Ping An Biography

The cold air in Wuchang City is threatening, and it is getting closer and closer to the end of the year.Zhang Ning accepted the advice of his staff and organized a ceremony to worship ancestors. The gods should start with Zhu Bailiu, the great-great-grandfather of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Emperor Dezuxuan, followed by Zhu Sijiu, Zhu Chuyi, and several others. After the name is Taizu Zhu Chongba... This gave Zhang Ning an illusion that the ancestors in the flesh may be very fond of mathematics and have a certain preference for the calendar.

I think that the life of the Han people in the land of China was not as cheap as a dog, and Taizu's father was starved to death.The old man was in the spirit of the sky, and found out that today's emperor is actually an emperor, but he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

From the day of preparation, Zhang Ning, in order to show his piety, took a bath and fasted for eight or nine days.The so-called bathing fast, one is to wash and change clean clothes, and the other is not to eat meat, not to touch women, and to meditate for a period of time.That's what Zhang Ning did.

It's okay not to touch women. Zhang Ning hasn't touched a woman for a few months after he left Changde Mansion. It doesn't matter if he fasts or not.It's not that he doesn't want to, it's really embarrassing, he has issued three and five orders in front of him not to allow soldiers to rape | humiliate and hook up with local women from good families, and he gave Yao Erlang a hard reprimand for whoring | prostitution; Licentiousness seems to be detrimental to prestige.I used to rely on my hands, but after I fasted, out of respect for my ancestors, self|blasphemy was also banned... I have to lament the ancient values, the tradition of worshiping ancestors is still applicable to him as a modern person, and many things have not completely disappeared.

But the members of the Zhu family have great desires, and they have no intention of slandering the Taizu. There are indeed unofficial rumors that Zhu Yuanzhang had the experience of prostitutes when he was a monk.Later, the emperor who was as smart as Jiajing had a dissolute private life beyond words.Zhang Ning seems to have inherited this kind of blood, and the most unbearable thing about going out is that. [

After fasting for several days, he found that it was not that kind of thing that was most unbearable.After eating vegetarian for eight or nine days in a row, the mouth will fade out.

Eggs are also inedible, and oil is also meaty. At this time, there is no MSG, and the cooking skills of the army are not very good. There is only a little salt and pork in the vegetarian dishes. You can imagine what it tastes like.Zhang Ning's appetite dropped rapidly, and he found that not eating meat for just a few days was so uncomfortable and longing... He thought that there would be a day when he would see through the red dust in his life, and he would definitely not want to escape into Buddhism and become a vegetarian.

Tasty food and hunger, a difficulty so simple, yet unbearable.No wonder a group of recruits can survive being whipped every day, because they have enough food and meat to eat.But the reality is that most of the world in this era cannot eat meat every day. The kind of people who can eat meat every day are at least middle-class landlords... Zhang Ning feels that he should be lucky.

... After the sacrifice, Zhang Ning sat stretching his legs in a room in the government office, looking full of food and drink.There was a pile of bones on the table, ribs and fish bones, and several meat dishes had been messed up, most of which had been eaten.

He burped in a very vulgar way, and mny said: "Don't pour it out, it won't go bad in the cold weather now, serve it after warming it up at night, and now many people can't eat meat."

Life, needs and desires can be so simple, and he still revels in the beauty of delicious meals.The smell of spices such as kangaroo and star anise in the beef still lingers between the teeth; when the west can only use pepper called spice to avoid the smell of meat, there are already various matching spices here, and they are cheap.

At this moment, Zhu Heng, who had just walked to the door, heard Zhang Ning's words, and when he entered the room, he patted casually: "The prince is self-restrained and frugal, and he never forgets the people of the world. This is the blessing of the people."

Zhang Ning said: "The [-] to [-] elite soldiers of the imperial court in Jiangbei are right next to the couch, and there may be more people coming. Let's take care of this end first, and then it will not be too late to care about the subjects of the world."

Zhu Heng glanced at the soldier who was clearing the table, and the sergeant knew what he was doing, so he put down his work and went out first.At this time, Zhu Hengcai said: "I have talked with Zheng Xueshi, and he put forward some conditions: After the emperor re-enters David, the people around him cannot be changed without authorization, and the foreign ministers and scholar-bureaucrats cannot be prevented from accepting the emperor. Summoning... these things, I dared to agree to Zheng Qia; but there is one more thing, we need to prepare a batch of arms in advance and send them... I think the crown prince needs these things."

Zhang Ning put down the pure grain low-alcohol wine in his hand, and asked calmly, "How much do you want and where do you send it?"

"Five hundred matchlock guns, ten cannons, equipped with certain medicines, and twenty craftsmen from the Weapons Bureau." Zhu Heng said cautiously, "The arms were transported from the south of Changsha Mansion, which we recently occupied, to a certain place in the Mansion of Si Ji'an, the chief envoy of Jiangxi Province. At that time, there will be an envoy over there as a guide."

