Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 565

"A young man dares to snatch me, Cao Wenzhao!"

On the first day of May, when Cao Wenzhao's cursing voice sounded in Hanhai City, he was about to send troops and suddenly got the news that Wu Sangui had sent troops to fight Bu Li Yaxi.

As soon as the news came, Cao Wenzhao immediately became angry.

In this battle, the Eastern Army and the Northern Army should join forces to divide the merits. Now Wu Sangui, a young man, wants to get both merits alone. Isn't this a slap in the face of Cao Wenzhao?
"Damn! I want to go to His Royal Highness!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry Cao Wenzhao yelled, and the generals around him were also full of anger.

The Northern Army started preparations in March, but after two months of preparations, they were prepared for the result of being cut off, and anyone would be furious.

"Wang Daocheng! You are a member of the Northern Army! My brother's military achievements have been robbed! Where did you go!"

"I'm fucking writing impeachment memorials!"

Cao Wenzhao cursed loudly, and another cursed voice came from outside the meeting hall.

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he immediately extinguished his anger, and not long after, a [-]-year-old Confucian general in military uniform came in with the impeachment memorial he had just written.

"Come and hurry me up to [-] miles! Damn it! My military achievements have been robbed!"

As a student of the first phase of Yanshan, Wang Daocheng felt more aggrieved than Cao Wenzhao.

Without Cao Wenzhao opening his mouth, he wrote the impeachment memorial as soon as he heard the news.

While he shouted, a general took over the impeachment memorial, and then the general ordered a team of Tang riders to take the memorial to the south.

Tang Qi brought not only impeachment memorials, but also the anger of the generals of the Northern Army.

Not to mention the generals, even the ordinary soldiers of the Northern Army were furious when they got the news.

Although the population of Buli Yaxi is very small, and there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and no one can stand being cut off for nothing.

Fortunately, they intercepted the news in time. Not long after Tang Qi went south with the memorial, the three battalions of Northern Army cavalry assembled in Hanhai City rushed northward, preparing to take back their military exploits on the battlefield.

Just before their impeachment reached Zhu Youjian, the people from Beizhen Fusi sent the news to Suzhou City by carrier pigeon the next day.

"Your Highness! This Wu Sangui is a bit rebellious!"

When Jin Yiwei's news came, Zhu Youjian was hunting with Man Gui, so he learned of his military exploits being robbed shortly after the news was sent.

However, in the face of his anger, Zhu Youjian looked at the news in his hand with great interest, and could not help joking: "Do you think he is greedy?"

"This... there are indeed some." Although Man Gui didn't say too harshly, his blushing expression was enough to explain everything.

But in the face of his anger, Zhu Youjian raised the letter paper full of news and said: "You all think he is greedy, but is he really greedy?"

Shaking his head, Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "Now it's the 17th year of Tianqi, and it's not been a few years since I became a fan."

"The two families, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, are related by marriage. In addition, Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou missed the battle of Liao restoration. Although they seem to be from the Qi Palace, they are wandering around the edge."

"Now you still think that he is greedy?"

Zhu Youjian understood Wu Sangui's careful thinking at a glance.

The reason why he can understand at a glance is because he knows what kind of person Wu Sangui is.

Seeing the wind and making the rudder, brave and good at fighting, short of strategy... This is Zhu Youjian's evaluation of him.

Historically, there are many theories about why Wu Sangui did not surrender to Dashun, most of which are related to the problems of Wu Sangui's family.

There are two contents in it. The first one is that Wu Sangui was furious when he heard that his father was tortured to death.

The second is to hear that the concubine Chen Yuanyuan has been taken over, and then she becomes a concubine in anger.

However, for these two choices, historical romanticism prefers the second one, but whether it is the first or the second one, it seems that Wu Sangui had no choice but to raise troops for the sake of filial piety and love.

But what is on paper is that in history, Wu Sangui was hesitant when he heard the rumors that Shunjun tortured his father Wu Xiang.

As a normal person, the first thing Wu Sangui did after hearing the rumors was to find out whether his father Wu Xiang was still alive.

However, at this time, Wang Zeyao and others sent by Li Zicheng to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender also brought a letter from Wu Xiang to Wu Sangui.

