Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 284 The Strategy of Chu King Zhu Huakui
Zhu Youxiao stood there dumbfounded for a while without saying a word. He never thought that Wei Min'er would suddenly agree to the king of Chu's marriage proposal. He couldn't help but think of the day when King Zhu Huakui of Chu begged to see him and made a special trip to ask himself for permission to marry him. Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, came to Wei Min'er as a concubine.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly asked Wu Jin: "Did Wei Miner know this Chu king before?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I don't know each other. I have already checked all the people we can know about Miss Wei in Jinling City, and according to where I am, it seems that Miss Wei agreed to marry the King of Chu because of Miss Wei's cousin. Ruan Dacheng's persuasion has something to do with it." After Wu Jin answered truthfully, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Although his cousin meant it, I'm afraid it has something to do with her hating me as her father-killing enemy and wanting to stay away from me. "

So, thinking about it this way, Zhu Youxiao asked Wu Jin to retreat first, and now he needs to be alone for a while.

From Jinling to Wuchang, Zhu Youxiao chose to go up the Yangtze River by boat, and the newly-arranged navy was escorted by Qin Botong. In other words, they could improve their steering and use of newer steam-powered vessels, especially in adverse current conditions.

The bright moon was in the sky, and the royal boat on the silver river was slightly rippling. The naval warships guarding the surroundings were still lying in front of them like giants, but they were also silent. For the first time, Zhu Youxiao felt a little lost. Those tens of thousands of people whose destiny is controlled by him have brought him an unparalleled sense of accomplishment, but he has also forgotten that he is just an ordinary person, a person with selfish desires, not a pure six-rooted person. God.

"I'd rather be a concubine of a vassal king than reject me, because I naively think that as the king of a country, I can control a person's will." After Zhu Youxiao smiled wryly, he couldn't help standing up and facing There was a roar on the vast and boundless river, and the officers and soldiers of the guards kept silent. Even Wang Chengen did not dare to come to persuade him, and stood silently with Li Mingrui on the other side of the deck.

No one dared to touch His Majesty's dragon scales at this time, and Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything after venting. He slapped the railing hard and returned to the cabin. The cabin was as cool as autumn, and Zhu Youxiao's mood It was also extremely cold.

In the early morning, as in the past, Zhu Youxiao, just as the sun came out of the horizon, was served by Lingxin, washed up, and after a little breakfast, he began to review the memorials delivered by the capital. These are some important military affairs. Don't be sloppy at all, but Li Mingrui put forward solutions to many of the proposals last night, so Zhu Youxiao wasn't too tired. Li Mingrui handled many matters very well, so Zhu Youxiao simply threw them away. To Wang Chengen: "Accept!"

Now that Zhu Youxiao approved it, Wang Chengen also quickly wrote the word "approved" on the memorial, but there were also one or two memorials that Zhu Youxiao needed to hold in his hand for a while and ask Wang Chengen for his opinion. When it is determined not to follow Li Mingrui's draft opinions, Zhu Youxiao will often act arbitrarily, but there are also times when Li Mingrui is called to discuss with him.

"Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng said that he and Mao Wenlong have decided to send 300 elites across the sea to the north to contact the dozen or so Ming guards scattered in Sakhalin Island and its surrounding areas. Bring the necessary living materials and firearms, and prepare to retake the lost land occupied by the Raksha people, so as to achieve the purpose of consolidating the stronghold of Sakhalin Island and the Liaodong Peninsula to form a flanking attack on the Manchu and Wu Xiang tribes, but the materials need a total of [-] The goods worth tens of thousands of silver dollars are requested to be allocated by the imperial court."

Zhu Youxiao's memorial had been read for a long time, and his eyes were a little sore, so he didn't even bother to read the memorial anymore, so he asked Lingxin, who was also literate, to read it to him.

"Well, as expected, Lu Xiangsheng is the minister I rely on the most, and he still has a very strategic vision. How did Mr. Li Ge draft it?"

Zhu Youxiao asked a question, and Lingxin replied truthfully: "Mr. Li Ge said that the extreme north is a place of bitter cold. For several years, the soldiers and people in the local guards have not been in contact with the imperial court, and they even live together with the local barbarians. The style of the Central Plains has long since disappeared, and it is useless to contact them now, and it will cost a lot of money. It is not necessary to go through such a lot of trouble to get rid of the Manchu Qing. Thousands of soldiers and horses."

