Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 554 Investigating the Firearm Issue
  Daning is located in the northeast, a remote and desolate area.

However, under Zhu Quan's rule, Daning showed no signs of desolation. The city was full of vitality, with peddlers and lively inns and shops everywhere.

The ground is paved with bluestone slabs.

The walls on all four sides are tall and majestic.

All this shows that Zhu Quan's governance in Daning was very successful. He was not the kind of vassal king who only knew how to fight without thinking, or who lived in confusion in his fiefdom.

Among the many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di and Zhu Quan were the best at fighting. Zhu Quan, the seventeenth uncle, was also good at strategy. Most of the peace in the Northeast and other places was maintained by them.

As for other vassal kings, compared with them, there is still a gap.

The fourth uncle Zhu Di and Zhu Xuan were at loggerheads. That was because Zhu Di felt that since all his brothers in front were dead and he was the eldest prince, and Yao Guangxiao was pushing behind him, he believed that his father should pass the throne to him.

The seventeenth uncle Zhu Quan treated Zhu Xuan quite well. As the seventeenth prince of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that no matter how the throne was arranged, it would not be his turn. It was better to be a vassal king who guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty.

Who will be the emperor in the future has nothing to do with him.

However, the relationship between Zhu Quan and Zhu Di was still good, so much so that he was later tricked by Zhu Di.

When Zhu Xuan entered the city, he thought of so many things quickly in his mind. After looking behind the city gate, he saw the tall, fighting and murderous soldiers.

They are not like the Han people. They are all foreigners in appearance and clothing.

When Yuan and Mongolia were expelled, many Mongolians were willing to surrender and were gradually recovered and assimilated by the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Daning was located in Liaodong, and Zhu Quan could easily recruit people from these places into his army.

They are more brave and good at fighting, not afraid of death, and are more suitable for fighting.

Zhu Quan assimilated them, merged them with Ming Dynasty, and became his own people.

"I heard that Seventeenth Uncle's Duoyan Guards are rare elites. Are you talking about them?" Zhu Xuan looked at the soldiers curiously.

"It's them."

Zhu Quan laughed and said: "It was not easy to conquer them back then. They were all brave in the army. When killing the enemy, they would always be at the front."

Zhu Xuan admired him: "Uncle Seventeen is so awesome!"

Zhu Quan shook his head and said: "No matter how powerful I am, I am still far inferior to you!"

He is indeed not as good as Zhu Xuan.

At such a young age, he expanded his territory, first conquered the small countries in the south, and then conquered them all. Then he went overseas to conquer, and fought until the small countries overseas had to kneel down and worship when they saw the Ming Dynasty flag.

Now they come to the northeast again and destroy Goryeo.

If my nephew is willing to fight, those Tatars in the north will have no choice but to beg for mercy and wait for death under the fire of muskets and artillery.

Zhu Quan asked himself that at this age, it was impossible for him to do so much. His little nephew was really a monster.

The eldest brother back then was already so powerful.

The eldest brother's younger son is even more powerful.

If the person who ascends the throne in the future is Zhu Xuan, Zhu Quan will be convinced. They just don't accept Zhu Yunwen, that loser.

They walked through the long streets and saw prosperity on both sides of the road.

Zhu Xuan added: "Uncle Twenty has managed Daning really well."

"With better governance, I can live more comfortably in Daning."

Zhu Quan smiled.

Arrive at Prince Ning’s Mansion.

Zhu Quan quickly ordered his servants to entertain Zhu Xuan well, bring all the tea and snacks, and asked Zhu Xuan again.

Zhu Xuan told everything.

Zhu Quan sighed inwardly when he heard that Zhu Xuan destroyed Goryeo so easily.

A good country will be gone if you say no.

He wondered if his nephew existed specifically to destroy the country.

"Goryeo deserves it, but Xiao Yunxuan, if you destroy the country at will, my father will not be angry if he knows about it, right?"

"Korea is one of the countries that our Ming Dynasty did not conquer." "When you go back to Yingtian, Xiao Yunxuan should pay attention."

"The ministers in the DPRK will definitely take this opportunity to impeach you."

Zhu Quan reminded.

Zhu Xuan didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "Don't worry, Seventeenth Uncle. If I dare to do this, I won't be afraid of being impeached. By the way, I'm in Liaodong. I heard that the Tatars and Jurchens are coming in and are constantly invading our Ming Dynasty and pulling the battle lines together." It’s very long, Uncle Seventeen, are you okay here?”

"Of course it's okay."

Zhu Quan had calmed down the war situation on the border long ago. Those Tatars and Jurchens invaded the Ming Dynasty mainly because they were deceived by Zhu Di. Now they found that they could not defeat the Ming Dynasty, so they had to withdraw their troops and go back. They lost a lot of troops, food and grass, etc., and consumed a lot of money. Huge, he didn’t dare to come again in a short time, and continued: “If something happens, I can’t sit here and chat with you.”

He is still very confident and does not take those Tatars seriously.

With the military strength of Ning Fan and the military strength of the Liaodong Dusi garrison, it would not be difficult to repel the enemy.

Zhu Xuan reassured: "It'll be fine."

The war on the border of Ming Dynasty calmed down like this.

Wars come and go quickly.

Probably the enemy had tasted the power of firearms and had to retreat in disgrace.

"correct!"

Zhu Xuan remembered something and asked deliberately: "Are all the firearms in Uncle Seventeen's army still there?"

He had no doubt that the firearms of the unknown unit came from Ning Fan.

But since I have come here, it is still appropriate to ask questions as usual.

"They're all here."

Zhu Quan didn't quite understand why Zhu Xuan asked like this.

But firearms were the most important strategy of the Ming Dynasty and were very important to the army.

Now the Ming Dynasty officials no longer allow private ownership of gunpowder. Once discovered, one will be jailed.

The firearms of the border troops cannot be lost casually.

Zhu Quan guessed that Zhu Xuan was asking this question, whether he was asking his father on purpose, and said: "If little Yunxuan doesn't believe it, I will take you to the weapons warehouse and the border defense line to have a look."

He even felt that Zhu Xuan was afraid of their vassal king, right?

Since ancient times, vassal kings who hold military power have been easily feared by the monarchs who sit in the imperial capital.

In other words, Lao Zhu felt that he was a family member, brothers fighting, father and son fighting in battle, allowing the vassal king to have three guards of soldiers, and allowing the border vassal kings to have military power.

"Uncle Seventeen is too sensitive."

Zhu Xuan didn't understand what he was thinking, and added: "I just encountered a strange thing. Uncle Seventeen was in Daning. He should have heard that an unknown army appeared north of Liaodong Dusi, right?"

He briefly told Zhu Quan about the unknown unit.

"really?"

Zhu Quan was shocked when he heard this.

Of course he knew about that unknown unit.

But recently I have been busy dealing with the Tatars and Jurchens, busy with wars, and have no time to inquire about relevant information.

They could actually possess firearms, not only Dingshan River, but also rifles, then things became serious.

"Where did their firearms come from?"

Zhu Quan frowned.

"I guess it's our Ming Dynasty border army."

Zhu Xuan looked at Zhu Quan and said calmly: "It may be the weapons lost outside by our frontier troops. What does Uncle Seventeen think?"

He asked this question to Zhu Quan.

(End of this chapter)