First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 43 The Northern Expedition Goes Well

Zhu Biao stood in the pavilion and looked at the houses, most of which were empty, and he would gradually enrich them when he married a wife and took a concubine.

The weather was a little cold, and Da Shuang'er came out with a silver silk embroidered dragon and white fox cloak, which was the birthday gift that Mu Ying gave him last year.

Zhu Biao glanced at Liu Jin who was beside him: "You don't have to call yourself a slave anymore, just call yourself a minister!"

Liu Jin hurriedly bent over: "Thank you for your favor, but how dare you call yourself a minister, but the slave is only a fifth-grade general eunuch!"

Zhu Biao was stunned, he really didn't know that his eunuchs were all from the fifth grade! "

Zhu Biao asked with a smile: "You can't claim to be a minister even after you've reached the fifth rank? Isn't this guy trying to deceive this palace to get you promoted?"

Liu Jin knew that his crown prince was only joking, so he replied with a hilarious smile: "It is stipulated in the palace that only the servant-in-law of the fourth grade can call himself a minister. If it is the grace of the Lord, maybe the slaves will soon be able to become ministers."

Zhu Biao shook his head: "Is there a favored eunuch on the father's side?"

Liu Jin replied: "Grandpa Huang is not willing to use them, so naturally he doesn't favor them. Thanks to the Lord, this slave servant, the general manager from the fifth rank, can also be called brother-in-law with the general manager of the fourth rank."

Zhu Biao nodded clearly, the eunuchs were all smart, and the favor of Zhu Yuanzhang, who knew that nothing could be done, was conveying goodwill to him through Liu Jin.

Zhu Biao looked at Liu Jin with a smile: "You can call yourself a brother-in-law with the chief executive, why didn't you ask them to help you? Are you bragging to Ben Gong?"

Liu Jin replied: "The slaves are the slaves of the master, so it is naturally the master who has the final say, where it is their turn to help!

Zhu Biao nodded, this is Liu Jin's cleverness, he is the prince's personal eunuch anyway, he can get into the fourth rank if he wants to climb, but he would rather be in the fifth rank than wait for Zhu Biao to promote him. .

Zhu Biao was not disgusted. Liu Jin wanted to use it, so he naturally hoped that he would be smarter.

Zhu Biao said: "You said so, this palace can only reward you, go, tell the director of the lijian how this palace's personal eunuch can only be from the fifth-grade, and the fourth-grade director-in-law!

Liu Jin hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times on the ground: "Chen Liu Jin, thank you for your kindness!"

Zhu Biao didn't say anything, turned around and walked towards his inner hall, the white fox cloak swung up, just swept over Liu Jin's bowed head...

When Zhu Biao was far away, Liu Jin slowly got up. He knew that the prince was satisfied. After serving for so long, he naturally knew that his prince didn't mind the people around him being a little careful, as long as he could do his errands well, Be smart when you do things so everything is easy to say.

Just like this time, if he was the one who went to find the supervisor of li by himself, he would at most be from the fourth rank, but now the Crown Prince said that he is the fourth rank, even in the palace, apart from the masters, Liu Jin is also the first. character.

Liu Jin carefully arranged the people to be on duty at night. When it was cold, the amount and placement of the charcoal fire should not be careless. Seeing that it was getting late, he hurried to the Sili Jian to report.

After Zhu Biao returned to his room, he drank another bowl of nourishing medicinal food, read the book for a while, and then fell asleep peacefully. I don't know what tomorrow will be like!

When I woke up the next day, I saw Liu Jin, who had changed clothes, came to wait on him. Zhu Biao got up after joking for a few words, and then went to watch a few younger brothers study. It is even more difficult for them to go out now. There is a place to play, but there is no big brother to lead, they are a little scared.

At noon, looking at the expectant eyes of his younger brothers, Zhu Biao said a few words to several gentlemen, and then asked them to go to the Imperial Garden to play in the afternoon, but they must not be tricky!

Zhu Biao met with several officials of the East Palace in the afternoon, all of them were middle and lower level, some were unhappy, and they had made outstanding contributions when Zhu Yuanzhang started his family. Now he can only rely on the prince, hoping to have a secret relationship in the future.

As time goes by, although Zhu Biao is a prince, he is still young, and before he can stir up the situation, those ministers will not come to Zhu Yuanzhang's young prince when he is at his peak.

These Zhu Biao have long been conscious, so every day is still as usual.

In the blink of an eye, in April, there was good news from the Northern Expedition Army. This good news has not been interrupted since last year. The trend of Yuan Dynasty's collapse really shocked everyone.

At the beginning of November last year, Xu Da's army went to Xiapi and ordered Zhang Xingzu to lead an army to the north from Xuzhou to capture Jining and Dongping.At this time, Wang Xuan and Wang Xin's father and son surrendered and revolted, and recruited troops to Juzhou in an attempt to prevent Zhang Xingzu from going north.

Xu Da immediately marched into Yizhou, Wang Xuan was killed, and Wang Xin fled to Shanxi.Yuan troops in nearby places such as Yizhou, Caozhou, Haizhou, Shuyang, Rizhao, Ganyu, and Yishui fell upon hearing the wind.

Xu Da stopped in Yizhou for a while, and ordered Han Zheng to guard the Yellow River and lead an army to attack Yidu.At the end of November, the defender of Yuanyidu, Puyan, was defeated and defeated Yidu.Xu Da took advantage of the victory to take Shouguang, Linzi, Changle, Gaoyuan and other places.Yuanle Andong, Changshan, Xincheng and other places were successively attached.

At the beginning of December, Zhang Xingzu went to Dongping, forced the Yuan general Feng De, chased to Dong'e, Anshan, forced the Yuan generals Chen Bi, Du Tianyou, Jiang Xing and others to lead their troops to surrender, and then besieged Jining, the Yuan defender Chen Bing. Just run away.

In the first ten days of December, Xu Da led the soldiers to Jinan, the Yuan general Doerji surrendered, and the Yuan generals from Putai and Zouping in Mizhou also asked to surrender.Xu Da decided to continue to the east, and ordered Fu Youde to attack Laiyang, and then returned to Yidu with his own troops to attack Deng and Lai in the east.Seeing that the situation in Shandong was critical, Yuan Huizong ordered Yisu, the prime minister of the right book, Tuohe Qi, the magistrate of the prefect, Hulindai, the political minister of the middle book Pingzhang, and Tulu, the prime minister of the left province of Shaanxi Province, to march into Shandong, but the generals did not obey the order. .

In March of the first year of Hongwu, after basically occupying Shandong, Xu Da attacked Bianliang (now Kaifeng, Henan) from Jining. The soldiers of Jiangling attacked Nanyang, Henan Province from the north, and responded to the main force of the northern expedition.

At the end of March, Xu Dajin arrived at Chenqiao, the Yuan Bian Liang guard Li Keyi drove the army and the people to the west at night, and the Yuan general Zuo Junbi led his troops to surrender.After Xu Da entered Bianliang, he immediately led his cavalry to attack Luoyang in the south and west through Zhongwan.

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