Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 157 Sapphire's Secret Observation

Zhu Qi frowned and said:

"Hey, what I'm asking is not about whether to praise or not. What I'm asking is whether the people in Liaoyang are well fed and warmly dressed. Are there any people who don't have enough clothes or food to eat?"

Liu Bowen smiled and talked about what he saw outside:
"Returning to Your Highness, although the people of Liaoyang cannot be said to have enough food and warm clothes, after the war, most of them can still survive.

Even for those who are wandering on the streets, our army has arranged for them to do some hard work, and it is okay to sell some energy for some food. "

Zhu Qi nodded, and it seemed that these arrangements had come to fruition.

Liu Bowen also said:

"Your Highness loves the people like a child, and this old man admires you very much.

It is my great fortune to have Your Highness in Ming Dynasty. "

Zhu Qi raised his hand and said:
"Don't put a high hat on me, since I am the king of Liao, I will also conquer the land of Liao in the future.

I may live in Liaoyang for the rest of my life, and I will have to rely on the people of Liaoyang to live and eat in the future.

Let them have a better life now, and I will have a better life in the future.

There is nothing to do with loving the people like a child, mutual benefit, mutual benefit. "

Liu Bowen was taken aback for a moment, and asked:

"Your Highness, rely on the people of Liaoyang to eat?"

Zhu Qi spread his hands and said:

"I will be in the Liao territory in the future, and I will no longer be able to receive money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs every month.

This Liaoyang is my fief, and I have to rely on the people of Liao to support me for food and clothing.

The taxes paid by the people of Liaoyang are not my source of livelihood in the future. What are they if they are not my parents? "

This was the first time Liu Bowen heard this kind of statement. In the past, the local magistrate was said to be the official of the parents. His Royal Highness Liao Wang, on the contrary, called the people the parents of food and clothing.

He couldn't help saying with emotion:
"Your Highness really has the demeanor of Tang Taizong in ancient times. The people are the king of water and the boat. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. That's the reason."

Zhu Qi felt a little embarrassed when he heard Liu Bowen's praise, but what he said was indeed the truth.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the biggest feature was King Sai.

The so-called king of Sai is actually similar to the enfeoffment system between the emperor and the princes in the Zhou Dynasty, following the example of the heroes of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States who invaded the land of Yi and Di, and implemented the strategy of "the kings calm the border".

The so-called "all kings Jingbian" means to give great autonomy to the thirteen Sai kings including Qin, Jin, Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Liao.

These kings of Sai not only have their own special guard army, but also have income from official statistics, but most of these income will be handed over to these kings of Sai.

There are soldiers and money, and these tasks of King Sai are not enjoyed in the territory.

Their task is to invade the nomadic land!
At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, even counting the territory of the emperor and the princes, it was only near the Yellow River Basin.

After hundreds of years of development, the territory has expanded more than several times, relying on the continuous expansion of the territory by those princes.

Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning is very clear, that is, to let the thirteen Sailors take the initiative to fight out.

Every year, these Sai kings are sent out to hunt. The so-called hunt is to grab the nomadic territory.

Zhu Qi is the king of Liao and also one of the kings of Sai, so he will surely follow such a path of abundant martial virtue in the future.

Especially in a place like Liao, to be honest, just thinking about it gives me a headache and despair.

However, the preparatory work still needs to be done.

After Liu Bowen's report was over, he began to talk about the war again, and analyzed it:
"At this time, our army has occupied the west and east of Liaodong, and confronted the Yuan army at the Liaohe River.

Your Majesty's goal has been achieved, presumably soon someone will be assigned to deal with the defense of Liaodong.

Maybe someone will come to take over His Highness's position soon. After His Highness is called back to Tianfu, it shouldn't be long before His Highness will be in the Land of Liao. "

Zhu Qi had also thought about what Liu Bowen said.

I didn't become a fan before, that's because the back cover was not returned, and it was still in Beiyuan's hands.

Now that Liaoxi and Liaodong have fallen into the hands of the Ming army, I am afraid that the day when I become a vassal is not far away.

After all, I am already 20 years old.

Which King Sai of the Hongwu Year was not the one who galloped across the grasslands and deserts when he was 20 years old?

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Along the way, Lan Yu led the army to sweep west of Liaoning, and then received an order from His Royal Highness the King of Liao, who assigned him to be in charge of overall defense.

To put it bluntly, it is to hand over all military affairs to Sapphire.

Upon hearing this order, Sapphire's subordinates followed suit one by one:

"Hmph, after all, the Liao King is still somewhat self-aware, knowing that he is no match for our General Sapphire."

