Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 112 Wang Legend's Expedition
After the second day, dawn.

A gleam of spring flashed across the quilt, and Lianyuanbai's little hands pulled the underwear into the quilt from the bedside.

Then there was a stir in the bulging quilt, and Xu Miaoyun's coquettish voice came:
"Husband, don't mess with it, you have to get up early to see your majesty and empress."

On the second day of the newlyweds, he had to see his in-laws. If it was an ordinary family, Zhu Qi would definitely not be able to afford it.

This early morning is when a man is most energetic.

But one of the parents is the emperor and the other is the queen, so it is definitely not acceptable to be lazy.

Especially the emperor is still Zhu Yuanzhang, he really knows how to whip people with a rattan cane.

Zhu Qi just calmed down a little, got up and put on his clothes.

The maids outside still came in to change Zhu Qi's clothes as usual, but Xu Miaoyun had a shy look on her face, and she came out after she had passed the news by herself under the quilt.

And the hairstyle is no longer the appearance of a girl, but is coiled up to look like a bride.

Seeing Xu Miaoyun's proficient appearance, she must have practiced more than once.

The two got up, washed up and went straight to Empress Ma without even eating breakfast.

But before leaving, Xu Miaoyun deliberately put away the sheet with red flowers blooming on it, after all, it was the symbol of Xu Miaoyun's virginity.

It seems that women these days have this habit, and Zhu Qi didn't ask too much.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still in the morning court at this time, so naturally he was not there, the two greeted Empress Ma, and then they were left for breakfast.

Empress Ma pulled Xu Miaoyun to the side, and asked questions kindly, Xu Miaoyun also answered kindly, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to be harmonious.

After all, when the mother-in-law is the queen, the daughter-in-law dare not be in harmony, right?
On the contrary, Zhu Qi, who only cared about eating, looked like an outsider, and Zhu Qi really couldn't get in and couldn't speak.

He had been sitting by Empress Ma's side for an hour, watching the sun rising, and seeing that it would be noon in another hour, Zhu Yuanzhang hurried back from outside.

Along the way, he was still talking to the prince Zhu Biao next to him:
"Hmph, this Northern Yuan Liang King is really hateful. If he thinks that he has linked up with the Western Regions and connected with the Northern Yuan Royal Court, I, Da Ming, will not dare to touch him?"

Zhu Biao said on the side:
"Father, the King Liang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty occupies the southwest and may threaten Sichuan, Jiangnan and other places at any time. This matter has to be guarded against, but at this time Wang Baobao is also eyeing him. The northern defense line must not be relaxed. It’s a long-term plan.”

The two of them had already approached after saying this.

When they got to the door, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao finally did not discuss these matters. After Zhu Yuanzhang saw Xu Miaoyun, he said a few words briefly, and the topic turned to King Liang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

It can be seen that at today's court meeting, the matter about King Liang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty should be the main object of discussion.

Empress Ma was still very discerning. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was dealing with state affairs wholeheartedly, she got up and took Xu Miaoyun out for a walk.

Zhu Qi also got up and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Third brother, it happens that you are here too, so stay and discuss matters."

what?
Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, what could he do? Zhu Yuanzhang had already spoken, so he could only sit down obediently.

Then, after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao talking left and right, Zhu Qicai sorted out the ins and outs of the matter.

The current situation in the world is not completely clear to Da Ming.

In the north are Wang Baobao and Naha Chu of Liaodong, and in the southwest there are Beiyuan Liangwang and Dali Duan.

At this time, these four forces have already formed a single piece through the northwest of Longyou Pass and the Wusi Tibetan area, presenting a situation of encircling Daming.

The only good news is that Zhu Qi defeated the Yuan Navy in the Liaodong Bohai Sea and captured Liaoyang Pingzhang Liu Yi.

This fat man is now Daming's prisoner, as for his funeral, Zhu Qi has nothing to do with it.

The Battle of Bohai, not to mention Megatron China, but at least it scared Goryeo enough.

Koryo is a country surrounded by sea on three sides, and its land is deep and small. The Daming Navy is so powerful, and his little Koryo Navy is powerless to resist.

In case Daming plays a landing operation, Goryeo is still very afraid.

