Daming heir

Chapter 614 The sun rises from the east

It’s the same as what Zhu Yuanzhang said.

When a group of them climbed to the top of the mountain, a faint gray light appeared on the distant horizon, wiping away a little of the dark night.

The breeze blew across the mountain tops, blowing the branches in the forest and blowing on people's faces.

To the east of Zhongshan, the dim light gradually became brighter, and the colors began to change more.

When a red sun suddenly rises from the horizon, the whole sky and earth shine in vain.

"What a rising sun!"

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands on his hips, holding the cloak that the prince had put on him when he went up the mountain. The wind on the top of the mountain blew under the cloak, causing the corners to flutter.

"I have forgotten how many years I have not seen such a scene."

The emperor is diligent.

But the location was firmly limited to the imperial city.

The sunrise like this moment is invisible.

Going forward, it must have been a few decades ago. When the emperor was still farming, he might have gone out early to work in a hurry, so he might have seen it once or twice.

But at that time, the emperor probably didn't have any intention to watch the rising sun and hang high in the sky.

The emperor was more concerned about how many crops he would be able to grow this year in his small fields after bowing his head.

As for the matters above his head, it was not something the emperor should consider at that time.

Li Jinglong was a little sleepy and tired.

Last night I was beaten up by Chang Laoer and given a stick by the emperor.

By this time he was sleepy and tired.

But he was still out of habit and echoed: "Such scenes are just like the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, rising like the rising sun."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and was noncommittal.

He turned back to look at Yingtian City down the mountain.

At this time, people have begun to appear in the city. The people are about to start a new day, and the officials must continue to contribute to the country.

"It's time to go back to the palace."

"Today is your day."

……

"A few months ago, the founding Duke Chang Sheng and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong were summoned to return to Beijing from the headquarters of the Eastern Expedition Army and the Southern Expedition Army.

The imperial court welcomed him with generous gifts, and the emperor issued an edict. The founding Duke of Jin Dynasty, Chang Chang, was promoted to the prince of Kaiping County, and the Duke of Cao, Li Jinglong, was promoted to the prince of Qiyang County.

Chang Sheng added Taibao and Zuo Zhuguo.

Li Jinglong added Taifu and Youzhuguo.

The imperial court clearly issued its decree and announced it to the world.Then the Qin Tianjian chose an auspicious day and made gifts for the princes of Kaiping and Qiyang in the capital. "

With the arrival of spring, the snow in Daqingshan on the Hetao Plain melts.

After the soil absorbed enough snow water, Daqingshan became more and more lush.

In the grassland at the foot of the mountain, the water in the river has increased, and the shallow grass has grown almost to the knees.

A city that was already as tall as a man gradually appeared in people's sight.

Zhu Gaochi sat cross-legged on a mat on the high-rise building that was rushed to be built in the city, holding a copy of the latest imperial newspaper in his hand, and informed everyone present about the latest happenings in the court.

Now that he went up to this tall building, he was no longer as timid and frightened as before.

Although decorations are still being stepped up outside and below the high-rise buildings.

But the top floor was the first to be finished.

With the huge and strong cement pillar in the middle as the supporting point, there are only narrow wooden pillars on the four sides of the top floor, fixing the doors and windows together.

Just take a few steps.

The entire top floor is open on all sides, giving you a panoramic view of the entire Daqing City.

Zhu Yunxi was sitting with his back to Daqing City and facing the south of the city.Because there is a table behind him, he can sit on the cushion and lean back slightly relaxed.

"The Prince of Qiyang will probably stay in the capital and go to the Governor's Mansion as a missionary for a period of time. The Prince of Kaiping will definitely not stay for a long time, and will go back to the south to continue to preside over the affairs of the Southern Expedition."

Zhu Gaochi put down the Di newspaper in his hand, looked up at Zhu Yunxi, and added.

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Counting the days, it should be before and after the meritorious mausoleum is roughly repaired."

The imperial court wanted to build a meritorious mausoleum on Zhongshan Mountain. This was a matter that everyone in the imperial court agreed with, and they all praised the imperial court for being benevolent and righteous.

And this matter doesn't cost much money.

Divide a piece of land, make it flat, plant some trees, flowers and grass, and make some stone sculptures, and you're done.

However, the main hall and several side halls dedicated to meritorious deities are quite old.

But just like the late Xin Guogong Tang He, he will probably be buried in the Mausoleum of Meritorious Service soon.

