Chapter 250: The Emperor's Mind (I)

Zhu butchers sold cannons.

Although the news has no wings, it is like the wind, quickly spread all over the north and south of the river, on both sides of the Yellow River, and anyone who cares about the current situation will open their mouths instantly after hearing it.

Crazy, this butcher must be crazy, what the hell is he going to do.

Although Zhu Eighty-one has never acted in accordance with common sense since the moment he became famous, and the strange measures he made were always one after another, but whether it was he initially allowed the captured Mongols to ransom themselves, or whether he led his troops to fly to capture Huai'an, or even fought with the risk of being the enemy of the world's heroes, he started and promoted the establishment of the Gaoyou Covenant, from the perspective of hindsight, the benefits brought were very significant, but this time he opened up to sell artillery, except for bringing a large amount of money and food to the Huai'an army, there was no other benefit, and money and food, In the troubled times, it has always been an accessory of the armed forces, and if you sell all the sharp weapons of the town and the country casually, whether the money and food in your hands can be kept will eventually become a problem.

No, the lack of food can make some for him, and he must not let that kid mess around with his temperament, the first time, Sesame Li and Zhao Jun, who have the deepest friendship with Zhu Bayi, used two to load a large amount of grain onto the ship, and then let the powerful henchmen rush to Yangzhou with their own handwritten letters, and the grain boat rushed to Yangzhou in the starry night to persuade the good brothers to act cautiously.

However, after Zhu Eighty-one received the grain and grass and letters, the situation of "madness" not only did not show the slightest sign of abating, but intensified, first in the name of thanking the troops for sending troops to help the war, he "returned" Suining and Suqian to Zhao Junyong, and then "handed over" Hongxian, Wuhe and other counties, all of which were "handed over" to Sesame Li, and promoted Mao Gui as the governor of Chuzhou, and directly "ceded" to the other party from Chuzhou to Zhenzhou, almost half of the anointed land of Yangzhou Road.

As a result, the vast majority of the area controlled by the Huai'an army was reduced to the east bank of the canal, and only the two strongholds of Surabaya and Tianchang remained on the west bank, as well as a narrow patch sandwiched between the Huai River and the canal, with a total area nearly one-third smaller than the original, and a massive reduction in population.

Of course, Sesame Li and Zhao Junyong refused to take advantage of Zhu Bayi's advantage in vain, and they resigned several times in letters and letters, but they really couldn't refuse, so they reluctantly sent someone to take over the new territory, and loaded several large ships full of grain, and sent them directly to Yangzhou by waterway to thank their good brothers for their generosity.

Crazy, this Zhu butcher is really crazy, not everyone, they are as sincere as Sesame Li and Zhao Jun with two to Zhu Chongjiu, some of the red turban princes who are a little distant, after secretly scolding a few words, also transported grain and real money to Yangzhou by water and 6 road express, in accordance with the principle of payment before goods, the largest scale of rush to buy artillery, and a few guys who are more distant and more unproductive, while smashing pots and selling iron to scrape together the money to buy artillery, while secretly starting to hook up with black market merchants, ready to buy artillery, Immediately turn over and go out partially.

It's no wonder that they have a short insight, the price of artillery on the black market is ten times higher than the current public selling price of the Huai'an Army, and the temptation of 10,000 copper coins or 100 taels of gold is not something that everyone can bear, as for whether the black market vendors will sell the artillery to the imperial court after buying it, it is not within the scope of consideration of the "heroes and heroes", anyway, the sky is falling, there are big men on top, even if the imperial court recruits and suppresses the army, the target is Xu Shouhui, Liu Futong and Zhu Tuhu, and they can't take care of them in a short time. If the three families are wiped out, they still have the bright road of Zhao'an, anyway, with the territory and people in their hands, how can they mix with a "Baili Hou" to do it, and it is better than before the rebellion.

Crazy, this Zhu butcher, he can't stop me for a while, in the palace, Emperor Mengyuan Tuhuan Timur is a completely different feeling, in the face of the increasingly fragmented map, his teeth are clucking.

He didn't hate Zhu Bayi's capture of Gaoyou and Yangzhou, in fact, when he heard the news that the Huai'an army had beaten Timur Buhua and Polo Buhua's uncle and nephew on the bank of the canal and fled, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Since the moment of the rebellion of Sesame Li in Xuzhou, the money and grain of Yangzhou and Gaoyou have never been sent to Dadu, the three uncles and nephews of Zhen'an Wang, Weishun Wang and Xuanrang Wang, under the pretense of the road is not smooth, the annual income of millions of yuan is all in their hands, at the same time, the three of them in the name of maintaining local security, recruiting troops and horses, expanding their respective teams, Yangzhou Road alone, the total strength has been as high as 70,000, 80,000, and the generals who led the troops only knew that there was the king of Zhennan, never knew that there was a heavenly khan and the imperial court.

