Chapter 794 A small report about Zhu Gaochi beating Zhu Di
Zhu Ying did not intend to let Zhu Di and others return to Japan.
The current situation in Japan is actually not friendly to the Ming Dynasty.
The Japanese country had too many mineral deposits, which caused the money in the hands of several feudal kings to rise rapidly, which also fueled their ambitions.
Legally speaking, these mineral deposits do not belong to several vassal kings, but to the Ming Dynasty, and the vassal kings only help with mining.
Because of the long distance, they now secretly withhold a large amount of mineral deposits that should have been transported back to the Ming Dynasty, turning them into their own wealth, and raising a large number of private soldiers.
At the same time, it is expanding to the outside world with the intention of gaining more wealth.
Although Zhu Ying originally knew about this, he also acquiesced in their actions. After all, to a certain extent, he was expanding his influence and territory for the Ming Dynasty.
But with the advent of steam engines and trains, especially the success of last year's Northern Expedition, things have changed.
It is obviously not in the interests of the Ming Dynasty for several vassal kings to stay in the Japanese country to develop.
So Zhu Ying planned to let them serve as commander-in-chief to fight for the Ming Dynasty.
It’s not that the Ming Dynasty lacks generals. Whether it’s the Huaixi Group or the outstanding students trained by military academies in various places, they all have enough strength to serve.
But this is the era of family affairs, and Zhu Ying also has to consider the matter of becoming a king in the future.
The power of the vassal king is maintained in the imperial power, but it is different for others. Once they grow up, they become aristocratic families.
Of course, Zhu Ying was angry with the old man about this matter.
So Zhu Yuanzhang told Zhu Xi directly.
When Zhu Xi returned to the palace, he told the third, fourth and seventh children about the news.
Zhu Di's face was ashen.
"I knew he wouldn't let us go back so easily. He doesn't want us to go back to the feudal kingdom at all."
What he was worried about finally happened.
Zhu Fan was a little helpless: "Then what else can we do now."
Although Zhu Fan felt that he had a good relationship with his eldest nephew, at this time, it was obvious that no relationship would work.
Zhu Zhu said: "I don't know if my grandson will allow me to take over some concubines."
Hearing the words of the two people, Zhu Di felt a little resentful that iron could not become steel. These two people seemed not to want to resist at all, so they just accepted it?
Zhu Di turned his attention to Zhu Xi, but Zhu Xi seemed to be resigned to his fate.
Zhu Xi saw the reluctance in Zhu Di's eyes and said: "What else do you want? My father has also spoken about this matter. It is not the grandson's intention alone. Is it possible for us to resist my father?"
Even if everyone has some small thoughts, they are still hiding it from their father.
Now that my father has made it clear, there is no room for change.
Zhu Di's voice was low: "If there is turmoil in Japan at this time, do you think my father will let us return to Japan?"
Several people looked at Zhu Di with bright eyes.
Zhu Fan said directly: "Do you want to unite with the Japanese? They are not fools, how could they agree? Besides, if I can't return to the Japanese country, wouldn't it be more beneficial to them?"
"I'm afraid if they knew the news, they would be very happy and they would not help us."
What Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was most afraid of were the feudal kings. If only their sons had passed away, the pressure on the Japanese country would definitely be much smaller.
Only Ashikaga Yoshi is so overwhelmed that he would agree to unite several feudal lords.
Zhu Di sneered and said: "It depends on people. Of course, we can't tell them the real news. Besides, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has the final say in Japan. Their big names only need enough money and interests, so why worry about not being able to become our chess pieces?"
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Zhu Di had already developed a number of detailed works, including some famous Japanese names who were not powerful.
When he felt that it was difficult for him to return to the vassal state, Zhu Di was thinking about countermeasures, and the news Zhu Ping brought was also what he expected.
No one wants to stay in the capital and be an idle prince, even if the capital is prosperous and lively.
But how can this be compared with our own vassal state?
They had to be suppressed by the law in the capital, and they had to worry about the Taisun's fear. The most important thing was that they had no power at all.
In the Japanese vassal state, they were unscrupulous. They were law and heaven. They could do whatever they wanted. That was the breath of freedom.
After some discussion, several people quickly decided on a plan here, and Zhu Di was responsible for the specific implementation.
Firstly, this was the plan he proposed, and secondly, except for Zhu Di, no one else actually had any specific ideas.
Zhu Di also took the opportunity to demand a large amount of money from the three people.
The amount of money was huge, but in order to return to the domain, the three of them had no choice but to reluctantly leave.
Zhu Ying did not know about the plans of the four kings because the Jin Yiwei could not monitor the feudal kings.
