Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 194 Tragedy always exists

The main hall was newly built.

University hall, backyard vegetable patch.

Zhu Gaoxu was leading the prince Zhu Mengran of Chu and Zhu Youdou, the prince of Zhou, to weed the vegetable fields.

"The human state of mind is like this vegetable patch. It needs to be taken care of regularly, otherwise weeds will breed."

Zhu Gaoxu explained to Zhu Mengnan and Zhu Youdun his methods of governing the mind and the country, saying: "The same goes for governing a country. Corrupt officials are the weeds in the vegetable field, and the vegetables in the vegetable field are the people. Weeds must be eradicated frequently. This is This is also the reason why Grandpa Huang repeatedly killed corrupt officials."

"Brother Prince is right. If you let the weeds live, the vegetables will surely die. Corrupt officials are rampant, and the people will naturally not be able to survive. If they cannot survive, they will rise up."

Zhu Mengnan was thinner and slightly shorter than Zhu Gaoxu. At this time, he followed not far away and answered.

Zhu Youdun was one year older than Zhu Gaoxu. When he saw Zhu Mengxuan speaking, he had to say a few words, so he followed the former's words and said: "It is true. Corrupt officials need to be cleaned up from time to time, that is, to rectify the administration of officials."

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu and the others heard a sound of greeting.

"The guards of Chunhe Palace, Geng Xuan, Fu Rang, and Sheng Lei, have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the two Crown Princes."

Zhu Gaoxu stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at the entrance of the vegetable field, and saw the three East Palace guards under his command.

"Since they are all here, Master Zhao, please let them in."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered Zhao Junchen.

He specifically called Zhao Junchen "Master Zhao" in front of the three young East Palace guards, deliberately highlighting Zhao Junchen's status in his mind.

Although Zhu Gaoxu often calls Zhao Junchen by his first name, he is the prince, so there is nothing wrong with calling Zhao Junchen by his first name.

But at this moment, when he called "Master Zhao" on this occasion, Zhao Junchen gained great respect.

Zhao Junchen excitedly bowed to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Yes."

After Geng Xuan, Fu Rang, and Sheng Lei arrived at the vegetable field, Zhu Gaoxu ordered Zhao Junchen: "Master Zhao, could you please get a hoe for each of the three of them?"

"Yes." Zhao Junchen said respectfully.

Then, he quickly walked to the warehouse not far away, picked up three hoes, and followed the field ridge to the vegetable field.

"General Geng, General Fu, General Sheng, here you go!"

Geng Xuan, Fu Rang, and Sheng Lei took the hoe from Zhao Junchen in turn, and said one after another: "Thank you."

"Your Highness."

Geng Xuan was impatient. Although he took the hoe, he did not start weeding, but shouted loudly.

Of course Zhu Gaoxu knew the purpose of the three people's visit, and said calmly: "Let's get to work first and weed all the grass in this vegetable field."

"Yes." Geng Xuan had no choice but to pick up the hoe and start working.

Seeing that the three of them were wearing official uniforms, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "How can you work in what you are wearing? Take off all your official uniforms!"

"Yes!" Geng Xuan said immediately.

After a while, Fu Rang was outspoken. When he saw that Geng Xuan was not using a hoe, he said bluntly: "General Geng, looking at you, I'm afraid you haven't touched a hoe in some years, right?"

Since Zhu Gaoxu was present, he did not call Geng Xuan "brother", but the official title.

"When you become an officer, don't you have to farm?"

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head, looked at Geng Xuan and the others and said, "In my opinion, if you join the army in the Western Expedition in the future, you should bring a hoe. When you arrive in the Western Regions, you will farm and fight at the same time."

Zhu Mengran said: "The prince brother is still thinking too far. Since ancient times, when the Central Plains dynasty sent troops to the Western Regions, the most troublesome thing was supply."

"Since His Highness is concerned about the Imperial Court's Western Expedition, His Majesty intends to let Cao Guogong lead the Western Expedition. Why is Your Highness indifferent?"

