On August 12, Emperor Zheng Shi Fangzhen returned to Yongchang City. The soldiers and the soldiers were covered with blood and dust, and their neat horse hooves stepped out with majestic horses. Shi Fangzhen was wearing golden armor and sat on the horse's back and looked at the flying gods. The sound of "Long Live" wherever they went was like thunder. Looking at the people who were impressed, Shi Lizhen felt that the hard work of these months was not in vain.

The emperor returned from sweeping the northern desert, celebrating the city, and the wineries and teahouses were full of fireworks, and even the business of brothels rose sharply. Especially the Demon Girl, Hu Niang's business was surprisingly hot, and the price doubled, there were still a constant stream of Enkes who wanted to hire them and enjoy the pleasure of conquest.

There are many different opinions about the achievements of the Northern Expedition. Some people say that the army broke the royal court of the Desert Man and fled north; some people say that the Desert Man Wolf Cavalry was defeated, and nearly 100 Desert Man tribes were conquered and millions of cattle and sheep were conquered; some people say that the weather in the Northern Desert became cold, and the army had to withdraw.

All speculations were unified after the Emperor sacrificed the heavens to announce the change of the Yuan Dynasty. "... The Northern Desert often invades the borders. I personally led a large army to siege the northern troubles, killed 100,000 enemies, conquered more than 500,000 people, seized thousands of miles of land, countless cattle and sheep, and the northern people were shocked and subdued, followed the Seitan without warning, and the country was forever safe... The world was amnesty, and the 18th year of Fengle was changed to the first year of Jianwu."

After offering sacrifices to heaven, he was awarded the meritorious officials. Wang Keming, the general of Zhenbei Daying, had a duke, and had no kingship in a different surname, so he was rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, a hundred hectares of fertile land, and the guards increased to 200 cavalry. Miao Tieshan returned to Anbei Daying as the Grand Commander, promoted the title of Zhoushan Marquis, and awarded the fief of Miao Tieshan to Miao Tieshan, where his birthplace was Zhoushan County, Fuzhou. Qi Xinwen was transferred to the capital, replaced Ning Tao as the general of the Zuowei Guard, and promoted the title of Honghua Marquis. The fief of his hometown of Shaozhou. The great Zheng Jue was divided into Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Male, but there were differences between each Jue. Taking Marquis as an example, there were county marquis, town marquis, and Ting Hou. Yang Xiangliang's Yiyong Hou was a town marquis. Compared with Miao, Qi was one level behind. As the saying goes, Wanhu Hou refers to county marquis.

Except for these three giants, other meritorious personnel were rewarded, either promoted or made money. Among them, Huang Xi showed up during the Northern Expedition, and was promoted to the deputy governor by the emperor and became Feng Ning's deputy; Jia Qingyuan inherited the Marquis of Pingnan, Zhu Yifeng was granted the title of baron, and Jin Zhongwu, and Fang Zhizhong was promoted from General Ningyuan, who was under the fifth rank to General Xuanwei from General Xuanwei from the fourth rank; Liao Jianhui was brave in fighting, and his official position was restored to General Dingyuan, and restored the title of Chang Yongman; Jiang Jian was recommended by Huang Xi, and was appointed as deputy governor, and he wholeheartedly protected Huang Xi.

The Taiwei Mansion celebrated Zhu Yi's victory return in a banquet. The emperor did not like Zhu Yipu, everyone saw it, which made the century-old Taiwei Mansion shrouded a shadow. Once the old Taiwei goes west, the Zhu family may decline, and the first general will fall into the hands of others. The rise of Zhu Yifeng, the third generation of the Zhu family, is illuminating. He became the fourth-rank general of the fourth rank at the age of 32. It seems that the emperor intends to cultivate Zhu Yifeng as the successor of the Zhu family, and the old Zhu family is still favored.

In the study, Zhu Taiwei and Zhu Xupu listened to Zhu Yifeng's story of the Northern Expedition. Zhu Taiwei is already 79 years old, with white hair, chicken skin and crane bones, and his teeth fall on his back. His bravery back could only see through his eyes that flashed with glitter.

