I saw that Zhang Shicheng had a thin face and a bit of shrewdness, while Zhu Yuanzhang had an extraordinary appearance and a national character face, which belonged to the atmosphere of a superior who was not angry and arrogant.

"Zhang Shicheng is fortunate to be alive, and he all depends on Marshal Du, and he doesn't dare not worship it!"

Zhang Shicheng said that he wanted to make a big salute again, but he was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the two politely pushed, they finally asked Zhang Shicheng to give up his plan to continue.

"Marshal Du, the soldiers and civilians in the city are already on standby, and Marshal Du is invited to enter the city for review!" Zhang Shicheng said loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han glanced at each other, both of them had the same idea, that is, not to enter the city for the time being.

Gaoyou City is in a miserable situation, and you can check the yarn when you go in.

In case something happened to Zhu Yuanzhang, even if the Red Turban Army outside the city wanted to rescue, it would be too late.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang admires Zhang Shicheng, but he doesn't fully trust it.

"Marshal Zhang, now that the soldiers and civilians in the city are tired, they won't review anything!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang called over an accompanying military food officer.

He pointed to the commissariat and said loudly.

"Let's order you, take out half of the grain and grass with the army and hand it over to Marshal Zhang, the brothers in Gaoyou City haven't eaten a full meal for a long time, we must hurry up, if there are still brothers in Gaoyou City hungry before dark, we will want your head!"

"Obey the order!" The military commissar immediately went down to handle it.

When the sergeants behind Zhang Shicheng heard this, they immediately couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers.

They had been without food for more than a month, and their eyes were already glowing green when they were so hungry that they wanted to eat the corpses of the Yuan soldiers on the ground.

Now when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was very generous and took out half of the military rations, they all cheered.

When Zhang Shicheng heard these cheers, he already completely understood in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang not only used his powerful soldiers and horses to deter the Gaoyou Volunteers, but now he used his righteous behavior to convince the Gaoyou defenders from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Shicheng has now lost more than half of his soldiers and horses, and most of the towns on the periphery have been destroyed by Meng Yuan, so there is no way out in the future except to keep up with Zhu Yuanzhang's pace.

If he turns his face with Zhu Yuanzhang one day, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang will be able to press him Zhang Shicheng to death with his fingers.

"Marshal Du, in the future, Marshal Du, please send someone to take care of the affairs of Huaidong!" Zhang Shicheng said suddenly.

In fact, this is Zhang Shicheng's last temptation.

If Zhu Yuanzhang agreed and sent his own people to monitor him, then Zhang Shicheng would definitely not be convinced, and he would secretly think of other ways to deal with it.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction immediately killed Zhang Shicheng's last thoughts.

"Send everything to care, the marshal here in Huaidong is still Brother Zhang, when the Tartars are cleaned up, everything will be the same as before, let's continue to join forces!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled boldly.

With these words, Zhang Shicheng was really completely convinced.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng then agreed that they would still maintain the previous nominal subordination relationship, with Zhu Yuanzhang as the marshal of the Southern Route Army and Zhang Shicheng as the marshal of the Huaidong Army.

Other transactions in salt and grain remain unchanged.

However, in order to prevent the counterattack of the northern and southern Yuan armies, Zhu Yuanzhang will send troops to help defend and establish two Huaidong military cantonments in the north and south.

One is in Huai'an in the north, with 5,000 infantry troops stationed to guard the Huai River.

The other was in Taizhou, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, where 8,000 Shuibu troops were stationed to guard against the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Yuan armies, as well as pirates and pirates.

Yes, it's the same wolf.

Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Japan has also entered the troubled era of 'north-south hegemony', and a large number of Japanese people have become Japanese invaders, frequently harassing the Central Plains, Korea and other places.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's grace, Zhang Shicheng and others agreed without hesitation.

After all, killing the Tartar Emperor and defeating a million troops, which are all indications of Zhu Yuanzhang's luck and ability.

Zhang Shicheng didn't have the slightest intention of fighting with it, so he simply hugged his thighs seriously.

"Marshal Du, rest assured, here in Huaidong in the future, everything will be subject to the arrangement!" Zhang Shicheng said loudly.

Zhang Shicheng's posture was very low, which made Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han very happy.

Especially Zhu Han, the generation of heroes in history Zhang Shicheng, is likely to no longer exist, and Zhang Shicheng, a loyal supporter of Zhu Yuanzhang, has already appeared.

"The booty of the Tartars captured in the army, all the food, armor and weapons, we will leave them to you, and use them to restore the strength of the people and the army."

Zhu Yuanzhang said while pulling Zhang Shicheng into the camp tent and sitting down.

