Zhu Di said secretly in his heart: "Why does my father hate me so much? Am I really not his old man's own flesh and blood? ”

Longxing Temple was rebuilt in the sixteenth year of Hongwu, and Zhu Di was in the thirteenth year of Hongwu in Beiping, after three years, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang carved the words "three thousand miles" on the face of a statue that resembles Zhu Di, and the Beijing division is exactly three thousand miles away from Beiping, and Zhu Di's life experience is so confusing, secretive, even he can't figure it out. With so many coincidences getting together, anyone will think about it, and it is no wonder that Zhu Di's heart trembled and cried sadly.

Zhu Di was in a state of turmoil, and did not stay in Longxing Temple for more, so he came to the Imperial Mausoleum of Zhongdu and came to pay homage to his grandparents' mausoleum.

The Imperial Mausoleum of Zhongdu is located in the south of Fengyang City more than ten miles, it was built by Emperor Taizu Gao for his deceased parents and brother and sister-in-law, the original name was Yingling, and later renamed the Imperial Mausoleum.

The Imperial Tomb and the Jingshi Filial Piety Tomb are the same specification system, all have the imperial city, the brick city, the earth city triple city wall, the palace and the palace, the magnificent and strict, enjoy the palace, the palace, the official hall hundreds, the imperial tomb Shinto is hundreds of steps long, the stone statue is born 32 pairs, the carving is exquisite.

There is a piece of imperial mausoleum tablet more than two zhang high on the west side of the end of the Shinto, the inscription is written by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang himself, telling about his family background, his childhood experience, and why he later joined the Red Turban Army, fought for many years, and finally unified China's general process, concise and to the point, majestic atmosphere.

After Shinto is the imperial city, the palace is in the imperial city, enshrined in the tablet of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's parents, brother and sister-in-law.

As soon as Zhu Di entered the Xiangdian, he knelt down and kowtowed, full of bitterness, and wanted to talk to his grandparents and others who had never met: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the unfilial grandson Zhu Di wept blood and said: The young lord is the heir, listens to the treacherous evil, and kills the clan." In order to protect myself, I had no choice but to serve the emperor's ancestral training, raise troops and fight for three years, suffered a tragic disaster, and almost could not see the mausoleum again. Blessed by the ancestral gods, today you have to worship the mausoleum, the frost and dew have been lost for a long time, and the benefit is sentimental. May the ancestors show their might again in the spirit of the sky, my army will enter Beijing, the Qing monarch will be on the side, and the evil will be removed, and the grandson will reorganize the mausoleum and worship again. ”

After that, Zhu Di respectfully kowtowed three times before getting up.

At this time, the sergeant guarding the tomb came to visit, and Zhu Di personally gave him the cow wine treasure money and expressed his condolences.

Zhu Di returned to the camp and convened the generals to discuss the route to the south.

Zhu Nengdao: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the last general thinks that he should take Huai'an first, think it is fundamental, and then go south along the canal, go directly to Yangzhou, and then cross the river and take the Beijing division directly." ”

Zhu Di said: "Huai'an is stationed by the horse Meiyin, and I belong to the closest relatives, I should salute first and then soldier, borrow from him, and then make plans." ”

So Zhu Di, the king of Yan, sent the lieutenant Huang Yan to Huai'an to meet the concubine Mei Yin, and borrowed from him in the name of entering the Xiangxiao Mausoleum.

I think that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Mei Yin before he died, and there was a message to Tuogu: "King Yan can't be ignored!" Thou art old and faithful, and thou art a young Lord. and issued a secret decree, if the king of Yan has any changes, he can act cheaply with the secret decree.

After the defeat of Shengyong Jiahe, Mei Yin was ordered by Emperor Jianwen to recruit 400,000 troops in the Huaihe River area and stationed in Huai'an as a barrier for the Beijing Division.

