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Zhao Han nodded and said: "That's it. The goal of this battle is to recover Mengyang, Luchuan, and Cheli, and send officials to manage them all. Then dismember Dongyu, instigate Mengmi, Mubang and other places to become independent, Canonize chieftains such as Mengmi and Mubang. The land occupied by Laos and Siam should be vomited out by Toungoo. If Nanzhang (Laos) sends troops to help, the lost land will be returned to them. If Nanzhang does not send troops, After that piece was taken back, the chieftain was set up. And..."

Zhao Han checked the map carefully, pointed to the location of Yangon and said, "This place will be occupied as a naval base and an overseas trading port. In the future, if Toungoo dares to commit crimes, he will send troops directly from the port to teach him a lesson."

At this time, Yangon, called Dagon, also called Daguang, has developed into a sea trade town.

Prince Narai reminded: "Your Majesty, if you march from the sea, you can land at Madupa."

"Where is Ma Duba?" Zhao Han asked.

Prince Nalai pointed to two hundred miles to the northeast of Yangon: "This is Madupa, and it is also the largest seaport in Toungoo. Toungoo City, the old capital of Taungoo, goes north along the river from Madupa, about [-] kilometers away. You can arrive there. Although Taungoo has moved its capital, many nobles and wealthy merchants still live in its old capital, Toungoo City. Not far from Maduba to the north, there is also Pego, the big city of Toungoo. Take Bago City and Toungoo City, the country of Toungoo is bound to be shaken, and the king had to send troops south to rescue."

You still have to be familiar with the specific situation, otherwise you won't be able to grasp the key points in the fight.

Zhao Han praised: "If you win this battle, I will definitely reward you!"

Chapter 725 [Steal half a day's leisure in floating life]

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

It is certain that troops cannot be sent 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 Dongyu 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 families 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 teacher chose another person to take up the post.

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

Jiang Dashan took 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 south.

In this way, four divisions went south, and the northern border no longer gathered together to garrison, and the pressure on logistics and transportation was greatly reduced.

There are now 3000 imperial guards and 7000 regular troops in Nanjing. Now that another division has been transferred back, the entire Nanjing army is 1.In addition, there are police forces and Jinling Mansion inspectors, which add up to more than [-] people.

Certainly not enough, it doesn't matter when Zhao Han is, 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 [-] imperial guards follow the sea. Among them, [-] armored guards will be selected. Only in this way can we demonstrate the majesty of my celestial dynasty. You pass the news on and let the forbidden soldiers sign up. There may be storms 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."

"According to the order!"

Zhu Youdong took the order to leave.

The emperor's armored guards used to have only three hundred, but later increased to five hundred.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 seas of 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, there were many battles along the way!

In the blink of an eye, it is the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the scorching 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 his 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 the Zijin Mountain has almost been built, and this is Zhao Han's only "large-scale construction project" other than the Forbidden City.

The civil servants were too lazy to take care of it, and they didn't even give advice.

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 harem concubines, princes and daughters all went to escape the summer together, and the princes and daughters have already had their summer vacation.

It's just that it is more troublesome to deal with 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 long been thermometers.

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 brought the maid over, she was 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 smiled.

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

"(Disc) 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."

It also snows and freezes in Nanjing 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 gave it to court officials below the fourth rank.

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

Of course, it is limited to rank 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."

"It's such a hot day to go down the mountain and ride a horse? They are not afraid of heatstroke." Zhao Han couldn't help complaining.

Fei Rulan: "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's golden mouth was opened, even Fei Rulan ran away, and took 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 open to the outside world, the wealthy 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 quite deserted around, he asked the female officer in charge of daily life: "Have all the ladies gone to the racecourse?"

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

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

The concubine 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.

"His Majesty!"

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

On the bamboo mat, a baby was crawling, it was Aisha's daughter.

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

Aisha: "I will meet 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.

"Did you name it?" Zhao Han sat on the edge of the bed and picked up his daughter, scaring the child into crying.

Aisha: "Get up, call Zhao Huarong."

Except for the slightly sunken eye sockets, the 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.

In Brunei, things are not peaceful now.

The sultan is addicted to pleasure, and all government affairs are 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 has presented the princess, China will definitely send troops to help, and Luzon can send a thousand soldiers to get it done.

"Call me 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 said, but in babbling.

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

After handing over their 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.

Since the beginning of summer 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.

In the early morning of the next day, Ayisha 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 be working today, I'll take advantage of the cloudy weather and go to the racecourse to play. By the way, bring all the official documents with me, and I still need to review them in my spare time."

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

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

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

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

Chapter 726 [Concubine's Bet]

Polo was relatively prosperous in the early Ming Dynasty.

Wang Fu, a native of Zhongshushe, once wrote a poem "Banquet for Watching Rides and Shooting Balls at the Dragon Boat Festival" when he was watching the ball with Zhu Di.

However, with the decrease in the number of horses and the gradual dissipation of martial arts, polo began to decline in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and was only preserved as a court ritual and folk festival.But no matter what, until the end of Ming Dynasty, polo sport definitely existed.

Like Cuju, the sudden disappearance of polo was after the entry of the Qing Dynasty.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty was everywhere, so gatherings of Han people with more than 30 people were prohibited.It is even forbidden to worship with different surnames. At the beginning, people who caught worshiping were whipped a hundred times, but in the 18th year of Shunzhi, they were changed to direct beheading.

Disappeared together, and Shangsi outing.

The Shangsi Festival is next to the Ching Ming Festival and the Cold Food Festival. In spring, the sun is warm and a hundred flowers are in full bloom. Men and women go out for an outing in the city, and the suburbs are full of gentry and common people.After the party is banned, it will be impossible. If you go out for a spring outing, you may be arrested and thrown into prison.Therefore, the three festivals of Shangsi, Qingming, and Hanshi were completely merged in the Qing Dynasty, leaving only the function of visiting ancestors' graves.

At this moment, Zhao Han was sitting in the stands, and the guards of the imperial city were "fighting" on horseback.

Compared with polo in the Tang Dynasty, it has changed a lot now.The wooden ball was changed to a leather ball, the club became longer, and the scoring rules were changed.

A guard named Quartz rode his horse to catch up with the ball.He leaned out, and after the wooden club hit the ball, he didn't swing it immediately, but dragged the ball forward, which is equivalent to dribbling forward in football.

The enemy's two cavalry intercepted them one after another, the closest distance was only two horses, Quartz suddenly swung his pole and shot out.

The ball rolled quickly on the ground, and the teammates stepped up to catch the ball, but there were also people fighting for it on the enemy side.

"Oh!"

With a muffled sound, the ball was knocked into the air.

"nice shot!"

Lu Tianxiang was originally sitting behind the emperor, but at this moment she couldn't help standing up and applauding.

But this ball was passed accurately, and the teammate stretched out to vent his strength.Then the horse started to canter, dragged the ball straight to the goal, and someone from the enemy came to intercept him diagonally. The person immediately adjusted his posture and swung the club, and the ball went into the goal quickly and accurately.

Compared to modern polo, there were fewer rules in polo at this time.

Of course, head-on collisions and right-angle collisions are also prohibited.Otherwise, it is impossible to play at all, and it is easy to get injured. Generally, they ride horses side by side to grab the ball.

"it is good!"

Zhao Han couldn't help applauding, and said with a smile: "The red side wins this round, and each will be given an official belt."

The official belt was not very expensive, but it was not shabby either. It was made of silk and inlaid with stained glass and agate.Moreover, it was bestowed by the emperor, so wearing it will save face, and the winning side will immediately smile.

"Your Majesty, I want to play too!" Lu Tianxiang eagerly said.