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

Chapter 331 I am not negotiating

Today's morning court meeting was actually nothing important. Summoning Peng Yue and Niu Sheng into the palace was just to praise them in person.

At the same time, Peng Yue and Niu Sheng can also take this opportunity to make a pilgrimage in person to thank the Holy Grace.

As for matters such as giving rewards based on merit and rewarding the entire army, they have already been decided and distributed.

Originally, the matter ended here.

But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly mentioned: "Ou'er, it's almost the end of the month. Wait until the first day of March, and you will start setting off. Starting from the capital, you will first make a circle in the south of our Yangtze River, and then go southwest along the coastline. Go. Years ago, you started from the north and returned from the east, so this time, let’s start from the south and go to the west.”

This is explaining Zhu Zhen's route to patrol the world.

Zhu Zhen was about to nod in agreement.

Among the ranks of civil servants, some people were sighing, and some people bravely stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. The current Crown Prince is His Highness the Emperor's Grandson. Even if he has to patrol the world on behalf of the Emperor, it should be His Highness the Grandson." yes."

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang actually turned to look at Zhu Yunwen and asked, "Yunwen, are you willing to share my worries?"

Zhu Yunwen subconsciously looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang. Even he couldn't figure out what the emperor's plan was at this time.

He wanted to agree, but if he did, he would have to leave the capital.

It’s easy to go out to patrol the world, but how will you come back then? When will you come back?

Why don't you find a reason to get yourself out?

What's more, after he left, wouldn't it be possible for Uncle Eighteen to do whatever he wanted in the court?

How could he be willing to leave the political center?

In addition, he has now begun to vaguely supervise the country, and he is involved in many political affairs.

Zhu Yunwen hesitated.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. He was getting bored. He felt that Zhu Yunwen was good at everything and indeed inherited many of Zhu Biao's styles.

What you shouldn't do is be too indecisive.

If you go, go. If you don’t want to go, don’t go. If you want anything, just say it.

You are so taciturn there, can we still guess your thoughts?

I wanted to pave the way for him before, but now.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, turned around and continued to explain to Zhu Ming: "You kid, don't do anything wrong when you go out this time. Although we have given you Shang Fang's sword again, you can't do anything like killing first and showing off later."

Everyone was shocked when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang actually gave Shang Fang's sword to Zhu Zhen again.

Your Majesty is no longer secretive about his preference for the King of Dian?

Zhu Yunwen said in his heart, shall I leave?

"Also," Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "the sea is not peaceful now, and those Japanese pirates are really a headache. We send a large army to encircle and suppress them, and they flee in all directions. When the army retreats, they come out to invade the border again."

"Originally, our intention was to strengthen the walls and clear the country, and move all the people on the coast to the inland. But many people thought that we were afraid of mere Japanese pirates, and we just didn't want them to be plundered in vain."

Zhu Yuanzhang became angry as he spoke.

Because the coastline of the Ming Dynasty was very long, it could be said that all the way from the coast of Shandong to the Fujian area, it was impossible to prevent it.

That's why Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to make this decision.

As for the Guangdong and Guangxi regions and Hainan Island, they still belong to Lingnan. In ancient times, the Lingnan region was a backward place. Although there is only one word difference from Jiangnan, it is thousands of miles apart.

"You go over there to inspect the border defense situation," Zhu Yuanzhang explained the task to Zhu Ming, and said casually: "Originally, we asked your Uncle Tang to train troops. We should have let him go with you. It's a pity that you, Uncle Tang, I have just recovered and still need to rest. Alas."

He pretended to sigh.

Tang He immediately understood and said: "It is the duty of ministers to share the worries of His Majesty and the country. If Your Highness does not give up, my daughter Tang Xin is the true legacy of the veteran minister. Not only is she proficient in naval warfare, but she also understands how the navy is doing. Arrange the troops. It was my daughter who accompanied the old minister to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. Why not let my daughter accompany His Highness?"

"Very good," Zhu Yuanzhang agreed immediately.

Zhu Xun opened his mouth, but the two old foxes didn't give him a chance to speak.

Not to mention Zhu Zhen, all civil and military officials in the court were watching the two of them singing the double act.

