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

Chapter 223 Lan Yu’s reputation is so great that Lao Zhu has murderous intentions again!

However, even if the Ming Dynasty coveted a large amount of gold in the Ottomans, and wanted to attack the Ottomans, they had to have a reputation before sending troops. As the saying goes, if a division has a reputation, it will not be manipulated in the future.

Just like when the Ming Dynasty sent troops to wipe out many small countries in Southeast Asia in one fell swoop, that was because countries such as Myanmar had been harassing and looting the Yunnan land of the Ming Dynasty.

Under these conditions, the troops sent out by the Ming Dynasty were well-known, and no matter what they did in the future, it would not be easy for others to find faults.

Yes, the Ming Dynasty was a little bit more vicious. It sent out troops in one go and wiped out all the small countries in Southeast Asia. They were taken over by the Ming Dynasty and became its dependent territory. But that was because they made trouble in Myanmar first.

Later, the Ming Dynasty sent large armies to Europe. This was also because the princes of the former Kingdom of Sardinia came to the Ming Dynasty to seek assistance and offered many generous conditions. This was a normal exchange of interests.

Besides, the Central Plains has always been a country of etiquette. Now, seeing a weak country being oppressed, it reaches out to help. What's wrong? Nothing wrong!

As for other European countries, they also signed treaties with the Ming Dynasty, because they could not defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ming Dynasty.

It's just a pity that the Kingdom of Sardinia later made a fool of itself and betrayed the Ming Dynasty, destroying the friendship between the two countries. It was also a "helpless move" for the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Being stabbed from behind, would Daming still be stupid enough to be taken advantage of? That's impossible! There is revenge and resentment. Ming Dynasty is just safeguarding the interests and dignity of its own country, nothing more. Who can find reason?

As for Zhu Di’s establishment of a country in Europe...

As the saying goes, the general is outside and the emperor's orders are not taken care of. Zhu Di had soldiers and horses in his hands and wanted to start a new business in Europe. There was nothing the Ming Dynasty could do.

The Sun Moon Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Di in Europe are connected or not connected. Generally speaking, they have the same status as before, but now they have little relationship. They are each their own.

As for the Ming Dynasty's aid to the Sun and Moon Kingdom, it was because Zhu Di was the fourth uncle of the Ming Emperor, and it was because of the affection between uncle and nephew.

In the future, the Sun-Moon Congress will transfer the benefits obtained from Europe to the Ming Dynasty. This is also Zhu Di's personal opinion! Daming has no requirements! But you can’t give up the free benefits!

Look, it all makes sense.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is building railways, it needs to open up sources of funds. It has set its sights on the Ottoman Empire, and it also needs to find a justifiable... reason.

If the Ming Dynasty did not say anything and simply sent troops to attack the Ottomans, it would obviously be untenable and would easily lead to criticism and criticism. This would be detrimental to the reputation of the Ming Dynasty as a state of etiquette and a kingdom in heaven.

Although Guo Ying's previous mission to Osman did not go well and he was ridiculed by the other party, after all, it was the Ming Dynasty that sent people to other countries, and Osman entertained Guo Ying and others with good food and drinks for a month or two.

Moreover, Murad only mocked Guo Ying's soldiers for being weak, but did not take any actual actions, causing losses to the interests of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this reason was not enough, so the Ming Dynasty had to find a way to find a legitimate reason to send troops to attack. Osman!

It’s noon this day.

Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying came to Zhu Yuanzhang's palace together. It happened to be meal time, and the three of them ate duck blood soup and sesame cakes again.

This bite was Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite, and he would have a meal to satisfy his craving every once in a while.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang is in poor health. Now he can barely eat one sesame seed cake and drink half a bowl of duck blood soup.

On the other hand, Zhu Xiongying and Cao Wei were sitting there eating enthusiastically, especially Cao Wei. He drank seven or eight sesame seed cakes and two large bowls of duck blood soup, which made Old Zhu pout.

Cao Wei and Zhu Hanming are currently implementing their second child plan. They had another fierce battle last night and naturally have a bigger appetite today.

After eating and drinking, and wiping his mouth clean, Cao Wei took a deep breath, feeling relieved! Filling your stomach is one of the highest forms of enjoyment in life.

After finishing his meal, Lao Zhu lay down on the Taishi chair again, shaking gently and making a sound,

"You mean to invite the Ottomans to the Ming Dynasty?"

Cao Wei nodded, "After what happened last time, Osman must have despised the Ming Dynasty very much. After coming to the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely do some rude things. Then we will pick some important crimes, such as disrespecting me, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. , harming my royal family members, etc., doesn’t that give me the reputation of sending troops?”

