First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Little did they know that in Guanzhong, the Han Chinese who were unwilling to become slaves had already left, and most of the remaining people had become slaves and half slaves.

Moreover, due to the existence of a large number of Semu people, customs in Guanzhong have changed significantly.

When the army of the Northern Expedition entered Guanzhong, they did not take measures to win the hearts of the people first. Instead, they continued to squeeze the people and demanded food, grass and military supplies.

Some Han and Song generals took the opportunity to plunder the people, making a fortune and filling their own pockets.

How can Guanzhong, which is already barren, survive such looting?

Many people who still had illusions about the Northern Expeditionary Army quickly changed their attitudes. The Yuan court may be poor, and everyone is living very hard.But he is still alive. If the Northern Expeditionary Army is allowed to come in, it may face annihilation.

That being the case, how can the people of Guanzhong be expected to support the Northern Expedition army?

Thinking of this, Fu Youde couldn't help sweating profusely, ashamed and angry!

"It turns out that those brothers lost their lives in vain because of our ignorance!" Fu Youde stared at Wang Guangyang suddenly, and said excitedly: "My lord, you are very knowledgeable, and the words are right, which makes you suddenly enlightened. So, with the talent of a lord , assisting Liu Taibao, the Northern Expedition will be successful and wipe out the Yuan court!" Fu Youde said excitedly suddenly.

Wang Guangyang couldn't help laughing, I came to persuade you, why did you persuade me?

"General Fu, these principles are not complicated. Under the rule of King Wu, most civil and military officials understand this. We, Mr. Zhang, are the real great sages of the time. I have only learned a little bit. As for me to assist Liu Taibao, then look at me more highly, the truth lies here, and what should be done is also clear. But are you Liu Taibao willing? Can you do it?"

Fu Youde took a deep breath, and there was nothing he could do. Liu Futong looked down on Zhu Yuanzhang at all, and was unwilling to accept the idea of ​​freeing slaves and sharing the land equally.

Even what they want is to reopen the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhao Song Dynasty is so useless, how much extravagant hope can a low imitation product have?

Thinking of this, Fu Youde suddenly remembered what Wang Guangyang said at the beginning...Zhu Yuanzhang sat down in the southeast, thinking of raising 20 troops, marching north to the Central Plains, marching into Guanzhong, following the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, offering sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor, and showing his ancestors the purpose of restoring China and rebuilding mountains and rivers feat.

So what can Han Song soldiers and horses march into Guanzhong?

Is it the shame of the old coin, or the tragedy of losing to the Kingdom of Jin and falling into the country?

They don't even have the ability to choose a decent idol, the gap is really too big.

Fu Youde's old face was flushed, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt ashamed. He actually stood up, knelt down on one knee, and said with emotion: "Master Wang, Youde has no pearls in his eyes, and he doesn't know the Lord. He has traveled thousands of miles and has no one to rely on... If the King of Wu does not give up , Youde is willing to lead the horse and kick the king of Wu, be loyal, and never serve another master!"

Wang Guangyang nodded repeatedly, but he never expected that things would go so smoothly.

"General Fu, I came here this time because I know that the general is a rare talent... It would be the best if you are willing to join King Wu, but I don't know how many subordinates you have now, what are your plans?"

Fu Youde said: "I still have 500 confidantes, and Chen Youliang assigned 800 people to me. These [-] people are all under my command. It's just that the military power of Xiaogushan is still in the hands of Ding Pulang. He and I don't know each other. I'm familiar with it, but I don't know what this person's plan is, if he insists on blocking it, I'm afraid it will become a stumbling block!"

Wang Guangyang frowned, thought for a while, and asked, "General Fu, what are you going to do?"

"Me? I want to attack Ding Pulang, invite him to come to the banquet, and then attack Ding Pulang during the banquet... But to do this requires the King of Wu to send troops to support me, otherwise I will be helpless."

Wang Guangyang thought for a while, and finally nodded, "I will tell my boss."

Wang Guangyang returned home with a rewarding experience...but he didn't know that while he was discussing secretly with Fu Youde, another person also visited Ding Pulang.

He is none other than a commoner, named Li Pusheng.

"You, why are you still alive?" Ding Pulang was shocked, "Didn't you be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Li Pusheng chuckled, "Who did you listen to? I'm living a good life!"

