"Has the queen mother allowed me to make a new uniform?"

There is no doubt that Chen Mu was invited into the dark room of the ear room of the dormitory, which looked like a combat staff room and was brightly lit, but in fact it had become the emperor's reading room.

On the table are the Four Books and the Five Classics and several boxes of tome books brought by the eunuchs from the library pavilion, and there are magnificent books inside, which is the Yongle Grand Canon.

Behind the secret door, there was a pair of hangers brought by the Nanyang Wei Chen Mansion, and the little emperor's yellow round-necked robe with twelve chapters was erected, and the main man who was sitting cross-legged behind the bookcase with a pair of black lips with a brush was wearing a Beiyang military uniform and was happy, and the little black yarn winged good crown was thrown aside, and he didn't forget to complain when he got up: "Hmph, this room is too small, and I can't even hang a big map!" ”

Chen Mu looked down and saw that the table in front of the little emperor was messy.

The "University" and "Shangshu" are placed neatly upside down, and the "Tongjian" is stacked on the floor on the mat, and several war reports of the past years are unfolded in the middle of the table, which are pressed down and only reveal the familiar handwriting of the head, which is the Luzon war history written by Zhao Shizhen, and the top is the war history of Li Chengliang's Liaodong Town to defeat Wang Gao the year before last.

On the wall facing the table, the map scroll was opened, and the map of Liaodong and Jianzhou was drawn in the drawing method taught by the Xuanfu Lecture and Wutang, and next to the battle report of the table, there was a charcoal sketch with deep or shallow ink marks the route of the march.

Chen Mu didn't respond to the little emperor's complaint, but only reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you have eaten ink." ”

"Huh?"

The little emperor was taking over the 'Siamese little girl' he liked from the eunuch Wang An, and his outstretched hand was halfway through when he heard Chen Mu's words, he also stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, and finally raised his hand to wipe it, looked at the ink mark on the back of his hand and smirked twice, and waved his hand heroically and said: "Don't get in the way, you will eat again after you leave in a while." ”

"You're just in time, I'll have something to ask you about later, but there's no hurry." Wanli, who was carrying the cat, sat back on the table, motioned for Chen Mu to sit opposite him, instructed Wang An to bring refreshments, and asked eagerly: "What did the queen mother say, I didn't want to be sure at all before!" ”

"The Queen Mother ordered the ministers to make military armor for Your Majesty, mainly because the ministers said that the emperor wanted to control the military power, maybe the Queen Mother herself did not have much opinion on this matter, but the Queen Mother also asked the ministers to convey a word to Your Majesty."

Chen Mu knew in his heart how much the little emperor wanted to be pro-government, and said: "The queen mother said: The emperor can go to the court or pro-government, but major national affairs must be asked to the elder." ”

"Ask the elder pavilion?"

The little emperor's expression bloomed in an extremely vivid state, and finally he was almost eye-catching, and his hands suddenly clasped together, applauded and smiled: "I must ask the teacher about everything!" ”

"Ah...... Two more years, two years! ”

After saying this a few times, the little emperor stretched his waist and complained again, as if he was suffocated, and said, "Chen Qing, do you know that I have worked very hard these days!" ”

"I get up before dawn to go to court, and I don't go down until noon, and I haven't rested for long, so I have to start reading, I read "University" ten times a day, and then read "Shangshu" ten times, "University" is okay, I used to read "Shangshu" until noon, and now I start reading at noon, and it will be dark after reading "Shangshu"!"

"After dinner, I have to read "Tongjian" again, read the story of the rise and fall of the previous dynasty, and I don't have time to read the battle report again, let alone go to the Imperial Horse Prison Grass Fence to ride a horse and release the gun!"

"I can only find some solace in these little girls every day." When Wanli said this, his little hand slowly stroked the cat's hair, gently like an adult, and let out a long sigh before raising his head again and said, "I heard that there are Huizhou merchants who serve the Oriental Military Government as sea ships, have you already gathered enough ships for the expedition?" ”

Chen Mu nodded and said: "Yes, there is not much difference, the food and salary are also sufficient, the minister plans to set sail in mid-November, but now His Majesty is going to hold a big parade in Dagu, so the date of departure depends on when His Majesty has time." ”

"There is time, there is time, it is a big deal for the Oriental Military Mansion to set sail, I don't have to study for at least three days, this is a big deal!"

