Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 136 Chu Nan concurrently serves as the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards! The Commander of the Jinwu Vanguard!

"Master Chu, congratulations! The emperor's grace is so great that Master Chu will surely rise to great heights in the future!"

"Lord Chu is young and promising. Now he is in charge of the Imperial Guards. He will definitely have a bright future. Congratulations, Lord Chu!"

Everyone started praising Chu Nan, no matter how dissatisfied or doubtful they might be about Zhu Yuanzhang's reward.

"This..." But Chu Nan did not feel happy about these rewards at this moment. Instead, he looked at Zhu Di meaningfully, and then understood everything in an instant.

No wonder you, Zhu Di, were willing to give the credit to me, Chu Nan. It turns out that Zhu Yuanzhang was the one behind it.

Chu Nan guessed everything. It must be that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to reward himself, but he had no reason, so he let Zhu Di make achievements, but wanted to attribute the credit to himself, so that everything would make sense.

After thinking about all this, Chu Nan frowned. The emperor's heart was really as deep as an abyss, unfathomable. But now Chu Nan could only agree. After all, everything now was good for him.

If he became the commander of a guard of the imperial army, he would have more confidence in Nanjing. After all, he would have the military power in his hands. If someone like Hu Weiyong wanted to carry out an assassination, he would have to consider whether he would be killed in return.

What's more, he also controls the intelligence agency, the Jinyiwei, so it would not be easy for him to carry out assassination.

It is also not easy to deal with me openly. After all, I am now the teacher of the princes and work in the Censorate, and I have a lot of people to help me.

Thinking of this, Chu Nan turned to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, I, Chu Nan, thank you!"

"Yeah." Seeing Chu Nan agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang was also satisfied.

In fact, he did all this just to put Chu Nan in a safer place and protect him. Now, the goal has been achieved to a large extent. Chu Nan will be much safer after returning to Jinling.

But it is not safe enough. We need to make it safer in the future.

"Your Majesty!" Just after Zhu Yuanzhang had rewarded all his meritorious officials, the generals below became curious.

Xu Da said, "So what should our army do now? We have killed so many people from the Northern Yuan Dynasty and seized so much supplies."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The other generals also became curious.

"Should we press on with our victory or quit while we're ahead? After all, we've won so many games. If we become too arrogant, we might end up in trouble."

"I have thought about this a long time ago." After hearing their words, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was very calm.

"The policy I set for the Northern Yuan people before was to defend in autumn and fight in spring. Now that it is summer, it is the right time to continue attacking the Northern Yuan people."

"We will fight until autumn, and then defend against the Beiyuan people in autumn, so that they can't grab anything, or try to grab as little as possible. This way, the Beiyuan people will have a very difficult winter. Then can the Beiyuan people survive?"

"Perhaps the Northern Yuan people will migrate westward like the Xiongnu and Turks in history. By then, there will be no more trouble from the Northern Yuan in the north of our Ming Dynasty."

"So..." As he spoke, a hint of cold murderous intent appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

"Our army must continue to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty and never retreat. We must continue to cause trouble to the Northern Yuan Dynasty. It would be best if we could destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty's royal court in one battle!"

"Good, good!" These generals were naturally happy to hear Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

After all, who wouldn't want to be like this?

"That makes sense." Chu Nan also nodded. Now that the Northern Yuan people have lost so many elite soldiers, it is time to strike hard. How can they retreat?

"However." But before they could be happy for long, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and his face became serious.

"The Northern Yuan Dynasty has been crippled by us now, so our Ming Dynasty does not need so many soldiers and generals to fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty. We must send some back."

"And don't forget, I have to go back to deal with this traitor in the court?" "Yes." When the generals heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to withdraw some people, most of them were unwilling to do so. But when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was going back to deal with the traitor, the generals became excited.

"Your Majesty is right! We must go back quickly and find this traitor!"

Among the soldiers who died in the battle following Lan Yu, many were led by these generals.

So they hated the traitor to death. Now when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was going back to find and deal with the traitor, they became excited and wanted to go back and deal with the traitor together.

"Okay." Seeing that they all agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang made arrangements.

"Pass on my order. Order Li Wenzhong to be the commander-in-chief and Geng Bingwen to be the deputy commander-in-chief. Command 100,000 elite troops and continue the attack on the Northern Yuan people."

"Occupy the land of the Northern Yuan people, plunder their resources and population! Make the Northern Yuan people suffer to death!"

"Yes, sir!" After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Wenzhong and Geng Bingwen immediately agreed.

"And the others..." Zhu Yuanzhang said, and then looked at the other generals and started making arrangements.

"Just follow me back, we will set off tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty, your majesty is wise!" After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements, many generals felt a little anxious and even wanted to continue fighting the Northern Yuan people.

But it was Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement after all, and he also wanted to go back to deal with the traitor, so he had to agree.

So good?

When Chu Nan heard Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement, he became happy. He could finally return to Nanjing and no longer have to wander around the grassland and fight with the enemy.

He was very happy that he could finally go back and sleep well every day.

After discussing all this, the generals began to eat and drink. After eating and drinking, the generals dispersed and returned to their camps.

But Chu Nan, Zhu Biao and three other princes were retained by Zhu Yuanzhang. Chu Nan felt helpless when he saw this. Well, Zhu Yuanzhang must have something else to discuss.

"Chun Nan." Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon throne with a majestic voice.

"You now have military power in Jinling and the position of deputy commander of the Jinyiwei. How do you feel?"

“This…” Chu Nan knew he had to say something nice when he heard it. After all, this was the reward he wanted, but he didn’t completely want to say something nice.

Then he said, "Your Majesty, I thank you for giving me the power to protect myself, but I am afraid that I cannot protect you with my position as a guard."

"I don't know how to fight. If I can't protect you, I will be beheaded. And the position of deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, I don't know how to get intelligence, that position is too troublesome."

"It's okay, it's a small matter." But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard Chu Nan's words, he laughed.

"Chu Nan, this is really a small matter. As for the Imperial Guards, I will let Fu Zhong be your deputy. He will help you if there is anything."

"You have Mao Xiang to take care of you in the Jinyiwei. Are you still worried that you will be fine?"

"Fu Zhong? Mao Xiang?" But Chu Nan felt even more confused when he heard that. Fu Zhong was not so bad. He had been with him for so long and he could trust him.

But Mao Xiang is in trouble. Chu Nan knows Mao Xiang too well. He was a famous executioner in the Ming Dynasty in history. He killed so many people. How could he let him take care of me, Chu Nan?

(End of this chapter)