"Fengtian is difficult."

After reading the whole text, Zhu Laosi muttered it and was very satisfied with these four words.

"Your Highness, you should announce it to the world as soon as possible, in the name of the Zhengyan Army."

Dao Yan, who was on the side, spoke.

The so-called Jingnan is the meaning of 'Qing Jun's side' and 'punishing traitorous ministers'.

In the original historical trajectory, Zhu Laosi played the signboard of Jingjing, which was to define the three people of 'Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng' as traitors in the court, so they wanted to raise troops to kill them and support Sheji.

And this time, Liu Ji was moved out as a target.

In the text, Liu Ji was directly designated as a 'demon Tao', poisoning the emperor and the crown prince, and bewitching the grandson of the imperial eunuch.

This time, there was no mention of Taisun being a demon, and it seems that Zhu Laosi also found that this trick was useless.

………………

Ying Tianfu, the sincerity of the night.

Under the peony flowers, the ghosts are also romantic, and the man is a teenager until he dies.

Liu Bowen was having an in-depth exchange with the concubine to do the nine postures of impeachment acid, and he originally planned to take half an hour in this class, but with the sudden trembling of Old Man Liu, the class ended.

"What's the matter, I suddenly felt like I was being stabbed by something just now."

Old man Liu leaned against the bed, his face looked a little lacking in qi and blood after class, and he hurriedly poured out a pill from a small jade bottle next to his pillow, stuffed it directly into his mouth and swallowed it, this is the pill given to him by His Royal Highness Taisun.

It was with these pills that he was able to stick to the front line of impeachment at the age of eighty-eight.

"Thanks to Your Highness."

Liu Bowen sighed in his heart that he could still exercise at this age.

In this life, I have lived enough.

"Daddy."

At this moment, a voice came from outside the door, it was his son Liu Lian.

Liu Lian knew what his old father was doing, so he didn't dare to shout loudly, but just called softly.

In this day and age, this is all commonplace, and there is no embarrassment between father and son.

Especially in some powerful families, in order to please his father, the son gives his father more filial piety to the beautiful girl.

"Wait for me in the study."

Hearing his son Liu Lian's voice, Liu Bowen got out of bed and got up and dressed under the service of the young concubine.

Liu Lian has always known etiquette, looking for himself so late, there must be something important.

After a stick of incense, the study.

Liu Bowen sat in the right seat, and his son Liu Lian stood beside him.

"Dad, that's the way it is."

Lao Liu's brows furrowed, Liu Lian told Liu Bowen everything he wanted to say just now.

"Reliable sources?"

Lao Liu looked at his son, his brows furrowed.

This is no small matter, and the message must not go wrong.

"Dad, this news is absolutely right, my friend and crown went to Baribhei with his father to do business, which is the capital of the Timurid Empire, and he returned to Daming this time, and the first time he revealed the news to me."

"And the reason why he returned to Daming was also because Timur suddenly ordered to expel all Gentiles."

Liu Lian said in a condensed voice.

When he first got the news, he was also stunned, and it took a long time to react.

"Tell your friend, don't talk nonsense with others about this matter, for the father, I'm going to see His Royal Highness the Taisun."

Liu Bowen took a deep breath.

"Yes."

Liu Lian nodded.

"Timur."

Liu Bowen whispered, if he hadn't heard it from his son Liu Lian, he wouldn't have known that thousands of miles away from the west of the Ming Dynasty, the Timurid Empire was already so powerful.

Because the Timurid Empire had already paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty more than ten years ago, almost all Ming officials thought that it was just a small country.

Taisun Mansion, Stargazing Tower.

Zhu Xiongying had already sent Xia Yuanji back, and by the way, he gave him a few bottles of pills that nourished his heart and replenished qi, this thing exploded his liver day and night, and Zhu Xiongying was afraid that he would die violently one day.

At this time, the archmage was lying on the leisurely chair pondering the sword move of 'Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect'.

Generally speaking, there is no advanced level for such things as sword moves.

