The sky was cloudy and windy, and the Fengtian Temple was brightly lit. This morning, the court was held in the hall, and as far as the eye could see, there was a court dress of ramie silk.

Red, blue clothes, cranes, peacocks, pigs...... Full of well-dressed beasts.

After the emperor's grandson's southern expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang has been holding court meetings with illness for many days, focusing on logistics work. Whenever there was a major military operation in the imperial court, the governor's office and the military department of the five armies were the most relied on.

However, most of the commanders of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies led their troops to the battle, and the military headquarters suddenly stood up. Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, is not only busy coordinating logistics work every day, but also planning battles from time to time.

After writing the battle plan, he was sent to the palace, which made Zhu Yuanzhang a little speechless. As the founding emperor, there is a group of founding generals below.

This configuration is already the ceiling, and you still need an idea from a scholar to fight Annan? Qi Tai is a person trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, he can't bear to hit this young man, and he just perfunctory every time.

You say reprimand, it's not good. Let's not talk about it, this Qi Tai can't figure it out. The sky is bright, and the pilgrimage begins.

Due to the death of King Qin, the Ministry of Rites took the lead in asking for instructions on the funeral and adding a name to King Qin. Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, the Song system, the prince should drop out of the dynasty for five days after his death, the emperor and the prince below, the palace service system is the same as the funeral of the king of Lu, except for the twelfth day, and the period of service is ...... years" Before he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly interrupted and reprimanded: "The King of Qin has bad morals, and he is innocent of death, and he is also worthy of the court for five days?" The ministers were in an uproar.

I thought that the emperor would be very sad when his son died, but I didn't expect it to be such an attitude. To everyone's surprise, Zhu Yuanzhang not only vetoed the nickname prepared by the Ministry of Rites for King Qin on the spot, but also gave one himself

The nickname of "Sorrow". It's not a good evaluation to be a nickname. In the "Confession Law",

"In the country, when there is trouble, it is said that the people are sad, and in the country, it is said that it is sorrowful, and when it is troubled, it is said that it is sorrowful." Zhu Yuanzhang has already experienced the pain of losing his son three times.

In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, died. In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the crown prince Zhu Biao died. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the newborn emperor's twenty-sixth son, Zhu Nan, died young.

Now, the King of Qin, Zhu Zhang, is dead, or he is still poisoned, Zhu Yuanzhang not only does not show pain, but thinks that the King of Qin Zhu Fan is innocent.

Zhu Yuanzhang counted the ranks of Zhu Zhang's crimes before his death in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces. Unfilial! Lustful and drunk!

There is no way to govern the fiefdom! Wreak havoc on the territory and be angry with the sky! If you don't change after repeated teachings, you won't realize it! Zhu Yuanzhang, who still had a grudge, ordered the scale of King Qin's funeral to be reduced.

"King Qin is deeply guilty, and the Ministry of Rites lowered the funeral specifications to show punishment and warn the kings!" Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as two extremes for the crown prince Zhu Biao and the king of Qin.

He had high hopes for the crown prince Zhu Biao, but was disappointed in the second son Zhu Zhang. It seems that Zhu Fan is not his own son.

In an embarrassing silence, the court meeting ended its planning for the aftermath of King Qin. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang did not forget to add: "Let Princess Qin Guanyin be martyred!" "Wang Baobao's sister has no value after all.

The death of Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, brought the only contribution to the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Yuanzhang set a system on this, and the prince was mourned and dropped out of the dynasty for three days.

The pilgrimage continues. Qi Tai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, reported on the war in Annam and talked at length.

“...... The northern part of Annam is densely forested with high mountains and forests, which is convenient for the defenders to conceal and often harass the invading army with guerrilla attacks. ”

"Even if my army crosses the mountains, it will encounter several turbulent rivers, and then it will have to enter the paddy fields of the Red River Plain, which is easy to be ambushed."

"In the past, the Song army and the Mongol army went south, and they paid a great price for this." Qi Tai's words were foggy, as if he was opposed to continuing the southern expedition.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the throne, and the ministers of the black pressure all stood silently. He raised his eyebrows, judging from years of experience, something may be happening today.

After the report of the military department, Zheng Gongzhi, the superintendent of the imperial history, straightened his clothes, he solemnly came out of the ranks, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial grandson has not done anything in Annan for a long time, please withdraw the army and return to the division to extinguish the war in the southwest!" His words were not very loud, but they were like a thunderbolt, echoing in the Fengtian Temple.

