Of course, it needs to be turned into a castle. After all, even if it is not protected against attacks by tribes, it must be protected against wild beasts.
Huining in this era is really full of Siberian tigers running around and blind bears entering people's homes. The biggest accidental casualties of Yang Feng's reclamation team so far are all caused by these ferocious beasts...
Especially in winter.
"I really didn't expect that I could live longer than him."
Zhang Dingbian stood on the rammed earth city wall, looking out at the vast whiteness, the ice and snow at minus 20 degrees, and a Siberian tiger wandering around. In other seasons, they would not dare to come, but this season the reclamation team members basically did not
Go out. However, there are some soybeans, sorghum and the like left in the harvested farmland, so there are also many hares. Beasts that cannot find food in the mountains and forests often wander around these farmlands.
So far, the population of the reclamation area has exceeded 40,000.
A large part of them are actually slaves.
After all, recruiting land reclamation team members from the mainland is becoming increasingly difficult and the cost is too high, but it is extremely cheap to buy a slave from North Korea, and it is even cheaper to buy one from Japan.
These 40,000 people have cultivated 400,000 acres of wasteland.
Although only soybeans and sorghum can be grown, it also gives this land a fertile look, especially in autumn, when soybeans and sorghums are literally all over the mountains and plains. Now that sweet potatoes and potatoes have been obtained, these can be grown on a large scale here.
, those poor Korean and Japanese slaves finally no longer have to boil beans in salt water and eat sorghum noodles and steamed buns.
They can eat sweet potatoes.
Ambassador Yang always cares for them so meticulously.
Of course, the real employees have been eating rice shipped from the south and a small amount of wheat grown in the south. The merchant ships that brought soybeans to the north all brought rice with them. These supplies currently supply hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Huining Commandery Department.
Moreover, because of the reliance on herdsmen and fishermen and hunters, milk is convenient and game is cheap, and they are exchanged for the food, ironware, etc. needed by the latter. The two parties have formed a good symbiotic relationship, and an agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery and hunting complex is gradually forming. Especially those who were originally in the sheds of northwest Jiangxi
The people, or rather the old rebels, all live quite comfortably here. Every old immortal has learned to buy Korean and Japanese women, and they have regained their second youth here.
“Is there still any ambition today?”
Yang Feng said.
"Even he is dead, so what ambitions can a half-buried person like me have?
Just like the line you sang.
Right or wrong, success or failure is gone, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset turns red several times."
Zhang Dingbian said sadly.
Obviously, the death of his old rival made his ideals disappear. He was just unwilling to accept it. Zhu Yuanzhang stood there like a sign, and then he rushed towards the sign.
Push him down.
but now……
The sign turned to dust on its own.
He stood there blankly, looking at the empty front.
ideal?
Gone!
"It's half buried, go back and recite your sutras safely!"
Yang Feng patted his shoulder and said.
Almost at the same time, the watch on his wrist rang. He quickly retracted his hand and connected to Sister Liu under Zhang Dingbian's gaze...
"Your Highness the Princess just asked me to inform you urgently that Zhu Yunwen escaped from the capital and is currently unknown. The only thing that is known is that he should be with Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng. They were dismissed by the new emperor and were stranded in the capital before, but Zhu Yunwen disappeared.
On the same day, they also disappeared, and she told you to return to the capital as soon as possible."
said the latter.
"Uh, can this also make him run away?"
Yang Feng said in shock.
In order to have an emergency contact tool, he left a watch for the little princess, Zhang Ying, and the green slave.
But it can only be contacted urgently. After all, he can't charge the battery after he leaves, and there is no way to contact him. He can only contact Sister Liu first, and then the latter will contact him.
"It is estimated that there are others who are with them. The princess said that it is probably Qi Tai. Qi Tai has not been dismissed from office, or he is still the Minister of the Ministry of War. If he cooperates, then it will be easier for Zhu Yunwen to escape. Obviously Zhu Yuanzhang, the big mountain that suppresses everything, has not
After that, all the forces in the Ming Dynasty did not think that the new emperor was as capable as his grandfather. In addition, King Yan had already met with King Su and rushed to the capital, and King Chu had also gone north to prepare for a meeting with King Xiang in Wuchang.
Then they will go to Beijing together. The King of Zhou is also rushing to Xi'an. It is said that he and the two kings of Qin and Jin are also going south via Wuguan Road, probably to Wuchang. Her Royal Highness the Princess suspects that they may be discussing something together."
Sister Liu said.
"What can they discuss? Join forces to form an army? Are they confident that they can defeat Lan Yu? Or are they confident that they can defeat the Shenji Battalion?
Without Zhu Di's participation, they would be just a bunch of scum stepped on by Lan Yu."
Yang Feng said.
In fact, this situation is inevitable.