Ding Pulang looked carefully and found that it was indeed Zhao Pusheng. Then he said: "At the beginning, the Chaohu navy had joined Zhu Yuanzhang. Brother Zhao saw that there was no place to stand, so he returned to Hanyang. Brother Li, you are not reconciled, so return to Chaohu halfway and regroup the troops. , I want to fight Zhu Yuanzhang... Later I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang defeated you, tied you up, threw you into Chaohu Lake and drowned, is there such a thing?"

Li Pusheng smiled, "If I die, what you see now is a ghost? Yes, I was captured and stayed in a prisoner-of-war camp for a long time... But let me tell you, Junior Brother Ding, you'd better Go into the prisoner-of-war camp and see how powerful we are at the top!"

Ding Pulang was stunned, "Brother Li, did you surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang?"

"That's right, I came here this time to persuade Junior Brother Ding, you should vote too!" Li Pusheng said: "I was working and studying in a prisoner-of-war camp. Back then, Patriarch Peng told us so many truths, saying that Maitreya was reborn, everyone Bright World...but let me say that the current Zhu Jiajun has some bright world atmosphere...Junior brother, you Chen Youliang is ruthless and has no tolerance for others, and you will have no future if you follow him!"

Ding Pulang was even more surprised. After pondering for a long time, he murmured: "Chen Youliang sent Fu Youde to stare at me and wanted me to surrender, unless he got rid of Fu Youde first!"

3 Thirty Chapters

In the 18th year of Zhengzheng, the Yuan Dynasty withstood the first wave of offensives from the Han and Song Dynasties. Relying on the efforts of Chahan Timur, they kept the land in Guanzhong and continued to survive.

In Jiangnan, Zhu Yuanzhang also completed internal integration.

"Mr. Li, next we have to focus on military affairs. What is your mission, is it clear?"

Li Shanchang nodded hastily, "I understand that the superior should only use troops abroad with peace of mind. The minister will definitely be able to guarantee the supply of military supplies. There will be no shortage of grain or war jacket.

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless, and paused for a while, Li Shanchang seemed to have realized something, and immediately said: "The minister will strictly investigate the administration of officials, especially at this juncture, if anyone takes the opportunity to corrupt ink, everything will be done in accordance with military law."

"Furthermore... I still have to seize the time to set up a shipping department in Hangzhou, collect tariffs, subsidize the country's use, and live up to the grace of the superior."

At this point, Lao Zhu showed a faint smile, "Mr. Li, if Xiao He can do the first thing, he will be called a virtuous minister and his name will go down in history. With Mr.'s ability, he will also shine in the annals of history and shine forever."

Li Shanchang was slightly overjoyed, and immediately regained his composure, "I dare not take credit for what is my duty."

Lao Li calmly agreed, and ran into Zhang Ximeng as soon as he came out.

"Zhang Xiang, the superior called you?" Li Shanchang greeted him proactively.

Zhang Ximeng nodded helplessly, "Indeed, my lord told me to pack my bags and go to Tongling with him."

When Li Shanchang heard this, the joy on his face disappeared immediately, and he could only force a smile.

"Sure enough, Zhang Xiang can save his superiors from relying heavily on him, and he can't do without him for a moment! I'm afraid that he will have to rely on Zhang Xiang to strategize in this battle. I congratulate Zhang Xiang in advance, and he has returned triumphantly."

Zhang Ximeng can only thank Li Shanchang. From the bottom of his heart, he really doesn't want to leave that much... The first sheep pen at home has just been finished, and two female goats are pregnant with lambs. Their stomachs are like small millstones, and they don't know how to conceive how many.The rapeseed has been harvested and the rapeseed has been dried. Zhang Ximeng wants to get a simple oil extraction equipment in the yard, squeeze some rapeseed oil by himself, fry meatballs, and make lion heads.

Lao Zhu wants to go out with the army by himself, the house is in a mess and no one takes care of it, and he doesn't know who to ask for help!

But there was no other way. The military affairs were the main priority, and Zhang Ximeng still knew this.

After he met Zhu Yuanzhang, he said to Old Zhu, "Master, in fact, I still have a trump card in my hand, which is enough to win the first blow and slap Chen Youliang hard."

Old Zhu raised his brows, as if he was pondering something, he pondered for a while, and unexpectedly said: "We have a plan here, which is enough to frustrate Tian Wan's army!"

"Ah!" Zhang Ximeng was stunned for a while, and asked curiously, "My lord, what kind of trick is it?"

"Yes... you should go first!"