"What, is what Marshal said true?" When Zhang Shicheng heard this, he was immediately surprised.

His younger brothers, generals, and strategists behind him were all surprised.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded. "That's right, we have discussed with Ah Han, Huaidong and Huaixi are all one family, and Huaidong must be allowed to restore the people's and military strength as soon as possible, which is not only beneficial to resist the Tartar counterattack, but also a good thing for the people."

In fact, what Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang discussed earlier was that if Zhang Shicheng was honest, then he would leave the military supplies to support him, and if Zhang Shicheng still had the intention of 'self-reliance', then take them all away, and not a single grain of grain would be left for him.

In today's troubled times, food is the most important thing.

When Zhang Shicheng heard this, he almost burst into tears.

The city of Gaoyou was besieged for months, and the soldiers and civilians did not know how many starved to death.

Originally, I thought I was going to beg for some food to continue my life.

never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would be so generous, and he would supply himself with all the captured military food in one mouth.

"Marshal Du's great grace, Zhang Shicheng will keep it in mind for the rest of his life!" Zhang Shicheng clenched his fists and said.

The Huaidong Righteous Army behind Zhang Shicheng also showed admiration for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Everyone thinks that just because of Zhu Yuanzhang's generosity and selflessness, it is enough for them to be low and small.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not over, he waved his hand and smiled.

"However, the food and military supplies are all left in Huaidong, and we will take away the large and small copper firearms in the Tartar army."

Zhang Shicheng didn't care. "The marshal is in charge of the whole screen, and I agree with both hands!"

The people in Huaidong have already seen that the soldiers and horses under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are the most powerful among them.

One shot is excited, which can be described as eroding the enemy camp hundreds of steps!

Such a powerful thing must be extremely lacking in copper.

They took all the copper fire guns, and naturally they had to go back to the furnace to refine again.

"In addition, there are captured horses and prisoners, let's add five to two, one and a half." Zhu Yuanzhang finally said.

Zhang Shicheng didn't care much about this problem.

He did not have the ambition to gallop northward, the river network in the Jianghuai area, so that the cavalry did not have much room to play, only needed to guard the Yantian and Gaoyou Yangzhou area, a few thousand cavalry was enough, and not too many horses were needed at all.

What's more, horses consume too much food and forage.

There is a cost of supporting one horse, enough to feed three or four soldiers, and for Zhang Shicheng, too many horses is simply a waste.

As for what Tartar prisoners, Zhang Shicheng and others didn't want it.

Even the horses did not want to be fed, let alone what kind of Tartar captives.

These Tartar soldiers killed people and set fire to Huaidong, and staying in the activity was also a death, and they would never be left to do any hard labor.

After Zhang Shicheng said his thoughts, Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly relieved.

Neither greedy for horses nor prisoners, that is to say, Zhang Shicheng really has no intention of expanding the army to achieve his ambitions.

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly said in his heart: "It seems that Qiwu is right, this Zhang Shicheng's biggest ambition is probably to guard Huaidong and be a wealthy salt merchant, not a serious king at all." ”

After having Zhang Shicheng's attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally unceremoniously accepted almost all the war horses and prisoners.

In addition to the state, there are a large number of industrial and mining industries that need to fill the lives of people, and these Tartar captives must dig some stones and minerals to atone for their sins before they die.

The two sides soon reached a consensus on all post-war reconstruction and a new order.

The infantry army in Huai'an, Chuzhou, and the naval army in Taizhou were the foundation for their solid alliance.

Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang led the army to rest in Huaidong for a while, and by the way, Xu Da and others led the army all the way north to pursue and kill the remnants of Mengyuan.

By the time everything was over, nearly half a month had passed.

At this time, the news that Zhu Yuanzhang of the Red Turban Army had killed Emperor Mengyuan and annihilated the million-yuan army had spread all over the world.

In the admiration of the world's heroes, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han had already left Huaidong Gaoyou and returned to Zhuzhou.

This time they took the initiative to attack, and Zhu Han and his brother can be said to have made a lot of money.

Not only did he become famous all over the world, but he also obtained a large number of seized materials, and also accepted a potential opponent, Zhang Shicheng, as a subordinate.

"From now on, if we want to keep a low profile, I'm afraid it's impossible."

For this change, Zhu Han also reminded his brother.

"Seventy-five, you said that you wanted to delay the king, so that you would not be noticed by the Tartars, but now it's okay, the whole world has noticed us." When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, there was not a trace of sadness on his face, but a smile on his face.

