The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 147 Our eldest grandson is stronger than us
When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying were discussing military affairs, Li Jinglong was gradually approaching outside the courtyard.

"Just let me come to see today, what does His Royal Highness the eldest grandson look like, very similar to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

After coming out of the palace, Li Jinglong went straight to the Qinhuai River.

He got the address from Zhu Di, so he wanted to visit him.

Of course, he had other things on his mind at the same time.

Li Jinglong, in the earlier history, seemed like an idiot. The 60 army was actually overthrown by Zhu Di, which is simply ridiculous in the world.

That was the Battle of Baigou River.

In fact, at the beginning of the battle, Li Jinglong had always maintained a state of crushing Zhu Di. In several battles, Zhu Di was defeated and retreated.

No matter in terms of tactics or strategic layout, Li Jinglong is impeccable.

It's just that every time Zhu Di was about to be encircled and suppressed, there was always a perfect defense line, and a gap appeared unexpectedly, allowing Zhu Di to seize the opportunity to break through.

Zhu Di and Li Jinglong were already very familiar with each other. After observing the layout of Li Jinglong's 60 troops, Zhu Di was surprised to find that there were loopholes in the Chinese army.

Zhu Di, who grasped the will, went straight to the Chinese army in the last battle, where Li Jinglong was.

However, even if there are loopholes, the huge difference ratio cannot be shaken by Zhu Di. When there is still a considerable distance from the Chinese army, Zhu Di has already fallen into the situation of being besieged and killed.

What's it like to be surrounded by 60 legions?
At that time, Zhu Di was already ashamed.

However, at this moment, Li Jinglong's commander-in-chief flag was suddenly blown by the strong wind.

The commander-in-chief flag of the Chinese army is the command flag for commanding the various armies. Once the commander-in-chief flag fell, the army that had lost its command began to become a little confused.

However, the funniest thing is that when Li Jinglong saw Shuai Qi fall down, his first reaction was not to prop up Shuai Qi, but seeing the chaos, he ran away with the Chinese army's personal guards.

Just when the army led by Li Jinglong was confused, the morale of Zhu Di's army was greatly boosted, and they quickly launched a counterattack.

However, Li Jinglong's 60 troops were trampled by tens of thousands, and the strategic defense line along the Baigou River for tens of miles was quickly overwhelmed. Li Jinglong could only lead more than [-] troops to retreat to Jinan, and the fierce general Zhai Neng also died in battle. , The remnant soldiers scattered everywhere.

The shocking reversal of the Battle of Baigouhe not only disintegrated the 60 army, but also boosted Zhu Di's momentum, and the situation in the Battle of Jingnan began to improve.

In the whole battle, at the beginning, Li Jinglong's performance was remarkable, and there was no problem at all, but at the critical moment, he lost the chain.

Then hundreds of thousands of troops were lost.

Among them, if it is said that Li Jinglong is not Zhu Di's dark son, who would believe it.

The most important thing is that Zhu Yun wrote a letter.

He also handed over the defense of Nanjing City to Li Jinglong.

When Zhu Di came to the city of Nanjing, Li Jinglong opened the city gate directly.

Nanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, where the capital is located, has 48 guards in the Beijing camp alone.

There are 600 people in Yiwei, which is nearly 30 people.

Even if some were transferred away by Li Jinglong before, plus more than 30 soldiers who were dispersed later, it is conservatively estimated that there are more than [-] troops stationed in the capital.

In addition to the general cannon of Luo Mi on the city gate, there are countless gunpowder.

Without Li Jinglong's opening the door and surrendering, there are more than 20 people in Zhu Di. It is unknown whether they can be defeated and how long it will take.

From another point of view, Zhu Di is very familiar with the capital city of Nanjing. Does he know how difficult it is to fight the city of Nanjing and how many troops are needed to be sure of victory.

But after the victory from Baigouhe, Zhu Di led his troops straight to Nanjing without hesitation.

The strategy at that time made the following soldiers dumbfounded.

Who gave Zhu Di such confidence.

Apart from Li Jinglong, there was no one else.

Some people said that Li Jinglong opened the door and surrendered because of fear.

However, from Li Jinglong's resume, it is difficult to see the intention of fear.

Li Jinglong, who grew up in a military camp since he was a child, followed his father Li Wenzhong to fight in the battlefield. When he grew up, he led troops to train alone, and was in charge of the Western trade, which was valued by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The most important thing is that Li Jinglong did not open the city gate alone, he had accomplices.