For example, the 'flash in the pan' obtained earlier, this sword move was obtained through the cultivation of the sword master.

Therefore, the power of a flash in the pan is directly linked to the degree of cultivation of the sword, and the higher the realm of the sword, the stronger the power of the flash in the pan.

But this move, 'Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect', is different from a flash in the pan, and 'Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect' has the same level as the Imperial Sword Technique and the Great Shifting Technique, etc.

To put it simply, ten thousand swords return to the sect and cultivate to the entry realm, one sword can be divided into ten swords, to the proficient realm, divided into a hundred swords, to reach the proficient realm, and to differentiate a thousand swords, and the small Cheng realm can be transformed into ten thousand swords with one sword......

"Your Highness, Lord Liu is here."

Just as Zhu Xiongying wanted to try this sword move, outside the screen sliding door, Xiaobao's voice came again.

Liu ji?

Zhu Xiongying was a little surprised by this old man's late-night visit.

This old man Liu is different from Xia Yuanji, Xia Yuanji is a well-known workaholic, the strongest liver king in the Ming Dynasty, and the old man Liu is a well-known health master in the Ming Dynasty, with daily foot massage and sleep on time, and even doing exercise is regular and quantitative.

Generally speaking, Lao Liu at this point should be ready to sleep.

"Let him in."

Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth.

After a while, Liu Bowen walked quickly into the stargazing building, and his face looked a little dignified.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Xiongying glanced at Liu Bowen, this old man was an official in the Yuan Dynasty first, and after being hacked by the Yuan Dynasty, he followed Lao Zhu all the way to fight the world, the legendary experience of his life, can be compared with it, the current Ming Dynasty can not find the number of five fingers.

If it weren't for a big deal, this old man would definitely be smiling when he came to see him.

"Your Highness, the old minister just learned about something, and he didn't dare to delay, so he came to see him late at night."

Liu Bowen said in a condensed voice.

Zhu Xiongying didn't speak, waiting for Old Man Liu to continue, and at the same time he was a little curious, what could make Liu Bowen look like this.

"There is definite news that twenty-eight years ago, the Timurid Empire established on the west side of Chagatai Khan, its founding monarch Timur, is about to make an expedition to our Ming Dynasty, claiming to lead an army of 1.8 million and carrying grain and grass for seven years."

Timur?

Zhu Xiongying frowned slightly.

The frown is not because of this 1.8 million army, after all, this thing is all, and the Annan monkey was known as three million before, even counting the newborn dog in the family.

It's just that the name 'Timurid Empire' is a little unfamiliar.

Zhu Xiongying is very familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, but for the surrounding countries, especially those that are far away, some memories have long been lost.

"Your Highness, Timur was born in the Hanzhong region, is a descendant of the Chagatai Mongol nobles, in his early years he was a vassal of the Eastern Chagatai Khan Balhulu, and later with his brother-in-law Herat lord Miri Husin raised an army against the Eastern Chagatai nobles, and divided the river by supporting the puppet Habilsha."

Cha Ertai Khan has a little impression of this term Zhu Xiongying.

After the death of Genghis Khan, the Great Mongol Kingdom was divided in the struggle between Ali Buge and Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, and Genghis Khan's other sons established four khanates: the Golden Horde, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ögedai Khanate, and the Yinli Khanate.

Among them, the Chagatai Khanate, which split into Eastern Chagatai and Western Chagatai twenty years ago.

"In the third year of Hongwu, Timur killed Miri Khusin, called himself the "Great Emir", set the capital of Barihe, established the Timurid Empire, outside the complete domination of the Transoxiana region, Timur began to expand everywhere, between the seventh and eleventh years of Hongwu, Timur attacked the Gatai Khan in the east, and then successively seized Persia and Afghanistan and other places, and then captured the two river basins, Hongwu conquered Khorezm in 21 years, and after 22 years of Hongwu, he attacked the Kipchak Khanate many times, destroyed its capital Salabakr and other places, ruled Armenia and the South Caucasus, Sweeping across the peninsula of Asia Minor. ”

Liu Bowen obviously deliberately recited it before he came, and he said very carefully about the information about this Timur.

