After all, according to their original plan, they were going to conquer the capital, but now they can't even defeat a small daimyo's mansion, which is really a bit unreasonable.

"Prime Minister, why don't we try it for another half a month?"

"If you can't break through the Daimyo's mansion, it's not too late to retreat." Han Lin'er said beside her.

Liu Futong nodded, "Your Majesty, that's exactly what the minister meant!" ”

Seeing their pair of unwilling to fail, Mr. Guan and the others were already as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, by all means!"

"The Tartars of the Daimyo's Mansion are just a group of rats, relying on the strong city and stubborn resistance, it's not too late to clean them up in the future!"

"And if the Bianliang in our rear is lost, it will be a fundamental danger, not only will the back road be cut off, but also the grain and grass will be unsustainable, and the army will inevitably be in turmoil."

After repeated persuasion from Mr. Guan and others, Liu Futong and Han Lin'er finally swallowed their anger and accepted the result.

They ordered the whole army to retreat, cross the Yellow River to the south, and return to Bianliang.

In such a situation, the Yuan army that won the defense did not slack off at all, they took advantage of the retreat of the Red Turban Army, Wang Baobao led the army to join Boluo Timur, Li Siqi and others to follow and pursue.

On the bank of the Yellow River, more than 10,000 people ate the Red Turban Palace, and for a while, Wang Baobao's prestige resounded throughout Hebei and Henan.

Many of the generals of the Red Turban Army watched Wang Baobao wipe out the friendly forces of this department, but they had nothing to do.

In just one month, the Red Turban Army went from a majestic imperial expedition to a rout that retreated back to Bianliang in a hurry.

Not only did it consume the grain and grass that had been accumulated for a year, but it also lost more than 30,000 people before and after.

The original strategy of going north directly from the Daimyo's Mansion to attack Dadu suddenly came to naught.

The Great Yuan Dynasty ushered in a rare big victory!

After all, this was a big victory for Han Lin'er, the emperor who defeated the Red Turban Army.

Wang Baobao was immediately praised by the regent Empress Dowager of the Yuan Dynasty!

Empress Dowager Qi was personally praised by the young general in front of the civil and military officials in the palace of the capital.

In particular, after seeing Wang Baobao himself, Empress Dowager Qi couldn't help but light up suddenly.

Because this Wang Baobao is not only a loyal minister, but also a handsome young man, according to his age, he is only a few years younger than the Queen Mother.

I saw that Wang Baobao was eight feet tall and his face was like a crown of jade.

And there is no reckless temperament of a martial artist, but an elegant bookish atmosphere.

After some questions from the monarchs and ministers, Queen Qi knew that Wang Baobao had read poetry and books since he was a child.

Although he is a Mongol and has a Mongolian name, Timur, he has always walked in the world under the Chinese name of Wang Baobao.

This is really in line with the appetite of the Queen Mother!

Although she was the empress dowager of the Yuan Dynasty, she had never had a good impression of rude Mongolian customs.

For such an elegant Wang Baobao, the Empress Dowager Qi was immediately favored, and for three days in a row, she gave a banquet to Wang Baobao in the palace.

Even, rumors soon spread in the capital.

People secretly say that the Queen Mother Qi has a crush on the young Wang Baobao.

The two of them have been upside down in the palace for three days!

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The court of the Great Yuan Dynasty gave Wang Baobao, Chahan Timur, Hama and Kong Kejian the title of 'loyal ministers of the peace of chaos' to praise the people of the world.

And allow them to open a government in their respective jurisdictions!

This is equivalent to recognizing their status as local emperors.

All of a sudden, many of the powerful gentry who were originally wavering felt that Da Yuan was merciful, much better than shouting and shouting to kill and forcibly seize their property and give it to the mud-legged Red Turban Army.

Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places, a lot of regimental training has emerged, they trained for self-protection, no longer responded to the Red Turban Army's call for food conscription, but actively and secretly contacted the Yuan Dynasty army, wanting to help the Yuan Dynasty army counterattack.

Henan and other places are in chaos!

Liu Futong, Han Lin'er and others wanted to whip the corpse on the Yuan Dynasty, but they didn't expect it......

It actually resurrected the Tartar vitality.

The situation of the war in the north has changed because of these loyal ministers of the Great Yuan.

