"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the old king of Liang in Yunnan for the time being." Mao Xiang replied. "The letter of surrender sent by us was still discarded as worn out shoes as before. And he secretly sent people to the north to celebrate the New Year with the Lord of the Yuan Dynasty."
"The envoy has been intercepted by our Ming Dynasty and will be escorted to Beijing soon."
"That's good." Lao Zhu looked soothing. "Although Prince Liang is a loyal and tough guy, he is just a idiot who only occupies a high position."
"It seems that the training of soldiers by Deng Yu and Mu Ying did not arouse the vigilance of Yunnan."
"Even if I found out, I thought that the Ming Dynasty was organizing troops to conquer the Western Fan in the spring of the following year..."
"Mao Xiang, the Jinyi Guards need to increase their investigation efforts in Yunnan. If King Liang wakes up, don't report it to Deng Yu and Mu Ying immediately!"
"This is a major military and national matter. If the investigation of your Jin Yiwei's investigation fails and the incident is delayed, we will have to chop off your head!"
"Yes!" Mao Xiang responded solemnly.
"Where is Naha going?"
"Although there are signs in Liaodong, there are no traces of a large number of troops gathering." Mao Xiang continued. "My spies in Jinyi have found out that most of the troops preparing for war are only small groups. I think it's just like usual, and I want to take advantage of my Central Plains New Year to harvest some grass and grain."
"Don't be careless." Old Zhu Surong said. "Nanaha took advantage of us to march north and absorbed many of the defeated soldiers who were scattered by our Ming Dynasty."
"It also occupies several counties in Liaodong and rules the roost. Not to mention the Mongolians under its command, there are hundreds of thousands of Han children in the north alone."
"Alas, we, a Han, have become the emperor, and those Northern Han people are still attached to a Mongolian from Naha. It's really sad!" Lao Zhu slapped the emperor's case.
"...Father, don't worry." Mao Xiang lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Beside Lao Zhu, the prince Zhu Biao, who had been silent all the time, advised: "The land of Liaodong has been ceded to Yanyun by Shi Jingtang in the fifth generation. Alien rule lasted for hundreds of years.”
"Even during the Song Dynasty, they never occupied the land of Liaodong. It is common for the Han people in Liao to lose their education and be deceived by the Mongolian Yuan..."
"Hundreds of years..." Lao Zhu muttered. "The weak Song Dynasty can only survive, but our Ming Dynasty will shine for eternity. How can the weak Song Dynasty compare?"
"Let Naha take the lead. In the future, we will recover all of Liaodong and make the Jin Ou intact. Let the Han children of Liaodong regain all our Chinese civilization."
"Your Majesty (Father Emperor) is a wise man." Mao Xiang and Zhu Biao said respectfully.
After asking questions, Lao Zhu waved Mao Xiang off. People in the DPRK are now in panic because of the purge of Hu Weiyong's remaining party. All the six ministers, ministers and other high-ranking officials are paralyzed. There are only a group of middle and low-level people left in the six departments who cannot reach the top of power. officers.
Fortunately, the cabinet headed by Prince Zhu Biao protected these young cabinet officials like a refuge in the storm. There was a turmoil outside the imperial court, but within the cabinet, things remained the same. The cabinet ministers were doing whatever they were supposed to do, and they continued to pass down the imperial decrees.
Lao Zhu turned around and called to Prince Zhu Biao: "Biao'er, come here and help us draw up a decree."
"With Xu Da, Duke of Wei, we will lead the troops to hoard the Beiping Mansion from now on. Be prepared for Naha to lead his troops southward."
"The Chinese government in Peiping City has captured Zhu Liangzu, and only Fu Youde is the only one. We are afraid that he will be unable to survive alone."
"If Naha breaks into pieces and wants to secretly plot against Chen Cang like us, it will be difficult to handle."
"It's safer to let your Uncle Xu take care of it."
"Dad, do you want Uncle Xu to leave Peiping?" Zhu Biao was startled.
"But now in the capital, except for the troops led by the pro-army Duweifu and Yiluansi, the rest of the generals are the remnants of the Northern Expedition who have just returned north."
"It has only been a few months since the end of the Northern Expedition, and the army has not yet been fully prepared. If we let such a remnant army go to Peiping, I am afraid that trouble will arise out of thin air!"
"Well..." Lao Zhu touched his chin. I have to say that what the eldest son said makes sense.
The pro-military Duwei Mansion is the forbidden army that protects the capital and must not be moved rashly.
Although the army of the Northern Expedition was barely tied with the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it suffered a complete defeat at the strategic level and suffered extremely heavy losses. It was impossible to recover directly in just a few months.
It is indeed easy for something to happen if such an army goes further north. Biao'er considered this point more carefully.
"What should we do? Naha has 200,000 people under his command. We have to guard against..."
"Oh, as long as this beast is contained..." Lao Zhu turned around and looked at the map of the Ming Dynasty that was taken from Zhu Su's "Kun Yu Ten Thousand Kingdoms" on the screen. On the map, the red color represented by Naha Station in Liaodong is particularly annoying.
"It would be great if Goryeo could listen to my Ming Dynasty's instructions." Lao Zhu's eyes turned to Goryeo on the other side. If Goryeo can send out a partial force to pin Naha out, then the Ming Dynasty can calmly regain Xifan and Yunnan, and then look for an opportunity to fight Naha to the death and completely take back the land of Liaodong.
It's a pity that both sides of Goryeo seem to be surrendered, but if he is asked to send troops, he will definitely consider his left and right sides...
