First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Old Zhu is very aware of the situation of the people below. They are used to being poor, and they are afraid of being poor. At the beginning, some people in the army station resold military rations. Now they are given the power to give them salt. A light piece of paper can be exchanged for white money. , who can not be moved?

At that time, when greed for ink is rampant, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, will have to deal heavily.

Therefore, this kind of thing can only be shelved.

Of course, Lao Zhu also knew Zhang Ximeng. This Mr. Zhang was not something that merchants could buy, but he had an extraordinary enthusiasm for developing business.

However, Zhu Ying was involved in this matter again, and Zhang Ximeng's instructions for this kid's tossing around in Lingnan.

Resolutely staying in China and not issuing it means that it cannot be implemented.

Maybe Lao Zhu didn't expect that things that couldn't be done in Lingnan are really impossible to do in Dadu today.

Lingnan is close to the sea, and there are no enemies, just make a fortune.

But most of them can't do it. The few 10 yuan imperial remnant soldiers are on the grassland.

Under the threat of war, ordinary farmers could not survive and had to use military settlements.

But once the army is used, the soldiers must suffer. The old men under him, the arrogant soldiers in the army, are not so honest and obedient.

The big guys have different ideas. Also, starting from scratch, starting from being poor and empty, and building a steel defense line, the price to be paid is too great.

If only relying on manpower input, Lao Zhu doesn't know when he will succeed, will he not be able to persist?

Now that it happened, it became inevitable to use the Chinese method, and even if there were hidden dangers, it had to be used.

In this little contest between monarch and minister, Zhang Ximeng managed to win one point, and he could add a chicken leg.

Swallowing Yanshan is finally over.

The whole day of the banquet continued until midnight, and the gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the sky and reflected on the sea, colorful and colorful.

The monarch and his ministers enjoy together, and the world enjoys together.

The writers who were allowed to observe this extravaganza swiped their big pens and frantically polished... There is so much to write about this time.

The Son of Heaven bestowed all the ministers, and Zhang Ximeng was granted the title of King of Lu, becoming the indisputable No.1 among the ministers.

It is difficult for a courtier to become a king, but it is even more difficult to be a one-word king.

It's just that this kind of excessive kindness, in the eyes of the people in the world, doesn't have many problems, it seems to be a matter of course.I can only sigh, Zhang Ximeng's prestige is really off the mark!

Some people summed up the national policy proposed this time, establishing military settlements, combining farming with war, and guarding the frontier.

With princes guarding the border, all princes over the age of ten must go outside to observe the people's sentiments.

Frankly, this move is a little too much.

A ten-year-old child is still too young to come out of the palace and stay away from his parents. Even if someone is around to serve him, he is still not so tender.

But for the prince, this method seems to be very necessary.

Get in touch with the outside world earlier, understand the sufferings of the people, so that you don't lose your body and don't work hard. At least you need to know how much an egg costs, so that you won't be deceived by the people around you.

Moreover, the Son of Heaven sent his own flesh and blood to the frontiers, and even more firmly swore that these places would not let go, and would always belong to Daming!

After all, at this time, no one would think that running to the frontier to be a vassal king is to enjoy life, and to come here to domineering and harm the people... After all, if you want to harm the people, you must have the people first.

It's just that compared to these, what really touches people's hearts is the part of opening Chinese and French.

In order to make the army grow stronger, the emperor granted the power to distribute salt.

As long as you provide grain and grass materials to Yanyun Army Tunnel, you can exchange for Yanyin, and then get salt from Changlu Salt Field... Needless to say, how much profit salt has.

All the businessmen who got the news were all inexplicably excited and excited.

Whether the family business can be doubled tenfold or a hundredfold depends on this time.

First of all, we must find out what is lacking in the frontier, and then transport it as soon as possible.

There are people who are smarter, so why waste that effort?

Right now there is nothing in the frontier.

Hurry up and sell the family property, whatever you can raise, hurry up and send it!

