Since the fourth year of Hongwu, Nahachu had been calling himself King Kaiyuan. Yesudier did not recognize this title, but he was unable to interfere with Liaodong and could only let it go. He even continued to give him official posts in order to appease Nahachu.
The Ming Dynasty did not recognize this title at first. Official messengers only called him Qian Yuan Taiwei. However, since Chahan came on his own initiative, Zhu Biao did not mind letting him enjoy the treatment of the prince.
Nahachu controls half of Liaodong, and as a descendant of Muhuali, the founding father of the Mongolian Empire, his status is extremely valuable in Mongolia. He has many in-laws and intertwined relatives. Having this flag will also be of great help to the grassland tribes in the future. help.
If you can get them to stop fighting and surrender with this little courtesy, you can make a lot of money. Don't look at the fact that the Ming Dynasty has made breakthrough progress in Liaodong, and Goryeo can also mobilize reinforcements to attack from both sides, but Naha is still there Occupying a favorable location, we still have 200,000 soldiers ready to fight.
It would be easy if the two armies were to confront each other, but if Naha Chu could only defend the territory, relying on the cold climate and dangerous mountains and rivers in Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty would have no chance of conquering it without dispatching an army of two to three hundred thousand men. Historically, Naha Chu was entrenched. It was a stubborn problem that was not solved until Hongwu 20 years ago.
Zhu Biao's words were naturally heard by many people. Civil and military officials each had their own preferences and whispered to each other. Although Liaodong is a bitter and cold place, it is not a small place. If a state capital is established to govern them, someone may have to take over.
The military generals were a little dissatisfied, thinking that a mere son of Nahachu deserved this courtesy, so they might as well just let them conquer Liaodong and tie Nahachu and his son behind their horses and drag them all the way back.
Zhang Dazui and the others were eager to try. Although they were considered military veterans, they were not considered nobles. They were worried that they would not be able to fight and leave a title for their children and grandchildren to inherit the wealth and wealth of the country.
They only wanted to win the war and have a wife and son. As for whether the imperial court could afford the military expenses, food and supplies for the expedition, it was not within their scope of thinking.
During the commotion, the drums on the Meridian Gate Tower rang. A group of officials quickly stood up and tidied up their court uniforms, then walked out of the squad room in an orderly manner and lined up in front of the Meridian Gate. Civil and military personnel entered the court in two groups, with officials from the left and those from the right. After entering the gate, first stand in the order of grades in the south of Jinshui Bridge. Waiting for the sound of the whip, everyone crosses the bridge one by one to reach Fengtianmen Danqi.
The supervisory censor looked at the civil and military officials with cold eyes. Even the military officers were well-behaved at this time. However, there was an exception today. A censor with a pale face followed the civil servants queue with his hands on his waist and his appearance was irregular. .
This was naturally written down, and he might be impeached later. The supervisory censor fought against the sky and the earth, and he was merciless in attacking his own people.
Zhu Biao stood at the front and looked back, naturally he saw it. He still had a slight impression of Wang Yushi. He seemed to have said a few words just now. He remembered that this person was quite normal, but why suddenly he couldn't walk.
Seeing that the Fengtian Gate had not yet been opened, he asked Fugui to go over and take a look. After receiving the reply, he couldn't help but shake his head, waved to the supervising censor and said: "Wang Yushi was injured on the waist in the squad room, and the incident was suddenly not reported in time, so please revoke what was written down just now. "
"promise."
Hu Weiyong on the side complimented: "His Royal Highness is kind and generous, which is a blessing to my ministers."
Zhu Biao said with a smile: "It's such a small thing, why should the Prime Minister praise you so much? All civil and military officials are ministers. They have made great contributions to assisting the Holy One in sorting out the world. I should take care of you."
Hu Weiyong pondered for a long time, Zhu Biao glanced at him and said nothing more. Some words were just for testing, and it didn't matter what he said. After answering the words, each other could naturally feel the meaning contained in them.
After a while, another drum sound sounded, and everyone entered the Fengtian Hall to worship according to the previous rules. The current Holy Master was sitting on a dragon chair, overlooking the ministers. Facing the majesty of Heaven, the most powerful people in the world were as respectful as docile sheep. .
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the hundreds of officials below and waved his hands: "My dear friends, no courtesy."
The official of Honglu Temple sang: "Every official is playing, and each yamen is playing in turn!"
Hu Weiyong first stepped forward to report the government affairs of the Zhongshu Province, then Xu Da reported the military affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and then it was the turn of the ministers and ministers of the various ministries.
