Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

As the news of the Ming Dynasty's expeditionary army's successive victories spread to the country, both the people's hearts and morale in the Ming Dynasty expanded infinitely.

When the Ming Dynasty defeated Timur and occupied the entire Timur Empire, everyone in the Ming Dynasty, from the court to the people, would be excited and excited.

If the Ming Dynasty defeats ordinary small countries, the people of the Ming Dynasty may not even sneeze, and will only think that it is a matter of course.

However, the Timurid Empire was a country no less powerful than the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty defeated it and expanded its territory thousands of miles away. It can be said that another Ming Dynasty was created out of thin air.

Amid the cheers from both the government and the public, Lao Zhu was a little carried away, feeling that destiny lay with the Ming Dynasty and his great grandson.

Otherwise, his eldest grandson was so big in total, and he actually captured a land wider than the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Lao Zhu was happy, he agreed to the requests of the ministers and the vassal kings, and planned to hold a grand celebration in the capital to celebrate this groundbreaking new territory.

As long as the Ming Dynasty continues to maintain its fighting spirit and conquer all the places once occupied by the Mongols, the Ming Dynasty can abandon the "orthodoxy" of the Yuan Dynasty, inherit the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and create a prosperous era unique to the Ming Dynasty!
However, there is another thing that makes Lao Zhu determined to celebrate, that is, his great grandson Zhu Yunxi is coming back.

One of the most important reasons why Zhu Yunxi went to Kangdu to take charge was to control the situation on the front line in real time, so as not to cause trouble because the telegram was not delivered in time.

Now that the trains between Daming and Kangdu have been officially opened to traffic, telegraph communication has also changed from a dozen transfer stations to direct connections. A cable runs from east to west, achieving direct communication between Nanjing and Kangdu areas.

While Lao Zhu was preparing in full swing, good news also came from Japan.

The Feng Expeditionary Fleet, which was originally intended to handle Japanese silver mines and garrison, united with the local garrison after arriving in Japan and went straight to Kyoto, capturing Kyoto in one fell swoop.

Shogun Minamoto Michoyoshi was killed in a bombing. The puppet king of Japan, Emperor Mikihito, escaped from Kyoto under the protection of his guards and went to the territory of Ashikaga Takauji to continue his anti-Ming activities.

After Feng Yuanzheng occupied Kyoto, he took Wei Ming back to Kyoto from the Ishimi area and asked him to take charge of the situation in the Kyoto area.

Wei Ming lived up to expectations and immediately contacted the princes in the Kyoto area to completely abolish the new policy of the puppet king Kanhito and re-recognize the legal rights and status of the princes.

This move received enthusiastic response from the princes of the Kyoto area, who all expressed their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and recognized the Ming Dynasty's legal right to rule Japan.

After Wei Ming obtained the support of the Kyoto princes, he immediately launched recruitment work in the Kyoto area, appointing Ming soldiers as the backbone, forming a servant army of about 10 people, and responded to the local guardians and daimyo in the surrounding areas who were unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Launch a severe crackdown.

Under the devastating attack of the Wei Ming, all the Ming and guardians near Kyoto surrendered and expressed their willingness to accept the leadership of the Ming government. Only some guardians and Ming in the north still resisted tenaciously. Instead of surrendering to the Ming, they were loyal to the fled Emperor Kanhito. Provisional Government.

For this reason, Wei Ming sent an army of 5 people to conquer, and directly wiped out the Ashikaga Takauji clan.

This move shocked all local forces in Japan, and they all expressed their abandonment of the emperor and direct allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.

But there is one thing that makes Wei Ming feel a little regretful, that is, when Ashikaga Takauji was destroyed, no trace of Mikihito was found.

This made him very distressed, and even the documents reporting victory to the court were written very conservatively.

However, Wei Ming also knew that the Japan he conquered was only a superficial conquest.

Once there is any trouble in the Ming Dynasty, the local forces on this island country will definitely rise up to resist.

If there is another core figure at this time, such as Emperor Mingren, or his descendants stand up and take the lead, Japan will break away from the Ming Dynasty again.

Therefore, he never stopped arresting Qianren, for fear that this guy would become a thorn in the side of Ming Dynasty.

Akita clan territory.

Ganren boarded the ship to Korea and stopped causing trouble to the Akita clan who were loyal to him.

Ganjin did not escape alone, there were five thousand ronin warriors following him.

They were no match for the Ming Dynasty's firearms on land, but at sea they could seize them from merchant ships.

Ganren hid in North Korea and commanded his ronin samurai to rob merchant ships from various countries, including those in Japan.

Now he has only one purpose, which is to create difficulties for Ming Dynasty as much as possible, and to continue to make money and give money to his allies in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunwen is Qianren's ally. With Qianren's financial and human support, Zhu Yunwen has greatly improved both his internal management of the fiefdom and his control of the situation in the capital.