What was the reason for the quarrel before? Almost everyone knows that you are going to package Tang Xin and Xu Miaojin together as wives for the King of Dian, so why go around so much?

"There is also Xu Da's little daughter Miao Jin. That girl and Chu'er have made great contributions on the grassland before. They kill enemies on the battlefield and they are no less than women. Let them go out with you this time. Chu'er, don't bully them," Zhu Yuanzhang winked at Zhu Chu.

Does that mean no bullying is allowed? Is that a reminder to bully him?

Zhu Chu laughed angrily, "Don't blink at me, I don't understand."

"Also, Peng Yue and Niu Sheng obey orders," Zhu Yuanzhang looked down.

Peng Yue and Niu Sheng looked at each other and stood there with some fear.

Unlike the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was not so servile. If no mistakes were made, all officials only had to stand and listen to the announcement, except on special occasions.

Such as morning court and retreat, such as receiving the imperial edict orally, or the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, etc.

Normally, there is no need to kneel down when seeing the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them and suddenly said, "Are you aware of your guilt?"

Peng Yue knelt down with a pop.

Niu Sheng was still in a daze when Peng Yue grabbed his arm and pulled him down.

"What's the matter? You stupid cow is still not convinced?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, pointed at the two of them, and said: "You think we don't know? You are already loyal to the King of Dian in private, right?"

Peng Yue lowered his head, his forehead soaked in cold sweat.

Niu Sheng was shocked and said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, how do you know?"

"How do I know? Is there anything in this world that I don't know?" Zhu Yuanzhang said and looked at Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming shrugged. In fact, he had known for a long time that since his own bodyguards were all imperial guards, his second brother's bodyguards would also be indispensable.

That Qian Shu is actually Jin Yiwei.

Not only Qian Shu, there are obviously other people in the army who shoulder the responsibilities of Jin Yiwei.

The same goes for Zhu Chu himself. At first, there were two people, Wang Fu and Li Gui, who were responsible for reporting Zhu Chu's every move at any time. They were afraid that he would imitate Zhu Shouqian, the king of Jingjiang, and commit many evil deeds as soon as he arrived in Yunnan.

Or maybe like Zhu Tan, he was a polite and virtuous corporal in the capital, but as soon as he arrived in the feudal territory, he immediately became a greedy and lustful person, even making elixirs and medicines to the point of eating himself to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also psychologically affected by these unfilial sons.

Even more, Zhu Ming also knew that in addition to Li Gui, there were Jinyi guards all over Yunnan, no less than a hundred of them.

It's just that the disguised identities of those Jin Yiwei are just ordinary people, and they are not as accessible to Zhu Chu's core secrets as Li Gui, so Zhu Chu is too lazy to find them all one by one.

And with this unit completely loyal to Zhu Zhen, he can already clearly know the identity of everyone.

There are at least five Jin Yiwei in the army.

During the Hongwu period, there was no East Factory, let alone West Factory. Zhu Yuanzhang relied on Jinyiwei to master all the information in the world. The number of Jinyiwei in the capital alone was probably tens of thousands. If we look at the whole world, after Zhu Yuanzhang was twenty or thirty The secret arrangement for the year, not to mention millions, must be hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

To put it bluntly, in the capital, you don't know which one is a Jin Yiwei, and even pedestrians on the street may be a Jin Yiwei.

Therefore, although the commander of the Jinyiwei, Jiang Gu, only held a second- or third-grade official position, his power could cover the sky with one hand. He was only responsible to Zhu Yuanzhang. He was a force directly under Zhu Yuanzhang and could not be commanded by anyone.

Of course Zhu Min knew how important this position was, so Li Gui must replace him in the future.

Far away.

Since Zhu Zhu knew that Lao Zhu's ears and eyes were astute, he was naturally not surprised by what happened just last night. Lao Zhu would know it right away. Don't talk about this, he used to live in the Xu family, and Lao Zhu could immediately know things that even Xu Da and the Xu family didn't know.

I am afraid that the Jin Yiwei's spies are all present in the noble houses, including the number of people in the palace arranged by Lao Zhu for Zhu Chu. I don't know how many of them are responsible for monitoring him.

It’s just that Zhu Zhen doesn’t care and doesn’t care.

