Chapter 362: Hands-on

August 15 of this year was very "unexpected".

Sun Chengzong went home with doubts and took the "astronomical telescope" given to him by the emperor, the moon was still high in the sky, Sun Chengzong set up the "astronomical telescope" in confusion, and "admired the moon" alone in the courtyard.

When Sun Chengzong set up a telescope aimed at the moon for "moon appreciation......

Sun Chengzong rubbed his eyes in disbelief, quite frightened.

Legend has it that the hazy and beautiful moon, which is inhabited by fairies and immortals, has been admired by countless poets, is actually some "potholes" and "things" full of round pits.

Sun Chengzong felt scared, between this heaven and earth, it seemed that there were suddenly a lot of "things", he had always been a person who did not believe in ghosts and gods, and suddenly felt "scared" that in any dark corner, there was a "terrible" monster hidden, staring at him contemptuously, ready to devour him at any time, the "righteousness" unique to the previous kind of reading people, disappeared in an instant, and all that was left was fear.

Sun Chengzong looked at this "demonic" "astronomical telescope" in fear, and was frightened of all the dark corners around him.

The surface of the potholes, one by one circular pits, and huge unevenness, made Sun Chengzong breathless. Is this what the moon really is? Terrible ugliness? Countless literati admired, admired, sighed, and wasted the moon for it, but it is such an ugly appearance, this is the true face of "heaven"? Sun Chengzong felt that he was out of breath, no wonder the emperor looked like that, it turned out that the emperor already knew the reason for this. This is why the emperor did not believe that he was the "Son of Heaven"?

Sun Chengzong's face was covered with sweat, sitting alone on a chair under the moonlight, and the faint light and shadow in the flower gallery seemed to be countless ugly evil ghosts dancing.

[Nagging a little, observing the moon and being able to see craters, you need a telescope of more than 20 times, the earliest astronomical telescope was created by Galileo, about 30 times, and the time is 1609, so, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if there were people in the Ming Dynasty who held an astronomical telescope to see the true face of the moon, there was no problem with this, in history, there may be such a thing, maybe not, or it may have been annihilated in the time and space of history. How big is the challenge of a real moon to the imperial power, I think this is very obvious, involving the core issue of the imperial power of "imperial power", originally I did not plan to write this book so "far", but obviously, it is written and written, to change the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, involving all aspects, it cannot be ignored to write about the impact and challenge of astronomy on the imperial power, involving the emperor's own positioning. It is to continue to maintain the mystery of "imperial power", prohibit people's vision, fool the people, and ensure their own emperor's position; Or to promote the great change of society, to promote the progress of science and technology, to change the structure of society, I think this book obviously chooses the big change, so it is inevitable to encounter this problem. This book is a top-down reform, so the problem of "imperial power granted by heaven" encountered by the emperor himself must be explained. 】

In late August of the first year of Chongzhen.

Time flies.

The weather has begun to gradually get cooler, and when I wake up in the morning, there is still a little bit of coolness.

Yang Gai likes to come to the island of Taiye Pond, there are lakes and mountains, autumn breezes, microwave rippling Taiye Pond, decorated with classical style buildings, lush trees, pleasing to the eye. (Nonsense, can the Ming Dynasty still build an alien building?) ）

Yang Gai was lying on the chair and enjoying the scenery of the lake and mountains.

On one side, Cao Huachun, the head of the Military Intelligence Agency, was reporting the matter.

"So, the White Horse Conference held by Dongyu has almost come to fruition?" Yang Genghe didn't reply to the question.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are signs that they are indeed preparing to make a move, probably next month, there will definitely be a big operation, it is estimated that it is against Lin Dan Khan's ......" Cao Huachun reported in a low voice beside the emperor.

"Hehe, this matter, I also think that eighty percent is true, in order to encircle those Mongolian right-wing tribes, Dongyu will definitely fight Lin Dan Khan's idea, hehe, whether it is a real fight or a fake fight, they will fight and make their position clear,......" Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, and everything is like a god, and every move of Dongyu is expected by Your Majesty." Cao Huachun is not a sycophant, this is true. ,

Yang Gai was so lazy that he got up from his chair and stretched.

