Zhu Di handed a report to Jin Shangyi and said,""His Majesty allowed Beiping's governor, Zhang Bing, to dispose of the summer and autumn grain on the spot. A portion was used to enrich the barracks, a portion was used as reserves, and the rest was sold to merchants and converted into silver. Thirty percent of the silver went to the administrative commissioner's office, and seventy percent was sent to the capital.”
Jin Shangyi was secretly surprised. After thinking for a long time, he said,"Your Highness, the person behind His Majesty is quite powerful. This method could indeed provide sufficient food and pay for the new army. However, the cost of the new army was not at the beginning, but in the process of implementation. I believe that with the current foundation of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to support the long-term implementation of the new army.”
Zhu Di still knew how much grain and money the Ming Dynasty had. According to Zhu Yunwen's method, the new army's strategy would go wrong sooner or later.
However, the problem lay in the word "sooner or later".
He was not prepared for the trouble that had happened too early.
If there was trouble too late, Zhu Yunwen should be prepared.
"Wangye, it is better to prepare for a rainy day than to dig a well when you are thirsty.”
Jin Shangyi said seriously.
Zhu Di nodded solemnly and frowned."It's easy to talk about rations. There are plenty of rations in Beiping City. But how do we forge this machine?"
Without any equipment, they couldn't bring bamboo sticks to the battlefield. Besides, these soldiers had never practiced the dog-beating stick technique, so it was not suitable. However, weapons like swords, spears, and halberds wouldn't jump out of rocks.
If you wanted weapons, you couldn't go to a weapon shop. No one opened such a shop in this era.
He couldn't go to the blacksmith shop to make a custom-made one. It was fine for them to make a kitchen knife, but if he asked them to make a weapon, that would be killing him. Even if you threatened their entire family and insisted on using swords, how long would it take to arm an army with two swords a day?
He had to build a large weapons workshop. The requirements were simple and clear, and they were all confidential.
But where would the weapon workshop be located?
The Three Guards Camp?
No, who knew how many spies there were in the imperial court? If the news was leaked, he might be sent to the blacksmith's forge one day.
Outside the city?
No, his safety was not guaranteed. Inside the city?
No, Ping An and Sheng Yong were too powerful.
After thinking about it, Zhu Di suddenly thought that he could forge it in the King Yan's residence. No one would dare to search the King Yan's residence, and there would be no problem with safety. Moreover, the people in the King Yan's residence were all his own people, so it would not be easy for news to leak.
Most importantly, he could leave an elite team in the mansion in case of any accidents.
Zhu Di was also good at seizing opportunities. Weren't you encouraging the breeding industry? Then, as the King of Yan, I, Zhu Di, naturally have to respond positively and set an example.
Not long after, a huge poultry farm was built on the west side of King Yan's residence. Chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, and anything that could call were brought over.
Raising them on the ground to improve their diet.
He forged iron underground and hid a weapon.
Just as Zhu Di was squatting in the chilly farm and thinking about why the old hen did not lay eggs in winter, Zhu Yunwen, who was in the capital, finally met the legendary Prime Minister in black, Dao Yan.
Daoyan had been in the capital for more than a month, but he had been chanting Buddhist scriptures and paying respects to the Empress Dowager in his Qianning Palace. After that, he would go to the Spirit Valley Temple to rest.
Zhu Yunwen was busy dealing with the new army strategy and the problem of a whip, so he had no energy to care about Daoyan. In addition, this expert in the study of thick black and the conspirators were in the capital, so he could not cause any big waves.
Dao Yan was the fuse, and Zhu Di was the cannonball.
Now that he had removed the fuse of Dao Yan, he hoped that Zhu Di could restrain himself and submit. However, according to the information sent by Zhang Zhongming and Ping An, Zhu Di had already stabilized the three guards of the King of Yan and found a new lead.
When he saw Zhang Zhongming praising Zhu Di for supporting the poultry industry and setting an example for the people, Zhu Yunwen almost laughed out loud.
In the end, Zhu Di still wanted to rebel. This guy had thrown his sincerity into the wind. He had beaten him again and again, but he was not obedient. In that case, he could not blame himself for using some strong medicine.
