Jinling Imperial Capital.
Zhu Yunwen has been somewhat complacent in recent days.
He does have the capital and confidence.
More than half a month has passed since the last great victory on the front line.
It seems that Li Jinglong has already conquered Beiping City and is trying his best to kill the Yan army's rebellion.
Zhu Yunwen even began to imagine that soon he would be able to see the traitor Zhu Di who was captured alive!
At that time, Zhu Yunwen will severely humiliate Zhu Di, the traitor, in front of all the civil and military officials, and then take Zhu Di to the Ancestral Temple and humiliate him again in front of Emperor Taizu Gao!
As for killing Zhu Di?
Zhu Yunwen will definitely not kill him. He will be demoted to a commoner and imprisoned for life!
This would not only demonstrate the generosity and kindness of Emperor Jianwen, but also humiliate Zhu Di for the rest of his life!
For ambitious rebels like Zhu Di, what could be better than watching helplessly as he, Emperor Jianwen, built the Ming Dynasty into a peaceful and prosperous era?
Oh, by the way, Zhu Di can't enter the Ancestral Temple yet.
Because as early as the beginning of Zhu Di's rebellion, Zhu Yunwen deprived Zhu Di of his title, expelled him from his clan and demoted him to a commoner!
Zhu Di, Zhu Di, what are you fighting with me for?
When he thought of this, Zhu Yunwen felt so comfortable all over his body, and even the eunuchs around him felt a little more pleasing to the eye.
However, just as he was leisurely reviewing the memorial, Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War, walked in with a solemn expression.
As soon as he saw Qi Tai, Zhu Yunwen smiled on his face.
Thanks to the victory on the front line, Zhu Yunwen and his "Jianwen Three Treasures" also eliminated the gap and returned to the honeymoon period.
"Qi Aiqing is exempt from the courtesy, but there is a great victory coming from the front?"
Zhu Yunwen asked excitedly, but Qitai showed a bitter smile.
"Your Majesty, there is indeed news from the front line, but it is not a great victory, but... a request for money and food!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen frowned and hurriedly took the military information document and read it.
The next moment, the seemingly gentle Emperor Jianwen suddenly became furious.
"What a bastard!"
"What is Li Jinglong doing?"
"A half-million-strong army has besieged Beiping for more than a month, but they still can't defeat the mere city of Beiping?"
No wonder Zhu Yunwen was so angry, this was really outrageous!
That's half a million elite Confederate troops!
It's just a siege of Peking City, it should have been conquered long ago!
But until now, Peiping has not been defeated, and the army of 500,000 seems to be playing outside Peiping City!
Moreover, Li Jinglong was still shamelessly urging the court for money and food, which made Zhu Yunwen furious!
You haven't seen any of the results of the battle, but you have eaten a lot of food!
What, are you really going out for fun?
Even if 500,000 pigs rammed against the city wall for a month, they could break open the city wall of Peiping, right?
This is really unreasonable!
Zhu Yunwen was furious and stood up and paced back and forth.
The slap in the face came so quickly!
He couldn't figure out what went wrong.
Li Jinglong is a master in the art of war. How could he not know the importance of Beiping City to the Yan army?
Then why is the current situation still occurring, where an army of 500,000 people cannot defeat the city of Beiping after a month of fighting?
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"It's not that Duke Cao is incompetent, but that Zhu Gaochi is too cunning!"
"Zhu Gaochi?" Zhu Yunwen was stunned when he heard this, "That Prince Yan?"
"Yes, it is this son!" Qi Tai explained, "Zhu Gaochi's son is different from his father Zhu Di. He is well-read, mature and prudent, and he is quite wise and foolish."
"In this battle in Peiping, Zhu Di was far away in Daning, and only Zhu Gaochi stayed behind to guard Peiping. He repeatedly used tricks to defeat the king's siege and blocked the attack for more than a month!"
I have to admit that Qi Tai is trying to excuse Li Jinglong.
