Chapter 179: The Heart of the Prince

After all this was agreed, Zhu Qizhen said: "The British Duke brought my guards to invite the Duke of Chengguo. The ministers will go up to the altar to worship the generals. ”

Zhu Qizhen understands very well that the war is here for him. There wasn't much more he could do.

As for the interference at the front, it is natural that the less the better.

All he had left was to wait for news.

Whether he trusts or distrusts Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, he can show at this moment that the monarch and the minister are one, and they can't give too much speculation to outsiders.

What should I do so that Cheng Guogong can command this battle without distractions?

Zhu Qizhen decided to use the most solemn etiquette to treat Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo.

Therefore, first of all, the British Duke came to the Chengguo Mansion with royal etiquette to welcome the Chengguo Prince.

Cheng Guogong was taken aback.

Although Cheng Guogong was absent from this meeting, Cheng Guogong knew the situation of this meeting, as Zhang Fu said, before the war, all kinds of news may have been disturbed.

But in a real war, there are not too many strategic choices.

In addition, the Duke of Cheng Guo has always been in harmony with the British Gong. Naturally, the outcome of this meeting was predicted.

It's just that he never expected that the emperor would greet him with such a grand ceremony. Even his brother, the British Duke Zhang Fu, seems to have become his leading officer.

Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong has been suppressed by Zhang Fu all his life, if Zhu Yong has no idea of competing with Zhang Fu, it is false. It's just that Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, knows what to do and what not to do.

At the moment, there was a feeling of happiness in his heart.

Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong sat on the carriage, Zhang Fu made a long story short, and told Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, all the content of the meeting, and it was best to say: "The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, half of Tai is in your hands, you have also fought a lifetime, how to fight, I will not explain to you." ”

"I'll tell you two things, the first thing is that don't chase after the poor."

"Although I said in front of Your Majesty that the whole army of the Tile Thorn will stay, but it is just to inspire Your Majesty, the Tile Thorn is mostly cavalry, even if it is defeated under Datong City, it may be able to capture tens of thousands of Zahu, but it is impossible to stay with the elite men and horses of the Tile Thorn. You'd better be under Datong City, kill more damage to the tile spurs, and don't pursue them after the tile spurs withdraw from the side stop. ”

"Don't forget the lessons of Qi Guogong."

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong was a little unconvinced.

How to say, now the soldiers are strong and strong, although they are a little worse than in the Taizong period, as many as hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and there is no pain from the expedition, just near the side wall, can you still fight?

Cheng Guogong said, "I understand, Brother Zhang." ”

Many times, people can't accurately evaluate themselves, and the reason why Zhang Fu said that he became a prince of the country was actually in his opinion, and it seemed simple to go out of the jam to fight

Single, but it's actually not simple.

Why did Emperor Taizong go on a northern expedition? Of course, Emperor Taizong is still martial, and more importantly, Emperor Taizong has no one to take care of, and among the star-studded Jing Nan nobles, there is no one who can completely reassure Emperor Taizong.

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, has the ability to rank first in the Yongle period, among the nobles of Jingnan, compared with their uncle and uncle at the beginning, can Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, rank first?

Therefore, Zhang Fu especially proposed that Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, should not look at Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition, and won again and again, and the northern captives fled from the wind, not only watching thieves eat meat, but not watching thieves being beaten.

Zhang Fu said: "After this battle, I will ask Your Majesty to resign and withdraw from the cabinet, and after you come back, you will resign from Your Majesty the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, as well as all internal and external positions, and enter the cabinet to take my place." ”

Cheng Guogong frowned and said, "Brother Zhang, this ------"

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong is different from Zhang Fu, although Zhang Fu is a military general, he is a Confucian, otherwise he would not have raised a son who is both civil and military.

And Zhu Yong is more of a martial artist, although he is not illiterate, but he is also impatient to work the case. For being in the cabinet, he prefers to lead troops to fight.

You must know that in fact, at the beginning of Zhang Fu's cabinet ranking, he did not reuse Zhang Fu.

At the time of Seonjong, although the power of the cabinet was great, it was not as great as it is now, and the cabinet at that time was only for the imperial court to prepare for consultation.

At that time, Emperor Xuanzong actually relieved Zhang Fu of his military power.