These names alone can already make people dizzy when they hear them, but this old man Liu has an extremely standard pronunciation, and he didn't say a word wrong.

After listening to it for a while, Zhu Xiongying finally remembered.

"Who is Lone Dao, it turned out to be this cripple."

Zhu Xiongying remembered that in the west of the early Ming Dynasty, there was indeed a madman, and he forgot what his full name was, but he remembered that he was a cripple.

Now it seems that it is the Timur that Liu Bowen just talked about.

If Zhu Xiongying is not mistaken, Liu Bowen only said part of it.

Because in history, this lame Timur is also called: the butcher of Central Asia.

After dominating Asia Minor, the lame Timur moved the capital to Samarkand, and then he didn't know if it was a mental disorder or something, and the whole person began to go crazy.

First, in order to plunder the rich North Indian region, Timur attacked North India under the pretext that the Delhi Sultanate of India was too tolerant of infidels, and directly slaughtered Delhi, the capital of North India, and the Ganges River was full of the corpses of Asan.

Then he destroyed the Mamluk Dynasty (now Syria), slaughtered Damascus directly, and launched the Angolan campaign three years later, destroying the rising Ottoman Turkish Empire, and capturing the Turkish Sultan Bayezid I on the spot, and even the four former khanates, including Chaltai, Yin'er, and the Golden Horde, were sent to submit to the Timurid Empire.

Judging from the battle record, this lame Timur is definitely a generation of Mengren, and the soldiers are pointing out, attacking everything, quite the legacy of Genghis Khan.

After a series of conquests, the current Timurid Empire reached an unprecedented peak and became the absolute hegemon of Central Asia, forming a huge empire from North India in the east, Asia Minor in the west, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf in the south, and the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea in the north, with a land area of an astonishing 5 million square kilometers.

And in the middle of history.

The lame Timur, who had already killed the countries of Central and Western Asia and did not even know his mother, suddenly stopped the pace of slaughter at the beginning of the 14th century and turned his attention to the Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles away in the east.

The reason for this is simple.

What is the origin of Timur, the cripple? Is it really a descendant of Genghis Khan?

Truth be told, the devil knows.

After all, the big-eared Liu Xuande also said that he was the king of Zhongshan Jing when he opened his mouth every time, and Timur was similar, saying that he was the descendant of the great Genghis Khan.

One of Genghis Khan's lifelong aspirations was to conquer the Central Plains established by the Han Chinese.

Although Kublai Khan did this, now Kublai Khan's descendants have failed again.

Therefore, the lame Timur felt that his glory had arrived, and he wanted to revive the majesty of Genghis Khan's descendants and conquer the Ming Dynasty.

I don't know if it was because I killed too many people and was punished by God, the lame Timur in the original historical trajectory died suddenly on the way to the Ming Dynasty, so hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops returned the same way halfway.

Time, it seems, is years ahead. ’

If Zhu Xiongying is not mistaken, Timur's expedition to the Ming Dynasty should have been in the second year of Yongle, that is, the second year after Zhu Laosi's successful accession to the throne.

Zhu Laosi was nervous at that time, after all, he had just rebelled and ascended the throne, and the country had just experienced a chaotic war, and the situation in the court was also unstable.

In order to deal with the threat from the Timurid Empire, Zhu Laosi even held an extremely grand military parade in the west, hoping to deter Timur.

Unfortunately, there is no use for the eggs.

After all, this Timurid Empire is different from small countries such as Annam and Goryeo, and its monarch is an out-and-out mad butcher, and his national strength is comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty.

The expedition of 1.8 million troops is too exaggerated, but 6.7 million troops, there must be some, in the history of Timur to attack India used 800,000 troops, and to destroy the Ottoman Empire 500,000.

"Your Highness, this lame Timur is a generation of heroes, and he should not be underestimated."

