Chapter 168: Cure Evil with Evil
In fact, at this time, the yield of potatoes has almost spread all over the Ming Dynasty, and Xie Jin began to find a way to fight back......
It's not too late, it's already the end of the war.
It's just that the outcome of the battle will not be as bad as Xie Jin's thoughts.
The position of the crown prince is not so easy to shake, not to mention that the family itself has not made any mistakes, but to say that in the previous supervision of the country, the family also had hard work.
And what about the Han king's lineage?
Yes, first Zhejiang's suppression of the Japanese, then the northern expedition, and then Yangzhou's anti-corruption, Jiaozhi and the national merit, Zhu Zhanqi can be said to have made great achievements.
But the problem is that Zhu Zhanyan is just a great achievement.
In terms of civil politics, Zhu Zhan Yan only put forward two suggestions, the test method and the immediate supplement, and handed it over to the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and asked him to help play it for the old man.
In other words, if you really put it bluntly, Zhu Zhanyan is a military general, and the special identity of the royal family makes people have special expectations.
Maybe Zhu Di has wavered about this, but if you want to store easily, then it is absolutely impossible to just look at this.
However, there is no shortage of smart people in this world, let alone people with hands and eyes.
The Imperial Palace, the Mandarin Palace.
Zhu Gaochi looked at the secret letter in front of him, and only felt a pain in his head.
In the past, he never felt that his subordinates of the East Palace were all wine bags and rice bags, but now it seems that the words that the subordinate officials of the East Palace are all wine bags and rice bags may be a bit excessive, but the first few are definitely the ones.
That's not true.
Jin Youzi and Yang Rong can still see clearly, knowing that they chose themselves early, and Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu are also smart and have almost nothing to say.
Only Xie Jin, Huang Huai and Hu Yan are the only three people, and the whole one is three cerebral palsy!
"You go back and sort it out, sort it out, and send it to your father......
Zhu Gaochi put aside the secret letter in his hand and said to Yang Rong below.
"Yes......"
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Yang Rong has always been a smart person, and he is a smart person among smart people.
If you want to evaluate Yang Rong's life, Zhu Zhanyan is willing to call him the strongest courtier in Yongle and the most perfect ending.
In the first year of Jianwen, Yang Rong was appreciated by Xia Yuanji, and in the same year, he participated in the township test and solved the yuan.
In the second year of Jianwen, Yang Rongzhong was third in the examination and second in the palace examination.
Everyone knows the top three, so they may feel that the second class is not a good result, but in the ancient imperial examination, there were only three people in the first class, that is, the well-known champions, Bangyan and Tanhua, and the first in the second class was called Chuanyu.
Yang Rong is the second in the second class, which means that he has achieved the fifth place in the palace examination.
However, the turning point of Yang Rong's life is not here, but in the fourth year of Jianwen.
That year, Zhu Di was difficult to succeed in attacking Yingtianfu, and just when Zhu Di wanted to enter the palace, Yang Rong stopped in front of his horse and said something that changed his life.
First curb the tomb, first take the position?
Translated, it means: Your Majesty, do you want to worship the tomb of the first emperor when you enter Beijing? Or will he enter the temple first and ascend the throne?
Because of this sentence, Zhu Di let Yang Rong enter the newly established cabinet and started his career through four dynasties.
If Zhu Zhanyan is asked to choose Wenchen to help him, he may choose many people, such as Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, and Xia Yuanji, but if it is in terms of political affairs, the first person he chooses will definitely be Yang Rong.
Yang Rong is a person who is capable, knowledgeable about current affairs, and lucky.
In the twelfth year of Yongle in history, after Zhu Di's northern expedition, Zhu Gaoxu's slanderous remarks angered Zhu Di and imprisoned all the subordinate officials of the East Palace.
Among all the subordinate officials of the East Palace, only Yang Rong survived, not only that, until Zhu Di died in Yumuchuan, Zhu Di thought that Yang Rong was his Zhu Di's person, not a princeling's person.
There is also how Yang Rong and Jin Youzi assisted Zhu Gaochi to ascend the throne after Zhu Di's death, not to mention, most people know.
In addition, Yang Rong's good luck is not only reflected in these two aspects, but even his death is full of luck.
In the fifth year of orthodoxy, Yang Rong died of illness and was not discredited by the Tumubao Change, so that his life in the history books was perfect.
And now Zhu Gaochi also feels that Yang Rong may be his most trustworthy person.
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On the other hand, Zhu Zhanyan, who was in the Wa Kingdom, didn't know that someone was already plotting against him, and he was a little too busy at this time because he was undergoing a "test".