"Master Sun, Shi Shoufu, you all come here, I have something to say......" Yang Gengai shouted from afar.

A few cabinets and scholars in the distance returned to the emperor's side, just now, according to the emperor's request, they went to eat barbecue and made barbecue by themselves......

Shi Fenglai was very depressed, he made this barbecue by himself, he had already burned a lot of meat, smelling other people's fragrant barbecue, he couldn't help but drool, and wanted to throw it away and not grill it, but the emperor looked at it again, and he didn't want to disobey the emperor's will.

This barbecue was specially organized by the emperor, saying that they were invited to enjoy the lake and mountains, relax their minds and bodies, in addition to their cabinets, various books, and some military generals, such as Man Gui, Zhao rate taught them ....... Shi Feng looked at Man Gui's golden chicken wings, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and then looked at Man Gui's addicted appearance, his face was flushed after eating, and he kept shrinking his tongue, Shi Fenglai despised it again, despised this vulgar martial artist for not having a good appearance, and then looked at himself as either charred or raw meat, and swallowed his saliva again.

Hearing the emperor's call, Shi Fenglai put down the already burned meat, wiped his hands, came to the emperor, and then looked at the red and oily Mangui, Shi Fenglai didn't know what to say, a rough man is a rough man, and staying with these rough people is really a bargain. Looking at Sun Chengzong, who has been silent, Shi Fenglai feels that it is more civilized to be with the literati, and then looks at Zhao Shujiao, who eats more Sven, and feels that the military family is more educated.

"Hehehe...... General Man has a good appetite and eats so happily...... Yang Reform also saw that this guy Man Gui didn't care about eating a lot of food, and he also sprinkled a lot of chili powder that he had carefully prepared, so his face was flushed when he ate, and he couldn't stop shrinking his tongue, which made people look sideways, and the image of a reckless martial artist was revealed.

Man Gui said indifferently: "Hehe, it's still Your Majesty's seasoning, Your Majesty, what kind of seasoning is it?" Why is it so spicy? Positive and my appetite ......"

"Hahaha...... Man Gui, this is the seasoning I specially bought from Nanyang merchants, called chili, just planted this year, this year has harvested a lot, the characteristic is very spicy, used to make barbecue to eat, it is a godsend, if General Man likes it, pack a few catties and go back...... Big companion, quickly serve General Man a large glass of chilled watermelon juice......" Yang Gai said with a smile, and instructed Wang Chengen to give Man Gui a glass of chilled juice, eat barbecue, and drink cold beer, this is a great enjoyment of life, there is no beer in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not bad to use juice.

Man Gui saw that Wang Chengen, the head of the inner house, personally brought him something, and hurriedly thanked him, and then drank the juice with a big drink, drank a large cup of juice in one go, and wiped his mouth with his hand at the end, and saw that the other people around him were dumbfounded.

Shi Feng came to see it, and he was jealous and disdainful, but he was a cautious person himself, and he didn't dare to learn from others.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this chili pepper is very refreshing, and I also want to ask Your Majesty for some, I wonder if Your Majesty can cut your love?" Zhao Shujiao also ate a few pieces of chicken wings and thought it was delicious, so he also begged for chili peppers.

"Hehehe, no problem, General Zhao will also bring a few catties back......" Yang Reform said with a smile, this year's bumper harvest of chili peppers, dozens of acres of spicy seeds planted by Yang Reform, have been harvested, and now, they are all dried, just used to make barbecue, in this lake and mountains, green trees and places with chilled drinks to have a barbecue meeting, there is no better enjoyment than this.

Zhao Shujiao also asked for a few catties, and the ministers were happy and kind.

