Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 1: Let me have some fun, okay?

"Father, people in Lingnan have a hard time."

"I didn't expect Lingnan to be so poor. I went to Lingnan three years ago. All I saw was ruins. The people on the streets were all skin and bones. Oh, my heart hurts. When I saw those hungry people, I I’ve lost my appetite.”

Zhu Tuo lay in front of his desk, thinking with tears in his eyes how he could write a letter.

"Your Majesty, why are you crying?"

There were also some pretty women standing next to them. These women were all with graceful figures. They were squeezing Zhu Tuo's shoulders at the moment. A faint fragrance of makeup emanated from their bodies, which made Zhu Tuo's heart tremble.

A beautiful woman carefully cut a lychee into pieces and put it into Zhu Tuo's mouth.

"Me too, I had too much chili in the afternoon." Zhu Tuo stuck out his little tongue and said with tears in his eyes.

After pondering for a moment, he wrote a line in the book: "Father, I didn't expect that the land south of Lingnan is barren, and the harvest is also barren. Looking at the empty barn, I couldn't help but shed tears. A mouse was thrown into it. Inside the grain, it will definitely be eaten alive.”

Zhu Tuo rubbed his cheek and said to the county magistrate in front of him: "Sir, how is the grain harvest this time?"

The censor hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this time the harvest has been quite fruitful. The original grain depots are no longer enough. We are planning to build more grain depots in case of emergencies. Now we have not harvested yet, so we can only hope that the grain depots The construction speed of the warehouse can be accelerated, otherwise it will not be able to hold so much grain and grass."

Zhu Tuo nodded and continued: "Father, the situation in Lingnan is very complicated. There are lush mountains and forests, and the population is sparse. In the south, there are more than 50 officials of various sizes. It is a pity that the officials in these places are too rampant and often plunder. The common people of Lingnan.”

Zhu Tuo turned to look at the Taiwei and said, "How is the war going this term?"

A majestic man, wearing a suit of armor, solemnly handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, we have captured five tribes, and the leaders of twelve tribes have surrendered, and donated 20 kilograms of grain and grass and 10,000+ The people, I don’t know how to deal with it.”

Zhu Tuo grinned and almost couldn't hold it back.Lingnan is really good!

He was originally a college graduate in the 21st century, but he stayed up all night and was transported to the past.

He is Zhu Yuanzhang's eighteenth son, 12-year-old Zhu Tuo.

Zhu Tuo felt desperate in his heart. He was a prince, but his mother died early, and he was still a concubine. He had no strong backers or helpers in the palace.

This is what is called "sending death".Moreover, Zhu Tuo also knows history very well.

Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, and his grandson Zhu Yunxuan ascended to the throne. Then he aggressively reduced his titles. King Zhu Bai of Hunan refused to accept it, and his family committed suicide. King Zhu Yong of Zhou was deposed as a commoner and was sent to Yunnan. Zhu Gong was also demoted to a commoner and was sent to Zhangzhou.
Even Zhu Di was forced to feed on pigs and sleep with them.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang was separatist, Zhu Tuo tried his best to make Lingnan County his fiefdom.

He thought his father Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.

You must know that the other princes chose their territories, either in Guanzhong with dangerous terrain or in the fertile Central Plains.In short, do whatever you need to do, and do whatever you need to do.

They are worried that if their territory is not rich, their descendants will be bullied by others.

But I didn't expect that what Zhu Tuo wanted was Lingnan.

This is the most disliked place in Ming Dynasty, it doesn't exist at all.

Not only is the place filled with poisonous miasma, but the weather is hot and it is far away from the capital.

Zhu Tuo's attitude was very firm, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not intervene. Instead, he handed over Lingnan to him and named him King Su.

Lingnan was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally it had to be guarded by vassal kings.

Moreover, he did not value Zhu Tuo as much as Prince Zhu Biao and Zhu Di.

After Zhu Tuo was canonized in Lingnan, Zhu Tuo was eager to return to Beijing. Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to agree.

Therefore, Zhu Tuo left his hometown and went to Lingnan 13 years later.

He thought that when he first came to Lingnan, Lingnan was not as barren as usual.

There are more robbers than civilians and more rats than food.

Zhu Tuo worked hard and spent three years of hard work to produce high-quality corn and high-quality paper, develop steel, reorganize the army, reorganize the government, and let the people of Lingnan live a prosperous life.

Zhu Tuo's tears couldn't stop flowing down when he thought about what had happened in the past three years.This is too easy!

"Your Majesty, you write a letter to the court every month. Why do you make our south so miserable?"

"Don't you understand?" Zhu Tuo said proudly: "The more difficult our life in Lingnan is, the less the court pays attention to it. Alas, the more we can ensure the safety of my king, but you don't know how many people in the court want to Conspired to kill me."

Lu Qing curled his lips.

He even thought for a time that his king was being persecuted.who do you think You Are?He has not been in the capital for three years.

I guess not many people in the court know you.

Lu Qing persuaded: "Your Majesty, if you don't make the matter public about what you did in Lingnan, how can your deeds be known by the court? Why should I praise you?"

"Humph, how many awards are there?" Zhu Tuo smiled coldly: "Do you know what my biggest wish is in this life?"

Lu Qing shook his head.

