The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Lan Yu hesitated.

He didn't know what was happening in the capital now.

When those adopted sons of his were arrested, were they really targeting him?

Although they have basically lost contact now, and Lan Yu does not allow them to do things in their own name, some things cannot be divided, at least in the eyes of others, it is not that simple.

Assuming that Lan Yu raised her arms and shouted, not to mention everything, at least 80% of the adopted sons were also willing to follow Lan Yu again.

"Dong Guo Liang, why don't we go back and be careful about sailing the ten-thousand-year ship? Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst."

Cao Zhen said worriedly.

Now, it has nothing to do with loyalty. What they want more is to save their own lives.

Grandson is not a soft-hearted person, and His Majesty is neither.

On the occasion of the inheritance of the throne, it is obviously very common in the history of various dynasties to eliminate some hidden dangers early.

Lan Yu did not answer, but looked at the Ming Dynasty fleet docked near the port.

There is also the increasingly prosperous port of Siam.

After a long time, Lan Yu slowly said:

"You know, Cao Zhen, I actually had the idea of ​​quitting a long time ago."

"Because my grandson once showed me a roster. On that roster, there were names of you, me, and many more people."

"I have been fighting for a lifetime. No matter how difficult the city is to defeat or how difficult it is to defend the city, I have never been afraid. But that time, I was really afraid."

"Without my grandson, I would not have come back this time. After hearing this news, I will go back as well."

"But Taisun is different."

"It has been ten years since the Ming Dynasty. Look at how much it has changed now. Do you still remember what the Ming Dynasty's army was like ten years ago, and what it is like now."

"Perhaps, in the capital, the imperial court has already made preparations at this moment, and is just waiting for us to arrive to relinquish military power. But what's the matter? What if we become rich men? Maybe we should take a rest."

Cao Zhen's eyes widened when he heard these words. He couldn't believe that these words would come out of Lan Yu's mouth.

He really didn't believe that the man who dared to break through the city gate, was arrogant and domineering, and was not even afraid of His Majesty, would say such a thing.

"But, brother, what should our brothers do?" Cao Zhen asked after hesitating for a while.

Lan Yu smiled bitterly and said: "What else can we do? Let's do whatever the grandson arranges."

"Look at the current Ming Dynasty, which is conquering all over the world. Why worry about not making any achievements? When His Majesty was around, the grandson has always been restrained. When the grandson succeeds to the throne, when your majesty comes, do you think the grandson will stop? ?”

"Those soldiers, soldiers who graduated from the military academy, are constantly recruiting people. Even veterans have to go through new training."

"During the battle against Tianzhu, didn't you notice that the soldiers we have now are so easy to use that we don't have to worry about discipline issues at all. Even my brother-in-law or Uncle Xu, the soldiers they once led, Nothing compares to it.”

"My grandson will not treat us badly. As long as we are obedient, honest and follow the arrangements, that will be fine."

Lan Yu is not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang. If he is afraid of someone, it used to be his brother-in-law Chang Yuchun, and now it is his grandson Zhu Ying.

I respect and fear my brother-in-law Chang Yuchun. After all, if he does something wrong, he will be beaten for real and even his sister can't stop him.

As for Zhu Ying, her nephew, Lan Yu was afraid, very afraid.

Although Zhu Ying always smiles and seems to be very close to him, Lan Yu always feels jealous towards Zhu Ying. Even Zhu Ying himself has never done anything to kill everyone after entering the palace. , even Zhu Yunwen, the former grandson, had arranged a good place to go.

But the more this happens, the more people are afraid of it.

Because everyone knows that Zhu Ying was once a frontier smuggler, and could even be said to be a vicious gangster. However, after entering the palace, he acted like a good person, not caring about this or that.

It's like wearing a mask.

After getting to know the guards of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, including Mongolians, Semu people, and even people from the Western Regions, Hans, Jurchens, etc., you know how ruthless Zhu Ying was in the beginning to frighten these lawless guys.

"I listen to eldest brother. Since eldest brother says to go, then let's go."

Cao Zhen said in a buzzing voice that there were some things that he couldn't understand, but if he didn't understand, he wouldn't understand. In short, he followed his elder brother, even if it was wrong, it didn't matter.