Zhu Xiongying sat aside and asked:

"But what if Osman doesn't send someone to come? Even if he sends someone to invite me, they may not be able to send me an envoy to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Xiongying felt that Guo Ying had sent an envoy to the Ottomans before, and the two parties ended up breaking up on bad terms. It might be difficult to invite people to come again this time.

Cao Wei smiled, "So we have to think carefully about who to send this time. It must be capable enough."

In fact, Cao Wei felt that there was no need to worry about the issues that Zhu Xiongying was worried about.

As mentioned before, the Ottomans were a country with a strong desire for aggression and expansion. Murad was also a pioneer, and his ambitions were naturally not small.

Although the Ottomans have not yet begun to expand outward on a large scale, they must have already had such plans.

The Ming Dynasty had already gained a lot of fame at this time, and had previously sent Guo Ying to "show weakness to the enemy" and confuse Osman.

Such a country with a great reputation, but with a "weak" national and military strength, is in line with the Ottoman goal criteria for subsequent expansion of aggression. Murad may even be eager to try and target the Ming Dynasty.

This time I sent someone to invite people from the Ottoman Kingdom to Ming Dynasty. Even if it was better than nothing, Murad would definitely send someone to take a look first.

After listening to Cao Wei's words, Zhu Xiongying started thinking.

Who should be sent if there is a certain ability?

Guo Ying... is obviously not suitable. Geng Bingwen was rejected from the beginning. Lan Yu? Xu Yungong? Li Jinglong?

To say that Xu Yungong is indeed a suitable candidate, you can rest assured that this matter will be left to him.

But last time the Ming Dynasty sent General Guo Ying. Although his status was not as high as those of Lan Yu and Geng Bingwen, his reputation was not small at all.

And Xu Yungong was originally one of the great pillars of the Ming Dynasty, and now he has become the uncle of the country. His status is too high. If he is sent as an envoy to Osman this time, it really seems that the Ming Dynasty is a head shorter than Osman.

As for the people below, most of them lack ability.

Zhu Xiongying was thinking about it, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was lying on the Taishi chair and shaking gently, spoke.

"We do have a candidate here who is more suitable."

Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying both looked up at him. Zhu Yuanzhang said to the old eunuch beside him, and the old eunuch turned and left.

After a while, the old eunuch came back again, followed by another person. This person surprised Cao Wei. He turned out to be Jiang Ying, whom he had not seen for several years!

When Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, Jiang Yu was a sharp knife in Lao Zhu's hand, used to deal with matters large and small.

It can be said that several major cases in Hongwu years were handled by Jiang Wei alone, and his ability is absolutely beyond doubt. Let’s talk about the case of Hu Weiyong. At that time, Hu Weiyong was already inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. His backhand was like clouds and his hands were like rain. But Zhu Yuanzhang just gave Jiang Wei a message and asked Jiang Wei to let go and do it. This ruthless man just Everyone in Hu Weiyong's group was killed!

There was also the original Lan Yu case, which was also done by Jiang Wei. Lan Yu was a king with a different surname and many direct descendants, and was the first person in the army, but he was still treated docilely by Jiang Wei.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was the driving force behind Jiang Wei, this point cannot be ignored. Without Zhu Yuanzhang as his backer, Jiang Wei would definitely not be able to do these things. But if Jiang Wei lacked the ability, how could he have fought or suppressed these two? A powerful man?

After Zhu Yuanzhang abdicated, Jiang Wei disappeared from everyone's sight. Cao Wei originally thought that according to Zhu Yuanzhang's character, Jiang Wei might have been liquidated. After all, Jiang Wei had been following Zhu Yuanzhang closely and knew too many things, but he did not expect that today he would appear again. I met this famous person.

"In my humble position, I have met the Supreme Emperor, His Majesty, and Grand Master Cao." Jiang Wei came to several people and saluted respectfully.

Compared with eight years ago, Jiang Wei has gone through many vicissitudes and is much more haggard. I don’t know what he has experienced in Lao Zhu’s hands during this period, but at this time Jiang Wei looks more calm and reserved than before.

Cao Wei nodded silently. Jiang Yu was indeed a very suitable candidate. First of all, he was capable enough, and secondly, his identity was not too obtrusive.

After hearing Cao Wei's plan, Jiang Wei nodded solemnly,

"Since it is your Majesty's order, I should do my best to fulfill my humble duty..."

After discussing this matter, Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying left the palace.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." Cao Wei said with cupped hands.

"Master, wait a minute," Zhu Xiongying asked him to stay.

The two of them were at a corner of the long pavilion corridor in the palace. Zhu Xiongying waved away the palace maid beside him and started talking about another matter.

Lan Yu came back from Europe a while ago and was ordered to start mobilizing troops and prepare to form a large army for training in preparation for a future attack on the Ottomans.

