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

Chapter 318 The Robber Coming Out of the City

The final conclusion is that all rebellions are caused by expropriation. If there is no food, there will be no food, so there will be riots.

Xie Jin was dumbfounded as he watched. It's not that he didn't understand. In fact, Zhu Tuo's words were a bit messy, especially those classics and history books. More than half of them were full of errors and omissions, but he didn't notice it and talked about it. talk.

"His Majesty's talent...is truly astonishing."

Zhu Tuo asked: "Haha, who is the wiser Confucius of Lu State or me?"

Xie Jin was dumbfounded again, who do you think you are, why compare yourself with Mr. Kong?

Yao Guangxiao stood beside him and said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, how can Confucius compare with your Majesty?"

"Daoyan still understands me."

After leaving Jingzhou, Qin Wentian and his party went to the Chu State in the south. Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of the emperor, was a prince of the Chu State. The Chu State was located in the vast land of Huguang. Further to the west was the Miao family. The people here were not There are often rebellions.

According to the emperor's policy of "prince guarding the border", the person stationed here is Zhu Zhen, a prince who is specially used to deal with this matter.

Zhu Zhen was also a very capable prince. In the 18th year of Hongwu, a bandit rebellion broke out in Sizhou, Huguang. At that time, Zhu Zhen personally went out and led an army to the expedition, assisted by Xinguo Gong Tang He and Zhou Dexing.

After suppressing the rebellion, Zhu Zhen's prestige gradually increased.

As early as the 25th year of Hongwu, Zhu Zhen had already died and had different ideas in his heart.

Especially this summer, in Shangpo Cave in Guzhou, Lin Kuan gathered people and launched a rebellion, occupying several territories of Chu State, and more than 1000 garrison troops were killed.

So Chu King Zhu Zhen once again served as the commander-in-chief and appointed Hunan King Zhu Bai as deputy commander-in-chief. This time, he received 30 kilograms of grain and grass. However, no one expected that Zhu Zhen uncharacteristically used various excuses to evade and embezzled all the grain and grass.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Baicai and Zhu Zhen turned against each other.

After Zhu Tuo and the others entered Chu State, the situation around them changed drastically.

Chu State is a country with lots of water. There are streams and dense forests everywhere. There are few civilians working in the farmland.

Lu Qing frowned and asked: "Your Majesty, this is unlikely. Your Majesty's whereabouts have been discovered. Your Majesty must also know that Your Majesty is in Chu. Why didn't Your Majesty send an envoy to greet you?"

"It doesn't matter, Sixth Brother, I will find it myself."

"This is Prince Su, please open the door quickly and welcome you in!" Lu Qing shouted loudly.

The guards on the top of the city looked surprised, glanced at Zhu Tuo and others, and said hesitantly: "How to verify? The Chu country is a place where bandits are rampant. There are only a few hundred of you, and you have weapons on your body. You are not allowed to enter! "

Lu Qing shouted: "Do you think we are Miao barbarians? Your eyes widened. This is the current crown prince, Prince Su. Why don't you open the door quickly!"

The guard shook his head: "You are not allowed to open the door without the permission of Lord Tongtian."

Zhu Tuo rode up to the city wall and shouted loudly: "Who is your Tongzhi King? Come down and see me quickly!"

The guard said: "This time the magistrate is here, please wait a moment."

Zhu Tuo was furious and shouted loudly: "If you don't open the door, I will lead my troops to attack. If you are captured, I will cut off your head and hang it on the top of the city as a warning!"

The guard was shocked. This Prince Su was indeed the son of the emperor. Looking at his arrogant look, it was really ridiculous.

However, he still followed the instructions above and declined again: "It's not that I don't want to open this door. The key is that you have to show your identity."

"Why?" Lu Xiaofeng said, "I am Prince Su?" "

"Yes, do you have a token?"

"Nonsense, I am who I am, what evidence do I need?" "Without evidence, it is impossible for us to open the door."

Zhu Tuo pondered for a moment and then ordered in a deep voice: "Strong crossbowmen, come to me!"

"Yes!" More than 200 soldiers roared in unison, aiming their crossbow arrows at the soldiers on the top of the city.

The guard was shocked and shouted: "If you dare to shoot arrows, it is a provocation to us. We will fight back immediately. When a wave of arrows come down, you will all be shot."

"Haha, I'm right here. If you have the ability, shoot another arrow!" Zhu Tuo controlled his horse and stepped forward a short distance.

"I'll count to three and you'll cum again!"

Just when the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, a general walked out from the top of the city and shouted loudly: "I am Xue Peng, the commander of the Huguang March, and I'm here to see Prince Su. Put down your bows and arrows. What's going on?"

After saying that, he hurried out and asked the soldiers to open the door for King Su.

Zhu Tuo sat on the horse, looked down at him condescendingly, and said arrogantly: "Master Xue is so brave. He knows that I am here, and he dares to be so arrogant. Are you trying to take away all my weapons?"

"Where."

Xue Peng smiled apologetically and said, "My lord, I don't know. The majority of Miao people in Chu are Miao barbarians. These Miao barbarians are treacherous and cunning. They often pretend to be Han people and move around in the city. Therefore, we must be more cautious."

"You think I'm a Miaoman?"

Zhu Tuo glared and shouted angrily: "Open your eyes for me. Have you ever seen such a heroic figure like this king among the Miao people? As soon as I appeared, it proved that I am the prince!"

"..."

"Moreover, in the 30th year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I killed the Mongols from the northern Xinjiang until they fled, and what about your Chu land? You, a small disciple of the Miao family, can't handle it. Are you embarrassed?"

Xue Peng said: "Your Majesty, these Miao barbarians know this forest very well and can come and go freely. It is very difficult to eradicate them."

"That's nonsense. It's obvious that you don't work hard! No matter how arrogant he is, can he beat the aborigines of Lingnan?" Zhu Tuo sneered and cursed: "The Miao barbarians are arrogant and domineering. We can break them up, or we can break up the people in the village." If it doesn’t work for the young and middle-aged people to gather together to protect themselves, we can still subdue them!”

"This is a matter of Chu State. I don't know the specific situation."

"Send me to Brother Six!"

"As ordered!"

Xue Peng led Zhu Tuo and others straight to Wuchang and met with the general
Zhu Zhen, Zhu Zhen frowned at Xue Peng, then looked at Zhu Tuo, smiled, and asked: "Brother [-], why are you here?"

Zhu Tuo also had a smile on his face and said: "Didn't I come here to travel around the world on the orders of the master of the family? Also, my father wants me to write you a letter and show you all the goings-on in the world. It's really It's upsetting."

Zhu Zhen was startled and said: "This is my father's trust in Brother Eighteen. It's just that our country of Chu has always been peaceful and there is no inspection."

"Yeah, but I heard that Sixth Brother's territory is not peaceful. At the beginning of this year, some Miao people made trouble in the territory. We can't take it lightly." Zhu Tuo said with a smile.

Zhu Zhen frowned and said, "It's just a few bandits, nothing serious."

"This matter cannot be taken lightly. Sixth Brother, you have to be more careful." Zhu Tuo smiled slightly and continued: "My father has high hopes for you, so he sent you here just to let you take charge of this land. .”

Zhu Zhen shook his head and said to Zhu Tuo: "Lao Ba, are you gesticulating?"

“I’m not going to point you out, I’m going to point you out.”

(End of this chapter)