At night, the entire city of Beiping fell silent.

The fire lit up on the street, and a team of more than 3,000 people surrounded the Yanwang Mansion under the leadership of Zhang Yu and Xie Gui, who were dressed in armor.

"The Bohai Shu people rebelled, and they all commanded Xie Gui to come and search the Yan Mansion, and if the generals did not open the city gate again, they would be punished for their crimes!"

Three thousand officers and soldiers surrounded the Yanfu and shouted under the Yanwangfu city at night.

Standing on the tower of the city gate, the person in charge of the guards was not someone else, it was Zhu Gaochi who returned from Nanjing.

"Ridiculous! My second brother is loyal to the country, how can he rebel! ”

Zhu Gaochi reprimanded Zhang Hao and Xie Gui, Zhang Hao heard his voice and said: "Your Royal Highness, the people of Bohai Shu have indeed rebelled, if you think about the overall situation, please let the two of us lead troops into the city to search, so as to clear the innocence of everyone in Yanfu!" ”

After his voice came out, Zhu Gaochi didn't respond for a long time, but the gate of the Yan Wangfu slowly opened.

Seeing this, Zhang Hao chuckled: "This prince of Yan is weak, and it is really not as difficult to deal with as the Bohai Shu people." ”

"Don't take it lightly, King Yan may be pretending to be crazy, you and I are careful." After all, Xie Gui was a veteran of the Hongwu Dynasty, and he also knew how powerful Zhu Di was, so he did not relax his vigilance, but first sent a hundred people into the Yanwang Mansion, and waited for a quarter of an hour to make sure that there was no ambush before dismounting with Zhang Yu and entering the Yanwang Mansion.

For some reason, there is a gloom in the air of Yanwang's Mansion tonight, obviously it is still midsummer, but there is a chill.

Xie Gui entered the city of Yanwangfu, looked behind him cautiously, and prepared to let the army follow into the city.

It's just that he has just turned around when a black curtain suddenly falls from the gate of the city, cutting off his eyes from the outside world.

"Formation!!"

Xie Gui's reaction was not slow, but at this time, there was a rustling sound on the road of the city wall.

This voice made Xie Gui's heart sink, and Zhang Yu next to him also nervously pulled out the long sword used for decoration on his waist.

Soon, the two fire dragons surrounded more than 300 of them, and under the dim firelight, the Yan Mansion guards had fierce faces, and Xie Gui also opened his mouth to stabilize the army's heart: "Don't worry, the army outside the city has already prepared siege equipment, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to attack Yan Mansion!" ”

"Really?!"

A loud voice came out from the Yan army, and Xie Gui and Zhang Yu looked at it, and it was Zhu Di wearing armor.

"Sure enough, it's not crazy!"

Xie Gui looked at Zhu Di viciously, but Zhu Di threw out two balls.

"With these two people as internal responses, do you think you can win me?"

The ball fell to the ground, and after rolling a few times, the front was exposed, and it was the head of Ge Cheng and Lu Zhen.

"King Yan, are you going to rebel?!"

Zhang Hao questioned Zhu Di, but Zhu Di shook his head: "It's not me who plots rebellion, it's the traitor in the south who bewitched my nephew." ”

"Zu Xun" said: If there is no official in the court, and there is evil in it, then the prince will train the troops and stand by, and the Son of Heaven will secretly edict the kings and lead the town soldiers to seek peace. After the peace, the troops were collected in the camp, and the dynasty returned to the emperor. If the king does not come, and sends his generals to seek peace, he will also collect his troops in the camp. ”

"I am His Majesty's own uncle, and now someone is bewitching him to attack several of his uncles, as the head of all the feudal domains, if I can't abide by the "Ancestral Teachings" Qingjun side, it will be difficult to Yasukuni, then I will be ashamed of the imperial examination!"

Zhu Di moved out of Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Xie Gui and Zhang Yu gloomy, they naturally knew this sentence left by Zhu Yuanzhang, not only them, but the courtiers all knew this sentence, but no one took this sentence seriously, especially under Zhu Yunwen's continuous cutting and killing, the power of the twenty-one guards of the seven vassal kings was all cut, and this sentence seemed even more ridiculous.

It's just that they never thought that not only Zhu Gaoxu used this sentence as the root cause to raise troops, but even this Zhu Di also raised troops like this.

"Sure enough, there is a father and there must be a son, we should have thought that the father and son would have plotted to rebel a long time ago!"

Xie Gui snorted coldly, but he still had confidence, because there were still three thousand siege soldiers outside the mansion.

