First Minister of Ming Dynasty

All of this family died for the country and died in the sea of ​​fire.It really counted as loyalty. At that time, there were still many people who wanted to praise Shi Moyisun's family, but Zhang Ximeng stood up and reversed the evaluation abruptly.

The debate at that time was written in this pamphlet.

Jiang Yan looked at it, and her breathing became short of breath, and her eyes widened?

"It turned out to be so!"

Jiang Yan was stupid... In fact, he couldn't help but not be stupid. There are not many officials like Shi Mo Yisun who are willing to be buried in the Yuan court, but it is not impossible.

For example, when Ming Yuzhen marched into Bashu, she met three loyal lackeys of the Yuan court.

Ming Yuzhen first captured Yuan General Lang Geai and his wife alive, and Yuan General Zhao Zi's wife, but Lang Geai's wife sank in the river, preferring to die.

Ming Yuzhen had no choice but to bring Zhao Zi's wife to the city of Jiading, intending to use it to recruit Zhao Zi, but Zhao Zi at the head of the city shot his wife to death with an arrow, and would rather die than surrender...

Later Ming Yuzhen broke through the city and captured Zhao Zi and Wanzhedu, plus Lang Geai in front, a total of three people, Ming Yuzhen planned to let them use for herself.

But the three of them vowed not to surrender, Ming Yuzhen was forced to kill the three of them and buried them with ceremonies.

Ming Yuzhen did this, and the people of Bashu even called these three people "Three Loyalties", and they were regarded as the loyal ministers and generals of the Yuan court.

Ming Yuzhen respected the righteous, and became famous for a while, so the counties and counties of Bashu came to attach one after another.This incident was passed on as a good story.Many people even think that the reason why Ming Yuzhen can rule Bashu is that she can win the hearts of the people by respecting loyal ministers and righteous men.

Jiang Yan thought so too in the past, but he never expected that something similar would happen under Zhu Jiajun's rule.

However, Zhu Jiajun's treatment results were quite different.

Yuan Ting's loyal running dog Shi Mo Yisun's family, not only did not receive courtesy, but was torn off their skins. They bluntly said that they were reluctant to part with the benefits given by Yuan Ting, and wanted to dominate the people.

Such a person, such a family, praise them, I really don't know how to face the martyrs!

Other things are fine, Jiang Yan just thinks that Zhu Jiajun is a bit remarkable.

Even if he wanted to offer sacrifices to the loyal ministers and righteous men of Diaoyu City, Jiang Yan was only shocked.

But after reading this pamphlet, Jiang Yan was in a bad mood. When he returned to the post house, he was also in a daze and almost collided with the carriage.

His three views have been crushed.

Crying and burying him betraying you in a dream

Similar things, completely different results...Ming Yuzhen just treats loyal ministers and righteous men with courtesy, and only thinks that the people below are loyal and loyal to him, Ming Yuzhen.

Gu Yu

But here Zhu Jiajun focuses on the common people at the bottom, starting from the standpoint of these ordinary people.

Who is high and who is low, who is right and who is wrong, maybe it is not good.

But so many people are willing to take the initiative to stand up, work for free, and help Zhu Yuanzhang build the imperial street and the city wall... Maybe it will work.

"My lord, how can you win such a character!" Jiang Yan looked at the west, the direction of Bashu, secretly gritted his teeth!

It's not that I'm disloyal, it's just that Zhu's army is not something that Ming Yuzhen can fight against. Instead of bleeding into rivers and causing the people to suffer, it's better to join the Ming Lord as soon as possible, so that there will be less pain...Jiang Yan seems to have realized it.

The emissary carefully selected by Ming Yuzhen actually decided to vote for Zhu. I have to, Ming Yuzhen is really good at seeing people!

The problem now is simple, that is how to get Ming Yuzhen to cooperate with Zhu Jiajun.

But it seems that there is still a problem, that is, how to make Zhu Yuanzhang believe in himself, if it is regarded as a false surrender, it will be bad.For this matter, Jiang Yan spent a lot of thought.

