Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 169 Myanmar?Destroy him!

As a prince, Zhu Chun had never felt so aggrieved since he was a child.

Even when he was with Zhu Yuanzhang of Yingtian Mansion when he was young, Zhu Yuanzhang never hit him.

But Cao Wei, who arrived at Prince Min's Mansion for the first time today, didn't care about Sanqi 21. If he pressed him, he would be beaten violently!
The soldiers of the palace were afraid of Cao Wei's high position and did not dare to intervene, allowing Cao Wei's iron fist to wreak havoc on Zhu Chu's face.

After a while, the leader of the soldiers felt that this was inappropriate, so he slowly exited the main hall with his men.

The maids standing around in the main hall all lowered their heads and did not dare to look around. They could only hear Zhu Zhen's wails and screams.

Where have they ever seen Zhu Zhen, who usually shows off his power and power, be so miserable?
At this moment, Zhu Chu regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. He should not have provoked Cao Wei!
He wanted to escape from Cao Wei's claws, but Cao Wei's hands were as if they were made of iron, clamping him tightly, unable to move, and passively endured Cao Wei's whipping.

As Cao Wei's fist fell on Zhu Chu's face, Zhu Chu's face quickly swelled up like dough.

A full quarter of an hour later,
Cao Wei stopped. At this time, Zhu Min's entire face was swollen like a pig's head.

Cao Wei was not polite and sat down on the main seat and said,

"Pour water."

After stretching his muscles a bit, he felt a little thirsty.

Zhu Ming, who was lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up as if he had been electrocuted. He held his swollen head and respectfully poured a glass of water for Cao Wei.

"Master, water."

Zhu Ming carefully handed the water cup to Cao Wei, fearing that he would make Cao Wei unhappy again and get beaten again.

People can only learn to fear after suffering.

Now Zhu Chu is extremely afraid of Cao Wei!

Cao Wei is different from ordinary people, he is incredibly brave!

There were many people in the past dynasties who could achieve the position of Grand Master, but I had never heard of anyone who dared to beat the emperor's son so violently.

Regardless of whether Zhu Yuanzhang would be unhappy if Cao Wei did this, Zhu Yuan did not have any means to check and balance Cao Wei at this time.

In terms of official position, Cao Wei is the Grand Master, and beating him is to educate him, which is understandable.

In terms of ability, even in a remote place like Yunnan, Zhu Zhen had heard of various deeds done by Cao Wei, including building huge sky lanterns, hot air balloons, steam engines, cultivating high-yielding grains, and even sending people out to sea to find many high-yielding crops. crop……

At first, Zhu Zhen regarded Cao Wei as one of those pedantic people in the court. He thought that even if Cao Wei held the position of Grand Master, he would not dare to disregard Zhu Yuanzhang's face and would be courteous to himself as the vassal king.

But Cao Wei just ignored him and beat him up boldly. Zhu Zhen was about to cry but had no tears. He really had no place to reason when he met Cao Wei.

Why is Cao Wei so brave?

Cao Wei took the cup, took a sip of water, and looked at Zhu Ming, who was standing tremblingly next to him.
"Now again, what are you asking me to come over for?"

Zhu Xi's eyes were squeezed into slits by the swollen muscles on his face. He blinked and didn't know how to answer for a while.

He "invited" Cao Wei to come over, just to show his majesty and his dominant position in Yunnan.

But he didn't show his majesty, and was beaten into a pig's head by Cao Wei.

Zhu Ming, who had completely understood the situation, thought for a while and said flatteringly:
"My king, no, I have heard the name of the grand master for a long time and admire him very much. When I learned that you came to Yunnan this time, I wanted to meet the grand master to admire his face and express my friendship as a landlord. A brief expression of my feelings."

Cao Wei felt much better after hearing these words. He smiled and nodded.

"Ruzi can be taught."

