Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 416 "A good grandson can protect the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty for three generations"

April in the grassland is not exactly warm.

The Ming army was stationed at the foot of Sanfeng Mountain like this, neither advancing nor retreating, it seemed that they wanted to waste here until Wala died suddenly.

Zhu Zhanji's approach made everyone incomprehensible, not only Li Bin, Xu Heng and other soldiers with the label of King Wu did not understand, even generals such as Liu Sheng and Fan Zhong did not understand.

However, it turns out that military generals generally can't play politics.

Or it should be said that there is basically no general who can fight well and play politics well. In the entire Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that Zhang Fu is the only one who can barely count.

After all, compared to those veteran generals in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fu is a person who understands politics better. Although he has achieved his current status by shrinking his head, it has to be said that this is also a kind of success .

But for generals such as Li Bin, Xu Heng, Liu Sheng, and Fan Zhong, the Oirat envoy who came to ask for a battle suddenly seemed to have thoughts after he fell ill.

Let me ask, the two sides in the battle, the superior side is overwhelming the country, but camped at the door of the enemy's house, neither attacking nor speaking, not even an attitude, this is very confusing, right?

But even more outrageous was Wala's reaction.

Knowing that the overall strength is invincible, both sides are requested to use a cavalry to fight each other, and use the final result to determine the bet on the future of Daming and Wala for ten years from now on.

If Wala wins, then Daming retreats to the south of the Luqu River, reopens the mutual market, and increases the trading volume of grain, wool, mutton, and tea for a period of ten years.

If Daming wins, Oala will let go of Hulanhu and retreat to the north of the Onan River. King Mahamu and King Anle of Oara Shunning will apologize for the death of Tupolo in exchange for the ten years before Daming and Oara Peace.

When it was known that the envoys of Oala came to the camp of the Ming army with such a purpose, not only Li Bin Xu Heng, who represented the lineage of King Wu, but also Liu Sheng and Fan Zhong, who represented the lineage of the emperor, felt that Oirat was In whimsical.

However, reality is often the most outrageous.

No matter who it is, no matter what it is, it is extremely meticulous when planning, because planning such a thing requires extremely meticulous logic.

However, reality does not need logic.

Or it should be said that the logic of reality is often hidden in places you cannot see.

Zhu Zhanji agreed to the suggestion brought by the Oala envoy, and bluntly said that he would personally lead the troops at that time, so that Mahamu on the Oirat side would also lead the troops to fight in person. Both sides led a cavalry to charge and kill. The result determines the outcome of the Great Ming Northern Expedition.

At this moment, for Li Bin, Xu Heng, Liu Sheng and Fan Zhong and other generals, the reality is illogical.

Zhu Zhanji has no reason or position to agree with Wala's suggestion, and there is no need to personally lead the army to charge.

You know, in the past dynasties, most of the so-called emperor's personal conquests are just talk, because the personal conquest of the emperor just means that the emperor is coming, but it does not mean that the emperor will come to the battle to kiss Mao Shishi in person.

If the emperor came to the battle and kissed Mao Shishi in person, it can only explain one thing, that is, this battle must be won, even if the universe suddenly explodes, it will not change the result of this battle.

So, is the reality really outrageous to this extent?

actually not.

Everything in the world is actually traceable, and everything is logical. If not, it's just because you can't see it, not because there is no logic.

There is nothing to say about Mahamu's challenge.

The strength of Oala is not as good as that of Daming. The reason why he was able to directly border Daming and linger on for so many years is because Emperor Taizong didn't think about killing the grassland back then, but wanted to put some pressure on the younger generation.

After all, Sima Fa once said: If a country is big, it will perish if it is warlike, and it will be dangerous if you forget the war.

The second reason is that since the Yongle dynasty passed, Daming has been in chaos all the time.

After the death of Emperor Taizong, no one could suppress King Wu's lineage anymore. The influence of King Wu's lineage on Daming became stronger and stronger, making the entire imperial court focus on King Wu's lineage.

In addition, and Wala didn't act as a monster much, so naturally no one would pay attention to them.

Finally, and the most important point: Zhu Zhanhe has been looking further afield for the past two years, he has no intentions, and he doesn't want to do anything to Wala, because he doesn't want to make a wedding dress for his cousin.

Regardless of the reasons at the beginning, now that the Ming army is overwhelming the country, Wala, who is far inferior to Daming in terms of overall strength, can only take a slant and use some unconventional methods.

But just like the suggestion brought by the Oala envoys, even if they use unconventional methods, they dare not expect too much in the final result. Go to the south of Luqu River and reopen the mutual market.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, before that, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was at the Luqu River, and the area from the Luqu River to the Onan River was actually a buffer zone between Daming and Wala.

And the mutual market should have been open all the time. Later, when Wu Wang's lineage took over Shuntian, Zhu Zhanhe not only forcibly reduced many mutual market items, but also forcibly changed the prices of the mutual market under pressure.

That is to say, even if he won in the end, Wala didn't dare to think too much, he just wanted to restore the situation to the way it was in the last years of Yongle.

Because they know very well that Da Ming is not easy to mess with. Even if Da Ming agreed to their request of taking a slanted sword, even if they won the victory on this slanted sword, but if they make excessive demands, they will only ruin their lives in the end. they themselves.

But in comparison, Daming's challenge seemed somewhat unreasonable.

