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Chapter 458 The three-year period has come, and it's time to harvest again
In the ninth year of Longwu, the first autumn rain in early autumn finally dissipated the heat of midsummer, and also shrouded the northern land again under the weather suitable for military use.

It has been three years since the peaceful development of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It has been No.15 years since Zhu Shuren came to this world. In the sixth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the ninth year of the Longwu Dynasty, he changed from a young boy to a 33-year-old middle-aged man.

Even his first wife, the princess Zhu Yuchan, is 24 years old, and their child, Zhu Ciyu, the grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty, is seven years old.

Da Mingzi and Emperor Longwu, Zhu Changhao, was a few years older than the former Emperor Chongzhen. He is now 48 years old and will soon reach the age of knowing his destiny.

For an emperor with absolutely excellent medical conditions, 48 ​​years old is not considered old.However, Zhu Changhao doesn't like sports by nature. He lacks exercise, and he likes to chant Buddha, play the piano and sing and dance women. It is inevitable that he is often in a weak state.

His uncle Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun lived to be 58 years old, and his biological father Zhu Yijun, the old Lu Wang, lived to be 47 years old. It can be seen that the genes of their family, under normal circumstances, the life expectancy is only about fifty years old——

Old Lu Wang Zhu Yichun died in the 42nd year of Wanli, five years younger than his brother, but died six years earlier than his brother.However, it is said that when Zhu Yiliu died, it was because he and Emperor Wanli's biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, died of old age, and Zhu Yiliu also died that year because of "too much grief".

However, there are many rumors in the market that the old Lu Wang Zhu Yichun is because the Empress Dowager Li loves his youngest son too much.When Emperor Wanli was young, Zhang Juzheng taught Wanli to study. Once Wanli messed up, Empress Dowager Li threatened Wanli with "If you don't listen to Mr. Zhang Ge, I will abolish you and let your younger brother succeed you."This caused a shadow in Wanli's heart, and he always wanted to liquidate his younger brother.

And Zhu Yichun himself is indeed domineering, over-controlling, extravagant and lustful, so when he heard that his mother died, he was worried that his brother would liquidate him without his mother's protection, so he was frightened to death.

But regardless of whether Old Lu Wang died of heartbreak because of filial piety, or was scared to death, he was able to die at the age of 47 because of emotional fluctuations, which shows that his natural life span is not much longer.Even if he hadn't been frightened or had no reason to grieve, the family would have lived into their fifties.

Zhu Changhao was not originally an ambitious person, and he didn't want to take care of specific government affairs at all.But having been in a high position for many years, there will always be some thoughts that want to put himself in the annals of history as "one emperor through the ages".

This is not for real power, but purely for the good reputation after death. It is also human nature to be praised and admired by future generations.

As long as a person is getting old, who doesn't want to leave a name forever and be immortal?
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Therefore, in the early autumn of this year, Ming Dynasty will usher in another year of Longevity Festival, which is the 48th birthday of Emperor Longwu.

Zhu Changhao also inevitably moved his mind, taking advantage of this year's son-in-law who will return to Nanjing to report on his duties, and congratulate him on his birthday.Zhu Changhao planned to take the opportunity to carefully ask his son-in-law about the timetable of his plan to restore Liaodong.

There is no need to mention the daily procedures and red tape of the Wanshou Festival. After the birthday banquet, Zhu Changhao caught his son-in-law and asked a few questions.

"It's been a truce with the Tartars for several years, right? This year is a good time to recover Liaodong? Last year, the preparations for wealth, military and rations in the north were sufficient. To recover Liaodong and return to the whole land of Ming Dynasty more often is the long-cherished wish of the Ming emperors for more than [-] years. , you still have to pay attention."

Zhu Shuren naturally has his own rhythm of doing things, and he will not cater to his father-in-law, but the time is indeed ripe this year, the north is recovering well, and the army rations and other military supplies are also well stocked.He chose to return to Nanjing this year for an audience report, which also has a deep meaning.

So Zhu Shuren immediately stated positively: "What the father saw coincides with the minister, so I have many matters, which need to be carefully discussed with the father and the Shige department. The minister also thought that this year can be the last blow to the Tartars." ——However, the war may continue for some time, and it may not be possible to complete all achievements in the year of war."