"Build a high wall, accumulate grain and slow to be the king, in fact, we still have to continue to insist, but we have to make the wall higher and bigger, hoard more and more grain, and slowly call the king, it's not impossible, just need to keep pace with Liu Futong and them." Zhu Han said.

Killing Emperor Meng Yuan, if you want to keep a low profile, it is absolutely impossible.

In particular, when Liu Bowen returned to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Zhang Bolu, Fan Yao and others in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would definitely be shocked and afraid.

At the beginning, there was a threat from Emperor Mengyuan to go south at any time, which made these ministers of Mengyuan have bad intentions, but now seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is so strong, they can't help but be panicked.

The trust and interests that have been established between the two sides for a short time may be damaged.

"Jiangnan is a money bag, why don't we send troops directly and take Jiangnan?" Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly.

Zhu Han thought about it for a while and felt that it was not the best time.

"Bolu and the others are quite honest, if they send troops to attack, it will damage the previous agreement, and now we are the most dazzling existence of the righteous army from all walks of life, if we take Jiangnan again, there will be many people who will miss us." Zhu Han said.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered it and felt that this was the truth.

I only heard Zhu Han continue: "Brother, if you want to take Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you must have at least one year to train a group of our officials and officers in the prefecture, and when you take Jiangnan, use them to quickly replace the officials at all levels of Mengyuan, and control the most basic power, otherwise, even if you get a Jiangnan, either appoint the old officials left over from Mengyuan, or choose to promote the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, no matter who you use, we can't do our best to complete our orders." ”

He said this very politely.

Let's not talk about the problem of the officials left behind by Meng Yuan, let's just say that those people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are very unreliable, except for a group of well-known people such as Liu Ji and Song Lian, many of them are scholars who pay attention to vanity, and they are much worse than Zhu Han's ideal governance officials.

"Well, what you said makes sense, we don't need our own people, we also feel unreliable." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

When they returned to Jiezhou, before they had time to discuss more arrangements, an envoy from Yingzhou from the 'Great Song Emperor' arrived.

Emperor Zhao Lin'er of the Great Song Dynasty sent someone to bring the imperial decree!

Previously, because the first Northern Expedition commanded by Liu Futong was unfavorable to the Battle of Bianjing, after the Red Turban Army retreated to Yingzhou, it was originally a little demoralized, just when Liu Futong and others were trying to find a way to boost morale, the 'Longxing Marshal' Zhu Yuanzhang killed Emperor Mengyuan in Hongze Lake, and the great news of annihilating millions of Tartars came to the news.

For a while, the Red Turban Army went from disbelief at the beginning to ecstasy.

Prime Minister Liu Futong instantly became excited, he felt that Zhu Yuanzhang could achieve such great achievements, and he should be able to play a great role in leading the army to contain the 'hundreds of thousands' Yuan army in Bianliang.

Emperor Zhao Lin'er of the Great Song Dynasty quickly ordered that with the help of Zhu Yuanzhang's great victory, he announced that he would soon organize the Second Northern Expedition!

The Tartar Emperor had already been killed by the Red Turban Army, and the target of this Northern Expedition was no longer a small Bianliang, but was directly placed in the capital of Mengyuan Jingshi.

In order to further boost morale, the Great Song Dynasty in Yingzhou officially canonized the generals of the Red Turban Army in the name of Emperor Zhao Lin'er.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, the brothers of Tianzi's No. 1 great achievement, are naturally in the front row.

When sending off the imperial envoy of Yingzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han looked at the holy decree in their hands and couldn't help but show a playful smile.

"Hehe, this Liu Futong will really use his strength to fight, and take advantage of our big victory to add the No. 1 reward to himself." Zhu Han said with a smile.

In a series of rewards, Liu Futong ranked first and was added as the prime minister, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and the king of Ying.

"It doesn't matter, Liu Futong is the first righteous after all, and we don't have any opinions." Zhu Yuanzhang said very generously.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's rewards are second only to Liu Futong.

Today's Zhu Yuanzhang's status has obviously surpassed the other marshals of the three routes, and he was named the marshal of the South Route Army, the captain of the Jiatai, the prime minister of Zhongshu Province in the north of the Huainan River, and the Duke of Wu.

In less than two years, he has changed from a Haozhou marshal to the third person in the Red Turban Army.

And Zhu Han was canonized, which is not small at all, in addition to the original Jiangnan Provincial Pingzhang, he was also crowned as the Marquis of Yang, the prince Shaobao, which can be regarded as giving enough face to the name.

"It's just that Liu Futong and the others are going to go on another Northern Expedition, and we have to fund a lot of grain and grass." Zhu Yuanzhang was a little reluctant.