"Since you are so thoughtful, I can't refuse your offer. I came here this time to search for tungsten ore and survey the volume of tungsten ore. You have a large number of people at your disposal. If you can help us, I will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. "

Zhu Chu grinned, but it caused pain on his face, and he grinned.

"Xiao Wang dare not disobey the Grand Master's words, as long as the Grand Master speaks as many people as he needs."

Cao Wei nodded, "You are willing to contribute to the country. When I return to Yingtian to meet with His Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely be happy, and maybe he will reward you."

Teaching people a lesson and using both kindness and power are the most effective methods.

When he heard that Cao Wei wanted to express his merit for him, Zhu Zhen suddenly became happy and bowed deeply.

"Xiao Wang, thank you so much, Grand Master!"

Cao Wei waved his hand,
"Okay, we've come all the way and haven't had lunch yet. Your palace is definitely not short of food, so hurry up and prepare some. We'll stay in your palace for one night today. We'll leave tomorrow and go to Malipo."

Zhu Zhen nodded repeatedly, then ran outside the door and shouted at the top of his lungs,

"Come here! Where are the people? Where are they all dead? The Grand Master is hungry, why don't you go prepare some food!"

"Go and clean up a few more rooms for the Grand Master to rest in... What guest rooms are you going to clean up? Can the Grand Master live in the guest rooms? Clean up the main room! What a brainless thing!"

In the main hall,
Cao Wei, Zhu Hanming, Muchun, and the other three people had different expressions on their faces as they listened to Zhu Chu yelling outside the door.

The expression on Zhu Hanming's face was not obvious, he was only very surprised by the contrast between Zhu Ming's before and after.

Cao Wei had an unpredictable smile on his face, while Muchun looked at Cao Wei and then at Zhu Chu outside the door, his eyes meaningful, wondering what he was thinking.

Cao Wei noticed Mu Chun with a strange look on his face, but didn't say anything.

The meaning of Cao Wei's visit to Prince Min's Mansion this time cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

Yunnan has a vast area, a large population, mountains and forests, and is rich in wood, stone and minerals. It is a treasure land.

The Mu family relied on Mu Ying's hard work in Yunnan to lay a solid foundation, and even the people of Yunnan only recognized the Mu family.

Zhu Yuanzhang was reassured about Mu Ying. After all, Mu Ying was his adopted son, and it was not impossible to leave the entire Yunnan to Mu Ying.

But since Mu Ying's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer as reassured of other members of the Mu family as he was of Mu Ying.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know much about the younger generation such as Mu Chun and Mu Sheng. No one could tell whether they were reliable or not.

In order to prevent the younger generation of the Mu family from becoming bigger in Yunnan and causing an unmanageable situation.

In the second year after Mu Ying's death, that is, the 26th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Zhu Chu to Yunnan to become a vassal, and divided two guards from Dusi of Yunnan Province, plus the original Xihezhong guards, to gather together for Zhu Chu The three guards of the palace.

This is done to check and balance the "outsider" of the Mu family.

In fact, this situation does not mean that the Mu family has suffered any losses. At most, it has imposed restrictions. Yunnan is no longer the exclusive domain of the Mu family.

Zhu Ming, a troubled boy, even overfulfilled his task, ostracizing and suppressing the Mu family in various ways.

However, Zhu Ming's overly arrogant behavior directly led to deepening conflicts with the Mu family.

In the original history, Mu Chun died of illness due to overwork a few years after taking over as Marquis of Xiping. Mu Sheng, the second son of the Mu family, succeeded him as Marquis of Xiping.

By the time of Emperor Jianwen, the conflict between the Zhu family and the Mu family had become so intense that it was irreconcilable. Mu Sheng wrote a letter fearing that Zhu Zhu would misbehave. When Emperor Jianwen wanted to cut down the vassal, he directly demoted Zhu Zhu to a commoner.

Cao Wei beat Zhu Chu violently this time, so Muchun watched him give him a sigh of relief to mediate the conflict between the two parties.

