Chapter 303: In the Zhao Wenhua Hall, there is a festive atmosphere

The moment Zhu Zhu Yijun decided not to lend troops, the eyes of several people were different. These were the court officials who had just entered the Zhao Wenhua Hall, such as the Right Censor-in-Chief Li Li Youzi, the Left Vice Minister of War Zeng Ceng Shengwu, and the Minister of Revenue Zhang Zhang Xueyan. The three of them frowned slightly before relaxing.

According to the Great Ming Emperor's consistent style of pursuing profit, investing in Antonio to obtain the greatest reward, lending troops would undoubtedly be the most profitable.

But the Great Ming Emperor's choice seemed very conservative, and the reason was only that they were the Great Ming's subjects, the sons of their parents, and the fathers of their children. The three of them had just entered the Zhao Wenhua Hall and did not understand the Great Ming Emperor, but the other court officials knew very well that this was His Majesty's true heart.

Whenever it involved the poor laborers, His Majesty always appeared even more conservative than Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

His Majesty has always upheld and adhered to a basic bottom line, which is that the people are the foundation of the country, and when the foundation is solid, the country is peaceful. This is the basic bottom line of the Great Ming Emperor Wanli New Policies, and all policy formulation is carried out entirely around this basic bottom line.

Wang Wang Chonggu and Wan Wan Shihe actually saw it more clearly. In fact, His Majesty was not optimistic about Antonio's rebellion. The position of King of Portugal, even if there were some waves, would probably eventually fall into the hands of Philip II, because Philip II was the King of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, and his national strength was extremely strong.

"This depends on the strength of His Majesty's investment." Antonio said with a solemn face.

"I can give you twelve five-masted ocean-crossing ships, and all the plantations from the South China Sea to the Strait of Ma Liujia will belong to me." Zhu Zhu Yijun said very firmly.

His goal from the beginning was very clear, and that was the plantations he had been coveting for a long time. The Great Ming needed a large amount of food, especially after the Little Ice Age was about to become severe. The demand for food would become extremely terrifying, and resorting to the ocean was the only way Zhu Zhu Yijun could think of.

He was indeed personally engaged in farming and mulberry, he was indeed working hard to improve planting techniques, and he was indeed working hard to enrich the Great Ming's crops, but the Little Ice Age, which had started in the first year of Yongle, had been becoming more and more severe for more than 170 years. By the Emperor Wanli era, it was already extremely severe. Droughts, locust plagues, floods, etc., would all plunge the Great Ming into a food crisis.

The Little Ice Age started in the first year of Yongle, and for more than 170 years, it had been intensifying. By the Emperor Wanli era, it was already extremely severe.

"His Majesty is truly a businessman!" Antonio gritted his teeth after weighing it for a long time.

Zhu Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "You are not at a loss, are you? If you can win."

Twelve ships, each priced at 200,000 taels, excluding the artillery on the ships, which was another price. If the corresponding naval guns were configured, the price would increase to 250,000 taels. The total price of the twelve ships was 3 million silver. The value of the plantations from the South China Sea to the Strait of Ma Liujia was no more than 100,000 silver a year. Even if calculated at 100,000 silver, it would take 30 years to recover.

Wasn't this business a huge loss?

Would the Great Ming Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun do a loss-making business? That would not be as reliable as believing that an old sow could climb a tree. In fact, the Great Ming would definitely not lose.

These plantations in the hands of the Great Ming would generate benefits far exceeding the gains in the hands of the Dutch.

The Dutch came from across the ocean, and the local ruling population was small. Each plantation had limited expansion speed. Even if they were high-value crops, the plantations could not complete expansion, and they were all castles in the air. But in the hands of the Great Ming, these plantations would recover their costs within five years, and after that, it would be permanent income.

Antonio was still a bit reluctant, and Li Li Yashi touched Antonio without a trace.

"Okay, respected Your Majesty, may I ask when your subject can receive the holy grace of bathing in Your Majesty?" Antonio realized after being reminded by Li Li Yashi, and then immediately smiled and asked when he could receive the twelve five-masted ocean-crossing ships promised by His Majesty.

Zhu Zhu Yijun saw that the business was done, leaned back in his chair, and said with a smile: "You can take them when you return. Of course, if you don't have enough sailors, you can recruit them in Songjiang Prefecture, including boatmen."