Although it is impossible for Daming to send too many troops in the case of landing operations, Jiangdu, the capital, is always under the threat of the Daming navy. Do you think Goryeo can not be cowardly?

Goryeo has taken the initiative to hand over the olive branch, and Zhu Yuanzhang's edict to confer the title of King Goryeo has also been sent, but it doesn't mean that you can take it lightly.

Under such circumstances, the Northern Yuan Liang King who was entrenched in Yunnan naturally became more and more arrogant day by day.

Because he knew that Daming had no way to transfer the main force to Yunnan to deal with him. Although there was a garrisoned army, it was quite difficult to launch an attack on King Liang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

The King Liang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty sent a letter not long ago, which was a letter of persuasion.

The content is also very irritating. I hope Zhu Yuanzhang will not be ignorant of good and evil, and quickly surrender to my Dayuan, and then he can be named Anlebo or something.

To be able to speak in this tone, to put it bluntly, is Wang Baobao's arrangement.

Now that Daming and Bei Yuan are confronting each other in Northern Xinjiang, and Wang Baobaozhi is in the Central Plains, there is an urgent need for a breakthrough.

If Zhu Yuanzhang can be angered, then the Ming army in northern Xinjiang will be transferred to Yunnan, allowing King Liang to contain the main force of the Ming army.

This Wang Baobao will have the opportunity to go south with Nahachu, trying to regain control of the Central Plains.

The situation was such a situation. When Wang Baobao was still alive, Bei Yuan was united like never before. This core figure brought an indescribable threat to Daming.

After Zhu Qi finished listening, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Qi's opinion.

Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, what opinion could he have, he didn't understand these big things.

If I'm wrong, isn't it harmful?

After hesitating for a moment, he asked:

"I think Big Brother is right."

As for what Zhu Biao just said, of course, the defense of the northern border is the main focus, as long as the king of Liang in the south can defend it, don't rush to attack.

Zhu Yuanzhang in history did indeed adopt such a strategy, waiting until the north had several major victories one after another, especially after the victory of the third Northern Expedition.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang start preparing for the war to recover Yunnan.

It was not until Hongwu 14 years that the battle to recover Yunnan was officially launched, and it was conquered in the first battle.

There is nothing wrong with Zhu Qi's words at that time, after all, this country's major affairs are not something that he can just follow along.

So in the following chat, Zhu Qi mainly acted as a listener, and said a few words: "I think so too."

But speaking of Yunnan, by the time of the Ming Dynasty, it had actually been more than 600 years since Yunnan left the control of the Central Plains Dynasty.

As we all know, the Chinese are very peace-loving. We originated from the Yellow River civilization, and we have occupied a vast land so far, all of which were sent by phone bills.

During the Qin Dynasty, the peace-loving Qin Shihuang gently "persuaded" the Dian Kingdom, which occupied Yunnan at that time, with blood and fire, and merged with the unified Qin Dynasty.

And officially repaired Chi Dao to Yunnan, which deepened the Central Plains Dynasty's control over Yunnan.

The peace-loving Qin Shihuang even traveled to Yunnan to promote principles and laws.

In the Han Dynasty, the same peace messenger, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, also gently "persuaded" the king of Dian, who was separatist at that time, to set up Yizhou County in Yunnan.

At the turn of the Han Dynasty, Yunnan ran out to become independent again, and was later recovered by the Shu Han, because Zhuge Liang's contribution in Yunnan was too great.

Ever since, in the next 1000 years, any new things that appeared in Yunnan were all said to be invented by Zhuge Liang.

It was because the aborigines in Yunnan at that time had such a deep impression on Zhuge Liang.

Later, the Five Disordered China, and Yunnan was divided again.

During the Tang Dynasty, Yunnan became the Nanzhao Kingdom, and it was inseparable from the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, there was another peace-loving emperor in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, who "convinced" Nanzhao to include it in the territory.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty came to an abrupt end, and Yunnan rebelled and became independent again!
Since then, the Han people have never been able to regain Yunnan. Until now, it has been more than 600 years since Yunnan became independent from the Han people.

If you put other dynasties, such as the Song Dynasty, seeing that they have been independent for so long, they will definitely recognize the other party's independent status without saying a word, and hope to be able to make friends.

