1887: Good News
Qin Feng suddenly felt that he was no longer young. In a blink of an eye, his son was already married and his daughter had a sweetheart. After touching the beard on his lips, a feeling of time suddenly came to his mind. The average life expectancy of this era is really not long. The Ministry of Revenue's Household Revenue has finally made an effective statistics on the population in the Ming Dynasty in recent years. Judging from the statistical data, the average life expectancy of the Ming Dynasty was only fifty years old, and like the western and Chu regions, even this average value could not be reached. The reason why the Ming Dynasty was higher is because the court has invested a lot of money in education, medical care and other aspects over the years. In this regard, Qin Feng has never stinged with money.
Shuchang's Imperial Medical Office has now been renamed the Ministry of Health. In a few years, it has grown into a giant. Medical clinics throughout the counties provide the most basic medical services to the people of the Ming Dynasty. A large number of medical schools, including the Ming Medical College, train countless medical staff every year and then allocate them to every corner of the Ming Dynasty. But even so, the growth is slow, and the road to achieving a tangible increase in life expectancy is still very long. Even people like Shuchang Shuwan are still unable to deal with many diseases. Qin Feng only hopes that those of the Ming Medical College who devote their entire lives to medical research can make more breakthroughs.
I hope that in my lifetime, I can build the Ming Dynasty into a majestic giant, so that I can feel more at ease when I hand it over to my son. Then I can travel around the world with Min Ruoxi and enjoy the wonderful time that truly belongs to me.
Qin Feng did not realize that he had worked as an emperor until his death. At the latest, he was 60 years old, which was the timetable he set for himself. After fighting the war he should fight, he devoted himself to the construction of people's livelihood.
Thinking of this, Qin Feng's pace became faster.
When he stepped into the small conference hall, where was the kitten waiting. Seeing Qin Feng coming in, the kitten stood up and said with a happy face: "Your Majesty, you're very happy."
Qin Feng waved his hand at him, signaling him to sit down and talk, and he also walked to the big case and sat down.
"The happy event there?"
The kitten said with a smile: "The victory in Hengduan Mountains, the traitor Tuobayan died. We have successfully captured Guangyang City, and the Hengduan Mountains are all within our control. Hulao New Army has stationed around the surrounding area with Guangyang City as the base. Once the Mingqi war begins, Hengduan Mountains can be immediately out of Cangzhou, and then head south to form a group with Zhou Jiyun's troops."
"Okay!" Qin Feng was also very happy. To be honest, Tuobayan from Hengduan Mountain has always been a thorn in his heart. This man's military use is really extraordinary, erratic and difficult to understand. Qin Feng had also carefully studied some of this guy's military achievements back then. He had to admit that this man was indeed very talented in military use. When he was transferred, he might not be able to break through the numerous interceptions of the Ming army under such circumstances.
You should know that although the Ming Dynasty's senior officials deliberately designed to condone it, those who knew about this were only some senior figures from the Eagle's Nest and some corresponding spy detectives who had contacted each other. These people provided some military intelligence to the fleeing Tuobayan so that he could avoid the encirclement and suppression of the army. But in fact, when Tuobayan broke through several blockades of the Ming and Ming armies in succession, the senior Ming officers who did not know the truth were angry. This was not only a matter of whether they could compete for the full battle, but also a matter of their face. Many regular Ming troops on the border of Ming and Qi used their strength to intercept this person. At that time, Qin Feng, Guo Jiuling and others were also in trouble and could not say anything, so they could only let the situation develop by themselves. But to everyone's surprise, Tuobayan really ran away.
Perhaps Qin Feng did not expect that these successful cases of Tuobayan became the most critical evidence for him to gain the trust of Cao Yun and others. Cao Yun himself was a military master. After he carefully studied Tuobayan's escape experience, he confirmed that this person was indeed a genius in the military, which led to the final success of Tuobayan in Qi.
The condor of the Ming Dynasty spread its wings and flew high.
No one could imagine the final result with a twists and turns. The Condor Hero provided countless information about Qi's affairs to the Ming Dynasty, but in the end, this person finally went his way with Daming because of his success in Qi and his family and career.
Qin Feng did not hate Tuobayan's betrayal. Although this person finally caused the Ming spies to exploring Qi State to suffer heavy losses, his ability has always made Qin Feng quite afraid. After Tuobayan took charge of Cangzhou, He Weiping was once embarrassed, forcing Qin Feng to eventually have to re-activate the Manqi.