For Cheng Guogong, this kind of taste is not very pleasant.

Zhang Fu said earnestly: "Brother, after all, you are not Emperor Taizong today, you command most of the Ming Dynasty, and you have a big victory, and most of the Beijing camp has become your old department." You are already the prince of the country, how can you reassure Your Majesty? ”

"You and I are old, I'm seventy, you're over sixty, and you still have a few years to live, do you still want to lead the troops to fight for the rest of your life?"

"Wouldn't it be good to take advantage of this matter to step back and pave the way for your children."

"And today's cabinet is not as good as it was at the beginning, and the real opportunity to control the world is the cabinet. You are listed among them, you are really under one person, above ten thousand, and you are also in power, but you have left the army. ”

"For our kind, it's a good ending."

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong thought about it and said secretly in his heart: "This is my last battle." ”

Cheng Guogong understands this truth.

It is nothing more than a high achievement, that is, a brave retreat from the rapids.

After all, now that the Ming Dynasty has a sound system, even if Cheng Guogong is the leader of the Jingnan Xungui group, but Cheng Guogong wants to rely on these people to take the position, and he can't even think about it.

The ancestors of these people were born and died with Emperor Taizong, and today it can be said that they are extremely rich. Even if Chengguo Gong became the emperor, for them, it may not be a gap in essence.

There are even drawbacks

The political group that supported the two emperors before and after, the newly appointed emperor, can you still trust them?

Therefore, there is no problem for Cheng Guogong to take them to eat meat, but if Cheng Guogong has a non-dividing idea, the first person to betray Cheng Guogong is the generals under his command, and the people who call him brothers.

And Cheng Guogong is also a little frightened in his heart about today.

Without him, the emperor was too good to him, and he bowed too low. The last person who made Zhu Qizhen so close was none other than Wang Zhen.

What happened to Wang Zhen?

Cheng Guogong only had to think about it, and there was a trace of fear in his heart.

In addition, in the past few years of Zhu Qizhen's pro-government, although there have been floods, droughts, locusts, and frequent major events, under the auspices of Zhu Qizhen, they have been handled very well, not to mention, there are major events such as Hebei water conservancy, and so on

No matter how you look at it, you know that today is a master who is not easy to fool.

In this way, the last trace of reluctance in Cheng Guogong's heart also dissipated, and he also felt that what Zhang Fu said was good, and he had reached the time to think about his posthumous name and posthumous affairs.

After all, people are rare in their seventies. He was also in his sixties.

Cheng Guogong sighed and said, "Brother Zhang, I understand. ”

The British Duke said, "Then I am relieved." I won't say anything else, I just wish you a victorious start and success. ”

After all, Zhang Fu has been out of the front line for more than ten years, and the Ming army in his impression is still the Ming army for more than ten years, and the tile spur army in his impression is still the tile spur army for decades.

Therefore, even if he increased the combat effectiveness of the Tile Spur army, he didn't think that there would be any suspense in this battle. Especially fighting within the side walls.

No matter how you think about it, it's nine out of ten.

Cheng Guogong said: "Just thank the old brother for his good words." ”

"The two princes have arrived." Cheng Guogong heard a familiar voice, he opened the curtain and saw that it was his son Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi is now the commander of the guards of the Qianqing Palace.

And the people in this position are all new talents in the army and rising stars.

Cheng Guogong also understood that this was Zhu Qizhen's show of favor to him.

In this kind of occasion, you can't talk about father and son, Zhu Yi can only do her duty and see Cheng Guogong get off. He shouted, "Chengguo Gong has arrived." ”

Zhang Fu also bowed slightly, saluted Chengguo Gong, and took a step back.

At this moment, in front of Chengguo Gong, it is the place where the arrow platform is located.

This place is a little east of Zhongnanhai in later generations. The so-called arrow platform is naturally a school field. For the emperor's archery parade.

At this time, in the small school field, there were even more flags, and countless soldiers stood in the field. On the other hand, the two sides of Dianjiangtai are divided into two distinct parts.

Some of them are civil officials, the six departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and other yamen, all the people who should come, and on the other side are military generals, all the generals in the army, who can be ranked, have arrived.