But Peng Yue and Niu Sheng were really scared. They lowered their heads and knelt there, not daring to breathe.

The civil servants looked at each other, thinking that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they were all gearing up to take advantage of the opportunity to speak out.

But suddenly Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic and said: "Forget it, get up. We also know that you have followed Chu'er to fight on the grassland for more than half a year. With Chu'er's ability, whoever has followed him will not admire him?"

"Even Qu Neng, the Sichuan commander, was willing to stay in Yunnan and not go back. And that brat Mu Chun actually wanted to give up inheriting the title of Mu Ying Xiping Marquis and continue to follow him. Man said it was you, even My Jin Yiwei commander Jiang Yu also followed him on the battlefield, but he became his subordinate, how can it be unreasonable."

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be angry, glared at Zhu Ming, and questioned: "What is so good about your kid?"

All the civil and military officials looked at each other, why is something wrong? Why does this smell so weird?

Your Majesty, are you accusing me? Are you still praising me?

You might as well praise him to the heavens.

"Since you insist on following Chu'er, you simply don't need to return to Xi'an as a unit. In the past few days, you will replenish your troops at several guard posts in the capital, and soon you will follow Chu'er to patrol the world," Zhu Yuanzhang said with a big hand He commanded and directly transferred this unit from the Qin Prince's Palace to Zhu Zhen.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Isn't this too childish?

"But Your Majesty, this army is originally part of the Qin Palace, and the prince's title should be inherited by the prince's eldest son Zhu Shangbing. What should we do if there are no palace guards?" Someone raised an objection.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced sideways and said casually: "Wouldn't it be better to allocate another guard force?"

"But this army is all cavalry."

"Those are also the horses that Chu'er bought for them on the grassland. Do you really think they are cavalry?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

He himself is the emperor who conquers the world on horseback. How could he not know how valuable the cavalry is, especially a reorganized cavalry unit.

There were still people who refused to give up. It was Qitai, the Minister of War, who argued with reason: "But Your Majesty, please think twice. The forces under the command of the King of Dian alone now include more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Yunnan."

Zhu Chu himself has a guard station of 60,000, plus the more than 60,000 troops from Muchun, the Marquis of Xiping, to guard Kunming, this is 120,000. Don't forget Qu Neng's 50,000 army, plus the 50,000 troops he left behind. To the troops in Yongchang Prefecture, as well as the troops in Tengchong and Yingjiang.

Lin Lin summed it up and it was already over 200,000.

This is still a regular army unit, not people with military household registration at all.

"There are also three major commanders, Qu Neng, Wang Fu, and Zhao Kuo. Now, there are two major commanders, Peng Yue and Niu Sheng, as well as Xiping Hou Muchun and his brother commander Mu Sheng. Not to mention the former Duke Ying of Song Dynasty (Feng Guogong of Song Dynasty) Under the leadership of Sheng and Ying Guogong Fu Youde, the generals followed suit one after another."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you might as well hand over the Ming Dynasty directly to His Highness," Qi Tai didn't say he didn't know, but he listed them one by one, which was almost shocking.

Calculating that Qu Neng could lead an army of 50,000, the commanders of the five major capitals would be enough to lead an army of 250,000. Together with the brothers Mu Chun and Mu Sheng, there would be an army of 300,000.

If we add more than 300,000 cavalry in the Tatar steppe.

In addition, all the generals in the world must follow Zhu Chu's lead, and think about Zhu Yuanzhang's efforts to promote Zhu Chu's marriage, if even Tang and Xu Dukes were standing by his side.

Qitai took a deep breath, why did your majesty rebel?

Unknowingly, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to hand over all the Ming Dynasty's troops to Zhu Zhen quietly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Qi Tai with narrowed eyes, and suddenly regretted secretly, why did he let a civil servant serve as the Minister of War to contain the generals?

If Xu Da or Tang Hezhong were appointed as Minister of War, wouldn't there be less trouble?

"What? Do you have any objections?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a sneer: "Do you think I am asking for your opinions? Or do you think I am your puppet? Do you think this country is yours to decide? Why not? Are you going to be the emperor?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone knelt down and only Zhu Zhen stood there.

