"Boom... Boom... Knock ......"

At dusk, with the sound of twilight drums, Zhu Gaoxu also came to the Song State Mansion, and skillfully turned over and dismounted, and handed over the red horse to the brothers of the other hundred households in Yulin Zuowei to take care of.

He walked into the Song Mansion without hindrance, as Zhu Yuanzhang said, although the Ying Mansion did not allow him to enter, the door of the Song Mansion was still open for him.

I just don't know how long this kind of openness can last......

I don't know what mood he had, he walked up the steps step by step and into the courtyard.

Maybe he saw that something was wrong with Zhu Gaoxu, the steward of the Feng Mansion who often talked to him on weekdays was just from a distance, and then walked quickly into the backyard.

Not long after, when Zhu Gaoxu had just walked into the main hall, Feng Sheng and Feng Fuguan walked into the main hall through the ear door in advance, obviously always concerned about Fu Youde's recent situation.

It's a pity that when he saw Zhu Gaoxu's appearance, he sighed knowingly.

"Guogong ......"

Zhu Gaoxu saw Feng Sheng walk out, got up, and then explained his many matters in the Yingguo Mansion and Wuying Hall today.

Zhu Yunwen replied with a smile, not only agreeing to put aside the matter of Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, but even mentioning other marquis.

It is particularly difficult to fight from Hexi to the Western Regions, and it is even more difficult to cross the Western Regions from the river to attack Hexi.

"These 60,000 or 70,000 people eat horses and chew, and I am afraid that the grain consumed in three months will not be less than one million stones, and it is still a question whether they can supply it."

Sitting on the foot, Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his eyes and was thinking about something, while Zhu Yunwen was looking at his nose and nose, but in fact, his attention was on Zhu Yuanzhang.

As for why he has this confidence, he has to thank Zhu Gaoxu......

He escorted Zhu Gaochu out of the Guogong Mansion, and Feng Sheng looked at Zhu Gaoxu's back, with mixed emotions in his eyes.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang like this, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and could only guess the other party's thoughts in his heart to cover it up.

"My grandson thinks that as long as I arrange a merchant in Beshibali and secretly collect information, I won't be able to make any tricks when I want to come to Xilu."

Feng Sheng has been to the Hexi Corridor and Dunhuang in this era, so he naturally understands the climate and environment of the northwest of the Ming Dynasty in this era.

"What's more, the Shaanxi Xingdu Division and the Shaanxi Capital Division have more than 100,000 troops, and even if the northern captives raise 300,000 people to knock on the side, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat my northwest elite in an instant."

"Grandpa, Gao Xu is only fifteen this year, and some teenagers have a natural temperament, why do you need to meet him in general......

After hesitating for a moment, the eunuch of the East Palace, who had observed a little more, also returned the salute, and then left with the two leopard guards in front of the palace step by step.

"......" Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the smile on Zhu Yunwen's face stiffened for a moment, but he quickly reacted and said with a smile:

"My grandfather is really a good hand at handling people......"

In fact, even Zhu Gaoxu himself knew that Timur could not become a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty, because the environment of the Western Regions in this era was not suitable for the army at all, even if he took the Eurasian steppe in the north, the feasibility was several times higher than this route.

"And I'm not worried about it being exposed, because it's true."

"In addition, Sun Er thinks that he should order the Marquis Muchun of Xiping and He Fuhong, the governor of the capital, to prepare troops, and send troops after the autumn harvest to eliminate the Tusi of the four prefectures who are not subject to the king, so as to calm the people's livelihood in the frontier."

Lao Zhu is afraid that he grasped this point of his, so he dared to openly send someone to pass on the message to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen looked at the back of the eunuch leaving at the same time, and the grandfather and grandson were both happy and a little sad in their hearts.

"I know......" Feng Sheng, who heard the voice, made Zhu Gaoxu's hint clear, and Zhu Gaochu also got up when he saw this: "It's getting late, so I won't stay soon." ”

In addition, Daming also has Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Sichuan that can be used as second-line support, and the number of combatable soldiers who can be gathered together at the first time will not be less than 100,000.

However, Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to use Timur to scare Lao Zhu at all, he just tested Lao Zhu's mind.

At first, Feng Sheng could still endure his temperament, but when he heard that Zhu Gaochu was confronting Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen in Wuying Palace, Rao was a master of his lifelong expedition to the north and south, and he couldn't help but sweat for Zhu Gaoxu.