Also supporting him was the North Korean King Li Chenggui. Like Qianren, Li Chenggui regarded Zhu Yunwen as their hope for the restoration of the country.

Because in comparison, Zhu Yunwen does not have as big ambition and appetite as Zhu Yunxi.

With the support of Li Chenggui and Qianren, Zhu Yunwen's strength expanded rapidly.

In addition, after Jin Yiwei was thoroughly investigated by Dongchang and the Ming Dynasty's supervisory agency had a blind spot, he made even more small moves.

During this period, Zhu Yunwen successfully conquered the military power in the fiefdom, and successfully bribed the generals of the five cities' military and horse departments, as well as a number of officials in the court.

He planned to launch an attack when he came to Beijing to congratulate him, and control Lao Zhu in one fell swoop, so as to imitate the Xuanwu Gate Incident and force Lao Zhu to depose Zhu Yunxi as emperor and establish himself as the Ming Dynasty emperor.

Zhu Yunwen's wishful thinking came to fruition. Just when he thought he was doing everything without being aware of it, he didn't know that the mantis stalking the cicada or the oriole was behind him, and there was still a pair of eyes staring at him silently.

King Yan Zhu Di has been paying attention to Zhu Yunwen's movements, and even knows Zhu Yunwen in more detail than Jin Yiwei and Dongchang.

Now Dongchang and Jinyiwei are busy fighting among themselves, and no one can bother to investigate the movements of the local vassal king, which just gives Zhu Yunwen an opportunity to take advantage of.

Of course Zhu Di couldn't miss this opportunity, but he was more stable than Zhu Yunwen. He was not in a hurry to make trouble, but always paid attention to Zhu Yunwen silently, and even gave Zhu Yunwen some help when necessary.

Until he heard that Zhu Yunwen came to Beijing in advance and brought thousands of people to Beijing, he secretly thought that the opportunity had come.

He silently assembled his troops and sent them to the border areas of the fief for training. Until the news came that Zhu Yunwen was coming to the capital, he immediately attacked the capital under the banner of King Qin escorting him.

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Jinling City.

Lao Zhu went to bed early as always, but not long after he lay down, he heard a noise outside.

"What movement?"

"Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Wan came to the capital. It is said that he brought hundreds of jugglers and opera troupes with him, which attracted the people of the capital to rush over and watch."

Lao Zhu frowned secretly when he heard this.

"This child came too early, more than two months earlier than the time stated in our edict..."

Qin Deshun smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"The fiefdom is not as prosperous as the capital. The other vassal kings are probably on their way and will arrive in the capital soon."

Lao Zhu smiled bitterly and nodded.

"Life on the fiefdom is a bit hard, but a place as big as Ming Dynasty must be guarded by someone, right?"

"They were born into the emperor's family, so they naturally have to shoulder the responsibility of guarding the Ming Dynasty."

"By the way, how is the investigation into Jin Yiwei's case?"

Qin Deshun's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He had been ordering people to secretly embarrass Jin Yiwei, and planned to use this opportunity to highlight the importance of their East Factory and trample Jin Yiwei under his feet forever.

This is not because Qin Deshun is greedy for power, but mainly due to the natural attributes of their spy agency.

A court cannot have two sets of supervision systems. If there are, there must be separate kings and kings, otherwise chaos will inevitably occur.Qin Deshun felt that Lao Zhu thought the same way, otherwise why would he order the Dongchang under his control to investigate Jin Yiwei?
"Back to the Emperor, the investigation on Jin Yiwei's affairs is almost complete. Except for some people's dirty hands and feet, who took some money that they shouldn't have taken, they are generally loyal to the Emperor."

Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction and asked immediately.

"What did Jiang Yu say?"

"Back to your Majesty, Commander Chiang has no big problem. He just accepted some of the filial piety from the Japanese puppet king."

"But this kind of thing is not a big deal in the capital. Many officials in the DPRK and the Central Government have also accepted it, not only Commander Jiang..."

Qin Deshun hid a lot for Jiang Wei here. This was not because of his kindness. He just wanted Jiang Wei to owe him a favor so that he could easily manipulate Jiang Wei in the future.

"oh oh……"

Hearing this, Lao Zhu closed his eyes noncommittally, and after a while he quietly spoke.

"Since there's nothing wrong, just let them go."

"There are big things happening in the capital now, and they have to keep an eye on them."

"promise!"

While Lao Zhu and Qin Deshun were chatting, an eunuch hurried in.

"Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Wan asked to see you and said that he wanted to present a treasure to your Majesty."

"treasure?"

Lao Zhu smiled indifferently when he heard this. What treasure has he not seen in his life?

