Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 187 The White Lotus Rebellion
At the end of August, with the end of the autumn harvest, the Han people in Fushun, Puhe and other places were forcibly driven and relocated from door to door to the northeast by Nurhachi's order.

More than [-] people are required to arrive at the stone forts in Beishan before the beginning of spring, and settle down in the coming year.

Some lucky ones were assigned to a closer place, and only needed to travel four or five hundred miles.

Some unlucky people were assigned to Sali and Udulunwei, which is the area of ​​Jiamusi in later generations, and they had to travel thousands of miles.

Many of them did not give up their homeland, but in the end they were driven northward under Jianlu's sticks, knives and guns.

While they were being driven away, Huang Taiji built stone forts in various places leading to Hetuala, and Mangurtai built stone forts in Shenyang to Tieling and Kaiyuan. Stone castles were also built on the mountain road.

In just one month, more than [-] stone fortresses rose up in the remaining veins of Changbai Mountain, densely packed, and all of them stored enough food and grass for a Niulu to guard for three months.

Unlike Nurhachi, the Ming army in Liaodong was still developing fields for the people, and the people who got their own fields were also happy to harvest food when the autumn harvest came.

At the same time, the imperial court's order to exempt Liaodong Province from taxes for three years was posted in all counties of Liaodong, and notices on reclamation and grain borrowing were also posted at the same time.

The Liao people who scolded the imperial court a few months ago became obedient citizens who praised the Ming Dynasty after only one month of development.

The people wanted to live, but Liaodong, a place dominated by military settlements, gave them hope of surviving after the abolition of the guards.

They who didn't believe in the Ming court once boldly borrowed grain after the autumn harvest, and then carried the farm tools issued by the government, and went out to start reclamation on some marginal mountainous land.

Such a scene is not limited to one place, but is going on vigorously in the land of Liaodong.

Of course, while it was going on, the account books were also being sent to the capital continuously, and Cao Huachun's hands trembled when he read them.

"Ningyuan County, borrowed more than [-] shi, and Liaoyang County, borrowed more than [-] shi..."

"Zhenyuan County, Lushun County, Haizhou County, Gaizhou County..."

"Your Highness..." Cao Huachun looked at Zhu Youjian who was lying on the recliner and basking in the sun in the courtyard with a mournful face.

"It's just the autumn harvest, and Liaodong has borrowed more than [-] million stones of grain and spent more than [-] taels of silver!"

"Oh, I see……"

Zhu Youjian covered his face with a cattail fan, and answered half asleep, half asleep. Next to him was Yang Ai, who was holding a cattail fan to fan Zhu Youjian, and kneeling on the futon in the courtyard, holding a bowl of cold snow lotus seeds. Yang Yuanai who feeds in seconds.

This guy enjoys the service of two court ladies, and leaves all kinds of accounts to Cao Huachun, who is sitting in the meeting hall with sixteen scribes of the imperial horse supervisor to settle the accounts.

Today is September [-]th, the one-month autumn harvest has passed, and the various places under Yumajian have begun to hand over tax documents.

Zhu Youjian listened to the sound of the abacus in his ear, and soon wanted to sleep again.

Finally, he was about to fall asleep, but the sound of abacus in the meeting hall stopped, and the sound of footsteps also sounded.

Zhu Youjian frowned and took away the cattail fan on his face, and looked sideways at the meeting hall. Sure enough, he saw Cao Huachun walking over with a pale face holding a booklet.

"Your Highness, it's all over..."

"Tell me, how much." Zhu Youjian responded after taking a bite of the cold snow lotus seeds handed over by Yang Yuanai.

"A total of [-] stones, and after deducting taxes, there are still [-] stones."

"Counting the tax owed to the household department last year and the tax this year, we need to pay the household department more than [-] million shi in taxes, or [-] yuan based on the price of grain in Beizhili. Eight thousand taels of silver."

"Hmm..." Zhu Youjian swallowed the cold snow lotus seeds in his mouth, and then said to Cao Huachun:
"Has the Ministry of Households agreed to open a new warehouse?"

"Of course it's open..." Cao Huachun said with a helpless smile, "After all, it's nearly four million taels of silver, which is a quarter of the taxes of the six ministries and the five monasteries."

"The new warehouse was opened next to Mingshifang and Armor Factory, and [-] acres of land were allocated. The Ministry of Household Affairs said that it would be better to fold color."

"Fold the color, let's change the color." Zhu Youjian got up and got off the rocking chair, and then said to Cao Huachun:

"How is the construction of the three major warehouses in Yanshan?"

