Along the way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, passed through the state, Zhu Biao did not want to publicize it, and tried to avoid Tongdu Dayi, lest the local officials know the purpose of his trip and usher in the send-off, which made the city full of wind and rain, and the people were panicked. Only more than ten days, their team came to Xuzhou Mansion, where they took a boat and traced the Yellow River.

Since ancient times, the Yellow River originally entered the sea in Shandong, but to the five years of Jin Zhangzong Mingchang (1194 AD), due to the corruption of the officials, the river governance is not effective, the Yellow River bursts in the Yangwu old embankment, and suddenly the monstrous flood engulfs Fengqiu County, all the way south encroaches on the Huai River old road, rushes into the sea, a large amount of sediment rolls down, silts up the river channel, forces the Huai River to overflow, breaks the Huainan embankment, passes through Shao Bo Lake, and joins the Yangtze River from the mouth of the three rivers. The Huai River originally flowed into the sea alone, called Huaishui in ancient times, and the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and Jishui were called the "four desecrations", benefiting both sides of the river for more than 1,000 years, because the Yellow River seized the Huai, the flood overflowed, resulting in the land of fish and rice actually became a country, and the people were displaced, and the suffering was unspeakable.

Zhu Biao stood at the bow of the boat, Zhang Shixing and other brocade guards stood around, at this time it was the southeast wind tight, the sails of the three ships were bulging, the fish were running through, the river was wide here, the waves were calm, so although it was against the current, the boat was very fast. The breeze was blowing, and he should have been happy, but Zhu Biao frowned.

Zhang Shixing has always felt guilty about Zhu Biao since he had a skin-to-skin relationship with Tana in Jiming Temple, and he was afraid that this matter would be exposed, so he secretly looked at it all the way, and when he saw Zhu Biao's unhappy face, he asked tentatively: "Prince, my Daming country is picturesque, but His Royal Highness is unhappy, somehow?" Is it because my subordinates are not serving well? ”

Zhu Biao narrowed his eyes, a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and pointed to both sides of the strait: "The Ming Dynasty is picturesque? Take a closer look. ”

Zhang Shixing looked at both banks, only to see that the embankment was straight as an arrow, extending to the end of the day, the flat domain behind the embankment, vividly in the eyes, and then in the distance is the small bridge and flowing water, the stars are scattered, it is really a peaceful atmosphere in the world.

Zhang Shixing turned his head and looked at Zhu Biao suspiciously, not knowing how to speak.

Zhu Biao laughed loudly, but there was a trace of desolation in the laughter, and said: "The boat is in the sky, and the people are swimming in the painting, right?" ”

Zhang Shixing suddenly realized that due to the siltation of the Yellow River, the river channel has been continuously raised, and it has risen above the plains on both sides of the river, becoming the trend of the river on the ground, so he can see so far. At this moment, it is all bound by the embankment, and if the embankment bursts, tens of millions of people on both sides of the strait will be all fish and turtles, so Zhu Biao is worried.

Zhang Shixing turned from joy to worry and said: "Prince, since the river is higher than the bank, we should treat it as soon as possible, dredge and dig sand, and lower the water level." ”

Zhu Biao sighed and said: "Governing the river, governing the river, how easy it is to talk about it." You are not at home, and you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "Yes, yes, prince, the little one is really ignorant and ignorant." However, the prince is wise and martial, and he must have a good plan. ”

Zhu Biao smiled: "You don't have to pat my ass. Governing the river is a thousand-year-old plan, and if you are not careful, you may be destroyed. Do you know that when Yuan loses the country, he will govern the river. ”

When Zhang Shixing was born, Dayuan had already retired to the grassland, and his parents never mentioned it, so he didn't know about this history, but his eyes widened and he looked at Zhu Biao blankly.