"Thank you for Your Majesty's benevolence and generosity. Supreme Majesty, your holy grace will surely illuminate all the barbaric worlds and spread civilization to every corner of the globe. Your subject firmly believes that day will come, and it certainly will come." Antonio praised the Great Ming Emperor's efficiency with an exaggerated aria!

Twelve five-masted ocean-crossing ships, the Great Ming could actually pay them all at once! This directly exceeded Antonio's expectations!

The Great Ming's strong productivity once again shocked Antonio. You know, each of the current main warships of the West, the galleass, required more than 300 craftsmen to work for a year, and also needed sufficient raw material supply. Yet the Great Ming could export them while satisfying its own use, which was truly shocking to Antonio.

Zhu Zhu Yijun is a businessman, honesty is the foundation. He paid for brand-new warships, not the 99% new ones used by the Emperor himself. The reason is that the warships sold by the Great Ming are all "monkey versions." The warships sold by the Great Ming are all reduced in tonnage, naval guns, ship speed, and deck thickness.

Antonio, under Li Li Yashi's reminder, readily agreed. This is because Li Li Yashi had discussed a problem with Antonio yesterday, and that is that the Nagasaki Roman Church had been wiped out by the Great Ming advance team.

The church forces in Nagasaki had been completely wiped out by the Great Ming advance team.

The Great Ming Emperor is a greedy, bad-tempered, and very capable dragon. His eyes had long been fixed on the plantations in the South China Sea. The wealth looked upon by the dragon would definitely not escape the dragon's claws. With the passage of time and the increasing strength of the Great Ming navy, it was only a matter of time before these wealths were collected by the dragon.

Selling them while they can still sell for some money is appropriate. This is the idea of Antonio and Li Li Yashi.

Antonio was reminded by Li Li Yashi and finally understood completely. Changing the angle of thought, that is, exchanging the future wealth of the Great Ming Emperor for the actual warships of the present, this business is not a loss.

Antonio and Li Li Yashi were already Dutch who knew the Great Ming very well, but they still thought wrong. If things were that simple, Zhu Zhu Yijun would not need to go around such a big circle. The Great Ming's use of force is extremely cautious, and it has its own high moral disadvantage. The Great Ming is not a Western sea pirate, looking at it and robbing it. That is the thinking inertia of the West, taking the looting of others for granted.

Zhu Zhu Yijun bought the ownership of these plantations, which is "having a teacher and a name." Qi General Qi Jiguang Jiguang mentioned the importance of "having a teacher and a name" more than once when lecturing on military affairs. Without a teacher and a name, no matter how strong the army is, there is only one outcome, and that is inevitable defeat.

Qi General Qi Jiguang Jiguang even stated very firmly to the young Emperor that the harm of "having no teacher and no name" to the empire far exceeded defeat in battle.

Using violence but being unable to convince the majority of one's own country will inevitably lead to failure. This has already been proven countless times in history. Now the Great Ming has paid in full, and if Antonio does not deliver the goods, the Great Ming will use force to take the goods.

The despicable, untrustworthy, and damned red-haired barbarians deceived the supreme Great Ming Emperor, took away twelve five-masted Great Ming ocean-crossing ships without intending to pay, and took advantage of our Great Ming Emperor for free. Isn't that taking advantage of the Great Ming itself!

Many things, going around such a circle, can bring long-term peace and stability. This plantation business can be done for a long, long time.

"Envoy Li, may I ask, is there anything else?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Li Li Yashi curiously. Antonio's audience had ended, but Li Li Yashi had not left.

Li Li Yashi bowed his head and said: "My monarch sent a state letter."

Zhu Zhu Yijun finished reading the state letter. It was actually a rare bilingual state letter in Latin and Chinese. Although the Chinese was very clumsy and even the sentences were not smooth, the content was clearly expressed.

In the state letter, Philip II first congratulated the Great Ming Emperor on his grand wedding. Clearly, the intelligence Li Li Yashi gave to the West last year included the Great Ming Emperor's activity arrangements. Then Philip II began to pour out his bitterness. The damned commoners in the Netherlands did not obediently stretch their necks for him to chop, but actually dared to rebel, and there was a trend of becoming a major force. Philip II analyzed that the reason for the defeat was that the navy was still not strong enough. Although the Invincible Armada was invincible, it was far from strong enough to face the threats of the Ottomans and England at the same time.

The Spanish court believed that these damned English people, those sea pirates who harassed the fleet heading to the Netherlands all day long, were the main reason for the defeat.