"Ji'an Mansion?" Zhang Ning remembered that there happened to be a pair of maps on the shelf at the back, so he got up to look for them by himself, and unfolded them on the table in front of the stage.However, this picture draws the farthest to the border between Changsha Prefecture and Jiangxi Province, and there is no location for Ji'an Prefecture.

Zhu Heng walked over and pointed to the southeast desktop where Changsha was located: "Probably in this place, one is that the journey is a bit far away, and the other is that we have no influence in Jiangxi territory, and along the way there may be people from Jiangxi Yuanzhou, Hengzhou, etc. The flank wexe of the local army."

"It's really difficult." Zhang Ning nodded.

Zhu Heng lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "The most important thing is what is this batch of arms used for? Since the emperor has agreed to go out of the mountain to regain the throne, it must not be necessary. Most likely the crown prince wants it... Could it be that he wants to raise troops in the south..."

At this point, Zhu Heng stopped, and he had no choice but to remind him that it would not be a good thing to talk too much, after all, Zhang Ning and the crown prince are brothers; if it gets bigger, it can give Zhu Heng a malicious severance between the brothers of the Zhu family. hat of.

Zhang Ning paced back and forth in the room, and both of them fell silent for a while.

Because he is a brother, he sent arms to the prince to take charge of the army... Isn't this making yourself unhappy?If the crown prince can really cause some troubles and accumulate a certain amount of strength, this matter will be troublesome.In the future, if the prince occupies the territory, since Zhang Ning is playing the banner of Jianwen, it will be very difficult for him to use force.

But if you think about the good, it is difficult to realize the prince's ambition, it depends on whether he is a character or not.Zhang Ning had never met Zhu Wenkui before, so he really didn't know how capable he was.Now the area south of Huguang is separated by the forces of the King of Han and the "King of Xiang". , the combat power may not be strong, but there are many people, not to mention that the government structure in Jiangxi and other regions has not been greatly damaged. [

Zhu Wenkui was jealous when he saw that he had succeeded in raising troops, and wanted to replicate the same incident?A smile flashed across Zhang Ning's face.That's fine, we can just wait and see how capable Zhu Wenkui is, so we can make mental preparations in the future.

"If they want arms, give them. Zhu Butang asked the Senate to draw up a feasible route and method." Zhang Ning said.

After hearing this, Zhu Heng agreed: "Alright, the most important thing right now is to let the emperor go out of the mountain, and other things can only be put on hold for the time being. This is a crucial step for people's hearts to stay together."

After discussing for a while, the two separated.Zhang Ning walked around the official office for a while, and climbed up to a two-story pavilion in the yard. He happened to be able to see the antique streets outside and the city's towers and waters.The classical city is like a scenic spot, but Zhang Ning feels that it is not so good when he sees it at the moment. The short-term good mood after eating and drinking just now is gone. When there are more worries and worries in his heart, he becomes impetuous up.

The next day, the staff of the Senate Department learned that Jianwen's matter had been settled, and they discussed the location of the "Imperial Palace".Zhu Heng suggested that it can only be called "Xinggong", because except for the capital and Nanjing, other places are not considered the foundation of Ming Dynasty. If a new capital palace is rashly established, people all over the world will think that the regime on Jianwenjun's side is not orthodox. .So everyone decided to call it Xinggong.

The location of the palace and the city that can issue edicts will be the center of the Suzaku Army. There are four places to choose from: Changsha, Changde, Yuezhou, and Wuchang.Both are important towns and rich places in Huguang.

At the beginning, some people thought that Changde or Yuezhou were more suitable, but there was a disadvantage. The water network around these two cities was complicated and they were located on the banks of Dongting Lake. I'm afraid it will become a paradise for spy activities, which is hard to guard against; it may also put some important people in unnecessary danger.

Changsha is too far away from where the army is active, so it is not suitable.The last Wuchang city could not be perfect, as it was still located on the bank of the Yangtze River and close to the battle line; once the battle was unfavorable and Wuchang was lost, the center would be finished.In the end, Zhang Ning came out to support Wuchang City. He said that this place is the foothold of the world. The Suzaku army cannot be driven out of this place, and no loss is allowed. Therefore, there is no room for retreat if the center is established here.

Wuchang City, where the former three divisions of Huguang was located, controlled the sixteen mansions.All the ministers believed that Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne here and had enough prestige to rule the land.

On the one hand, Zhang Ning personally ordered Zhou Mengxiong in Changde to send people to escort the arms to fulfill his promise to Jianwen.On the one hand, let Zhu Heng keep in touch with Zheng Qia, discuss and discuss the specific matters and etiquette preparations for welcoming Emperor Jianwen.

Before the end of the second year of Xuande, the men sent by Zhou Mengxiong had set off from Changsha, including those sent by the prince as guides and supervisors.Zhang Ning was impatient, and tried to persuade Zheng Qia to let Emperor Jianwen go to Wuchang as soon as possible... because he and many of his staff had a premonition that the follow-up troops of the Beijing camp would be transferred west. Gathering people's hearts and stabilizing the people's hearts as soon as possible, and mobilizing more military and material resources in the areas already occupied by Huguang, all of these are tied to a name that can really convince people.