Yang Reform sorted out his expression and said: "Everyone, according to the latest intelligence from the Military Intelligence Bureau, the White Horse Conference held by Donglu and some tribes on the right wing of Mongolia has also achieved results, although the specific trend is not yet clear, but according to the intelligence, it can also be roughly analyzed what they want to do...... Yang Reform introduced the situation in the north at the beginning.

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing, if you can anticipate the enemy first, you will deal with it calmly, and if you make reasonable arrangements, you will be in an invincible position......" Sun Chengzong said.

"Yes, Master Sun is right, this time, I'm afraid there will be a big move......" Yang Reform's face became serious, and the contest with Dongyu wild boar skin was finally about to begin.

“…… Everyone, come and ...... me" Yang Reform took a step, walked towards a sand table in the distance, held a barbecue meeting, and talked about military affairs by the way. ,

On the edge of the sand table, some of the attendants who had been arguing immediately stopped arguing and came over to greet the emperor.

"Salute" A short and powerful order, and the attendants immediately stood solemnly and saluted.

"Well, good" Yang Gai nodded, which was considered a return gift.

"After the salute" an intermittent and powerful order, the attendants put their hands down again, and the salute was finished.

"Ladies and gentlemen, come on, I will introduce you to a few newcomers, Lei Dayong, Wu Siping, Zhang Daqian, everyone knows each other, recently there are a few newcomers, from Dongjiang Town, everyone knows each other, Mao Chengdou, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, ......" Yang Reform deliberately introduced a few newcomers to the management core of the Ming Empire, which is intended to let these future "anti-kings" see the hope of the right to the right, with hope, they will hesitate, when they want to rebel, it will be like today's scene, has almost touched the core of power, is it worth rebelling again?

For these "little guys", some of them smiled and nodded, some nodded expressionlessly, and some of their eyes were slightly colored.

Several generals admired it.

Mao Chengdou, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, these people, excited, like a dream, from a small side general, in an instant to the capital, into the new army, a few days, was summoned by the emperor into the palace, like a dream to see the Ming Emperor, and then not long after, like a dream, the emperor introduced them to the Ming Dynasty elders, Shangshu, generals. Several people hurriedly bowed.

Yang Reform pressed his hand, and these people stopped with red faces, looking at the emperor with excitement, the impact on them today was really too great.

"I invite you to come here today, just to discuss, how to deal with the matter of the East Prisoner Punishment White Horse, these young generals, although young, but also have been fighting with the East Prisoner on the front line all year round, how to deal with the East Prisoner, they are experienced ......, you should not underestimate it...... Hehe......" Yang Reform looked at these little guys, these four people, except for one who is the son of Mao Wenlong, who has the meaning of being a hostage, the other three people, who are all the "princes" of the Qing Dynasty in the future, naturally have to be specially enveloped, no matter what, this is the advantage that comes from the future.

“…… You look at the topographic map in this sand table, the east is in the northeast of our Jinning defense line, and the Mongolian right wing is outside the border wall of our court, and now, our dynasty and Lin Dan Khan's territory are connected as a whole, in terms of form, the two have been separated, of course, the grassland is not better than the Central Plains, it is said to be separated, in fact, that is, the theoretical separation, it is impossible to set up checkpoints like the Guannei, and many blockades can also play a role in intercepting the flow of large-scale Mongolian tribes, and small-scale flows are difficult to control, this point, I have to explain to you in advance, Don't look at it just and see that my territory in Liaodong is connected with Lin Dan Khan, and you think that the Mongolian right wing and Lin Dan Khan can't communicate and can't communicate...... "Yang Reform saw that he was on the sand table and explained.

“…… According to my intelligence analysis, after the Eastern Capture and the Mongolian right wing punish the White Horse, there will definitely be a wave of offensive, no matter how big the offensive is, the Eastern Prisoner must do it, and they must use this to show their sincerity, otherwise, this White Horse oath will fail, so I conclude that in the near future, probably within a month, the Eastern Capture and the Mongolian right wing will definitely take action against Lin Dan Khan......" Yang reformed his bold analysis.