Philip II also wanted to buy ships. In the state letter, he asked if he could place a batch of orders. While paying in full, the Great Ming Emperor could also propose some conditions, such as part of the jurisdiction of Mindanao.

Mindanao is Spain's last stronghold in the Far East. Philip naturally would not give it up, but he could return most of the area to the Great Ming and keep a port to maintain communication between the East and the West.

"Captain, do you know about Philip II wanting to buy ships?" Zhu Zhu Yijun asked Antonio with great curiosity.

Antonio's face changed, and he bowed his head and said: "Your subject is a businessman, but my character is not bad. Otherwise, your subject would not be qualified to come to the Zhao Wenhua Hall for an audience. Your subject has never opened Philip II's state letter to read."

"Within five years, he needs 52 ships, and he can pay a 30% deposit first, and pay the remaining 60% next year. After the ships arrive in the West, they will be calculated based on the quantity at the time of departure, and the remaining balance will be paid off. Philip stated directly that he does not want to lose the opportunity to pay tribute to the Great Ming, so he will definitely fulfill his promise." Zhu Zhu Yijun said very frankly: "I will agree, because it is profitable. I hope the captain can understand this fact. I also don't want to deceive the captain."

Wang Wang Chonggu and Wan Wan Shihe looked at each other and both smiled. They both guessed right. It is difficult for Antonio to be Philip II's opponent. Philip II ordered 52 ships in one go, and he was under no pressure.

The fleet led by Antonio had the shipowner as Philip II. From beginning to end, the Great Ming was doing business with the Spanish royal family, not with Antonio, the captain.

For the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, to be able to become Emperor, that is also a unique existence in the long history of the Central Plains dynasty. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven for a separatist vassal king in a corner to succeed in rebellion.

Antonio racked his brains for twelve ships, even wanting to sell his foundation, while Philip II could order 52 ships at once without pressure.

This is being rich and imposing.

"How many?" Antonio asked in disbelief.

"52 ships, 13 million taels of silver, paying 90% within two years. He believes that as the supreme Emperor of the Great Ming, I will not joke with my credibility." Zhu Zhu Yijun repeated it again and said: "I will agree, because it is profitable. I hope the captain can understand this fact. I also don't want to deceive the captain."

"Thank you for your sincerity, Your Majesty. Your subject is extremely grateful." Antonio naturally knew that his weight was not enough to make the Great Ming not do business to help him. The Great Ming was selling arms. Antonio knew this very well in his heart.

Zhu Zhu Yijun ended this reception. After the two left the Great Ming with heavy hearts, Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the state letter in his hand and smiled all over his face. He said happily: "Grand Minister! A huge order of 16 million silver! Oh my, such a huge order is not easy. Some time ago, a supervisory censor said that I was engaging in large-scale construction, and this shipyard was impoverishing the country and exhausting the people. Didn't this order come?"

"Your subject congratulates the Great Ming, congratulates Your Majesty!" Wang Wang Guoguang came out of the ranks and said with a festive face.

Wan Wan Shihe came out of the ranks, stood straight, and said: "The Spanish King ordered 52 ships, so we should find a way to ask the English Queen of the West about her views on this matter."

"Hmm?"

As soon as Wan Wan Shihe said this, the court officials subconsciously took a step back. Looking at Wan Wan Shihe, their eyes were full of scrutiny, full of uncertainty and suspicion. This Wan Wan Shihe is simply too much! No matter when, he can come up with a bad idea that leaves no way out!

Don't call him Wan Wan Shihe anymore, just change his name to "Belly Full of Bad Water"!

"Is it not possible?" Wan Wan Shihe looked left and right.

"It is possible, completely possible." Wang Wang Chonggu hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said with a smile: "Grand Tutor Wan is indeed quick-witted. We admire you."

"In fact, you can also add the resistance forces in the Netherlands." Zhu Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and added.

Philip II is most troubled by the Netherlands now. If it weren't for the fact that the shipping route could not be opened, Zhu Zhu Yijun would have sold the five-masted ocean-crossing ships to the Ottomans. Philip II needs to order more ships, and then England, France, the Netherlands, and the Ottomans will all have to order more ships, which forms a virtuous cycle.

Wan Wan Shihe's idea is to make a fortune from war, and Zhu Zhu Yijun highly agrees with this. In such a time, if you don't make a fortune from war, do you wait until the situation stabilizes and then regret it?