"I ......" Zhu Gaoxu explained repeatedly according to the excuse on the Wuying Palace.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of Zhu Gaoxu's back and the resolute appearance when Zhu Gaochu confronted him today.

It's just that only people who have participated in the Northwest War can understand such things, and although Lao Zhu knows some, he doesn't have much after all.

"Even if we lose eight miles to be able to supply, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain it for a long time, and our army is waiting for work, and it is bound to attack it head-on."

Such a change is that the eunuch of the East Palace and the two leopard guards in front of the palace are a little stunned.

"There is news from Yunnan that five gold and silver mines and two copper mines have been found in Yongchang, Dali, Yuanjiang and Lin'an Prefecture, do you know about this?"

Zhu Yunwen subconsciously looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, but collided with Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze and subconsciously shifted his gaze.

The sound of the dusk drum has stopped, unless there is a major event, otherwise the eunuchs of the inner and outer courts will not leave the palace, which is also the reason why Zhu Gaoxu is nervous, after all, what he did today is indeed a bit overstepping.

"The two princes and the princes have made great contributions, and they deserve to live ......in their old age."

"Could it be that there is really a madman in the west?" Feng Sheng couldn't help but guess, but in the next second, he threw this idea out of his mind.

When he was rushing home, the Wuying Hall also began to disperse with the sound of twilight drums.

As a grandfather, he likes Zhu Gaoxu's perseverance and courage very much, but as an emperor, he doesn't like Zhu Gaoxu's style today.

After the outbreak of the Hu Weiyong case in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, many people were implicated and executed, and Li Shanchang has always been involved in this matter, but the result is that he has not been affected.

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang has a murderous intention, he can completely choose one person from Fu Youde and Feng Sheng to die.

There was nothing wrong with Zhu Yunwen's thoughts, and there was no problem with even the steps, but after he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang did not respond to him at the first time, but continued to remain silent.

If his grandson's temper and style are not suppressed by a few points, I am afraid that no one will be able to suppress it in the future......

"Isn't it worth it to use the position of one county king for two to live for a while longer?"

Thinking of this, Feng Sheng was silent for a long time, he didn't expect that he hadn't been able to see through Zhu Yuanzhang for so many years, and Zhu Gaoxu had already touched the edge of his character when he was only fifteen years old.

No matter how you look at it, Zhu Yuanzhang has already been benevolent and righteous to Li Shanchang, after all, he has been carrying the pressure of the court for Li Shanchang for the past ten years.

"Well......" Lao Zhu responded, and then explained: "There are many barbarians in these places, and there are few Han people......

Zhu Yunwen was happy that he could finally suppress Zhu Gaoxu, but he was sad that Zhu Gaochu would return to the north in a fit of anger, causing him to lose his ability to see mountains and mines.

"Tomorrow I will go to the morning court on my behalf and discuss with the officials how to get it."

"Besides, even if I do this, the specific result still depends on the pressure from my grandfather."

It's just that this time Zhu Yuanzhang pardoned the death penalty of Li Cunyi's father and son, and did not pursue Li Cunyi and Li Shanchang.

But judging from Zhu Gaoxu's hints, Zhu Yuanzhang belongs to the latter, and from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want to kill Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, just like Li Shanchang back then.

In the end, Zhu Gaoxu still responded to this command, and he did not reveal the slightest hint of wanting to escape from Nanjing quickly.

In other words, it's not just him, but Lao Zhu also knows Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts.

However, looking at Feng Sheng's current appearance, Zhu Gaoxu did not waste this opportunity, and pretended to laugh at himself:

Zhu Yunwen knew in his heart that Lao Zhu loved Zhu Gaoxu, so in his opinion, these words should be able to move him.

"Grandpa, even if the Xiyu wants to invade my Daming, he must first pass the pass of Don't Lose Bali."

"No matter how big I am in the future, I will only be a county king."

"You ......" Feng Sheng looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a complicated expression, obviously he also knew Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts.

The news came suddenly, and Zhu Yunwen, who was still planning Yunnan, was stunned for a moment.

After all, Zhu Yunwen has been in charge for more than two years, and he knows very well that the current environment in Yunnan is not suitable for mining gold and silver ore in northwest, southeast, and southern Yunnan.

"According to what you said, that Timur is indeed a hero, and he can indeed threaten me in the western part of the Ming Dynasty, but ......"

