First Minister of Ming Dynasty

That's why Liu Futong killed Du Zundao and Chen Youliang killed Ni Wenjun.

It is true that the effect was immediate. Liu Futong monopolized the power of Han and Song Dynasties and launched the three-way Northern Expedition.

Chen Youliang usurped Tianwan's military power and was unstoppable.

But relying on this kind of gangster fire to gain power through a brutal way, after all, it can't convince the public, even if it's just a bystander, it will be frightened and shuddering.

Fu Youde was the one who was in a panic... As soon as he arrived at Xiaogushan, he couldn't wait to call his confidant Lu Jin over.

Lu Jin had read some books and was known as Little Zhuge in the army. He fought many battles with Fu Youde and never left him. Therefore, Fu Youde regarded him as a think tank and liked to listen to his opinions on everything.

"Mr. Lu, in the past year or so, we have traveled from Henan to Guanzhong, retreated from Guanzhong to Bashu, and then from Shu to Huguang. Now we are in Jiangxi... After such a big circle, we and Chahan Timur I fought, met Ming Yuzhen, and Chen Youliang, can you tell me, are these people considered heroes?"

Lu Jin was taken aback for a moment, and after a long while, he shook his head slightly, "Let me tell you, not only are they not counted, even Liu Taibao is not considered a hero!"

Fu Youde's face was displeased, and he couldn't help coughing lightly: "The Taibao led the three-way army to the north, and they were magnificent. He is a hero in the world, how can he not be a hero?"

Lu Jin smiled wryly, "If Liu Taibao is really a great hero, how could he hastily advance his troops and harm the army of the Northern Expedition?"

Hearing this, Fu Youde was slightly taken aback, but also lowered his head, not daring to deny Lu Jin's words.

Fu Youde was born in a peasant family. His family was poor in his early years, but he couldn't make it through a disaster year. He happened to meet Liu Futong's uprising, so he joined the Red Turban Army.

This kind of thing happens every day, and there is nothing surprising about it.

It is about following the rebel army, attacking the city and conquering the land, earning a living, climbing up if you are lucky, becoming a petty official, and being unlucky, you die among the rebellious army and become a pile of nameless bones.

Troubled times have always been like this, nothing special.

Fu Youde belongs to the kind of luck that is not bad. Although he is from a farming family, he is very effective in combat and belongs to the level of extraordinary talent.

Therefore, he became a general under Liu Futong.

Then he took part in a battle, exactly reinforcements.

After Liu Futong started the Northern Expedition, he first planned the Guanzhong area. Perhaps Liu Futong also wanted to repeat the story of the Han and Tang Dynasties!

At first, his luck was good, and he entered Guanzhong very smoothly. Generals Li Wu and Cui De fought Lianjie, and when the Northern Expedition army was advancing triumphantly, Yuan Ting sent two armies.

One is Chahan Timur, the other is Li Siqi, a Mongolian landlord, a Han landlord...they are the two most ferocious dogs in the hands of Yuan Ting, biting the Red Scarf Army, ten times more ferocious than the Mongols !

The Northern Expedition and the West Route Army were in a hurry, so Liu Futong had to send Li Xixi and others to lead the reinforcements. Fu Youde was one of them. If it fails, it will suffer heavy losses and cannot gain a foothold in Guanzhong.

Li Xixi retreated into Bashu with the remnants of the defeated generals.

It just so happened that Bashu at this time was the territory of Tianwan General Ming Yuzhen, and this remnant soldier changed from Liu Futong's subordinates to Ming Yuzhen's subordinates, and was attached to Tianwan.

But Ming Yuzhen has serious views on sects, and looks down on these Liu Futong's subordinates.

Fu Youde did not have the strength to fight back to Guanzhong, and Liu Futong in Henan was separated by mountains and rivers, and the road was impassable.

He could only choose to go out of Sichuan and seek refuge with Chen Youliang, and now Chen Youliang has arranged him to Xiaogushan to defend against Zhu Yuanzhang.

In less than a year, almost half of China has been circled, and all the major forces except Zhu Yuanzhang have been taught.

It's really eye-opening!

"General Fu, disperse your forces and add fuel gradually. This is a big taboo in the art of war...Liu Taibao first made a three-way northern expedition, and then saw that the West Route Army was the first, but he was reluctant to retreat. Defeated and suffered heavy losses. How can such a way of using troops be called a hero?"