After the arrival of Zhu Di's envoy at this moment, Mei Yin was a little at both ends, and he politely refused the envoy Huang Yan and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao had a ban during his lifetime, and the vassal king had no edict, and he could not go to the filial piety tomb without authorization, and those who did not comply were not filial." ”

Huang Yan was a little arrogant, squinted at Mei Yin and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is going south, breaking the southern army, and capturing Ping'an and other thirty-seven generals, although the court has a million troops, it cannot be controlled. In addition, His Royal Highness is the evil of the king's side, which is a move that obeys the heavens and responds to the people, and it has its own destiny, which is very human can stop. ”

When Mei Yin heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and ordered someone to cut off Huang Yan's ear and nose, send him back, and when he was leaving, he said to him: "And leave your mouth to speak for Your Highness about the righteousness of the monarch and the minister." ”

Huang Yan returned to the camp and cried about the encounter, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was furious: "The Mei family kid dares to deceive me!" "Prepare to raise troops to attack Huai'an.

Zhu Neng hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Highness's behavior is directly from the Jingshi, and you should not fight for the gains and losses of one city and one place." Since Mei Yuma refused to borrow the road, Huai'an City was strong and strong, and the grain and grass were sufficient, and it was difficult for a while, so our army should go straight to Yangzhou from the Tianchang area, which was the best policy. ”

After Zhu Di heard this, he nodded and said good, and then ordered the whole army to go straight to Tianchang, and then go down to Yangzhou, and at the same time sent the commander Wu Yu to Yangzhou to recruit the guard Wang Li.

Wu Yu pretended to be a salt merchant, came to Yangzhou, entered the city, and went to Yangzhou Wei Yamen to see Wang Li, saying that he wanted to help the army pay 100,000 yuan.

When Wang Li heard this, he hurriedly summoned him in, Wu Yu had finished his gift, and offered 100,000 yuan of treasure money, Wang Li thanked him and said: "Thank you Wu Weng for your generosity." It's just that now the war is in chaos, and this treasure is 100,000 yuan, which is not as good as 10 stone of grain. ”

Wu Yu said with a smile: "The grass people have come from Tianchang and found out some news about the Yan army, I don't know if Commander Wang is willing to listen to it?" Wang Li said: "Wu Weng, please speak." ”

Wu Yu looked at the people around Wang Li, Wang Li waved his hand, retreated left and right, and ordered to close the doors and windows, at this moment there were only the two of them left in the house, Wu Yu whispered to Wang Li: "Commander Wang, I have a message to tell you, at this moment the Yan army has sneaked into Yangzhou City." ”

When Wang Li heard this, he was shocked, jumped up from his chair, and said hurriedly: "This matter is serious, where are they now?" ”

Wu Yu smiled slightly and said, "This matter is true, this person is right in front of you." ”

Wang Li's face changed, he drew a knife in his hand, pointed at Wu Yu and said, "Who are you, quickly recruit from the truth, otherwise I will cut you with a knife." ”

That Wu Yu said unhurriedly: "In Xia Naiyan, King Yan's subordinates all commanded Wu Yu is also." ”

Wang Li panicked and said, "What is the matter with you coming this time?" ”

Wu Yu stepped forward and said, "Commander Wang, I came to Yangzhou to save the people of a city, and also to save your life." ”

Wang Li trembled and said, "How can you say this? ”

Wu Yu asked: "Commander Wang, compared with that Ping'an Bao'er, which martial arts is higher or lower?" ”

Wang Li said: "How can I be on a par with the general army of peace, naturally it is a world away. ”

Wu Yu asked again: "What are the victories in Yangzhou City?" ”

Wang Li said: "It's just my guard's soldiers, 5,000 people, plus temporarily recruited soldiers, but more than 10,000 people." ”

Wu Yu nodded and said: "It seems that Commander Wang is quite self-aware, that Ping Bao'er has the courage of 100,000 people, with 100,000 people, and is still captured by our army, can a small Yangzhou city stop my hundreds of thousands of troops?" ”

When Wang Li heard this, his face turned pale with fright, cold sweat was like rain, and he hurriedly said, "That's something that can't be resisted." ”

Wu Yu said again: "Since ancient times, those who know the times are Junjie, and the command of the king is either surrendered or killed, which is just a matter of a thought. ”

After hearing this, Wang Li hurriedly threw down the steel knife, knelt on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed to Wu Yu: "Wang Li is willing to surrender, please Commander Wu Du give me a few good words in front of His Royal Highness King Yan." ”

Wu Yu smiled and helped Wang Li up and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Commander Wang understands the righteousness, and King Yan will definitely be promoted." ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a loud noise, and the door was kicked off, and a group of people rushed in, armed with knives and guns, and surrounded the two. The first person, with a long jade face and a long body, wearing a seven-grade cyan official uniform, is the superintendent of the imperial history Wang Bin, and next to him stands a military general, with round eyes, it is the commander of Yangzhou Wei Tongzhi Chonggang.