The Song Dynasty did exactly that. At that time, the Duan family in Dali had been separated from the control of the Han people for more than 100 years. The Song Dynasty did not try to bring it, and directly declared that it would never invade the Dali Kingdom.

Anyway, giving money and land, as long as you don't give him the throne of the Zhao family, what can't you give it?

Zhao Song, Zhao Song, follow along.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was different. He was determined to recover Yunnan.

Moreover, history has proved that Zhu Yuanzhang did the right thing. Not only Yunnan, but also Zhu Yuanzhang in Vietnam was defeated.

It's a pity that Zhu Di's good grandson sent him out again, otherwise Vietnam today would be a province of China.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were discussing enthusiastically around the Northern Yuan Liang King in Yunnan, but Zhu Qi had no interest in it, nor did he have much opinion.

He had a serious look on his face, but his mind was already empty.

I didn't understand too much when I heard it at the end. I only said that it seems that after a while, a general will be dispatched to preside over the defense of Huguang.

After all, the most vulnerable places in Yunnan are the Bashu and Huguang areas.

The terrain of Bashu is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is not a big problem to guard the pass.

But Huguang is different from Yunnan.

Although there are many waterways in Huguang, the Huguang waterways are not as turbulent as the waterways in the middle of Shu, making it difficult to cross.

As long as there are boats, Huguang's waterways are still easy to cross.

In comparison, Yunnan's attack on Huguang is much simpler.

However, when Huguang enters Yunnan, the road is indeed treacherous and difficult.

As for the candidate, it is probably either Fu Youde or Tang He.

No matter who it is, they are all famous generals anyway, Zhu Qi has nothing to worry about.

After finally chatting here, Zhu Qi left the bedroom and went back to his own place, and saw that Xu Miaoyun had returned.

She was already married to Zhu Qi at this time as Princess Liao, so she naturally lived with Zhu Qi.

After Zhu Qi became a fan later, she would definitely follow.

As soon as Zhu Qi came back, he was planning to discuss with Xu Miaoyun about the knowledge of human mechanics and related issues while the sky was still early and his vision was good.

But Xu Miaoyun walked awkwardly, it was really hard to be happy.

Zhu Qi also loves others, who makes himself rich, and most men can't feel his pain.

It was just beginning to suffer here, when Xu Miaoyun took out a letter, saying it was sent to Zhu Qi by someone else.

Zhu Qi took the envelope and took a look. The person who delivered the letter was Legend of Liaodong Navy President!

The president of the Liaodong Navy, this is Wang Chuanqi's current position, officially appointed by the court.

And Wang Chuanqi's letter, needless to say, must have something to do with exploring and sailing!

Zhu Qi has given such a detailed map, if Wang Chuanqi can't touch the American continent, then Zhu Qi is helpless.

He couldn't wait to open the letter, and first saw a small piece of fur.

The fur is quite thick, yet very soft to the touch, and looks very high-end.

After reading the letter, Zhu Qicai knew what the fur was.

This is actually the fur of a polar bear!

It turned out that Wang Chuanqi quickly arranged an expedition team, a total of five large ships, to explore the sea according to the map given by Zhu Qi.

Although Wang Chuanqi had an official position, the entire Beiyuan navy was wiped out in the Bohai War, and it didn't take more than ten years for him to be unable to slow down.

He, the governor of the Liaodong Navy, is also very leisurely.

Idle is idle anyway, he simply led the team himself.

He originally thought that it would be auspicious for him to reach Sakhalin Island safely with five ships on his first voyage.

Unexpectedly, the Goryeo Kingdom changed its king, and the new king seemed to be very fearful and obedient to Daming because of the Bohai War.

As soon as he saw that it was the Daming Navy, there was no hostility anymore, and he received the whole process.

So Wang Chuanqi walked around Koryo without any risk, and quickly reached the north of Changbai Mountain along the coastline.

That is, Jianzhou, Maolian and other areas.

This is the territory of the Jurchens, and the Jurchens and the Koreans are inseparable.

And the current Jurchens are also controlled by Bei Yuan.

However, because the Jin people massacred the Mongols in history, they implemented a bloody policy of reducing men on the grassland, that is, they went to the grassland every year and killed men directly when they saw them.