"Hey!"

Fu Youde sighed heavily, "The Taibao has its own difficulties. We have already surrendered to Tianwan, that is, we have betrayed the Taibao and become a second minister! It is really inappropriate to criticize the Taibao at this time, so don't say more."

Lu Jin had no choice but to stop, but from Fu Youde's irritable tone, it could be heard that he did have some opinions on Liu Futong.

"Three thousand fathers and fellow countrymen, followed me into the pass to kill the enemy. Today, there are less than 300 soldiers and horses around me... Thinking about Xiang Yu, when he saw the loss of eight thousand children, he had no face to see Jiang Dong's father. I slayed myself in Wujiang. I, I don’t know how to face the elders in my hometown, but I still live on, I, I hate it!”

Fu Youde slapped the table hard, causing the teapots and bowls to slam into each other, full of grief and indignation.

Lu Jin looked at it for a while, then sighed: "General Fu, the overlord is too strong, and he won't make a comeback, needless to say. It's just that as a general, the first thing to do is to serve the Lord, so that he can soar nine days and realize the ambition of Kunpeng .Liu Taibao is not yet a hero, Ming Yuzhen is even more unbearable, the general abandoned them, it is right."

Fu Youde frowned, and asked: "In that case, what about Chen Youliang?"

Lu Jin thought for a while, and said: "Chen Youliang is a hero. He has not been in the Red Scarf for a long time, but he is like a god in soldiers and decisive in dealing with things. He is not an ordinary person. Moreover, he killed Ni Wenjun, monopolized the power, and has three lines. The territory of the province, Wufu Minfeng, looks down on the world, it is really a fierce tiger, mighty!"

Fu Youde's eyes widened suddenly, and he hurriedly asked: "So, the master asked me to work for Chen Youliang?"

Lu Jin chuckled, shook his head and said, "Chen Youliang is certainly a hero, but now that the king is born, there are many famous officials around him, and his generals are brave, and the general trend will be accomplished, sweeping the world soon. The general will be attached to this person, so that he can live up to his abilities! "

Lu Jin spoke loudly, his expression was passionate, and his voice was full of bewitching...

Fu Youde was extremely calm, he just sat down slowly, supported the table, and said after a long time: "You mean Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Lu Jin nodded, "That's right, it's him!"

Fu Youde was taken aback, he wondered: "I'm afraid it won't work!"

"Why?" Lu Jin was puzzled.

"I, I betrayed Liu Taibao, and Zhu Yuanzhang formed an alliance with Liu Taibao. If I passed, wouldn't I have thrown myself into a trap?"

When Lu Jin heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "General Fu, Liu Taibao used the title of restoring the Great Song Dynasty. Do you know what the Zhu family army thinks about the Great Song Dynasty?"

Fu Youde shook his head, "I don't know about that."

Lu Jin couldn't help standing up, clenched his fists, and said excitedly: "Some time ago, I happened to read an article, which said that since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the world has been unified, and governance has been ruled by the king and the scholar bureaucrats. In Zhao and Song Dynasties, scholars were the most important, but the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, the Central Plains fell, and the century-old hills... the crime was Zhao Song, and the scholars!"

Fu Youde was taken aback, "This, is this true?"

"Hmm! Not only is it true, they even erected a kneeling statue of Zhao Gou in front of Lord Yue's grave after they captured Hangzhou!"

"what?"

Fu Youde was really stunned, isn't Zhao Gou the emperor?

Isn't Yue Fei a courtier?

Is there still Wang Fagang in this?

But in addition to being shocked, Fu Youde had such an indescribable joy, it was like eating a handful of crotons after holding back for half a month, that's called smoothness!

Grandpa Yue, finally give you justice!

"Mr. Lu, according to what you say, His Royal Highness King Wu is very extraordinary!"

Lu Jin chuckled, "It's not just that, I saw Liu Taibao's defeat from them!"

"So what do you say?" Fu Youde asked for advice.

"Liu Taibao only knows how to mobilize troops for the Northern Expedition, and fight the Yuan court to death. But did Liu Taibao ever think about the people's livelihood? If people in the world can't live better, why bother to follow Liu Taibao's Northern Expedition?"

