The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Today, Zhang Fan did not go to court early. After all, he had already received the emperor's order to go to the northeast, so after the hour, Zhang Fan and his party were ready to go on the road. This trip, including Zhang Fan, added up to only twenty Personally, although if the goal is the Northeast today, I am afraid that these twenty people are not enough to watch. After all, the current situation in the Northeast, even if Wang Gao has not yet come to fight, but it is really dangerous.

Fortunately, Zhang Fan went straight to Li Chengliang this time, and even if he only brought twenty people with him, there was absolutely no problem on the way from the capital all the way to Li Chengliang, let alone after Li Chengliang was found. , there are all the troops under Li Chengliang's command, so there is no danger.

And when Zhang Fan left Beijing, although there were only twenty people, in fact, nearly five or sixty people left the capital yesterday and headed for the Northeast. When placed in front of Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan's attention to the Northeast has never been lowered. In fact, since the end of last year, Zhang Fan sent Wang Degui and others to the Northeast to assassinate Wang Gao's generals. At that time, although Zhang Fan did not He didn't say it explicitly, but Jin Yiwei has already started to shift his focus to that side silently.

Although intermittently, in fact, Jinyiwei has always asked people to ask for news there. Up to now, there are hundreds of people who are active in the Northeast from Jinyiwei.

However, even so, the matter on Wang Gao's side is actually not very clear. The reason is that Wang Gao's side is full of Jurchens. Inquire, but the things between the tribes are really easy for the people over there to notice.

All in all, although there are indeed many people from Zhang Fan in Northeast China, they have not actually found out much about Wang Gao's news, and to Zhang Fan, these people are not without credit. , and this time Zhang Fan went to the Northeast, although it seems that nothing unexpected will happen, but this kind of thing has to be guarded against, so these people have become Zhang Fan invisibly. power for emergencies.

In fact, if you go from the capital to Guangningwei, the distance is really not far. Starting from the capital, go directly east to Yongping Mansion, and then go northeast, and you will be able to reach Guangningwei in a short time. But now, The purpose of Zhang Fan and his party is not to stay in Guangningwei, but to go to the unfinished Su Dien Fort, and Su Dien is located on the bank of the Yalu River, which is actually the future Dandong area, across the river from North Korea place.

For Zhang Fan and his party, the fastest way to get to Su Dian is actually to go east after arriving at Yongping Mansion, to the Bohai Sea, take a boat directly, and then disembark at Fuzhouwei. Come on, it’s only less than a day’s journey away from Su Dian. Of course, this journey is really fast, and it’s even much safer than the road. There was no delay in development, even compared with the previous treasure ship that Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, sailed to the West, it was only a few years of effort, and Daming had some breakthroughs in shipbuilding technology.

For Zhang Fan and his party, if they took a boat, they would definitely go there on a warship of the imperial court, and even if there were sporadic Japanese pirates on the sea, it was not worth mentioning to the warships of Ming Dynasty. Going around from Guangning, passing through Gaizhouwei, and then arriving at Sudian, it will be several days later, and the land is more dangerous than the sea, but even so, Zhang Fan is Going to land.

It's not because of other reasons. First, there is enough time now, and there is no need to rush so much. There is no difference between a few more days or a few days less. Second, even if it is on land, it is indeed more dangerous at sea, but that is not the case. It’s just based on analysis. In fact, this section of the road, from the capital to Sudian, even though the station with the Jurchen is getting closer and closer, but this section of the journey is always under the jurisdiction of Daming. If there is any danger, of course, if there is any robbery on the road, then naturally there is no guarantee, but Zhang Fan brought Wang Meng and Liang Chao, and there are more than ten masters under him, so he is not afraid of this kind of thing at all.

Moreover, Zhang Fan also wanted to see what the current situation in Liaodong was like. Although relying on Jin Yiwei's inquiring, Zhang Fan already had a clear picture of the current situation in Liaodong when he was in the capital. In other words, that is only an understanding on paper, but for Zhang Fan, if he can't understand it with his own eyes, it really shouldn't be.

Of course, Zhang Fan didn't have any plans to travel all over the world, write a book or make a history in the future, but this is not contradictory, even if he doesn't want to do these things that can be remembered in history, but for the life he is in, Especially for the things of this era, it is understandable for Zhang Fan to want to see more.

