Chen Youliang died at the age of forty-four. At this time, it was only four years since he became emperor.
I don’t know if he thought of his father’s words before he died: “You are just a fisherman. I don’t want you to pursue any great cause. A life on the water with my father and son is enough.”
Perhaps if he had not raised an army in the first place, he would not have died in his prime.
However, this vigorous life, from a fisherman's family to a prince, is also quite legendary.
In the original history, there was Zhang Dingbian. He desperately protected Chen Youliang's youngest son Chen Li to break out of the encirclement, proclaimed himself emperor in Wuchang, and continued Chen Han for a while. However, in this time and space with Yan Ling, Zhang Dingbian did not escape intact and was killed on the spot. Naturally, There would be no brave general to lead his troops to break through the encirclement.
As a result, from the crown prince Chen Shan down, Chen Li and all the high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty were all captured. Even if some people could escape, they clearly saw the general trend and chose to surrender out of frustration.
Since both sides were princes belonging to the Red Scarf Army system, the generals had no sense of morality in surrendering. In addition, Chen Youliang's act of killing Xu Shouhui was really unpopular, so it was almost a matter of rumors.
Even Chen Youliang's prime minister Zhang Bixian and his brother Chen Youcai surrendered one after another.
By October, all the prefectures and counties in the former Han Dynasty had basically surrendered. Zhu Yuanzhang's territory and power increased greatly, and he became the most powerful prince in the south at that time.
Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied with his ambition and rewarded his troops for their merits. The brave soldiers in this battle were all generously rewarded. Yan Ling, because of his escort and other merits, was ranked among the front ranks of the generals and was rewarded with thousands of acres of land and countless gold and silver. He often encountered Chun, Liao Yongzhong and others enjoyed thousands of acres of land, and each had gold and silver. For a time, everyone was very happy.
Then it was time to return to Yingtian. After the hard battle, the soldiers were very tired, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to reunite with his wife and children after a long absence.
At this time, Zhu Biao was eight years old, Zhu Xi was seven years old, Zhu Fan was five years old, Zhu Di was three years old, and Zhu Ji was two years old.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was not a few years older than him, already had five sons, who could be called a fighting chicken, Yan Ling also felt a little emotional.
After all, he is still a bachelor.
Of course, the Yan family had already planned to find a marriage for him, but because Yan Ling knew that he would live a long life, and because modern people had not changed their thinking for a while, he felt that there was no need to get married so early, so he never got married. This delay dragged him to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang, and now it was even more impossible to get married.
After all, you have to at least go back to Qingyuan Road to get married again, right? But that's Fang Guozhen's territory.
Although the two sides had such a warm relationship, it would be too disrespectful to Fang Guozhen for him, an important minister of the other side, to frequently come in and out of their base camp.
The matter was put on hold.
Now that Lao Zhu's biggest enemy on his entrepreneurial journey has been eradicated, Yan Ling finally relaxed and began to think about major events in his life.
Perhaps, it’s time to find a beautiful sister to continue the relationship?
The little girl from the Zhou family next door has an iconic appearance, with her front and back curved... No, no, no, her current status is a bit incompatible... At least she must be a relative of an important minister...
How about I wait for Zhu Yuanzhang’s daughter...
Pooh! Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest daughter, the future Princess Lin'an, was born in the 20th year of Zhizheng, which is several rounds behind her! Yan Ling quickly shook his head.
Just when someone started to have spring, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly broke away from the gentle land after a short period of tenderness.
The first person he summoned was Liu Ji.
Because it was this man who insisted on opposing Zhang Shicheng's sending troops to rescue him when he besieged Anfeng.
In February of the 23rd year of Zhengzheng, Zhang Shicheng suddenly sent his subordinate Lu Zhen to attack Liu Futong and Han Lin'er in Anfeng. Zhu Yuanzhang received Liu Futong's request for help and decided to send troops. At this time, it was Liu Ji who firmly opposed it.
"First, if the Duke rescues the Prime Minister (Liu Futong) and Prince Ming (Han Lin'er), how should the Duke deal with himself? Second, if Chen Youliang takes the opportunity to invade our border, wouldn't it be dangerous?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to his opinion, but facts proved that Liu Ji's words were extremely correct. He rescued Han Lin'er in Anfeng, but he was at a loss for a while. Cao Cao held a real emperor hostage back then, and none of the princes took advantage of him. Now he is just the emperor of Han and Song Dynasty who has basically lost his territory. In addition to having a guy on his head Other than that, there is no benefit at all.
Not to mention the second point, as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops away, Chen Youliang came. If his great nephew hadn't been strong enough, Zhu Yuanzhang might have lost his family at this time.
So Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Liu Ji and said gratefully:
"If I don't listen to my husband, I will risk a disaster!" Although the result is good, the process of being an enemy with such a powerful opponent as Chen Youliang is not only thrilling, but also greatly violates the steady and steady strategy set by Zhu Yuanzhang.
At this time, another adviser of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Sheng, also came to him.
Zhu Sheng was invited by Zhu Yuanzhang to his thatched cottage in the 18th year of Zhizheng. In fact, this man did not waste his painstaking efforts. It was he who made the decision for Zhu Yuanzhang to "build high walls and wide areas." The strategy of "accumulate food and slowly become king" allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to operate on his own territory for a long time and successfully entered the finals.
But now, he came to invite Zhu Yuanzhang to proclaim himself king.
Facing Zhu Sheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused: "Sir, didn't you say you want to develop in a low-key manner?"
"No, Lord, the time has come. Looking at the world, there are no rivals. This is the time to establish a country. With the heart of the ministers, to gain the reputation of righteousness, to compete in the world."
Before a snake attacks, it will pull its neck back.
The purpose of retreating is to better attack, but now, the energy has been accumulated.
In the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Zhengzheng, Yan Ling, Xu Da, and Li Shanchang took the lead. After rejecting the old trick several times, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne of Wu in Yingtian, officially founded the country, and granted all the officials.
The eldest son Zhu Biao is the crown prince, with Li Shanchang as the Prime Minister of the Right and Xu Da as the Prime Minister of the Left, both of whom are of the first rank; Chang Yuchun and Yan Ling are the ministers of Pingzhang and the first rank of Cong, Wang Guangyang is the minister of the right minister, and Yu Tonghai is the governor of the left minister. .
However, because Zhang Shicheng had already assumed the title of King of Wu before, Zhu Yuanzhang was called Xiwu and Zhang Shicheng was called Soochow.
There is no reason to allow others to snore on the side of the couch, let alone two kings with the same title, which is even more distasteful to each other.
The battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng also began.
However, this war has little to do with Yan Ling. He once again returned to his own job - running the place. After all, everyone came out in full force before. Except for Li Shanchang and Liu Ji, who were purely civil servants, everyone who knew how to use bows and horses went up to deal with Chen Youliang, but Zhang Shicheng?
Is he worthy of saying something unpleasant?
However, what Yan Ling did not expect was that the first matter he dealt with was the family affairs of Zhu Yuanzhang, his great nephew who was supposed to be loyal.