Liu Bowen said in a condensed voice. ”

"Lone knows."

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

This lame Timur is indeed somewhat interesting.

In fact, as early as the 20th year of Hongwu, Timur had already paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and in the 28th year of Hongwu, he wrote a letter to Lao Zhu, in which the words were extremely flattering, and the old Zhu and the Ming Dynasty were exaggerated, and the words could be described as shameless.

In addition, Lao Zhu has always had no idea about Central Asia, and he didn't know what kind of country Timur was, but only thought it was a small country.

In fact, the Timurid Empire at that time was no less inferior to the Ming Dynasty in terms of land and national strength.

The reason why the lame Timur chose to pay tribute was to do business and make money from the Ming Dynasty, and the other was to explore the situation in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and prepare for future expeditions.

It can also be seen from this that this lame Timur did not care about the face project, and everything was based on the interests of the hand, which was completely different from the Confucian thinking of the Ming Dynasty's courtesy diplomacy.

In order to expedition to the Ming Dynasty, the lame Timur in history has frequently sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty for many years, and has drawn a military map with extremely detailed details, and the preparation of grain and grass is extremely thorough, with mountains of grain and grass, and countless cattle and sheep.

The purpose of the lame Timur's expedition to the Ming Dynasty was to achieve a strength comparable to that of the Genghis Khan Empire, and the other was to promote the religion in the east, so this battle was called a 'holy war' by the lame Timur.

It can be seen from the title of lame Timur, the 'Iron Sultan', that this is the *** country.

Of course, these are all the results of the endorsement and collation of later generations.

If Zhu Xiongying hadn't come from the soul, when he first heard about this Timurid Empire, he would probably have the same thoughts as Lao Zhu, and he would despise what a broken sentence in his heart.

However, even if Timur starts the expedition now, it will take at least five months from his dispatch to the Ming Dynasty, which is still early.

"You tell Qi Tai to send a letter to King Su in the name of the Ministry of War, and tell him to keep an eye on the border movements."

If the lame Timur wants to attack the Ming Dynasty, if Zhu Xiongying is him, there is only one most appropriate route.

The surprise attack occupied Mongolia, the army went straight into the Hexi Corridor, and then seized the Guanzhong region, holding the land of Shaanxi and Gansu in his hands, and it was best to cooperate with the Northern Yuan to map the Central Plains.

If Timur the Cripple did not die halfway this time, but successfully started an expedition to the Ming Dynasty.

The Su land guarded by Zhu Ao, the king of Su, will be the first battle of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there is another possibility, and the probability is extremely high.

That is, before the cripple Timur's expeditionary force arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and before he even set off, Master Zhu's army had already descended on his capital Samarkand.

"Yes."

Liu Bowen nodded.

"By the way, Your Highness, the old minister still has some doubts."

Then Lao Liu said again, this time his expression was very relaxed, it should be a private matter.

"Ever since the old minister ate the Spirit Valley given by His Highness, he has felt that his body is a little strange."

"Oh?"

Zhu Xiongying stared at Liu Bowen.

His eyes seemed to be able to see through Liu Bowen's body, and in Liu Bowen's dantian, Zhu Xiongying saw a sprout-like spiritual root.

This old man Liu is so old, can he still give birth to spiritual roots?

It seems that the birth rule of the spiritual root can be added: the birth of the spiritual root has no absolute relationship with age, but it may have a certain influence.

"You go back first, and I'll look for you alone after a while."

Zhu Xiongying shook his hand, this is a bottle of 'Condensation Qi Dispersion', which can help increase mana.

He was thinking about one thing right now, too.

This first batch of Ming people who gave birth to spiritual roots, how should they be allowed to cultivate in a systematic way? Do you want to build a cultivation academy? How to define their cultivation level?

Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but think of the Qi cultivation decisions in the Xianxia that he had seen in the past, as well as the definition of cultivation strength in the Qi refining period, foundation building period, Jindan period, etc.

