Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 279 Fourth Brother Will Not Not Borrow

That night, Zhu Chu led his Ming army to live in Datong Town. However, Zhu Chu did not let the army enter the city. Instead, he asked the local troops to assist and temporarily set up camp outside the city.

Zhu Ming has always emphasized the policy of not disturbing the people. They are soldiers, not bandits. They are troops who defend their homes and country and protect the people.

These military disciplines are strict and well-trained. At first glance, they look like powerful and safe troops that have experienced the baptism of iron and blood. They immediately gain the respect and recognition of everyone.

Many people even took the initiative to deliver food and drinks to the military camp.

Even the brothers in the garrison are preparing to send a lot of meat that they themselves are usually reluctant to eat.

In the end, Wang Fu and the others politely declined, because they really had no shortage of meat on the grassland, and now that they came back, they just wanted to have a good vegetarian meal.

Especially those dishes in Guan Nei, they have long wanted to go crazy.

Good guy, on the grassland, even though the people who follow His Highness are very popular and drink spicy food, most of them are either boiled meat or barbecued meat. Sooner or later, I will get tired of eating like this.

If it weren't for Zhu Zhen always dumping the logistics troops somewhere, the tens of thousands of shi of food would have been eaten up long ago.

That night, Zhu Ming also wrote a letter in his own hand and asked someone to send it to Taiyuan to his third brother Zhu Fan.

He didn't go there himself. It had nothing to do with etiquette or anything else. Zhu Zhen wouldn't say that he looked down on this third brother from above.

Mainly, he is the Dian King of Yunnan. He was supposed to continue to stay in the capital and be tortured by Lao Zhu every day. Now he suddenly came to Shanxi and went to Taiyuan to have a private meeting with another vassal king?

What do you think?

If Zhu Yuanzhang finds out, he must not ask Zhu Yu. If you are not convinced by Zhu Yunwen, are you planning to join your third brother? When I die, you two will take over, right?

Or let your third brother help you rebel in the future?

The vassal kings could not meet in private unless they got Lao Zhu's permission.

The thing to guard against is the private rebellion of the feudal princes.

In history, Zhu Bai was accused of rebellion because of Zhu Di's letter. He could only set himself on fire to prove his innocence.

Zhu Laosi is really cheating people.

Zhu Bai was such an honest man. He had the opportunity to rebel, but he did not intend to join forces with Zhu Di. In the end, he was forced to die, and he did not want to rebel.

It's true that when a person is sitting at home, a pot comes from the sky.

That night, Zhu Zhen specially found someone to book several restaurants, several restaurants, worked together to cook countless dishes, and delivered wine and food to the military camp one by one.

Zhu Ming never treated his subordinates badly and was never stingy. Compared with his second brother Zhu Ming's greed for money, Zhu Ming always felt that if he could buy the loyalty of others by just spending a little money, it would be the cheapest and most profitable thing in the world. of trading.

As for where the money came from, of course it came from the backpack system. Shen Rong not only raised two million stones of food and grass for Zhu Zhenji quickly, but also hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If he hadn't asked Shen Rong to When the business grows, I don't keep all the money in my pocket. I'm afraid I already have millions of taels of silver.

Now if I take out some of it, it actually doesn’t even cost [-] taels. A few thousand taels is enough to reward the entire army first.

Zhu Chu even hosted a banquet in person for Wang Fu and other three commanders. Without their steadfast following along the way, Zhu Chu would never have gone as smoothly as he did now, no matter how confident he was.

"Although we didn't get the right time or the right location in our battle on the grassland this time, we won the battle because of the people and the people."

The right time, the right place, the right people, and if all three conditions are met, there is almost no chance of defeat.

But Zhu Qi did not get the blessing of three BUFFs.

What time? It was winter when he sent out troops, and it snowed heavily. Even now, there is a second snow, which has a big impact on the march.

And after this snow, the weather will only get colder. If Guilichi cannot be eliminated quickly, the morale of the entire army may begin to be affected.

Now I am only relying on Zhu Chu's personality charm to support me. In addition, all the grassland ministries have just surrendered. I dare not fail to do my best, otherwise I should have complained long ago.

After all, in the middle of winter, who doesn’t want his wife and children to stay warm?

If it weren't for Zhu Chu, even Guilichi would have planned to compete with Navara in the spring of next year. How could he have thought that a holy khan would suddenly appear?

As for the geographical advantage, that's not to mention it. On the contrary, the grassland people have the home field advantage.