The Spanish King ordered 52 ships with great wealth. If the English Queen does not order an equivalent amount, wouldn't she be defeated? Once defeated, the Spanish King Philip II will have to grab the English Queen Elizabeth to be his wife!

England has no money and no colonies, but it has many other things to exchange.

"Your Majesty is wise." Wan Wan Shihe sighed again upon hearing this. In terms of the ability to gather wealth and promote profit, ten thousand Wan Shihes cannot compare to His Majesty.

"Good, good, good, then let the court discussion begin." Zhu Zhu Yijun touched the state letter again. This is not paper, it is clearly white, shiny silver!

Thinking of this, the young Emperor showed a sunny and bright smile. This smile was sincere and from the bottom of his heart.

Wang Wang Chonggu was very familiar with this smile. This was simply the smile of a money-grubber.

"Your Majesty, the eldest son of the Tumet Khan, Buyan, has not been received yet." Ma Ma Ziqiang came out of the ranks to remind His Majesty. After Antonio today, there was Buyan to be received. Buyan was already having his second audience, and he was the representative of the moderate faction among the Tumet tribes.

"Oh, oh, look at me. I was so happy that I forgot. Announce him." Zhu Zhu Yijun was stunned, and then immediately realized his work mistake.

He was so happy that he forgot about Buyan.

Human joys and sorrows are not connected, especially at this moment. Buyan, waiting outside the hall, was full of worries. He looked at the rising sun and thought about where the path of the Tumet tribes lay. It seemed there was no way out, but having the idea of surrendering to the Great Ming, he suddenly felt enlightened. This made Buyan Khan feel a mix of emotions.

After Buyan entered the hall, he felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange. This solemn and respectful place of the Zhao Wenhua Hall was actually filled with a festive atmosphere, and even the correction officials who were usually expressionless were smiling.

An order worth 16 million silver, even if divided over five years, is more than 3.2 million silver per year. And this money, even after deducting the retention for the Songjiang Shipyard, the Great Ming's state treasury and the inner treasury still have a share of more than 2 million silver per year.

In other words, the Great Ming's fiscal situation is further improving. You know, the Great Ming's annual military expenditure, after conversion, is only 10 million silver.

The influx of huge funds will give the Great Ming court more room to deal with domestic contradictions, and there is no need to be too anxious, leading to the intensification of contradictions to an uncontrollable level.

"Your subject Buyan pays respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Buyan performed the grand ritual of five kowtows and three prostrations.

Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Exempt from rituals, exempt from rituals."

"Your Majesty, the foreign envoy Buyan has a state letter from the Great Khan of the Mongols. I earnestly request Your Majesty to take a look." Buyan stood up, still very submissive.

Zhu Zhu Yijun opened the state letter and looked at it for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Tümen, your father still hasn't figured out where he lost, which is why he wrote such a state letter."

"Father has already surrendered." Buyan said with great surprise. Buyan had already seen the Tumet Khan's state letter, but the Great Ming Emperor seemed still unsatisfied.

"Has he surrendered?" Zhu Zhu Yijun held up the state letter and pointed at it, saying: "He said in the state letter that he asks the Great Ming to enfeoff him as a King. Is this surrender? You know, the Altan Khan fought with the Great Ming for more than twenty years, winning more and losing less, before he got a royal title. Do you think the Great Ming's royal title is a crop in the soil, that you have it if you want it?"

"Is this surrender?"

"Let me ask you, in the first year of Emperor Longqing, when the Tumet Khan invaded the Great Ming, wasn't it also because the Great Ming court gave the Altan Khan a royal title, and your Right Wing also wanted to be enfeoffed, and if not given, you would invade the capital?"

"In the twenty-seventh year of Emperor Jiajing, your grandfather, the Kudeng Khan, and the Altan Khan had a feud over stolen horses. Your grandfather couldn't beat the Altan Khan and feared being annexed, so he moved east to the east of the Greater Khingan Mountains. At that time, the Uriankhai, Fuyu, and other tribes asked the Great Ming for help. The Great Ming did not send troops, but promised your grandfather that he could hunt east of the Greater Khingan Mountains. Your grandfather swore to the Eternal Blue Heaven that the Left Wing would never invade the border again."

"The oath your grandfather made is no longer valid for your father? Then the nonsense your father said, is it no longer valid for you?!"

