Chapter 89 The famous general who knows the current affairs
After Yunxi left, I won’t go into details about how excited Qi Yu was, how happy and worried Yu Minyue was, and how confused Qi Jingzong was. Yunxi returned to the Wenhua Hall to have lunch and continued his daily activities.
In the blink of an eye, December is coming to an end. In addition to the classes taught by the generals, the teachers in the various classes in the martial arts hall have handed in the "lesson plans" or "teaching plans". Yunxi also handed in the "teaching plans" first.
Except for foreign vassal classes, classes other than martial arts and archery classes were evenly distributed. Since no one cared about the outer vassal classes, Yunxi could only arrange fewer classes for the time being.
In the blink of an eye, the last day of December has passed. Next, do you think it’s the first month of the year and it’s time to celebrate the New Year? Haha, no, the 25th year of Hongwu is a leap year, so there is a leap month. This year’s leap month happens to be December.
, so the next day is still the first day of December.
On the second and third watch of the twelfth lunar month, a light cavalry galloped into the city from outside the city and immediately rushed into the palace. When Li Jinzhong, the eunuch beside Zhu Yuanzhang, learned what news was sent, he did not dare to delay and hurriedly woke up Zhu Yuanzhang. Lao Zhu
He stood up, asked Su Huai'en to wipe his face with a handkerchief, and asked, "What happened?"
Li Jinzhong handed over the report and said: "Your Majesty, this report came from Anqing. Duke Liang has passed away."
Lao Zhu was shocked and hurriedly opened the report handed over by Li Jinzhong and read it by the light of the candle brought by Su Huai'en.
It turned out that after Lan Yu captured Yuelu Timur alive in November, he was kidnapped and sent to the capital. Because Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lan Yu to return to the capital, Lan Yu escorted Yuelu Timur to the capital.
On the evening of November 30th, when the ship sailed to Anqing, Lan Yu got off the ship to drink. When she came out of the restaurant, it was already dark. Lan Yu didn't want anyone to help her, so she stumbled towards the ship and accidentally fell to the ground.
Unexpectedly, there was a wooden pole that someone had discarded here on the ground. The end facing the sky was very pointed, and it pierced into Lan Yu's lungs. The entourage was very panicked when he saw the blood stains, and immediately took Lan Yu to the nearby doctor, but his internal organs were damaged.
It was broken and could not be cured at all. Lan Yuqiang wrote a suicide note and died after holding on for a while.
After Zhu Yuanzhang read the report, he was full of doubts: This is too coincidental. If he fell from the boat and fell into the water, he would have died by being pierced into the lungs by a wooden pole. It is really strange.
However, Lan Yu's death at this time really solved a big problem for Zhu Yuanzhang. Lan Yu had made several northern expeditions and had a very high prestige. Although he was a member of the Chang family, he could not rest assured; if he was to be eliminated, he was worried about Yun He's suspicions.
Zhu Weizhen had a hard time making a decision and was thinking about whether to use assassination methods that he had never used before to get rid of Lan Yu.
Now that Lan Yu is dead, a lot of trouble has been saved. Lao Zhu thought: We still have to send Jin Yiwei to investigate the cause of Lan Yu's death, but even if the investigation reveals that there is an inside story about Lan Yu's death, it cannot be made public.
Li Jinzhong looked at Lao Zhu and his expression softened, and said: "The things the messenger brought back are also the legacy of Duke Liang and the suicide note to his family. Your Majesty is..."
Lao Zhu said: "Bring it to me and see." Li Jinzhong handed the folding book and suicide note to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu first opened the legacy and looked at it. There was nothing important. He briefly explained the affairs of Yuelu Timur and asked Zhu Yuanzhang not to let his son directly inherit the title of Duke.
Lao Zhu knew that even if he did not allow Lan Yu's eldest son Lan Zhen to inherit the dukedom, he would do so when Yunxi came to the throne; but it would be better to let Yunxi show his kindness then.
Lao Zhu took Lan Yu's family letter and read it, but he just told his wife and son to wait. Lao Zhu immediately handed these back to Li Jinzhong and said: "When daybreak, send the family letter to Liang Guogong's house.
, the memorial was circulated to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to discuss Yuelu Timur's disposition; he also ordered the Ministry of Rites, such as the King of Kaiping, to express condolences for the Duke of Liang, and asked them to prepare a posthumous title."
Not to mention what happened after Lao Zhu, a few hours before Lao Zhu knew about Lan Yu's death, Chang Mu and Chang Sen of the Founding Duke's Mansion had already known about Lan Yu's death.
At the time of Hai, the Duke's Office was founded in the capital.
Chang's mother was crying bitterly in her bedroom. Chang Sen, crying beside her, advised: "Mother, my condolences are with you! Besides, my uncle has not passed away at this time."
Chang's mother cried: "Even if he is not dead at this time, so what! He has already begun to die. How big a difference does it make to cry early or cry late!"
"There are six or seven brothers and sisters in my family, but only two of them survived the Huanghuai Flood. They have been dependent on each other for so many years. Now that my only relative has passed away, how can I not be sad!"
After crying for a while, he scolded Zhu Yuanzhang: "Damn Zhu Yuanzhang, my brother has made many contributions to the Ming Dynasty over the years, but you can't tolerate him. Why didn't you die early!"
Chang Sen hurriedly said: "Mom, be careful! Even though this is at home and all the servants have been sent out, be careful!"
Chang's mother also realized that she had made a mistake. She stopped talking and just cried bitterly.
It turned out that Lan Yu had sent a letter to Chang Mansion a few days ago. In the letter, he said that Zhu Yuanzhang would not allow him to live until Yunxi succeeded to the throne. He had decided to die in the next few days to prevent his wife from being harmed. Because the messenger knew
My letter is of great importance, so I was careful all the way and arrived at Chang Mansion today.
The messenger also took with him a letter to his wife that did not involve his determination to die.
After crying for a while, Chang's mother had run out of tears and could no longer cry. She pointed to the letter to Lan Yu's wife and said: "When the news of my brother's death comes in a few days, take the letter with you and give it to my brother when you can."
Daughter-in-law, let’s just say it was Lan Yu’s suicide note before he died. Because he didn’t want your majesty to see it, he asked a close associate to send it to Chang’s house.” Chang Sen agreed.
Chang Sen said: "Mom, it's already so late now, you'd better sleep for a while."
Chang's mother said: "I can sleep there now! You go down, I will stay alone for a while and let the servant come in to bring hot water."
Although Chang Sen was worried about his mother, he also knew that it would be better to give him more advice, and his mother had also experienced strong winds and waves, so she would not be crushed, so he walked out of the door, told Qin to get hot water, and went back to his house.
Early the next morning, not long after Yunxi got up, he learned about Lan Yu's death from the booklet sent by the eunuch, because the first booklet sent was the booklet about Lan Yu's legacy.
Yunxi was very surprised. Because historically, in the 26th year of Hongwu in the second year, Lan Yu and his old subordinates, as well as those generals who had little to do with him but were more capable in fighting, were counted as Lan Yu.
His rebellious accomplices were executed. Yunxi had been guessing how Lao Zhu would deal with Lan Yu and his generals, but he did not expect that Lan Yu would die like this.
Because of the original history, Yunxi was also very confused about Lan Yu's death. But these are not important. What is important is whether Lao Zhu will find another reason to get rid of those quasi-first-rate or second-rate generals.
In the original history, Lan Yu was used as a reason, but even without Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde can still do it, but Lan Yu was arrogant, so he was chosen by Lao Zhu for this reason. Now that Lan Yu is dead, Lao Zhu
Will you find someone else to use this as an excuse?