"It will take another month to complete, but the large granary in Daying Yanshan can store five million stones." Cao Huachun responded.

"Then store five million stones first, and then temporarily store the grain from Hebei and Shanxi in the granaries of the local guards."

"The excess will be shipped to Liaodong for sale, converted into silver and delivered to the new warehouse, and then ordered the Daxing Camp to divide [-] troops to garrison the new warehouse."

"How much money and grain do you have in the Yumajian?"

After Zhu Youjian stood up straight, he stretched himself, and then walked outside Xuqin Palace, Cao Huachun followed closely.

Seeing this, the accompanying eunuch also ordered someone to follow Zhu Youjian with a large canopy umbrella, while he himself followed closely with a bamboo tube of ice water.

Zhu Youjian likes to drink ice water, which is already a habit that the eunuch has kept in mind.

A group of people followed him, and Cao Huachun also said: "Right now there are only [-] taels of silver left in the treasury, and the total amount of stored grain including the autumn harvest is more than [-] shi."

Zhu Youjian walked out of Xuqin Palace and wandered around in the East Palace.

Walking under the red wall and yellow tiles, I didn't speak for a long time.

Zhu Youjian was not ready to speak until they ran into Lu Wenzhao who was in a hurry.

When Lu Wenzhao saw Zhu Youjian, he immediately bowed and saluted, and handed over the paperwork: "Your Highness, there is a new military situation in the southwest."

Zhu Youjian took over the military situation from Lu Wenzhao's mouth and opened it. The content said that Sun Yingyuan, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, and Hu Yingtai joined forces to capture Liguzhou. After An Bangyan left more than [-] corpses, he took the remnants He retreated to Duyun Mansion.

In addition, Mu Changzuo also quelled the chieftain rebellion of Shanglinsi and Anlongsi in Guangxi.

In this way, the space for the rebels' activities was further compressed to a land with one government, three guards and four states.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian also said:

"It's almost time, at this time..."

"Tell Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, and Cao Wenzhao that the five armies must conquer Shuixi City, Zhijinguan, Yongning Prefecture, and Anshun Prefecture before the twelfth lunar month!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, he asked Sun Chuanting and the others to take down An Bangyan's lair and the two prefectures in Southwest Guizhou.

If these places were taken down, then An Bangyan and Song Wanhua would have no choice but to roam around in the mountains in the land of one prefecture, three guards and two prefectures.

"A lowly official takes orders!" Lu Wenzhao responded, and Zhu Youjian explained to him upon seeing this:

"I'm going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Pay attention to Cui Yingyuan. If you have any news about him, tell me right away."

"Yes!" Lu Wenzhao bowed in return, and Zhu Youjian also left the long road on his hips, walked out of the East Palace, and walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

It's just that when the group of people walked to the front of the Wenhua Hall, it happened to be the time when Wenchen went to the chef for lunch on his lunch break.

As a result, the civil servants who walked out of the Wenhua Palace saw a picture of Zhu Youjian walking in front, followed by a dozen Jinyiwei on the left and right.

"Hmph! Behaving recklessly and ostentatiously!"

Seeing Zhu Youjian's walking appearance, some of the civil servants couldn't help but snorted coldly. It is estimated that Zhu Youjian heard this and was about to call the big Han general immediately.

A few days ago, he sat on an elephant in the palace, but many civil servants impeached him, saying, "It is not appropriate to ride an elephant on a non-celebration day."

As a result, he is walking now, and Wenchen can still talk about him.

If you don't give these rotten scholars any color, do they really think they are afraid?

"What are you looking at? Old glass..."

Zhu Youjian, who was passing by, also saw the eyes of the officials on the steps of the Wenhua Hall, and felt suddenly upset, and then said to Cao Huachun next to him:

"Tell the big chef to add some ingredients to the meals of these rotten scholars."

"Uh...Your Highness, I'm afraid this won't work." Cao Huachun said as he walked:
"If they are found out, those cooks will also be held accountable, but they can be asked to prepare honey for the ministers and pour it into cups with water soaked with onions and garlic."

"Huh? What's the reason?" Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up.

"Eat it will cause diarrhea and abdominal pain..." Cao Huachun was ashamed, and Zhu Youjian immediately clapped his hands and said:
"Just do it!"

"The servants take orders..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Cao Huachun immediately sent people to the chef to prepare, and by the way, he reminded the imperial doctors on duty at the Imperial Hospital.

