Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 197 Southwest Aid Liaoning
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There is less frost and snow this winter, and the twelfth lunar month is tired of heavy fur...

Accompanied by a bang, a strong city in Guinan mountain area was knocked down, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers poured into the city, kicked down the rebels' flag, planted the Great Ming banner, and announced the city's changed hands.

This day was the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, and the city was captured by a counter-rebel army composed of five troops including Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou.

This is Qingyan City, where the rebels are firmly defending Guinan. The capture of this city means that the scope of the rebels' movement has been reduced to a thousand miles.

"It's not a lot of rice, it's all old rice. It seems that the rebel army has become unsustainable."

In the grain depot of Qingyan City, Sun Chuanting rubbed the old rice in his hands, and explained to Hong Chengchou, Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, and Cao Wenzhao who were beside him.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou took a step forward, glanced at Chen Mi and said:

"It's a pity that Long Live and His Highness's dispatch orders have already arrived, otherwise we can wipe out the rebels at most next summer with only our five troops."

When Hong Chengchou said what he said, the other four also nodded in agreement.

"Taking Qingyan City, we also suffered a lot of casualties. Right now, we should report the casualties first, and then wait for the Mu Buzheng of Anshun to lead the troops to change defenses, and then the army can go to aid Liao."

Yang Wenyue opened his mouth and told the truth about the current army.

After winning Shuixi City, Zhijinguan, Anshun Prefecture, Yongning Prefecture, Qingyan City and other places one after another, the five armies of [-] soldiers and horses lost more than [-] casualties.

Right now, there are only more than [-] soldiers in the five armies, and the three armies including Qin Liangyu, Sun Yingyuan, and Ma Xianglin also suffered heavy casualties.

"Three days ago, Governor Zhu joined forces with Wang Sanshan and Mrs. Qin and captured Duyun Mansion. The rebel leaders An Bangyan and Song Wanhua fled to Danxing Division and Liudong Division."

"I heard that they also suffered a lot of casualties." Wu Aheng frowned and said, but Cao Wenzhao immediately denied:
"It's not that serious. Governor Zhu and the others had more than [-] troops after they joined forces, and lost [-] to take Duyun Mansion."

"Sun Zongbing and Ma Zongbing in the south also took over Dushan Prefecture, and the loss was no more than a thousand people."

"Jin Yiwei came to report that the current strength of the rebel army is less than [-]."

After all, Cao Wenzhao is Zhu Youjian's direct descendant, and he was the first to know the news about the five troops in Mali, so his explanation gave everyone a situation that could be better analyzed.

Sun Chuanting sprinkled the old rice in his hand back into the rice bag, patted the rice ash on his hands, and then said:

"That is to say, even if the eight troops including us are withdrawn, Governor Zhu still has nearly [-] regular soldiers in his hands."

"From this point of view, it is estimated that the rebel army will be suppressed by the end of next year."

"The imperial court's reward should only be awarded after we enter Beizhili." Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously very concerned about the imperial court's reward.

The others didn't say anything when they saw him like this. After all, Hong Chengchou's achievements on paper were much better than theirs.

Among the five, Hong Chengchou hardly captured the rebels in the first one, and everyone knows that it is tricky.

Since the She'an Rebellion was put down, Hong Chengchou's troops have had a total of more than [-] beheads. Compared with him, Sun Chuanting's troops, who fought more, only had more than [-] beheads.

As for the other three, there are even fewer. Therefore, if the Southwest discusses the merits, it must be the merits of the head of state Zhu Xie, followed by Hong Chengchou, followed by Sun Chuanting, and finally ranked down one by one.

As far as the strength of the various ministries and their military exploits are concerned, it is not surprising that they can even jump to the fourth or even fifth rank.

More importantly, after arriving in Beizhili and being rewarded and promoted, they still need to rush to Liaodong.

Almost everyone knew that the She'an Rebellion was just a minor disturbance, and that the upcoming Liaodong War was a battle in which Ming had accumulated national strength for three years.

If they also achieved outstanding results in the Battle of Liaodong, then it would be a matter of course for them to enter the six departments and five temples, or even the governor and governor of a province.

Everyone is not a fool. They know that the reason why King Qi mobilized them to the battlefield so frequently is because Liaodong really needs generals and soldiers who are proficient in mountain warfare, and the second is about the issue of Beijing officials after the Liaodong War.