"Brother, Yingzhou is too close to us, if Liu Futong and them don't go north, but want to come east and south, it won't be a bad thing."

Zhu Han didn't feel sorry for the grain and grass, but was afraid that Liu Futong and them would stay in Yingzhou and not move.

As long as Liu Futong and the others continue the Northern Expedition, it will give Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han enough time to prepare.

In Zhu Han's heart, he already regarded Jiangsu and Zhejiang as a big fat meat on a chopping board.

As for when to cut this big fat meat, it all depends on when you have sharpened the knife.

During this period, if anyone tried to get involved in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhu Han would let his brother Zhu Yuanzhang fight with them.

"This new Northern Expedition plan, I don't know how Liu Futong will arrange it, when the time comes, we can contribute food and money, but try not to send troops, let's just say that we are more damaged by eliminating the Tartars this time, and some people in the province are jealous of us again." Zhu Han said.

This time, the Yuan army that eliminated Huaidong did not lose too many soldiers and horses, but only lost less than 3,000 people, and the rest of the wounded, large and small, were already recovered.

"Okay, don't worry, when Liu Futong asks us to go to Yingzhou, we must keep these in mind." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

A few days later.

Emperor Han Lin'er of the Great Song Dynasty sent someone to deliver an edict, inviting Zhu Yuanzhang, the marshal of the Southern Route Army, to go to Yingzhou to discuss the Second Northern Expedition to Mengyuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han had already made preparations, and took the captured treasures such as the dragon robe, jade belt and seal of Emperor Mengyuan, and embarked on the journey to Yingzhou.

The generals of the Red Turban Army gathered in Yingzhou, and they would see Zhu Yuanzhang's glorious moment with their own eyes.

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Henan, Bianliang City.

Since Zhongshu Province's Youcheng Hama and others led the released Yuan army to return to Bianliang from Hongze Lake, they quickly installed officials in Bianliang, Henan, and won over Pingzhang Temur of Henan Province, Chahan Timur, Li Siqi, and others.

Hama and others had just established a political alliance with the generals of Henan Province, and the bad news came from Huaidong that the prime minister had escaped defeat and died.

All of a sudden, the Mengyuan officials in the entire Henan were panicked.

The emperor has just died on the front foot, and the millions of imperial armies have been wiped out on the back foot.

No matter how you look at it, the Great Yuan Dynasty is going to end.

"There must be a spy of the red turban thief in the imperial court, otherwise, it would not be possible to be attacked by the thief so quickly!"

Youcheng Hama discussed with Henan Pingzhang Temur, Chahan Timur and others, and prepared to play to the capital of Beijing, asking the crown prince Aiyou to succeed to the throne, and then clear out the remnants of the sins.

Because, Hama and others have already decided that it must be the prime minister who wants to raise a thief for self-respect, but the result is that he played a bad game, not only killing the emperor Tuhuan Timur, but also killing himself in the chaos army.

Emperor Dayuan's journey, from Henan Province all the way south into Huaidong, if it was not the fault of the Emperor who killed the emperor, then the people of Henan Province or Hama and other escorts would have to take responsibility.

Onigiri reads a book

In this case, they unanimously pointed the finger at the dead man.

Soon, news came from the capital of Beijing.

The crown prince Aiyou, with the support of Empress Qi and others, unsurprisingly inherited the power of the Great Yuan Emperor and the Great Khan of Mongolia.

And, the new emperor who has just taken office, Aiyou, added a temple name Huizong to his dead ghost father, as for the nickname, because it is too long, and some of the deaths are too embarrassing, and he hasn't come up with it for a while.

However, according to the rules after the death of the emperor in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty, the new emperor Aiyou gave the dead ghost father the name of the Great Khan of Mongolia, called 'Uhagatu Khan', which means that the Mongols are smart and wise.

Although it is a bit stupid to die, it does not affect the name of a good Great Khan.

But.

When Hama and others in Bianliang City heard the title of 'Uha Katu Khan', they were all stunned.

They were all stunned and couldn't say a word.

Even the right-hand Hama, who has a clever tongue like a yellow, is also a vigorous swallowing of saliva to relieve his fear and nervousness.

The people who reacted to these were all high-level officials and generals of Mengyuan who were released from Hongze Lake by the Red Turban Army.

Temur, Chakhan Timur and others in Henan Province did not understand what was happening.

However, they are now political allies, and everything has to be figured out.

When the envoys from Dadu were sent away, Temur, Chakhan Timur and others from Henan Province began to inquire.

Hama and the others were still frightened.

Faced with the inquiries of several people in Henan Province, Hama and the others glanced at each other, and then said cautiously.