Just in the face of his self-confidence, Zhu Di grinned: "Xie Gui, you are waiting, I am also waiting......"

As soon as Zhu Di's words spoke, Xie Gui didn't have time to think about it, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the royal city.

When this voice appeared, Xie Gui's face changed suddenly.

The defenders of the city had horses and cavalry, but there were not many of them, and they were far from creating such a strong momentum.

Zhu Di raised his troops, obviously made full preparations early, and the sound of horses' hooves probably represented the entry of Yanshan Sanwei into the city.

"It's over......"

Xie Gui only had this last thought left in his mind, and then he saw Zhu Di pull out the long sword at his waist: "Brothers, do it!" ”

"Kill!!"

The sound of the fight sounded, and Xie Gui and the others didn't have time to think about it, so they raised short troops and fought hard.

Under the cover of night, the whole city of Beiping was filled with shouts of killing, and many people were holding farm tools to guard their homes, for fear that the rebellion would turn into burning, killing and looting.

Standing on the gate tower of the royal city, Zhu Gaochi watched the fight outside the Yan Mansion, and the whole person was still confused.

"Our family...... It's really a troop......"

Under his gaze, Zhu Di asked people to open the jack gate put down by the royal city, and he personally carried the heads of Zhang Yu and Xie Gui to the stone bridge of the moat, and shouted: "Zhang Yu and Xie Gui, the traitorous ministers, are dead, and I am not making trouble, but Fengtian Jingjing is in the last words of Emperor Gao." ”

The defenders of Beiping were reluctant to make a move against Zhu Di, and seeing that Zhang Hao and the others were dead, they immediately put down their weapons and surrendered.

In just one night, all the inside and outside of the nine gates of Beiping were attached, counting the less than 5,000 defenders, Zhu Di had more than 24,000 soldiers and horses in his hands.

He was still lamenting that he had too few soldiers and horses, but he didn't know that he was forced to only 800 men in history.

If it weren't for Zhu Gaoxu's troops in advance to force him, I'm afraid he would still be swaying because of the small number of people in his hands.

"Your Highness, everything has been cleaned up, and the treasury in the city has enough grain and grass for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for six months."

In the early morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the entire Beiping City had been cleaned up and taken by Zhu Di.

Zhang Yu, who was dressed in armor, found Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao standing on the gate tower of Qihua Gate, and reported the situation in Beiping in detail.

"We only have 24,000 people, it is very difficult to calm down this little force, Tongzhou, Zunhua and Miyun are all your own people, you each bring people to spread the message, let them join me, don't force them if you don't want to."

"I'll personally lead the troops to Jizhou and take it there!"

Zhu Di's military reaction was very fast, and he knew very well that the isolated city of Beiping alone could not launch a rebellion, so he had to take Beiping Mansion and Yongping Mansion.

"That's just it, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Yao Guangxiao, who was dressed in a black robe, opened his mouth and said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, you should know that Beiping is open and there is no danger to defend, and you must take Juyong Pass, Songting Pass, and Shanhaiguan Pass to hold the officers and soldiers in the three directions of Liaodong, Daning and Shanxi. ”

"I know ......" Zhu Di responded calmly, his face was solemn: "It's just that Zhu Yunwen's little bastard has already transferred Yu to fill a few of them to defend these three passes, and we don't have many soldiers, so we can't force the fortress to waste our troops." ”

"Your Highness, please go to the court now, express that you are only on the side of the Qing monarch and the Yasukuni disaster, and use the words of Emperor Gao to block the mouth of the court."

Yao Guangxiao taught Zhu Di how to occupy the high ground of public opinion, and Zhu Di also shook his head when he heard this.

Not long after, he wrote a note and handed it to the diehards of Xie Gui and others who were captured, and asked them to lead the song to the south, while he himself began to attack the cities and land of Beiping and Yongping.

After getting the news that Zhu Di was forcibly cut down by Xie Gui and others and had no choice but to raise troops, Tongzhou, Zunhua, Miyun, and Yongping took the initiative to join one after another, and only Jizhou, which Zhu Di expected, defended stubbornly.

However, Jizhou was outnumbered, and it was broken by Zhu Di's army in just one day.

In just two days, Zhu Di has completely taken the two mansions of Shuntian and Yongping, with more than 200,000 people and more than 40,000 troops.

The news spread to all directions, and the defenders of Songting Pass, Juyong Pass and Shanhaiguan began to prepare for battle.