Qi Wang Zhu Youjian was at odds with civil servants, which is well known throughout the world.

If there is someone who can replace the Beijing official, they all believe that Zhu Youjian will replace his own person in that position without hesitation.

However, there will not be too many positions, because they are too young at the moment. According to the tradition of Daming, it is basically impossible to be a minister or join the cabinet.

In this way, their position should be left and right servants.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou was evaluating his opponent in his heart, no matter how he estimated, he still believed that his opponent was Sun Chuanting.

Although Sun Chuanting's soldiers and horses are damaged, there are still about [-] soldiers, while Hong Chengchou only has [-] soldiers left.

As far as soldiers and horses are concerned, he is far inferior to him, and the only thing he can beat is merit.

But the problem is, why Hong Chengchou's own merits and beheadings are so high, in fact, he knows better than anyone else.

kill prisoners...

"Everyone, prepare to raise food and fodder. Although this time the army is going down the Yangtze River and then transported northward, the food and fodder needed for the expensive road still needs to be provided by ourselves."

Just as Hong Chengchou was weighing, Sun Chuanting suddenly opened his mouth and said:
"I still have two hundred and sixty thousand taels of unused silver in my hand. If any of my colleagues are short of food, money and food, you can ask me to borrow it."

"Hehe, Your Highness has given you a lot of money, and it hasn't been used up yet." Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng smiled heartily, and Sun Chuanting also smiled wryly:

"This is also..."

They have been fighting together for more than a year, and they dare not say that they have a good relationship, but there is a tacit understanding in many things.

In addition, the money given by Zhu Youjian is indeed a lot, so it is normal that the ministries have not spent it all.

After laughing, the five of them took their leave one after another and went back to their barracks to rest.

Qingyan City fought for a full ten days, and everyone kept their spirits tensed.

Now that they can finally relax, they are naturally rushing to rest.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting also bid farewell, but Cao Wenzhao, who was the last to leave, walked out of the grain depot and saw his younger brother Cao Wenyao.

Cao Wenyao watched the four civil servants come out with his own eyes, and naturally saw their respective expressions, so he said to Cao Wenzhao:

"Brother, I think that Hong Bingbei seems to have something on his mind..."

"Aside from seeking an official, what else is on your mind." Cao Wenzhao explained while taking off his armor, and finally said:

"It's good to seek an official. Only with this kind of mind can he be used by His Highness."

Cao Wenyao helped his elder brother take off his armor, and incidentally said:

"I heard that His Highness is fighting thieves in Henan. If we leave early and walk fast, maybe we can meet His Highness in Henan."

"Maybe..." Cao Wenzhao shook his head.

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"Prince Tang Zhu Shuoyin, together with the Tang Palace, celebrate the arrival of King Qi!"

"Sorry..."

On the twenty-fourth day, Zhu Youjian celebrated his thirteenth birthday, and arrived at Nanyang Mansion on his birthday while soldiers and horses were being mobilized from various places.

When the wind and snow were blowing, Zhu Youjian and his party entered Nanyang County, the prefecture of Nanyang Mansion, and Baiqi stood at the gate of Tang Wang's Mansion, and was welcomed by the entire Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian, who was riding on horseback, got off his horse and glanced at the Tang Fan people in front of him.

It has to be said that the life expectancy of the Tang clan is perhaps the most normal among the clans, and therefore, the current old Tang king is equal to the "thick" generation of the Yan clan in terms of seniority.

Both Zhengde and Jiajing of the same generation have already turned into dust, but the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin lived quite energetically.

Dressed in the prince's regular clothes, even at the age of sixty, it is not difficult to see his healthy body.

Behind him, there are five or six county kings aged from forty to thirty, and below them are more than a dozen princes who are mostly in their teens.

The prince is surrounded by princesses, county lords, and suzerain vassals with hundreds of people in three uniforms.

It is not difficult to see from this that the population of the Tang Dynasty was not prosperous, and because the princes of the Tang Dynasty were in good health, most of the legitimate sons died before they could live to be hereditary.

As far as the present is concerned, the Tang prince's son is not a descendant, but a Zhu Qiqi who is a concubine...

Zhu Youjian glanced at a county king who was the oldest but very pale, and then returned the salute to Zhu Shuoshui and said:
"This is the son of Prince Tang, right?"

