After the Ming Dynasty conquered the southwest, it issued the "Peaceful Nanzhao" and established the Department of Acknowledgment and Provincial Envoys, the Department of Commanding Envoys, and the Department of Punishment and Prosecution. The direct jurisdiction of prefectures, states, and counties was established. The provincial capital of Annan was established in
The original capital of Jiaozhi was located in the western capital city of Thanh Hoa Prefecture.
The three government offices of Annan Province are all located in the Western Capital City. However, at this moment, the Western Capital City is surrounded by the rebels. Like duckweed without roots, its connections with other prefectures have been cut off by the rebels. The entire Annan Province has become a
The situation was fragmented and chaotic.
Li Bin, the Marquis of Fengcheng, closed his eyes lightly and tapped the handrail with his fingers, thinking deeply.
As the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty in Annan Province, Zhu Di actually wanted Li Bin to become the second Muying at the beginning. Being able to be so reused by the emperor, Li Bin was naturally a talented general of the generation.
Now he is one step behind, and he underestimated the king Li Li who pacified the Lanshan uprising, and suffered heavy losses, but this does not mean that Li Bin cannot defeat Li Li. On the contrary, now that he is in adversity, Li Bin is still very confident that he can suppress Li Li.
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"At this point there is no turning back for me."
Li Bin murmured to himself, "For the sake of revenge, I wiped out the royal guards in Annan and openly fell out with the court. Although I have a slight relationship with the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince will definitely not protect me now."
, I have become an outcast."
Unlike the former Southwest General Zhang Fu, Li Bin had some friendship with the four princes. No matter which prince came to power, it had no influence on him. Many of the Southwest Army were party members of the British government. For these tricks,
, Li Bin knew it very well, but he always pretended not to see it.
He did not want to offend the current Crown Prince.
Li Bin understood the ways of the world, but he also fell into a big trap because he understood the ways of the world too well.
I originally wanted to go along with the situation and give the supervisor Ma Qi a favor, but I never thought that Ma Qi would be so useless and would instead harm Li Bin himself.
"Now I have only two options, either wait for the court to investigate, or..."
Li Bin's eyes were cold, "Either we get it done, stay in Annan Province and become the king of the southwest!"
In such troubled times in the southwest, Li Bin knew that there was no way out.
But he can also make a desperate move and take advantage of the isolated terrain in the southwest to split the earth and become a king, turning the Annan Province of the Ming Dynasty into his own Annan Kingdom!
Li Bin knew that under the restrictions of the southwest, even if the Ming Dynasty sent troops, it would be difficult to send hundreds of thousands of troops like the last southern expedition. At most, it would mobilize less than 100,000 troops for the southern expedition.
He didn't need to defeat the imperial army, he only needed to wear down the Ming army and force the imperial army back. Once the Ming army was forced back, Li Bin's ability to take care of Li Li and other dynasty remnants could be said to be easy to capture.
By then, he will be the real king of the southwest!
"Tsk, if you want to complete these plans, you still have to make arrangements in advance."
Li Bin's eyes were deep, "Why don't we... join forces with Li Li and other rebels and bandits to push back the imperial army, and then plan how to bring the southwest under my rule."
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On the Grand Canal, the waves are sparkling, the river is surging, lapping at the rocks along the banks, the vegetation on both sides is prosperous, and the business is booming.
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Zhu Gaojie on the boat board caught a fat and delicious carp with a fishing rod and threw it into the bucket.
From Shuntian Prefecture to Yunnan, Zhu Gaojiu took the waterway for the first half of the journey, borrowing grain ships to cover the passage. After arriving at Henan Prefecture, he took the land route, then passed through Xi'an and Hanzhong, and went all the way south, passing through Sichuan to Yunnan Guizhou Government Palace.
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On this trip, he only took two people with him, and two hundred brocade guards as escorts.
These two people, one is the British Duke Zhang Fu, and the other is Shen Qingyu, the official of Qianhu, Jinyiwei.
"Shen Qingyu."
"I'm here!"
The handsome and tall Shen Qingyun came over and curtsied.
Zhu Gaojie asked leisurely: "I heard that you are a fisherman?"
Shen Qingyu replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, my ancestral home is Huai'an and I make a living by fishing. I later moved to Peiping. My father was in Jingnan.
At that time, he joined the army, and after the war he accumulated meritorious service and became the hereditary 100-household official of Jinyiwei. After his father died of illness, he was succeeded as the 100th-household official. Later, after his meritorious service, he was promoted to the 100th-household official of Jinyiwei."
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly: "I think it's not easy for you to have such abilities at such a young age."
Although it was not uncommon for a son to inherit his father's business and inherit his position in the Ming Dynasty, there were still some tricks that could be played. The boss could use various reasons to excuse the gap between "a son inheriting his father's business" and taking over the job.
It's not uncommon for one's own people to push someone up.
The so-called hereditary, then you must have the ability to be hereditary.
However, at a young age, Shen Qingyu relied on her own means to not only inherit her father's position in the Jinyi Guards, but also became an official of Qianhu with meritorious service, which can be said to be outstanding.