After receiving the news, Juyong Guan General Yu filled in the news, and even sent the news to Fang Zhao, who was stationed with more than 26,000 troops behind him, asking for help, and at the same time sent people to Kaiping Wuwei to transfer troops.

"Drive!!"

"Get out of here! I don't care about you! ”

In Juyong Pass, the pond riders who passed the news back and forth were exhausted, and their tempers also grew, and they scolded the people who blocked their path.

The people fled in a hurry, but they were still knocked down by the horses, and the horsemen didn't care about taking care of them, so they rode away directly.

"What's going on? Why don't you apologize for hitting someone......"

"People eat military rations, are you looking for death?"

"Why are so many people coming and going?"

"I heard that it was the King of Yan and the King of Bohai County who rebelled, it seems that the one sent someone to arrest them, and then they rebelled if they didn't accept it......"

"No wonder...... That one was too cruel to his uncles and nephews......"

"Shh......h Whisper. ”

The few people in Juyong Pass were discussing the major events of the moment, but they were worried that they would be judged for being too loud, and no one cared about the people who were knocked down.

When they staggered to their feet, they cursed and left.

Coincidentally, at this time, the officers and men of the brigade entered the city from the direction of Shanxi, and the ranks stretched, and the thousands of people who entered the city were not cut off.

The people who were knocked down gathered together, and when they saw so many officers and soldiers entering the city, including many Mongols, they stepped forward and asked in Mongolian: "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to Peking to quell the rebellion!" The Mongol soldiers responded, and also asked, "What is your accent?" ”

"I don't remember, I was born here."

After chatting for a few words, the Mongolian Ming soldiers left with the team, but the people who were hit began to communicate.

They rushed home while communicating, but saw that the entire alley had long been surrounded by officers and soldiers, and their families were sitting at the entrance of the alley in embarrassment.

"What's wrong? Why don't you go home? ”

"We were kicked out, they said they were going to counterinsurgency, the barracks were not enough to live, so we were asked to vacate the house, but we didn't let us, so they dragged us out."

"Dad, our food is still inside, and they have eaten it all!"

"Brute!!" Hearing that their homes had been seized, the herdsmen, who had been hit by horses, were not convinced, but they did not dare to theorize, so they could only suppress their temper and place their families in the homes of relatives who did not suffer.

After everything was settled, they got together.

"These guys don't apologize when they hit us, they clearly don't treat us as human beings."

"I heard that King Yan is very good to us Mongolians, let's just bring the news to King Yan, maybe we can exchange a few sheep."

"That's right! Anyway, the grain has been eaten, and we will all starve to death if we don't wait for the autumn harvest, so it is better to go directly to report the news to King Yan, maybe we can exchange some benefits. ”

A few people combined, even if it was not dark, they walked out of Juyong Pass and walked to Beiping City on foot.

They walked for hundreds of miles for three days in a row, and when they had eaten the brown rice they had brought with them, they went fishing, and beat some rabbits with stones to eat.

Due to the sparse population in the north and the abundance of wild animals, it is relatively easy to hunt something.

After staying up for three days, they saw the Tang Cavalry patrolling the northern periphery in the early morning and told them their intentions.

The news passed through Tangqi and soon reached the ears of Zhu Di in Beiping.

At this time, he was still ordering the whole army to make half of the grain in the government treasury into military rations to prepare for the south.

When he learned the news of Juyongguan's mobilization of troops and horses, he and Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, who were on the left and right, said: "The flag is under the banner of Fang, it must be Fang Zhao." ”

"I know this person, don't be afraid, we can take advantage of their exit from the customs to fight them head-on, as long as we destroy them, we can take Juyong Pass, and further take down the reserve warehouse of Huailai!"

When his words fell, he turned back to Natang and said, "Let the boss meet the people, and give them ten pieces of money, and another mule and a cart of grain." ”

"Yes!" Tang rode down, then turned and left the camp where the military rations were made.

Zhu Di had already begun to prepare, and Zhu Yunwen, who had been going on for three days, also received urgent reports from Beiping and Liaodong on the same day.

"Beiping and Yongping have resistance except for Jizhou, and the others surrendered without firing a single arrow."

"And Liaodong, isn't Wu Gao called a famous general by that group of military attachés? Why can't even 30,000 guards defend it, and handed over tens of thousands of stone grains to Zhu Gaoxu in vain!! ”

In the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City, Zhu Yunwen rarely lost his temper, but no one could calm down in such a situation.

The ministers who swore to themselves a month ago that Yan would definitely succeed now lowered their heads, and only Yu Xin stood in place as if he had nothing to do with himself.

