In the following year, in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, in 1398 AD, Ming Taizu fell ill and died. The opening of a dynasty and the prosperity of a dynasty, Emperor Taizu's immortal deeds finally returned to the loess at the age of seventy-one.

The crown prince Zhu Biao died young, so he set up his grandson Zhu Yunwen as the "imperial grandson" in the following month, and Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of Taizu, inherited the name of the unification year "Jianwen" to amnesty the world, reduce rent, provide relief to the victims, inspect officials, and appoint talents, but also the country and the people.

However, the mercenaries of the vassal kings of all walks of life stood on their own and Emperor Wen was restless, and the ministers of the court, such as Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, came to the table one after another, implementing the policy of cutting the feudal domains, intending to weaken the strength of the vassal kings, and the following year the official real power of the feudal kings, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, Zhu Gui, the acting king, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, Zhu Yu, the king of Qi, and Zhu Yang, the king of Min.

However, in the past few years, five important vassal kings have been abolished one after another, but only King Yan is still alive, which has planted the root of the bane. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched the battle of "Jingnan" to control the power of the Beiping court and went all the way south.

Emperor Jianwen was shocked, but at this time, there were no unscrupulous generals available in the court, so he had no choice but to send Geng Bingwen, a veteran of the court, to raise 130,000 troops to quell the rebellion, and all provinces, prefectures, and counties responded to collect grain for the court. The army passed through Ludong, this day was August, the scorching sun was at the head, the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, the soldiers were weak, Geng Bingwen felt sorry for the soldiers when he saw this, and saw that there was a dense forest in front of him and passed down the military order: "The woods ahead rest on the spot for a quarter of an hour"

When the soldiers heard this, they were grateful, so they took off their armor and rested on the spot, and the generals discussed the battle plan, but the soldiers under their mouths were dry, and they were tired and weak for many days, so they did not want to get up again when they sat down. In the last column, there was a group of small soldiers who were talking endlessly, only to hear one person: "It's really hot to death, it's easy to live a good life, what kind of rebellion does this Yan King make" Another soldier hurriedly said: "Shhh, be quiet, this kind of words will be killed if you want to hear it from above."

Another soldier answered: "You said that this King Yan has been in Beiping for so many years, resisting the Yuan soldiers, and fighting for many years, can we win?"

Another person said: "No matter how we fight, we will take the lead, who will take care of my old mother, wife and children" Everyone felt sad when they heard it, and any war was a small soldier who went up to take the lead, how good is this, the young one sobbed.

Everyone talked for a while, and suddenly one person said: "Why don't we run" Another person said: "Being a deserter is a crime of raiding the house and destroying the door" The previous person said: "Anyway, I will die horizontally, spicy mother, no matter what"

As he spoke, he picked up his blade and quietly retreated into the woods, some people took the lead and some followed, and soon he saw that a small group of people followed, and ran desperately out of more than ten miles, and when he saw that no one was chasing him, he was reluctant to breathe a sigh of relief, and did not dare to stay and continue to run, and only stopped for about sixty miles.

Later, after the troops were checked, there was a shortage of more than a dozen people, and even the squad leader was nowhere to be seen, and the captain did not dare to report it, and no one inquired about the urgent battle situation in the front, so it was over, and the morale of the soldiers in the rear who knew about it could not help but be a little depressed when they saw this.

The fleeing soldiers crawled out of the land for more than 100 miles, saw that it was already dark, picked up some firewood, and ate some dry food indiscriminately, but it was not enough to cover their stomachs, but they were very tired and sighed for a while and fell asleep. The next day, everyone discussed whether to go home or find another livelihood, and everyone turned their attention to the captain of the team, whose name was Peng Fu, who was fat, and who was eight feet tall and a little majestic.

Peng Fu is a veteran for many years, but he has never fought since he joined the army, and his life has been nourished, this time he was greedy for life and afraid of death and fled with everyone, which was a capital crime of killing his head, how did he not know.

