Chapter XXVI: The Trumpet

"Boom, boom, boom!" The waves were huge, with a thunderous sound between the ups and downs. Liu Bowen's body and heart also rose and fell with the waves.

Rebuilding a peaceful and prosperous world was already the highest goal he could think of before. If the wish is realized, even if the process is a little bloody, even if the new dynasty established is a little contemptuous of the scholars, later generations will mention Zhu Chongjiu and him Liu Bowen, who are still a generation of heroes and founding ministers. In history, his name Liu Bowen can also be compared with Zhuge Liang and Wang Meng.

However, what he never expected was that Zhu Chongjiu's ambition was so lofty, so lofty that he was not only willing to be a founding hero.

Zhu Chongjiu wants to establish a dynasty that is completely different from the past, and Zhu Chongjiu wants to put an end to the cycle of chaos that has repeatedly occurred in Chinese history. No wonder he was unwilling to ask just now, after the success of such a Northern Expedition, what is the difference between himself and the founding emperor of Mengyuan? It is no wonder that in the words he filled in after he was drunk, "Qin Emperor Han Wu" and "Tang Dynasty and Song Zu" were regarded as nothing.

Speaking from the heart, Liu Bowen has always believed that assisting a master with great ambitions is the luck of his life. The ambition of the lord is lofty, which means that the governor's mansion will not rest on its laurels, which means that Zhu Chongjiu will not be like Xu Shouhui, Zhang Shicheng and others, who are busy choosing concubines, repairing the palace, and crowning the monkey after laying down an acre of land. At the same time, it also means that there will be more serious things to do as courtiers, and it means that the talents of civil and military personnel will have a broader space to play.

But if the ambition is so big that there is no boundary, or it is seriously inconsistent with the strength, it will be the opposite. At that time, Fu Jian, the king of Qin, had the ambition to dominate the world, but his desire to send troops was repeatedly blocked by Prime Minister Wang Meng. As a result, when Prime Minister Wang Meng died, Fu Jian's ambition completely lost his fetters, reorganized the army, and waved his army south. I thought that I could be as powerful as a bamboo, but I didn't expect that I was on the bank of the Feishui River, but I was beaten by the Eastern Jin Dynasty and lost my armor, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, and I was killed and the country was destroyed in a blink of an eye.

In Liu Bowen's view, today's Zhu Chongjiu is not another Fu Jian? It is true that the combat effectiveness of the Huai'an Army is unrivaled in the world, but before the Battle of Feishui, Fu Jian's soldiers and horses were not intimidating. It is true that the financial resources and strength of the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion are all proud, but before the Battle of Feishui, which country in the world can compete with Fu Qin? Fu Jian died because he was so ambitious, if you Zhu Chongjiu went against the sky, wouldn't you fall into the same fate?! Even the strategists and generals under his command were ruined together!

"It's too simplistic to be a founding monarch and a founding minister. Berwyn, even if you don't meet Zhu, or if Zhu doesn't have you under him, with the current strength and development trend of Huaiyang, sooner or later he will dominate the world. Just as Liu Bowen was pondering whether to be a Wang Meng and speak bluntly, Zhu Chongjiu's voice came from the window again, faintly a little heavy.

Zhu was unwilling to do so. Zhu doesn't believe that you Liu Bowen willingly let our generation build up a country one after another, and just two or three hundred years later, it fell into the hands of another group of foreign barbarians! As he spoke, he tapped the window edge lightly with his hand, as if to break the railing.

This is a truth, because Zhu Chongjiu knows that even if he does not have himself, Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang and established the Ming Dynasty. In the early days of the founding of the country, the Mongols who had retreated to the outside of the country were repeatedly moved to the capital. In the same way, when a hundred ruins were waiting to be rebuilt, the Goryeo people who tried to get involved in the Central Plains were beaten to the ground, so that the legendary number one country in the universe finally had to cede the land and become vassals, so as to escape the scourge of extinction. [Note 1] But Zhu Chongjiu also knew that after that generation paid the price of countless lives and expelled the Tartars, only 270 years later, Huaxia fell into the hands of foreign races again. This time the sinking was a bigger blow to Huaxia than any previous one. Countless classics were reduced to ashes, countless cities were turned into mounds, and countless people who refused to open their eyes and speak nonsense died in endless prisons of letters. In just a few decades, the self-confidence, tolerance, self-improvement, and studious spirit of the Chinese people have been barbarically emasculated by the conquerors. All that remains is selfishness, narrow-mindedness, paranoia, servility and complacency.

That sinking was so long that the descendants of the Chinese people have forgotten what their ancestors were like. It wasn't until hundreds of years later that the cultures of the East and the West began to exchange on a large scale. Later generations found out from the texts left by Western missionaries that the Westerners described China in those years were completely different from the Ming Dynasty described in the History of the Ming Dynasty. (Note 2) Chongjiu is not Chongba, what Zhu Chongba has been able to do, Zhu Chongjiu now feels that he does not need to "repeat" it again. He had to do better than Zhu Chongba on another branch of time and space to make the trip worthwhile. Otherwise, no matter what the name of the country he established, it would be just another Ming Dynasty, but another cycle of chaos. If it was just for that, why didn't he kill Zhu Chongba when he first met in Huai'an? At the very least, it would have left him with one less formidable competitor, and the brethren less likely to encounter many opponents, and even shed a lot less innocent blood.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of the waves continued to break through the window, and the cold wind of the steep wind blew the gorgeous hair of Liu Bowen's sideburns.

