Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 143 Wang Baobao was stunned!Empress Dowager Dayuan wants to give birth to her own child? [Ask for a monthly pass! ! ! 】

Zhu Han cleared his throat and interrupted their discussion.

"Cough cough!"

"Okay, what people in the world care about is the erudition and wisdom of the sage. What is truly immortal is the wisdom left by the sage, not the so-called blood of the sage descendants of his unfilial descendants. Now Kong Kejian is fake or real. Well, anyway, I have already gone to the Mongols, and now the Kong family’s mansion belongs to the public!”

"The king intends to set up the Confucius Museum in the front yard, and the school and dormitory of Shandong Taixue in the back yard."

Zhu Han's words immediately made all the officials applaud.

"His Royal Highness cares about students, the hope of all people!"

"Shandong is a land of sages and sages. With His Highness's support, I will definitely encourage the students to work hard."

"Prosperity of the Way of Literature begins here!"

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The scale of Yan Shenggong's mansion was beyond Zhu Han's expectation.

He originally thought that Yan Shenggong's mansion would be considered very big with only thirty or fifty mu, but he never expected that it would be more than thirty or fifty mu, and even hundreds of mu.

If such a large area is used to build the Confucius Museum, it is a serious waste.

So he immediately decided to make this the first new university in Shandong province.

There is a huge flat open space in front of the gate of the Confucian mansion.

When Zhu Han led a group of officials here, he immediately expressed his feelings again.

"It would be a pity if this place is empty. What do you think of the first statue of Confucius?" Zhu Han asked.

"statue?"

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to use clay puppets to replace sages?"

These officials who came from scholars are all Confucian scholars, and they naturally agree with a set of Confucian theories from the bottom of their hearts.

The practice of worshiping saints with clay statues in Buddhism is considered unpopular in the eyes of their scholars.

"You don't understand. Many ordinary people have never read a book, and they don't understand the meaning of small words. If there is a statue of an inspiring sage here, as long as you come to this statue, you can feel the teachings of Confucius. Then wouldn't it be invisible to educate the people!" Zhu Han immediately expressed his thoughts.

Tall and majestic buildings or statues can be convincing spiritually.

Now that His Royal Highness had already made up his mind, the accompanying officials naturally said nothing more.

Everyone immediately agreed.

Zhu Han sent people from Nanjing Yingtianfu to transfer a group of newly learned painting and sculpture talents. These people are all Zhu Han's disciples and grandchildren, and they all studied the realistic painting and sculpture pioneered by Zhu Han.

Soon after, a sculpture with a height of more than ten meters was erected here.

This sculpture of Confucius points forward with a sword in one hand, and greets the rear with the palm of the other hand. Under the feet are layers of bamboo slips. Stepping forward seems to call people to the battlefield.

The sage statue of Confucius basically refers to the image of the call of the motherland of the Soviet Union in later generations.

"The saint is calling!"

Zhu Han couldn't help showing a satisfied smile when he looked at the sculpture he had provided the sketch for, and named it on the spot.

In Shandong, Zhu Han used the imperial censors to fight against local tyrants, and then established a new image of Confucius and promoted the new Confucianism. The whole Shandong has a new look.

In less than three months, the common people and scholars in Shandong strongly supported the Ming Dynasty.

Those local tyrants and evil gentry who still miss the rule of Yuan Kuanren in their hearts naturally have no good results waiting for them. Zhu Han used the army under the commander of the capital of Shandong, Qi Xiang, to launch another round of attacks on these remaining local tyrants. Not only their property was confiscated, but they were all sent to Guangnan Road and other places in Hunan to serve as soldiers.

Under the new atmosphere of the Qingming Dynasty, thousands of righteous men from Shandong have challenged the British king Zhu Han. The villagers generously donated their money, and the news that the unprecedented scale of the people petitioned the capital of the Northern Expedition immediately spread to the capital of the Mongolian capital like a long leg.

There was a sudden shock inside and outside the entire metropolis.

Inside the Great Yuan Palace.

Empress Dowager Da Yuanqi immediately summoned the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to discuss countermeasures.

Now Empress Qi's concubine Wang Baobao is stationed in Liaoyang Province, not in the capital city, so Empress Qi herself is still a little uncertain about these matters.

"Now that the Ming army is recruiting troops with great fanfare in Shandong, it is possible to attack the capital from the north at any time. Which of you has a way to deal with the enemy? Come on!" The Empress Dowager Qi said anxiously.

