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

Chapter 291 A Different Jin Yiwei

Yingtian Mansion, in the imperial palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was having breakfast with Ma Xiuying, and there was a letter from Zhu Han next to him.

The more you look at Zhu Yuanzhang, the brighter the smile on his face.

"Qi Wu went out for a trip, but he found a lot of talents for us."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the letter, "First it was Wei Chengbo, now it's Meng Duan... I know this Meng Duan, an old liar, if we were one step late when we attacked southern Henan, he would have wiped out all the Mongolian and Yuan officials in southern Henan Oh, this guy...why haven't I heard his name before?"

Ma Xiuying is very clear: "You don't know his name because he doesn't belong to any family and has done deception. The officials in the court don't like him, so they won't let you know Meng Duan's name. In the harem, many father-in-laws know about his deeds. After all, cheating is fun everywhere, not to mention that he deceived the entire southern province of Henan. This legendary story makes the father-in-laws in the palace very fond of it. , often telling his story."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the big officials in the court had families, large or small, behind them. They wanted to put their own people in the court, but they never thought of bringing outsiders in. Faced with this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang He was also powerless to deal with it, and he wanted to find his own way.

After much deliberation, there is only one way.

"Sister, we want to set up a special department, let them directly report to us, and be responsible for helping the court select outstanding talents."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and said to Ma Xiuying: "The officials responsible for the assessment of the Ministry of Officials are indeed good enough, but they cannot be used by us. Behind those people, there are more or less shadows of other forces, and it is not good for us to use them." I am very relieved, so I thought about setting up a team to go to various state capitals, or even go deep into the county, and write letters to recommend outstanding talents, but... such people have relatively high requirements, and it is very difficult to do."

Just one word: difficult.

Faced with the difficulties Zhu Yuanzhang encountered, Ma Xiuying didn't know what to do, but she said an answer that was in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking: "Why don't you... go to Qiwu and ask?"

"That's what we thought too. If there is any trouble, you can definitely go to Qi Wu, but... what should I do in the future? I will find him when I encounter trouble now, and I will find him when I encounter something that I can't figure out. What about in the future?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very conflicted. He looked at Ma Xiuying and said helplessly: "He is going to leave and go to the other side of the ocean to be a prince... After he leaves, how can I contact him?"

Zhu Han will not stay in the court all the time, Zhu Yuanzhang has thought about letting him hold an important position in the court, or find a good place for Zhu Han to be a fief next to Yingtian Mansion, but he doesn't want anything, but he wants Ran to Yinzhou, although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want him to leave, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhu Han has a stubborn temper, and even eight cows can't bring back what he decided. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't persuade Zhu Han to change his mind, so he could only delay Zhu Han's departure as much as possible.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Han's status is unique. Whenever he sees Zhu Han, he can always think of the things about the two brothers from childhood to adulthood, and he thinks that if it wasn't for Zhu Han's strong persuasion, he might still be in the same place now. Which temple is begging, there will be no current emperor at all.

Ma Xiuying also knew Zhu Han's position in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant to separate the two brothers. When Zhu Han would leave, Zhu Yuanzhang was very disappointed. Lu, Qiwu wants to leave now, but in the future... maybe he won't, and maybe he won't."

"It really doesn't work... Let's train Biao'er well, let's leave our team to him, and the emperor will let him do it in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook Ma Xiuying's hand with his backhand, "Let's go to the other side of the ocean to live a fairy life together with Qiwu."

"It's so beautiful!"

Ma Xiuying rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang, "When the time comes, will you be willing to give up this huge Ming Dynasty?"

"Why don't you want to?"

Zhu Yuanzhang answered plausibly, and said to Ma Xiuying: "If there were no Qiwu, how could there be Zhu Yuanzhang now? He helped us to get our name, and he helped us every step of the way. If we didn't drag him down, Maybe who is the current emperor."

In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, Zhu Han is more suitable to be the emperor, but he doesn't want anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say something more, but he didn't say it after thinking about it: "Forget it, why tell you this? I'll go back and write a letter to Qiwu first."

The content of the letter is mainly the method he just proposed to help Zhu Yuanzhang select officials.

……

When Zhu Han came to the grassland, Zhu Yuanzhang's letter was also in his hands. After reading the contents of the letter, Zhu Han couldn't help laughing.

