278. Solving the puzzle and traveling all the way
If he had not refused so neatly, King Xin would have hesitated.
But now seeing that a commoner has such responsibility, and his son, who is about to inherit this thousand miles of country, does not have the courage to walk on the border, he immediately made up his mind.
The palace of the deep palace cannot raise a promising king, and he will not let him go between life and death. This playboy from his family will never grow up!
Reality is the best teacher, and now his eyes are all betting on this Forbidden City, and he has the Bai family and his son guarding him, so there must be no big problem.
"Okay, that's it!" King Xin slapped the table, made up his mind and turned to Bai Sanniang beside him.
"I'll just ask Commander Bai to take care of the child secretly. Now let's go back and prepare. I'll go to Master Bingming to ask you for your orders, and the affairs of the Northern Xinjiang will be troubled."
After everyone bowed their fists, they left.
A big show of usurping the throne came to an end, but another good show had just begun.
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On the official road to Shanxi, two red horses were walking slowly with their bridles. The speed was neither fast nor slow, which was the right path for rushing.
In front of them were more than ten beautiful guards, led by Bai Sanniang and Bai Zhantang, who were dressed in plain clothes, followed closely, and always pay attention to the movements on both sides of the official road.
By the way, there are Zhu Wushuang and Feng Xiaohe who said they would follow each other in the team. I don’t know what fun these two women are joining in.
In the few months in Fang Shiyu's dungeon, Lu Xiao had already gained a glimpse of riding skills. Although he was not proficient, he was much better than the prince who had never rode a horse in his life.
The reason why I pulled him out of the carriage and forced him to practice riding was to prepare for this trip to the border.
However, even when riding a horse, they were racing against time, and they were not idle at all. When they were close, they could hear the sound of reciting from the horse's back.
"The barbarians in all directions are all bound to the mountains and seas, and are remote in a corner; if they are not enough to provide for their land, and if their people are not enough to command orders. If they do not take it into consideration and disturb my borders, then they will be ominous. Since they are not troubled by China, but I will launch a war and attack lightly, it will be ominous..."
"Well, it's not bad. Your Emperor Ming Zushi recites the teachings of you, keep saying... "Lu Xiao nodded and looked at Zhu Cilang, who was a little panting because of the bumpy horse's back, with some appreciation in his eyes.
This young man is smart enough, but he just lacks experience.
"I am afraid that future generations will rely on China's prosperity and strength, be greedy for temporary military achievements, and raise troops without reason, which will hurt people's lives. Remember not to..."
Seeing that he had been memorizing this place but there was no more text, Lu Xiao urged in a deep voice: "Continue."
"But Hu Rong and the northwest border are close to each other. After many wars, we must choose to train troops. We must prepare them at the same time."
"Well, it's very good. Now I know why I strongly advocated taking you to Shanxi?"
Lu Xiao said it lightly, but His Royal Highness shook his head in confusion, and saw Lu, who was the teacher, had a headache.
Although the imperial etiquette of the Emperor Ming Dynasty was not very gorgeous, the principles were easy to understand. Although it was not completely correct, it was considered a rare good way to govern the country in the environment at that time.
Unfortunately, even dogmatism, descendants of later generations could not hold on to it, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not be busy with the hands of the Tartars.
Lu Xiao has never seen the content of the imperial ancestor teachings in the history exam questions in his previous life. However, it is coincidentally true that in both multiple-choice questions and subjective questions, only the first half usually appears until "and I raise troops and attack lightly is also ominous."
As for the subsequent "must-choose generals to train troops, be careful to prepare them when they are" inexplicably disappeared, and few people have seen it.
Even if a country is big, war will surely perish; even if the world is peaceful, forgetting to fight will surely perish!
My Chinese sages have always advocated the doctrine of meanness and were impartial and tried to speak in full, which gave many people with other thoughts room to take things out of context.
So many people who forget their ancestors have made nonsense like the fourteen-not-selection that are used to modern times to "criticize current problems."
Only half of the questions were drawn, which was very similar to the "intercept" method of excerpting and assembling the eight-legged essay in the imperial examination. Needless to say, the full amount of private goods was full of them.
Little did they know that the ancients always spoke in spring and autumn. Although they were in conflict with each other, the meaning they really wanted to express was often placed in the end...
Since I have to take this prince with me to appreciate the various aspects of the world, I naturally cannot let him go astray.
Lu Xiao felt that under such an internal and external troubles, there was nothing wrong with the radical education of this prince, and it was better than becoming a lamb at slaughter.
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Just after the Qingming Festival, the cigarettes for the ancestors of each household had not yet dissipated, and a group of people rushed to the city gate in the early morning and entered Datong Mansion quietly.
No one knows what this group of people means to the world of the Great Ming Dynasty. Ordinary people only know that they hold the Shangfang sword, kill the sect and the powerful ministers, and come to the front line to supervise the formation.
Those who came along were the only prince of His Royal Highness Xin, who had a very good reputation.
Half a month later, a total of twelve large red willow boxes were placed on the main hall of the Datong Prefecture Government.
Among them are full of confessions and physical evidence of local merchants and wealthy gentry colluding with foreign tribes and oppressing the people!
The most shocking thing is that the eight major traders bypass the official tentative site and smuggled materials such as fine iron and salt to the northern barbarians, and at the same time, they conveyed a large amount of confidential information and military armor, and even drawings for siege equipment manufacturing!
Such actions are all light!
Lu Xiao didn't say anything, and Shang Fang's sword pressed on the box.
The prefectural minister didn't even dare to give up. The charge of dereliction of duty was burned to burn Gao Xiang for three lifetimes before he was found. How could he dare to have any more opinions?
Six doors are not vegetarians!
Not long after, more than 20 families involved in smuggling ordnance and selling confidential information, more than 100 people involved in the case were arrested and arrested by Liushemen, who were dispatched everywhere.
The prince Zhu Cilang was in the lobby and personally interrogated. He was cleared and the Zhengdian extermination was executed on the spot. The rest of the people were tied up to go to Shangjing to report the crimes to warn you, and then the Ministry of Justice sentencing them to the Ministry of Justice.
In this case, countless dirty silver, military weapons, and food were confiscated, and countless confiscated land and shops were even more numerous.
Lu Xiao took the initiative to deal with tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land as a border army farm. Although the problem of food shortage in the border army could not be solved from the root, it greatly alleviated the unstable morale caused by insufficient food, and also solved the hidden danger of a large number of landless refugees having nowhere to be resettled due to the attack of foreign troubles.
In terms of silver and money, the Beijing Bank of China and the Ministry of Revenue Tax Bank will be delivered uniformly. A digital transformation will reduce the trouble of escort and cashing, which greatly alleviates the problem of shortage of silver in the North.
When refugees have land, they work hard when they are busy, train in their spare time, and train in order to defend their homes for militia!
The officers and soldiers have sufficient food and morale, and they have high walls and deep walls facing the attacking enemy, so they are naturally not afraid of the slightest!
In just one month, the Datong defenders were completely renewed and no longer had the decadent spirit he had before.
However, the Later Jin Tartars and Mongolian cavalry who came to attack on the expedition suddenly lost their internal response to the outside.
Chapter completed!