There is still a difference between the start of the fight and the end of the fight. The military operation of the last blow must last for a while.

Of course Zhu Changhao understood, and quickly said: "Soldiers are fierce and dangerous. How to use them depends on the needs of soldiers from all walks of life to adapt to the situation and serve the country. Sun Tzu said, the one who is able but the king does not defend him wins. I don't know soldiers, and I won't ask details.

Doesn't it mean that the Wanshou Festival next year will be the 50th birthday? At the time, the first emperor Wanli was only in his 47s, and Huang Kao even lived to [-] years old.Naturally, I also have selfish intentions, and I just want to see that in my lifetime, the homeland of the Ming Dynasty will be restored, and the world will be complete. "

The ancients used to do nine but not ten when they celebrated their birthdays. They had to avoid the whole birthday one year in advance, and they had to celebrate their fiftieth birthday at the age of 49, so there is no problem with Zhu Changhao's algorithm.In the autumn of the tenth year of Longwu, he will celebrate his fiftieth birthday.

Zhu Shuren hastily persuaded: "Father, why did you say that? My father is now at the peak of his age. What's more, my Ming Dynasty has made rapid progress in medical technology and chemistry. It will definitely prolong the life of people in the world. There is absolutely no problem with my father's age surpassing Wanli and even Jiajing." , The mere elimination of the Tartars is certainly a no-brainer.

The ministers far away dare not say it, but after the war starts again this year, it is possible to recover most of the territory of Liaodong within the year, and even destroy the city of Shengjing in one fell swoop.The rest is nothing more than the pursuit and annihilation of the nomadic fishing and hunting tribes in the extreme north of Baishan Heishui, which will take a little longer. "

Zhu Changhao signaled that he didn't need to be formal, and Weng's son-in-law told the truth.

Zhu Shuren also honestly introduced some small progress in medical technology in recent years to Zhu Changhao, which convinced Zhu Changhao of his confidence.

On the issue of Zhu Changhao's lifespan, Zhu Shuren still has common interests with his father-in-law.

That is, Zhu Shuren also felt that if his father-in-law lived only in his early fifties, it would be bad for everyone.

After all, he can only be the regent in this life, so he will never look forward to the early death of his father like those princes, and he will take over as soon as possible.

After a hundred years of Zhu Changhao, the position can only be passed on to the emperor's grandson Zhu Ciyu, and Zhu Ciyu is only seven years old now, and when Zhu Changxiao turns 50, Zhu Ciyu will only be nine years old.

For such a young child, even if he has a biological father and a legal uncle as the regent, it will be troublesome after all.

It would be much easier if Zhu Changxiao could live to be sixty years old, as long as Emperor Jiajing, who actually ruled the longest in the Ming Dynasty, and the grandson of the emperor could be delayed to 19 years old.It really can't be delayed, and it's not a big deal if it's a few years behind.

Seeing that his son-in-law agreed so happily, Zhu Changhao seemed to be very sure, so he felt more at ease.Then he asked again:
"However, after all, the Tartars and I, Ming Dynasty, have actually had a truce for two or three years. This time we will start a war again. Do you want to find some excuses again? Although I, Ming Dynasty, have never negotiated a truce with the Tartars, after all, we are a party of etiquette. Bang, the kingdom of heaven, every time you send troops, it is best to find a proximate cause, the teacher is famous."

There is no need for excuses for the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty occupied a part of the original land of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also revenge for killing the king. No amount of revenge can be overstated.

However, the reason for internal mobilization should still be mentioned, which will help boost morale and let soldiers know why they are fighting.Any war requires a combination of distant and immediate causes in order to share the same hatred.

Fortunately, Zhu Shuren was also prepared for this question, so he took advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders at the moment, and revealed the whole plan:

"I have already thought about this aspect. In the past two or three years, although the tribes of the Tartars have ceased fighting with me, I, Ming, have continued to bloodlet the Tartars.

