June 30 of the second year of Jianwen, Qianqing Palace, Dongnuan Pavilion.

It was pouring rain outside the window, and Zhu Yunwen was lying on the bed to listen to the summary report of the Military Aircraft Department on the "Yanwang Rebellion." The report was made on the basis of the report and summary of the report by the Military Aircraft Department and the four political envoys of Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, and Beiping, and Wang Du was responsible for the report.

Perhaps because of the sound of rain outside the window, the Dongnuan Pavilion was very quiet, only echoing Wang Du's quiet, powerful, and loud voice.

"The rebellion of the Yanshu people began on the night of September 25 in the first year of Jianwen, that night the Yanshu people occupied Beiping, and the seven guards in the city all rebelled except for Longjiang and Longwu, and Beiping was martyred by Song Zhong, the Hou of Tongzhi Zhengqi, and Xie Gui."

"In the middle of the day, Zunhua, Miyun, Jizhou, Tongzhou, and Yongping fell, and the leader of the troops was his henchman Zhang Yu."

"On October 20, Juyong Pass fell, and Juyong Bo Chen Zhen died in battle."

"On October 23, Chen Xuan, the secretary of Shanxi Xingdu, rebelled and cooperated with the Yanshu people to incorporate the army of the Zhou Shu people, and the rebel army expanded to 200,000."

On the same day, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, arrived in Datong and took control of the situation in Shanxi. Soon the king of Dai and the king of the valley returned to Beijing. ”

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"On October 25, the Yanshu people refused to accept the pardon edict, and the Qin sent to leave Beiping."

"On October 28, the Zuo Shilang of the Qin Mission's Department was killed near Anzhou, west of Xiongxian County, and the murderer was Xiang Xing, a subordinate of Zhang Yu, the chief general of the rebel army."

"On November 3, Geng Bingwen, the general of Pingyan, was killed, the deputy general Gu Cheng surrendered to the enemy, and Li Jian, the concubine, was deceived by the Yanshu people and was beheaded by Zhu Gaoxu."

"On February 16 of the second year of Jianwen, General Ping Yanzuo defeated the Yanshu people safely and conquered Baoding."

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"On April 8, Sheng Yong, the right general of Ping Yan, conquered Tongzhou."

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"On April 28, Geng Xuan, the deputy general of the expedition to the north, Changxing Hou, conquered Yongping, and on the same day, Guo Ying and Wu Sheng conquered Zunhua and Xifengkou Pass."

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"On May 6, Sheng Yong, the deputy general of the expedition to the north, conquered Beiping, and Zhang Fu, the commander of the Yanshu people's pro-army, captured all the families of the Yanshu people and the main generals of the rebels, and captured more than 18,000 rebels."

"On May 8, the Yanshu people committed suicide in Qingshiling, the Mongol army was defeated and Miyun, and the northern army recaptured Kaiping and Daning, killing more than 40,000 enemies and capturing more than 20,000 people."

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After talking for a while, Wang Du picked up another notebook, and continued: "In this counterinsurgency, our army suffered a total of 143,627 casualties, and the rebels suffered 165,835 casualties. ”

"The casualties of the people are countless, and the rough statistics are between 80,000 and 100,000, which have affected most of the prefectures and counties around Beiping.

"The main generals of our army who suffered casualties were Geng Bingwen, Duke of Lieguo, Duke Wu Jie, Duke of Anguo, Song Zhong, Marquis of Loyalty, Marquis Xie Gui, Marquis of Zhengqi, and Ju Yongbo Chen Zhen, and other commanders killed a total of 31 people, of which the Battle of Baoding was the most, reaching 22 people. The martyred ministers were mainly the left servants of the Ministry of Rites, and the court posthumously named him the uncle of the party, and the rest of the governors were a total of five people, and the court had their own posthumous titles. ”

"The imperial court rewarded a duke, a marquis, and two uncles, including Yiguo Ping'an, Licheng Hou Shengyong, An Pingbo Li Yuan, and An Yuanbo Qu Neng."

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"The court's accountability for counterinsurgency is as follows: the rebellious former Yan Wang's family was given death except for the youngest son, the original princess and side concubines were returned to their father's family, and the former county lord was demoted to a concubine and obeyed by marriage; The original Zhou Wang's lineage, except for Zhu Youxian, the king of Runan County, who was the first to inform, was all abolished as concubines, and Zhu Youxian moved to Runing Mansion and made him study behind closed doors. ”

"The rebel commander made all the generals above raze the three tribes, and the survivors were only five people, including Zhang Fu and Guo Liang, and all the officers of more than 1,000 households were dismissed and returned to their hometowns, never to be used. The remaining rebels attacked 35,637 men, all of whom moved to the border areas of Ganzhou and Suzhou in the northwest. At the same time, the imperial court transferred the elite of Northwest, Henan, and Shaanxi to enrich Beiping, Kaiping, and Daning. ”

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After Wang Du finished reading, Zhu Yunwen didn't speak for a long time, and the others didn't dare to speak, and the hall was silent.

