Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 406 Daming, Go on an Expedition!
Time is actually the most unbearable thing to consume.

When you feel that there is a lot of time, time tends to slip away from various places and in various forms. On the contrary, when you feel that there is not much time left, it feels like a long, long time.

Zhu Zhanhe called this feeling...enrichment.

Of course, the flow rate of time is constant. The so-called speeding up and slowing down of time is just a human feeling. In fact, time will not change because of anyone.

February sixteenth.

Human beings don’t really feel much about the Little Ice Age. First, it’s a gradual process, and it’s just the beginning of the Little Ice Age.

But if one day you suddenly look back and think of the past, you will have a general understanding of the Little Ice Age.

Zhu Zhanhe still remembered that the old man set off on the first day of February for the first personal expedition, but this time the second emperor's personal expedition after the founding of the Ming Dynasty was delayed until mid-February.

The reason is the climate.

Standing on the boat at Tongzhou Wharf, Zhu Zhanhe was filled with emotion.

He set off on the same day as his cousin, but he didn't go to see Emperor Xuande's first and last swearing-in as his father did.

At this moment, he was just lamenting how time flies.

The expedition in the eighth year of Yongle seemed to be the day before yesterday, and it seemed like yesterday that their family went to Yunnan to become a feudal clan.

But in a blink of an eye, he is already 30 years old.

"Let's go." Zhu Zhanhe looked at the scattered icicles on the canal, and sighed softly.

Although he was full of urgency about the arrival of the Little Ice Age before, he still felt a little relaxed, because he has always viewed this issue from the perspective of a futureer.

From the perspective of the future, it seems that only the Chongzhen Emperor in the late Ming Dynasty, or those few emperors, can be regarded as the Little Ice Age.

But as everyone knows, before we know it, the Little Ice Age is getting closer and closer.

He is about 30 years old, and the Little Ice Age has already shown its fangs, and the sense of urgency brought by time is becoming more and more depressing.

……

Shuntian Mansion, Yanqingwei.

Yanqing, this place may be unfamiliar to many people, but it has another name.

Juyongguan.

Unlike the expedition in Yingtian Mansion back then, this time it was in Shuntian Mansion, which meant that all the preparations and expedition speed were much, much faster.

Riding a horse, standing in front of the 20 Ming army, Zhu Zhanji looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

In the previous 18 years, because Zhu Zhanhe was constantly fighting outside, the interior of Daming was relatively stable, and there were almost no disturbances except for the implementation of the new tax system that year.

This is actually a point that Zhu Zhanji has nothing to do with his cousin, because it is true that he has been fighting outside all the year round, but the soldiers who were consumed were first from Uzangdusi, and later they were all Asan.

Not to mention the grain, not to mention that the new grain brought to Daming's prosperity today was found by others, but that they never used a grain of grain from the court even in wars.

Not to mention that Zhu Zhanhe's favorite way of fighting is to support war by fighting, and replenish himself by robbing other people's food, let's say that apart from the Dayue Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom, Zhu Zhanhe has never used the court at all.

As for the Dayue Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom back then, Emperor Taizong asked Zhu Zhanhe to conquer them. Since you let them go to war, you should do a good job in logistics supplies.

and……

Now, when Zhu Zhanji stood in front of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, when the outcome of the war and the lives and deaths of 20 soldiers and more than [-] civilians were on his shoulders, he realized that his cousin's success was not as good as he imagined. Simple.

Taking a deep breath, he turned his gaze to the Ming soldiers in front of him.

At this moment, Zhu Zhanji suddenly felt a kind of sincere gratitude.

He was thankful that his cousin was so outstanding. He was so outstanding that he didn't use any soldiers from the imperial court for more than ten consecutive years. This is how he left such a powerful force.

So much so... that his last battle was so decent.

After adjusting the armor on his body, Zhu Zhanji pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed it straight at the sky, pulled the reins, urged the horse under his crotch, and galloped between the phalanx of the Ming soldiers.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

With a somewhat hoarse voice, people can feel that the person who yelled is somewhat exhausted, but at this moment, such a voice can still be so touching.

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!" Zhu Zhanji only felt goose bumps on his skin, and this feeling made him shout hoarsely.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

"Long live!"

咴……

There was a long neighing sound, and the horse under Zhu Zhanji's crotch raised its front hooves suddenly, and then hit the ground heavily.

"18 years..."

Looking at the soldiers waiting in full battle, Zhu Zhanji's voice was a little low.

"It has been 60 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been a whole sixty years..."

"It has been 60 years, no matter whether it is Hongwu, Yongle, or Hongxi, there has never been any dynasty that has been free from foreign enemies for more than ten consecutive years, and has only fought two battles for more than ten consecutive years. It's civil turmoil..."

"But I know very well that this is not my fault..."

"It's been 18 years. My cousin, the son of King Wu of Ming Dynasty, has been fighting abroad for 18 years."

