On the fourth day of September in the fifteenth year of Zhengtong, good news came from Hunan, and the court was excited about it.
The emperor was the first to get the news. The first thing he thought of was to share it with the queen, and then he thought of sharing it with his children.
So with the emperor's instruction, the queen summoned her children to hold a family banquet. This had not happened for a long time.
In Prince Xiang's Mansion, Zhu Jinghong had already dressed. He was not very formally dressed, but wore a dark blue moiré round-neck robe.
As for Baochai, she is also dressed in ordinary clothes, with a bun on her head, an emerald green short coat with full sleeves on her upper body, and a red woven skirt with gold clouds, dragons and seawater patterns on her upper body.
"Are you ready?"
Looking at Baochai who was still dressing up on the chair, Zhu Jinghong couldn't help but ask.
Baochai was dressing up when he came. She had been waiting for almost thirty minutes, but there was no sign of ending yet.
At this time Baochai stood up and said: "If you can't wait, just take the first step!"
At this time Baoqin couldn't help but interject: "Brother-in-law , you are too impatient!"
Looking at Baoqin, Zhu Jinghong said slowly: "I am impatient? If I am impatient..."
Seeing the way Zhu Jinghong looked at Baoqin, Not quite right, Baochai stepped forward and asked, "What about that?"
"I'm really leaving!" Zhu Jinghong replied with a smile.
"Really...I thought you were impatient and wanted to worry about other people!"
"That makes sense..." Zhu Jinghong felt slightly guilty.
At this time, Baochai had already walked to the door. He looked back at Zhu Jinghong, who was still looking at Baoqin, and joked: "How long do you have to wait? Can you leave yet?"
"Let's go... let's go now!" Zhu Jinghong glanced at Bao Qin again.
Bao Qin is indeed very attractive, especially the shyness on her face, which is even more unparalleled in her appeal.
Zhu Jinghong’s eager gaze made her feel both shy and excited, and even a little proud. After all, this proved her “strength”.
After Zhu Jinghong and his wife left the house, they went straight to the imperial city.
About half an hour later, they arrived at Kunning Palace and found that the prince and his wife, Princess Rui Chen Zhi, and Zhu Yunsheng and his wife had arrived.
Yes, Liang Yi returned to Beijing ten days ago, and his arrow wound was not fatal.
Hunan was defeated and he had no shame in staying there, so he returned to Beijing in a low-key manner.
Zhu Yunsheng's efforts were not in vain. The emperor tolerated Liang Yi's mistakes, but also ordered him to shut up for half a year and fined him three months' salary.
At this time, Liang Yi seemed to have his edges smoothed, and his whole person became much calmer.
"Thirteenth brother, why are you here so late?" The prince took the initiative to ask.
Zhu Jinghong smiled and replied: "Someone will arrive last, of course it can be me!"
The prince was stunned for a moment before he understood what Zhu Jinghong meant, and patted him on the shoulder. lead himEntered the main hall.
Above the throne, the emperor and empress were chatting, but they stopped talking when they saw Zhu Jinghong coming.
"I thought you weren't coming!" Zhu Xianming said with a smile.
After seeing the gift with Baochai, Zhu Jinghong said with a smile; "My son thought... you are always angry!"
Zhu Xianming did not hide it and said bluntly: "I got good news today, so I don't want to curse!"
"That son is lucky!"
Although the conversation between father and son seemed very unusual, it made the prince beside him very happy. It's envy.
I'm not surprised... The prince finally had such an idea in his mind.
After more than ten years of hard pursuit of something destined to be unavailable, he finally chose to let it go.
Soon after everyone chatted, it was lunch time. Everyone sat down and passed their meals around, but the meal was still relatively dull.
Fortunately, Zhu Yunsheng stirred up various topics, so the scene was not too embarrassing.
After another half an hour, the meal was finished.
The emperor proposed to go for a walk, but the queen wanted to take a rest, so only the prince and Zhu Jinghong went out, while Baochai Yuanchun and others stayed in Kunning Palace.
"Prince, all kinds of reports from Hunan have been sent to your house these days... Can you tell what's going on over there?"
Zhu Jingyuan hates it the most. Although he was taking a test, he had to show respect at this time and replied very humbly: "Reporting to my father, my son thinks there are three main reasons for the chaos in Hunan!"
"Tell me about it!"
p>"Firstly, local officials colluded with local gentry and exploited them too much..."
"Secondly, the people were burdened with continuous wars and had complaints in their hearts..."
"Third, Bailian rebelled against the bandits and seemed to be inciting..."
The prince elaborated on these three points, but the emperor was not very happy after hearing this.