And the Red Turban Army has changed from its original momentum to a crisis.

The weakness of the Red Turbans' grip on local power was immediately apparent.

And at the same time, in the city of Jinling.

Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang were also feeling a little caught off guard by a new problem they were facing.

"Brother, have you heard? Recently, there have been people in Jinling City who have been spreading that 'Jinling Mansion has the spirit of the Son of Heaven'! Zhu Han said.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said with a serious face: "I heard, this is not a good thing!" ”

Although Jinling Mansion is a good place, if you want to say that there is a genius, it is that someone wants to kill it.

"Here in Jinling, as a famous ancient capital, if you want to say that there is a son of heaven, I must believe it, but if there is a lot of discussion at this time, it is really going to provoke infighting." Zhu Han said.

Even if they don't fight inwardly, if Han Lin'er and the others take it seriously, they will get into trouble because of suspicion.

Just imagine, Han Lin'er issued an edict announcing that he would move the capital to Jinling Mansion, which was also quite tricky.

After all, if Han Lin'er moves the capital to Jinling, he will definitely not come alone, he must bring his family with him, and he is afraid that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses will come to Jinling.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's brothers have fallen into passivity.

Regarding what was circulating in Jinling City, there were rumors that there was a son of heaven in Jinling Mansion, and Zhu Han immediately sent someone to investigate secretly.

After some visits and investigations, the situation that came out made Zhu Han breathe a sigh of relief.

He took the report of his Jinyi pro-army and said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Brother, it seems that we are too worried about this matter, it is not that someone secretly wants to provoke us, but the people in Jiangnan want to support us sincerely!" ”

After many inquiries, this is really not someone deliberately provoking the internal relationship of the Red Turban Army.

It was spread among the people of the wine shops and tea shops in the south of the Yangtze River.

They all felt that compared to Han Lin'er, the emperor of the Red Turban Army, who had no rules in the north, and others, the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers had managed Jiangnan in an orderly manner in just a few months.

And not only Wenzhi, but also in terms of martial arts, it is also the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo and the pacification of civil strife!

It can be regarded as a powerful person in both culture and martial arts.

They also hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang could rule Jiangnan for a long time, and they were afraid that the Red Turban Army from the north would pour into Jiangnan and cause damage to themselves.

Han Lin'er, Liu Futong and others do not know how to govern the locality, and there is a huge Henan and other places, which have been made by them to use the governance method of all the people to be soldiers, and all kinds of grain, grass and military supplies cannot be self-sufficient, and they all need Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers to transfer support from Jiangnan.

Therefore, the people of Jiangnan know all this, if Liu Futong and Han Lin'er of the Red Turban Army are allowed to stay in Jiangnan, it will definitely be searched for Jiangnan, and it is better to let the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers of the Red Turban Army really Yongzhen in Jiangnan.

Coincidentally, at this time, Liu Bowen and Shi Nai'an came together to ask to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

They presented their advice to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.

"King Wu, now the people of Jiangnan are wanting, you can't ignore it, this is the people's will!" Liu Bowen said.

"What does that mean, sir? Could it really be that the betrayal of the Great Song Dynasty could not be achieved? Zhu Yuanzhang said with a serious face.

Now this situation makes him a little embarrassed, Han Lin'er, Liu Futong and others have repeatedly suffered setbacks in the Northern Expedition, and even now they are beaten by an unknown young general Wang Baobao under the famous city, which is really unacceptable.

"King Wu, Jinling has the spirit of the Son of Heaven, although it is a rumor, but this also shows that the will of heaven is and the people's will is wanted! Responding to the will of heaven and responding to the will of the people is the right way! Shi Nai'an said beside him.

"Therefore, I want to implore King Wu, for the sake of the people of Jiangnan, for the peace of mind of the soldiers, please ask King Wu to ask himself to seal the two places in Jiangnan and Jiangbei!" Liu Bowen said.

"Seal Jiangnan?"

Hearing the words 'real seal Jiangnan', Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were slightly stunned.

The two brothers glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of joy.

"That's right, although it's not the time to claim the emperor's founding, but if Jiangnan is actually sealed, it would be even better!" Zhu Han thought in his heart.

The Red Turban Army rewarded the king, but there was no actual fief, just a title.