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen said slowly: "Recently, many courtiers have written to accuse me of making a mistake in countering the rebellion, and the reward is too much, what do you think?" ”

Wang Du and Liu Jing glanced at each other, and then Liu Jing pondered the words for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, most of the courtiers don't understand military affairs, so the emperor doesn't have to worry too much." ”

"What do you think?"

"The minister thought that the strategy formulated by the emperor was very appropriate, the courtiers only saw the imperial court winning consecutive battles, but did not see the danger of the battle of Baoding, the Ministry of Peace plus Fang Zhao, Li Yuan's about 170,000 people, and the rebels were only 110,000 people, our army defended, the enemy attacked, but in the end it was a tragic victory, and it was very lucky."

"It can be said that if Fang Zhao and Li Yuanbu do not occupy Baoding in time and attack the rebels from the flank, then our army will inevitably be annihilated, and Yi Guogong is likely to die in battle, so the battle situation will inevitably change greatly."

"In this way, there will be no army of the imperial court in the north of Zhending, so even if General Sheng Yong conquers Tongzhou, he will not dare to take Beiping directly."

"In this way, it will be difficult to predict the development of the war situation."

"Therefore, the battle of Baoding was a turning point in the counterinsurgency, and it also laid the foundation for victory."

Therefore, the strategy formulated by the emperor is correct, and what the courtiers discuss is not enough. Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body, you don't have to worry about this generation! ”

"Well, what else?" Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while and asked.

"As for the reward is too much," Liu Jing thought for a while and said: "The minister also thinks that it is a little too much, and the rebel lord can be crowned a marquis, and the feudal prince seems to be too much. ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly, Liu Jing's subtext He understands that if there is a duke in every battle, let alone a duke, even if there is a marquis, the country will not be able to stand it!

"Where's Zizhong?"

"The minister also agrees with Lord Liu's opinion."

"Okay, I'm tired, you go down." Zhu Yunwen waved his hand lightly.

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After Wang Du and the others left, Zhu Yunwen looked at the roof and smiled bitterly.

The counterinsurgency was successful, Zhu Di died, and he survived, Zhu Yunwen felt that he had done a big thing, an earth-shattering event, but almost no one thought so except himself. Zhu Yunwen's bookcase still has the resignations of Ping'an, Sheng Yong and others, which should also be under pressure from the civil system and the founding fathers.

After the initial joy of counterinsurgency, Zhu Yunwen felt a deep exhaustion, and after reluctantly handling the rebels' disposal plan, Zhu Yunwen fell ill, and did not go to the court for more than ten consecutive days, the court was in an uproar, and the courtiers went to the table one after another, asking the emperor to show up, among which Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru were the most.

After quelling the rebellion, Zhu Yunwen transferred Huang Zicheng back to Beijing, and he asked Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru, Zhuo Jing, Wang Du and others to deal with the rebels in accordance with the holy decree, including the death of Zhu Di's sons, the beheading of the main generals of the rebels, etc., and even assigned some rebel family members as slaves and maids. Everyone thought that this was Zhu Yunwen's reward for their Pingyan's initiative, but Zhu Yunwen himself knew that this was just to compensate for what they had suffered in another time and space, although they didn't know about it.

When his health was a little better, Zhu Yunwen personally set up a banquet in the Qianqing Palace, and invited the heroes of the counterinsurgency: Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Geng Xuan, Li Yuan, Qu Neng, Xu Huizu, Chang Sheng, Yu Tongyuan and others, as well as Wenchen who advocated cutting the feudal domain: Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Zhuo Jing, Wang Du, Liu Jing and others. First of all, Zhu Yunwen affirmed the merits of the generals, rejected the resignation request of Ping An and others, and let them handle the military and politics with peace of mind, because they had many things to do.

At the banquet, Zhu Yunwen once again reiterated his wish to conquer the nomads on the land and eliminate the Japanese on the sea, so that the territory of the Ming Dynasty could expand to the boundless sky and the vast sea.

However, Zhu Yunwen found that the effect was not good, the generals thought that Zhu Yunwen was appeasing them, and the ministers thought that Zhu Yunwen was thinking too much.

Zhu Yunwen found that he had a long way to go......