Zhu Biao said: "You serve by my side, and you must read more books in the future, so that you can understand Dali, understand the general situation, and better serve the country." In the eleventh year of Yuan Zhizheng, the Yellow River burst its embankment, Emperor Yuan Shun ordered the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Jialu to forcibly levy 150,000 migrant workers, and built a 300-mile stone boat embankment to prevent the north from collapsing. It is also the time when the imperial court changed the banknote law and issued paper money indiscriminately, resulting in a variety of things being expensive, and the people were not able to make a living. So the leaders of the White Lotus Sect, Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others took advantage of the situation to spread rumors and make trouble, saying, 'Mo Dao Shiren has one eye, instigating the Yellow River to rebel in the world'. Therefore, gather people to rebel, plague the Central Plains, so far the world is shaken, the overall situation collapses, my Ming Emperor came into being, drive out the tyrannical yuan, restore China, to this day, the river is still like this, can not worry! ”

After listening to his grand remarks, Zhang Shixing couldn't help but be a little discouraged and said: "Prince, if this is the case, there is no solution to the river?" ”

Zhu Biao's eyes flashed with a light and said: "If I am given ten years of hard work to return the Yellow River to its original path, then the river and Huai can be governed, and the people can be safe." ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "Now that the prince is in charge of the country, the world is peaceful, and it is not easy to govern the river." ”

Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "You don't know, the top priority at the moment is not to control the river, but to have other things, this matter is related to the fortune of the country, it costs a lot, and it cannot be achieved without more than ten years of work." However, if this matter is accomplished, river control will become an urgent task, and the two complement each other. I am afraid that by that time, the treasury will be empty, and the governance of the river will become empty talk, and if you want to forcibly levy and apportion, you will follow in the footsteps of the Yuan Dynasty, which is really a dilemma. ”

Zhang Shixing just wanted to open his mouth to ask what made the prince worried, but after thinking about it, he swallowed this sentence back, he had been on an errand in Jinyiwei for many years, and he still understood this rule, but this matter must be related to the trip to Xi'an, so he was silent.

There was nothing to say all the way, everyone went against the current, walked for more than 20 days, passed Shaanzhou, where the river is narrow, the water flow is turbulent, and the people must be hired to pull the fiber on both sides of the bank before they can move forward. This day came to Tongguan City, only to see that the city wall is tall, the Guanlou is a tiger, the north is bordered by the big river, the south is dependent on the high mountain, the valley is deep and the cliff is exclusive, the peaks and peaks are stacked, there is Tongshui passing through the city, it is a precipitous place, a strange place.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but admire: "The mountains and rivers on the surface are worthy of their reputation." After that, he whispered: "The soldier is hastily built the city and Tongguan Road." The big city railway is not as good, and the small city is more than 10,000 feet. By asking the officials of Tongguan, the customs are also prepared. Tell me to get off my horse and show me the corner of the mountain. Even the clouds are lined up in battle, and the birds can't be surpassed. Hu comes but guards himself, how can he worry about the Western Capital. The Zhangren is at an important place, narrow and narrow for bicycles.

Struggle hard to grow a halberd, and use a husband for eternity. Sad peach forest battle, millions turned into fish. Please advise the generals to be careful not to learn from Geshu. ”

Zhang Shixing praised: "Good poem, this should not be written by His Royal Highness the Prince, but written by the Tang people." ”

Zhu Biao smiled: "How did you know? ”

Zhang Shixing said: "I know that Ge Shuhan is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, if it is made by His Royal Highness, he will definitely write about our Ming generals, such as Zhongshan and Kaiping." ”

Zhu Biao said: "That's not a good thing, how can you compare it with the two kings." Ge Shuhan was defeated in An Lushan here, and Emperor Tang Ming was forced to go west, so Du Zimei took this as a warning, and my dynasty Zhongshan King defeated Li Siqi here and recovered Shaanxi and Gansu, how can the two be compared. ”

Zhang Shixing sighed: "When our dynasty was founded, the generals were like clouds, and the ministers were like rain, but unfortunately there are a lot of witherers now. ”

Zhu Biao glanced at him and said: "Liangguo Gong Lanyu and others are also rising stars, and now he is leading a large army to use troops in the southwest to fight rebellion, which can be described as the pillar of the country." ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly laughed and said, "That's, that's." There is the Duke of Liangguo, the prince is very fortunate, and the country is very fortunate. ”

Zhu Biao said: "There is also a famous general among you Mongolians, and my father called him a strange man in the world. ”