Although there are attributes in the name of the place, there has never been a stipulation of what the prince and duke are eating.

After all, the Bianliang court of the Red Turban Army needed even the support of Zhu Yuanzhang, a wealthy man, even for military rations, and it was impossible to give subsidies to the princes and princes in various places.

"As for the seal, it's a really good idea." Zhu Han immediately agreed.

"Please King Wu play, with the forty-six prefectures of Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces, minus two hundred and eighteen counties, and the country of Wu will be sealed!" Liu Bowen continued to persuade.

Forty-six prefectures, two hundred and eighteen counties.

This is almost all the boundaries of Jiangbei and Jiangnan.

King Wu sealed the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to truly turning the south of the Yangtze River into an independent kingdom.

Even if the Great Song Dynasty recovers in the future, then Zhu Yuanzhang is also a country within a country.

Although this suggestion is good, it also has some shortcomings and shortcomings.

This is equivalent to having a real dislike with the Great Song Dynasty of the Red Turban Army!

The emperor on the front foot lost the battle, and you Zhu Yuanzhang on the back foot will actually seal the south and north of the Yangtze River?

This shows that you, Zhu Yuanzhang, have the ambition to set up another court to usurp the throne!

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he hesitated.

"I'm afraid that's not appropriate, right?"

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang's concerns, Zhu Han naturally saw it.

However, he felt that there was nothing to worry about Liu Futong and Han Lin'er.

After all, historically, they mastered more armies, had higher prestige, and did not become the ultimate victors.

Now, he and his brother Zhu Yuanzhang occupy a larger and more territory, and they have a stronger military, so they don't need to take their ideas into account.

"Brother, I think what the two gentlemen said is very good, we don't need to hesitate anymore, just do it, as for what is sealed, there is no need to really ask Han Lin'er, let's announce the world in Jinling first, and then send a letter to Han Lin'er, as for whether he agrees or not, it doesn't matter!"

"Even if he wants to object, it will be raw rice cooked and matured, unless he has the ability to fight Jinling!"

As soon as Zhu Han's words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang basically agreed with this suggestion, and when Li Shanchang returned to Jinling from Jiangbei, he immediately agreed.

"The First Evolution"

"Wu Wangshi sealed the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Jiangbei and established the state of Wu, this move is in line with the fate, the opportunity cannot be lost, and the time will not come again!"

"For example, if you are seeking the great cause of Yuan today, you have just suffered a setback, and you must stand up, so that everyone in the world can see that although Liu Futong is defeated, there is still the king, the hero of the world!"

"In this way, we can inspire the military spirit of the Han people in the world!"

Under the persuasion of Zhu Han, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Shi Nai'an and others, Zhu Yuanzhang finally made up his mind, agreed, nodded, and agreed to the proposal to seal Jiangnan and Jiangbei as the state of Wu.

Zhu Yuanzhang's request to be crowned King Wu immediately caused an uproar in Bianliang City.

After Liu Futong, the prime minister of the Red Turban Army, got the news, he was immediately furious.

"Fuck! This damn Zhu Chongba! ”

"He's trying to rebel!"

Liu Futong kicked an incense burner above the lobby to the ground, and roared in the hall.

The Red Turban Army had just returned from a defeat, although it had repelled the Shandong Yuan army that had invaded from Xuzhou.

However, it also suffered heavy losses, losing a large amount of military grain and grass, and many armies were scattered.

Moreover, many local regiments in Henan practiced and heard that the Yuan army had come back, and they rebelled one after another.

It's too late for the Red Turbans to put out fires everywhere now.

He, Zhu Yuanzhang, actually sent someone to send a request to seal Jiangnan.

"It's really a robbery while it's hot!" Han Lin'er, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty of the Red Turban Army, was also miserable at this time.

This time, his royal expedition turned into a joke, and everything filled the young man's heart with frustration.

Even, he no longer has any interest in court politics.

Young people's interests are often like this, because a small thing falls into self-doubt.

However, for Liu Futong's anger, there are still people in the Red Turban Army who can stay calm.

"Prime Minister!"

"The prime minister is angry!"

Mr. Guan, who was on the side, hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.

"Now Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers are in control of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and they are the bags of money and grain in our rear, so we can't offend him!"

