Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 397 War breaks out in overseas vassals

Three months passed by in a hurry.

On April 21, after the disbandment of the dynasty, Prince Zhu Zhanyu went to Wuying Hall to report government affairs to Zhu Gaoxu as usual.

"Dad, as of ten days ago, senior officials of fourth grade and above from the two Siam and three divisions have taken up their posts one after another. In addition, the first batch of 20 immigrants drawn from the most populous provinces such as Henan and Lianghuai have already arrived at the Nanyang Navy. Under escort, we arrived in Siam successfully."

Zhu Zhanyu said respectfully.

"Each government in Siam and Siam must set up an immigration department to be responsible for immigration affairs to prevent trouble. Mature and prudent people must be assigned to do this."

Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice.

"My son already has a candidate in mind. One is Guangxi Chief Minister Chen——"

Before Zhu Zhanyu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Gaoxu, who raised his hand and said: "You can make full arrangements for this matter. No need to say more. The key is the selection of the two general officers in Siam. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhanyu fell into silence.

"Your mother's health is not very good, and I have reached my sixtieth year. In a few years, after the four provinces of Funan have prospered under your governance, I will be able to give up the throne to you."

Since Zhu Gaoxu had handed over all military and political power to the prince Zhu Zhanyu, he naturally did not want the other party to misunderstand him, so he immediately said bluntly: "Therefore, the selection of the general officers of the two Siamese armies is very important."

Zhu Zhanyu was no longer silent and said truthfully: "My son would like to recommend that Jiaojun Gong and Junjun Gong divide the towns of Siam and Siam."

"With Zhang Fu and Zhu Nengzhuyu in front, if you want to recommend Xue Lu and Chen Mao to separate the two towns in Siam, I'm afraid you will encounter a lot of resistance."

Zhu Gaoxu saw through Zhu Zhanyu's thoughts and took the initiative to analyze: "Although there is only one word difference between Duke and Duke, their meanings are very different. The two are like the difference between prince and king."

Zhu Zhanyu wondered: "At the end of last year, when my father awarded the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, he did not promote him to the title of Jiaojun Duke or Junjun Duke. Was this intentional?"

After the Second Ming Dynasty's Battle of Luchuan, both Xue Lu and Chen Mao were promoted to the first level of nobility due to their military merits, and were promoted from county officials to county officials.

However, what puzzled Zhu Zhanyu was that at the end of last year, Zhu Gaoxu personally went on an expedition. When he was declaring meritorious rewards for annihilating the Li clan in the Yue Kingdom, except for Xue Lu, the Duke of Jiao County, who was then the general of Pingman's left, and the then general of Pingman's right. Except for Duke Jun Chen Mao, all the other senior generals who took the lead were promoted to at least one rank, and some were promoted to two ranks.

For example, Yang Hong, the Marquis of Jingxiang, who was then Lieutenant General Pingman, was promoted to the rank of County Marquis because of his outstanding achievements. The Commander-in-Chief of the Nanyang Navy, who was then General Dangman, was promoted from the rank of County Marquis to County Lord because of his outstanding achievements. , Wei Xian, Guo Jian, Tang Yun, Geng Xuan, Sheng Lei, etc., who were then deputy generals, made great contributions and were promoted to one level.

Even Zhao An and Jiang Gui, who were fighting rebellions in Mengdian and Meng Laos at that time, were promoted to the first level and awarded the third-class Ax Medal for their outstanding contributions at critical moments.

"Although the traitor Li Shi died at the hands of Yang Hong, this contribution was not due to Yang Hong alone. After all, Li Shi was surrounded by officers and soldiers and was shot dead by Yang Hong when he broke through. It is not considered a true beheading. Therefore, What I ordered for Yang Hong at that time was a quasi-miraculous skill, and all the soldiers were convinced of this."

Zhu Gaoxu continued to explain: "Wei Xian, Guo Jian, Tang Yun and other generals each led a battalion of officers and soldiers. They were not afraid of death and dared to charge in the battle. This is something that is obvious to all. The Nanyang Navy Commander safely commanded the fleet to sail Entering the river, facing dangerous situations in person, he personally led his soldiers to carry out artillery strikes on the enemy soldiers on the bank many times, which greatly reduced the casualties of our soldiers, which is obvious to all."

