Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

The next day, Tang He organized his troops and set off back to Dazaifu with Li Wei's men.

Along the way, scattered Japanese invaders continued to harass them, but they were all easily eliminated.

Two days later, the army finally returned to Dazaifu, and Jiang Long, who was guarding here, immediately led people to welcome them out.

"Master Hou, General!"

Jiang Long bowed his hands to everyone, but put Li Wei in front, and Tang He didn't care.

Li Wei asked: "What's going on in the city now?"

"Reporting to the Marquis, we have followed your order and have not gone into the city to clean up. Some Japanese have broken out in the past few days, but we have killed many of them. There should be more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers left in the city now. horse."

"Ah."

Li Wei nodded, then looked at Tang He and others, and said with a smile: "Now that our army has arrived, we can deal with these Japanese people in this city!"

Everyone smiled relaxedly when they heard this.

These people in the city are now the turtles in the urn, military exploits that can be harvested at any time.

After everyone laughed, Hu Hai hesitated and asked shamelessly: "How about we deal with these people in the city? It's hard for you to travel back and forth, and it's inconvenient to use firearms to fight in the city."

When Sheng Yong and others heard this, their eyes lit up and they looked at Li Wei expectantly.

In fact, Hu Hai's request was tantamount to trying to grab ready-made military glory. Sheng Yong and others did not have a good relationship with Li Wei, so they would not be so shameless as to say this, but they still hoped that Li Wei would give them this opportunity.

After all, they suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Floating Bridge and gained almost no credit. If these people in the city let them harvest, it would not be in vain.

Li Wei looked at everyone and chuckled: "Okay, then these Japanese people in the city will help you!"

Hu Hai, Sheng Yong and others were pleasantly surprised when they heard this.

"Thank you Lord Jiangdu!"

"General Li, many generals..."

Everyone thanked him one after another, and their hearts were filled with gratitude.

Li Wei smiled and nodded in response.

In fact, he wanted to compensate these people by giving up this military honor, and Hu Hai was right. The narrow roads in the city were not conducive to the use of firearms. Giving this up to them could also reduce the casualties of his men.

Li Wei himself agreed, so Tang He naturally wouldn't say anything more. Hu Hai, Sheng Yong and others excitedly ordered their troops to rush into the city and began to clear out the Japanese who had not yet broken out.

"General, please."

Li Wei raised his hand and invited Tang He to follow Hu Hai and others into the city.

Tang He didn't put on any airs and raised his hand to signal him to go into the city together.

The two walked slowly, not far ahead there were shouts of killing everywhere. Hu Hai and others were frustrated in the previous battle, and now they were in a mood of revenge, showing no mercy to these Japanese. Those who can be hacked to death will never be left alive.

As the two people walked through, the streets and alleys gradually calmed down, and some unarmed Japanese watched from the cracks in the door, not daring to show their heads at all.

In half a day, Hu Hai and others wiped out these Japanese. The fighting in the city finally subsided, and Dazaifu was completely occupied by the Ming army!

Dazaifu is the western capital that connects Japan to the world. Over the past hundreds of years, Dazaifu has experienced the Nara Period, the Heian Period, the Kamakura Shogunate Period, and the present Southern and Northern Dynasties. During this period, Dazaifu changed hands countless times. Sometimes it returned to the shogunate, sometimes it was loyal to the emperor, and sometimes it was taken over by Kyushu. Controlled by local nobles.

But at this time, this western capital was occupied by foreign enemies for the first time!
This is something that the local lords of Kyushu cannot accept in any case!

After retreating, Shaoer Puteng and others reorganized the army and continued to harass Dazaifu, while sending people to report to the shogunate.

At the same time, the Ming army here was also conquering surrounding forces and sending people to report victory to the capital.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty and the residence of Cao Guogong.

Li Wenzhong's first wife lay beside the bed crying bitterly. His eldest son Li Jinglong and his two younger brothers also knelt in front of the bed and wiped away tears. However, Li Wenzhong on the bed had made no sound.

Hou Huazhong of Huai'an stood behind with four or five medical lawsuits and felt uneasy.

Some time ago, Li Wenzhong fell ill, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to bring a medical officer to treat him. As a result, he was treated for such a long time that not only was he not cured, but he was actually killed!

"How could this be?"

Hua Zhong asked several medical officers.

These medical officers were also worried: "Master Marquis, we have tried our best, but the Duke is seriously ill and there is nothing we can do."

"waste!"

Hua Zhong scolded.

All the medical officers bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, and with the salute of "Your Majesty, Holy Ann," Zhu Yuanzhang hurried in.

The people in Huazhong hurriedly bowed to see him, and Li Wenzhong's wives, concubines, and children also turned around and bowed to him with tears in their eyes.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the scene in the house, he immediately stopped: "Bao'er... what happened to him?"

