Emperor Hongzhi ordered the Ministry of War to print a new map of normal size according to the large map sent by Cui Xie, and sent it to various places in Jiubian.
After Cui Xie finished the business task entrusted by Xie Ying, he also took care of his disciples' journalist career, and supervised their "Heroes of Stuffing" to speed up the writing.
This set of books should be called Wen Zhengming's paintings. He also wanted to secretly keep the manuscripts by himself, and when later archaeologists opened his coffin, they could find a high-end collection worth over 100 million yuan. As a result, the frontier soldiers strongly demanded to use his style of painting, and a good Wen Zhengming, a poet, calligraphy and painting, could only be as bright as Tang Bohu.
In the end, he could only appoint Wen Zhengming to add the characters to the new picture book, which saved his value as a calligrapher.
After the new book is printed, it will not be sold in Beijing, but will be donated to the frontier army for free.
The Ministry of War had seen people who donated grain, charcoal and lime, but they had never seen people who donated books. They didn't know what to do, so they had to ask the new minister Liu Daxia with the book in hand.
Liu Daxia took the book and looked at it a few times, and said, "Who is this?" Then, without raising his eyes, he said, "Just following the example of sending rice grains before, I sent the table to the shopkeeper to ask for an honor, Cui Xueshi. Don't care about this false reputation. These books will be sent to Shanhaiguan first, so that all the interviewees will be distributed, and then they will be sent elsewhere."
Not only were they sent to the frontier army, but also several copies were sent to the homes of the heroes who were interviewed.
An Shunbo's sons who had not been on the battlefield gathered together and happily opened the book to read. Because many people read the book and the book is far away, they don't care about reading the words below, so they first look for the old father. But after a long time, he didn't see his father, only an old fairy with white hair and beard commanded people to build a city and kill the enemy.
What about their parents? Their old father was in camp at the border gate, and the brothers were under his command, and they worked hard to serve the emperor, so why didn't they paint
The brothers suppressed their displeasure and squinted at the text below, wanting to see which battle this was and whether their family members had not yet appeared. As a result, after reading the text a few times, I realized that the old fairy with white hair and beard was their father? That Wen Wenru with three beautiful beards will be their eldest brother? And that little white-faced general in pangolin armor... Is that the third brother who is going to be their grandfather
This, this painting is too different!
They couldn't help but bring gifts to the Cui family, wanting to find out what happened to the painting. Cui Xie invited these people into the door, and replied indifferently: "This manuscript was written by the two uncles, and the appearance of the old uncle, the prince, and the princes were all approved by them. If you don't believe me, you might as well write a letter and ask your parents if they are willing to let us draw like this."
This was written by Uncle Guo, who was a bachelor's drawing editor, and a well-known talent in Jiangnan. How could they dare to question it? It's just that several young masters looked at the old man with pure white hair and beard in the book and felt a little sad when they returned home.
After the book reached the border, Uncle Xue, the eunuch guarding, the chief soldier and the commanders all commented on each other and appreciated their new image. The people in the book are all handsome and brave, and the older ones are all immortal and immortal. Although they really don't look like him, in the eyes of the generals, they look much better than the strictly realistic image.
The most important thing in appreciating paintings is to appreciate the spirit. It is enough to be like yourself, and the facial features do not need to be imitated! Although they are not so handsome, aren't they exactly the same as in this picture
There is also a topographic map outside the customs painted by Xie Zhenfu. The drawing is really similar, and you can measure where a certain mountain is, a certain river, and a certain depression by holding a ruler against the map. Just take a compass and a map to get out of the customs. Don't be afraid of losing your way!
The next time I call to explore the horse and explore the place, when I draw a map, I have to draw it this way!
The two uncles were busy with their interviews at the beginning, so they didn't pay much attention to the map. Now that they saw the finished product, they knew it was good. They also had the idea of drawing pictures while walking. They asked Xie Ying to take them all the way west to draw pictures by the way. , beat the thieves.
Xie Ying didn't dare to take the two treasured uncles to take risks, and only took them from town to town in the Great Wall, and borrowed local soldiers and horses to protect them before they dared to go out and draw.
Fortunately, the book "Heroes on the Wall" was donated to Jiubian. Not only can Jizhen see it, but the garrison in the mountains and Shaanxi also received this book. A hero's heart.
Wherever Xie Ying was protecting the two national uncles, the local officers and soldiers were overjoyed to welcome them. They took the initiative to show their achievements for interviews, and personally led them to the place outside the new city wall to see where they defeated the thieves, and they were not afraid of trouble.
The three teachers (zhang) and disciples interviewed and drew pictures outside the fortress, and sent countless manuscripts to Beijing. Cui Xie was afraid of exhausting Wen Zhengming, a repeater for ten thousand years, and Xu Zhenqing, a candidate to be a candidate.