Shen Qingyu, the Thousand Household Officer, holds a fifth-grade real-power military position, and is also the chief officer of one of the fourteen Thousand Household Offices of the Jinyi Guard. Naturally, his status is much higher than that of the ordinary Thousand Household Officers.
What's more, Shen Qingyu has now made great achievements in Shandong and has become a celebrity of Jin Yiwei. She also has a fatal friendship with Song Yeji, the chief minister of Shandong. I am afraid that she will only rise in the ranks in the future.
"Okay, you go and burn the carp I caught. Let's have an extra meal today."
Zhu Gaojie wiped the water stains on his hands with a white towel and said to Shen Qingyu.
"I wonder how Your Highness wants to eat this carp?"
"It's up to you, you can make soup or bake it."
Zhu Gaojie sat on the chair, and his father-in-law Zhang Fu, who was sitting next to him, quietly looked at Shen Qingyu who was cooking fish.
After a long time, Zhang Fu slowly said: "Do you want to hold the kid up?"
Zhu Gaojie asked casually: "How can you see it?"
"From what I know about you, you never do useless work. Every time you make a move, you calculate that this move will become a move of God at some point."
Zhu Gaojie chuckled and said, "My father-in-law knows me."
Zhang Fu asked with some confusion: "I'm a little confused, what are the specialties of this person that make you favor him?"
Zhu Gaojie said calmly: "In my eyes, Shen Qingyu is the same type of person as Lu Chaoyang. He is courageous and courageous, but the difference between him and Lao Lu is that this person has a calmer mind. Shen Qingyu helped me when he was in Shandong
He had meritorious service in suppressing the King of Han and rescuing Song Yeji, the governor of Shandong Province. The whole process could not be described in a few words. If he were not careful, he would lose his life. After this incident, he has defeated the three thieves in his heart."
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Zhang Fu frowned slightly, seeming a little confused.
Zhu Gaojie thought for a while and said: "Sit quietly and defeat the thief of anxiety; gain from generosity and defeat the thief of desire; practice in practice and defeat the thief of hesitation; if all three thieves are defeated, everything can be accomplished."
Zhang Fu suddenly realized it, but fell into deep thought again. The more he thought about it, the more mysterious it became. He couldn't help but admire Zhu Gaojie's words, and said with emotion: "Now that these words have been spoken, you will almost become a saint."
Zhu Gaojie chuckled and said nothing.
He is not a saint, but the one who said this is indeed the only saint comparable to Confucius.
——The originator of mind science, Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren, nicknamed Yangming, was born as a Jinshi. He served successively as the chief of the Ministry of Punishment as the postmaster of Longchang in Guizhou, the magistrate of Luling, the censor of Youqiandu, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He successively pacified Southern Jiangxi, the robberies in Guangxi and Chenhao.
During the chaos, he was awarded a title for meritorious service, and became one of the three civil servants in the Ming Dynasty who were awarded a title for military merit.
When it comes to being an official, his achievements are not as good as Zhang Juzheng's. When it comes to leading troops, his achievements are not as good as Yu Qian's. But the reason why Wang Shouren is truly called a saint is because after enlightenment in Longchang, his thoughts have reached a transcendent state.
At a height that does not belong to this era.
When the mind is confused, stupidity arises; when the mind is calm, wisdom arises. My nature is self-sufficient. I do not seek externally, but seek inwardly. The mind is rational.
Zhang Fu suddenly asked: "These people under your command, such as Lu Chaoyang, Yang Rong, Su Wensu Wu, Xia Laoshangshu, and now Shen Qingyu, don't look like they are fuel-efficient lamps. Put these
After all the people are picked up, can you still control them?"
"Why not?"
Zhu Gaojie said calmly, "To me, it's all the same. I can only hold them up. I can hold them up, and I can also lift them up."
They got it down."
"But these people are still too young after all."
Zhang Fu sighed, "Among these people, except for Mr. Xia, most of the rest are in their teens and twenties, and the slightly older Yang Rong is only in his early forties. These people are unruly and unruly, except for you."
No one else is convinced, especially Lu Chaoyang. This person seems to be taciturn, but in fact his methods are extremely cruel. He will never choose another master. After you, who can control them? "
In Zhang Fu's eyes, Zhu Gaojie's hiring of too young people had both good and bad consequences.
The good thing is that although these people are young, their talents can make up for their lack of qualifications, and young people are full of energy, so it is not a bad thing to be reckless in life and work.
But the disadvantage is that they are too young and too capable of living.
For example, the two brothers Su Wen and Su Wu have a political career of forty or fifty years at least. Although Zhu Gaojie is less than thirty years old this year, emperors have been very unlucky since ancient times. It is not uncommon for emperors to die in their thirties or forties. Wait for Zhu Gaojie.
After death, how can the new emperor subdue these rebellious subordinates?
The most obvious one is Lu Chaoyang. This person is by no means a person who has been living under others for a long time. His methods and character are all ordered by a lonely minister. Apart from Zhu Gaojie, Lao Lu will not obey anyone's orders.