When Qi Tai first saw this military intelligence document, he was furious and very dissatisfied with Li Jinglong.
But he was dissatisfied, and he had to find a way to excuse Li Jinglong in front of His Majesty the Emperor!
Because Li Jinglong was the head coach of the Southern Army, and he was recommended by Qi Tai.
If His Majesty the Emperor is dissatisfied with Li Jinglong, Qitai will also suffer!
In addition, since the traitor Zhu Di started his rebellion, His Majesty the Emperor's temper has become even more irritable and surly, and even Qi Huangfang and the others have been reprimanded from time to time.
The three of them finally understood that only by completely strangling the traitor Zhu Di would His Majesty the Emperor feel at ease and return to the gentle Emperor Jianwen.
Therefore, every news coming back from the front line at this moment is extremely important.
We cannot report it to His Majesty the Emperor as it is, and we cannot let His Majesty the Emperor be dissatisfied with Li Jinglong.
To cover up one's faults with one's faults is the specialty of civilized officials.
It is actually not difficult to excuse Li Jinglong.
The best way is to praise Zhu Gaochi, the Prince of Yan.
After all, the leader of the Southern Army is incompetent. This kind of statement must not be made. Then the enemy general is too cunning!
Hearing the name Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Yunwen suddenly fell silent.
Of course he was very witty, or very impressed by his cousin.
When Emperor Taizu Gao was still alive, he liked Prince Yan very much.
The Taizu of the Ming Dynasty once ordered Zhu Gaochi and the princes of the kings of Qin, Jin and Zhou Zhou to review the army at dawn. Only Zhu Gaochi returned late. When Taizu of the Ming Dynasty asked him why, he explained that it was too cold in the morning and the review should wait until the soldiers had finished eating. After breakfast.
Being considerate of the soldiers and caring for the people like a son, this is what Taizu said to Zhu Gaochi.
Taizu also ordered Zhu Gaochi to read the memorials separately. Zhu Gaochi only selected the memorials that were very related to military and civilian affairs. There were some errors in writing, but he did not send them to Taizu. Taizu reminded him whether he had neglected them. However, Zhu Gaochi believed that the emperor should not be bothered with small mistakes.
Expert in government affairs and good at managing politics, this is another evaluation of Zhu Gaochi by Taizu.
Grandfather Taizu once asked Zhu Gaochi: "When floods and droughts broke out during the reigns of Yao and Tang in Tang Dynasty, what could the people rely on to survive the disaster?"
Zhu Gaochi believed that the people survived the disaster because the wise monarch had good policies to care for the people.
Taizu was very pleased with Zhu Gaochi's insights and commented that he had "a gentleman's knowledge"!
The knowledge of a gentleman, to put it bluntly, is to praise Zhu Gaochi as a born emperor.
After Zhu Yunwen learned about this, he once regarded Zhu Gaochi as an imaginary enemy.
It's a pity that Zhu Gaochi was born in the Yanfan lineage, so there is absolutely no possibility of seizing the direct line.
But Zhu Yunwen didn't expect that his cousin was still outstanding, blocking an army of 500,000 people and defending the city of Beiping!
Speaking of which, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Gaochi had a very good relationship when they were children.
After all, the other emperors and grandsons all like to wield swords and guns, but they are the only two who like to read and practice calligraphy, so the two became good friends for a time.
"Your Majesty, I have a plan to help Wang Shi conquer Beiping!"
At this moment, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng hurried over.
The three treasures of Jianwen gathered together again, either to compete for credit or to deceive the emperor.
Zhu Yunwen raised his eyebrows and looked at Fang Xiaoru who spoke.
"My dear, what's your clever idea? But there's no harm in saying it!"
"I ask the emperor to issue an edict to confer Zhu Gaochi as King of Yan, and to defend Peiping for the imperial court to reject his father!"
Zhu Yunwen: "???"
