Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 992 Boss Zhu doesn’t think about food and tea

Nanjing, Forbidden City.

Ever since he personally sent off the army in Longjiang to set off for the southern expedition, Boss Zhu's heart has been hanging on him.

Although they have been carefully thought out and well prepared, Yunnan is too evil, as if the sky has conquered the king's master.

The Central Plains dynasty attacked Yunnan many times with overwhelming force, but most of them failed inexplicably. Even Kublai Khan, the most successful, after conquering Kunming, seventy-eight percent of his army died due to plague. In the end, he had to give up halfway and retired after the King of Dali abdicated and surrendered.

All the past events had forced the emperor to worry about gains and losses, otherwise he would not have delayed taking action until the fourteenth year of Hongwu.

As a result, General Zhengnan overturned his car before the army set out for the expedition.

Later, as soon as the army set off for the expedition, Aicui and Song Qin were killed again, which directly made the army difficult to move forward. How could Boss Zhu continue to be confident despite all the troubles?

It was out of fear of failure that he took advantage of the situation and urgently transferred Lao Liu from Guangzhou to Guizhou. I really hope that this evilly powerful son can control this evil place like Yunnan...

Strange to say, since Lao Liu arrived in Guizhou, the Ming army seemed to have changed its fortunes. First, it successfully solved the problem of water to the east and water to the west, and then defeated Puding, Pu'an, and Luoshan with overwhelming force, and cleverly captured Went down to Shengjing Pass. Completely taking the initiative in the battle.

After winning the Shengjing Pass, Boss Zhu felt a little calmer. But after all, the army has not entered Yunnan yet, and he is only able to sleep at night. No matter what happened, he would still unconsciously wander away, worrying about the safety of his army in the southwest.

He forced Lao Liu to write a report every day detailing the army's supplies, morale, injuries and other aspects and send it to the capital.

You should write no matter what happens, not even a day should be missing.

I don't know if delivering the letter was annoying or not. Anyway, the sixth child was very annoyed. At first, he could still say a few perfunctory sentences, but later he simply wrote four words - 'Nothing to do today'.

Boss Zhu looked at him and cursed him, saying that this kid was too shameless and that he would be punished when he came back.

But when the prince asked him to report to another person, and said that he would not fool his father, he refused to do it. He had to let Lao Liu continue to report, and then he would get so angry that he would scold his mother every day, as if he never tired of it.

It wasn't until the evening of New Year's Eve that he finally received a different report at the New Year's Eve dinner table——

'Reporting to my father, on the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourteenth year of Hongwu, the southern general Yingchuan Hou Fu Youde and the left deputy general Xiping Hou Muying led their armies out of the customs and marched into Qujing! '

Then came Lao Liu’s signature.

"It's gone?!" Boss Zhu angrily scolded his mother again: "You damn boy, you just deal with me, why don't you say a few words about such a big thing? How many days of food has the army brought? What route, what’s the enemy situation, what’s the weather like? You don’t even need to tell me anything, are you going to scare me to death?!”

"It's probably because General Zhengnan will also submit a memorial. Lao Liu feels there is no need for my father to read it again." The prince presented Fu Youde's memorial.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang take it angrily, unfold it and read it. Sure enough, everything he wanted to know was written clearly, but he still said angrily: "We still feel that he doesn't take me seriously."

"It's enough to keep it in your heart." The prince said with a bitter smile: "After all these years, my father still doesn't understand? Lao Liu really keeps the Ming Dynasty in his heart."

"Humph, he did it for you." Zhu Yuanzhang knew this, but still argued: "If I am the only one who is the father, do you think he still doesn't care about you?"

"Bah, bah, what are you talking about? It's Chinese New Year." These words attracted Empress Ma's criticism. "You can make sense if you throw Lao Liu into a place like Yunnan and never get it back again, right?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Concubine Hu and said, "Do you know how Sister Hu has been living these past few months? She drinks to drown her sorrows every day..."

Concubine Hu was exchanging cups with the Crown Princess. After hearing this, she nodded vigorously and drank more confidently. "I finally understand. You are all looking towards Lao Liu, thinking he is some kind of good bird. Do you know why he chose the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month to go out? It's because he was right, and the express delivery shop sent the letter from the Shengjing Pass It takes nineteen days to send it to the Forbidden City, so we can see it on New Year's Eve!" Zhu Yuanzhang puffed his beard and glared: "He is deliberately making it difficult for us to live this new year, do you understand?!"

But no one in the whole family believed him. Even Concubine Da Ding, who was the most energetic in the past, did not dare to pick on him. There is no other way, now Boss Zhu can't pay for the search, and the whole family in the palace is supported by the Hai Zheng Yamen. If she says one more nonsense here, the life of Changyang Palace will be tight by three points next year.

And she's not stupid, how could she not see that only the emperor can scold Lao Liu? If he dared to answer the question, he would have to eat a meal from the emperor.

It's real sorting, not pushing and pushing...

Sure enough, Boss Zhu did not continue his crusade against Zai Laoliu, and even slept in Concubine Hu's Yongshou Palace that night. This was New Year's Eve.

When she thought that Concubine Hu, a drunkard, could actually enjoy the emperor's escort on such an important day, she became so jealous that she wanted to go crazy. But the Queen didn't say anything, so what could she do?

She returned to Changyang Palace angrily, but she was still angry, so she habitually wanted to call Lao Qi to vent her anger.

"Lao Qi, Lao Qi." Concubine Da Ding called several times, but Lao Ba timidly responded:

"Concubine, seventh brother is back."

She then remembered that Lao Qi was already married. Although he had not yet become a vassal, he and Princess Qi left the palace after having the New Year's Eve dinner in the palace.

Then he looked at the grown-up Lao Ba and said, "If Lao Qi isn't here, you can do it...get down!"

"Alas..." Lao Ba was extremely depressed. In fact, he was supposed to stay at East Fifth House tonight, but he had to stay with his mother and concubine on New Year's Eve, so he didn't go back.

I regret it now...

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But Boss Zhu has said too much. He has indeed been very uneasy this year.

It wasn't until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year that he received the news of victory from the front line and learned that the army had won a great victory over Baishijiang and that Dalima's 100,000-strong army had vanished into thin air, did he finally feel relieved.

"I didn't expect that King Liang's army was so vulnerable." The prince also marveled and said: "Now it seems that we were a little too lenient with the enemy."

"It is right to be lenient when you anticipate the enemy. It is better than underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly." Zhu Yuanzhang boasted with a smile: "We have known for a long time that King Liang did not see enough. We just thought that he was not stupid enough to see the situation clearly and should be able to take the initiative. Surrender. It's a pity that he still treats himself as a dish. Now that's good, what else can I say?"

"Oh, that's right..." The prince nodded and didn't reveal who he was. He was so anxious that he didn't even think about food and drink. He couldn't live the New Year well.

"By the way, where is Lao Liu's report?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked for it but didn't see it.

"It's still like that, there's nothing interesting to see." The prince smiled and said, "It's better not to look at it."

"Still those four words?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"No, there is one more."

"Bring it!"

The prince had no choice but to submit Lao Liu's report. Zhu Yuanzhang took a look and found that there were only five words:

'Win, go to Kunming...'

(End of this chapter)