Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 222: Liao King's party feathers spread all over the court!

His Royal Highness King Liao can fight and knows how to fight. He is a rare talent in the history of famous generals.

This matter is naturally not a secret, it has long been recognized by everyone.

However, when the ambush at the river mouth of Yi Naiji spread to Yingtian Mansion, everyone's jaws were shocked.

Although everyone felt that His Royal Highness King Liao was very capable of fighting, there was no generally accepted level to what extent he could fight.

And everyone generally thinks that His Royal Highness King Liao is probably a general belonging to the second echelon, while Wang Baobao is a super general with the ability of the first echelon.

At least at the same level as Xu, at least in history, only Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, these famous players, can make Wang Baobao suffer.

As for the other generals, there is no good way to deal with Wang Baobao.

Even Xu Da, in Mobei, the grassland, had no way to completely defeat Wang Baobao, which was actually the case in history.

During the siege and defense battles, the Ming Dynasty took the lead, but the battle with Wang Baobao in the wild was not so smooth, especially outside the Great Wall.

So when they heard that His Royal Highness King Liao had defeated the [-] army led by Wang Baobao in one go.

Their first reaction was whether the news was wrong?
But this news was rushed back from the front line 800 miles away. I dare not make any jokes about this kind of thing. Even if I am tired of life, I won’t make fun of my family!

In other words, this military information should be 100% correct, and after Zhu Yuanzhang received the news, he was stunned for the first time, and then he was overjoyed.

What did I say?My youngest is capable!

This is naturally an incredible victory since the founding of the country, not to mention the victory won by Zhu Yuanzhang's son Liao Wang Zhu Qi.

What Zhu Yuanzhang is most afraid of is that those generals have too much power and then rebel?
As long as the military power is in the hands of his son, it will be much safer.

Now that my third son is so powerful, the other sons also have a role model. Everyone learns from the third son. The eight kings he arranged are better than each other.

Don't talk about Beiyuan, he will take down all the Western countries that the third brother Zhu Qi said!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help thinking this way in his heart, and besides Zhu Yuanzhang's happiness as an old man, Zhu Biao, who was a big brother, was naturally also very happy.

Although the officials under him once again began to speak ill of His Royal Highness Liao Wang.

It is said that His Royal Highness King Liao is so capable of military service, and his prestige in the army is already extraordinary, etc.

But Zhu Biao didn't care about it at all, this was his third child.

He brought it up by himself since he was a child. When he was sick, he also fed soup and medicine mouthful by mouthful. How could he be resentful?

Zhu Biao trusted his younger brother very much, so naturally he would not have any other thoughts about his younger brother just because of what the officials said.

Not only did he not doubt it, but Zhu Biao immediately asked Zhu Qi, the King of Liao, to ask for merit from His Majesty the Emperor, asking for various rewards and so on.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not too stingy about these rewards, and approved them all with a wave of his hand.

After all, the tariff system recently arranged by Liao King Zhu Qi has brought a lot of income to the national treasury, and the officials who did not support the tariff have all shut up at this time.

There is nothing to say, after all, the delivery of real gold and silver to the treasury is obvious to all.

If you still oppose tariffs at this time, what do you mean?

Looking forward to the country having no money?
Is it against Zhu Yuanzhang?What is the end of going against Zhu Yuanzhang? Look at the human skin hanging outside the government office.

They all died at the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, and none of them delayed time.

Therefore, the credit of His Royal Highness King Liao is firmly established, and no one can shake it.

But now that a large wave of military achievements has been obtained, I don't know what will happen in the future.

Those ministers who supported Zhu Biao in the court naturally became nervous in their hearts.

And those ministers who did not explicitly support the prince are now active.

If in the future Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang made Liao Wang Zhu Qi the prince, it would not be impossible.

But nothing is so absolute.

Think about the Tang Dynasty, didn’t Qin Wang Li Shimin also kill his brothers and prisoners outside the Xuanwu Gate, and then became the emperor?
Who knows if this Liao king Zhu Qi will learn from Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty?No one knows this!

The topic is a bit far away, and Zhu Yuanzhang quickly announced the reward.

Apart from the generals who participated in the battle, the one who benefited the most was Liao King Zhu Qi, who not only handed over the captured 8000 Beiyuan soldiers to His Royal Highness Liao King himself.

