Chapter 1 Longzhou Zhao Zongshou

"This is the city of Beijing, it doesn't look worse than the city of Nanjing." A person looked up at the city of Beijing at the south gate of Beijing and couldn't help but say.

The man spoke with a slight Southwestern accent.

There are also a few guards with him, but in terms of dress, he has a lot of ethnic minority dress.

This person is Zhao Zongshou, the Tusi of Longzhou.

He came to Beijing because of the influence of the Battle of Hejian on the people of the world.

Because of the speed of news in this era, it has only now spread.

Although many people do not think that Beijing can defeat Nanjing, most people feel that it is not easy for Nanjing to pacify Beijing after the Battle of Hejian.

Just that, for some, it's enough.

Because they are desperate.

For example, this Zhao Zongshou.

The reason why Zhao Zongshou ended up like this is actually related to one person, that is, Chang Mao.

Chang Mao was relegated to Guangxi, that is, to Longzhou. The former Longzhou Tusi, that is, Zhao Zongshou's uncle, did not have a son, and it stands to reason that the position of Tusi should be passed on to Zhao Zongshou, that is, his nephew. But after Chang Mao arrived, he hooked up with Toast's daughter.

usurped the power of the Toast.

Zhao Zongshou endured it, although Chang Mao was degraded, but he was a dignitary and a son of Chang Yuchun. Even if it is degraded, it is not something that Guangxi Toast can move. But since Chang Mao wants to shake the inheritance of Longzhou Toast, he wants to let his woman be Toast.

Zhao Zongshou couldn't bear it.

First, the traditional thinking of toast is the foundation of the Zhao family, how can it be given to outsiders. Even if it is a child born to the daughter of the Zhao family, it is not surnamed Zhao, this is not Zhao Zongshou's own business, it is the Zhao family's clan.

Second, in these traditional struggle thinking in Guangxi, this position of Tusi should have belonged to him Zhao Zongshou, if he didn't fight for it and let others get it, Zhao Zongshou would never have survived. Chop the grass and eradicate the roots.

Originally, Zhao Zongshou thought that Chang Mao was a dragon crossing the river. All kinds of forbearance.

Just wait for this dragon to cross the river, take his cousin back to Nanjing, or go to other places, everyone still has a little affection. But seeing that Chang Mao actually fell in love with the Zhao family's small foundation, Zhao Zongshou had to find a way to resist.

There is also support from Nanjing.

After all, the Chang family supports Zhu Xiongying, not Zhu Yunwen. It just so happened that after Zhu Yunwen came to power, someone hinted at Zhao Zongshou. Zhao Zongshou immediately understood and launched a rebellion, and Chang Mao died in it. Of course, it wasn't Zhao Zongshou who did it himself.

How can you do this kind of thing yourself?

Zhao Zongshou understands very well that Chang Mao is a mess of mud, and it is not something that outsiders can kill.

is anti-normal and arrogant, I don't know how many people I have made a mortal enmity with. There are too many people who are willing to die with Chang Mao. He didn't get his hands dirty, and it can even be said that he couldn't be rescued.

However, he never expected it. Nanjing's response was to punish him heavily.

After all, he met Zhu Yunwen.

The killing of Chang Mao was not what Zhu Yunwen meant, Zhao Zongshou didn't know. After all, with his level, he can't touch Zhu Yunwen. He just listened to the words of the person above, as for who this person above was, Zhao Zongshou didn't understand.

However, Zhu Yunwen loves face and cherishes feathers. I don't know if there are rumors coming out. Or to appease the generals of the Changjia faction in the army.

After all, even if he killed Lan Yu and carried out a major purge of Lan Yu's team, it was unlikely that the Chang faction would be wiped out. After all, the founding of the country, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun can be compared. Although Chang Yuchun died early, there are not a few people who have received his legacy. Sapphire is just one of them.

And killing Lan Yu is a completely different concept from killing Chang Yuchun's descendants.

In fact, many people hate Lan Yu, Chang Mao is Chang Yuchun's son after all, and he is not without some diehards. Probably some people are worried that killing Chang Mao is an expansion of the Lan Yu case, after all, Zhu Xiongying's mother is surnamed Chang.

So, after Zhu Yunwen weighed the pros and cons

, decided to kill Zhao Zongshou to show his attitude.