"Can't offend him? Could it be that just looking at Zhu Chongba, a thief monk, who eats and drinks spicy food in Jiangnan, still wants to be his soil emperor? So what is it about us people who are desperate to fight to the death? Is it just to eat bran at the bottom of Kaifeng? Liu Futong still didn't stop his anger and continued to roar.

"The prime minister is right, you can't look at Zhu Yuanzhang's stinky arrogance!"

"Zhu Chongba eats and drinks spicy food in Jiangnan, and we also raise millions of troops to Jiangnan to drive him away!"

"Didn't people say that Jinling has a genius? Let's escort His Majesty to Jinling, and let him Zhu Yuanzhang come to Bianliang to fight with the Tartars! ”

The suggestions of these Red Turban Army generals were immediately unanimously approved by many generals, and the Red Turban Army generals already had some war-weariness after years of hard fighting, especially after Zhu Yuanzhang rose in Jiangnan, they had long heard about the wealth and prosperity of Jiangnan, and they all wanted to go to Jiangnan to enjoy happiness.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the fact that they were defeated and returned from this link, and wanted to seal Jiangnan, which really made them jealous and crazy.

"Even if Zhu Yuanzhang wants to seal it, there is no way, now that we are so far away from Jinling, how can we control Zhu Yuanzhang? Moreover, Brother Zhu Yuanzhang will not watch us cross the river to Jinling! Mr. Guan said calmly.

Liu Futong and the others gradually lost their anger at this time, bowing their heads one by one and being silent.

Don't look at how loud they are shouting one by one, but they are still very afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang in their hearts.

After all, not everyone can have the ability to break the million-strong army of the Mongols, and they can also kill the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty on the battlefield!

The people who did all this are Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang brothers, and it's no wonder if people are not afraid of it.

Liu Futong and others didn't fight a big name mansion, so how dare they really fight with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.

"What does Mr. Guan think we should do?" Liu Futong asked after calming down.

"Actually, Jiangnan is already under Zhu Yuanzhang's control, and the real seal is just a name, even if the real seal is given to them, we have nothing to lose, but we can still coax them to be happy, we can continue to supply us with grain, grass and military supplies, and when we conquer the capital and command the northern heroes, he Zhu Yuanzhang is a small partial Wu King, and he is just the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty!"

"The south of the Yangtze River has always been self-defeating!"

"From ancient times to the present, the north has won the south, but no one has conquered the world from the south to the north!"

"So, let Zhu Yuanzhang actually crown King Wu, it doesn't matter!"

Mr. Guan's words made Liu Futong feel a little more relaxed.

"That's right, from ancient times to the present, all of them have dominated the world from north to south, and when we take over the northern world, then we can lead a million troops south to the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't believe that Zhu Chongba, a little monk, dare to disobey?" Liu Futong said.

After discussing with everyone, he immediately sent someone to give Zhu Yuanzhang a reply, not only agreeing to Zhu Yuanzhang's invitation, but also in the name of Han Lin'er, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, giving Zhu Yuanzhangzhang Yue, chariots and horses, honor guards, yellow umbrellas, canopies, etc.

In history, the people who have these are all powerful ministers who are famous all over the world.

The news of Zhu Yuanzhang's actual closure of Jiangnan also quickly spread to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

After Queen Qi heard the news, she was also very happy.

The monarchs and ministers of the Yuan Dynasty felt that there were signs of infighting within the Red Turban Army.

On this side is the emperor Han Lin'er, who has just suffered a setback, and on the other hand, the princes of the side who control a large number of money and grain troops, and the Red Turban Army will have a tragic infighting in the future!

This can give the Yuan Dynasty a rare opportunity for the monarchs and ministers!

Faced with this situation, Empress Dowager Qi immediately took the opportunity to implement the law change in the Yuan Dynasty.

After several setbacks, many people in the Yuan Dynasty felt that they had to change their previous policy strategy in order to keep the country and society of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Faced with this suggestion, the Empress Dowager Qi naturally agreed without hesitation.

Most of their territory has now been lost, and if they don't change their strength, they won't even be able to keep the only capital.

If the change causes a big mess, it will be nothing more than losing the capital.

Whether you make changes or not, it is always a result, and it is better to fight.