But the people and this alone were enough for Zhu Zhen to defeat the invincible opponents of the grassland tribes, because they themselves were united, but the enemies were not. The Tatar tribe had already made such a big fuss, and Zhu Chen did not believe that the Oara tribe had not received the news.

But at this time, the Oara tribe wished that the Tatar tribe would be destroyed. They would be able to oust the Great Khan in the next spring so that they, the Oara tribe, could become the masters of the grasslands.

Zhu Zhen secretly sneered, the leader of the Oara tribe is also a short-sighted person. Once he gets the Tatar tribe, which is one-third of the grassland power, he will have the power to completely destroy all the grassland tribes in the future.

At this time, Wala wanted to react, but it was already too late.

"Everyone, I promised you that I would lead you to make great achievements, and now you have seen it with your own eyes. As long as Guilichi is destroyed, I will be able to sweep across the entire Tatar grassland. By then, the entire Tatars will be ours. This skill is unprecedented if not unprecedented, at least it is unprecedented. Come on, have a drink." Zhu Zhen raised his wine glass, stood up, and toasted to his close friends.

Even Xu Miaojin stood up and accompanied Zhu Ming. He also raised his wine glass and looked at the three commanders in front of him with a smile.

Wang Fu could still remain calm, but Niu Sheng and Peng Yue were flattered and stood up one after another.

"Your Highness, it's our turn to toast you," Niu Sheng said in a panic, raising his glass and taking a big sip of wine. If it wasn't enough, he filled himself up with wine. He raised his glass to Zhu Chu and said, "Your Highness, fortunately we are lucky enough to meet each other." It's up to you, otherwise we would still be hanging around in Xi'an, and many brothers would have complaints because of King Qin's cruelty and unkindness."

"Old Niu," Peng Yue shouted, winking with an ugly expression.

Only then did Niu Sheng realize that he had made a mistake, and he poured wine to try to fool him.

The King of Qin is still a vassal king after all, let alone dead. No matter how serious his crime is, he should not continue to slander him.

There is no way, after all, this is the era of feudal society, isn't it unfair? That's right, it's unfair.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hears this, you will feel uncomfortable sometimes.

Of course, Zhu Zhen didn't care about it. He just smiled and said to Niu Sheng: "Although you are careful, you can't be careless. Naturally, I can pretend that I didn't hear it, but if it is heard by an outsider with ears across the wall, it will be passed on again." In the ears of my father. Even if my second brother is not a human being, he will punish you for this."

"Yes, yes, the general drank too much, and I will never dare to do so again," Niu Sheng said nonchalantly.

Zhu Chu smiled and shook his head. Drinking too much was no excuse. Then why didn't Tang He still enjoy his old age in the court like Xu Da?

Although Tang He also died a good death, the ending was not too good. The reason was that Tang He had complained about his dissatisfaction after drinking, so he was remembered by Lao Zhu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very cautious.

Zhu Ming secretly slandered his father in his heart.

But he ignored one thing, that is, he was also not big-minded. When Dao Ganmeng failed to attack Dali, he had already retreated. He was not even willing to endure it for a while, so he chased and killed Dao Ganmeng. .

And although Hu Yuan had other thoughts, at least he didn't do anything openly. Zhu Zhen just looked on from the sidelines because of Hu Yuan, and then found an excuse to kill Hu Yuan's entire family.

When it comes to being cautious, the father and son are exactly the same.

Zhu Zhen even said that famous saying, once unfaithful, it will last forever.

How dare he slander Zhu Yuanzhang?

Under the atmosphere led by Zhu Chu, and Xu Miaojin was not at all reserved or arrogant, it would be better to say that as Xu Da's daughter, she was somewhat chivalrous and could chat with these generals.

It can be said that the host and guest enjoy themselves.

It wasn't until midnight that the banquet ended.

Zhu Ming was too lazy to move. In fact, the city had already arranged a place for him to stay, but Zhu Ming chose to sleep in the guest room of the restaurant. It was not that he had no money anyway, so there was no need to worry about it.

In the blink of an eye, the next morning came. Early in the morning, the commander of the city guard came to ask for an audience. "His Royal Highness the King of Dian, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has sent a letter, please read it."

So fast?

Zhu Zhen was a little surprised. It only took one night's work. Even if it was [-] miles in a hurry, it was still at this speed, right?

The commander silently wiped the cold sweat, he was unhappy. His Royal Highness the Dian King in front of him was in a hurry, and His Royal Highness the Jin King was even more ruthless. It was said that his favorite thing to do was to tear apart people and vehicles.

The so-called chariot splitting refers to using galloping horses to tie a person, tying their hands, feet, and limbs respectively, and then using several horses to pull them in different directions, and finally split the person alive.