However, Cao Wei could not sit idly by and let Zhu Yuanzhang play a role in the search for tungsten mines, and Zhu Yuanzhang would have a way to make Zhu Yuan's position more stable.

Cao Wei only needs to order Zhu Zhen to restrain himself and not to embarrass the Mu family too much, and both parties can basically live in peace.

It is true that Zhu Min is a troubled young man, but he is not without brains. When he heard that Cao Wei wanted to show his merit for himself, he understood Cao Wei's intention. In an instant, he had a sudden enlightenment. From having to succumb to Cao Wei's power, he changed directly. To the point where he respects Cao Wei from the bottom of his heart.

Muchun naturally saw this, but although Cao Wei's actions made him feel uncomfortable, he couldn't find any reason. After all, Cao Wei did this for the sake of the overall situation.

And in this way, it can be considered a good thing that Zhu Zhen will no longer continue to target and embarrass their Mu family.After a while, the servants prepared meals, and Zhu Chu ran over to ask Cao Wei and others to come over and have dinner.

Prince Zhu's standards are much higher than those of the Mu family, and a large table is filled with meat dishes.

During the meal, the spring breeze was like a lingering cloud, and he ate almost half of the food into his stomach, as if he could take advantage of Zhu Chu and make up for all his previous grievances.

Zhu Zhen's face was swollen, and he frowned the whole time as he watched Muchun eat "viciously".

But with Cao Wei by his side, it was not easy for Zhu Chu to have an attack.

At night,

Cao Wei called Zhu Zhen to a place alone, and the two talked for half an hour.

No one knew what they said except the two of them.

Cao Wei returned to the room, and Zhu Hanming sat in front of the window waiting for him. When he came back, he got up and undressed him.

"Thank you for your hard work, husband. This time when I come to Yunnan, I have to worry about the Zhu family's affairs."

Cao Wei rubbed Zhu Hanming's hair,
"We are one family, so we don't need to speak two different languages."

Zhu Hanming said again:
"If your husband does this, the Marquis of Xiping won't complain, right?"

"Based on my understanding of him, it shouldn't be possible. If not, I won't be able to talk to him in two days..."

silent all night,
the next day,
Cao Wei, Muchun and others had breakfast at Minwang Mansion and were ready to set off directly while the weather was cool.

Malipo is located on the border between Yunnan and Vietnam. The road is not close, so this trip with stops and starts will take a long time.

The swelling on Zhu Chu's face subsided a lot overnight, but it was still bruised and bruised.

However, this does not affect Zhu Zhen's respectful respect for Cao Weian.

"Master, Xiao Wang has sent five thousand troops to serve as laborers in the early stages of mining last night according to your instructions. If it is not enough, just send someone to tell us, and Xiao Wang will send more people over."

"That's enough," Cao Wei replied, "You're not young anymore. You need to think more about what I'm telling you."

"Yes, Xiao Wang dare not forget a word that the grand master said..."

Zhu Chu followed Cao Wei like a follower and sent several people all the way out of the gate of Prince Min's Mansion.

"Grand Master, please go slowly. Grand Master will come and sit down when you have time..."

Cao Wei was in a much better mood after smoothly solving the problem that Zhu Xi and the Mu family had discussed.

Sure enough, helping others is the real happiness.

It took Cao Wei and Zhu Hanming Muchun less than 20 days to arrive at Malipo.

The reason why it took so long is because the mountains in Yunnan are very rugged.

The second reason is that when Cao Wei brought Zhu Hanming with him this time, he came with the intention of going on a honeymoon, and the whole trip was treated as a sightseeing tour.

Lao Zhu betrothed Zhu Hanming to Cao Wei, and Cao Wei felt that he must not treat Zhu Hanming badly.

In Yingtian Mansion, Cao Wei usually had to go to the manufacturing bureau to be busy and had very little time to accompany Zhu Hanming, so he wanted to make up for it this time.

When they arrived at Malipo, Muchun first met up with the people he had sent before, and then together they came to the place where the old man discovered the tungsten ore.

