King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "They are too selfish! It is because of selfishness that these people can't do good things or do good things! Hmph!"

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly.

Selfishly?

If you say they are seeking promotion and wealth, you can be forgiven for saying they are selfish.

In this situation, if you offend your tenth brother, you may not be able to protect yourself and your children and grandchildren in the future.

It’s normal for them to not dare to stick to their principles due to pressure, right?
However, there was no way he could explain Lao Zhu.

Zhu Biao sighed.

Maybe if I become emperor in the future, I hope that my ministers will be selfless and fearless.

However, you may not meet a pure minister like that in hundreds of years.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but ask: "Father, are you worried that the Northern Expedition army cannot defeat the 500,000-yuan Mongolian army? If so, you should send a messenger to Liaodong as soon as possible and order them to retreat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "With King Lu's muskets and artillery, we are not worried about the failure of the Northern Expedition! It's just that this battle will be very tragic!"

Zhu Biao hesitated and said: "In war, people will inevitably die."

Even he, the always kind prince, could accept this.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "It's not that our Ming soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but that the Mongolians suffered heavy casualties!
If Tougu Si Timur is really as Lao Shi and Feng Sheng judged, he is already on his way.

According to our estimate of the strength of the Mobei grassland, Togu Si Timur still has 120,000 to 30,000 usable troops. Plus the other following tribes on the grassland, it is nothing to gather an army of more than 200,000. questionable!

In addition, Naha sent out nearly 200,000 troops to defend Jinshan City.

That’s four to five million people!

And what about us? Only 200,000 people!
However, as long as Lu Wangwei's firearms function normally, this battle will not be lost!
However, if this happens, the two sides will fall into a big fight!

By then, the Mongols will suffer too many casualties, and I am afraid that the hatred between them and our Ming Dynasty will become even more irresolvable! "

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said: "Father, you ordered your third brother to raid Mobei! Wouldn't it be even more tragic there?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed: "We have ordered Fu Youde and Lao San to take care of the prisoners!

The captured Mongolian nobles are not allowed to be killed indiscriminately, they can only be captured!

At that time, I will send it to Yingtian and give him a reward to appease him, that’s all!

As for ordinary herdsmen, they will die if they die! They are insignificant!
But in this battle at Jinshan, there must be a large number of nobles leading the team!

If too many of them die, I'm afraid the two sides will form a feud!
What's the point of killing Togustimur and Nahachu?
These people are much more useful alive than dead! "

Zhu Biao couldn't help but ask: "Father, do you still want to subdue them?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Why not? If Li Shimin killed Jieli Khan back then, would he still be the Heavenly Khan of the grassland?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent two men, Wei and Huo, to seal the wolf as Xu. The Huns were beaten and had to flee to Mobei. What happened in the end?

Later in life they made a comeback!

Prince, our Ming Dynasty is a Han Dynasty, but it should not be just a Han Dynasty!

The Yuan Dynasty was tyrannical, incompetent, and incompetent in governing the country, but there was one good thing about him!
Be inclusive and open to all rivers! It is worthy of the title of Qianyuan!
In the Yuan Dynasty, although people were divided into four classes, Yuanting did not waste any of the power that should be utilized! Regardless of Han people, Semu people or Mongolians, they can all be reused!

Our Ming Dynasty does not need to do what the Mongols did! Because we Han people are the strongest! Therefore, we have abolished the system that divides people into different levels, just thinking that one day, we will be inclusive, gather the people of the world, and be used by my Ming Dynasty!
How about the Mongols? What about those with lustful eyes?

What the Yuan Dynasty could rule before, I, the Ming Dynasty, can also control!

Those who were able to use it before the Yuan Dynasty can also be used by me in the Ming Dynasty!
We don’t want to kill all the Mongols, we just want them to become the people of our Ming Dynasty, and let the grassland become the land of our Ming Dynasty! "

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was inexplicably shocked.

"My father's majestic strategy has shocked the past and the present! I admire you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Others should admire you. You are the prince! What you have to do is not to admire us! Instead, you should think about how to inherit our ideals in the future and how to let future generations carry forward it!"
During the Han Dynasty, China's territory was only so large. Thousands of years later, it is still so large!

Hey!
Back in Peking, Lao Shi compared us to beings who surpassed the Tang Zong and Song Zu! How can we live up to our name?