Seeing this, Wang Li hurriedly shouted: "Commander Chong, what are you doing, I am discussing the top-secret military situation with Wu Weng, how can I allow you to disturb?" ”

Supervising the Imperial History, Wang Bin sneered: "Commander Wang, you don't have to pretend. I was ordered to inspect Huaiyang, and I already knew that you had bad intentions. Today, you and this Wu Weng are secretly discussing secret matters, and I have already heard it clearly outside the door. He is Wu Yu, the commander of Yan Thief's subordinates, do you still want to deny it? ”

When Wu Yu heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Yes, it is the subordinates of King Yan who command Wu Yu." The army of King Yan is about to arrive in Yangzhou, and you will not surrender quickly, otherwise when the city is broken, the jade will be burned. ”

The commander of the Yangzhou guard, Tongzhi Chonggang, couldn't hold it back, and said angrily: "An anti-thief, and he is still rampant." As he spoke, he raised his knife and was about to slash at the top of Wu Yu's head.

Wang Bin stretched out his hand and said, "Wait." Commander Chong, he can't kill the two of them at this moment, and when the Yan army arrives, it will be useful to keep it. ”

Although Chonggang is a third-grade official, he is only a martial artist, and everything still has to listen to Wang Bin's arrangement for the supervision of the imperial history of the seventh grade, so he waved his hand and ordered Wang Li and Wu Yu to be escorted down.

Chonggang asked Wang Bin: "Although traitors and spies have been arrested, people in Yangzhou City are still panicked, and they are afraid that they will not be able to hold on." ”

Wang Bin said: "If you want the city to be solid, you must have enough grain and grass. ”

Chonggang said: "Although Yangzhou is a land and water rush, most of the grain and grass are supplied to the front line, and now there is not much grain in the city, how is this good." ”

Wang Bin stroked his beard and said, "Mountain people have their own clever plans. ”

Wang Bin took Chonggang to the mansion of Sun Furong, the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou City, Sun Furong heard that the supervision of the imperial history was coming, and he couldn't help but be a little frightened, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and greet him, and welcomed Wang Bin and others into the flower hall.

After the guests and hosts sat down, Sun Furong said to Wang Bin and Chonggang: "I don't know what the two masters are doing when they come to the cold house today?" ”

Chonggang was also not polite, and said bluntly: "The Yan thief is coming to attack Yangzhou, and there is a shortage of food in the city, so he wants to borrow a few stones from Sun Weng temporarily, and when the grain arrives in the imperial court, it will definitely be returned." ”

Sun Furong said with a smile on his face: "The two masters don't know, my business is to buy grain from the border area and transport it to the Saiwai Guard, in exchange for salt, and then go to the Lianghuai Salt Farm to buy salt and sell it for money." If the two masters are short of salt, the grass people can still think of a way to donate one or two, if they say that there is no grain. ”

After hearing this, Wang Bin slapped the table and said angrily: "Sun Furong, are you eating dry rice when I am the inspector of the imperial history?" You secretly purchased grain in Jiangnan and transported it to Beiping by sea, no less than hundreds of thousands of stones, and made a profit of tens of millions, which is simply a traitor to the enemy, believe it or not, I can behead you now. ”

Sun Furong said without changing his face: "If Wang Yushi had real evidence, he would have taken me down a long time ago, and he is still here to threaten me?" ”

Seeing his tough attitude, Wang Bin stood up and said, "Since Sun Weng said so, the lower officials will go and find you some real evidence." Then he got up and took his leave.

Sun Furong sighed and said: "That's it, that's it, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, and there are still ten thousand stones of grain in my cellar, in order to save my life during the siege of the city, and now I will give it to the imperial court to help the military funds." ”