This change of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

It is not only a change for the Central Plains and the Han land, but also a change for the rear of the grassland.

In the successive rebellions of the Red Turban Army, the Great Yuan monarchs and ministers saw a strange thing.

That is, the most loyal people to the Great Yuan Dynasty were the Mongol officials and Han officials in the Central Plains.

The tribal kings in the rear of the steppe did not contribute one by one, and even if they mobilized troops and horses, they tried to delay or transfer some old and weak people.

Regarding this phenomenon, the Empress Dowager Qi and others felt that the Mongolian officials and Han officials in the Central Plains were influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch, so they were really loyal to the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Confucian loyalists are a good thing!

This reform must greatly elevate the status of Confucianism, and even elevate it to the status of the state religion.

If everyone in the whole Dayuan is a loyal minister, there will be no more rebels!

Therefore, the first item of this change in the Great Yuan Dynasty is to respect Confucianism!

Confucianism is more powerful than that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Qi and Emperor Aiyou ordered that Confucius be crowned as the great teacher.

Honorific title 'Wenzhi Martial Arts Most Holy Great Teacher'!

Confucius's descendant, Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian, was appointed as a great teacher.

The Mongol kings of the steppe had to preach the Confucian classics in all tribes, and they also had to hang the statue of Confucius in the tent of each tribal leader.

In fact, for the various tribes of the grassland, many people will never come to the Central Plains once in their lives, they are stable as their own herdsmen on the grassland, and they don't know who Confucius is and who Confucius is.

"What kind of powerful person is this Confucius?" Many Mongol vassal kings asked the envoys sent by the capital.

It was difficult for the envoys from the capital to explain this to a group of illiterate Mongols.

"Confucius, this person, is naturally a powerful person, he let his three thousand disciples obey orders!"

When the Mongolian leaders heard this, "Confucius must be very capable of fighting, otherwise how could three thousand people listen to his orders alone!" ”

The envoy was also noncommittal about this statement, after all, he also thought it was so.

Confucius must be very capable of fighting, otherwise how could those 3,000 thorn-headed apprentices obediently obey orders.

When the Mongolian leaders saw the statue of Confucius in their hands, they questioned it one after another.

"Confucius doesn't look right!"

They felt that a well-mannered old man could not be the image of Confucius, and for a while, many Mongolian leaders reported their findings to the imperial court, and they must have sent the wrong picture.

For this suggestion, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Yuan Dynasty showed a very flexible bottom line, as long as they can promote Confucius's loyalty to the monarch in the grassland, any kind of Confucius can be!

Soon, a new image of Confucius spread among the various tribes of the grassland.

This Confucius, who is in line with the hearts of Mongolians, has changed from a kind old man who originally wore a robe and a long sword to a strong man with a Mongolian hairstyle, wearing a Mongolian wrestling suit, naked muscles on the upper body, a bow and arrow hanging on the left side of his waist, a scimitar on the right, a pot of feather arrows stuck in his back, and an eagle flying behind him, with a strong face full of meat!

This is the image of Confucius that most Mongolians identify with!

In the Central Plains, of course, you can't do this, and if you turn the image of Confucius in the minds of scholars into a muscular version of Genghis Khan, it will have the opposite effect.

In the Yuan Dynasty, scholars were encouraged to take up positions in the group training in various places, or to run the group training themselves, and they could immediately obtain the official position of the Great Yuan Dynasty, not only exempt from their respective taxes, but also obtain an official position with real power to control the locality.

The county orders in various places were also selected from these regimental exercises.

As soon as the Mongols used this method, many powerful people who were greedy for power followed suit.

This is the real Earth Emperor!

Generations can inherit to be officials, isn't that the gate valve of the Wei and Jin dynasties!

The large gate valve and the small gate valve have been passed down from generation to generation, which is much better than any imperial examination.

And this kind of thing, it's better to rush early than to rush it now.

A turnip, a pit.

If anyone has a first-mover advantage, then future generations will have great convenience.

Meng Yuan's strategy immediately caused the heroes everywhere to fall to Dayuan, and the Red Turban Army suffered great setbacks in various places.

The two sides launched a fierce confrontation centered on Henan.