Zhang Shixing glanced up at Zhu Biao, did not dare to correct it, and said, "Your Highness is talking about Wang Baobao?" ”

Zhu Biao said: "Exactly. This person has fought several battles with our dynasty, won and lost two points, and the Northern Yuan was able to prolong his life for more than ten years, thanks to this person. And his repeated defeats and battles, swearing not to surrender, were deeply admired by his father. Ask the generals: 'Who is the strange man in the world?' All the generals said: "There are no more than 10,000 generals in the spring, and they are invincible, and they are really strange men." The father smiled and said, "Although Yuchun is a brilliant person, I will be subservient." And I can't protect the king, and he is really a strange man. If any one of the people boasts, there is also a proverb: 'Taste the king of the west and bring it to you!' It's hard to do. ””

Zhang Shixing listened to it leisurely and said: "If you don't hate to be born early, you have to meet this person and compete." ”

Zhu Biao said: "You are in Beiting, haven't you seen this person?" ”

Zhang Shixing smiled bitterly: "I have heard of it, but he is young and a grass man, how can he see it." ”

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Although you can't see Wang Baobao, when you get to Xi'an, I will let you see someone, and it will be worth the trip." ”

Zhang Shixing said strangely: "Who? ”

Zhu Biao said: "You will naturally know at that time." ”

At this time, a Jinyi guard came to report, saying that Zhang Xin, the commander of the Tongguan guard, came to ask for a meeting and waited at the shore ferry, and Zhu Biao said: "Okay, please ask him to get on the boat." ”

After a while, only a heavy footstep was heard, and a short and sturdy officer wearing armor walked into the cabin, he clenched his fists and bowed to salute, and said in a loud voice: "The last general Tong Guanwei commanded Zhang Xin to visit the prince, because the armor is on his body, he can't bow, and he hopes to beg for forgiveness." ”

Zhu Biao saw that this letter was only more than forty years old, with a square face and round eyes, but his face was full of vicissitudes, showing that he had suffered from wind and frost in this bitter cold place in the northwest, he couldn't help but feel pity, and said: "General Zhang doesn't have to be polite, sit down and talk." ”

The left and right Jinyi lieutenants hurriedly moved a round stool, Zhang Xin sat on it, and said respectfully: "The prince has worked hard all the way, please enter the city to rest." ”

Zhu Biao smiled: "No need, I have other important matters, let's talk for a while." Listen to General Zhang's accent as Zhongdu Ren's? ”

Zhang Xin's eyes lit up and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the last general is the Linhuai clan of the Central Capital." ”

Zhu Biaoqi said: "Then how did you come to Tongguan Wei as a commander?" ”

Zhang Xin said: "Back to the prince, this matter is a long story. In the second year of Hongwu, the last general entered Shaanxi with Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, pacified the northwest, and was stationed in Lanzhou, where he served as a thousand households. After the king of Kaiping often met the spring in the army, the king of Zhongshan returned to the army to mourn in Beijing, and the Yuan general expanded Timur to take the opportunity to besiege Lanzhou. ”

Zhu Biao said with great interest: "Are you talking about the expanded Timur named Wang Baobao in the Han Dynasty?" I have only seen the battle between the enemy and our army in Lanzhou and Shen'eryu from the actual record, so I don't know much, you can tell me in detail. ”

Zhang Xin said: "Obey, His Royal Highness the Prince." That Wang Baobao did have something outstanding, he used the strategy of besieging the city to help, ambushed our army, captured the Longxi Ying Yang Wei commander Yu Guang, and escorted it to the city of Lanzhou to persuade him to surrender, who expected the general to shout towards the city: 'Wait for the public but hold on, Xu Zheng's army is coming!' Wang Baobao was furious, and General Yu was killed. ”

Zhu Biao patted his thigh and said, "Wang Baobao also has his hate. ”

Zhang Xin continued: "Exactly, at that time, it was Zhang Wen, the commander of Tiance Guard, who was stationed in Lanzhou, and I and other generals asked to hold on to the city to wait for reinforcements.

