Everyone only regarded the words of His Royal Highness Taisun as a young man protecting his face, and no one took it to heart After the test of the military exercise, the officers and soldiers found that the military division had a clever move, and the weapons made of bamboo had a miraculous effect in dealing with the enemy soldiers, although they could not kill the enemy, but they could provide strong protection for their own side, so that the accuracy and lethality of the guns and bows and arrows were greatly increased. otbnkotgt After reading the weapons, everyone went into the house again, and Zhu Zhanji said: "Through that military exercise, we have also summed up a lesson丨" "People say that eating a trench will make you wiser, but Your Highness has grown several wisdoms, and this trench is worth eating."
Jin Wen joked.
"Huh."
Zhu Zhanji looked at Wang Xian with a smile, and at this time, the deputy looked more good.
Wang Xian said with a smile: "In the last military exercise, because of our lack of experience, sometimes we had to march in a hurry as soon as we put the rice into the pot, and sometimes we couldn't catch fire even for Y days, and the soldiers couldn't eat.
This is still in the middle of the exercise, and if the officers and men on the battlefield do not have enough to eat, they are hungry outside the fortress, and there is no need for the enemy to launch an attack, we will die without a fight.
So when we came back, we thought about a kind of food that was easy to carry and easy to eat.
"Makes sense."
Kim asked, "I've heard that other armies have baked flatbread in advance."
"We also have flatbread, but it's too hard to eat and it's not nutritious.
We also made a kind of cloth bag fried noodles, which is very convenient to carry" Wang Xian said, took a long cloth bag that was bulging, straddled it on his shoulders and said: "Such a bag is a soldier's five-day ration, when you want to eat, open the cloth bag" He untied the rope at the mouth of the bag, grabbed a handful of noodles and said: "If the two masters don't dislike it, you can."
The two East Palace speakers are not squeamish people, and when they heard this, they happily grabbed a handful, and when Yu was sent to his mouth, Jin asked and smiled: "Is this to eat raw noodles?"
"Taste it."
Wang Xian said with a smile.
The two of them didn't say anything, each put it in their mouths, shut up and tasted it for a while, and suddenly said, "The noodles are cooked."
"It's still salty."
"What the hell is this?"
"Fried noodles.
Soybeans, sorghum, and rice are fried, ground, and salted, and eaten in cold water.
Wang Xian asked the two adults to bring a tea bowl to rinse their mouths, and said with a smile: "This is much more nutritious than eating flatbread, and it can be stored for a long time, and it is also convenient to eat "That's well thought out."
Jin Wen and Yang Pu were completely convinced, and smiled at Zhu Zhanji: "We can ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to rest assured, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is much more careful than we think." ” "Hehe, my father is always worried about my recklessness, there is nothing more to say now."
Zhu Zhanji was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and said: "Let's go, let's see a few new things, there are more interesting ones."
Wang Xian followed Zhu Zhanji out of the house, and was just about to go to the next room when he saw Zhou Yong walking quickly.
Wang Xian stood still, distanced himself from the crowd, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Steward Chen was outside the camp and said that Mrs. invited the adults to go."
Zhou Yong said softly: "Adults haven't been home for half a month. ” "I can't leave."
Wang Xian frowned and said: "The whole army is preparing for war" "Then how can I reply" Zhou Yong was a little embarrassed.
"Just said a few days," Wang Xian sighed, "I'll take the time to go back." ” "Yes."
Zhou Yong went out to reply.
"Alas," Wang Xian sighed again, and went into the house.
The Imperial City is also busy.
Ever since the conquest order was issued to the yamen, the vast war machine was put into operation, and the entire empire was transformed into a wartime system, and began to prepare for the expedition of 500,000 troops.
For the Ming army in this era, there was no need to mobilize to go out to fight, and the soldiers regarded fighting for the emperor as a great opportunity to establish meritorious service, promotion and wealth, and they all wanted to go to the battlefield.
But there has never been an army that can start a war, especially this kind of conquest of hundreds of thousands of troops, which is actually a logistics and a grain supply.
After years of great construction and great release, the finances of the Ming Dynasty have been extremely exhausted.
Officials who know the inside story all said that if it weren't for the fact that Xia Yuanji, the chief housekeeper of the household department, was a genius who moved and raised, the prosperous coat of the Ming Dynasty would have been ripped naked long ago.
Some people even said harshly that compared with Sui Yang today, there is one more Xia Yuanji However, even Xia Yuanji, the master of such a good and happy achievement, was exhausted and unsustainable, and the military rations for the expedition could not be raised for a long time, which made Zhu Di furious.
After a long period of anger, Zhu Di thought that he still had to rely on him to support the situation, so he had to collect his mind, asked for a cup of overheated drink, and asked in a deep voice: "I ask you again, before February, how much military food can be transported to Juyong Pass?"
