Zhu Yuanzhang is sixty-five years old this year.
At this age, the thing that worries him the most is that the entire Ming Empire has no successor.
I chose Zhu Yunwen before, which was called a helpless move. It was considered to be a taller one among the short ones.
Even the fourth child, Zhu Di, whom he had previously favored, was actually not in Zhu Yuanzhang's liking.
After Zhu Ying appeared, Zhu Yuanzhang was initially influenced more by personal emotions, not that Zhu Ying had the ability to inherit the throne.
But today, now, it's completely different.
The suggestion of separation of military and political affairs is completely in line with the thinking of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations.
The most important thing is that Da Sun's layout is simply shocking. If it were anyone else, Zhu Yuanzhang's first thought would be to kill him first.
From the early layout of Annan to the current control of Goryeo, ordinary people would feel like a ghost story if they heard this kind of behavior.
Such a great grandson, with his talent alone, is more than enough to run the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang has nothing to regret.
"Grandpa, don't cry." Zhu Ying looked at the old man who first laughed crazily and then burst into tears. He quickly stood up and stepped forward to comfort him.
"We are so happy."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes. His mood swings were a bit violent. Zhu Ying patted his back gently and it took a long time to calm down.
"As I get older, I can't control myself."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some emotion.
He himself also has a bad temper, and all his sons are similar in this regard.
This is especially true when it comes to eldest sisters, eldest grandsons, and sons.
"Dasun, it's time for you to visit your father sometime. I've been back to the capital for so long, and I haven't even seen your father in person." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed slightly and said to Zhu Ying.
"Listen to Grandpa's arrangements." Zhu Ying whispered.
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Zhu Yuanzhang is sixty-five years old this year.
At this age, the thing that worries him the most is that the entire Ming Empire has no successor.
I chose Zhu Yunwen before, which was called a helpless move. It was considered to be a taller one among the short ones.
Even the fourth child, Zhu Di, whom he had previously favored, was actually not in Zhu Yuanzhang's liking.
After Zhu Ying appeared, Zhu Yuanzhang was initially influenced more by personal emotions, not that Zhu Ying had the ability to inherit the throne.
But today, now, it's completely different.
The suggestion of separation of military and political affairs is completely in line with the thinking of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations.
The most important thing is that Da Sun's layout is simply shocking. If it were anyone else, Zhu Yuanzhang's first thought would be to kill him first.
From the early layout of Annan to the current control of Goryeo, ordinary people would feel like a ghost story if they heard this kind of behavior.
Such a great grandson, with his talent alone, is more than enough to run the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang has nothing to regret.
"Grandpa, don't cry." Zhu Ying looked at the old man who first laughed crazily and then burst into tears. He quickly stood up and stepped forward to comfort him.
"We are so happy."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes. His mood swings were a bit violent. Zhu Ying patted his back gently and it took a long time to calm down.
"As I get older, I can't control myself."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some emotion.
He himself also has a bad temper, and all his sons are similar in this regard.
This is especially true when it comes to eldest sisters, eldest grandsons, and sons.
"Dasun, it's time for you to visit your father sometime. I've been back to the capital for so long, and I haven't even seen your father in person." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed slightly and said to Zhu Ying.
However, at this moment, the flag of Li Jinglong's Central Army was suddenly blown by the strong wind.
The commander's flag of the Chinese army is the command flag that commands all the armies. Once the commander's flag fell, the army that lost its command began to become a little chaotic.
However, the funniest thing is that when Li Jinglong saw the handsome flag falling, his first reaction was not to hold the handsome flag up. Instead, seeing the chaos, he ran away with the Chinese army guards.
While the army led by Li Jinglong was confused, the morale of Zhu Di's army was greatly boosted and they quickly launched a counterattack.
Li Jinglong's 600,000-strong army was trampled by tens of thousands of people. The strategic defense line along the Baigou River for dozens of miles was quickly overwhelmed. Li Jinglong could only lead more than 100,000 troops to retreat to Jinan, while the fierce general Zhai Neng also fought. He died, and the remaining soldiers were scattered in all directions.
The shocking reversal in the Battle of Baigou River not only caused the collapse of the 600,000-strong army, but also boosted Zhu Di's momentum, and the situation in the Battle of Jingnan began to improve.
At the beginning of the entire campaign, Li Jinglong performed admirably and had no problems at all. However, at the critical moment, he fell off the chain.