I'm afraid the most famous person who was torn apart by a car was Shang Yang, right?

To tell a hellish joke, Shang Yang knows horse power, and Bigan knows people's hearts.

However, there is a saying that although Zhu Fan is not as evil as Zhu Ping, he can still be called cruel and unkind.

Zhu Yuanzhang often pushed and taught him a lesson, and even once wanted to depose Zhu Fan's title. Even if it was just to save face, in the end he was able to escape guilt by relying on the protection and intercession of his eldest brother Zhu Biao.

Most people really don't dare to offend Zhu Fan.

Zhu Chen took the letter from his third brother at this time. As soon as he opened it, he saw Zhu Fan making many excuses.

The whole text seems to be polite, but in summary there is only one sentence: Want to borrow troops? Brother, there's nothing I can do about it, I can't help you.

"Ha," Zhu Ming chuckled. In fact, he was not surprised at all. It would be better to say that from the beginning, he thought that asking this third brother to lend troops might not work.

"Your Highness?" Xu Miaojin walked out of the inner room. He had heard the noise outside and looked at Zhu Ming worriedly.

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "It's okay. In fact, I thought of it from the beginning, but the third brother also revealed some resentment in his words."

It turned out that it was Zhu Fan who seemed to be praising Zhu Chen in the letter. He felt that Zhu Chen was brave enough to lead his troops deep into the grassland.

But Zhu Fan was also asking, did he get his father's approval? Did Zhu Yuanzhang really allow you to do this?

As the saying goes, food and fodder must go before the soldiers and horses are used. What's more, if we really want to use troops against the grassland Mobei, how can we only have more than [-] people? With this little force, are you going to travel on the grassland?

Besides, as Zhu Fan was a border guarding vassal king, he didn't get the news. If Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to go to the north, there was no way he wouldn't give him the news.

So Zhu Fan secretly satirized Zhu Ming, "You are acting wantonly. Aren't you afraid of being lectured and blamed by your father?"

You are not afraid of being blamed, I am still afraid, but now there is no big brother to protect us.

As a result, Zhu Fan not only did not borrow troops, but also ridiculed him.

This is because Zhu Fan did not know the news on the grassland at all. He would never believe that Zhu Chen could really turn the Tatar grassland upside down with more than [-] troops. Otherwise, he would not have this attitude. I am afraid he would like to lead the army himself. , and went to the northern part of the Great Wall with this eighteenth brother.

Just kidding, this is a monumental achievement, who wouldn’t want it?

As for being punished by his father? We are the biological sons of our father, and we have made such great contributions. We are no less powerful than Lan Yu. It’s too late for my father to be happy, and he will be punished?

Zhu Fan is not stupid.

In fact, Zhu Fan was also very brave and capable of commanding troops. He was personally entrusted by Zhu Yuanzhang with an important task and went on the Northern Expedition together with Zhu Di, the fourth king of Yan.

It was only that something happened later that prevented him from making any great achievements, but as a vassal king who guarded the border and protected the country, he still had his share of force.

It was just that Zhu Fan, like Zhu Zhen, behaved irrationally and violently, so Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was difficult for him to take up the big post. He even skipped the second and third sons and asked the ministers whether King Yan should be appointed.

"Your Highness, since you guessed from the beginning that His Highness King Jin will not lend troops, why do you come here all the way?" Xu Miaojin asked in confusion.

Zhu Ming rolled his eyes angrily: "Sister, although I guessed it, I don't know how to make clever calculations. How could I have thought that the third brother is so heartless? You have to give it a try? What's more, even if the third brother refuses to lend troops, isn't it? Can you still go to Fourth Brother? In fact, I sent troops to Shuntian last night to deliver a message."

Shuntian was Yanjing, which later became Peking and Beijing.

Nanjing is now called Yingtian, and Beijing is now called Shuntian.

That was the vassal territory of King Zhu Di of Yan, the fourth brother.

"It's very troublesome for us to go from outside the customs, but it will be much more convenient to send people from Datong to Shuntian. I also said hello to the fourth brother, and Guilichi continued to go east from Jining Road, and the next person passing by The place is probably outside the Xifeng Pass. If Fourth Brother is willing to send troops to help us intercept Guilichi, then our army will rush to cover up and kill Guilichi, and Guilichi will be unable to fly this time." Zhu Ming said his true feelings Intend.

Even if the third brother refuses to lend troops, it doesn't matter. As long as the fourth brother is willing to cooperate, that is enough.

"I see," Xu Miaojin nodded, finally understanding Zhu Chu's overall plan.