In addition, there are some kilns that burn bricks and tiles. They simply go north to find a place to open kilns and burn bricks. Anyway, building houses and building fortresses are all inseparable.

They can make a fortune.

Throwing out a Chinese method, Yan Yun, who was originally regarded as a wild place where no one wanted to come, became lively all of a sudden.

Those who were a little bit ambitious ran to this side one after another,

The effect was so good that Xu Da, Hu Dahai and the others were dumbfounded. Sure enough, Yin Zi's face was more effective than the imperial decree of the emperor.

Not to mention others, even that kid Zhu Wenzheng came to see Zhang Ximeng after delivering military rations from Linqing once.

"Sir, in fact, Your Majesty is too worried. I have figured it out a long time ago. When I was stationed in Shanzhou, I understood that since I am His Majesty's nephew and a member of the Zhu family, I must be brave in doing things and set an example for the whole army. "

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Put suffering first, and enjoyment later! It's fine if you think this way, and His Majesty loves you. In fact, in his heart, he values ​​his relatives very much. It's just that he is a bit reserved and not good at expressing. And He puts the country's affairs first, and dare not show it easily."

Zhu Wenzheng nodded again and again, but said again: "Sir, I know all these things, but I just want to ask... I, my mother's side, yes, some relatives found me... think, think..."

Zhu Wenzheng was hesitating, but Zhang Ximeng could understand. He immediately said seriously: "You are a junior, so you can agree casually. If you cause trouble, it will be bad. You have to leave this matter to the captain-in-law."

Li Zhen!

Zhu Wenzheng understood instantly, and hastily bowed deeply, thanking Zhang Ximeng for his guidance.

At this time, Li Wenzhong and Lan Yu also came over. They were both juniors in the army, and they had studied with Zhang Ximeng for a long time, so they were very close.

The three of them got together and had dinner at Zhang Ximeng's residence, and then chatted in the study, mainly discussing the military affairs, including how to march.

Wang Baobao is still in Shanxi, this is a serious problem that cannot be ignored.

Lan Yu brought a map and put it on the table, ready to discuss the military situation, but when he was clearing the paper on the table, he found a piece of paper that seemed to have a poem on it.

Lan Yu hadn't seen it before, but just glanced at it briefly, and saw the words "Heavy rain fell on the swallows... Changed the world", Lan Yu was subconsciously stunned, and Zhang Ximeng snatched this piece of paper...

Chapter 571 The Rising Star of Ming Dynasty

"I only knew that Prime Minister Zhang couldn't write poems and lyrics, but I didn't expect him to be a master of this skill!" Lan Yu whispered in surprise.

Li Wenzhong laughed and said: "That's why you're not smart, Zhang Xiangnengwen, and wrote lyrics in the early years. I think he must be good at writing poems, so I can't help him. This man can do everything, It's okay if you don't!"

Lan Yu snorted, "You understand again? Then why didn't Zhang Xiang write it before?"

Li Wenzhong thought for a while and said: "Perhaps Zhang Xiang is unwilling to show others with his poems! All these years, in the army, he has always advocated plain speech, no flamboyant rhetoric, nothing to say, more colloquial, vernacular...you didn't see that, Over the years, our official documents have been changed a lot, which is quite different from the previous habits."

Lan Yu thought for a while, "Perhaps it is, but Zhang Xiang's poem is so well written, especially the last sentence, it has changed the world...it's absolutely amazing! This time we regained Dadu and drank Yanshan, which is exactly what we should do. This sentence, the world changes, can't be more appropriate."

Lan Yu simply stopped, pulled Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng, sat down under a willow tree by the road, and said: "Think about it, you two, this time such a big event is to restore the homeland and to reward the ministers. , and set several national policies. The newspapers are crazy about writing, but there is a lack of a poem that can hold the field, to make a summary, you say, regret it or not?"