Today's court meeting was very dull, and there was nothing that needed to be said by Zhu Biao, so he stood attentively watching the government, and it soon ended. The emperor retreated first, and the remaining officials sent the prince off, and then returned to the government offices to perform their duties.
In Jinshen Hall, the two men were sitting and drinking tea and chatting. There were not many memorials on the desk, so they were not in a hurry. Lao Zhu suddenly missed his two precious grandchildren and wanted to hear some news from his son to satisfy his craving.
The result was naturally that he didn't know anything about the matter. Zhu Biao listened to his father's complaints with a dark face. He was so busy worrying about internal and external government affairs that he had no time to spend with two babies who only knew how to eat, drink and defecate.
"Father, I miss my grandson. Just take someone to the East Palace to bring him over. Why bother here to embarrass my grandson?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up: "The weather is nice today. It's time to take him out for some air. He should be awake at this time."
Zhu Biao directly ordered Fugui: "Go and ask the emperor's grandson to come here, bring the wet nurse with you, and place them in the Huagai Hall first."
"promise"
"Who is that? Wear more clothes for the emperor and grandson so that he won't catch cold."
"Slave, please obey the Holy Order."
Fugui left quickly, and Zhu Yuanzhang stood up with a smile and wandered around the room: "We haven't had a good look at those two cubs for a while. We wanted to see them after we were busy at night, but your mother was afraid that the children would catch the wind."
Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and said, "I won't be afraid for another two months. When the time comes, my father can just hug me whenever he wants to see me."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed a few times: "Unknowingly, we also became grandfathers. It was a little later than ordinary people, but fortunately, I hugged two big fat boys at once, hahaha."
"Then Father, you should smile more. In a few months, I can hold another baby. Last night, Luohua and my son-in-law said that the Wang family should also have a baby."
Lao Zhu originally thought that the eldest daughter-in-law had another daughter-in-law. When he heard who it was, Wang's smile dropped a bit, but he was still happy. It is always a good thing to have prosperous offspring.
Just when he was thinking about rewarding those Wang family's father and brother, he realized who Wang family was. Fortunately, there were not many women in Zhu Biaodong Palace, otherwise Lao Zhu would not be able to remember it at this moment.
"Is it the Princess of Goryeo? Well, it's a good thing. It's a happy event for the country and the family. It's time for us to send envoys to Goryeo."
Lao Zhu may not know the specific situation of Goryeo very clearly, but he definitely understands the general situation. Zhu Biao's contact with Goryeo is through the pro-military captain's mansion, so naturally every move cannot be hidden from Lao Zhu's eyes.
Of course, Zhu Biao had no intention of hiding it from the beginning to the end. No matter whether this matter was successful or not, it would be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. After all, Goryeo had reached the end of the dynasty. Anyone with a little long-term perspective could see that although it is immoral to exterminate a household, it is still unethical. It can be said to be a huge profit.
Zhu Biao waved away the servants in the palace and then said: "There are not many decent clan members in Goryeo. Most of them are old, weak, women and children. My father also knows that the blood of the current King of Goryeo is impure. The only one they can count on now is King Shen. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang also returned to the dragon chair and said: "Yesudier has too much time to take care of himself. Last year, he lost troops and generals when he went south. There are a lot of dissatisfied people from both Tatars and Oaras. He actually still has time to support a Korean king. I'm afraid he has thought too much."
Zhu Biao knocked on the desk in front of him and said: "My son thought that it was because of his internal and external troubles that he wanted Goryeo and Naha to go out to Liaodong and the East China Sea to divert Ming's attention so that he could have time to solve the internal troubles. "
"The march south was defeated, but the casualties of Yesudier's personal guards and Wala were actually not bad. The real heavy casualties were the young and strong tribes scattered across the grassland. Their tribes were old, weak, sick and disabled, not to mention the women, children and livestock. Zhenbao, as long as Yesudier takes this opportunity to absorb and train him, within ten years he will have a group of real close guards."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and said: "It seems that we have to let Tianbaonu and the others go to grab this piece of meat. Yesudier is a dangerous person and ambitious. We can't give him too many opportunities, otherwise he will be in serious trouble."
Zhu Biao said with a smile: "The purpose of raising a dog is to let him compete with other dogs for food. Otherwise, why raise him? Tianbao Nuerchen has also seen it and can't shake it. What's more, my cousin is in the north, and his character and ability Father, don’t you know yet?”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly: "Wen Zhong has a powerful weapon, Shen Hong, who is unpredictable. He is fierce and vigorous in battle, and becomes stronger when encountering powerful enemies. He can indeed be entrusted with important tasks. After many years of hard work, it is time to make him king."
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Jiang Wei
