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  Chapter 728 725 [Steal half-day leisure in floating life]

  After the general plan is formulated, the rest is all about the details.

   Certainly cannot send troops this year, but there is no need to wait for three years, because they can attack from the sea. Either next year or the year after, there must be a conquest.

  Before that, Huang Yao had to send people from Yunnan to familiarize himself with the terrain and climate in northern Myanmar, and inquire about the news of the local chieftains in Myanmar. It would be best if he could stir up internal conflicts. In terms of ocean, Guangdong merchants were asked to take boats to engage in trade, and Datong secret agents mixed in with the caravan to land and inquire.

  King Toungoo sent someone to Kunming to request canonization. That would allow the local officials to delay, ask for bribes according to the order, and disturb the matter of the canonization, but at the same time, it would not cause vigilance in Toungoo's heart.

   When all the preliminary preparations are completed, the north and south will be caught off guard.

  At the same time, one of Fei Yinggong's divisions was transferred to Chengdu to be stationed, and the family members of the soldiers also moved there. From now on, this division will be the local army in Sichuan, mainly to guard against the direction of Tibet, and may go to Tibet to fight in the future.

  Fei Yinggong was getting old, so he was recalled to Nanjing to take up the post, and the division commander chose another person to take up the post.

  After returning to Beijing, Fei Yinggong was transferred to the Dudu Mansion to serve as the Left Dudu of the Right Army (Zheng Yipin), and then promoted to the one-character Qinghou. Whether it is deprivation of the command right, or returning to Beijing to enjoy wealth, anyway, there will be no need to lead troops in the future.

  Jiang Dashan brought a division back to Nanjing to defend the capital.

  Jiang Liang took a division to Hangzhou to sit in the south of the Yangtze River.

  Liu Zhu took a division to Xuzhou to support the north and the south.

  In this way, four divisions will go south, and the northern border will no longer gather troops to garrison, and the logistics and transportation pressure will be greatly reduced.

  There are currently 3,000 imperial guards in the imperial city, and 7,000 regular troops in Nanjing. Now that another division has been transferred back, the entire Nanjing army is 20,000. In addition, there are police forces and Jinling Mansion inspectors, which add up to more than 10,000 people.

   Certainly not enough, it doesn't matter when Zhao Han is here, after two or three generations of emperors, more troops will be needed to defend the center.

   There is no rush for the time being, and when the grassland is completely calmed down, two more divisions will be transferred back.

Zhao Han called Zhu Youdong, the commander of the imperial guards: "This year, we will send a fleet of missions to Western countries, and there may be wars along the way. In addition to the navy soldiers, I plan to let 1,000 imperial guards follow the sea. Among them, 300 armored guards will be selected. Only in this way can we show the majesty of my dynasty. You pass on the news and let the forbidden soldiers sign up. There may be wind and waves along the way, and there is a risk of being buried in the belly of a fish. Those who are willing to go to sea will have a starting fee, and the salary will be paid three times. In case of danger, I will Treat his wife and children well."

   "Follow the order!"

  Zhu Youdong took orders to leave.

  The emperor's armored guards used to have only 300, but later increased to 500. They are all strong and strong men, wearing plate armor and fighting with hammers.

   These are not the products of the Taiping Dynasty. They are all selected from the elites of various armies and killed from the mountains of corpses and blood. Three hundred iron armored guards, seven hundred imperial city guards, and some naval soldiers can capture harbor cities along the way, and even destroy small countries if they play outrageously.

  During Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas, there were many battles along the way!

   In the blink of an eye, it is the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the heat in Nanjing is unbearable.

  This summer was extremely hot, and the emperor couldn't bear it anymore. After reviewing the memorials every day, it was like taking a bath with clothes on. Even though there were maids fanning the whole time, they were still drenched. Emperor Zhao finally decided to go to the mountains to escape the heat.

  The summer resort on Zijin Mountain has almost been completed. This is Zhao Han's only "massive construction" except for the Forbidden City.

  The civil servants are too lazy to take care of it, and they don't even have anyone to advise them.

  Because Zhao Han did not use the treasury, nor did he collect corvee. Since it was all paid for by the emperor, the civil servants would only chew their tongues when they were full.

  The Summer Resort was not built magnificently, and giant trees were not even used, because those things were too wasteful of money and manpower. Most of the wood is felled on the spot, and the house is built relatively low, which occupies a large area, otherwise it is similar to the manor of a rich man.

  The concubines in the harem, the princes and daughters, all went to escape the summer together. The princes and daughters are already on summer vacation.

  It is more troublesome to process official documents, and they have to be delivered back and forth inside and outside the city.

   "It's still comfortable on the mountain, the temperature is several degrees lower than in the city." Zhao Han lay down under a big tree to enjoy the cool air.

   As for the temperature, there have been thermometers for a long time.

  At the Qintianyuan Planetarium, the temperature is recorded every month and every day every year, so as to observe the annual climate change.

  Fei Rulan came over with the maid, wearing a vaguely transparent gauze, because her underwear was blocking her, only two arms were half exposed. This is the ancient summer clothing for noble ladies, poor people can't afford it, and the thin fabric is too expensive.

   "Husband, chilled sour plum soup." Fei Rulan laughed.

  Zhao Han took it and drank it in one sip, and suddenly felt comfortable all over, and immediately praised: "My lady is a good crafter!"

   Plate) Seventh Sister made it herself, and made a big bucket." Fei Rulan said.

  Zhao Han thought for a while: "Give some ice cubes to court officials below the fourth rank. The palace doesn't need so many."