For ah, this Ashikaga Yoshinori has used thirty-six tricks for him.
Looking at the beautiful woman sent by Ashikaga Yoshinori in front of him, Zhu Zhanyan really couldn't cry or laugh.
I have to say that the Wa Kingdom, which has learned a little bit of Han culture, does know the Central Plains better, and it is more familiar in many places.
Let's put it this way, it may not be as high as North Korea, which has frequent exchanges with the Ming Dynasty, but I'm afraid it's comparable.
For example, these beauties he asked people to send, even if they were prejudiced, Zhu Zhanyan still had to admit that Ashikaga Yoshitoshi chose them were really all beauties, at least in the aesthetic point of most Han people.
Secondly, these women are also very particular about their clothing, including Ming clothing, Japanese clothing, and even the clothing of several ethnic minorities in Yunnan.
I have to say that this Ashikaga Yoshiji is indeed attentive.
However, Zhu Zhan's chicken froze twice, but it was limited to that.
Beauty, no one doesn't like it except for the male Kiri, but you score the situation, and you also score people.
Previously, his father said that he would find a Western Regions dancer Zhu Zhanyan for himself, after all, he was only fourteen years old, and he was not required to be able to pee against the wind until he was thirty years old, but at least he couldn't wet his shoes with the wind, right?
If you taste it too early, the damage to the body is very great.
Secondly, what the last envoy of the Japanese Kingdom did is still vivid, Zhu Zhanyan is afraid that as soon as he invited his younger brother out, these beauties in front of him will give him a look.
"Let someone send it back." Zhu Zhanyan smiled and waved his hand.
With the beauty trick, it can be regarded as difficult for Ashikaga Yoshitori, but it seems that the current situation of Ashikaga Yoshinori is really not very good.
"Yes!" Zhu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly drove those women away.
Normally, Zhu Zhanyan was interested in that matter, although Zhu Zhanyan was very firm in the past, but people's reactions were different every time they came to a period.
But now Zhu Zhanyan refused so resolutely, which made Zhu Ling worried.
Could His Royal Highness be ......
However, the current Zhu Ling doesn't have time to think too much, because the current Ming army camp is already a little chaotic.
As the weather completely warmed up, the soldiers of the Ming army, who were already a little anxious because of the armistice, were now even more anxious, but Zhu Zhanyan always stood still, which made them hold back a breath in their hearts and it was difficult to vent.
Especially two days ago, Zheng Heng and Chen Mao left Iwami Silver Mountain with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and after coming here to meet the Ming army led by Zhu Zhanqi, the soldiers were even more anxious.
The soldiers also have their own factions.
For example, the Mu family army brought by Zhu Zhan Yan from Yunnan, and now they have claimed to be Zhu Zhan Yan's pro-army, because the Han Dynasty was in Yunnan.
What's more, what soldier wouldn't want to follow a general who would easily achieve military merit?
In addition to the Mu family army, there are also 3,000 battalions.
They expressed their dissatisfaction with the idea and practice of the Mu family army claiming to be Zhu Zhanyu's pro-army, because Zhu Gaoxu commanded 3,000 battalions before he became a vassal.
In their opinion, the 3,000 battalions have followed the Han king's lineage for the longest time, and they have followed Zhu Zhan's northern expedition to build meritorious service, so they are Zhu Zhan's pro-army.
However, the two sides were at a stalemate at this point, because Mu Jiajun believed that there were many rainforests in Yunnan, and whether it was against Siam or Nanzhang in the future, it would not be a suitable stage for the 3,000 battalions to play.
Moreover, in Mu Jiajun's opinion, the 3,000 battalions during the Northern Expedition were not considered to have made meritorious contributions with Zhu Zhanyu at all, but they followed Zhu Gaoxu to charge into battle several times, and the credit was given to them by Zhu Zhanyan in the incident of capturing Benya.
But there is one point, whether it is the 3,000 battalion or the Mu family army, they are very hostile to the officers and men of the Shenji Battalion and the Fifth Army Battalion, who only joined later.
They will even join forces against these people.
Zhu Zhanyan also knew about this situation, but he couldn't come forward to deal with it.
First, because he is a party to the party, if he stands up to deal with this matter, it will appear that he is weak and self-defeating.
Second, it is actually because the soldiers have been out fighting for too long and their mood has changed.
The reason why he kept his troops standing still and hanging on to Ashikaga Yoshitsu was to make the Japanese kingdom as chaotic as possible, so that the Ming army could better gain an advantage.
It was not that he thought that the Ming army would be weaker than the standing army of the Japanese army, but that in the matter of war, casualties were inevitable.
