Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"A country cannot live without a king for a day, so how can prosperity not need an emperor?" Zhu Biao looked in disbelief.

Li Wei was noncommittal and said softly: "I mean what if!"

When Zhu Biao heard this, he couldn't help but fell silent.

If such a prosperous age really existed, would he want it or not?
He understood what Li Wei meant. This was to test whether he valued the world more or the throne of his old Zhu family.

He is a prince of the Zhu Ming Dynasty and the future emperor. Can he give up his family's throne in order to create a prosperous age?

Even if he could, would Zhu Yuanzhang allow it, and would the many princes and grandsons of the old Zhu family agree?

Zhu Biao was silent for a long time and said with some difficulty: "What if I am willing?"

Li Wei smiled and said: "I will definitely help you!"

After speaking, he said no more.

Zhu Biao looked at Li Wei in silence. He couldn't help but think of the words Li Wei had argued with his father at the time. There were high and low positions, and no one was noble or low. It turned out that this person had never changed. Now he is in a high position and has all the power. He actually still retains this naive idea.

No wonder he was able to put forward the idea that "the gentry and the gentry receive food from one body", which was an enemy of the world's scholars. Even though the officials who clung to him betrayed one after another, and his power plummeted, he did not change his views.

Thinking of what his father and the queen had said to him in person, Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel a flash of pity in his eyes.

But that's okay, he is more reassuring.

In the main room, both of them were speechless. After sitting for a while, Zhu Biao got up and left, and Li Wei also got up and saw him off.

After leaving the mansion, Zhu Biao paused slightly, turned around and said to him: "Don't mention what you said today to others, and I won't say much."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Wei cupped his hand.

Zhu Biao nodded lightly, turned and left.

Looking at Zhu Biao's retreating figure, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although he mentioned these words to Zhu Biao to get rid of him because he was annoyed by Zhu Biao, at the same time he also had a sense of luck and wanted to test Zhu Biao's attitude.

If Zhu Biao is really willing to transform the Ming Dynasty into a prosperous place like that of later generations, then of course he will be willing to help with all his efforts, and at the same time, he will not have to run out of trouble.

It's a pity that the prince did not live long and died before he became emperor. If possible, he would try his best to save this uncle's life in the future.

It's just that Zhu Biao died of illness in history, but the specific reason is confusing. Even if he had the intention, he doesn't know where to start now.

The only medicines he could make were one or two anti-inflammatory drugs, and he was powerless to make more.

What's more, if Zhu Biao did not die from a simple illness, but from poisoning or other reasons, then he would have no other choice but to keep an eye on the situation and act accordingly.

The wheel of history is rolling forward. After Zhu Biao left, Li Wei continued his plans.

At the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty, shortly after the navy transported grain and grass, the army led by Feng Sheng Lanyu and others arrived and stationed themselves in Tongzhou, not far from Peiping.

Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to Bei Yuan and formulated a combat strategy for them before the expedition. Feng Shengxiang, like Xu Da did last time, first stationed troops and ordered a small group of troops to go out to detect the enemy's situation and wait for opportunities.

Their main target this time is Nahachu, which is located in Liaodong.

Naha was a Taiwei of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty moved north, they led their troops to garrison in the Jinshan area. They often drove troops south to harass the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang also summoned him to surrender many times, but unfortunately they failed.

In order to deal with this Naha attack, Ming Dynasty has also made full preparations. In recent years, twelve guard posts have been built in Liaodong, with nearly 100,000 troops stationed. This time Feng Sheng led the army to arrive again, and the force was even stronger.

As for Naha, although he has nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, the decline of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the preferential treatment of the Ming Dynasty led to the surrender of his subordinate generals to the Ming Dynasty. The 200,000 troops he currently holds are also unstable. , it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a piece of loose sand.

Feng Sheng was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time. He did not underestimate the enemy because of this. Instead, he followed the strategy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang before he went on the expedition. He first stationed troops to wait and see, sent a small group of troops out to explore the enemy's situation, and then led the army out of Songting after ascertaining the situation. close.

While he sent the generals of the Yuan army who had surrendered to summon the enemy to surrender, he also sent Lan Yu to attack Qingzhou where the Yuan army was stationed. Lan Yu lived up to his expectations and led the cavalry to raid in the snow, captured Qingzhou in one fell swoop, and beheaded him. The garrisoned Bei Yuan Pingzhang came.

The Ming army won consecutive battles, and the powerful generals of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who were attached to Naha were even more frightened. Many of them directly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty after being summoned to surrender.