Just because these two articles are suspected of blaming the imperial court, or accusing the emperor of being militaristic.
The prince could see his father's dissatisfaction, but now he was less fearful and still insisted on finishing his thoughts.
"Old Thirteen, what do you think?"
"My son thinks... what the fourth brother said is reasonable!" Zhu Jinghong replied calmly.
Zhu Xianming’s face was even worse, but he was in a good mood today, so he had no intention of going into details.
A few people walked forward in silence for a while, and then came to the outside of Chongzheng Hall. This is the place where the regular dynasty is held, and it is not used most of the time.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!"
An old eunuch ran over quickly. It was Dai Quan, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony. He was also in charge of the East Factory. .
"Huh?"
Dai Quan came to the imperial court, knelt down and handed over a report, and Zhu Xianming immediately picked it up and read it.
While he was watching, Dai Quan said: "The Liaodong Navy reported that during our naval exercises at sea, near the sunWhile Ben was replenishing supplies, a soldier was lost! "
"Some soldiers said that they were kidnapped by the Japanese, so the naval admiral Zhao Chengwu ordered the local daimyo to surrender within three days..."
"The local daimyo refused to surrender, so Zhao Chengwu ordered him to surrender. He ordered the army to land to look for people, but they clashed with the local Japanese. Eight of our troops were seriously injured..."
"Zhao Chengwu immediately ordered to bombard the harbor...the two sides started fighting! "
Hearing these words, Zhu Jinghong's face was unmoved, because he had secretly discussed this matter with the emperor four months ago.
"Japan is a small country. furious! "Zhu Xianming crumpled the memorial into a ball of paper, with an extremely angry face.
The prince was not stupid, he quickly heard the problem.
Liaodong Navy was training, how could this happen? Running to the coast of Japan would be too far.
The emperor then said: "Such a small country has repeatedly violated the power of the Celestial Empire. If we do not punish it, our Ming Dynasty will lose face. Got it! "
"You all go back, I will convene a civil and military meeting to discuss how to deal with this situation! ”
When he first made the plan, Zhu Jinghong never thought that there would be a rebellion in Hunan. Now that the rebellion has just stopped and a war broke out, he has to carefully consider whether this is too militaristic.
However, if you can get Japan's gold and silver mines, the profits can cover the negative problems, and these problems will not be a problem.
In short, it's easy to win, but it's fun to lose. That's a big deal.
Can you tell the emperor to be cautious?
There is no need to consider this issue, because it takes at least 20 years to send the news from Japan to Liaodong and then to the capital. Days.
It will take at least fifteen days to send the news here, which adds up to more than a month.
The established combat plan has been launched, and one month is enough. A lot of things happened.
It is even possible that the outcome has been decided now, either the Ming Dynasty was defeated and retreated to Liaodong, or it landed and captured two or three cities and established a relatively solid defense.
"Thirteenth brother, we have been fighting for years... the people are suffering unspeakably. Is this right? "
"Fourth brother...I don't know! "Zhu Jinghong replied calmly.
In the past, in order to make contributions, he tried his best to provoke wars. Now that he has experienced many things, Zhu Jinghong's thoughts have also changed.
The two brothers were speechless for a while and silently returned to Kunning Palace.
Under the flattery of their daughter-in-law and daughter, the queen had a smile on her face. When she saw her two sons coming back alone, she asked the emperor. Where did they go?
Zhu Jinghong only said that they had something to do and did not mention the war in Liaodong. They did not want to worry the queen too much.
They were delayed in Kunning Palace. In the afternoon, they all left separately.
“Something happened again? "
On the return carriage, Baochai noticed something was wrong, so he took the initiative to ask.
"Liaodong is fighting again! ”
"Alas...this is really going on, one wave after another!" Baochai sighed.
As for the war plan against Japan, she had heard Zhu Jinghong mention it before, and she also knew the reason for launching the war.
"Nowadays, the people are in poverty, and the old man is eager for quick success, which may not be a good thing for the world!"
Hearing this, Baochai reminded seriously: "Whether it is a good thing or not, it is not It's your turn to speak now!"
"Yes!" Zhu Jinghong nodded.
Baochai continued: "I heard you say before that the Jurchens will be the main force in this Liaodong battle. Money and food will be supplied by North Korea. The burden on Ming Dynasty is not heavy, so you don't have to worry too much!"
"That's true, but the people of the world don't think so. As time goes by... the people will be in chaos!"
The rebellion in Hunan is a very typical incident.
Although the prince analyzed several reasons, in the final analysis it was caused by the people's resentment and hostility towards the court.