But even if he knew it, Zhu Ying didn't care at all.
With the arrival of spring, the war on the grassland begins again.
Of course, this is a small-scale war, and this winter has made life even worse for the grassland tribes who were already severely weakened.
First of all, a large number of grassland people starved to death. There was not enough pasture. Their horses were also losing weight, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
Many of them who could not survive had already taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty and entered Guihua City in the winter.
Under the circumstances, the strength of Guihua City has far surpassed that of Wala and Tatar.
It was also at this time that another big event happened in the grassland.
Guilichi, who claimed to be the Khan of Mongolia, was counterattacked by his subordinates and was killed.
This is because many tribes believe that Guilichi is not a descendant of the Tian Khan and is not qualified to rule Mongolia. In addition, due to the Hulunbuir incident, the majesty of the Khan Guilichi was greatly reduced, which gave the lower tribes an opportunity.
Mahamu's influence is indispensable here, but the biggest reason is that Benya, the son of Elbek, returned from missing.
He did not come back alone, but also brought a large number of troops.
After the death of Elbek, Benyasili and his uncle Khaltij fled to Central Asia.
Central Asia was Timur's territory.
After Timur got the news, he took the two people to Samarkand and gave them high status and treatment.
The two uncles and nephews of Benya, who had no power, were obviously in Timur's interests.
When he captured the Western Chagatai Khanate, he used the method of supporting puppets.
This made Timur see hope that he might take over the Mobei Plateau.
That was the birthplace of the Mongols. If Timur wanted to become the second Genghis Khan, he had to obtain the Mobei Plateau and complete the legal rule of the Great Mongol Empire.
Of course, due to the long distance, Timur did not know that the Ming Dynasty was already attacking the grassland at this time.
When we got the news, it was almost winter and there was no way to march.
Timur gave Benya a hundred thousand cavalry and asked him to take them back to Mobei to regain his rule.
After Arutai got Benya and brought back Timur's 100,000 cavalry, they immediately betrayed Guilichi.
Then he united with Wala to instigate a rebellion belonging to the Guilichi tribe, in the name of not being a descendant of Tian Khan.
Arutai had a great influence on Simon Gu, and under his control, Guilichi was naturally killed.
The revenge of Benya and Mahamu was finally avenged.
In fact, this enemy must be Alutai, but now Benya Shili can't go too far into the details, because he needs Alutai now.
At the beginning of spring, Benya lost his country and declared that the Northern Yuan Dynasty was restored, and Arutai was still the grand master.
However, now the general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is Kabest who came from Central Asia.
However, Cabest was not in a good mood at this time.
When he came to the grassland, he learned that the Ming Dynasty had launched a large-scale attack and built a large city on the side of Daqing Mountain.
The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty captured many war horses and gathered a large number of tribes. Now even the Oara and Tatars combined cannot fight against the Ming Dynasty.
On the contrary, with the advent of spring, many Ming troops came out of Guihua City and began to sweep the grasslands.
Their goal is those pastures with fresh grass.
Cabest wanted to have a chance with the Ming army, but the Ming army now is no longer the Ming army last year.
In this winter, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered soldiers who were good at riding and shooting from various Ming garrison posts to be sent to Guihua City. Together with the lower-class grassland people who had been educated, the Ming Dynasty assembled a cavalry army of 300,000.
Now the total number of Mongolian cavalry is roughly this much. Even if Kabest's 100,000 cavalry is added, it cannot suppress the 300,000 cavalry of the Ming army.
There is an advantage in terms of quantity, but in terms of quality, they are not at the same level at all.
The grassland needs rest in winter, but Ming Dynasty does not need it.
Daming's factories took advantage of this winter to process a large number of half-length armors, and at the same time, more gunpowder and matchlocks were sent to Guihua City.
The grassland tribes were in their worst condition at the beginning of spring, and many soldiers were already dizzy from hunger. How could they compare with the Ming Dynasty, which had plenty of food and grass?
Cabest marched here without bringing a lot of logistics, and such a long route did not support long-distance logistics transportation.
Therefore, in the face of the Ming army's offensive, both the Wala Tatars and the Kabest could only retreat steadily.
Capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di, who was waiting for news, suddenly received a summons from his grandson.
The apse of the East Palace.
"Fourth uncle."
"Meet His Highness Taisun."
Looking at Zhu Ying standing in front of him, Zhu Di sighed in his heart, how could he have imagined that he would have this day?
"About what happened on the grassland, my fourth uncle has already received the news. Timur is still determined to offend the Ming Dynasty. He actually sent 100,000 cavalry to unite the various Mongolian tribes to seize Guihua City."
