Bright Spring

Diao Ya is a young lady. Although her skin is a bit dark, her eyes are shining brighter at this time, "I have seen men pulling carts and doing work on the street these days, and young women are all well dressed. Beautiful. Han women live really well..."

Zhao Pingdao: "Miss Diao Ya has only been in Kunming for a few days, all you see is face."

But Diao Ya didn't seem to listen to this sentence, she suddenly asked: "Is the capital of the Ming Dynasty better than Kunming City?"

Zhao Ping nodded and said: "The world's wealth is gathered in the capital, and its wealth is certainly not comparable to that of frontier cities."

Diao Ya asked: "How can I go to the capital?"

Zhao Ping thought for a while and said, "Ms. Diao Ya is a native of Tengchong. If the natives of the Diao family want to pay tribute to Beijing, Miss Diao Ya can go with them."

At this moment, the door opened again, and a young civil servant came to the door.Zhao Ping took a look and recognized this person as Shi Li Mo, the right chief of the Han Palace.Zhao Ping immediately stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Meet Li Changshi."

Li Mo waved his hand, "Open the chain to Zhao Baihu."

A soldier came in and opened Zhao Ping's anklet with a copper key.Zhao Ping immediately took a few steps and became active.

Li Mo said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations Zhao Baihu, you can leave. The prince ordered the Changshi Mansion to revise the military law of the guard army this morning. From now on, all soldiers who perform their duties will fail to win. He is also not guilty; he who allows the soldiers to surrender or be captured when they are unable to fight again, and who does not betray the falsehood of the army, is not guilty."

Zhao Ping was moved when he heard this, and thought: The King of Han actually revised the military law for the sake of the few captured soldiers? !

Although Zhao Ping knew that he would be released sooner or later, but at the moment he was released in a fair and honest manner, of course it would be better to save face.He hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "The final general is grateful for the kindness of the lord, and thank you Li Changshi for taking care of me."

Li Mo waved his hand and said, "I'm just passing on a message, Zhao Baihu, please."

Diao Ya smiled and said, "Congratulations to General Zhao."

Zhao Ping came out of the dark room and let out a long breath.He was not in a hurry to go home, he walked outside the Chengyun hall first, knelt on one knee on the wide brick floor, and performed salutes to the majestic hall for a long time.

Diao Ya followed him all the time, not knowing what she was going to do.She looked at Zhao Ping curiously, and then looked up at the towering palace with double eaves under the blue sky and white clouds.

After a long time, an eunuch with a dust whisk came to this side with small steps.The eunuch avoided the direction where Zhao Ping was kneeling, walked to his side, bent down and said: "Zhao Baihu, the prince told our family to meet you in the study. The prince said that he wanted to wait for you to rest for two days, since Zhao Baihu Come to the front hall, let's talk in the study."

Zhao Ping stood up and said: "The last general obeys orders."

The eunuch glanced at Diao Ya and said, "Are you the native of the Diao family in Tengchong? Please Miss Diao go to the hotel to rest."

Diao Ya nodded, pointed to the south and said, "General Zhao can come to me after finishing his work. I lived in the big house over there before."

Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Miss Diao Ya, for your invitation. I will definitely come to visit someday."

The study room on the east side of Chengyun Hall is not far away.The eunuch took Zhao Ping all the way and arrived soon.

In the study, apart from the King of Han sitting behind the table, there are also three guard commanders, Wang Bin, Wei Da, and Liu Ying.

Zhao Ping walked in, and immediately knelt down on one knee to thank him. Zhu Gaoxu said: "Excuse me. You are outnumbered and fighting hard to defend the stronghold. There is nothing wrong with it. I have ordered the Changshi Mansion to pay compensation to the families of the fallen soldiers as soon as possible."

When Zhao Ping thanked him and stood up, Zhu Gaoxu looked around and said bluntly, "Zhao Ping has done his best, even if he doesn't change the military law, he is my man, what can happen?"

Several generals immediately echoed and laughed out loud.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "I have long felt that many military laws are written too heavily, but they will not be cut at every turn if they are actually implemented. What is the use of such military laws, they are nothing more than scaring people. Everyone has seen the scene. Who is scared?"

"Haha..." Zhao Ping also laughed along with the generals.The melancholy that had been stuck in his heart a while ago was like a breath, and he spit it out with a big laugh.

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(I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I want to accompany someone to watch a movie tonight, so I can’t update Chapter 2 tonight. Sorry, I will update it tomorrow.)

Chapter 275 Money and Grain

Several military generals in the study laughed heartily, and Zhu Gaoxu also showed a suitable smile.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu understood a truth even more: even brothers who share life and death, as long as they have different positions, their moods will be completely different...Of course the generals can laugh, because as long as there are battles, there will be military merits!But Zhu Gaoxu had to consider another thing, money and food.

When it comes to money, everyone is not close.

