Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 129 Compulsory Education!Liu Futong, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, made a splendid appearance!
Even, it is even weirder than the new learning of the Nankong sages that came out before.

All these schools teach novel knowledge such as mathematics, physics, biochemistry, and all the textbooks are fabricated by Zhu Han himself.

Zhu Han said: "What we have learned for the children is all good things. In the future, the foundation of the Han family's standing in the world can only be counted on these new learnings!"

"Brother, you also know that even if you are as rich and wealthy as the Zhao and Song Dynasty, once you face the invasion of the Hulu foreign enemies, no amount of money can buy peace without a strong army. Only then can peace be truly won.”

"And to achieve both civil and martial arts, it is necessary to achieve both civil and martial arts in the selection of talents!"

"Expecting a group of talented scholars who only read sage books to promote the art of war and military affairs? It's just a dream." Zhu Han continued, "So, what I promote in the school of our children is a new study of both civil and martial arts. , after you finish your studies, you will not become a romantic scholar who writes beautiful articles, but you will definitely become a real talent who is useful to the common people in the world!"

"The sour Confucian scholars who write splendid articles will not get official positions with us in the future, and more and more people will rush to learn new things!" Zhu Han said.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Well, that's the truth! Reading too many sage books will indeed make people a little pedantic."

Zhu Han said, "Brother, my suggestion is that we should set up new schools in every state capital. These schools can enroll students regardless of poverty or wealth. As long as they pass the examination, they can enroll for free."

"Enrollment is free? This is a novelty, but if every state capital establishes this kind of school, I don't know how much money it will cost." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Zhu Han smiled and touched his head, and then said, "Actually, not only are these new schools free of charge, but as long as they are studying, the government will also give them food money, book money, pen and ink money, and even if they learn better If not, then you can also get government subsidies and salaries, just like Tai students who receive government rice and grain, this is a good thing to promote education, and the talents taught are really useful!"

Older brother Zhu Yuanzhang is also a studious person. Older brother Zhu Yuanzhang also read all the textbooks Zhu Han compiled for his nephew's school.

"This is just the initial stage. When the world is truly peaceful, I plan to implement compulsory education!" Zhu Han looked forward to the future widowed.

"Compulsory education? What is compulsory education?" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand again.

"Compulsory education means that all school-age children, regardless of their age, must go to school to study, otherwise, their parents will be punished, ranging from fines to prison, so as to bring all people in the world into the school. education!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, "What a big deal this must be!"

If all the children in the world can go to school to study, instead of chasing the cows behind the cows to pick up cow dung like he did when he was a child, Zhu Yuanzhang would be excited just thinking about it.

This is a great achievement that can truly remain famous through the ages.

Zhu Han's goal is naturally grand, but after all, his strength is still insufficient, and he can only temporarily promote his own new schools in various state capitals.

To pave the way for the reform of the talent selection mechanism in the future.

While Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang were discussing how to promote new policies in Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces, Liu Futong, Prime Minister of Song Dynasty in Yingzhou, already felt that he was in a huge crisis.

Yingzhou, the residence of the great prime minister.

Ever since Liu Futong broke through the abandoned city of Kaifeng and fled all the way back to Yingzhou, he felt that the situation around him became worse in an instant, especially the generals of the Red Scarf Army in the Henan area, who stopped following his lead and began to secretly obey him. .

Liu Futong felt that his prestige had been challenged.

Although it is said that Liu Futong has no emperor to borrow now, he is still the great prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and he holds a heavy army. He is one of the best figures in the whole Henan, but now he is so ignored by others, Liu Futong's mood is naturally not Where to go.

This made him very angry.

"My lord, do you think you want to mobilize people and teach those dog tartars a lesson?" Guan Duo, Liu Futong's right-hand man, saw Liu Futong's complexion, and asked tentatively.

Now if Liu Futong is to restore his original reputation, he must win a big victory from the Tartars.