Geng Xuan saw Zhu Gaoxu taking the initiative to mention the Western Expedition and immediately answered.

"Cao Guogong was born as a general and was proficient in various military arts. He accompanied the army on many northern expeditions in his early years. It is reasonable and reasonable for His Majesty the Father to send him to send troops."

Zhu Gaoxu replied.

Geng Xuan asked respectfully: "Your Highness, although Cao Guogong is proficient in the art of war, he has never truly commanded an army. Even if your Majesty does send him to the west in the end, can he win the battle?"

"You can't make a weapon without polishing it. After arriving in the Western Regions, with foreign enemies in front of you, he naturally didn't dare to take it lightly."

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

When he saw Geng Xuan put the hoe on the vegetable leaves, he immediately said: "General Geng, look at it. He was hoeing the vegetables as grass while talking."

Fu Rang said: "Your Highness, based on my humble position, General Geng's heart has already flown to the Western Regions."

"Haha." Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

Geng Xuan looked at Fu Rang and asked, "Don't you want to go to the Western Regions to make contributions?"

"At the moment, my heart is with the vegetable seedlings."

Fu Rang smiled lightly.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that Sheng Lei was silent, so he looked at Sheng Lei and asked, "Sheng Lei, you usually have a quick temper, why are you so calm today?"

"Back to your highness, I learned that your majesty intended to let Duke Cao Guo lead the Western Expedition. My subordinates were originally very anxious. But after arriving at the vegetable field, I saw that your highness was calm and calm, and my subordinates felt calm."

Sheng Lei responded respectfully.

"Those who plan for great things will not be surprised when things change."

Zhu Gaoxu stopped what he was doing, picked up the hoe handle, stared at Sheng Lei, and said deliberately: "What do you think is the purpose of His Majesty the Emperor sending Cao Guogong to quell the civil strife in the Yili Khanate?"

Sheng Hongyu is Sheng Lei's sister, and now she has chosen an attendant for the prince. In other words, Sheng Lei has become Zhu Gaoxu's uncle.

It was reasonable for Zhu Gaoxu to ask Sheng Lei at this time, and it did not make Fu Rang and Geng Xuan feel abrupt.

Sheng Lei thought for a while and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, I have a humble guess. Your Majesty's move is just a false shot to make a show at home and abroad. We, the Ming Dynasty, are not just sitting idly by to prevent the internal strife in Yili Khan. "

"Why use a false shot? Wouldn't it be better to directly capture the country of Yili?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Sheng Lei replied: "Your Highness knows that this year the imperial court has transported food and materials to the northwest in three ways in order to prepare for the pacification of the Western Regions. I once went to Annan with my father, and I know the principle of food and grass going first before the troops and horses are moved. We also know how much food a hundred thousand troops consume. Therefore, I feel that now is not the best time to march into the Western Region."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "Okay, he is worthy of being the son of Duke Licheng. He has a strategic mind and a vicious vision. It is indeed not the time to use large-scale troops in the Western Regions right now."

He paused and asked again: "Who do you think can take on the important task of pacifying the Western Regions? How about Qihou Qiufu?"

"Your Highness, in view of your humble position, the only way to pacify the Western Regions is the Marquis of Xining."

Sheng Lei analyzed: "Although Qihou took advantage of the road to control the Li Khanate and went on an expedition to the Timurid Kingdom, his understanding of the Western Regions was far less than that of the Marquis of Xining. The understanding of the country exceeds that of any general in our Ming Dynasty."

"Now the Pinghou General Zhang Yu's troops are retreating in the Turpan Mountains. They are alone. Although His Majesty the Father ordered the Xining Hou to send troops to rescue him no matter what, fighting alone is the most tragic. I hope General Zhang can persist until Xining Hou's rescue. Reinforcements.”

Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice.

at the same time.

Thousands of miles away.

Turpan Mountains.

In Sanquan City, the Chinese army camp is located.