So when Zhu Youjian rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, looking for his royal brother to prepare lunch, the big chef next to the Hall of Martial Arts in the northwest corner of the outer court welcomed a team of more than a hundred people.

"If you want me to say, Qi... um? Why did today's thirst-quenching tea be replaced with honey water? And why is the taste of this honey water not right?"

Inside the big kitchen, in the courtyards like wing rooms, Hanlin editor Gao Panlong took a sip of honey water, feeling something was wrong.

But he didn't think too much, continued to drink, and then continued to say to the other Donglin officials at the dinner table:

"King Qi will be thirteen years old in two months. If you think about it, you can arrange a marriage, and then you will be a feudal clan early."

"That being said, Long Live probably doesn't want King Qi to leave, and such a villain as King Qi won't easily give up his military power." Wan Yanyang also replied.

"Hey, so if it wasn't for the ineffective supervision of the eagles and dogs, how could these wretches steal the military power?"

A Donglin official also said something, and took a look at Yang Lian, Wang Yingjiao, Zuo Guangdou, Liu Yixiu and other four people who were eating in another room in the other courtyard.

"Forget it, it's not like..." Gao Panlong wanted to say something, but felt his stomach convulse, stretched out his hand and rubbed it, and then said:
"It won't spoil the mood for some people."

At this time, the chef's meals were also served by some Imperial College students who had entered the palace to study, and today's meals were not bad.

Pearl cabbage, roasted shiitake mushrooms, broiled clams, chicken breast with bamboo shoots, boiled puffer fish, mutton in a water basin, frozen fish with ginger and vinegar, pearl emerald soup and other seven dishes and one soup.

"Hey, the year of disaster, what a waste..."

Looking at the food in front of him, a Donglin official sighed, but moved his chopsticks after Gao Panlong moved them.

Just eating, a group of people rubbed their stomachs unnaturally, and then some people even had cold sweat on their foreheads, and Gao Panlong got up and said:

"The old man needs to go out first, and everyone will use it first."

After finishing speaking, Gao Panlong got up and walked out of the other courtyard, ready to go to the toilet of the chef.

Seeing Gao Panlong get up, a group of Donglin officials couldn't help but get up and go to the toilet.

"What happened to them?"

Zuo Guangdou at Yang Lian's table watched curiously, not just them, Ye Xianggao and some non-party officials sitting in the courtyard next door also looked curiously.

They didn't know what happened, because under Zhu Youjian's signal, they all drank pure honey water, while the others drank the added ingredients.

For a while, the only [-] toilets for the chef were filled with officials, and in a yard not far from the toilets, a group of officials with pale faces were sweating on their foreheads, stamping their feet anxiously waiting.

"I can't help it..." Gao Panlong clenched his teeth, and then bit the bullet and prepared to go to the Hall of Martial Arts to borrow the toilet, but just after taking two steps, his stomach started growling.

"Ask the chef, if there is a chamber pot!" Gao Panlong couldn't move, so he could only speak to some officials, and the officials also passed one by one for the Guozijian students who hadn't eaten to ask questions.

But he didn't expect that the chef didn't have so many chamber pots at all, so he managed to find thirty of them, and Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yun, Yao Zongwen, Qi Shijiao and other party leaders divided a group first.

The remaining high-ranking and powerful people were divided into another group. Fortunately, Gao Panlong was old, otherwise he would not even be able to divide the chamber pot.

It's just that the chamber pot was allocated, but there was no place to go to the toilet.

In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the place where the big cook raised pigs, and had someone hang them with coarse cloth to separate the place, and started to go to the toilet holding his nose.

But it's not as good as it is, once I enter it, I can't get up again...

"Let me see where you are..."

"elder brother!"

When the ministers were in a daze, the atmosphere of Qianqing Palace was accompanied by Zhu Youjian's voice, and immediately froze.

Zhu Youjian stepped in, and then saw the blindfolded Zhu Youxiao raising his hands in the Qianqing Hall, groping around.

In front of him, there were a few court ladies with shy faces...

"Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

Seeing Zhu Youjian's sudden appearance, several court ladies knelt on the ground immediately, shouting for a thousand years, and as soon as Zhu Youxiao heard what the court ladies said, he immediately tore off the yellow silk covering his eyes.

"Brother is here?!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and threw the yellow silk and satin on the ground, then waved to the maids and said:

"Okay, you guys back off."

"Yes..." The court ladies retreated immediately upon seeing this, while Zhu Youjian said speechlessly:
"Brother doesn't need to deal with memorials?"

