"Boom-"

There is little frost and snow this winter, and the wax moon is tired of heavy fur......

With a roar, a fortified city in the mountainous area of Guinan was defeated, and tens of thousands of Ming troops poured into the city, kicked off the banner of the rebels, and planted the Ming flag at the same time, announcing the change of ownership of the city.

This day is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the capture of this city is the counterinsurgency army composed of five soldiers and horses, including Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou.

This is Qingyan City, where the rebels are holding on to Guinan, and the capture of this city means that the range of the rebels' movement has been reduced to a thousand miles.

"There is not a lot of rice, it is all old rice, and it seems that the rebels are no longer sustainable."

In the grain depot of Qingyan City, Sun Chuanting rubbed the Chen rice in his hand and explained to Hong Chengchou, Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, and Cao Wenzhao beside him.

Hong Chengchou took a step forward when he heard this, and after glancing at Chen Mi, he said:

"It's a pity that the order of Banzai and His Highness has arrived, otherwise with only our five troops and horses, we will be able to sweep away the rebels at most next summer."

Hong Chengchou's words came out, and the other four people also bowed their heads in agreement.

"After taking Qingyan City, we have a lot of casualties, and now we should first return the casualties, and then wait for the Mubu political envoy of Anshun to lead the troops to change the defense, and then the army can go to aid Liao."

Yang Wenyue opened his mouth and told the facts of the current army.

After successively taking Shuixi City, Zhijin Pass, Anshun Prefecture, Yongning Prefecture, Qingyan City and other places, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses of the five divisions were killed and wounded.

At present, there are only more than 93,000 soldiers and horses in the five divisions, and Qin Liangyu, Sun Yingyuan, Ma Xianglin and other three soldiers and horses are also killed and wounded.

"Three days ago, Governor Zhu, Wang Sanshan, and Mrs. Qin joined forces and took Duyun Mansion, and the leaders of the rebels, An Bangyan and Song Wanhua, fled to Danxing Division and Liudong Division."

"I've heard that they also suffered a lot of casualties." Wu Aheng frowned and spoke, but then Cao Wenzhao denied it:

"It's not that serious, Governor Zhu and they had more than 45,000 soldiers and horses after they joined forces, and they lost 5,000 and took Duyun Mansion."

"Mr. Sun and Mr. Ma in the south also took Dushan Prefecture, but they lost more than 1,000 people."

"According to the news reported by Jinyiwei, the current strength of the rebels is less than 60,000."

After all, Cao Wenzhao is Zhu Youzhen's descendant, and he was the first to know the news of the five soldiers, so his explanation gave everyone a situation that could be better analyzed.

Sun Chuanting threw the old rice in his hand back into the rice bag, patted the rice ash on his hand and then spoke:

"In this way, even if we withdraw our eight troops and horses, Governor Zhu still has nearly 90,000 regular soldiers in his hands."

"In this way, it is estimated that the rebels will be able to be suppressed by the end of next year."

"The reward of the imperial court should be enthroned before we enter the Northern Zhili." Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, obviously very concerned about the court's reward.

The other people didn't say anything when they saw him like this, after all, Hong Chengchou's merits on paper were much better than theirs.

Among the five departments, Hong Chengchou has almost never captured the rebels, and everyone knows that they are tired.

Since the Lu'an Rebellion has been pacified, Hong Chengchou's department has accumulated more than 20,000 beheadings, and compared to him, Sun Chuanting's department, which has fought more, is only more than 16,000 beheadings.

As for the other three, there are even fewer, so if the southwest talks about merit, it must be Zhu Xie's head merit, followed by Hong Chengchou, followed by Sun Chuanting, and finally ranked down one by one.

It is not surprising that the current strength of the various departments, as well as their combat exploits, is enough to jump even four or even five levels.

What's more, now they still need to rush to Liaodong after they arrive in Beizhili and are rewarded and promoted.

Almost everyone knows that the Extravagant Rebellion is just a small fight, and the upcoming battle of Liaodong is the battle in which the Ming Dynasty has accumulated three years of national strength.

If they also have an excellent record in the battle of Liaodong, then it will be a matter of course to enter the six departments and five temples, and even the governors and governors of a province.

Everyone is not stupid, knowing that the reason why the King of Qi transferred them to the battlefield so frequently is because Liaodong really needs generals and soldiers who are proficient in mountain warfare, and secondly, it is about the issue of Jingguan after the end of the battle of Liaodong.

