Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 30 Brotherly Harmony
"Is there a map?"

Zhu Youjian didn't know much about the Miyun area, so he asked subconsciously. When Wang Chengen heard about it, he quickly asked the little eunuch to get the map.

Soon, the little eunuch took the map.

Wang Chengen spread out the map on the table. Although the map is not as intuitive as the satellite maps and topographic maps of later generations, there are still many things to be seen.

Zhu Youjian took a look, then pointed to the hills around Shixiaying in the northeast of Miyun and said:

"Are the people farming here, or is Miyunwei farming?"

"Miyunwei is cultivating, and the grain cultivated is sent directly to Shixia Camp."

"There are [-] people in the Shixia Camp stationed here. If Baima Pass in the northwest, Huangyakou, and Gubeikou in the north are attacked by northern captives, they can go to support them."

"How is the combat power of the Shixia Camp?" Zhu Youjian said suddenly, which made Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen look at each other.

Zhu Youjian glanced at them, and then realized that these two were eunuchs, and they didn't think they were interested in this kind of martial arts.

Zhu Youjian can only analyze according to some military books he read when he was a big soldier in his previous life.

It has to be said that the location of the Shixia Battalion is very important. Once Gubeikou, Baima Pass, and Huangyakou are breached, the Shixia Battalion can stand firm at this Sanchakou and wait for reinforcements from the capital.

But once the Shixia Battalion is completely wiped out, then there will be a flat Hebei Plain, and the Mongolian cavalry in the north can drive straight down to the capital.

Perhaps in the eyes of Kong Xing at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Shixia Camp, which was a sentry system, did not have [-] people.

But in terms of status, even in the eyes of the queuing, the combat power will not be so weak. If you can't beat Houjin, you can still easily beat the Mongols.

However, if there are only [-] people, as long as you link up the warrior battalions in the Yumajian, you can completely replace the Shixia battalion.

At that time, the hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land in the guard station at Shixiaying will be fully used by the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Youjian had an idea in his heart, and immediately said:

"Don't buy wasteland for now, I will leave for Changping after the emperor takes the throne three days later."

"The servant girl immediately asked Changping's people to build a resting place for His Highness." Wang Chengen replied quickly, but Zhu Youjian shook his head and said:

"Just build it according to the Martial arts field and the military camp mentioned earlier. It's the same when I live in the military camp."

"Also, where are the Zhejiang soldiers?"

Zhu Youjian calculated the time, and it has been six or seven days since Zhejiang soldiers entered Beizhili, so they should arrive in the capital soon.

His words gave Wang Chengen a chance to express himself. He had been paying attention to the movements of the Zhejiang soldiers and the Shizhu chieftain soldiers, and quickly replied:
"Zhe soldiers have already arrived in Cangzhou, and it is estimated that they will arrive in the capital in six days."

"Hmm..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian said:

"Okay, since that's the case, I just happened to go to the Qianqing Palace and ask Brother Huang to do something."

Zhu Youjian walked towards the door, when Cao Huachun saw this, he ran out of Xuqin Palace and asked someone to prepare his car.

The so-called chariot is not a carriage or a sedan chair, but a cart pulled by people.

Originally, in terms of status, Zhu Youjian was not able to sit in this kind of public opinion, because only the emperor could sit.

But during the national funeral, Zhu Youxiao knew that Zhu Youjian walked to the banquet hall every day, so he asked someone to get him a simple car.

When Zhu Youjian walked to the gate of Xuqin's palace, Cao Huachun had already brought two young eunuchs standing beside Che Yu.

Because it could not sit on the emperor's standard, the internal officials used ordinary wood to paint the wood several times, and built a roof, which is equivalent to a chariot in disguise.

In front of the chariot was a frame similar to a rickshaw. With the support of Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun, Zhu Youjian got into the chariot. An eunuch quickly put the frame on his shoulders and began to pull up the chariot diligently.

