I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 139 The 2nd Northern Expedition officially starts.

Concubine Taisun is pregnant.

The news quickly spread throughout Jinling.

Originally, because of the fame case, the court was somewhat depressed, but because of the arrival of this child, the atmosphere changed completely.

Zhu Di, who has been keeping a cold face for the past few days, is happy to see everyone now.

Even when a palace servant knocked over a teacup due to a mistake, Zhu Di told Snotty not to be punished, but instead smiled and said to be more careful next time.

You must know that this has to be put in the past. This kind of disrespect in front of the emperor will cost dozens of boards at the lightest.

In addition to the improvement of the atmosphere in the palace and the court hall.

Zhu Di also raised the treatment of this granddaughter-in-law by several layers.

Various rewards continued every day, and even ordered that no one in the palace and other palaces be allowed to eat the green vegetables for the house warming, and they had to leave them for his granddaughter-in-law to supplement their health.

and ordered.

Before the daughter-in-law gave birth, she didn't need to salute anyone in the palace, including him, the emperor.

In order to prevent someone with a heart from hurting his future great-grandson, the old man sent 12 experienced mother-in-laws to protect Zhao Linger 12 hours a day.

Any guards and palace people in the palace were not allowed to show their sharp blades in front of the grandson concubine, so as to prevent the murderous aura of the weapons from shocking the children.

This kind of great favor treatment can be said that since Zhu Di came to power, no one can enjoy such treatment.

What made Zhu Zhangui even more speechless was that the old man proposed to amnesty the world today.

As soon as this proposal was put forward, Zhu Zhangui, who had always supported the old man, was the first to stand up against the old man's astonished expression.

This made the old man very angry.

He pinched his waist with one hand and pointed at Zhu Zhangui's nose with the other.

"You bastard, I'm praying for your son to accumulate virtue, and you actually object. Is there anyone like this to be a father?"

Zhu Zhangui was very helpless.

What are the special hobbies of these emperors?
Why do you want to amnesty the world at every turn?
Those who are put in prison are almost all criminals who have violated the law, and they deserve to be put in prison to serve their sentence.

Of course, Zhu Zhangui did not deny that some of them were wronged.

But for those who are really guilty, there are still a lot of them!
It is obviously unfair to those victims to release these people just because of a happy event in the royal family.

Zhu Zhangui felt that this kind of amnesty to the world would not only fail to accumulate virtue, but would also damage Yin virtue.

"My grandfather, are you sure that the amnesty of the world is to accumulate merit, not to harm my son's virtue."

Hearing this, the old man glared, raised his foot and kicked it up.

"You brat, how do you talk? Don't talk about my great-grandson."

Zhu Zhangui: ...

Why is there a feeling of falling out of favor?

"Grandpa, I'm not saying bad things, but telling the truth."

When the old man heard this, he lifted his foot and continued to kick.

Zhu Zhangui hurriedly jumped to the side, and quickly explained: "Almost all those who have been put in prison to serve their sentences have committed crimes. Even if there are good people among these people, it is estimated that there are not many of them."

"You let these people out! It would be better if they changed their minds. If they continue to do evil, then these accounts will all be charged to your great-grandson."

"That's why Sun'er said that amnesty to the world may not necessarily accumulate merit, but may also damage Yin virtue."

"If you want to accumulate merit for your great-grandson, there are actually many ways."

"For example, Shandong has just been hit by a disaster. In the name of your great-grandson, you can reduce or exempt some taxes there."

"Or the royal family will pay to buy some oil, grain, rice noodles, etc., and distribute them in the name of your great-grandson to Jinling or the surrounding villages, families in need, so that they can have a good year."

"Even you can spend part of the money to build a school in the villages and towns around the capital, name the school after your great-grandson, and let the children in the surrounding villages read and write for free."

After listening to Zhu Zhangui's analysis and thoughts, the old man thought about it, and it seems that this is indeed the case.

If those who have been pardoned go out, they will not only be ungrateful, but will continue to sin.

The evil deeds done by these people, God will definitely write a mark on his great-grandson.

After all, there is no such thing as amnesty for the great-grandson. These people are still locked up inside, and they will never go out to commit crimes.

Thinking of this possibility, the old man shook his head quickly.

My great-grandson can't bear this name, let alone damage his virtue.

After dispelling the idea of ​​amnesty for the world, Zhu Di said to the recording officer beside him: "Cancel the amnesty for the world, buy some grain in the name of my great-grandson, and then distribute it to the people in need in the city and the people in the surrounding villages."