"During last year's Northern Expedition, only my fourth uncle had outstanding military exploits. He easily captured Wu Liangha by relying only on strategy, which strengthened our reputation as a Ming Dynasty."
"Therefore, I would like to ask my fourth uncle to take action again and go to the grassland to command my Ming Dynasty's 300,000 cavalry to give Can Yuan the final blow."
Zhu Ying was very polite in his words, and at the end he used the word "please" to express his respect for Zhu Di.
Zhu Di did not expect that Zhu Ying would be so helpful at this time. He was still waiting to contact the Japanese side.
After leaving this grassland, for at least several months, without the central contact, how could the matter of returning to Japan be accomplished?
Just following Zhu Ying's gaze, Zhu Di had no possibility of refusing.
Moreover, from a logical point of view, Zhu Di's performance in the Northern Expedition last year was indeed outstanding, so it is normal for him to be sent there again now.
On the contrary, not sending him seems to be a bit of a suppression.
After agreeing, Zhu Di's contact with the Japanese country could only be put on hold.
Although it takes less than ten days to get from the capital to Guihua City, the trains running from north to south are now only for military use and are under the control of the imperial court.
It was obviously impossible for Zhu Di to hand over the object he had finally developed to several other vassal kings.
He didn't know that Zhu Ying couldn't monitor him through Jin Yiwei, but Zhu Gaochi had already entered the palace to make a report.
Although the specific matters were unclear, after Zhu Ying learned about Zhu Di's contact with the Japanese country, he could naturally guess that Zhu Di was planning something.
"My good fourth uncle, my general who conquers the north, don't worry. After conquering the grassland, Timur will be waiting for you."
Looking at Zhu Di's leaving figure, Zhu Ying said with a chuckle.
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Tianjie Temple.
A special team of envoys came here today.
The reason why it is special is that these envoys are all Han Chinese.
They came from the Bo Ni Kingdom and were Huang Senping's tribe.
The leader of the team is Huang Qunsheng, Huang Senping’s nephew.
When these people entered the Ming Dynasty, they were always in shock.
Especially when entering the capital.
"No wonder my uncle has always wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty. It turns out that the capital is so prosperous."
Huang Qunsheng is not very old. Although he was born in the Ming Dynasty, he had already arrived in Bo Ni when he was sensible.
In fact, he has never been able to figure out why his uncle has been thinking about returning to the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be more comfortable in Boni Country?
However, after coming into contact with the prosperity of the capital, he understood his uncle's thoughts.
Compared with the capital, Bo Ni Country is completely a small village and a wild land.
The crowd that can be seen at a single glance is larger than the entire population of Bo Ni Kingdom combined.
Huang Qunsheng, who is in his twenties, has never seen so many people.
Taking the token given to him by his uncle as proof of identity, Huang Qunsheng found the nearest government office.
It's actually a police station.
Seeing the general's sign, the police officer at the public security station did not dare to neglect and reported it immediately.
Soon someone from the Ministry of War came to contact him.
After understanding the specific situation, Huang Qunsheng was temporarily placed in Tianjie Temple.
Because in addition to the general's token, Huang Qunsheng also had the credentials of the Bo Ni Kingdom.
If it was just a small country, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War wouldn't care much about it, but it's completely different when it comes to Bo Ni Country.
On the second day after Huang Qunsheng arrived in the capital, the news had already reached Zhu Yuanzhang.
This speed is already very fast. After all, it is not military intelligence and there is no special channel. If it were not for the fact that Huang Senping was previously the commander-in-chief of the Tengchong Guards in Yongchang, Yunnan, the news might not have been able to enter the palace for a month.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy to hear the news, and he was deeply impressed by Huang Senping.
Because Huang Senping was originally called Huang Yuanshou, and because of Huang Yuanshou's outstanding achievements in suppressing bandits and resisting Japanese aggression at Senping Beach in the South China Sea, Zhu Yuanzhang personally gave him the name Senping.
Originally, there was chaos in Yunnan, and there was no news about Huang Senping. Zhu Yuanzhang thought he died in the war, but he didn't expect to be alive.
The most important thing is that the content of the credentials this time is Huang Senping's request to include the land in the Boni and Duanshou River basins into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
"He is a loyal minister of our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh when he read the contents of the credential, and also defined Huang Senping's character as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.
In the credential, Huang Senping described the detailed process of his arrival in Bo Ni, and stated that he had controlled most of Bo Ni, which was equivalent to opening up territory for the Ming Dynasty.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know anything about small places like Bo Ni, he still had someone check it out and found out that it was actually a small country across the sea from Chenla.
But this still made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy, so he called Da Sun to express his intention to station troops in Bo Ni.