Another reason for this is the strong suppression of the southwest land by the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, the war of the Ming Dynasty against the Southwest Tusi has continued. Although there is no problem in the overall situation, the army has been used repeatedly. Even in the wild history, Zhu Yunwen fled to the southwest, and this judgment is not without reason. The biggest reason is that during the Battle of Jingnan, there were actually a large number of troops in the southwest that were not used, on the one hand, Zhu Di abandoned everything and went south in a hundred battles. There was simply no time to transfer troops from the southwest.

Secondly, even if the troops are transferred, they may not be able to be transferred, the southwest Tusi has its own ghosts, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the respect for the Ming Dynasty is also quite limited.

This is no longer the case. Since the beginning of Fu Youde's expedition to Yunnan, the Ming armor has been updated under the auspices of He Xi, even if the southwest climate is humid, iron armor, weapons, and steel crossbows are all bad fast, but now the Ming Dynasty has a lot of money on it, enough to use one, throw one, and there are leftovers.

In this case.

The war against the southwest toast was like falling flowers, and the toasts on all sides were trembling. Don't dare to mess around. The imperial court has also been tougher on the actions related to the toast.

In this way, there are pros and cons.

It is advantageous, that is, there are many fewer troops in the southwest. The disadvantage is that the contradiction between Tusi and the imperial court has not been resolved, but has been suppressed.

Zhu Yunwen's handling of the Longzhou incident is a microcosm of this background.

After Zhao Zongshou knew the order of the Nanjing court, he immediately fled from Longzhou and naturally went to the familiar Tusi. It's just that the imperial court is very anxious about his recourse. His relationship with these toasts was based on the premise that he was also a toast, so he became a wanted criminal in the imperial court, and Longzhou Tusi was also replaced. After the affection was exhausted, these toasts would not report him to the court at most, but they would not keep him either.

If nothing happens, Zhao Zongshou can only turn around and flee between the toasts, or give up all incognito from then on. But something changed.

That was the Battle of the River. Look at the book

Before the Battle of Hejian, the Southwest Tusi did not look at Beijing at all, in their opinion, Beijing would be finished if it only lasted a year or two, so what to do with so much?

But the battle between the rivers changed their minds, and many of them seemed to face up to the existence of Beijing, and even more about the existence of Nanjing, and had a little more other thoughts.

After all, the Ming Dynasty overwhelmed the southwest toast, and many toasts were to blame at every turn. Yunnan Mujia, Guangxi Yang Wen, Guizhou Gu Cheng, released are also famous existences.

Their prestige was built on the destruction of many families of the Southwest Tusi.

It is impossible to say that the Southwest Toasts did not harbor grudges. Especially Luchuan toast, Duyun toast and so on. They didn't react to some toast, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't dare.

But in just two years, Zhu Yuanzhang died. This made these toasts breathe a sigh of relief, Zhu Yuanzhang, as long as there was a breath of air, they didn't dare to mess around, and then suddenly found that the Ming Dynasty was split.

This is already good news.

Immediately, there was the defeat of Nanjing, and the transfer of troops from Huguang was even more beneficial to them.

After all, Huguang is the backing of the southwest, and it is not uncommon for Huguang soldiers to directly participate in the operations between Guizhou and Guangxi, and even the Huguang Guard Station has formed a rotation system in the long-term operations in Guangxi.

Huguang's troops have decreased, so that the Southwest Tusi dares to speak with greater confidence.

Therefore, some of these southwest toasts have the heart to wait and see the battlefield in Hebei. There was some contact with the Beijing side, and he participated in the attack on the Nanjing court or something. That's all for later, at least get in touch with each other first and know about each other's existence.

to be able to talk then.

As for who to send?

Southwest Toast didn't dare to be too blatant. After all, the East Window incident happened, maybe Nanjing was guilty, and it was not easy to parry. In this way, Zhao Zongshou appeared among their candidates.

Zhao Zongshou left them and was immediately captured by Nanjing, and he had no other choice.

As for Zhao Zongshou's relationship with Chang Mao's death, and Zhu Xiongying is related to the Chang family, this is for the Southwest Tusi

It doesn't matter, they cooperate with Beijing, before such a big event, what is the life and death of a mere gentleman?

If Zhu Xiongying doesn't even know the importance of this point, then it's just a matter of not doing it.