At the beginning of August of the twelfth year of Yongle.

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di's Second Northern Expedition ended successfully.

In this battle, he defeated Waramaham, beheaded nearly 60,000 people, and seized countless cattle, sheep, horses, gold and silver.

Arutai Wuliangha and other grassland forces surrendered one after another, and they even respected Zhu Di as the emperor of the Heavenly Khan.

In fact, this suggestion was made by Zhu Zhangui to Arutai.

Otherwise, with Arutai disrupting the logistics line of the Ming Dynasty, he would accompany the cattle and sheep gold and silver, how could the old man let him go so easily.

Of course, this opinion is not made in vain.

Zhu Zhangui received a fee for his opinion from Arutai.

After sealing the Zen in Wolf Juxu Mountain, he was called Tianke Khan, who was the same as Li Shimin, and the old man finally went home satisfied.

As for what will happen to the grassland after the Ming army leaves.

The massacre of the Mahamu herdsmen will have an impact on the grassland, and it is up to the steppe people to consider it themselves.

You can fight as much as you want, if you dare to violate Da Ming under this pretext, Da Ming doesn't dare to guarantee that the tragedy on Mahamu's side will not happen on your head.

"Walking on the Stars"

And on the fifth day of the retreat of the Ming army, the messenger who delivered the good news finally arrived at the side of the Beijing Division.

Early morning.

The warm sunlight shines in the majestic palace.

In the Shang study, Zhu Fatpang and others were having a morning meeting.

Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, stood up with a depressed face and reported the current difficulties of the imperial court.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, it has been raining heavily in the north recently, and the muddy roads have caused a lot of trouble in logistics and transportation, and the consumption is also very huge."

"In addition, the autumn grain has not yet been delivered, and the grain depot of the imperial court is almost empty, not to mention providing the front line now, the Jingshi's own consumption cannot be supplied, if there is a disaster in any place, the household department will not be able to get the food for disaster relief, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will make plans as soon as possible."

Zhu Fatpang sighed when he heard this, waved his hand, and said.

"Try to urge all localities to step up the transportation of autumn grain, and there can be no shortage of grain on the front line, once the front line is out of grain and grass, there will be big trouble."

Xia Yuanji originally wanted to say something more, but when he noticed Zhu Fatpang's tired eyes, he could only nod helplessly and stepped aside.

"Your Highness, this battle can't be fought anymore, now that the north is about to enter winter, plus our logistics line is often attacked by Arutai, if the war continues like this, once it drags on until the heavy snow winter, then the front-line soldiers will be in danger!"

After Xia Yuanji retreated, he was the first to stand up and put forward a proposal to withdraw the troops.

Zhu Chupang glanced at him and shook his head helplessly.

Didn't he want the old man to come back? But the problem is that his words are on the old man's side, just like fart, and they don't work at all.

Some time ago, the army was blocked at the mouth of the Three Gorges, so he wrote to the old man and proposed to withdraw the troops first, and then consider the plan for the northern expedition when he was ready.

As a result, he was scolded by the old man in reply, which made him depressed for several days.

Later, he wrote a letter, but the old man didn't even reply.

What's even more infuriating is that his son doesn't know what's going on.

From the time I went out to the present, I didn't write a letter back, and all the letters I wrote in the past were all lost.

This made Zhu Chupang want Zhu Zhangui to persuade the old man, but he couldn't find anyone.

"Is there any news from the north in the past two days?"

Zhu Fatpang looked at Yang Shiqi, who served as the secretary of the military department.

Yang Shiqi shook his head.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, a few days ago, a message came that there was still a stalemate at the mouth of the Three Gorges, and urged our side to step up the transportation of grain, grass and wounded medicine."

Alas!

Zhu Chubby was even more worried.

Sure enough, as his daughter-in-law said, the people of the old Zhu family are all temperamental.

The old ones can't move, and the little ones don't obey, which is really sad for individuals.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince..."

Just when a group of people were worried about the problem of food and grass and how to persuade the old man to come back, a little eunuch hurriedly rushed in.

"Bastard military machine, are you trespassing, drag me out and beat me to death!"

The little snot who was waiting next to him saw that the eunuch under his command was so ignorant of the rules, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked the little eunuch to drag him out.