Lao Zhu's pressure suddenly disappeared, and the new emperor's policies turned to rebellion. It would be strange if no one wanted to cause trouble. The civil servants were dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi's new ideas, and the clan was dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi's reforms...
He has already issued the decree.
It was the previous design, either each vassal king would receive a fief, and then live on the fief by himself.
If you earn more, you will be well-off, and if you earn less, you will be frugal.
Or go to Beijing to receive a salary and work as an apartment house.
But each vassal king fixed a sum of money every year, and it will always be this amount from now on. No matter how many children and grandchildren there are, the court will not give them an additional amount of money for one more person. In the future, you will find a way to make money to support your family.
Bar!
That means the army supports him.
But the problem is that the army supports him only because he is the legal heir. In fact, the army prefers King Yan. After all, the army recognizes the merits of war, and King Yan is invincible. In less than ten years, he has expanded his territory thousands of miles, from Fusang on the Eastern Sea to the Western Regions.
This is what the army truly respects, and unlike Zhu Yunxi who likes new reforms, Zhu Di follows his father's routine. In fact, it is more accurate to say that Zhu Di treats hereditary generals better. Zhu Yunxi is better at this point
He was too deeply influenced by Yang Feng, or was aware of the corruption of the military household system in the future, so he did not agree with maintaining the current hereditary general system. He was more inclined to carry out preventive reforms.
Of course, just tend to.
After all, he previously needed military support to smoothly succeed to the throne.
In short, it is difficult to say that this emperor was unanimously welcomed by the civil servants and military generals.
but……
They didn't dare to rebel.
After all, His Majesty the Emperor has firm control over the Shenji Camp.
This legion, which has been regarded as his imperial army since its establishment, is enough to suppress all unrealistic fantasies, not to mention he also has Lan Yu and Chang Sheng.
Whether they like him or not, they don't like Zhu Yuanzhang.
There's a lot they don't like.
They don't dislike Zhu Yunxi more than they dislike Zhu Yuanzhang, right?
They can kneel in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, trembling as if they are little elves serving an evil dragon. Of course, they can also kneel at the feet of Zhu Yunxi and let him trample on them wantonly. They are all very sensible people. As for now, it is not a big deal. It is just that Zhu Yuanzhang has just died.
, the mountain on their bodies suddenly disappeared, and they felt relaxed all of a sudden. They felt that they could run and jump, and they had just a little rebellious period. They would wait for Zhu Yunxi to kill a few, and then they would learn to adapt to the new king.
This kind of thing is normal.
After all, they had been suppressed in the shadow of Lao Zhu for thirty years, and when they were suddenly liberated, it was inevitable that they could not control themselves.
"You tell her that she can just look at things that have nothing to do with our family. What can these people do? A group of strong talkers, only a few of them were hacked to death, and then they all became submissive."
Yang Feng said.
Next to him, Zhang Dingbian was deeply convinced.
However……
Half a month later.
"The fast-talking man you mentioned took Zhu Yunwen away from the court and ran all the way to Jingzhou. Then in front of nearly 100,000 people, he knelt in front of the Prince of Xiang's Mansion, crying and begging the Prince of Xiang to save him. He cried so much
He burst into tears and cried out that his brother had someone frame him and imprison him, preparing to build up more charges, and then give him poisoned wine.
King Xiang had no choice but to order someone to take him into the palace first.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yunxi issued an edict, asking King Xiang to send him back to the capital immediately.
But Zhu Yunwen continued to cry.
Moreover, it was said that instead of being sent back to the capital and being falsely accused and killed by his brother, it would be better for him to throw himself into the Yangtze River innocently. As long as the King of Xiang dared to send him back to the capital, he would jump into the Yangtze River halfway, so the King of Xiang had to report that he would not
If you dare to forcefully send him back to the capital like this, Zhu Yunxi has already ordered Song Zhong, commander of the Jinyi Guards of Shenji Battalion, to go to Jingzhou to bring back his brother."
Sister Liu told Yang Feng, who was hunting, somewhat gloatingly.
The latter is fighting a tiger hand-to-hand...
"It's such a big deal? Why do I smell a hint of conspiracy?"
Ambassador Yang got off the tiger and wiped his hands like a scumbag who had finished venting his anger.
The poor tiger was twitching and bleeding from its mouth and nose.
The reclamation team members nearby hurriedly swarmed up and killed the tiger.
Because there were too many ferocious beasts like tigers, bears, and blind men nearby, which could easily endanger the children, Ambassador Yang, who was bored, led them to hunt nearby, just to exercise. In the past few days, there were a few Siberian tigers every day.
Blind bears and the like were brutally killed by him, and they were all beaten to death by hand-to-hand combat. The style of painting was quite brutal.