Duke Xinguo was the first to enter the mausoleum of meritorious service.

The court will definitely have a ceremony to hold at that time, and the newly promoted Prince Kaiping and Prince Qiyang, as the two people with the highest titles among the people currently living in the court, will definitely be present.

Zhu Yunxi then turned to ask: "Recently, some people have been speculating that this time the imperial court will use all its strength to conquer the north, whether there will be one or two living princes with different surnames. It seems that the officers and soldiers in the army are quite concerned about this. Quite concerned."

Zhu Gaochi just smiled slightly and continued to lower his head to read the reports coming from all over the front line and from the rear.

The King of Shun'an, Abbu, who was sitting next to me, actually took over the words with a hint of envy in his tone: "The Prince of Kaiping County and the Prince of Qiyang County were granted the title. The ceremony must be quite grand."

When he said this, he thought of his title as King Shun'an.

He just received the decree from the court, but he didn't even prepare the royal robes, let alone any canonization ceremony.

Zhu Yunxi smiled: "King Shun'an owns this Daqing City."

Abu also laughed, and then changed his words: "Previously, His Highness mentioned that the army was discussing whether the Northern Expedition would lead to the title of king. Such a thing happened because the soldiers were thinking about how many more levels of military merit they could obtain. Military morale Be inspired, everyone seeks credit, this is a good thing.”

"It's just that the whereabouts of the Tatar Royal Court are still unknown. As time goes by, I'm afraid the army's mind will change."

Zhu Yunxi replied lightly.

Until now, there has been no news from the front line about the disappeared Tatar Royal Court.

Abu smiled and comforted him: "Everything will definitely be as His Highness imagined. The Tatar Royal Court will go east and try to enter Liaodong."

Drive away wolves.

The war on the front line is never static.

Only the former Song Dynasty could do this. People in the rear drew a picture and asked the generals on the front to march and fight in strict accordance with the drawing.

Today's Ming Dynasty is that yellow bird.

In front, the Tatars are the praying mantises, and Liaodong is the cicada.

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "I don't know where Brother Bing is now."

……

Zhu Shangbing felt that he was going to die.

For almost a month, he led his men to chase the Fourth Uncle's Eastern Route Army on the vast grassland, and he could now spit out grass foam from his mouth.

Every day, in addition to rushing, I look for water.

Drinking the clean water on the grassland, eating the dried meat stored in the luggage and the rice flour paste that can be washed with water, the bird smell has long since faded from his mouth.

"There are not as many as ten Tatars. It's hard to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

On the horseback, Zhu Shangbing cursed in a low voice.

"No!"

"Get a hundred Tartar heads!"

If he couldn't cut them all, he asked his soldiers to surround the Tatars. Waiting for him to cut them off one by one, he would probably be able to make up the number.

After being on the road for days, Zhu Shangbing began to think about these messy things.

Think it over.

Zhu Shangbing felt that if he really did this, it would be okay if Brother He found out, but once that fat bastard found out, he would definitely be ridiculed for a long time.

He shook his head hard.

He raised his head and looked at the grassland that was already numb.Zhu Shangbing shouted to the front: "Where are you? Where is my fourth uncle?"

Immediately there was a general riding his horse back from the front.

"General, we crossed the Luqu River a few days ago. Based on the distance, we can reach the Onan River in two days."

Zhu Shangbing opened his mouth. There was nothing but grass in front of him. He muttered in a low voice: "Onan River! Onan River! Where is this damn river!"

He couldn't help but curse loudly.

The generals and soldiers around him had expressions unchanged.

The general's curse was exactly what they wanted to say.

Zhu Shangbing couldn't hold on after days of traveling, and these soldiers were about to be unable to hold on either.

If the rear had not gone to great lengths to build roads and bridges in order to prevent the frontline troops from starving, they would have been able to cross the grasslands from Daqing City all the way and meet people on the grain roads from time to time.

They might all start to wonder if they are the only ones on this grassland.

"river!"

"river!"

"General! River!"

Two war horses carrying two scouts came back from the front.

The scout's face was filled with joy.

The war horse trampled countless green grass and rushed to Zhu Shangbing.

"General! It's the Onan River!"

Zhu Shangbing immediately reined in the reins and widened his eyes: "Have you seen King Yan's Eastern Route Army?"

"Yan...yes! The army is stationed by the river!"

The scout breathed heavily, and the wrinkles on his face became more and more piled up because of his smile.

"Hahahaha!"

