This expedition against Xifan was extremely successful and the results were extremely brilliant.
Expanding thousands of miles of land, they captured 20,000 men and women and more than 200,000 heads of various livestock.
Yang Xuan also made his reputation in this battle.
He is no longer the disciple of Wei Guogong as others call him, but the young general who went crazy on the battlefield.
In addition, he also got acquainted with famous generals such as Xiping Hou Muying and Lan Yu.
Speaking of which, Yang Xuan and Lan Yu were not happy when they first met.
The two even had a fight.
Because Yang Xuan is fair and fair, he looks like a pretty boy at first glance.
As for Yang Xuan's military training, in Lan Yu's opinion, even if he tied a dog and followed Xu Da for a few years, he would still be able to train.
But to everyone's surprise, Lan Yu lost.
He was even forced to interact with Yang Xuan as equals.
This makes Lan Yu extremely depressed.
After all, he and Xu Da were equals, and Yang Xuan was Xu Da's disciple. According to seniority, Yang Xuan would call Lan Yu uncle.
But who made Lan Yu never beat up Yang Xuan? She could only recognize this brother by pinching her nose.
In the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, Yang Xuan returned to Beijing with the army.
Zhu Biao summoned Yang Xuan, greeted him, and revealed the news that Yang Xuan would be rewarded for his merits, and Yang Xuan would be named a fifth-grade military moral general.
But then he said that a general of this rank was not qualified to marry his own sister.
At the very least, he must have a title.
"Yang Xuan, work hard quickly, there is not much time left for you."
Finally, Zhu Biao patted Yang Xuan on the shoulder to encourage him.
Yang Xuan nodded in agreement, he also felt the pressure.
"Yes, Your Highness, I will work hard."
Then, Yang Xuan asked Zhu Biao for help to see if he could meet An Qing.
Zhu Biao smiled and agreed to help, but he had to wait a few days.
Yang Xuan was not surprised by this. After expressing his gratitude to Zhu Biao, he returned to Wei Guogong's mansion.
"Disciple has met his teacher, his wife."
"Haha, good. Xuan'er's reputation as a teacher has not deteriorated during this expedition. That's good." Xu Da stroked his beard and laughed.
"Your wife has prepared a feast for you, let's go!" Xu Da said again.
"Master Madam, thank you for your trouble."
"Xuan'er has matured a lot during this expedition, and he and his wife have become polite." Madam Xie joked.
Yang Xuan blushed.
The reception feast prepared by Mr. Xie was extremely sumptuous, almost in time for the Chinese New Year.
During the banquet, Mrs. Xie kept bringing dishes to Yang Xuan.
"Xuan'er, when you are away on an expedition, you will definitely not be able to eat well or sleep well."
"These are the dishes you like to eat, eat more of them."
"Master Wife, you eat too!"
After finishing the meal, Yang Xuan felt warm in his heart.
As night fell, Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou pestered Yang Xuan to talk about the war.
Even Xu Yungong came to eavesdrop.
The next day, Yang Xuan planned to visit his senior sisters Xu Miaoyun and Zhu Di, but he learned that Zhu Di had gone to Fengyang to practice martial arts, and Xu Miaoyun had also followed.
Yang Xuan felt a little regretful.
On the third day, Lao Zhu rewarded the army. Yang Xuan and others not only accepted Lao Zhu's reward, but also had a banquet rewarded by Lao Zhu.
Zhu Biao was right, Yang Xuan was awarded the title of General of the Fifth Grade of Military Virtue.
And Lan Yu was also awarded the title of Marquis of Yongchang for his contribution in this battle, with a salary of 2,500 dan.
Suddenly, Sapphire was in the limelight.
Two days later, Yang Xuan met Princess Anqing.
In the past two years, Anqing has not changed much, except that he has grown a lot taller.
Although he still looks immature, he is still more mature than two years ago.
When they parted, An Qing looked at Yang Xuan and said with a smile: "Xiao Xuanzi, I am already thirteen years old!"