Zhu Yunwen looked at him very blindly, but he also knew that Yu Xin's ability to supervise the household department was irreplaceable, so he could only ignore him.

"Your Majesty, the failure of the Beiping Domain was all due to Zhang Xin's defection to the enemy, and as for the failure of the Liaodong Domain and the capture of 30,000 Wei, it is clearly written in the Songshu."

Although Qi Tai knew the real reason for the failure of the feudal reduction, he was still making up for Zhu Yunwen, and admonished:

"The Bohai Shu people privately hoarded horses during the period of Emperor Gao, so the marching speed far exceeded our army, although Wu Gao was already prepared, it was inevitable to lose 30,000 guards."

"It was also because he had taken precautions that tens of thousands of troops were not trapped outside the pass, and the 30,000 guards of grain were not as much as expected."

"Right now, as long as he does what he said above, he will defend Tieling for a month, and the Bohai Shu people will not be able to escape defeat and capture after all."

"If the only thing to care about should be the Yanshu people entrenched in Beiping."

Qi Tai sorted out his thoughts, and seeing that Zhu Yunwen also set his eyes on himself, he continued: "The soldiers and horses under the command of the Yanshu people should be no less than 40,000, excluding the soldiers and horses stationed in various cities, the number that can be mobilized is not less than 20,000. ”

"Right now, Fang Zhao and the others have gathered troops to live in Yongguan, and there are more than 35,000 people in the two divisions, plus the troops of Kaiping Wuwei who have not yet been transferred south, they should be able to gather 50,000 people."

"There are Fang Zhao and they are in the Juyong Pass area, which is enough to contain Zhu Di's 20,000 soldiers and horses."

"A month ago, His Majesty had already transferred Chang Xinghou to Kaiping, and Governor Xu Kai went to Hejian."

"At present, Kaifeng has gathered 130,000 troops from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Huguang and Zhili, and the governor Xu Kai also led 5,000 cavalry to garrison Hejian Mansion."

"As long as Your Majesty issues a will, when the grain and grass are ready, the army will go north, and the Yanshu people will be peaceful on the same day."

"This thief, father and son, have only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, how can they resist the nearly 200,000 army of the imperial court."

Qi Tai's plan was very good, and the ministers who were originally demoralized also boosted their morale.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen regained his composure a little and calmly issued an order: "Spread the decree, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, is the general of the conquest, and Li Jian, the commander of the horses, and Ning Zhong, the governor of the capital, are the deputy generals, and it is necessary to lead the division and divide the troops into the Northern Expedition before the winter to quell the rebellion of the Yanshu people." ”

"Your Majesty......" Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, but Yu Xin, who had not spoken, spoke.

The ministers set their eyes on him, and Yu Xin said: "Half a month ago, Daogan Meng surrendered and rebelled, and the grain and grass of the Yunnan capital division were already insufficient, and the grain and grass had to be transferred from Guangxi, Huguang, Sichuan and other capitals, please ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

"Here we go again......" Listening to these annoying and bad things, Zhu Yunwen, who was still the emperor's grandson before, could still deal with it calmly, but when he sat on the throne of the emperor and looked back at these rebellions, he only felt extremely annoyed.

He has only been on the throne for a year, it is the Tusi rebellion in the southwest, the rebellion of Zhu Di's father and son in the north, and there are still many barbarian Tatar officials in the local rebellion, and I don't know how the emperor's grandfather calmly faced this situation.

"Accurate!" Zhu Yunwen flicked his sleeves and responded, and Qi Tai also reported good news.

"Your Majesty, the chief military officer Song Sheng has sent news that the royal court of the Hu people was in turmoil a month ago, and the Tatar Great Khan Erlebok was killed by the king of Wara, Ugqi Hashha, and the Hu people were in turmoil and had no power to go south."

"Good!" Hearing this good news, Zhu Yunwen was finally lifted and began to give orders in an orderly manner.

"Order the Duke of Wei to quickly quell the rebellion, and then order Wu Gao to defend Tieling, and don't let the Bohai Shu people cross Tieling one step."

"Your Majesty Shengming ......"

Seeing Zhu Yunwen's appearance, the ministers sang one after another, but when they sang and cheered, Zhu Gaoxu also arrived at 30,000 guards with 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

Flags are unfurled, hunting in the wind.

More than 40,000 Bohai troops arrived at the camp outside the 30,000 Acropolis, and the more than 1,000 Liaodong officers and soldiers who went south with the army finally returned to Liaodong, and most of their families were in 30,000 Wei.