The following group of civil and military officials of the Yuan Dynasty looked at each other in blank dismay, and they had no good way to deal with the aggressive posture of the Ming army.

"Report to the Queen Mother, I feel that at this time we should mobilize troops from Huligai Wanhu and other places to go to Shandong to conquer these rebels. As long as these rebels are driven out of Shandong, we can further recover Henan and recover Guanzhong." The Mongolian nobleman with big braids suddenly spoke.

For this suggestion made by this Mongolian general.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all showed mocking smiles in their hearts.

Even the Great Yuan's Empress Dowager Qi showed displeasure after hearing this.

"Huligai Wanhu are full of savage Jurchens. If you want to send troops to the Central Plains to suppress bandits, you must provide a large amount of food and grass rewards. Now that the treasury is almost empty, how can you get those Huligai savage Jurchens to come to the Central Plains to attack the bandits? ?”

What the Empress Dowager Qi said immediately made the Mongolian general speechless, he couldn't come up with a strategy to deal with it.

"Queen Mother, now that the Han people are revived, there are millions of people. Such a large number of soldiers and horses is really not something that my 10 people in Great Mongolia can contend with. I feel that the best suggestion is to gather Dadu, Liaoyang, Hebei, and Shanxi. The population, wealth, food and grass, move north to the grassland!" Another minister said at this time.

This minister is also a Mongolian, and his name is Saiyinchi Dahu.

This Sai Yinchi snoring is none other than Wang Baobao's biological father.

If you count it, Sai Yinchi is still the father-in-law of the empress dowager!
So what Sai Yin said was very important, and his words immediately won the support of some civil and military officials.

Even the Empress Dowager Qi agreed with it.

"Wang Taibao once said before that he wanted me to preserve my strength and move to the Mobei Grassland. At that time, the Ming army was not so eager to attack. Now that Zhu Han has such a layout in Shandong, I am afraid that it will not be long before he will attack Dadu. It seems imminent to move the capital to the Mobei Grassland." Empress Dowager Qi said.

"The Queen Mother is right. The situation is different now, and even more critical than before. If I, Great Mongol, don't preserve my strength, once the Ming army attacks Dadu, I'm afraid it will be too late to leave. It is barely able to break out of the encirclement, and it cannot take away so many people, food and treasure." Saiyinchi said suddenly.

"However, the matter of moving the capital is of great importance after all, and we still need to get an affirmative answer from Wang Taibao." Empress Dowager Qi finally said.

In today's Yuan Dynasty, only Wang Baobao has the most elite troops in his hands, and major affairs in the court cannot be carried out without Wang Baobao's consent.

Although Wang Baobao only had [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, he was already the last main force of the Mongolian and Yuan courts.

Therefore, even if there is any policy change in the entire Yuan Dynasty, Wang Baobao needs to be approved.

Without Wang Baobao's protection, these thousands of civil and military officials in Dadu rashly embarked on the journey to move north to the grassland. They were afraid that they would be plundered by various tribes along the way before they settled down on the grassland.

After all, despite the hundred years since the founding of the Great Mongolia, the grassland is still in a state of being torn apart. The chiefs of the vassal kings and tribes who stayed on the grassland often fight with each other. Once you see these heavily Sinicized Mongolia The nobles came to the grassland with a large number of gold, silver, treasures, population and food, and there were not enough troops around them to protect them.

All the tribes will definitely pounce on them and wipe them clean. It doesn’t matter who you are, the Mongolian Khan or the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Anyway, there are still many descendants of the Golden Family on the grasslands. The Mongolian Khan is.

In fact, the most dangerous people are the blood of the golden family on the grassland, that is, the Mongolian kings who were entrusted on the grassland.

If these Mongolian princes who stayed on the grassland wiped out Emperor Aiyou and Empress Dowager Qi, then they themselves could sit on the throne of the Mongolian Khan.

Therefore, if these Mongolian nobles in Dadu want to move north to the grassland, they must be protected by Wang Baobao's soldiers and horses.

"Okay, let's end today's court meeting, you all go your separate ways." Empress Dowager Qi waved her hands lazily.

"Obey, I will leave!"

Sai Yin Chi Dahu waited for all the civil and military officials of the Yuan Dynasty to salute immediately, and then left the palace.