But how to win from the Tartars?
Guan Duo didn't know!
Liu Futong was silent for a moment, and then said, "We don't need it for the time being, but we have to step up preparations and defense. I heard that the Tatars want to attack Yingzhou, so we have to be prepared, otherwise, once Yingzhou falls, it will be troublesome." .”

Hearing what Liu Futong said, Guan Duo quickly agreed, "Of order, the general will understand!"

"Well, let's go, you go to review the preparations of the various armies. This matter must be done well, and it has a great bearing on Yingzhou's gains and losses." Liu Futong said.

"The last will obey."

Watching Guan Duo leave, Liu Futong's eyes showed a hint of sternness, "Tartars, come and say hello if you have the ability, the old man will not let you go!"

After Guan Duo retreated, Liu Futong sat on the chair, his eyes narrowed, and he was thinking about some problems.

He was thinking about how to restore his prestige as soon as possible in a short period of time.

Liu Futong thought for a long time without any thoughts, and finally stood up directly, walked out of the study, and went to the yard outside.

In the courtyard, several guards saw Liu Futong going out, and hurriedly bowed to salute.

Liu Futong waved his hand, "Don't be too polite, I'll take a walk in the yard, you guys go and do your own work, don't worry about me!"

"Here!"

After seeing all the guards leave, Liu Futong took a deep breath and started pacing back and forth in the yard.

suddenly!

There was a flicker of candlelight in his study, and somehow the candle on the desk fell down, instantly igniting a large piece of paper in the study.

The flames lit up the whole room red!

Liu Futong was full of thoughts, but he didn't notice it at all.

Until Guan Duo, who had just walked not far away, saw a red light.

Anxiously ran in to avoid a fire.

"The prime minister is too busy, so it's better to be careful with the candles!" Guan Duo said after putting out the flames, "Fortunately, I saw the red light in the prime minister's courtyard, otherwise it would be really dangerous."

Liu Futong was preoccupied at first, but when he heard the words 'red light soaring to the sky', a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Red light soaring into the sky?"

"Mr. Guan, do you know the sign of a red light rising to the sky?"

A bold idea suddenly sprouted in Liu Futong's mind!
"Red light soaring into the sky? What does this mean? Could it be that something big is about to happen?" Guan Duo said in surprise.

"The red light is soaring to the sky, doesn't it mean that there must be a destiny here?" Liu Futong smiled mysteriously.

"Mandate of Heaven?" Guan Duo was startled, he had already vaguely guessed what Liu Futong was thinking.

I only heard Liu Futong continue: "I heard that since ancient times, all the births of emperors have been accompanied by visions from heaven. When I was young, I often heard my mother say that the day I was born was full of red light, and the sycamore trees in the courtyard A phoenix landed on it!"

When Guan Duo heard this, he was stunned.

Liu Fu spoke so clearly, even a fool would understand it!

Liu Futong intends to become emperor himself!
Now Emperor Han Lin'er of the Song Dynasty is dead, and he has left no descendants, not even an uncle or cousin.

If Liu Futong really accepted the mandate of heaven and became emperor, it would really be a way to restore his reputation.

However, if it is not operated properly, it will be counterproductive, but I don't know.

Guan Duo was very contradictory in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak, because he was afraid that what he said would make Liu Futong mistakenly think that he was questioning himself.

"Mr. Guan, I know what you're thinking."

Seeing Guan Duo's hesitation to speak, Liu Futong knew what Guan Duo was thinking.

Liu Futong continued to speak: "I know, you are worried in your heart, afraid that I will make the people of Song Dynasty suffer after I become emperor. You don't have to worry about this matter, I will naturally let the people live well, and absolutely I won’t let you old brothers down!”

Guan Duo raised his head when he heard this, and bowed his hands to Liu Futong, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness."

Guan Duo's heart was also full of expectations, and he knew very well that once Liu Futong became emperor, he would definitely use Guan Duo and those generals under Liu Futong's command.

