Chapter 291 The imperial commander personally conquers?
Author: Mu Yunfeng
Chapter 291 The imperial commander personally conquers?
Yang Feng then arrived in Daning.
Princess Ning did not resist, she just closed the door of the palace and refused to meet her on the grounds that there were no adult men in the palace and it was not convenient to receive outsiders.
Of course, Yang Feng was not interested in going to the palace to meet people.
He released Bu Wan and others who were imprisoned, and then used Bu Wan to resume presiding over Daning Dusi.
However, in order to reassure the generals who had followed Chen Heng before, Yang Feng singled out the elites who participated in the Western Expedition and put them under the command of a general who had followed Chen Heng. This would ensure that Bu Wan would not seek revenge for personal gain. Completed
After these, he and Yang Wen set off westward, aiming for Kaiping. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was in Kaiping. He had completed the integration of the entire Xuanda University, but it was more accurately said to be an armed parade. After all, under the current situation, most of the guards
Everyone is just protecting themselves. Anyway, for the local guards to wait for this kind of internal fighting among the royal family, whoever becomes the emperor is not the Zhu family.
Zhu Gaoxu led 10,000 cavalry out of Juyongguan and headed north, and then met with the two Daigu vassals. At present, there are a total of 30,000 cavalry heading north to Kaiping.
The Jin vassal army entered Datong with 10,000 cavalry.
Guards from various places reported one after another that the guards of the five vassals were mobilized across the border without authorization, but most of the elite guards had not returned from the Western Expedition and were unable to fight against them.
You can only stay behind closed doors.
Of course, this is reported to the court.
In fact, the gates of each city were open. He just made an agreement with Zhu Gaoxu not to enter the city. The latter passed by and garrisoned outside the city. The merchants in the city were willing to sell military supplies to him. King Yan had money, and he would rob countless people in the Western Expedition.
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Not to mention that these years of conquering the Japanese country and stationing in Fusang were all about making money.
Speaking of gold and silver mining in Fuso, he is responsible for supervising it.
Zhu Gaoxu continued to show off his military power all the way, and the civilian officials who originally supervised the generals, because of their dissatisfaction with Zhu Yunxi, all colluded with the generals of the guard station and allowed him to move freely in this area. After finally receiving the news of Yang Feng's westward advance, Zhu Gaoxu immediately led his troops to Kaiping.
The governor of Kaiping, Tongzhi Shengxi, abandoned his army and fled, leaving Kaiping City to him. Therefore, Yang Feng's next step was to deal with Zhu Gaoxu first and then go south to Peiping.
As for the west side, don't worry about it.
As long as he chooses to support Zhu Yunxi, Princess Jin will solve this problem.
As for Yang Feng's men, they were still leading those from Liaodong to the west, and at this time, the news that he had finally taken action had spread rapidly throughout the country.
Beijing.
"This damn ghost finally remembered and came back."
The little princess said with great satisfaction.
Then she looked at her daughter-in-law with a murderous look.
"Princess, it's useless for you to blame me. He asked me to do it all."
The latter said calmly.
Zhang Ying told Zhang Xianzong and others about Yang Feng's stay in Huining. The little princess didn't know about it in advance, so she was very passive. The emperor thought she was deliberately concealing it. She has obviously lost her face recently...
Of course, it's possible that he was angry with Lan Yu.
Lan Yu had just given the speech, and it was obvious that he had accused the emperor of not listening to those civil servants in a disrespectful tone. The current situation was largely due to his lack of decision-making. His uncles had already openly raised troops, so they did not take this opportunity to make a quick announcement.
They all rebelled, and then solved the feudal king's problem in one fell swoop. Instead, they listened to those civil servants talking about the public opinion? Is this how you imitate your grandfather? Your grandfather's greatest advantage is that he is decisive in killing. It has reached this level, and you still care.
What uncle? It’s the uncles who should be killed as soon as possible. As long as you issue an edict and make it clear that the kings are rebelling and causing chaos, and those who kill are made marquis, Kaifeng will definitely be captured in less than half a month.
At that time, all the feudal kings will accidentally die in various possibilities that suit them.
Zhu Yunxi also understood that Lan Yu was taking responsibility for him, but the problem was that this attitude of treating him as a junior made him very angry.
He is no longer the emperor's grandson.
He is the emperor now.
Even if you are the emperor's uncle, you must understand that you are a minister.
So it's not entirely because he doubted his aunt.
He still has great trust in his aunt. After all, he also knows that his aunt will definitely listen to Yang Feng more. He can't have too much hope for people who are no longer considered the Zhu family. It is said that the daughters of the Yi tribe who got married at that time are not included!
Well, it seems that his aunt is not married yet!
"Vixen!"
The little princess looked at Zhang Ying and said angrily.
"Princess, I heard that the one from the Western Region is the most coquettish."
Zhang Ying transfers hatred.
"Humph, you are all vixens."
said the little princess.