History books always say that we should "recuperate and recuperate, and start anew with the people." That is really no joke.
Baochai also fell silent. She actually understood the truth, but Prince Xiang's Mansion just couldn't do anything.
The carriage continued forward and soon left the imperial city and went straight to Prince Xiang's Mansion.
Another half month passed in the blink of an eye, and news from Liaodong came one after another.
The situation was not bad as Zhu Jinghong expected. With mental calculations and unintentional calculations, the elite army led by Zhao Chengwu easily broke through Shimane County.
At this time, the Jurchen tiger and wolf soldiers, with the help of various ships, had already sent 5,000 people into the city as the main force of defense.
In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of these people, the imperial court not only equipped them with firecrackers, but also provided them with some additional cannons.
The subsidies provided by the Ming Dynasty, coupled with local plunder, made these Jurchen wolf soldiers very well fed, and their fighting spirit was not as strong as usual.
So with just these five thousand people, with an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, and with the strong support of the Ming army, they easily repelled the counterattack of the surrounding daimyo.
Although Japan is ruled by the Okamoto family, it is governed by the shogunate after all. It is not easy to quickly mobilize the country's military forces.
So, before completing preparations for the national war, the Okamoto family sent an envoy to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Chengwu was well prepared for this and acted as an envoy for other daimyo during the negotiations, indicating that the court would only punish the Shimane daimyo and would not launch attacks on other forces.
Although promises are unreliable, something is better than nothing. Zhao Chengwu’s statement made most people feel more at ease.
But when asked when the Ming Dynasty would withdraw its troops, Zhao Chengwu bluntly said that the location of Shimane was excellent, allowing the Ming Dynasty to station troops here to stabilize Japan.
There is no doubt that the talks collapsed, and the Okamoto family began to recruit troops, and soon gathered 50,000 soldiers.
Don’t underestimate these 50,000 people, this is Japan’s current mobilizationThe limit, to be more precise, the limit of the Okamoto family.
Once the Okamoto family is defeated, it will definitely be severely damaged, and it is not impossible to shake the foundation of its rule.
On September 25, the war broke out in Shimane County. The Ming Dynasty and the landing navy only had 10,000 people participating in the battle.
Although it was against 50,000 Japanese soldiers, with the advantage of weapons, the Ming army took advantage of the poor tacit understanding among the major names, which could easily lead to a situation of overall disadvantage and local advantage.
Using these local advantages, after winning successive attacks, the situation has changed dramatically.
On October 10, the Ming army launched a decisive battle with Japan.
At this time, the strength of the Ming army had reached 15,000, while the total number of Japanese troops was only 35,000.
Among the fifteen thousand missing people in Japan, some were withdrawn with the daimyo, some were killed by the Ming army in successive battles, and some were people who escaped quietly.
The decisive battle lasted two days, and the Japanese left five thousand corpses, and then the Okamoto family chose to give in.
If the fight continues, the shogunate will have to strain its muscles and bones, which is not cost-effective for the Okamoto family.
Anyway, the occupied area is not the direct territory of the Okamoto family, so it is not completely unacceptable to be occupied.
The only thing that makes the Okamoto family feel distressed is that the silver mine in Shimane Prefecture has fallen into the hands of others. In the past, they would get half of the profit from the silver mine, which is a big loss for them.
The current output of the Shimane Silver Mine is approximately three million taels per year, and as long as the scale of mining is expanded, the output can be further increased.
On October 18, the Ming army signed an armistice agreement with Japan. From then on, the Ming Dynasty's garrison in Shimane officially began.
The entire battle involved the use of wolf soldiers from the Liaodong Navy, Liaodong Dusi, and Jurchen units, as well as some conscripted troops from Korea. The later command was the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commandery Mansion personally sent by the emperor.
When the news came back to the capital, it was already early November, and the temperature in the capital was already extremely low.
Even so, at this moment, there were still many eunuchs and maids standing outside the gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion. They were decorated with lanterns and colorful lights as if something happy was happening.
In the Tongxin Hall of the Royal Palace, Baochai led a group of women, chatting in low voices and waiting.
On the other end of the long street, a group of carriages was moving slowly, during which the flag of Prince Xiang's Mansion attracted attention.
People only thought that the nobleman from the palace was passing through, but of course they could not guess who was inside.
In one of the most magnificent carriages, Yang Jingting was wrapped in a blue-grey cloak, looking straight at the curtain in front of her, as if she could see things in front of her through the curtain.
There was a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and she looked very peaceful but very confident.
"The capital...the palace...the princess...I'm back!" Yang Jingting murmured in a low voice. The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you