According to the ancient rules, if you want to be the emperor, it is very troublesome.

A person who wants to be an emperor cannot simply say that he wants to be an emperor, but must follow a set of standard procedures.

First of all, there must be someone to persuade him, that is, the subordinates collectively kneel down to ask Liu Futong to be the emperor, that is, the matter of "being ordered by the heavens means longevity and longevity", it must win the hearts of the people.

As for the number of people, naturally, the more the better, if it is the standard power minister in ancient times, all the subordinates must unanimously recommend Liu Futong as the emperor.

However, now that Liu Futong wants to be emperor, apart from Yingzhou's confidants, generals and counselors who definitely support him, the rest of the marshals are not sure who will support and who will oppose.

For this problem, Liu Futong chose to turn a blind eye. As long as he proclaimed himself emperor in Yingzhou, he would seize the nominal opportunity first, and hoped that the marshals from all walks of life would gradually accept him.

Secondly, if you want to be the emperor, you have to follow the standard procedure. After the generals and counselors unanimously respectfully invited Liu Futong to be the emperor, Liu Futong had to resign, citing his lack of merit and morality as the reason, and then went through this three times. Only then can he reluctantly accept being the emperor.

There is a technical term for this, called 'Three Requests and Three Cis'.

After the three invitations and three resignations, the enthronement ceremony had to be prepared, which required the emperor's dragon robe, crown, chariot, guards, etc., and also set up the Seven Temples of the Son of Heaven, which enshrined the seven generations of Liu Futong's ancestors, or more distant ancestors.

In Yingzhou City, Guan Duo found Dong Da and other generals successively, and revealed to them Liu Futong's idea of ​​wanting to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

As Liu Futong's confidants, these people all agreed that Liu Futong should be the emperor.

After all, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er died in battle.

The entire Red Turban Army is without a nominal leader.

For Liu Futong to stand up as emperor at this time, it means that the brothers from all walks of life have a backbone again.

"However, this matter is still too risky!"

Just because most people agree, doesn't mean no one opposes it.

The old general Zhao Junyong felt that this matter was very risky. According to Liu Futong's prestige, if he proclaimed himself emperor before Bianliang City was lost, most of the marshals would probably not object. But now that Bianliang City in Kaifeng is lost, and the emperor Han Lin'er is dead, it would be a bit cheeky to proclaim the emperor again at this time.

"If someone refuses to accept the prime minister's proclaiming the emperor, what should we do? Should we send troops to attack? If we send troops to attack and win, then it's fine. At most, we can kill each other."

"But if you lose, or if you don't send troops to attack directly, then the prime minister's emperor's prestige will be lost, and the gain will not be worth the loss!"

Zhao Jun's words made Guan Duo and others immediately understand who he was referring to.

"Brother Zhao, you are talking about the brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, right?" Guan Duo said with a frown.

Zhao Junyong nodded, "That's right, the two of them must be messing around, and most of the others will not be quiet either."

Guan Duo and the others bowed their heads and discussed for a while.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers of the Red Scarf Army are strong and strong, no one in the entire Red Scarf Army knows.

Once the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers turn their backs, even Yingzhou's military equipment, food, supplies, etc. will be in short supply.

Regarding this problem, Guan Duo and others were helpless.

"In my opinion, let's persuade the prime minister not to be in a hurry to become emperor." Zhao Junyong said with a sigh.

Guan Duo and the others thought about it for a while, and they all thought it made sense.

After all, the two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are not easy to provoke. Once they turn their faces, they will not be able to fight, or even dare to fight.

Everyone unanimously came to find Liu Futong, trying to dissuade Liu Futong from giving up his idea of ​​becoming emperor.

Unexpectedly, when Liu Futong saw so many people looking for him together, he thought it was them who came to persuade him to proclaim himself emperor, so he was very excited.

However, when Guan Duo, Dong Da, Zhao Junyong and others confided their intentions, Liu Futong's entire face collapsed.

"That's why you came here?" Liu Futong said coldly.

