The reason why I accompany them is because the Longevity Festival is at the end of the month. The two princes will also attend the event and meet many new faces.

If the prince is healthy, decent, and smart, it will be particularly reassuring to the courtiers who follow Zhu Houcong in this dispute between the old and the new.

Sun Ming and Lin Qingping were both there, watching Zhu Houcong let Zhu Zaiyan play with the toys that Zhu Zaiyan had played with.

Zhu Zai'an, on the other hand, had a great time playing on the newly built "slides" on both sides of the Huagai Hall relying on the Yuntai.

This was naturally Zhu Houcong's request. He gave the general idea, and then the craftsmen used wood to plan out such a "large toy".

"Your Majesty, how can Zai'an and Zai'an be so unstable in front of the vassal king, relatives and ministers?" Sun Ming asked worriedly, "We should teach them some etiquette."

Zhu Houcong laughed and fiddled with the geometric wooden blocks wrapped in colorful cloth hanging on the cradle: "It's just a child, why should he be so knowledgeable and polite? Zaiyuan knows the rules."

The rebellion in the south did not affect the progress of many affairs in Beijing, but Sun Ming was actually worried about her father and the war in Huguang.

As soon as this happened, her father, the Marquis of Jing'an, had no time to enter the capital. Zhu Houcong also made a decree and promised several honorary relatives that they could not come to the capital to celebrate, but could suppress the rebellion locally.

There was a rebellion, and most of the honorable ministers temporarily left their posts. This was also an opportunity for the local untitled generals to perform meritorious service. Zhu Houcong wanted to see who could seize it.

Zhu Houcong, who has been on the throne for more than three years, has become accustomed to keeping calm. After all, strategically he does not worry about local rebellions, and tactically he has given sufficient attention to them. As an emperor, he only has to sit in the capital and wait for the news to spread.

Just come, no matter if it’s good or bad at the moment.

Now, when Zhu Zaiyan played for a while and took the initiative to run over to say that the break was over, Zhang Zuo hurried to the Huagai Hall.

"Your Majesty! Good news from Huguang. The Marquis of Zhenyuan has conquered Changsha City and captured the rebel king Jianjun and the rebel leader Fu Rongzhong!"

Sun Ming and Lin Qingping both had happy faces. Zhu Houcong was not very happy. Instead, he said to Zhu Zaiyan: "Father, I have something to do. I will ask Aunt Xian to teach you today's literacy class."

After saying that, he stood up and looked back at the Huagai Palace on the way to the Yangxin Palace.

After everything is settled this year, it will be time to start planting seeds again. Wen Suyun and the concubines are now eighteen or nineteen years old.

From now on, as long as the vassal king does not leave the capital, the clan and the young sons of the lords and relatives can come to this "Huagai Kindergarten" to attend school.

I think they will be very happy.

When they arrived at Yangxin Hall, Yang Tinghe, Cui Yuan and others who had arrived after hearing the inquiry all looked happy and congratulated Zhu Houcong after seeing him.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for your planning, Marquis Jing'an and Marquis Zhenyuan for their good coordination, Jinyiwei and Shenjiying for their bravery and strategy, one of the rebel kings has been captured, and all the traitors will be crowned soon!"

Zhu Houcong just nodded to read the good news.

After seeing the latter, I added: "There are also professors from Huangming University, who are responsible for worshiping and warfighting bureaus and weapons supervisors. They can burn cleaner colored glaze, improve iron smelting and casting techniques, and practice new tactics.

Every battle illustrates the importance of these things.”

Yang Tinghe and Cui Yuan still subconsciously ignored these details.

The victory report contained some details of the battle at Yangmeishan, but in their opinion, it was more of a trick set by Gu Shilong.

If the rebels in the city do not leave the city to rob the "tired troops", then Gu Shilong will attract the main force in the east and north of the city, and the Shenji Battalion will bring the Crouching Tiger Artillery and the Wuchang Guards sneaking to the southeast to surprise the defenders in the south of the city.

If the rebels in the city leave the city, it will be the result of an ambush and the defeat of many elite soldiers, and a victory in the first battle will boost morale.

Tang Peiyu was driven away in the first battle, and the captain of the Jin Yiwei Hu Guangxing who was lurking in the city once again made a great contribution and persuaded the city guard Kaicheng to surrender. This can indeed be regarded as the emperor's plan beforehand.