Is it possible that Zhu Gaojie would imitate Zhu Yuanzhang in his later years and carry out a bloodbath on the heroes to ensure that the throne can be passed down smoothly?
Zhu Gaojie touched his chin: "I think I should be able to live for a long time, at least...live longer than them all."
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Zhang Fu smiled: "What kind of reason is this?"
If Zhu Di heard what Zhang Fu asked, he would definitely smile with disdain.
Longer than life?
What a joke!
The simulation clearly stated that King Zhu Gaojie of Qiwu, who was nearly eighty years old, was still able to mount a horse and fight. He fought thousands of miles to put down rebellions in various provinces. He went through the ups and downs of nine dynasties and killed seven emperors!
Even Sima Yi can't stand it!
The benefits of longevity are vividly demonstrated in Zhu Gaojie. Sima Yi survived three generations of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui, stealing the Cao family's luck. And Zhu Gaojie, the king of Qiwu, survived seven emperors and went through nine dynasties to become the palace of Prince Qi.
Winning the Eight Dou Luck in the World laid the foundation for the future Qiming Empire.
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Yunnan, Duke of Guizhou.
After Mu Cheng read the secret letter, he placed it on a candle and let the pages burn and turn into flying ashes.
As the second son of King Muying of Guizhou Ning, when the title was passed to Mu Cheng, he was only a marquis. He was awarded the title of duke based entirely on his military exploits in the Southern Expedition, and became one of the most prominent honorees of the Ming Dynasty.
, Unlike ordinary relatives, Mu Cheng is the only duke who is qualified to inherit the military power of a province hereditary.
Mu Yan, the young eldest son of the Duke of Guizhou, asked, "Father, what is written in this secret letter?"
As the future heir to the Duke of Guizhou, Mu Yan has followed his father in the war since he was a child. Although he is only twenty years old, he has become a famous general in Yunnan and is deeply favored by the Duke of Guizhou. He wholeheartedly wants to train Mu Yan to become a general who will guard Yunnan in the future.
Ming Lord.
Mu Cheng sighed: "Li Bin rebelled. After losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he was worried about the imperial court's prosecution. He massacred the Jin Yiwei in Annan Province to prevent the news from leaking. But in the end, the fire could not be contained. Now the imperial court sent people to
I sent word that they wanted to borrow troops from me to march south."
Mu Yan was stunned for a moment: "Li Bin rebelled?"
Yunnan Province and Annan Province are not far apart, and they both belong to the southwest. However, the Duke of Guizhou really does not know about the chaos in Annan Province. Mainly because of the complex terrain of the southwest, it is not convenient for news to spread. After Li Bin tried his best to think about it,
In the event of an emergency, it would be even more difficult for Yunnan, which is also isolated from the world, to know the situation.
Mu Cheng, Duke of Guizhou, frowned and said, "Speaking of which, Li Bin and I have some contacts. In the fourth year of Yongle's reign, His Majesty ordered Li Bin to work with me to capture the Nanyang Gangjun bandits. In July of the same year, I wore the seal of General Zhengyi.
Li Bin, on the other hand, wore the seal of deputy general of Zhengyi as a general and served as my deputy general to jointly defeat the Hu Dynasty. I was deeply impressed by him. After the defeat of the Hu Dynasty, he served as the chief military officer to guard against Japanese pirates at sea.
, and later moved around to hold important positions, and was awarded the title of Marquis for his military exploits."
Mu Yan was shocked when he heard this and said quickly: "Father, you must not make mistakes at this time. Our Mu family is loyal to the Ming Dynasty royal family. You must not hesitate because of your friendship with Li Bin.
, Your Majesty, disobediently going to help this rebel, is absolutely impossible!"
"What are you thinking about? Our Mu family has only recognized the Ming Dynasty royal family for generations. Anyone who disobeys the royal family will be killed by our Mu family!"
Mu Cheng laughed and scolded, "You stupid son, you've taught your father how to do things."
Mu Yan smiled and felt guilty in his heart.
If Mu Cheng had second thoughts, Mu Yan would not hesitate to kill his relatives and report his father to the emperor.
What flows in the veins of the Mu family is not only hot blood, but also loyalty to the Zhu family.
As long as the Zhu family gives an order, the Mu family can go up the mountain of swords and into the sea of fire, and die without regrets!
Mu Cheng frowned and said, "I just wonder if Li Bin's defeat was intentional?"
Mu Yan smiled and said: "Father, how is this possible? How could Li Bin deliberately put himself in such a dangerous situation? How nourishing he is as a marquis. All fools know how popular this hereditary Marquis of Fengcheng is. Li Bin
Is there a mushroom in his head?"
Mu Cheng said quietly: "Yes, in this way, although he will not be able to be the hereditary Marquis of Fengcheng, he will have the opportunity to be the founding king of Annan Kingdom and the southwestern king of a separate kingdom!"
When Mu Yan heard this, the smile on his face gradually faded.