At this moment, the lives of 35 members of Wu Sangui's family, including his own father, were in Li Zicheng's hands. His father's life and death were uncertain. There were rumors that his father was dead, and there were rumors that he was tortured. But at this time, a letter from his father came. letter.

If he sends his cronies to Beijing to continue the negotiations and instructs them to try to see with their own eyes whether his father is still alive, this is normal human behavior.

If he asked Li Zicheng to send his father to reunite the whole family, although it is not very clever, it is still what normal people do.

However, Wu Sangui's first reaction after seeing the letter was "Li Zicheng must have killed his father" and then directly rebelled, attacked Tang Tong, and seized Shanhaiguan.

However, Wu Sangui's judgment was seriously wrong, and Li Zicheng did not kill Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's family.

Even if Wu Sangui raised troops, Li Zicheng did not kill Wu Xiang, but took him east to conquer Shanhaiguan, and wanted Wu Xiang to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender.

As a result, during the entire battle of Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui was as blind as if he had opened his eyes. He didn't believe that his father was still alive, but fought Li Zicheng to the death.

It wasn't until the end of the Battle of Shanhaiguan that Li Zicheng killed Wu Sangui's family when he saw that Wu Sangui was determined not to surrender.

The only thing that can make Wu Sangui ignore his own father is the immediate interests, and the conditions given by Shun and Qing are completely different.

Judging from the situation of Kong Youde and the others, once Wu Sangui, the number one enemy of the Qing army surrendered, would at least be a prince, while the Shun army would be a marquis at best, because Liu Zongmin and others were just marquises.

The king and the marquis, how to choose between the interests, is a normal person who knows which is more beneficial.

In the face of interests, Wu Sangui, who was born in the gentry class, would of course choose the former.

Such an egoist, even if his political performance is mediocre, Zhu Youjian can also analyze the reasons why he can't fight.

As a fringe figure in the Qi Palace, it is definitely impossible for Wu Sangui to go to Qi State, because he is different from Huang Long, Lu Wenzhao, Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, Cao Wenzhao and others.

Most of these people are rising civilians, and they rely on Zhu Youjian, but Wu Sangui is not.

Wu Sangui's ancestral home was in Nanzhili, his grandfather went north to Liaodong to run a horse business, and his father passed the martial arts examination and became a martial arts scholar.

Under such a background, and because he is a fringe figure in the Qi Palace, it is impossible to leave everything behind and go to the Qi State, so choosing a new backer is what he needs to do.

Adding icing on the cake is not as good as giving charcoal in the snow, and Wu Sangui just wants to isolate himself.

In this way, after Zhu Youjian left, as a lone minister, he was naturally easier to use than many officials of the Yanshan faction.

The emperor has his own people in the Western Army, the Southern Army, and the Northern Army, but the Eastern Army and Shangzhi have none, and he wants to be No. 1 in the Eastern Army. This is Wu Sangui's idea.

"Unfortunately, too young..."

Zhu Youjian laughed mockingly. He hadn't left yet, and there were even five or six years left. Wu Sangui couldn't wait to show his loyalty to his brother.

With such a political level, it's no wonder that in history he couldn't even rule the river.

"Since you want to be a lonely minister, then I will fulfill you."

With a whisper, Zhu Youjian turned his head and said to Man Gui and Lu Yuangao who had already understood everything:

"Orders were issued to promote Wu Sangui as the commander-in-chief of Nanzhou, Weiyuan Bo Cao Wenzhao to transfer the commander-in-chief of Lingbei, the Eastern Army and the Northern Army switched defenses, set up the Lingbei Province, and promoted Xie Xuelong, the prefect of Taiyuan, to be the Lingbei Chief Envoy. The north is included in the area under the jurisdiction of the Northern Army Governor's Mansion."

"Yes!" Zhu Youjian's words made Man Gui and Lu Yuangao immediately understand what he meant.

Wu Sangui wanted to be a lonely minister, and wanted to send charcoal in the snow, so Zhu Youjian would fulfill him and throw him to Nanzhou to be a lonely minister.

After these five or six years, the emperor can still remember him, then he can be a lonely minister.

Zhu Youjian sneered, and then continued hunting with Man Gui.

At the same time, his decree was also sent to the capital, and the content was seen by Zhu Youxiao of the Hall of Mental Cultivation a few days later.

