Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 505 The Ins and Outs
In the eighth year of Longfeng, Chen Youliang's subordinate, Hu Mei, the prime minister of Jiangxi Province, dedicated the important town of Longxing City to Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and renamed it Hongdu Mansion.

Hongdu Pinghan is southwest of Pinghan, and non-flesh and blood officials cannot guard it, so Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Wenzheng to guard Hongdu.

This annoyed the violent Chen Youliang.The following year, when Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to rescue Anfeng and Jiangnan was empty of troops, Chen Youliang raised his entire army, claiming 60, and surrounded Hongdu City.

At that time, Zhu Wenzheng had only [-] troops in his hands, and Chen Youliang didn't pay attention to it at all, and ordered to attack the city with all his strength.After preparing to capture Hongdu, go straight to Yingtian!
Chen Youliang ran the army harshly, and his army did not dare to be inactive in combat.The city walls of Hongdu were breached in many places, and the defenders had to fight while building the walls.The soldiers of both sides stepped on the corpses to fight, causing heavy casualties.

However, Zhu Wenzheng displayed his excellent commanding talent, and commanded the soldiers to face the battle calmly, fortified the wall and setbacks, and he just stuck to Hongdu for 85 days!A large amount of Chen Youliang's vitality was consumed, and finally when Zhu Yuanzhang completed his war preparations and returned to his teacher to come to the rescue, Chen Youliang had no choice but to withdraw from the siege.

This is the miracle in the world's military history - the Battle of Hongdu.

It can be said that without the victory in the defense of Hongdu, there would be no later Ming Dynasty's battle for the founding of the country-the Battle of Poyang Lake.

After the battle of Poyang Lake wiped out Chen Youliang's regime in one fell swoop, Zhu Yuanzhang's squadron triumphantly rewarded Chang Yuchun, Liao Yongzhong and other generals for their meritorious service.

Perhaps because of his nephew's high profile, or because of other reasons, Zhu Yuanzhang did not reward Zhu Wenzheng for a while.

This made Zhu Wenzheng extremely disappointed, and completely broke his defenses. Not only was he uncharacteristically indulgent, he also served as a general to plunder people's wealth and rape women.The patron saint of Hongdu City has suddenly become a villain in Jiangxi.

According to the envoy Li Yinbing, Zhu Wenzheng was arrogant and extravagant, so Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to scold him.Zhu Wenzheng did not repent, but became more and more angry, threatening to kill Li Yinbing, which scared him so much that he hid in the official office and did not dare to go out.

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At that time, people in Hongdu City believed that Li Yinbing was doomed for offending Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, but Hu Weiyong didn't think so. Instead, he thought that Zhu Wenzheng was doomed.

"Why do you say that?" Zhu Zhen asked in a low voice, frowning.

"The guilty minister dare not speak." Shen Liben said hastily.

"Stop talking nonsense, just fart." Zhu Zhen said coldly.

"Yes, Hu Weiyong later made a slip of the tongue after drinking, saying that Zhu Wenzheng, a high-ranking follower, was officially in the position of the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and he made extraordinary achievements. How can the high-ranking reward him?" Shen Liben trembled. road:

"At that time, the superior was only the Duke of Wu. Apart from the Duke's son, there was nothing to reward him. But the superior already has a son."

"..." Zhu Zhen fell silent.

"So, Hu Weiyong thinks that it's not that the superior doesn't want to reward Zhu Wenzheng, but that he can't reward him." Seeing that His Highness didn't express his opinion, Shen Liben had no choice but to continue:
"We can only make up for him after he becomes king and emperor in the future. In addition, the prince had grown up at that time, but there were still many people in the army who regarded Zhu Wenzheng as the successor of the superior. The superior remembered Zhu Wenzheng's high profile before. , so it was decided to postpone the award.

