Qianqing Palace, the 26th day of the first month of the second year of Jianwen.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the performance of Lian Zining, the political envoy of Beiping: "...... The rebels went south to the river, Xu Kai avoided but did not fight, Cangzhou Shengyong, Zhending and Ping'an closed their doors, and the rebels crossed the river without attacking, plundering Xian County, Shenzhou, Ji County, Hengshui, breaking through the county seat of Xian County, killing the county order Zuo Pingfei, and the Shenzhou guard Cheng Zhiping was martyred. The rebels requisitioned strong men, plundered grain and grass, burned villages, and hundreds of thousands of people fled south. Hebei is cold and freezing, the people have no clothes and no clothes, waiting to be fed, although the ministers allocate grain and grass, but a drop in the bucket, imploring the emperor to allocate grain and grass, relief to the victims, and order Pingyan to go to war with the generals around the right and left, pacify the rebels as soon as possible, so that the people of Li can live a peaceful life......"

Lian Zining Jinshi was born in Jinshi, and his words were full of resentment against the rebels and pity for the people, and at the same time he also accused the counterinsurgency army of standing still and making the rebels so rampant. Zhu Yunwen looked at the twists and turns, and was not angry at Zhu Di's cruelty, but regretted his naivety. He controlled the food supply in Beiping and fantasized about winning without a fight, but Zhu Di's reaction taught himself a deep lesson, Zhu Di in history was known for his brutality, what could he not do? There is no food in Beiping, he can go and grab it, he should have thought of it a long time ago, people are going to die, how can he take care of face and reputation?

Zhu Yunwen sighed deeply, put the fold on the table, looked at the people in front of him, and said: "I didn't expect the Yanshu people to be so crazy, and now the people of Hebei are suffering from it, do you have a good plan?" ”

Li Jinglong jumped out first and said: "Your Majesty, Ping'an, Sheng Yong, cowardly enemies avoid war, should be severely punished, the imperial court should send a capable general to lead the counterinsurgency army, and go straight to Beiping, and the Yanshu people will inevitably come back to help, so that they can complete their work in one battle and destroy the rebels in one fell swoop." ”

Huang Zicheng also said: "Ping An and Sheng Yong started from the army, did not know the righteousness, and disregarded the people's livelihood, so the minister suggested that he be removed from his post and sent another general to take over." ”

"Well, what about other people's suggestions?"

Wang Du hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the rebels are going south, more than ten days ago, Xu Kai, the defender of Hejian, has already reported that General Ping'an has written at that time, to go north to capture Baoding, to attract the Yan army to come back, and General Sheng Yong also wrote to go north along the canal, and join up with Zhigu Guo Key, and go straight to Beiping. The two generals are not inactive, and it is too early to talk about removing them from their posts now, so please ask the emperor to make a clear decision. ”

"Hehe," Li Jinglong sneered: "Capture Baoding and go straight to Beiping?" So why didn't the rebels turn back? ”

"Cao Guogong's words are wrong, it takes time for the army to move, and it also takes time for the rebels to turn back, and the military report we see at the moment is at least five days ago, maybe the rebels have turned around at this moment." Wang Du sneered.

"Your Majesty, although the left and right generals said that there were actions, but so far there has been no effect, and the minister suggested sending generals to Zhending and Cangzhou to supervise the battle, and the two armies will be surrounded and annihilated by the rebels in the river."

Zhu Yunwen stared at Huang Zicheng, found that this person had a demonic obstacle, and repeatedly recommended Li Jinglong, and wanted to scold him, but remembering his achievements in his own affairs back then, he was a little unbearable. However, Zhu Yunwen changed his mind and said with a smile: "What Mr. Huang said is very true, I decided to send the founding prince Changsheng and Yue Hou Yu Tongyuan to sit in the daimyo, and the Shandong Metropolitan Division commanded Mei Yin to be stationed in Dezhou to stop the rebels from going south, what do you think?" ”