"Uhagatu Khan! We had already heard of this name before the arrival of the envoys of Dadu. Right Cheng Hama said.

"What?" Temur's face changed dramatically.

"How is this possible?" Chakhan Timur even shouted loudly together.

Several other Mengyuan officials also couldn't believe this statement.

Because, according to the rules of Meng Yuan, their later honorific title for the Great Khan was already similar to that of the Han people.

Only if the emperor dies can the successor emperor posthumously honor the title of Great Khan.

Before that, it was impossible for anyone to know in advance, unless someone had already prepared in advance, knowing that Emperor Dayuan would suddenly die in the near future.

Therefore, the statement of Hama and others is really shocking.

It can almost be said that someone predicted the death of Emperor Dayuan in advance.

"How is this possible, where did you hear it?" Pingzhang Temur of Henan Province immediately asked.

He saw that Hama and the others looked panicked and frightened, not like they were disguised.

Only then did Hama continue: "We heard about it from the Red Turban Thief! ”

"Red Turban Thief?"

Temur, Chakhan Timur and others were even more shocked.

Subsequently, Hama and others explained one after another.

After they were captured by the Red Turbans at the Hongze Lake camp, Zhu Han, the leader of the Red Turban Bandits, released them and said, 'Go back and bury your Uhagatu Khan,' and let them bring back the body of the Mengyuan Emperor Tuhuan Timur.

After hearing this statement, Henan Province Pingzhang Temur, Chahan Timur and others all broke out in a cold sweat on their backs.

"How did the red turban thief know the name of the first emperor in advance?"

"Needless to say, it must be that in the capital, someone colluded with the red turban thief and deliberately let His Majesty die on the battlefield!"

"Who is so bold?"

"Humph! The first emperor died violently, and whoever got the benefit was the red turban thief who colluded! ”

"So to put it this way, the first emperor died, the crown prince succeeded to the throne, and Empress Qi was in power and listened to the government, behind which is the conspiracy of Queen Qi?!"

All of a sudden, these important ministers of Mengyuan in Bianliang City added all their suspicions to the newly enthroned crown prince Aiyou and Empress Qi.

The more they talked, the more they felt that their inferences were completely correct.

In particular, Youcheng Hama, who insisted that there was no military leak in their group, was perfectly attacked by the red turban thieves.

Moreover, after the war, the Red Turban Thieves also took the initiative to release all the high-ranking officials of Mengyuan, which means that there are undercover agents of the Red Turban Thieves hiding among them, and they can neither kill nor only release them, so they let all the prisoners go.

After sorting out these, Youcheng Hama and Henan Pingzhang Temur and others immediately became furious.

"The crown prince conspired with Empress Qi to kill the first emperor!"

"Disloyal and unfilial, without a king and without a father!"

"A traitor and a poisonous woman, and you dare to inherit the throne?"

"Spread the word and expose the conspiracy of their mother and son!"

Temur, Chakhan Timur and others all shouted excitedly.

Youcheng Hama and the others felt afraid for a while, and the holy decree from the capital of the capital of the capital kept urging them to escort the body of the former emperor back to the capital, and also forgave their sins, so that they could return to the capital with peace of mind.

Now that I think about it, all this is just a bluffing trick!

If you return to Beijing with peace of mind, you have to trick them back and kill them all, so as to prevent all those who may leak secrets from living.

"Humph! If it weren't for the red scarf thief Zhu Han who leaked his mouth, I would have really been calculated by the vicious Goryeo woman Queen Qi! ”

Youcheng Hama was furious in his heart, and he had already begun to think about how to expose Empress Qi, the 'big traitor' who killed Emperor Mengyuan Tuhuan Timur.

"The Empress Dowager, oh no, it was Empress Qi who also ordered me to escort the body of the former emperor back to Dadu, so she also wanted to attack me!" Henan Pingzhang Temur frowned and clenched his fists and said.

Hama and Temur and others quickly decided that Empress Qi not only colluded with the red turban thieves and killed the first emperor Tuhuan Timur, but also wiped out all of them, the loyal ministers of Meng Yuan.

"You can't sit still!"

"Everyone, we have to find a way to save Dayuan!"

Dayuan Jingshi, Dadu.

As the capital of the Great Yuan, it has now been completely replaced with the appearance of a Su funeral, and the emperor died and entered the state funeral.

However, although it was a national funeral, some people were very happy.

Empress Dowager Qi is naturally the happiest person.

What kind of emperor's husband, for Empress Qi, can't be compared with the emperor's son at all.

Moreover, after her son Aiyou ascended the throne, Queen Qi became the only queen mother, and Empress Boyan Hudu, who was originally the eldest queen, instantly changed from the first in line to the harem to an outdated figure that no one cared about.