"Remember, ask Jin Yiwei to find out for me that it is a family that really needs it. We can't let these grains fall into the hands of some people."

"Tell the person in charge of this matter that if something goes wrong in this matter, all the people in charge of this matter will send me to Nuergan Dusi to repair the city wall."

"Also... an order was issued to Shandong to reduce or exempt taxes for one year, and add another year."

"Tell the disaster-stricken people in Shandong that our great-grandson earned it for them."

After the imperial decree was issued, the old man happily came to the desk and wrote three large characters on it.

After finishing writing, he waved at Zhu Zhangui.

"Little boy, come and have a look, this is the name I gave to that little guy, what do you think?"

Zhu Zhangui stepped forward, looked at the table and his eyes widened instantly.

Nima, why is it Zhu Qizhen again?
The old man's name was vetoed by himself, but today the old man chose this name again.

Could it be that the name of the God of War was determined by God?
Zhu Zhangui wondered why he couldn't hide.

Some people may say, isn't it just a name?It's no big deal, you can cultivate it well in the future.

In fact, it cannot be said that way.

Just like a person surnamed Qin, would he name his child Qin Hui?
Certainly not.

Not to mention the impact on the children, it's awkward to cry yourself!

When Zhu Zhangui thought of calling his son's name in the future, he thought of God of War, and quickly shook his head to veto it.

"No, this name is not acceptable, Grandpa, you can change it."

Zhu Di was a little upset.

What's wrong with this name?
Zhu Qizhen!
Zhu Nai's family name.

Qi is the typesetting of the great-grandson's generation.

Zhu Di mentioned the word town because he hoped that this little guy would be able to suppress it in the future.

I don't want this kid to continue to expand the territory, as long as he can guard the country of Lao Zhu's family.

His great-grandfather, his grandfather, and his father will be able to handle the matter of attacking the country and driving out foreign enemies.

As long as the little guy can properly suppress the achievements made by the three generations of grandparents, the old man will be satisfied.

"Why can't it work! Do you understand the meaning of my name? I really don't know how to play the piano, so the child's name is determined like this."

Zhu Zhangui's face darkened.

He didn't care what the old man was thinking about, anyway, he couldn't be called Zhu Qizhen.

But outright objection is definitely not enough.

The character of the old man is a stubborn donkey. You can't go against the things he has set down, otherwise the old man will definitely give up.

"Grandpa, I think this town name is a bit too conservative, why don't we change it to something else."

"For example, Zhu Qirui, I think it's a good name."

"Of course, I can accept Zhu Qiyu if it's not possible!"

The old man frowned when he heard the words, and wrote three words with a pen.

Zhen, Rui, Yu.

Looking at the three words in front of him, the old man hesitated for a long time and crossed out the word town.

Although I don't know why Zhu Zhangui reacted so strongly to the name Zhu Qizhen.

But since it is opposed, there must be a reason.

So the old man crossed out the word town.

Looking at the remaining two characters, the old man hesitated for a long time, and drew a cross on the character Yu.

"Although the word Yu is good, it gives me a delicate feeling. There is always a gentleman like your father. Our family is full of your father. I can't stand another one."

"Your father pissed me off, so I can do whatever I can."

"But I can't do anything with this little guy. It's better not to use the word Yu."

After all, he picked up a pen and re-wrote three big characters.

Zhu Qirui!
Zhu Zhangui's future child's name.

As for whether it will be a girl, no one in the whole palace thinks about it.

Everyone was expecting the child to be a boy, and no one dared to mention that it might be a girl.

But everything is not absolute.

If Zhao Ling'er gave birth to a girl in the future, everyone might be a little disappointed, but they wouldn't think too much about it.

After all, Zhu Zhangui and Zhao Linger are still young, and they will have plenty of time in the future.

The only ones who have to be wronged are Ji Yun and his daughters who have side rooms.

Mrs. Zhang, Zhu Pangpang, and the old man have explained to Zhu Zhangui more than once.

The eldest son must be born to Zhao Linger.

If other girls are allowed to get the first place, there will definitely be countless troubles in the royal family in the future.

In order to prevent troubles in the future, I can only wrong the other girls temporarily.

The new year comes slowly with joy inside and outside.

Daming has undergone many changes this year.

Shops opened successively in various places, bringing many items that the common people of Ming Dynasty had never seen before.

The emergence of new items promoted the prosperity of Ming Dynasty's commerce.

These shops also brought a lot of jobs. Many veterans who were disabled at home were recruited to do some light work and have jobs to support their families.

Employee benefits give their children the opportunity to read and write, and there is a glimmer of hope for their rise in the future.