Yang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and only came to his senses after An Qing left.
Yes, the little princess is already thirteen years old and will be fourteen next year.
Women in the Ming Dynasty could get married at the age of fourteen.
The little princess is hinting at herself!
Yang Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
I have just returned from an expedition, and I am afraid that I will not have the chance to go on another expedition in the next period of time.
In the early Ming Dynasty, there were many powerful generals, and there was no shortage of them.
What's more, Ming Dynasty is full of martial virtue, and there is no one around it who can fight.
Going on an expedition is about taking credit for your achievements.
There were too many people staring.
Returning to the Duke of Wei's mansion, Yang Xuan rested for a few more days.
Then...check the bar and listen to the music.
During this expedition, he made a small fortune, and with Lao Zhu's reward, he was not short of money now.
The days passed like this.
Yang Xuan also felt the turmoil in the court.
The interest group headed by Left Prime Minister Hu Weiyong became increasingly large.
He even began to fight against the imperial power.
After Yang Xuan learned about it, he sneered in his heart, these people were simply looking for death.
Don’t they know how terrible Lao Zhu is?
Hu Weiyong is also a fool. He thinks that the more people he recruits, the more Zhu will do it, and he will follow the law without blaming everyone?
What are you thinking about?
When doing the empty seal case, Yang Xuan saw clearly that in Lao Zhu's eyes, there was no multiple-choice question at all.
Either don’t do it or never do it!
Do you think he won't kill?
But he killed them all.
As for the shortage of officials?
Just kidding, there are many people who want to be officials in the world, including these few.
Lao Zhu's thoughts are so simple.
Yang Xuan was waiting to see the fate of Hu Weiyong and others.
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Time soon came to the end of the twelfth year of Hongwu.
In the court, Hu Weiyong became more and more arrogant and domineering, forming cliques for personal gain, attacking political opponents, and framing Zhongliang.
At this point, Yang Xuan felt strange that Lao Zhu hadn't dealt with Hu Weiyong yet.
This is not like the Zhu Yuanzhang I know.
Faintly, he felt that Lao Zhu was playing a big game of chess, but he didn't know exactly what it was.
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The New Year is coming again in a blink of an eye, and the Duke of Wei's mansion is filled with joy, pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging lanterns, and frying rice cakes...
On New Year's Eve, Yang Xuan followed Xu Da into the palace to pay New Year's greetings to Lao Zhu, and received a red envelope from Lao Zhufa.
The red envelope is not big, only a few guan of treasure notes, equivalent to a few taels of silver.
Because Yang Xuan discovered the shortcomings of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes in advance and made Lao Zhu aware of the consequences of inflation.
In recent years, there have been plans for the issuance and recycling of Ming Dynasty banknotes.
And this also resulted in the imperial court never being well off.
Originally, Lao Zhu wanted to ease the financial pressure on the court by issuing treasure banknotes.
But now, he no longer dares to release it without restraint.
You must know that at the beginning of Hongwu and the Ming Dynasty, the fiscal revenue for a year totaled about 10 million taels of silver.
A large part of this will be used for military expenses, and the rest will be used for disaster relief and people's livelihood.
There are so many places to spend money.
Not enough flowers, not enough flowers at all.
Lao Zhu now has a headache every day.
At the end of April, Zhu Biao summoned Yang Xuan.
"My father plans to go to Huangshan Mountain to escape the summer heat, and I want you to accompany him."
"Um?"
"What about Your Highness? Don't you need to follow Your Highness?"
As early as the tenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Biao had already started handling government affairs. In the past three years, his ability has been greatly improved.
Therefore, this time Lao Zhu went to Huangshan to escape the summer heat, he must let Zhu Biao stay to supervise the country.
I followed Lao Zhu on a trip and left Zhu Biao behind. What was going on?
No, absolutely not!
"I will also go with you." Zhu Biao said with a smile.
Um?
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Yang Xuan was stunned.
The emperor and the prince are gone, who will supervise the country?
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