Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 242 Zhu Yuanzhang’s decision, the Huaixi Party went crazy (please subscribe!!)

crazy!crazy!
The Huaixi Party really went all out to suppress Ouyang Lun.

This Lan Yu is really a lunatic!
Many officials cried "crazy" in their hearts when they heard that Lan Yu had issued a military order.

Lan Yu was always willing to risk his life in a war. If he couldn't win Yunnan, he would simply die on the battlefield. Only in this way could the emperor make up his mind!

Just when Lan Yu and others thought Zhu Yuanzhang would change his attention this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said, "My order has been given, how can it be changed?"

"Although King Yan and King Xiang are not as old and have as much experience as Fu Youde and Lan Yu, they have also experienced a lot of hardships in Beizhili, especially Di'er. He first served as a soldier in the Northern Expeditionary Army. Xiao Xiao, led a scout team to go deep into the grassland to fight against the Northern Yuan Army, beheaded dozens of people, and returned safely. Later, he went to Yong'an Mansion to serve as the commander of the Wagner mercenary army. The mercenaries and militia combined to fight tens of thousands of people, and conquered Beizhili. All the bandits in the territory have been wiped out!"

"Although I have never commanded an army of more than 10 people, as my son, I always have the opportunity to learn. This expedition to Yunnan is a good opportunity!"

"Mu Ying, are you willing to assist your fourth brother in taking over Yunnan?"

When Mu Ying heard this, she naturally knew what it meant, and immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely assist King Yan and King Xiang in pacifying Yunnan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, "With Mu Ying taking care of things, what else do you have to worry about?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo Zi, Wu Jingzhi and other Prince Consort officials started shouting.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Centrist officials represented by Lu Chang and Song Lian instantly understood what Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking and shouted loudly.

"Father, I also agree to let the fourth and twelfth brothers try it!"

Prince Zhu Biao said.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, his eyes fell on Li Shanchang, and asked in a deep voice: "Li Shanchang, do you have anything else to say?"

"Now that Your Majesty has made a decision, I will naturally support it."

Li Shanchang is not stupid. Zhu Yuanzhang is now determined to let Zhu Di and Zhu Bai come out to lead the army. If he objects again, he will not only be an enemy of Ouyang Lun, but also an enemy of the entire Ming Dynasty royal family. It is really unwise.

"Where are you two, Lan Yu and Fu Youde?"

"I have no objection."

Fu Youde and Lan Yu are like eggplants beaten by frost. Li Shanchang has compromised, so what can they do.

It's just that my heart is filled with unwillingness and resentment towards Ouyang Lun.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite happy. After all, today the Huaixi Party used the excuse of conquering Yunnan to put pressure on him to deal with Ouyang Lun, Xu Da, Tang He. This was unexpected. In the past, maybe he would have Compromised.

However, Zhu Di and Zhu Bai learned a lot under Ouyang Lun and grew up a lot. Especially Zhu Di's Wagner mercenaries and red-coated artillery regiment gave Zhu Yuanzhang confidence.

Thinking about the battle to defend Funing County, he saw the fighting power of the people of Yong'an Prefecture. With secret weapons such as Wagner mercenaries and red-coated artillery regiments, Zhu Di, Zhu Bai, and Mu Ying teamed up to conquer Yunnan. It was not What a big problem.

Therefore, when he was forced into a corner by the Huaixi Party, Zhu Yuanzhang firmly chose to let Zhu Di command the conquest army.

Everything is in the hands of his emperor!

"Since you have no objections, just follow what I just said."

"As for Ouyang Lun, the current evidence is not sufficient, and since the new Great Wall still needs to be built, we can just issue an order to reprimand him first, and at the same time let him join the army in the expedition to Yunnan, so that he can be punished and meritorious!"

"Disperse."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and left.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, the officials also left in twos and threes.

Huaixi Party members Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, Fu Youde and others left in a hurry with gloomy faces.

About half an hour later.

At the Korean government palace, Li Shanchang, Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, Fu Youde and other core members of the Huaixi Party gathered together.

"Then what kind of medicine did Ouyang Lun give His Majesty, so that Your Majesty would even let his son out in order to protect him?" Lan Yu said the most indignantly.

"That's right! I still haven't figured it out yet. His Majesty spared us, the powerful generals who are good at conquering and fighting, and had to use Zhu Di, Zhu Bai and other half-hearted men! Can they lead troops to fight?" Wang Bi muttered.

"Old Prime Minister Li, you see it clearly, tell us quickly why your Majesty made such a decision this time?" Song Guogong Feng Sheng asked: "Is it possible that your Majesty has completely distrusted our Huaixi generals?"

