Chapter 1550 Another Li Shimin
Zhang Chao actually felt that his second son Zhang Hui was not suitable to be a king. He was too ambitious, but he was too reckless, and his ability did not match his ambition. Originally, it was a good thing to have ambition but not ability. After all, he was the second son of his legitimate son and had too great ambition. If he had strong ability, it would be equivalent to being another Li Shimin.
He only has ambition but no ability to match, and may be able to protect him.
If Zhang Hui could give up his ambitions and turn to business or become a free and flawless marquis, Zhang Chao would definitely support him. After all, the prince is already so outstanding, and it may not be a good thing to have an excellent second son.
What Zhang Hun showed made Zhang Chao feel that this son was not Li Shimin, he was just Li Yuanji at best. He originally wanted him to be a commoner honestly, regardless of whether he went to do business or farming, he would no longer give him the chance to kill himself.
But the queen Cui Yingying persuaded him to give him another chance, saying that he was still young. Zhang Hui's uncles, Cui family, and other relatives such as Zheng family, also asked for another chance.
After thinking about it over and over again, Zhang Chao still planned to give him another chance, but would not give him a fiefdom directly, but instead set up a three thousand independent group to be the leader of the regiment, and then let him take these three thousand people to war in India.
In name, these three thousand people belong to the Seventh Land Warrior Division, but in fact, these three thousand people are completely independent. After they arrived in India and landed in the Port of Bangladesh, they could only rely on themselves.
Whether they can gain a foothold there, survive there, or even open up a territory depends entirely on their own abilities.
In fact, Zhang Chao actually gave Zhang Hun a colonial license and gave him a colonial boundary. The east coast of the South Asian subcontinent was also the vassal states of the Judge Japanese Dynasty. Zhang Cong had the ability to seize territory by himself.
But it was not all his own. Zhang Chao's promise was to capture the territory he had won one tenth of. He won a hundred miles, ten miles, and one thousand miles. In addition, the territory he had won was given priority to manage whether it was a hundred miles or a thousand miles.
If it is a hundred miles, then he can become the governor of a state. If it is a thousand miles, he can become the governor of a province. If it is a larger territory, he can become the governor and governor.
Since Zhang Hui is so ambitious and still restless, let him face the alien southern barbarians, and let him fight with the sword and sword with his own passion and ambition.
Maybe one day, Zhang Hun can really conquer thousands of miles of land in the South Asian subcontinent, so then Zhang Chao will assign him to be a king as promised and let him become the governor.
As long as he has enough ability, he can be respected. Of course, in the distant South Asian subcontinent, Zhang Chao is not very worried that he will threaten the central court in the future.
When Zhang Hun left Beijing, he looked disgraceful on the surface, but in fact, the night before, Zhang Chao rarely summoned the prince who was not favored by him, talked all night long, and even slept with his son in the same bed until dawn at night.
For the first time, Zhang Hui had a lot of talks with him and so deeply. At dawn, the emperor sent him out of the palace. In addition to giving him armor and swords, he also gave Zhang Hui a lot of weapons.
A batch of weapons that can arm 3,000 people were prepared for this son out of his own pocket.
Those fine products are very elite, and they can even be called the most advanced weapons, including the most advanced flintlock muskets from the Military Fire Supervision Bureau. They no longer need a clamp gun, but rely on flintlock machines to fire. Although they are still borehole muskets, and smoothbore guns are not rifled guns, just one improvement has greatly increased the power of the muskets.
In addition, Zhang Chao also prepared an artillery battalion with hundreds of large and small artillery guns for his son, including experienced gunners. In addition, several armed transport ships equipped with artillery made Zhang Hui's independent regiment immediately become a powerful force.
He himself had a 300-man partner Knights, and he also held a large amount of money given by the queen, and some of them were able to recruit a large number of outstanding veterans and veterans with high salaries.
The independent regiment of three thousand people, cavalry and infantry cannons, and even inland rivers at sea were fully transported.
Zhang Chao even allowed Zhang Hun to form a logistics support force of no more than 5,000 people by himself. It was said that it was a logistics support force, but in fact it was equivalent to an auxiliary force. Engineers, baggage, and medical soldiers could still go into battle when necessary.
This means that as long as Zhang Hui has money to maintain, he can actually have 8,000 people.
Eight thousand people, this is already the number of soldiers of a county prince, but now a small regiment leader with no title or fiefdom actually has eight thousand soldiers, which is the biggest special treatment that Emperor Zhang Chao gave his son.
The money was given and the equipment was given.
I also gave eight thousand soldiers, and even a bright future might be promised.
