Zhu Gaoxu went to Beijing to contact Li Jinglong, and made great contributions to King Yan's entry into Beijing, all the generals under his command knew about it, and they knew that Huang Ying had helped a lot, and King Yan also promised to let Zhu Gaochu marry Huang Ying.

Now that it seems like this, King Yan simply treats Zhu Gaoxu as a fool.

He thought that marrying Zhang Fu's daughter to Zhu Gaoxu would replace Huang Ying?

His Royal Highness is affectionate, and Huang Ying saved His Highness, which cannot be replaced by Zhang Fu's hundred daughters.

Before everyone dared to speak, Zhu Gaoxu's voice choked: "That day, my father promised me to give me Huang Ying." ”

"I also swore in front of Huang Ying that I would never forget each other."

"He got everything he wanted, and yet a poor little woman who lost her whole family couldn't give me?"

"Why?"

Zhu Gaoxu finally said angrily.

No one around could respond, and the generals looked at me, and I looked at you, all of them were shocked.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't speak, and secretly looked at the generals, as if he was waiting for something.

Finally.

Suddenly, someone said in a deep voice: "The great battle of Jingnan was all won by His Highness, and he made so many meritorious contributions, even a little Zhang Wu and Tan Qing dared to provoke His Highness, and now he doesn't even give a little lady who is kind to His Highness, is King Yan deliberate." ”

The generals turned their heads one after another, but it was the general Chen Wen.

Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed, and he didn't have time to speak.

The big macho man Zhou Hu said angrily: "Special mother, it's better to kill into the Beijing Division, King Yan can be the emperor, and His Royal Highness can't be the emperor?" ”

All the generals changed color in unison, but they didn't expect Zhou Hu, a big fierce man, to speak so explicitly and boldly.

"It's the other way around." Song Meng immediately roared.

"It's the other way around." Chen Wen and Zhou Hu then shouted.

At this time, Wang Bin, Wei Da, Xu Xiang, and Li Yuan had red faces and glared at each other.

Zhu Gaoxu still didn't speak, and his expression seemed to be a little shocked.

But at this time, only three of the seven generals on the scene expressed their position.

But he knew that he couldn't wait too long, and if no one expressed his position after too long, he didn't have to say anything later.

Just when Zhu Gaoxu was about to open his mouth to reprimand Zhou Hu and Song Meng, they were simply lawless.

The eldest Xu Xiang finally said: "The old man obeys the orders of King Gaoyang, but this matter has to be considered in the long run." ”

Wei Da then said: "As long as His Highness says a word, let's call on the brothers to enter the Jingshi." ”

"But at the command of His Highness." Wang Bin knelt down directly.

Then there was an uproar, and the generals knelt down one after another.

Li Yuan, who Zhu Gaoxu cared about the most, also knelt down.

"Brothers, please get up." Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly stepped forward and helped the generals one after another.

When they helped Li Yuan, the two glanced at each other.

Li Yuan immediately said: "King Gaoyang, don't be impulsive, the chance of winning the army now is almost zero." ”

Zhou Hu and Song Meng were immediately unconvinced, and wanted to refute.

"What is General Lee's opinion?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"We have no more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and even if we add Li Xian's cavalry, it's only in our early 6,000s."

"Now hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed inside and outside the Beijing Division, and tens of thousands of henchmen of King Yan are stationed in the Beijing Division, even if we can enter the Beijing Division by surprise, we will not be able to enter the Imperial City."

"Once we can't enter the imperial city in a short time, more than half of the rest of the soldiers and horses will come to encircle and suppress us, even if there is still a small half of the fire watching from the other side, it is unlikely to help us."

Li Yuan's analysis is very clear, now there are many generals in the Yan Wang's army who support Zhu Gaoxu as the crown prince, but Zhu Gaoxu, you suddenly raise troops, everyone will definitely not dare to help casually, you can have a small half of the fire from the other side, and it is good if the two do not help each other.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu understood this truth: "General Li continued. ”

"Why did King Yan succeed?" Li Yuan said: "Because he has territory, time and an excuse to raise troops." ”

"We have nothing now, we can't beat the imperial city, and if we can't kill King Yan, we'll be finished immediately."

"So it's imperative to find a piece of land first, wait for the opportunity, and then find a suitable excuse."

"King Yan ascends the throne, King Gaoyang will be the prince, and after the prince becomes a vassal, there will inevitably be a fief."

Li Yuan said this, and the veteran Xu Xiang also said: "But the time can't be delayed for too long, after a long time, King Yan stabilizes the situation, even if he raises troops again, the chances of victory are not great." ”

"So the general thinks that the most suitable time is within three to five years."