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, and said: "At the beginning, I arranged for Lanyu to go to Bozhou, and met many generals of Han and Song Dynasties, including Fu Youde. In addition, I found a few scholars, sneaked into Han and Song Dynasties, and pretended to belong to Liu Futong. One of them was named Lu The scholar who entered, entered the customs with Fu Youde. At first, he sent some news back, but after a while, there was no news. But recently, he contacted Chen again, and now he is with Fu Youde, trying to persuade Fu Youde to return to the lord .Besides, Wang Guangyang has already disguised himself and went to see Fu Youde, hoping to persuade him to surrender."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and then laughed.

"Sir, the clever plan we want was handed over by Hu Weiyong. He found Li Pusheng in the prisoner-of-war camp. He is a member of Peng's party. After being captured, he was reformed very hard. Hu Weiyong thought he could be used to persuade Zhao Pusheng to surrender. , Ding Pulang and others, we have asked Guo Ying to arrange to send Li Pusheng there."

It turns out that they are all ways of persuading surrender. Is this the way the heroes see and agree?

With two prongs, even if one of them succeeds, it can be expected.

Zhang Ximeng was also overjoyed, but he quickly realized another possibility... "My lord, will you Fu Youde and Ding Pulang know about each other?"

Old Zhu was also stunned, "This...is a matter of life and death. Both of them still have some skills, so they probably won't."

"When the barbarian Hai Ya was asked to surrender, he used Chang Yuchun's trick to kill Zhang Shicheng's confidant."

Zhang Ximeng also remembered one thing, "Bie Buhua and Yang Zhongying wanted to submit to the lord back then, and there was a conflict between the two of them. Fortunately, the lord came to the front line and made a decision on the fly, so it didn't cause a catastrophe."

As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu simply couldn't sit still.

He went to persuade Ding Pulang through Li Pusheng, and Zhang Ximeng's side was going to push Fu Youde hard, which seemed to be double insurance. There was a big commotion...then they fought each other, and the Zhu family's army lost all!

Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed this time, there are too many subordinates, and the ability to handle things is too strong, sometimes it is even a burden.

"Mr. Zhang, we must not allow them to conflict. It is best to find out what the two of them are thinking and see who is sincerely relying on them, and then we can make the next arrangement."

Zhang Ximeng nodded and said: "My lord, there are four situations right now. Neither of them is willing to surrender. This is the worst failure. The people we send over are likely to be in danger. Secondly, there is one person who is willing to surrender, no matter whether it is Ding or Fu. You can use one person to get rid of the other person, but you must be careful not to be detected. In the end, it is best if both people are willing to surrender, but if the measures are not in place, it will cause unnecessary losses. "

"My lord, I'd like to go to Tongling to deal with this matter. In addition, I think that next time I'm in the army, I must arrange a person to take charge of all affairs and be in charge of arbitrariness. Only in this way can omissions and unnecessary mistakes be avoided. Loss. After all, the battlefield will become bigger and bigger in the future, and the distance will get farther and farther. Sometimes it will be too late when the news comes.”

Lao Zhu thought about it seriously and nodded vigorously, which was considered to have approved Zhang Ximeng's judgment.

Regardless of the outcome of this incident, it was a reminder to Zhu Jiajun.

Thanks to Zhang Ximeng's contribution, the Zhu family's army already had a taste of general warfare. All kinds of struggles, such as military spirit, popular sentiment, intelligence, and public opinion, were all on the agenda. It was no longer a simple confrontation between generals and soldiers.

That is to say, a simple military general can no longer handle the affairs before the army.

It's time to raise the generals to a higher level... Zhu Yuanzhang had set up a capital commander before, but this capital commander was only limited to the time of battle, and he could control other commanders and become the temporary commander of the three armies.

Today, it seems that is not enough.

In the future, in front of the army, the commander of the capital will be responsible for controlling all affairs, and the commander of the capital will be assisted by the trainer, and he will also be assigned a hundred households of the guard department in charge of military affairs.

In addition, it seems that a staff officer can be assigned, so that a strong command team can be formed.

The commander of the capital is in charge of everything, the staff is in charge of military affairs, the trainers are in charge of the army, and the guards are in charge of military affairs.The commanders of the other battalions are only responsible for leading the troops to fight.

To put it bluntly, if you are just a simple fierce general, you can reach the level of commander at most. If you want to climb up, you need a strong ability to control the overall situation, that is, a well-deserved handsome talent!

Judging from the current situation of Zhu Jiajun, Xu Da is handsome enough, and Feng Guoyong may be about the same, and the rest of Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai and others are not as good as they are, or their abilities are not complete.

It can be seen that the road to a strong army still has a long way to go.