The discord between Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi, and Wenchen is a matter known to the world.

If there is someone who can change the Beijing official, they all believe that Zhu Youzhen will not hesitate to replace his own person in that position.

However, this position will not be too much, because at the moment they are too young, and in the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, it is basically impossible to serve as a scholar and enter the cabinet.

In this way, their position should be the left and right squires.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou was evaluating his opponent in his heart, no matter how he estimated it, he thought that his opponent was Sun Chuanting.

Although Sun Chuanting's soldiers and horses are damaged at the moment, there are still about 30,000, and he Hong Chengchou only has 26,000 left.

As far as soldiers and horses are concerned, he is far inferior to him, and the only thing he can win is merit.

But the question is, Hong Chengchou's own merits and why the number of beheadings are so high, in fact, he knows better than anyone else.

Kill the Prisoner......

"You are ready to raise grain and grass, although this time the army is down the Yangtze River, and then go north to the canal, but the grain and straw needed for the road out of your country still need to be provided by yourself."

Just as Hong Chengchou was weighing, Sun Chuanting suddenly opened his mouth and said:

"I still have 260,000 taels of unused silver in my hand, and if any of your colleagues are short of food and grass, and if they are short of money and food, they can ask me to borrow it."

"Hehe, Your Highness has given a lot of silver, and it hasn't been used up yet." Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng smiled heartily, while Sun Chuanting also smiled bitterly:

"That's ...... too"

After fighting together for more than a year, several people dare not say that they have a good relationship, but it is absolute that they have a tacit understanding in many things.

In addition, Zhu Youzhen did give a lot of silver, so it is normal for the departments not to spend it.

After laughing, the five of them took their leave one after another and went back to their respective barracks to rest.

Qingyan City fought for ten whole days, and everyone was in a tense spirit.

Now that I can finally relax, I naturally rushed to rest.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting also said goodbye to each other, but Cao Wenzhao, who left last, walked out of the grain depot and met his younger brother Cao Wenyao.

Cao Wenyao watched the four Wenchen come out with his own eyes, and naturally saw their respective expressions, so he said to Cao Wenzhao:

"Big brother, I think that Hong Bingbei seems to have something on his mind......"

"In addition to seeking officials, what else can you worry about." Cao Wenzhao explained while taking off his armor, and said at the end:

"It's good to be an official, and only with this mind can you be used by His Highness."

Cao Wenyao helped his eldest brother get off his armor, and by the way, he also said:

"I heard that His Highness is a thief in Henan, if we set off early and go fast, maybe we can meet His Highness in Henan."

"Maybe......" Cao Wenzhao shook his head.

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"Tang King Zhu Shuoxi, with the Tang Wangfu family, celebrate the arrival of the throne of Qi!"

"Sigh the law ......"

At the twenty-fourth, Zhu Youzhen ushered in his thirteenth birthday, and arrived in Nanyang Mansion on his birthday at the same time as the mobilization of troops and horses in various places.

When the wind and snow were strong, Zhu Youzhen and his entourage entered Nanyang County, the government of Nanyang Mansion, and stood at the gate of Tang Wang's Mansion with a hundred horses, and were welcomed by the whole Tang Domain.

Zhu Youzhen, who was riding on horseback, turned over and dismounted, and glanced at the people of the Tang Dynasty in front of him.

I have to say that the lifespan of the Tang Domain may be the most normal among the domains, and therefore, if the current old Tang King is equal to the "thick" character of the Yan Domain.

Zhengde and Jiajing, who are also of the same generation, have long been dusty, but Zhu Shuoxi, the old Tang king, is still alive and well.

Dressed in the prince's regular clothes, even if he is sixty years old, it is not difficult to see the strength of his body.

Behind him are five or six county kings who are in their forties to their thirties, and below them are more than a dozen princes who are mostly teenagers.

The prince is surrounded by the county lord, the county lord, and the clan of more than 100 people.

It is not difficult to see from this that the people of the Tang Domain were not prosperous, and because of the health of the princes of the Tang Domain, most of the sons died before they could survive hereditary.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the prince of Tang is not a descendant, but a concubine......

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the oldest, but very pale county king, and then returned the salute to Zhu Shuoxi and said:

"This is the prince of Tang Wang, right?"