Li Yuan said: "About three years, King Yan needs time to stabilize the rule of the whole country, and the generals of the world can still remember the divine power of His Royal Highness in the Jing Tribulation, beyond this time, it will be really difficult to do." ”

Li Yuan said all the time and territory, and now there is still a lack of a reason to start an army.

"I already have a reason to start an army." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Is this the right time, place, and people in the right place?" ”

The generals were surprised, but they didn't expect Zhu Gaoxu to even find a reason to raise troops.

"What's the reason?" Xu Xiang stared at him with an incredulous expression.

"More on that later." Zhu Gaoxu said quietly.

The time he gave himself was also about three to five years.

Beyond this time, the difficulty of fighting against the entire Ming state apparatus with a feudal domain will increase exponentially.

But within three to five years, it's hard to say, now many places still only recognize Emperor Jianwen, everyone just dare to be angry and dare not speak, and those who are more loyal to Emperor Jianwen are directly thrown into the well or hanged themselves to kill, such as Yunnan Zuobu political envoy, that is, after hearing the news, the hanging beam committed suicide, and his wife immediately committed suicide by throwing herself into the river.

Li Yuan said again at this time: "Even if King Gaoyang has already prepared, I also have three strategies, King Gaoyang may choose to ask King Yan for the title." ”

"The best policy, the fiefdom of Liaodong, can conquer Mongolia in the north and Korea in the east, while fighting, while training soldiers and horses, waiting for the opportunity."

"Zhongce, go to the northwest to pick up Song Sheng, and follow the example of the Tang Dynasty in the west."

"Make a decision, go to the southwest, and continue to exterminate Luchuan on the basis of He Fu before the Jingjing."

These three places are places where you can continue to fight, train soldiers, and raise horses.

As long as you can continue to fight, you can guarantee the strength in your hands.

Of course, the best thing is to go to Liaodong, which is closer to the Central and Yang Dynasty, and King Yan didn't start from here.

But Zhu Gaoxu immediately shook his head: "My father has raised troops from Jingnan in the north, and it is impossible to seal me in Liaodong again, if I guess correctly, it should be the third brother Gao Sui who went to Beiping." ”

"There are only two places, the northwest and the southwest." Li Yuandao: "It's a little farther." ”

Not to mention that it was a little farther, Zhu Gaochu thought to himself, in history, King Yan planned to seal Zhu Gaochu to Yunnan.

"How is Yunnan?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Li Yuan thought for a while: "Yunnan can, and the Mu family has been operating for decades and has more than 100,000 troops, if it can be wooed, it can help." ”

"But if you can occupy Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, you can at least hold half of the country."

"It's all backwood." Chen Wen smiled bitterly.

Li Yuan shook his head: "You can't say that, the local people are fierce, the soldiers are brave, and it can be seen in the Battle of Jingnan that the Weisho army in the northwest is much more difficult to fight than the southern army." ”

King Yan was also very poor in Beiping, and he didn't win the Southern Army the same.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a moment and looked at Li Yuan: "Does General Li know about Fujian and Guangdong?" ”

Li Yuan was stunned and shook his head.

After all, people in this era rarely pay attention to the sea.

"I think General Li can go to Fujian and Guangdong." Zhu Gaoxu said: "The south is near the sea, and in the future, shipping will definitely make a lot of money, and the rice in the south is double-cropped, if the land is hoarded well, there is no need to worry about the grain." ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself, and now that he said it, he didn't need to hide his armpits: "Take 10,000 steps back, if the big thing doesn't happen in the future, we can retreat overseas." ”

"There are many islands overseas, and the larger one is called Xiaoliuqiu (Taiwan), which can live in peace."

The generals were slightly moved, but they didn't expect King Gao Yang to even think of a way out?

Li Yuan didn't expect that Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have a calculation.

Everyone discussed it secretly, and felt that there was still a war in the future, as long as they could fight, they would have soldiers in their hands.

Zhu Gaoxu said as he looked at the generals.

Over the years, the generals have followed him to fight in the east and west, fighting the whole Jingjing, and the brotherhood has been completely established, but now what they are talking about can be described as earth-shattering, and Zhu Gaoxu is not sure that everyone is willing to follow him.

Even if he said it, he certainly didn't regret it.

Fortunately, he has never been defeated in so many battles, and the generals also believe in and support him.

Now when everyone talks about these things, everyone is a little excited and elated.

After the incident, Zhu Gaoxu said slowly: "My father had Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, Huo Zhen and other confidants back then. ”

"Brothers, the same is true, I, Zhu Gaoxu, am the only person who can be trusted in this world."

"Today's matter, I hope everyone will keep it a secret, and when you go out of this door, you won't talk about it in private."

Zhou Hu immediately said: "Your Highness, don't worry, even if your wife and children don't know." ”

The generals nodded.

——

In the middle of August of the 35th year of Hongwu (1402), the family of King Yan and the prince of Beiping came to Beijing successively.