It seems that Jin Yiwei is still inevitable to appear.

However, for the current Zhu Yuanzhang, the purpose of Jinyiwei was not to monitor all officials, but to help him select officials who could be controlled by him. In today's Ming Dynasty, there are many official factions. This is not what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see. Therefore, he wanted to establish a new faction for the court, which belonged exclusively to Zhu Yuanzhang, to ensure that government orders could be issued and carried out unimpeded.

Liu Sanniang was riding a horse on the grassland, while Zhu Han went to the side to reply to Zhu Yuanzhang's letter.

The content is very simple: since it is to select officials, why not monitor all officials?

Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned in the letter that the team for selecting officials should be of high cultural quality and should take on the responsibility of selecting officials. In Zhu Han's view, this is completely unnecessary...Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to ensure that the team is loyal enough to him , as long as this team doesn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, and doesn't get implicated or implicated, there is no need to worry too much.

As for the candidate to command the team, Zhu Han recommended Tang He to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Tang He is Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow townsman. He played with him for a long time, and he was the first person to take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang. After Tang He became king, he returned to his hometown in Fengyang. It can be said that he has no faction in the court, and he will be very reassuring. .

As for what Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned in his letter, he wanted Zhu Han to help him form a team for selecting officials... Zhu Han told Zhu Yuanzhang directly: No.

Too tired to do it.

At the same time, Zhu Han also said that no matter who is the leader of this team, he will be there to help, but he will not be the leader.

At the end of the letter, Zhu Han also helped Zhu Yuanzhang choose the team's name: Jinyiwei.

The original intention of this Jinyiwei was different from the previous life. When Zhu Han chose the name, he borrowed another allusion: riches and honor do not return to their hometowns, like Jinyi walking at night, so it was named Jinyiwei.

After writing the letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, sealed it with wax, and handed it to the people around him to send the letter away, Zhu Han walked towards Liu Sanniang who was galloping on the grassland.

Seeing Zhu Han walking towards her, Liu Sanniang urged the horse to walk towards Zhu Han: "Husband, I finally came to the grassland, don't you want to ride a horse? The sky is vast and wild, like a sky covering the wilderness... ...it's a great place to ride a horse."

"Ride! Of course ride!"

Zhu Han walked over, grabbed the rein and got on the horse, holding Liu Sanniang in his arms. He whispered in Liu Sanniang's ear, "However, what's the point of riding alone? Two people should be together."

In the later generations, Zhu Han had heard of 'Ma Zhen', and he wanted to try it too, because it was immediately comfortable and uncomfortable.

Liu Sanniang sensed Zhu Han's bad intentions, and looked around anxiously: "Your Highness, don't be like this...it's broad daylight, and there are people around."

"It's okay, let's run farther."

Zhu Hancai didn't care so much, he rode his horse towards the desolate place deep in the grassland, and at the same time he reminded the guards not to follow.

Although Zhu Han likes to play, he doesn't want to be seen by others.

Seeing Zhu Han and Liu Sanniang running away, Natalie and Sophia had some expectations in their hearts and wanted to run there together, but Zhou Zhiruo, who was next to them, was watching them and would never let them follow.

Zhou Zhiruo also wanted to try, but she was thin-skinned and embarrassed to go... If Zhu Han ran over to pull her onto the horse at this time, she would follow coyly.

……

Erie City!
Before the arrival of Ming's reinforcements, Timur took his men back to the Western Chagatai Khanate.

I can't do without running, I got a nose bump outside Yili City, and even got two teeth knocked out, so I didn't beat Yili City down.

This made Timur run away with his head in his arms.

Relying on a small number of soldiers and horses in his hands, Xu Da was stunned to withstand Timur's artillery attack.

It was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Li Wenzhong who led the reinforcements. When he saw Xu Da, he immediately knelt down on one knee: "Big..."

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled up by Xu Da: "Bao'er is here, yes, he is becoming more and more like a general."

Xu Dazhi's army has always been known for its rigor and strict military discipline. Even his son was worthy of his position in the barracks. But now he faces Li Wenzhong, but he abandons his insistence. Li Wenzhong did not continue to call Xu Da Marshal, but smiled and shouted He said "Uncle Xu".

"Come on, let's talk about it later."