Feng Sheng continued to fight while summoning surrender. He advanced cautiously and forced Naha into despair. In the end, he could only agree to the Ming Dynasty's surrender under the persuasion of the surrendered general Naciwu.

Originally, when the war reached this level, the overall situation was basically settled, but something went wrong again in the middle.

When Naha Chu surrendered, Lan Yu asked him to wear Han clothes, but Na Ha Chu refused, and the two fell into a stalemate.

At this moment, a general beside Chang Mao suddenly shouted Naha Chu and wanted to run away. Chang Mao was also young and without thinking much, he drew his sword and rushed forward to cut Na Ha Chu, which almost caused a disaster.

After Feng Sheng arrived, he rescued Naha, but as soon as the incident happened, Naha's troops collapsed. Feng Sheng finally managed to gather some of them with the help of Naha's generals. Surrender troops.

Despite this, many soldiers and horses still fled, and these soldiers and horses also harassed the army from time to time. Feng Sheng could only take these captured soldiers and horses back to retreat temporarily.

Afterwards, Feng Sheng reprimanded Chang Mao. However, Chang Mao took advantage of the fact that he was also the Duke of the country. Not only did he not repent, he was also very arrogant towards him as a general and his father-in-law. Feng Sheng was so angry that he did not protect him and robbed him of the trophies he had used in the army. It was reported together with the matter of seizing women.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious after seeing this. This battle could have easily conquered Nahachu and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were attached to him, but such an accident directly caused the gains from this battle to be halved.

At that moment, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sent an order to arrest Chang Mao, and at the same time ordered the army to return to the division.

At this point, there is no point in continuing to fight. These soldiers and horses have already been defeated. It would be too time-consuming to clear them out. Instead of chasing them everywhere, it is better to directly build a city and set up a defense.

More than half a year after the army went on the campaign, Feng Sheng and the princes all returned to the court, leaving only some generals to build cities locally.

After Feng Sheng and others returned to the court, Chang Mao was immediately taken to prison to await punishment. The former Duke of the country became a prisoner so easily.

But this is just the beginning.

In the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, Lan Yu was very high-spirited, and his military exploits in this campaign were also very great, especially the attack on Qingzhou, which gave the army a beautiful first victory.

Not long after he returned to his home, his servant suddenly reported that an old Confucian scholar had unexpectedly paid him a visit.

Lan Yu was surprised, but didn't think much about it. With his current status, it was normal for someone to come to Bala.

After thinking for a while, he ordered someone to bring this Confucian scholar in. It happened that he also wanted to make some achievements in civil and political affairs, just like Li Wei, who was both civil and military.

The house slave quickly brought the old Confucian scholar in. He sat on top with a blue jade horse and a golden sword, looking domineering.

The old scholar didn't care and bowed respectfully: "Wang Xing has met the Marquis."

This old scholar was Wang Xing who had stayed in Li Shanchang's house. Lan Yu nodded lightly and said in an airy manner: "Well, why did you come to see me?"

Wang Xing smiled: "I came to the Marquis on behalf of the Korean Duke to give him a gift."

Lan Yu was startled when she heard this. She sat up straight and looked at him seriously: "Are you from the Korean public?"

"Yes and no." Wang Xing said ambiguously.

Lan Yu looked at him for a moment, then resumed her contemptuous attitude, and said lightly: "What gift does Mr. Han want to give me?"

Now that Li Shanchang has returned home, his influence in the court is getting smaller and smaller. On the other hand, he has made successive military exploits and his status is getting higher and higher. Coupled with His Majesty's appreciation, although he is not yet the Duke of the country, he is the most senior among the marquises. The top one.

Wang Xing looked at him and didn't speak directly, but handed him a note.

Lan Yu opened it casually and took a look. She was shocked and stood up suddenly: "How are you going to give this gift?"

Wang Xing looked at him and smiled without saying a word.

Lan Yu's expression changed slightly, and she immediately waved to the servants around her: "Everyone, get down. No one is allowed to come near without my order."

"Yes!"

The servants serving around him responded respectfully and stepped back one after another.

Lan Yu stared at Wang Xing and asked again in a deep voice: "How are you going to give...this gift?"

As Lan Yu said this, he raised his hand and held up the note in his hand, which clearly stated that he would be given the title of Duke of the country!
The position of Duke cannot be granted without great merit. For example, Tang Gefu Youde was a founding hero. Their meritorious service was enough to be granted the title of Duke at the time of the founding of the country. However, due to various reasons, they were not granted the title together with Xu Da, Li Shanchang and others.