When the troops from all over the country heard that he was the important person of Liang Guogong Lan Yu, they signed up one after another. The enthusiasm was too fanatical.

Lan Yu was originally the number one brother in the Ming Dynasty's army, and he always took the lead on the battlefield. This time, he showed great prestige overseas.

It can be said that Lan Yu is the idol of all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. When the idol raises his arms, countless people respond.

But here comes the problem.

Seeing Lan Yu's prestige in the army, Lao Zhu became worried again, fearing that Lan Yu would have the final say in Ming's army in the future. These days, there were already signs of taking action against Lan Yu.

This is not the first time this has happened. When they were still attacking Beiyuan, the adopted sons of Lan Yu's generals were so inflated by their military exploits that they even only listened to Lan Yu's orders in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Lan Yu was the main force against Bei Yuan at that time, and Zhu Yuanzhang could not touch him. Later, in several major cases, Lao Zhu killed tens of thousands of people, and also beat up Lan Yu's direct descendants, and then he became honest.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has abdicated, it has only been a few years, but seeing that Lan Yu still has such prestige in the army, old things come to mind, and a little murderous intention emerges.

For his uncle, Zhu Xiongying still couldn't bear to see him being liquidated by Zhu Yuanzhang. He knew that Lan Yu had no objections and only regarded himself as the backbone, but he also knew that Lao Zhu was doing this for his own good, and there was nothing he could do if the two sides were in trouble. I can only ask Cao Wei if there is a way to solve it.

After hearing this, Cao Wei pondered for a long time and then smiled.

"Your Majesty, isn't General Lan recruiting an army now? Let him finish what he is doing first, and then leave it to me."

Cao Wei's words made Zhu Xiongying a little confused.

Lao Zhu might kill Lan Yu at any time, and it was so urgent that he could "just let Lan Yu finish what he was doing first?"

After he has assembled the armies from all over the country, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang's killer move will come out! Even Zhu Xiongying would be hard-pressed to save Lan Yu by then.

One thing to say is that now Zhu Yuanzhang has indeed abdicated, and the ministers in the court are also more obedient to Zhu Xiongying, but when it comes to his control and influence over the entire Ming Dynasty, the entire court, and the civil and military officials, Lao Zhu is still the one An unsurpassable existence!

Jiang Yu was hidden in Lao Zhu's hands for eight years. No one knew what he was doing. Not only Cao Wei, Zhu Xiongying saw Jiang Yu for the first time in eight years today! This is Zhu Yuanzhang's unfathomability, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's terror!

Even if he becomes the Supreme Emperor, who dares to disagree if Lao Zhu wants to kill Lan Yu? If you don't agree, I'll kill you too! It's not like Lao Zhu has never done this kind of thing before.

It's just that Lao Zhu would not do this unless it was absolutely necessary, because it would destroy Zhu Xiongying's prestige as the emperor.

But for a arrogant and powerful warrior like Lan Yu, who is very likely to pose a threat to the rule of the Zhu family in the future, Lao Zhu will never sit idly by and ignore it. He will definitely find a way to take out Zhu Xiongying first, and then take action against Lan Yu! Without affecting Zhu Xiongying's prestige, remove Lan Yu, a time bomb in Lao Zhu's eyes!

"Grand Master, how can we wait like this? At least half a month, at most two months, Duke Liang will finish forming the army!" Zhu Xiongying said with a frown.

Cao Wei looked at Zhu Xiongying with a smile, thinking that he was still too young. He was fine at ordinary times, but when it came to matters of concern, he would become impatient easily, lose his sense of proportion, and his level would drop.

"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Since I dare to say this, I am fully confident. We just need to wait until General Lan has formed the army before we can take any action."

Seeing that Cao Wei was so sure, Zhu Xiongying felt much calmer and nodded heavily.

"Okay, I believe in Grand Master!"

Cao Wei nodded, "Is there anything else, Your Majesty?"

"No more," Zhu Xiongying shook his head gently.

"Then I will withdraw." Cao Wei cupped his hands towards Zhu Xiongying, turned around and walked towards the exit of the pavilion.

Zhu Xiongying stood quietly under the pavilion for a moment, as if thinking about something, then returned to the study and continued to review the memorial.

As Cao Wei walked, he was thinking about Lao Zhu's thoughts and Lan Yu's situation.

To be fair, Cao Wei also felt that Lan Yu's crime was not worthy of death. He had made so many contributions to the Ming Dynasty and the old Zhu family, but now he was about to be executed because of his high reputation. It was really inappropriate.

Cao Wei has never been an emperor. On this point, he cannot empathize with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Forget it, let Lan Yu make her own decision.

(End of this chapter)