Zhu Wenzheng said with a sullen face, "Then what can be done? Although Your Majesty can write poems, he lacks literary talents after all. Zhang Xiang can write it, but Zhang Xiang is not willing, so what can be done?"

Lan Yu hugged her head, thought and thought, and suddenly said: "You said, is Zhang Xiang afraid that people will know that his literary talent is extraordinary?"

Li Wenzhong hesitated for a while, "No way, so what if you know? How dare you be jealous?"

"That's hard to say. I know others. Our Majesty is not too generous!" Lan Yu said in a muffled voice.

Zhu Wenzheng glared at him immediately, "What are you talking about? This is leaking state secrets!"

"Leak... state secrets!"

Sapphire was stunned for a long time before realizing it, and suddenly couldn't help laughing wildly, "You bastard, you seem to be honest, why is your mouth hurt, just like Zhang Xiang!"

"It means that like a teacher, there must be a disciple!" Li Wenzhong took over the words, "Hearing what Lan Yu said, I want to know more and more what Zhang Xiang wrote!"

The three boys looked at each other, pondered over and over again, and Lan Yu said: "You say, if we can make a great contribution, can we ask Zhang Xiang to help us write something? Then sneak into his study and find a way to write the song Word out?"

Zhu Wenzheng said with a sullen face: "You're thinking too much! I think you made dumplings for a plate of vinegar, it's not worth it!"

Li Wenzhong thought for a while, but said: "Don't say that, if the timing is right, it's okay."

Sapphire really smiled and said: "You are also lakes, I figured it out, we have repeatedly said that we need to build military settlements to guard against the Yuan army's attack. Then why don't we take the initiative to attack? Go out, sweep the hole in the Liting, and first kill the Yuan army's attack. The lair was destroyed."

"Take the initiative?" Zhu Wenzheng thought for a while, and became interested, he asked, "Lanyu, where are you going to start?"

"From where? Naturally, Kaiping City is in the upper capital!" Lan Yu said naturally.

Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong were startled.

Because according to Xu Da's previous meaning, he hoped to collect Liaoyang first, so that he could become one with Guan Duo of Goryeo, completely cut off the connection between Goryeo and Yuan Ting, and cut off Yuan Yuan's arm.

However, Chang Yuchun and others hoped to march into Shanxi Guanzhong as soon as possible to wipe out the largest armed force in the Yuan court.

The two factions are still in dispute. Whether it is Zhang Ximeng or Zhu Yuanzhang, it seems that they hope to stabilize the capital first, and continue to use troops after preparations are made.

Make the best preparations and perform the most aggressive kills.

In addition to the two factions, Sapphire put forward his own ideas.

He wanted to go straight to Shangdu, and hit the Iron Pot Emperor directly.

When this idea was proposed, Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong quickly became interested.

First of all, Kaiping City in Shangdu is located to the north of the Luan River and belongs to the eastern part of the Mongolian grassland. To the east is Liaodong, and to the south is Yanshan. In the hands of the Yuan army, it can mobilize soldiers and horses from Liaodong to harass the front line of Yanshan and threaten the safety of most of them.

But if it is in the hands of the Ming army, it will isolate the Liaodong Yuan army and add another insurance to Dadu.

By the way, the distance is not far, it is the famous Tongliao in later generations, the heart of the empire belongs to it.

Sapphire wanted to hit the capital, but naturally she didn't want to hear a weird little story every week.

He went to the Iron Pot Emperor.

When attacking Dadu, this guy ran too fast, and it was too late to catch him, so this time he can't be let go, he must be captured!

There is nothing wrong with exchanging Zhang Xiang's poem for the great achievement of capturing the emperor of the enemy country, right?

Zhang Xiang still has the nerve to refuse?

Zhu Wen just doesn't understand Lan Yu's brain circuit, but he thinks it's unreliable.