The grandfather and grandson had their own thoughts, but these hearts were taken away by the footsteps of the eunuchs of the East Palace, and they gradually drifted away.

"He dares to confront me today, will he dare to be rude to you tomorrow?"

It wasn't until the twenty-third year of Hongwu, ten years after Hu Weiyong's case, that because Li Shanchang's nephew Ding Bin committed something else, Ding Bin confessed the past when Hu Weiyong wooed Li Shanchang, which triggered Li Shanchang's family to be liquidated and executed.

Regardless of whether there was really a madman in the west, in short, he and Fu Youde's lives were saved before the matter was discovered.

"If Timur really wants to invade my Ming Dynasty, with his national strength, I am afraid that the march will encounter the Gobi in the middle of the river around February."

From the thirteenth year of Hongwu to the twenty-third year of Hongwu, ten years after Hu Weiyong's case, Zhu Yuanzhang did not move Li Shanchang, and even his younger brother Li Cunyi was identified as Hu Weiyong's henchman, and Zhu Yuanzhang was spared death.

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly sounded, and in the face of this information, Zhu Yunwen seemed to have known it for a long time, and acted calmly: "Grandson already knows." ”

"As for the matter of Su Song's second mansion using money to offset taxes, my grandson has already begun to arrange it."

Therefore, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want him to die, it will be difficult for this person to die.

"In the opinion of my grandson, it is better to spare him this time and reprimand him verbally."

He didn't want to die, but he had to.

"Old lady, you were as difficult as I am now......"

"In addition, Your Majesty also said that if you feel unconvinced, you can go back to Beiping and wait for the king of the county, and you will not be allowed to return south without an edict in the future."

Zhu Gaoxu accepted the salute, but also bowed down after Feng Sheng got up and returned the salute: "The two princes taught me the art of war, although I don't have the title of master and apprentice, but I have the reality of master and apprentice, and I should do this." ”

More importantly, even if Timur wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty, Hami, as a bridgehead, would not be able to support his army.

When he heard the knock on the door and opened the door, he stopped breathing for a while when he saw the eunuch of the East Palace and the two leopard guards in front of the palace, but the experience of the two generations still made him reluctantly: "Yan Yan's second son, Xu, has seen his father-in-law, but I don't know what happened." ”

"This time, I'm going to thank you......" Feng Sheng stood up and slowly waved at Zhu Gaoxu.

In comparison, the entire Shaanxi Xingdu Division west of the Yellow River is a large military camp, and this military camp has two key points, one Suzhou Wei and one Ganzhou Wei, similar to Shenyang and Guangning in eastern Liaoning.

Therefore, in his place, the life and death of Fu Youde and others are no longer so important.

If it weren't for Ding Bin's confession, I'm afraid Zhu Yuanzhang would still be able to bear the pressure and let Li Shan'an spend his old age.

Zhu Yunwen rarely showed his ruthless side, even if he restrained in time, he was seen clearly by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The "other" here refers to Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, who is related to the vassal kings, and Xie Cheng, the Marquis of Yongping, and others.

Looking at his back, Zhu Gaoxu had mixed feelings in his heart, he didn't know if what he was doing this time was correct or not, but since the matter had already been done, then he had only one way to go to the dark......

"What's more, you also asked him to go to the Song State Mansion today to learn the art of war, if he goes back on his word, I am afraid it will damage your majesty."

If Zhu Yuanzhang's words had been placed a few months ago, he would naturally be ecstatic to respond, but now he needs Zhu Gaoxu to see the mountains and mines for himself, so he naturally has to speak for him.

Today's Zhu Gaoxu sabotaged his plan, although he was a little angry, but more worried.

"Even if we cross this Gobi, I am afraid that with its national strength, it will be difficult to sustain only 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses."

Feng Sheng chuckled and shook his head: "I have talked to the Beiyu in Kansai about the things in the river, so I probably know everything. ”

As long as there is the support of the squires and wealthy families in the three provinces of Beijing, let alone Zhu Li, the four major vassals are dissatisfied at the same time, and he is confident to solve it.

It's just that if these words are exposed, then Zhu Gaoxu's status in Lao Zhu's heart will probably plummet.

If he had been there, then he would not have worried that Zhu Gaoxu would be hated in the future, but he was already old after all.

Before Zhu Yunwen guessed Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth to interrupt his thoughts.

"That'...... The slave and maid retired ......"