"Your Majesty, Wenzhong is gone!"

Li Wenzhong's first wife cried.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart sank suddenly, and a burst of intense grief surged into his heart.

Although Li Wenzhong did not agree with him in many aspects, he still loved his nephew very much. After all, this was one of the few relatives in his old Zhu family!
"How could this happen?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were slightly red. As he spoke, he turned to Huazhong and others and shouted angrily: "We asked you to treat Bao'er. How did you see it?"

Hua Zhong and the medical officers trembled all over and knelt down quickly.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and the treatment is ineffective. Please forgive me!" Hua Zhong lowered his head and said tremblingly.

"Is it incompetence or deliberately delaying the illness?!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened angrily.

Since the death of the emperor's grandson, his suspicion has become more serious. Li Wenzhong was only in his forties and died of illness so suddenly. How could he not be suspicious!

Hua Zhong's face turned pale when he heard this. He raised his head in horror and explained: "No, no, I really tried my best. Your Majesty can ask these medical officers!"

"Hmph, we see that you are all in the same group, come here! Put them all in jail and interrogate them strictly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to his explanation at all, and immediately ordered people to take him down together with these medical officers. No matter how much he complained, it would not help.

After dealing with these people, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Wenzhong, who was silent on the bed, and couldn't help but feel unbearable grief. Li Wenzhong's wives, concubines, and children burst into tears.

The Duke of Cao's palace burst into mourning, and the capital, which had been calm for a short time, once again made waves.

The Marquis of Huazhong was granted the title by imposition, and his father Hua Yunlong was also one of the earliest old Huaixi generals to follow Zhu Yuanzhang. After Huazhong was imprisoned, many Huaixi nobles immediately signed a memorial to plead for mercy.

In the Qianqing Palace, under the solitary lamp, Zhu Yuanzhang's grief had not subsided a little when he saw the memorials of these nobles pleading for mercy.

"Bao'er was very affectionate and loyal to you. Now that he's dead, you not only don't feel sad, but you keep pleading for this Huazhong, you bastards!"

Zhu Yuanzhang violently threw his hands and swept all the memorials to the ground, and roared angrily. The swept memorials were still angry, and he kept pacing back and forth, cursing:
"Rebellious generals and lawless ministers should all be killed..."

After scolding for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped breathing heavily, with a cold light in his eyes.

Li Wenzhong is one of the few people he can trust. Although this nephew cannot see the situation clearly and is sometimes taken advantage of by people with malicious intentions, he will definitely still be loyal to him when necessary.

Now that the prince has not yet grown up, he has lost another powerful relative, and his vigilance has increased for a while. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Li Wei who went on an expedition to Japan.

"I don't know how this kid is doing now."

Zhu Yuanzhang took a long breath and muttered.

After pondering for a long time, he sat back on the dragon chair and continued to read other memorial books.

The night was getting darker, and he was alone in the empty hall with only one lamp, which made him seem a little lonely.

The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to kill all the medical officers and banish them from the country.

Although Xungui's plea did not absolve the Marquis of Huai'an of his guilt, it also helped him save his life.

Although the honorable nobles did not complain about this result, they criticized it privately.

As soon as Li Wenzhong's incident calmed down, the military report from Japan arrived.

Although the distance between the Japanese Kingdom and the capital of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles, there is a direct waterway, and it can be reached by sending a speedboat in three or four days.

In the Hall of Wuying, He Li, who had been officially promoted to minister, respectfully presented the battle report to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being pleasantly surprised after seeing it.

"This kid can do it, he plays well!"

Zhu Yuanzhang praised him while reading the battle report.

He Li also understood who he was talking about, and immediately followed up with praise: "Yes, this time Jiang Duhou is invincible. He first captured Matsuura and then the Western Capital of Japan, Dazaifu, along the way. It can be said that he has made outstanding achievements!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and laughed twice.

He also knew that many of the current courtiers had some connections with Li Wei, and they spoke favorably for this boy overtly and covertly.

But this was also caused by him, so he didn't blame He Li.

And what He Li said was not exaggerated. Li Wei's performance this time was indeed remarkable. Not only did he continuously attack the city, but he also arrived in time during the Battle of the Floating Bridge to turn the tide.

Tang He, on the other hand, marched rashly and was ambushed by the Japanese, which made him a little disappointed.

And this Lin Xian, how dare he communicate with the Japanese!
"Hmph, kill all the nine clans of this Lin Xian!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted coldly.

He Li trembled all over and lowered his head, not daring to say anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a breath, put away his cold tone, and said softly:
"Okay, you go back first and be ready to deliver food, grass and baggage to the army at any time."

Although the Ming army has temporarily won the victory, the attitude of the Japanese state has not yet been made clear. If the opponent insists on fighting to the death, then this battle will have to last for a long time, and food, grass and baggage must continue to be transported.