Empress Dowager Qi's political tactics are still very good, and after helping her son ascend to the throne, she won over the kings of all walks of life in the grassland and established the stability of the rear.

He also ordered a pardon for the charge of 'ineffective escort' of the guards and allowed them to escort the body of the former emperor back to Beijing.

At the same time, because the Empress Dowager Qi was born in the powerful family of the Goryeo Kingdom, she soon asked the Goryeo Kingdom to organize a naval army in the name of the Yuan Dynasty's suzerain, and sent people south to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to contact Pingzhang Bolu and others, hoping to restore contact with Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other southern provinces by sea, and restore control of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places.

In the end, in order to suppress all kinds of rebels, Empress Qi also ordered to reward Chakhan Timur, Li Siqi, Bolu Timur and others, so that they could come to most of the capital to accept the canonization reward, and by the way, show their loyalty to the new emperor Aiyou and the empress dowager Qi.

Inside the Royal Palace.

"Now that the kings and governors of all the tribes of the grassland have sent people to guard them, why have Hama and the others disappeared for a long time?"

Empress Qi wore a gorgeous queen mother's dress and prepared to attend the imperial meeting.

The new emperor Aiyou has not yet officially ascended the throne, and he must be buried with the first emperor Tuhuan Timur before he can officially claim the throne.

Therefore, Hama and others who escorted the body of the first emperor are very important.

When will Hama and the others return to Dadu, and when will the quasi-emperor Aiyou be able to officially ascend the throne.

Jin Dae, the Goryeo eunuch who was waiting on the side, hurriedly replied to Queen Qi.

"Your Highness, the slave maid immediately sent someone to urge it, Hama is really not a criminal minister, it's time to reprimand." Jin Da said flatteringly.

Empress Qi nodded, and asked Jin Da to send someone to arrange.

However, the so-called reprimand is exempt.

"Hama and the others escort the guards, all of them are the sons and daughters of the nobles of Dadu, if they are all offended, it is not conducive to Aiyou to gain the loyalty of everyone in the future, anyway, Hama will not have any power in the future, when he comes back to Dadu, after the burial of the first emperor, he will immediately be relegated to Wusizang to feed the livestock!" Queen Qi said disdainfully.

After all, Youcheng Hama is the temporary commander of the guards, and Queen Qi also plans to maintain the other party, and the chaos in the province will affect her son Aiyou's enthronement ceremony.

Empress Qi then calculated again, according to her assumption, after Aiyou ascended the throne, she would use the soldiers and horses of the kings of the grassland and the soldiers and horses of Henan and other provinces to suppress the rebels, use the silver money and grain and grass of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to feed the army, and let the noble guards go to various places to serve as supervisors.

In this way, I believe that the arrogance of the red turban thief will soon be suppressed.

When the brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, the big leaders of the Red Turban Thieves, are eliminated, the throne of Aiyou will be unbreakable.

Just as Queen Qi's abacus was playing beautifully, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!"

"Oh no, it's the other way around, it's the other way around!"

Immediately, a eunuch ran in in a panic.

This person's name is Pu Da, and he is also a eunuch paid tribute by the Goryeo Kingdom, and like Jin Dae, he is the most favored henchman eunuch of Queen Qi.

"What's wrong!?" Queen Qi was stunned, and she already had a bad premonition in her heart.

Pu Da pounced on his knees and said in a panic: "Queen Mother, no, the urgent report just came, Youcheng Hama, Henan Pingzhang Temur and others rebelled in Bianliang, they spread rumors that the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor killed the first emperor and refused to respect Dadu's orders!" ”

When Queen Qi heard this, she immediately felt that her whole person was trembling.

"Where did the rumors come from, how is this possible!"

Queen Qi wanted to break her head, but she couldn't figure it out.

He obviously sent people to repeatedly issue edicts and orders, not only to appease the guilty ministers such as Hama, but also to reward local powerful officials and generals such as Temur and Chakhan Timur, why did they join forces against themselves?

not only reversed himself, but also threw out such outrageous nonsense.

The first emperor was killed by the Zhu brothers, the red scarf thief, what does it have to do with himself who is far away in Dadu?

"Rumors, rumors for sure!"

Of course, Empress Qi refused to believe it, and even the Great Dynasty Meeting was not in the mood to go, so she directly sent someone to strictly investigate the source of the rumors, and specially sent someone to Bianliang to urge Hama, Temur and others to hurry up to Dadu.

As long as Hama, Temur and others escorted the body of the former emperor back, the rumors would naturally be self-defeating.

