First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 43 The Northern Expedition went smoothly

  Zhu Biao stood in the pavilion and looked at the houses. Most of them were empty. After he got married and took a concubine, he would slowly fill up.

  The weather was a bit cold, Da Shuang'er came out holding a silver embroidered dragon and white fox cloak, which was a birthday gift from Muying last year.

  Zhu Biao glanced at Liu Jin who was on the side: "You don't have to call yourself a slave anymore, you can call yourself a minister!"

  Liu Jin hurriedly bent down: "Thank you for your kindness, but the slave is only the chief **** of the fifth rank, how dare he call himself a minister!"

  Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know that all his eunuchs were from the fifth rank! "

  Zhu Biao asked with a smile: "You can't call yourself a minister even after you've passed the fifth rank? You guys are trying to trick me into giving you a promotion, right?"

  Liu Jin knew that her crown prince was just joking, so she replied with a playful smile: "It is stipulated in this palace that only the servants of the fourth rank can call themselves ministers. If the master is kind, maybe the slaves will soon be able to call themselves ministers."

  Zhu Biao shook his head: "Is there a favored **** on Father's side?"

   Liu Jin replied: "Grandpa Huang is not willing to use them, so naturally he has no favor. Thanks to the blessing of the Lord, the servants, who are from the fifth rank, can also be brothers and sisters with the supervisors of the fourth rank."

  Zhu Biao nodded clearly. The eunuchs are all smart. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang's favor, who knows that nothing can be done, is conveying goodwill to him through Liu Jin.

  Zhu Biao looked at Liu Jin with a smile: "You can be called brothers and sisters with the general manager, why didn't you ask them to support you, are you bragging to me?"

  Liu Jin replied: "The slaves are the master's slaves, so what to do is naturally up to the master, so it's their turn to support them!

Zhu Biao nodded, this is Liu Jin's cleverness, he is the prince's personal **** anyway, he can get to the fourth rank if he wants to climb, but he would rather be in the fifth rank, and wait for Zhu Biao to promote him .

  Zhu Biao is not disgusted, Liu Jin wants to use it, so he naturally hopes that he is smarter.

  Zhu Biao said: "You've said that, I can only reward you, go ahead, tell the head of the ceremonial supervisor, how can the personal **** of the palace just start from the fifth rank, and mention the fourth rank to be in charge of the father-in-law!

   Liu Jin hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times: "Mr. Liu Jin thank you for your reward!"

  Zhu Biao didn't say anything, he turned around and walked towards his inner hall. The white fox cloak fluttered and swept across Liu Jin's lowered head...

After Zhu Biao had gone far, Liu Jin slowly got up. He knew that the crown prince was satisfied. After serving him for so long, he naturally knew that his crown prince didn't mind the people around him playing tricks. Be smart about what you do and everything will be fine.

Just like this time, if he was the one who went to the supervisor of ceremonies by himself, he would be at the fourth rank at most, but now the crown prince said that he is the fourth rank, even in the palace, besides the masters, Liu Jin is also number one characters.

  Liu Jin carefully arranged the people on duty at night. When it was cold, the amount of charcoal fire and the location of the fire should not be careless. Seeing that it was getting late, she hurried to report to the Rites Supervisor.

   Zhu Biao drank a bowl of nourishing medicinal food after returning to the room, read a book for a while, and then fell asleep at ease. He still doesn't know what will happen tomorrow!

When he got up the next day, he saw Liu Jin who had changed his clothes and came to serve him. Zhu Biao joked a few words, got up and had a meal, and then went to watch his younger brothers study. There is a place to play, but without a big brother to lead them, they are a little scared.

   At noon, looking at the expectant eyes of his younger brothers, Zhu Biao said a few words to several gentlemen, and then asked them to play in the Royal Garden in the afternoon, but they must not make trouble!

  Zhu Biao met several East Palace officials in the afternoon, all of whom were middle and lower level, a little depressed, and had made outstanding contributions when Zhu Yuanzhang started his family. Now he can only rely on the prince, hoping to have the love of a hidden mansion in the future.

  Time passed, although Zhu Biao was a prince, he was young after all, and before he could stir up the situation, those ministers would not come to seek refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang, a young prince, when he was at the peak of his spring and autumn.

   These Zhu Biao had awakened a long time ago, so they still live as usual every day.

   In the blink of an eye, it was April, and there was a good news from the Northern Expeditionary Army. This good news has not been broken since last year. The trend of the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty really shocked everyone.

  At the beginning of November last year, when Xu Da's army arrived at Xiapi, he ordered Zhang Xingzu to lead an army north from Xuzhou to attack Jining and Dongping. At this time, Wang Xuan, Wang Xin and his son surrendered and rebelled, and went to Juzhou to recruit soldiers in an attempt to prevent Zhang Xingzu from going north.

  Xu Da immediately marched into Yizhou, Wang Xuan was killed, and Wang Xin fled to Shanxi. The Yuan army in nearby Yizhou, Caozhou, Haizhou, Shuyang, Rizhao, Ganyu, Yishui and other places fell upon hearing the wind.

  Xu Da stopped in Yizhou for a while, ordered Han Zheng to guard the Yellow River, and led his own army to attack Yidu. At the end of November, Puyan, the defender of Yuan Yidu, was defeated by all his strength, so he conquered Yidu. Xu Da took advantage of the victory to capture Shouguang, Linzi, Changle, Gaoyuan and other places. Yuanle Andong, Changshan, Xincheng and other places all belonged to each other one after another.

At the beginning of December, Zhang Xingzu went to Dongping, forced Yuan general Feng De away, chased to Dong'e, Anshan, forced Yuan generals Chen Bi, Du Tianyou, Jiang Xing and others to surrender with their troops, and then besieged Jining. Just run away.

  In the first ten days of December, Xu Da led his soldiers to Jinan. The Yuan general Doerji surrendered, and the Yuan generals in Putai, Mizhou, and Zouping also asked to surrender. Xu Da decided to continue to seek land to the east, ordered Fu Youde to attack Laiyang, led his troops back to Yidu, and attacked Dengzhou and Laizhou in the east. Yuan Huizong saw that the situation in Shandong was critical, so he ordered Yisu, Prime Minister of the Right, Tuo Heqi, the Zhiyuan of Taiwei, Hu Lindai, the political officer of Pingzhang of Zhongshu, and Tulu, the Prime Minister of Zuo of Shaanxi Province, to march into Shandong. However, all the generals did not obey the order. .

In March of the first year of Hongwu, after basically occupying Shandong, Xu Da attacked Bianliang (now Kaifeng, Henan) from Jining. The soldiers of Jiangling attacked Nanyang, Henan in the north, and responded to the main force of the Northern Expedition.

  At the end of March, when Xu Dajin arrived at Chenqiao, Li Keyi, the guard general of Yuan Bianliang, drove the army and the people westward at night, and Yuan general Zuo Junbi led his troops to surrender. After Xu Da entered Bianliang, he immediately led his troops to attack Luoyang through the south west of Zhongwan.

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