No matter who it is, whether it's a human or an animal, with this kind of advantage in hand, it is normal to reject this kind of suggestion that is obviously mixed with a lot of careful thinking, and choose to end the battle in the safest way.

However, Zhu Zhanji agreed.

There was no other reason, it was only because at this time he was actually not thinking from the perspective of the Ming emperor, but from the perspective of a father, an emperor who was about to lose his throne.

Accepting Oala's request for war was the best decision he thought he had made after weighing the pros and cons.

Because Zhu Zhanji decided that Wala would not dare to go too far. For the current Wala, if it is too much, it is tantamount to self-destruction, so Zhu Zhanji made the decision to fight.

However, as soon as the news came out, the Ming army, which had high morale, suffered a blow.

Generals and soldiers are just not good at political struggle, but it doesn't mean they are fools, just because they can't see it at all.

At this time, they, even Liu Sheng and Fan Zhong, didn't know where to stand and what kind of status to face Zhu Zhanji, the emperor, and Zhu Zhanhe, the prince of Wu.

……

Yingtian Mansion, Hanwang Mansion.

In fact, according to the usual practice, after the vassal king became a vassal, the palace would generally be used for other purposes, but whether it was Yingtian Mansion or Shuntian Mansion, Hanwang Mansion was a special existence.

Today's King of Han Mansion is still located on the most prosperous Chang'an Street in Yingtian City, and the plaque on the gate is still written with the three characters of King Han's Mansion, not King Wu's Mansion.

During the reign of Yongle, whether it was when King Wu's lineage first went to the vassal, or when Emperor Taizong was very old more than ten years later, the Han Palace was always taken care of by someone, almost the same as it was at the beginning. It was the same when they left.

In the two years from Hongxi to the first year of Xuande, the people who took care of the Han Palace stopped following the change of the power of the court, but this stop was not an order from the court.

In this world, people carry people on sedan chairs.

Later, as King Wu's lineage entered Shuntian, there were naturally more people who pretended to be sycophants. The Yingtian Han Palace, which had been abandoned for two years, was also cleaned up in a very short period of time, and returned to the Yongle period. As usual, it is cleaned every day.

Until Wu Wang's lineage withdrew from Shuntian and returned here.

"Father, you said that cousin will really..."

In the backyard of King Han's Mansion, Zhu Zhandong was sitting opposite his father, his face full of doubts.

Unlike Shuntian Mansion, Yingtian Mansion in April has already shown obvious signs of spring, and the temperature has picked up a lot.

Sitting under the tree, Wu Wang and his son were more or less comfortable.

However, this is only on the surface. In fact, their hearts are not as relaxed as they appear on the surface.

Perhaps, it should be said that Zhu Zhandong was not so relaxed.

"This is inevitable. It can be seen from your cousin's choice." Zhu Gaoxu looked at the petals floating into the teacup, thought for a while, and poured the cup of tea away.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect..." Zhu Zhandong seemed a little disappointed.

"I thought that my cousin would take this opportunity to make a final counterattack, but I didn't expect him to choose to accept his fate..."

Having said that, Zhu Zhandong couldn't help but raised his head to look at his father, and then looked to the north.

He was not looking at Shuntian in the north, nor the prairie in the north, but in the north of Han Palace, the Yingtian Palace where Emperor Yongle stayed for most of his life.

What he thought of was the old saying that "a good grandson can protect the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty for three generations".

What he thought of was that his eldest brother had paid so much for the court and his grandfather, killing foreign enemies, building the capital, destroying profiteers, and punishing corrupt officials...

He recited all the infamy, but what he got in the end was only used by Emperor Taizong, and what Emperor Taizong thought of was still paving the way for his good grandson.

But who would have thought that the good grandson back then would have come to this point now.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhandong couldn't help but shook his head and laughed, but his smile was full of... ridicule.

Zhu Gaoxu noticed his son's movements, turned his head to look, and seemed to see something, but he didn't seem to see anything, but no matter whether he saw it or not, he didn't mention the relevant things, but changed a topic.

"Zhan Yang." Putting down the teacup and looking straight at his son, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were full of seriousness.

"You should know what your elder brother thinks. Your second brother is not a legitimate son, and your third brother is in poor health, so you are the only choice."

"What do you think?"

"Father..." Zhu Zhandong was taken aback when he heard the words, but it was only for a moment that he turned his firm gaze back to his father.

"There are some things that Zhanyi can do, but there are some things that Zhanyi cannot do."

"If half of Da Ming's share today is achieved by Zhan Dong, then Zhan Dong would not hesitate at all, but now, if you go out and ask someone casually, who has contributed the most to Da Ming's strength?"

"You should get the answer in your heart."

"Besides, you and elder brother always think that elder brother kills too much and has a bad reputation, so he can't be an emperor. But who in this world stipulates that he can't be emperor if he kills too much?"

"Also, even if the eldest brother kills too much and is not suitable to be an emperor, this is not an unsolvable deadlock."

Having said that, Zhu Zhandong straightened his back and looked towards the north, his tone full of meaning.

"What my cousin did seems to be giving up everything just for the sake of Qi Zhen. Everything is paving the way for Qi Zhen, but why not pave the way for... big brother?"

Zhu Gaoxu was startled when he heard the words, and turned his head to look to the north in a daze.

Yes, Emperor Xuande's decision was indeed for himself and his children, but in what he didn't see, it seemed that he had indeed done a good deed for the enemy he was least willing to help.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but smile.

This guy is really cheap.

(End of this chapter)