My Daming New Empire

Now with Zhu Zhanji's urging, he also agreed, no matter what the result of this battle is, the time when he returns to the army is the time when the guard will be restored.

After crossing the Yellow River, the army continued to march north. While Zhu Zhanji was attending the military affairs meeting, Zhu Di often asked him for his opinion.

All the ministers and generals of the army were a little disapproving at first, thinking that this was Zhu Di's intention to train the grandson.

But Zhu Zhanji deliberately began to express himself gradually in various affairs, and he gradually attracted the attention of ministers and generals.

However, in order not to let himself become the target of everyone at this stage, his performance can only be said to be above the passing line.

For example, Zhu Di put the ethnic policy on the grassland on his own body. This is not to take credit for Zhu Zhanji, but a kind of protection for him.

The alliance flag system for the grasslands is okay, but the reduction system and the Confucian enlightenment system are both things that will be classified as tyranny in history and will offend a large number of people.

Zhu Di arranged the matter of offending others on himself, saying that it was his own opinion, and it would have no effect on Zhu Zhanji's reputation.

No matter how much power Zhu Di has, no matter how rich experience Zhu Zhanji has from later generations, history books are always controlled by literati, and the current literati can be said to be Confucianism.

No matter how good Zhu Di is, it is impossible to kill all the literati. Wouldn't that mean the country is in chaos.

So there are some things that even the emperor with great power cannot do.

Zhu Di is almost obedient to Zhu Zhanji now, but Zhu Zhanji needs to pay more attention to his position in front of power.

Zhu Di is old and strong, and he attaches the same importance to power as Zhu Yuanzhang. Even if he is willing to delegate power to Zhu Zhanji, he will not let Zhu Zhanji move his core power.

The so-called core powers are the military and government.

You can take what I give you, and you can't fight if I don't give it to you.

The power struggle is also the main contradiction and reason why most of the princes did not die well in the ancient imperial power era.

So even with Zhu Di's permission, he can participate in some major national events and express his opinions, but he is also careful not to grab power.

What's more, he doesn't like the power that is heavily restricted now.

He was even more afraid that he would have to become a slave to power after being caught in such complicated relationship disputes.

In addition, he has decided to start developing a foreign strategy in two years, and wants to start a new stove outside the current imperial court.Therefore, not only was he not in a hurry to strengthen his influence in the army and the court, but he avoided establishing personal relationships with any officials.

This kind of behavior also made Zhu Di like him more. A capable grandson who does not fight for power is a good grandson.

Otherwise, like the prince, he will be guarded and tabooed, and he will beat him when he finds an opportunity.

When the army arrived in Jinan Prefecture, they rested in Jinan Prefecture.The sergeants on horseback and boats could bear it, but those on foot were exhausted after marching for almost half a month.

Five days later, the army set out again.This time, in one go, we arrived at Beiping City on February [-]th.

After the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown by Zhu Yuanzhang, only less than [-] residents remained in Yuan Dadu.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, wealthy households were moved from Shandong, Hebei and other places to fill Beiping. After decades of development, the population of Beiping will reach 20.

In the original history, Zhu Di moved the capital to Beiping, another large-scale emigration. In the 16th year of Yongle, the population exceeded 50. By the time of Zhu Zhanji, the population surpassed that of Nanjing, reaching 100 million.

Nanjing has a population of less than 120 from its original population of 90 million.

But now, Beiping is just an accompanying capital, and the total population has not exceeded 20.

However, due to this Northern Expedition, today's Beiping has become a large military camp, with millions of people gathered here.

On the Beiping side, Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui was headed, and the army was dominated by the Deputy General Zhenglu and Anyuan Hou Liusheng. Hundreds of senior generals arrived in Tongzhou from Beiping to welcome them.

The whole welcoming ceremony lasted for a whole day before the emperor's guard of honor was ushered into Beiping and moved into Zhu Di's former Yan Palace.

Zhu Zhanji didn't have a deep impression of Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui, he had already been in Beiping very early.In these years, I have only returned to Yingtian Mansion a few times, and each time I met Zhu Zhanji in public, the uncle and nephew said hello, hello, hello, everyone.

In history, the fiercely competitive battle for succession described was simply an undercurrent.

This once made Zhu Zhanji a little disappointed. He thought he could watch a good show, but who knew it was so peaceful.

But it's understandable when you think about it, Zhu Dixiong is a rough idea, his throne was stolen from his nephew, how could he allow his sons to mess around.

The history recorded by those literati said that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui seized the heir, and they exaggerated greatly, but they just wanted to put money on themselves.

Because the prince is the object of their support, how can they show their credit if they don't write more about the other party.

But in practice?

When Zhu Zhanji arrived, Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui directly bowed his head and professed his minister.

Even Zhu Gaoxu wanted to rebel against Zhu Zhanji, but as soon as Zhu Zhanji's army arrived, his troops dispersed immediately, without even a large-scale battle.

Therefore, the so-called seizure of the heir apparent, Zhu Gaoxu's desire to be Zhu Di's second was not as powerful as the literati described.

Zhu Zhanji is more interested in Liu Sheng, which is the world's first firearms army and the ancestor of the artillery unit.

In the eighth year of Yongle, Liu Sheng accompanied Zhu Di on his first northern expedition. After arriving in Huiqujin, he led Shenjiying as the forward and defeated Alutai.

This is the first large-scale application of artillery and firearms of the Ming army.

Although the Tatars were unstoppable with one man and three horses, they bowed their heads under the power of artillery and firearms.

Liu Shengjin was granted the title of marquis, and he added five hundred stones to Lumi, still a hereditary earl.

Then Zhu Di sent him to guard Ningxia, crusade against and behead the rebel general Feng Dalan Timur and others.

This time he was recalled to lead the Beijing camp and serve as the general of the Northern Expedition Army.

Zhu Zhanji was interested in him because he had a more effective gunpowder formula in his hand, but he had never had the opportunity to see the Shenji camp of the Ming Dynasty before, so he didn't rashly take out better gunpowder.

If Zhu Di asked him where the gunpowder formula came from, he would not be able to answer at all.

Therefore, even if there is a more effective gunpowder formula, he must find a suitable opportunity to come up with it.

More importantly, today's artillery is not made of iron.Raising the power of gunpowder rashly will only cause the firearm to explode, not increase the power of the firearm.

The importance of gunpowder formulations was not at the forefront until better artillery was developed.

Chapter 39 Zhao Wang (Please push, please accept)

At the gate of King Yan's Mansion, as soon as Zhu Zhanji got off his horse, Li Qian, the eunuch, greeted him and bowed to salute. "Minister Li Qian pays homage to Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanji also treated Zhu Di's favorite minister with courtesy. "Eunuch Li is free of courtesy. Although I was born in Peiping, I have never been back to see it since I left at the age of five. I don't know much about Peiping. During my stay in Peiping, I just listened to your arrangements."

The Duzhijian is responsible for the transfer, inspection, and reconnaissance of all supervisors in the palace. That is to say, as long as you are away from home, most of the time, even the emperor listens to the arrangement of the Duzhijian.

Those who can serve as the eunuch of the prefect must be the emperor's most trusted confidant.

Among the seven eunuchs around Zhu Di, apart from the eunuch Zheng He, the eunuch of the inner palace, and Wang Yan, the eunuch of the chief of ceremonies, Li Qian was the most trusted.