"Uh...... Precisely. Hearing Zhu Youzhen mention Zhu Qiqi, Zhu Shuoxi's face was a little unnatural, and then he turned sideways and said in a very calm tone:

"Yan'er, I haven't come up to see His Royal Highness King Qi yet......"

Seeing his father's instructions, the pale Zhu Qiqi stepped forward very slowly, slowly moved, and said in a weak voice:

"Zhu Qiqi, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi ......"

As far as the character generation is concerned, most of the people here are older than Zhu Youzhen's generation, but they all choose to avoid the character generation to welcome the Qi king, who holds military power.

Zhu Qiqi's weakness is in people's eyes, and Zhu Youzhen also knows what this is.

Maybe many people don't know much about Zhu Qiqi, but if you mention his son, Zhu Yujian, Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid many people will have an impression.

It is now the second year of the Apocalypse, and as early as the fortieth year of Wanli, the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi was in the wind next to the concubine's pillow, and began to hate Zhu Qiqi's father and son.

Later, after the concubine gave birth to her youngest son in the forty-second year of Wanli, she began to bewitch the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi, and Zhu Shuoxi also made up his mind to secretly imprison Zhu Qiqi and his son in the palace's worship department, wanting to starve them to death.

At that time, Zhu Qiqi was thirty-six years old, Zhu Yujian was only twelve years old, and his younger brothers were not very old.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiqi was kind to Zhang Shutang, a petty official in the palace, in his early years, and Zhang Shutang was not grateful, and secretly helped to send some brown rice in private, which saved the lives of Zhu Qiqi's father and son.

Later, Zhu Shuoxi, the king of the old Tang Dynasty, forgot about it, so in the prison cell, Zhu Yujian and his son survived for eight years.

If it weren't for Zhu Youzhen's arrival, maybe they would have been locked up in a prison cell, until eight years later, when Zhu Qiqi was dying and was poisoned by his younger brother, who was eager to attack the throne of Tang Dynasty, in the second year of Chongzhen.

Zhu Qiqi was poisoned, and the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi prepared to seal the son of his concubine as the son, and also wanted to cancel the status of Zhu Yujian's grandson.

As a result, when the local official Chen Qiyu mourned the Tang prince, he warned the old Tang king that the cause of the prince's death was unknown, and he rashly changed the hereditary candidate, maybe the court would blame him in the future.

The old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi was afraid of the Japanese and French investigations, and hurriedly established Zhu Yujian as the "grandson", and the old Tang King also died in the same year, and Zhu Yujian also appeared on the stage of history.

However, in the seventh year of the historical stage, the Qing army besieged the capital, and Zhu Yujian led the troops to the king regardless of the patriarchal law, and was ordered by Chongzhen to take down the gate and go to the high wall of Fengyang.

He was imprisoned for another seven years until he was released on the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the fate of Zhu Qiqi's father and son in their lives is very bumpy.

As a father, Zhu Qijian was imprisoned for 16 years in his 42-year life, and Zhu Yujian, as the eldest son, was imprisoned for 23 years in his 44-year life.

These two fathers and sons can be regarded as fathers and sons with a little ability in the Daming clan at the moment, and Zhu Youzhen's attention to them has also started very early.

From the time when Sun Chuanting went south to take up the post of Bijie Bingbeidao, Zhu Youzhen reminded Sun Chuanting and asked him to come to the Tang Palace.

However, his strength was too weak at that time, and the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi found an excuse to prevaricate Sun Chuanting sent by him.

But the current situation is different, the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi bowed his head, and brought out the hated Zhu Qiqi father and son to welcome Zhu Youzhen's arrival.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen also rarely opened his mouth:

"The prince of Tang is a talent, and he must be able to take on the burden of managing the Tang domain after a hundred years of the old Tang Dynasty."

“……”

Zhu Youzhen said a word, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty looked at him in surprise, and the pale Zhu Qiqi opened his mouth in disbelief, and stopped talking.

Only the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi's face was not good-looking, so he could only smile embarrassedly:

"Hehe, the auspicious words of the king of Qi have been inherited......"

Zhu Youzhen's words are in disguise to say that he remembered Zhu Qiqi, and his memory represents a great meaning.