Fu Youde shook his head, "Mr. Lu, you are wrong. If Yuan Ting is destroyed, everyone will live a good life. If you want to destroy Yuan Ting, you must go north!"

"Hahahaha!"

Lu Jin laughed again, "General Fu, I dare to ask you, how was your family life when you were young?"

"Not good!" Fu Youde replied honestly, "When I was young, I never had a few full meals."

"It was the Mongols who killed it? The Yuan court?"

"This..." Fu Youde pondered for a while, and sighed: "Our family rented a landlord's field, and their family raised dozens of thugs. My father alone was arrested no less than three times, and he was hanged every time. On the beams of the house, he was beaten with a whip, and when he returned home, half his life was gone, and his whole body was bloody!"

Lu Jin nodded, "That's it, General Fu, it's not just the Mongols who make life difficult for your family, but also the powerful gentry... The article said that the fault lies with the scholars! How incisive and amazing! "

Fu Youde was taken aback, "Mr. Lu, there really is such an article, I, I want to read it too!"

Lu Jin nodded with a smile, took out an article from his sleeve like a treasure, and put it in front of Fu Youde.

Fu Youde hastily probed his head and looked carefully. It doesn't matter if you look at it. Fu Youde has opened a whole new door. The only regret is that there is only one article here, which is incomplete, and you can't see more things.

Just half a month after Fu Youde was stationed in Xiaogushan, a group of grain traders set foot on Xiaogushan.

While carrying grain and grass, a middle-aged man dressed as a merchant found Fu Youde.

"General Fu, do you still recognize me?"

Fu Youde thought for a while, then suddenly remembered, "You are Master Wang? You have been to Bozhou back then."

Wang Guangyang nodded, "That's right, how's it going? Let's catch up with old friends!"

Fu Youde was startled, but still nodded, "Okay, I'm going to ask for advice."

Chapter 329 All Want to Vote for Zhu

"The general went to Tongguan in the Northern Expedition, and ran rampant in the Guanzhong area. He is really a good man, which is very admirable. My family's superiors often train the soldiers to make the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and regain the lost land. Especially the Guanzhong area is where the Chinese dragon thrives. , When he enters the customs, he must go to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor in Qiaoshan to worship. At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used 18 soldiers to worship the Yellow Emperor. In the future, we will make a northern expedition with 20 athletes, enough to proudly face our ancestors, accept the inspection of the Yellow Emperor, and celebrate with the whole world, and recreate China! "

Wang Guangyang spoke firmly, waving his fists, and said excitedly, the look in his eyes made him look a lot taller.

Fu Youde listened in a daze, he frowned, and said in confusion: "Wang, Master Wang, King Wu is preparing for the Northern Expedition and offering sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor before he unified the south of the Yangtze River... I, I have heard people say about Qiaoling, that place is sparsely populated , it’s very withered, when it was still the Jin Dynasty, there was no way to raise soldiers.”

Wang Guangyang listened to Fu Youde's words silently, and sighed in his heart, how could an ordinary warrior know the importance of Guanzhong!

"General Fu, from what you said, Guanzhong is already in decline?"

"Well! Not only is it declining, but there are also many perverted people who are rampant, and the people are fierce and disobeyed by the king. They are very unfriendly to our Northern Expeditionary Army. The strong bandits from all over the country took the initiative to inform Chahan Timur and hurt us. We suffered a lot of losses. We also killed some people, trying to scare people’s hearts, but we didn’t know that these people were brave enough to die, and they even gave their lives to the dog tartars. As a result, we were defeated in Guanzhong and had to retreat to Bashu! Follow me out Out of thousands of soldiers, only a few hundred survived!"

When Fu Youde mentioned the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong, he still regretted it very much.

So many alive and kicking young men died one after another, as if gouging flesh out of him was as painful.

He couldn't figure it out, why should he help Yuan Ting?

King Ming was born, and the Great Song Dynasty was reopened. Everyone was bullied so badly by the Yuan Tartars, why did they have to sacrifice their lives for the Yuan court?Especially Li Siqi, who is a Han Chinese, is willing to betray his ancestors and serve as a running dog for the Yuan court.Beat the Red Turban Army without mercy.