After the Red Turban Army captured some cities, it would not be able to hold for a long time, and the local heroes would collude with the surrounding regiments to train soldiers and horses to counterattack.

As a result, the Red Turban Army was greatly damaged by the consumption of vitality in several repeated battles.

Of course, Wang Baobao, Chahan Timur, Li Siqi and others stationed in Hebei would not miss this opportunity, and they took advantage of the fact that the Yellow River was frozen and led their troops to break through the Yellow River on four routes.

The Yuan army approached the city of Bianliang, and the city had no geographical advantage, so Liu Futong could only concentrate soldiers and horses from all over the country to defend Bianliang.

As a result, the rest of Henan has fallen into the defeat of losing the city and losing the land.

The original territory was reduced by nearly half in an instant.

When it snowed heavily and the fighting in various places fell into a standoff and stopped, the Red Turban Army only held the eastern part of Henan from Bianliang to Xuzhou.

In Tongguan and Luoyang and other places in the west of the battle line, all fell into the hands of the Yuan army, Liu Futong sent people to send people to Zhu Yuanzhang in the south of the Yangtze River to send people to send urgent documents, so that Zhu Yuanzhang quickly reinforced grain, grass, baggage and weapons, it is best to send a strong army and horses to aid Kaifeng, otherwise by the beginning of spring next year, the Yuan army will surround Bianliang from three sides!

When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold this Great Song Capital.

Faced with the situation in Henan, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han both felt a little regretful.

Of course, they are also a little helpless, Liu Futong and others' strategic overall view is really too bad.

It doesn't matter if they retreat in Henan, Mao Gui, who led the army on the Northern Expedition, will be unlucky.

Zhu Han said: "According to the report from the front, Mao Gui, who was alone in the Northern Expedition, has already broken through to the Shangdu area of the Yuan Dynasty!" ”

When Mao Gui and others began the Northern Expedition, there were only tens of thousands of people, but the people from all walks of life along the way joined one after another, and when they attacked the Liaoyang area of Shangjing, they had reached as many as 70,000 or 80,000 people, but they did not have a rear base area.

Originally, according to the agreement, the Red Turban Army should have invaded Dadu at this time.

They surrounded the north and south and wiped out the Yuan Dynasty within the Great Wall.

However, Liu Futong had already been defeated and returned to Henan, and Mao Gui's army was now scurrying around in Liaoyang Province, like headless flies.

"Mao Gui, we still know this person, he is a man, although there are some bad deeds of indiscriminate killing, but it is not a big deal, and he still has to pull it." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Han and they have already arranged a lot of secret agents through the firm in Liaoyang Province.

Therefore, the activities of Mao Gui and others in the Liaoyang area can be said to be well understood.

"Brother, what should we do then?"

"Save Mao Gui's Northern Expeditionary Army first, as for the battle of Bianliang, it is not so anxious, the Yuan army is short of food and grass, I heard that there has been a famine in most of the capital, and many high-ranking officials and nobles are already unable to eat, so wait until the spring of next year, the Yuan army offensive may not be able to start, Liu Futong Han Lin'er of Bianliang, if we don't save them, there will be no big problem, but Mao Gui of Liaoyang, if you don't save it, I am afraid that I will freeze to death in the mountains and snow of Liaoyang." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Han said: "It's just right, now that Goryeo is in a mess, the Goryeo Eight Banners are a little untidy, and the combat power is still a little worse, let Mao Gui lead the troops into Goryeo." ”

"Qiwu you are right, I also think so about this matter, first send someone to contact Mao Gui and let him lead the army into Goryeo, but before entering Goryeo, let Mao Gui know that Goryeo is ours, not let him cut the claimed king there!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"It's easy." Zhu Han nodded and said, "After entering the country of Goryeo, settle the generals under Mao Gui first, let them be stationed in various parts of Goryeo, and leave only one Mao Gui in Kaijing." ”

Just as Zhu Han was discussing with Zhu Yuanzhang how to pull the Maogui Northern Expeditionary Army, he suddenly got a message from Huaidong.

"King Wu, deputy marshal! There is a messenger from Meng Yuan asking to see! ”

"Mengyuan envoy?" Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were stunned.

They had no contact with the Mengyuan court, except for Hama and others in Shandong, who were their defeated generals and had some tacit understanding, they had no contacts.