Lao Zhu instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he thought of what Qin Deshun said just now, the fiefdom was not as lively as the capital, and he immediately felt compassion.

"Let him come in, and let's see what treasures he gives us."

"promise!"

Not long after, Zhu Yunwen walked in, followed by four strong men carrying boxes.

Lao Zhu couldn't help but frown when he saw the four strong men, and secretly glared at Qin Deshun.

Qin Deshun soon realized that something was wrong. How could outsiders be allowed to set foot in the royal residence?
Qin Deshun hurriedly called the guards and eunuchs outside.

"You are so lazy that you don't even know how to help?"

As soon as Qin Deshun finished speaking, two guards and two eunuchs ran in from outside the door. However, before they could take over, four strong men carrying the box opened the box with a bang and took out four steel knives. Knock them to the ground.

Qin Deshun jumped up when he saw this and shouted loudly outside.

"Come here!"

"Someone is assassinating the emperor, please come quickly and protect him!"

When the four strong men heard this voice, they stepped forward and kicked Qin Deshun to the ground without Zhu Yunwen's orders, and then put the knife on Lao Zhu's neck.

Lao Zhu didn't even move from beginning to end, just quietly watching Zhu Yunwen's performance and waiting for the steel knife to fall.

Qin Deshun fell to the ground and shouted "no" in horror when he saw this scene. It was not until he saw that the other party did not kill him, but just wanted to subdue Lao Zhu, that Qin Deshun regained some composure.

Qin Deshun, realizing that he had lost his temper, immediately pointed at Zhu Yunwen's nose and cursed.

"Zhu Yunwen, do you know that this is rebellion?"

A trace of shame flashed across Zhu Yunwen's face when he heard this. Even though he had made complete mental preparations, when he really took this step, he still couldn't pass the test in his heart.

After all, he has always been a good boy in the eyes of others since he was a child. He has never made any mistakes, so how could he engage in rebellion?
Lao Zhu and Qin Deshun had obviously different perspectives on the problem. When he saw the ashamed expression on Zhu Yunwen's face, he sighed secretly.

I made the right choice, this child is indeed unlikely to become a great person.

They are all rebels, but they still can’t save face?

Zhu Yunwen made some mental preparations again, and then came to kneel down in front of Lao Zhu.

"Grandpa Huang, it's not that my grandson wants to hurt you, it's actually that he thinks you are doing things unfairly."

"What did your grandson do wrong that made you insist on abolishing the eldest son and establishing the younger one and passing the throne to Zhu Yunxi?"

Facing Zhu Yunwen's doubts, Lao Zhu only replied with three words.

"What do you say?"

Under Lao Zhu's see-through gaze, Zhu Yunwen lowered his head in shame again.He thought about the fire in the military battle station, about the prostitute Xiaoman he kept, about being forced to hide his face and run away by Zhu Yunxi in the main hall, etc.

None of this is to be blamed on anyone, only that Zhu Yunxi is too strong and he is too weak...

But he obviously won't admit this. Even if it is a fact, he has to put aside the fact and question Lao Zhu. Isn't there anything wrong?
"Grandpa Huang, my grandson now asks you to depose Zhu Yunxi and make me the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Lao Zhu sneered when he heard this.

"dream!"

"When have we ever done anything contrary to our word in this life?"

"If you want to kill or behead me, just do it quickly, don't wait around and make people look down on you!"

Zhu Yunwen was so hit by Lao Zhu that he almost ordered Lao Zhu to be killed to prove that he was not a waste.

But fortunately, he still retained some sense and stopped this ridiculous idea.

"Grandpa Huang, I will make you give in!"

"Come here, pick up Qin Deshun and take him outside to bring our people in!"

"promise!"

Qin Deshun glanced at Lao Zhu helplessly, and Lao Zhu gave him a firm look, indicating that he didn't have to have any scruples.

But Lao Zhu obviously overestimated Qin Deshun. How could he dare to ignore Lao Zhu's safety?
Zhu Yunwen took Qin Deshun outside with two guards, relieved Lao Zhu's palace guards, let in all the people he left outside the palace, and took full control of all defenses inside and outside the palace.

Then someone was sent to the palace with a document stamped with Lao Zhu's seal, intending to take control of the palace. Unexpectedly, the palace guards were very alert and refused to execute it on the spot when they saw that it was not Lao Zhu's signature.

In desperation, Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to order people to take documents to the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, and let the people from the Wucheng Army and Horse Division put the thousands of people he brought into the city, and then let these people control the armory and move it. The cannon came to blast open the palace gate.

Seeing this, Qin Deshun hurriedly asked for help and said with a dog-legged look.

"If His Highness King Anhui is trustworthy, why not let me give it a try? I know the generals guarding the palace. As long as I go in and tell them, they will definitely let His Highness enter the palace to take charge of the overall situation!"