The most important method is to prohibit border trade, and block the Tartars from obtaining strategic materials in economically important areas such as salt, iron, gunpowder, and gradually weaken the Tartars' national strength.

However, the Tartars would definitely not let it go. When the late emperor was there, there were eight traitors in Zhangjiakou and Datong who were collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. But after the Tartars entered the customs, these people swaggered through the market and revealed their identities.

Later, when I regained Shanxi and Hebei in the Ming Dynasty, I uprooted all the eight major traitors, their party members, and vassal families, and killed them all.

After those people were wiped out, the Tartars were once unable to obtain strategic materials from our Ming Dynasty, even tea, salt and bricks. I heard that in the past two years, the health of the nomads of some tribes on the grassland has deteriorated significantly.

But in order to set up an ambush and make excuses for future wars, the minister secretly supported several border merchant families who had had a slight relationship with the eight traitor families, but their crimes were not deep, and promised them that as long as they obeyed the king's instructions, they could be exonerated For the former crime, I can still serve my Ming court in the future and get official status.

Therefore, since last year, the new Zhangjiakou border merchants under the control of the ministers have started privately trading with the Tartars again, mainly with the Mongolian tribes on the Horqin and Karaqin grasslands.These Mongolian tribes will continue to increase prices and resell some supplies that the Manchus are particularly short of to the puppet dynasty in Shengjing.

The sales standards of these border merchants are still good. Last year, the minister only allowed them to sell salt bricks, tea and a small amount of ironware.This year, we will gradually lure the enemy deeper, and we can let go of selling ironware, and even some black gunpowder, so as to set up tricks to win people's trust.

When it was time to shut up, the minister planned to follow the example of Mayi's strategy during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, lure the Mongols to buy with a big deal, and then set up an ambush to encircle and wipe out all the buyers!

In addition, the stolen goods were obtained together, declaring that the Mongols and the Manchus once again stole and bought our Daming’s armaments during the truce, and were always preparing for war in an attempt to retaliate against our Daming. When these rhetoric is publicized, the soldiers will naturally share the same hatred, knowing that this Northern Expedition is for our Daming The safety of the Ming Dynasty is because the barbarians around Daming are constantly trying to increase their force to threaten Daming, so we have to take the initiative to defend. "

After all, Zhu Changhao is moral, and he is of course happy to hear that his son-in-law thinks of such a good reason to go to war.It's just that he was a little worried when he heard that the game was too big and involved the Mongols.

Zhu Changhao said worriedly: "With the strength of my Ming Dynasty today, even if I am an enemy of Mongolia and the Manchus at the same time, I will not be defeated. But I have to eat one bite at a time, and I can walk a few steps apart. Why should I rush for success? And take a step?"

Zhu Shuren answered and explained to his father-in-law: "Father does not know something. After several years of consumption, the Mongolian tribes of Karaqin and Horqin have become extremely weak. This time, I can cut off the wings of Mongolia first, and then slowly discover the Mongolian and Manchu tribes. Qing's private hookups, and by the way, they attacked Liaodong again.

In terms of time, they will not fight against the two enemies at the same time, but will be full first and then full.Since Haoge killed Bumbutai, the Mongols have been at odds with the Manchus. As long as they wiped out a few upstarts, I feel that the Mongols can still win over them.As long as they surrender to Daming and promise to turn their guns around and help Daming deal with the Manchus together, they can stop. "

Zhu Changhao heard that his son-in-law was so confident, so he played everything accurately.

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In the next few days, Zhu Shuren stayed in Nanjing, and he was naturally busy with his daily affairs. He controlled all the matters ahead by remote control. By the way, he learned about the details of the imperial court's political affairs during his absence, and inspected some work on the spot.

He does not need to personally intervene in the provocative actions against Mongolia. In the initial stage, the few confidantes who let him stay in the north will deal with it by themselves, because the enemy is too small and unworthy.

Another important reason is that Zhu Shuren hoped that Daming would be as righteous as possible in the history of later generations, and try to be as righteous as possible. This is not a moral obsession in the present world, but also to better let his own people share the same hatred and warn future generations.

Whether you have played "Europa Universalis" or "Victoria", you all know that the game closest to the real world has an "overexpansion penalty".The direct rule area of ​​a country is not the bigger the better.