Then hundreds of thousands of troops were lost.
Among them, who would believe that Li Jinglong is not Zhu Di's secret son?
The most important thing is Zhu Yunxin.
He also handed over the defense of Nanjing City to Li Jinglong.
When Zhu Di arrived at Nanjing City, Li Jinglong opened the city gate directly.
Nanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, has forty-eight guards in the capital camp alone.
One guard has 5,600 people, which is nearly 300,000 people.
Even if some were transferred away by Li Jinglong before, plus the more than 100,000 soldiers who later dispersed, it is conservatively estimated that there are more than 300,000 troops stationed in the capital.
In addition to Luo Mi's general cannon on the city gate, there was countless gunpowder.
Some people say that Li Jinglong opened the door and surrendered because he was afraid. Without Li Jinglong's surrender, Zhu Di had more than 200,000 men. Whether they could be defeated and how long it would take to defeat them is unknown.
From another perspective, Zhu Di was very familiar with Nanjing, the capital city. How could he not know how difficult Nanjing was to defeat and how many troops were needed to be sure of victory.
But after the great victory at Baigouhe, Zhu Di did not hesitate and led his troops straight to Nanjing.
This strategy at that time dumbfounded the soldiers who followed.
Who gave Zhu Di such confidence.
Except for Li Jinglong, there was no one else.
However, it is difficult to see Li Jinglong's intention to be afraid.
Li Jinglong, who grew up in a military camp, followed his father Li Wenzhong on the battlefield. When he grew up, he led troops to train alone and was responsible for Western trade, which earned him the attention of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The most important thing is that Li Jinglong did not open the city gate alone, he had an accomplice.
Together with Gu Wang Zhu Su, they surrendered and opened the city gate, which was also the Nanjing Jinchuan Gate guarded by Gu Wang Zhu Su.
Li Jinglong wanted to open another city gate, but he might not be able to open it yet.
Of course, although Li Jinglong now has a good relationship with Zhu Di, he has no intention of helping him rebel.
It's just that he is a smart man. Among the choices between Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Ying, he quickly chose Zhu Ying, who he had never met before.
How could he, Li Jinglong, not understand what kind of temper his cousin had? How could he possibly be able to fight against such a ruthless person as Zhu Ying?
In particular, Zhu Ying is still the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson recognized by His Majesty.
No matter what the mess of his life experience is, as long as His Majesty is alive, the position of grandson can only be filled by Zhu Ying.
On this point, Li Jinglong, like Zhu Di, saw it very clearly.
"His Majesty has not announced the identity of His Highness Changsun yet. If I surrender early, I will definitely be reused."
Li Jinglong felt a little uneasy.
Because Zhu Ying was too unfamiliar to him, and the mystery brought by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, Li Jinglong was already timid even before they met.
"Mr. Cao Guo, please stay. It is not appropriate to enter here."
Just when Li Jinglong saw the house in front of him and was about to go directly there, two strong men dressed as ordinary people suddenly stood in front of him.
Li Jinglong stopped, and with just one glance, he understood that these people were Jin Yiwei.
"Why, your Jinyi guards are so lenient, why don't you allow me to walk around?" Li Jinglong rolled his eyes and said immediately.
However, the two Jinyi guards didn't buy it at all. After looking at each other, they stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Cao Guo, please don't make it difficult for us."
The two of them had their hands on the handles of their waist knives. It was obvious that if Li Jinglong said one more word, he would subdue them directly without giving him any dignity.
As His Majesty's personal bodyguard, no matter who dares to collide with His Majesty, he will be arrested directly by the Jinyi Guards and imprisoned.
Li Jinglong looked at the position of their hands and turned around without hesitation, leaving without looking back.
Just after Li Jinglong left, the two Jinyi guards whispered, and one of them immediately walked towards Zhu Ying's residence.
"You stay here with the other brothers, and I will report to Lord Jiang."
"yes."
...
In the yard, Zhu Ying understood that the old man already agreed with his idea of separating military and political affairs.
Although the specific implementation must be more careful.
After all, the entire reform of the Ming Dynasty's military system is far from being accomplished by a few thousand words on a piece of paper. The interests involved are extremely huge.
But Zhu Ying knew very well that if he wanted to reform the Ming Dynasty, he could only do it while the old man was still there.
If he ascends the throne and carries out this reform, the obstacles he will encounter will definitely be beyond imagination.
The separation of military and political affairs also weakens the power of generals in a sense.