Zhu Yifeng talked about the power of the Beimo Wolf Cavalry. The formations studied by the Taiwei Mansion and the Ministry of War did not have much effect in the Hu Cavalry, which was like mercury pouring out the ground. Zheng Cavalry was at a disadvantage in the cavalry duel, so he could only use the power of a series of crossbows, and the power of the strong arrows slightly reversed the decline.

The Grand Marshal Zhu Wennanshuang frowned slightly and asked in detail from time to time. Sometimes Zhu Yifeng was asked without saying anything, so he could only say: "The grandson followed General Qi to fight, and his understanding was not comprehensive. Duke Shen organized a special person to record the situation of the Northern Expedition in detail and comment on it. Grandpa might as well ask him to send the record to watch."

Zhu Xupu said: "According to Feng'er, our army's advantage is not obvious in this Northern Expedition. Why did the emperor say that he killed 100,000 enemies and expanded the land for thousands of miles in his sacrifice to heaven?"

"Uncle (Zhu Yifeng is the son of Zhu Zhishan, the eldest brother Zhu Zhishan), the people killed in the sky are also included in the sacrifices." Zhu Yifeng said awkwardly: "In the battle of the Wuera River, nearly 50,000 Naipu's troops were killed. Later, they fought two battles with the reinforcements of Liman's troops. With the help of the power of the iron armored cavalry, they killed more than 30,000 Moji, including more than 2,000 Canglang cavalry of Liman. Liman led the people to retreat, and the shepherds of Badai and Saman tribe did not escape. There were more than 120,000 people, and millions of cattle and sheep were seized."

Zhu Yifeng became more and more excited as he spoke. He picked up the tea and drank it dry. He continued: "When he returned to the army, the Kunbo tribe and the Liman tribe joined together to block the attack. Duke Shen, Miao and Qi, two generals, joined forces to be together, defended steadily, and fought against each other. The Mo people did not take any advantage. Duke Shen summarized a set of techniques to defend the enemy, first blocking the enemy with winch crossbows and crossbows, then using iron armored cavalry to rush forward, and then chasing the light cavalry. The infantry lined up into a square formation and held long spears to cut horse hooves. The Mo people had no choice but to retreat in the end."

"There is no way to do it now, but there is no way to do it in the future. There are also masters among the people of the desert." Zhu Wennan recognized Qu Andao's figure in front of him and warned: "Soldiers are intrigues. They are ever-changing. You must investigate them. You must not be careless when encountering enemies."

Zhu Xupu was very unhappy about leaving him in the capital during the Northern Expedition, and said with a little sourness: "So, the Northern Expedition is actually not a big result. It really killed only 50,000 soldiers from the Desert people, and more than 30,000 soldiers were harmed by themselves. The so-called seizing land and cannot defend it even if it is a thousand miles away. The treasury was exhausted, and the emperor was a little anxious."

Zhu Wennan also felt that the Northern Expedition was a bit hasty, but said, "It's okay to fight a war. Apart from the two battalions of Anxi and Anbei, our army has not experienced any wars. Especially the sixteen guards in the capital are known as elite, but they are mostly fancy and can be brought to the battlefield to see blood, which is beneficial."

Zhu Yifeng obviously disagreed with his uncle's light denied the results of the Northern Expedition and said with a smile: "This time, nearly 30 tribes in the northern desert surrendered. Long live will seize the grassland and divide the land to these tribes. The captured desert people were also given to them, allowing them to serve as a barrier to the north to resist the invasion of the Badu tribe. The tribes that surrendered to the early tribes, such as the tribes who surrendered to the early tribes, had more than 100,000 people at once and became large tribes. The leaders of these tribes were grateful and respected the emperor as the "Emperor Khan."

"These desert people are capricious, and they are just mothers with milk. I am afraid that Badu's troops will go south and surrender to Wang Ting to become the pioneers of attacking Zheng." Zhu Xunpu said disdainfully.