At first, he even tried to steal the prescription from Lao Wu. This country's lack of integrity and shame is evident.
Lao Zhu couldn't help but began to miss Zhu Su's "three national policies to quell Japan, Korea, and Vietnam."
"That's all. For the current plan, we have to ask Tiande to speed up the army formation."
"Hurry up and head to Peking to garrison."
"I think even if Naha comes out and uses all his strength to invade, Fu Youde and the garrison in Beiping Mansion can still delay it for a while."
"As long as Tiande can go to Peiping within a few months, Beijing will be safe."
Lao Zhu looked at the map and muttered. Lao Wu also said that there will be no major wars in northern Xinjiang this year. Although we have to be on guard against something happening to Nanaha, I think it won't be a big deal.
"In order to fight against foreign aggression, we must first settle the domestic situation. The most important thing now is to take back the land of Yunnan first!" His eyes looked at Yunnan, which was located in the south on the map.
"father……"
"Now that the DPRK is in turmoil, is it too hasty to take over Yunnan?" Zhu Biao asked worriedly.
"If we are not careful, the war will be protracted, and people in the DPRK will be in panic because of the Hu Weiyong case."
"My son, I'm afraid... it will cause a big disaster!"
"It's better to take it step by step and figure it out step by step..."
"What you said is mature and prudent. In history, we also followed step by step." Lao Zhu sighed.
"But... time waits for no one... If we continue to act like what Lao Wu said in history, it is safe to be safe. But this Ming Dynasty will not be able to escape the fate of being ruled by a foreign race again hundreds of years later."
"We like stability most in our lives...but now, we have to take a gamble. We must take advantage of the fact that the army's vitality is still intact...to conquer a large territory in advance!"
"Furthermore, since you all believe that it is not appropriate to use troops in turmoil in the DPRK...then does King Liang in the north also think so?"
"...Father Shengming." Zhu Biao was convinced.
"You will maintain a good cabinet for us. As long as the cabinet does not fall, the court will not be in chaos!" Lao Zhu was full of ambition. "Lao Wu's cabinet policy is really a good idea."
"With this cabinet, we can relax our hands and feet and thoroughly clean up the Ming Dynasty."
"It's a pity that at the end of this year, Lao Wu will not be able to return to Beijing for reunion for the time being. We still have to use the Hu Weiyong case to clean up the court. If he returns to Beijing, he will immediately fall into the spotlight."
"He may have to spend this year in Suzhou city."
"Xiaowu is filial and sensible, and I won't blame you for being old." Zhu Biao comforted.
"At the end of this year, I will let my son, my second, third, and fourth sons stay with you and my mother."
"Okay, okay." Lao Zhu laughed. After knowing about the future generations, whenever he dreamed back at midnight, he could always dream about what Lao Wu said, about the tragic days in the future when his wife would die of illness, his young grandson would die in infancy, and his eldest son would die.
In my heart, I cherish the family ties I have now even more.
Hearing the filial piety in Zhu Biao's words, and thinking that his children are now healthy and his first wife is still here, I feel naturally happy.
Suddenly he remembered something again and said, "That's right."
"Since the fifth child left, what have the second, third, fourth and other brats been doing in the palace?"
"Nothing happened, right?"
"Oh, these younger brothers are very honest. They only spend every day in the palace writing books."
"Nothing happened."
Zhu Biao said. In fact, he felt a little guilty when he said this. After Xiaowu Zhusu left, his father was worried that the turmoil in the court would affect the princes who were away from home, so he took them back to the palace.
This would cost the lives of these three younger brothers. They were already living wildly outside the palace, how could they still endure the miserable life in the palace?
Every day, he begged his eldest brother to blow the wind in front of his father and let them out of the palace.
But as the prince, Zhu Biao naturally knew that the current turmoil in the court was not the time to let his brothers be free. You know, many courtiers who have evil thoughts in their hearts are trying to find a big tree to shelter them from the wind and rain, so as to avoid this difficulty.
If they were released from the palace, and a traitor came to these three brothers just like Hu Weiyong came to Xiao Wu in the past, if these three brothers accidentally deceived and provoked them, wouldn't they have made a mess for nothing?
After several discussions, except for Zhu Fan, who was reasonably sensible, the other two people couldn't listen. They only looked for his eldest brother and kept making noises every day. Zhu Biao was very annoyed, but who made him the eldest brother? I can only help my two younger brothers to cover up in front of their father.
"Yeah. Those brats still know the importance." Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction, no doubt about Zhu Biao's words. "When Lao Wu comes back this time, we will satisfy them and let them open a mansion together."
"After all, as I grow older, I understand the ways of the world..."
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's not good!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw a sweaty chamberlain outside. His hat was crooked, his clothes were askew, and one of his shoes was missing. He ran out of the hall in a hurry.
"Who are you! Don't be rude!" Outside the palace, two tigers of the Imperial Guard scolded.
"It's the chamberlain beside mother. Could it be that something happened to mother?" Zhu Biao was young and had good eyesight, and he could tell the identity of the chamberlain at a glance. Lao Zhu was shocked when he heard this. He quickly asked Erhu to let the servant in, and asked immediately: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Where's the girl? Is our girl okay?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor... the Queen is fine..." The chamberlain replied intermittently while panting. Lao Zhu and Zhu Biaofang breathed a sigh of relief, but were immediately shocked by the waiter's next words and almost choked.
"It's just His Highness King Qin...and His Highness King Yan..."
"But he left a letter and sneaked out of the palace at some point!"
(End of chapter)