By chance, he met Fu Youde.

Jiang Yan was overjoyed, this person belonged to Ming Yuzhen back then, and he had some friendship with him.

After the two sides met, Jiang Yan shared his thoughts, and Fu Youde was not surprised at all, instead he looked like this long ago.

"General Fu, you, are you not afraid of my false surrender?"

Fu Youde laughed loudly, "I don't know if you are feigning surrender or not. But I think that as long as you are sensible, you should know who is the master of the world. If you don't take refuge in the superior, you will regret it!"

Jiang Yan was startled, then gritted his teeth and said, "General Fu, to be honest, I am familiar with the geography of Bashu. In the future, King Wu will enter Shu, so I am willing to lead the way!"

Fu Youde was overjoyed, he hurried to see Zhang Ximeng and settled the matter.

"Zhang Xiang, I'm [-]% sure that this Jiang Yan is worthy of trust."

Zhang Ximeng nodded with a smile, "He intends to stand on our side, and we won't believe it easily. We must arrange manpower to keep an eye on his movements, and his family will also take care of it."

Fu Youde is also familiar with some situations of Zhu Jiajun, and knows that such an arrangement is good for everyone, and it is not simply a matter of trust or distrust.

And with the power of Ming Yuzhen, the encirclement of Chen Youliang seems to be mature.

Zhang Ximeng immediately went to see Zhu Yuanzhang, and the monarch and his ministers compared the map, and they were all very excited.

"Mr. Zhang, look, let's send a troop to the north of the river, take Qichun, and block Chen Youliang's way to the north. Then we will take Wuchang with a large army, let Tang He send troops from Wuxi, attack Hengyang, and then Mingyu Zhen came out of Bashu and went down the river, so besieged from all sides, Chen Youliang will definitely die!"

Lao Zhu's face was flushed, and he was extremely excited.

In the last battle, not killing Chen Youliang was Zhu Yuanzhang's greatest regret.

This time it finally got what it wanted.

"Mr. Zhang, do you need us to write a letter, scolding Chen Youliang, forcing him to bow his head, if he dares not agree, send troops immediately!" Zhu Yuanzhang has already mastered the method of provoking trouble very well.

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "My lord, you can plan it. Let's send someone to see Ming Yuzhen first, make a tentative alliance, and then plot against Chen Youliang."

After the discussion was completed, Lao Zhu ordered the army to prepare for war.

It's just that at this moment, something happened unexpectedly, and Liu Futong from Bianliang sent Zhu Yuanzhang a letter with severe words.

Ask Zhu Yuanzhang, why is the country named Daming?

What exactly do you mean, my Majesty is known as King Xiao Ming, and you are going to be King Ming, do you want to take advantage?

Lao Zhu was stunned for a while, the country name is Ming, and he committed a taboo!

"This Liu Futong, he's just pretending to be sentimental!"

Zhang Ximeng glanced at the letter and pondered slightly.

It's really different, there is quite a bit of controversy about the source of the Ming Dynasty's name in later generations... There is indeed a faction that believes that inheriting from King Xiao Ming is to show one's origin and flaunt orthodoxy.

But the problem is that people who hold this point of view probably agree that King Xiaoming was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, or by conspiracy.

This is fun. Since Lao Zhu is the murderer, why did he still use the word Ming?

Do you have to always remind yourself that killing King Xiaoming is an honor?

There are also people who say that the country name of Ming Dynasty comes from Mingjiao.

And this method is even more nonsense, because in the Ming Dynasty, Mingjiao was regarded as a monster and bandit, which is not a positive term.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been suppressing Mingjiao, downplaying his own background, and he is unwilling to do more about this part... As a result, Ming is the name of the country. How many years of cerebral thrombosis will it take to do such a thing?

Daming's country name is derived from the Book of Changes, and there is nothing good about it.But Liu Futong took the initiative to touch Cier, what on earth is he going to do?

