Ming Dynasty: The Jingnan Rebellion has just been successful, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been resurrected

Chapter 110 Zhu Di got angry, Yunhu, why don’t you play by the rules?

"Jinglong, don't be modest. I also recognize your ability." Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand.

Li Jinglong was startled when he heard this. He looked at Zhu Yunhuan and suddenly felt a pang of pain in his nose. "Your Majesty."

He knew very well in his heart that many people looked down upon his actions.

There are many people who praise his abilities openly but actually look down on him behind his back.

He knew all this, always knew it.

But he pretended not to care and pretended not to care about anything.

But in fact, how could he really not care?
Now, Zhu Yunhuan's words of recognition made all the grievances he had suffered in his heart burst out.

At this moment, he really wanted to shout loudly, look, take a good look, His Majesty has recognized me, His Majesty has recognized my ability!
What's wrong with being a dog?
What's wrong with that!!!

"Wow, wow, wow" Li Jinglong cried loudly, crying very sadly, as if he wanted to cry out all the grievances in his heart.

"This..." Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Neng and Sheng Yong looked at each other in confusion.

Is it really that important for His Majesty to just say one word of approval?
How do they learn this?

"Jinglong, it's okay!" Zhu Yunhuan was also a little surprised.

Li Jinglong wiped the tears from his face, looking a little embarrassed. He said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for making a fool of myself. I will drink three cups as punishment!"

After saying that, he poured himself three glasses of wine and drank them.

"Jinglong, what's going on with you?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at Li Jinglong with a strange look in his eyes.

Li Jinglong smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing, it was just an outburst of emotion, I couldn't hold it back."

"This..." Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Li Jinglong had cried so sadly just now, and he was worried that he might say something wrong and upset Li Jinglong again.

"Jinglong, everything is over. In the future, I will give you a chance to prove yourself." Zhu Yunxun said.

Although Li Jinglong's father was Li Wenzhong, he received good military education since childhood, and was even occasionally instructed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, if you don’t have talent, you don’t have it, and you can’t force it.

On the contrary, Li Jinglong's interpersonal relationships in officialdom were definitely at the other extreme. Without any instruction since childhood, he not only learned everything by himself, but also mastered it to perfection.

He could only muddle along during the war, but once he left the battlefield, no matter how complex or harsh the environment was, he could handle it with ease, especially when dealing with officials. He was very happy and not only did he get things done beautifully, but also made sure that no one could find fault with him.

Li Jinglong had a complicated expression and said, "Your Majesty, I am your servant."

"Okay, stop talking. Come on, drink!" Zhu Yunheng picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Cheers to Your Majesty!" Zhu Gaoxu, Li Jinglong, Zhu Neng and Sheng Yong raised their wine glasses and said in unison.

Zhu Yunhuan put down his wine glass, took a bite of food, turned to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Second brother, go outside the city for me tomorrow and tell the princes that I will hold a banquet in the palace tomorrow night and invite them to come and have a drink."

"Ah?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the princes don't have the courage to come."

Now Zhu Yunhuan and the princes are still in a state of hostility. A war may break out at any time. How dare the princes come to the banquet at this time?

This is definitely a Hongmen Banquet. Once you come, you may never be able to go back.

"It's okay, just go ahead. Whether they come or not is their business. You just need to convey the message." Zhu Yunxun said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

He didn't know what Zhu Yunhuan was planning, but since Zhu Yunhuan had told him to go and bring a message, he decided to go.

"Your Majesty, Gao Xu and I will go together." Li Jinglong said.

Zhu Yunhuan glanced at Li Jinglong, nodded and said, "Okay!"

"You guy, why are you joining in the fun?" Zhu Gaoxu smiled and shook his head, but he was a little touched in his heart.

There is a great risk in meeting the princes at this time. He may be detained by the princes. He is Zhu Di's son and the princes are his uncles. Perhaps they will not do anything to him, but it is hard to say about Li Jinglong.

In particular, Li Jinglong surrendered the city, allowing Zhu Yunhuan to enter the city directly, disrupting the plans of many vassal kings.