When the courtiers retreated, Empress Dowager Qi stood up slightly.

Twirling his slightly fat body, he walked to the side hall.

Empress Dowager Qi took the pen and ink, wrote a secret letter with her own hands, and arranged for her confidant eunuch to send it to Liaodong immediately, and handed it to Wang Baobao.

The content of this letter is naturally to call Wang Baobao back to Dadu to discuss the matter of Meng Yuan moving the capital to Mobei Grassland. If such a big matter is not decided by a man like Wang Baobao, Empress Dowager Qi dare not make up her mind.

Although Wang Baobao was many years younger than the Empress Dowager Qi, Wang Baobao's methods and abilities had already made it impossible for the Empress Dowager Qi to leave Wang Baobao.

Empress Qi's secret letter was soon handed over to Wang Baobao.

After Wang Baobao opened the letter, he was greatly surprised by the series of deployments of the Ming army in Shandong.

According to Zhu Han's layout in Shandong, Shandong will become an important base for the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty in a short time.

If Shandong's food and grass population is used to make the Northern Expedition Dadu, there is not much time left for the Mongols to prepare.

"I originally thought that the Ming army would use the grain and grass population in the south of the Yangtze River as the basis for the Northern Expedition. Now it seems that they want to use the manpower and material resources of Shandong. We really don't have much time to prepare."

After Wang Baobao read the letter, he said to his second brother Alu Timur worriedly.

"The rebels in Shandong seem vulnerable to me. If they hadn't had more firearms in their hands, we wouldn't have suffered such a big loss in Qufu." When Alu Timur mentioned the situation in Shandong, he immediately became angry. His face was full of dissatisfaction.

Wang Baobao's defeat in Qufu, Shandong can be said to be the most important defeat in his life.

Not only lost a lot of soldiers and horses, but also confessed the life of his uncle Chahan Timur there.

"You are right. Although the Ming army is strong, it is not so strong that it is so hopeless. What they rely on is that they have more firearms in their hands. Therefore, before we retreat to the Mobei Grassland this time, we must also have more weapons in our hands." Accumulate enough firearms." Wang Baobao said.

Regarding the overall relocation of the Yuan Dynasty to the Mobei Grassland, Wang Baobao already had his own plan in mind, but in his plan, there is another item that is more important than the population, food, gold and silver, that is, adequate preparations gunpowder and firearms.

Several previous battles with the Red Turban Army and the Ming Army made Wang Baobao fully realize that the gunpowder weapons in the hands of the Ming Army were many times more advanced than the Mongols. Those who beat them were thrown off their feet and suffered heavy casualties.

With such a big advantage at the beginning, the Ming army is naturally invincible.

Therefore, after Wang Baobao led his troops to flee to Dadu, he ordered craftsmen from all over the country to gather in Dadu and began to develop advanced firearms, mainly imitating the firecrackers and artillery of the Ming army.

If you want to win, you must have more guns and artillery.

"Brother, I don't understand." Alu Timur said suddenly.

"Tell me what you don't understand." Wang Baobao looked at his reckless younger brother and asked.

"The Mobei Grassland is thousands of miles away from here. As long as we take our troops and flee to the Mobei Grassland, the Ming army will never catch up with us again in this lifetime. Since this is the case, why are we still building guns and artillery? Let's go directly Kill all the Han people in the Liaoyang Dadu area, take all the women, food and livestock, and leave the Ming army a blank field, can they still catch up with us?! Is it worthwhile to waste so much time here?"

Alu Timur always felt that Wang Baobao's series of preparations in Liaoyang Dadu were a waste of time. In his opinion, since he couldn't defeat the Ming army, it would be better if he simply escaped far away.

"You really haven't made much progress. You always think of things so simply. You have forgotten all the things I taught you in so much time!?" Wang Baobao reprimanded first.

Then Wang Baobao got up and paced back and forth in the hall, and then explained to his younger brother Alu Timur:

"You are too stupid to think so. Our enemies are not only the Ming army, but also the rebels from all walks of life in the Central Plains. Would you like Emperor Yuan to go to the grassland with us?"

For the sake of what Wang Baobao said, even the stubborn Alu Timur could understand it.

The fact is exactly the same. These Mongolian vassal kings on the grassland were supposed to be local emperors, but suddenly a real Mongolian Khan and Yuan Emperor came from the sky and issued orders on their territory, so they were naturally very upset .