Lan Yu nodded, patted Cao Zhen on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, after so many years, it will pass this time."

"If Taisun really wants to deal with us, there is no need for these small tricks. The news passed this time may be that someone wants to use our hands to break the situation, although I don't know what the situation is."

Lan Yu knew it very well. It sounded like he was controlling an army of nearly a million people in Tianzhu, which made him appear to be a great threat.

But in fact, the Ming army only had 300,000 soldiers, and most of the middle-level officers in these armies came from military academies. Their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and their grandson was far greater than their own.

The other soldiers were recruited from Siam, Zhenla, and even Tianzhu, which is the fifth scum of Zhan, and there is no argument for effectiveness.

The possible support of troops and self-respect is only in Tianzhu. Because it is far away from the Ming Dynasty, some areas cannot be governed.

If you really want to face off against Ming Dynasty, your chances of winning are less than half.
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At the same time that Zhu Ying was preparing to ascend the throne.

Now the Middle East has become a mess. The forces that were once dependent on Timur began to become independent one after another. His sons and grandsons also began to compete for the position of Sultan.

And at this critical moment, another big thing happened.

Historically, Sultan Mahima died early, so Timur designated Pir Mahima as the heir to Timur's empire.

However, in this era, due to the development of traditional Chinese medicine in the Ming Dynasty and its radiation to the outside world, Sudan Mahema did not die early. Even though his physical condition was not very good, he still survived.

Traditional Chinese medicine is like this sometimes. Although it cannot cure Mahema Sudan's condition, it allows him to live in confusion.

However, in the first month after Timur's death, perhaps because of the death of his grandfather, Sultan Mahima's illness broke out and he died suddenly.

This made an originally bad situation even worse.

Before there was a legitimate heir, everyone was cautious, but now that the heir is gone, they are even more unscrupulous.

According to the rule of law in the Timur Empire, the successor should be Sultan Pirma Heima, but now, of course, many people are dissatisfied.

In particular, Khalil, son of Miran Shah, directly captured Samarkand and established himself as Khan.

Because Timur had previously asked Khalil to raise troops as the second batch of reinforcements to attack Tianzhu, so now that Khalil has a large army, it is obvious that Pilma Heima is generally no match.

Because the current leather horse is black and hemp, the army under his command is less than 100,000, and the cavalry is only 20,000.

"Vitus, tell me what I should do now."

"This guy Khalil, he captured Samarkand that should belong to my brother. According to the laws of the empire, I am the first heir."

"But he blatantly violated the law and took the opportunity to become a Khan. This is simply a betrayal of the empire." "But, you know, he has a lot of troops now. Grandpa originally asked him to raise an army to attack Tianzhu, which made him change Gotta be arrogant.”

In a city near Delhi Sultan, Pilma Heima said worriedly.

Vitas was the Mongolian minister who had followed him to the Ming Dynasty. After leaving the Ming Dynasty, Pilma Heima felt that he was very useful, so he recruited him to his side.

Because of their experience together in the Ming Dynasty, and because Vitas was knowledgeable and wise, he gradually became Pierma Heima's confidant.

"Your Highness, perhaps we cannot directly attack Samarkand now."

"As you said, there are now hundreds of thousands of troops under Khalil, and the only one who can deal with him is Prince Shaharul."

"Prince Shaharu has recruited millions of Tianzhu soldiers in Tianzhu. The army he leads is also the elite of our empire."

"Therefore, as long as Prince Shaharul takes action, Khalil will definitely lose."

Vitas said immediately.

Shaharul is the commander-in-chief with the largest army now. This is also because Timur asked him to attack Tianzhu.

And with the huge Tianzhu area as logistics, Shaharul didn't have to worry about army rations at all.

"But, Vitas, it's been a month, Uncle Shaharu, he has not marched into the river, he has been just waiting and watching."

"Maybe I should write him a letter and ask him to attack Khalil, what do you think?"

Pierma Heima asked with a frown.

When Timur died, Shaharul was indeed very anxious, but now, he has not stationed his troops.

If Shaharul hadn't killed the envoy sent by Khalil, Pilma Heima even doubted that he would surrender.