The most critical constraint is the difference between wartime and non-wartime.
It is equivalent to adding a role similar to the Military Commission of later generations to the normal military generals to control the non-professional soldiers during non-war times.
This means that the number of troops originally controlled by generals during non-war times has dropped significantly.
In fact, most of the soldiers, when there is no war, are working in the field. During this period, they will be ruled by the Military Commission instead of being ruled by the original generals like before.
In Zhu Yingbai's strategy on paper, the soldiers' military pay will not be distributed through the original commander-in-chief, but will be distributed by the Military Commission. Logistics soldiers and combat soldiers will also be completely distinguished.
"Grandpa, the matter of separation of military and political affairs needs to be carefully considered after thinking about it. Grandson is just a rough idea. If it is to be implemented, proper preparations must be made."
Zhu Ying said.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
The separation of military and political affairs actually meant adding a line similar to a logistics officer to the original command team.
This newly added position is actually difficult for ordinary military generals to fill, at least illiterate military generals cannot fill it, so they must be literati.
"We have to turn civil servants into military attachés. After we go back, we will gather many ministers to discuss the matter, and then we will show our conclusion to the great grandson." Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said.
Zhu Yuanzhang followed the idea of separation of military and political affairs and quickly found the key. In a sense, this can be regarded as a combination of civil and military affairs.
This also means that the entire team of Goryeo envoys has been controlled by Da Sun.
Zhu Ying smiled faintly and said as if it were normal: "Not only the Goryeo Dynasty, but also the Goryeo palace guards, court ministers, local officials, and the commanders of land, water, and land forces all belong to Sun'er."
"As long as grandpa says a word, my grandson will change his surname to Gaoli tomorrow."
Zhu Yuanzhang was really shocked when he heard Da Sun's declaration that was full of domineering power.
Has Da Sun really accomplished this thing that seems like a fantasy?
According to Da Sun's statement, it means that the entire Goryeo is now under Da Sun's control. So Li Chenggui, who led the army to capture the capital of Goryeo, is now just a puppet?
This, this is too exaggerated.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but his throat rolled and he swallowed his saliva. After a while, he recovered from the shock and asked quickly: "How did Da Sun do such a thing? It's really unbelievable."
Zhu Ying felt happy when she saw the old man's shocked look.
Without hiding it, he directly revealed that he had already arranged for someone to lurk under Li Chenggui.
The status of these soldiers was quickly promoted and they quickly rose to the top.
Li Chenggui was not the only general to win over, but Li Chenggui also needed manpower to jointly resist the old forces of the Goryeo royal family and the powerful families.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu, King Wang You of Goryeo sent people to assassinate Li Chenggui. Under the protection of Zhu Ying's subordinates, he was safe and sound. Therefore, he gained the utmost trust of Li Chenggui and now serves as the commander of the palace guards.
The latent forces under Li Chenggui and Zhu Ying, who held real power, began to carry out private land reforms, mainly with the purpose of restricting wealthy families and Buddhist forces. This kind of reshuffling of the economic foundation.
Zhu Ying was asked to arrange people to infiltrate Goryeo. Because there were too many people infiltrated, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce had no one available in a short period of time.
As Zhu Ying spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's slightly cloudy eyes glowed with terrifying light, staring directly at Zhu Ying's face.
In the yard, Zhu Ying understood that the old man already agreed with his idea of separation of military and political affairs.
Although the specific implementation must be more careful.
After all, the entire reform of the Ming Dynasty's military system is far from being accomplished by a few thousand words on a piece of paper. The interests involved are extremely huge.
But Zhu Ying knew very well that if he wanted to reform the Ming Dynasty, he could only do it while the old man was still there.
If he ascends the throne and carries out this reform, the obstacles he will encounter will definitely be beyond imagination.
In addition to Luo Mi's general cannon on the city gate, there was countless gunpowder.
Some people say that Li Jinglong opened the door and surrendered because he was afraid. Without Li Jinglong's surrender, Zhu Di had more than 200,000 men. Whether they could be defeated and how long it would take to defeat them is unknown.
From another perspective, Zhu Di was very familiar with Nanjing, the capital city. How could he not know how difficult Nanjing was to defeat and how many troops were needed to be sure of victory.
But after the great victory at Baigouhe, Zhu Di did not hesitate and led his troops straight to Nanjing.
This strategy at that time dumbfounded the soldiers who followed.
Who gave Zhu Di such confidence.
