Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 148: I can also reduce rent and interest rates!
After hearing this, Hua Yun naturally accepted these Mongolian cavalry.

Because these Mongolian armored cavalry are well-trained elites.

The cost of cavalry training has always been very high, and many of the key points are learned from practicing cavalry and archery since childhood.

In short, these Mongolian cavalry coming to surrender will be equivalent to a special force of marine tanks coming to surrender in future generations.

Therefore, it was impossible for Hua Yun not to take her in.

After all, for the rebels, it was just a few more pairs of chopsticks.

When Tang He was developing along the canal, he also encountered a large number of elite Yuan soldiers from Jiangbei on the ship who took off their armor and asked to surrender, and also accepted many of the surrendered soldiers, including many well-trained naval forces of the Yuan Dynasty.

Just like in history, when Tuotuo was deposed and a large number of Yuan soldiers in Gaoyou and Huaiyang took the initiative to surrender to the rebels with their horses and ships because they were disappointed with the Yuan court, in this life, many Yuan soldiers took the initiative to join their horses and ships to surrender.

It's just that in this life, in addition to Zhang Shicheng, these Yuan soldiers chose to surrender to the rebels sent by Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Shicheng was naturally very angry about this and said: "This Zhang Cheng, how could he have guessed that Tuotuo was going to be dismissed as prime minister? He also guessed that after Tuotuo was dismissed as prime minister, the Yuan army would be in chaos and abandon Hu Yuan, so he sent people in advance. Come here to develop, if he didn’t do this, these elite Yuan soldiers would have no choice but to surrender to us!”

In fact, the people in power in the Yuan Dynasty during this period did not take these elite Yuan soldiers who stayed in Jiangbei seriously. They still only considered their own power struggle.

Duo'er only used the grain and grass that went to the countryside to clean up, because he not only had to honor the emperor and the dignitaries of the capital, but also ensure the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers along the river and south of the Yangtze River. Even the Yuan soldiers of the officers and soldiers along the river and south of the Yangtze could only guarantee half pay, so that was Yuan soldiers in Jiangbei cannot be guaranteed.

Therefore, Emperor Yuan Shun asked this question at this time.

Just like in history, the dynasties behind him are still making the same mistakes.

After Zhang Shixin persuaded him from the side, Zhang Shicheng's expression softened slightly: "I know, I just feel so angry!"

The Yuan Dynasty was no exception, and it was impossible not to make such mistakes just because we knew the lessons of history.

Emperor Yuan Shun began to really worry that Tuotuo would rein in his troops and march north.

This is not new in the late dynasties of the past. That is, the regular officers and soldiers who originally suppressed the rebel army joined the rebel army in droves, causing the rebel army, which was originally composed of farmers, to suddenly explode in combat effectiveness. There are a large number of regular cavalry, as well as a large number of middle and lower-level officers with rich command and detective experience.

And because of this.

But Duo'er only didn't care about the Yuan soldiers in Jiangbei. He still reported to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would ask Zhongshu Province to send officials to raise food for the Yuan soldiers in Jiangbei. After all, although Tuotuo was dismissed as prime minister, Tuotuo The hundreds of thousands of troops remaining in Huaiyang cannot be ignored.

And it's obvious.

Hama replied at this time: "Not yet."

Tuotuo's dismissal as prime minister caused a large number of Yuan soldiers to abandon the Yuan Dynasty, and even many Mongolians, as the main ethnic group, abandoned the Yuan court. The fundamental reason was that its internal class contradictions had long been acute, and Tuotuo's dismissal as prime minister was just a trigger. Just a fuse.

However, Hama and other political opponents of Tuotuo did not raise food for the Yuan soldiers in Jiangbei. Instead, they had people deliberately reveal the news of Tuotuo's dismissal as prime minister to the armies in Jiangbei, and asked people to report that Zhongshu Councilor Gong Bosui wanted to persuade Tuotuole troops went north.

Therefore, when Pingzhang Yikuochar, who was still in the Jiangbei army, had to take the initiative to ask for food for the Jiangbei rebels because Zhongshu Province had not allocated food, Emperor Yuan Shun directly chose to ignore it and let him go. Hama, the rebel political enemy of Zhongshu Province, put Jiangbei Yuan soldiers in a state of food shortage.

Emperor Yuan Shun asked: "Has Xuexue reached Jiangbei?"

After hearing this, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty ordered Gong Bosui to be arrested and sent to Beijing, and finally Gong Bosui was executed for this.

After all, he did not trust the Tuotuo Party, so he allowed Hama's younger brother Xuexue to gain military power.

"Brother, please calm down. We still rely on Chuzhou to provide weapons and equipment. We cannot become enemies because of this."

Xue Xue Nao Hama's younger brother has now been appointed as a Privy Councilor and is responsible for succeeding Tuo Tuo and controlling the armies south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River.