As we all know, Zhu Youzhen's subordinates have Jinyiwei, and after the Jinyiwei was reorganized, he was responsible for collecting information from all over the world.

In other words, the internal affairs of the Tang Domain, in fact, Zhu Youzhen also knew.

Since he knew, he still had to say this, it was difficult to say whether he was beating the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi.

Thinking about it this way, it is not surprising that the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi's expression is not good-looking.

As for the reason why Zhu Youzhen wanted to do this, the first reason was to cherish his talents, and the second reason was to make Zhu Shuoxi have to find a way to balance the way he wanted his young son to be the king of Tang.

What is this path? Without him, overseas is just a vassal.

Therefore, after the politeness, Zhu Youzhen took hundreds of horsemen and Lu Wenzhao into the Tang Palace, and entered the carrier hall, and sat in the palace with the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi.

"His Royal Highness the Tang King should know about the overseas domain, right? What does His Royal Highness King Tang think of this matter? ”

Sitting in the position, Zhu Youzhen didn't talk too much nonsense, but chose to ask Zhu Shuoxi straight to the point.

After all, on the road of Zhu Youzhen's visit to the kings, there was no temptation for a vassal king to refuse to be divided into a rich land, and to have the soldiers and horses of the vassal state and the right of autonomy.

Their only concern is whether the place they want to divide is rich or not.

Once they are sure that they are rich overseas, they don't need Zhu Youzhen to speak, they will also take the initiative to choose overseas vassals.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that staying in the country is waiting for death.

The two brothers, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao, are obviously determined to abolish the feudal domains in the Ming Dynasty, and if they don't choose to join the feudal domains when they have capital, they will probably face the end of being imprisoned.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Youzhen spoke, Zhu Shuoxi, the old Tang king, also asked the same question as the kings, that is, whether overseas is really so rich.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen's answer is:

"Rich or not, if Your Highness is not at ease, you can send someone close to you in three years to go to the Western Ocean with the imperial ship."

"However, after all, there are only a few rich lands overseas, and most of the areas are still wild lands, so the rich lands must be grabbed by the kings themselves."

"As for how to snatch it? Naturally, it will not be the feudal clans fighting, because both Lone and Banzai will prohibit the feudal clans from fighting overseas. ”

"The so-called snatching is to see how much land each rented soldiers and horses can take."

"For example, the king of Zhou, he has promised that if there is a rich land overseas, he will lease tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and then invite a few battalions to defend the feudal country."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen spoke, the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi frowned.

As a veteran feudal king, it is an indisputable fact that the Zhou domain is the largest feudal domain in the world.

Although Tang Fan is not bad, he is only in the top ten at most, and his position is only in the seventh or eighth place.

If the powerful feudal lords in front of them seized a large amount of rich land, then the other feudal kings and county kings were left with mediocrity and even barbaric lands.

As Zhu Youzhen expected, Zhu Shuoxi also had his own thoughts.

Because there are more than 200 county kings in the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, as long as the county king can afford to rent soldiers and horses with money and move the population, the county king can also be a vassal overseas.

In this way, Zhu Shuoxi started to think.

Although he can't support his young son as the king of Tang, he can use the silver of the Tang Wangfu to lay a big territory for his young son.

But the problem is that he is a little old now, and he is not sure how long he will live.

Therefore, compared with other feudal domains, Zhu Shuoxi also has a concern, that is, how many years will it take for the feudal domain to be settled......

"This is a matter of the domain, if the people are transported from Daming to Tianzhu, how long will it take?"

Zhu Shuoxi asked cautiously, and the object of the inquiry was indeed this place in South Asia.

After all, for the feudal clans, they have the impression that the South Asian Peninsula is a Buddhist country, and they should not be poor.

Regarding his inquiry, Zhu Youzhen also said:

"If you start from Guangdong and go to the east coast of Tianzhu, it will take three months, and it will take three and a half to four months to go to the west coast."

"At present, the Tianjin Huangdian Shipyard of the Imperial Horse Supervisor has been able to manufacture 9,000 merchant ships that sail on the sea, and if these 9,000 merchant ships are changed, they can accommodate 3,000 people."

"The cost of such a ship is only more than 4,000 taels of silver, and in the future, for the trade of the Ming Dynasty, at least hundreds or thousands of ships will be needed."

"Therefore, Your Highness does not have to worry that after the migration, there will not be too many children of the Han family to be transported."