"However, this moment and another moment. When Zhu Wenzheng said those words, the crown prince had not yet been born. He thought he could take over, so of course he didn't care about the reward. But during the battle of Hongdu, the superior already had a son, and he knew that he had no chance to succeed. , I feel wronged in my heart, how could I not care about the reward?
"So, he was wronged, resentful, and vented, and he indulged the soldiers in violating military discipline. This may be common in other armies, but it is unforgivable in our army with strict military discipline." Shen Liben continued:
"Hu Dahai's eldest son violated the ban on wine making in Wuzhou, and he deserved death. Someone advised the superior not to kill him to avoid Hu Dahai's mutiny. But the superior said: 'It is better to let Hu Dahai rebel than to prevent my military order from being implemented. .' Finally, the superior personally executed Hu Dahai's eldest son."

Shen Liben sighed in admiration: "So, Zhu Wenzheng will definitely be punished if he doesn't repent. But his identity and credit are there. If he is not beaten to death with a stick, he will definitely make a comeback in the future. By then , all enemies will be punished by him.”

"Therefore, Hu Weiyong advises Li Yinbing not to use those innocuous charges against Zhu Wenzheng again. One fatal blow will prevent him from turning over for the rest of his life." Shen Liben said in a low voice:
"Then, he took out something that was deadly in one blow!"

"What?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Zhu Wenzheng colluded with the Bailian Society and cursed the puppet of the prince's untimely death." Shen Liben's voice became sinister: "The Bailian Society has a secret technique that sews a person's horoscope, personal items and a drop of blood into the doll , and then shoot with small arrows every day for 49 days, and this person will die suddenly."

"Li Yinbing presented this object, and the superior was indeed in the doll, and found the prince's horoscope, longevity lock and blood." He continued: "The superior was furious and ordered Zhu Wenzheng to go to Beijing to question the crime. Zhu Wenzheng frightened It's broken, there is actually a plan to rebel. Who knows that before he can make a statement, the superior has already arrived outside the city by boat and invited him to come out of the city to see him.

"Zhu Wenzheng came out to meet him in a hurry. The superior whipped him across the head and face, and said several times: 'What are you going to do?' Then he was escorted back to the capital. Later, he was released from office and placed under house arrest in Tongcheng. He died not long after. .”

After hearing this secret, Zhu Zhen was in a daze.After a while, he collected himself, and asked in a deep voice, "I asked you how Hu Weiyong got involved with Zheng. What are you talking about?"

"The cursed doll was revealed to Hu Weiyong by Zhengyi and helped him snatch it from the Bailian Society." Shen Liben explained hurriedly: "The Bailian Society was very prosperous in that year, and the common people abandoned Zhengyi to believe in Bailian. Naturally, it is regarded as a thorn in the flesh, and there is also the meaning of taking the opportunity to eradicate Bai Lian."

"Later, the Bailian Society was indeed designated as a cult, and with the cooperation of Zhengdao, it was uprooted from Jiangxi." He continued: "Hu Weiyong also took advantage of this to rise to the top, until he entered the middle school to pay homage to the prime minister and was responsible for the fabrication of household posts across the country. Zhengyi asked him for convenience, don't include all the believers in the post."

"Hu Weiyong agreed?" Zhu Zhen couldn't help being speechless, there really wasn't anything this guy wouldn't dare to do.

"Perhaps Zhengyi has something to do with Hu Xiang. Of course, Hu Weiyong will definitely not say it, and we don't know." Shen Liben shook his head and said:

"However, Prime Minister Hu will not be busy in vain, so he instructed the criminal ministers to secretly compile the hidden household registration and property into a book. This is the origin of "No Account Book". Of course, this kind of thing can be hidden from the higher-ups. Next, there are many related accounts, and they have also asked to be entrusted to the account. Therefore, it is not only one family in the account book, but of course they are the most important ones."

Zhu Zhen nodded, and finally understood the ins and outs of "Regardless of the Account Book".

Teacher Luo, who was listening silently, suddenly laughed softly: "I thought it was such a tall thing, isn't this just a private account in the hands of the subordinates?"

(End of this chapter)