"Back to the emperor," Xia Yuanji was not yet fifty years old, but he had been worrying all the year round, which had already made him gray, like an old man of sixty or seventy years old, and slowly replied: "The military rations that can be transported to Juyongguan will be reported to them, and before the summer harvest, there will be no more adjustable grain in the treasury." ” "Do you want my army to drink the northwest wind outside the fortress" Zhu Di's anger came up again.
"The minister never dares, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice."
Xia Yuanji kowtowed and said: "Under the account of the minister, the head of the household book, it has been one in two. ” Zhu Di's face was extremely ugly.
"Actually, there is still food to adjust," Seeing that the emperor was about to break out again, King Zhao, who has never expressed much opinion on state affairs, spoke out.
"Oh" Zhu Di looked at King Zhao and said, "Tell me about it."
Everyone in the palace looked at His Royal Highness King Zhao, and most of them didn't believe that he could be more powerful than Xia Yuanji.
"Erchen secretly thought," His Royal Highness King Zhao is dressed in a luxurious Panlong prince suit, wearing a winged crown, and a white jade belt around his waist, which is more noble and outstanding than when he fights crickets in the weaving arena, and he is outstanding, and he said loudly: "Xia Shangshu is a wise man who must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, how can he forget that there are two thousand positions in the world."
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As soon as these words came out, everyone showed disappointment, and Zhu Di also frowned and said: "Nonsense and often closing positions is the life-saving food of the people, once there is a famine, the people will still rely on it to survive, and they must not be misappropriated."
"Father's grace.
If it weren't for Xia Shangshu's helplessness, Erchen wouldn't have come up with this idea, and if the idea was really smelly, Erchen wouldn't have put it forward.
Zhu Gaosui replied calmly.
Zhu Di loves this little son who looks like his deceased wife very much, and said patiently: "Then you can tell me, where does this idea not stink?"
"Erchen moved this idea because he had read a few corruption cases related to Changping in the Di Newspaper, and wondered why those corrupt officials dared to hit the grain that Changping had checked the records of the past many years, and finally found a phenomenon," Zhu Gaosui was still unhurried, and said in a round and jade voice: "Every year, the number of Changping positions opened in the country is only 20% at most, and in most years, even less than 10%.
That is to say, the vast majority of the grain was wasted in Chen Chen Xiangyin, so those corrupt officials would have the idea of closing the position" paused, and bowed deeply to the emperor: "So the ministers dare to think that we might as well move away from the dogma and transfer some of the grain from the Changping warehouse for the use of the army, which will not affect the livelihood of the people." ” Zhu Di was quite moved when he heard this, pondered for a moment, and asked Xia Yuanji: "Does what King Zhao said make sense?"
"With all due respect, it's too risky."
Xia Yuanji shook his head categorically and said: "Chang Ping is the life-saving food of the people, no one knows this year, where will there be a famine next year, and only when there is food in the warehouse can I not panic."
The people are calm, and even if there is a famine, the price of food will not skyrocket.
On the other hand, if the grain in the warehouse is taken away, the people will be alarmed if there is a famine, and if someone fanned the flames again, it might cause civil unrest.
In fact, there is another reason he didn't say, that is, after all these years of overdraft, a lot of grain that is often closed has been used by the government to plug leaks elsewhere.
Therefore, the vast majority of warehouses have inconsistencies between accounts and facts, and even half warehouses are not enough for these, and he knows about it, but he can't say it, because those magistrates are forced by him to have no way, so they will tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.
The reason for being too hard to say, the reason for saying it is not too hard, the emperor's reaction can be imagined, Zhu Di's expression was obviously relaxed, and he even smiled: "This is easy to do, I allow the counties to borrow grain from each other, and you Xia Shangshu will be a middle-aged person, if there is a disaster on one side, will all parties support."
Besides, I didn't forcibly requisition their food, I bought it with money, so it's all right now."
"Xia Yuanji said in his heart, don't mention whether it is good to buy or not, the Ming Dynasty will be bought by His Majesty's indiscriminate treasure banknotes, and he wants to argue again, but he saw that the emperor's hand was raised, as he had done many times in the past, he had already tried his best to dispel public opinion, and Qiangang said arbitrarily: "So I made a secret decree, and transferred the counties north of the Yellow River to close three to fifty percent of the grain and grass, and transported it to Juyongguan.
"The ministers receive the order" Emperor Yongle said this, it is an unchangeable holy decree, and the ministers only have the part to do according to the order.
In the sound of congratulations, the emperor left the hall, and the ministers got up and wanted to retreat, but they saw Xia Yuanji kneeling on the ground and couldn't get up, but Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong stepped forward and helped him up.
Yang Rong said softly: "Da Si Nong, there is no flame mountain that cannot be passed, let's find a way together." ” Xia Yuanji said bitterly: "The only way is to go to worship God, and pray that I will have a good wind and rain next year, otherwise, there will be a big mess."
The two scholars were speechless
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