Whether he can make a career depends entirely on Zhang Hui himself. Zhang Chao also said when he parted with his son that if Zhang Hui did not make any progress within a year and even discounted all the capital, he would come back honestly and stop thinking about these things in the future. Just be a rich and idle person.
At this point, Zhang Hun naturally understood that this was his last chance.
If he did a good job, he would have the chance to make a comeback, have the chance to be the king and founded in Tianzhu, and even have the chance to be a governor.
If he can't seize this opportunity, then no matter how much the emperor takes care of him, this time it will definitely be his last chance.
Compared with the Crown Prince Zhang Jing, the resources he received are indeed incomparable, but the two have a huge difference in identities. The Crown Prince is the crown prince and can get support from the government and the opposition, while he is just a prince. Now he is still a prince without a title. If he can get these support from the emperor, it is the emperor who has already taken the back door for him.
When Zhang Hui noticed this, he actually regretted it.
Thinking about the fact that he once had a fiefdom among the children of the royal family, there was no better fiefdom among all the vassals of Dahua. But he didn't cherish it, and he was happy for a moment and crossed the border and killed a group of Hu people who robbed him of his caravan, but he ended up losing his fiefdom and demoted himself.
When he was transferred to Yiwu, he was still a prince and had a fiefdom.
Unfortunately, he was just dissatisfied and did not cherish it. He once again committed suicide and completely destroyed his title and fiefdom.
And now, he has to rely on the last capital he has in his hands to earn a future for himself.
It’s a donkey or a horse, so I have to take it out for a walk. My father said this very right. He always thought he was very capable but lacked opportunities. Now the emperor has given him a chance, and whether he has the ability depends on his performance.
If he can conquer a hundred miles, he can obtain a fiefdom of ten miles. If he can conquer a thousand miles, he can obtain a fiefdom of hundreds of miles. Everything depends on his own ability.
He now understands that he was fortunately born in the imperial family and fortunately his mother was the queen. Otherwise, why would he have been able to get opportunities again and again?
Even now, he still has such a large amount of capital. No ordinary people have such good conditions for starting a new start. Even the children of princes do not have such capital.
When he left Hanjing, he told himself very seriously that if he couldn't make a difference this time, he would never return to Hanjing.
He wanted to use his sword to build thousands of miles of territory for Dahua in India and to establish his own kingdom in that foreign land.
When Zhang Hui left, he wanted to go back to Yiwu first and make a final handover there. He wanted to take away his partner knights there. He also planned to recruit a group of soldiers there.
Although the Western Regions are not as rich as the Central Plains, the people there are brave and many natural warriors.
Zhang Chao still continues to live.
The imperial court is still busy with administrative division reform during this period. Fusang and other places have begun pilot projects, but the full implementation will still be achieved after the New Year.
The maple leaves on the mountain are already red. Zhang Chao often rides horses to the mountain to see the red leaves. He occasionally brings grandsons and sometimes brings the queen and the others.
Xu Hui is about to give birth and has now begun to recuperate.
Prime Minister Ma Zhou and Grand Secretary Fang Xuanling were so busy that they had no free time to drink tea and chat with the emperor, and even less time to walk his dog with him.
Even Wei Zheng was busy preparing for the end of the year's House Conference.
The dynasty envoys from all over the country have begun to prepare to enter the dynasty in Beijing. This year the crown prince will return to Beijing to meet the saint, which can be regarded as reporting on his work in Fusang.
Zhang Chao did not interfere in the work of the cabinet, the Hanlin Academy, the parliament, etc., but the emperor was always a person who made the decision on major issues. Just like the administrative division reform, the cabinet also asked the emperor for instructions. After obtaining the emperor's consent, it began to make comprehensive reforms.
What bills the parliament needs to establish is also basically asking the emperor first, or sometimes some new bills are simply the ideas the emperor put forward to Wei Zheng and the others.
In the words of the emperor, sometimes they have to be busy for a long time.
Zhang Chao is often like this, he checks major issues and occasionally makes a few important suggestions. Then when it comes to specific matters, he ignores them at all because he only looks at the results.
In the specific process, there are naturally people watching. The decisions of the cabinet include the Hanlin Academy. The administrations of the six temples and states are the parliament and the censorate.
All affairs of the court were managed in both sections and sections.
The Great Hua Empire has become more and more stable. After several years of running-in, it has become very tacit. This system has actually been running-in since Zhenguan, but at that time it has not been well run-in, and the interests of all parties have not reached an agreement. Therefore, there are many conflicts and contradictions, and even the final outbreak.
Chapter completed!