Ying Tianfu, in the imperial palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was having breakfast with Ma Xiuying, and next to him was a letter sent by Zhu Han.

The more I looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, the smile on his face became brighter.

"I went out on a trip to Qiwu, but I found a lot of talents for us."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the letter, "First Wei Chengbo, now Meng Duan...... I know this Meng Duan, an old liar, if we were one step later when we attacked southern Henan, he would have wiped out all the Mengyuan officials in southern Henan, this guy ...... Why haven't I heard his name before? ”

Ma Xiuying is very clear: "You don't know his name, it's because he doesn't belong to any family, and he has done fraud, and the officials in the court don't like him, so they won't let you know Meng Duan's name, but in the harem, many fathers-in-law know his deeds, after all, it's a fun thing to cheat anywhere, not to mention that he deceived the entire southern Henan Province, this legendary story, so that the fathers-in-law in the palace like it very much, and often tell his story." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the big people in the court had big or small families behind them, and they wanted to place their own people in the court, but they never thought of pulling outsiders in.

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After thinking about it, there is only one way.

"Sister, we want to set up a special department, let them be directly under us, responsible for helping the court select outstanding talents."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and said to Ma Xiuying: "The officials in charge of the assessment of the Ministry of Officials are indeed good enough, but they can't be used by us, behind those people, there are more or less shadows of other forces, and we are not very relieved to use them, so I thought about setting up a team to go to various state capitals, and even go deep into the county seats, and write letters to recommend outstanding talents, but ...... Such people are more demanding, and it is very difficult to do. ”

Just one word: difficult.

Faced with the difficulties encountered by Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying didn't know what to do, but she said an answer that was very in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts: "Either ...... Go to Qiwu and ask? ”

"That's what we think too, it's right to find any trouble, but ...... What to do in the future? I'm looking for him when I'm in trouble now, and I'm looking for him when I can't figure it out, but what about in the future? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was very entangled, he looked at Ma Xiuying, and said helplessly: "He is leaving, going to the other side of the ocean to be a prince...... After he's gone, how can I contact him? ”

Zhu Han will not stay in the court all the time, Zhu Yuanzhang has thought about letting him hold an important position in the court, or find a good place for Zhu Han to be a fief next to Yingtianfu, but he doesn't want anything, he just wants to go to Yinzhou, although Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want him to leave, but there is no way.

Zhu Han is a stubborn character, and the eight cows he decided can't get back, Zhu Yuanzhang can't persuade Zhu Han to change his mind, so he can only delay Zhu Han's departure as much as possible.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Han's status is unique, every time he sees Zhu Han, he can always think of the two brothers from childhood to adulthood, and he thinks that if it weren't for Zhu Han's strong persuasion, he might still be begging in a temple, and there would be no current emperor at all.

Ma Xiuying also knew Zhu Han's status in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant to separate the two brothers, mentioning that Zhu Han would leave, Zhu Yuanzhang was very disappointed, she stretched out her hand and shook hands with Zhu Yuanzhang: "In charge, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, Qiwu wants to leave now, and ...... in the future Probably not, not for sure. ”

"Not really...... Let's train the standard well, let's leave our team to him, and the emperor will let him do it in the future. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's backhand and Ma Xiuying's hand shook together, "Let's go to the other side of the ocean with Qiwu to live a fairy life." ”

"It's so beautiful!"

Ma Xiuying rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang, "When the time comes, are you willing to give up this great Ming?" ”

"Why don't you give up?"

Zhu Yuanzhang replied with eloquence, and said to Ma Xiuying: "If there is no Seventh Five, how can there be the current Zhu Yuanzhang?" Our name was taken with his help, and every step we took was helped by him, if it wasn't for us dragging him down, maybe the current emperor would be. ”

In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Han is more suitable to be the emperor, but he doesn't want anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say something more, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it: "Forget it, why are you telling you this?" I'll go back and write to Qiwu first. ”

The content of the letter is mainly the method he has just proposed to help Zhu Yuanzhang select officials.

……

When Zhu Han came to the grassland, Zhu Yuanzhang's letter also arrived in his hands, and after reading the content of the letter, Zhu Han couldn't help laughing.

It seems that Jinyiwei is still inevitably going to appear.