"Prime Minister, please think twice, don't make too many enemies, it's a big deal to eliminate the Tartars first!" Zhao Junyong immediately persuaded loudly, the most straightforward.

Liu Futong's face became even more ugly. He pointed at Zhao Jun's nose and scolded sharply.

"Fart! Now that the Tartars are rampant, and King Xiaoming is unfortunately martyred, with all the dragons without a leader, who else can take this responsibility except me!"

The more Liu Futong said, the angrier he became, "If it's like what you said, I'm afraid of this and that, I wouldn't have raised my troops to kill the Tartars back then!"

"Stop thinking about it, hurry up and follow this matter for me. If anyone dares to stop him, he will be dealt with as delaying the military aircraft immediately!"

Liu Futong's tough attitude immediately frightened everyone so much that they didn't dare to dissuade him.

Although Liu Futong has always been a great prime minister for so many years, he has always been quite magnanimous in dealing with people, but after all he is a fierce man who dares to fight for righteousness. If he really gets angry, it is not something ordinary people can bear.

Liu Futong was very disgusted with Zhao Junyong's attitude. Seeing that everyone was obedient, only Zhao Junyong still had a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, and anger rose in his heart.

"Zhao Junyong! The Prime Minister appointed you as the vanguard officer of military rations. I will go to the south of the Yangtze River and ask Zhu Yuanzhang to send another batch of rations to Yingzhou. By the way, I will find out the attitude of the two brothers and persuade them for me. I feel that my old Liu wants to be the emperor because he wants to enjoy himself, and I have to tell them that I am thinking about the great cause of the world's rebellion!" Liu Futong said in a deep voice.

As a veteran of the Red Turban Army, Zhao Junyong's prestige has always been good. Even if he opposed Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor, Liu Futong couldn't do anything to him.

"Your subordinates obey!" Zhao Jun replied with a frown. He was also a smart person, knowing that Liu Futong could no longer tolerate him, so he saved some face by going out to Jiangnan.

As Liu Futong's confidants, if Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers are dissatisfied with Liu Futong's proclaiming emperor, they will definitely not look good to Zhao Junyong. After all, Zhao Junyong is Liu Futong's general.

Zhao Junyong will fall into a situation where he is not human inside and out.

After sending Zhao Jun away with this idiot, Liu Futong unabashedly instructed Guan Duo and others to prepare for the process of proclaiming emperor.

First, inside and outside the city of Yingzhou, Liu Futong's miraculous origins were exaggerated. It seemed that when Liu Futong was born, the sky was full of red light when Liu Futong gave birth to a child, which symbolized a vision from heaven.

Or it was that Liu Futong once beheaded a black snake, which turned into a cloud of black smoke and floated to the north, indicating that Meng Yuan was a black snake monster, and Liu Futong was naturally a monster slayer ordered by the sky.

After many visions appeared, various rare and exotic animals were presented in various places, such as three or four ears of wheat, or white elk, or turtles with writing on their shells, etc.

Everything was conscripted by Liu Futong under the order of heaven, and then Guan Duo and others wrote a letter to Liu Futong, letting him ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

After going through a whole set of three invitations and three resignations, Liu Futong reluctantly agreed to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. However, in order to show Liu Futong's loyalty to the late emperor Han Lin'er, he would not use other reign names, but continued to use the Longfeng reign name.

That is to say, as soon as Liu Futong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, his reign title went directly to "Three Years of Dragon and Phoenix"!
This matter seems a bit outrageous, but in fact there are examples from the previous dynasties that can be used for reference. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, was born under the command of Shi Jingtang, the emperor of the former and later Jin Dynasty. After replacing the Later Jin Dynasty to rule the Central Plains, the Later Han Dynasty continued to use it. The "Tianfu" reign title of the previous dynasty can be regarded as gathering the hearts of a wave of former generals and officials.

As for the country name, Liu Futong simply adopted the country name of "Han" for himself.