"Ah... Exactly." Hearing Zhu Youjian mention Zhu Qiqi, Zhu Shuoshui's face was a little unnatural, then he turned sideways and said in a very flat tone:
"Yi'er, I haven't come up to meet His Royal Highness King Qi..."

Seeing his father's order, the pale Zhu Qiqi stepped forward slowly, bowed slowly, and said in a weak voice:

"Zhu Qiqi, the son of Prince Tang, has met His Royal Highness King Qi..."

In terms of character generation, most of the people here are older than Zhu Youjian's character generation, but they all chose to avoid character generation to welcome the king of Qi who holds military power.

Zhu Qiqi's weakness is obvious to others, and Zhu Youjian also knows why.

Maybe many people don't know Zhu Qiqi, but if you mention his son, Zhu Yujian, Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, many people will have an impression.

Now it is the second year of Tianqi, and as early as the [-]th year of Wanli, the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin was in the wind beside his concubine, and began to hate Zhu Qiqi and his son.

Later, in the [-]nd year of Wanli, after the concubine gave birth to her youngest son, she began to confuse the old Tang king Zhu Shuoshui again, and Zhu Shuoshui also made up his mind to secretly imprison Zhu Qiqi and his son in the court of the palace, trying to starve them to death. .

At that time, Zhu Qiqi was thirty-six years old, Zhu Yujian was only twelve years old, and his younger brothers were also young.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiqi was kind to Zhang Shutang, a small official of the palace in the early years, and Zhang Shutang did not forget his kindness, and secretly helped deliver some brown rice, which saved the lives of Zhu Qiqi and his son.

Later, the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin forgot about this matter, so Zhu Yujian and his son survived for eight years in the prison cell.

If it hadn't been for Zhu Youjian's arrival, perhaps they would still be kept in prison cells, and they would not be released until eight years later, when Zhu Qiqi was dying, and was poisoned to death by his younger brother who was eager to seize the Tang Dynasty's throne in the second year of Chongzhen.

Zhu Qiqi was poisoned to death, and the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin planned to make his concubine's son the eldest son, and also wanted to cancel the status of Zhu Yujian's grandson.

As a result, when Chen Qiyu, a local official, mourned Tang Shizi, he warned the old Tang king that the cause of his death was unknown, and if he rashly changed the hereditary candidate, the court might blame him in the future.

The old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin was afraid that Japan and France would pursue him, so he hurriedly made Zhu Yujian his "grandson". In the same year, the old Tang king also passed away, and Zhu Yujian also stepped onto the stage of history.

However, in the seventh year on the stage of history, the Qing army besieged the capital, and Zhu Yujian ignored the patriarchal clan to lead the army, and was captured by Chongzhen and imprisoned in the high wall of Fengyang.

After that, he was imprisoned for another seven years, and was not released until the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the life fate of Zhu Qiqi and his son was very rough.

As the father, Zhu Qiqi was imprisoned for [-] years during his [-]-year life, and as the eldest son, Zhu Yujian was imprisoned for [-] years during his [-]-year life.

The father and son can be regarded as the slightly capable father and son in the Ming clan, and Zhu Youjian has been paying attention to them since a long time ago.

From the time when Sun Chuanting went south to serve as a soldier in Bijie, Zhu Youjian reminded Sun Chuanting to come to Tang Palace to investigate.

But at that time, his strength was too weak, and the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin found an excuse to prevaricate Sun Chuanting sent by him.

However, the situation is different now, the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin lowered his head, and brought out the hated Zhu Qiqi and his son to welcome Zhu Youjian's arrival.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian also rarely opened his mouth and said:
"The prince of the Tang Dynasty is a talented person. He must be able to take on the burden of managing the Tang Dynasty after the old Tang Dynasty has lived for a hundred years."

"..."

At Zhu Youjian's words, everyone in Tang Fan looked at him in surprise, and the pale Zhu Qiqi opened his mouth in disbelief, hesitant to speak.

Only the old Tang King Zhu Shuoshui's face was not good-looking, so he could only bite the bullet and said with an embarrassed smile:

"Hehe, I have inherited the auspicious words of King Qi..."

Zhu Youjian's words are in a disguised form saying that he remembered Zhu Qiqi, and his remembering has a greater meaning.