Therefore, under the control of the Yuan Dynasty, the Jurchens have not lived happily.

The Jin Dynasty, when Mongolia destroyed the Jurchens, once said that only the Wanyan family would not be pardoned.

It is conceivable what kind of blood feud between the two clans.

Following Zhu Qi's suggestion, Wang Chuanqi contacted the Jurchens as an old enemy of Beiyuan, and the two hit it off.

There are no permanent enemies and allies, only permanent interests. This sentence is true at any time.

Even though this Jurchen has committed Jingkang shame, in history, in order to deal with the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has also carried out joint attacks with the Jurchens many times.

Later, the three guards of Jurchen were established, that is, Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen and Savage Jurchen.

The territory will include more than half of Siberia today, reaching the Bering Strait, which can be described as extremely vast.

However, such a rule is still very weak.

The honeymoon period between the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchen did not last for many years, and soon cracks appeared again.

Jurchen even grew bigger step by step. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the same situation as in the Chongzhen period appeared.

Of course, the situation here does not mean that the Jurchens are invincible.

But it shows that in the middle of the dynasty, that is, after the death of Zhu Qizhen, the god of war in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty at that time was besieged on all sides, and there were rebellions in all directions.

At this time, Zhu Jianshen, a hawkish emperor who was quite low-key in history, appeared.

This person is a hawk through and through, and he will do it when he is indecisive.

What is the rebellion of the Yao people in Guangxi, the rebellion of the Nanzhang bandit Liu Tong, the invasion of the Mongolian Maoli boy, the invasion of the Jurchens in Jianzhou, the Miao rebellion in Jingzhou, the invasion of the little Mongolian prince... If nothing else, it is a battle cry, dispatching troops and strategizing, it is very easy It has the demeanor of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

It can be said that for Da Ming ZTE, it broke out a new world.

Giving birth to a good son of Zhongxing Daming is probably Zhu Qizhen's greatest contribution.

Another famous thing that Zhu Jianshen did was Chenghua Liting.

What if the Jurchens are disobedient?
The original text of the history is that Zhu Jianshen issued an edict: "Smash its nest and eliminate its species."

Ruthless, an absolute ruthless person.

Gossip aside, the Jurchen at this time is really not in the slightest, after contacting Wang Chuanqi.

They also hope to use Daming's power to get rid of Bei Yuan's control, so they are naturally very friendly to Wang Chuanqi.

So, with the help of the Jurchens, Wang Chuanqi crossed Sakhalin Island and headed towards the depths of Siberia without any effort.

But unfortunately, Wang Chuanqi set off in October, and when he crossed Sakhalin Island to the depths of Siberia, it was December...

Siberia in December, don't I need to say more?

Wang Chuanqi had tried his best, and he really wanted to see the Bering Strait that Zhu Qi mentioned.

But this freezing weather is no longer suitable for human activities.

After killing the two weird white bears, Wang Chuanqi could only quickly retreat back with the rest of the people who hadn't frozen to death.

Returning by the same route is naturally much faster than before.

So at the end of February in the ninth year of Hongwu, the overseas expedition that lasted half a year came to an end.

Wrote a letter back, and also sent the trophy polar bear fur.

The whole piece is still on the way, this is a small piece that has been delivered with the letter.

After all, sending letters must be faster.

And Wang Chuanqi also said in the letter that he will leave in March, and if he calculates the time, it will happen to be midsummer when he arrives in Siberia.

At that time, we will challenge the Bering Strait again. This time, Wang Chuanqi hopes to cross the Strait and see the legendary New World.

Zhu Qi read it from the beginning to the end. Although Wang Chuanqi's writing is simple, a few strokes have outlined a magnificent adventure.

I have to say that Wang Chuanqi is indeed as he imagined, full of spirit of exploration, most people probably want to go home in the cold in Sakhalin Island.

Putting down the letter, Zhu Qi touched his skin, and now Wang Chuanqi should have set off again, so he could only pray in his heart, hoping that Wang Chuanqi's journey would go smoothly.

But speaking of polar bear fur...

Zhu Qi looked at Xu Miaoyun who was standing beside him, nodded and said:
"How about I get you a fur coat?"

(End of this chapter)