Peng Fu stroked his cheeks and beard and said roughly: "Damn, this time Lao Tzu listened to your nonsense, ran away with you, and it was a capital crime to be discovered by the court in the future" Everyone replied: "Yes, yes, you are our leader, what do you say, let's do it" Everyone responded: "Yes, let's listen to the leader"

This Peng Fu usually has the most ghost ideas, and he also likes to play some clever, although he is rude, but he is fine, otherwise he would not be the last captain, but in addition to flattery, he loves to make small reports and point out others, and do something that hurts others and is not beneficial to himself.

At this time, the audience couldn't help but feel a little proud of themselves, and thought for a moment and said: "Okay, if you look at it, Lao Tzu will come up with an idea, brothers, we are going to kill our heads, according to me, we might as well be like this..."

Everyone gathered in front of him, and Peng Fu said with a wicked smile: "We might as well be like this..."

Peng Fu led everyone aimlessly, not in front of the village, not in the back of the shop, not even a figure, really hungry and unbearable, everyone talked endlessly, and the thief kept scolding.

These people have not encountered disasters since they became soldiers, and they are pampered, and now they are out of the army, in fact, they are no different from scoundrels.

On this day, the people in Huainan were really hungry and thirsty, and some people said: "Boss, let's go like this, when is it a head, it is better to find a mountain and you will be our village master" Peng Fu heard the words and gave the person an ear brace, and the person was beaten inexplicably and did not dare to squeak.

Suddenly, Peng Fu patted his head and said: "Oh, brother, I'm sorry, I originally thought that we were officers and soldiers how could we do this kind of business, but now it's a different matter, but before occupying the mountain, we have to fill our stomachs."

After walking for nearly two hours, a village appeared in front of everyone, suddenly overjoyed, strode to the entrance of the village, saw that there was a family at the entrance of the village, an officer and soldier did not wait for Peng Fu to speak, he was busy stepping forward to knock on the door, and soon a man came out, half a head taller than Peng Fu, and it seemed that this person was Zhang Dahu.

The soldiers unknowingly came to Shangshui Village, Zhang Dahu had suffered a lot of officers and soldiers in his early years, and now when he saw these dozen officers and soldiers, he was frightened, and reacted in panic, so he had to bow down and smile quickly: "Oh, all the officials, I don't know which gust of wind blew you here, but is there anything wrong?"

Peng Fuzui glanced at the official tone and said: "The imperial court sent us down to investigate the people's situation and see if there are any people who intend to gang up to disturb the peace" Liu Juhua heard Zhang Dahu talking to people and beckoned his children to come out and take a look, Zhang Dahu hurriedly said: "Official, nothing has happened in our village and has been calm, they are all down-to-earth people, come in and drink saliva and eat some dry food, Official"

The soldiers were already hungry and thirsty, and when they heard Zhang Dahu say this, their stomachs couldn't help but "growl", and Peng Fu also pretended to smile and said, "That's the case, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, bother" As he spoke, he had already led everyone into the courtyard, and Liu Juhua had already seen this scene.

Busy instructing Zhang Yu and the two to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, there has been no war in these years, the imperial court has reduced taxes, but they can also eat food and clothing, and after a while, Zhang Qinger brought the food, and Zhang Yu held the tea.

The soldiers were eating, and suddenly saw that although Zhang Qing'er was wearing tatters, she was born with a small jasper, which was moving, and she couldn't help but have evil thoughts, and one of them laughed and said: "The girl is very smart, is she married?"

When Zhang Dahu heard this, he knew that something was wrong, and stepped forward and said with a smile: "Oh, sir, the little girl has already promised to marry the Wang family next door, and this time she is coming back to visit relatives" The officer and soldier said sharply: "Is it?" Some of the officers and soldiers volunteered to serve as soldiers, and some were conscripted, and few of the soldiers were family members.

Zhang Qing'er was already frightened when she heard this, and ran behind Liu's family, Zhang Yu was also on guard, and entered the house to prepare a steel fork, as long as this officer and soldier dared to make a slight move to his sister, he rushed up and fought for his life, and he also had to protect his sister.