Su Wu was worried about the loss of food and grass, but Zhu Gaojie didn't take it too seriously.
Among the logistics troops escorting the grain and grass, he specially mobilized a team of elites from Fengzi Camp, carrying divine arm bows, sufficient arrows, and dozens of new muskets secretly developed by the Ministry of Industry. In addition, there were constant scouts along the way. Patrolling back and forth, even if you encounter an enemy ambush, it is unlikely that anything serious will happen.
What he is more concerned about is, could something happen in the capital?
The officials who opposed him found an opportunity to join forces with the aristocratic families and tampered with logistics...
Soon, in the evening of that day, as several teams of scouts returned one after another to report, Zhu Gaojie gradually understood the truth of the matter.
This kind of truth made him and Su Wu look at each other, feeling very surprised.
"The old man is gone?"
Zhu Gaojie slapped the table in front of him hard. He, who had always been a calm personality, couldn't help but feel a little pale after hearing the news, and he was suddenly shocked and angry.
After getting along for such a long time, he still has deep feelings for Zhu Di, his father, and Zhu Di has always loved him far more than other princes, but sometimes he looks at him a little strange, with a hint of love. A bit of an inexplicable smile...
But in any case, Zhu Di treated him very well. Not only did he teach him step by step how to do things and recognize people, but he also supported him to ascend to the position of prince. He was also completely happy to see his success in taking charge of the military. He was not wary, which made Zhu Gaojie respect his father very much.
Before the expedition to Mobei, Zhu Gaojie gave special instructions to the imperial physicians and chamberlains and made various arrangements in order to keep the seriously ill and comatose Zhu Di alive.
Logically speaking, Zhu Di can at least support himself until he returns to Beijing.
But now there is news that the old man seems to be gone?
That's why there was chaos in the capital, and Yang Rong, the chief minister, was also in a hurry. The logistics and food supplies in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs were even affected and stopped. That's why the army's food and grass were not supplied in time!
Zhu Gaojie closed his eyes slightly, his face looked a little heavy, and his thoughts were racing.
Su Wu, who learned about this from the sidelines, found it even more difficult to accept it.
Although he was loyal to Zhu Gaojie, after all, Zhu Di personally mobilized troops to quell the crisis. He was a generation of heroes who succeeded in seizing the throne in adversity. He was also more tolerant of the generals and officials under him. Therefore, Su Wu's first reaction was to go to Beijing. Someone among them murdered the old emperor!
"Your Highness, this must be the work of those ambitious thieves!"
Su Wu said angrily:
"Your Majesty has a body of ten thousand gold. He is raised in the palace. It is impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with him. Now that something happened to your Majesty, someone must have bribed the palace servants or the imperial doctors to do this!"
"It's simply insane and unforgivable!"
Zhu Gaojie was silent for a while, then slowly said:
"Yunzhou sent two groups of messengers, one of which was from Shen Qingyu. He reported to me secretly that there was a commotion in the capital now, and the news that the old man was gone was spread. Very shocked.”
"Yang Rong has been criticized by others. Those people are very powerful together. I am not in Beijing, so he is inevitably a little confused."
"Besides, Mr. Xia's health has not recovered. He has been ill and has been working for so long and has not been able to take a good rest. It is really difficult to be hit by the bad news this time."
Su Wu couldn't help but sigh slightly when he thought of the situation when Xia Yuanji was alone in front of many rioting Confucian students in the liberal arts college.
"However," Zhu Gaojie opened his eyes, and a flash of light flashed through:
"These people want to cut off my food, grass and escape route, and let me die on this vast grassland, but they have made the wrong calculation!"
The Ming Dynasty's army was almost entirely in the hands of Zhu Di and him. In the past two years, Zhu Di had gradually retreated behind the scenes to support himself in power. Now, almost all the generals in the army are from his own side.
The last time the Confucian scholars in the Academy of Arts made trouble, Zhu Gaojie took advantage of the opportunity to investigate the last batch of deeply concealed dissatisfied generals, and ordered all those who had close ties with the aristocratic families to get out of the army...
Therefore, Zhu Gaojie is very confident in his prestige and control in the military, and no one can make any conspiracy in this regard.
After defeating the Tatars and Oaras and sweeping across the entire Mobei grassland, he will be the supreme and true emperor among the Ming army!
And those aristocratic families and officials who opposed him could only use conspiracy and tricks in the court to force him and trap him, but they did not want to think about whether he, Zhu Gaojie, was just like the original King of Han, a mindless common man who only knew martial arts. ?
"The news from Shen Qingyu will probably be fine."
Zhu Gaojie said thoughtfully:
"Something must have really happened to the old man. It is most likely that someone from the imperial doctor has tampered with the situation. The internal servants have always been very strict with him, so it is difficult to get a chance to take action. It is easier to start with decoction, medicine and acupuncture."
"And those people have been waiting for the news for a long time. As soon as the bad news came out, they immediately launched an operation. They wanted to make the cabinet anxious about it and ignored the logistics of the army. I estimate that most of the rumors are flying in Beijing now, and all kinds of Slander and outrageous comments are everywhere."
When Su Wu heard this, he didn't say a word, but the anger on his face was obviously even stronger.
"There won't be much problem with food and grass."
Zhu Gaojie said to him:
"Although Yunzhou is just a temporary transfer station, they have already made additional reserves. It will not be a problem to supply the army with food and grass in a short time."
"The reason why this time was delayed by one day was mainly because Beijing sent people to cause trouble, trying to muddy the water, stop the supply of food and grass to the army, and cut off my retreat."
"As everyone knows," Zhu Gaojie said this with a bit of a sneer on his face:
"Although in Yunzhou, the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs jointly handle the logistics and food matters, Shen Qingyu is the insurance specially arranged by me."
"Those people went to Yunzhou to show off their power and show off their power, thinking that with this opportunity they could stand up and call the shots, and act arbitrarily. But they didn't know that Shen Qingyu had already received my order. Anyone who dares to interfere with the army's logistics and food supplies will be killed first and reported later, and everyone will be treated equally!"
This treats everyone equally. For Shen Qingyu who received the order, it means that even if the emperor comes, he will not be able to do it!
Regardless of relatives of the emperor or important officials in the court, as long as they dare to affect the army's food and grass or the prince's expedition, Shen Qingyu will be regarded as a thief!
The five hundred Jin Yiwei he brought to Yunzhou specifically were not there for a living...
Su Wu was stunned for a moment, then asked:
"You won't kill them all, right?"
Zhu Gaojie glanced at him with a calm expression:
"If you don't kill them all, will Shen Qingyu keep them for the New Year?" (End of Chapter)