"Where did the Mengyuan envoy come from?" Zhu Han asked.

"Deputy Marshal Qiqi, most of them are here!"

"Most of them came, what are they doing here?"

"Said I came to ask for peace!"

"Summation?" Zhu Han was stunned, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also confused.

They also couldn't imagine that Meng Yuan would send someone to Jiangnan to sue for peace at this time.

"Well, since you're here, let's see you." Zhu Han said, and Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"Okay, bring someone here!"

Soon, a Mengyuan envoy dressed as a merchant arrived.

As soon as this person saw Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang, he immediately saluted respectfully.

"Meet Zhu Dashuai below!"

"Who are you?"

Zhu Han asked coldly.

After some conversation, it turned out that this person was really the envoy of Meng Yuan, and now he was the right official residence.

"I have decided to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, as long as Zhu Dashuai is willing to agree to sue for peace, then the Huai River will be used as the line, and all the south of the Huai River will be owned by Dashuai, and even Fujian, Guangnan and Yunnan and other places can also be ceded to the king, as long as the king and Han Lin'er Liu Futong cut off contacts and draw a clear line!"

Meng Yuan's little trick naturally couldn't hide it from Zhu Han.

Today, Zhu Yuanzhang occupies the area of Jiangbei and Jiangnan, Huguang and Tianwan Red Turban Army Xu Shouhui and others occupy it, while Xichuan and Yunnan still have a large number of local forces loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, and other forces occupy the area of Guangzhou and Quanzhou.

But even if Meng Yuan promised to cede it, Zhu Yuanzhang is now beyond the reach of the whip.

He doesn't have the ability to control these places, so it's just a blank check.

Zhu Yuanzhang for this suggestion. Immediately, he waved his hand and interrupted, "Don't say it again, do you think we are three-year-olds?" ”

"With such a stupid trick, trying to deceive us into the so-called peace, I think you are trying to provoke the relationship between the monarch and the minister of my Great Song Dynasty, come on! Call me out! Zhu Han said on the side.

The soldiers and guards outside the door were about to come in response, and the envoy was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Marshal, the two armies will not fight each other!" ”

"I am also entrusted by the Queen Mother and Her Majesty, and there is no hostility!"

Zhu Han said: "Since your Mengyuan court wants to ask for peace, then promise me three things, and if you agree to three things, we can talk about peace." ”

"I don't know what three things are?"

Zhu Han said: "First, the Mongols immediately withdrew from the capital, and all the land was returned!" Second, it is naturally an indemnity, since the first attack on the Central Plains, it has been more than 100 years, and countless Han people have been killed, so it is naturally impossible for you to leave like this, and then compensate 300,000 silver cattle and sheep each year, for a total of 50 years, as compensation for the previous war.

Third, it is to be a minister! After the Mongols retreated to the steppe, they declared themselves vassals to our Great Song Dynasty, and they have been loyal to the Great Song Dynasty for generations, otherwise everything will not be discussed! ”

What kind of peace is this, this is simply a loss of power and humiliation of the country!

Of course, it is impossible for the envoy of Meng Yuan to agree!

However, fortunately, Meng Yuan's envoy did not really come to sue for peace!

Their real purpose was to come to investigate, mainly the situation of the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers in Jiangnan.

Because according to some information obtained by the Mengyuan court, the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers did not encounter any resistance in Jiangnan, and all the people in Jiangnan supported them.

In the capital, it was once rumored that Zhu Yuanzhang in Jiangnan was the son of destiny.

The upper echelons of Mengyuan, led by the Empress Dowager Qi, immediately realized that the person who really threatened them was Zhu Yuanzhang of Jiangnan.

That's why in the name of peace talks, people were sent to inquire about the news.

After some conversation, Zhu Han quickly understood the motive behind the Mengyuan court from the mouth of this envoy, and this peace negotiation was to come to inquire about the news in the future.

Zhu Han was also very curious about the news of Mengyuan Dadu, so he said to the envoy, since it is a peace talk, then it cannot be a unilateral peace talk, you send an envoy, we will also send an envoy to Dadu to talk.

Moreover, the two sides can establish business and trade exchanges first, and talk about business without talking about any state affairs, what do you think?

When the envoy heard this, he immediately agreed!

