Chapter 22: Emergencies
"Yunnan military situation, six hundred miles urgent!"
In the winter moon of Jinling, the sky fell with fine snow, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the silence of ten miles above Chang'an Avenue like a drum.
"Where's the military newspaper?"
Someone grabbed the reins of the horse, and without waiting for the dusty soldiers to dismount, they snatched the military report.
"The Marquis of Xiping, the chief military officer of Yunnan, and the general of the conquest Mu died on September 12, the Luchuan rebellion resumed, and Yunnan reported danger."
The soldier turned over and dismounted, his eyebrows and chin were already covered with ice crystals, and the mist rose between his breaths.
"Oops! Come on in. ”
Hu Sizong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly entered the government with a report, and two small officials behind him took a big coat and draped it on the soldiers, and helped them into the government office.
"Take a sip of hot tea and warm up."
In the yatang, Hu Sizong walked back and forth with military newspapers, "In the first half of the year, Yunnan still had frequent good news, and Daoganmeng was embarrassed in a corner. Even Xipinghou folded in! ”
The soldiers didn't care about drinking tea, kneeling on one knee, "Annan made a rebellion, Hu Ji killed the king Chen Wei, colluded with Dao Ganmeng, troubled the frontier, and attacked the flank of our army, Xiping Hou led the army to Yuzhi, retreated, and suffered several wounds, died in the army that day, our army had to withdraw from Luchuan, on the way back to Yunnan, Dao Ganmeng's army was in hot pursuit, and the major general Mu Sheng led the army in a bloody battle, and the party withdrew to Dali in early October, so as to report the military situation. ”
Hu Sizong took a deep breath, "Annan and Luchuan collude, and the southwest is in danger of hanging upside down!" ”
Unable to take care of settling the soldiers, Hu Sizong hurriedly went out of the government and went straight to Hongwumen.
At this time, it was already the beginning of the child, the imperial city was closed, and there were thousands of Jinyi guards patrolling the city, and when they saw Hu Sizong, they immediately bent their bows and arrows, and shouted, "Those who come stop and break into the palace at night, and kill them!" ”
Hu Sizong stopped and held up the military newspaper, "Hu Sizong, the left senator of the official Tongzheng Division, Yunnan six hundred miles to expedite the military newspaper, I want to enter the Wenhua Palace, and play the old face of the pavilion!" ”
Only then did Qianhu withdraw his weapons and ordered the hanging baskets to be lowered left and right, "Come up." ”
Hu Sizong climbed into the hanging basket and was pulled up to the city tower, there were Jinyi guards one left and one right to control it, and the military newspaper in his hand was taken by thousands of households, and then two Jinyi guards took away Hu Sizong's official uniform, and only retreated after a search.
Qianhu didn't dare to dismantle it, but just groped up and down and pressed, and only returned Hu Sizong after confirming that there was no entrainment, and arched his hand, "Shangguan, don't blame." ”
Hu Sizong returned the salute, saying that he didn't dare, hurriedly put on his official robe, grabbed the military newspaper and rushed down the city tower and went to the inner city.
At this time, in the Wenhua Palace, the cabinet scholar on duty was Tyrant Zhao, who had already fallen asleep at this time, and there were left and right people who came over and called softly, "Tyrant Pavilion Elder." ”
The old man slept lightly, and when he opened his eyes, "What's the matter?" ”
"Hu Sizong, the secretary of the General Administration, came, and said that Yunnan had an urgent military report for six hundred miles."
Storm Zhao turned over and got up, fortunately there was a stove in the house, and the room was like spring, otherwise he would have to get cold at first glance.
hurriedly changed his clothes, and Tyranny Zhao came out of the warm pavilion.
Hu Sizong, who was guarding the corridor, hurriedly bowed down and bowed, "I've seen Elder Ge." "The hands are already high above the top.
Storm Zhao took it, opened it and looked at it in a hurry, and was also surprised, "Xiping Hou died in battle?!" ”
His body shook, and Hu Sizong on the side was so frightened that he hurriedly supported him, "Take care of the elder pavilion." ”
"You are waiting here, the old man is going to face the saint."
Tyranny didn't have time to say hello, so he pulled his legs and left, and stopped him on the side, "Ge Lao, your boots." ”
Only then did he realize that he was barefoot when he came out, and he was bubbling with cold air at this time.
Qianqing Palace West Warm Pavilion.
Zhu Yunwen is approving the recitals sent by the cabinet at night, these recitals have been annotated by the cabinet, Zhu Yunwen is reading, while adding some instructions by himself, there is only one woman in the inner house, Ma Enhui, so his energy has always been very strong, and he usually sleeps after the ugly hour, that is, at one or two o'clock in the morning.
Because he doesn't have to go to court, Zhu Yunwen is also used to this kind of routine, sleeping from about 1 a.m. to about 7 a.m., exactly the same as him in his previous life, and this kind of routine has been used for more than ten years.
Since he succeeded to the throne for more than half a year, although the number of times he went to the court was not much, Zhu Yunwen was by no means idle all day, and the habit he had now developed was to review the recitals sent by the cabinet after dinner.
It was also through this time that he read the annotations of the three cabinet ministers, and Zhu Yunwen also had a good understanding of the three cabinet ministers.
Tyrant Zhao is a conservative person, a steady ruler, and belongs to the kind that does not seek merit but seeks no fault, and since he entered the cabinet, he has been very cautious.
Yu Xin is in charge of the household department, has many years of experience in reforming salt and iron, is radical in governance, and belongs to a potential reformist.
Fang Xiaoru, a loyal and forgiving gentleman, is a great Confucian who cultivates talents, not a good minister of the country, and the twists and turns he has annotated are the most wasteful of Zhu Yunwen's time, and Zhu Yunwen has to add supplements every time.