Zhu Tuo shouted: "My biggest wish in life is to travel all over the world on horseback, meet heroes from all over the world, taste delicacies from mountains and seas, and drink from beautiful women all over the world."

Before Zhu Tuo could say anything, Lu Qing said: "Your Majesty, there are rumors outside that His Highness has passed away. His Majesty is busy with government affairs and wants to travel around. If he comes to Lingnan, won't he be discovered?"

Zhu Tuo rubbed his cheek. He remembered that after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was heartbroken. In order to support his grandson Zhu Yunxuan, he launched a tragedy about the "Blue Jade Case", killing more than Thousands of people, the entire Kyoto was plunged into a bloody storm.

Zhu Tuo shook his head and patted his chest hard: "Don't worry, my father is very busy recently. Besides, he won't come to our Lingnan!"

After saying that, Zhu Tuo waved his hand and motioned for his beauties to continue dancing, "Keep playing the piano!"

Lu Qing said sincerely: "Your Majesty, a wise king will not drink and have fun every day." Zhu Tuo slapped the table and shouted: "It's so noisy. I have worked hard to run Lingnan for three years, can't I just enjoy it? ?”

On the road to Lingnan, there are only a few people there before reaching Lingnan.

Among this group of people, a convoy was moving forward slowly.

In the center of the motorcade, an old man with a calm face was tapping his forehead lightly with a finger.

Next to him was a burly man with a tough face. He looked at the car window and said, "Your Majesty, Lingnan is ahead. Shall we go there?"

This person's name is Geng Bingwen, and he once served in the Governor's Mansion of Dadu.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in the early Ming Dynasty, he led his troops to conquer the remnants of the Yuan army, often with miraculous results.

This old man is Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, with a heartbroken look.

A young man loses his father, a middle-aged man loses his husband, and an old man loses his son.

He has experienced all three kinds of pain.Even Emperor Hongwu, who walked out of the pile of bones, could not hide his inner sadness at this moment.

However, he is Zhu Yuanzhang after all, and the current situation is far greater than grief.

This will determine the fate of Ming Dynasty.

The heir he finally obtained died inexplicably, ruining half a year's hard work and catching him off guard.

The most important thing is that he does not have so much energy to cultivate successors, so he must seize this opportunity and continue to pass on the legacy he has finally built.

In fact, he already had a guess in his mind.His grandson, Zhu Yunxuan.

Zhu Yunxuan followed the great Confucianists since he was a child, and has a lot of research on classics, but his biggest problem is that he doesn't have enough momentum to suppress the elite in the army.

How can this be good?

For the sake of your own grandchildren, remove all obstacles?

Before Zhu Yuanzhang made this choice, he had already made preparations to see for himself the country he had built.

"Lingnan?" Li Tianming asked.Zhu Yuanzhang murmured to himself: "If I remember correctly, Zhu Tuo should have been assigned to the south."

"Yes." Wang Yao said.Geng Bingwen said: "After His Highness was conferred to Lingnan, he wrote letters back to the capital every month, which shows how much he misses the emperor."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "It's really hard on him. Lingnan is barren and the mountains and rivers are steep. I don't know how he survived."

In the final analysis, Zhu Tuo is still not regarded by Zhu Yuanzhang. He prefers talents like Zhu Biao and Zhu Di.

Thirteen years later, Zhu Tuo suddenly said that he wanted to treat Lingnan as his fiefdom.Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, but thinking that there was still a vassal king guarding the south, he let him go first.

Because the distance was too far, they ignored it for the past three years.

He didn't pay much attention to Zhu Tuo at the time, and three years later, he didn't remember what Zhu Tuo looked like.

But he often saw Zhu Tuo's letters and knew that the folk customs in Lingnan were very bad and they were often robbed by bandits from the south.

But Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice. At this time, Ming's biggest opponent was the Yuan Dynasty.

He had no time to start a war with the bandits to the south.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was pondering, Geng Bingwen suddenly shouted, which made Zhu Yuanzhang furious: "You are talking nonsense. How can you, the great general, have anything to calm down? Am I right here?"

"I took a look outside." Geng Bingwen said hastily.

Zhu Yuanzhang also saw the window at this time, and suddenly took a breath of cold air.

In front of him was a straight black road with no edges visible at a glance, at least as wide as eight carriages.

There is a three-foot-high plaque on the right side of the road with the four characters "Lingnan" on it.

Looking back at the path I came from, I saw that it was muddy and very narrow.

"What's going on? Why is it so big?" Zhu Yuanzhang said in disbelief.

Even in Nanjing, which was just built, the official roads were not so wide and smooth.

"What is the cost of this highway? Zhu Yuanzhang took a breath, his eyes full of doubts.

Coming from Nanjing, the further south you go, the more remote it becomes.

He knows very well what happened along the way and knows how hard it is for the people in the south.

This is especially true in Lingnan.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Let's go to Lingnan!"

Continuing to walk forward, the road is very wide. As far as you can see, there are farmlands everywhere, and farmers are also busy. It is a lush scene as far as the eye can see.

The closer we get to Lingnan, the denser the flow of people and vehicles becomes. When we reach the city gate, the streets are bustling with people, the sounds of hawking are heard one after another, and all kinds of things are available.

Seen from a distance, this majestic city is not inferior to Yingtian Capital City.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

(End of this chapter)