In a compound outside Weizhou, several people are sitting around the stove to keep warm.

Several of them are tall and big, and they look very burly and powerful, not ordinary people.

One of the men muttered while warming himself by roasting the fire: "Fourth, is your brother-in-law reliable?" It's been almost a month, why hasn't there been any definite news yet? ”

The man who was called the fourth child also said helplessly: "How dare I be sure of this? When I left home, Lan Yu's kid was still a skinny little guy like a hemp pole, and he didn't think that he would become a general after a few years.

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Maybe this kid still complains in his heart that I left his sister and brother to join the rebel army! ”

As he spoke, he looked at the man sitting in the middle and said, "Big brother, it's really not okay, let's go out and do it alone, right?" With the skills of our brothers, we may not be worse than others! ”

The eldest brother sitting in the middle shook his head and said, "Go alone, where to do it?" ”

He stretched out his finger and said, "You can't go to the north, the Mongolian Tartar cavalry is too powerful, and if you go, you will be sent to death."

The northwest side is the power of Zhang Wuji, the king of Xiaoming, don't look at his defeat in Henan before, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, the foundation of the Mingjiao is there, as long as he takes a breath, he may be able to pull up a large army next year. ”

Someone proposed: "Then let's go to Jiangnan!" There is a lot of water there, and the cavalry of the Tartars is not easy to unfold and easy to develop! ”

"It's late!" The eldest brother sighed, "It's too late for us to start." Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the richest, and they are occupied by those surnamed Song. Although the leader of Jiangxi has been in chaos recently, there is no place for us.

The White Lotus Sect has been making a lot of trouble in Hubei and Hunan recently, and the White Lotus Holy Maiden has almost killed all the gentry and clans in the two provinces. We can't afford to provoke such a ruthless character.

As for the other provinces, most of them are wild and poor, and the local indigenous forces are too strong. ”

As he spoke, the eldest brother's face was also full of sorrow, and he said: "At the beginning of the year, I planned to recruit some soldiers and horses from the Weizhou territory, fight all the way to the south, and finally occupy Jinling, and use this as the foundation to compete in the world."

But you have also seen the current situation, the surnamed Song occupied Jinling in advance, and even sent Lan Yu to lead more than 100,000 troops to the north, Liu Futong and Guo Zixing were beaten by him without any temper.

Not to mention that we don't have any soldiers and horses in our hands, even if we recruit some soldiers and horses, what can we do.

The blue jade army is there, and it has completely blocked our way south. ”

As he spoke, he sighed, "I don't know why, we always feel that we are living in the shadow of that Song Xuan, and all our plans and plans have been blocked by his advance layout."

This world is very lucky, and he has already accounted for seven points. Now the best way out for the brothers is to be able to hold an official position under him, and it will not be an insult to our ability! ”

These few people who sighed for a long time were naturally Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others.

Just then, there was a knock at the door, and then a young man walked briskly with a smile on his face, holding a letter in his hand.

"Uncle, Lan Yu has replied!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard this, took the letterhead and quickly browsed it.

"Haha!" After reading the letterhead, he laughed loudly: "That Song Xuan is really a bold person, then Guo Zixing is afraid of rejecting us, for fear that we will rob him of his position."

Look at the one in Jinling, who has not yet met, just with a letter of recommendation from Lan Yu, people dare to give a promise to lead an army alone, this courage is really rare in the world! ”

Among several people, Xu Da hesitated: "Big brother, is this reliable?" In case someone tricks us into killing us, we won't be able to fight back at all! ”

When he said this, Chang Yuchun was a little anxious, "What you said, people are sitting in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops under their command, if it weren't for my brother-in-law's recommendation, people would know who we are?"

Not to mention that there is such a relationship as blue jade, even if there is no such thing, the princes of the other side, are they idle and have nothing to do, and they specially trick us into killing and playing? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Okay, don't fight."

Our current situation, to put it mildly, is a lost dog, now thanks to the relationship of Lan Yu, we have a good future, if we don't even have the courage to give it a try, let's just break up! ”

As he spoke, he got up and said, "Don't delay the time, pack up, let's leave for Jinling tonight!" Whether it's a blessing or a curse, you'll know! ”

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When Song Xuan met Zhu Yuanzhang, it was almost the end of the year.

The entire Jinling City is full of lights, and the atmosphere of celebration is everywhere, and the officials who have been busy for a year are also rare to breathe a sigh of relief at this moment.

In the council hall of the Marshal's Mansion, Song Xuan met with the four brothers Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun.

These people are very in line with Song Xuan's perception of generals, all of them are tall and burly, and they have a fierce spirit when they go to that station.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang, Song Xuan paid attention to it, but saw that he had thick eyebrows, big eyes, good facial features, and dignified appearance, which was very different from the shoehorn face portraits that were circulated in later generations.

It can only be said that this Ming Taizu of later generations was really blackened by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"I'll wait, meet the big handsome!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others first bowed down, then hesitated a little, and then knelt down on one knee and bowed again.

Song Xuan smiled: "It doesn't have to be like this, there are not so many mundane things here." After that, just stand and salute! ”

As he spoke, he commanded the sixth child: "Give me a seat!" ”

After a while, several Tsing Yi guards walked in with chairs.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others wanted to excuse themselves, but when they saw that Li Shanchang and others were sitting on the chairs, they didn't refuse, and after thanking them again, they sat down.

To be honest, they are also very curious about the Jinling regime.

Before, under Guo Zixing's command, in order to maintain their majesty, let alone give a seat, even if they were standing, they didn't dare to raise their heads too high.

They originally thought that Song Xuan was sitting on the land of two provinces, with extremely high power and prestige, and he was definitely a very majestic and extremely difficult person to get along with, but they didn't expect to see it today, but it was completely beyond their expectations.

The other party looks very young, behaves very kindly, and is not aggressive at all.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang a little surprised, the superior did not maintain his majesty, how did he manage to make hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces remain loyal, and how did he make the civil and military officials recognize and submit?

Then, very quickly, he understood why.

But seeing that the marshal sitting on the throne did not speak directly to the brothers, but turned his head to look at a military attache on the side.

"Where did we just go?"

The man said: "At the end of the year, the investigation of Tsing Yi Wei has been completed, and a total of 12 officials have been investigated and punished for corruption, bribery, encroachment, and persecution of the people, two of whom are officials of the Ministry of the Interior, and one is an incumbent officer!" ”

Song Xuan nodded, and said, "Kill them all!" ”