Even Zhu Yunwen knelt down.

This is not an unimportant statement.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone coldly, finally looked at Zhu Chu, and sneered: "Zhen'er, why don't you kneel down?"

Zhu Chu spread his hands and said: "I am not wrong, why do you kneel? I have no selfish motives, no selfish desires, and no personal interests. My political methods are for the stability of the country and for the unity of the local area and the nation. Erchen The purpose of fighting in all directions is to open up territory for the country. The purpose of developing crops is to feed the people of the world. Although I am not a great hero, I am definitely not a traitor. But some people are full of benevolence and righteousness. Morality, all I have in mind is business and selfishness. Apart from barking in this court, what else have I done? So I have long said that they are all dogs. If a dog bites a dog, I will I don’t want to be a dog.”

The civil servants raised their heads and glared at Zhu Zhen.

In fact, since last year, Zhu Zhen has been calling them dogs, and he whips them out every now and then. Is that interesting?

Zhu Ming sighed: "It's really boring. It seems like you go to morning every day, you seem diligent, and you seem to be taking care of everything. But in fact, aren't you just talking here all day long? How is this different from two aunts in Caishikou scolding each other?"

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched and he glared at Zhu Ming, "You guys are so rude, are you scolding me?"

Zhu Ming still looked neither salty nor humble nor arrogant, thinking to himself: "Actually, I really don't want to come to court. It's really boring. Wouldn't it be good for me to sleep more during this time? Wouldn't it be better to do more practical things? Is it? I, Li Shuran, the magistrate of Dali, is rotten, but a great Confucian. He walks upright and upright, and he troubles me every day. But the so-called "people of dawn" are all for the sake of keeping the people fed and clothed."

"Look at you again. It's nothing more than party struggle, nothing more than power, nothing more than personal interests. Do you know why my father gave me troops? Because of the Western Region."

"Xi'er," Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, shaking his head at him.

I have scolded you, but there are some things you should not say out loud now.

Zhu Ming sighed, suddenly a little disappointed. Is this the so-called pillar of the country?

They had no idea that Lao Zhu had given him this army, firstly, to sweep across the Jiangnan aristocratic families and wipe out those families with evil intentions, which required force.

Secondly, when patrolling the seaside, you may encounter Japanese pirates, which requires the strength of the army.

Third, Zhu Yuan had previously told Zhu Yuanzhang the information he had collected about Tubo and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but this time Zhu Yun was heading southwest, and his final destination was likely to be back. To Yunnan.

And Yunnan borders Tubo.

Once the Western Region fell into war, the so-called holy war even broke out.

Do we still want the court to prepare for three months before dispatching a large army?

Then it will be too late.

At that time, I'm afraid Zhu Ming will have to act cheaply.

With Zhu Chu's power in Yunnan, he could directly invade Tubo, and even cooperate with Shu King Zhu Chun. The two brothers captured Tubo together, and even invaded the Eastern Chagatai Khanate all the way.

This is the real strategic vision and layout.

But these people only thought that Zhu Yuanzhang favored them and that their power was growing, completely ignoring the real overall situation of the world.

This group of people would rather gradually decay and decline in the internal fighting, and would rather perish in decline than let Zhu Ming lead the Ming Dynasty to rise.

What a bunch of short-sighted guys.

After Zhu Yuanzhang stopped Zhu Zhen, he arranged some things that needed to be explained, and announced his withdrawal from the court.

The civil servants left with disappointed faces.

In the end, they still failed to stop Zhu Chu from inspecting the world. This was inspecting the world on behalf of the emperor, which was of great significance.

After Zhu Chu comes back from his inspection, I'm afraid things will really change.

But with the courage of Emperor Hongwu, he did not discuss it with you, but informed you unilaterally.

When Zhu Yunlin went out, he turned his head and looked at Zhu Ming's back deeply.

Uncle Eighteen, do you really want to drive your nephew to a dead end?

Then, don't blame your nephew for doing it as a last resort.

The change of seizing the door? Since there was a change in the Xuanwu Sect by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty in ancient times, I might as well give it a try today.

And in this kind of thing, it is better to strike first than to strike later and suffer disaster.

Gotta make preparations early.

(End of this chapter)