Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 939 Xiong Ying Heads North
Old Zhu frowned, still reluctant in his heart. He glanced at Zhu Su, who was watching his heart and eyes, and said, "If this matter is really serious, Old Five can..."

"Fifth brother has been working hard for the country for these years and has had little time to rest. Father should also think about fifth brother."

"Besides... my fifth brother has been married for several years, but his wife still has no children. Having more children is the most important thing for our Zhu family." Before Zhu Su could say anything, Zhu Biao made the excuse on his behalf.

Just this reason made Zhu Su blush.

This reason was something that Old Zhu could not refute. After all, the expansion of Old Zhu's family was extremely important to the trust of this old man. So, it seemed that Zhu Su could no longer be allowed to be the military supervisor.

He thought about it, and finally nodded: "Okay, we'll do as you ask."

"Let's have the Five Military Commands and the Cabinet discuss this later and decide where to send our eldest grandson to be the military supervisor."

"In the next few days, let your grandson come to the palace more often to accompany this old man." Old Zhu's back was a little desolate. "You are such a cruel father, but don't let your grandson hate you, his grandfather."

"Father, you..." Zhu Biao gave a bitter smile. His father walked with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and most of his hair was still black. How could he look that old?

Saying this is expressing dissatisfaction with oneself.

Since the death of the Queen Mother, the Emperor has indeed cherished family affection even more, and he is even more doting on Xiongying, who is the Queen Mother's favorite. This is completely different from the way he educated his sons in the past.

Sometimes, Zhu Biao was really worried that his son would be spoiled and become a playboy.

Even the ruthless and ruthless Emperor Hongwu was not much different from an ordinary old man who doted on his grandchildren when facing his relatives.

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This was the first reform that Zhu Biao promoted single-handedly, and naturally he put in all his energy into it.

He was different from Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was a pioneering ruler who wanted to build a lasting foundation for the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he paid more attention to foreign affairs such as Annan. Every day, the Jinyiwei sent an endless stream of information about Annan to the palace. Zhu Biao, on the other hand, was more of a conservative ruler who wanted to make the internal system of the Ming Dynasty permanent and solid. Naturally, he paid more attention to military reform.

For several days in a row, he invited Zhu Su to the Chunhe Hall to discuss with him the details of the political commissar and propaganda departments of the future army. He made localized changes based on the existing soil of the Ming Dynasty and then taught them to his son Zhu Xiongying.

On this day, Zhu Biao informed Zhu Su that the place where Zhu Xiongying would go to supervise the army had been discussed, which was the Daning Regional Military Commission in Daning. Zhu Xiongying would try to reform the military supervision in the army of Daning Regional Military Commission to see if it would be effective in the battle to defeat the Mongolian rebels.

"Daningdusi..." Zhu Su touched his chin, "This is indeed the most suitable place for Xiongying to go and train."

In order to avoid causing unnecessary turmoil, Zhu Biao and Zhu Lao did not explicitly state that they wanted Zhu Xiongying to try the new military supervision system. Instead, they used the excuse that the Crown Prince had grown up, and in order to prevent future rulers of the Ming Dynasty from being ruled by women, they needed to select an army and let the Crown Prince temporarily serve as military supervisor to gain experience.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was still full of martial virtues. The emperor and the crown prince wanted to send the grandson out of the capital for training. Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, who was somewhat concerned, no one really thought that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could not protect the grandson of the emperor. They wanted to find a peaceful place for the grandson of the emperor to gain some experience before returning.

Needless to say, the officials of the Ministry of War tried their best to find a place for the Crown Prince to gain experience. In the Five Military Governor's Office, many generals had previously expressed their willingness to protect Ma Ye in the court, and now that Ma Ye was in trouble, they were feeling the chill in their necks. Now that His Majesty has assigned them a task, how could they not do their best?

Many military heroes wanted to seize this opportunity to get closer to the crown prince, and suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang that he should join his army, but Zhu Yuanzhang rejected all of them. In the end, he decided to let the crown prince join the Daning army for training, because the Daning army was a rare large army in the Ming Dynasty that was still in combat, and their enemy was the Bayanchur tribe, a Mongolian rebel army that had revived on the grassland.

Bayanchur was born in the Golden Family. He fled to Samarkand after the fall of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. The Timurid Empire was destroyed by Zhu Di and Zhu Su, and the huge empire was divided into three parts, which became loyal vassals of the Ming Dynasty. Bayanchur, who fled to Samarkand, had no place to stay there. However, if he continued to flee westward, he would have gone beyond the territory of the former Mongolian Empire. In his eyes, those Western countries were not only barbaric and ignorant, but also extremely hostile to the Mongols because of the residual power of Genghis Khan in the past.

So Bayanchur had to risk his life and flee back to the grassland. He thought that although the power of the Ming Dynasty had begun to infiltrate the tribes of the grassland, the grassland was extremely vast and there would always be a place to hide from the Ming army's pursuit. Moreover, the brand of the Golden Family was still very appealing among the Mongolian tribes.

Everything turned out just as he expected. Although Mongolia was destroyed, many Mongolians were like bandits and bandits, scattered all over the grasslands to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty and the Xu family. Arutai of the Tatar tribe was one of them. After Bayanchur returned to the eastern grasslands, he and Arutai hit it off and officially raised the flag to start the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

In the original history, after the split between East and West Mongolia, the Tatars in the east were created by Bayanchur and Arutai. The two worked together to cause great trouble to the Ming Dynasty.

It must be said that the inertia of history is sometimes really amazing. Although their strength is not very good, they can't stand the banner of Ben Ya Shi Li's Golden Family, which is still quite important. It is reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to send the crown prince to supervise the army to deal with it.

Otherwise, letting Zhu Xiongying go to various garrisons to supervise the army and fight against bandits and pirates... that would be too embarrassing.

There is another reason for sending Zhu Xiongying to Daning. The current chief officers of Daning Dusi are the brothers Chang Mao and Chang Sheng. The two brothers are the sons of the late Kaiping King Chang Yuchun, and Zhu Xiongying's mother Chang is the daughter of Chang Yuchun.

In other words, Chang Sheng and Chang Mao were Zhu Xiongying's closest uncles. If Zhu Xiongying were to join their army, the Chang brothers would certainly do their best to ensure that Zhu Xiongying would be safe and sound.

"There are many old friends of yours in the Daning army. The three guards of Daning, including Duoyan, also have some history with you." Zhu Biao said. "I don't know much about military affairs. Xiongying needs your help when he goes to Daning."

"Xiong Ying is very close to me, his uncle. If he wants to go to the Northern Frontier, I will do my best to help him." Zhu Su agreed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)