The Emperor Liu Futong of the Han Dynasty made such a gorgeous appearance!

Afterwards, Liu Futong designated Yingzhou as the capital, and named it the third year of Longfeng.

In order to win over the marshals of the internal and external generals, Liu Futong granted the titles of kings and ministers to the internal generals, and sealed more than a dozen generals, prime ministers, privy envoys, etc. in one breath. Rod, so that they have greater autonomy.

After a series of extremely rapid procedures, before many leaders of the rebel army outside could react, Liu Futong had already transformed into the emperor of the Han Dynasty!

. . . . .

The news that Liu Futong was founding the country and proclaiming himself emperor and becoming the emperor of the Han Dynasty spread to Jinling, which immediately surprised everyone.

After Zhu Han and his brother Zhu Yuanzhang received the information, they immediately fell into suspicion.

They felt that the information they heard was false information.

However, this news was confirmed with the emperor's envoy sent by Liu Futong from Yingzhou.

Regarding the news that Liu Futong proclaimed himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was very dismissive in his heart. He said to Zhu Han, "People only choose to proclaim themselves emperor after they have won a big victory or made great contributions. Liu Futong is good. Defeated, lost Bianliang, and killed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in battle, and he proclaimed himself emperor at this time, what was going on in his mind?"

Zhu Han was also extremely surprised by the news that Liu Futong proclaimed himself emperor!

According to the historical trajectory, Liu Futong never made any move to proclaim himself emperor.

However, it may also be because Han Lin'er has been living well, otherwise, Liu Futong really had the intention to become emperor.

"Since Han Lin'er is dead, it seems reasonable for Liu Futong to proclaim himself emperor." Zhu Han said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Liu Futong's proclaiming emperor is really a bad move, but he must have thought about it. "

Zhu Han had already guessed that Liu Futong must have lost his land and prestige because of a big defeat, and wanted to borrow the method of being emperor to re-gather the morale of the rebels from all walks of life.

However, this method is not very useful.

In Zhu Han's view, if the internal affairs are relatively stable, it is not unacceptable to usurp the throne and proclaim the emperor directly after a big defeat. But now that the Red Army is fighting on its own, the support of many marshals for Liu Futong has declined. Not a lot.

Now that he hastily proclaimed himself emperor, only Liu Futong's confidantes in Yingzhou, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, and Peng Da and other peripheral generals, benefited, and there was no great benefit.

Zhu Han felt that Liu Futong's proclaiming the emperor had no effect on himself and his elder brother, but instead had some benefits.

"Now that Han Lin'er is dead, we also occupy Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

"Since Liu Futong wants this name, let's give it to him. The strategy we set at the beginning was to build high walls, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king. Now that Liu Futong is in front of the tank, we can develop better Jiangnan and Jiangbei's internal strength has grown!" Zhu Han said.

"That's the thing, but if we bow our heads to Liu Futong, we won't be able to stand upright and be the masters of the house." Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor.

When Han Lin'er proclaimed himself emperor at the beginning, it can also be said that the leaders of the Red Scarf Army were not strong enough, so they had to launch a co-lord of the world to command the heroes of the world.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is no longer what it used to be, and it is unacceptable for Zhu Yuanzhang to have Liu Futong, the great Han emperor, on top of his head.

"Since it's unacceptable, then we simply don't accept it."

"If you don't admit it, then I'm afraid we will start a war with Liu Futong."

Zhu Han smiled, and said to his brother, "Brother, don't forget that Liu Futong is still counting on our supply of food and supplies in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are all in short supply in his army. Without our support, Yingzhou can only I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it for a long time, so what if I don't recognize him?"

Liu Futong is indeed counting on the brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han to come and live.

"Qiwu, then quickly tell me how to deal with Liu Futong becoming emperor. I don't want to be his servant." Zhu Yuanzhang said hastily.