With the addition of them and the original defenders of 30,000 Wei, Zhu Gaoxu's Jingnan army has reached 43,000.

"Your Highness, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my mission!"

In the yamen of the 30,000 Wei commanders, when Liu Zhao handed over the "Yellow Book" and "Grain Book" representing the 30,000 Weis, Zhu Gaoxu did not break his promise, and immediately spoke: "From today on, you will be the commander of the 30,000 Weis, and those who go south with you and open the door to you will be promoted according to my promise!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!!"

Many familiar faces of Zhu Gaoxu behind Liu Zhao waved one after another, obviously this is why Liu Zhao was able to successfully win 30,000 guards, and their help was indispensable.

"The 30,000 soldiers in the 30,000 guards and the more than 1,000 soldiers who went north before are all handed over to you for control, don't worry if you have no soldiers when you are promoted to the official position, Wu Gao is not afraid, you will soon have your own soldiers and horses!"

After Zhu Gaoxu promised, he also took a seat in the yamen and motioned for them to sit down.

Some people with official positions lower than those of the commanders retired, and in the end only sixteen commanders were left behind, including the Jurchen Eight Guards, the Han Soldiers Five Guards, and the Shenji Third Battalion.

Looking at this strong team, Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed.

He flipped through the two books in front of everyone and had a general understanding of the situation of Sanwanwei.

"Grain will be transported 50,000 stone north to Jilin City, and Liu Zhao will send 500 soldiers and horses to escort it."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Liu Zhao, instructed him, and then continued: "The remaining 25,000 stone grain and 2,000 stone bean material, leave 10,000 stone grain for the soldiers and civilians of 30,000 Wei in case of emergency, and we will take the rest away." ”

Zhu Gaoxu arranged everything, and this batch of grain and beans could almost make the whole army eat for half a month.

Counting the previous consumption, they should still be able to last about forty days.

Within forty days, he must take Wu Gao.

"Train the whole army, and search the 30,000 merchants in the acropolis, and if there are merchants who come to escort grain, allocate it to them from the 20,000 yuan in the treasury, and buy their grain."

Zhu Gaoxu explained, but Liu Zhao said: "Your Highness, the last general has already checked, there are twelve merchants in the city, but the grain has been bought by the southern soldiers in advance, and now in addition to the grain in the hands of the military households, there is only this point left in the treasury." ”

"No hindrance......" Hearing the news, Zhu Gaoxu didn't care, but explained to Sun Cheng, the long history who followed him south: "You take your gang of people to help 30,000 Wei people get rid of their military status and restore their civilian status from now on. ”

"In addition, according to the old rules, 3,000 sharp soldiers were selected from the current more than 4,000 people, and each of them was awarded 10 acres of land to join the army, and the remaining 120,000 acres of cultivated land were distributed to more than 26,000 people in the city, and the ploughing of cattle and horses was also issued in accordance with the rules of Jilin City."

"If there is not enough ploughing cattle and horses, then transfer them from Jilin City, just take advantage of the grain to transport them and bring them to plough the horses."

There are 170,000 people in Jilin City, but there are more than 80,000 heads of cattle and mules, which are already very saturated, and it is not a big deal to bring a few thousand heads south.

"Your Highness, after this Juntian, how will the grain of 30,000 Wei be disposed of?"

Sun Cheng asked the key question, knowing that in Bohai because of the difficulty in obtaining grain, Bohai only needs to write down the number of fields distributed by each family, and does not need to distribute grain according to the land plot, but uniformly hand over the grain.

Such a big pot rice system is only suitable for the Bohai Sea during the opening period, but it is not suitable for 30,000 Wei, because there are not only military tun fields in the fields of 30,000 Wei, but also surplus fields that belong to military households.

Although Yu Tian was heavily taxed, at least the grain harvested was the families of the military families, a phenomenon that had never happened in Bohai.

Sun Cheng asked, that is, to ask Zhu Gaoxu whether he wanted to set Bohai's own tax system.

Zhu Gao had already thought about this problem on the way to the customs, so he said: "Starting from the harvest this autumn, each household will harvest the grain from the land they have demarcated, and the positive tax will be levied on the spot for each mu of land, with the rate of five taxes and one of the five taxes, and the rest of the miscellaneous taxes in the past will be abandoned. ”

The second watch should be written around twelve o'clock, because I want to get the situation map of the Sandu Division to show you, and the update will be a little later

(End of chapter)