Because according to the situation when they came to Jinling, the governance of the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers in Jiangnan was quite effective, and many of the doorways needed to be explored carefully, so if the two sides could establish long-term business and trade contacts under the guise of shop transactions, then it would be much more convenient.

As for letting the Red Turban Army go to Dadu to open shops, whether it will leak the intelligence in Dadu, then it is not something that the envoy needs to worry about at all, and the city defense soldiers and horses of Dadu will naturally arrange these things.

"What the deputy marshal said makes sense, then...... Immediately after returning to the queen mother and the emperor, he prepared to greet the envoy of the handsome. ”

sent away the envoy of Meng Yuan, and afterwards Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han both scoffed at the peace talks of the Yuan Dynasty.

"These Mongols have done a lot of evil, if they agree to these three conditions, it will be absolutely impossible!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"However, it also allows us to establish some businesses in Dadu and probe for some information!" Zhu Han said.

"There are a lot of dangers involved, who should be sent?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little puzzled.

The person who is now in charge of the commercial affairs of the rebel army is their second brother-in-law, Li Zhen.

However, the second brother-in-law Li Zhen is his closest relative, and of course it is impossible to send him to such a dangerous thing in person.

"Actually, there is no need for any special manpower, like Shen Wansan, who is full of businesses all over the world, isn't it okay to use their business names directly?" Zhu Han said.

"Shen Wansan, I almost forgot about them!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Shen Wansan and others, since Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers settled in Jiangnan, they are all doing business honestly, and they have handed over all the power of Suzhou, after all, the few broken guns and knives in their hands are not worth mentioning at all compared to Zhu Yuanzhang's hundred battles, and it is better to be their own businessmen honestly.

Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Shen Wansan and other big businessmen in Suzhou to set up a new joint venture, called Sihai Merchants, which was specially used to sell silk porcelain and other materials from the south of the Yangtze River to Dadu.

As for what kind of food, cotton, cloth and other military supplies, this kind of important materials is strictly limited, and it cannot nourish the enemy's military strength.

All goods are transported by sea, and the control of sea transportation is in the hands of Zhu Han.

In this way, merchants were prevented from smuggling through this channel.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were in Jinling, they quickly knew the information of Dadu.

As for the information that Meng Yuan inquired about in Jiangnan, Zhu Han did not deliberately restrict them.

Because Zhu Han is confident, these methods he implemented in Jiangnan are all Yangmou!

Since it is a conspirator, it is natural that people are not afraid of knowing.

Soon after, Zhu Han implemented a new round of new policies in Jiangnan.

The first priority of this new policy is still to fight the local tyrants and divide the land as the main purpose, and the hidden land in the hands of many local tyrants and landlords in the south of the Yangtze River must all be taken over to the government, and then they will be divided to the common people according to the responsibility of the land system in later generations.

Moreover, although these fields were cultivated by the poor people, they also belonged to the government, so they avoided the encroachment of those powerful gentry.

The second major event is to continue to promote the new Confucian school!

Zhu Han wants to directly open Neo-Confucianism in every county, and set up a new-style official school, which will be an important point in the evaluation of officials' political performance.

The third new policy is to reform the taxation of Jiangnan, abolish the old policy altogether, and implement the apportionment of the land to the mu and the gentry to pay grain in one.

This 'apportionment into the mu' and 'the gentry receive grain as one' can be described as the culminating means of control of the feudal land system.

The reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations was able to accumulate a lot of wealth for the later son Qianlong of the Yongzheng Dynasty was precisely because of this apportionment of the mu and the integrated payment of grain by the gentry, so that the population increased on a large scale, and the powerful landlords could no longer hide their land and pay taxes.

However, as far as Jiangnan is concerned, it is necessary to continue to implement the division of land among local tyrants, and to adopt a new system of the gentry paying grain and apportioning it into the mu, which is a bit complicated.

Except for Zhu Han, no one can really control the overall situation.

Except for Zhu Han, no one has the ability and qualification to personally deal with this matter, so for the land issue in Jiangnan, Zhu Han must personally take action.

As the Pingzhang of Jiangnan Province, Zhu Han set up the Yamen of the Prime Minister of Jiangnan Land Reform Affairs in Jinling, and personally dealt with the land tax burden in Jiangnan.