Zhang Yu is discussing with Tan Yuan about raising military rations.

Since Zhang Yugang led troops to garrison in Turpan, he sent people to build two mountain cities in the mountainous area, forming a rivalry with Turpan City.

One of these two mountain cities is called Sanquan City, so named because there are three large springs in the city.

Sanquan City is the garrison of the Ming army. The Chinese army camp of Turpan guard Zhang Yu is located in this city.

Zhang Yu originally chose Sanquan City because it was convenient to get water in the city and there was no need to worry about the water being poisoned.

Another mountain city is called Shangcheng. Most of the people living in the city are businessmen who came to the Western Regions from the Ming Dynasty to do food and material business, as well as some people who migrated from Gansu and other places.

When Hu Gada launched a coup, Zhang Yu was leading people to farm. By the time Zhang Yu received the news, Hu Gada's army had quickly captured Turpan City.

After that, he led the defenders to retreat to Sanquan City and Shangcheng, and guarded the main transportation routes into the mountainous area to prevent Hudada's troops from attacking the mountainous area.

"General, we have been without food for seven days. If we continue like this, we will be defeated without a fight without Hudada sending troops."

Tan Yuan said with a heavy look on his face.

Zhang Yu stroked his beard and said, "Be calm and don't be impatient."

"General, what's the best plan?" Tan Yuan asked.In his early years, Tan Yuan inherited his father's position and served as the right guard deputy Qianhu of Yanshan.

After Zhu Di moved into the East Palace, Tan Yuan was transferred to the banner guard of the capital and served as a thousand households.

When Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, Tan Yuan was promoted to the flag-bearer and guard commander because he was his subordinate general.

Later, Zhang Yu led an army to assist the Marquis of Xining, and Tan Yuan accompanied the army as a general.

Zhang Yu said in a deep voice: "We are ordered to guard Turpan and stay away from the center, and His Majesty has given us the right to act expeditiously. In my opinion, we can purchase grain from these mountain herders and merchants and people in the mountain cities."

"In the end, I think it is feasible."

Tan Yuan thought about it and thought this method was good, so he agreed.

Zhang Yuxun thought: "When dealing with mountain herdsmen, we must buy food on a voluntary basis. We have to send people to pretend to be merchants. We must not let the aborigines in Turpan see that we are short of food, and prevent spies from leaking the news that our department is short of food." "

After a pause, he added: "As for the merchants in the mall, most of them are businessmen who follow the trend. We can directly identify ourselves and collect food with military orders. Remember not to over-requisition food to prevent chaos."

"I will finally understand." Tan Yuan cupped his hands and said.

Zhang Yu stroked his beard and said, "I leave this matter to you. You must raise enough food for our troops for ten days as soon as possible."

"Yes." Tan Yuan accepted the order.

After half an hour.

The main urban area of ​​the mall.

In front of a grain and oil store on the street, a group of officers and soldiers and onlookers of businessmen and people gathered.

"Everyone has heard clearly, our department is ordered to guard Turpan to prevent you from being persecuted by foreign enemies. You must provide military rations to help our department defeat the enemy. This boss dares to disobey the order and refuse to hand over the food. If you continue Any delay will be immediately punished as collaboration with the enemy and dealt with according to military law."

Liu Zongqi rode a tall horse, holding a whip in his hand, and said arrogantly.

"I have been in the food business with the army for many years, and I have never seen officers and soldiers extorting money from door to door like you."

Boss Hu of the grain and oil store retorted.

Liu Zongqi shouted: "Since you have never encountered him before, I will let you open your eyes today. Come on, arrest this person."

So, two officers and soldiers immediately went up and arrested Boss Hu.

"I'm asking you one last time, do you want to hand over this food or not? If you don't hand it over, beat me to death!"

Mr. Liu said loudly.

"slow."

At this time, an old man squeezed out from the crowd and shouted loudly: "Excuse me, which tribe does the official belong to?"

"This General Banner is under the command of General Tan Shen." General Liu said loudly.

