Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 184 Elder Li Shan Announces the Elder

Facts have proved that when both the enemy and the enemy think they have won, there will be no surprises in the outcome of the battle.

The scene of six planes directly crashing into the city of Jiayuguan that Cornell expected did not appear.

When he brought 30 alien beasts to Chenbing Jiayuguan, his expression changed instantly when he saw six planes flying over Jiayuguan smoothly.

In an instant he knew he had been tricked.

"Let's go!" His face changed drastically, and he was about to recruit strange beasts to protect him and leave first.

But how could Xu Da, who had already received news from Li Jinglong, give him such an opportunity.

More than 20 elite warriors in the army who had reached the seventh rank were ambushing nearby. The moment they saw Cornell, they approached him in a flash.

Although he is also a transcendent, although he can command the movements of 30 alien beasts.

But when he was approached by Wu Fu, he still could only stare blankly.

Unable to even react, he was hit directly on the back of the head by the palm of the leading warrior, and he passed out as soon as he rolled his eyes.

At the same time, the rest of the warriors quickly killed all the guards of the Holy Crusade around the envoy.

"Send a signal to the commander, we have already succeeded!" The leading martial artist glanced at the fainted Cornell, and said with a smile.

Fireworks soared into the sky.

Xu Da and Geng Bingwen, who were standing on the top of Jiayuguan City in the distance, immediately smiled when they saw the signal.

"It's not easy!"

"Da Ming has been fighting with alien beasts for more than ten years, and this is the first time we have caught a live envoy."

"It's still Xu Shuai who is amazing, and he can have such a feat just after he came to Jiayuguan!" Geng Bingwen complimented with a smile.

"I don't dare to be greedy for credit, this is the credit of that kid Li Jinglong!"

"I think that kid is about to rise up!" Xu Da sighed.

Among the juniors of these old guys, Li Jinglong is the most powerful now.

This idiot general, who was famous in history, really has a taste of a tiger father without a dog now.

"Marshal, your soldiers are so fast!"

"We have to kill the strange beasts as much as possible before the other envoys around can react, and destroy the living power they can control." Geng Bingwen said next to him.

"I see!"

Xu Da came to his senses, nodded and said, "Let's attack with the whole army, wipe out all the strange beasts in the vicinity, and try to push the battle line outward to the outskirts of Qilian Mountain....

Zhu Biao, who had a panoramic view of all this with a global perspective, finally looked back when he saw the hundreds of thousands of strange beasts fleeing in a panic under the roar of artillery fire from the New Ming Army.

He really didn't expect that the battle on the front line of Jiayuguan would end in such a dramatic way.

But no matter what, after more than ten years of strategic defense against the gods, Daming finally had a big victory.

And the most important thing is to catch a living angel.

Although this is not the guy who came directly from a foreign land, it is better than nothing!

At the very least, the academicians of the Academy of Sciences finally have a research object...

This battle finally ended with the complete victory of the new army of Ming Dynasty.

And this also became the clarion call for the new Ming army to completely launch a counterattack against the surrounding alien beasts.

In the third month after the end of the Jiayuguan battle, the Royal Navy formation of the Ming Dynasty also showed its fangs, and attacked Taiwan first, destroying [-]% of the strange beasts on it, and the three envoys who led these strange beasts.

Then go straight eastward and enter Japan again.

In half a year, Japan was pushed across the country, killing all the alien beasts and envoys in the period.

Neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Biao was surprised by such a result.

After all, the new Ming army has been recharging its energy for more than ten years, and its current weapons and equipment have initially reached the level of World War II.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, after Da Ming has completely revived the spiritual energy for the second time, the dividends brought to this world by the spiritual energy have been thoroughly digested and absorbed bit by bit, and transformed into his own nourishment.

The effect of this manifested in the new army of the Ming Dynasty is that now ordinary soldiers in the army have reached the level of strength, and an ordinary hundred households are already rank nine martial arts.

When fighting against those groups of alien beasts, they will first encounter a round of gunfire to wash the ground, and then wait for them to rush forward, thinking that they can start a big kill, but when they find the human beings on the opposite side, they throw away the rifles in their hands and draw them out. After the big knife, he is still not weaker than them at all.

This is quite depressing.

In the blink of an eye, five years passed by in the blink of an eye.

It has been fifty years since Daming was established.