Although we started from humble beginnings, we still hope that one day when we reach the ground, we can let the sages of the previous dynasties see that I, Zhu Chongba, was not a noble man by birth, but he was the greatest hero in history! "

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked at Zhu Biao and said calmly: "Prince, you are our first son and the son we hope for the most!

Don't overthink everything!
On weekdays, read more and learn more!
If you want to be a good emperor, you can make great contributions or build a family by maintaining your career!

The first thing to do is to control people!
The emperor does not have to do everything personally. The more capable his subordinates are, the better!
Before we retire, we will leave you with many useful people!
You are the prince we brought up from childhood, you must have this confidence!

No matter who you are, any time, you can control it!
If you don’t think you can do it yourself, then your father will only leave you with mediocre people! "

When Zhu Biao heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he suddenly became wary!

Father, what does this mean?
What did he guess?
Or.
Already know something?

For example, he secretly ordered Jin Yiwei to investigate his tenth brother.
Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder.

"You and I, father and son, don't have to be estranged! The future emperor of the Ming Dynasty can only be you! We will also make you an emperor who is just as arbitrary as we are!"

Zhu Biao's face turned red.

He knew that his father must know that he was secretly investigating Zhu Tan.

"Father."

Zhu Biao wanted to confess this matter to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

"A person who is too honest cannot be an emperor. We don't blame you. If you don't even have this kind of vigilance and tactics, then we have to worry about whether you can take on the critical task we entrust to you! We just I want to tell you that you and I, father and son, are to be a model for the relationship between emperors and princes throughout the ages. You must have a big picture and a big spirit when thinking about things and doing things!"

Zhu Biao nodded deeply.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

"Lao Shi is a talented kid, but he is also really difficult to control!
Even with our father-son relationship, we can't completely make him obey orders!

Prince, Lao Shi is a man of great talent! Used well, it can ensure the prosperity of Ming Dynasty and EMI!
You must tolerate him more in the future! Of course, tolerance is not connivance, and discipline should still be exercised. Zhu Biao gave a wry smile and said: "The tenth brother does things very freely and without any trace, but at least for now, nothing he does is wrong." It's just that this process is really hard to accept. "

Zhu Yuanzhang gave a bitter smile and said: "If you can't accept it, you have to accept it! We can all accept it, and you have to accept it even more!"

When Zhu Biao heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, his face was filled with astonishment.

Although he knew that the tenth brother's status in the eyes of his father was very high, even so high that he wanted to make him an auxiliary prince and break the rules he had established.

But I still didn't expect that this high status was too exaggerated.

He even said that he had to accept it even if he couldn't accept it.

After all, who is the father?

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no emperor who tolerated anyone!
Now, I have to say to my tenth brother, "You have to accept it even if you can't accept it?"

Why is this again?
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled when he saw Zhu Biao's eyes filled with questions.

"We know, you must be wondering why we are so spoiled by Lao Shi!"

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said, "It's not like I'm used to it. It's just that it doesn't match my father's usual routine!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "It really doesn't match up! But, there's nothing we can do about it! This kid, Lao Shi, is the kind of person whose talent is enough for us to be extremely tolerant!
As long as he doesn't rebel, we will endure it no matter what!

Even if the entire 200,000-strong Northern Expedition army is wiped out this time, we will still put the blame on Feng Sheng and the others!
And will protect Lao Shi! "

Zhu Biao was shocked again.

this.
Is this an exaggeration?

If the tenth brother really caused the entire army of 200,000 to be wiped out, would the father be willing to protect him?
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "We are not protecting the calf, let alone supporting Lao Shi! It's just because protecting him will be more beneficial to Ming Dynasty!"

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "Since ancient times, those who carried out reforms have encountered great difficulties, such as Shang Yang, Wu Qi, Wang Anshi, etc. Needless to say, Shang Yang and Wu Qi all did not have a good death. Although Wang Anshi died well, he was demoted after being demoted. My old age has been miserable! The so-called reforms have come to nothing!"

Zhu Biao nodded and said with a wry smile: "Since it is a reform, there will naturally be many obstacles!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Lao Shi's reform is not like this! Although some people are blocking and opposing him! But the final result will definitely be changed!