But at the moment, Xu Da couldn't handle such a complicated matter, so Zhang Ximeng had to work hard.

At this moment, Fu Youde, who is eager for meritorious service, is already planning how to win Ding Pulang.

He is neither Chen Youliang's confidant nor an old man of Peng Dang. He surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang without any burden.So Fu Youde called Lu Jin over, and the two discussed for several days, asking them to come up with a solution.

Fu Youde went to find Ding Pulang, and he was going to marry a concubine to serve by his side, and invited Ding Pulang to come over for a drink and a banquet.

As soon as Ding Pulang arrives, he will be taken down. If he dares to resist, he will be killed immediately!

In order to do this cleanly and neatly, Fu Youde also personally selected eighty of his most confidant swordsmen, trained them secretly, and made preparations.

A legendary Hongmen Banquet has already taken shape.

On the other side, after careful consideration, Ding Pulang felt that sooner or later Chen Youliang would attack the members of Peng's party. Instead of staying and waiting for death, he might as well rely on Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's just that you can't be careless about Fu Youde's nail.

It happened that Fu Youde came over and told Ding Pulang that he wanted to take a concubine and entertain Ding Pulang.

Ding Pulang immediately had an idea. He first pretended to agree, and then dispatched troops and prepared 3000 troops to surround Fu Youde from the outside.

According to Ding Pulang's plan, he would go to Hexi first, test out Fu Youde's details by the way, and then give him a fatal blow when Fu Youde had drunk enough wine and entered the bridal chamber, when his defenses were the most lax.

Fu Youde's plan was that once Ding Pulang came, he would go out with swords and axes and take it down directly.

How to describe it?

I can only lament that life is impermanent, and the large intestine wraps the small intestine.

On this day, Ding Pulang arrived as promised.

Just before he came, he suddenly received a message from Li Pusheng, telling Ding Pulang that there were three pieces of red silk tied to his saber, and someone would contact him to assist him in completing his mission.

Ding Pulang didn't think too much about it, so he found three pieces of vermilion silk and tied them to the handle of the knife.Moreover, he deliberately followed the handle of the knife, swaying the silk, and came to the wedding banquet.

Dressed in festive red, Fu Youde greeted Ding Pulang, and then worshiped and drank, everything was in order.

It's just that the person who will take the initiative to contact him in the pass has never appeared, and Ding Pulang feels very uneasy in his heart. Could it be that he made a mistake?

Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't want to wait any longer, so he took the initiative to get up, bid farewell to Fu Youde, then walked outside, and when he reached the door, he deliberately shook the silk twice, but there was still no one, what's going on?

Ding Pulang thought he had made a mistake and was about to leave when a scholar stopped him.

"General Ding, come this way! I'm here for the red silk."

Ding Pulang didn't doubt that he was there, and followed him for a while, and a small courtyard suddenly appeared in front of him, with a big red lantern hanging at the door. Not surprisingly, this was the bridal chamber.

Fu Youde was waiting at the door with a wry smile on his face, Ding Pulang was stunned for a moment...

Chapter 331 The Uprising

The two of them were more or less a little embarrassed.

Sitting opposite each other like this, awkward as newlyweds, going in and out of the bridal chamber, at a loss, but Fu Youde was dressed in bright red, and Ding Pulang hung red silk around his waist...

After all, Ding Pulang has a higher official position and is more experienced. He hummed: "Why did General Fu betray the master?"

Fu Youde subconsciously straightened his back, and said in a loud voice: "I was originally a minister of King Xiaoming, and I was an ally with King Wu. Occasionally, I lived in Bashu and suffered all kinds of bullying. I also saw that Chen Youliang was not the master of the Ming Dynasty, so I had a heart of attachment. I have a relationship with King Wu. The origin is in the past, and he has not been in office for a long time, so why not take refuge in the king of Wu?"

Ding Pulang was speechless for these few words, and seemed to have to pass.

But Fu Youde didn't want to let him go, and continued to ask: "I voted for the King of Wu, it's justifiable, why does the general want to take refuge in the King of Wu?"

Ding Pulang's old face turned red instantly, as if a layer of skin had been roughly torn off by someone, he glared at Fu Youde furiously.

But Fu Youde is not a good idiot, he also looked back at Ding Pulang, the two of them were fighting like old roosters.

At the end of the confrontation, it was Ding Pulang who broke the stalemate again.

"Brother Fu, do you know where the Pu character in my name comes from?"

Fu Youde said: "Naturally it comes from Patriarch Peng, the name of Peng Dang, who in the world doesn't know?"