The cart weighed only a hundred catties, and the two wooden wheels shared the strength. In addition, Zhu Youjian was only ten years old and weighed only sixty to seventy catties, so it was easy to pull.

The two eunuchs exchanged carts for each other, and they were not very tired.

Not long after, Zhu Youjian made a big circle from the East Palace and came to the gate of Qianqing Palace.

I don't know if it was Wei Zhongxian who made people feel relieved. This time when Zhu Youjian came, no one dared to stop him. The Jingjun opened the door and let Che Yu enter the Qianqing Palace.

A long distance away, an eunuch standing at the gate of Qianqing Palace cleverly entered the palace and sang:

"Long live, the Fifth Highness is here."

"Brother is here?" Hearing Zhu Youjian's arrival, Zhu Youxiao, who had just finished eating, was sitting on the couch, leaning on the case and looking through the memorabilia, closed the memorabilia and hurriedly went to the ground.

"Long live, long live, shoes, shoes haven't been worn yet!"

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was wearing socks without shoes, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly followed Zhu Youxiao with his shoes on his hands.

When Zhu Youjian got off the car, he happened to see Zhu Youxiao who was leaving the palace in socks.

"Why doesn't brother wear shoes?"

"Huh?" Hearing Zhu Youjian's doubtful inquiry, Zhu Youxiao realized that he was not wearing shoes.

He raised his feet, and Wei Zhongxian quickly knelt on the ground to help him put on his shoes.

"Why does my brother want to come to me?" Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Youjian with a smile while asking someone to put on his shoes.

"What are you talking about, brother?" Zhu Youjian was a little embarrassed.

He thought about it, and it seemed that he really came to his cheap brother every time he had something to do, but the other party was not angry with him every time.

Thinking of this, he could only touch the back of his head, and Zhu Youxiao was also amused by his embarrassment.

"I'm not teasing you, what are you doing here, brother?" Zhu Youxiao said, then took Zhu Youjian's hand and walked towards the hall.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian said:
"It's just that I did the calculations just now, and the quotation from the Ministry of Industry for the Emperor's Mausoleum is not quite right."

"They quoted [-] million taels, but actually [-] million taels can be done."

"In addition, I heard that Zhejiang soldiers have arrived in Cangzhou, so I want to ask Zhejiang soldiers to help me train the first battalion of four guards and the three guards of Habayashi."

"One month later, when the chieftain soldiers from Shizhu arrive, my younger brother will accompany the emperor. I hope that the emperor will send them two hundred thousand taels of silver, and then send them to Liaodong."

"Hmm..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Zhu Youxiao also led him to sit on the couch.

He thought for a moment, and then pondered: "If the Zhejiang soldiers and the chieftain soldiers really have the combat power that my brother said, then two hundred thousand taels is not a big deal."

"It's not impossible to train soldiers, but I'm afraid I won't be able to practice anything in a month."

"There is a problem with the quotation from the Ministry of Industry. My brother was able to find out in a day. It's really not easy."

"More than that." Zhu Youjian added after Zhu Youxiao finished speaking:

"I'm afraid that my brother will be angry. On the surface, there are [-] people in the four guards and one battalion of the Yumajian. In fact, they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are less than [-] young and middle-aged people."

"Among the [-] young and middle-aged men, there are not a few people who steal, rape and play tricks. Perhaps there are less than [-] people who can really be used for military training."

As soon as Zhu Youjian said this, Zhu Youxiao immediately frowned, obviously very unhappy.

But he was deeply instructed by Emperor Wanli, knowing that the emperor should not be happy and angry on the surface, so he suppressed his anger and said:
"What are you going to do, brother?"

Zhu Youxiao already knew his good brother Zhibing from the last incident, but it was only on paper after all, so he wanted to know what his brother wanted to do in the face of the Yumajian situation.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian also said slowly: "My brother..."

(End of this chapter)