Can you see the difference? "

Zhu Biao was stunned when he heard this, and finally shook his head and said: "My son is stupid. Please let me know clearly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Because there are countless benefits in the world! Reforms have always been about redistributing these countless benefits! The final result will definitely be opposed by those with vested interests!

This reason is very clear. For example, if the gentry's preferential treatment of being exempted from corvee is cancelled, they will naturally have to pay more!

Selling refined salt at low prices, Shanxi merchants were the first to collapse!
The re-clearance of land has made the gentry in the world furious! "

Hearing this, Zhu Biao nodded with a wry smile and said, "Yes! Now just by re-clearing the land and canceling the system of preferential treatment of gentry and exemption from corvee, the current Minister of Household Affairs, Li Yuanming, is already very worried.

When I saw him recently, my son seemed to have aged ten years! "

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "What does it mean to be ten years older? If we hadn't sent the Jinyi Guards to protect him secretly, he would have died ten times!"
This is reform!
The so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Li Yuanming hurt the interests of so many gentry, so this is the natural result!
But Lao Shi’s reform is not just a simple redistribution of interests!
He first created new interests, and even created new interests that were far greater than the redistributed interests, and then carried out reforms!
For example, he did abolish the way Shanxi merchants sold salt.

But in fact, he first improved the method of refining refined salt, and then he was able to overturn the way Shanxi merchants sold salt in one fell swoop!

The same is true for the subsequent imperial examinations!

Although the Four Books and the Five Classics are no longer the only way to do scientific research, in fact, it does not affect the interests of those who read it, but only adds a few more people to come in.

Another example is the clearing of land and the elimination of the preferential treatment of gentry being exempted from corvee. Lao Shiming gave the Kong family a lesson, but still gave them a lot of the soap business!
If other gentry are willing to participate, they can also take shares in the Lushang Salt Company, even the glass factory, etc.!
Of course, Lao Shi has the final say in the returns, but compared to the losses of those gentry, they still made a huge profit! "

Zhu Biao laughed dryly and said, "Father is very concerned about my tenth brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled.

"We have royal guards! What's more, the King of Lu now owns the four states of Qing, Yan, Deng and Lai. How can we not pay attention? What kind of emperor is that?"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly: "Prince, Lao Shi, is the destiny of our country in the future of the Ming Dynasty! You must make good use of him in the future! You must also protect him! Do you remember?"

Zhu Biao nodded, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Inside Jinshan City.

Kaiyuan King of the Great Yuan Dynasty, Nahachu looked at the Ming Dynasty envoy in front of him with a smile on his face.

This is already the fifth wave of envoys sent by Ming Dynasty.

Naha Izuku was speechless.

Why did the people of Ming Dynasty not attack, but only sent people to persuade them to surrender?
I would like to surrender, but you should put some pressure on me!
We have 15 troops guarding Jinshan City. We have food and drink, and the city is impregnable. You only have Ming troops besieging the city outside. Why should I surrender?
You have already promised Emperor Yuan in front of your subordinates that the two families will join forces to fight against you!

Now if I don't fight at all and surrender without any reason, how can I explain to my subordinates?
And actually.

Nahachu already knew the combat power of the Ming army!
Along the way, hundreds of thousands of his troops were wiped out, and the Ming army's losses were minimal. This alone was enough to make Naha know what he was doing.

What's more, there are not a few people who fled into Jinshan City.

Those people also told Naha that the firearms in the hands of the Ming army were exaggeratedly sharp.

He was killed by a fire cannon before he saw the shadow of the Ming army.

What can destroy a city with one cannon?
Naha Chu knew that these people must be exaggerating.

But the Ming army's firearms must be more powerful than before, that's right.

Because the defense line set up by his hundreds of thousands of troops was just like paper, the Ming army had no obstacles and rushed to Jinshan City in just two months. This is enough to prove the speed of their siege!
"Kaiyuan King! Our army has been stationed here for eight days! We have said that the handsome said, but it is no longer possible to repeat it, but the two are again and again, but it is no longer possible to go again and again."

"Okay, okay. Angel, I know, this is the eighth time for us."

Naha waved his hands helplessly.

Are you going to show off your official words to me, or are you going to prove your skills in mathematics?
The messenger snorted and said: "In short, Lord Kaiyuan King, it's time to surrender!" (End of Chapter)