And Polo Buhua himself, but it is the ancestral bloodline of the lineage, when he almost replaced Tuhuan Timur to inherit the throne, the first two years Tuhuan Timur, who was the emperor, was swarmed by the anti-thieves who were swarmed, but the Yangzhou Road where Polo Buhua sat was calm, invisibly, it caused huge pressure on the center, and many grandmasters' children even discussed in private, saying that the Empress Dowager was not to fight for power with Yan Timur, but according to the latter's idea to choose Polo Buhua, Maybe the world will not be chaotic like it is now, after all, the Son of Heaven has virtue or not, it is the top priority for the imperial court, a virtuous Son of Heaven is in power, there will be no floods and droughts one after another, there will be no floods and droughts, there will not be so many displaced people, without the displaced people, the Red Turban Army will naturally have no source of soldiers, and the rebellion in the world will naturally be quelled, and there is no need for the noble Mongols to carry their swords to the battlefield again.

Bullshit, full of nonsense, far-fetched, as soon as he thought of the support for Polo Buhua outside, Tuhuan Timur couldn't wait to pull out a knife to kill, and Zhu Bayi defeated Timur Buhua and Polo Buhua's uncle and nephew, and destroyed the Qing Army and the Yellow Army established by Polo Buhua, which was tantamount to pulling out the abscess on his back for him, so after the news of the destruction of Yangzhou City was sent to the palace, Tuhuan Timur did not feel anxious at all, and even secretly ran outside the city to ride a few laps of horses in the name of worshiping Buddha, It wasn't until the excitement in my heart had passed that I returned to the palace refreshed.

However, the news that came to the palace made him no longer happy, that Zhu butcher actually used artillery as chopping wood, open and sold everywhere, as long as it was the Red Turban Army, regardless of the southern and northern factions, relatives and relatives, as long as you can afford to pay, you can buy it casually, there is no limit to the quantity, and you can supply as much as you can afford it, which means that in the future, not only in the Henan battlefield, artillery will be used on a large scale, in Wuhan, Anqing and other places, Peng Monk and other thieves are no longer just tens of thousands of flesh and blood, they will also be quickly armed, It will become more powerful than the official army, and the day of extermination is even more distant.

In addition, such as Bu Wang San, Meng Haima and other relatively weak "thieves", will be more difficult to deal with, in the past, they lacked the means to attack the fortifications, in the face of the officers and soldiers to guard the big city, can only go around the road in a gray way, now, get dozens of artillery erected outside the city, day and night bombardment, even if the strong city wall, bombarded for several months, it will have to be blown up into a rotten sieve, at that time, Bu Wang San and others with the outlaws rushed up, the consequences, the consequences do not need to be thought about at all.

"Boom, boom, boom." A series of firecrackers came from afar, shaking the window paper buzzing and trembling, the New Year, the big families in the city like to be lively, all day long are setting off firecrackers, and the royal family spent a lot of money to imitate the new gunpowder, actually spread out for the first time, so that this year's firecrackers are louder than any previous year, the sound of people is upset, the head is as big as a bucket.

"Boom." A few more explosions came, and Timur's heart trembled a few times, and he swept all the objects on the bookcase to the ground, "Come on, where is the cowardly Xue in front of the emperor, are they all dead, if they are not dead, come in a few, and let me check to see which one is tired of life, and dare to set off firecrackers near the palace." ”

"The end will be." The cowardly Xue commander Ghost Lichi loudly agreed and ran in, kneeling down to Tuhuan Timur and saluting, "Your Majesty is angry, and the last general will go and arrest someone for you." ”

With that, he immediately stood up and ran out, coming and going like a gust of wind, without any mud and water.

"Hmm." Tuhuan Timur nodded lightly at the back of the ghost Lichi and the cowardly Xue Yuan, these young people are all sons of nobles, and some are the direct heirs of the tribes on the grassland, under his vigorous cultivation, they have shown a completely different appearance from their fathers, Tuhuan Timur even saw from them the shadow of the cowardly Xue who followed the Shizu Emperor to rule the world, that is the real Mongols, brave, loyal, and resourceful, unlike their fathers, not like the important ministers in the court, They were as fat as a mountain of meat, and they couldn't even ride a horse, and they smelled of rotting corpses from head to toe.

