"Haha, teacher, how dare I to shame the teacher? What I say is from my heart! The teacher taught the first emperor back then, although I was only an observer student," Zhu Youzhen's face was dazzling, and he looked very solemn: "Teacher Zhen Cong In his body, I learned what it means to be loyal to his duties."
"Faithful to your job?" Sun Chengzong muttered, but for a moment he was puzzled.
"To be honest, Emperor Xian was not a studious student, and he often forgot the homework assigned by the teacher," Zhu Youjian looked sad. "However, the teacher never just because Xiandi is tired of learning. Reduce the content of teaching. On the contrary, the teacher prepares a large handout hand-written every day. For many years, I have learned from the teacher that no matter good times or bad times, frustration and frustration, I must do my job well."
"Your job?" Sun Chengzong chewed for a while. "No wonder your Majesty summoned the old ministers at the pavilion after his first visit to the Great Treasure. The minister remembered clearly that his Majesty let the old ministers guard Shanhaiguan for two years."
"Teacher..." Zhu Youjian didn't understand Sun Chengzong's meaning this time.
"Your Majesty has been preparing for today's war?" Sun Chengzong suddenly widened his eyes, as if suddenly realized.
"Yes, from the teacher, I understand that since I became the emperor of Daming, I must always think about Daming's interests. At that time, building slaves was a sharp sword hanging on Daming's head, and Daming paid half of his taxes. The income is all spent in Liaodong, so for today’s war, I have done a lot of preparatory work, and let the teacher be the governor of Ji Liao, which is part of the plan... At that time, Da Ming, according to the guard of Shanhaiguan, was the teacher I trusted the most. people."
Sun Chengzong squinted his eyes and kept nodding: "Your Majesty is a generation of sages! What a pity... It is a pity that the minister is old and can't follow your majesty to ride the world, what a pity! What a pity!" After that, Sun Chengzong's voice was so low that he was the only one. Only by yourself can you hear clearly.
Zhu Youjian asked casually: "Teacher is not at seventy today, right?"
"The old minister is sixty out of seven this year!" Sun Chengzong seemed a little lonely. If he was born a few decades later, or Zhu Youjian could be born a few decades earlier, then his life course may be completely different. "Your Majesty, now the younger generation. The generals are fully qualified, and the old minister intends to resign from the post of Governor Jiliao."
"Resign? The teacher is still very tough!" Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chengzong and was silent for a while, "After the teacher, I don't plan to establish the post of Governor Ji Liao."
"The veteran is close to ancient times, and the veteran doesn’t understand his majesty’s new firearms at all. If the veteran is allowed to lead these new troops, the veteran really doesn’t know how to lead the troops." Sun Chengzong faintly felt that Zhu Youjian was "a cup of wine." Military power".
Zhu Youzhen suddenly said: "The teacher has guarded Liaodong for many years, so he has no feelings for Liaodong?"
"Old officials naturally have feelings for Liaodong. However, if the old officials stay in Liaodong, it will not do much to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Hey..." If Zhu Youjian really wants to lift his military power, Sun Chengzong has no regrets. After all, he It's almost seventy.
"Isn't the teacher a civil servant? Even if you leave the army, you can continue to serve Daming." Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chengzong and smiled faintly.
"Your Majesty means..." In Sun Chengzong's heart, he clicked, like a person falling into the water, when he suddenly encountered a floating piece of wood, he was a little flustered when he was excited.
"Teacher, although Liaodong has been regained, after the looting of slaves, a large amount of land has been abandoned and the population is seriously insufficient. In the future, I plan to separate Liaodong from Shandong and establish an independent province. This The future governor of Liaodong Province cannot live without virtue."
"Your Majesty..." Sun Chengzong finally understood what Zhu Youjian meant. Although Liaodong was not fat, it was Zhu Youjian's greatest trust.
"The teacher has noble qualities and is very familiar with Liaodong. I think that the governor of Liaodong is the teacher... just the governor of Liaodong, not better than the teacher, Governor Ji Liao."
"Your Majesty really trusts the veteran?" Sun Chengzong is almost 70, and he can get the extreme trust of Zhu Youjian, so he doesn't care about the level of the position.
"I trust Sun Chengzong not only because he is my teacher, but also because of his own character," Zhu Youjian sighed a little. , Don’t I still believe in the teacher? It’s just that at the age of the teacher, I can’t support my life, I really can’t bear it!”
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the old minister's body is still tough?" Sun Chengzong put down the tea cup in his hand and showed Zhu Youjian the muscles of his arm.
"Teacher has a tough body, so I feel relieved."
"Your Majesty, what will the old minister do in Liaodong now?"
"Liaodong will definitely establish a prefecture and county in the future, but the Northern Expedition has not yet finished. I have not considered Liaodong for the time being. Now I have three things that my teacher needs to do."
"Your Majesty, please tell me, what are the three things?" Sun Chengzong seemed to be twenty years younger immediately, and he was full of expectations.