It would allow the reclamation team members to eat tiger meat.
"Indeed, this matter is being hyped up by people, especially in the south. There are even a large number of folk tabloids describing how the emperor framed his brother. Moreover, the King of Chu has arrived in Wuchang. He reported in Wuchang, saying
The emperor had better issue an edict to inform the world, so that the people of the world can understand that they are still brothers and sisters. As for the escape of Guangze County Prince, it was just a misunderstanding. In addition, it is best to give Guangze County Prince a vassal title as soon as possible, so that
This can reassure the latter. After all, the funeral of Emperor Daxing is coming soon, and the spirit of Emperor Daxing in heaven cannot be disturbed.
I suspect that someone among these vassal kings is behind the scenes and that Zhu Yunwen's escape was planned.
Especially to King Xiang.
He and Zhu Di had a deep relationship, because Zhu Yunxi was very dissatisfied with King Xiang at this time, and he was currently the closest to the capital among the vassal kings. In the next reform of the clan, he would definitely be the first to be operated on.
In this case, it depends on King Xiang.
He is a very sensitive person. Don't forget that he committed suicide in history.
If he committed suicide because of this, he would have been forced to death by Zhu Yunxi.
What would Zhu Di think?
What will the other feudal lords think?"
Sister Liu said with a smile.
"Tell the princess that you can just watch the show. This is not Zhu Yunxi's fault at all, but the princes want to create an opportunity to share their hatred with each other, and then attack Zhu Yunxi together."
Yang Feng said.
"But now the four kings of Yan, Jin, Zhou and Chu have all been arranged in advance by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the rest are just some, well, there are indeed many left, Qin, Shu, Hunan, Suqing, Liaoning, Han Dynasty, Gu Min, and more than a dozen more,
Lao Zhu was able to survive, and this was not considered as a vassal. By the way, King Yan had already arrived in Lanzhou to make peace with King Suqing on Wednesday. In addition, the kings of Liao, Hanning and other kings had already entered the pass. They were meeting in Peiping. This
Something is indeed wrong. They are all accompanied by guards. Although the number is definitely not large, there are quite a few of them together.
What's more, they are all elite.
Zhu Di alone brought a thousand heavy cavalry guards with him, and there were also three thousand soldiers from various ministries who paid tribute.
If they suddenly launch an attack and take control of Xi'an, Chang Sheng may not be able to contain them.
There is a big difference between him and King Yan.
Zhu Di gave orders in Xi'an, and the soldiers there would probably listen to him instead of Chang Sheng."
Sister Liu said.
"So, let's just watch the show."
Yang Feng said.
But Zhu Di's real goal should not be to seize the throne, but to weaken the authority of his nephew. However, it may be that he was designed by others. After all, Zhu Di could not complete a conspiracy thousands of miles away in such a short period of time.
"Let the princess pay attention to King Xiang."
he said.
"You said he was playing a trick?"
Sister Liu said.
"He wanted to stimulate Zhu Di. He wanted Zhu Di to be the emperor, but Zhu Di already wanted to quit. He probably did all this deliberately to stimulate Zhu Di. If Zhu Yunxi was really unfavorable to him, he would probably anger Zhu Di."
Yang Feng said.
Zhu Bai is a bit paranoid...
He has no children. Although it is said that he had two daughters who died in infancy, they still have no more. It is possible that they were spoiled by eating too much food. He is a monastic and should have taken some elixir secretly, and he has no other brothers and sisters from the same mother.
The closest to him is Zhu Di, and he is also the one who supports Zhu Di the most as emperor. But now Zhu Di has chosen to withdraw and go to the Western Regions. It can be said that his closest relatives are almost far away from each other since then. His father has also died, and he has no descendants.
This kind of person will do very extreme things.
He doesn't care about death.
If, as in the original history, the people sent by Zhu Yunxi to take away Zhu Yunwen were a little disrespectful to him, or even acted inappropriately to irritate him.
He committed suicide in such a tragic way, Zhu Di would really be angered.
"Damn it, this is going to be a big deal."
Yang Feng said.
At this time, there was a sudden burst of chaotic screams. He quickly turned his head and saw a tiger suddenly leaping out of the grass and pounced on Old Man Zhang, who was still admiring the scenery. Old Man Zhang also reacted and avoided the tiger the moment it fell.
Open, and at the same time, his right fist suddenly punched out, hitting the tiger just below the ear. The tiger, which was not a big one, shook its head suddenly with the impact of his fist, and then hit the ground hard, where
He kicked his limbs and twitched, and soon blood started to pour out of his nose.
"This old guy can really kill a tiger with a punch!"
Yang Feng exclaimed.
"What did you say?"
Sister Liu said.
"I have an old man in his seventies who just killed a tiger with one punch, even though the tiger was probably underage."