But.

What Queen Lingqi never expected was that this rumor turned out to be true!

There were several groups of people before and after, and soon the matter of Bianliang raising the rebellion was confirmed.

"The Queen Mother, Hama and Temur rebelled in Bianliang and supported Polo Timur, the king of Wei, as the prison state!"

"Queen Mother, Hama and others spread the word to the world, and they want to raise troops into the capital!"

"Oh no, Queen Mother, there is an abnormality in the guards of the grasslands in Dadu!"

"Empress Dowager Qi, most of the powerful people have fled!"

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King Polo Timur of Wei belongs to one of the few close relatives of Emperor Tuhuan Timur of the Yuan Dynasty, and his fief is in Henan.

Now that King Polo Timur of Wei has been proclaimed as a prisoner by Hama, Temur and others, there is a posture of not giving up without investigating the cause of the death of the first emperor, and most of the people in the capital are panicked for a while, and rumors are flying all over the sky.

Queen Qi used means to stabilize the situation, and soon it was a collapsed Xili Lake.

The Mongol kings and governors of the desert steppe were suspicious and not as submissive as before.

Officials of the Yuan army in Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong clamored one after another to strictly investigate the traitors and murderers.

Only Dadu, Liaoyang, and Goryeo still obeyed the orders of Empress Qi and the new emperor Aiyou.

However, even in the capital, uncontrollable things are gradually happening.

In the restaurants and tea shops in Dadu, various palace secrets began to slowly become popular.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

"What, tell me about it!"

"I heard my neighbor's second brother-in-law say that the death of the first emperor has nothing to do with Queen Qi, and Queen Qi leaked the first emperor's hiding to the red turban thief in order to let the crown prince Aiyou ascend the throne, so there was a disaster in Hongze Lake!"

"I've also heard that not only this strange queen has a problem, but even the crown prince Aiyou has a problem!"

"What's the problem? Let's hear about it. ”

"I heard that Aiyou is not the blood of the first emperor, but the flesh of Queen Qi and the monks of the Western Regions!"

"Yes, yes, I have also heard, the first emperor has already noticed that Aiyou is a wild species, and Queen Qi is obscene and evil, and is ready to come back after the royal conquest to abolish Queen Qi's mother and son, and set up another prince!"

"Queen Qi seduced the monks of the Western Regions obscenely, colluded with the red scarf thief, and killed the emperor!"

"The great loyal ministers Hama and Temur were unwilling to let Dayuan fall into the hands of the demon queen, so they supported the Wei King in Henan!"

In the entire capital, all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky, and soon they reached the ears of Queen Qi.

"Kim Dae! Pu Dae! ”

Empress Qi ordered angrily.

The two leaders of the Goryeo eunuchs, Kim Dae and Pak Dae, immediately knelt down to obey the order.

"With the decree of this palace, catch all the thieves who spread rumors, and do not tolerate one!"

Empress Qi sent thousands of janissaries and others to arrest rumor-mongers in the capital.

But.

Instead of being quelled, all this has intensified.

The more outrageous, absurd, and fragrant rumors soon spread even more violently.

Empress Qi and the quasi-emperor Aiyou were helpless, so they could only pretend that they hadn't heard everything.

Although the Mongol generals and clans in the steppes and the Central Plains made a fuss, Liaoyang, Goryeo and other places still obeyed the order, and they sent people into the capital to escort them, resolutely supporting the legitimacy of the new emperor Aiyou.

Empress Qi and her son Aiyou calculated that now with the support of the Goryeo vassal state, they could use the Goryeo naval army to go south to contact Pingzhang Bolu in Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province.

When the time comes, you can use the financial and material resources of Jiangnan to support the capital to reorganize the army and war, and suppress the rebellious ministers and thieves such as Hama and Temur.

In addition to the state, pacify the envoys.

Winter goes to spring.

The Red Turban Army was in the second year of Song Longfeng.

Although the Mengyuan Emperor Tuhuan Timur was killed at Gaoyou Lake, because the new emperor Aiyou did not have a new era name, it was still used until the thirteenth year.

Huaidong won a great victory in the First War, and Zhu Han's ex-prefecture obtained a large number of prisoners, not only the industrial and mining labor was supplemented, but even the military and agricultural fields were also supplemented by a large number of laborers.

"My lord, the seventeen Juntun farms have all distributed high-yield seeds, and they are waiting to be ploughed and cultivated!"

Shi Nai'an was holding a pile of paperwork and was reporting to Zhu Han on the progress of the removal of the state military tun.

After a long time of accumulation, Zhu Han used the system to sign in and reward, and finally stocked up on a batch of high-yield crop seeds.