Zhu Han then smiled and said: "We can send a letter to Liu Futong first, and continue to use the title of Prime Minister to him, saying that the world is not yet settled, and please the Prime Minister to take care of the overall situation of the world, and don't rashly proclaim yourself emperor, so as not to attract the Tartars of the Yuan Dynasty." The crazy counterattack, all in the name of Liu Futong's good, and then opposed him to proclaim the emperor, let's see what he will do, if Liu Futong is not crazy, he will definitely pinch his nose to explain, and then just talk about it.

At that time, everyone in the world will know that you are opposed to Liu Futong's proclaiming emperor, brother, and Liu Futong will not turn against us directly because of his three points of favor, so that we can join forces to resist the Tartars, and everyone in the world will I see, if you don't agree with Liu Futong proclaiming the emperor, if we have our own plan to build a country in the future, it can be said that it can be completely justified! "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently. He felt that Zhu Han's suggestion was indeed a good idea.

As long as you express your attitude, then when they become stronger in the future, if they set up their own sect, they will not cause many people to accuse them of betrayal at all.

Facts have proved that not only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Hanxin disagreed, Liu Futong became the emperor when he founded the country, but other Red Army generals like Haozhou, Ruzhou and Xuzhou also adopted the same strategy as Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the one hand, they highly praised and supported Liu Futong's achievements and status.

However, everyone politely expressed their opposition to Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor.

This is also their clear attitude. Liu Futong chose to ignore all the opposition from these people.

Because, in Liu Futong's view, as long as they don't have real objections to being emperor, everything can be discussed.

In this way, Liu Futong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty in Yingzhou, and the generals of the Red Army outside all reached a tacit understanding.

This is a strange act of tacit understanding. Regarding Liu Futong's throne in Yingzhou, the Red Army generals from all walks of life did not recognize or support it from beginning to end.

In this way, Liu Futong's emperor became a small court playing behind closed doors in Yingzhou.

Regarding the fact that Liu Futong proclaimed himself emperor and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the reactions of the generals of the Red Army can be said to be the smallest.

But for this matter, the biggest reaction came from the old opponent - the Mongolian Yuan army.

Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao, Li Siqi and others who had just captured Bianliang were furious when they heard that Liu Futong, the prime minister of the Yingzhou Red Scarf Army, had become the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

This finally wiped out a great Song emperor, Han Lin'er, and a great Han emperor, Liu Futong, emerged.

This is simply an act of provocation against their big victory this time.

In order to wipe out Liu Futong, the leader of the thieves, and crack down on such arrogant and provocative behavior, Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others immediately wrote to the court of most capitals of the Yuan Dynasty, asking the court to allocate another batch of food, grass and military salaries as soon as possible, and then support them to go south to destroy Yingzhou Liu Futong, leader of the Red Scarf Army.

Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others said in the letter that as long as Liu Futong, the Red Turban Army in Yingzhou, is wiped out, the Red Turban Army in the world will basically have no foothold in the Central Plains, and the Yuan Dynasty will occupy the core area of ​​the Central Plains. , you can attack from the north to the south, and gradually wipe out Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Han brothers, Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang, Ming Yuzhen and other rebels from all walks of life.

For the grand wish of being able to wipe out the rebels in the world, the Great Yuan court, which has just ushered in a big victory, naturally looks forward to it very much.

Therefore, for the batch of military supplies requested by the generals such as Chahan Timur and Wang Baobao, the regent empress dowager Qishi of the Mongolian Yuan court immediately raised their spirits and spirits, and put Hebei, The areas of Shanxi, Liaoyang, Shandong, and Shaanxi were searched again, and even the land was scraped three feet thin. Only then did a batch of grain and grass be managed and transported to the base camp of the bandit suppression army in Bianliang, Henan.

And just as the Mongolian and Yuan courts were preparing for war with great fanfare, and were preparing to go south to destroy the Han Emperor Liu Futong, in the south of Yingzhou, Hanyang, Hubei, was about to emerge a Han Empire!
Hubei, Hanyang City.