Zhu Yunwen ordered Zhang Zhongming, Ping An, and Sheng Yong to inform the Beiping government that the deadline for the new army was set at the end of November. If the King of Yan did not agree, the materials originally prepared for the new army would be transferred to Liaodong. Within ten years, they would not be considered for the new army.
On the same day, he secretly ordered the Ming Security Bureau to send dozens of people to Beiping to investigate Zhu Di's movements and find an opportunity to instigate the generals of the King of Yan's Three Guards.
Zhu Yunwen appointed Tie Xuan as the commander of Jinan, fully responsible for the defense of Jinan Prefecture. He ordered Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changchun, to lead 50,000 elite soldiers from the capital camp to Hebei to train the soldiers of Zhending, Baoding and Hejian.
Zhu Yunwen personally visited the capital camp to oversee the training of the new army. Xu Huizu practiced a new battle formation for Zhu Yunwen and divided them into the blue and red camps to train the new army.
Zhu Yunwen ordered Zheng Ci, the minister of the Ministry of Works, to rectify the Ministry of Works, strengthen the military equipment, and visit the general supervisor. On the 20th, the General Supervisor was changed to the Science and Technology Bureau to improve the status and treatment of craftsmen. All the unqualified craftsmen were transferred to farmers or military households, leaving elites to be responsible for improving firearms, cannons, and crossbows. He also set up a top secret military base at Lion Mountain outside Jinchuan Gate to be responsible for the development of new gunpowder.
In order to deal with the threat of Mongolia, the capital set up Jinan Prefecture as the logistics camp for the northern expedition. Most of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and North Zhili transported the autumn tax grain to Jinan Prefecture to supply the needs of the northern expedition. If it was insufficient, the capital would transport it.
Zhu Yunwen's series of actions shocked the court. Some people who couldn't see the situation clearly accused Zhu Yunwen of training troops and transporting grain in the winter. They were directly sent to the front line for labor reform.
Even if the cabinet begged for mercy, saying that the censor could not be punished for his words, otherwise, it would become a joke to open up the channels of speech.
Zhu Yunwen didn't think so. The censor didn't even have basic common sense and was just nagging. Why couldn't he be punished?
So what if they trained in winter?
When war came, would there still be winter and summer?
They didn't know that the volunteer army in the future would wear thin clothes and fight in a world of ice and snow at-30 to-40 degrees Celsius! But he knew that the north couldn't train soldiers in October?
Can't transport food?
Self-righteous and ignorant!
"How can it be a punishment? I'm sending him to the front line to understand the sufferings of the army and the people. He can come back next spring.”
Zhu Yunwen stopped the minister from pleading.
Zhu Yunwen rarely had free time, so she went to the Qianning Palace. After the Empress Dowager finished paying her respects to Buddha, she looked at Dao Yan who was about to leave and said with a smile,"Master Dao Yan, please move to the Venerated Body Hall.”
After bidding farewell to the Empress Dowager, Zhu Yunwen went to the Jinshen Palace and looked at the skinny old monk who bowed in front of her. She said warmly,"Thank you for your hard work, Master.”
Dao Yan hurriedly said,"I dare not. This is what I should do." The Empress Dowager was devoted to Buddha, and Buddha would bestow blessings to protect the Empress Dowager and Ming Dynasty.”
"Haha, what Great Ming is protecting is not Shakyamuni, but the millions of people, soldiers, merchants, and officials of Great Ming. If I send my blessings to Buddha, will the heavens belong to Buddha or me?”
Zhu Yunwen looked at Dao Yan and said seriously.
Dao Yan plucked his prayer beads and said,"Buddha is the place where the mind thinks and the spirit resides. His Majesty is the ruler of the empire and the ruler of the people. The two are not contradictory."
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and asked," Just like what Master did. On one hand, he chanted scriptures and practiced asceticism to serve Buddha. On the other hand, he did good deeds during the day. On the other hand, he earnestly advised him to become a devil and do evil at night." The two are not contradictory, right?" With a soft sound, the string of the prayer beads broke. Beads rolled down one by one, hitting the floor of the Hall of Perfection and running around…Dao Yan looked down and saw that the beads were like frightened rabbits, jumping in different directions in a disorderly manner. He opened his palm and saw a black bead lying quietly in it.
"I don't understand what Your Majesty is saying.”
Dao Yan held the prayer beads and looked deeply at Zhu Yunwen.
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