From the expedition to the present, although there have been a lot of contributions, the Ming army also has 40,000 soldiers turned into a handful of loess, from a living person to a small jar.
However, judging by this momentum, dragging on may also have a less favorable effect.
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Heiankyo, Muromachi.
Ashikaga Yoshinori really didn't want to fight with the Ming saber soldiers, because there were not many people he could call on now, and it would be agricultural time soon after the climate warmed up, and even if enough soldiers were mobilized at that time, I was afraid that he would not be able to confront the Ming army.
In Ashikaga Yoshinori's mind, the best solution was to retire peacefully, but he took the wrong first step, and every subsequent step did not work as well as it should.
"Honorable Ashikaga shogun."
The sound of a voice made Ashikaga Yoshinori startled, and he turned his head to look, and found that it was Emperor Gokomatsu standing behind him.
Looking at the guards who were squeezed to the door in the distance and couldn't enter, and then at the large black hat and helmet outside, Ashikaga Yoshinori narrowed his eyes.
"Your Excellency the Emperor, I don't know what is the important thing to let His Excellency the Emperor come in person?"
"Ashikaga General, I heard that the Ming army has moved, and now it has assembled to the border line of Tajima Seal Province, and at the same time, the treasure fleet of the Ming army has also assembled on the coast."
"I came here to ask, I don't know when Ashikaga Shogun plans to send troops?"
Emperor Gokomatsu's face was full of smiles, but anyone could tell that there was a sharp knife hidden in this smile.
"Your Excellency the Emperor, but the horse is a place where the Southern Dynasty is rebelling in control, and I don't think it's good to send troops at this time."
"But Your Excellency the Emperor doesn't need to worry, as long as the Ming army dares to step through the Tajima Wind United States and enter the feudal kingdoms such as Tango and Tanba, we will definitely send troops! Push back the Ming army! ”
"Then, I'll worry about Ashikaga Shogun." The smile on Emperor Gokomatsu's face was even bigger
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But in the horse world, the Ming army gathered here and swore to send troops.
Standing on the temporary platform, today is the first time that Zhu Zhanyan has changed into the armor that the old man specially asked him to make.
The new armor reflects the sun's rays, making it a little hard to keep your eyes open.
"You should know what you want to do when you gather you here today."
Zhu Zhanyan, who was standing on the platform, spoke a little suddenly, but quickly calmed down the soldiers.
"Previously, in the seventh year of Yongle, I, the son of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Zhanqi, slaughtered the Japanese in Taizhou Mansion and became famous in one fell swoop."
"I don't know how many of you have seen the real Wakos, but if you ask those who have experienced them, they will probably give you an answer, which is that these Wakos don't look like rogues at the very least."
"Since the time of the fight, I have known that the benevolence of our Ming Dynasty is nothing more than the stupidity of giving and asking in the eyes of these Japanese robbers."
"Maybe many people have thought about it, but they haven't asked why I am so resolute in my attitude towards the enemy, and I have committed such heinous tragedies."
"I can't tell you in detail about my journey, but I can tell you a little."
"Why did the Tatars repeatedly invade our Ming border, Chen Jikuo repeatedly surrendered and rebelled, the Japanese repeatedly harassed the Ming Sea Frontier, our people were robbed and robbed, and the dead and wounded were killed and wounded, and when our soldiers pressed the border, as soon as their weapons were lost, we had to treat them with benevolence?"
"Obviously, the biggest loss is our Ming Dynasty, and those people who have lost their relatives don't even have the opportunity to bury their relatives, so they can only cry bitterly in front of the well-dressed graves."
"Those people who were robbed were treated as cattle and horses in enemy countries, and they were not treated as human beings at all."
"And we! But you will do them mercy!? ”
"After seeing the people of Taizhou Mansion who were plundered by the Japanese State, I understand that wicked people usually do whatever it takes to do evil, and when evil is retributed, they are the most likely to wag their tails and beg for mercy."
"Now, we have advanced to the Tajima border! It's just one step away from the Wa King! ”
"Along the way, we stained the sea with the blood of the enemy! Let the bones of the enemy be like a mountain! There are nearly 500,000 souls in our name! ”
"Now that the Wa Kings are all in sight, we have two choices."
"One, compromise with reality and become the former teacher of benevolence and righteousness!"
"Two, kill it like we did when we first landed on Wajima! Kill the rivers and blood! Kill until the enemy smells the wind and changes! ”
"Tell me, you guys, what do you want to do!?"
Zhu Zhanyan has never been a good hand at mobilizing emotions, and his voice is still in the period of voice change.
However, he did an excellent job of mobilizing the morale of the soldiers.
Because, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a general like him.
(End of chapter)