Li Jinglong now has a bad image in the minds of the princes outside the city.

"I'll follow you and take care of you. Don't worry, nothing will happen." Li Jinglong said with a smile.

He knew Zhu Gaoxu's concerns, but he was indeed confident.

Perhaps the princes had a bad impression of him, but in the current situation, who would dare to touch him when he left the city? Zhu Yunhuan was his backer, and touching him would be tantamount to cutting off his own retreat.

The princes should all be aware of the current situation.

There was no way they could defeat Zhu Yunhuan.

In this situation, should we touch him?

First consider whether you can withstand Zhu Yunhuan’s wrath!

"Aren't you afraid that the uncles will tear you apart?" Zhu Gaoxu said with a wry smile.

"No, even if some vassal kings want to touch me, other vassal kings will stop them, because I am leaving the city this time to represent His Majesty!" Li Jinglong shook his head and said in a deep voice.

"Hey, this guy Duke Cao is really something." Zhu Neng and Sheng Yong were stunned.

They hadn't expected this to happen.

"Haha!" Zhu Yunhuan smiled.

Li Jinglong who does not fight seems to be a different person from Li Jinglong who fights.

As long as he doesn't fight a war and plays with human relationships, Li Jinglong seems to have grown a brain. Otherwise, he will just become confused!

Above officialdom.

Zhu Di led his army towards Yingtian Prefecture. Although he felt the road ahead was uncertain and was very pessimistic about this expedition to Yingtian Prefecture, he still went ahead in the end.

There is no way. I am just waiting to die in Peking. What else can I do?

He had to go to Yingtian Prefecture now. Even though Zhu Yunhuan had already dug a trap for him, he could only grit his teeth and dive in.

"Things are changing too fast!" Zhu Di's expression was a little complicated.

Not long ago, he was worried that Zhu Yunhuan would be defeated by Li Jinglong, so he specially sent Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Neng to help Zhu Yunhuan.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, Zhu Yunhuan ascended the throne and became the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness!" Ping'an walked over, his face filled with unconcealable joy.

After receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's letter, he became even more certain that Zhu Yunhuan was the heir chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang. As for Zhu Yunwen, it was probably because something went wrong in some link that led to the throne being usurped by Zhu Yunwen.

Although there are still many doubts, he is too lazy to think about them.

He only needed to figure out one thing, that is, whether Zhu Yunhuan was the heir chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang. All the current evidence showed that it was.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Di frowned when he saw Ping'an.

He is now very troubled by Ping An. This guy is very annoying, but he can't just kill him because Ping An is Zhu Yunhuan's man. Killing Ping An is equivalent to cutting off his last retreat.

If everything went smoothly, killing Ping An would be fine. However, the current situation is worrying and the future is worrying. Killing Ping An at this time is definitely not a wise move.

"Your Highness, His Majesty is truly the heir chosen by Taizu. I am very sure that you can really consider surrendering to His Majesty. The second young master is now deeply favored by His Majesty. If you surrender, you will definitely be valued by His Majesty." Ping An persuaded earnestly.

Recently, he came to persuade Zhu Di from time to time, and his main purpose was to persuade him whenever he had the chance.

Of course, he also knew that Zhu Di would not dare to do anything to him.

Zhu Di's face turned dark and he simply shut his mouth and ignored Ping An.

Ping An shook his head and looked at Yao Guangxiao beside him. He said, "Mr. Yao, you're encouraging the Prince of Yan to rebel because you lack a platform to showcase your skills. So, why don't you go and seek refuge with His Majesty? I know your abilities, and I'll personally speak to His Majesty. I'll ensure you're given a position of authority. How do you do that?"

"Ahem. Thank you, General Ping, for your kindness." Yao Guangxiao coughed twice, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Ping An was definitely the first one to poach people in front of Zhu Di, and the person was his absolute confidant.

Not to mention that he wouldn't agree, even if he was really moved, he wouldn't dare to agree!

Zhu Di was watching from the side!
"Mr. Yao, why don't you think about it again?" Ping An chased after Yao Guangxiao and pestered him relentlessly.