Buyan had nothing to say. Buyan's grandfather, the Tumet Khan's father, Kudeng Khan, clashed with the Altan Khan several times and couldn't beat him, so he ran to the east of the Greater Khingan Mountains. At that time, the Uriankhai three tribes were near Huining Guard and Danning Guard. The Great Ming weighed the pros and cons and finally did not send troops because the Altan Khan was more threatening at that time.

The oath Kudeng Khan made to the Eternal Blue Heaven was like a fart. Now, the conditions proposed by the Tumet Khan are simply not surrender.

Still want a royal title? It's a daydream!

"The Great Ming is currently aiming to open the sea. The grassland is barren and bitter. Being too obsessed with the grassland is afraid to be unfavorable to the Great Ming." Buyan tried to persuade the Great Ming Emperor from the Great Ming's perspective.

"Your Majesty, your subject has a memorial." Zhang Zhang Xueyan heard this and immediately came out of the ranks and bowed his head: "This is absurd! My Great Ming territory is vast and rich in products. Opening the sea, the Great Ming naturally wants to do it, and this Northern Expedition, the Great Ming can also have it. The Great Ming can fully support it. Your Majesty, walking on two legs by sea and land is the way to go."

The Ministry of Revenue has proposed "walking on two legs by sea and land" more than once, focusing on a two-front war, a way of thinking that wants everything.

Wan Wan Shihe came out of the ranks and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, your subject thinks that what the Minister of Revenue said is reasonable. During the Yongle era, the Great Ming official ships traded by sea, and the profits were very rich, which were also used for the Northern Expedition. Walking on two legs by sea and land is also the ancestral law."

Ma Ma Ziqiang looked at Wan Wan Shihe, and for a time didn't know what to say. Anything that reached Wan Wan Shihe's mouth could be interpreted as "ancestral law," and it was very reasonable and well-founded!

The Ministry of Revenue proposed walking on two legs by sea and land. The Ministry of Rites followed up. In fact, there is a theoretical basis, not just to please the Emperor and satisfy the Emperor's nature of being fond of greatness and success, but to discuss distribution.

The Great Ming imperial court has already seen the terrible dangers caused by the silver damming. Since there is a dam, there must be a day when it breaches. Once it breaches, it will affect the foundation of the state. How should the silver be regulated?

Paying military pay is a good way.

It is not just paying military pay, but also investment. Investing in Taotushan white clay, investing in the animal husbandry of Danning Guard and Huining Guard, investing in the Rehe Junbao, investing in wool official factories, and investing in the Coal Bureau are all ways to try every means to make silver flow into places where silver is scarce.

Bai Yin always flows to places that are not short of silver. In the new situation of a large influx of silver, how to ensure the healthy and orderly development of the Great Ming economy is the most difficult problem facing the Ministry of Revenue. Walking on two legs by sea and land is the way the Ministry of Revenue thought of.

Wan Wan Shihe has no other skills, but he has the ability to find patches for His Majesty and wash the floor, and it is very big!

Wan Wan Shihe's words make sense and cannot be refuted.

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Buyan and thought for a moment, then said: "If the Tumet Khan wants to surrender, he should surrender straightforwardly. If he doesn't want to surrender, we will continue to fight until the Tumet Khan thoroughly doesn't want to fight anymore. There is no place for you in the east, but there is in the west. The Altan Khan is blocking the west. The Right Wing now has a great internal conflict. Do you guess they will attack the Great Ming or your Left Wing?"

"You know, the Left Wing likes to resort to force and transfer contradictions to war. They have long formed this habit. When they encounter something they can't decide, they go out to plunder and conquer."

The Altan Khan is very good at fighting, and the Altan Khan is really capable of fighting. In his life, he has fought against the Great Ming and the Oirats, conquering south and north, with few defeats. During the Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Longqing eras, he suffered losses in the hands of Ma Fang. This time, the Altan Khan attacked Song Yingchang, and Ma Fang, Ma Prince, was also responsible for attacking the two ten-thousand-man teams of the Altan Khan.

The Altan Khan's use of force against the Great Ming has great resistance, and internal conflict is intense. When the Altan Khan's personal prestige is seriously challenged, the Altan Khan himself will definitely choose war, and the target of the war, this Left Wing of the Tumet Khan that has been defeated repeatedly, is a target that cannot be better.

Sincerity is the greatest killer move. Zhu Zhu Yijun's speech has always been clear and clear. As an Emperor, if his attitude is vague, it will bring huge trouble.

"Your Majesty is wise." Buyan said helplessly.