When Zhu Yunwen agreed, Huang Zicheng and Li Jinglong were overjoyed, and Wang Du, Zhuo Jing and others were anxious, but after listening to Zhu Yunwen's words, Huang Zicheng and Li Jinglong were stunned and could not hide their disappointment, and Wang Du and Zhuo Jing also breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhu Yunwen struck while the iron was hot and said: "Xie Jin, immediately follow what I just said, send it out quickly, and order the household department to immediately allocate grain and grass, go north along the canal, and provide relief to the victims. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After everyone retreated, Zhu Yunwen left Li Jinglong, and Li Jinglong stayed a little puzzled and worried. Zhu Yunwen let people serve melon and fruit snacks, retreated everyone, and said, "Cao Guogong, have there been many things in the Governor's Mansion recently?" ”

"Oh," Li Jinglong put down his snack and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the war has been busy recently, and there are a lot of things, but I can still deal with it, and Qi Shangshu has also helped a lot." ”

"Well, I understand, by the way, Cao Guogong, you and I are cousins, I have a difficult matter to decide now, can you relieve my worries?"

"The emperor has an order, and the ministers will never give up." Li Jinglong said solemnly.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Li Jinglong's appearance, and said in his heart: "This person looks really talented, elegant and extraordinary, it's a pity that he has a good skin!" ”

"Okay, there are two things that I am worried about now, one is the rebellion of the Yanshu people, the imperial court has mobilized most of the troops and princes, and now the troops involved in the counterinsurgency have reached 600,000, and the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Kaiguo have all gone out to fight; The other is Timur in the northwest, is Cao Guogong willing to share his worries for me? ”

"Timur?" Li Jinglong was stunned, he hadn't heard of it at all.

"Timur is the leader of a great power in the western Transoxiana region, and the Timurid Empire is roughly in this position," Zhu Yunwen pointed to the map: "About a thousand miles west of Jiayuguan, he raised an army against the Mongols at the age of 26, first conquered the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the Western Chagatai Khanate, conquered Persia, Khorezm, the Ilkhanate and Afghanistan, defeated the Golden Horde and the White Horde, occupied northern India, and now should fight with the Ottoman Turks." ”

"In the forty years of Timur's campaign, he was never defeated. The territory under his control now includes part of the Chagatai Khanate, the Ögedai Khanate, the Ilkhanate and the Golden Horde, and it can be said that half of the territory of the Great Yuan Empire was controlled by him. ”

"In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, he detained the envoys of my Ming Dynasty, and it is said that he also deliberately abused, and after I ascended the throne, he also sent envoys, but there is no response at present, and he should have been detained again. His purpose in detaining the envoys is obvious, that is, he doesn't want me to know their truth and truth, because they want to attack the Ming Dynasty! ”

"What?" Li Jinglong was frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's description, and when he heard that Timur was going to attack Daming, he almost stood up in shock.

"Therefore, I plan to send you to inspect the northwest, and collect the situation of the seven guards of the west of Jiayu Pass, and indirectly understand the situation of Timur, and of course, the situation of the four departments of Warat. The four divisions of Warat are north of the Tien Shan, and Timur is south of the Tien Shan......"

In the end, Zhu Yunwen looked at the stunned Li Jinglong: "Are you willing to share my worries?" ”

Li Jinglong's face was red and white for a while, but he still quickly fell to the ground: "The minister is willing to share the emperor's worries, but I am afraid that my ability is limited and the emperor's major events will be delayed." ”

"It's okay!" Zhu Yunwen got up and helped Li Jinglong up, and patted him on the shoulder: "Cao Guogong, Timur's matter is just an intelligence matter, and there is no danger, but at present, there are indeed few people in the northwest, Song Sheng was transferred to Suiyuan, and King Su moved inward, so I need you to sit in the northwest, so that I can deal with the Yanshu people with all my strength, thank you!" ”

"It's not hard, the minister is willing to serve the emperor."

"Okay. Come, pour wine for Cao Guogong, I will use this glass of wine for you! ”

"Emperor Xie!"

......

The next day, Li Jinglong was sent westward and has since stayed away from the court.