General Zhang said: "The enemy army is coming from afar, and I don't know the reality or reality, so I can take advantage of the twilight attack to frustrate its sharpness." If he doesn't retreat, it's not too late to hold on. ’

So our army attacked the Yuan army at night, defeated the enemy, Wang Baobao led the army to retreat, I drank and wished Jie, drunk a drunk, who expected that Wang Baobao was very cunning, actually from the section of the city wall I defended by night to climb the city, coincided with General Zhang's tour of the city here, this will be the enemy repulsed, not to fall the city.

After the incident, Zhang Wen was about to behead me, but fortunately, Zhu Youwen, the governor of Tiancewei, advised: 'When the thief invades the city, the general will behead him to order the people, and the military law will also begin. The thief retreated, began to chase and kill, it was useless, and the general had the reputation of killing, and hoped that the general would think twice. ’

Zhang Wen thanked him: "Feijun, I almost made a big mistake. And he released my rod twenty years later. When the emperor heard about this, he was very kind, and rewarded him with 100 brocade horses and Zhang Wen and Zhu Youwen. Since then, I have also regarded General Zhang as a benefactor. ”

Zhu Biao sighed: "Zhang and Zhu are really righteous people. ”

Zhang Xindao: "After dealing with the aftermath of Kaiping Wang Changyu, King Xu Da led a large army to rescue Lanzhou in April of the third year of Hongwu, and met Wang Baobao's army in Shen Eryu.

The king of Zhongshan ordered the generals to make constant noise every night to disturb the enemy camp and keep them awake at night. A few days later, but the flag died down, Wang Baobao's army could not rest for several days, today it was finally quiet, so they fell asleep, the king of Zhongshan led us and other troops to fight, so the enemy army was defeated, and his generals Yan Fengxian, Han Zhar, Li Chahan and so on were captured.

Wang Baobao and his wife only escaped, and when they crossed the Yellow River, they were fortunate to cross the river, and then went out of Ningxia Benhe Forest to join the Yuan prince.

In this battle, our army captured more than 2,000 officials and officials of the Yuan army, more than 85,000 generals and soldiers, 15,000 horses, and countless other baggage. What's more, Wang Baobao's sister was also captured by our army, and the emperor gave it to the king of Qin as his wife. ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he knew that the wife of Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, was the sister of Wang Baobao, so why did Princess Tana privately hand over a book to Princess Qin? It's just puzzling.

Zhu Biao listened to it leisurely, sighed and said, "It's a pity that the King of Zhongshan left earlier. ”

Zhang Xindao: "The prince doesn't need to worry, the country still has Ying Guogong (Fu Youde), Liang Guogong (Lan Yu) and others. ”

Zhu Biao said: "Liang Guogong is also a rising star. Commander Zhang, let me ask you, if the enemy comes to attack, you will defend Tongguan, how many days can you defend? ”

Zhang Xin thought for a while and said: "The Tongguan guard has 5,600 regular soldiers, and the terrain is dangerous, if the grain and grass are sufficient, let him attack as many people as he wants, and it will not be a problem to defend it for a year and a half." ”

Zhu Biao shook his head with a smile and said: "Tongguan is known as a natural danger, but since the Tang, Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasty, none of them can be guarded, why not?" ”

Zhang Xin thought for a while and said: "The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people." ”

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "If you have such knowledge, you can take on a big role in the future." Let me ask you, Tongguan belongs to Shaanxi, why does Wei belong to Henan Dusi? Have you thought about it? ”

When Zhu Biao suddenly asked, Zhang Xin was unprepared, and said in a daze: "The last general is stupid, he only knows how to train soldiers, and he hasn't thought of this layer yet, please ask the prince for advice." ”

Zhu Biao smiled: "I don't blame you, this is a matter of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." Tongguan is the gateway to Shaanxi, in case of something, Shaanxi will go all out to rescue, and Tongguan Wei is subordinate to the Henan Division, within the division, dare not do your best, then gather the strength of the two, Tongguan is safe. ”

Zhang Xin suddenly realized, got up and saluted: "What the prince taught is that the sect general must not have a view of the domain and get along well with the officials of Shaanxi. ”

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "That's very good, you go down first." ”

Zhang Xin got up and bowed, turned around and got off the boat.

Zhu Biao said to Zhang Shixing: "This person is sensible and righteous, and he can be of great use in the future." ”