Zhu Fatpang didn't care much about this.

There are rules in the palace, and if you don't understand the rules, someone will teach you the rules.

"Spare your life, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spare your life, it was the crown princess who asked the slave to find you, and the princess asked the slave to inform you that the princess is going to give birth, so let you hurry over."

"What!"

Zhu Fatpang, who was bowing his head and preparing to continue the discussion with everyone, jumped up suddenly, ran to the little eunuch in a few steps, let people let go of him, and asked urgently.

"What are you talking about, the princess is about to give birth."

The little eunuch nodded again and again.

"Just now the crown princess and the princess were in the garden, the princess suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain, and the mother-in-law who followed said that she was going to give birth, so the princess asked the slave to come over and quickly inform you to go over."

"Oh my God! It's finally going to be born. ”

Zhu Chupang happily patted his fat legs, turned to Yang Shiqi and said to the six elders: "Let's discuss it today, I have an urgent matter here, and I will talk about it tomorrow." ”

Several of them were princelings, and of course they understood the importance of this matter to the East Palace.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to worry about us, you can hurry over, let's discuss it first."

Zhu Fatpang, who had been anxious to leave, nodded.

"Okay, I'll go over first, you discuss first."

After saying that, a few people who couldn't salute lifted the hem of their clothes, shook off their fat meat, and quickly walked towards Zhu Zhangui's bedroom.

"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl!"

Looking at Zhu Chubby, who was hurriedly walking away, Yang Shiqi muttered in a low voice.

For the royal family, and the first child of the new generation, if it was a boy, it would be the best outcome.

Xia Yuanji said happily when he heard this.

"It's better for a boy or a girl, as long as it's not a twin."

"Poof!"

Xia Yuanji's words almost made several people laugh, and Yang Rong shook his head helplessly and pointed at Xia Yuanji.

"You're a mouth, it's better to take care of it, be careful of getting you into trouble in the future."

"Urgent... Border Emergency! ”

Just as a few people were packing up and preparing to go back to the office, a palace guard and a dusty soldier rushed in.

Hearing that it was an urgent report, everyone's hearts sank, afraid that it was bad news, and they all looked nervously at the soldiers who walked in quickly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

After the two came in, the dusty soldier saw that there was no prince in the house, and asked Yang Shiqi and the others.

"There's something going on over there of the prince, let a few of us deal with state affairs first, is there something going on in the north."

Knowing that the prince was in trouble, the soldier didn't ask much, took out a wooden box from the backpack behind him, handed it to Yang Shiqi, who was the secretary of the military department, and replied loudly at the same time.

"Nothing happened, the war in the north is over, Mahamu was defeated by us, and committed suicide before the battle, and when he set off, the other side had already begun to pack up and prepare to retreat."

"What, the battle was won!"

"It's been withdrawn!"

Several other people who were waiting for the news next to them had a surprised smile on their faces when they heard the soldier's report.

Yang Shiqi quickly opened the box, took out the book inside, and hurriedly watched it.

The other people didn't care about their manners, and they gathered around one by one, and looked at the battle report in Yang Shiqi's hand with their heads touching their heads.

After a while, a relaxed smile appeared on everyone's faces.

Yang Shiqi looked at the few people around him and said with a smile: "We have won this battle, and there will be peace in the north for decades." ”

"Hahaha, great, let's go, hurry up and inform the prince."

"Yes, that's right, the prince has been waiting for this news for a long time, let's go and tell him together!"

A group of people were lively with the battle report, accompanied by little snot, and walked to Zhu Zhangui's bedroom.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhangui lives not far from the East Palace, and it is not the location of the harem, otherwise Yang Shiqi and the others, even if they are accompanied by a little snot, they will not be able to enter.

When a few people arrived, they saw Zhu Fatpang standing at the door of the dormitory, anxiously turning around with his hands behind his back.

The door of the dormitory kept opening, and a famous palace maid carried a hot water basin, anxiously going in and out.

"Why are you here! It hasn't been born yet, and it's not clear to men and women. ”

The anxious Zhu Fatpang saw Yang Shiqi and a few people coming over, thinking that they wanted to know whether the child was male or female.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we have good news."

didn't dare to look in the direction of the dormitory, Yang Shiqi smiled and took out the battle report from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Fatpang.