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxu finished talking about the experience of this day, and Rao himself recalled it and couldn't help but admire his boldness.

Lao Zhu didn't say it explicitly, but Zhu Yunwen was not stupid, on the contrary, he was very good at guessing his thoughts, and he drew inferences from Zhu Yuanzhang without reminding him:

In the Ming Dynasty, the environment of the northwest has been deteriorating, and even in the years of Shunzhi, Kangxi and Yongzheng, the environment of the northwest has been deteriorating.

But even if they all knew, they would still send people to the Hezhong area to investigate the truth as Zhu Gaoxu thought.

Under Zhu Gaoxu's explanation, he became even more unpredictable about that person's character.

Su Song's Second Mansion, a wealthy squire who accounts for one-tenth of the world's taxes, supports him, so Zhu Yunwen is sure of Zhu Li.

Half an hour later, when the eunuch of the East Palace arrived at the avant-garde workshop of the government army with his will, Zhu Gaoxu had just unsaddled his horse and took a cold bath for Chiyu.

Zhu Gaoxu reluctantly laughed at himself, Rao is a hundred years of knowledge beyond the number of people in this era, but in some things, he is still the little staff member of 996.

With the accompanying eunuchs singing "up", Buyu began to act under the lifting of the eunuchs' shoulders.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want Fu Youde and Feng Sheng to die, so the two of them could survive.

Nowadays, the gathering places of the Han people are only around Dali and Kunming, and the rest of the places are mostly Tusi, which has been inherited for thousands of years.

"Okay" Feng Sheng nodded in response, and turned his head to look at the head of the house: "You send His Royal Highness Second Highness out for me." ”

Once this matter is done, the resentment accumulated by the squires and wealthy households of Su Song's two mansions since the first year of Hongwu will be dissolved, and the gratitude after the resentment dissipates will fall on him Zhu Yunwen.

Therefore, even if Timur's eastern expedition arrives in Hami, I am afraid that the entire northwest soldiers and horses will be assembled in the name of the King of Qin and the King of Su, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from the Shaanxi Xingdu Division and the Shaanxi Capital Division will also rush to Suzhou City.

Lao Zhu wouldn't mind killing people a few months later, but Feng Sheng and the others could be glad to have lived a few more months.

Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Jixi, and Zhu Shangbing left one after another, and in the end, only Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson who was about to walk out of the palace was left.

It's just that when he heard that Zhu Gaoxu moved out of the national strength and ambition of the Timurid Empire, he still thought about it in the identity of the Duke of Song in the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, the second government's use of banknotes to offset taxes is just the beginning, what he really wants is the support of Fujian, Zhejiang and Liangjiang, the three provinces of Beijing.

However, the supervising imperial historians did not give up, and in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, some people still accused Li Shanchang's younger brother Li Cunyi and his son as Hu Weiyong's henchmen.

They have their own writing and language, and they rebelled against the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and if they were not cleaned up, then once the news of these gold and silver mines came out, I am afraid they would be blinded by interests.

"I have made up my mind, you do it truthfully, if he is dissatisfied, tell him to go back to the north to be his county king, and the south cannot tolerate his temper."

"Second Highness...... The eunuch of the East Palace made a return salute: "The slave and maid brought His Majesty's dictation, and from today onwards, he will take back the walking token in His Highness's palace, and he will not be allowed to enter and leave the mansion of the Duke of Song and the Duke of Ying. ”

With a long sigh, Feng Sheng turned around and walked back to the backyard, and a moment later, Zhu Gaoxu also walked out of the Guogong Mansion and rode to his home.

After walking a mile, Zhu Yunwen still didn't see Zhu Yuanzhang speak, so he couldn't help but say:

Feng Sheng said his thoughts, but this was just his thoughts, Zhu Gaoxu knew history, so what he said to Zhu Yuanzhang was inseparable.

There was something in his words, and Feng Sheng also heard it.

Walking to the door of Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen successively sat on the two foot planes at the door.

These three provinces account for three-quarters of the Ming population, and three-fifths of the tax.

If he left without caring about anything, not mentioning what would happen to Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, it would be difficult for him to get the power of the Ying State Mansion and the Song State Mansion alone.

It's just that he never thought that after he said this, Lao Zhu's face did not show the slightest wave, but responded calmly:

In the line of Ganzhou and Suzhou, it is the entire Shaanxi Xingdu Division military belt, from east to west there are Zhuanglang, Liangzhou, Zhenfan, Yongchang, Shandan, Ganzhou, Gaotai, Suzhou and so on more than a dozen guards plus the town guard army autumn guest army.