Although life is still a bit difficult in several disaster-stricken places in Shandong, under the arrangement and allocation of the imperial court, they can survive this winter with a bite to eat.

As long as they wait until next spring when the flowers bloom, they will have a new hope of living.

At the beginning of the 12th year of Yongle, as the new year passed, the court began a new operation.

And most of the affairs of the imperial court this year will serve the war.

At the beginning of the new year, the old man handed over the power of supervising the country to Zhu Pangpang, who had almost recovered.

After spending the Shangyuan Festival here in Jinling, I officially got up on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month and headed for Peiping.

Under the urging of his father and mother, and the reluctance of his wife and beauties, Zhu Zhangui went to Peiping with the carriage.

On the sixth day of November last year, Mahamu garrisoned troops to drink the Ma River. In his anger, the old man ordered the defenders everywhere to guard against death and not allow any enemy to enter the Central Plains.

Mahamu, who was thinking of going south if he had the opportunity, saw that the Ming army was heavily guarded and had no chance to take action, so he led his troops back to the vast grassland and disappeared.

In order to catch up with the stipulated departure time, everyone hurried all the way, and finally arrived in Beiping City in mid-February.

As soon as he arrived at the place, the old man didn't care about taking a break, and immediately called all the generals to hold a military meeting.

"Mahamu stationed troops on the bank of the Yinma River on the sixth day of November last year. Later, the emperor ordered the defenders around the country to strengthen their guard. Mahamu saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it. In addition, the coldest winter and snowstorm were coming, so he chose to retreat and disappear. In the vast grassland."

Zhang Fu, who was the commander-in-chief, held a stick in his hand and pointed on the huge sand table.

The current situation introduced, and the general events that happened last year.

The old man sat in the first place, with his hands wrapped in the sleeves of his padded jacket, and he closed his eyes, listening to Zhang Fu's explanation.

"Why didn't you send people to chase them? If you sent people to bite them, we wouldn't have to run around in the grassland, and we could easily find them."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his own question.

Zhang Fu glanced at the old man, saw that he didn't respond, and explained helplessly: "We sent people to follow, there were five or six groups of people, but they all went away forever."

"Our people are not familiar with the terrain of the grassland. If they are too close, they will be found, and if they are too far away, they will be easily lost."

"Coupled with the purge of the opponent's sentry cavalry, as well as the cold blizzard and wild wolves on the grassland, it is really difficult for our people to keep an eye on them."

"Little brat, have you received any information over there?"

The old man, who closed his eyes and listened to the speeches, heard that Zhang Fu did not find any trace of the enemy, and remembered that Zhu Zhangui once mentioned that an intelligence unit would be formed to investigate the situation on the grassland.

When the old man spoke, everyone looked at Zhu Zhangui who was standing aside and listening to the speeches.

"Your Majesty, you think highly of this kid. I admit that he has some skills in business, but in terms of war intelligence, it's not like a child's play. We can't find it. If he can find the information about the army, Sentry They should be beheaded."

Zhu Gaoxu, who came to the army and came up again with confidence, chuckled disdainfully when he heard the old man asking Zhu Zhangui.

The generals of the Three Thousand Battalion also laughed a few times in agreement.

The general of the family was ridiculed, and the generals of the Shenji Battalion naturally refused to do it. They all stared at the three thousand battalion with vicious eyes, clenched their fists, and looked like they were ready to fight at any time.

"Second Uncle! You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

"You can't do it yourself, don't treat others as trash like you."

Zhu Zhangui's retort made Zhu Gaoxu stare angrily, and rolled up his sleeves to beat him up.

"Humph!"

The old man suddenly hummed softly, and Zhu Gaoxu immediately became honest.

"Little brat, what information have you received over there, tell everyone about it."

"Leader!"

Zhu Zhangui obeyed, stepped forward to take the baton handed over by Zhang Fu, pointed to the sand table and said, "According to the information I received, after Mahahamu retreated from Yinma River, he withdrew to Kanghari Boys. .”

After talking about the direction to evacuate Mahamu, Zhu Zhangui slightly turned the stick in one direction, pointing at Hulan and suddenly lost his temperature.

"According to Sun'er's speculation, they will evacuate here next. I guess they want to take advantage of the mountains to fully utilize their cavalry advantages."

"In the future, they can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat."

"If unfortunately defeated, you can also retreat directly to the depths of Mobei."

Following Zhu Zhangui's explanation, many people frowned tightly.

"Your Majesty, this place is not good for us."

Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an, frowned and pointed in one direction.