This was a very controversial matter in the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, Qin Feng made the decision. Mountain cavalry has always been the shortcoming of the Ming Dynasty. Apart from the barbarian cavalry, no one is more suitable for this matter. The barbarians who lived in scattered and integrated into the Ming Dynasty could not cause any storm. Even if they regrouped into an army, their families were scattered in every corner of the Ming Dynasty and were very easy to control.
"This person is awarded the title of the head, and Cangzhou is within reach." Qin Feng said happily. "He Weiping, Murong Hai made great contributions this time."
But the kitten smiled bitterly and said, "Murong Hai has bound himself to come to the capital to apologize. At this moment, he is in the Ministry of War!"
"Hmm?" Qin Feng looked at the kitten in confusion: "When he made great contributions, why did he still tie himself up and come to apologize?"
"Tuobayan was not actually killed on the spot during the battle in Hengduan Mountain. He was only seriously injured and was finally captured by Murong Hai, but Murong Hai killed him on the spot in front of countless people. This does violate the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, and not a general of the level of Tuobayan can kill him without his own risk." said the kitten.
Qin Feng frowned: "If a general of the level of Tuobayan is captured, he can play a greater role. Murong Hai is not an impulsive guy, how could he make such a mistake?"
"Your Majesty, I've asked him." The kitten hesitated.
"explain."
"Murong Hai talked about two reasons. One is that more than 600 barbarian cavalry who followed Tuobayan died of Qi due to Tuobayan's betrayal. These people are his brothers of Murong Hai, and he wants to avenge his brothers." Xiaomao said: "The second reason is that Tuobayan also saves his life. They have been with him for more than ten years, with hatred and kindness. He does not want Tuobayan to suffer humiliation before his death, and it will be cleaner with one knife."
Qin Feng let out a heavy breath.
"When Murong Hai killed Tuobayan, Tuobayan said thank you to him." said the kitten.
Qin Feng nodded silently.
"There are kindness and hatred. In fact, it is not just Murong Hai and Tuobayan. Why are we and Tuobayan the same? It's good to die." Qin Feng said: "But Murong Hai did violate military discipline, so there is no need for other punishments. Transfer him to Yuejing Military Academy as an instructor and teach mountain cavalry combat in specialized!
"yes."
The little cat looked happy and nodded repeatedly, standing on him. Of course, he was unwilling to punish him for such a matter, but as the Minister of War, he had to make a statement about such serious violations of military discipline. Now that the emperor has come out to endorse the letter, everything is easy to say.
The transfer of Murong Hai to the Military Academy to teach was, on the one hand, to show all the senior generals that the court would never allow such behavior, and on the other hand, to protect Murong Hai. In addition, Xiaomao probably knew that the emperor was preparing to transfer Murong Hai's son Murong Yuan to Kunling County as the county magistrate. From Wuzhou to Kunling, they were all county magistrates, which seemed to be a level transfer, but the status of the two was absolutely incomparable. The Ming-Qi War was about to break out, and Kunling County, as the logistics base for the main army of the Ming Dynasty, would never allow any accidents. Murong Yuan went to Kunling and his return to Yuejing was also a balance.
"Who will command the barbarian cavalry in the Hengduan Mountains?" asked the kitten.
"How much does our mountain cavalry battalion lose this time?" Qin Feng asked.
"More than half." said the kitten: "Tuobayan's army is of good quality. We still paid a lot of money to lure him into the bait."
"Let Murong Hai's deputy, who is named Murong Biao, should he take over, and then select a group of people from the Military Academy to join in." Qin Feng said.
"I understand." The kitten said: "The mountain cavalry battalion is indeed very good at fighting. In the future, we will not be more useful to them. Your Majesty, will the mountain cavalry battalion be expanded to full capacity? Or will it be recruited to recruit barbarian cavalry?"
"Of course. They are experts in this field."
"Do we also need to train a group of people in this field? As long as we are willing to concentrate on training, it will not take many years."
"No need, it won't take many years. All cavalry will be eliminated." Qin Feng shook his head and said.
"Expel the cavalry?" The kitten widened his eyes, disbelief.
Qin Feng did not explain much: "Since there are ready-made personnel, why bother to train newcomers? Besides, the combat effectiveness and loyalty to the Ming Dynasty shown by the Manqi in the battle are enough to make people feel at ease. Those who died in the battle this time should be given a generous pension and to instruct the local area to take care of their relatives."
"Your Majesty is relieved that the local government will never dare to slack off in these aspects." The kitten said affirmatively: "Our Ministry of War has special departments and personnel to keep an eye on this part."
"That's good. Now tell me how I took Tuobayan down in this battle. This guy is not sloppy." Qin Feng smiled, "It's not an easy thing to be able to take him down."
Chapter completed!