The last time I received the military newspaper from Zhu Zhen’s campaign in the northwest was more than a month ago. At that time, Zhu Zhen had just arrived at the position of the Eight Guards of Yuanmeng and fell into the central army in Hami. After more than a month, Zhu Yunwen was still looking forward to it.

"The northwest starts fighting?"

Zhu Di stepped over the threshold and immediately heard Zhu Yunwen's voice.

"Yes, the fight started on the sixth day of last month. Lao Liu defeated the 50,000 defense troops in East Chagatai and drove directly to the headquarters of the Li team. The Khan Shamichagan Khan of East Chagatai ran to Tashkurgan. The military newspaper ran for more than a month before sending it."

The northwest is too far from Nanjing.

Zhu Di handed the military newspaper to Zhu Yunwen and stood aside and muttered: "The battle was won, but after the army entered Chagatai, it encountered strong hostility from the local indigenous people. Not only did the attacks occur one after another, but the scouts also found traces of the Timur Khanate army, which had harassment inside and strong enemies outside.

Shamichagan sent an envoy to Lao Liu, wanting to discuss surrender, and expressed his willingness to fully bear the military expenditure of our Ming Dynasty conquest and pay an additional one million taels of gold."

The northwest is nicknamed as a country of gold and jade, and is also a treasure land that produces valuable minerals such as gold and silver. After thousands of years of mining and excavation, one hundred and eight hundred thousand taels of gold was not much.

"Surrender, a truce?"

Zhu Yunwen laughed out loud and threw the military newspaper on the imperial case.

"I will reply to my uncle. The battle cannot be stopped. I will add reinforcements to him and continue fighting."

How expensive is a battle that spans more than 8,000 miles?

During this Western Expedition, Zhu Zhen recruited only 150,000 troops, but the civilians collected more than 400,000, which was not counted as the waste along the way. The Logistics Department alone purchased more than 2 million taels of military equipment from Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces. In addition to the expenses of food, fodder and other goods, plus military pay, the wages of civilians conservatively reached 5 million a year.

Well, according to the consistent unit of measurement in the Ming Dynasty, the four Chongzhen dynasties.

"There are mobs inside and Timur outside. To keep the situation in the northwest under control, it will take another ten to fifty thousand people, and the military expenditure may reach 8 million, which is far beyond the cabinet's budget at the beginning of this year."

"It's beyond the budget, so I will just go to talk to the cabinet. If I don't work, I will owe it first and fight the war first."

Now that we can withdraw our troops, we can really make a lot of money. One million taels of gold is the bid of Dongchagatai. If we add a little more during negotiations, it will be 156 and there will be no pressure. In terms of conversion, it will be less than 20 million.

But was Jianwenchao short of money?

The purpose of this battle is not to make money.

"The fight will last as long as you fight, and don't worry about the truce."

Among the established goals, casualties and time are not considered, and the goal to be achieved is the fundamental one.

Zhu Yunwen's pursuit was to destroy Chagatai, unify the northwest, form a response to the southwest battlefield of the Ming Dynasty, embrace Uszang, and then annex the Sanzang area and achieve unification of territory.

"When Temujin went west, he fought along the Hexi Corridor. I didn't have that great ambition to enter Europa, but it was inevitable to destroy Chagatai. I would force the Timur Khanate to move the capital and leave Samarkand."

With his fingers at the location of Samarkand on the map, Zhu Yunwen focused twice.

"If they don't move the capital, they will continue to fight. The soldiers will face each other and fight him for a protracted war for ten or twenty years. Otherwise, our Ming Dynasty athletes would not have fought. If swords and guns are placed in the treasury, they will have to rust. Without opponents or enemies, they will not be able to do it."

In addition to this reason, Zhu Di knew that Zhu Yunwen's arrangement also had factors that purify domestic bloodlines.

If you really fight the Timur Khanate for more than ten years, many alien nobles will be born in China, but accordingly, the male population will drop to a very small scale and will eventually be completely assimilated.

Therefore, this battle is not only for the sake of national prestige, but also involves too many political and economic factors.

Without these factors, Zhu Di would not believe that Zhu Yunwen really wanted to fight against the Timur Khanate during his heyday.

Although the lame man Timur died for many years, the country he left behind was still strong.

"Then it's decided. I will go down and send an order to Lao Liu, and at the same time, some of Mo Ting's troops were dispatched to reinforce."

Zhu Di nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Yunwen.

"Stop it for the fourth uncle."

Looking back, Zhu Di was a little confused: "What else does Your Majesty have to give?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled casually and said, "Ma Dajun's unrest has been studying for more than half a year. How are he doing recently?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di laughed.

"It's not easy to get that guy to put down his knife and get a pen. It's been more than half a year, and he can barely write two or three hundred words. He either goes to the football game or plays horse racing with the Five Military Mansions all day long. It's almost a pampering bag."

"This bastard."

Zhu Yunwen was so happy that he cursed: "My efforts have made him ruin everything and let him study hard. He is better, and he can't change his shit."

The emperor cursed and no one could do anything about it.

"In the past two years, I have instructed many of the students of Hanlin Academy to teach in the Beijing Military Academy, and changed to joining the government to join the army. The purpose is to allow people like Ma Dajun to learn some knowledge and culture, but they have been negligent in discipline. They are good enough to play around all day long, but they still don't understand the importance of learning, and what future will they have in the future.

Fourth Uncle, please tell me that by the end of this year, the General Staff will do a great job in cultural courses for this group. Anyone who is illiterate, go back to their hometown to farm."

It is not necessary to strengthen the military with cultural status, but if you have a status of Ma Dajun, you will still be a bunch of rough people who don’t know a lot of words. That’s not appropriate.

Soldiers cannot get involved in politics, but senior soldiers must not ignore politics.

To take a step back, new sects such as the Ma Dajun have made great contributions. In the future, Zhu Yunwen wants to promote them to the Five Military Offices and the General Staff Office, but he doesn't even know his words. How can he approve the military situation? Will each person have a few special secretaries?

One is definitely not OK, and it is impossible to falsely report military information.

It is better to rely on yourself than rely on others. Of course, this kind of national affairs is to feel at ease in your own eyes.

"I will know them."

Zhu Di held back his laughter and responded.

"Well, thank you for your hard work in Uncle Fourth."

After Zhu Di left, Zhu Yunwen's face immediately became cold. He turned his head to look at Shuangxi and said in a deep voice.

"Shuangxi, go check it out. Who leaked the news about Wen Kui being the chief clerk?"

Zhu Wenkui pays the duty every day, and usually he is escorted into the palace by a special person late at night. When he gets busy occasionally, he lives in Yingtian Mansion.

If someone can detect it, it must be followed by someone with ulterior motives.

This is human nature. Of course, the powerful and powerful in Nanjing City want to explore the true face of Mount Lu and know what Zhu Wenkui's identity is. This is understandable.

But, why do you have to say it out?

This not only affected Zhu Wenkui's subsequent exercise, but also gave the outside world a wrong guide, that is, the emperor prefers the second prince Wen Qi.

Otherwise, there would be no explanation why Zhu Wenqi entered the lakeside school and Zhu Wenkui was kicked out. He rushed to Yingtian Mansion with a feeling of almost exercising and became a small chief clerk.

Disturbing political audio-visual and misleading the wind direction is an uneasy and kind heart.
Chapter completed!