I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

The celebration didn't stop until midnight, and the soldiers who had enough to eat and drink went to sleep with satisfied smiles, and at the same time looked forward to returning in a few days.

God for good.

It didn't rain until the next day. The fiery red sun dispelled the dark clouds and shone on the green prairie.

The Ming army began to pack up and pull out the camp, preparing to return to Daming according to the established route.

The story of the prisoner camp did not spread, but the old man and the generals knew about it.

The old man got angry in front of all the generals, and originally ordered Hu Yu and other generals of the Raksha army to be killed.

But later, under Zhu Zhangui's intercession, the old man took the thunder's anger and chose a lighter punishment.

Chapter 158: Auspiciousness descends from heaven, and the unicorn announces good news.

The beginning of August in the 12th year of Yongle.

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di's second Northern Expedition ended successfully.

In this battle, Wala Mahamu was defeated, more than [-] people were beheaded, and countless cattle, sheep, horses, gold and silver were seized.

Alutai Wuliangha and other grassland forces surrendered one after another, and even flattered Zhu Di as Emperor Tiankhan.

In fact, this suggestion was proposed by Zhu Zhangui to Alutai.

Otherwise, relying on the fact that Alutai disturbed Daming's logistics line, and accompanying the cattle, sheep, gold and silver, how could the old man let him go so easily.

Of course, this opinion is not in vain.

Zhu Zhangui received a lot of opinion fees from Alutai.

After conferring Zen in Langjuxu Mountain, he was also called Tiankehan like Li Shimin, and the old man finally went home satisfied.

As for the chaos on the grassland after the Ming army left.

The massacre of the Mahamu herdsmen captives will have an impact on the grassland, which depends on the grassland people's own consideration.

You can fight whatever you want, if you dare to use this as an excuse to invade Da Ming, Da Ming can't guarantee that the tragedy on Mahamu's side will happen to you.

And on the fifth day after the Ming army retreated, the messenger who delivered the good news finally arrived at the capital.

early morning.

The warm sunshine sprinkled in the majestic palace.

In Shangshu's room, Zhu Pangpang and others are having a morning meeting.

Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, stood up with a distressed face and reported the current difficulties of the court.

"His Royal Highness, it has been raining continuously in the northern land recently, and the muddy roads have caused logistics and transportation to be very troublesome, and the consumption is also very huge."

"In addition, the autumn grain has not been delivered from all over the country, and the imperial court's grain depot is almost empty. Let alone supplying the front line now, the capital's own consumption can't be supplied. If there is a disaster somewhere, the household department will If there is no food for disaster relief, I hope His Royal Highness will make a plan early."

Zhu Pangpang sighed when he heard the words, and waved his hands.

"Try to urge all places to speed up the transportation of autumn grain. There must be no shortage of food on the front line. Once the front line runs out of food and grass, there will be big trouble."

Xia Yuanji originally wanted to say something more, but noticed Zhu Pangpang's tired eyes, so he could only nod helplessly, and stepped aside.

"Your Highness, this battle can no longer be fought. Now the north is about to enter winter, and our logistics line is often attacked by Arutai. If the war continues like this, if it is delayed until the snowy winter, the frontline soldiers will be in danger! "

After Xia Yuanji retreated, Shangshu Saiyi of the Ministry of Officials was the first to stand up and put forward a proposal to withdraw troops.

Zhu Pangpang glanced at him and shook his head helplessly.

Doesn't he want the old man to come back?But the problem is that his words are on the old man's side, just like farting, it doesn't work at all.

Some time ago, the army was blocked at the entrance of the Three Gorges, so he wrote to the old man to propose to withdraw the troops first, and then consider the plan for the Northern Expedition when he was ready.

In the end, he was severely scolded by the old man's reply letter, which made him depressed for several days.

Later, when he wrote a letter, the old man didn't even reply.

What's even more exasperating is that his own son doesn't know what's going on.

From going out to now, I haven't written a single letter back, and all the letters I wrote in the past have disappeared.

This made Zhu Pangpang want Zhu Zhangui to persuade the old man to find no one.

"Has there been any news from the north in the past two days?"

Zhu Pangpang looked at Yang Shiqi who was Minister of the Ministry of War.

Yang Shiqi shook his head.

"Back to His Royal Highness, a message came a few days ago, saying that there is still a stalemate at the entrance of the Three Gorges, and urging us to speed up the transportation of food, grass and wound medicine."

Ugh!

Zhu Pangpang was even more worried.

Sure enough, as my daughter-in-law said, people in Lao Zhu's family are all stubborn.

The old and the old can't talk, and the young and the young are disobedient. I am really worried.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness..."

When a group of people were worrying about food and grass and how to persuade the old man to come back, a young eunuch rushed in hastily.

"You bastard military plane, did you break into it? Drag it out and beat me to death with sticks!"

Little Nasty, who was serving at the side, saw that the eunuch under him was so ignorant of the rules, so he hurriedly stepped forward to ask someone to drag the little eunuch out.

Zhu Pangpang didn't care much about it.

There are rules in the palace, if you don't understand the rules, someone will teach you the rules.

"Forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince, please forgive me. The Crown Princess asked the servants to find you. The Crown Princess asked the servants to inform you that the Grandson Concubine is about to give birth, so you should hurry over there."

"What!"

Zhu Pangpang, who was lowering his head and preparing to continue the discussion with everyone, jumped up suddenly, and rushed to the little eunuch in a few steps, asking people to let him go, and asked anxiously.

