Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 187 Famous General Zhang Yu
Hongwu 11th year, June, Liaodong.

On the vermilion lacquered gate is a large plaque with red characters on a black background. When the words "Liao Wangfu" come into view, one can feel an indescribable majesty.

Zhu Qi's Liao Palace is located at the northern end of Liaoyang, which originally belonged to the residence of Emperor Dayuan.

The emperors of the Yuan Dynasty liked to have fun, and they built palaces in various places. This Liaoyang, as the core of Liaodong, naturally also had palaces.

And the scale is not small, living in it feels like living in a small palace.

Zhu Qi was also tearful and forced to live extravagantly. Originally, there were only three wives in the family, one son plus other attendants, and there were only 200 court ladies. Living in such a big house was really extravagant.

After he came to Liaoyang, Liaodong, he didn't make any noise, let alone made an announcement or called a meeting of the local gentry.

You must know that after other local officials took office in the local area, the first thing they did was call a meeting with the gentry and elders, and then asked them to cooperate with them and so on.

Some people may ask, isn't this local official sent by the imperial court?

Why do you need to communicate with the local villagers and gentry?

It stands to reason that these country folks are nothing more than local people, at most they are older, or their families are richer, and their relationship with the village is better. What's the matter with them?

In fact, this has a lot to do with a typical tradition in Chinese feudal society, that is, the imperial power does not go to the countryside.

Since Qin Shihuang unified China and established the first unified dynasty, and set up counties and counties in various places, and abolished the feudal vassal system, imperial power has been greatly concentrated.

However, the concentration of imperial power is limited to administrative units such as state capitals, and when it comes to rural areas such as villages, imperial power does not have such great authority.

The main reason is that it is impossible to set up government offices in every village.

A village may only have thirty or forty households, or even less than ten households. If you set up a government office here, how much will it cost?

Therefore, in a place like a village, there is usually an older person, or someone from a wealthy and educated family who has the final say.

They are the so-called country gentry.

However, His Royal Highness King Liao did not summon these old squires, nor did he intend to talk to them at all, which made the local people in Liaoyang a little strange.

And the reason why Zhu Qi didn't go to chat with those villagers, in the final analysis, was also because he didn't think of it at all.

Although he arrived in Liaoyang, he still thought of fishing and did not want to deal with local government affairs in Liaoyang.

Anyway, there are local officials sent by the imperial court, so I just need to be a good vassal king guarding the frontier.

Speaking of this, Lan Yu will be transferred back soon, and the defense at the front line will have to rely on herself, the King of Liao.

However, there are indeed no famous generals available.

Zhu Di is the King of Yan, so naturally he wouldn't come here with him and follow him.

There are only Li Shanchang's son Li Qi, Xu Da's son Xu Zengshou, and Li Jinglong.

Among them, Li Jinglong is very good at training soldiers, but Zhu Qi is really worried about letting him lead soldiers to fight.

This guy has a great reputation in history, but he never won any battle he fought.

The level of Xu Zengshou and Li Qi is not bad, but they are too young to be independent generals.

So Zhu Qi is now facing a serious problem, that is, there are not enough generals under his command.

In previous wars, there were always all kinds of famous generals around, either Xu Da, Lan Yu, or Fu Youde and so on.

But now these famous generals are not by his side. Although Sapphire is still laying out the defense line in front of Liaodong, he will be called back to Tianfu soon.

After all, after the matter of Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu had a good relationship with Hu Weiyong in private.

It's hard to guarantee that Lan Yu won't have any thoughts in his heart, so Zhu Yuanzhang called Lan Yu back, firstly to stabilize the morale of the army, so that Lan Yu doesn't have to worry too much, and secondly, to test Lan Yu.

If he directly rejected the military order, then needless to say, this Sapphire's life would definitely be lost.

Naturally, Lan Yu didn't dare to refuse. After Zhu Qigang arrived in Liaodong, Lan Yu had already written to Zhu Qi that he would return to Yingtian Mansion immediately, and asked Zhu Qi to arrange personnel to take over the defense work as soon as possible.

Zhu Qi couldn't avoid having a headache for a while. Zhu Yuanzhang probably meant to let himself, the king of Liao, go to the front line to arrange defense in person.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, his military achievements are outstanding, and he has always performed very well on the battlefield. There must be no major problem in going to the front line to arrange the defense line by himself.