"As long as the territory is conquered, and then the acres of land are distributed, with tens of acres or even 100 acres per person, and grain and farm tools are distributed, even if only 100,000 people are needed, several battalions of soldiers and horses can be formed."

"What's more, there are still a lot of people in the local area, and the population of Tianzhu Land is even more than my Daming."

Zhu Youzhen is painting cakes for Zhu Shuoxi, after all, on paper, the population of the Mughal Empire and the princely states of the Deccan Plateau in the south is indeed more than that of the Ming Dynasty.

However, if Daming is counted as a hidden household, then it will be ......

"At this point of the clan, my Tang Domain is scarce, and I can't let them become commoners to cultivate, but I can promise Your Highness that if overseas is really rich enough to become a domain, then the Tang Domain is willing to move overseas."

"However, if you can really become a vassal, Your Highness must promise to transfer three guards and horses to open up the territory for the Tang Domain."

After all, Zhu Shuoxi did not escape Zhu Youzhen's pie, and he really calculated how many soldiers and horses the Tang Domain's financial resources could support.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "This is natural, after three years, the number of Shangzhi Guards will increase to thirty-six guards." ”

"If it is not enough at that time, it will continue to improve, as long as His Highness can afford to support it, he can transfer as many guards as he wants."

"In that case, then thank Your Highness first." Seeing Zhu Youzhen say this, Zhu Shuoxi got up and gave a return salute, and Zhu Youzhen also stood up in order to make Zhu Shuoxi believe, and said at the same time as returning the salute:

"Lonely is also for Lone to be able to open a Qi country overseas in the future, and His Royal Highness doesn't have to be too loving."

Zhu Youzhen's words are tantamount to blowing up his weakness, but this makes people believe it a little more.

As a vassal king with military power, if Zhu Youzhen does not rebel, it is normal for people to seek a big vassal state in a rich place overseas.

Zhu Shuoxi doesn't believe that there are really selfless saints in the world.

"Hehe, this is a gift list for His Royal Highness, please be sure to accept it......" Zhu Shuoxi smiled and took out a red gift list from his sleeve, and Zhu Youzhen also took it briskly:

"In that case, it's better to be respectful than to obey."

After taking the gift list, he glanced at it, but he didn't want Zhu Shuoxi to be quite willing to give up the capital, and a gift list was worth five or six thousand taels of silver.

Seeing that the other party gave face like this, Zhu Youzhen also said to Zhu Shuoxi:

"After the autumn harvest of the next year, the Lone Society established a lecture in Yanshan, mainly to teach the governance of the feudal kingdom and the march to war."

"In the future, when the kings move overseas, it is inevitable that they will have to learn these things, and if Your Highness is at ease, you can send your grandson and some outstanding sons there."

"Uh...... Hehe, definitely, definitely, it must ......" Zhu Shuoxi's smile froze, and he could only respond awkwardly.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen also nodded and said: "Since the matter has been said, then Gu will rush to Luoyang first, and when the Tang Fan decides to go overseas in the future, he will celebrate with His Royal Highness." ”

"Won't Your Highness stay and rest?" Zhu Shuoxi still wanted to be polite, but seeing that Zhu Youzhen was really leaving, he didn't stay anymore.

It was only after sending Zhu Youzhen out of the Tang Palace, and watching Ti ride away, that he pondered in his heart.

In a conversation just now, Zhu Youzhen visibly mentioned the son and grandson, which means that he himself supports the ancestral system.

In this way, Zhu Shuoxi can no longer imprison Zhu Qiqi and Zhu Yujian's brothers.

As for the so-called Yanshan lecture later, it has a bit of a proton meaning.

At that time, you can send Zhu Qiqi and this department to test the water first, and if it is okay, then send your favorite young son.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shuoxi nodded unconsciously, and then after returning to the carrier hall, he said to the palace governor:

"Order, lift the ban of the prince, return the land that was recovered before, and allocate another three thousand taels of silver to the prince."

"Obey the ......" Changshi was also relieved when he heard that the old Tang King Zhu Shuoxi was going to release Zhu Qiyi's family.

In this way, just the result of Zhu Youzhen's few words, Zhu Qiqi ended his eight-year captivity.

As for Zhu Youzhen himself, he also embarked on the road to Luoyang to find his good third uncle......