If it weren't for Li Siqi and Chahan Timur, they could have swept through Guanzhong, threatened Dadu, and wiped out Yuan Ting directly.

But the reality is so cruel. The people in Guanzhong did not accept the Northern Expedition at all. They were full of enthusiasm, but they were poured cold water on them.

"Perhaps it's really God's will! It's because God doesn't want to bless Liu Taibao, and doesn't want him to achieve hegemony." Fu Youde sighed slightly.

Wang Guangyang had a smile on his face, "General Fu, Mr. Zhang said that destiny is the will of the people. Why are the people in Guanzhong unwilling to support the Northern Expedition... There should be more realistic reasons for this. I would like to ask General Fu. Are there many racecourses?"

"Yes! There are many! We robbed a lot of good horses in Huazhou and other places, and pulled up more than 1000 cavalry. It's a pity that almost all the horses were lost later."

Wang Guangyang laughed again, "General Fu, are there any Han slaves in these racecourses?"

Fu Youde thought hard for a moment, nodded and said, "It seems that there are. Otherwise, there are so many livestock and horses, and someone needs to take care of them."

Wang Guangyang nodded, "Then... do you have any policies for slaves? For example, freeing slaves? Granting them land, registering them, and making households equal to the people?"

Now Fu Youde was stunned, he still wants to grant the land?Who is Qimin?

Why are there so many troubles?

Looking at Fu Youde in astonishment, Wang Guangyang felt even more emotional. Putting the very common things in Zhu's army among the other Red Turbans is simply a fairy operation, and he can't learn it at all.

In the past, the big guys didn't have much feeling and didn't quite understand what Zhang Ximeng was tossing about, but after chatting with Fu Youde and comparing each other, Wang Guangyang immediately felt the gap.

"General Fu, let's talk about us first...we advocate the freeing of all slaves, equal treatment of all people, and the granting of land to everyone, including women. This is almost our core proposition."

Fu Youde smacked, "Sounds good... But, if even a woman is given to Tian, ​​wouldn't that be a mess?"

Wang Guangyang smiled slightly, "General Fu, we want to win the support of everyone. How can we exclude women who account for half of the population? Women may not be able to go to the battlefield, but they can transport supplies, sew military supplies, and take care of the family... With their support, Only men can go out and fight the enemy with peace of mind. Let’s not talk about women, but about slaves. If you can come up with measures to free slaves, grant land to slaves after entering the pass, and let them become dignified people, yours Will the army of the Northern Expedition face many difficulties?"

"No one will just support you casually. They must see the benefits and feel the change. This is the case for women, this is the case for slaves... If the situation is not only not better, but worse, they will bite back It is not impossible to help Yuan Ting."

"what!"

Hearing this, Fu Youde couldn't help exclaiming.

He seems to understand something!

Liu Futong excitedly sent out the army of the Northern Expedition, clamoring to attack the land of Youyan and reopen the land of Song Dynasty.Everyone excitedly rushed to the Northern Expedition, conquered cities, and fought bloody battles with the Yuan Tartars.

But what about the people in Guanzhong?

It seems that there is nothing else to do except posting notices and asking the people to deliver food and supplies for military supplies.

It's not accurate to say that, but the situation is actually worse.

The land in Guanzhong is becoming more and more barren, and it is difficult to support so many people.

Since the founding of Xixia, there have been several wars with the Northern Song Dynasty. The northwest is the front line. Every time there is a battle, the people have suffered heavy losses.

Later, the Jin people went south and destroyed the entire Western Army. Surrounding the Guanzhong area, they fought wars for years, the people were in dire straits, and most of their household registrations were lost.

Then the Mongols rose up and slaughtered Xixia, and the land in Guanzhong continued to suffer.

Moreover, the Mongols introduced many Semu people into the Guanzhong area.

The status of these Semu people is much higher than that of the Han people. They help the Mongolian nobles, occupy the pastures, and occupy the fields... Mongolia has sealed a lot of princes in the land of Shaanxi and Gansu. Miserable.

Logically speaking, in such a Guanzhong, as long as the measures are taken properly, Yuan Ting can be easily defeated and Guanzhong can be restored.

But I'm sorry, Liu Futong and the Han and Song regimes didn't study the situation in Guanzhong carefully. They thought that after the army entered, they raised their arms and immediately the people gathered to respond.