"Xue Lu and Chen Mao also had merit, but it was not enough to be regarded as the first merit. They could only be regarded as quasi-first merit, so I did not promote them. In the "Da Ming Military Gong Order" promulgated in the early years of Qianxi, I gave five When the military exploits are described in detail, Xue and Chen are also veteran generals in the army, so they have no objection to this."

(For fifth-level military exploits, see Chapter 3 of this book)

Zhu Zhanyu wondered: "Could it be that dad deliberately left the opportunity to make meritorious deeds to Yang Hong?"

"Hey, you actually saw it."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't hide it, and answered the words very simply: "Let me tell you, when I ordered the troops to be divided into three groups to besiege Li Yue, Xue Lu and Chen Mao should have seen it. They are between you and me. I have been working for my subordinates for more than half my life, so it is impossible that I don’t even have this kind of discernment.”

"Dad mean?"

Zhu Zhanyu said confusedly.

Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "As an emperor, there are some things that cannot be said directly and must be understood by the ministers."

Seeing that Zhu Zhanyu was thoughtful, he continued: "First appoint Xue Lu as the chief military officer of northern Siam and Chen Mao as the chief military officer of southern Siam. As for whether to let them guard the two places for generations, we will wait for two years. "

"My son understands." Zhu Zhanyu's eyes lit up and he said, "They will do their best to protect the town."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't deny it, but he didn't nod either.

At this moment, Kang Ping, the eunuch in charge of etiquette, whose beard and hair were all white, hurriedly came to report.

"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Jin (formerly the King of Xiang) sent a secret letter personally from the Crown Prince."

Kang Ping bowed to the imperial table, bowed and presented the military report in his hand to Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting behind the table.

Zhu Gaoxu scratched off the paint with his nails, opened the envelope, glanced at it quickly, and then ordered: "Go and send the Prince of Jin over. I have something to ask him."

"The slaves obey the order."

Kang Ping bowed and accepted the order and left.

After watching Kang Ping leave, Zhu Zhanyu turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu, frowned and asked, "Dad, something happened on the Peacock Peninsula?"

"Hey, let me show you."

Zhu Gaoxu handed the letter in his hand to Zhu Zhanyu.

Zhu Zhanyu read the letter quickly.

It turned out that Jin Wang Zhu Bai wrote to Zhu Gaoxu and made four requests.

The first is to hope that His Majesty the Emperor can change his royal title back to King Xiang, the second is to let the prince's son take the throne after that, the third is to hope that after the prince succeeds to the throne, the court can canonize the original prince's grandson as the prince, and the fourth is to hope that after his death, The body can be transported back to the original Xiangwang Farm in Jingzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty for burial.

Zhu Bai bluntly stated in the letter that the title of King of Xiang is more meaningful than the title of King of Jin.

First of all, this was granted by Emperor Taizu, and it was also his first royal title.

Secondly, he has 13 years of memories in Jingzhou Prefecture in Xiangdi.

When he was 15 years old, he joined Jingzhou Prefecture and lived there for 13 years. It was not until Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne that he left Jingzhou Prefecture and entered Beijing and lived in Zongwangfang for six years.

As for letting Prince Wang succeed to the throne earlier, it was because he was older.

He was only 35 years old when he went to sea in the seventh year of Yongle, and was in his prime, but now he is already an old man, and he will follow Emperor Taizong in a few years, so he wants to pass the throne to his son as soon as possible.

"It seems that my twelfth uncle's physical condition is not very good."

Zhu Zhanyu put the letter away and then said in a deep voice.

"Except for the last one, I agree to all of your twelfth uncle's requests."

Zhu Gaoxu said expressionlessly: "As for the reason, you think about it yourself."

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation from the Western Navy."

At this moment, Zheng He, whose beard and hair were all white, hurriedly came to report.

Zhu Gaoxu took the military report, opened it, and was surprised.

The military newspaper said that there was a rebellion in the Peacock Peninsula, and the King of Liao and the King of Gu fought over the territory.

(End of this chapter)