"Zoushu! I just wanted to tell my brother about this." Zhu Youxiao said with a heartless smile:
"I heard that the Tianjin shipyard has produced a cargo ship of [-] materials? I have to go and have a look at it. When I come back with clues, maybe I can produce a warship of [-] materials."

"So I want to ask my younger brother to guard me..."

"Brother, don't think about it." Zhu Youjian immediately vetoed when he heard that his royal brother wanted him to supervise the country:
"Tianjin Shipyard has already played, and the warship with five thousand materials has no major technical problems, so I don't bother brother."

"The six thousand materials will always need me!" Zhu Youxiao became anxious when he heard it, and Zhu Youjian also squeezed out a smile, and then immediately said coldly:
"The technology of [-] materials can be developed slowly. The [-] materials warship has already laid the keel. After it is launched, there is no problem, and [-] materials can be built."

"My brother must be lying to me!" Zhu Youxiao was furious. He didn't believe that the people in Tianjin Shipyard could understand the technology of the six thousand and five thousand warships so quickly.

You must know that he has not used the teak wood that was brought to the capital last time until now. The reason is that he wants to make a huge warship with [-] materials.

Although he has been looking at the shipbuilding materials of Tianjin Shipyard, and has also obtained from Zhu Youjian freshly released mathematics and physics basic books such as "Yanshan Arithmetic", "Yanshan Geometry", "Yanshan Mechanics", but the problem is two thousand Many master boatmen also learned this.

And compared to Zhu Youxiao, one of their greater advantages is decades of accumulated shipbuilding experience.

When shipbuilding experience collided with engineering mechanics, many craftsmen among them immediately understood why past experience can support the construction of large ships.

While brainstorming, Zhu Youjian provided the hull drawings, so many master boatmen can use armed merchant ships to try and make mistakes, but Zhu Youxiao does not have so much energy.

So, through trial and error, more than two thousand boatmen brainstormed, and quickly grasped the technology of five thousand warships.

Even the data of the [-] warships were sent to Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, except to talk about things, he came to send the drawings.

Therefore, when faced with the suspicion of his royal brother, Zhu Youjian decisively took the blueprint from Cao Huachun, handed it to the other party, and said:

"Five thousand six hundred warships (1820 tons), the ship is twenty-five feet long, the waterline is twenty-three feet long, the keel is thirteen feet long, the ship is four feet nine feet wide, two feet one foot long, and two floors. The gun deck has 92 guns and a crew of 680."

"I don't believe it!" Zhu Youxiao snatched the drawing and observed it carefully, but Zhu Youjian's smug expression made Wei Zhongxian, who was watching not far away, twitch his mouth.

"It really came out..."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the perfect design drawings in his hand, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

"Okay, brother, don't have to doubt yourself. After all, more than [-] craftsmen brainstormed, and it's not surprising that they came up with it."

Zhu Youjian didn't take this matter seriously, but said:

"These warships with five thousand materials are planned to be the third-class warships of our Daming Navy, the future seven thousand materials will be second-class warships, nine thousand or more will be first-class warships, three thousand or less warships, and six thousand The supply ships above are warships such as Ding."

"Class A is named after the three mountains and five mountains, Class B is named after the names of the ten philosophers and seventy-two generals of the Wu Temple, Class C is named after [-] civil servants and generals who have passed away in our Ming Dynasty, and Class D is named after our Ming Dynasty. Named after more than [-] prefectures."

"Where do you need so many?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he heard what his younger brother said.

There are eight ships for the three mountains and five mountains, eighty-two ships for the Wu Temple, plus one hundred and eight civil servants and generals, and more than three hundred prefectures and prefectures, that is nearly five hundred ships.

If this is really calculated, there will be more than [-] warships. Even if the cost is cheap, it will require an investment of several million taels of silver, plus the military pay of more than [-] crew members. That is an astronomical figure. up.

Where in the world is there a country that needs Ming to use so many fleets?

However, after Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Zhu Youjian also smiled and said: "It's just that the rules are set for the naming of ships, so that people can understand it."

"If it is really built, the future navy of the Ming Dynasty will probably be renamed the navy. The number of warships will be around [-], the number of supply ships will be [-], and the total number of navy sailors will not exceed [-]."

"Maintaining such a scale requires an investment of more than [-] million taels, and subsequent maintenance and military pay will require an annual expenditure of [-] million taels."

"Why do you want so much?" Seeing that his brother was not joking, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, but Zhu Youjian responded with a smile:
"I'm afraid my brother will think too little in the future..."

