Qianqing Palace, Warm Pavilion.

Zhu Yunwen saw Li Jinglong who came in a hurry.

"Jiujiang, come on!"

Seeing that the emperor was so warm and kind, Li Jinglong's heart was even more bottomless.

Pretending to be forced is pretending to be forced, but if he really wants to go to war, he is really panicked!

"Minister Li Jinglong has seen the emperor!"

Li Jinglong honestly knelt on the ground and saluted, but was helped up by Zhu Yunwen himself.

"Jiujiang, you have known me for many years, and now I have one thing that I have to hand over to you!"

Hearing this, Li Jinglong's face turned green.

But His Majesty the Emperor spoke, and he couldn't refuse, so he could only go along and say.

"The emperor has an order, and the ministers will automatically obey it, and they will not give up!"

"Well, what a loyal servant!" Zhu Yunwen praised with a smile, and then handed over the front-line military information.

"That Geng Bingwen humiliated the country, hesitated, and lost the face of the court!"

"I am ready for you to succeed Geng Bingwen, lead an army of 500,000 to the north, exterminate the Yan rebels, and capture Zhu Di, the king of Yan!"

Geng Bingwen: "???"

What?

Let me be in charge?

Still commanding an army of 500,000?

My Nima, isn't this a little sloppy, big brother?

I, Li Jinglong, haven't even fought a battle, and you let me lead an army of 500,000 to go on the expedition?

Li Jinglong's face was almost green, and sweat was already overflowing on his forehead.

But this is an order from His Majesty the Emperor, and even if he is terrified in his heart, he cannot directly refuse.

After thinking for a moment, Li Jinglong considered the wording for a while, and then slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to going on the expedition, the ministers should do their best."

"But the minister's qualifications and merits are insufficient, and it may be difficult to convince the public; Second, the minister is indeed familiar with the art of war, but he has never really led the troops to fight, so I am afraid that he will be entrusted by the emperor! ”

Li Jinglong's words have been said very tactfully!

He almost pointed at Zhu Yunwen's nose and told him, I'm just pretending, you must not take it seriously!

However, Li Jinglong's words fell into Zhu Yunwen's ears, but they became the best proof of his humility and courtesy.

"Jiujiang is really humble!"

"Don't worry, since I have decided to let you be in charge, I will naturally consider everything!"

Zhu Yunwen ordered in high spirits: "I will give you the right to 'act cheaply', you can cut it first and then play, you don't have to report it, so you can suppress those arrogant generals!"

"As for Jiujiang, I have always known that humility is a good thing, but it is not good to be too humble."

Li Jinglong: "!!"

Your uncle!

Can't you understand people?

Is that what Lao Tzu meant?

Big brother, what do you think, let me, a person who has never fought a war, lead an army of 500,000 to the Northern Expedition?

Li Jinglong hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't say anything after all.

Zhu Yunwen has blocked all his roads, he can't have a direct showdown, saying that he is a waste, right?

It doesn't matter if you lose face, but in a sense, it's a big crime to bully the king!

Bully, that's going to be beheaded!

Li Jinglong hesitated for a long time, and could only pinch his nose and admit this errand.

Now, he has no other choice but to drive ducks to the shelves and lead an army of 500,000 to the Northern Expedition!

Zhu Yunwen comforted Li Jinglong again, telling him not to have any scruples and let go of his hands and feet to fight, Li Jinglong could only nod again and again with a calm face, without the slightest joy.

His performance, in the eyes of Zhu Yunwen, is even more of a veteran and serious general!

For a while, Zhu Yunwen felt a lot more at ease.

Li Jinglong, a master of the art of war, plus Qu Neng's father and son, Yang Wen, Wu Gao, these fierce generals, and 500,000 elite troops, how can they beat the 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses of Yan thief Zhu Di, right?

However, just when Zhu Yunwen was complacent, a bad news suddenly came!

Hanlin Bachelor Fang Xiaoru hurriedly walked into the warm pavilion, and Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng also followed, but the faces of the three of them were extremely difficult to see.

"Your Majesty, something happened!"

"Zhu Bai, King of Xiang...... Self-immolation! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yunwen's face changed greatly, and he rushed forward with an arrow step, took the report and read it.