"My lord, if I'm not wrong, Liu Futong wants to take this opportunity to make a clean break with us. He, the orthodox Song Dynasty, still doesn't want to be with us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed heavily, and said with a sneer: "There are some things that he can't control. He sent Wang Guangyang to ask Liu Futong whether he still wants to kill the Central Route Army of the Northern Expedition. Also, send someone to see Mao Gui and tell him that we are still willing to provide food, grass and military equipment. supply."

Guests of Chapter 400 Enthronement Ceremony

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "My lord, it's better to give Liu Futong another copy of the Book of Changes, I happen to have a Song version at my minister's place, I'll pick another one with annotations for him, so as not to make a joke, thinking that Da Ming is taking advantage of their little Ming king! "

send books?

Good for you!

Old Zhu naturally quite applauded, this idea is really good.

In fact, if Han Liner is willing, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't mind being an uncle to him.

It's just that this eldest nephew is a bit pitiful, he was completely hijacked by Liu Futong and became a pitiful puppet.I don't know when he will be able to stand up, kill the powerful officials, or be killed by the powerful officials...

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng seemed to see that the funeral was not too big, and their attitude towards Han Song was also very clear, that is, they were divided and disintegrated.It's not that their heroes have the same views, or that the monarchs and ministers are of one mind or something, it's really the posture that Han Song put on, that's the situation.

As mentioned earlier, Liu Futong moved the capital to Kaifeng.

Looking at the overall situation, from Shandong to Henan, to Guanzhong, and to Gansu, all are Liu Futong's territory.In addition, Jianghuai, Huguang, and Bashu all have Liu Futong's influence.

Looking beyond the Great Wall, Yuanshangdu, Liaoyang, and Koryo in the east are also the territory of Han and Song Dynasties.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is the winner in the southern region, then Liu Futong can say, the northern region has the advantage!

And purely from the size of the territory, Liu Futong also stabilized Zhu Yuanzhang.

The army is connected, not only thousands of miles away, on both sides of the Yellow River, Liaodong outside the Great Wall, all submit to the front... "No wonder Liu Futong has the confidence to challenge the lord. I think he not only wants to start a war with the Yuan court, but he may also want to deal with us."

"Overestimating one's abilities!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered coldly. Liu Futong's strength lies here, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take it seriously.

"The east and west are thousands of miles apart. How can such a large territory be able to respond head to tail like arms and fingers? What's more, the three-way northern expedition failed. The Yuan court shrank its troops and was ready to go... Once the Yuan army counterattacked, Liu Futong was restrained everywhere. It’s impossible to be invincible!”

Old Zhu Dongruo looked at the fire, and Han Song's level of looseness was even higher than that of Chen Youliang.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng planned to hunt down Chen Youliang, but now Liu Futong jumped out again, so he had to set his sights on Han Song.

It was worrying when there was no prey, but now that two came at once, it was also worrying.

In Yingtian City, the preparations are speeding up.On the other side, Fang Guozhen led the fleet, riding the monsoon, along the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula, entered the area of ​​Koryo, and finally successfully contacted the Red Turban Middle Route Army.

In the face of Zhu's army's enthusiastic assistance, Mr. Guan, who had already occupied Xijing (Pyongyang), seemed not so enthusiastic, and just asked Fang Guozhen to anchor in Uiju temporarily.

Then Mr. Guan came to see Fang Guozhen in person.

Mr. Guan's real name is Guan Duo, and his nickname is Mr. Guan. Naturally, he has a bit of a bookish air, gentle, fair and delicate. At a cold glance, he looks like a scholar. He really doesn't look like a mighty fighter.

But anyone who is deceived by his kind appearance is making a big mistake!

How can a ruthless person who has fought from Cao County to Korea be a kind person?

Guan Duo was quite surprised by the sudden appearance of soldiers and horses, and Fang Guozhen, didn't he surrender to Yuan Ting?Now he has become Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate again, is it true or false?