Feng Sheng knew this truth, but he couldn't guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

The reason why he is so open-minded is naturally not because he is suddenly open-minded, but because the fact that Su Song's second mansion uses money to offset taxes is too tempting.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about this, after all, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to stabilize the southwest, he could only eliminate the disobedient toast.

After saying this, Zhu Yunwen asked a eunuch of the East Palace to do the same.

"Yes!" The face of the manager couldn't hide his happiness, even if he didn't understand the content of the conversation between the two, but he understood that his master had no worries recently, so he naturally greeted Zhu Gaoxu with a smile.

Today's Hami is only 20,000 or 30,000, and Turpan is only less than 200,000.

He was ruthless, at least on the surface.

Whether he would do so or not depended on whether he wanted to kill them or if he had to.

"If the matter of the Western Captives is not investigated, the matter of Ying Guogong and Song Guogong will be put on hold for the time being, and I will first put my mind on the matter of 'Su Song Erfu using money to offset taxes'."

He was happy that Zhu Di had such a good son, but he was sad that Zhu Gaochu couldn't be by his side these days.

The eunuch of the East Palace said very tactfully, after all, in his opinion, Zhu Gaoxu is a high-spirited person, if he confesses according to the emperor's original words, I am afraid that this second highness will leave tomorrow.

Rao is Zhu Yunwen has been with Zhu Yuanzhang for more than ten years, but he still can't stop beating the drum in his heart, and when a thousand words come to his mouth, he can only say one sentence: "Yes, my grandson will arrange someone to do it." ”

Looking at Zhu Yunwen's actions, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, but said to Zhu Yunwen:

It's not that Li Shanchang cleaned up his tail, but that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pursue him.

In the final analysis, even if Zhu Gaoxu's words are true, the Ming Dynasty does not need two princes to guard against an enemy.

"If Timur is far from what you say, I am afraid that you will not be favored in an instant."

Zhu Gaoxu's gaze was firm, so that Feng Sheng, who was staring at him, couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of the matter.

"My grandson thought that he could move households from Jiangxi, Nanzhili and other places to Yunnan, organize them into military households, and defend the border for the imperial court, and at the same time exploit local minerals to enrich the Liangjiang Qian City."

Of course, he was more worried about what his imperial grandfather thought of this matter than this worry.

Even though many supervisors and imperial histories impeached Li Shanchang at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang responded with a sentence of "don't implicate the old lady" and saved Li Shanchang.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen hesitated on his face, he acted cautiously, lowered his head and said:

"If you still want to continue, then you must ask Beshi Bali to raise food for it, so it will take three months to reach Turpan and Hami."

"I'm not worried about this."

Zhu Gaoxu is using his future to stall for time......

Even if Turpan and Hami all fall to Timur, with a population of less than 200,000, it will not be enough to eat all the people.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, looked at the palace road in front of him, and said ruthlessly: "The second son of Yanfu Xu is rude after all, you can send someone to collect the sign he walked in the palace, and he is strictly forbidden to enter and leave the mansions of Ying Guogong and Song Guogong." ”

But just one day later, there were more lives on his shoulders for Fu Youde and Feng Sheng.

However, after finishing speaking, he still set his eyes on Feng Sheng's body, but Feng Sheng also looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Where did you get this information?" ”

As for how long they can live, it depends on how long Zhu Yuanzhang can carry the pressure for them.

"As long as you can delay the time, the first wave of reinforcements from Sichuan, Henan, and Shanxi can be launched in a mighty way to pacify this thief!"

Before, he felt that his grandson was too weak, but now it seems that his grandson still has a trace of ruthlessness, and he just hopes that he doesn't leave this ruthlessness to his own people.

In fact, the eunuch of the East Palace guessed correctly, if Zhu Gaoxu heard this yesterday, he would immediately return to the north non-stop to prepare for Zhu Yunwen's cutting of the feudal domain in the future.

Now it seems that Lao Zhu does not want to kill Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, and his words today have planted a thorn in Lao Zhu's heart, no matter whether the Timurid Empire has the strength in his mouth, Lao Zhu will send someone to investigate.

"Minister, obey the ......"

The gold, silver and copper mines in Yunnan are all part of Zhu Yunwen's future plans, and they must not be threatened because of some southwestern mines.