The unlucky child's eyes lit up as he spoke, and he said, "When the time comes, can I still board the boat and take a look, can I ride a horse on the Tianjin school field?" I heard you have a cannon, can I put a few cannons too? ”

Where is this emperor!

What do you do if you fall overboard on a boat? What do you do if you fall off a horse? What should you do if you blow up the cannon?

Chen Mu felt that there was an oversized basin that was about to be buckled on his head, and he had to dodge whatever he said.

"This, I'm afraid that the elder will have to make up his mind at that time."

The little emperor raised the basin with a firm gaze and threw it again: "But the teacher has recently encountered his father's funeral, can the teacher still participate in this grand ceremony?" I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with an idea! ”

"Then it's up to the Queen Mother to call the shots."

"No, I can't do it if I don't ride a horse and shoot a cannon? The queen mother always provoked the relationship between me and King Lu, our brothers went on a blind date, she said at every turn that she wanted King Lu to succeed to the throne, hum, my brother would never want to drive me away, it was all her idea. The little emperor was full of confidence, and finally asked in a low voice: "Then I will go to the head office of the ship, this Dayue Navy, will I let me watch at Dagukou?" This won't work! ”

"The ship is named after my year, so don't you let me go up and take a look? Da Yue is also a gun and a cannon, disturbing the queen mother's holy drive I feel uneasy, when the queen mother stays in Beijing, I take King Lu with me, when the time comes, you will also get on the boat, just look at the two of us by my side, there will be no problems! ”

The relationship between the little emperor and King Lu is really good, and he doesn't forget his younger brother in this kind of thing, but that little King Lu is only nine years old, what can he understand? Obviously, he used Chen Mu as his father.

"If Your Majesty agrees to board the ship himself, if His Majesty still wants to bring King Lu, this is really not something that the minister can decide, I'm afraid I still have to ask the Queen Mother."

Xiao Wanli waved his hand a little irritably, and said: "That's it, this won't do it, then I'll talk about it then, anyway, Jing Haibo's preparation will remain the same when he goes back, and I will ask others again." ”

"By the way, there is one more thing, it is military, you have to solve my doubts."

Wanli turned around a little sullenly, looked around on the table, clapped a battle report and asked Chen Mu: "Nanyang, Dongyang, Xiyang, Beiyang, how many Jurchen soldiers are under you?" ”

Chen Mu was stunned.

"Jurchen soldiers? This minister has not counted, all departments such as Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang, and Ma Gui have Jurchen soldiers under their command, about 3,000? ”

"Three thousand."

Wanli bowed his head slowly, and then asked: "Then why did the general army of Liaodong Li not be able to catch up with the Jurchen soldiers who were constantly killing and chaotic, and when they arrived in Jinghaibo, they became soldiers with strict orders?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is different, the Jurchen soldiers recruited by the ministers are all poor hunters between the black mountains and white waters, even if the entire tribe is recruited, the entire tribe is only a family of dozens of people, like the leader of the majority, and there is not a single one under the minister's command; Liaodong Li General Soldier is a large number of leaders with soldiers and generals in their hands, unruly, sudden surrender and rebellion, which has always been the problem of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"The minister thinks that the main problem is that the imperial court cannot treat Jianzhou as its own people, and people do not suffer from many but unevenness, and favoring one over the other will naturally cause the various ministries to rebel. But the imperial court could not completely treat it as its heart without a large-scale war of conquest, otherwise no one could say whether it was to lure the wolf into the house, and there have been many such stories in the past dynasties. ”

"However, at present, the overseas America is one of the possible ways to solve this problem, and perhaps in the future, the imperial court can move the Jurchens and Mongols to America on a large scale, as a barrier for the imperial court, where their natural contradictions with the imperial court disappear and it is easier to integrate."

Wanli slowly bowed his head, as if he understood something.