Zhu Chupang glanced at a few people who deliberately sold the guanzi suspiciously, and reached out to open the battle report in his hand.

"Wow wow, wow..."

But as soon as his hand opened the battle report, before he glanced at the direction of the dormitory behind him, there was a loud baby cry.

"It's raw!"

Zhu Chupang turned around excitedly, looking expectantly in the direction of the door, waiting for his wife to come and tell him the good news he wanted to hear.

Yang Shiqi didn't say much, and they were also looking forward to good news in their hearts.

Once the new generation of children is a boy, the position of the East Palace will be completely stable.

Soon the door of the dormitory opened a crack, and the crown princess Zhang walked out with a happy face.

"Meet the Crown Princess!"

Yang Shiqi and the others hurriedly saluted.

Zhang Shile nodded, and did not blame Yang Shiqi and the others for coming here, but looked at Zhu Chupang with a smile.

"Guess if it's a boy or a girl!"

Although he saw the desired answer from his wife's face, Zhu Chupang still stomped his feet anxiously.

"You hurry up and say what else is selling, you are going to kill me to death before you are satisfied!"

Looking at her husband's anxious appearance, Zhang couldn't help the joy in her heart, and laughed regardless of the princess's demeanor.

"It's a handle, you have a grandson!"

The nervousness on Zhu Fatpang's face instantly turned into a happy laugh.

"Okay, good, great, now the old man, we and Zhan Gui are all relieved."

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, congratulations to the Crown Princess for having the unicorn grandson."

Yang Shiqi and the others also showed smiles on their faces, and they congratulated Zhu Fatpang and Zhang.

"Hahaha, rejoicing and rejoicing!"

Zhu Chupang happily arched his hand at a few people.

"If you have something to talk about, I'll go back and take care of it, by the way, you write a letter to Zhan Gui, tell him the good news, the old man is still waiting, and tell Zhan Gui not to worry, the mother and son are safe."

Zhang was afraid that a few people would disturb his eldest grandson by talking, so he directly stretched out his hand to drive people away.

Zhu Chubby, who was happy with his eldest grandson, was not tired anymore, and returned to the study room with a few people radiantly.

"By the way, what did you just ask me for!"

As soon as he entered the Shang study, Zhu Fatpang seemed to remember that a few people seemed to have something to do with him just now.

Yang Shiqi smiled and pointed to the battle report that Zhu Fatpang was still holding in his hand.

"Oh, you see my memory, I'm happy!"

Zhu Chupang patted his forehead, put away the smile on his face, opened the battle report in his hand with a serious expression, and observed it carefully.

Soon, Zhu Chubby's serious face slowly turned into surprise, and finally turned into a relaxed smile.

The battle was finally over, and he finally didn't have to worry about the affairs of the north anymore.

Carefully put away the battle report in his hand, Zhu Fatpang looked at several people who were very relaxed and sighed: "Today is really a double happiness!" ”

Lu Xin, the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Rites, pinched his goatee, shook his head and said: "And it is also the unicorn annunciation, which is an auspicious omen!" ”

Xia Yuanji looked at Lu Xin and gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Lu is right, we haven't received the good news from the north yet, our Great Emperor Sun rushed over first, it is estimated that he gave us the good news in advance, but unfortunately we can't understand what he said, otherwise we don't need to read this battle report."

"Hahaha..."

The two sang and harmonized, and Zhu Chupang and several other elders laughed out loud.

Soon, two pieces of good news came out of the palace.

The north won a great victory, and His Majesty the Emperor led his troops to defeat Mahamu, completely pacifying the steppe, and he was about to return victoriously in the near future.

The grandson concubine Zhao Ling'er gave birth to a son for the grandson Zhu Zhangui, adding a grandson to the royal family.

At the same time, there is also a news circulating among the people.

It is said that this eldest grandson should be born with great joy, and it is the unicorn in the sky who came down to earth to report the good news.

ps: The follow-up plot of the Northern Expedition will be briefly explained, and the plot of the new section will officially start tomorrow.