Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 112 The difference between Zhu Di and the transportation captain (first update)
When Empress Ma heard that the contents of this book could help Zhu Yuanzhang, she was very happy and reminded: "In that case, Yifan and Jingjing are of some use and can share your worries!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Jing Jing also said at the beginning that the person who can help me the most among all the talents in the world will be her husband!"

Hearing this, Queen Ma couldn't help laughing too.

No one cared about this at first.Now, it’s still a bit exaggerated, but it’s more or less the same!

Perhaps he had a good idea. Zhu Yuanzhang became sleepy after being excited, and the workaholic finally fell asleep.

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In the following days, the news spread in the court and the army that the combination of Yan King Zhu Di and Prince Consort Zhang Yifan was going to compete with Lan Yu, the minister of the governor's office, to lead troops to fight against Japanese pirates.

This time, everyone has the same opinion.Can just two young boys defeat a battle-hardened veteran?

Of course, some people think that the son of the founding emperor must be good at fighting.So what if you are a veteran on the battlefield? If you make an accidental mistake, you may be defeated.

However, someone immediately introduced Lan Yu's situation. He was a general that even the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty, Kaiping Wang Chang Yuchun, often praised him!
Therefore, some people felt that, with the respect of the vassal king and son-in-law, it was impossible for Sapphire to lose face, right?
Soon, people who knew the situation introduced Lan Yu's story again.

This blue jade is none other than the prince's uncle, and he can be considered a relative of the emperor.If he wanted to give face to the feudal lord and the prince-in-law, he would not write a letter.

And I heard that this blue jade is not only powerful, but also has a tough personality.When the emperor decided to compete, he said it in front of the emperor. If there was a competition, he would give his best.

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In the end, everyone inside and outside the capital, inside and outside the army, and inside and outside the court formed a unanimous view.

"How confident are the Prince Consort and King Yan that they would actually challenge that battlefield veteran?"

"It's true that young people who have never fought in a war think that fighting is easy. They are overestimating their abilities!"

"No, many people can only talk about war on paper and think they are great. When they get beaten later, they will know that war is no longer a child's play!"

"Young man, you should be taught a lesson so that you don't overestimate your capabilities. If you really go to the battlefield in the future, you will suffer big losses."

"If you ask me, that General Lan is right, he should teach these young people a lesson, lest there be a Zhao Kuo of the Ming Dynasty who doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is high!"

"..."

In short, in this matter, no one is optimistic about the combination of King Yan and the son-in-law.He even felt that these two brats should be taught a lesson.

Even when the news reached Xu Da, who was guarding the north, it was the same. He felt that his son-in-law was too overconfident and would be a little frustrated.

In the capital, this matter was forgotten after a few days.After all, as a competition whose outcome is already determined, there is no need to worry about it.

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About five days later, on the official road in the outer suburbs of Nanjing, a group of sergeants suddenly appeared as if facing a formidable enemy.

To be precise, there is a row of sergeants in the front, a row of sergeants in the back, and two large special carriages in the middle.

These two rows of sergeants were far away from the two carriages, at least four to five feet away.

Among them, the row of sergeants in front drove away anyone on the official road.Including ordinary passers-by, Taoist priests, monks or wealthy households, and people in the government.

Some people were not convinced, but as soon as the sergeant who opened the way said it, he immediately put aside all objections, left the official road one after another, and even avoided it.Then he stood in the distance and pointed at the two specially made carriages.

Everyone has a look of fear and confusion on their faces.

This team stopped at a place deviating from the official road five miles outside Nanjing City. Then a large group of soldiers came, surrounded all these people, and put a large area under martial law.

At this time, Zhang Yifan was still left in the military camp by Zhu Di, who took him to eat, drink and train with the five hundred soldiers.

However, Zhu Di still took better care of his brother-in-law. Zhu Di trained with the [-] sergeants, but he didn't ask Zhang Yifan to do the same, which would make it much easier.

Following the commotion outside the city, people from the East Palace were sent to the military camp and finally fished out Zhang Yifan.

After hearing the situation, Zhang Yifan said happily: "It's finally here, okay, I have to go see my father."

In this military camp, Zhang Yifan experienced military training that was far more difficult than the military training he would receive in college.

It’s okay to get up early. After all, it’s common to get up early when you’re in school. Then you have to do physical training, wear armor, weapons, etc., and walk five kilometers at a brisk pace while fully equipped.If these are recruits, then everyone's physical strength is about the same, so it's fine.But the key point is that these five hundred sergeants are all selected from the emperor's guards, and their physical strength is absolutely first-class.

This level of training is very easy for them.On this point, Zhang Yifan had to admire Zhu Di.