The ministers were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes widened. Especially the subordinate officials of the East Palace, their eyes were full of scorching light.

Someone took the opportunity to attack the emperor's grandson! What a guts! Zhan Shifu's Zhan Shi Xie Jin's eyes fell on Fang Xiaoru, and his anger could not be hidden.

Zheng Gongzhi, the imperial historian who came out to speak, was a student of Fang Xiaoru and his fellow countryman. During this period of time, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng dragged Qi Tai around to do things.

There is also the champion Zhang Xin, who approached the emperor on an errand in the palace and colluded. When the imperial grandson was there, they did not dare to dissuade the southern expedition, but now the imperial grandson is outside the army, but he proposes to withdraw the army!

Isn't this a clear blow to the prestige of the imperial grandson? As soon as Zheng Gongzhi's words fell, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, ushering in a scolding.

"Nonsense!"

"Wang Shilao's expedition and withdrawal of troops back to the division as soon as he connected with the enemy army is no different from surrender? Where is the prestige of the country? ”

"Zheng Gongzhi, thief's ear, please kill him!"

"Your Majesty, Zheng Gongzhi is not dead, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition!" In the Fengtian Temple, there were murderous words.

In particular, Zuo Du Yushi Linghan and others spoke the most intensely. He was originally a Ming iron mouth, and since he took refuge in the emperor's grandson, he has become more and more energetic.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate was killed by Zhu Yunxi, and most of the imperial historians were from the East Palace. There is no need for Li Zhigang and Xie Jin and others to go out at all, the imperial historians will spray directly!

The sound of the tide of attack and shouting and killing instantly drowned out the body of Zheng Gongzhi, the supervising imperial historian who was discussing the withdrawal of the army.

Zheng Gongzhi was attacked very embarrassed, he suddenly thought of something, and shouted: "The situation in Annan is not optimistic!" If you don't withdraw the troops, you will be afraid of losing your division and humiliating the country! ”

"Presumptuous!" The entire Imperial Palace instantly fell silent, and countless people peeked at the angry old emperor on the throne.

Zheng Gongzhi secretly glanced at Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, and involuntarily wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

In the silence, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was cloudy, and he said angrily: "How is it unfavorable? How to lose the teacher and humiliate the country? If you can't tell me what to do, I'll kill you with my own hands! Zheng Gongzhi's heart trembled, his legs were weak, but he still forcibly calmed down, and said hard: "Back to Your Majesty, in the past, Meng Yuan San conquered Annan, and for the first time, he was embarrassed by the heat, and the class teacher returned to ......the court."

"The second Yuan army was attacked by the enemy soldiers again because of the rain in midsummer, and the army was sick and wounded, and when the army retreated, it was pursued by the enemy soldiers, and the army was humiliated by the army."

"When the Yuan army conquered Annam three times, many soldiers were unable to enter due to the epidemic, and they could not conquer Annam in the end, so they were smiling and generous." In history, not only did the Northern Song Dynasty fight Annam, but the Yuan Dynasty also used troops against Annam three times, but all of them ended in failure.

Reading the Northern Song Dynasty is better, although it did not occupy a piece of land, at least killed the prince of Annan, and received a large amount of compensation.

The Yuan Dynasty pulled its crotch, and the dignified Great Yuan Empire, when Kublai Khan was in power at the beginning of the founding of the country, did nothing in the northern part of Annam.

The reason for this is because of the terrain and the weather. The terrain of Annam is long and narrow, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, and more than seventy percent of the territory is mountainous.

In particular, in the northwest, which borders China's Guangxi and Yunnan provinces, there are undulating plateaus in addition to the towering mountains.

The Changshan Mountain Range in the central and western regions, with an altitude of more than 2,500 meters, stretches for more than 1,000 kilometers and runs through the north and south.

Those undulating plateaus are irregularly shaped, and there are almost no roads in the middle of the mountains. The route from Yunnan was a rough and very narrow road.

The area was steep and densely forested, and many places were inaccessible to ordinary troops. It's tough.

The majestic mountains in Annam constitute an impassable barrier. Only a few mountain passes can barely be passed, but the terrain is dangerous and easy to hold.

The Central Plains army came from afar, and it must have been mainly cavalry, and it needed waterways and warships to transport strategic materials.