Pi'erma Heima actually had a very good relationship with Shaharul. When he was in the Ming Dynasty, when he ran out of money, he sent people to ask for it from Shaharul.

But now, under the temptation of the Sultanate, no one can tell what the situation will be.

"Your Highness, maybe we can ask Daming for help."

After a slight hesitation, Vitas spoke.

Pi'er Ma Heima was stunned.

"Is this okay? Grandpa has already attacked the Ming Dynasty. Regarding Tianzhu, will the Ming Dynasty choose to help me?"

In Pierma Heima's heart, he never considered that Daming would come to help him.

Vitas explained: "Has Your Highness forgotten that when he was in the Ming Dynasty, he had a good memory with Zhu Yunwen, the current king of Wu in the Ming Dynasty."

"For Ming Dynasty, the situation in our Middle East will also have a great impact on them. If I were Ming Dynasty, choosing a Middle Eastern heir would undoubtedly be in their best interests."

"His Royal Highness Shaharu, he may have more ideas, such as greed for the throne of Khan. Even if he doesn't want it himself, don't his generals want to obtain the merit of serving the dragon?"

"Now, Shaharul is the strongest, followed by Khalil, and His Highness has the fewest soldiers. However, Your Highness is the most legitimate successor."

"So, if we can help Daming, His Highness will be able to ascend to the throne."

Although Pilma Heima felt that he had a good relationship with Shaharul, who could resist the temptation in front of the Sultanate?

What's more, Shaharu now has the strongest army of his grandfather.

He may not even be able to beat Khalil now, let alone Shaharul.

After confirming the plan, Pierma Heima immediately sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help.
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Capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Lan Yu finally arrived.

This was beyond the expectations of many people, even Zhu Ying who received the news was slightly surprised.

Regarding the arrest of Lan Yu's adopted son, Zhu Ying already knew that someone had sent a message to Lan Yu, so he felt that given Lan Yu's temperament, it was very likely that he would turn back.

Some people in the cabinet even suggested sending troops to arrest Lan Yu immediately.

Unexpectedly, Lan Yu came by herself.

"I implore Your Highness to immediately take back the military power of Duke Liang and imprison him in the capital to prevent changes."

During the cabinet discussion, Zhan Hui, the Minister of Civil Affairs, immediately stood up and said.

Zhu Ying was reorganizing the imperial court.

Strictly speaking, a cabinet system is established to handle national government affairs.

Of course, the military power was under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and the military department did not participate in the cabinet.

At present, Zhu Ying has not yet fully promulgated the system and regulations of the cabinet. He plans to wait until he ascends the throne to implement them.

Generally speaking, it is almost a constitutional monarchy, but the cabinet has no power to interfere with the military.

Zhu Yinghui restructured the Fifth Army Governor's Office into a separate department, which was not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet and was only responsible to the emperor.

However, Zhu Ying will retain the power of veto and the power of war.

In other words, in the future, the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty will basically have little to do with the emperor. If the Ming Dynasty's treasury tax revenue declines, or local disasters are not handled in time, resulting in the death of people, it will all be the responsibility of the cabinet.

Political performance and people's livelihood are the criteria. The capable are promoted and the weak are demoted. There will be a new election every five years.

In terms of waging war with foreign countries, the emperor cannot initiate a war alone. It requires a proposal from the cabinet, a report from the military department, and then the emperor decides. This is also the basic right of war.

As for the veto power, this one is more powerful.

As long as it involves the emperor's rights and interests or cabinet proposals, the emperor can veto it with one vote.

In this way, Zhu Ying did not have to worry too much about future generations doing things that would harm the Ming Dynasty, or being sidelined, because the emperor's power over government affairs was gone. It was all gone, so there was nothing left.

There is also the power of the emperor's personal conquest, which has been completely canceled by Zhu Ying, and even the emperor's power to participate in the war has been canceled.

This is because Zhu Ying is afraid that in future generations, another Ming war god will appear.

Of course, no matter how many restrictions Zhu Ying imposed on the emperor himself, it actually had little to do with him.

Because the current Ming Dynasty belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying.

Even if it is said that a cabinet will be established today and abolished tomorrow, others can only stare. (End of chapter)