Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 283 The Finale
Although the spring sun is not hot, it can still bring light to the earth.

When the sun reached the top of the head, the noise of fishing sea Zhentian had become much smaller.

There were no more shouts of kill, no more sounds of firearms exploding and shooting.Only occasionally the Ming army soldiers shouted loudly.

Countless Mongolians were dejectedly escorted by the Ming army from the Yuerhai Lake to the designated location.

Among them, many were fished out of the lake, including humans and horses.

The results of the battle have not yet been calculated, but the Yuan army here has escaped with a team of more than 500 people. Ye Wang has already led more than 1000 riders, one man and two horses in pursuit.

When planning the war, it was already expected that some Mongolians would definitely escape, so a pursuit team was prepared in the reserve army.As soon as they found someone escaping the battlefield, the pursuit team from the reserve army chased them.

On the Yuerhai side, the Mongols were escorted by the Ming army, ordered to take off their armor and clothes, and drive them naked into yurts, just like driving sheep into a sheepfold.

Among them, if they encounter someone who is well-dressed, their identity will be verified and they will be detained separately.

There were also some thorns in the Yuan army who protested against the Ming army's detention and tried to cause trouble. The Ming army was not used to it and threw a few grenades into their crowd. After the explosion, the rest were quiet and became docile.

In the open space far away from the yurt, armor and clothes were piled up into hills, which were endless and very spectacular.

Countless cattle, horses and sheep were captured.Some soldiers of the Ming army were killing cattle and sheep there, preparing to have a good meal.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered less than a thousand casualties, most of which were minor injuries. The remaining Meng Yuan troops camped here were basically wiped out.

A great victory, an absolute great victory!

The fast horse that reported the victory immediately galloped to the pass to report the victory to Xu Da who stayed behind. Troops from the rear were needed to help escort the prisoners and trophies.

When the sun was about to set, after a preliminary count, nearly 3000 Mongolian and Yuan officials were captured, and almost all official-printed books were seized.

Among them, Emperor Yuan Zhaozong of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and his prince were among the group of people who escaped, but other officials, Taiwei Manzi, drowned in the fishing sea. Taishi Harazhang originally escaped from Liaodong, but this time he was trapped in the fishing sea. Erhai was captured alive by the lake. Another Yuan general, Tuoyin Timur, was hiding among the ordinary Yuan troops. He tried to get through, but his identity was exposed because of the clothes in his armor, and he was interrogated.

It can be seen from these preliminary results that even if Emperor Meng Yuan escaped, what's the use of being alone?

The Mongolian Yuan Empire can be declared destroyed by Ming Dynasty!From then on, the Great Mongol Kingdom established by Genghis Khan, that is, the Great Yuan Empire, perished!
After such a great victory, everyone in the Ming army cheered loudly. Even Lan Yu, who was always serious and cold-faced, held his head high and couldn't help but smile.

In the original history, he was the commander-in-chief in the battle of Yuerhai that annihilated the remnants of the Meng Yuan Dynasty.Moreover, at this time, the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty had withered away. As a result, Lan Yu became arrogant and arrogant with his merits.

However, before Lan Yu could stand out in this dimension, Zhu Di and Zhang Yifan jointly taught her a lesson, knocking off the arrogance influenced by Chang Yuchun.

Since then, he has been serving under Zhu Di.

Zhu Di's identity and his record have always suppressed Lan Yu.In this battle of Yuerhai, the coach is also King Yan, and he is even less likely to claim credit.Even the credit for formulating the campaign was based on the map of the Prince Consort.

Not to mention, without the Hu Weiyong case, all the famous founding military generals are still there.

Therefore, although Lan Yu was excited about the victory, she did not dare to be arrogant.

For the "sheep" in the yurt, they are given a small amount of food a day, as long as they don't starve to death.In this world of ice and snow, trying to resist or escape while hungry or naked will lead to your own death.

Three days later, Ye Wang led his troops back.There was no accident, and Yuan Zhaozong and others were brought back.

The battle of Yuerhai ended perfectly.

On the sixth day, Xu Da's messenger arrived quickly, saying that he was organizing troops to come to meet him.

A month later, Zhu Di, Xu Da and others led the army to escort the prisoners to the Hetao Plain, where an army led by Feng Sheng was stationed and had enough troops to guard them.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang's order also arrived, ordering the commanders of various ministries to escort important prisoners to the capital.

In this battle, the Ming Dynasty's greatest enemy was eliminated, and the whole country celebrated.

In July of the 16th year of Hongwu, major generals such as King Yan, King Jin, King Qin, Prince Consort, Duke Wei, and Duke Wei escorted the Emperor of Meng Yuan, the prince, concubines, and princes and ministers to the capital. Prince Zhu Biao went to the pier to welcome them in person on behalf of the emperor.

Zhang Yifan noticed that on the Yangtze River, at least the official ships that were crossing the river this time were all ships equipped with steam engines.Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to it, so there were so many ships appearing.

Regarding Yuan Zhaozong, Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill him, but instead named him Xiaoyaohou, living in Nanjing to enjoy glory and wealth.Other Mongolian generals and officials, as long as they surrendered, were also appointed officials, and the few who refused to surrender were still killed.

Just when everyone was expecting a reward, the situation changed.When the King of Qin's affair broke out, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and wanted to punish King Qin severely.Prince Zhu Biao came forward to plead for mercy, saying that the King of Qin had made a meritorious service this time and had repented and rehabilitated himself. The King of Qin also repented in public.

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang ruled that the hereditary and non-replaceable titles could easily lead to people not making progress and misleading others and themselves. Therefore, the title system of the Song Dynasty was restored, the hereditary and non-replaceable titles were abolished, and from the vassal king on down, it was changed to a general hereditary system, that is, a descending system. Title system.