"This Li Mingrui has a lot of bad ideas for making suggestions, but after all, it's a scholar's opinion. His strategy is not as good as that of Lu Xiangsheng. Call back and let them follow Lu University's opinion, and the materials of 300 million silver dollars will be added to 500 million materials. , remember, my real enemy in the future is not only the upright officials created by him, Huang Taiji, but also the fierce tiger in the north."

"Understood", Wang Chengen responded, took the memorial from Lingxin, and crossed out the ticket written by Li Mingrui with a Chinese ink brush, with a note on the side: "According to the wishes of University Fellow Lu."

It is the authority of the eunuch to approve the red letter or the eunuch who holds the pen. Naturally, Lingxin can't do it for her. She only has the qualification to read, so when Wang Chengen approved the red according to Zhu Youxiao's intention, she was already reading the next memorial.

It took Zhu Youxiao all morning to deal with the redundant tasks that had accumulated overnight. He was a little tired. Although he had asked Lingxin and Wang Chengen to share most of the government affairs for him, how to deal with these matters still had to go through his mind. Circuit to deal with, still have to pay mental work.

In the afternoon, Zhu Youxiao summoned Wu Jin as usual, and listened to Wu Jin convey the latest news from Dongchang.

Zhu Youxiao didn't disrupt the rhythm of his life because Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, wanted to marry Wei Min'er. As the ruler of a country, if he was in chaos, the whole country would follow suit.

But this doesn't mean that he will allow things to develop out of the track he controlled. If possible, he doesn't mind using rough methods to snatch Wei Min'er back first.

"Your Majesty, the heart of Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, is already Sima Zhao's heart. Everyone knows that. According to our informant in Wuchang, Zhu Huakui has secretly contacted Zuo Liangyu, and Zuo Liangyu's people have secretly gathered in Wuchang. Outside the city, tonight Zhu Huakui is going to host a banquet for the Huguang Chief Envoy, the left and right chief envoys, the inspectors, the Huguang inspector censor, the deputy envoy of Tixue, and the prefect of Wuchang. If you don't want to pass them, kill them all, and then open the city gate as the insider."

Wu Jin said again: "According to their plan, they will immediately recruit soldiers and horses in Wuchang City, and then directly launch an attack, in the name of eradicating the traitors in the court, obeying the will of Emperor Taizu Gao, and entering the capital to serve the king. Go down to Nanchang, and then head straight for Jinling City."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao asked, "Where's the Imperial Guards in Yueyang, and the Imperial Guards in the direction of Xuzhou, how will Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, deal with it?"

"Their plan is to abandon Wuchang City, so that before Yueyang's Imperial Guard Fu Haibu rushes to Wuchang City, he can take Nanchang first. Now, Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, will also take advantage of this and come directly to Jinling City, and is going to recruit refugees along the way, expand the number of troops, so that he can go straight to Huanglong!"

Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, Ruan Dacheng, Zuo Liangyu, etc. naturally did not know that Dongchang had fully understood their strategic deployment, but after listening to Wu Jin's report, Zhu Youxiao did not feel that the crisis was approaching, but found it funny: "This is Who gave Zhu Huakui such a bad idea, he is so sure that my imperial guards will follow his will, knowing that he is going to attack Nanchang city, my imperial guards are still foolish to retake Wuchang city?"

"According to insiders, it was Ruan Dacheng who made the suggestion, and Zuo Liangyu also agreed with the proposal, but Zuo Liangyu told his cronies that he disagreed with the strategy of King Chu, and the reason why he agreed was Because he and his subordinates want to come to the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River to plunder and make a fortune, and they don't care about whether the King of Chu is defeated or not, and the worst is to turn against him."

After Wu Jin spoke, Zhu Youxiao stopped talking and began to meditate. At this moment, he realized that the point was not whether the King of Chu's rebellion could be successful or whether it was a joke, but that these wicked, greedy and selfish armed landlords He will not fish in troubled waters while the world is in chaos, poison the people, plunder their wealth, and destroy the economic foundation of Ming Dynasty.

"Those who want to mess with my Ming Dynasty and take the opportunity to burn, kill and loot are the most abominable!"

Zhu Youxiao scolded harshly, and then asked: "Have you found out the exact time when the king of Chu, Zhu Huakui, committed the incident?"

"On the third day of next month, on the first day of next month, the king of Chu will hold a big wedding ceremony, and use this as an opportunity to contact all parties, and then make an incident on the third day of the first day." After Wu Jin finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered Wang Chengen to unfold the map. , and he himself began to think about the map, and after a long time, he ordered: "Order the Fuhai Department to rush to Hanyang immediately. Qin Botong's department does not need to protect me anymore. Immediately go up the Shuojiang River and approach Chibi. It must be done before the first day of next month." Surround Wuchang Mansion for me."