"Yes, yes, although the King of Liao has swept Liaodong, if we hadn't attracted Naha's main force in Liaoxi, would he have won Liaodong so easily?"

"If we hadn't worked so hard on the front line, where would he get the credit for the King of Liao?"

"Obviously we contributed the most, but now, outsiders say that we have won the favor of the King of Liao, so we were able to occupy Liaodong without any effort.

In fact, according to me, even without him, the King of Liao attacked Liaodong, Nanaha, who we had fought before, would have run away with his head in his arms.

As long as we give us a little more time, isn't Liaoxi in our pocket? "

"Yeah yeah!"

A group of people sounded very unconvinced, and Lan Yu didn't stop them, and waited until they had finished speaking one by one, and then said:

"Okay, okay, don't complain.

Let me wait to contain Liaoxi, and His Royal Highness Liaowang attacked Liaodong. This was arranged before, and I also agree. His Royal Highness Liaowang is only following orders.

As for military merit, it belongs to you, so naturally it belongs to you.

Even if someone else wants to take your credit, I, Lan Yu, will be the first to refuse! "

After Lan Yu finished speaking, all the generals in front of him were beaming with joy.

As a soldier, isn't the most important thing is to strive for military merits, otherwise what is the purpose of everyone's life and death?

When the group heard Lan Yu's assurance, they worked harder when they spoke ill of His Royal Highness King Liao.

They all complained about General Lan Yu.

But Sapphire has a calm face, as if she doesn't care much about military achievements.

In fact, Sapphire really doesn't care about these things, Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor with clear rewards and punishments.

His task is to keep Naha out, and what he needs to face is the main force of the enemy army. How can Zhu Yuanzhang ignore these?
It's just about King Liao, but Lan Yu has other worries.

This king of Liao, who was heard to be just an ordinary prince, later became seriously ill and became intelligent, as if he knew everything well.

Together with poetry and prose, it shocked the poetry world.

Along with doing business, he has been involved in book selling, entertainment, catering, and printing, making money every day.

Together with medicine, they produced a thing called antibiotics. If you take a dozen of these things called syringes, as long as the wound is not too large and you die from blood loss, most of them can be pulled back.

Together with Confucianism, he actually wrote the book "Xin Xue" that is handed down to the world.

If it's just that, it's fine, but what worries Lan Yu the most is His Royal Highness Liao's outstanding military accomplishment and behavior of winning people's hearts.

Needless to say about the military record, a few years ago, His Royal Highness the King of Liao, who was only a teenager, ambushed the Yuan army gathered in the hinterland in Yunzhong Mountain, and waged the Battle of Yunzhong that shocked the world in one fell swoop.

Then he went to the Bohai Sea, led dozens of small boats, and wiped out the Beiyuan Navy, which was several times stronger!

Not to mention, later, His Royal Highness King Liao sneaked into the Kangba Buddha Kingdom alone under the guise of the attack, and instigated the rebellion of the Fobao National Teacher.

Let the Kham Buddha Kingdom be included in the territory of Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Only then did General Xu Da have the opportunity to lead the Ming army straight into Qinghai.

If not, where did this time, the basis for launching the third Northern Expedition come from?
Without Qinghai, the defense of Bashu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places will require a lot of troops.

But now as long as Qinghai is defended, the original front line has all become the rear. This is all due to the delay of Liao Wang Zhu Qi.

And this time the battle in Liaodong was also extremely smooth. Liao King Zhu Qi swept across Liaodong. Hearing that the guards from all over the Northern and Yuan Dynasties were guarding the army, just seeing Liao King Zhu Qi's king's banner scared them into surrendering.

Besides, Liaoyang is the city with the strongest defense in Liaodong, and it is the core of Liaodong.

Originally, Lan Yu predicted that the Yuan army from all over Liaodong had gathered in Liaodong, although most of them stayed behind.

But there are tens of thousands of people, right?
Liaoyang, guarded by an army of tens of thousands of people, is definitely not so easy to win.

Unexpectedly, in just ten days or so, Liao King Zhu Qi didn't even make a move to attack the city, and directly pretended to be attacked by the Yuan army at night to lure the general guarding Liaoyang out to fight.

Not to mention the complete annihilation of the defenders, but also the beheading of the defenders, then Liaoyang surrendered smoothly.

This battle was fought so beautifully, Lan Yu reckoned that uncle Liu Bowen deserved a lot of credit.