"Behind Hulanhu Suffering is a position at the mouth of the Three Gorges, which is simply a natural defensive fortress."

"Once Mahamu withdraws our troops, we will not be able to attack for a long time, and the other side is attacking our logistics supplies. Then we have no choice but to withdraw our troops."

Zhu Di stepped forward, looked at the sand table and pondered for a while, and said, "Just know where this old boy Mahamu is, and you don't have to worry about anything else. I have captured so many strong fortresses, and I can't stop a mere Three Gorges entrance." Hold me."

The old man turned around and waved his hand domineeringly.

"All the armies obeyed the order and marched to the grassland according to the plan. In this battle, we will not turn back until the enemy is defeated!"

All the generals clasped their fists together and took orders.

"If you don't break the enemy's army, you won't turn back!"

The beginning of March in the 12th year of Yongle.

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di officially started his second Northern Expedition in person.

This time, the strength of the Ming army was as high as more than 50. Starting from Beiping, the team was mighty and mighty, stretching for no end in sight.

In addition to Zhu Zhangui's management of the Shenji Battalion, the old man also gave him the authority to investigate the military doctors who accompanied the army.

The old man knows Zhu Zhangui's ability very well.

If logistical supplies and medicine are missing, Zhu Zhangui can add some to it, so that the army can last for a while.

The enemy has already withdrawn from the Yinma River, and there is no point in going there.

Zhu Di ordered to abandon the original plan, not to go to the Yinma River, and the army went directly northward to Hulan and lost temperature, and fought the enemy head-on.

At the same time, the checkpoints in various places are ordered to be strictly guarded to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to enter from other sides.

And told Zhu Zhangui to keep an eye on Mahamu at all times.

Prevent this old boy from running away again.

Zhu Di was actually wrong.

Mahamu retreated to Hulan and suddenly lost temperature, not because he was afraid of the Ming army.

This old guy didn't pay attention to the Ming army at all.

Since Zhu Di defeated the Tatars and this guy annexed the remnants of the Tatars, he has become a little swollen, and he no longer takes the Ming Dynasty seriously.

He retreated to Hulan and suddenly lost his temperature. In fact, his idea was very simple.

I just want to take advantage of the natural terrain of Hulan and Hulan, wait for work with ease, and wait for the arrival of the Ming army.

The Ming army was exhausted all the way north, and when they arrived at the place, their morale and combat power would definitely drop significantly.

On the other hand, Mahamu waited for work with ease, and when the Ming army had just arrived and was physically and mentally exhausted, the sudden attack caught the Ming army by surprise.

Once the main force of the Ming army was defeated, he would not be able to enter and exit the entire Ming Dynasty at will.

And the main purpose of his garrison in Yinmahe last year was to let the Ming army travel a little longer.

In a decisive battle with the enemy during the summer rainy season, the artillery and firecrackers of the Ming army will be greatly restricted.

It's a pity that the Ming army was not fooled, but gave up going to Yinma River and came directly to the battlefield he reserved.

"Khan, just received the information, the Ming army has already set off, they did not go to the Yinma River, but went straight north to our side."

In the southeast of Hulanhushuwen, a huge camp is stationed here.

In the most gorgeous tent in the middle, all the generals of Wala gathered.

Just when everyone was talking and laughing, Ming Jun was played around like a monkey by them.

A general hurried in and reported the emergency to Mahamu who was sitting on it drinking and eating meat.

For a moment the whole tent fell silent.

"No, how did the Ming army know that we are here? It stands to reason that they should go to Yinma River first."

"It's just... We have retreated for a few days. Before that, we haven't decided where to fight. How did the Ming army receive the information? We will be here."

"It's really wrong. Even if there is information about a traitor, it's impossible to pass it on so quickly."

After a moment of silence, a pot exploded in the tent.

You must know that it took only four or five days for them to withdraw to Hulan and suddenly lost temperature.

Prior to this, some low-level generals, and even some middle and high-level officials, did not know where the decisive battlefield was. It was only after Hulan suddenly lost the temperature that Mahamu announced the battle plan.

How did the Ming army know things that their own people didn't know?
Could it be that these enlightened people, like gods, can be pinched or not.

"Quiet!"

Mahamu, who was sitting at the top, waved his hand to silence everyone, then looked at the general and asked, "Are you sure, they came straight here."

The general nodded solemnly, walked towards the cowhide map and stretched out his finger: "The Ming army set off eight days ago. They left Dongsheng City and passed through the manhole all the way. Now they are almost reaching Saiyin Shanda."

