Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 146 - Chapter 144
The army went to Baicheng in February, and then explored, marched, fought, and dispatched divisions. Time passed without knowing it. When the army returned to Baicheng again, it had already entered June.

The weather in June has gone a lot of cold, but in this bird place, the wind keeps blowing every day, making people upset and irritable.

Perhaps it was because Zhen Wu had been away from home for too long, and he didn't have the leisure time of Zhu Neng and others to enjoy the scenery of the grassland, so he hid in the tent and calculated how long it would take to return to Beiping City according to the speed of the army. .

After thinking about it, Zhen Wu sighed, feeling like an arrow in his heart.

At this moment, Cao Xiaoman came in and said that Zhu Di was looking for him. Zhen Wu was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, but didn't think about what Zhu Di wanted him for, so he didn't think about it, and got up and went directly to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di did not live in the camp.

Big guys will enjoy it.

Since it is being rectified in Baicheng, it must be living in the city.

Zhen Wu rushed all the way into the city and came to Zhu Di's residence. After the report, he saw Zhu Di sitting at the desk and meditating as soon as he entered.

Zhen Wu greeted with a loud voice.

Hearing the voice, Zhu Di came back to his senses in an instant, smiled and asked Zhen Wu to sit in the seat next to him.

After Zhen Wu sat down, Zhu Di didn't talk about the business right away, he habitually asked first with concern: "Is the injury better?"

Zhen Wu said with a smile: "Your Highness Lao asked, the injury looks serious, but it is always a skin trauma, and the doctor dealt with it in a timely manner. I think it will take a few days for the scab to completely heal without affecting the movement."

"That's good."

Zhu Di nodded, and then changed the subject: "I called you here this time mainly because I wanted to present the excerpt, but the content of the excerpt has been deliberated for a long time, and I can't make a complete decision, so I'm here to ask you what you think."

Um?What booklet?
Zhen Wu was a little puzzled.

But without waiting for Zhen Wu to ask, Zhu Di explained: "Now we have won the battle, but there is still no conclusion on how to arrange Baicheng. The newly built city when Taining Guard was established at the beginning, although it is not comparable to some important towns for border defense, but it is abandoned like this. It’s a pity that it’s a bit of a pity, but if it’s a garrison, as you said before, it’s meaningless if there are fewer people, and it’s a waste of food and grass if there are more people, so what do you think?”

Zhen Wu was a little surprised, but recovered quickly.

Speaking of which, this question was not about military affairs, and this was the first time Zhu Di asked him such a question, which made Zhen Wu a little excited, which showed that he deliberately expressed some opinions to Zhu Di before, which played a certain role.

Zhen Wu definitely didn't want to be a soldier who only knew how to charge and fight.

Therefore, facing this question, Zhen Wu began to think seriously.

Zhu Di was not in a hurry, he picked up the water glass and drank slowly.

Zhen Wu's thoughts became deeper and deeper, but after much deliberation, he still believed that the Han people stationed in Baicheng would do more harm than good. This is the conclusion he came to based on the current situation.

As for the noisy and lively Internet in the later generations, the policy to deal with nomads seems to Zhen Wu to be somewhat whimsical, such as setting up a special trade zone in Baicheng, or the most well-known wool policy.

Neither is practical.

It is impossible for the nomads to graze honestly and exchange wool for Ming food.

The Ming Dynasty was an agricultural empire, and the basic plate was food, and food was the most important thing for people. In this era when food was not enough, food was more important than money.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, although they knew how to cultivate their health and well-being, the war has not stopped all the time. The large areas of wasteland reclaimed by the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty are enough to prove that domestic demand is not enough, so how could it be possible to use grain for foreign trade.

What's more, a lot of land is controlled by a large number of gentry. If there is any natural or man-made disaster, once the food price collapses, it will be useless to have money. The chain reaction caused is unacceptable to any person in power.

Money is called money when the official warehouse is full of food.

Only when the grains are plentiful can we be called rich.

Therefore, bad ideas must not come out randomly, unless the basic market of Daming is enlarged in the future, so that some methods can be implemented, but at this stage, it is still necessary to follow the status quo to find a solution.

Zhen Wu thought about it and suddenly thought of Duoyan Sanwei, his eyes gradually became brighter and brighter, and then he said: "Since His Royal Highness is asking, then I will dare to say it in a lowly position."

Zhu Di nodded.

Zhen Wu went on to say: "There are no tribes in the pastures around Quanningwei, we can recruit the captives from Azha's family and re-establish Tainingwei near Quanningwei. Duoyan and Fuyu are already envious of the Baicheng pasture. Just let them move south and give them the pastures around Baicheng. In this way, there will definitely be infighting among the three guards crowded here, and Daning, Liaodong, and our Beiping all have heavy troops. The Three Guards developed and dominated this area, and at the same time they had to help us resist the tribes in the north for this area."

Having said that, Zhen Wu paused for a moment: "As for the more long-term humble position, I won't say much. I believe that the princes of the court will definitely find a way to slowly and completely assimilate the three guards."

Following Zhen Wu's voice, it fell.

Zhu Di began to fall into thinking.

a long time.

Zhu Di's eyes became brighter and brighter, thinking that Zhen Wu's words inspired Zhu Di to a certain extent, Zhu Di smiled and said, "It's really not wrong to call you here."

"Your Highness is wrong."

"Okay, don't be polite to me. Do you have anything else to do? If you don't, go down. I'm thinking about how to write the scriptures." Zhu Di started to chase people away.

Zhen Wu was a little speechless. This Zhu Di employs people to face forward, but he doesn't need to face back. But who is the boss? Zhen Wu has no temper. He got up and walked outside. At this time, Zhu Di stopped him again.

"Wait a moment."

Zhen Wu turned to look at Zhu Di, Zhu Di thought for a while, and then said again: "Do you know Meng Ju?"

Zhen Wu was taken aback for a moment, and then asked: "Your Highness said, but Wei Zhen, the central guard of our army, Fu Mengju?"

He remembered that Zhongwei Zhenfu was called Meng Ju, and once when Zhu Neng slipped away to drink with them, Meng Ju caught him back. Even if Zhu Neng reported his father's name, Meng Ju didn't give face. With a face full of disapproval from his relatives, Zhen Wu was frightened a little bit, because he also slipped out when he was on errand, and he was arrested and locked up for a long time, without any temper at all.

The town guard manages prisons and disciplines, and generally no one wants to deal with them.

"Do you have friendship?"

Zhen Wu jumped up instantly.

"Your Highness, you can't talk nonsense. You know me. You have always been honest and diligent. How could you have friendship with Meng Zhenfu?"

Zhu Di glared at Zhen Wu angrily.

"If you don't have friendship, you go to seek friendship with him."

"Your Highness, I haven't made any mistakes recently. Besides, even if there are mistakes, our right guard has a conciliator. Why do we go to Meng Zhenfu?"

"come here."

Zhu Di waved at Zhen Wu speechlessly: "Since you know the situation, I won't hide it from you. Zhao Jinhu bit out Mengju, but after biting it out, he didn't make it through, and he died the same day. There is no evidence now, so I don't want to hide it." It’s not good to scare the snake, you go to contact and talk about it.”

Zhen Wu was startled, then nodded.

Zhu Di asked again: "Do you know how to do it?"

"know."

"Then go, don't show your feet." After speaking, Zhu Di waved his hand, indicating that Zhen Wu could leave.

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(End of this chapter)