However, most of the rivers on the border of Guangxi and Yunnan are narrow. And the water depth is not enough, which is not conducive to the passage of large warships.

The depth of the water is about nine meters, and when the water is shallow, it is only two or three meters. Due to the narrowness of the river, passing ships are very vulnerable to ambushes.

The flow of these rivers is not necessarily, sometimes large and sometimes small, and when the flow is small, the river is shallow and can easily be stranded.

In this way, when conquest of Annan, the Central Plains cavalry, which was like a fish in water in the Central Plains, arrived in Annan and fell to Pingyang.

It is difficult to exert your strengths, and it is easy to fall into a situation of being passively beaten, and pay a huge price when fighting. Vietnam's unique geography has also played an important role in modern times.

Let France, the Western power, swallow the bitter fruit of defeat, and let the superpower, the United States, be mired in the Vietnam War. In the period of cold weapons, it is even more difficult to face.

That's why Vietnamese people always like to brag about how awesome their country is. Zheng Gongzhi quoted the lessons of the defeat of the Yuan army and persuaded the imperial court to withdraw its troops.

Fang Xiaoru also came out and said: "Even the once invincible Mongol army has returned with troops against Annam three times, and it may be difficult for our army to get benefits." ”

"The minister thinks that the progress of the front line is not good, and it is better to withdraw the army, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Meng Yuan and insult His Majesty Shengming......" Zhu Yuanzhang's hand trembled, and his face turned blue in an instant.

At this time, Yushi Jingqing came out and retorted: "The army of our dynasty is a hundred battles, and the generals are gathered, but the imperial grandson is here in person, and the morale is high, and it is only a matter of time before he conquers Annan, so how can he say that he has failed?" "Jingqing is the eye of Hongwu for 27 years, and he was encouraged by Zhu Yunxi, the emperor's grandson.

Importantly, he was very confident in the combat power of the Ming army. Jingqing was a native of Shaanxi, and he lived on the border, and often saw the Ming army marching westward and sweeping the desert.

Huang Zicheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, came out of the ranks leisurely and said: "Meng Yuan's expedition to Annan is also led by the prince himself. ”

"A hundred years ago, Kublai Khan's ninth son, the southern king of Zhennan, led an army of 500,000 to the south, ending the loss of the army, Tuhuan was wounded by an arrow, fled in a hurry, Marshal Umar was captured, and the southern expedition was defeated." After that time, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, humiliated the country with his funeral teacher and ordered him not to enter the Hajj for the rest of his life.

Huang Zicheng is of medium stature, his face is a little pale, but the words he said are all heart-wrenching words: "I'm afraid that the emperor's grandson will repeat the disaster of the southern king of Mengyuan Town!" ”

"Nonsense!" Seeing that Huang Zicheng was still going to talk endlessly, Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, who had been listening to the civil officials' cannons, couldn't hold back any longer, and suddenly shouted.

The bosses all went on the expedition, and Wang Bi became the acting speaker of Xungui in Beijing. As soon as he spoke, a group of martial artists immediately jumped out.

Especially Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Jianjia, his voice was the loudest, and he roared in court: "Huang Zicheng wants to trap the prince in injustice!" Your Majesty, please kill Huang Zicheng to calm the world! Even Fu Youde, the prince of Yingguo, came out to support.

These Wenchen are too much, and they don't know how to fight! Listening to their noise, Zhu Yuanzhang only felt exhausted, coughed a few times, and he was half-lying on the throne, like an old man who had run out of oil and withered his lamp.

In the face of the attack of the military ministers, Huang Zicheng did not fight back, returned to the court with a proud face, and secretly exchanged glances with Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai.

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, understood and said: "Your Majesty, the terrain of Annam is dangerous, hindering the communication between the north and the south, even if the southern expeditionary army of our dynasty can overcome difficulties and enter the territory of Annam to attack the city and seize the land, it will never be able to gain a firm foothold for a long time, let alone consolidate the results of the battle, and it will inevitably fail at that time." He said that the military department made a simulation, it was the summer rainy season, the roads in Annam were muddy, and the Ming army advancing south would face difficulties in supplying grain and grass.

As a result, logistical supplies cannot keep up, which makes it extremely difficult to expand the results of the war, and even survival is a problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him coldly, Qi Tai was not afraid, and continued: "The war against Annam will increase the hardship of the people, especially Guangxi and Yunnan, so there will be a group of bandits.