Mahamu walked quickly to the side of the map, looked at Saiyin Shanda's position, was silent for a long time, and suddenly shouted:

"La Salle!"

A general stood up and went out.

"Sweat!"

Mahamu turned around and looked at the other party, and said, "Lead 3000 people around the marching road of the Ming army, and find an opportunity to lure them to other places first, let them run more, and try to buy time before the rainy season arrives." Time."

Then, he said to another person: "Tell Alutai, remember his promise, if we start a fight here, and the Ming army's logistics has not had any problems, after the war is over, I will go to him personally."

As the army entered the depths of the grassland, the vigilance of the Ming army was raised to the highest state.

The sentinel was almost 80 miles away.

But the prairie was too big, and the army marched vigilantly all the way, not to mention the enemy, without even seeing a wool.

Everyday things are marching and resting, resting and marching.

After two months in a row, looking at the scene of the sea and the sky every day, many people became numb.

"Report ~ the enemy is found 150 miles southwest."

A sudden announcement lifted everyone's spirits.

Finally met the enemy.

After finding the enemy's whereabouts, the old man ordered the whole army to camp on the spot.

Then the generals of the various ministries gathered in the central tent to discuss the battle plan.

Zhu Di pinched the newspaper in his hand and looked at everyone excitedly.

"According to the sentry report, a cavalry force was found in the southwest direction, the number of which is about 3000."

"And we are still some distance away from Hulanhu's temperature loss, but we encountered the enemy here."

The old man looked at all the generals below with his hands behind his back, and asked with a smile.

"Can you understand what this means?"

Unlike history, Zhang Fu, who participated in this Northern Expedition, clasped his fists and replied: "There are two possibilities for this phenomenon. First, our intelligence is wrong. Mahamu did not suddenly lose temperature in Hulan, but just Around here, we're running into Rangers on their perimeter."

He glanced at Zhu Zhangui, and then continued: "The second possibility is that we are right, and it is a possibility that His Royal Highness Taisun and I talked about two days ago."

"Oh, what did you talk about!"

The old man glanced at the two of them with a smile.

Zhu Zhangui stepped forward and cupped his hands.

"When I was chatting with the British public, I made some judgments about Mahamu's behavior."

"Sun'er speculates that Mahamu stationed troops in Yinma River not because he wanted to invade Daming, but because he wanted us to run around, let the army get tired and stretch the supply line, and then suddenly lose temperature to wait for work, while we rush It has not yet gained a firm foothold and made a surprise attack in one fell swoop."

"But instead of following his ideas, we went straight to the battlefield he set."

"In this way, he will not be able to achieve his ideal purpose."

"Grandson thinks that the British Duke's second thought is that the more than 3000 cavalry may be bait, the purpose is to induce us to run more in other places, lengthen the supply line behind us, and some things we don't know yet. Purpose."

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Fu after listening.

Zhang Fu smiled slightly, and cupped his hands at Zhu Zhangui.

"Hehe, bait?"

Zhu Di chuckled, looked at everyone and said, "Everyone has put bait, if we don't take two bites, Mahamu must be very disappointed!"

"We're all old friends, we can't let him lose face like that."

"Hahaha…"

Zhu Di's funny words made all the generals laugh out loud.

"Since it's out, don't leave, just stay, and one of you will eat this bait."

"Your Majesty, let the minister go!"

Zhu Gaoxu was the first to stand up.

The rest of the generals who originally wanted to take the credit for this had no choice but to withdraw their hands fortunately when they saw Zhu Gaoxu standing up.

"Grandpa, it's the first time for my Shenji Battalion to fight on the grassland. The Cavalry Battalion has some weapons that need to be tested. Give us this opportunity."

Others dare not snatch it, Zhu Zhangui will not let go of this opportunity.

He has a quota of 1000 beheadings.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and glared at Zhu Zhangui.

This brat was so courageous that he dared to fight him.

Zhu Di looked at the two people in front of him, pondered for a moment and pointed at Zhu Zhangui.

"Little brat, you go!"

Before Zhu Zhangui took the order, he added: "If you can't complete the task, even if you are my grandson, you will be punished."

Zhu Zhangui clasped his fist fiercely.

"The last general takes orders!"

Then, under Zhu Gaoxu's narrowed eyes, he strode out of the tent.

Standing behind Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui looked at the cold eyes of the second child, hesitated for a moment, and said to the old man: "Your Majesty, this is the first time my eldest nephew has fought on the grassland. This cavalry battle is different from a sea battle. Or I'll follow him in the past and give him a little space to prevent accidents."

(End of this chapter)