"Your Majesty, please use tea." The chief eunuch Pu Buhua led more than a dozen beautiful Goryeo palace maids to tiptoe in, serving him milk tea while directing the palace maids to clean up the things on the ground, "The queen just boiled it for you with her own hands, using Yunnan bricks, and there are Goryeo old ginseng in it"

"I'm drinking, shivering." Tuhuan Timur rolled his eyelids and interrupted angrily, "The queen's ears and eyes are too smart, she just had a small fire on her side, and she actually got the news from her side, no, if it goes on like this, what secrets are there in the palace?"

Thinking gloomily, Pu Buhua had already neatly laid out four Korean side dishes, one was pickled orange stalks, one was pickled radish, one was salted soybeans, and one was salted snow mushrooms, four appearances, four colors, but there was no meat at all.

A salty and cold breath immediately penetrated Timur's nostrils, causing him to sneeze violently, and then he felt a burst of relief all over his body.

Indeed, Queen Qi's hand has been stretched a little long recently, and she has promoted her fellow Goryeo clansmen, but that is all within the scope of her power, if she changes to another woman, she will definitely do it more blatantly, and the people she promotes are also very honest and capable, just like the four Goryeo dishes in front of her, which look simple and unpretentious, but they can clear away heat and fire when eaten, which is most suitable for eating in the winter, for the sake of her knowing me so well about cold and heat, I don't have to worry too much.

As the so-called young husband and wife love each other, even if the young lovers live in poverty and live in exile every day, as long as they support each other to get through the most difficult time, what is left behind is all precious memories, from the peddlers and pawns to the royal nobles, and Tuhuan Timur is no exception.

He was banished to Goryeo when he was young, with only the Qi family as his companion, although he was not without food and clothing, but as a biological mother was executed, he could not see any investment prospects of the "waste", and he did not get any special care from local officials, so most of the time, he ate a few pickles, and the same young Qi always pickled simple vegetables into various patterns, although the taste of the entrance is similar, but at least the color is pleasing to the eye, so until now, when I see the side dishes when I am down, All kinds of warm memories poured into Timur's mind, making him temporarily forget about the power struggle inside and outside the palace, and every vein in his body was full of warmth.

However, this warm feeling is destined not to last long, only grabbed the chopsticks and ate a few small bites, and there was a messy footsteps outside the door, and then, the cowardly Xue led the ghost Li Chi, with the Zhongshu Pingzhang political affairs Yue Kuocha'er, hurriedly walked in, first saluted Tuhuan Timur, and then reported loudly, "Qi Xiang Xià, as soon as the last general arrived at the door, he met Lord Pingzhang, he said that what he put just now was not a firecracker, but a magic weapon from the hands of the red scarf thief. ”

"Divine weapons." Tuhuan Timur's eyebrows quickly raised, his eyes full of disbelief, "You are saying, you are saying, you are saying, you have bought, you have bought the Red Turban Army, the Red Turban Army"

"I am fortunate to have fulfilled my mission." Yue Kuo Cha'er gave another salute and nodded proudly, "The minister sent the dead to disguise himself as a trader, and bought four doors at a high price from the hands of the red scarf thief. ”

"Obviously, he first fired a few cannons to show off his exploits to me, and then he entered the palace tightly to sell his mouth." Tuhuan Timur glared at Yue Kuo Cha'er disdainfully, shrugging his shoulders slightly.

"Minister, minister is guilty, please punish Your Majesty." Yue Kuocha'er's little trick was exposed, and his face immediately turned as ashamed as a persimmon in winter, took a few steps back, and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Get out of here, for your faithfulness, I don't care about you." Tuhuan Timur stepped forward and gently kicked Yue Kuocha'er, causing him to stand up on his own.

Although this Pingzhang's political ability is not very strong, at least he has no scheming, even if he occasionally plays a little clever, he can quickly see through it, so between the monarchs and ministers, they get along very happily, not like some people at all, who obviously make a mess of the government and politics, but always pretend to be profound, as if others are stupid.

Thinking of some people's self-righteous behavior, the smile on Tuhuan Timur's face turned a little colder, "The cannon you bought, compared with the cannon supervised by Lord Youcheng, which one is better to use." ”

"Minister, minister dare not say." When Yue Kuocha'er heard this, beads of sweat immediately appeared on her forehead, and she leaned over to the ground, as careful as a child daughter-in-law who had just started.

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