Chapter 90: Zhu Yujian's midlife crisis

Sun Kewang didn't know that most of the ideas of Longwu's new deal were provided by Wang Kefan. γ€‘βŠ™

It was also a shame that he didn't know that just because of the great military exploits of the Chu army, Sun Kewang was already very jealous of Wang Kefan, and he deliberately took some eye medicine in front of Emperor Longwu.

Chu Jun is too capable of fighting! It is almost a hundred victories, and if it is replaced by the Western Army, it will definitely not be able to fight such a record.

In all fairness, the combat effectiveness of the Daxi Army was worse than that of the Dashun Army, and Sun Kewang ran Yunnan and painstakingly trained his troops, that is, he took the Qing Army as an imaginary enemy and the remaining loyal battalions of the Dashun Army as the target of pursuit. After two years of lying on the salary and trying his courage, he was confident that he had passed the loyalty camp, but the Chu army came out of nowhere and left the Western army far behind with a faster degree.

Faintly, he has a feeling of "the world's heroes are the only envoys and Cao Er", as for Emperor Longwu, without the support of the army, it is similar to Emperor Han Xian.

According to Sun Kewang's original intention, he hoped that the Chu army would meet under the city of Nanjing, and it would be better for the whole army to be annihilated. But he also knew that he had not yet established a relationship of trust between himself and Emperor Longwu, and it was impossible to influence Emperor Longwu's opinions.

The result of the conversation was unexpected, Emperor Longwu seemed to regard the recovery of Nanjing as particularly important, and the more he dissuaded, the more persistent he became, which made Sun Kewang feel a sense of unexpected surprise.

Let's wait and see what happens, although the Chu army is brave, the Tartar soldiers are not easy to get along, the so-called two tigers fight, there must be an injury, as long as the western army manages Sichuan and Yungui well, it may not be able to become the second Liu Bang......

After this conversation, Emperor Longwu lost his composure. fell into a kind of paranoid fanaticism, and longed to end the war in Fujian immediately. Throw all your forces into Jiangnan and conquer Nanjing in one fell swoop.

It's been a while ago. The fighting in Fujian was moving slowly.

Just like the tighter the spring is pressed, the greater the force of the rebound, after Tong Yangjia lost most of Fujian, it formed a kind of defensive posture, the Ming army of Jiangxi and Guangdong were blocked under the fortified city one after another, so they had to give up the plan of attacking, digging trenches, building strong villages, and preparing for a long-term siege...... Once the siege battle is turned into a confrontation in the city. I don't know how long it will drag, three months and five months are normal, and one year or two years is not unusual, it all depends on the food reserves in the city, and the end of the battle of Fujian looks far away.

Obviously, if you want to recover Nanjing, you have to rely on the Chu army.

Emperor Longwu understood Sun Kewang's advice, but he didn't listen to it.

"Horse auspicious. I heard that the Wing King Sun Kewang came to accompany Beijing in the past few days, and he deigned to visit you twice, and you talked with him very happily, right? ”

"Your Majesty forgiveness!"

Ma Jixiang hurriedly knelt down. Kowtowed and said: "Wechen didn't dare to interact with foreign vassals, but His Royal Highness the Wing King came to the door, and Wechen was afraid of offending him." I had to invite him into the house and say a few gossips, please ask Your Majesty to be clear. ”

"Get up. Now in wartime, civil and military officials are inevitably dealing with foreign vassals. If I punish you for this, you will not accept it. Emperor Longwu knocked on Ma Jixiang and asked, "Tell me, what do you think of the Wing King, he, is he a pillar of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

From the bottom of his heart, Emperor Longwu didn't like Sun Kewang, firstly, he was born in the peasant army, and secondly, this person was a little vicious and vicious. Sun Kewang was originally one of Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, and he had always bowed down in front of Zhang Xianzhong, but after Zhang Xianzhong's death, he immediately launched a coup d'Γ©tat and killed the queen of the Daxi regime (Zhang Xianzhong's wife) and the prime minister Wang Zhaoling, which made Emperor Longwu, who was nearly half a hundred years old, deeply jealous.