If the marginal returns are reduced to less than the marginal cost of domination, further expansion will drag down the empire, unless the technology is advanced first so that productivity and transportation and communication conditions catch up and are worthy of the expansion of the empire.

Just as China needs the unification of the north and the south, Emperor Sui Yang first needs to build the Grand Canal. In the Raksha Kingdom era, in order to firmly control Siberia, the Siberia Railway needs to be built first.

But such a scientific outlook on development may not be understood by the generations of Ming rulers after Zhu Shuren's death, so Zhu Shuren felt that he could provide an extra layer of insurance for the future Emperor of Ming Dynasty——

If the Ming Dynasty had always followed the line of the Han Dynasty that "those who offend a strong Han will be punished even if they are far away", then it would not be easy to suffer excessive punishment for military aggression.But it would be very dangerous to follow Qin's proactive and militaristic route.

Because a society where killing and seizing treasures and legalizing robbery and looting will definitely form a positive feedback loop and a flywheel effect of using foreign troops, and eventually it will not be able to stop the car.

However, in a society where "justifiable defense" and "bounty hunters" are legalized, that kind of problem will not arise, because in this context, killing and seizing treasures has to be done, and is controlled by a negative feedback loop .

It’s not to say that under such a big environment, Ming Dynasty cannot expand in the future, but expansion must first require that the barbarians have no eyesight and attack Ming Dynasty first, then Ming Dynasty can fight back and kill the enemy until the country is completely wiped out.After all, barbarians or Western powers don't take the initiative to be short-sighted. After all, it doesn't happen anytime and anywhere, so Ming won't worry about self-explosion.

This kind of thing only needs to be done two or three times. Make sure to put up the sign that people will not offend me, and I will not offend others, so that people on earth know that provoking Ming Dynasty is to exterminate the nation and the country. In the future, there will be fewer and fewer barbarians.

What is it to solve a Mongolia now?When Zhu Shuren does things, of course he has to consider how the Chinese people of later generations will operate stably for a long time after a hundred years.

As the saying goes, the way of heaven damages more than it can make up for, and the way of man does not take enough to give more than it can give.

All crazy positive feedback and Matthew effect expansion strategies can only take effect within the lifespan of a generation of heroes. If it is in the online text, it means that the protagonist is very happy when he is alive, and the pleasure is stretched to the limit.

But the sequelae of this path dependence will be very serious. Once there is an intergenerational inheritance of power, it is easy to collapse immediately if the hero is not in power.

Because future generations cannot hold this scale of expansion, and cannot leave a set of expansion ethics that is sufficient for the law of the ages, if the expansion is too large, the body will explode and die.This is the thousands of years of human civilization, one after another examples of prosperity and decline, the brilliance of a gentleman, beheaded for five generations.

As long as it is a long-term scale that exceeds the human life span, it is not up to the way of man to be the main manifestation of natural law, but to give way to the way of heaven.

If Zhu Shuren himself is in Beijing when he sets out to provoke Mongolia in the future, or if he makes trouble after rushing back to Beijing from Nanjing, there will inevitably be conspiracy theorists chewing their tongues.Even if outsiders are not allowed to believe it, future emperors will believe it.

And if Zhu Shuren took the time to celebrate the emperor's father-in-law's birthday in Nanjing, and it seemed harmless to humans and animals, and there was an accident in the north first, the news spread to Nanjing, and the Nanjing court sent people north urgently, then everything would appear to be very innocent.

It was definitely not Mustache's clumsy act of "letting a few German soldiers wear Polish uniforms to attack the German border radio station on the eve of the attack on Poland".

Even future emperors had to believe it.

Of course, this level of consideration is only needed by people of Zhu Shuren's rank.

If it is a ruler with mediocre qualifications, such as the kind whose ability is at most comparable to that of Qin Shihuang, there is no need to think so far.

The mediocre founding monarch devoted his whole life to energy and intelligence. It would be a good thing to start a country, but after his death, he would be flooded.But if you hold back a little bit when starting a country, think more about the long-term and limit your own means, you may not even be able to open the country, and you will marry someone else.

