slightly:
"Master Li, I have a solution. It's better to let our brothers lead the expedition. Once our brothers make meritorious service, it is equal to Master Li's meritorious deeds. It's time for our brothers to prove our abilities."
Before Zhou Da finished speaking, Li Yan shook his head like a rattle:
"No, Your Highness. This is not a game. If something goes wrong, Li Yan's entire family will be wiped out. There is no need to discuss this."
Zhou Da got up and bowed deeply to Li Yan:
"My lord, the father and the emperor can personally conquer, why not us, the future successors of the Ming Dynasty must go through the training of war, otherwise they will be controlled by the civil official group, think about the emperor Yongle and the grandson of the emperor who were not fighting in the south and north in the battlefield, Please complete it, my lord."
Chapter 467
No matter whether Zhou Da's identity was exposed or not, Li Yan knew that he was Zhu Cihong, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty.
He didn't expect the dignified prince to give him a gift, how dare he bear it, he jumped a long way in a hurry.
"Your Highness, please don't do this. Li Yan can't bear it. Since you are willing to fight for the country, I will now make you a deputy general and lead an army of [-] soldiers to set off immediately."
Zhou Da is now a thousand households, and he is not qualified to lead 2 horses at all.
In desperation, Li Yan had no choice but to promote him to lieutenant general, and as the general of the Pingkou Army, he led the army to join forces with several other armies in Fujian.
In the early morning of the next day, [-] Pingkou troops, each with a flintlock gun on their backs, took some dry food and water bottles, stepped on their horses and galloped towards Quanzhou, Fujian.
They don't need to bring too many things, they just need to arrive in Quanzhou at the appointed time, and the weapons will be re-equipped with more advanced rifles and grenades.
When the Pingkou army left for Fujian, Huang Degong's [-] Longteng Army, Qi Jiguang's [-] Qi's Army, and the original Sun Chuanting's [-] New Army were also assembled.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, the Tianchaohui ended, and the army marched south. Two days ago, Zhu Youjian had already sent out the intelligence personnel from Jinyiwei East Factory and West Factory.
This time going south, more than 200 intelligence personnel followed. No matter where they went, Jin Yiwei and personnel from the East Factory and West Factory would set up offices.
At court, Zhu Youjian dealt with some political affairs first, and then Honglu Temple Minister published a report: TV first.tv. @@@m.tv.
"Qizou Shengshang, before you go south, I still have something to report. Now the envoys of the Northwest Heshuo Khan, Zhungeer Khanate, Yaerqiang Khanate and other countries have come to Beijing to ask to meet the Holy Majesty. They They are all waiting outside the Meridian Gate."
"Oh, tell them to come in!"
Zhu Youjian, the envoy of the Yeerqiang Khanate, had already seen him. The last time he was ordered by the old king to beat him up, Zhu Youjian thought they were all angry and returned home.
During this time, Minister Honglu Temple was really busy. The villainous governor of the Netherlands in Batavia first filed a complaint, and an envoy came to Beijing to protest to him that Ming had sunk a warship and killed its soldiers.