Apart from the two people, the only one who was awarded the title of Duke was Li Wei. Li Wei was responsible for destroying the Japanese. After his battle, the Japanese country was almost completely under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Lan Yu was very conceited, he also knew that his current military achievements were not enough to earn him the title of Duke. He really wanted to know how Wang Xing and Li Shanchang behind him would give him the title of Duke.

Wang Xing took out another piece of paper and handed it to him with a smile on his face: "Master Marquis, please read it."

Lan Yu took it and looked at it in surprise. It was a simple map with a location marked on it.

"This is a map outside the Great Wall. What is this place?" Lan Yu asked, pointing to this location.

"This is where the Yuan Lord is!" Wang Xing whispered.

Lan Yu's hand trembled slightly: "You said this is the seat of the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"

"good."

Wang Xing nodded affirmatively.

Lan Yu was shocked: "How did you know?"

Beiyuan is now in extreme decline. If their home base can be determined, the Ming army will definitely destroy them in one fell swoop!
However, the territory outside the Great Wall was vast and the geography was very harsh. It was impossible for the Ming army to stay outside the Great Wall for a long time. The Northern Yuan court was hiding everywhere, so it was very difficult for the Ming army to find them.

But such a difficult thing, the Northern Yuan court that the Ming army failed to find after several reconnaissances, was now easily found by a Confucian scholar. He had to doubt its authenticity.

Wang Xing knew that he would not believe it unless he made it clear, so he did not hide anything at the moment and said softly: "To be honest, I have an old person in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and I learned this position from him."

Lan Yu stared: "You actually colluded with Bei Yuan to commit evil?"

"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. We are just exchanging knowledge. How can we say it is collusion?" Wang Xing said seriously.

The corners of Lan Yu's eyes twitched. Of course he didn't believe Wang Xing's perfunctory excuse, but it was not important. What was important now was that he had obtained the position in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. If he was allowed to fight in the Northern Expedition again, he could go directly to the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Huanglong!

Compared with Bei Yuan, the Japanese state is nothing at all, at least that is what the Ming Dynasty thought. If he could destroy Bei Yuan, his achievements would definitely be better than Li Wei's contribution to destroying the Japanese. It would be inevitable for Jin to become a Duke by then. of!
"No, it's useless even if we know the location of the Yuan Lord. The army's northern expedition must be led by Feng Sheng or Fu Youde. When the time comes, I will act according to orders, and I will definitely not be able to monopolize this meritorious service."

Lan Yu thought for a while and then said.

The Northern Expedition has always been the most important military strategy of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the country, was the general. Even now, the army is led by veteran generals like Feng Sheng. He is not qualified now.

Wang Xing smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this prince, we have our own way to help him become the general who conquers the captives!"

Lan Yu looked at his confident look and was even more surprised. He is not stupid, Wang Xing dares to say this, he has obviously arranged everything.

"What does the Korean father-in-law want me to do?"

Lan Yu asked in a deep voice.

There is no unreasonable favor in the world. Since the other party gave him such a great favor, he naturally asked for it.

"Master Hou, you are also from Huaixi. When the Korean government helps you, you are also helping yourself. He has nothing to ask for. He just hopes that if something unexpected happens in the court in the future, he hopes to work with Master Hou to tide over the difficulties."

Wang Xing said softly, but he didn't clearly explain what happened.

Lan Yu frowned slightly, he hated the way scholars didn't speak clearly and had to let people guess.

But after looking at the map in his hand, he still endured it, nodded and said: "Okay, if anything happens to the South Korean government in the future, I will do my best to help."

When Wang Xing saw that he had agreed, his face relaxed a little, and he cupped his hands and said, "Then I will thank you on behalf of the Duke."

Lan Yu nodded slightly, turned back to his seat and sat down.

After Wang Xing finished speaking, he paused for a moment and said, "My Lord, I have a private matter to ask of you. I wonder if you can grant my request?"

Lan Yu got the opportunity to be granted the title of Duke of Jin Dynasty. She felt very happy and waved her hand generously: "Say."

Wang Xing bowed slightly and said, "I would like to serve as an official to contribute to the imperial court. Can you please recommend me to Your Majesty after the Marquis is granted the title of Duke?"

"Haha, this is a small matter, no problem. In this way, you don't have to go back. Just stay in my house for now. I will definitely recommend it to His Majesty."

Lan Yu smiled.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis." Wang Xing thanked him.

Lan Yu nodded lightly.

The two reached an alliance through the exchange of interests in words, and of course there was Li Shanchang in Wang Xing's mouth. (End of chapter)