Chapter 37: King Yan returns

King Yan came with hundreds of cavalry and rode the wind.

In fact, King Yan can come from the waterway, but although it is from north to south, it is against the current. The course of the Songhua River has not been trimmed. There are a lot of rivers, and it's fine when you go downstream. But the time to swim against the current will not work.

It takes someone to pull the fiber.

And with the population density of the Northeast at this time, the population is insufficient, and it is impossible to recruit people. In this way, it is only up to the people on the boat to get off the boat and pull the fiber. It's slow. It's been a long time.

King Yan was very eager for He Xi's arrival.

No, it should be said that King Yan is very eager to seal the wolf Juxu and destroy the Yuan Court.

King Yan also knows that many people are worried about this great achievement. For example, Feng Sheng.

Just because he has this opportunity now doesn't mean he will always have this opportunity. In particular, the death of King Qin, the impact on the entire Ming Dynasty is also within King Yan's thinking.

King Yan also believed that King Qin was not killed by the crown prince.

But this did not eliminate the influence of the death of King Qin. Without him, before the death of King Qin, although it is said that within the Ming court, there were not no contradictions between the vassal king and the center. But this contradiction is an undercurrent, and those who do not pay attention will not notice it at all.

But now it's different.

The death of King Qin was a landmark event, and he put the contradiction between the vassal king and the center in front of everyone. Everyone also knows that Zhu Yuanzhang is always no problem in one day, between father and son. But what about the future?

Chinese have never lacked a sense of the big picture. I don't know how many people will judge the trend of the next ten years or decades from now.

Fall a leaf and know autumn.

The death of King Qin, whether it was done by the crown prince or not, became that leaf. It will be observed and figured out by countless people under a magnifying glass. So as to judge the future trend.

It's like the king of swallows.

It is not right to say that King Yan has not thought about the relationship between the vassal king and the center before. But that wasn't the point of King Yan's thinking, but now it is.

The old man always has to go.

King Yan can't help but think about himself.

On the one hand, he was convinced and supportive of the crown prince. On the other hand, I don't want to become the second king of Qin. Therefore, he was more eager than before to win the battle against the Tartars, and went with his men and horses. Since then, he has never left the grievances and hatreds of the center.

If the center thinks about him again, he is in Mobei and has hundreds of thousands of cavalry in his hand, and he also has bargaining chips with the center.

Therefore, King Yan was very anxious in his heart.

So he abandoned the waterways and rode his horses and galloped in.

He Xi didn't expect that King Yan would come so quickly.

He Xi is also inspecting Changchun's business environment and commodity types. King Yan has already arrived.

Changchun Wei commanded the envoy in the yamen.

King Yan came in a hurry, and when he saw He Xi, he held He Xi's hand and said, "Brother He, don't come to harm." ”

He Xi said: "What can the junior brother do in Beijing, but His Royal Highness, it seems to be vicissitudes. ”

King Yan laughed and said, "It's bitter cold outside, that's what it is. However, a manly man, this is his true nature. ”

He Xi smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness is right. ”

To be honest, the previous King Yan had some of the temperament of a noble son, because he was rich and raised, as a prince, even if Zhu Yuanzhang was thrifty, he was different from ordinary people, and this temperament has always been there.

Now, He Xi didn't see it from King Yan.

His originally delicate face was roughened on the edges. There is a lot of wind and frost between the forehead and eyebrows. King Yan and He Xi are about the same age, and they are both about thirty. But He Xi looked like he was in his twenties.

Of course, this is He Xi's foundation. The pampering of modern life is no worse than that of the prince. It was also him in the rear, and although the case was hard work, there was not much difficulty.

But Yan Wang is different.

Today's King Yan can't tell how old he is. It can only be seen that people are in the prime of life.

It's okay to say thirty years old, forty years old seems to be okay, fifty years old is a little different, he brings a kind of decisive male temperament, what he feels is that he is tough, his strength, and aggressiveness, but he ignores his age.

In He Xi's opinion, such a Yan King has a bit of the demeanor of Ming Chengzu.

Sure enough, this piece of jade is in a difficult place, and it has been polished little by little.