But on the surface, Emperor Longwu also wanted to reuse Sun Kewang, firstly, to unite the Western Army against the Qing Dynasty, and secondly, to balance Wang Kefan. Although he trusts Wang Kefan more, and there is a special alliance between the monarch and the minister, Wang Kefan's power continues to expand, and it is no longer a fear to Emperor Longwu, but a real pressure.

He loved and hated the Chu army, and every time the Chu army won a battle, he would feel deep loss and worry while rejoicing. But he also knew that the Manchu Qing was the biggest enemy, and the Southern Ming Dynasty was now inseparable from the Chu army, and before the Ming Dynasty was weak and the Qing Dynasty was reversed, he would not be able to clash with Wang Kefansheng.

Sun Kewang came to Guilin this time, and the relationship with Emperor Longwu has become a lot closer, at least on the surface, Sun Kewang is quite knowledgeable, understands the rules, and on some specific issues, he also made concessions to the Longwu court, and did not live up to the painstaking work of making him the king of wings...... In a nutshell, Emperor Longwu tried to win over Sun Kewang, and Sun Kewang's response was very positive.

How should this person be used, Emperor Longwu tried to find the most accurate measure.

Listen to Ma Jixiang's opinion, Ma Jixiang has no other skills, and he has a bit of vision for knowing people.

Weichen thought that the winged king Sun Kewang was not a pure loyal minister, and he came to Guilin for a few days, deliberately befriending hundreds of civil and military officials and princes and nobles, and gave generous gifts respectively. In fact, ......, Weichen also received two thousand taels of silver from him, and he was forced to accept it because of his resignation. Ma Jixiang slapped Sun Kewang with a brick.

"Oh, and that kind of thing? Why didn't you report earlier? "Emperor Longwu was a little displeased, Ma Jixiang, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was his eyes and ears, and he did not report this matter in time, which was obviously a dereliction of duty.

Sun Kewang visited hundreds of civil and military officials everywhere, and Emperor Longwu had known about it for a long time, but he also gave a heavy gift of money in private, which was a bit bad in nature. Ma Jixiang is just a commander of the Jinyi Guard, to put it bluntly, he is the emperor's personal captain, and giving him one person is a generous sum of two thousand taels of silver, how much money does Sun Kewang give away these days?

Money is moving.

Emperor Longwu himself was very thrifty, and the requirements for civil and military officials were very strict, everyone was not well-off, Sun Kewang used a large amount of silver to open the way, maybe he could really smash a gap in the court.

"Weichen is frightened, selfish, afraid of offending the Wing King." Ma Jixiang kowtowed and said, "The two thousand taels of silver are actually not daring to ask for it, so it will be sent to the inner mansion tomorrow." ”

"Who ......" Emperor Longwu opened his mouth as if refusing, and changed his mind when the words came to his mouth: "Okay, accepting such a large sum of silver will hurt you, so it's better to hand it over." ”

Two thousand taels of silver is a huge amount of money for Emperor Longwu, who is financially strained. Why cheap horse auspicious?

The hands of people are short, and Emperor Longwu no longer has a straight face. Instructed Ma Jixiang to stand up, and then asked, "How many days later." I want you to take a trip to Nanzhili, would you like to go? ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang, received a holy edict and immediately went to the palace to meet Emperor Longwu.

After he entered the palace, he came to the palace where Emperor Longwu usually worked and lived, and just turned a moon gate, he saw Emperor Longwu kneeling in front of the palace, burning incense and bowing to the northeast. There were several eunuchs standing on the left and right. Other than that, there was no one else, and the incense table was very simple and obviously not a formal ceremony.