We all know that Zhu Youjian has Jinyiwei under his command, and after the reorganization of Jinyiwei, he is responsible for collecting intelligence from all over the world.

In other words, Zhu Youjian actually knew about the internal affairs of Tang Fan.

Since he knew it, it was hard to say whether he was beating the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin if he still said this sentence.

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin had a bad expression.

As for the reason why Zhu Youjian wanted to do this, the first reason is to cherish talents, and the second reason is to use this to make Zhu Shuoshui have to find a way to balance that he wants his youngest son to be the king of Tang.

What is this way?Without him, overseas is just a domain.

Therefore, after the ceremony, Zhu Youjian brought Baitiqi and Lu Wenzhao into the Tang Palace together, and entered the Chengyun Hall, where he sat on the left and right sides of the hall with the old Tang King Zhu Shuoyin.

"His Royal Highness Tang knows about the feudal domain overseas, right? How does His Royal Highness Tang feel about this matter?"

Sitting in the seat, Zhu Youjian didn't talk too much nonsense, but chose to ask Zhu Shuoyin straight to the point.

After all, on the road of Zhu Youjian's visit to the kings, there is no temptation for the vassal kings to refuse to be entrusted to a rich land, and to have the soldiers, horses, and autonomy of the vassal state.

Their only concern is whether the place they want to entrust is rich or not.

Once they are determined to be wealthy overseas, they will also take the initiative to choose to settle overseas without Zhu Youjian asking.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that staying in the country is waiting for death.

The two brothers Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao are obviously determined to abolish the feudal vassals in the Ming Dynasty. If they don’t choose to become a vassal when they have capital, they will probably face the end of being locked up.

Therefore, when Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, the old Tang king Zhu Shuoyin also asked the same question as other kings, that is, whether overseas is really so rich.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian's answer is:

"Whether you are rich or not, if His Highness is worried, you can send someone close to you three years later to sail to the West with the Huangdian ship."

"However, there are only a few overseas rich and rich lands, and most of the areas are still barren lands. Therefore, the rich and rich lands must be snatched by the kings."

"As for how to snatch it? Naturally, it will not be a fight between the feudal clans, because Gu and Long Live will prohibit the feudal clans from fighting overseas."

"The so-called robbing is to see how many places can be conquered by the soldiers and horses rented by each of them."

"For example, the king of Zhou has already promised that if there is a rich overseas land, he will lease tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and then invite several battalions to defend the kingdom."

As soon as Zhu Youjian spoke, the old Tang king Zhu Shuoshui frowned.

As a veteran vassal king, Zhou Fan is the largest vassal in the world, this is an indisputable fact.

Although Tang Fan is not bad, he can only rank in the top ten at most, and his position is only in the seventh or eighth place.

If the powerful vassals in front seized a large amount of rich land, then what was left to the other vassals and county kings would only be mediocre or even wild lands.

As Zhu Youjian expected, Zhu Shuoshuang also has his own thoughts.

Because there are more than [-] county kings in Ming Dynasty, which means that as long as the county king can afford to rent troops and horses and move the population, then the county king can also become a feudal clan overseas.

As a result, Zhu Shuoshui started thinking.

Although he can't support his youngest son as the king of Tang, he can use the money from the Tang Palace to lay down a big territory for his youngest son.

But the problem is that he is a bit older now, and he is not sure how long he can live.

Therefore, compared with other feudal vassals, Zhu Shuoyin still has another concern, that is, how many years it will take to settle the feudal matter...

"This is about Fan. How long would it take to transport people from Daming to Tianzhu?"

Zhu Shuoyin asked cautiously, and the object of the inquiry was indeed the place in South Asia.

After all, for the vassals, the South Asian Peninsula in their impression is a Buddhist country, and there should be no poverty.

Regarding his inquiry, Zhu Youjian also said:

"If you start from Guangdong, it will take three months to go to the east coast of Tianzhu, and it will take three and a half to four months to go to the west coast."

"Currently, the Tianjin Huangdian Shipyard of Yumajian has been able to manufacture a [-]-material merchant ship for long-distance sea voyages. If the [-]-material merchant ship is modified, it can accommodate [-] people."

"The cost of such a ship is only more than four thousand taels of silver. In the future, for Ming's trade, at least hundreds or thousands of ships will be needed."