But more importantly, along the way, Zhang Fan also wanted to see what the situation in Northeast China was like. After all, even Zhang Fan, who was not familiar with history, knew that from the end of Ming Dynasty to the victory of the War of Liberation, A lot of things, most of them start here. After all, the situation here is the most complicated, and compared with the multi-ethnic groups in Sichuan, this place is not far behind. More importantly, compared with the Central Plains, the environment here is harsher. , It also determines that the people here are more sturdy. In short, this place is indeed the focus of Zhang Fan's concern in this era, so he wants to walk along the way and take a closer look.

On the contrary, Zhang Fan's subordinates agree with Zhang Fan's decision very much and have no objection. In fact, for them, if Zhang Fan really chose to take the water route, I am afraid they will find it strange. After all, in this era, the land route It is still the most basic way for people.

Here I want to make a digression. As mentioned before, Zhang Fan has no intention of writing a book or history. This is not entirely correct. In fact, Zhang Fan has thought about this too. , Knowing these things with his own identity, it is difficult for anyone not to want to record them, and Zhang Fan is the same.

However, Zhang Fan knew in his heart that it is not good for people who generally write history. If the writing is too true, then they cannot contain too many positions and must be viewed from many objective points of view. Those in power are unavoidable, but the fate of offending those in power...Think about Sima Qian's fate. Although Zhang Fan admires Sima Qian, he doesn't want to be him. After all, Zhang Fan is not that high in ideological consciousness .

And if you write a book that caters to the contemporary like a court historian, in this way, you will enjoy endless prosperity and wealth in this life, and there will be absolutely no danger, but in this way, the things you write , I am afraid that in later generations, it will be cast aside by the world, thinking that it is just a bunch of flattering works, even if some people regard it as a historical document, it is only because of the age.

Therefore, in order to avoid a long-lasting reputation, of course, it is a bit exaggerated to say so, but it is not bad that Zhang Fan thinks so. In short, Zhang Fan does not intend to do such thankless things.

From the capital to Yongping Mansion, the journey was very smooth. Firstly, the distance is relatively short. Secondly, this place can be regarded as the surrounding area of ​​the capital. Coupled with the current situation in the Northeast, there are now heavy troops along the way. Guards, and with Zhang Fan's identity, and because he came to deliver the imperial decree this time, no one dared to stop them, so the journey to Yongping, Zhang Fan and his party went very smoothly. , The two-day itinerary only took two days to arrive, without delay at all.

And the attitude of the officials of Yongping Mansion towards Zhang Fan made Zhang Fan feel like when he went to Jiangnan. After all, Zhang Fan is basically the same as before. Zhang Fan back then was not as powerful as he is now. , but after all, at that time, in name, he was the imperial envoy who toured the south of the Yangtze River on behalf of the emperor, and his status was naturally nothing to say, but now, Zhang Fan is in charge of the Jinyiwei, and the status of the Marquis in the court is not mentioned. His holding the title of Taifu is enough to scare a large number of people down, not to mention, this time he came here to deliver the decree.

So before Zhang Fan and his party arrived at Yongping Mansion, the magistrate came to greet him. Of course, there was nothing the magistrate of Yongping could do. It didn't mean that he was a villain. It is also because Zhang Fan's status is really very noble, no matter whether the officials he meets are clean or not, facing the current Zhang Fan, there is no way to nod and bow, and there is no need to be too entangled.

Besides, now that the Northeast War is imminent, and the magistrate can continue to serve in Yongping, it is enough to show that the people in the court understand that he is a person who can take on the responsibility.

Zhang Fan's trip to the Northeast this time is not for enjoying, but for preaching, so naturally there is no arrogance in this attitude, it is more calm, and there is no delay in the itinerary , Yongping Mansion, in the final analysis, it is just passing by, so there is no need to stay here for a night's rest. It is just a night's rest, and the next morning, Zhang Fan and his party are on the road again.

And after leaving Yongping Mansion, on the way to Guangningwei, this can be seen more clearly. Although it is still very peaceful here, it is considered to be in the northeast, so Zhang Fan and his party can see the army patrolling everywhere along the way. Although the atmosphere is not tense yet, after all, this is the rear, but obviously, there is already an atmosphere of war in the air,