After Zhu Youxiao said, he sent an order to go to Nanchang City first, so as to prevent Chu King Zhu Huakui or Zuo Liangyu from escaping under the eyes of the imperial guards and quickly capture Nanchang and gain a foothold in northern Jiangxi.

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Accompanied by Ruan Dacheng, Wei Miner entered Chu Palace. Because she had been to the palace before, the grand scale and incomparably gorgeous Chu Palace did not bring her much surprise. It even gave Wei Miner a strong sense of strangeness. She felt that she was out of place here. , don't even know anyone.

But Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, was very moved. He not only gave Wei Min'er a lot of jewels and gold jade, but also Ruan Dacheng also gave many rewards worth hundreds of silver dollars.

At the same time, King Zhu Huakui of Chu also gave Wei Miner an independent house for him to live in, equipped with dozens of maids and ten little yellow gates to wait on him, and at the same time, King Zhu Huakui of Chu couldn't wait to order people to choose Huang Daoji, Determine the day when you will concubine and make trouble.

But it is also because he is a little complacent now that he also ignores the ubiquitous Dongchang Fanzi, so that the two important time information are found by Dongchang as soon as they are confirmed.

However, Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, still lives in his fantasy world. After confirming that the ceremony of accepting the lottery will be held on the first day of the next month, Zhu Huakui began to order people to arrange silk and satin at home, but at the same time, he still Immediately met with Zuo Liangyu and others, and began to discuss the uprising and how to uprising.

For this reason, Zhu Huakui also sent his own scouts to investigate the situation in Wuchang and Nanchang cities. When he learned that the guards in these cities were already weak, even no more than a few thousand old and weak, He also began to feel complacent, thinking that he could stir up the world.

"The land of Jingchu has always been difficult to defend. Instead of occupying Wuchang and waiting for Zhu Youxiao's imperial army to come and suppress it, it is better to occupy Nanchang. Many soldiers in Zuo Liangyu’s tribe are familiar with water warfare, so as long as we occupy Nanchang City, we can resist the Fuhai Division, and after occupying Nanchang City, we will go straight to Jinling City, which is unexpected.”

Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, likes to listen to Ruan Dacheng's strategic plan the most, and Ruan Dacheng himself said it vividly. From their point of view, it seems that occupying Jinling City and ruling by rowing the river is quite good.

On the contrary, Wei Min'er seemed a little depressed, the more she knew that she was going to marry a feudal lord, and a feudal lord she didn't know, the more uncertain she was, but when she thought that it was the will of His Majesty himself, she would He gritted his teeth involuntarily, and continued to cooperate with the people of Chu Palace to tailor her clothes, make up and outline her eyebrows.

Wei Min'er felt a little lost, and wondered if it wasn't for his will, would she have agreed to her cousin to marry this Prince Chu named Zhu Huakui.

But at the same time, Wei Min'er hoped that Zhu Youxiao would suddenly appear at this time, and then let him go back and continue working in Da Ming Daily.

However, when Wei Min'er thought that this was originally the will of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, she couldn't help laughing wryly, thinking that Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, would soon be her husband, and she couldn't still think about others at this time, she still had to be careful about her husband and wife.

"Your Majesty, Hou Xun, the governor of Huguang, really has evil intentions. When the imperial guards arrived in Mianyang, but at this time, a fire suddenly broke out in Mianyang City, and the fire spread directly. In order to prevent more people from dying, Due to the fire, Fu Dahai of the imperial guards had to participate in the rescue, but this delayed the marching time. Afterwards, we found that it was Huguang Governor Hou Xun who burned most of Mianyang City because of the arson. The private houses are all housekeepers of Huguang governor Hou Xun."

After Wu Jin finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao nodded: "It seems that Hou Xun, the governor of Huguang, is indeed a man with different ambitions. You Dongchang people will arrest him immediately, but remember not to startle the snake, and order all the ministries Speed ​​up and immediately encircle Wuchang Mansion."

After Zhu Youxiao gave an order, he got out of the cabin and asked Wu Jin: "Has the result of Fan Wencheng's interrogation come out? How many ministers and princes in the court and China have he contacted?"

"Return to Your Majesty, we will arrive within three days. According to your intention, he has been arranged to be executed in front of Fan Zhongyan's grave. Accept the punishment in front of the ancestors of the family," Zhu Youxiao said.

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