But only Zhu Qi knew what level he was.

It's okay to lead troops to train and train below. If you take them to the front line to deploy defenses, if Bei Yuan comes over, what can you use to resist?

That's really no idea at all.

However, Zhu Qi has always had good luck, just when he was worrying about how to solve the matter of the frontline general.

Just got a great news from Jin Yiwei.

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Liaoyang, Liao Wangfu.

Gao Jin quickly walked through the corridor of Prince Liao's mansion. He is the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei and Zhu Qi's confidant.

When the guards at the side saw Gao Jin approaching, they all gave way one after another, without any obstruction, and Gao Jin went straight to Zhu Qi's study.

But I went there, but after the study, I didn't find anyone from His Royal Highness King Liao.

It was the maid next to me who reminded me that His Royal Highness King Liao was playing in the garden with his young son.

Only then did Gao Jin hurried towards the garden, and as soon as he got there, he saw a large group of guards standing outside.

Seeing Gao Jin approaching, the guards rushed to report to His Royal Highness Liao Wang, and it didn't take long to see His Highness Liao Wang coming over with Xiao Shizi in his arms.

At this time, Zhu Qizheng was 20 years old, with a beautiful tree facing the wind, suave and suave, not to mention handsome.

Although he hasn't exercised much, his muscles are still quite strong. Wearing a python robe, he looks calm and majestic.

The shadow looks like the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Just looking at Zhu Qi's eyes, Gao Jin was unconsciously respectful, took two steps back, and then said:

"His Royal Highness, I have something important to report!"

Zhu Qi hugged his youngest son and sat down on a nearby chair, then asked Gao Jin to report what was going on.

Gao Jin stepped forward, took out a document, and then said:

"Sapphire fought several battles in northern Xinjiang before, and captured some generals. One of them, I read the name and history, seems to be very similar to the one His Highness has been looking for."

Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, and asked:

"who is it?"

"Zhang Yu!"

After Gao Jin finished speaking, Zhu Qina was shocked!
Zhu Qi has been collecting those famous historical generals ever since he became the command room of Jinyiwei.

Among them, the focus is on two people, one Zhang Yu and one Zhu Neng.

Both of these are famous generals under Zhu Di in history, but neither of them followed Zhu Di from the beginning.

Among them, Zhang Yu was originally a general of the Yuan Dynasty, but later surrendered and was used by Zhu Di.

However, Zhu Neng has no detailed records in history.

Zhu Qi didn't know when Zhu Neng followed Zhu Di, but he asked Zhu Di if there was anyone named Zhu Neng under his command, and if there was, he would send it to the third brother as soon as possible.

Although Zhu Neng couldn't find it, but now there is news of Zhang Yu, it is really great news for Zhu Qi, not only Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu's son Zhang Fu, but also a famous general of the Ming Dynasty!

That's really taking Zhang Yu and giving away a famous general Zhang Fu.

Needless to say, Zhang Fu's achievements are to conquer Yunnan and conquer Annan.

There has never been a failure in my life.

It wasn't until the change of Tumubao that Zhang Fu was killed by the Emperor Mingmen.

When Zhu Qi heard Zhang Yu's name, he couldn't sit still immediately, and quickly asked Gao Jin to bring him in, and now he was going to see Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu had already become a captive of Lan Yu, so he might have to send it back to Tianfu, according to historical records.

After Zhu Yuanzhang surrendered Zhang Yu, he did not immediately take on important tasks. Instead, Zhang Yu slowly climbed up with his own military achievements, and was finally sent to Peiping and accepted under Zhu Di's command.

But Zhang Yu really shined in the battle of Jing Nan.

The historical evaluation "Zhang Yu is good at planning, Zhu Neng is good at fighting", it is conceivable that this piece of jade is of a high level.

What Zhu Qi lacks now is a general like Zhang Yu who can make suggestions.

But only halfway through, Zhu Qi hesitated, and now he didn't know Zhang Yu very well, even if he went to see him, he might not be able to make Zhang Yu use him.

And the first thing to do now is to keep Zhang Yu here, and then we can talk about other things.

So the first thing to see is not Zhang Yu, but Lan Yu.

Lan Yu couldn't let Lan Yu take this piece of jade to Tianfu, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would be so big that he might have sent Zhang Yu to Zhu Di.

Oh my Oudou, just give your famous general to your brother.