Li Shanchang also frowned at this moment and said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I did not expect His Majesty's decision today."

"After following His Majesty for so long, in my impression, Your Majesty is a person who is good at weighing the gains and losses. Every time he makes a decision, he will definitely choose the one with big enough benefits, but this time it is not the case. Maybe we didn't see it clearly, so Zhu Di, It will be more beneficial for Zhu Bai to replace Youde and Lan Yu to conquer Yunnan!"

Lan Yu shouted: "Letting Zhu Di and Zhu Bai lead the army will only destroy our Ming Dynasty's 30-strong army!"

"If Zhu Di really ruined the 30 Ming army, maybe it would not be a bad thing for us." Li Shanchang said solemnly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the scene was shocked at first, and then reacted one after another.

"That's right! If Zhu Di loses this battle, everyone in the world will know that only our Huaixi generals can win the battle and capture Yunnan!" Lan Yu's eyes flashed, "At that time, even if we don't speak, Your Majesty I will also take the initiative to deal with Ouyang Lun!"

"Old Xiangguo Li and Lan Yu are right. It will be more beneficial for us if brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Bai lead the army and lose!" Song Guogong Feng Sheng nodded.

Fu Youde frowned and said in a deep voice: "But what if brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Bai really win this battle?"

"Although King Liang of the Yuan Dynasty in Yunnan had 20 troops, he could only fight with 30 troops. However, our Ming side has [-] troops. These are elite soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles. According to the strategy formulated by His Majesty, except for the terrain, there are some Apart from the difficulties, we can basically compare with Yunnan. If we send troops, we have at least an [-]% chance of winning. Even if brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Bai lead the troops, as long as they don't make any fatal mistakes, they still have a half chance of winning."

Li Shanchang heard the words and then analyzed, "If the brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Bai really win and return the victory to the court, your majesty will probably gradually transfer the military power of the Ming Dynasty to several adult princes. This will start from the fact that your majesty will divide the adult princes. , it can be seen from guarding the four sides for the Ming Dynasty." "Once these princes completely control the army, it will be difficult for the Huaixi generals to unite the army unless there is a fierce battle."

Hearing this, everyone at the scene fell silent.

The core of the Huaixi Party, in addition to the civil servants headed by Li Shanchang, the most important are the meritorious generals such as Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, and Fu Youde. Once the generals lose their military power, they are really tigers without teeth.

Fortunately, older generals such as Feng Sheng and Fu Youde no longer have too much yearning for the battlefield. They only hold military power to maintain their own glory, wealth and power.

But for a general like Lan Yu who is in his prime and rising, it is no exaggeration to say that in a few years, when veterans such as Xu Da, Tang He and Feng Sheng completely retire, then Lan Yu will be the entire The existence of the Ming Dynasty military general Kang Ding!

He will hand over the military power in his hands now and make way for Zhu Yuanzhang's sons in the future. Thinking of this, Lan Yu's heart is full of unwillingness.

"It's all Ouyang Lun's fault!"

"If he hadn't been here, His Majesty would never have been so wary of us and kept suppressing our Huaixi generals!"

"After eradicating the Prince Consort Party, His Majesty will have no choice but to rely on our descendants from Huaixi. This situation will definitely not happen today!"

Lan Yu said angrily.

"Old Prime Minister Li, let's get together today and come up with a plan. We can't just do nothing!" Feng Sheng said solemnly.

"Song Guogong is right. The last time we impeached Ouyang Lun for the first time, we believed that His Majesty would deal with Ouyang Lun. After waiting for so long, His Majesty had no intention of dealing with Ouyang Lun at all. Instead, he used him more and more. We are all like this today. We have done it, but His Majesty still defends it to the death. If we do nothing, when brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Bai pacify Yunnan, I am afraid there will no longer be a foothold for us Huaixi people in this court!" Fu Youde also said.

After listening to everyone's words, Li Shanchang raised his hands and said, "I know everyone's thoughts. Today's incident has pushed us Huaixi people into a corner. If we don't fight back, who will dare to look at us in the future?"

"Although our Huaixi general is not commanding the army this time, many of the 30 troops are your former subordinates. What should we do? I don't need to say more, right?"

After the words fell, everyone showed a look of understanding.

"Old Xiangguo Li, I've been waiting for your words!"

"Two guys with no prestige at all want to command an army of 30 people. I really think they are playing house!"

"It's just that the soldiers and generals are not convinced. That doesn't matter to us."