"Uncle was very worried," Zhu Yifeng said: "The general suggested that Long live build Zhenbeicheng 400 miles away from Baisheng Pass, connecting Baisheng Pass, Zhenbeicheng and the Moren tribe through the qidao. He also permanently stationed 20,000 soldiers in Zhenbeicheng, and dispatched 30,000 soldiers to Zhenbeicheng to train troops every year. In this way, 50,000 troops stationed in Zhenbeicheng can respond. Those finite tribes dare not easily have wild animals.

Heart. Encourage vendors to trade with the tribes around Zhenbeicheng and win over the hearts of the people of these tribes, so that even if the moxi cavalry goes south, Zhenbeicheng can withstand the support of the army."

Zhu Wennan praised: "Wang Keming is smart, so that our country will firmly insert a wedge into the territory of the Mo people, and move forward and retreat freely, achieving the purpose of training. After ten years of training, the army heads north again, and the Mo people will die at my hands. Alas, it's a pity that I can't wait for that day. If the Mo people's royal court falls into my hands, don't forget to tell me when you wait for the family sacrifice, so that I can be happy underground."

The Northern Expedition made great contributions, and the whole country was jubilant, and only a few people were frowning. Yu Zhijie, the Minister of Revenue, looked at the empty treasury, and his hair was so sad that he had a few white hair. After the war, he rewarded the merits and paid the three armies to pay the casualties, and all of them were required to pay the money and grain. When Yu Zhijie learned that the army returned to the army, he collected 11 million taels of summer tax from sixteen states in advance. As a result, after the reward, even mice in the warehouse did not want to enter.

In the imperial study room, after the ministers left, Yu Zhijie complained to the emperor alone that the treasury is now completely clean and he doesn't know where to raise the salary of his ministers next month.

This Northern Expedition cost at least 50 million taels of money and grain, which was almost two years of taxes. Shi Fang was really heartbroken. No wonder he said that fighting was about making money and grain, and he really couldn't afford it. The court could not pay the salary. Zhenbeicheng was still in a hurry to be built, so he would have to ask for at least a few million taels of silver. Money, if he had known it, he would have sold some of the people and cattle and sheep he had caught and exchanged for one hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver for emergency response.

Seeing that the emperor was confused, Yu Zhijie whispered: "Long live, or if you use food, silk and other items to fill silver next month, you will be anxious if you don't submit a copy to reduce your salary tomorrow."

Shi Fangzhen smiled bitterly and said, "I just won the battle and my salary was reduced when I was overjoyed. The discussions in the court will inevitably surge. I know Yu Aiqing's kindness, but if you reduce your salary, you may be scolded to death by everyone. Alas, I remember that there are more than ten manors at the foot of Yanshan Mountain. Yu Qing asked me to sell it and overcome the difficulties for the time being."

Yanshan is located in the north of Yongchang City. It is a mountain in the Yunxing Mountains. It was opened into a royal garden because of its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Emperor Zhao once built a large-scale construction in the mountains and built more than ten manors for viewing flowers, evading the summer heat, roaming the clouds, and enjoying snow. After Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, he lured Luoshui into the lake at the foot of the mountain, planted lotus flowers by the lake, built water pavilions, and raised precious fish, birds and birds in the world in the lake, becoming a grand scene. Emperor Xuan often brought his close ministers to Yanshan to enjoy. After Shi Fangzhen ascended the throne, he was hardworking and rarely came here to visit. Yanshan Manor became a place for royal relatives, children of aristocratic families to show off their power and entertain relatives and friends.

These royal gardens are described as a matter of money. However, Yu Zhijie estimated that each manor could be sold at least 2 million taels, and only three or four manors could be sold can raise tens of millions of taels of silver. The difficulties in front of him could be easily overcome. Thinking that since the emperor ascended the throne, he has worked hard to govern the emperor, and he has been eating and eating in the palace. The palace has been disrepaired for so long, Yu Zhijie felt that he was a minister of the Ministry of Revenue and was a little guilty and sorry for the emperor who was diligent and restrained.
Chapter completed!