The emperor sent a messenger to order Zhu Gaoxu to return to Beijing again, but his soldiers and horses did not move in the open plain.

At the same time, he received the order to enter Beijing, as well as Geng Xuan, who was stationed in Shanhaiguan.

Zhu Gaoxu got the news and spent a day in Kaiping.

If Geng Xuan wanted to go to Beijing, he would inevitably have to pass through Kaipingwei, and he was really waited for by Zhu Gaoxu to Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan was very polite when he saw Zhu Gaoxu, because after his father Geng Bingwen was defeated, Tan Yuan wanted to humiliate Geng Bingwen, and it was Zhu Gaoxu who tried his best to protect his father's dignity and let Geng's body be brought back.

Geng Zhen mentioned the past and thanked Zhu Gaoxu again and again.

Zhu Gaoxu secretly reminded him that it was best to run away quickly, otherwise it would end badly in the future, but Geng Xuan didn't believe it, and his reaction was not as sharp as Sheng Yong and Ping'an.

In late August, Zhu Di canonized Xu as the queen, and within a few days, Zhu Di was crowned a hero, and the duke, marquis, and uncle were crowned a lot.

The original history Li Yuan was also made an Anping Marquis.

But he took the initiative to ask to follow Zhu Gaoxu, and he didn't even get a marquis.

The original history Xu Xiang was also named Xing Anbo, but this time because he had been following Zhu Gaoxu, he was not named Bo.

In this way, Zhu Gaoxu's subordinates are the same as the original history, and none of them have been named Hou Bo.

In addition, among the heroes of Jingnan, Yao Guangxiao refused to be sealed, but still found a temple to stay, and occasionally went to the court a few times at first, but then simply stopped going.

Yuan Heng pushed it a few times, but the emperor still named him Taichang Temple, rewarding him with crown clothes, saddle horses, Wenqi, treasure money, and mansions, which is basically equivalent to getting an idle job and getting a lot of benefits.

Zhu Di originally wanted Yuan Yi to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but he refused politely, and his brother Yuan Guang also asked for a large amount of silver and treasure money and a mansion, so Ji Gang gained power and became the new commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Jin Zhong is the right attendant of the Ministry of Works.

At this time, among all the heroes, only the emperor's children have not yet entered the seal, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty seem to be waiting for changes here.

At the end of August, another major event happened in Jingshi, Jingqing's intention to kill the emperor was discovered.

Emperor Zhu Di was furious, first sentenced to death, then exterminated his clan, and then from his hometown, turned to climb and dye, called "melon vine copying", the village is a ruin.

The meaning of "melon vine copying" is that in the neighboring township, such as melon vines are involved, even the villagers and friends in Jingqing's hometown have been moldy for eight lifetimes, and they have all been punished.

Zhu Gaosui was shocked and angry when he got the news, the prince still wanted to marry Jing Shu to Zhu Gaosui, but fortunately he was smart and made an excuse, now that he thinks about it, it is really a big pit, and he holds a grudge against the prince in his heart.

One day in early September, Zhu Gaoxu went to the morning court normally.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he rarely went to the early dynasty, and the emperor didn't care about him, because he was not the only one who did not go to the early dynasty, Yao Guangxiao and Yuan Heng were the same, and the third brother Zhu Gaosui was also like this.

Recently, it has been hot, and it is rare for Zhu Gaoxu to get up so early, but when he arrived at Fengtianmen, he found that the civil and military officials of the Beijing Division had basically arrived, and he was still relatively late, even his eldest brother Shizi was there, but the third brother Zhu Gaosui still did not come.

He met his eldest brother first as usual, and the prince also politely said a few words to him.

After turning around, Zhu Gaoxu greeted Qiu Fu first.

Qiu Fu immediately mysteriously pulled Zhu Gaoxu to the side.

Zhu Gaoxu is inexplicably wonderful.

"King Gaoyang can't do this, it's hard to even come to the court, how can he compete for the crown prince?" Qiu Fu said in a low voice.

“。。” Zhu Gaoxu looked left and right, everyone was far away, and hurriedly said: "General Qiu's words are serious, my father has already made a decision about these things, and Gao Xu also supports his eldest brother in his heart." ”

Qiu Fu rolled his eyes and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and he didn't know if he believed it, but now that Fengtianmen is full of people, it is really difficult to talk about this matter in detail, he said helplessly: "King Gaoyang still has to go to the court, and the brothers in the army are all supporting you." ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself, which brothers? Do you mean Zhang Wu, Huo Zhen, Tan Qing, Zhu Neng, Xue Lu, and Wang Cong?

None of King Yan's henchmen and generals supported me.

At this moment, someone in the distance shouted King Gaoyang from afar.

Zhu Gaoxu turned around, and it turned out to be Xu Xiang and Li Yuan.

(End of chapter)