The maps of Jiubian that he made by himself were sent to the palace one by one, and the "Heroes of Stuffing" were also published one by one. In addition to those sent to the Jiubian Laojun, they also began to be sold in Liangjing and other places. .
After the change of Yingzong's civil fortress, honors and nobles could not raise their heads in front of civil servants, and the status of military households became even lower day by day, almost regarded as lowly. But now some people write books praising ordinary soldiers who are also heroes of defending their families and the country. How can those military households not be moved
They also want to go to the border, kill the enemy and serve the country, and be a hero who can be praised!
This trend of supporting the border is not only rising among the warriors, but also the people of the national register also identify with heroes. Although they could not join the army, many people sent food, grass and money to the yamen of the prefectures and counties to support the army to enter the grasslands and completely destroy the captives and thieves.
The new recruit Shang Liu Daxia looked at the documents reported below, silently picked up a pen, and dropped the word "search" on the paper.
When Ma Wensheng was a soldier, the imperial court could not support a war, so he could only start by repairing the border city. If we can search for the traps in a big way, regain the land in the Hetao, and then build walls along the outer side of the Yellow River, this is the strategy to completely break the foundation of the traps. Otherwise, the cities of Yan and Qing would be surrounded by deserts, and the sand would cover the walls every year.
To the north of the desert, along the Yellow River, there are large areas of fertile water and grass fields. If they can be recovered, Daming will have a place to raise horses.
As Liu Daxia wrote it, he analyzed the conditions for deploying troops in his mind.
Since the construction of dams with cheap and easy-to-obtain cement, the floods and droughts have been much lessened than in previous years; and the sweet potatoes and pumpkins from overseas have fed countless living people in these years; local locust control has also achieved results, and there are fewer famines and displaced people. , the treasury is already very full.
Now the voices of the government and the opposition are arguing, and the soldiers are willing to die. As long as the Fran cannons and war horses can be supplied, it is a good time to completely expel the captives and bring the remnants of Mengyuan to the "No King Court in Monan".
He wrote to Yang Yiqing and asked him how his horse politics was.
three years.
Yang Yiqing wrote this number with great confidence. In the past three years, Yuan Majian, two prisons and six courtyards can transport nearly 20,000 good horses to the customs; and after three years, there will often be 40,000 horses in the pastures.
And by that time, they will not only have horses, but also soldiers and food.
He has now recovered the pasture occupied by the local garrison kings and officers, and chased away the thieves who often harassed the horse farm. A fort and a wall were built inside the suite, and two horse farms of up to 10,000 hectares were rebuilt in Gan and Ning Fu.
In those wastelands that could not be grazing due to soil and water, he also let the soldiers open up military camps, planted soybeans and sweet potatoes, and fed tofu and starch. If it is too large for desert sand dunes and other places, it is not worth farming, and people are only asked to plant weeds, thorns, and poplar trees found in Ganzhou to suppress sandstorms.
Nowadays, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the sand that has been pushed under the city walls in the Yan and Qing areas is much less. It is difficult for the thieves to step on the sand dunes to invade the city, and they cannot withstand the long-range attack of the Fran cannons, so they have gradually moved south.
The complex set is now a visible result. It is no longer as unattainable as it was a few years ago. It can only rely on the construction of the city wall to keep the thieves out of the nine sides.
After reading his reply book, Liu Daxia rewrote a few places in his collection book, and played it on the Son of Heaven. After Emperor Hongzhi read it, he silently showed the cabinet in writing and asked the four elders for their opinions.
The whole court was united, and Liu Jian, the chief assistant and the great scholar of Huagai Palace, responded on behalf of everyone: "Now that the four seas are at peace and the treasury is abundant, it is appropriate to expel the captives. Since Your Majesty has a holy ordinance, the ministers and others will do their best to allocate food, Ordnance, prepare for this battle."
The imperial court has been preparing for three years to pacify the thieves, but they did not want to have an accident in the middle, so the time of this battle was set up a lot—
In the early winter of Hongzhi’s seventeenth year, the delegation that went to Europa to purchase weapons quietly returned to Daming.
They brought not only the Fran cannon, but also the long-caliber gun more than ten feet long and the most advanced Spanish matchlock gun in Europe at this time.
Although this kind of arquebus is a bit bulky, it can shoot through a fine iron breastplate at a distance of 35 to 60 feet, while the big fire cannon can't shoot a person at a distance of more than 20 feet.
They used several boats of silk and porcelain to buy guns and guns. They also bought local fine iron and craftsmen who could make guns. In the future, the Ming Dynasty could make these foreign weapons by himself. The same is true of the glass for making telescopes. Although you can't buy the formula, you can lure the craftsmen in the glass workshop with gold and silver, and watch them slowly build it later.