Li Shanchang nodded, "There are some things that you just know how to do. There is no need to say it out loud. You must not let His Majesty know that we are behind the scenes. It is most taboo to use excessive force in this kind of thing!"

"As long as we are careful enough, neither His Majesty nor Zhu Di can say anything."

"understand!"

"Actually, we don't need to speak at all. The generals and commanders below all know what to do. If the morale of the army is lost, how can we still lead this army?"

"Haha, maybe Zhu Di and Zhu Bai won't be able to lead these 30 troops before they reach Yunnan."

Song Guogong Feng Sheng raised his hand to Li Shanchang and said, "Old Prime Minister Li's brilliant plan!"

"Okay, we are all in the same boat. If we don't want the birds to be eaten by the lackeys, we, the Huaixi disciples, must unite as one!"

"Okay, let's act according to the plan, Lan Yu, please stay here for a while!"

"Old Xiangguo Li takes his leave!"

"Farewell!"

With a solution, everyone in the Huaixi Party had smiles on their faces.

Soon only Li Shanchang and Lan Yu were left at the scene.

"Old Xiangguo Li, you left me alone. Do you have anything else to explain?" Lan Yu asked curiously.

Li Shanchang nodded and asked, "Lanyu, do you think we can win this time?"

Lan Yu said firmly: "Of course! More than half of the 30 troops mobilized by His Majesty this time are soldiers who have been following our Huaixi generals for a long time. Among them, the grassroots generals are all old subordinates, and some are even our Huaixi children, such as Zhu Di and Zhu Bai It would be even harder for those two young boys to mobilize them!"

"As long as we give the slightest hint, they will make it impossible for Zhu Di and Zhu Bai to step down!"

"When the time comes, His Majesty will have no one available, and he will eventually beg us, and we will definitely win."

"Otherwise." Li Shanchang shook his head, "Don't worry too much about Zhu Bai. Zhu Di has real experience in the army. Xu Da thinks highly of him. Maybe he can really make this kid succeed. Also, don't forget, Your Majesty also asked Mu Ying and Ouyang Lun to accompany the army."

"Mu Ying's prestige in the army is no worse than that of you. He regards Zhu Yuanzhang as his biological father. He is also like a big brother to Zhu Yuanzhang's sons. He will definitely give his full assistance. Besides, Ouyang Lun, I have met this son several times. You can't see through his mind so far. You will feel particularly relaxed when you get along with him. He is lazy, informal, unrestrained, and always smiling. This is the surface, but if you provoke him, he can think of a hundred ways to deal with you. , and all the methods will surprise you.”

Lan Yu frowned and said without hesitation: "Old Xiangguo Li, you think too highly of that Ouyang Lun. He is just a cowardless person. If he is not the prince-in-law, just send someone to kill him."

Li Shanchang glanced at Lan Yu and did not argue with him on this issue, "If one day you and Ouyang Lun are in the same room and have some contact, you may be able to understand what I said. In terms of war, Ouyang Lun is not There is a blank sheet of paper, but there are several achievements. In the defense battle of Funing County, the common people repelled tens of thousands of mountain bandit coalition forces. In the naval battle of Juhua Island, an entire Dongying fleet was directly annihilated. The subsequent Eastern Expedition to Dongying Tang He was able to win so easily, and Ouyang Lun contributed a lot."

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "I have read the records filed by the Ministry of War. The defense battle in Funing County was a spontaneous organization by the people to repel the bandits. At that time, Ouyang Lun was hiding in the prefect's Yamen. This guy did not participate in the whole battle of Juhua Island. It was Tang He The victory was won by the general Fang Mingqian and the eunuch Ma He of Prince Yan's palace. As for the victory of the Eastern Expedition, Tang He had full command, and these had nothing to do with Ouyang Lun."

"Old Xiangguo Li, are you too flattering to Ouyang Lun?"

"Praise?" Li Shanchang smiled, "You know the truth of things is often not found between the lines. If I have never been to Yong'an Mansion in person, I have the same idea as you. I was at the scene of the Funing County guard battle. Although Ouyang Lun only went to Crossing the city wall once can directly inspire the people's fighting spirit. You have never seen that scene before, as if those people can die for Ouyang Lun with just a wave of his hand!"

"The people led by Ouyang Lun are not people at all, but wolves!"

Li Shanchang showed a look of reminiscence and sighed: "I will never forget that scene in my life, and my blood is boiling."

"Old Prime Minister Li." Lan Yu shouted.

"Ahem." Li Shanchang came to his senses and said awkwardly: "This Ouyang Lun is really not as simple as we thought!"

(End of this chapter)