"Yes, I obey your order."

He bowed as he should, bowed and stepped back.

Within a few days, news of the great victory of the Japanese conquering army quickly spread throughout the DPRK, and members of the "Li Party" praised Li Wei one after another and shouted for Li Wei to take credit.

However, among the many voices claiming credit, there are also some accusations against Tang He, and these accusations are getting more intense.

When this happened, not only Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised, but Chen Su was also quite surprised!
Li Wei had already sent someone to deliver a letter to him, but he did not dare to violate it, so he did not incite the ministers to impeach Tang He as originally planned. The "Li Party" in the court only took credit for Li Wei.

But he didn't do it, but someone in the court did it for him, which couldn't help but surprise him.

The original good news gradually turned into a denunciation of Tang He under the guidance of thoughtful people. Faced with this situation, many nobles, led by Li Shanchang and Feng Sheng, had to stand up again and wrote letters to defend Tang He and plead for mercy.

Zhu Biao learned the details and went to Zhu Yuanzhang to intercede:
"Father, I believe that Duke Guo has worked hard and achieved great results. Although the battle was wrong this time, the result is always good. Especially at the critical moment, he led the army to cross the pontoon and saved most of the troops. It can be regarded as a balance between merit and demerit. Please do more, Father." Forgive me."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, flipping through the impeachment memorials, his face uncertain.

He was not blaming Tang He. After all, Tang He was the founding hero of the country and had a close relationship with him, so he would not be punished for a single combat mistake.

What he is thinking now is who is pushing for this impeachment.

"Don't worry about Tang He, we have our own arrangements." Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

When Zhu Biao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial, and then asked in an examination tone: "Biao'er, what do you think of the impeachment of the ministers this time?"

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then began to think deeply.

This time there was a strange change in the direction of the court. Originally, everyone was taking credit for Li Wei, but they never wanted to be led astray by some people and blame Tang He.

If there is someone behind this, there is no doubt that Li Wei is the biggest suspect, because no matter how you look at it, he benefits from this.

In a war, the greatest merit is undoubtedly attributed to the general. As a general, Tang He, as long as the army wins, no matter who makes the contribution, his share will be indispensable.

And if he is gone, Li Wei will naturally take over the post of general, and then he will take full military power and merits. If this battle goes well, it will not be an exaggeration to be granted a title of Duke when he comes back.

But thinking of Li Wei's careless appearance, Zhu Biao never believed that he had such a conspiracy.

"Er Chen feels that someone is behind this matter, but it's definitely not Li Wei!"

Zhu Biao frowned.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "Why can't it be him?"

Zhu Biao mentioned Li Wei when no one else mentioned it, which already showed that he was suspicious of Li Wei.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little skeptical, and like Zhu Biao, he couldn't believe that this brat who was usually stupid and unreasonable could have such a plan.

But unlike Zhu Biao, he remains suspicious of everyone!
"Father, you know Li Wei well. He is... well, he has no scheming intentions. It should be impossible for him to do such a thing."

Zhu Biao said tactfully, in fact, he felt that it might be more appropriate to describe Li Wei as being short-minded.

"Li Wei looks stupid. He even dares to criticize us in front of us. He looks like he is not afraid of death. His behavior also offends many people unintentionally..."

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he couldn't help but think of the scenes in the past. He thought about how he had deliberately tricked this boy. This boy was very cooperative and even jumped into the trap himself. Until he later became the prince-in-law, he had trouble pulling this boy away. .

No matter where you look at it, this is a stupid young man with no sense of authority.

but!

"But you can't just look at people by their appearance. What if he is just faking it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a long breath and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is this...impossible? Even if he can deceive everyone, he can't deceive you, Father!"

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in shock.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

If it were in the past, he did have this confidence, but now, he can't help but be a little unsure, especially since Tang He also attached a secret letter, suspecting that this kid has already known about Lin Xiantong's Japanese affairs but concealed it. !
In fact, this kind of thing is easy to understand when it comes to other generals. They are just trying to gain credit, but when it comes to Li Wei, it makes him have to be suspicious of this brat who has always been given an official position and never wanted it.

Once suspicion arises, it is not that easy to recall many past events at this time.

For example, Li Wei insisted on going to Yangzhou after being attacked by Japanese pirates. Is it really just to build a city?

If not, he wouldn't have allowed this kid to have thousands of soldiers and horses to protect him just in case, and even almost made him king directly.

If this kid is really pretending, then he is too scary, countless times scarier than scheming guys like Li Shanchang!
In a few years, this kid just pretended to be crazy and acted stupid, so he took the initiative to give away his powerful position. Now he has reached a point where he is not inferior to Li Shanchang and Xu Da, the founding ministers of the country. If this is really carefully calculated, then it is simply a complete failure. No one in the world can compare! (End of chapter)