What's more, if the Dayuan court further centralizes power in order to strengthen its rule on the grassland, I am afraid that the vassal kings of various ministries will also rise up in chaos.

Rebellion is not only the monopoly of the Han people, these Mongols will also rebel.

After all, for more than 100 years, the Great Mongol Kingdom has always been in a dominant position of expansion. Even if the Great Yuan stopped expanding after the establishment of the Great Yuan, it would still collect a large amount of taxes in the Central Plains every year, in the name of rewards and exchanges. Flowed to the grassland.

The chiefs of these tribes on the prairie were all loyal to the Great Yuan Dynasty, relying on the countless rewards from the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Once the Yuan court became a bereaved dog and fled to the grassland, the tribal leaders in the grassland would naturally lose all kinds of generous rewards from the Central Plains, and their loyalty to the Yuan court would be greatly reduced.

"If we fight for manpower, although we have a large number of soldiers and horses, they can't resist the bite of wolves. We must have absolutely powerful force, so that all tribes can follow our orders and work together to target the Ming army. Our hope of survival in the Mobei Grassland."

Wang Baobao didn't have much confidence in the loyalty of the various tribes on the grassland.

If the Yuan army could have a large number of powerful gunpowder weapons like the Xiang Ming army, forming a crushing military advantage over the tribes in the grassland, then Wang Baobao and the others could maintain the rule of the Yuan court in the Mobei grassland.

Otherwise, once the Great Yuan Dynasty moved to the Mobei grassland, there would be no need for the Ming army to attack, and all the tribes in the grassland would pounce on them and wipe them out as long as they showed a slight weakness.

Empress Dowager Qi said in the letter that she hoped that Wang Baobao would return to Dadu immediately, so Wang Baobao did not waste any time, and immediately handed over all important military and political affairs in Liaoyang Province to his younger brother Alu Timur, and then led thousands of elite The cavalry hurried back to Dadu.

After driving all the way for three days and three nights, Wang Baobao took advantage of the darkness to return to the capital city.

As soon as he returned to the capital city, Wang Baobao didn't even go to see his father Sai Yinchi.

He even entered the Great Yuan Palace overnight.

"Queen Mother, the minister is here!"

In the bedroom of Empress Dowager Qi, all the eunuchs and court ladies retreated outside, and only Empress Dowager Qi and Wang Baobao were in the room.

Hearing Wang Baobao's words, the Empress Dowager Qi, who was dressed in a cool embroidered dress and exuded the fragrance of makeup powder, plunged into Wang Baobao's arms. The so-called small farewell is better than a newly married couple. Of course, this pair of siblings and monarchs are not newly married. Some excitement.

Wang Baobao was only in his early twenties, and he was just at the age of youth. When he saw such a charming and charming Empress Dowager Qi, he picked her up with his hands, and then walked towards the carved golden bed with big strides.

However, Empress Dowager Qi grabbed Wang Baobao's arm, and did not wantonly twist and cry in her lover's arms as usual.

"Good brother, can't you do it today?" Empress Dowager Qi said shyly.

"Ah, I can't do it today. Could it be that the Empress Dowager is unwell today?" Wang Baobao said with some regret.

The expression on Empress Dowager Qi's face became more complicated, she said in an extremely thin voice in Wang Baobao's arms.

"It's not that I'm sick, but I'm happy...!"

boom!
Hearing these words, Wang Baobao suddenly felt a roar resounding in his mind.

"what!?"

"What... what's the fun?" Wang Baobao couldn't help but start to stammer.

Empress Dowager Qi rolled his eyes at him, stroked her belly with her slender and tender hands and said.

"Of course there is joy in this belly, you are going to be a father!"

Regarding being a father, Wang Baobao is actually not very unfamiliar.

Although he is only in his early twenties, the concubines in his family have already given birth to three or four children for him.

But it was absolutely the first time for Wang Baobao to let the Empress Dowager of the Great Yuan Dynasty give birth to him.

"Queen, minister, minister is guilty!"

Wang Baobao loosened the strength on his arm, put Empress Dowager Qi on the ground, then took a step back and kowtowed on the ground to apologize.

Well, the scene became very embarrassing for a while.

On the one hand, the Empress Dowager of the Yuan Dynasty is happy, and on the other hand, the Taibao is guilty.

(End of this chapter)