Zhu Houcong talked about the role of the telescope, squatting tiger cannon, grenades and new tactics.

Yang Tinghe reacted: "What your Majesty said is that the avenue of physics has infinite mysteries and great uses. This battle is proof."

Yan Shengzheng was being investigated, and Zhang Fuking had already said in a majestic manner in the Confucius Temple that the emperor was the successor to the mantle of his forefather. His Majesty had increasingly shown that he attached special importance to the way of physics among the three principles of heaven, matter, and man.

After Zhu Houcong put down the victory report, he said: "Let the Ministry of War discuss everyone's merits first. This time, the merits must be discussed quickly. As for the next step, there is no rush."

"...Not in a hurry?" Cui Yuan was a little confused.

Zhu Houcong nodded: "Prince Rui is young, so of course he was taken advantage of. I am not stupid, how can I not distinguish right from wrong? The rebels are actually Zhu Jianjun, Fu Rongzhong, Tang Peiyu, Pu Zitong and others. Even if there are other accomplices, they are also

It will definitely not be Prince Rui. Now there are two things to do. One is to rescue Prince Rui and his wife, and the other is to slowly suppress the rebellion and train troops. Don’t they hope to drag the war on? Then drag it on.

Go down."

Yang Tinghe looked at Zhu Houcong in confusion.

To train troops for suppression?

"The area at the junction of Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian has many mountains and narrow territory with few people. Surround them in some mountainous areas and let them become bandits. This time, the two vassals of Changsha Prefecture and Jianchang Prefecture will be removed from their seals to take advantage of disaster relief.

First, let's divide the fertile land between the two feudal vassals. The people in the border areas of Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian can be mobilized and relocated. When war disasters come, they must also want to avoid disasters. As for those rebels, they will always have to be eaten.

Encircle and suppress them slowly, and let them clear up wasteland, build roads, and grow food there."

Yang Tinghe only thought: Can such an operation still be possible?

Which emperor would sit back and watch such a separatist "bandit" group exist within his own territory for a long time?

They didn't know what Zhu Houcong had in mind, so they thought about it and came up with something.

After all, the fifth year of Jiajing has not yet come, and when the new law is implemented in all provinces, the name of this rebel army for treason... seems to be able to be used forever, so why put down the rebellion so quickly?

It's just that if the war prolongs, and this group of people can really be blocked on the mountain for a long time without rushing down the mountain to cause trouble to any county, the supply and transportation of food and wages required will not be difficult at all.

After raising this question, Zhu Houcong replied: "Military supplies are also a driving force for the operation of money and grain. With this disaster, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and even southern Zhili and Sichuan have opportunities to make contributions. This time, places

The guards rebelled first. Those who want to make meritorious deeds should go to suppress the bandits. Those who are still eyeing the soldiers and military garrison, then consider which garrison camp in each province is stronger after training with the bandits.

Which one is weak?"

"...Garrison camps in each province?"

"Deploy elite troops, use the system of recruiting troops, and learn the new tactics of the Beijing camp. When the provincial garrison camps are first formed, it is time to shake up the old system of local military garrison." Zhu Houcong said calmly, "The grand strategy is like this. The first thing now is rescue.

Prince Rui and his son were sent out to wait for an opportunity to capture the bandit leader alive, and the other was to encircle the rebels to the Wuyi Mountain area east of the Guangdong-Hunan waterway, at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian. Once these two things are done, everything will be settled."

"The rescue thing..."

Zhu Houcong looked at Cui Yuan: "I have already given an order to Luo An, just leave this matter to him."

If the Changsha Guards are so vulnerable to a fight, how strong can the Changde Guards and the Hengzhou Guards be?

The people Zhu Houcong wanted to use to make an article to scare the monkeys were just some of the leaders. Along with the good news, there was also a secret report from Jin Yiwei about the handling of Jin Xianghong and others. Zhu Houcong felt that this was the best use of everything.

Luo An was ordered by him to train the special teams from various provinces under his guidance. Whether they can carry out a beheading operation this time with the help of the Jin Yiwei's tours in various provinces and the accumulation of intelligence from the cicada leaders in each province in the inner factory depends on Luo An's ability.

If it fails, then it will be a grand strategy of encirclement and suppression slowly.
Chapter completed!