Moreover, craftsmen were selected from the Central Plains and sent to Liaoyang, and the guard army around His Royal Highness King Liao was expanded.

This so-called guard army is actually a private army that is independent of the guard system and only under the control of the prince.

This is also the reason why the Eight Great Kings were so powerful in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.

Basically, every prince has a private army of [-] to [-], and this army is the best of the best, and they don't dare the people on Beiyuan's side when they go out to fight.

For example, King Ning Zhu Quan was surrounded by Duoyan Sanwei, and when Zhu Di fought the world, he also borrowed Duoyan Sanwei from Ning Wang Zhu Quan to fight the world.

Of course, Zhu Qi hasn't set up his own Imperial Guard yet. After all, he has been busy building schools to resettle refugees, and recruiting students for scientific research materials. How can he have time to engage in combat matters?

He also doesn't intend to develop too much power in the military at all.

In the future, when someone else becomes the emperor, can he tolerate himself, a prince who holds military power?
So Zhu Qi, this is taking precautions, first suppress his own strength as low as possible, anyway, the imperial court will take care of him.

There is also Weifu's army here to fight against Beiyuan's soldiers. As long as he develops his economic strength and people's livelihood well, it's fine to not let the people live a hard life. As for the others, Zhu Qi never thinks about it.

But he didn't think much about it, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately increased the number of his guards by 2.

Now Liao Wang Zhu Qi alone can pull up a team of 4 people in Liaodong alone, and this is still legal, and it is recognized by the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Even if Zhu Biao inherits the throne in the future, can he overturn Lao Tzu's decision?Are you going to deal with your third brother?

If we do this, what will the people of the world say, and what will the ministers who read Confucian classics say?

So this precedent must not be opened. If the precedent of expanding the personal guard is opened, it will be very troublesome for Zhu Biao after he inherits the throne.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's other voice ministers did not object, except for the expansion of the guards of the Liao Palace, those ministers desperately opposed it.

The booklet fell on Zhu Yuanzhang's table like a snowflake. Not only that, some ministers even hit the wall with their lives on the court hall, forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his life, and Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he couldn't do it.

He has been the emperor for so many years, how has he ever bowed his head to the ministers, and how has he ever been afraid of these ministers.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang simply ignored the actions of these ministers, and directly pulled out the court staff in the court for those who went too far.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not relentless at all. Those few days were full of wailing, but there were not many courtiers who confronted Zhu Yuanzhang before catching up.

In the end, the imperial decree was issued, and the rewards given to Zhu Qi, King of Liao, were not missing at all. After Zhu Qi received this imperial decree, his scalp became numb in an instant, and one head was as big as two.

Now I can't explain it clearly, even if I don't expand the guards, who will believe it if you tell it?

There are [-] troops under his own hands, and it is allowed by the legal emperor.

As soon as the new emperor ascends the throne, the first thing to solve may be himself, the powerful Liao king who also has a lot of troops.

But there is no other way now, I can't rush to respond to Tianfu non-stop, begging Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his life.

Let's not say that he can't leave Liaodong at all now. Without Zhu Yuanzhang's order, leaving without permission is no difference to rebellion.

Even if I go back and talk to Zhu Yuanzhang about this matter, I am afraid that my father will not take it back.

On the contrary, he would reprimand himself for being as pedantic as those Confucian scholars, and his Zhu family brought some soldiers, what's wrong?
Isn't it just to help your elder brother and help Daming guard the frontier?

Even the tone of Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Qi had figured it out in his mind, so now there is no other way but to accept it.

Fortunately, Wang Baobao's side had already retreated, so Zhu Qi didn't have to worry about continuing to have any conflicts with him. To be honest, Zhu Qi didn't worry about losing the battle anymore.

With Zhang Yu by his side, Zhu Qi felt that he was victorious in every battle.

Zhang Yu is indeed too capable, he actually foresaw all Wang Baobao's thoughts clearly in advance.

If it wasn't for Zhang Yu's strategy, it would have been impossible to win this big victory, and the battle report written by Zhu Qi naturally also talked about this matter with embellishment.

