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Although I don't know what the emperor thinks, but as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he has no eyesight, and seeing that the emperor still has a trace of listening, Xu Mian continued: "I also found out that His Royal Highness the King of Han has had a lot of activities with Shandong officials recently?"

Shandong is the gateway to Beijing, when the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang swept away the strength of the Yuan Dynasty, the Northern Expedition made the deployment was to first take Shandong, remove the barrier of the Yuan Dynasty; march into Henan, cut off its wings, seize Tongguan, occupy its threshold; and then march into the capital, at this time the Yuan Dynasty is alone, take it without a fight; and then send troops to the west, Shanxi, northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong, Gansu can sweep the world.

In accordance with Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, the commanders Xu Da and Chang Yuchun began to divide their troops into two routes: the western route led by the governor of the capital Zhang Xingzu (also surnamed Wang) led Xuanwu and other guards from Xuzhou to the north to capture Jining and Dongping; On the twelfth, Wang Yi, Wang Xin and his son surrendered, Xu Da led his troops to conquer Yizhou, killed Wang Xuan, and the officials of nearby Yizhou (now Yi County, Shandong), Juzhou (now Ju County, Shandong), Haizhou (now southwest of Lianyungang City, Jiangsu), Shuyang (now Jiangsu), Rizhao (now Shandong), Ganyu (now Jiangsu) and other prefectures and counties surrendered.

On the 18th, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to Yizhou to instruct Xu Da: "If you go to Yidu, you should send the elite to choke the Yellow River and cut off its reinforcements, which can be defeated." If the benefits are not down, it is advisable to enter Jining and Jinan. The two cities are down, and Yidu and Shandong are exhausted, like things in their pockets. Xu Da immediately ordered Pingzhang Han Zheng to hold the Yellow River, block the enemy's reinforcements, and lead a large army to attack Yidu. On the 29th, the Yuan Yidu guard Puyan Buhua died in battle, and the city of Yidu was broken. Xu Da took advantage of the victory to capture Shouguang, Linzi (now Zibodong, Shandong), Changle, Gaoyuan (now Gaoqing, Shandong) and other counties. At the same time, the West Road Zhang Xingzu army also won again and again, on the fifth day of the first month of December, the advance to Dongping, Yuan Pingzhang Ma De abandoned the city and fled, Dong'e, Anshan (now Dongpingxi, Shandong) and other officials surrendered one after another, more than 50,000 soldiers, the Ming army assessed Shandong in one fell swoop, and since then opened the door to break through Beijing, it can be said that the Northern Expedition of the year, can drive the strength of the Yuan Dynasty out of the Central Plains in one fell swoop, the most important thing is to capture Shandong!

Hearing the news, Zhu Gaochi had been calm, and then he had a slight anger, pursed his lips slightly, revealing a pair of good-looking big dimples, Zhu Gaochi was a little obese, and his whole face was the best one of the three brothers, with thick eyebrows, round eyes, straight nose, and slightly weak eyebrows.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Gaochi asked, "Who does Shandong deal with?"

"Commander Jin Rong!" Xu Mian raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Gaochi and said softly: "Not only Jin Rong, but also the governors and commanders of Tianjin, Qingzhou, Cangzhou, Shanxi and other places!"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes narrowed, his face became more and more pale, and he snorted coldly: "I treated him like this, he still did such a thing!" scolded a few words, and a blush rose on his pale face.

"Your Majesty, please keep the dragon body?" Xu Mian saw that Zhu Gaochi's face was pale and weak, and hurriedly reminded.

Zhu Gaochi said softly, waved his hand at Xu Mian and said, "I know these things, you go down and let Lord Yang Rongyang come!

"Yes!" Xu Mian replied, clenching his fists and withdrawing.

After Xu Mian walked out, Zhu Gaochi looked at the plum blossoms in the distance outside the hall, and took a few sips, as if he wanted to inhale all the faint fragrance into his lungs, and then said softly after a while: "Rebellion, I'm not Emperor Jianwen, and neither is Zhan'er!"

There is a small pavilion not far from the door of the palace outside the Qin'an Palace, the structure of the pavilion is somewhat unique, the front half of the pavilion is open, the second half of the room is equipped with a partition door on all sides and becomes a small room, the kind of separation and layout are rare in the ancient garden of our country.

There are many exotic flowers and plants planted around the pavilion, osmanthus, peony, peony...... , the most is the plum tree, it is the first month at this time, it can be regarded as the season of plum blossoms, the plum dry is curvy, vigorous and powerful, with a lot of cold plums, although in this deep palace, there is still a cold winter season of heavy snow, a hundred flowers are defeated, only I am proud of the Zheng Zheng bones.

Zhu Gaochi changed into a yellow robe, with a gold silk belt around his waist, and wide cuffs, which covered his extremely fat body very well, at this time he was sitting at the Yuan table in the pavilion, there was a stove on the table, the stove was burning the porcelain pot on the stove, and the tea in the porcelain pot made a gurgling sound from time to time, Zhu Gaochi seemed not to hear it, looked at the plum blossoms blooming in the distance, and said to himself: " Playing Shandong's attention, it seems that my appeasement for more than half a year has greatly increased the confidence of my brave and unscrupulous brother, but it's a pity that he is just a martial artist after all?"