Every word of the Emperor is the truth, and every word stabs the heart. Compared with the Great Ming, which needs to rest after just using force, the Altan Khan is even more urgent, right before his eyes.

"Actually, I have a good idea. You are all relatives on the left and right wings. Why fight? Just merge directly." Zhu Zhu Yijun said very calmly.

Wang Wang Chonggu looked solemn, holding back his laughter. He looked at Lu Lu Diaoyang. The Grand Secretary Lu Lu Diaoyang was also calm, but the corners of his mouth kept twitching. Obviously, Lu Lu Diaoyang heard the problem in these words. The little Emperor has a belly full of bad water.

Many times, 1+1 is less than 1. Why did the left and right wings fall out in the first place, and why did the Tumet Khan's father move east rather than merge? If the left and right wings really merge, it will be the time for the Great Ming to attack, because there will definitely be infighting by then.

But the weird thing about this is that even if Buyan sees through the Great Ming Emperor's trick, in terms of the current situation, the optimal solution for the Tumet Khan is to merge. Even if it is difficult, it is better than being thoroughly beaten to death.

It is easy to say, but difficult to do.

For example, if the left and right wings merge, who will be the Khan and who will be the Jinong (another name for Vice King or Vice Khan)? Just this one question, they could fight until their dog brains come out.

Buyan did not get a clear reply from the Emperor and left the Zhao Wenhua Hall in a daze. When he walked out, he was full of worries. He looked at the rising sun and thought about where the path of the Tumet tribes lay. It seemed there was no way out, but having the idea of surrendering to the Great Ming, he suddenly felt enlightened. This made Buyan Khan feel a mix of emotions.

After Buyan fell down the steps after leaving the hall, he rolled and lay on the ground. The eunuchs carried Buyan to the Dissection Institute for treatment. After a while, the eunuchs cleaned the bloodstains in front of the door until they were spotless. Zhu Zhu Yijun heard that Buyan had fallen and looked at the court officials, saying: "The Tumet Khan is actually still holding on to his status as the Great Khan of the Sect. He refuses to bow his head to the Altan Khan. After all, for a long time, the Tumet Khan has been saying that the Altan Khan is a traitor to the grassland. How can the Great Khan bow his head to a traitor? On the other side, he refuses to bow his head to the Great Ming, always feeling that he invaded the capital when the Great Ming was weak, and now bowing his head and calling himself a subject is a loss of face."

"The Great Ming is strong, he can't beat it, and he has been hammered several times, yet he still holds on to his airs. Enfeoffed as a King? It's because he hasn't been beaten enough."

"Your Majesty is wise." The court officials said in unison when they saw that His Majesty had finished speaking.

The Tumet Khan's subjects have already begun to surrender, and tens of thousands of people have surrendered to the Great Ming. The Tumet Khan himself is just holding on.

"Don't worry about him." Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "Today's court discussion, let's begin."

After Lu Lu Diaoyang sat down, he took out a memorial and said: "Your Majesty, your subject has a memorial."

Lu Lu Diaoyang, who usually didn't like to express his opinions, suddenly took out a memorial. He didn't let the little ghosts pave the way, but came out himself. Clearly, it was a big event.

The content of Lu Lu Diaoyang's memorial, Lu Lu Diaoyang didn't even know how to speak.

Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Grand Minister, speak."

"The Shanxi righteous soldiers fled their posts and defected to the Ban Sheng. The Altan Khan shackled them and sent them back to the Great Ming pass. The Datong Regional Commander Dong Yiyuan submitted a memorial asking how to dispose of them." Lu Lu Diaoyang sighed and said.

Fleeing posts, and it was a post that the Great Ming didn't know about. It was also the Altan Khan who sent them back that the Great Ming court knew about it. Datong Regional Commander Dong Yiyuan submitted a memorial to plead guilty and asked how to punish them. There were 52 righteous soldiers who fled their posts.

"The Great Ming has been paying military pay for three years. Why do these righteous soldiers still want to flee their posts?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the Left Vice Minister of War Zeng Ceng Shengwu, seemingly asking, but actually letting Zeng Ceng Shengwu explain the ins and outs of the matter.

"The Shanxi righteous soldiers are weak and incompetent. The various towns deduct the work rations to provide for military needs. This has been going on for a long time. Righteous soldiers? They are originally farmers who lost their land." Zeng Ceng Shengwu explained the reason with sweat on his forehead.