King Yan and He Xi sat down. King Yan said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. You're finally here. To tell the truth, in the first half of the year, the eldest brother of the prince was in Beijing and supported me in the war against Yuan, and I did not move for a long time, although there were reasons for insufficient preparation, but in fact, I was also worried about poor logistics. Thousands of miles of assault, one hit missed, and if you want to come back, you have to rely on logistics. I can only trust you. I'm relieved when you come. Together, you and my brothers will destroy this eclipse. ”

Although He Xi felt that King Yan would wear a high hat for him again, he was still very happy in his heart.

He Xi is self-aware, and the matter of logistics is difficult to handle, but it is very difficult to handle, and it is a test of people's ability. This is also why, Xiao He, the hero of the Han Dynasty, is the first, Li Shanchang, the hero of the Ming Dynasty, is the first, and the three armies are scattered if they have no food. Foot food is still before foot soldiers.

But He Xi knows that there are many candidates to support the logistics of the army in each generation. Not to mention anything else, under Zhu Yuanzhang, there are many people who really want to choose. At least the crown prince's ability in this matter is not under the circumstances. It will even be better than He Xi to do.

Without him, fooling He Xi and fooling the prince are completely two different concepts.

In some things, He Xi knows that he is irreplaceable. But in some things, he can be replaced.

But no matter what, Ming Chengzu's sycophant, even if it is a sycophant, He Xi feels very comfortable.

He Xi said: "Your Highness has won the prize. By the way, Mrs. Sister-in-law, how did you settle in Pennsylvania? It's too dangerous, isn't it? ”

That's right, King Yan brought the whole family with him. And Yanwang's Mansion is not in Changchunwei, but in Binzhouwei, and today's Binzhouwei is simply a wooden village.

King Yan said: "You must always have the hearts of the soldiers, and sooner or later they will have to adapt to such a situation." Don't talk about that. I'm going to play in the second half of this year, or the beginning of next year. How's your preparation over there? ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment, and I have to say that people who do big things are ruthless.

The soldiers under the command of King Yan moved here from Beiping, saying that there were no complaints inside, but He Xi did not believe it.

Opening up the Northeast Plain and going to Mobei to become a vassal is a lot of good things for the country. But for ordinary people and soldiers, there is no point in talking about it. Who doesn't know that the West is sparsely populated. But who is willing to give up the local hukou to support the Great Northwest?

Many policies that benefit the country and the people are a different matter for the people.

Although, the imperial court gave a lot of benefits, and King Yan also gave a lot of benefits below. For example, the captured prisoners of war were enslaved to the soldiers. Giving land to every soldier is almost always based on the verdict. And placing the Yanwang Mansion in Pennsylvania, instead of in Changchunwei, which is the safest, is probably also a consideration.

It's like, King Yan Jing is difficult to raise troops, and takes the main force out of the plug to fight King Ning. The city of Beiping was surrounded by 800,000 southern soldiers. The same is at stake. Did King Yan at that time prepare for the destruction of Beiping City?

People who have achieved great things have a ruthlessness in their hearts.

He Xi said: "I have checked the inventory, and you have sufficient reserves here." The only thing missing is the soldiers. It is enough to transfer 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry into Changchun. This matter, I can discuss with Shen Guogong, this matter, His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince both nodded. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Just ------"

King Yan said, "Just what? ”

He Xi said: "I personally recommend that you wait. ”

King Yan said, "Wait? Why? ”

He Xi said: "From Liaodong to Changchun, it is just a waterway connection. And from Liaodong to Mobei, it is a thousand miles of wasteland. His Royal Highness led an army of 100,000 deep into the barren land, and a battle was decided, I never doubted it. What I suspect is, what happens after the victory? ”

"Your Highness thinks that with the current strength of Beijing, is it capable of providing you with a firm foothold on the grassland?"

It is one thing to defeat the Tartars and destroy them, but it is another thing to maintain a military presence in the steppe for a long time. The consumption of the latter is not known how many times that of the former, and now the production capacity of Beijing's inventory and Liaodong, there is no problem in supplying Yanwang to fight two or three decisive battles in Mobei. But for a long time, it's hard to say.

At least until Liaodong's grain production is fully developed, it is very difficult to say.

Some people died, but not completely......