"Huh? That's all, I don't understand you." Seeing Zhu Youjian's appearance, Zhu Youxiao also knew that he would not do business at a loss, so he didn't pursue it anymore.

However, due to the passage of time and Zhu Youjian's original promise, Zhu Youxiao showed a serious expression and said:

"October is about to enter, and there is still one year before the end of the autumn harvest next year. Do you remember what you promised me?"

"Remember! When the autumn harvest is over next year, send troops to recover the entire territory of Liaodong!" Zhu Youjian bowed his hands and responded, without his usual wanderings.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao relaxed his frown, and sighed to Zhu Youjian:

"Although I am not as good at soldiers as my younger brother, I also know that if we support an army of [-], we need to raise money, food, men, mules and horses a year or even years in advance, and right now..."

"This is why I came here." Zhu Youjian said:

"My brother would like to ask the emperor to deliver an order to order Sun Chuanting and other ministries in the Southwest to conquer Zhijin Pass, Shuixi City, Yongning Prefecture, and Anshun Prefecture before the twelfth lunar month."

"When these four places are captured, Sun Chuanting, Yang Wenyue, Cao Wenzhao, Sun Yingyuan, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and other six troops can be sent north to aid Liao!"

"At the same time, after the beginning of spring next year, the six ministries and five temples together with the internal funds, please send the Liaodong soldiers and horses to march out silver, and the annual military salary."

"Order the Liaodong Chief Secretary to build six large warehouses in each of the six prefectures to store more than three million shi of grain."

"In the spring of next year, the Yumajian will send [-] million shi of grain to the Dacang of Shenyang Prefecture in Liaodong, and another [-] million shi to the Dacang of Zhenjiang Prefecture in autumn."

"At the same time, the four prefectures of Guangning, Daning, Liaoyang, and Jinzhou each transported one million shi of grain."

"Sixteen Guards, dispatch Xiaoqi, Tiance, and Habayashi to support Liaodong, and Daning Three Guards to dispatch [-] cavalry to support."

"In this way, Liaodong can have up to [-] main soldiers. In addition to the [-] soldiers and horses needed to stay behind, we can send [-] main soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, and [-] horses."

"Five hundred warships have also prepared six hundred warships, which can be transported along the Liao River and Taizi River to transport [-] shi of grain."

"It's only two hundred and forty miles from Shenyang to Kaiyuan, and two hundred and eighty miles from Liaoyang to Yaqueguan. These two routes can be taken by water, and there is no problem in transporting grain."

"From Kuandian to Laoyaguan by land, it is [-] miles away, and the mountain road is rugged, and it is most likely to be ambushed. Therefore, five troops including Qin Bangping, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, Qin Banghan, and Cao Wenzhao need to be dispatched."

"Liaoyang can use Xiong Tingbi and Sun Yingyuan's troops to take the water route, and assist Kuandian's troops to attack Laoyaguan."

"Of course, the most important thing is to regain Tieling, Kaiyuan, Fushun, Sarhu and other places."

"So Shenyang gathered the most heavy troops. Sun Chuanting and Yang Wenyue attacked Fushun and captured Sarhu."

"Qi Jin, Qi Yuanbi, He Shixian, You Shigong and others led the troops to go north and attack Tieling."

"At the same time, Mangui led the three guards of Daning, and the three cavalry guards attacked Qinghe Pass, disconnecting Tieling and Kaiyuan."

"In this way, an army of [-] main and auxiliary soldiers can recover the entire territory of Liaodong!"

Zhu Youjian has accumulated more than two years of hole cards, and he is finally about to play them.

The huge capital, military strength, and fodder can be said to be a flying dragon riding on the face.

If this battle can be lost, then Zhu Youjian should stop reforming, go directly to Jingshan to find the crooked neck tree, and hang him in advance.

When he revealed the whole plan, everyone in the Qianqing Palace was trembling because of his plan.

There are [-] main and auxiliary soldiers, which is far larger than the original encirclement and suppression of Yang Yinglong.

The last time the Ming army mobilized so many troops, it was...

"Long live, Your Highness! South and North Zhen Fusijia and other military forces!"

While everyone was still immersed in the recovery battle described by Zhu Youjian, Lu Wenzhao was in a hurry, knelt down in front of the gate of Qianqing Palace, held up two military documents marked with the first grade, and said loudly:
"Xu Hongru, the remnant of the White Lotus Sect, will raise his flag to rebel from Kaifeng, Guide, and Yanzhou on the second day of October!"

　Four o'clock and one more

　　
　
(End of this chapter)