On the Yunnan government side, when it was mentioned a few days ago about the use of troops against Meng Yangsi, Cao Long, the commander, was submissive and very silent, which can be seen in his attitude.

The year before last, Zhu Gaoxu brought tens of thousands of people to Yunnan Province. Of course, the prince's expenses were borne by the imperial treasury.But the court's approach is to pass the burden on to the Yunnan Third Division...

The Ming Dynasty taxed a large amount of goods, and due to the limited transportation costs, most of the goods were stored in the local treasury; the more the court spent in the local area, the more officials tried to exploit it to enrich the treasury.The troops brought by Zhu Gaoxu consumed the money and food of these government treasuries, and the guards had to garrison land, and occupied a large amount of official land in prefectures and counties, which reduced the income of the government.

In any case, the Yunnan government could not refuse this kind of expenditure; but now that military expeditions are required, the cost of transporting military supplies and food and grass is extremely high, and the governments may need to pay for it.

Zhu Gaoxu has thought a lot these days, and there are two choices before him: first, report to the imperial court first, wait for the imperial court to make a decision on this matter, and even the Ministry of War will appoint a general officer to be in charge of this campaign; The advantage is that the conflict can be passed on to the central court of the Ming Dynasty.Second, a quick decision, as long as the time is short, the money and food spent can be controlled within the tolerance of all parties.

Therefore, there are many benefits to immediately retaliate against Meng Yangsi.The only downside is that the risk is a bit high, because Zhu Gaoxu not only wants to win, but also has to be fast!

But if he chooses to wait for the decision of the central court, there will be many problems... He is very self-aware. There are too many people in the capital who don't like him, and someone will definitely jump out to impeach him and accuse him of causing trouble and provoking war.

"Zhao Baihu, how many people from the Si family are here?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Zhao Ping stopped smiling and thought for a while, then clasped his fists and said, "There are at least 3000 people, maybe [-], and [-] or [-] war elephants. There are so many mountains and dense forests over there, it's hard to estimate."

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "How long have you resisted in the village?"

Zhao Ping's expression was a bit ugly, and he said: "Go back to the lord, the last general was breached the gate of the stronghold on the same day. At that time, he was unlucky. He had just defeated the siege of the natives several times, and suddenly there was a heavy rain, and all the firearms could not be used. ..."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded frequently while listening carefully.

So Zhao Ping continued to narrate: "The village only has an earthen wall and a ditch. The wall is too low and it is very easy for the natives to climb. After the rain stopped and the firearms stopped, the native sat on the war elephant, whose position was higher than our wall. The brothers on the road were still tall, and they happened to throw javelins at the defenders.

Although the brothers fought hard and defended to the death, they were helplessly short of manpower.The gate of the village is too thin, and the south gate was opened by the war elephant. "

"Hmm..." Zhu Gaoxu made a sound.

Zhao Pingdao: "The last general had to gather soldiers and horses to line up at the gate of the camp, and was rushed out of the battle formation by the war elephants bound with sharp weapons and wearing leather armor. He was outnumbered and defeated. The last general's words are true, and the prince is lucky. Other soldiers are alive. However, if it does not rain that day, the last general may be able to guard for a few more days!"

Zhu Gaoxu has experienced all kinds of firearms from the "Battle of Jingnan". He knows what the Ming army's firearms are.Firecrackers are not the same thing as the guns in his impression!

He waited for Zhao Ping to finish speaking, thought for a while, and asked, "Elephants are afraid of firearms?"

Zhao Ping hurriedly said: "Your Majesty knows the truth! At that time we didn't have Hongwu cannons, and what war elephants were most afraid of was the muzzle gun, which was loud and frightening with its flames; copper fire guns can also play a role. Once we set off the firearms, the elephant So I turned around in fright and rushed back at the enemy's own troops. Later, when it rained, the loud sound of the gong can also frighten the elephants. The timidity of the livestock is even more timid than the courage of the horses."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded thoughtfully again.He thought to himself: cavalry was popular in ancient armies, not elephants. The reality has proved that elephant soldiers must have great weaknesses.

He asked about the characteristics of the elephant soldiers, and then asked Zhao Ping about the tactics and characteristics of the chieftain army.Zhao Ping talked about many things about the native army, such as poor military discipline, being fierce and not afraid of death, each tribe fighting on its own, familiar with the terrain and climate, and so on.

After Zhu Gaoxu finished asking, he asked Zhao Ping to go back and rest; then he summoned Diao Ya, a local from the Tengchong Thousand Households Office.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu has made a quick decision to deal with Meng Yangsi, and he has made up his mind to do so!But he was still trying his best to understand the situation, and continued to think about the pros and cons.

...In the garden behind the pear garden, in a hall, it was unexpectedly noisy.There were many people sitting on the chairs on both sides, all talking.

Most of them are relatives of Shen Xu.Mrs. Shen's husband's family is the descendant of Shen Wansan, and her mother's family is the descendant of Xu Fujiu; so these people have the surname Shen and Xu.