"The area around Kaiping City is vast, with a flat river. The distance is almost [-] miles. We can send a large army to gallop there. But since there is no shelter on the road, it is easy to alarm the Yuan army. It is easy to break the city. If you want to capture the Emperor Yuan, you have to I'm afraid it won't work! I think you should stop dreaming."

Lan Yu sneered and said, "Zhu Wenzheng, this is what I don't agree with you. In war, it is natural to win a war. But in addition to fighting, you have to count more wins than less wins! That iron pot will never give up , just wanted to kill Dadu. But he miscalculated one thing, with so many people under him, there is no one who can't stand the hardships of Shangdu and wants to join Daming?"

Zhu Wenzheng was taken aback. These words really surprised him, and it can be said that they opened up a new world.

"That's right! On Dadu's side, there are remnants of the Yuan court. The Yuan army should also have a heart for Daming. Of course we have to be wary of them, but we must also use the relationship inside." Zhu Wenzheng couldn't help it. He patted Lan Yu on the shoulder, "Okay, you have a good brain!"

Lan Yu disdainfully said, "What do you think I spent so much time thinking about? Let me tell you, I've thought it all over, and now I'm mixing with some people, pretending I can't stand Daming's reckoning, and fleeing to Shangdu , follow the old master and avoid danger. When I arrive in Shangdu, I will be your internal response and provide you with information about the Yuan army. How many days are you sure to arrive in Shangdu?"

Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong did some calculations. When Sima Yi pacified Mengda, he traveled [-] miles in eight days, which is a super speed.

In this way, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems.

It is really difficult to achieve the effect of surprise attack.

What should we do?

After another brainstorm, Li Wenzhong came up with a solution.

"We don't go through Juyongguan, but Bauhinia Pass, pretending to attack Datong, bypassing the front in this way, and using cavalry to make a surprise attack, each with three horses, we may surprise Shangdu by surprise!"

Zhu Wenzheng said: "This method seems to be feasible, but we don't have enough cavalry, and we can send out no more than 1 people. Even if we can defeat the Yuan army and take Shangdu, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture the Yuan emperor."

Lan Yu smiled and said, "Then simply make the situation bigger."

"How big?" Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng asked together.

"It's very simple. It's really sending a group of soldiers and horses to the west of Liaoning, pretending to attack Liaoyang. Just tell Shangdu the news, let them firmly believe that we will march west and east, and then the two groups of troops will suddenly encircle and capture Shangdu. , it’s fine if you don’t!”

Lan Yu laughed and said: "I'm in charge of infiltrating Shangdu and passing on the news. You just need to divide your troops and attack. The three of us, use this opportunity to make an indelible contribution! We will destroy the Yuan Dynasty first!"

Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong thought for a long while, and were a little startled by Lan Yu's handwriting. After a while, Zhu Wenzheng suddenly punched Lan Yu hard, and laughed and scolded: "Good boy, why do you want to Zhang Yu?" Xiang's poems, you are clearly an excuse! You just want to persuade us to help you achieve fame!"

Lan Yu sneered, "Anyway, you can think whatever you like! Let me ask you, do you want to do this? I'll leave right now and go to Shangdu! If you don't, you two will have nothing to do in this life ! Still thinking about being a marquis and a general, in the next life!"

Now it's time to talk about the weakness of the two people. Zhu Yuanzhang made it clear that as a relative of the emperor, if he wants to be knighted, he has to give much greater credit than others.

Most of them have been brought back, what other credits can be big enough for them to be knighted?

Isn't he going to capture the Yuan emperor and make an immortal contribution!

"Sapphire, with you, we agreed, and we'll do it!"

The three young men discussed the plan properly, but soon they discovered the problem. Among other things, the most elite cavalry of the Ming Dynasty were in Lao Zhu's hands, and even Xu Da couldn't call them directly.

And this plan requires falsely attacking Shanxi and Liaodong, which requires mobilizing other Ming armies to create false appearances, which is not something they can do.

After all the calculations, only Sapphire was lurking, and they could decide on this matter.