Originally, according to the battlefield simulation, Zhu Di could just ride a horse, but instead of riding a horse, he walked with the [-] sergeants.

Zhang Yifan could tell that Zhu Di was really gritting his teeth and persisting.To be honest, he thought it would be difficult to achieve this kind of perseverance.Unless the tiger was chasing after him, he wouldn't be able to hold on even half of it, or he would have to stop and rest.

There are also weapon training and queue training, often one movement is repeated countless times.Isn't it boring?Absolutely boring!However, Zhu Di was able to sweat profusely with the five hundred soldiers without complaining or being lazy.

Zhang Yifan even persuaded him, saying that he was a general and led troops in war, so there was no need to do these trainings himself.

In the end, Zhu Di said to him seriously: "If I don't experience it myself, how can I know what step the soldiers can do and how much the price will be paid? My father once said that on the battlefield, a small misjudgment , may lead to defeat, how can we be careless?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately remembered the famous saying of the transportation captain in later generations, saying that among millions of people, I have the advantage!

If the captain of the transportation brigade could be as serious as Zhu Di, go down to the front line and understand the true combat power of his million-strong army, he probably wouldn't be able to say such a thing.

Therefore, while Zhang Yifan admired him, he stopped trying to persuade Zhu Di.In the past few days in the barracks, apart from talking about mandarin duck formations with Zhu Di, his personal training was mainly to practice his equestrian skills.

It can be said that after these days of training, his equestrian skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and it is no longer difficult to drive a fast horse.

Thinking about this, he rushed to the Forbidden City, entered the palace, and rushed to Wuying Palace.

Along the way, he found that many officials were rushing in that direction. When they saw him, they all avoided him and looked at Zhang Yifan from a distance with very confusing eyes.

Zhang Yifan naturally ignored them and went directly to Wuying Hall.

He found that many senior Ming officials were already here.

Although Wuying Palace is not the largest palace, it is definitely not small either.But at a glance, Zhang Yifan already felt that it was quite crowded.

Seeing him entering the palace, Zhang Yifan had a feeling that he didn't know if it was an illusion. These officials, both civil and military, seemed to be trying to avoid him.

With so many officials gathered together, they obviously took the smallpox issue very seriously.

After Zhang Yifan finished his salute, Zhu Yuanzhang said to him with a serious face: "The prince said that you are sure that smallpox in cattle can cure smallpox in humans. Is this true?"

Although there are many people in Wuying Hall, it is very quiet at this moment.

Zhang Yifan listened, glanced at Zhu Biao, and immediately replied: "Father, it is not that smallpox in cattle can cure smallpox in humans, but that humans infected with smallpox in cattle will have very mild symptoms, basically no symptoms." I am in danger of my life, and from now on I will never get smallpox again.”

Upon hearing this, Grand Master Li Shanchang asked seriously: "Smallpox plague is nothing to play with. Do you dare to vouch for it?"

Upon hearing his words, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong immediately followed suit and said: "Yes, this matter is far more serious than the competition. It is not a trivial matter and cannot be trivial!"

It may be that because he and Zhu Di were going to compete with Lan Yu, most people in Wuying Hall thought that he was young and ignorant of the importance and the height of the world.

If it were just about the competition, many of them would be watching a show, or even just having fun.But now is the smallpox plague, which is contagious. If one person gets sick, many people in the house may get it.And even if a person infected by the smallpox plague does not die, he will probably be left with scars.

This kind of thing, even if there are many generals in the Hall of Martial Heroes who fight on the battlefield without frowning, they are afraid of it.

Therefore, after the prime minister and the grand master yelled and asked, other people also followed suit, asking Zhang Yifan not to play tricks.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately raised his voice and loudly shouted to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, this matter is no child's play. I am willing to demonstrate it myself and prove that what I said is true. In this way, no one in the Ming Dynasty will have to suffer from smallpox." !”

After hearing this, those who had just questioned Zhang Yifan all stopped talking.

Zhang Yifan is willing to try it himself, so what else do they have to say!
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was serious and he immediately said: "In this case, as the prince told me, I will try it with the prisoners on death row first. You must be careful and cautious. If it is true as you said, it will be a great achievement. I promise your descendants to inherit the title!" "

The Prince Consort will definitely not be hereditary, but Zhu Yuanzhang can reward other titles, such as hereditary commanders.Among the relatives of the Zhu family, there are some like this.

The reward of a hereditary title is a very large reward.However, compared to the eradication of the smallpox plague, this huge reward is not excessive.

No, none of the civil and military officials in Wuying Palace had any objections.

However, they had no objections, but Zhang Yifan himself did.The reason is very simple. He doesn't like hereditary inheritance. In his original plan, he also wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Lao Zhu about the reason why hereditary vassal kings brought down the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)