I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 117 The Chilling Tianyu

Due to the inconvenient transportation and slow communication in ancient times,

Therefore, the ancients' political decrees were all calculated on a monthly basis, and the preparation time for a major battle would even be calculated on a yearly basis.

Therefore, even though both sides had made up their minds, the war was still delayed until 1361.

It's another year of harvest.

A large amount of grain was purchased by the government as military rations.

During this year, Zhu Yuanzhang stationed most of his troops in the prefectures and counties along the main transportation routes.

Many towns and villages that had been liberated were once again controlled by the resurgent landlord armed forces, and the farmers who had already been allocated land were completely reduced to tenants.

This information quickly spread to all the prefectures and counties controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang. The Propaganda Committee worked quickly to distribute newspapers printed on sugarcane paper to various prefectures and counties through post stations, and then they were read out by special propaganda committee members.

With a sense of shared hatred for the enemy, many people who hoped to defend their country also voluntarily joined the militia training.

That’s right, it’s to defend our country.

At this time, the people of the Ming Empire had already begun to develop a sense of national identity and were willing to work hard to protect the newly established country.

No one is willing to give up an endlessly comfortable life.

Unlike the Song Dynasty, which developed false prosperity through exploitation of the lower classes of people, today's Ming Empire makes the lower classes rich.

In the early days of the country, under the leadership of the first generation of leaders, all kinds of corruption and cruel policies had not yet emerged, and the people felt for the first time the benefits brought by the epoch-making political system.

With sufficient food reserves and efficient mining tools,
The Ming army, which originally had only 60 troops, rapidly expanded to one million in just one year.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the stage and looked at the soldiers below and shouted loudly:

"The Yuan Dynasty was corrupt and immoral, and people's hearts were divided. The whole country was in rebellion. At this time, the will of heaven is turning. Among the billions of people, the gods will descend to drive out the Tartars, restore China, establish laws and disciplines, and save the people!"

Many officers and soldiers raised their swords and roared:
"Drive out the Tartars and restore China! Establish rules and regulations to save the people!"

Zhu Yuanzhang drew his sword and pointed it at the ship on the Yangtze River, shouting:
"All soldiers, listen up! Get on board! Go upstream! Defeat the bandits Chen!"

"Here!"

"Turn around! Run~walk!"

Led by captains at all levels, a group of soldiers ran in an orderly manner towards the iron-clad warships on the Yangtze River.

Tianyu, who was watching the show on the city wall, smacked his lips and said:
"As expected, being a leader requires good eloquence, and the necessary bragging is still necessary."

Liu Bowen on the side twitched his lips.

This thing... was written by him.

If Zhu Yuanzhang's goal was to become an emperor, he would definitely have written something like "save the people from suffering and restore the dignity of Han officials" and "those who are willing to be subjects will be raised the same as the people of China."

Because this would reduce the resistance of the landlord class and the Mongolians.

After all, even among the Mongolians, only the nobles truly enjoyed themselves, while most of the lower-class people also lived a precarious life.

What they overthrew was the aristocracy of the Yuan Dynasty, and had nothing to do with the lower-class herdsmen.

Unfortunately, the Ming Empire did not intend to restore Han officials, but instead intended to promote the lower classes to rise up. This kind of rebellious thought is destined to win people over with virtue. Now the swords of the entire Ming army are engraved with a big word "virtue".

They were prepared to follow the example of Fan, Ma and Confucius in promoting new ideas, either by talking about reason or physics, and they had to let the other party choose one.

Liu Bowen turned to look at Tianyu and asked:

"Master Tianyu, don't you want to go and take a look?"

Tianyu waved his hand immediately after hearing this:

"No, no, I can't get involved in karma, it will shorten my life."

Are you kidding? Taiping and Caishi have already fallen and are no longer part of the territory of the Ming Empire. I can't be resurrected there. Only a fool would go there.

Liu Bowen beside him was very upset.

Cause and effect? ​​Shortened lifespan?
The current shape of the Ming Empire is largely due to you, and yet you are still standing here without getting involved?
Moreover, I heard from Zhu Yuanzhang that you looked like you were in your twenties more than ten years ago. Now I am almost an old man and you still look like this. How long do you have to live? I wish you a long life.

Liu Bowen coughed twice and asked Tianyu:
"Lord Land, aren't you worried about this expedition at all? You have to know that the Ming Empire is going to war with almost all of China's enemies at the same time."

Not only Chen Youliang, but also the defenders in Zhengzhou, Qingdao and other places who had been under siege also received orders to march out.

This seemed completely incredible to Liu Bowen.
He didn't know what trump card Tianyu had given Zhu Yuanzhang during this year, but even though the Ming Empire's troops had exceeded one million at this time, he didn't think it could go to war with so many forces at the same time.

You must know that at this time, the Ming Empire was the enemy of the whole world.

All places where farmers are not in charge will raise their flags to resist the invasion of the Ming Empire.

Because what Zhu Yuanzhang started was not a change of dynasty, what he started was (jie)(ji)(dou)(zheng), and there was no possibility of reversal.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's character, there was nothing wrong with being submissive in order to win.

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang had exchanged letters with the imperial court many times to ask for official positions.

But this time, Zhu Yuanzhang not only had a tough attitude, but was also full of confidence, without any sign of worry.

Thinking that this situation was the result of Zhu Yuanzhang's worried visit to Tianyu half a year ago, Liu Bowen was certain that it was Tianyu who gave Zhu Yuanzhang such an arrogant trump card.

Because relying solely on these newly trained naval forces would definitely not be enough to give Zhu Yuanzhang such confidence.

After hearing Liu Bowen's words, Tianyu narrowed his eyes, looked at the warships on the river and said with a smile:

"Old Liu, after seeing the prosperity of the world, it is difficult to return to a normal life. I am wondering when you can invent computers, the Internet and other things, and then develop a few 5A masterpieces for me to play with. So I want to create a relatively peaceful environment for the development of science as soon as possible."

Tianyu shook his head and sighed:
"Originally I thought I could use some means to quickly get you into the industrial revolution and the information revolution, but now it seems that this is not feasible, because I only have the finished product, not the process. It is not feasible to force the process. No matter how long I spend, I will not be able to play the game I want. But you know what? I suddenly found that the best mods among these mods are not necessarily industrial mods."

There was a gleam in Tianyu's eyes, and he kept chattering to Liu Bowen like an old man who had been depressed for a long time. The light in his eyes made Liu Bowen feel a chill.

Liu Bowen swallowed hard. He didn't understand what Tianyu was saying at all, but he always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the Lord God's thinking.

Tianyu smiled and patted Liu Bowen on the shoulder again.

Looking at the army going away, he grinned and muttered:
"Artisan Soul MOD, who would have thought this thing is a fantasy MOD, I thought he was just a blacksmith..."

Liu Bowen couldn't help but shudder when he saw Tianyu's gloomy expression. He didn't know why he suddenly wanted to mourn for a few seconds for Chen Youliang and others who were enemies of Tianyu.

(End of this chapter)