Unlike Man Gui and Lu Yuangao who believed that Zhu Youjian wanted to deal with Wu Sangui, Zhu Youxiao saw from this decree that his younger brother wanted to attack the Eastern Army's Governor's Mansion.

Since the Governor's Mansion of the Eastern Army is the Eastern Army, it is natural to fight against the East.

But the problem is that with the fall of Jianlu and the recovery of Central Siberia, Central Siberia and East Siberia were established as the Lingbei Province, which was under the control of the Northern Army. For a while, the Eastern Army had no hostile forces on the border.

What's to the east?Korean Peninsula?

Under the siege of Ming Dynasty for many years, North Korea can't even gather [-] troops at the moment. If they want to deal with them, a battalion of Eastern Army soldiers and horses can destroy the country, and there is no need for the current deployment of [-] battalions.

Isolating the Eastern Army's Governor's Mansion, which the emperor interfered the least, and then further weakening its military power, this is what Zhu Youjian is going to do.

For this matter, the generals in the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion probably would not object, only the middle-level general Yanshan might feel aggrieved.

Sun Yingyuan, You Shigong, and He Shixian are either going to the state of Qi, or they are about to retire.

The rest of Zu Dashou, Mao Wenlong, Zu Dabi, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and others are just the generals of the province, and they can't interfere with the affairs of the Dudu Mansion, and they don't have that much energy.

"My brother has been thinking about me..."

With a sigh, Zhu Youxiao turned this decree into an imperial decree, and he continued to deal with the mountains of memorials.

Although he looked a little tired, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel more energetic when he thought that Zhu Ciran had already entered the territory of Beizhili.

At the same time as he was in spirit, on May [-], Golovin, who led [-] Tsarist troops, finally arrived at Mangazeya on the west bank of the Yenisei River.

At this moment, he is still a hundred miles away from the Ming army on the other side of the river, but his heart is still hanging.

He was afraid that the Ming army would cross the Yenisei River, so he kept asking people to build Mangazeya Fort.

Right now there are 360 Tsarist Russian regular troops and more than [-] expedition members in the fort. If the Ming army really attacks here, Golovin can still resist for several months with the structure of the bastion.

He knows the situation in Siberia very well. Heavy artillery can't be transported at all, especially in the days when the snow melts and the roads are muddy in May.

However, facing Wu Sangui's cavalry force of no less than 2000 men, Golovin was still so worried that he couldn't sleep every night.

Compared with his fear and fear, Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Tulu Hanks, regretted what he had done.

When he learned that the person sent by the Northern Army to attack Buriyaxi was Weiyuan Bo Cao Wenzhao, he immediately regretted it.

Especially when Cao Wenzhao led his troops to raid Buli Yaxi a few days ago, and after they attacked Buli Yaxi with the Beihai Battalion soldiers Ma Nanyibei, his regret was even worse.

At this moment, he only reacted as an afterthought. King Qi is still five or six years away from being a feudal vassal. If he jumps out so early, he may not only fail to be a lone minister, but also have to be dismissed according to military law.

He hurriedly stopped the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Army who were still fighting in the territory of Buriyaxi, and at the same time wrote a handwritten letter to Cao Wenzhao, indicating that he just wanted to assist in the attack and prevent the Buriyaxi people from fleeing north.

However, how much Cao Wenzhao would believe in the content of this letter is uncertain.

At the age of 29, he was at the time when he was full of enthusiasm. He only thought of the result when he did things, but he didn't expect the process.

With belated awareness, he realized that this battle was for nothing.

"Oh!"

In a tent in the forest south of Hanksburg, Tulu, Wu Sangui punched the table.

From his clenched fists and grim face, it is not difficult to see how much regret he has in his heart.

"Brother..."

"Come in!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Wu Sangui responded, and then tried his best to put his emotions away.

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and the person who came in was Wu Sanmei, a member of the Beihai Battalion and Wu Sangui's cousin.

"Brother, Tang Qi reported that there seems to be reinforcements from the Raksha people on the other side of the glacier, but the number is not large, less than 400."

Wu Sanmei walked in, and at the same time smelled the smell of alcohol in the room, she couldn't help frowning.

"Understood, ignore them for the time being, and order them to be stationed west of Binghe according to the marching order of His Royal Highness King Qi."

At this time, Wu Sangui thought of Zhu Youjian's marching order instead.

"Brother, do we want to take down Tulu Hanks? Surrounding him like this will cost a lot of food and grass."