Now the total population of Nanjing City has exceeded [-] million, and the total population of Ming Dynasty has grown from less than [-] million in the early Ming Dynasty to more than one billion people now.

Skyscrapers are rising one after another in Nanjing City, the streets are full of traffic, and airships fly slowly in the sky from time to time.

At night, the whole Nanjing city will become even brighter, with colorful neon lights and street lights lighting up every corner of the whole Nanjing city.

This place is not much different from the modern society in Zhu Biao's memory.

Even because of the revival of spiritual energy, this place has added a different kind of mysterious atmosphere.

For example, the Wusheng Pagoda still towering in the city of Nanjing, and a large formation to protect the city that was jointly designed by the Institute of Psychic Energy of the Academy of Sciences after ten years.

If there are older generations who have lived from the early years of the Ming Dynasty to the present, they will definitely be impressed by the rapid development of the Ming Empire. 50 years ago, no one would have thought that the Ming Empire would develop into what it is today.

During this year, in fact, the power center of the Ming Empire also underwent considerable changes.

Zhu Biao, who has supervised the country for nearly 30 years, finally got the approval of Zhu Yuanzhang to gradually hand over the government affairs to the emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying, making him the grandson of the supervisor.

For Zhu Biao, this can be regarded as keeping the clouds open and the moon shining.

To be honest, he had this idea ten years ago.

It's a pity that at that time, Lao Zhu felt sorry for his grandson and refused to let him go.

There was no other way, his son could only work hard without complaint.

Now finally, after Lao Zhu let go, he can finally get rid of the heavy government affairs and let his son take over.

For Zhu Biao, this is definitely a great joy.

Of course, after everyone unanimously decided, the reign title of the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty will remain unchanged, and His Majesty the Emperor will still be the Hongwu Emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not refuse this either.

In fact, he is very clear that with the growing territory of Daming and the higher level of spiritual energy recovery, the current Daming is no longer an ordinary mortal dynasty.

In the future, Daming will definitely encounter more powerful enemies and stronger different worlds. At this time, he is really not at ease if he is asked to retire for the elderly.

The real general direction of the Ming Empire still needs to be grasped by him.

In addition, the cabinet has also undergone changes.

Li Shanchang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also completely retired and returned to his hometown this year, completely withdrawing from the political stage of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang canonized Li Shanchang as King of Han, and in addition to his annual salary, he also bestowed 50 hectares of land, which can be described as an extremely honorable favor.

Li Shanchang is also very knowledgeable about practical affairs, and has already submitted the memorial, and is going to take everyone in his family to his manor in the Jiajing plane to spend his old age.

In fact, Li Shanchang was not the first founding father to leave the political stage of Ming Dynasty.

Previously, Wang Guangyang, Song Lian, etc. had retired and returned to their hometowns due to physical reasons.

The current political stars active in the Ming Dynasty are already Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, these civil servants who were all-powerful in the original Yongle Dynasty.

Of course, the difference from the original history is that Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Xu Jie and other Jiajing ministers are added now.

In the past five years, in addition to commanding the army to attack from all directions, destroying alien beasts, and expanding the territory, another thing Zhu Yuanzhang did was to completely integrate the ruling institutions of the two planes into one.

Today's Jiajing plane has completely become a sub-plane of the Ming Empire.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, there is no need to send it off. The old minister is really leaving this time!" Before the space passage, Li Shanchang made a final salute to Zhu Yuanzhang and said with emotion.

He has been conquering the world with Zhu Yuanzhang since he was more than 30 years old. Now he is a hundred years old and has known each other for more than 70 years. Now this road is finally coming to an end.

He knew very well that this meeting might be a farewell.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao took all the civil and military officials of the entire Ming Empire to bid farewell to Li Shanchang in person.

Hearing his words at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt a little emotional.

"Shanchang, we want to thank you!"

"Without your help, our present Daming Empire would not exist. You appeared at our most difficult time, and you were our good teacher and helpful friend. Without you, we would not have this great Ming Empire!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Li Shanchang on the shoulder.

Put a bottle into Li Shanchang's hand with his own hands.

"There is a panacea in this bottle. It is a good thing newly researched by the Imperial Hospital. It can prolong your life by 30 years. Old brother, this is the last benefit we can give you!" Zhu Yuanzhang whispered in Li Shanchang's ear.