"Once the civil rebellion is big, it will deal a major blow to the imperial court!" Qi Tai and the others were complacent and took turns to play.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned deeply, and he was more and more worried about Zhu Yunxi's situation when they said it. What happened to the war in Annam?

Why didn't the military newspaper come in? Could it be that you are in big trouble? All kinds of thoughts came one after another, and Zhu Yuanzhang was uneasy for a while.

"Report!" At this moment, someone outside the hall shouted. I saw a brocade-clothed guard pass through the layers of guards, quickly entered the hall, knelt at the door of the hall and shouted: "Your Majesty, Annan is a great victory!" The great general Lan Yu used a strategy to conquer the important town of many states! Kill 30,000 enemies and capture 40,000! Hearing the news of Annan, Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to react.

He just held on to the dragon chair, and a smile appeared on his old face: "What a blue jade!" The courtiers spoke one after another.

"Just to lay down the multi-state?"

"Lay down the multi-state, and the next will be fast."

"Yes, the hardest thing for Annan to gnaw is Duobang." At this time, Zheng Gongzhi, the superintendent of the imperial history, came out of the queue and said sharply: "The progress of the southern expedition army is so slow, I am afraid that it will encounter great difficulties!" He still advocated for the withdrawal of troops.

As long as you can hit the imperial grandson, nothing else matters.

"Report! Annam victory! In front of the emperor's grandson, our army won a great victory in Fuliangjiang, slashing more than 28,000 enemies, and beheading Deng Zongji, the general of Annan! After a while, another piece of good news came.

"Report! Annam victory! ”

"The imperial grandson conquered the eastern capital of Annan and captured the great prince of Annan!"

"Report! Xianziguan surrendered without a fight! The emperor's grandson has entered the customs! ”

"Report! The emperor's grandson entered the capital city of Thanh Hoa in Annam, and captured the traitor Hu Jili and his son alive! The good news was sent one by one, and the Jinyi Wei played in turn, like a mailbox that was disconnected, and the email was received after the network.

In fact, Zhu Yunxi had not written a war report at all before. Usually, war reports are sent to the Ministry of War, and then the Ministry of War selects and reports to the emperor.

Zhu Yunxi felt that he was a dignified grandson, how could he report to the Ministry of War? That's why I didn't write it. Even if he reports, the battle report will bypass the military department and be directly reported to the Golden Palace by the Jinyi Guard!

And Zhu Yunxi was worried that Lao Zhu was not in good health and wanted him to rest more. So it was decided to pack the military newspaper together and send it to Beijing.

After learning about the situation of Jingshi, Zhu Yunxi, in order to increase the effect of the show, deliberately asked Jinyiwei to report one by one, which caused the current scene.

Good news came frequently, and the civil and military ministers in the hall couldn't help but look outside the hall. The military department Shangshu Qi Tai and the others stared blankly, their faces full of disbelief.

With a bang, the wat board in Huang Zicheng's hand fell to the ground and almost shattered, but he still didn't know it. Fang Xiaoru, Zheng Gongzhi and others were shocked, and their faces were ugly.

was slapped in the face on the spot, and no one felt good.

"Report! The king conquers the whole territory of Annam! The emperor's grandson invited the class teacher to return to the dynasty! In the end, Ji Gang, who returned to the capital non-stop, personally went to the palace to present the good news.

This good news was written by Zhu Yunxi himself, and it explained in detail Annan's current situation and his own views.

For example, let Min Wang Zhu Yang on the idea of Annan. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally sluggish, suddenly came to his senses.

He carefully read the good news word by word, and said: "Accurate! The emperor's grandson will return to the dynasty immediately! Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect this grandson to be so able to toss.

I thought I was in trouble, but I ended up playing a wave of quick fixes! Putting down the good news, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked like lightning and threw himself into the hundred officials.

"Zheng Gongzhi betrayed the country and confused the public, disturbed the morale of the army, Jinyiwei, dragged him out, and killed him with a cane!" You said that the imperial grandson is not good, and it is difficult to conquer the south, but now the whole territory has been conquered.

Now it's not just a matter of slapping the face, but also being held accountable! Since Zhu Yunxi reformed the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the imperial historians can no longer hear about the rumors and talk nonsense, and they have to be responsible for their own speeches.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree with this provision, how could he restrict Yushi from speaking? At this time, it seems that it is necessary!

At least it will give the emperor an excuse to kill Yushi!