My Daming New Empire

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Although he is the Zuo Dudu of the Chinese Army Dudufu's Mansion, he does not have the right to lead the army, so he can only be a wealthy idler in the capital.

In contrast, his younger brother Zhang Sheng, because he was the commander of the Jinwu Guard, has more real power than him.

However, from the grand meeting on the first day of February, the prince was about to be sent to the northwest, and then he vomited blood again. As the grandson's uncle, his family began to become lively.

A generation of emperors and courtiers, although Zhu Di is not dead yet, but he wants to go west, and this trip will last two or three years.

And he is already sixty years old, how many years can he be emperor?Based on his love for the grandson, he is about to start paving the way for the grandson now.

As the great-grandson's uncle, Zhang Chang will definitely be reused when the great-grandson takes power. Among other things, as long as the position of Zuodudu in the Chinese military governor's mansion becomes a real position, he will already be on the most prominent honor of the Ming Dynasty. Expensive class.

However, the Zhang family were all responsible people, not only did they not complain, but because the prince was seriously ill, they simply closed the door to thank the guests and did not dare to make any publicity.

All of this was seen by Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji. They wrote down who was tossing, who was happy, and who was making small moves.

In the hall, Zhu Di wrote densely packed words on a piece of white paper and dropped the pen. "Give this list to the cabinet, Yang Rong, and the others, and ask them to draft a new order."

Li Qian carefully lifted the whole piece of paper, not daring to look at it carefully, he just waited for the ink to dry before rolling up the paper.

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This is Mobei in February. When the southern land has gradually returned to spring, it is still covered with ice and snow, and it is bitingly cold.

A string of horse-drawn carriages was caught in the long queue of food delivery, driving steadily on the wide concrete road.

Over the past few years, the development of the Beimingshan Copper Mine has gradually entered a period of prosperity. Every day, a large amount of copper ore is transported from Beimingshan to Qiantunwei, Kaiping.

Gold and copper were extracted from these ores in Qiantunwei, Kaiping, and then transported to Daming.

And these carriages for transporting ore are all specially made, and they are extremely strong. They can transport ore, and naturally they can also hold a large amount of grain.

Transporting ore to the south and grain to the north has become the most dazzling scenery on this thousands of miles long cement road.

Every hundred miles, Daming has set up maintenance points and defense points. These convoys are not afraid of being robbed by some unsightly people on the road.

In fact, in the past few years, there have been fewer and fewer bandits and horse robbers, and they dare not attack the convoy on the official road.

Although Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an, was a kind person, he spared no effort to fight against horse bandits, and assigned the responsibility to each small tribe with more than a thousand people.

No matter which tribe is involved in the plunder, it will suffer the cruelest blow without mercy.

At the same time, Daming also gave a lot of profits to these tribes. For example, the coal mines at Qiantunwei in Kaiping were all handed over to the Wuliangha tribe.

The ore transportation here in Beiming Mountain also involved the Tatar tribe. Daming provided their people with carriages so that they could also earn profits by transporting ore.

As for the Oara tribe, after Mahamu and his sons were captured by the Tatar tribe and given to Ming Dynasty, most of them gradually surrendered.

Zheng Heng let them participate in the mining of the mine. In today's Beimingshan mine, all the miners are almost aliens.

Of course, they are not Oara and Tatars, but Semu people, Xiyi people, and Jurchen captured by two tribes from the north.

These people were exterminated by them, and after they were captured, they were all transported to Beiming Mountain for mining. They didn't need wages at all, they just needed to be fed.

They collected all the wages that Daming gave them, and made a lot of money, which also made them more interested in killing and robbing people everywhere.

The special envoy, Haishou, the young supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, was sitting in the carriage, watching the more and more convoys with great interest.In one afternoon, he encountered two "car accidents". Such a thing was very unusual to him.

"How far is it to Beiming Mountain?"

"There are still more than forty miles. At the current speed, it will take more than an hour to arrive before dark."