But she thought about it and couldn't help but ask again: "But what if my brother-in-law refuses to lend troops as well?"

Zhu Di's principal concubine, Princess Yan, was the eldest sister of the Xu family, Xu Miaoyun, who was also the eldest sister of Xu Miaojin.

In this way, Zhu Di is not only Zhu Miao's fourth brother, but also Xu Miaojin's eldest brother-in-law, with dual identities.

Can it be considered a close relationship?

But Xu Miaojin's question still made Zhu Ming couldn't help but say: "Sister, please look forward to me. The relationship between my old Zhu brothers is not so bad, right? And you are my wife, don't you look forward to me?" Okay, you still hope that something bad will happen to me, what does that mean? What's the point?"

Xu Miaojin pursed her lips to hold back her smile, rolled her eyes at him, and said angrily: "You, you insist on asking your brothers to borrow troops in private, why don't you and Wang Fu send a message to His Majesty when you send the memorial? ? If His Majesty knows about your achievements, not only will he greatly appreciate it, but as long as you are willing to use troops, who of the officers and soldiers here would dare not to obey your orders? "

Why be in such embarrassment now?

It has always been said that Xu Miaojin was smart and a proud woman with both civil and military skills. How could she not know what Zhu Chu was thinking, not to mention that Zhu Chu had already revealed his ambitions to her.

Xu Miaojin knew that Zhu Yu was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would know that he was developing power in the grassland, causing unnecessary suspicion, and even being called back by Zhu Yuanzhang to disrupt his plan.

Furthermore, Zhu Chu wanted to create a huge sensation in the world, and to achieve great achievements in the grassland that far surpassed Lan Yu, and even made achievements in the past dynasties, so as to earn fame in the world.

Only in this way can he, the eighteenth-year-old, no longer be ignored, and only in this way can he, a prince who is neither his direct descendant nor his eldest son, have a chance to seize the throne.

Even if he really wants to rebel after Lao Zhu dies in the future, his reputation will not be too bad, and he will not be resisted by the whole world, or even disowned.

Xu Miaojin knew all this, but still believed that His Majesty was the Hongwu Emperor and would not be petty in the face of such a big deal.

"But sister, do you know how much manpower and material resources need to be mobilized to fight such a war? The soldiers and horses have not used food and grass to go first. Not to mention the power of the whole country, it will almost alarm the world. And in this way, how can we show that we I just want to conquer the grassland with my own ability without relying on the imperial court. I conquered such a vast grassland with only [-] soldiers and horses. Who dares to disobey in the future?" Zhu Ming couldn't help but feel a little proud when he thought about the possible situations in the future. stand up.

Xu Miaojin sighed. He had already said that. What else could she say? She couldn't help but said, "Why don't I also send a letter to the eldest sister and ask her to give your fourth brother a pillow?"

Xu Miaoyun and Zhu Di were truly golden childhood sweethearts. After all, based on their backgrounds and the relationship between their families, even if they didn't play together since childhood, they almost grew up together.

Therefore, the marriage between the two people is not only a marriage, but also a matter of course.

Therefore, Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun have always had a good relationship, including after Zhu Di became emperor. As Emperor Yongle, like Zhu Yuanzhang, he never established a queen after the death of Queen Xu, and he was considered an infatuated person.

Of course, this does not affect his having other concubines.

But even Zhu Di also had other concubines. Not only were most of his children born to Empress Xu, but several of his legitimate sons were from the same mother, which was very valuable.

(There is some doubt about the origin of the fourth son, but Zhu Di’s fourth son died young and the specific details cannot be traced.)

That's why Xu Miaojin said this.

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "No, sister, my fourth brother is also very high-minded and has lofty ambitions. I stated it to him in the letter. This is the time to solve the hidden dangers in the grassland outside the pass once and for all. He You will definitely not miss it. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people."

After all, he was Emperor Yongle, and he had conquered the grassland five times in his life. Zhu Di believed that Zhu Di would not let him down.

But there was one thing Zhu Ming miscalculated, that is, he knew that there was a Jin Yiwei around his second brother, but he didn't know that there was more than one Jin Yiwei around his second brother. In addition to Qian Shu, there were other Jin Yiwei secret sentries in the army.

So taking this opportunity, a guard in Jinyi found a post rider in the city and sent a secret letter directly to the capital.

I don’t know what Zhu Yuanzhang would think when he found out that this boy Zhu Chu actually called himself the Holy Khan on the grassland.

But the shoe soles have already been prepared, there are dozens of them.

Waiting for your return.

(End of this chapter)