"What's wrong with the sixth child?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the prince strangely.
"Oh, he has a plan." The prince said deliberately: "After the world is calmed down, he will continue to go south to expand the territory, create a territory for the Ming Dynasty larger than that of the Yuan Dynasty, and also give the arrogant soldiers and generals who have nothing to do, a place to use their weapons.
land."
"It's such a big deal, why have I never heard you fart?!" Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was diverted as expected, he blew his beard and glared: "I'm not even dead yet, and you treat us like a decoration!?"
"Why are you so anxious, father?" The prince said helplessly, "I didn't let him tell Xun. Firstly, such a big plan cannot be thought through and deliberated over and over again, so it's impossible to come up with it all at once; secondly,
Yunnan has not been settled, the Northern Yuan has not been destroyed, and there is still Naha coming out of the northeast. Within ten years, the father's army will still have important responsibilities, and it is impossible to go south with him, so the son-in-law asked him to make preparations first and wait until the plan is mature.
Now, let’s tell the truth to my father.”
"Then why did he tell you?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "It's better to be closer to you."
"Dad, what kind of jealousy are you doing?" The prince asked, dumbfounded: "I am his brother and you are his father. Please discuss it with me first before telling you. This is normal, okay?"
"No, no matter you or the sixth child, you have to tell me everything immediately. You are not allowed to hide it." Zhu Yuanzhang was very concerned about this.
"He has an idea every day. Today he wants to do this, and tomorrow he wants to do that. He tells his father all the time, and he gets tired of it after a few days." The prince said with a bitter smile.
"It's our business to be annoyed or not, and it's his business to say it or not. We can annoy him, but he has to say it." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "When we come back, we will punish him well and teach him a lesson!
"
"Isn't that possible? Isn't it possible that my son-in-law betrayed him?" The prince hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "If you do this, he won't tell me anymore."
"Humph, you brat's wings are hard!" Zhu Yuanzhang spat, feeling a little relieved and a little sad. But at least he was freed from the whirlpool of pain.
He thought about it and said to the prince: "Before, we felt that overseas places such as Korea, Japan, Annan, and Siam were not worth attacking because the land was not enough to supply them and the people were not enough to command. It was a waste of national power and it was really not worth attacking.
If we attack him, he may end up like Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty."
"But Lao Liu made a lot of money by attacking Japan," Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and said: "He also got some gold and silver mountains, turning Japan into a chicken that laid golden eggs for him. It can be seen that
Things cannot be generalized. If it can be like fighting Japan, we would like to come back a few more times."
The prince couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Before Lao Liu went to the expedition, he said that after he finished conquering Japan, his father's attitude would change drastically. As a result, the boy actually said that his father was like a wealthy landlord who is jealous of money. As expected, he no longer wanted to
Resistant, and even addicted.
"Not every country is as rich in gold and silver as Japan." The prince had to pour cold water on him: "But Lao Liu will carefully select the targets for war. So he wants to go to Nanyang, where the land is fertile and crops can be grown three times a year.
The food is ripe and the products are abundant, so people don’t need to work much to avoid hunger. Moreover, it is located on the shipping route of Shibo, so transportation and trade are very convenient, even more convenient than going to Liaodong and Shaanxi.”
"Well, how smart is he? He won't do a losing business." On this point, Zhu Yuanzhang still trusted Lao Liu.
"But it's really early. Let's wait until he comes back." The prince stopped the topic and asked about the imminent matter.
"Let's talk about it first, what should we do in Yunnan?"
The prince frowned and said: "This time it is not as simple as changing the commander before the battle. The entire army of Guangdong and Guangxi needs to be reorganized. Even half a year for the southern army is short."
"There is no other way, we can only do this." Zhu Yuanzhang spat out his breath and said: "We have been contradictory for a long time, and finally figured it out. The problem in Guangdong has reached a point where it must be solved. If we pinch our noses and let Zhu Liangzu defeat Yunnan
When we come down, Guangdong’s problems will no longer be solved.”
"Yes, victory will cover up a lot of things." The prince nodded and agreed: "Zhu Liangzu and many people in Guangdong are waiting for this victory to write off their bad debts."
"Yes, if we let them get away with it this time, it will be impossible to solve the problem in Guangdong." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "After weighing it, we feel that we cannot let them get what they want. While Lao Liu is here, we can completely rectify Guangdong.
That’s the right thing to do!”
After a pause, he reminded the prince again: "Besides, Lan Yu is cruel and evil, and Wang Bi can't control him. We don't trust him to lead troops to attack Yunnan."
"Yes, the people of Yunnan are also the people of the Ming Dynasty. Lan Yu kills too much and will have endless troubles." The prince did not protect his shortcomings.
"So he is not suitable to be the general who conquers the south. My father will have to choose someone else."
After speaking, he sighed and said: "Well, if this happens, we won't be able to go on an expedition this year. These 100,000 soldiers will have to deprive Guangdong and Guangxi of poverty."
"No, I said this year is this year, we can't delay it any longer." Zhu Yuanzhang slowly shook his head and said, "It's just that we have to go out one month later. It won't be a problem."
"One month is far from enough." The prince couldn't help frowning and said: "It will take a while for the new general to conquer the south. He also needs to get familiar with the army, understand the enemy's situation, and re-formulate the battle plan. This will take a lot of time."
"It's okay. Let's do it slowly in Guangdong and Guangxi. We don't plan to send troops from Guangxi this time." His father said leisurely.
"Ah?" The prince was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. In the past two years, the imperial court had been making preparations to invade Yunnan from Guangxi via the Guangxi-Dian Ancient Road. However, his father said that he would not attack from Guangxi.
"In fact, marching from Guangxi is not a good choice, because according to reliable intelligence, the troops responsible for the defense in this direction are the troops of the Duan family of Dali. Once our army attacks, it may also attract reinforcements from the King of Liang and fall into a one-on-two situation."
"Yes." The prince nodded. Although he had not fought many battles, he was still familiar with military affairs. In the past two years, he had a clear understanding of the situation in Yunnan, so his father understood it as soon as he said it.
The situation in Yunnan has always been very complicated, and the Meng Yuan Dynasty did not have the ability to manage it as a monolith, so there have been three major forces coexisting for a long time.
The first is the power of the Liang King who occupied the provincial capital Kunming. After the Yuan Dynasty conquered the Dali Kingdom, Kublai Khan established the territory of Dali as the province of Yunnan.
The fifth son, Hu Gechi, was named the King of Yunnan. After that, this line guarded Yunnan for generations. The current King of Liang is the descendant of the original King of Yunnan, but the title has changed.
But neither the original King of Yunnan nor the current King of Liang was able to control Yunnan alone. They had to cooperate with the descendants of the Dali royal family and named the descendants of the Duan family as the general manager of Yunnan in order to barely maintain the system.
As a result, two major forces, Kunming and Dali, were formed in Yunnan. The two sides cooperated, but also had frictions, and even fought from time to time. Although they were all loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, they could never be united.