Surrendered together with Gu Wang Zhu Wei, and the city gate opened was also Nanjing Jinchuan Gate guarded by Gu Wang Zhu Wei.

Li Jinglong wanted to open another city gate, but he might not be able to open it.

Of course, although the current Li Jinglong has a good relationship with Zhu Di, he has no intention of helping him rebel.

It's just that he is a smart person. Among the choices between Zhu Yunqi and Zhu Ying, he quickly chose Zhu Ying, whom he had never met.

Li Jinglong couldn't understand his cousin's temperament, how could he possibly win against such a ruthless person as Zhu Ying.

In particular, Zhu Ying is still the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson recognized by His Majesty.

No matter what kind of messy life experience, as long as His Majesty is alive, the position of grandson can only be done by Zhu Ying.

On this point, Li Jinglong, like Zhu Di, can see it very clearly.

"Now His Majesty has not announced the identity of His Highness the eldest grandson. If I surrender early, I will definitely be able to be reused."

Li Jinglong felt a little uneasy.

Because Zhu Ying was too unfamiliar to him, and with the mysterious atmosphere brought by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, Li Jinglong was already timid before meeting him.

"Cao Guogong, please stay still, it is not suitable to enter here."

Just when Li Jinglong saw the courtyard in front of him and was about to go straight there, suddenly two strong men dressed as ordinary people stood in front of him.

Li Jinglong stopped in his tracks, and with just one glance, he understood that these people were Jin Yiwei.

"Why, you Jinyi guards are so wide, you still don't allow me to walk around?" Li Jinglong rolled his eyes and said immediately.

However, the two Jin Yiwei didn't buy it at all. After looking at each other, they took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "Cao Guogong, don't make it difficult for us."

The two of them put their hands on the hilt of the waist knife. Obviously, if Li Jinglong said one more word, he would directly subdue him without giving him any face.

As His Majesty's personal guard, no matter who dares to attack His Majesty, directly arrest Jin Yiwei and send him to prison.

Li Jinglong took a look at where the hands of the two were placed, turned around and left without hesitation, and left without looking back.

Just after Li Jinglong left, the two Jinyi guards whispered, and one of them immediately walked towards Zhu Ying's house.

"You stay here with the other brothers, and I will report to Mr. Jiang."

"Yes."

In the courtyard, Zhu Ying understood that the old man already agreed with his idea of ​​separating the military from the government.

Although the specific implementation must be more careful.

After all, the reform of the entire military system of the Ming Dynasty is far from something that can be done with a few thousand words on white paper, and the benefits involved are extremely huge.

But Zhu Ying knew very well that if he wanted to reform Daming, he could only do so while the old man was still there.

If he ascended the throne by himself, and then carried out this reform, the obstacles he would encounter would definitely be beyond imagination.

The separation of military and government, in a sense, also weakens the power of generals.

The most critical constraint is the difference between wartime and non-wartime.

It is equivalent to adding a role similar to the military commission of later generations to the normal commanding generals to control non-wartime and non-professional soldiers.

It means that the number of troops controlled by the original generals has dropped significantly during non-wartimes.

In fact, most of the soldiers, when there is no war, exist as farmland. During this period of time, they will be ruled by the Military Commission instead of being ruled by the original generals like before.

In the strategy on Zhu Yingbai's paper, the military pay of the soldiers will not be paid by the original commander, but by the Military Commission. The logistics soldiers and combat soldiers are also completely separated.

"Grandpa, the matter of separating the military from the government needs to be figured out slowly. My grandson is just a general idea. If it is really going to be implemented, it must be properly prepared."

Zhu Ying said.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

The separation of the military and the government actually adds a line similar to the logistics chief to the original commanding team.

This newly added position is actually difficult for ordinary generals to take up, at least illiterate generals can't take it up, they have to be literati.

"The only way to do this is to turn civil servants into military officials. After we go back, we will call many ministers to discuss this matter, and then we will show the grandson what conclusion we have." Zhu Yuanzhang said after thinking for a while.

Following the idea of ​​separating the military from the government, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly found the key. In a sense, this can be regarded as a combination of civil and military affairs.

"By the way, Grandpa, there is one more thing I need to tell Grandpa." Zhu Ying said suddenly.

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and asked: "What's the matter, grandson just say it."