However, in Zhu Xiongying's opinion, this thing is not suitable for his ideal Ming Immortal Dynasty.

The Great Ming Immortal Dynasty that Zhu Xiongying wants to build is definitely not a cultivator who cheats me, and thinks about the cultivation realm of fighting methods and slashing people and grabbing treasures every day.

For lawbreakers who dare to violate the law and discipline in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Master Xiongying adheres to the consistent policy of cracking down hard.

Serve the people and serve the Ming Dynasty.

That's the core purpose.

Stable social order, fairness, justice and openness, the Immortal Dynasty has given you the power and resources to cultivate, and you have to shine for the construction of a beautiful Ming Immortal Dynasty.

In the future Great Ming Immortal Dynasty, Zhu Xiongying's definition of a cultivator is just a job with a higher income and higher status than ordinary people, and they are also under the supervision of the Great Ming Law, or even more strict.

For example, the Qiankun envoy of the Qiankun Prison, and the officials of the various departments of the Heavenly Prison.

And in addition to the definition of how to cultivate and cultivation level, there is another thing that makes Zhu Xiongying also have a headache.

That is, how to improve the mana of the cultivators.

The only way to increase mana now is to eat Linggu as daily rice, and to get an elixir from Zhu Xiongying that can boost mana.

After all, what kind of aura revival, this thing doesn't exist.

Because the cultivation of this world did not originate from natural changes, but from his artificially created by Zhu Xiongying.

'Alas, a bunch of things. ’

Zhu Xiongying's brain hurts, all the structures of the Ming Immortal Dynasty have to be set by him personally, and in this matter, he doesn't even have a staff officer to come up with ideas.

"Your Highness."

At this time, Xiao San and Xiao Shi Hao climbed up to the ninth floor, appeared on the stargazing platform, and stood behind the free chair.

The two of them were the first to eat the Spirit Valley among the Shadow Guards, and they both gave birth to the Spirit Root on the same day, and after fifteen days of long-term consumption of the Spirit Valley, as well as after taking the pill given by Zhu Xiongying.

Both of them have made some progress in their mana.

"Come, rub a fire and show Lonely."

Zhu Xiongying glanced at Xiao San, as early as when the two of them were just born with the spirit root, he had taught the two of them some basic principles of fire spells.

The reason why he taught the fire spell was mainly because of Xiao San, he always felt that this thing was born to play with fire.

"Yes."

Xiao Sanyi raised his hand, and after a few deep breaths, there was a 'rest' sound, and a flame the size of an oil lamp appeared in the palm of his hand.

In this way, Xiao San, as Zhu Xiongying guessed, is indeed suitable for cultivating fire-attribute spells.

And Xiao Shi Hao next to him also tried, but only a little spark sprang up.

"Your Highness, Shi Hao is not good at fire spells, but his physical strength has increased more than ten times in this half a month, and a few days ago, he went with him to hunt a man-eating tiger on the outskirts of the city, Shi Hao did not use a blade, only used his hands to tear it alive."

Xiao San spoke.

Xiao San was also frightened by this incident that day, so much so that after he went back, he told Shi Hao in every possible way that he must not fight with people in the orphanage, he was afraid that Shi Hao would tear people alive without paying attention.

"Tearing the tiger alive?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at Xiao Shi Hao fixedly, this TM is a bit exaggerated.

This kid is only ten years old, if he grows a few more years, won't he be able to lift a mountain with his bare hands?

However, it can also be explained that the increase in Shi Hao's spiritual root after birth is more on the physical body, that is to say, the increase in the spiritual root attribute is not only limited to natural attributes.

"What's the report?"

Zhu Xiongying asked while looking at Xiao Shihao.

Xiao San's eyes under the mask were a little solemn, and he bowed.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you will have to go and see this matter for yourself."

"Hmm."

Zhu Xiongying pulled the air machine, directly took Xiao San and Xiao Shi Hao, and teleported in place.

………………

Mobei, the royal court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

The Great Prime Minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, inside the yurt of the Sea King.