  Nanjing also snows and freezes in winter, but officials who have the conditions will store some ice cubes and wait for the next summer to take them out for use. Low-level officials may not have ice storage, so Zhao Han said to give it to court officials below the fourth rank.

  The high-ranking officials of the Datong court are subsidized in severe winter and hot summer, and they will be subsidized for two or three months every year.

  Of course, it's only limited to high-ranking officials, and officials can't get anything.

  Fei Rulan sat down and drank sour plum soup with Zhao Han. After chatting for a while, he suddenly said: Lu) Tianxiang wants to ride a horse, and the other younger sisters are also clamoring to go, let me come to my husband to talk about it."

   "How about going down the mountain to ride a horse on such a hot day? They're not afraid of heatstroke." Zhao Han couldn't help complaining.

  Fei Rulan said: "It's hard to come out, of course I want to do more activities."

  Zhao Han said: "Let the guards protect you. Anyone who wants to go can go."

  The racecourse is not far down the mountain, and it is very convenient to go back and forth.

  As soon as Zhao Han opened his golden mouth, even Fei Rulan ran away, taking his children to the racecourse to have fun. What's more, he stayed directly at the racecourse, and rode horses in the morning and evening, and hid in the house to play mahjong when the sun was too hot.

   There are many houses in the racecourse, which can be used for people to stay.

  When the racecourse is opened to the outside world, the rich people in the city will come to have fun. The teenagers like to practice riding, and even resumed polo. Anyway, their consumption can bring a lot of income to the racecourse every year.

  After Zhao Han finished approving the memorial, he went back to the house to rest for a while, feeling that the surroundings were quite deserted, and he asked the female officer in charge of daily life: "Have all the ladies gone to the racecourse?"

  The female officer replied: "Only the concubine Duan did not go."

   "Go to the concubine's room." Zhao Han said.

  Princess Duan is the Brunei princess Aisha, who was intentionally or unintentionally rejected in the harem because of her Arab blood. Usually, the concubines don't bring her with them when they do group activities, and they don't even bother to do superficial work.

   "Your Majesty!"

   Aisha stood up happily to welcome her. Since she was pregnant, even the emperor seldom came.

  On the bamboo mat, a baby was crawling. It was the daughter of Aisha.

   "You can crawl?" Zhao Han was quite surprised.

   Aisha said: "I learned it last month."

  Zhao Han is definitely not a good father. He doesn't care about raising children, and he can't even remember how many children he has. Eleven or twelve? Or thirteen? Dealing with government affairs all day is annoying enough, and I really don't have the energy to take care of these.

   "Have you got a name yet?" Zhao Han sat on the edge of the bed, picked up his daughter, and frightened the child into crying.

  Ayisha said: "Get up, call Zhao Huarong."

   Except for the slightly sunken eye sockets, this child has no exotic features. After all, the Brunei royal family has been mixed with Han people for several generations.

  But the appearance is very pitiful, and she is so cute when she cries.

  Zhao Han put his daughter on his neck, stood up and walked around a few times, jumping a few times from time to time. The child stopped crying very quickly, too frightened to make a sound, and after getting used to this height, he actually started giggling.

   Aisha stood beside her, watching the father and daughter play, and also smiled.

  A princess from a foreign country is rejected by other concubines, and there are not many times when she can smile happily.

   Brunei is not peaceful now.

  Sudan is addicted to pleasure, and government affairs are all handled by powerful officials. If history remains unchanged, a coup will break out in Brunei as soon as the old Sultan dies. Aisha's elder brother will be killed by powerful ministers, and Brunei will be divided into two. After three years of civil war, the minister was overthrown and another brother of Aisha regained the throne.

  In this time and space, since Brunei offers the princess, China will definitely send troops to help, and Luzon can send a thousand soldiers to get it done.

   "Call Daddy!" Zhao Han put his daughter down and teased with a smile.

  The little girl looked at him curiously.

  Zhao Han said again: "Call me Dad."

   "Yeah." The little girl finally spoke, but she was babbling.

   After playing for a while, the maid came to report that the bath water was ready.

  Handing the daughter to the nanny, Zhao Han and Ayisha went to take a bath respectively. When he came back after washing, he saw Ayisha was wearing a gauze dress with nothing underneath, her delicate body looming on the bed.

   "Your Majesty..." Ayisha called out coquettishly, she had to seize the opportunity to curry favor with the emperor, and let the emperor come to her room more often.

   Zhao Han was so amused that he walked over to her with a smile, and chatted with her with his arms around her.

  After the summer of this year, there have been no major floods in the provinces. Coupled with the favorable weather in the first half of the year, Zhao Han is completely at ease, at least within this year, he doesn't have to worry about it, and he can relax a little and play more.

  The next morning, Aisha helped Zhao Han get dressed, and reluctantly sent the emperor out.

  Zhao Han walked around the villa for a while, and found that today was actually cloudy. He came to the temporary office and asked, "Is there a rush?"

   "No." Li Xiangjun replied.

  Zhao Han said happily: "Then I won't work today, I will take advantage of the cloudy weather and go to the racecourse to play. By the way, bring all the official documents, and I still need to review them in my spare time."

  The emperor was lazy, and no one dared to stop him.

  Actually, the female officials and court ladies were also happy. They brought all kinds of belongings and went down the mountain happily, heading towards the horse farm.

  The guards are also happy. There is a garrison in the racecourse, and it is closed. No one else is allowed to enter. These guards can be lazy.

  Maybe, the emperor will organize a ball game and let the guards play polo to watch the excitement.

  (end of this chapter)