At least two or three times more talented people than Qin Shihuang, who can establish a country without exerting all their strength, will have the energy to eliminate some hidden dangers for the long-term, and rule in a more self-consistent closed-loop manner.

The so-called civil without military can not be established, and military without civil will not be long.People who can't even stand up are not worthy of thinking about long-term problems, which are for those who have more than enough to stand up.

Before Zhu Shuren appeared, there were no more than two and a half rulers in Chinese history who were qualified to get a glimpse of this problem, and none of them could master it. Change of dynasty?
Even if Zhu Shuren has hundreds of years of experience, he dare not say that he can master it, but he knows that he is qualified to think about it for the long-term plan, and that's all.

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The days in Nanjing passed quickly. While waiting for the insiders of the Shanxi merchants and the Shanxi frontier army to seduce the Mongols, the last thing Zhu Shuren needed to do in Nanjing was to make up for his side concubine Fang Ziling who had been neglected by him for three years. .

Fang Ziling was also pitiful. Originally, the family had discussed marriage for her, but due to a series of changes in the last years of Chongzhen, it took more than three years to get married at the age of 21.

After marriage, after more than three years of stable life, they gave birth to a son.But as soon as his son turned two years old, the husband took the princess' wife to Beijing to stay behind, and let her stay alone for two or three years. Now she is 27 or [-], and the days with a man are only more than three years.

In the past three years, Zhu Shuren naturally had no shortage of women in Beijing. Princess Zhu Yuchan, who already had a son and a daughter, also gave birth to Zhu Shu's son in Beijing, who is not yet one year old.

The other concubines have also given Zhu Shuren a son and a daughter in the past few years. So far, the "Four Beauty of the Qinhuai River" finally have children, and the end of life will not be bleak.

Zhu Shuren now has four sons and six daughters. If it wasn't for his family's great fortune to inherit, it might not end well.

As the princess gave birth to her second son, it was obvious that Fang Ziling's son would not be able to inherit the princely title of Prince E's Mansion, but only the princess' son.

Moreover, Zhu Yuchan's second son could not use the "Zhu Cimou" naming method, because Zhu Cix's format was for Zhu Changhao's grandson.Zhu Yuchan's second son is legally still the emperor's grandson, but he follows his father's national surname Zhu, not the emperor's surname Zhu, which is different in nature.

So after the second son was born, Zhu Shuren even had to go to great lengths to change the surname of Fang Ziling's concubine son back to his family's Shen surname before he was given the surname, so that Fang Ziling's child could inherit the title of grandfather Shen Tingyang.

All of this made Zhu Shuren feel ashamed of Fang Ziling.It has been five years since the son was born before he changed back to his ancestral surname. The child can remember things. I wonder if there will be any psychological shadow.

In addition, this time Zhu Shuren will go north in person again, and it is estimated that he will not come back to stay with her until Manqing is completely wiped out. Naturally, he has to compensate Fang Ziling even more.

During his stay in Nanjing, he almost only favored Fang Ziling, and did not touch any other concubines.

"I can't inherit the title of the prince's mansion. The lady can't blame Gu, she has suffered a lot in the past few years. This time, if I go north again, it will take more than a year at most, and I will be able to stay together forever."

Not long before leaving, Zhu Shuren couldn't help but put his arms around Fang Ziling and comforted Fang Ziling once again in the middle of the night.

Fang Ziling was still very indifferent: "A concubine follows her husband, and what she wants is nothing more than a bosom friend. Wealth, honor, and entertainment are all secondary. Although I have not been able to marry a husband these few years, I can still teach my son, enjoy the same family relationship, and express my life. What you have learned is not easy.

His Majesty also added a title to the concubine, counting it as the adoptive mother of the emperor's grandson.It was my concubine who refused, so I didn't want it.The palace respects concubines quite a bit, which is enough. "

When Fang Ziling mentioned the royal family's courtesy to her, he was obviously very satisfied.But she really didn't want the title of "Mrs. So-and-so" for the adoptive mother of the emperor's grandson.The main reason is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these names were used badly.