However, for the current Zhu Yuanzhang, the purpose of the establishment of Jinyiwei is not to supervise hundreds of officials, but to help him select officials who can be controlled by him, and now there are many official factions in the Ming Dynasty, which is not what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see, so he wants to establish a new faction for the court, which belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang's faction alone, to ensure that the decree can be issued and carried out unimpeded.

Liu Sanniang was riding a horse on the grassland, and Zhu Han went to the side to reply to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The content is very simple: since it is a selection of officials, why not supervise hundreds of officials?

Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned in the letter that the team of officials selected should have a high cultural quality and have to assume the responsibility of selecting officials, which is completely unnecessary in Zhu Han's view...... Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to ensure that this team is loyal enough to him, and as long as this team does not indiscriminately kill innocents and does not engage in collusion and involvement, there is no need to worry too much.

As for the candidate to command this team, Zhu Han recommended Tang He to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Tang He is Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow villager, he played together to the end, and he was the first person to take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He returned to his hometown in Fengyang after he was crowned king, it can be said that he does not have any faction in the court, and he will be very relieved to use him.

As mentioned in Zhu Yuanzhang's letter, he wanted Zhu Han to help him form a team to select officials...... Zhu Han told Zhu Yuanzhang directly: Don't do it.

Too tired to do it.

At the same time, Zhu Han also said that no matter who is the leader of this team, he will be there to help, but he will not be the leader.

At the end of the letter, Zhu Han also helped Zhu Yuanzhang choose the name of this team: Jinyiwei.

The original intention of the establishment of this Jinyiwei is different from the previous life, and when Zhu Han took the name, he borrowed another allusion: the rich and noble do not return to their hometowns, such as Jinyi traveling at night, so they were named Jinyiwei.

After writing the letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, then sealing it with wax, and handing it to the people around him to let him send the letter away, Zhu Han walked towards Liu Sanniang, who was galloping on the grassland.

Liu Sanniang saw Zhu Han walking towards her, and urged the horse to walk towards Zhu Han: "Husband, I finally came to the grassland, don't you ride a horse to play?" The sky is vast and the sky is like a dome covering the four fields...... It's a great place to ride a horse. ”

"Ride! Of course ride! ”

Zhu Han walked over, grabbed the reins and turned over on the horse, just holding Liu Sanniang in his arms, he whispered in Liu Sanniang's ear: "However, what is the meaning of riding a horse alone?" It's good for two people to be together. ”

In later generations, Zhu Han had heard of 'Ma Zhen', and he also wanted to try it, whether it was comfortable or not right away.

Liu Sanniang noticed that Zhu Han had bad intentions, and looked around uneasily: "Your Highness, don't be like this...... In broad daylight, there are still people around. ”

"It's okay, let's run farther away."

Zhu Hancai didn't care so much, he rode towards the deserted people in the depths of the grassland, and at the same time, he reminded the guards without a trace, asking them not to follow.

Although Zhu Han likes to play, he doesn't want to be seen by others.

Natalie and Sophia saw Zhu Han and Liu Sanniang running away, and they had some expectations in their hearts and wanted to run over together, but Zhou Zhiruo next to them was looking at the two and would never let them follow.

Zhou Zhiruo also wanted to try it, but she was thin-skinned and embarrassed to pass...... If Zhu Han ran over and pulled her on the horse at this time, she would also follow timidly.

……

Yin Licheng!

Before the arrival of Ming reinforcements, Timur ran back to the Western Chagatai Khanate with his men.

If you don't run, you can't do it, I touched my nose outside Yin Licheng, and even two teeth were knocked out, so I didn't knock Yin Licheng down.

This forced Timur to run away.

With a small number of soldiers and horses in his hand, Xu Da was stunned to withstand Timur's artillery attack.

The one who led the reinforcements came was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Li Wenzhong, and when he saw Xu Da, he immediately knelt down on one knee: "Big ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled up by Xu Da: "Bao'er is here, yes, he is getting more and more like a general." ”

Xu Da has always been known for his rigor and strict military discipline, even his son can be commensurate with his position in the barracks, but now he is facing Li Wenzhong, but he has abandoned his insistence, Li Wenzhong did not continue to call Marshal Xu Da, but shouted "Uncle Xu" with a smile.

"Come, let's go into the account."

Xu Da pulled Li Wenzhong into his big tent, Yin Licheng suffered a fierce artillery attack, the house collapsed a lot, and Xu Da in order to deal with Timur's siege, demolished a lot of houses, and used the beams as rolling logs, now the Ming army is helping the people in the city to build houses, in order to avoid the criticism of others, Xu Da gave his house to the people to live temporarily, and he moved to the tent.