"Fourth uncle! I'm here!"

Zhu Shangbing laughed crazily and shouted randomly.

"Let's go! The whole army speeds up!"

Zhu Shangbing held up the riding whip in his hand and shouted to the entire team. Then he whipped the whip down hard, and the horse under him neighed and rushed out instantly.

"Ah!"

On the banks of the Onan River, in the camp of the Eastern Route Army of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, King Zhu Di of Yan, as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, suddenly sneezed.

Before he could have any doubts, he had been paying special attention to staying out of the cold recently and was in good health, so why did he suddenly sneeze?

Then I heard footsteps coming from outside the Chinese army's tent.

"Reporting to the prince, Zhu Shangbing, the eldest son of King Qin, has led the troops and arrived with the edict from His Highness the Grand Sun."

Zhu Di frowned and looked at the soldiers kneeling under the tent: "Brother Bing, why are you here suddenly?"

He muttered, but immediately stood up.

Zhu Di walked outside and asked, "Where is he now?"

"It's just outside the tent."

"Hahahahaha! Fourth uncle! Fourth uncle!"

"Fourth Uncle!"

"My nephew is here to see you!"

"Fourth uncle! Where are you?"

Zhu Di led people from inside the tent to the outside. There was a dark swirl in his eyes, and then he gradually adapted to the light outside the tent.

Then he saw Zhu Shangbing, who was covered in grass foam, shouting around like crazy.

"At this!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but rolled his eyes, feeling that he needed to tell his second son that the eldest son of his family might be a fool.

puff.

A crisp sound sounded in front of the main tent of the Eastern Route Army.

Zhu Shangbing held his thigh and knelt in front of him at a speed that Zhu Di could not react.

"Fourth Uncle, I finally found you..."

Zhu Shangbing yelled and hugged Zhu Di's thigh tightly, sobbing for a while.

Zhu Di was almost dumbfounded.

Is this kid really out of his mind?

He looked at the soldiers who followed Zhu Shangbing.

"Your general is..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di's hand had already touched Zhu Shangbing's hair, which was about to become lumpy.

Bow your head again.

Looking carefully at this moment, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Zhu Shangbing was covered in grass foam, and a thick layer of dirt had formed on his neck.The inner clothes under the armor have begun to be worn backwards.

Look at the soles of his feet exposed because the boy is kneeling on the ground and hugging his thighs.

The middle of the boots was obviously deformed due to being left in the stirrups for a long time, and the edges were even worn and broken.

This was a journey all the way from Guan Nei without any rest in between.

Zhu Shangbing's soldiers also came forward at this time, lowered their heads and whispered: "Report to the prince, we received the instruction from Taisun and drove all the way from Daqing Mountain. We only took it on the food road of the three armies. We needed some supplies without resting in between. Even at night, we would lean on our horses and sleep for a while before continuing on our way."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhu Di frowned and asked in a distressed tone.

Zhu Shangbing raised his head fiercely: "Brother Xi asked you to let the Tartar Royal Court go to Liaodong!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's brows tightened again.

Behind him, the generals who came out of the Chinese army's tent also frowned slightly and looked confused.

Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi even frowned and said: "Our army's scouts have already found traces of the Tartar Royal Court, which is only three or two days away from here. Why does the grandson want us to let these wolf cubs go at this time? Going to Liaodong? Doesn’t His Highness want us to stop the Tatars?"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di made another sound, but his eyes turned back and glanced at Wang Bi with a somewhat sinister look.

Dingyuanhou Wang Bi immediately lowered his head.

After suppressing Wang Bi, Zhu Di's face relaxed a little. He turned his head to look at Zhu Shangbing in front of him, reached out and patted his shoulder.

"Get up, follow me into the tent and speak carefully."

Zhu Shangbing raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes.

He nodded heavily, and then whispered: "Uncle Fourth, I'm hungry..."

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Di laughed suddenly, stretched out his hand to lift Zhu Shangbing up, and waved his hand: "Send the order to make a meal for Brother Bing. It must include wine, meat, and green vegetables!"

Zhu Di's personal soldiers immediately accepted the order, turned around and went to deliver the order.

At this time, Zhu Di said again: "Send food to the soldiers who followed Brother Bing."

The soldier responded again, and then finally headed towards Huotou Camp.

Zhu Shangbing held Zhu Di's arm tightly.

Zhu Di took one look, said nothing, and let the boy hold him.

The two of them turned around and walked towards the Chinese army's tent.

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