When Wei Zhongxian was in power before, Emperor Tianqi's nanny, Hakka, was named "Mrs. Fengsheng", but she colluded with Wei Zhongxian.

Naturally, Fang Ziling just hoped that his identity as the side concubine of King E would be purer and not be contaminated by other identities.Anyway, the courtesy and respect of the royal family to her can be reflected in other ways.

Zhu Shuren chatted with Fang Ziling for a while about the education of the emperor's grandson and other sons. Fang Ziling also had a whim, and told him that the past three years did not feel empty at all, because in order to teach her son and the emperor's grandson well, she compiled a book for the past three years. This book, although it is an enlightenment book, can also be read by adults, and it can be used to eliminate illiteracy with common sense.

Zhu Shuren returned to Nanjing for more than a month. He was busy with government affairs and had no idea about children's education. Now that Fang Ziling mentioned it, he paid attention to it. Only then did he know that Fang Ziling compiled a set of natural history encyclopedias.

In addition to the illustrated books of animals, plants, and minerals, there is also the most basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and even the atomic theory and molecular theory that Zhu Shuren has discussed and verified with her in letters over the past few years.

And the mathematical knowledge in the book can also be verified with simple common sense of astronomy and geography, such as "how to see the mast of a ship at sea disappearing on the horizon after leaving a certain distance", combined with the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the diameter of the earth, using mathematical methods Prove that the earth is round.Other basic geometric principles are also combined with the image phenomena of astronomy and geography, explaining profound things in simple terms.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty's own printing technology, in addition to movable type, engraving was still at the stage of woodcut.But woodcut is really not easy to use for drawing, and it is expensive and not wear-resistant.

Now Zhu Shuren has introduced a large number of western technicians to learn from each other. There are also engineers in national research institutes who study and improve printing. ", with castor oil-containing ink printing, replacing the water-based ink printing of traditional woodblocks.

As for the cost of engraving and the high cost of copper templates, it doesn't matter if there are only a few popular science books that can be handed down forever, and the circulation is large.

Moreover, these books were engraved and printed with royal funds at the beginning. The original purpose was to enlighten the emperor's grandson's science and engineering thinking, and of course it cost a lot of money.

After teaching the emperor and grandson, and by the way, print tens of thousands of copies, and buy them for the children of ordinary scholars and concubines. A set of five taels of silver can be regarded as a quilt for the common people.

People in later generations who read this set of natural history illustrations and mathematics, physics and chemistry literacy crops will also be grateful for the overflow of royal education.

Zhu Shuren also sighed in admiration when he learned about the results of the concubine's work in the past three years.

Indeed, if a woman can achieve this step, she will be able to stand up for her morality. Presumably her life and soul will be very fulfilling, and it doesn't matter if she has a husband who can accompany her for a long time.Some women are born careerist.

Zhu Shuren accompanied Fang Ziling Qinse Hehe in Nanjing, discussing science popularization and cultural and educational work together, and two months passed without knowing it.

One day in September, military news finally came from the north, and it was sent back by Liu Guoneng, who was in Shanxi.

The trap deployed by Zhu Shuren to imitate the "Ma Yi's Conspiracy" was indeed very successful, and the Mongols fell for it.

This is also due to the fact that Zhu Shuren was more patient than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Wang Hui was more patient and took a long time to catch big fish.

In any case, according to Liu Guoneng's battle report, the Horqin and Karaqin tribes of Mongolia each had a tribe. Because they privately purchased a large amount of military supplies prohibited by the Ming Dynasty, they were ambushed and wiped out by the Ming Frontier Army when they were delivered. The evidence is solid.

Afterwards, Daming also used this as the fuse to launch a full-scale attack.

The final battle against the remnants of the prairie has just begun.

The [-] cavalrymen of the Ming army marched towards the grassland in fractions, and began to disintegrate and break up the loose and shaken Mongolian tribes one by one.

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PS: The timeline span is relatively long, so the journal is a bit fragmented, please forgive me.This is how the timeline flies by in the later period.

In at most one or two chapters, Manchuria as a regime will be resolved.Be patient, everyone, it won't be delayed.

(End of this chapter)