The emperor even did this to his own son's title. The other princes and princes had nothing to say. They all looked at King Yan to see his reaction.

It has to be said that King Yan is different from King Qin and others. He has made real contributions. Whether it is the Liaodong War, the destruction of Goryeo, or the annihilation of Meng Yuan this time, he has made great military achievements that no one can deny.

Even among the heroes who founded the country, in terms of merit, I'm afraid they can't compare to King Yan.

However, it is obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang started to do this after he summoned them all to the capital. He obviously had a plan and had communicated with Zhu Di in advance.

On Zhu Di's part, he showed his obedience, thus bringing the matter to a successful conclusion.Zhu Yuanzhang was not stingy on his part, and allocated shares of Daming Bank and Steam Engine Factory to the generals who had made meritorious services this time as compensation.

It also announced that the Great Ming Dynasty would destroy the Mongolian Yuan and inherit the territory of the Mongolian Yuan.All meritorious children must not slack off and fight for the country.This decree also dispelled some people's private concerns that they thought that the cunning rabbit would die like a dog.

At this time, reports came from Korea that Japanese pirates were attacking.Zhu Yuanzhang then announced that King Yan would be the general to conquer Japan, and he would lead the land and sea army to attack the Japanese country and solve the Japanese country once and for all.

In addition, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong was sent to the Hetao Plain to lead troops to guard the area. The prince-in-law Zhang Yifan was ordered to build a city outside the fortress, called Guihua City, and build a railway to enter the pass.

It is obvious that although Zhu Yuanzhang has destroyed Meng Yuan, he still attaches great importance to it and uses the strategy proposed by Zhang Yifan before to permanently solve the grassland disaster.

Zhu Yuanzhang also sent Deng Yu, Duke of Wei, to the Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Province to reorganize military equipment and prepare to restore the Hexi Corridor and set out to conquer the Western Regions.

In October of the 17th year of Hongwu, King Yan, who conquered Japan, occupied the entire Jiuzhou Island.After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the report, he changed the fiefdom of King Yan to Jiuzhou Island, ordered him to destroy the Japanese country, and established the independent country of Yan. He became the first king of Yan country.

In July of the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, Guihua City was initially completed, the railway was extended to Yulin, Shaanxi, and the development of the Hetao Plain began.And Deng Yu integrated the Mongolian surrender troops, reaching [-] cavalry, and began to conquer the Western Regions.

In August of the 19th year of Hongwu's reign, Jiaozhi cut off the shipping from the Ming Dynasty to the Nanyang and invaded the Guangxi border.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news and ordered Lan Yu to be the general to attack him.

However, in October, Queen Ma fell seriously ill. Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order and the King of Zhou and the Prince Consort hurriedly recalled him to Beijing. However, it was too late. By the time they arrived, Queen Ma had already passed away.

This incident had a great impact on Zhu Yuanzhang, who was obviously much older.He began to gradually hand over political affairs to Prince Zhu Biao, and also gave King Zhou more resources to study medical skills.

At the end of the 19th year of Hongwu, Li Shanchang, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, died of illness.

In the spring of the 20th year of Hongwu's reign, the imperial examination was resumed in the Ming Dynasty, and the examination content included new studies of the Four Books and Five Classics.At the same time, various vocational and technical colleges were also established.

In the winter of the 20th year of Hongwu's reign, Jiaozhi was destroyed. Zhu Yuanzhang decreed the reform of Annan Province and appointed Mei Yin as the magistrate of Xiangshan County. Fang Xiaoru was transferred to the first chief envoy of Annan Province.

At the same time, Zhu Di destroyed the Japanese state and became the first overseas vassal king of the Ming Dynasty and the first king of the Yan state, ruling the territory of the original Japanese state.

In the spring of the 21st year of Hongwu, Xu Da, Tang He, and Feng Sheng died of illness one after another, and Zhu Yuanzhang grew older.

In the summer, Deng Yu conquered the Western Regions, and Zhu Yuanzhang established the Western Regions as the capital.

In the spring of the 22nd year of Hongwu, He Guisuo led a fleet back to the capital. There were ten ships when they left, but only three ships were left when they returned.

However, He Gui's trip brought back overseas news, which proved that the consort's speculation came true, and immediately aroused the Ming Dynasty's curiosity about overseas.

He Gui lived up to Zhang Yifan's expectations and brought back American specialties such as corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and rubber trees.

These things have obvious characteristics and are consistent with what Zhang Yifan explained before. Zhang Yifan can recognize them just by checking them.At the same time, He Gui also kept a small notebook to record which places were friendly to Ming Dynasty and which ones were not friendly to Daming, so that he could settle the accounts later.

The result of this long journey also broadened Zhu Yuanzhang's horizons, and he subsequently decided to lift the military power of the domestic vassal kings and enfeoff the vassal kings to go overseas to expand territory.

In the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, and Zhu Biao ascended the throne as the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Crown Princess Chang became the queen, and Zhu Xiongying was named the crown prince.

Subsequently, Zhu Biao continued to change the titles of various vassal kings to overseas vassals.And Zhang Yifan has brought out a large number of students. On the basis of being able to be independent in mathematics, physics and basic chemistry, he started to open the electric power technology tree, leading a new round of technological frenzy in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty stands on top of the world!

　This book has 100 million words, with an average subscription of 1600, but the post-order has dropped to less than [-], which is worse than any previous history book.I also thought about saving it, but the pursuit did not improve. It was a failed attempt to rewrite the story from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty.After consulting the editor, I regret that it ends here. I am unwilling but helpless, and I feel sorry for those of you who are still reading.I hope that I can write a wonderful story for everyone in the future.

　　
　
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