His face was pale with the sea breeze, and the backs of his hands and wrists were as pale as his face. The cold air that fell from the sky seemed to have penetrated his clothes, penetrated his muscles and bones, and penetrated all the way into his internal organs. He began to tremble uncontrollably, like a winter reed.

He is not a traverser, and he doesn't understand why Zhu Chongjiu has to be what his predecessors don't do. Controlling the cycle of chaos is indeed a very unwilling thing to think about. But since ancient times, how can there be an immortal court? Just as there is spring and autumn in the four seasons, when the destiny is there, heroes and heroes rise in the wind, and the clouds go straight up. If the destiny of heaven is gone, even if it is Han Zhaolie and Zhuge Liang, one fights for his life and the other works hard, in the end, it will only end up with an ending of "Adou enters the Jin, and he can't think of it".

However, Liu Bowen didn't know how to refuse Zhu Chongjiu's proposal. The other party has the grace of knowing him, and his life and deeds have long been firmly tied to the other party. The other party treats him as a national soldier, and he must repay him with a national soldier's deed. And just assisting the other party to dominate the world, such a reward is far from enough! Because what the other party said just now is the truth, with the current strength and development trend of Huaiyang, even if there is no Liu Bowen, anyone will be a military advisor, as long as he is not stupid to a certain extent, the world will definitely be surnamed Zhu sooner or later!

"Lord, manpower is sometimes exhausted!" After being silent for a long time, Liu Bowen bowed his stiff body slightly and reminded him in a very low voice.

"Are you telling me that the way of heaven is endless?" Zhu Chongjiu quickly turned around from the window and interrupted with a smile, "The Heavenly Dao doesn't exist at all, or it has changed a long time ago. The reincarnation of the five virtues was originally a lie! Berwyn, you have been to the stargazing platform, under the 32 times astronomical telescope, you also know what the starry sky will become! What the ancients didn't do, we people may not be able to do. After all, we see farther and more real than the ancients! ”

"Lord, Lord, this day, this day is not another day. We, Huai, although the Huai'an army is brave, it can't be the enemy of the whole world. Liu Bowen shuddered again, and his voice sounded very weak.

The Dao of Heaven has changed a long time ago, or the Dao of Heaven that the ancients once believed in is not the real Dao of Heaven at all. From the moment he boarded the stargazing platform, Liu Bowen began to have deep doubts about the I Ching Bagua, the five elements of yin and yang, and the reincarnation of the five virtues. It's just that in order not to make more trouble for Huaiyang and himself, he didn't publicly announce it.

At this moment, listening to Zhu Chongjiu questioning the way of heaven, Liu Bowen actually felt a sense of being a boy in his heart. However, thinking about the difficulty of changing customs, and thinking about the fate of Shang Ying, Chao Cuo and others since ancient times, he had to suppress the impulse in his heart. forced himself to take the responsibility of a military advisor and told Zhu Chongjiu that he must do what he can.

It's just that his hard work was directly ignored by Zhu Chongjiu. Smiling, this butcher-born general shook his head and said, "It's the enemy of the scholars and doctors who are unwilling to lose their privileges all over the world, not the gentry of the whole world, and not the people of the whole world!" Berwyn, I know you're kind, but I want you to try it out with me. Even if we can't do it, at most, let's return to Huaiyang, rest for a few years, and then start over again according to your original idea. At most, it is to establish a dynasty like the Tang and Song dynasties, and as you said, at least it will be a peaceful and prosperous era! ”

As he spoke, he slowly stretched out his right hand and slowly stretched it out to Liu Bowen, waiting for the other party's response.

"Well, it's a big deal!" Liu Bowen couldn't refuse the expectation in Zhu Chongjiu's eyes, and stretched out his right hand to hit the other party in the air.

"That's right!" Zhu Chongjiu lightly struck Liu Bowen twice, and in an instant, the young face was full of sunshine, "This is the Zhuge Liang Liu Bowen I know, not a daunting old man!" ”

"The lord is laughing at Weichen again!" Liu Bowen's face was slightly red by Zhu Chongjiu's strange words, and he shook his head with a smile, "How can Weichen's little ability be compared to Zhuge Chengxiang?" Forget it, let's not talk about that! ”

Knowing that he was serious, Zhu Chongjiu would definitely be on the side, and Liu Bowen decisively gave up the argument about which one was more capable, himself or Zhuge Liang. He shook his head again and quickly changed the subject, "However, since the lord is easy to find difficult, I am afraid that I will count on a war to decide the world." The lord must come step by step, slowly and slowly, in order to have a better chance of winning! ”