Zhongshu Zuocheng Wugu Sun Liangzhen couldn't stand it, so he had to report to Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, if this continues, the Jiangbei army may harm the people due to lack of food, which will make the thieves even more rampant! Even, There may be a lot of warriors turning into thieves!”

"When Xuexue arrives, let him report truthfully on the food shortage situation in Jiangbei."

Emperor Yuan Shun said.

Wugu Sun Liangzhen said: "Your Majesty, it will be too late when Xuexue arrives! Aren't Your Majesty worried that Xuexue is delaying deliberately so as to force many soldiers and horses in Jiangbei to join the thieves and then join Tuotuo again?!"

"Your Majesty, our Yuan soldiers never lack loyal warriors!"

"I also believe that most of the soldiers in Jiangbei are loyal warriors!"

"Therefore, Your Majesty, please do not believe what Zuo Cheng said to slander his younger brother, and beware that Ikuochar and others used the lack of food as an excuse to ask the court for more food, and then obtained enough satisfaction to kidnap Tuotuo and march north to admonish the troops. of grain.”

Hama retorted at this time. After hearing this, Emperor Yuanshun was more willing to believe Hama's point of view.

Because he was more worried that Tuotuo would send troops north to seize his power.

Therefore, Emperor Yuanshun said: "It's better to wait until Xuexue arrives."

Wugu Sunliangzhen couldn't help but close his eyes and sigh.

It happened that at this time, Sangge Shili came to report: "Your Majesty, Duo'er only came to report that Zhu Yuanzhang's bandit army has captured Yuxikou and Zhenjiang has fallen! In addition, the armies in the north of the Yangtze River were in chaos, and a large number of soldiers and horses came from thief!"

Emperor Yuan Shun suddenly raised his head after hearing this.

Seeing this, Wugu Sunliangzhen had to say again: "Your Majesty, the current situation is critical, you must think about your ancestors' future!"

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Wugusun Liangzhen was still kneeling on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, please restore the Tuotuo phase to calm the hearts of the people of the country!"

Emperor Yuan Shun said nothing.

Only after a while.

Emperor Yuan Shun asked: "How is Tuotuo now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Tuotuo is still in Huai'an."

Hama replied.

"Why is he still in Huai'an?!"

Emperor Yuan Shun suddenly asked this question with a serious expression and left the hall, ignoring Wugu Sunliangzhen who was kneeling on the ground.

Therefore, Hama called Sang Gesili to his home and said, "Let Yuan Saiyin not go to court and say that Tuotuo's treatment is too light!"

"Why?"

"Because this is His Majesty's wish!"

"Your Majesty thinks Tuotuo is still alive!"

"As long as Tuotuo is alive, His Majesty can't worry about foreign affairs, so whether it's for ourselves or for the sake of my country, Tuotuo must die!"

Hama gritted his teeth as he spoke and said: "He Tuotuo should understand that it is not me who tolerates him, but His Majesty! If he does not die, it will lead to the instability of our Great Yuan Dynasty!"

"That's what he said!"

Sango Minori nodded.

Hama continued: "First of all, I suggested that he be demoted to Yunnan and killed in the border areas. This is better than killing him in Huai'an, so as not to cause a greater shock and make more soldiers and horses surrender to the thieves."

"Yes!"

So, soon after, Tuotuo was demoted to Yunnan.

After Tuotuo arrived in Yunnan, someone sent by Hama brought a glass of poisonous wine and said to Tuotuo: "Your Majesty has decreed that you drink this wine! In addition, the Xuanhui envoy (Hama) asked me to tell you, It’s not him who really wants you to die, it’s His Majesty! So, blame him when you go down!”

Tuotuo knew that this was poisonous wine. After hearing what the man said, he didn't say anything, let alone resist. Instead, he knelt down and said yes. After taking the poisonous wine, he only sighed to himself: "The traitor is ruining the country!"

As Tuotuo said this, he looked up to the sky and shouted: Your Majesty, I hope that after my death, you can rest assured and eradicate all traitors and take our country, the Great Yuan Dynasty, as your top priority! "

After saying this, Tuotuo drank the poisoned wine and died soon after.

After Emperor Yuan Shun found out, he laughed and read again the memorial that Duo'er had given him in the past, asking him to recruit Zhang Shicheng:

"According to the memorial! In addition, we have issued an internal fund of 100,000 taels of silver to purchase grain and labor for the army, and also issued an edict to reduce the rent by 10% on the grounds that the private rent in the world is too heavy."

"I want the world to know that those who can win the hearts of the people by reducing rents and interest rates are not the only ones who can do this!"

After Emperor Yuan Shun said that, he continued to read the copy of "China News" that was only sent by Duo'er and was sandwiched in the memorial.

(End of this chapter)