The 5000 men sent by Zhu Chubo arrived ten days earlier than Cao Wei and others.

Cao Wei rushed to the scene, led a general survey, determined the main location of the mineral vein, and then issued an order.

"dig!"

Five thousand soldiers immediately picked up the guy and started digging.

Cao Wei looked at the tungsten ore being mined by the soldiers and nodded secretly.

After confirming that the tungsten mine has extremely rich ore content, Cao Wei finally felt relieved.

With this, his honeymoon trip should be over.

Now he just needs to go back to Yingtian Mansion and wait for someone to send the tungsten ore and start making tungsten wire.

But Cao Wei accidentally discovered that there were many Ming military camps on the southern border of Malipo. Standing on the mountainside, he could see countless Ming soldiers patrolling back and forth, always on guard.

"Marquis Xiping, how come there are so many soldiers over there?" Cao Wei asked Muchun.

Mu Chun frowned when he heard this, "The grand master doesn't know something, this place is extremely unstable."

"Ok?"

Cao Wei's face also darkened.

"Tell me in detail."

Then Muchun told the local situation in detail.

It turned out that Mu Ying wiped out the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Yunnan and stayed in Yunnan, but found that Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and other places frequently sent troops to invade. After Mu Ying's death, the responsibility of guarding the border fell on Mu Chun.

Muchun had no choice but to deploy so many troops here.

"Myanmar, Vietnam, are they very strong?" This was the first time Cao Wei heard that the war in Yunnan was so tense.

He didn't expect that Ming Dynasty's mortal enemy Bei Yuan had been destroyed, and these clowns in Myanmar were still so rampant!

Muchun shook his head, "Their troops are not strong, but the joint efforts of many parties prevent me from acting rashly and can only defend."

Cao Wei was silent for a moment. This was probably the reason why Muchun died of illness in his prime due to overwork.

Although the territory of the Ming Dynasty even covered Myanmar when it was most powerful, Myanmar was still a big problem at this time because the Ming Dynasty was not yet the last period of strength.

In the original history, in the 30th year of Hongwu's reign, Silunfa, the envoy to Pingyang and Burma in Luchuan, was expelled by his subordinate Dao Ganmeng and fled to Yunnan.

Mu Chun took Silunfa to the pilgrimage to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, and was appointed as the former general to conquer the captives. With the governors He Fu and Xu Kai as deputy generals, he led the armies of Yunnan and Sichuan southward.

In May of the 31st year of Hongwu's reign, Mu Chun arrived in Burma. He first sent troops to escort Silunfa to Jinzhi, and ordered Daoqianmeng to come and greet him. Daoqianmeng did not reply, and his opposition was clear.

So Muchun selected five thousand soldiers, ordered He Fu and Qu Neng to lead them, and ordered them to cross Gaolianggong Mountain and march straight to Nandian (now southwest of Tengchong, Yunnan), defeating the rebels and killing the local chieftain named Meng.

He Fu returned to attack Jinghan Village. The rebels relied on the favorable terrain to hold on high. The Ming army was running out of food and grass, but the morale of the rebels was high. He Fu quickly called for help to Muchun.

After hearing the news, Muchun personally led [-] cavalry to rescue and arrived at Nujiang River overnight. He was ambushed on the way and almost died!

At dawn the next day, he crossed the river and arrived in front of Jinghan Village. He ordered the cavalry to gallop in front of the village and "cover the sky with dust" as a warning.

When the rebels learned that Ming reinforcements had arrived, they panicked and surrendered. Mu Chun took advantage of the victory and attacked Kongtong Village, and all the rebels in the village fled.

In this single battle alone, the Ming Dynasty surrendered as many as 7 enemy troops, which shows that the strength of Burma and other places cannot be underestimated.

Moreover, this was an order given by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and with the assistance of the Sichuan army, it was no wonder that Mu Chun had such a headache.

Cao Wei looked at the farther south, his eyes gradually getting colder...

(End of this chapter)