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Lan Yu sat alone in the striker's camp. He didn't know that he had captured a future star some time ago.

In Lan Yu's eyes, the Beiyuan generals are a bunch of trash, and few of them are the enemy of a general.

Even Zhang Yu, who was just captured, Lan Yu never paid attention to.

So when King Liao came over and talked about Zhang Yu, Lan Yu was still a little confused, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered who Zhang Yu was.

"Your Highness is saying, that general named Zhang Yu? Your Highness wants to take it for his own use?"

After Lan Yu finished speaking, Zhu Qi, who was in front of Lan Yu, nodded seriously, and said:
"This king has heard of his name before, this man is capable, but when this king first arrived in Liaodong, he is short of someone who can use him.

If the general doesn't dislike this piece of jade, he can give it to the king first, and the king will naturally write a letter to inform his father. "

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, Lan Yu thought for a while, then nodded, and said:
"Your Highness, if you want to use it, you don't need to tell me."

Sapphire was not being polite, because Zhu Qi was the general in Liaodong, and this Sapphire was also under his control. If Zhu Qi wanted to take a prisoner from him, there was no need to mention it.

When Zhu Qi heard that Lan Yu had agreed so readily, he hurriedly thanked him, and then arranged for someone to go to the prison to bring Zhang Yu back to his residence.

It's just that after Zhu Qi left, Lan Yu pondered, and then said to the left and right:

"Is this piece of jade really talented?"

The person next to him shook his head.

The reason why Sapphire is invincible naturally has a lot to do with his well-developed intelligence network.

Every time before he fights with Bei Yuan, he will investigate in advance the level of the opponent's generals.

And Zhang Yu is not on the list that Lan Yu needs to pay attention to, that is to say, Zhang Yu did not have a particularly outstanding record.

If you want to speak your own words, you will definitely not pay more attention to Zhang Yu.

But Zhu Qi was able to say that Zhang Yu was quite talented before, obviously this was just a scene.

Could it be that this piece of jade has some connection with the Liao King, Lan Yu thought of this.

Arrange for someone to check it out, what if any evidence is collected?

It's just that Sapphire's inspection was absolutely fruitless, because Zhu Qi had simply turned on a cheat.

Not to mention that Zhang Yu had any collusion with the King of Liao, he had never even said a word, and he had never met before.

So when Zhang Yu in the prison saw Liao King Zhu Qi who came over and brought her out, he also looked confused.

As a surrendered general, he could be valued so highly by the Liao King of the Ming Dynasty, and he himself did not expect this.

And Zhu Qi didn't say much, and asked the person next to him to take Zhang Yu down to change a set of clothes, and then went to the government office for questioning.

Zhang Yu wondered why His Royal Highness Liao Wang had to bring him out alone, changed his clothes nervously, and then came to the official office.

Zhu Qi looked at the future famous general in front of him. He was not very handsome in clean clothes, but his whole body was full of capable muscles. He was obviously a veteran with rich experience in the battlefield.

Three or 40 years old is not considered very old. Compared with Fu Youdetang and these veterans, he is definitely a younger generation.

Zhu Qixin secretly rejoiced, he really lacked something, but he still didn't show it on face, looked at Zhang Yu in front of him, and asked plainly:
"Is your name Zhang Yu? I have heard of your name before."

Zhang Yu rushed to clasp his hands and replied:
"The guilty minister doesn't have much ability, it's a great honor for the guilty minister to let His Royal Highness Liao know."

Zhu Qi nodded and said:
"Okay, since you have surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, then work under my command first, and I will write to the court to say something."

Zhang Yu hurriedly thanked him, he didn't have the right to choose now, and it was already rare to have an errand.

Zhu Qi then asked about the situation in Zhang Yu's house. Zhang Yu's family also had a wife, children, and mother, who were not at Bei Yuan's side. Did he just retreat to Bei Yuan with the defeated army, and his wife and children were still in the Central Plains? area.

Zhu Qi didn't say much, and immediately arranged for someone to take over Zhang Yu's wife and children. If his wife and children were all outside, he would definitely not be able to work for him with peace of mind. When Zhang Yu heard this, he immediately said A burst of thanks.

Zhu Qi stopped talking and waved Zhang Yu back. After Zhang Yu left, Zhu Qi burst out laughing.

Be it Beiyuan or Lanyu, he gave himself such a famous general!
Haha, how lucky I am!
(End of this chapter)