It was short of directly saying that the battle was entirely commanded by Zhang Yu, but obviously the information he sent did not get Zhu Yuanzhang's attention, and the battle reports sent by those generals became an important basis instead.

In fact, Zhu Qi didn't have much self-awareness either. His current Highness the Liao King, besides fighting very well in the court and the opposition, also had another characteristic, that is, he was very low-key.

He is too modest in everything, and it is obviously his own credit, but he wants to put it on others. In the eyes of those ministers who are loyal to Zhu Biao, this is cultivating their own party members.

Look at those civil servants and military generals who have been in contact with His Highness Liao Wang, which one did not praise His Highness Liao Wang, especially those generals who can now be said to be loyal to His Highness Liao Wang.

Now looking at the military information sent by His Royal Highness King Liao, he didn't say his own credit at all, but praised Zhang Yu greatly.

Moreover, Zhu Neng, who took the lead in the charge, was also praised by Zhu Qi as powerful as Xiang Yu reincarnated.

Don't these ordinary people ask for credit for themselves?
There is no one who is so good at asking for credit for others. This is no longer low-key and modest. This is clearly cultivating his own new party members.

In addition, Zhang Yu was a general in the Northern Yuan Dynasty before, but after arriving in Daming, he has been following the Liao King Zhu Qi.

His Royal Highness the King of Liao has always protected Zhang Yu from death.

Anyone with a discerning eye can also see that this piece of jade is now the confidant of His Highness Liao Wang.

And being valued by His Royal Highness King Liao shows that this piece of jade is indeed very capable.

Many people have already started to study Zhang Yu overnight, but Zhang Yu's previous experience is too little, and he has not commanded any famous battles, so he can't find anything if he wants to study it.

However, there are still some clues about some recent events. For example, Zhang Yu single-handedly led the development of Koryo and helped establish a puppet regime.

Just this operation alone, Zhang Yu is a very capable person in terms of management and military administration, etc.!
Think about it too, if it is waste material, how can Liao King Zhu Qi value it?

Everyone did not expect that Zhu Qi, king of Liao, was so discerning that he saw such a capable person as Zhang Yu at a glance.

Before thinking about it, Zhang Yu was a captive under Lan Yu's hands, and Lan Yu didn't even know Zhang Yu's abilities at all.

His Royal Highness the King of Liao is even better!

Zhu Qi also ignored these praises and ignored them.

As for other rewards, they were distributed immediately after they arrived and distributed to other generals.

Anyway, he is not very short of money now, as for others to slander him and win over his generals and cronies.

Zhu Qi didn't care about it any more, those generals fought hard, so give them more money, is there any problem?

Besides, it was their credit in the first place, Zhu Qi really didn't do anything, after the arrangement here, Zhu Qi got up and went back to Liaoyang.

After this battle, Yi Nai Ji can be said to be impenetrable.

What's more, the imperial court's reinforcements will come in a steady stream, and there is no need for him, Liao King Zhu Qi, to continue to help here.

This is also a city outside the Great Wall, and Zhu Qi, a rich man, is not suitable to stay on the front line all the time.

Now is not the last year of Hongwu. The eight great kings are full of martial virtues one by one. They can arrange King Sai to be outside the Great Wall, like the tribal chiefs of the Yuan Dynasty, and lead their troops to attack the tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

And Zhu Qi also had very important things to do. After the fight, he would naturally seek development. After returning to Liaoyang, the first thing to do was to arrange for the prisoners who were about to be sent back.

It happened that Zhu Qi had already arranged for craftsmen to go out to explore minerals. At this time, he had no experience in mineral exploration. He could only walk around with two feet, asking the villagers if there were any minerals such as coal, sulfur, and iron.

And the minerals that can be mined are only the minerals exposed on the surface.

Even the superficial minerals are completely sufficient for the current industrial level.

And Zhu Qi, who has a very good memory, has already found the most suitable surface for mining in Liaodong by virtue of his memory of geography, the open-pit coal mine——Haizhou Coal Mine!
On Zhu Qi's way back to Liaoyang, don't hear the news of the discovery of the coal mine from the messenger from Liaoyang.

Zhu Qi was also very excited. Without a word, he hurried back. If he really discovered such a large-scale open-pit coal mine, it would be very good news for his plan to speed up his technology.

(End of this chapter)