"Zhang Wu, pull Ping An away!" Zhu Di said with a dark face.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhang Wu stepped forward and said to Ping An, "General Ping, let's go!"

He has done this kind of thing countless times in recent days.

"Hey, what can I say to you? Isn't it better to surrender? If you insist on fighting, you can't beat His Majesty. Just wait and see. It won't be long before those vassal kings of Yingtian Prefecture will be dealt with by His Majesty." Ping An shook his head and turned to leave.

Zhu Yunhuan was Zhu Yuanzhang's successor, and he had full confidence in Zhu Yunhuan.

"How did Ping Baoer become like this!" Zhu Di smiled bitterly in his heart.

Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said, "Maybe he has this kind of personality. He was just under too much pressure before. Now that the pressure is gone, he feels relaxed. And..."

Having said this, he paused, then continued, "Your Highness, haven't you noticed? Ping An came here just to entertain us!"

When he was in Peking, Ping An was often suppressed by Zhu Di.

The current situation, no matter how you look at it, feels like a personal revenge. Zhu Di's expression was gloomy and uncertain. He said, "If he ever angers me and comes to persuade me to surrender, I will agree directly."

"Ah?" Yao Guangxiao was stunned when he heard this, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Zhu Di smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Don't be nervous, I'm just joking."

"Oh!" Yao Guangxiao nodded.

"Your Highness, this is a letter from Yingtian Prefecture!" Zhang Wu hurried over and handed a letter to Zhu Di.

"This kid Yunhu really doesn't treat me as an outsider!" Zhu Di looked a little depressed.

In recent days, he didn't want to inquire about the news in Yingtian Prefecture, but every time there was any movement in Yingtian Prefecture, he would be the first to know.

At first he was very confused and didn't understand why the letter was always delivered so quickly and on time without any accidents.

Later, he found out that the letter was sent to him by Zhu Yunhuan.

Every time Zhu Yunhuan made a move, he would write to him directly, sometimes even in advance.

After hearing the news, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Zhu Di opened the letter and quickly read the contents. He looked a little surprised: "This..."

"What has Your Majesty done again?" Yao Guangxiao was curious.

Zhu Di took a deep breath, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Master, I'm afraid we are really finished!"

"Ah?" Yao Guangxiao was startled and asked, "Your Majesty, what has His Majesty done again?"

"Yunhu gave fiefs to the vassal kings!" Zhu Di said.

Letting the princes expand the territory was an absolutely incredible idea. He really couldn't understand how Zhu Yunhuan came up with this idea.

Although they had to fight on their own, the resistance of many vassal kings would be weakened a lot, especially the nine powerful kings of the frontier.

The main reason why the King of Sai is the King of Sai is that he is good at fighting. With the support of the court, it is not too difficult for these Kings of Sai to go out and conquer a piece of territory as a fiefdom.

Moreover, this will allow the Ming Dynasty to further expand its territory. The idea is simply amazing.

"What's going on? Your Majesty isn't going to reduce the power of the feudal lords anymore?" Yao Guangxiao looked stunned, his face full of disbelief.

He had studied Zhu Yunhuan and was very sure that Zhu Yunhuan was definitely not the kind of person who could tolerate the existence of vassal kings.

"No, Yunhuan reduced the power of the princes!" Zhu Di shook his head.

Seeing Yao Guangxiao's puzzled expression, he explained, "Yunhuan allowed the vassal kings to expand their territory on their own. The larger the area they conquered, the larger their fiefdom would be."

Absolutely!
This move is too cruel, directly maximizing the exploitation of the princes' abilities.

The princes who had originally opposed Zhu Yunhuan suddenly became Zhu Yunhuan's employees and tools.

That’s fucked up!
"Go out and fight for the fiefdom by yourself? Who the hell came up with this trick?" Yao Guangxiao was also confused.

This move is really a killer!

The princes were no match for Zhu Yunhuan, and the recovery of their fiefdoms was inevitable. Now Zhu Yunhuan directly offered a second option.

There is no doubt that many princes will be tempted.