Hai Shou is a Korean, and he was a disciple of the chief eunuch Huang Yan in his early years. Many years ago, he was promoted to a young eunuch, but with Huang Yan's loss of power, his life these years has not been easy.

Huang Yan was the first eunuch to follow Zhu Di, and he was favored and trusted in his early years, even earlier than the current seven eunuchs.

But he and his son Zhu Gaochi had a bad relationship before Jing Nan.And he had a close relationship with his second son Zhu Gaoxu and his youngest son Zhu Gaosui, especially Zhu Gaosui and Huang Yan were his best friends.

When Zhu Di, the king of Yan, decided to raise troops, Huang Yan and Zhu Gaochi were in the same situation, and they framed Zhu Gaochi many times.

In the early years of Yongle, Huang Yan's influence was astonishing, and Zhu Gaochi was always suppressed everywhere.

However, he gave birth to a good son.

He didn't have to do anything, and as the grandson was favored, Huang Yan, who was originally powerful, was against him and affected the grandson. The emperor alienated Huang Yan and transferred him to Zhongdu to guard the tomb.

After Huang Yan lost power, Wang Yan, Li Qian, and Zheng He rose rapidly.

And Haishou has been excluded because of his relationship with Huang Yan. It has been more than ten years, and he is still a young prisoner.

For example, the supervising army stationed at Beiming Mountain was also Shiha, who used to be his subordinate.

A young eunuch riding a horse rode up to Haishou's carriage and said through the carriage, "My lord, Marquis Wu'an and Lord Yi Shiha have sent envoys to welcome you."

"Who is coming?"

"Headed by Zheng Neng, the eldest son of the Marquis of Wu'an, and Cao Yi, the commander-in-chief, we are waiting for your lord at the checkpoint two miles ahead."

Haishou nodded, and ordered, "Change my clothes for me, and get ready to meet the guests."

The carriage came to a checkpoint, which was set up by the cavalry to verify the inspection and cooperation checkpoint. There is one every hundred miles to such a checkpoint. I am afraid that those convoys will not pay taxes and transport mines privately.

Although Haishou is a young eunuch, this time he is an imperial eunuch, a senior official.

Zheng Neng and Cao Yi did not dare to neglect, they warmly greeted Hai Shou and his party, and were then welcomed into their carriage by Hai Shou.

His four-wheeled carriage is the latest carriage developed by the Ministry of Industry. It is not only driven by bearings, but also has two kinds of springs, soft and hard. It is very comfortable to sit in.

It's just that the wheels are still made of wood, which limits the speed, otherwise, such a carriage can run very fast.

Before dark, the convoy finally arrived at Beiming Mountain Camp, five miles southwest of the mine, where there was a small river that could provide water sources, and a large area of ​​military camps and residences were built along both sides of the small river.

Although Zheng Heng has been stationed at Beiming Mountain all these years, he is full of ambition here when he reprimands Fang Qiu.In addition, the output of the Beimingshan Copper Mine is astonishing, and he has made a lot of money here, so not only is he not depressed, but he has the air of a superior.

Yishiha was originally the guarding eunuch of Nuer Gandusi. Because of the huge benefits of the Beimingshan copper mine, he was ordered to change his station to Beimingshan and served as the supervisor of the army.

Zheng Heng is a well-rounded person, and Yi Shiha is not a strong person. Although the two have some conflicts, it is only because they restrain each other and get along well.

After Haishou arrived, the two led all the officials, burned incense and lit the stove, took a bath and changed clothes, and welcomed the imperial edict.

In the imperial decree, Zhu Di ordered Zheng Heng to negotiate with the Tatar, Wala, and Wuliangha tribes, and let them draw out elite soldiers, and together with Zheng Heng, send troops along the North Road after the Chinese New Year next year.

From Beiming Mountain to the northwest, there are tens of thousands of miles, and the best time to send troops is in the beginning of spring.

Only after spring, when the grass grows, a large number of military horses do not need to prepare additional food and grass.

As for sending troops next year, of course it was because Zhu Di would not be able to reach the south of Timur Kingdom until summer, and this trip was mainly on the South Road battlefield.