Pulling Li Wenzhong into the tent, Xu Da didn't talk nonsense, he said directly to Li Wenzhong: "Timur took advantage of Yin Li's lack of troops to carry out a sneak attack, which made me suffer a loss, but this loss cannot be eaten in vain, we have to retaliate back." ”

Timur's retreat does not count, Xu Da wants to take revenge on himself.

Li Wenzhong understood what Xu Da meant, and he immediately said to Xu Da: "Commander, please command, Wen Zhong will not disgrace his life!" ”

"Okay."

Xu Da pointed to the map and said to Li Wenzhong: "This is the border city of Litai in West Chagatai, after Timur retreats, he will definitely have to rest here, we will be here, give Timur a ruthless blow, but in order to prevent being detected, our actions must be fast, and we must give them a blow before Timur reacts, so that they know that they must pay the price of blood to find trouble with our Ming Dynasty." ”

"Bao'er, you take a break, lead the elite attack, I will lead the follow-up soldiers and horses to follow, you have to make sure that before I arrive, break through one of the gates of Litai."

Li Wenzhong understood what Xu Da meant, and clasped his fists with both hands: "Obey!" ”

"Hmm."

Xu Da couldn't help but remind, "Bao'er, pay attention to safety." ”

Li Wenzhong grinned: "Don't worry, uncle, I know what to do." ”

Xu Da looked at Li Wenzhong's appearance, his heart relaxed a little, Li Wenzhong is also a military general who can fight well in the Ming Dynasty, he took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang under the leadership of Li Zhen, and was accepted by Zhu Yuanzhang as a righteous son At the same time, he also sent Wenchen generals to train him a lot, he has experienced many battlefield trainings, and has become a veteran of a hundred battles on the battlefield, so he Xu Da can rest assured.

It's just that when Li Wenzhong left, Xu Da reminded: "Don't keep thinking about charging ahead, it's inconvenient for you to carry artillery, take more firearms and explosives." ”

"Okay uncle, don't worry."

Li Wenzhong grinned silly, but he was also very determined, waving his hand to say goodbye to Xu Da.

Xu Da said that the soldiers were fast, and they wanted to rush to Litai City before Timur reacted, which sounds very simple in a word, but it is actually very complicated.

As a general, he has to think comprehensively, he can't just do what Xu Da orders, but also take care of more...... What should I do if Timur reacts relatively quickly? Did he plant scouts on the way to Litai City?

Therefore, Li Wenzhong gave him a big detour, between Litai and Yin Li, there is a small kingdom called Qu Xian, their past is now building the city wall in Liaodong, Li Wenzhong went around to Qu Xian, and then set off from Qu Xian, bypassing the nearest line of Yin Li and Litai, and marched from a distance.

In order to be in a hurry, Li Wenzhong only brought 5,000 light horses, and they were riding two horses, and the marching speed was only one word: fast!

He abandoned his baggage, took only weapons and gunpowder, and hurried away.

……

Timur is also a veteran.

After he couldn't attack Yin Licheng for a long time, he decisively threw away the corpse and ran away, and when he fled, he didn't forget to leave scouts on the road.

In Timur's view, Da Ming is not a person who suffers a loss and swallows it in his stomach, Xu Da is not, he is the first military general of the Ming Dynasty, he was blocked in the city for more than half a month, and he will inevitably retaliate after returning to his senses, otherwise his name as the first military general of the Ming Dynasty will be gone?

Therefore, Timur scattered scouts to guard against Xu Da, and also thought that he could take this opportunity to yin Xu Da.

After all, Timur also has to maintain his prestige in front of his subordinates, and if he didn't beat Yin Licheng, his prestige has been damaged, and now he has to find a way to make up for it.

Timur and Xu Da fought openly and secretly in the air, but they didn't think that Li Wenzhong would not take the usual path at all.

That night, Timur was about to go to rest after dealing with things, and asked about the movements of Xu Da, the guards around him, before resting, but the news they got was: Ming reinforcements arrived, but they did not leave Yin Licheng, and seemed to be recuperating.

"When the reinforcements arrive, what kind of recuperation are you going to do?"

Timur scolded, but he racked his brains and couldn't figure out what Xu Da meant.

When it was dawn, Timur couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep groggily.