"Therefore, Your Highness does not need to worry that there will not be too many Han family children transported there after the relocation."

"As long as the territory is laid down, and then the fields are distributed, with tens of acres or even hundreds of acres per person, and food and farm tools, even if only [-] people go, they can also be deployed to form several battalions of soldiers and horses."

"What's more, there are still a lot of people in the area, and the population of Tianzhu is even larger than that of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youjian is drawing cakes for Zhu Shuoshui. After all, on paper, the population of the Mughal Empire and the southern Deccan Plateau is indeed more than that of Daming.

But if Daming is counted as a hermit, then...

"As far as the clan is concerned, my Tang clan is rare, and I can't let them become ordinary people to farm, but Gu can promise His Royal Highness that if the overseas is really rich enough to be a clan, then the Tang clan is willing to raise the clan to move overseas."

"However, if it is really possible to surrender the feudal domain, His Highness must promise to transfer three guards and horses to open up the territory for the Tang feudal clan."

After all, Zhu Shuoxi did not escape Zhu Youjian's big cake, and he really calculated how many soldiers and horses Tang Fan's financial resources could support.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "This is natural. After three years, the number of Shangzhi Guards will increase to thirty-six guards."

"If it is not enough by then, we will continue to improve. As long as His Highness can afford it, you can transfer as many guards as you want."

"In this case, I would like to thank Your Highness first." Seeing what Zhu Youjian said, Zhu Shuoshui stood up and bowed in return, and Zhu Youjian also stood up in order to convince Zhu Shuoshui, and while returning the salute, he also opened his mouth and said:

"Gu is also for Gu to be able to open the Qi Kingdom overseas in the future, and His Highness doesn't need to be too fond of him."

Zhu Youjian's words are tantamount to self-exploitation, but this makes people more believable.

As a vassal with military power, if Zhu Youjian does not rebel, then it is only natural to seek a large vassal state in a wealthy overseas place.

Zhu Shuoshui doesn't believe that there are really selfless saints in the world.

"Hehe, this is a gift list for His Highness, please accept it..." Zhu Shuoshui took out a red gift list from his sleeve with a smile, and Zhu Youjian readily accepted it:

"In this case, it is better to obey than to be respectful."

After receiving the gift list, he glanced at it, but he didn't think that Zhu Shuosin was willing to spend the money, a gift list was worth five or six thousand taels of silver.

Seeing how the other party showed face, Zhu Youjian also said to Zhu Shuosin:

"After the autumn harvest next year, the Guhui will set up lectures in Yanshan, mainly teaching how to govern the vassal state and march to war."

"In the future when the kings move overseas, it is inevitable that they will have to learn these things. If His Highness is at ease, he can send his grandson and some outstanding children there."

"Uh...hehe, definitely, definitely..." Zhu Shuoshui's smile froze, and he could only respond in embarrassment.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian also nodded and said: "Since the matter has been finished, I will go to Luoyang first. When Tang Fan decides to go overseas, I will celebrate with His Royal Highness."

"Your Highness, won't you stay and rest?" Zhu Shuoyin still wanted to be courteous, but seeing that Zhu Youjian was really going to leave, he didn't stay any longer.

It was only after sending Zhu Youjian out of the Tang Palace and watching Tiqi go away that he began to think about it in his heart.

In the conversation just now, Zhu Youjian mentioned the son and grandson visibly to the naked eye, which means that he himself supports the ancestral system.

In this way, Zhu Shuoyin could no longer imprison the brothers Zhu Qiqi and Zhu Yujian.

As for the so-called lectures by Yanshan later, it was somewhat proton.

At that time, you can send Zhu Qiqi's family to test the water first, and if there is no problem, you can send your favorite young son.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shuoshui nodded unconsciously, and after returning to Chengyun Hall, he said to Wangfu Chief Shi:

"Decree that the confinement of the son will be lifted, and the salary that was taken back before will be returned, and another three thousand taels of silver will be allocated to the son."

"As ordered..." Chang Shi also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the old Tang king Zhu Shuosin was going to release Zhu Qiqi's family.

In this way, with just a few words from Zhu Youjian, Zhu Qiqi ended his eight-year imprisonment.

As for Zhu Youjian himself, he also embarked on the road to Luoyang to find his good third uncle...

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