This man was resourceful and resourceful, and he was a figure comparable to Zhang Liang, the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang once said that Liu Bowen is like Zhang Liang in Han Dynasty.

However, with the help of a capable person like Liu Bowen, the Liao King Zhu Qi should not be underestimated.

Not to mention, many generals who used to work with Lanyu, such as Li Wenzhong, praised His Royal Highness King Liao.

Lan Yu listened to each one of them, but her guard against His Royal Highness King Liao grew stronger day by day.

There is no other reason, because Lan Yu is a staunch princeling.

Since Zhu Biao was established as the prince, in addition to many great Confucians teaching Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang also arranged many decisive and capable ministers and generals to assist Zhu Biao.

Among them is sapphire.

Lan Yu is indeed loyal to Zhu Biao. Apart from the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Lan Yu is most respectful to Zhu Biao.

Naturally, this has a lot to do with Zhu Biao's personality charm. Even Zhu Qi gave Zhu Biao a thumbs up during the time he spent with this elder brother.

Personality charm is really difficult to explain in detail.

Because of this, all princes, especially those who are outstanding, are potential contenders for the prince in Lan Yu's eyes.

Especially Liao Wang Zhu Qi, such an excellent prince, made Lan Yu feel that he had to guard against him.

After Sapphire completed the defense of the Liaohe line, she did not take the initiative to attack.

The main thing is that they didn't find any flaws in the other party. In addition, the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had already ordered him to defend along the river and not to advance rashly.

In order not to give Wang Baobao any chance like the second Northern Expedition.

Lan Yu didn't stop at Liaohe either, so she led her men and horses towards Liaoyang.

I came back this time mainly to report on my work.

By the way, it is also to get in touch with His Royal Highness King Liao who is said to be a miraculous plan.

This Liaohe River is not far from Liaoyang, Lan Yu only brought a small group of personal guards, and arrived in two days.

I originally thought that the sudden big changes in Liaodong must be the same as the situation in Liaoxi.

The people fled everywhere, there must be too many bandits in the wilderness.

As a result, Lan Yu didn't even meet a bandit all the way!
It's fine if there are no bandits, and the number of hungry people who fled is not many, unlike in western Liaoning, where large areas of hungry people can be seen everywhere.

Sapphire felt strange, what's going on?Could it be that Liaodong is the same as Jiangnan, a land of fish, rice and water?

After arriving outside Liaoyang City, Lan Yu found a family and asked them carefully.

I thought that the people here, like Liaoxi, would be terrified when they saw the Ming army.

But he didn't expect that the people from the household he was looking for saw that it was the Ming army who knocked on the door, and from Lan Yu's appearance, he seemed to be a very high-ranking general.

He hurriedly greeted them warmly and brought out the food at home.

Lan Yu knew that what Zhu Yuanzhang hated the most was that when marching and fighting, the army harassed and oppressed the people.

Even if you go to a common people's house to eat a grain of rice, it would be a terrible thing to be discovered.

Zhu Yuanzhang once had a few adopted sons who, after capturing the city, did not give money for meals in other restaurants, and beat Xia Er who came to collect the money to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang directly beheaded the sons of these offenders as a warning to others.

Naturally, it is impossible for Lan Yu to reveal any clues at this juncture. If this is arranged by the Liao King Zhu Qi, he may have a conspiracy against His Highness the Crown Prince, and it is possible to cut himself off as His Highness the Crown Prince's right-hand man.

Lan Yu thought about it in her heart, raised her hand to reject the food of the common people, and then asked about the business.

When the people heard Lan Yu's question, they knew that Lan Yu and the others were Ming soldiers from outside.

Then he laughed, and after taking His Royal Highness Liaoyang, he opened a warehouse to release food, relieved the common people, and strictly enforced military discipline.

Not only that, His Royal Highness King Liao also asked those who had no way to survive to work hard on the city walls, or go to the official roads to maintain roads, cut trees and so on.

Anyway, there is one, big or small, everyone must have a way out.

After finishing speaking, the people sang a song.

"Slaughter cattle and sheep, prepare wine, and open the city gate to welcome the king of Liao, but the king of Liao will not pay the food when he comes.

Eat his mother, eat her mother, if you can't eat enough, there is a king of Liao! "

After singing, it was full of praise, saying:

"Hello, Your Highness Liao Wang. From now on, when this Liao King comes to our Liao land, I welcome you with both hands and feet up!"

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the people, Lan Yu was startled.

Don't those generals who praised His Highness King Liao have the same expression? !
Hiss, Liao Wang is so terrifying!
(End of this chapter)