Chapter 186: Ding Xian Must Die

Ding Xian's envoys not only wanted to see He Xi, but also wanted to see Zhu Xiongying.

In the letter Ding Xian wrote to He Xi, he politely called He Xi a teacher. He also said that he had strictly followed the teacher's teachings and done a lot of things in Nanjing over the years.

People who don't know really think that Ding Xian was sent to Nanjing by He Xi to go undercover.

However, Ding Xian is indeed very smart.

He guessed a lot of things, which He Xi wanted to do, but was unwilling to do, without him, he was afraid of getting his hands dirty.

A reform is, in essence, a redistribution of social benefits. The new distribution method must be better than the old one. But the problem is that the people who benefit from the old distribution method are too entrenched. And He Xi also understands that the heritage of these people and even the family is still there, no matter how much He Xi suppresses it. In the future, there will be some people who will adapt to the new way of life and soon stand in the middle and upper classes of society again.

It's annoying.

If he does not act ruthlessly, it will be difficult to suppress these opposition forces. But he was ruthless, and many things turned from business to personal vendettas. Got a lot of opponents for yourself.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang is so eloquent, but because he offended some people, what was he hacked later.

Moreover, the inheritance of Chinese civilization has been in charge of the scholar system for a long time. Even He Xi's own disciples, they themselves can be regarded as members of the scholar group.

Things are absolutely done, and many things are very troublesome.

Of course, there is no informality in achieving great things. Laneige was the door and had to be removed. He Xi didn't dare to be ruthless. But now Ding Xian has done these things instead of him.

In He Xi's heart, he was actually very happy.

In the future, he can do what Ding Xian does, just make a choice. What is the choice of ***, willing to support He Xi, support the new academic. He Xi will give ***, not supported.

Then you can't see the unjust, false and wrongful case that Ding Xian did at the beginning.

It's just a pity.

Whatever? He Xi didn't have a place for Ding Xian.

First, Ding Xian himself ruined his character. With Ding Xian, I am not afraid of being bitten by Ding Xian in the future.

Zhu Yunwen used Ding Xian because after he ascended the throne, his team was very small, so he had to choose Ding Xian. But He Xi is different from Zhu Yunwen, He Xi has gone from Liaodong step by step to the present, and there are a large number of people behind him, Yang Shiqi, Tie Xuan, and several others have the talent of the first assistant.

If there is no reform, any one of these people will be able to sit firmly in the position of the first assistant, Ding Xian's so-called talent, which is not enough to see here at all.

In fact, He Xi also has a big problem, that is, balancing his internal strength.

The more you go to the upper floor, the fewer the positions, and it is a question of who you don't give to or not. Where is there a place for Ding Xian.

Second, Ding Xian's reputation has also deteriorated.

After the army took Nanjing, if it wanted to quickly recover the hearts of the people in Nanjing, the best way was nothing else. That is to borrow Ding Xian's head.

In He Xi's opinion, this is Ding Xian's greatest usefulness.

It's just that Ding Xian himself doesn't know yet.

Soon, the letter sent by Ding Xian's envoy to Zhu Xiongying was also approved by Zhu Xiongying.

He Xi took a look, but saw that Ding Xian had conducted a series of in-depth analyses of Zhu Xiongying above.

It's nothing else. is Zhu Xiongying's situation.

Ding Xian first threatened, saying that He Xi would inevitably usurp the throne. There was no place for the emperor in the new law. and gave advice to Zhu Xiongying. It is to let Zhu Xiongying surrender to the ministers of Nanjing.

On behalf of the Nanjing Ministers' Association, he was loyal to Zhu Xiongying.

Resolutely fight against He Xi.

Yunyun.

Zhu Xiongying approved a line of small characters in this letter, whether he said the same to Zhu Yunwen at the beginning.

It's ridiculous.

Zhu Xiongying also hated Ding Xian.

As an emperor, his favorite is naturally loyal ministers. Then this loyal minister is not his own loyal minister. The same problem, what Ding Xian did in Nanjing, Zhu Xiongying also knows.

He was happy that Zhu Yunwen actually used such a person. However, he definitely did not want someone like Ding Xian among his ministers.