"Your Majesty, can you ask a question, why did you do it to Lin Dan Khan? And not me? Man Gui asked with a big grin.

“…… This is simple, isn't the reason why the Mongolian right-wing united with the Eastern Capture and the White Horse swore an oath because Lin Dan Khan killed a large number of Mongolian right-wingers? This is the basis of their oath, and if they make a move, they will naturally go to Lin Dan Khan......" Yang Gengai explained.

"The minister understands, the minister understands." Man Gui looked like this.

“…… In view of the fact that our dynasty and Lin Dan Khan are still allies, on the grassland, there must be a force that can contain the Donglu, therefore, Lin Dan Khan can not suffer too much loss, lest the force to contain the Dongyu lose too much, can not play a role in containment...... you all know, once the Donglu gains the domination of the entire grassland, then, you can enter the pass from any point of my side wall, this threat is too great, I can't stand the ...... anyway, I face the length of the side wall, no less than 10,000 miles, It is obviously impossible to resist the attack of the Eastern Capture Army everywhere...... do you all understand the reason? Yang continued to explain. ,

This truth, Yang Reform has long been said before, won the unanimous approval of the ministers of the DPRK and China, the terrible scene of tens of millions of horses entering the customs at any point, made the ministers on the spot sweat profusely, and now it has become a common sense to mention it again.

Everyone nodded and explained.

“…… Now that you all understand this truth, then, this time, I am going to help Lin Dan Khan, which can be regarded as helping me in the Ming Dynasty myself,...... I decided to carry out a major move from Dongjiang Town to the Jinning defense line in Liaodong of our dynasty, from the Jinning defense line to the border wall of our court, and all the way to the edge of the Yellow River, so as to contain the Dongyu and prevent him from launching a major attack on Lin Dan Khan, and on the other hand, to carry out a cleansing of the tribes that were ready to take refuge in the Dongyu......"

Yang Gengai held the command baton and explained carefully on the sand table, and everyone gathered around the sand table and listened carefully.

“…… The goal of Dongjiang Town's action is to contain the forces of Dongjiang Town, so that Donglu does not dare to go west with all his strength, and does not dare to deal with Lin Dan Khan with all his strength, from the border with North Korea to the Jinning defense line, it is all within the scope of Dongjiang Town's attack......" Yang Reform said this, and said to the "anti-kings" from Dongjiang Town: "...... A few of you young men, tell me how you used to fight with the Donglu, as long as I contain it, don't fight a decisive battle with the Donglu......"

Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong blushed so much, showing themselves in front of the emperor is an opportunity and a test.

Kong Youde struggled for a long time, and finally Kong Youde spoke, saying: "Back to Your Majesty, in previous years, we fought in Dongjiang Town and Dongyu, all of which were explored in advance, the troops in that place were strong, and the troops in that place were weak, and the troops in that place were weak, and when they encountered a strong enemy, they quickly retreated, and returned to the sea, and the Donglu had no boat, so they could only look at the ocean and sigh, and when the strong enemy was gone, they went ashore again to find those weak troops,...... Donglu's troops are limited, and it is impossible to deploy heavy troops on such a long territory, so our Dongjiang Town can always succeed ......" Kong Youde blushed when he introduced how he fought the war, because this style of play was very helpless and very ruffian, and he was always looked down upon by the ministers of the DPRK and China, thinking that they avoided the war and lied about their war achievements, which did not play a role, and belonged to the useless category.