When Zhu Yulu was wondering, Emperor Longwu, who was kneeling on the ground, raised the two sticks of incense in his hand high, and said without looking back: "Come here, kneel down with me, and worship Xiaoling Taizu from afar." ”

Hearing that it was Zhu Yuanzhang who was buried in Nanjing, Zhu Yulu hurriedly took two steps forward and knelt down behind Emperor Longwu.

Because Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing. The Ming Tombs were all in Beijing, and Nanjing only had Zhu Yuanzhang's filial piety. But Zhu Yuanzhang is the ancestor of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a special meaning.

Burn incense and knock, and silently recite the words of sacrifice. Although it is not a formal royal ceremony, it has a solemn sΓΉmu. After the ceremony, Emperor Longwu commanded. He went down the stairs with Zhu Yulu and walked casually in the palace. After a while, I turned into the back garden.

"Wang Kefan's department has captured Jurong a few days ago, you should know, right?"

Emperor Longwu asked. Without waiting for Zhu Yulu to answer, he said to himself: "Worship Taizu here, after all, it is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, Jurong to Xiaoling, but it is only forty miles away, I hate not to be able to go to Jurong, go to Xiaoling, and worship Taizu's heroic spirit!" Alas, it's a pity that the court is busy, and I really can't leave, so I have to let you go on my behalf, and by the way, I will reward the officers and soldiers of the three armies...... Well, would you like to go? It's a bit dangerous. ”

"I want to go! Being able to worship Emperor Taizu, the ministers are not afraid of danger! Zhu Yulu was overjoyed.

Stuck in the city of Guilin all day long, there are people watching every move, and it is of course a good thing to go out for a walk. What made Zhu Yulu even happier was that after the turmoil at the beginning of the year, Emperor Longwu finally forgave him, not only relaxed his monitoring, but also made him the minister of the Qin mission to reward the soldiers of the three armies.

"Wang Kefan's edict to seal Liang Guogong has been prepared, so you can read it on my behalf when you go this time. Sue him, as long as I can recover Nanjing, I will not hesitate to be crowned a prince! In order to motivate Wang Kefan to recover Nanjing, Emperor Longwu invested enough money, even if he only sealed the two-character county king, this condition was generous enough.

The two talked about some relevant details, and after turning out of the garden, Zhu Yulu said goodbye and left, and went back to prepare in a hurry.

Emperor Longwu looked at his back thoughtfully.

In the final analysis, the prince's age is too young, in case he has three longs and two shorts, the situation will be out of control, and he can only rely on Zhu Yulu to add another insurance. Of course, there is also a great risk here, if Zhu Yulu is like Zhu Di and attacks his nephew, the young prince will definitely not be able to keep the throne.

It shouldn't be, Zhu Yulu doesn't have Zhu Di's ambition and courage, so he should not seek to usurp the throne, but assist the prince to protect the Tang Dynasty's lineage and inherit the Ming Dynasty. And he is also in his forties, and if he wants to abolish the throne and pass it on to the prince of Tang (Zhu Yulu's own son), he has no time to arrange it.

"Father, is my uncle going to war?" Suddenly, a crisp child's voice came, and Emperor Longwu looked back, and the crown prince Zhu Linyuan was looking up at him like a little adult, and his two black eyes were full of curiosity.

"Yes, your uncle is going to war and kill the Tartars." Emperor Longwu hugged him with a smile, and he was very intimate. (Emperors generally don't hold their sons, but Emperor Longwu belongs to the second class, which is very different from ordinary emperors.) οΌ‰

"I'm going too! Kill the Tartars, and Wang Kefan. Zhu Linyuan screamed inarticulately, and even called out Wang Kefan's name.

Emperor Longwu was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face became stronger: "Okay! If you are ambitious, when you grow up, I will send you to lead the world's soldiers and horses and expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty! ”

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To say more, the Tang King is not a descendant of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, so Zhu Yujian is not very respectful to Zhu Di.

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