His Royal Highness Wang Baobao, who has already added nine tin and dominated the entire Yuan court, is leisurely soaking his feet, and there are many medicinal materials in it, and the whole yurt is full of surging medicinal fragrance.

The way of health preservation runs through the beginning and the end.

In the matter of health preservation, if Wang Baobao meets Liu Bowen, the two will definitely be able to have a good discussion.

In the huge yurt, in addition to Wang Baobao, there was a middle-aged woman with a gloomy face next to him, who was his sister, Princess Xianqin.

Although he is middle-aged, the charm is still the same, which shows the elegance of his youth.

"Minmin, since you came back to the present, I haven't seen you smile as a brother."

"Zhu Rong's kid who killed a thousand knives is dead, and you don't want to continue to be immersed in the pain of the past."

As soon as he thought of Zhu Zhang, Wang Baobao felt depressed.

It's all this pervert who has made his originally lively and lovely sister into the gloomy appearance she is now.

"Brother, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me."

Guanyin Nu shook his head.

She has been under house arrest by Zhu Fan for more than ten years, and she has long forgotten what happiness is and how to laugh.

At this time, Li Qiufu, a close confidant of Wang Baobao, entered the yurt.

Li Qiufu, who was originally the chief of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was promoted by Wang Baobao as the puppet Yuan Emperor after Wang Baobao abolished Tianbaonu, supported the land and Baonu as the puppet Yuan Emperor, and completely controlled the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

"Prime Minister, the minister has something important to report."

Li Qiufu's face looked excited.

He looked at the Guanyin slave next to him and didn't continue to speak, obviously thinking that he should avoid the Guanyin slave with these words.

However, Guanyin Nu did not mean to leave, she was born in Han since she was a child, grew up in Han land, and has long been accustomed to the life of the Han people.

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Li Qiufu saluted Guanyin Nu and addressed her as a princess.

Originally, according to the etiquette system, the identity of Guanyin slave could only be named the county lord, but the current Yuan Emperor Di Baonu is a puppet, and Wang Baobao is the lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who holds real power.

"Say it."

Wang Baobao obviously didn't care that Guanyinnu heard the secret.

"Yes."

Since Wang Baobao doesn't care anymore, Li Qiufu, as a subordinate, naturally won't scruple about anything.

"Great Prime Minister Qiqi, just a quarter of an hour ago, an envoy came from the west, this envoy claimed to have come from the Iron Empire thousands of miles away, and carried the handwritten letter of the Sultan of the Iron Empire."

Li Qiufu's eyes flashed when he said this.

"Iron Empire?"

Wang Baobao frowned slightly.

In Mongolian, Timur means 'iron'.

Wang Baobao has also heard a lot about this Iron Empire, which has risen in recent years, and knows that the Iron Empire Sultan, who is about the same age as himself, has always claimed to be a descendant of Genghis Khan.

"What are you going to do?"

Wang Baobao said.

The Iron Empire has always been active west of Chagatai Khan, and it can be said that the well water of the Northern Yuan Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty does not interfere with the river water.

"The Iron Empire wants to send a million male soldiers to conquer the Ming Dynasty and wants to form an alliance with us."

Li Qiufu was very excited.

The current Northern Yuan has been beaten back to the nomadic era.

Although he has recovered a little bit over the years, after some recent temptation, Wang Baobao wants to compete with the current Ming Dynasty, and the difficulty is too high.

But Wang Baobao also knows that once the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty subsides, it is inevitable to calm Mobei.

The life-and-death battle between Remnant Yuan and Daming is inevitable.

Wang Baobao has been worried about this for a long time, and he has always wanted to seek allies, but there is no suitable choice.

"Lame Timur."

Wang Baobao whispered.

"Great Prime Minister, if we form an alliance with the Timurid Empire, the revival of the Great Yuan will no longer be a flower moon in the water."

Li Qiufu said excitedly.

Even after eating sand in Mobei for so many years, Li Qiufu had also heard of the strength of the Timurid Empire.