These crop varieties are not just one or two varieties, but include more than a dozen new crops such as rice, upland rice, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, and carrots.

These high-yield crops, even without the addition of pesticides and fertilizers, can still obtain hundreds of catties per mu, or even more than 1,000 catties.

For Zhu Han's strategy of 'accumulating grain', with the help of this batch of high-yield and improved seeds, it is almost equivalent to making a year's harvest equal to the original harvest of three or five years!

"Juntun must do its best to sow new seeds, not only for this year's output and to ensure the self-sufficiency of military rations, but also to set an example for the people, so that they can see that the strength of our latest improved seeds is definitely not a kind of indiscriminate boasting to dispel their concerns." Zhu Han said seriously.

After obtaining the good seeds of later generations, Zhu Han once wanted to let the people who were allocated the fields to cultivate.

However, except for some rice and upland rice, the rest of the corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other grains are unwilling to be cultivated.

The people are afraid that once these unknown grains are harvested or there are yield problems, it will not only be a problem of not being able to pay the government's grain tax, but also a major matter of starvation to death.

In such a situation, the vast majority of people are afraid to take risks.

Zhu Han didn't insist on this, he asked Shi Nai'an to distribute grain seeds to each military tun, as long as the output of the military tun was announced, I believe that the people would rush to beg for planting at that time.

In today's exclusion, Zhu Han's generals include Zhou Dexing, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, Hu Yiba, Chen Baodao, Lu Zhongheng and others, which can be said to be full of talents.

As for the civil officials, it is mainly Shi Nai'an and Hu Weiyong.

Among them, Shi Nai'an is responsible for military tun, military rations, taxation, planning, industry and commerce, etc., while Hu Weiyong is responsible for some minor affairs such as literature and schools.

After all, Shi Nai'an can The Great Yuan Dynasty was born as a Jinshi, and Hu Weiyong was not even a showman, and the two were too different in terms of knowledge and fame.

In fact, even Li Shanchang is not as good as Shi Nai'an in terms of knowledge and fame.

Moreover, Zhu Han still has some doubts about Hu Weiyong's rebellion in history, and belongs to the category of serious observations.

"Deputy marshal, now that the grain depot in addition to the state is about to be empty, seeing that it is a time when there is no success, the safe warehouse that Xia Guan suggested setting up before, I don't know what the deputy marshal is considering?" Shi Nai'an then asked.

When Zhu Han heard this, he immediately laughed. "The suggestion made by Mr. is very good, I naturally have no problem, and I also sent someone to report to the marshal, not only to set up a safe warehouse in addition to the state, but also to set up a safe warehouse in Dingyuan to prevent a famine."

The so-called safe warehouse is actually a strategic material reserve warehouse.

After several major battles, coupled with the grain and grass to support Liu Futong and other Red Turban Army allies, the grain and grass stored by the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers were almost exhausted, and they must be replenished immediately, and they must be doubled to prevent natural disasters from being caught off guard in the autumn.

Zhu Han naturally agrees with this suggestion.

He knows that natural disasters were frequent at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was definitely not ten or eight years to be able to adjust the wind and rain, and even in history to the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, there were still frequent natural disasters, and even the Fengyang Mansion where the imperial mausoleum of the old Zhu family was located was because of natural disasters and man-made disasters that caused the villagers to riot, which shocked the government and the opposition.

Therefore, for the setting of the safe warehouse, Zhu Han already had a thought, and after Shi Nai'an made a suggestion, he naturally agreed without hesitation.

"That's great!"

Shi Nai'an laughed happily.

Since he came to Zhuzhou, he has become the leading think-tank strategist of the Red Turban Army, second only to Li Shanchang, the general manager of the marshal, which gives him a sense of accomplishment to show his ambitions, and he puts his mind on military and political planning every day, and even his favorite story of Xuanhe Liangshan heroes can only occasionally find time to write.

Shi Nai'an was happy just now, but his expression quickly darkened.

"However, although the salt trade is now very profitable, the cost is also huge, and there is not much money left to buy grain and grass materials. Shi Nai'an said helplessly.

Zhu Han resold salt, and the profit was naturally very lucrative.

Moreover, with the gradual recovery of salt sales in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, the sales volume and profits of salt are also steadily increasing.

However, the supply of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Red Turban Army, the expenses of officials of all sizes, and the supply of food and grass to support friendly forces are also gradually increasing.

However, Zhu Han successively rejected Li Shanchang's proposal to raise taxes on the peasants, so that the Red Turban Army had no extra financial resources at all.

Zhu Han was not worried about this, because all this was already in his plan.