"From the eighth year of Yongle with Emperor Taizong's expedition to the grasslands in the north, to the Dayue Kingdom in Nanping, to the Wa Kingdom in the east, and to the current expedition to the West..."

"I know very well that it is precisely because of the successive conquests by Prince Wu that Daming was able to fight only two wars against chaos in 18 years."

"But today..."

Having said that, Zhu Zhanji's voice suddenly became high.

"I, follow the example of Emperor Taizong, and personally conquer..."

"What I did was to completely pacify the grassland that threatened my Ming Dynasty for a period of sixty years! Because I know! The stability of this Ming Dynasty cannot be shouldered by one person..."

"This battle is for me and you, the battle of the Northern Expedition that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have been away from for 18 years!"

"In this battle, many people will die, maybe the enemy, maybe you, the general, or even me..."

"Of course, I only have one request for this battle!"

"No matter what you see, the front army was broken, the left and right wings and left and right tuck troops were restrained, the central army was suppressed, or the whole army was defeated, and even I charged with a sword..."

"Don't worry, don't panic, what you have to do is to charge with me! Swear to die!"

The low voice and high aura quickly infected all the Ming soldiers like a plague, causing everyone to raise their weapons and howl soaring into the sky.

"Charge! Charge! Charge!!!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Zhanji took a deep breath and raised his left hand.

Following Zhu Zhanhe's movements, the well-trained Ming soldiers quickly fell silent, and it took only three breaths to back and forth.

"Now..." Slowly lowering his left hand, Zhu Zhanhe lowered his head slightly, his voice low.

"set off!"

Li Bin and Xu Heng looked at each other, obviously surprised by Zhu Zhanji's performance today, but as the generals accompanying this expedition, they couldn't say anything.

One commanded the [-] battalion, and the other commanded the fifth army battalion. Except for the Shenji battalion that Liu Sheng had commanded since the Yongle period, it can be said that the core force of this expedition was led by people from the lineage of King Wu.

They are ministers, and not ministers of the emperor, so naturally they can't say anything, even if they say it, it has to be someone else.

Thinking of this, the two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at Zhu Gaoxu on the wall of Yanqing Weicheng.

However, Zhu Gaoxu, who had been standing on the city wall and watching since the beginning of the oath, left at some point.

Li Bin and Xu Heng looked at each other again, rode their horses at the same time, followed the soldiers, and headed towards the Longmen Guard.

In the eyes of the Han people, even though the old land of Tatars has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty for 18 years, in their view, the Great Wall is still the place of the enemy.

dusk.

Accompanied by the setting sun in the west, Zhu Gaoxu returned to Shuntian Mansion and returned to the palace.

Although the phrase "the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country" was only used by netizens in later generations when they commented on the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of Shuntian Mansion can be considered to be based on this idea of ​​Emperor Taizong.

But Juyongguan is not outside the pass, not far from Shuntian Imperial City, so Zhu Gaoxu can return before dark, and it is also the main reason why he will go to see Zhu Zhanji's oath.

With Zhu Gaoxu's return, the Shuntian Palace started to move quickly, with a large number of tribute ladies and servants coming and going to carry things.

The emperor has already personally conscripted, and the King of Wu's lineage also has to abide by the original promise, which can also be said to be a deal, and is preparing to leave Shuntian Mansion and go south to Yingtian Mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu was not worried that Zhu Zhanji would go back on his word, and suddenly turned back. Could he suddenly order the withdrawal of troops after he had sworn in?Obviously not.

If he really did this, it will be recorded in the history books. Although they cannot be regarded as the same, he is almost the same as King Zhou You of Fenghuo Opera.

The only difference is that King You of Zhou did it for the sake of making beautiful women smile, while he did it for power.

Secondly, even if Zhu Zhanji repented, Zhu Gaoxu would not be afraid, because that would mean that Zhu Zhanji completely broke his face, and under the current circumstances, tearing his face and opposing it is beneficial to the Wu Wang family.

Therefore, after witnessing Zhu Zhanji's swearing-in, Zhu Gaoxu immediately started to prepare to leave.

It's all a matter of time, there is no need to procrastinate.

However, before leaving, he had one more thing to do.

As the day went by, an imperial edict came out from the palace and was sent to the Ministry of Rites among the six ministries.

At the same time, the things in the Qingning Palace were quickly cleaned up, some were moved to the Qianqing Palace, some were left behind, and some were thrown away.

The maids and servants don't know exactly how to be distinguished, because when they got the news, they got the order, and everything was separated.

They only know that when it gets dark and then dawn, Da Ming will change completely.

From tomorrow onwards, the emperor is the emperor, the emperor who lives in the Qianqing Palace even though he is not in Beijing, not the emperor who has had his reign for two years but still lives in the Qingning Palace.

Starting tomorrow, Qingning Palace is Qingning Palace, and it will restore the original purpose of this palace: the prince's bedroom.

Starting tomorrow, Daming will...

(End of this chapter)