"Get out of the way, emergency military service!"
Accompanied by anxious shouts, a group of cavalry rushed over, and on a horse among the cavalry was a middle-aged Confucian scholar with an expressionless face.
The little princess's eyes widened instantly.
"Fang, Fang, Fang Xiaoru?"
she screamed.
Zhang Ying also recognized it and her eyes widened as well.
Fang Daru, the leader of the Three Rebels who is currently wanted, fled the capital with the Prince of Guangze, incited Qitai to rebel in Lishui, and then went to Suzhou to incite the gentry to rebel. Fang Daru suddenly appeared in this way.
Being in the capital city and under the protection of the army can be described as weird.
Zhang Ying stepped forward without hesitation. Riding Yang Feng's big white horse, she immediately caught up with the cavalry and followed beside her. She asked questions as she walked along, and soon turned around and returned...
"Fang Xiaoru suddenly left Suzhou and surrendered to Wu Shouan. He said that the King of Guangze in Qitai was fake. He and Qitai conspired to falsely claim to be King Guangze by a nephew of Qitai clan, and then used a fake posthumous edict to deceive Suzhou.
The prefect Yao Shan raised an army. However, after raising the army, he quickly sent people to welcome King Guangze back, but Qi Tai always shied away. He suspected that Qi Tai wanted to wait until Kaifeng city was defeated and King Guangze died in the rebellion before he could continue to use his methods.
The clan nephew was King Guangze and was stealing the country. Fang Xiaoru had already fallen out with him. He wanted to kill Fang Xiaoru. Fortunately, with the help of Huang Yue and others in the city, he escaped from Suzhou and came to report to the emperor. He was willing to go to Suzhou to testify for the emperor.
the truth."
Zhang Ying said.
"It's indeed a lie. I'm telling you, we people in Kaifeng, how can we say that Yun Wen is still in Kaifeng!
These bitches are very brave!"
The little princess sneered.
Although Zhu Yunwen was very careful to hide himself during his stay in Kaifeng, he could not hide it from the all-pervasive intelligence network of the banking system. After the appearance of King Guangze of Lishui, the little princess immediately asked the bank in Kaifeng to investigate whether he really left Kaifeng, but the latter
The report given to her is that it is probably still unsealed.
The Lishui one is fake.
Later, the bank in Suzhou also reported that judging from the performance of the Suzhou king Guangze, it was probably a fake.
Now it's certain.
However, it is useless to confirm this. Everyone knows that the Suzhou gentry supported him just as a memorial tablet. Whether he is real or not is not important. What is important is that there is King Guangze in Suzhou.
"Let's go into the palace!"
said the little princess.
Then she opened her watch and asked Sister Liu to tell Yang Feng.
Because her watch cannot be charged, it can only be used as an emergency communication tool. After use, it must be turned off quickly. Fortunately, this thing has a relatively long standby time in normal use. It has been half a year now with this occasional turning on.
It hasn't run out of battery yet.
When they arrived at the palace, Fang Xiaoru had been summoned urgently by the emperor.
The little princess is waiting outside.
Soon Zhang Xianzong came out of Qianqing Palace, looked at them solemnly, and then pointed to the west.
The little princess immediately woke up, and quickly left the palace with Zhang Ying and turned to Xi'an Gate. Not long after they arrived at Xi'an Gate, Zhang Xianzong, who had changed his clothes, walked out of Xi'an Gate. The little princess and the others were in front, and Zhang Xianzong followed from a distance. They entered the roadside A shop of his own, Zhang Xianzong soon followed him in.
"Princess, can you contact Ambassador Yang?"
He said very directly.
"this……"
The little princess pondered for a moment.
Zhang Xianzong pointed to her watch simply, meaning you should stop pretending.
"Okay, what's the matter?"
said the little princess.
"Hurry up and contact Ambassador Yang and tell him that Fang Xiaoru is persuading His Majesty to fight in person."
Zhang Xianzong said.
"Personally conquered?"
The two women screamed.
"Yes, Fang Xiaoru said that he was willing to perform meritorious service and asked Your Majesty to personally conquer Suzhou. In Suzhou, he publicly testified to the Suzhou soldiers and civilians that King Guangze was a liar and exposed Qitai's conspiracy. In this way, the Suzhou soldiers and civilians would naturally stop resisting. Moreover, Your Majesty We can take this opportunity to let the people in the south of the Yangtze River see the beauty of the sky. In this way, the people's hearts will naturally be stable, and no one will rebel. Your Majesty is very moved and has summoned the Metropolitan Procuratorate and six ministers to the palace for discussion."
Zhang Xianzong said.
"So, you are worried that these people will support it, and that something might happen if His Majesty goes on a personal expedition?
Are you even worried that Fang Xiaoru did it on purpose?
And you are worried that the ministers in the court may know that Fang Xiaoru is pretending to surrender, but out of dissatisfaction with His Majesty, they will pretend not to know and then cooperate with him?"