Wu Sanmei didn't seem to be reconciled to being around like this, but Wu Sangui was annoyed, and waved his hands: "Your Highness can do whatever you want."

"Yes..." Seeing that Wu Sangui was in a bad mood, Wu Sanmei didn't stay for long, but walked out of the tent.

When he walked out of the tent, a Tang Qi who hurried back also passed him and broke into the tent with a handwritten letter.

"Not to say……"

"General Soldier, Uncle Weiyuan has replied."

Wu Sangui was annoyed, when he heard the sound of the curtain being lifted, he immediately wanted to scold him, but was soon stopped by what Tang Qi said.

He got up and snatched Cao Wenzhao's reply letter from Tang Qi, and after Cao Wenzhao led his troops to Buli Yaxi and saw that the Eastern Army no longer went south to claim meritorious service, his anger also subsided a lot.

Although the anger subsided a little, Cao Wenzhao still couldn't help ridiculing Wu Sangui in the letter, one junior at a time.

Wu Sangui looked dark, but he also knew that it was better to be scolded a few times than to be hated by Cao Wenzhao.

After hastily reading the contents of the letter, Wu Sangui immediately said to Tang Qi:
"Rest for one night. Tomorrow, sentries C and D will retreat from Buli Yaxi to support sentries A and B in the south."

"Take the order!" Hearing Wu Sangui's words, Tang Qi got up immediately and retreated to rest.

When Wu Sangui saw him leave, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

However, within a few days of his good life, he received the imperial decree from the capital.

On May 26, Cao Wenzhao pacified and destroyed Buli Yaxi. He followed Zhu Youjian's order to set up Dingling Mansion in the local area and resettled the [-] Buriyaxi Mongols captured there.

On the same day, Wu Sangui also received the imperial decree from the capital. Zhu Youxiao initially conferred him the title of General Dragon and Tiger, but transferred him to Nanzhou to serve as the chief soldier.

Although Wu Sangui didn't know what Nanzhou looked like, he also knew that it was located overseas, on the edge of the country's territory.

Wu Sangui's face turned pale when he got the news, obviously he knew very well what fate he was about to face.

It's not bad to put it aside for a few years. If the emperor can't think of him in the future, then he will be a Nanzhou general soldier at best in his life.

After confirming that the news was correct, Wu Sangui Rushuang beat the eggplant, handed over the siege defenses to Cao Wenzhao on June [-]th, and then handed over the Tiger Talisman, the chief soldier of the Eastern Army's Governor's Mansion, ready to accept his fate and be transferred to the south.

Cao Wenzhao, who took over the Lingbei West Expedition, was much more mature than Wu Sangui. According to Zhu Youjian's words, he adopted a siege posture against the local Tsarist Russian bastion.

Judging from the grain reserves of each fort, at most half a month, many bastions east of the Yenisei River will fall.

For Daming, Siberia and Buriyaxi in the strategy were just a small episode, not even as exciting as Hong Chengchou's attack on the Mughals.

Except for Zhu Youjian, no one cared about this freezing land, even Zhu Youxiao, who was the emperor.

Compared with the establishment of Lingbei Province, Zhu Youxiao is now more happy to return alone.

"Snapped--"

On June [-], when Wu Sangui's eggplants went south like frost, and Zhu Youjian also set out on his return journey, Zhu Ciran, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty who had been touring the south for one year and four and a half months, finally returned to Beijing.

When the general's clean whip sounded, Zhu Youxiao, who was smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, soon couldn't laugh anymore.

"Is this Brother Ran?"

When Zhu Ciran, who was wearing a yellow round neck robe, dark-skinned and skinny, walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation from the gate of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao couldn't believe that this dark and skinny young man was himself son.

Not only him, but even Zhang Yan covered his mouth. Concubine Fan Gui, Concubine Zhang Yu, Concubine Wang Liang and others couldn't believe it.

Zhu Cixuan, Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Shu'e and other Zhu Ciran's younger brothers and sisters were also shocked by his appearance and were speechless.

If Liu Shun, who followed Zhu Ciran, hadn't been known to them, they probably would have suspected that Zhu Ciran had been dropped.

It was also because of Liu Shun, who was also black and thin, that they dared to believe that the person in front of them was Zhu Ciran.