The more I look at it, the more frightened I become, and the more I look at it, the more gloomy my my face becomes.

According to Huang Zicheng's plan, the imperial court forcibly summoned the kings into Beijing to prevent them from responding to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, from raising troops to rebel.

However, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, did not listen, and denied all the charges of intent to rebel, forgery of treasure money, and unauthorized abuse and murder.

But Zhu Bai didn't admit that it was useless, and the imperial army disguised itself as a caravan and unexpectedly surrounded the Xiangwang mansion, preparing to forcibly kill people and take people.

Zhu Bai was shocked and angry when he heard the news, and sighed to the sky: "Alas! I look at the ministers of the previous generation, who were imprisoned when they encountered a violent dynasty, and often committed suicide. As the son of Taizu, my father passed away, I can neither visit the illness nor participate in the funeral, I regret and grieve, what joy is there in this world! Will you be humiliated again today to the slaves? How can I survive like this! ”

"This king, it is the king of Xiang, the king of Bai, the blood of Emperor Gao, how can he be humiliated by the disciples?"

Zhu Bai said that he couldn't stop crying, and after drinking and saying goodbye to his family, Zhu Bai immediately set fire to his palace concubines, and put on the prince's clothes, jumped into the fire with a bow and arrows in his hand, and jumped into the fire with a bow and arrow.

After reading this urgent report, Zhu Yunwen stood completely stunned on the spot, and his eyes were slightly red.

"Uncle Twelve?"

"My Twelfth Uncle!"

Zhu Yunwen was furious to the extreme in an instant, and threw the emergency report in front of Qi Huang Fang and the three of them!

"You ...... These bastards! ”

"I asked you to discuss the crime of the Twelfth Uncle forgery, and I asked you to bring the Twelfth Uncle back to Jingshi, who asked you to force him to death, who is it?"

Zhu Yunwen roared hoarsely, tears faintly running through the corners of his eyes.

He and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, grew up together since childhood, and the blood and family affection coupled with the love of playmates made Zhu Yunwen never have murderous intentions towards this twelfth uncle.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yunwen still values the friendship between these uncles and nephews in his bones, and he never thought of killing them.

The reason why the policy of reducing the feudal state was implemented was only to remove their military power, so as to avoid a situation in which the vassal king supported the army and respected himself, which would bury hidden dangers for the Ming court.

However, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, died, and was forced to burn himself to death by his Zhu Yunwen, how will the people of the world think of him, the new emperor?

As soon as he ascended the throne, he implemented the reduction of the feudal domain, and forced his own uncle to death!

"All the palaces died from Zhu Bai?!"

"You bastards, why are you forcing my Twelfth Uncle to death!"

In the face of His Majesty's reprimand and angry scolding of His Majesty the Emperor, Qi and Huangfang all knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

Where did they think that Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, had such a strong temperament, he would rather self-immolate himself with his family than become a prisoner!

"The ministers are guilty!"

"Guilty?" Zhu Yunwen was furious to the extreme, "You are indeed guilty, I can't wait to kill you to avenge the Twelfth Uncle!" ”

Hearing this, Qi and Huangfang were a little panicked.

Don't you want to exchange your life for your life like this!

Fang Xiaoru stroked the tiger's whiskers and immediately spoke.

"Please mourn the emperor!"

"Right now, it's important to be decent in the court!"

Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, died by self-immolation, which was the first prince to die since the imperial court cut the domain!

"If the imperial court can't give a reasonable explanation, then the vassal kings of the world will be antipathetic because of this, I'm afraid that the world will really be in chaos at that time, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiaoru persuaded bitterly.

The success of these words made Zhu Yunwen a little flustered.

"So what do you want me to do?"

"Xiang Wangbai was convicted of crimes such as attempting rebellion, forging treasure money, and committing murder without permission, resisting the arrest of the imperial court and committing suicide in fear of crime!"

Huang Zicheng hurriedly spoke and gave the solution that the three of them had just agreed upon.

"In addition, because the king of Hunan has no children, the feudal state will be abolished after his death, and he will also be viciously called '戾', so that he can block the mouths of the world!"

"Bastard!"