The little princess immediately woke up.
Her mind is still very useful.
Zhang Xianzong nodded silently.
"So, you are convinced that these civil servants in the DPRK are actually not loyal?"
Zhang Ying said.
"Zhang Nvshi, there is no need to say this anymore. If all the ministers in the court support your majesty's personal expedition, your majesty's temperament will definitely make it possible. From the capital to Suzhou, the Yangtze River waterway turns to canals, which is hundreds of miles of waterway. If someone wants to harm your majesty, there will be people along the way. Countless opportunities.”
Zhang Xianzong said.
"Every one of them claims to be loyal, but in reality they all have their own agendas."
The little princess said angrily.
Then she quickly opened her watch again.
Kaiping.
Ambassador Yang lined up again.
"They all know how to play!"
He looked at the city gate that was opening and sighed as he listened to Sister Liu's story.
He was convinced almost immediately that Fang Xiaoru was faking his surrender.
Just to lure the emperor out of the capital.
As for the ministers in the court, Zhang Xianzong should know better than him, and even if this is the case, this choice is not surprising. After all, most of the ministers in the court are Confucian scholars. Although Ru Ru and others did not take the imperial examination, they were also Confucian scholars. What's more, Zhu Yunxi's reform is obviously to completely abandon the old method of selecting scholars. According to the plan, the future is to replace the old schools with those new schools, spreading outward from the capital, and continuously establishing more new schools in the Ming Dynasty, so as to This cultivates talents and then allows these talents to enter the officialdom through the new imperial examination.
Step by step, fresh blood will be used to flush away all the stale old bureaucracy.
These are old bureaucracies.
Moreover, the foundation behind these old bureaucrats is also the old gentry.
Of course, the old gentry was also the Confucian gentry.
If the country is still governed by Confucianism, they can always surpass ordinary people by relying on the cultural advantages of the so-called farming and studying heirlooms. After all, this kind of Confucian heirlooms have been passed down for generations, and they are not on the same starting line as ordinary people.
Their family's collection of books alone is enough to overwhelm ordinary people.
Most of the imperial examination families in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty were also book-collecting families.
In the end, the imperial examination was transformed into aristocratic families.
Learning is hereditary.
On average during the Qing Dynasty, more than 60% of the Imperial Examination Scholars were within the third generation of being a scholar and a Jinshi, 20% were within the third generation of being a scholar, and the remaining ten percent were those who were within the third generation without fame.
, but if it is relaxed to within five generations, only 4% of those whose true ancestors have no fame will be left. But if new learning and new imperial examinations are implemented, then all of them will be on the same starting line, and the Confucianism passed down by their families will not
If you use it, even if your ancestor is a great Confucian, you still have to learn new things with a peer who comes from a purely peasant family.
Let’s strive for a future together based on our own abilities.
This is definitely unbearable.
Zhu Yuanzhang can do this, they are indeed afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang.
But Zhu Yunxi couldn't.
Because there are no mountains of heads under his grandfather's feet.
"If Zhu Yunxi suddenly dies, then Zhu Yunwen can indeed be promoted to the throne.
But have they thought about Zhu Di?"
Sister Liu said with great interest.
It has to be said that the battle for the throne of the Ming Dynasty after being completely disrupted by Yang Feng has made her more and more involved in watching the excitement.
"Zhu Di?"
Yang Feng smiled.
"Do you think Zhu Di is really clean? Liu Rong and Ma He didn't do anything for their King Yan during this period? Do you think Zhu Di did this magical operation of defending Kaifeng just because of the death of King Xiang?
Accident?
He is the one who hides it the deepest."
He said immediately.
Only then did he realize that he might have been tricked by Zhu Di.
Zhu Di was probably the one behind the scenes from the beginning. What he was waiting for was for one of the two Zhu Yunxi brothers to die. If Zhu Yunxi was killed by Zhu Yunxi, then he would rebel against him. If Zhu Yunxi was killed by Zhu Yunxi, then he would redress his nephew's grievances and clear the emperor's side.
The reason why he went to Kaifeng to gather a group of vassal kings to stand firm was that his real purpose was to wait at the closest distance for the results he expected. Although this move was very risky, he had this confidence.
After all, he has always been invincible.
Just blue jade.
How can you defeat someone who has been idle for many years and doesn't understand new warfare at all?
"So this is going back to the old ways of history?"
Sister Liu said.
"It depends on whether I agree or not."
Yang Feng said.
At this time, the army in Kaiping City continued to pour out, and the leader was the fat boy Zhu Gaoxu, but by this time he had become a standard classical warrior, with big arms and a round waist, riding on a sweaty horse. Behind him were the people in formation.
The elite cavalrymen were all wearing full armor and riding Arabian or Central Asian horses. It was obvious that Zhu Di had never stopped sending good things to the sons of Peking during this period.
"I have to teach this guy a lesson again. Every time I see him, I want to push him to the ground and beat him up."