Li Shanchang's eyes widened suddenly when he heard the words, and then his eye sockets became moist.

He knows how valuable this panacea is.

Because he is old and doesn't have the talent to practice martial arts or immortality, he has been searching for this kind of elixir.

In his eyes, this precious medicine that prolongs life for 30 years is as valuable as the 50 hectares of land that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him.

"Go here and just enjoy the wealth and honor. Let's not talk about those vain things. In short, with my Ming Dynasty, the Li family will be prosperous and rich."

"Let's give you another letter. If one day the unfilial descendants of your old Li's family really ruin your family business and title, you let them take this letter to us or our descendants. , our descendants will recognize it." Zhu Yuanzhang said again.

Li Shanchang accepted the letter solemnly, but he had no intention of using it.

He already planned to burn the letter in front of his children and grandchildren after returning home.

Having read the history of Ming Dynasty, he knows very well that if his descendants are not filial, this letter will only bring disaster. If their descendants are capable, they can still live well without this letter.

He is now very open about the things of future generations.

For example, his son Li Qi will inherit his title in the future, but he and Xu Da made the same choice. The title of Han Wang will end with him. After his death, Li Qi will only succeed the Duke of Han.

As for whether the grandchildren can keep the title of the Duke of Korea, that is not something he should consider.

"Your Majesty, the old minister bid farewell!"

"To tell the truth, I, Li Shanchang, have done the most correct thing in my life to meet His Majesty and become His Majesty's counselor."

Li Shanchang saluted Zhu Yuanzhang again, then waved his hand and left without looking back with the team.

The civil and military officials who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to see Li Shanchang off looked at the mighty Li family convoy heading towards the sub-plane, and most of them had expressions of envy in their eyes.

An extremely personable minister, he has held the central power of the imperial court for decades.

And in the end, he was able to retire unscathed and enjoy the glory and wealth. This may be the greatest honor of a civil servant!

So far, Li Shanchang is the only one who can get this honor in the entire Ming Empire.

But Li Shanchang was the first, but not the last.

The era belonging to Li Shanchang is over, but the next era is also about to begin.

At this moment, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and all the people who are qualified to compete for the next cabinet minister can't help but start to look forward to it.

Chief Assistant of the Ming Empire!

The location is just too tempting.

Now as the territory of Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more affairs to be handled, the authority of the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet is also getting bigger and bigger.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang had already revealed to them that Confucianism and Taoism talents would soon be ushered in the main plane.

Moreover, the talents of Confucianism and Taoism combed by Jiuding can only be obtained by the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty. As the head of the hundred officials, the chief assistant of the cabinet will undoubtedly be the biggest beneficiary.

The scope of this benefit is very wide, including longevity, force, intelligence, and other aspects will be qualitatively improved.

There is also fame, as well as the real interests involved.

No one can ignore these things.

Even Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui were the same.

Moreover, the official system of the Ming Dynasty underwent a second reform ten years ago when Reiki was revived for the second time, and the restriction that the chief assistant of the cabinet can only serve for ten years has been removed.

That is to say, if they become the chief assistant of the cabinet, with the support of Confucianism and Taoism, they can even be in power for decades like Li Shanchang.

Such a temptation is really too great.

"Father, I don't know if you have confirmed the candidate for the next chief minister of the cabinet?" Zhu Biao couldn't help asking curiously after seeing off Li Shanchang and returning to Fengtian Hall with Zhu Yuanzhang.

"One of Yang Shiqi or Zhang Juzheng!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Of course, the specific choice of who will be the chief assistant of the cabinet depends on whether they can get the approval of several township tripods in the main world after they are condensed. This is the most important thing."

Having said that, he couldn't help but glance at his mission again.

【Mission: Gather talents into tools】

[Introduction: In the past, the first emperor of Qin collected the world's weapons to cast twelve bronze men, and defeated the immortals against the sky.Now that Confucianism and Taoism are newly established, talents are scattered, and Confucian scholars from all over the world are used for their own use, and talents from all directions are gathered, and the country is the best choice]

[Zhen Guo Jiu Ding: 8/9]

[Mission Countdown: Seven Years]

[Task Reward: Confucianism and Taoism in this world are only second level]

"almost!"

"In another year, it should be enough!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

(End of this chapter)