amaotonovel Chapter 606 An Unreliable Father, and an Even More Unreliable Brother-in-Law
Chapter 606 An Unreliable Father, and an Even More Unreliable Brother-in-Law
Chang Heizi, who's been playing the victim and cursing all day, turns out it was all for that little bit of strong liquor from Ningyang County.
Skillful.
The local government has also set its sights on the alcohol produced in Ningyang County.
Xu Da looked at Chang Yuchun with a forced smile and said, "Chang Heizi, you can go to Ningyang County if you want, but I have to send someone to follow you. Don't even think about monopolizing the alcohol in Ningyang County."
Chang Yuchun snorted coldly, his face dark: "Who's watching? Who's watching? I went to Ningyang County simply to transport supplies for the army. What are you thinking?"
Marquis Tang He of Zhongshan rolled his eyes and sneered, "Transporting supplies for the army? This Northern Expedition is divided into four armies. I wonder which army you, Chang Heizi, are transporting supplies for?"
"If you were supplying four major military routes, which route would receive more supplies? Which route would receive fewer?"
"Don't spout any more high-sounding nonsense until we get to the point!"
Song Guogong Feng Sheng, who had remained silent until now, also snorted coldly and looked at Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, saying, "Alright, stop pretending. We all know each other."
"Anyway, I only have one thing to say: no matter who goes to Ningyang County, I will send someone to follow them. The amount of alcohol that is due to me cannot be reduced by even one ounce."
"Everything else is the same. Whatever is due to me, every single thing must be sent to me."
Chang Yuchun snorted coldly and said, "Look at how capable you are, Feng Er. You can't be shortchanged on anything that's rightfully yours. So tell me, what is it that's rightfully yours?"
Lan Yu added a precise remark: "That's right, when my brother-in-law was robbing people, you, Duke Song, were still using the old trick of setting up a fortified village for self-defense."
Feng Sheng was furious, but he calmed down in an instant and began to speak sarcastically: "Yes, I, Feng, am not as good as the two of you. After all, my brother-in-law and brother-in-law went to the pleasure boat together and got beaten up together. Ordinary people really can't compare to you."
Damn it?
Chang Yuchun roared and lunged at Feng Sheng, cursing, "If I don't knock out two of your teeth today, I'll be doing a disservice to your stinking mouth!"
Feng Sheng also threw a punch, cursing, "If I don't teach you a lesson today, you bastard, you dare to try and take advantage of me!"
As Chang Yuchun and Feng Sheng began to fight, the main hall of the Grand Commander's Mansion suddenly became lively. Fu Youde slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Come on, everyone, place your bets! The losers will be treated to wine and meat!"
Tang He, with a dark expression, gave Xu Da a meaningful look.
Xu Da gave a soft snort, and only after Chang Yuchun and Feng Sheng separated did he slam his fist on the table and roar, "Stop it, you damn well better!"
"Look at you two! You dignified Dukes, throwing punches like thugs! Aren't you ashamed of yourselves!"
After reprimanding Chang Yuchun and Feng Sheng, Xu Da turned his gaze to Fu Youde and other generals: "And you too!"
"This is the Grand Governor's Mansion, not the gambling den where you place your bets!"
"They're all just waiting to be impeached!"
When Xu Da got angry, Chang Yuchun and Feng Sheng, who had bruises in their eyes and were bleeding from the corners of their mouths, immediately wilted, looking like defeated roosters.
Generals like Fu Longde shrank back, trying to hide behind others.
Xu Da glanced coldly at everyone and said in a deep voice, "I am going to Ningyang County, Chang Heizi is taking men to Dengzhou Prefecture, and Feng Er is taking troops directly to Gansu. I will have someone send you the things that are due later."
"Whether it's the good stuff from Ningyang County or the good stuff from Dengzhou Prefecture, it's all divided into four."
"One share for the Duke, one share for Chang Heizi, one share for Feng Er, and the remaining share for Li Wenzhong."
"I've finished speaking. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"
Lan Yu muttered to herself, "With four armies, there should be a primary and secondary force, right? Should the main force take the same amount as the others?"
Xu Da glanced at Lan Yu and sneered, "You, Lan Yu, have come to serve as a vanguard in my army."
Ok?
Lan Yu said without hesitation, "With four armies on the expedition, the Grand Commander should naturally be the main force in the attack."
Chang Yuchun stared blankly at his brother-in-law.
No.
Don't you feel any remorse when you say that?
Sure enough, none of my brother-in-laws are any good!
While inwardly complaining, Chang Yuchun looked at Xu Da and asked, "What about the men from the Koreans' and Monkeys' sides? When will they arrive?"
Xu Da glared at Chang Yuchun. "What do you think I sent you to Dengzhou Prefecture for?"
"They went to receive supplies from Dengzhou Prefecture, but more importantly, they went to the Korean Peninsula along the coastal route from Dengzhou, and then launched an expedition against the Hu Yuan from there."
"Your mission is the most demanding, requiring you to switch from a feint attack to a main offensive at any time."
Whether or not we can take Liaodong depends entirely on your efforts along the way.
"In other words, my troops, along with Feng Er's and Li Wenzhong's troops, are mainly engaged in feigned attacks, with fortification as a secondary objective."
"And your troops are to both attack the Hu Yuan and build cities along the way."
After a slight pause, Xu Da added, "There's one more thing."
"With an army of 200,000, the amount of food and fodder needed to be consumed along the way is not small."
"Logically speaking, we should have enough food supplies."
"But with the addition of manpower from the Koreans and the monkeys, the food supplies we had stockpiled became insufficient."
"This time, in addition to the new firearms and alcohol, the more important thing is to get more military rations such as fried noodles when we go to Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture."
"If possible, each of the four armies should prepare a supply point inside the Great Wall, and then have Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture transport military rations such as fried noodles there."
……
Just as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and others were discussing how to divide their forces to attack Hu Yuan, Zhu Biao was having a headache in the Qianqing Palace.
His unreliable father once again took his mother out of the palace, leaving him alone in the capital to oversee the country.
What he will have to face next is spring plowing and encouraging farmers to engage in sericulture.
The so-called encouragement to promote agriculture and sericulture, in particular, made Zhu Biao feel like crying whenever he thought about it.
When his unreliable father was in the capital, he, the crown prince, would lead the ox in front while the crown prince held the plow behind. After plowing some land, he could leave the rest of the work to Li Shanchang and the others.
What now?
Who's pulling the strings?
Who is holding the plow from behind?
And then there's the memorial sent back by my even more unreliable brother-in-law, who claims to be joining forces with the Censorate to create the strongest prosecutorial system in the Ming Dynasty.
In short, the implication was that a portion of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was to be separated to conduct inspections, responsible for keeping an eye on officials in various regions for the Censorate. Whenever they discovered signs of corruption among officials, they would try to collect evidence and then have the Censorate initiate impeachment proceedings.
The rest is self-explanatory.
The Censorate was responsible for impeaching corrupt officials, while the Embroidered Uniform Guard was responsible for arresting them. The Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate would hold joint trials, with the Embroidered Uniform Guard observing and recording the proceedings.
Thinking of the heavy responsibilities that the Censorate would have to shoulder, Zhu Biao couldn't help but rub his forehead.
It hasn't been long since the Censorate was originally tasked with establishing offices at the prefectural level.