In this way, all these tempted princes would become Zhu Yunhuan's thugs.

"Your Highness." Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhu Di with resentful eyes.

The already difficult situation was made even worse.

How can we play this?
"We have to speed up the march!" Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

Now he is really a little anxious.

We must rush to Yingtian Prefecture before the vassal kings outside the city turn to Zhu Yunhuan.

Otherwise, when everyone votes, he will be the only one left alone. How embarrassing it would be!
Besides, he would no longer have the initiative by then.

"Yes!" Yao Guangxiao nodded.

"Third brother, pass the order down and speed up the march!" Zhu Di turned his head and shouted loudly to Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui was stunned and nodded: "Yes, father!"

"Speed ​​up the march!"

At the command, the army began to speed up.

Although everyone was confused and didn't know what was going on.

However, the military order had been issued and they began to march faster!
Yao Guangxiao thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, perhaps we can leave first!"

If they advance with a large army, the speed will be too slow. Anyway, there are three guards of Doyan leading the way, so they can just go ahead and join them.

Zhu Di was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "Indeed, Yun Hun will probably be making his move soon. If we march with the main army, even if we speed up, we probably won't be able to catch up in the end."

Beiping is too far away from Yingtian Prefecture.

Even if there is no obstruction along the way and the march is madly rapid, it will take at least twenty days.

Twenty days later, by the time we arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, the daylilies had gone cold.

At this moment, Zhu Di regretted not sending troops earlier.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on him. He did not expect that the situation in Yingtian Prefecture would change so quickly.

The attack and defense of Yingtian Prefecture ended in one day.

The princes joined forces and were hung up and beaten by Zhu Yunhuan.

Things shouldn't be like this.

His huge gamble paid off.

However, this winning result was even harder to accept than losing.

What he wanted was for Zhu Yunhuan to win a tragic victory over the princes, with their strength almost depleted, and for him to clean up the mess, but the current situation was that Zhu Yunhuan had a strong army and was in high spirits.

"Stop!" Zhu Di showed a bitter look on his face.

"The prince has ordered us to stop the forced march!"

"The prince has ordered us to stop the forced march!"

New military orders were issued.

Since we can't catch up no matter what, let's not bother the soldiers.

"What's going on?"

The 100,000 soldiers looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on.

Sometimes they speed up their march, sometimes they stop, are you kidding?

However, due to Zhu Di's high prestige, the storm quickly subsided and became a minor episode.

"What's going on?" Ge Cheng followed the army with a puzzled look on his face.

At this moment, he was most confused.

He defected to Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Yunwen died. When he got the news, he was completely stunned.

"Third brother, come here!" Zhu Di shouted to Zhu Gaosui.

This time, he only brought Zhu Gaosui with him, leaving Zhu Gaochi to defend Beiping. Of course, this was also because Zhu Gaochi's physical condition was not suitable for long-distance journeys.

Given Zhu Gaochi's health, if he were to follow the march, he would probably die before reaching Yingtian Prefecture.

"Father, what's the matter?" Zhu Gaosui came to Zhu Di on horseback with a puzzled look on his face.

He was also very puzzled as to why they sped up their march one moment and then ordered a stop the next.

"The situation in Yingtian Prefecture has changed dramatically. Now I must rush to Yingtian Prefecture as soon as possible. The army is left to you. I will let Yuan Gong and Qiu Fu help you." Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

"Ah?" Zhu Gaosui looked shocked and confused.

Zhu Di frowned and said, "You are my son. At this time, you must stand up!"

Zhu Gaosui came back to his senses, his expression solemn, and nodded, "Yes, father!"

Zhu Di patted Zhu Gaosui on the shoulder and said to Zhang Wu, who was standing beside him, "Go and bring Ping An to me!"

Ping'an is Zhu Yunhuan's man, so there will be no harm in taking him with him when we go to Yingtian Prefecture this time.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhang Wu nodded.

Zhu Gaosui hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, can I ask what exactly happened in Yingtian Prefecture?"

Zhu Di was silent for a while, then said quietly, "Yun Hun wants to deal with the princes."

(End of this chapter)