As for what Ding Xian said, Zhu Xiongying didn't believe it.

It's that he knows better than Ding Xian the delicate relationship between him and He Xi. But peace is mutually beneficial. There are two disadvantages. That's the two of them.

Together, we're all good.

If it falls out, it will not be a good thing for He Xi or Zhu Xiongying.

Because of this, the struggle between Zhu Xiongying and He Xi is actually very restrained.

Ding Xian was a little smart, but he was mistaken by being smart.

If Ding Xian didn't talk about these people, maybe Zhu Xiongying would have to think about it, but when he said this, he didn't need to think about it at all. The reason is simple.

Compared with the stability and mutual trust between Zhu Xiongying and He Xi, Ding Xian is nothing.

This letter, although Ding Xian thought of a lot of ways, it came to Zhu Xiongying through relatively confidential channels. But I want He Xi not to know, but I think too much.

Perhaps, He Xi doesn't know now, but he will know one day in the future.

At that time, the already weak sense of trust between the two sides will add new cracks. Instead of being like that, why don't you be open and honest now. Let He Xi arrange it.

Ding Xian has come all the way, and it seems that he has chosen the option to maximize his interests at every step, ignoring any rules. Not bound by anything moral, legal, or otherwise. But step by step, he walked his own way to death.

This is true even today.

Although He Xi sentenced Ding Xian to death in his heart. But this is not a given. There's some room for manoeuvre. However, Zhu Xiongying has already turned the letter around. Let He Xi watch it.

He Xi could only watch it.

What to do?

Not only should you consider He Xi's original thoughts, but also Zhu Xiongying's thoughts.

He Xi could only send someone to cross the Yangtze River immediately and give Ji Gang a task. That is to find a way to get Ding Xian's head on the head.

And be quick.

Originally, it seemed to He Xi that it didn't matter when Ding Xian died. But he must now give Zhu Xiongying a response. Zhu Xiongying forwarded this letter to him, which itself represents a kind of trust in He Xi.

He Xi immediately sent Ding Xian's head over, which was also in response to the trust between the monarch and the minister.

It's just that although the people in Nanjing are panicking now, the political order has not collapsed in the end, and Ding Xian is the first assistant in the end, and it is not so easy to kill.

At this time, the last battle in Jiangbei, the Battle of Yangzhou, was about to start. ap.

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Yangzhou is a fortified city.

At that time, Li Tingzhi was stationed here against the Yuan army, and until the fall of the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yangzhou army was still making the final struggle. It is because of the strong city of Yangzhou that the people of the Yuan Dynasty cannot attack it.

Among the rebels at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng's highlight moment was to repel the million-strong army of the Yuan army under Gaoyou City.

Now it's Qi De's turn to guard Yangzhou.

He brought 30,000 people into the city of Yangzhou and mobilized a large number of artillery. The people were even divided into households, men and women were divided into classes than the old and weak, and all the materials in the city were concentrated in the hands of the government.

The purpose is also very simple. That is, to hold Yangzhou at all costs, as long as Yangzhou is held, the enemy can be blocked in the north of the Yangtze River and buy more time for Nanjing.

And his opponent was Ping'an.

Ping An has always been a general by Zhu Xiongying's side, and it can be said that wherever he goes, he will take him wherever he goes.

Ping An has been protecting Zhu Xiongying, except for the real battle, there are almost no achievements. That's not going to work. Zhu Xiongying naturally wants to give Ping An a chance, let Ping An make meritorious contributions, and reward him in the future.

At the same time, it is also hoped that among the senior generals of the army, they will increase their own people.

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The lineup under An's command this time is also very luxurious, there are about 100,000 people, and the forbidden army has 60,000 people, that is, the first army that has been stationed in Beijing, the best equipped and most strictly trained army.

In addition to this, there were artillery-reinforced armies, which were drawn from other armies.

After all, a large amount of artillery is needed to attack the fortified position, and the artillery of the First Army is not much, because the Beijing division is stationed, and it does not need too much artillery. There are enough artillery pieces on the city, but they can't be taken away. Because these guns are just too heavy. And it itself is to protect the Jingshi, and it cannot be mobilized.