First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 47 Rat Thrower

  Zhu Biao led Liu Jin and others back to Chengqian Palace. Zhu Biao stopped suddenly in front of the door and told Liu Jin who was beside him: "Go and invite my cousin to the East Palace tomorrow."

  After Liu Jin bowed and agreed, Zhu Biao stepped into his residence, and was served by a group of people, lying refreshed under the golden silk brocade quilt. Four young eunuchs stood vigil at the door, and someone would come in to serve him when he coughed at night.

  The next morning, Zhu Biao got up and put on a red panlong narrow-sleeved robe, a black gauze wing crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and white jade boots under his feet.

  Get up in good spirits, go to the Wenhua Hall of the East Palace, pick up the book and read for a while. After the court meeting, Liu Jin led a tall man in.

  Zhu Biao stood up with a smile, and the visitor hurriedly bent down and cupped his hands: "My minister Li Wenzhong sees the prince!"

  Zhu Biao came out from behind the desk, stretched out his hand and pulled him up: "Brother is too polite, please sit down."

  After he sat down politely, Zhu Biao returned to his seat and said sincerely: "Yesterday, I discussed it with my father. I plan to go out with the army next year. This time I specially invite my brother to ask for advice."

  Li Wenzhong frowned and said with concern: "Prince, what status are you, how can you take such a big risk, this battlefield is dangerous, and victory or defeat is unpredictable!"

  Zhu Biao held a white tiger pendant in his hand and said: "I grew up in the mansion since I was a child, but I also know how fierce the military situation is, but I have thought about it. I think my brother will also lead the army next year, so please give me some pointers."

  Li Wenzhong stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, you must know that I can be defeated as a general, but you, as the crown prince, must never be defeated."

   "Otherwise your reputation will be severely damaged irreparably. Yu Gongchen is your subject, and Yu private minister is your cousin. So I dare you, Your Highness, please think about it."

  Zhu Biao also got up and said softly: "My brother said that I will keep it in mind, but I have thought about this matter, and my father also agreed."

   Li Wenzhong understood as soon as he heard it, this is to let the prince make military achievements, and his uncle must be very sure to send his prince to the battlefield.

Seeing the momentum, Liu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Wenzhong to sit him down: "Doctor Rong Lu is the leader of all generals who has been praised by His Majesty for being brave and good at fighting, and he is also a relative of His Highness, so the Crown Prince specially let him sit down." The servant girl invited you to discuss it."

  Li Wenzhong also sat down, and said to Zhu Biao above, "Since the crown prince has made up his mind, Li Wenzhong should lead the horse and hold the whip for His Royal Highness to use his strength to death!"

   Zhu Biao chatted with him about military affairs after a few polite words. Li Wenzhong has also been fighting for many years, and he is still a relative. When he goes to war next year, he will be his direct descendant.

   Not long after, officials from the Ministry of War sent a report on the Northern Expedition, which also included the Northern Expedition's demand for supplies.

  Zhu Biao opened it and saw that there was a note from Lao Zhu inside: "Think carefully, the most important thing in the army is the logistics supply. If the supply is not stable, how to stabilize the morale of the army and how to let the soldiers fight with peace of mind."

  Several chiefs of the Ministry of War stood respectfully at the bottom, waiting quietly for the prince's inquiry.

From this day on, Zhu Biao was invited to practice riding and archery every morning. After two hours, he began to deal with the logistics supplies of the Northern Expedition with the people in the Ministry of War. In the afternoon, various generals who stayed in Yingtianfu came to tell him about the military system rules.

  In the seventh month of the first year of Hongwu (1368), Xu Da and Chang Yuchun led the Mabu boat division from Linqing to the north along the canal, and even went down to Dezhou and Tongzhou. Emperor Yuan Shun fled to Kaiping, Shangdu with his concubine and prince.

  On August 2, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun captured Dadu in one fell swoop and changed it to Beiping Prefecture.

  The Mongolian rule in the Central Plains ended, and the Ming Dynasty gained the right to rule the area within the Great Wall!

  The army of the Northern Expedition is like a rainbow, ready to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that have been lost for more than 400 years.

  But Xu Da and Chang Yuchun directly received Zhu Yuanzhang's order, except for the necessary stay behind, so the general must not continue to pursue! Immediately set off and return to the court. "

  Although they all want to continue to pursue and expand the results of the battle, but the emperor's order has been issued, naturally no one dares to play something that will not be tolerated by the order of the emperor. The lesson from ancient times is that most of those who dare to play this hand will not end well.

   Xu Da and Chang Yuchun naturally didn't dare, and Chang Yuchun had already received Zhu Yuanzhang's secret letter, and he wanted the teacher to return to the court more urgently than anyone else.

  Since the two big men in the military are willing to return to the court, the people below are naturally not qualified to have any objections.

   Zhu Biao blushed with excitement when he heard the news! This is really a bit shameless, it is obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang wants his son to retake the sixteen states of Yanyun that have been lost for four hundred years, and make this great achievement.

  The founding emperor of the later Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingtang, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and asked Khitan for help. Khitan sent troops to support it and established the Later Jin Dynasty. Liao Taizong and Shi Jingtang were father and son.

  In the third year of Tianfu, Shi Jingtang ceded the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to Khitan according to Khitan's request, which expanded the territory of the Liao Kingdom to the Great Wall.

The strategic significance of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun made the regime of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Central Plains feel threatened for more than 160 years. Once the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were lost, the northern frontier defense was almost impossible to defend. , You can drink horses in the Yellow River day and night.

  Because of this, the ceding of the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures became a major event that affected the political structure and historical process of China. In the following four hundred years, the recovery of the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures became the dream of every Han dynasty.

  Even if Zhu Biao is not the prince, but just a general, his meritorious service in recovering the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is enough to leave his name in history, and it is trivial to be named a marquis because of his meritorious service.

After Zhu Biao calmed down, he thought about the impact of this. After all, in history, the Northern Expedition army directly took back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. hands.

   It seems that it is impossible to procrastinate on the matter of conferring titles. For the generals of the Northern Expedition to spit out such a big mouthful of meat, there must be some compensation.

   I think Zhu Yuanzhang will reward the generals of the Northern Expedition this time! Shut their mouths with titles.

   This is politics, mutual compromise can make the dynasty go further, otherwise what good is it to make them fight?

   As long as they don't want to kill, they can only appease them, otherwise what should they do if they get angry? They don't feel sorry for the imperial court, how did they get there.

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