"What are you talking about, the concubine is about to give birth."

The little eunuch nodded repeatedly.

"Just now the Crown Princess and the Grand Concubine were visiting the garden, and the Grand Concubine suddenly suffered from abdominal pain, and the mother-in-law who followed said that she was about to give birth, so the Crown Princess asked the servants to come over and notify you."

"Ouch, my God! It's finally going to be born."

Zhu Pangpang happily slapped his fat legs, turned to Yang Shiqi and the six elders and said, "We've reached this point today. I have something urgent here, so we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Several of them are princelings, so of course they understand the importance of this matter to the East Palace.

"His Royal Highness, don't worry about us, you can go there quickly, let's discuss it first."

Zhu Pangpang, who had been anxious to leave for a long time, nodded.

"That's fine, I'll go there first, you guys discuss it first."

After all, the few people who didn't care about saluting lifted the hem of their clothes, flung their fat, and quickly went to Zhu Zhangui's bedroom.

"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl!"

Looking at Zhu Pangpang who hurried away, Yang Shiqi murmured in a low voice.

For the royal family, and it is the first child of the new generation, if it is a boy, that is the best result.

Xia Yuanji said cheerfully when he heard the words.

"Boys are better than girls, as long as they are not twins."

"puff!"

Xia Yuanji's words almost made several people laugh, and Yang Rong shook his head helplessly, pointing at Xia Yuanji.

"It's better to take care of your mouth, and be careful not to cause trouble for you in the future."

"Urgent report... border emergency report!"

Just when several people were packing up and preparing to go back to work, a palace guard rushed in hurriedly with a travel-worn soldier.

Hearing that it was an emergency report, everyone's hearts sank, fearing that the news would be bad, they looked nervously at the soldiers who walked in quickly.

"His Royal Highness!"

After the two came in, the dusty soldier saw that there was no prince in the room, so he asked Yang Shiqi and others.

"There is something wrong with the crown prince. Let us deal with the state affairs first. Is something wrong with the north side?"

Knowing that the prince was busy, the soldier didn't ask any more questions, took out a wooden box from the rucksack behind him, handed it to Yang Shiqi, who was the minister of the Ministry of War, and answered loudly at the same time.

"Nothing happened. The war in the north is over. Mahamu was defeated by us and committed suicide before the battle. When the humble officer set off, the side had already started to pack up and prepare to retreat."

"What, I won!"

"It has been withdrawn!"

Several other people who were waiting for the news had surprise smiles on their faces when they heard the soldier's report.

Yang Shiqi opened the box even more quickly, took out the memorial book inside, and started to read it hastily.

The few other people didn't care about their manners anymore, and gathered around one by one, head to head looking at the battle report in Yang Shiqi's hand.

After a while, relaxed smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

Yang Shiqi looked at the people around him and said with a smile: "We have won this battle, and the north will have decades of peace again."

"Hahaha, that's great, let's go and let the prince know."

"Yes, that's right, the crown prince has been waiting for this news for a long time, let's go and tell him together!"

A group of people bustlingly took the battle report and walked to Zhu Zhangui's bedroom accompanied by Snotty Snot.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhangui lived not far from the East Palace, and it was not in the harem, otherwise Yang Shiqi and the others would not be able to get in even if they were accompanied by Snotty Snot.

When a few people arrived, they saw Zhu Pangpang standing at the door of the bedroom, circling anxiously with his hands behind his back.

The door of the bedroom kept opening, and a maid came in and out anxiously, holding a hot water basin.

"Why are you here! You haven't been born yet, and it's not clear whether it's a man or a woman."

Anxious Zhu Pangpang saw Yang Shiqi and the others approaching, thinking they wanted to know whether the child was a boy or a girl.

"Your Highness, we are bringing good news."

Not daring to look in the direction of the bedroom, Yang Shiqi smiled and pulled out the battle report from his sleeve, and handed it to Zhu Pangpang.

Zhu Pangpang glanced at a few people who were deliberately trying to be tricky, and stretched out his hand to open the battle report in his hand.

"Wow wow wow..."

But as soon as he opened the battle report with his hand, before he even glanced at the direction of the bedroom behind him, there was a loud cry of a baby.

"gave birth!"

Zhu Pangpang turned around excitedly, looking in the direction of the gate expectantly, waiting for his wife to come and tell him the good news he wanted to hear.

Yang Shiqi and the others didn't say much, and they were also expecting good news in their hearts.

Once the new generation of children is a boy, the position of the East Palace will be as stable as Mount Tai.

Soon the door of the bedroom was opened a crack, and the Crown Princess Zhang walked out with a happy face.

"Meet the princess!"

Yang Shiqi and the others hurriedly saluted.

Mrs. Zhang nodded cheerfully, and did not blame Yang Shiqi and the others for coming here, but looked at Zhu Pangpang with a smile.

"Guess if it's a boy or a girl!"

Although he saw the desired answer from his wife's face, Zhu Pangpang still stomped anxiously.

"Hurry up and say what's the point, you're only satisfied if you want me to die!"

Seeing her husband's anxious appearance, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help the joy in her heart, and laughed loudly regardless of the Crown Princess's demeanor.

"It's a man with a handle, you have a grandson!"

The tension on Zhu Pangpang's face instantly turned into a happy laugh.

"Okay, okay, great, now the old man, us, and Zhangui are all relieved."

"Congratulations to His Highness the Crown Prince, and congratulations to the Crown Princess on the birth of Qilin's grandson."