Embarrassed, Zhu Ying revealed the fact that the Korean envoy had replaced the original Zhao Xiangxi.

"Good boy, we were worried that you were not close to women, but I didn't expect you to take care of it yourself first."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed. Of course, he felt extremely relieved that his grandson wanted a woman.

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang's laughter stopped abruptly.

He looked at Dasun in a daze, just now he was confused by the matter of Dasun asking for a woman, and then he realized that the Korean envoys are helping Dasun to replace him?
"Dasun, what happened to those Korean envoys?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.

Don't pretend to be forceful at this time, let's wait for when.

To be able to shock the old man, Zhu Ying was extremely happy.

Zhu Ying sighed and said: "Oh, none of my subordinates let me worry, they always try to find a woman for me, it's really a headache."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused, and immediately asked: "Dasun, are you killing all the original Koryo envoys, and then replacing them with your own people?"

Goryeo is extremely important to Ming Dynasty in Zhu Yuanzhang's view.

Especially the current Koryo general Li Chenggui, Zhu Yuanzhang recognized him as the best ally.

After all, the former King of Koryo had always been devoted to Meng Yuan and refused to pay tribute to Daming, but Li Chenggui's attitude was clearly very clear.

If Dasun intercepted and killed all his envoys, it would be difficult.

Zhu Ying was speechless, he knew that the old man had misunderstood.

It seems that the old man explained that these Korean envoys were originally under his command.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.

"This, grandson, how did you do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in disbelief.

The envoys of a country have always been the most valued by the country's lord, and such an operation of direct replacement, it is obvious that the entire team of envoys is not only a few people under the command of the great grandson.

This also means that the entire team of Goryeo envoys has been controlled by Dasun.

Zhu Ying smiled lightly, and said as usual: "Not only the envoys of Goryeo, but also the imperial guards of the Goryeo Palace, ministers of the court, local officials, commanders of land and water troops, all belong to my grandson."

"As long as grandpa says a word, grandson will change Gao Li's surname tomorrow."

Zhu Yuanzhang was really shocked when he heard Dasun's faintly domineering declaration.

This is something like a fairy tale, did Dasun really do it?

According to Dasun's statement, that is to say, the whole Goryeo is already under Dasun's control. Then Li Chenggui, who led the army to conquer the royal capital of Goryeo, is now just a puppet?
This, this is too exaggerated.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help rolling his throat and swallowing his saliva. After a long while, he recovered from the shock and asked quickly, "How did Dasun accomplish such things? It's really unbelievable."

Seeing the shocked look of the old man, Zhu Ying felt refreshed.

He didn't hide it, and directly explained what he had arranged for people to lurk under Li Chenggui's command, including some subsequent arrangements, and explained it.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. After all, Zhu Ying is rich, and when Snowflake Salt was sold in Korea, he had already hooked up with a large number of Korean nobles.

Li Chenggui was also a member of the vested interest, and with the addition of some soldiers, under Zhu Ying's control, especially when the Mongolian Yuan was defeated, the situation in Korea was not very good.

The status of these soldiers was quickly promoted, and they quickly rose to the top.

Li Chenggui is not the only general to win over, and Li Chenggui also needs manpower to resist the old forces of the Goryeo royal family and wealthy families.

In the 22nd year of Hongwu, King Wang Xuan of Koryo sent someone to assassinate Li Chenggui. Under the protection of Zhu Ying's hidden generals, he was safe and sound, so he gained the extreme trust of Li Chenggui, and now he is the commander of the palace guards.

The latent forces under Li Chenggui and Zhu Ying, who held the real power, began to carry out private land reforms, mainly for the purpose of restricting the powerful families and Buddhist forces. This kind of reshuffling of the economic base.

Let Zhu Ying wantonly arrange personnel to infiltrate Korea, because there were too many infiltrating personnel, resulting in the situation that no one was available in the Qunying Chamber of Commerce in a short period of time.

Following Zhu Ying's narration, Zhu Yuanzhang stared straight at Zhu Ying's face with a frightening light in his cloudy eyes.

After Zhu Ying finished speaking, she noticed that the old man was strange, she couldn't help but looked at herself, and asked, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you."

"Is there any more?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"No more." Zhu Ying shook her head and replied.

"What a great grandson, really our great grandson, big sister, you can see that our great grandson, our excellent grandson, is so extraordinary even if he is living in the wild."

"Better than us, stronger than us, hahaha!!!"

(End of this chapter)