Guan Duo is full of doubts, and he has been leading troops outside for a long time, which has already made him unwilling to trust anyone.

"His Royal Highness, it is really surprising that you can come to deliver food to us!" Guan Duo said meaningfully.

Fang Guozhen chuckled, holding the saber with one hand, and looked at Guan Duo, not only did not feel stage-frightened, but also subdued half of his head.

"I know what you're thinking, but I advise you to take it back. Liu Futong is still my junior, so why is it your turn to make irresponsible remarks? Besides, this time I was ordered by the King of Wu to send you food and weapons to assist you. Defend Goryeo and fight against the Yuan army. He Liu Futong is not capable of this now. To put it bluntly, King Wu is your only food and clothing parent. If you offend anyone, don't offend King Wu!"

Guan Duo sullenly pondered over and over again. Although Fang Guozhen's tone was not good, she still made sense.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "King Yue, I really don't understand why King Wu is willing to help us? Does it make sense?"

"Reason? Of course there is!"

Fang Guozhen sighed, "Guan Duo, have you heard of Zhang Xiang?"

Guan Duo was startled, "I know a thing or two."

"The land of Yanyun, Zhang Xiang, has been lost for almost 500 years. Zhao Song tried his best, and he didn't even win Youzhou. But you were able to run wild in the desert, occupy Liaoyang, the upper capital, and let the banner of the Central Plains fly in the land of Liaodong. You even entered Goryeo, Make a name for yourself in a foreign land. With this feat of yours, it will be recorded in the annals of history forever and will be immortalized forever."

Fang Guozhen said: "The king of Wu wants to expel the Hulu and restore the title of China. Heroes like you should follow the king of Wu to have the opportunity to show their fists. Fang is willing to accept the land and surrender, and become a pawn in the king's tent, because he admires Wu The king's mind pattern, Guan Duo, you are also a smart person, don't miss this opportunity."

Guan Duo listened silently without saying a word. After Fang Guozhen finished, he said coldly: "King Yue, listen to you, is it true that you can only get military rations if you surrender to King Wu? Simply, King Wu wants to buy this little thing. us?"

Whoever owns you owns the whole Jianer world

"Hehe!" Fang Guozhen couldn't help laughing, "I knew you would think so, and I can tell you that there is no need! The King of Wu just appreciates your loyalty and bravery, and the Tartars are our great enemy, and the King of Wu is willing to help you. Furthermore, I might as well tell you that Shandong Maogui has also produced a lot of gold and silver, and I hope that we can exchange them for food and military equipment to help you defend Korea...don’t think too much, let the brothers carry the food!”

How can Guan Duo not think about it, but the problem is that it is the stomach, not the brain, that is in charge at the moment!

A full 15 shi of grain, deducting the loss on the road, also had 12 shi, which was delivered to Guan Duo.

Valley only

Those Red Turban soldiers who came to carry food after hearing the news not only had red clothes, but also had red eyes.Fang Guozhen saw with her own eyes that someone secretly grabbed a handful of millet and stuffed it directly into his mouth while carrying it.

Some people stuffed too much at once, choked and rolled their eyes, and couldn't bear to spit it out.

They were really starving.

From Shanxi to the desert, to Yuanshangdu, to Shenyang, and then to Korea... The whole route is either a desert grassland or a place of bitter cold.

Where does the food come from?

They lived by looting everywhere, especially by robbing Yuan Ting's grain stores.

If there is no food, they eat the captured cattle, sheep and livestock to make ends meet.

After entering Korea, the situation is a little bit better, which can be regarded as some supplements.They actively built the city and saved food and firewood, and they regarded Goryeo as their base.

But it is a pity that Koryo is still very barren at this time, with limited products, and the grain-producing area is still in the south. The Red Turban Army is basically hungry for nine meals in three days.

At this moment, someone suddenly delivered food. It was really life-saving food, and it came too timely.