After muttering for a while, the corners of Zhu Gaochi's mouth overflowed with a subtle smile.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and Haitao bowed and led Yang Rong in.

"Weichen Yang Rong has seen His Majesty, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live!" Yang Rong performed the courtesy of the monarch and the minister outside the father-in-law.

Zhu Gaochi slowly turned around, raised his hands lightly on his knees, and said, "Yang Aiqing doesn't have to be formal, get up and talk?"

Yang Rong thanked him and approached the ancient pavilion.

Zhu Gaochi said: "Come on, take a seat!"

The eunuch who was waiting on the side brought a bamboo chair with a blanket and placed it behind Yang Rong.

Yang Rong hugged his fists and thanked him, but he sat down unceremoniously.

The maid hurriedly stepped forward and poured a cup of hot tea for Yang Rong, and when she saw Yang Rong sitting down and taking a sip of tea soup, Zhu Gaochi slowly raised his hand and waved around, the guards and eunuchs around him understood, and bowed and retreated, leaving only the inner servant Haitao and Gong E licking the tea.

"Just a few months ago, my father died in Yumuchuan, and I was ordered to pass on the throne to me, if it weren't for Yang Aiqing and Jin Aiqing's plan, with the six armies outside, still far away from Beijing, the court heard about it, and the succession was unpredictable, and the death of my father was not mourned, and I was in the middle of the obituary, I might not be able to sit on the throne today?" Zhu Gaochi didn't know what he thought, and slowly talked about the year.

Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, and Yang Bo still did not abandon Zhu Gaochi when the position of the crown prince was in jeopardy, and worked hard with the King of Han, and the three of them risked their lives many times to protect Zhu Gaochi.

stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty insists on simplicity, benevolence and sincerity, there were no micro-ministers back then, and Emperor Wen would also choose His Majesty to inherit the unification?"

Zhu Gaochi smiled indifferently, but did not continue to talk on this issue, but retracted his gaze from afar, and sighed softly: "I have been a country for twenty years, disturbed by slander and evil, and my heart is in danger, it is your unwavering devotion to me that has made me come out of the framed again and again, and finally rely on the imperial father Renming to be preserved, speaking of which, you have contributed a lot to my throne, and now I am unwell, and the prince will rely on the assistance of the three adults in the future!"

Yang Rong was greatly surprised, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The emperor is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, don't talk nonsense!"

Zhu Gaochi smiled faintly and sighed: "How is my own body, I know it?"

Yang Rong whimpered: "Your Majesty—?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his hand to let him get up, and then said slowly: "Aiqing, do you know why I summoned you alone today?"

Yang Rongqi is alert and sensitive, good at observing words and feelings, he has always been able to make decisions, and he is old, Zhu Gaochi summoned himself alone, and said such a thing, he has vaguely guessed some, but he is not sure, and he hugged his fists at the moment and said: "Weichen doesn't know!"

Zhu Gaochi sighed softly and said, "Back then, my father was the second brother

At that time, I thought about my family affection, and I thought that after this lesson, he would surely understand my hard work, and be grateful to me, so that he could be a peaceful and idle prince?

Yang Rong has always been good at military affairs, where can he not hear the chill in these words, his eyebrows jumped, and he did not dare to speak rashly for a while, you must know that this can be regarded as the emperor's family matter, and others dare not talk nonsense. "Criticize Zhu Yuanzhang for wrongly treating intellectuals and literati. was sentenced to Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence "My flesh and blood between the boys, catch him quickly, I will shoot him to death with my own hands!" So Ye Boju was locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, abused and starved to death. Although Yang Rong knew that the emperor was benevolent in front of him, he couldn't do anything like that to kill the minister, but he still had a little caution in his bones and kept silent.

Zhu Gaochi glanced at him, knowing what he estimated, smiled indifferently, didn't wait for him to answer, and said to himself: "I have sent Jinyi Wei to secretly investigate these days?"

Yang Rong's heart moved, and he said in his heart: "It turns out that the emperor has been prepared for a long time, it seems that he is not very at ease with his younger brother?"

"These days, when the King of Han saw that I was unwell, he secretly colluded with Jin Rong, the governor of Shandong, as well as the governors and commanders of Tianjin, Qingzhou, Cangzhou, Shanxi, and other places!

"Shandong-?" Yang Rong subconsciously shouted, Shandong has always been the gateway to Beijing, once Shandong is occupied, it is a sharp sword hanging above his head, ready to come at any time.

"Your Majesty, Shandong is the gateway to Beijing, once it is opened, the consequences will be unimaginable, please Your Majesty?" Yang Rong said nervously.

Zhu Gaochi said: "I know this, so I sent Jinyi Wei to secretly monitor Le'an Prefecture's every move, at the moment he only secretly has some contacts, and has not taken action, after all, he is my own brother, the son of my father, I don't want to be the second Qin King Li Shimin?"

………………… I apologize for the delay in a little thing, so please forgive me!