Yang Gai nodded after hearing this, and said: "Yes, this style of play is very good, I appreciate it very much, Mao Wenlong is still a little level, he knows how to fight with Dongyu, and he also sees the weaknesses of Dongyu...... some idiots, except for burying the lives of hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, nothing can be done...... everyone, you have all listened to how the front-line officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town fight, and I also mean this,...... I remind you once again that whether the Dongyu are fighting, or producing and living, they are all based on Niu Lu, that is to say, if they fight all year round, their production capacity will definitely decline, and the number of troops they can support will be less and less, and the longer the war drags on, the lower the war ability, if the string of war has been tightened, then they are likely to ......collapse on their own, plus the current natural disasters...... Hehe, therefore, my request to Dongjiang Town and Jinning Defense Line this time is the word 'entanglement', not to fight a decisive battle with Donglu, just a small-scale friction, but to make Donglu unable to rest, unable to engage in production, they draw Niulu troops, gathered, you retreat, then disperse; they disbanded Niulu's troops, want to go back, you go up to entangle, look like they want to fight with them, force them to redeploy Niulu, reorganize the warhead...... and let the Donglu not have much ability to divide troops to the west, Do you understand what I mean? Yang Reform made arrangements again, carefully studied the organizational structure of the wild boar skin, the military structure, the social structure, etc., Yang Reform also saw the weakness of the Eastern Emperor, that is, production and military are not separated, that is, if the war is carried out for a long time, it will definitely affect its production capacity, if the war is too long, the wild boar skin itself will not be able to parry and collapse, to say that the real full-time combat soldiers, Yang Reform as the emperor does not dare to say big words, raising tens of thousands of new troops, has raised Yang Reform to complain. The little productivity of wild boar skin has to raise tens of thousands of full-time combat soldiers, Yang Reform does not believe that they can still produce 10,000 catties per mu against the sky.

The ministers nodded one after another, and after the emperor's continuous "popular science" and continuous explanations, the ministers in the court finally no longer knew anything about Dongyu, and they were no longer the vague and vague impression of taking it for granted. ,

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask a question, what should we do if Dongyu ignores our entanglement?" Man Gui asked again.

"Ignore it? Hehe, it's not easy? Didn't Kong Youde, that young man, say just now? If you dare to ignore you, you will pick a weaker one, and eat it, Donglu is based on Niu Lu, whether it is grazing or fighting, a Niu Lu is no more than 300 men, you press over with a team of 1,000 people, are you still afraid of death? Yang Gai said with a smile.

Man Gui touched his head awkwardly, and said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty is really calculating, if you want this, we can also win battles every day, but unfortunately, I can't go to Liaodong, otherwise, I will have my head in the account every day...... It won't be long before you can save a lot of silver. Man Gui said with a humble face, saving money is one of his great hobbies.

The ministers couldn't help laughing, this Man Gui, although he is a rough man, but he is also a straightforward person, dealing with him, you don't need to be too careful, everyone laughs easily.

Yang Gengai couldn't laugh well, and after a while, he held back his smile and said, "Man Gui, it's not easy for you to save money?" Don't look at the high reward for the head of the Mongolian right wing, but if you want to talk about getting silver, I will show you a way when the time comes, and I will be able to save a lot of silver, which is far stronger than the reward you rely on to get silver, hahaha...... "Yang Reform still couldn't hold back, and laughed a lot."

Man Gui looked embarrassed, and then said positively: "Your Majesty, is this true?" In that case, I'll fight those Mongols outside the border walls and get ......."

The little episode passed quickly.

Yang Gai then explained his arrangement.

“…… Dongjiang Town and Jinning Defense Line both use the word 'entanglement', Lin Dan Khan, I will send someone to contact Lin Dan Khan, and I will also let Lin Dan Khan use the same method to deal with Dongyu, in this way, several sides are entangled with Dongyu, so that Donglu can't eat well, sleep well, and can't organize production, drag, I will also drag Donglu to death......" Yang Reform explained his strategic arrangement.

The ministers all nodded yes, this method is really good, and the decisive battle with the Dongyu, the officials of the Ming Dynasty really have little confidence, there have been hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded, and then the decisive battle, there is really no confidence, to fool the emperor to force in with a large army, and destroy the scourge of the Dongyu in one fell swoop, no one dares to open that mouth, the emperor is not good to fool. If you want to talk about entanglement, this is much simpler, at least Mao Wenlong has been playing for many years, and he is still playing very well, at least Mao Wenlong's official is getting bigger and bigger, and the more he plays, the more he plays.