The Qianqing Palace at this point is very quiet, Zhu Yunwen is immersed in writing, Shuangxi is guarding the side like a wood carving, and there is a hurried footstep, as if the sound of his ears is exploding.
Shuangxi saw Zhu Yunwen frowning, and immediately walked out of the warm pavilion in a whisper, and reprimanded in a low voice, "Presumptuous!" Your Majesty is looking at the world, how dare you disturb. ”
The little eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, "Grandpa Sun, the old man of the violent pavilion outside begged to see the emperor, saying that there are six hundred miles of urgent military reports in Yunnan to be played. ”
Six hundred miles expedited!
Double happiness is also stunned, this is a major event equivalent to Wang Gong's sky, Yunnan reported 600 miles to expedite instead of success, it must be a disaster!
hurriedly turned around and entered the warm pavilion, "Your Majesty, the old man of the Violent Pavilion will see you, and Yunnan will urgently report the military report for six hundred miles." ”
Zhu Yunwen has stopped writing for a long time, and he knows that something big must have happened, otherwise the waiters waiting outside would not dare to come out of the movement at this time.
"Quick announcement."
When Storm Zhao came in, Zhu Yunwen sighed in his heart.
Tyrant Zhao is not a young man who is easily moved, even he looks panicked, this matter is not trivial!
"Excuse me, report the army to me immediately."
With a wave of his hand, Shuangxi stepped forward to take the military report and handed it to Zhu Yunwen. Then he moved over the soft stool, "Elder Ge, please take a seat." ”
Storm Zhao thanked him and sat down, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xiping died in the battle formation, Luchuan Yidi, Dao Ganmeng and Annan colluded together. ”
Zhu Yunwen looked at it and took a hard breath, which calmed himself down a little.
Although he can't remember Mu Chun in his memory, but in the past half a year, he also knows which people in the Ming and Wuxun groups at this time are real Ming famous generals.
Northern Song Sheng in the west, Yang Wen in Liaodong, Muchun in the southwest!
The first two are the main generals in the late Hongwu period, and they have outstanding military achievements, but compared to Mu Chunlai, they are still a whole order of magnitude behind.
Xiping Hou Mu's family has been guarding Yunnan for more than 20 years!
Mu Chun's father, Mu Ying, is Emperor Taizu's most beloved godson, because Empress Xiaoci and Xingzong have made great trips, and died of grief and vomiting blood.
Mu Chun attacked the Marquis of Xiping, pacified Yunnan, Luchuan (most of present-day Burma), and Annam (present-day Vietnam), with outstanding military achievements, and can be said to be the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.
Mu Chun died, and the southwest of the Ming Dynasty was unstable!
"The general died in a hundred battles."
Zhu Yunwen sighed, "The Marquis of Xiping was killed, I lost my humerus, and the country lost its pillars." The misfortune of the southwest, the misfortune of the Ming Dynasty. ”
Violent Zhao arched his hand, "Your Majesty mourns, at this time, the southwest war situation should be the most important." ”
The military newspaper was written in Dali on October 6, and the payment was made by Mu Chun's brother Sheng. Zhu Yunwen exclaimed in his heart, the Battle of Pingluchuan began at the beginning of the 31st year of Hongwu, and it has been 11 months since then, and he has not felt the slightest breath of war in Nanjing!
In the Southwest War, Yunnan mobilized nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the Ming court did not even have any impact!
Since he ascended the throne, the expenditure of silver and grain in the southwest has not even involved the treasury, and he has not even sent a connected report, if it were not for this war report, he would not even know that a big war was going on in Yunnan at this time!
The national strength of the Ming Dynasty was so strong in the early Ming Dynasty!
"In the report, Mu Shengyan's army withdrew to Dali for rectification, although Luchuan was lost, but the army of Daoganmeng and Annan was also hit hard in the follow-up pursuit, especially Daoganmeng, whose troops did not survive one out of ten, Hu Jili has retreated to Annan, although the fighter plane was lost, but Yunnan is still as stable as a rock."
Zhu Yunwen sighed, "Southwest for instructions, what should I do next?" ”
Storm Zhao pondered for a moment, and arched his hand, "The loss of Luchuan is a foregone conclusion, and the Marquis of Xiping is martyred, and the southwest army is unstable. ”
Zhu Yunwen got up and walked back and forth a few steps, the southwest folded 50,000 elites this time, and also took in a heavy general, Zhu Yunwen really wanted to send the new army to pull out the camp tomorrow and destroy Luchuan.
Suddenly, my mind remembered the creed of my previous life, "Never make a decision when your desire is at its strongest." Immediately, I felt a basin of cold water pour down my head.
The top priority is still Anne, Anne.
Zhu Yunwen gritted his teeth, and only after a while did he speak, "The Marquis of Xiping was martyred and observed, and he was an example of the martial arts of the dynasty, and he was posthumously crowned the Duke of Dian State. ”
Storm Zhao sighed, "The Marquis of Xiping is thirty years old, but he has been fighting horses for more than twenty years, and it seems that he has never heard of any bones and blood left in the world. ”
"You go and ask the soldiers who came to report now, if there are heirs, then attack the lord, his brother Mu Sheng changed the title of Ding Xibo, if there is no blood, then his brother Mu Sheng, with the repeated defeat of the thief army, protect my Yunnan unharmed, the same day attack the Marquis of Xiping, promoted to the chief officer of Yunnan, awarded the rank of general. In addition, without my permission, the war in the southwest was suspended, the soldiers were suspended, and the battle of Luchuan was carried out, and the dead and wounded soldiers were all paid with money, and the soldiers were recruited and paid for three months. ”
Storm Zhao bowed his head, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”