"General Liu, I heard that reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive soon. A few carts of grain collected will be enough for a while. There is no need to extort money along the way."

The old man bowed his hands and said.

"Don't you see the words written on this flag? I was ordered to guard Turpan, and the food was collected to replenish the military resources and to resist the army of Hudada. I think you are old and will not be held accountable. Get out of here."

Liu Zongqi was very dissatisfied with the old man's words and waved his whip.

The old man was not afraid and immediately retorted: "If you want military rations, you should go to the Marquis of Xining who controls the northwest frontier army. You should not harass the common people."

"The Marquis of Xining must obediently deliver food to my department. You two, escort the boss, search his store, and move all the food you can see away for me."

General Liu Qi did not want to pay attention to the old man and immediately gave instructions to the two officers and soldiers.

"Slow down!" the old man shouted again.

Liu Zongqi looked at the old man and saw that he was very courageous. He was worried that he might not be a relative of any general in the army, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Who are you, who dares to prevent me from collecting food according to the military order?"

"Yan Nian below, Jiangnan merchants, I dare to ask the military master, I just donated a batch of grain not long ago, why are you here again today?"

The old man who called himself Fang Yannian said slowly: "It is our duty to help the officers and soldiers defend the city, but you need to know that although Turpan has fertile land, due to years of war, the population is sparse and the cultivated land is limited. It is not easy to survive. Wang Guan Can I plead in front of General Tan and let him wait a little longer before collecting food?"

Fang Yannian bowed and cupped his hands.

Many onlookers echoed: "Yes, sir, please show me your noble hand!"

"The military situation is urgent and there is no room for delay! Old guy, I advise you to be smart and don't pee in the wind!"

Liu Zongqi's expression suddenly changed.

"What are you talking about?"

Fang Yannian's son Fang Qiang rushed forward and glared at Mr. Liu Qi.

Liu Zongqi said: "I'll say it again, General Tan Shen has an order. Anyone who dares to disobey will be punished as a collaborator! This old man stopped the officers and soldiers and gave me a hard beating!"

The officers and soldiers immediately attacked Fang Yannian.

"You can't hit people!"

Fang Qiang shouted and rushed forward to fight off an officer and soldier.

"You dare to attack me, don't you want to live anymore?"

The officer and soldier said angrily.

Fang Qiang retorted: "I have never seen officers and soldiers like you before. What's wrong with beating you? Marquis Ping is so blind that he would let a beast like you become an officer and soldier under his command."

"Brothers, hit me, hit me to death!"

The officers and soldiers said angrily.

"If you rebel, if you rebel, come on, catch him!"

General Liu Qi pointed at Fang Qiang and immediately ordered.

"Dad, sister, run quickly!"

Fang Qiang shouted.

As he spoke, he punched an officer and knocked down an officer.

Fang Yannian grabbed his daughter Fang Ting and ran away.

"father!"

Suddenly, a knife hit Fang Yannian in the back of the head.

"Dad! What's the matter with you?"

When Fang Qiang saw this, he immediately jumped out of the battle circle, rushed to his father, hugged Fang Yannian, and shouted.

"Brother, dad, what's wrong?"

Fang Ting cried.

"Dad, hold on, my son will take you to the doctor."

Fang Qiang said loudly.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Fang Ting cried.

"Whoever dares to disobey will be shot to death!"

Liu Zongqi shouted from behind.

The running merchants and households didn't leave either, they were all shocked.

But then, they were aroused with hatred and surrounded Fang Yannian's son and daughter to prevent the officers and soldiers from killing them.

"Bastard, I'll fight with you!"

Fang Qiang cried.

However, two fists were no match for four hands, and those who resisted such as Fang Qiang were quickly beaten to death or seriously injured and fell into coma by the officers and soldiers.

General Liu looked at the rebels who were still resisting but were now lying on the ground, and ordered the officers and soldiers around him: "You guys are responsible for throwing these dead and wounded rebels out of the city! Feed the wolves!"

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