"Don't worry, Zhu didn't expect to do it with a bow!" Zhu Chongjiu nodded, smiled and walked towards the map on the ground, "Berwyn, come over and take a look, the current situation is like this." The other provinces of Mengyuan were obviously caught off guard by the cannibalism of Timur's father and son. Zuo Xiang Wang Jianu is after Gongchang Wang's family, several generations of Shaanxi and Gansu. Therefore, Zhang Liangbi, Li Timur, Bai Timur and others in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces all expressed their support for Dadu. After hearing the news, the king of Liang, who was far away in Yunnan, sent Pingzhang Darima to lead troops to block the passage from Sichuan Province to Yunnan, and on the other hand, he advised Tuhuan Timur and the crown prince Aiyu to take the ancestral foundation as the most important, and in fact started the idea of cutting off the land and standing on its own. Mengyuan, the prime minister of Sichuan Province, who was confronting Liu Futong before, heard that King Liang had blocked the border, and was worried about his own back road, so he had to lead his troops back. As a result, the soldiers and horses had just crossed the Yangtze River, and Da Ma, who had stayed in Xiangyang to take charge of the decision, was beheaded by Liu Futong, and the roads of Shaanzhou and Jingmen returned to Bianliang in a blink of an eye."

The Huai'an Army has the most complete espionage system of this era, and the meticulous work selected to be sent to various places has also undergone special training. Therefore, even during the southern expedition, Zhu Chongjiu was well aware of the latest changes in the situation.

As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and the chief of the general staff of the Huai'an Army, basically Zhu Chongjiu can get the information, and Liu Bowen has a copy there. Out of politeness, he squatted next to the map and accompanied Zhu Chongjiu to look at it carefully for a while, and then said in a low voice, "There is still Aru Timur's containment in the north, and in the Qilu area, although Taibuhua has heavy troops, because of Xuexue's departure, the army's morale is chaotic. Therefore, Weichen thought that at present, there were very few forces that Timur could take out to resist our army's Northern Expedition. If the lord is planning to take it slowly, he might as well find a reason that can confuse the opponent on the surface, and the first step is to only target Dadu for the time being. To the west of Taihang Mountain, it will be ignored for the time being. By the puppet prince and Chakhan Timur, and Zhang Liangbi, Li Timur, Bai Timur and others in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces killed each other! ”

"Good!" Zhu Chongjiu high-fived excitedly. In the end, it is Liu Bowen, as long as he is willing to make a move, he will seal his throat with a sword. Taihang Mountain is the natural dividing line between Hebei Province and Shanxi Province in later generations. As long as a small number of elite soldiers were sent to carry firearms to block the Xiongguan such as Jingcheng and Flying Fox, the Yuan army in Jining could be isolated. At that time, even if the pseudo-prince Aiyu knew that Rita repented and wanted to rescue his father. I couldn't get to Dadu in time.

"In addition to the main force, the lord can also send a partial division to set off by water. Take Jiaozhou as a transit and go to Zhigu. As long as we take all the coastal areas, even if the main force of our army is blocked, the required grain and grass baggage can be guaranteed without worry! Liu Bowen drew a few more times with his finger on the map, and added in a low voice.

Zhu Chongjiu quickly took over the conversation and said with a smile: "I have ordered Zou Xiaoyi and his wife to return north with the captured fifty lucky boats and go to Jiangning to pick them up. Yu Tonghai's Northern Fleet was also ordered to stand by in Jiaozhou. As long as the machine is right, you can immediately escort the division north! ”

"In this way, it should not be difficult for our army to fight all the way outside the capital." Hearing that Zhu Chongjiu had already made preparations in advance, Liu Bowen's eyes lit up, and he continued, "It's rare to find out how to stabilize the place after the foundation is laid. But since the lord is not ready to rule the world with the scholars, there must be enough officials in the land of Xinke, otherwise, the front has just started to kill."

"When I get back, I'll make a call-up order. Senior students of the Destiny School, University, Business School and Baigong Technical School, all those who are interested in going north to restore the homeland of China, are all recruited into the scene. Then led by Robben, he set off with the army. Zhu Chongjiu gritted his teeth and slapped his palm on the deck.

"Phew!" The map on the deck jumped, and the mountains and rivers seemed to come to life in an instant, trembling gently under the blowing of the sea breeze.

"Woo, woo, woo, woo————!" The sound of a dragon's horn suddenly blew from the flagship, instantly resounding throughout the sea.

The direction of the wind has changed, and it is rare to blow from the south to the north.

Battleships puffed up their sails and cleaved the waves! Under the surging winter sun, the entire fleet is like a dragon rising from the abyss, with its claws flying.

Note 1: At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo took the opportunity to expand frantically and tried to seize Liaodong. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sent troops to meet the attack. Defeat followed by victory, and finally the two sides demarcated the border with Tieling, which is now Mount Kumgang. To the north of King Kong Mountain, they are all included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Note 2: The history of the later dynasties and the previous dynasties is most seriously distorted by the "History of the Ming Dynasty" compiled by the Qing Dynasty. According to the records of Western missionaries, the so-called prosperous Kangqian era was "impoverished everywhere, and many people picked up garbage to eat to survive." Previously, the Jesuit record of the Ming Dynasty was that he loved cleanliness, had good physique, ate well, was good at learning, and liked to do business.