Emperor Hongzhi immediately called for a test shot. After seeing the firepower of these weapons, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered the craftsmen of the Ministry of War to imitate it.
Long-caliber guns are a powerful weapon for defending the city. The emperor only kept one in the capital for others to copy. Many of them were sent to the three sides together with the rope guns, so that the sergeants could take advantage of the winter to train. , then raised the soldiers to search for sets.
At this time, Xie Ying and the two national uncles had just walked from Shanhaiguan to Shaanxi, and they were watching the newly delivered "Heroes on the Seal" with Yang Yiqing, the chief executive of the three sides, Wang Shouren, the censor of Shaanxi, and the generals. The Shanxi Heroes.
atmosphere! fine! Excellent writing!
Look at the "documentary literature" they both participated in the production of, and see how detailed and true they wrote. The heroes drawn by the husband are more handsome and high-spirited than he is. No wonder people in Beijing and border gates love to read them.
Xie Ying also complimented them both in civil and military skills, and the books they wrote were better than the first. In the future, if you ponder more about the words, the manuscripts you write will probably be turned into books directly, and you won’t have to bother the talented people to spend an extra effort to polish them.
The uncles made him ticklish the praise, and with a few words of humility, they said in an official tone: "We didn't write anything. It's all about the soldiers who are guarding the frontier and serve the country with allegiance, regardless of life and death.
Xie Ying smiled and listened to their boasting, but she was thinking of interviewing Yang Yiqing - Cui Xie wanted to paint his face at the beginning, but unfortunately he didn't leave a small photo before, so he could only draw a back view. Thinking about Cui Xie in his heart, he said to Er Zhang: "Today, all the heroes of Shaanxi are in front of us, and the uncles of the country should not be afraid of hard work. Even if they are interviewed, the merits of calling you adults as soon as possible can also be passed on to the court and the imperial court. Let the people know."
The two uncles clapped their hands in agreement, put down the new book, took out the interview book and pencil, first grabbed the most emotional Wang Shengren, and asked him to set an example for everyone.
Wang Shengren had nothing to talk about. When the thieves attacked, he naturally greeted him with a knife. After thinking about it later, I should not carry a knife, but a three-eyed gun. After hitting three marbles, I can use the gun as a hammer, which is more useful than a knife and a thief.
But later, the army used more guns, and he didn't like to go into battle personally.
The two uncles listened and wrote down the conclusion that a hero like Wang Zhuangyuan also likes to use muskets. When adding things to describe the story, because of the many interviews and experience, they did not need to say Wang Shengren himself, they wrote people as "clean under the wind and sand", "a handsome young man with a face like crown jade", A beautiful young man with "high nose, big eyes and bright eyes".
A few eunuchs and the town army next to them looked at the words on the paper, and understood how the colleagues stationed in other towns suddenly turned into beautiful men in the painting. Afterwards, they all hurriedly thought about what appearance they should draw—whether they wanted to have long beards or clear beards, whether they wanted to be dignified or handsome, whether to be Confucian or brave...
Oops, so annoying.
Everyone is adding happiness troubles to themselves, but Wang Shengren wants to add some less pleasant troubles to them.
He gasped when he saw the descriptions in the text, and quickly stopped their artistic processing: "Is this written about me? Why do I look like it's written about Pan An? I run around the city and out of the city these days. I got black and lost a lot of weight, and my whole body has only this set of white teeth."
Reporter Zhang Da said solemnly: "Brother Wang, I don't know. We have interviewed heroes from several towns before, and they all said that as long as they look good, anyway, the names are written under the painting. Knowing they are them, it doesn't matter whether they look like them."
Xie Ying testified with a smile on the side: "The previous Jinyiwei was actually like this, and we An Qianhu are actually not the beautiful young girls in the book."
Wang Shouren thought that his father was writing for Cui Xie. What if he knew that the two uncles had "interviewed" him and wanted to take over and write? What would you think if you saw that he was written as such a beautiful boy in the manuscript
Forget it, let’s write it down!
To tell the truth, there is no place for the two uncles, because Cui Xie recognized him long ago, and he can draw without reading the manuscript.
The uncles were unhappy, and the generals who wanted to be beautiful and called Sage Wang to calm them down were unhappy, and Xie Ying also hesitated. At this moment, Yang Yiqing stood up resolutely and solved everyone's worries: "Little Wang Yushi was born beautifully, and he was a beautiful young man when he painted it, so naturally he didn't need to add a pen, but the old man wanted to make his nephew He Zhong look better. Can I ask the two uncles to write me down... with a shorter face, more stretched eyebrows, and a clear beard?"
The two uncles immediately showed joy, and they were gearing up, vowing to write Yang Yiqing, the same long-faced, temple-like person of Li Dongyang, into a beautiful man as gentle and elegant as Yang Tinghe, with a clean beard under his chin!