Xu Da pulled Li Wenzhong into his big tent. Yili City suffered heavy artillery fire, and many houses collapsed. In order to deal with Timur's siege, Xu Da demolished many houses and used the beams as rolling logs. Now The Ming army was helping the people in the city to build houses. In order to avoid criticism from others, Xu Da gave up his house to the people to live in temporarily, and moved himself into a tent.

Pulling Li Wenzhong into the tent, Xu Da didn't talk nonsense, he said directly to Li Wenzhong: "Timur took advantage of the lack of Yili troops to carry out a surprise attack, which made me suffer a dull loss, but this loss can't be taken in vain, we will take revenge back."

It doesn't count if Timur retreats, Xu Da wants to take revenge by himself.

Li Wenzhong understood what Xu Da meant, and he immediately said to Xu Da: "Commander, please order, Wen Zhong will not disgrace his life!"

"it is good."

Xu Da pointed to the map and said to Li Wenzhong: "This is Litai, the border city of Xichahetai. After Timur returns, he must rest here. We want to give Timur a hard time here. , but in order to prevent being detected, we must act quickly, and before Timur reacts, we must give them a hard blow, and let them know that we have to pay the price of blood if we cause trouble for Daming."

"Bao'er, take a short rest and lead the elite attack. I will lead the follow-up troops to keep up. You have to make sure to break through one of Litai's city gates before I arrive."

Li Wenzhong understood what Xu Da meant, and clasped his fists together: "Obey!"

"Ah."

Xu Da couldn't help reminding again, "Bao'er, pay attention to safety."

Li Wenzhong grinned: "Don't worry, Uncle, I know what to do."

Xu Da looked at Li Wenzhong's appearance, and felt a little relieved. Li Wenzhong was also considered a military general in the Ming Dynasty. Civil servants and military generals have trained him a lot, and he has experienced many battlefield trials, and he has become a veteran of many battles on the battlefield, so Xu Da can feel more at ease with him.

But when Li Wenzhong left, Xu Da reminded: "Don't always think about charging ahead. It's not convenient for you to carry artillery. Take more firecrackers and explosives."

"Okay uncle, don't worry."

Li Wenzhong grinned and smiled foolishly, but he also acted very calmly, waving his hand to bid farewell to Xu Da.

Xu Da said that speed is the most important thing in soldiers, and he has to rush to Litai City before Timur can react. This sentence sounds very simple, but it is actually very complicated.

As a general, he has to consider everything. He can't just follow Xu Da's order, but also take care of more... What if Timur reacted faster?Did he place scouts on the way to Litai City?
Therefore, Li Wenzhong made a big detour for him. Between Litai and Yili, there is a small kingdom called Quxian. Their past is currently building a city wall in Liaodong. Li Wenzhong went to Quxian, and then started from Quxian, bypassing The nearest route to Yili and Litai, starting from a distance.

In order to hurry, Li Wenzhong only brought five thousand light cavalry, and he rode two horses. There was only one word for the marching speed: fast!

He abandoned his luggage, took only weapons and gunpowder, and set out on his way lightly.

……

Timur is also a veteran.

After he was unable to attack Yili City for a long time, he decisively threw away the corpses and ran away. When he fled, he did not forget to leave scouts on the road.

In Timur's view, Daming is not someone who suffers a loss and swallows it in his stomach, not to mention Xu Da, he is the number one military general in the Ming Dynasty, and he has been trapped in the city for half a month. Retaliation, otherwise, wouldn't he lose his title as the number one military general of the Ming Dynasty?

Therefore, Timur sent out scouts to guard against Xu Da, and also thought that he could take this opportunity to blackmail Xu Da.

After all, Timur had to maintain his prestige in front of his subordinates, and his failure to defeat Yili City had already damaged his prestige, so he had to find a way to make up for it now.

Timur and Xu Da fought openly and secretly, but they didn't realize it. Li Wenzhong didn't take the usual way at all.

It was night, Timur finished his work and was going to rest. Before going to rest, he asked his guard Xu Da's movements, but the news they got was: Daming's reinforcements had arrived, but they did not leave Yili City, as if they were resting their spirits. Recharge.

"What kind of rejuvenation are you doing when the reinforcements arrive?"

Timur cursed, but he racked his brains and couldn't figure out what Xu Da meant.

When it was daylight, Timur couldn't stand it anymore, and fell asleep drowsily.

(End of this chapter)