"This first thing requires the teacher to take over the entire Liaodong, and the new army will continue the Northern Expedition."
Sun Chengzong was puzzled: "Your Majesty, the servants in Xingjing are just the rest of them. There won't be too many people. You don't need so many soldiers, right?"
Zhu Youjian smiled and shook his head: "I will not only eliminate the slaves in Xingjing, but also the nomadic peoples further north. This time the Northern Expedition, I will quell the entire northeast."
"Your Majesty said, even Nurgandusi, take it back together?"
"The teacher's guess is right!" Zhu Youjian's eyes were shining, "Now that there is sufficient supply of grain, grass and ammunition, and the high temperature in summer, if we can't take the opportunity to take back Nurgan, it is impossible to guarantee that a new golden country will not be formed in the future.
"Your Majesty, the minister understands, the minister must guard Liaodong and ensure that the transportation line is unblocked."
"Speaking of transportation lines, this is really the second point I want to say," Zhu Youjian sipped fresh tea, "the cement road from Jinzhou to Guangning, where did you build the road?"
"Your Majesty, it is almost finished. When the old minister returns to Guangning, the road will definitely be completed."
"Okay, the teacher has worked hard, but the teacher has to continue to work hard for Daming... Expand this first avenue from Guangning to Shenyang."
Sun Chengzong suddenly felt like a discouraged football: "Your Majesty, from Guangning to Shenyang, it will be more than a thousand miles away. Building this section of the road will inevitably take a lot of time, and... Moreover, the labor is not enough."
"Teacher, to build this road, you don't need to follow the original roadbed, don't need to go from the direction of Sancha River, directly from Guangning to Shenyang, the distance is less than 300 miles, even closer than Jinzhou to Guangning."
"Your Majesty, between Guangning and Shenyang, but separated by the Great Wall of East Liaoning, if the road is directly built, not only will the Great Wall be destroyed, but also the construction of the lofty mountains will be troublesome."
"Teacher, although it takes a lot of trouble to build the road, it saves nearly a thousand miles of mileage, which not only saves costs, but also, in the future, from the capital to Shenyang, the detours will be reduced by a thousand miles. Comparing the two, the teacher feels that there is no difference. does it worth?"
"However, the Great Wall of Liaodong is about to be destroyed."
"There is no Great Wall in the world that cannot be attacked!" Zhu Youjian remembered that the Great Wall was broken five times by the Qing Dynasty in later history, and he also thought of the Maginot Line in Europe. "Liaodong is protected by the Great Wall, but it has not been defeated. It has been occupied by slaves for more than ten years? Moreover, the current Liaodong Great Wall has not been repaired for many years and has long been dilapidated. It cannot stop the cavalry of the nomads... Teacher, once the Nurgandus and the Great Wall of Liaodong are restored, there will still exist Is it necessary?"
From Zhu Youjian’s face, Sun Chengzong saw his self-confidence, but Sun Chengzong was not very confident, "Your Majesty, Nurgandusi, can you definitely recover? It's too far away from the capital, and the climate is too cold."
"Teacher, rest assured, Nurgandus can definitely recover, and we can definitely do better than before." Zhu Youzhen has already made a firm decision.
"The old minister is responsible for building this section of the road."
"If you encounter technical problems, you can ask the Ministry of Engineering and the Daming Academy of Sciences for help. There are nearly 10,000 Jurchen prisoners of war here, and they will be given to the teacher to build the road temporarily."
"There is no problem with labor, but... It's just that the cost is not low because of Chongshan, and you need to say hello to the Ministry of Households in advance."
"Teacher, don't worry, this is the third thing I really want to say." Zhu Youzhen was secretly happy, and Huang Taiji really helped a lot. "We found a total of more than 45 million in Shenyang and Liaoyang. For the financial affairs of the two, the teacher left three million for road construction and the future construction of Liaodong, and for the rest, I entrusted the teacher to transport it to the capital, and temporarily hand over the account to the department for sealing."
"So much?" Sun Chengzong took a breath, "Your Majesty, is this true? How come Jiannu has so many silver coins?"
"They don't have silver mines. These silvers, directly and indirectly, come from Daming. This is also an important reason for the depletion of the household department. There is no silver circulation in the market, and of course the household department does not have enough money."
"Your Majesty..."
"These silver taels were originally from Da Ming, but now they are returned to the original owner, so the teacher doesn't need to mind."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong squatted on the ground again, "The minister must finish his Majesty's three tasks as soon as possible.
He was shocked again. After he left Shenyang, he still couldn't understand why, after Zhu Youjian boarded the plane, Daming had good news one after another. He is still a young man. Could it be that he was sent from heaven to revitalize Daming? "Chongzhen, revive." He kept muttering.
Sun Chengzong didn't get into the horns of understanding the problem, anyway, Zhu Youjian should complete the things that open up the world. He only needs to do his own essential work in accordance with Zhu Youjian's requirements.
In the afternoon, Zhu Youjian still did not meet with the commanders of the army. He alone met Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, who was named the left captain.