"This...this...Brother Ran...you..."

As the biological mother, Zhang Yan looked at her once dark and fat son who was so skinny that she almost burst into tears, thinking how much he had suffered.

On the contrary, Zhu Ciran looked around, and when he saw Zhu Youxiao, he immediately bowed and said:

"I see my father..."

"Eh... Pingshen..." For a while, Zhu Youxiao couldn't associate Zhu Ciran with the image of a year ago, somewhat embarrassed.

Like Zhang Yan, he couldn't sit still and stood up, then walked in front of Zhu Ciran.

In fact, the father and son haven't seen each other for a year and a half, so whether it's appearance, voice, or figure, Zhu Ciran has undergone considerable changes.

For Zhu Ciran, who was in adolescence, his height rose from 176 feet [-] inches to [-] feet [-] inches ([-]cm) in one and a half years, so his height is almost the same as Zhu Youxiao.

The original piercing voice has also become a lot thicker after the voice-changing period, and it seems a little more mature.

"It's good to be back... It's good to be back..."

Looking at Zhu Ciran's appearance, Zhu Youxiao actually didn't know how to communicate with this bastard, but felt that this kid had matured a lot.

He patted Zhu Ciran, and the tactile sensation from his hand also meant that Zhu Ciran was healthy and thin, not hungry and thin after eating and sleeping in the open.

The feel and sense of change made Zhu Youxiao think of the changes before and after each expedition of his younger brother.

Adding all these feelings together, Zhu Youxiao barely recognized his son, and Zhang Yan was already holding Zhu Ciran's hand, crying distressedly.

"Sit down and prepare for the family dinner."

Zhu Youxiao comforted Zhu Ciran, and then gestured to the concubines and heirs who were still in a daze.

Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Cijiong are close to Zhu Ciran. Although they are half-brothers, they were brought up by Zhu Ciran after all.

They approached and inquired about Zhu Ciran's experience along the way, and Zhu Ciran also talked to them about the local customs and customs after sitting down.

Not only the two brothers, but also the six younger sisters including Zhu Shu'e and Zhu Shumo listened seriously.

Seeing their appearance, Zhu Youxiao stroked his short beard, feeling that the time and place he had chosen were a bit inappropriate.

He originally wanted to arrest Zhu Ciran and serve as a state prison on the first day he came back, but when he saw Zhu Ciran's "miserable" appearance, even he couldn't bear it for a while.

Unable to bear it, he missed the best opportunity.

Soon, the food was on the table, and the family banquet officially began.

Zhu Youxiao at the dinner table didn't say a few words, just like everyone else, listening to Zhu Ciran's description of the customs in the northwest, southwest, and southeast, he felt itchy in his heart.

When I heard the vastness of the Qilian Mountains in Hexi, the beauty of Sichuan, the jagged rocks in Yunnan, the majesty of the two vast seas, the Jiangnan water town in Zhili in southern Fujian and Zhejiang, and the cultural landscape...

Zhu Youxiao's original "intolerance" towards Zhu Ciran disappeared in an instant, and all he had left in his mind was how to let Zhu Ciran supervise the country, and how he could find a chance to make a southern tour.

His "bad intentions" appearance fell into the eyes of Zhang Yan, Wei Zhongxian and others. Everyone thought that he felt that the child was suffering, and he was speechless as a father for a while.

Not only did they think so, even Zhu Ciran couldn't help comforting Zhu Youxiao when he saw Zhu Youxiao's "depressed" appearance:

"Father, don't worry. I eat, drink and have fun along the way. It's nothing. I've gained weight after staying in the capital for a few days."

"Hmm..." Listening to Zhu Ciran's words, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and looked at him with a "kind" smile:

"Well, if you stay in the capital for a while longer, ask the imperial dining room to cook more food for you, otherwise the ministers of the outer court will think that there will be no food in the palace when they see you like this."

"Okay..." Hearing his father's analogy, Zhu Ciran couldn't laugh or cry, but at the same time he felt warm in his heart.

Although it is possible to enjoy the cultural scenery outside, but in the dead of night, Zhu Ciran is still unavoidably homesick.

Looking at the bustling family banquet in front of him, Zhu Ciran happily continued to talk about the customs and customs of various places.

It's just that when he said this, Zhu Youxiao's mind had already started to come alive.

(End of this chapter)