Ever since Chen Youliang failed to attack Jiangnan last time, the headquarters of the Tianwan Red Scarf Army moved from Jiangxi to Hanyang, Hubei.

After a big defeat, Chen Youliang returned to Hubei, and immediately killed a group of generals and ministers who were loyal to Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, in order to warn the generals within the rule and let them not be dissatisfied because of his defeat. capable of killing.

However, just killing people is far from enough to make up for the prestige loss caused by Chen Youliang's defeat in Jiangnan.

In order to strengthen his prestige, he removed the burden of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui on his head.

Chen Youliang made a plan without hesitation to kill Xu Shouhui, and then proclaim himself emperor and build a country.

As soon as this plan was proposed, many ministers opposed it.

They all felt that they had returned home in a big defeat. They should have behaved with their tails between their legs, not to mention killing a group of generals and advisers of the Tianwan Red Scarf Army, but now they want to kill Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, which is simply shocking.

Zou Pusheng and other generals and advisers expressed their opposition one after another.

However, it was obvious that Chen Youliang already had an idea in mind.

He didn't take the opposition of Zou Pusheng and others seriously at all. He secretly arranged for his confidants to lie in ambush in the temple outside Hanyang City.

Then, he took the opportunity to invite Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui to go to the temple to worship the Bailian ancestor, and deceived Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui to Bailian Temple outside Hanyang City.

Poor Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui suddenly felt a gust of evil wind blowing from behind after he entered the White Lotus Temple!
"Look at the hammer!"

Hearing a shout of anger, a pumpkin hammer weighing several jins shattered the head of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui!

Blood and brains shot into the main hall of Bailian Temple!Xu Shouhui, the emperor of Tianwan, ended in such a sloppy manner!

Later, Chen Youliang announced that Xu Shouhui, the emperor of Tianwan, had been assassinated by the traitor Zhu Yuanzhang brothers!

In the face of such a vicious opponent, in order to stabilize the inside of the Tianwan Red Turban Army, the Prime Minister, Generalissimo Chen Youliang, under the unanimous recommendation of everyone, chose to ascend the throne and found a country!

Chen Youliang called himself the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, established his capital in Hanyang, changed his reign name to Longwu, and called himself Emperor Longwu.

He made his wife and his newborn son queen and prince, and then distributed all the generals wantonly, ordered them to build warships to train the army, and prepared to attack Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers again!
Of course, this time it was definitely not a sneaky attack.

Prepare for an aboveboard expedition!
Moreover, Chen Youliang shamelessly used the name of avenging Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui.

The news had already spread, and people all over the world immediately felt very magical. The two great Han empires, one south and one north, just appeared so gorgeously.

Their territory is closely connected, but they can do their own thing, which is really amazing.

Chen Youliang ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but he had no interest in Liu Futong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty in the north.

Chen Youliang only wanted to take down the affluent Jiangnan area, and then waited for an opportunity to go north and seize the Central Plains.

So for the poor Jingzhou Red Scarf Army.

Chen Youliang just sent people to take precautions along the border, and had no intention of attacking.

Chen Youliang put all his energy, financial resources, and manpower into the work of rebuilding the Dahan Yangtze River Navy.

After all, if you want to attack Jiangnan, you must have a strong navy.

Chen Youliang learned from the painful experience!

After leading a group of generals to seriously recall the experience of the last sneak attack failure, they came to a crucial conclusion.

That is why Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers were able to ambush themselves successfully. Apart from underestimating the enemy and falling into the enemy's encirclement, there is another important reason, that is, the Jiangnan Red Scarf Army has very powerful artillery!

After this kind of artillery is installed on the battleship, it can deal a devastating blow to the enemy battleship encountered. The flame-breathing artillery can smash the hardwood on all wooden battleships.

No matter how powerful the sailors are, there is no way to get close to jumping gang battles, so this time preparing for the battle, Chen Youliang has a new regulation for the reconstruction of the navy.

Chen Youliang invested more manpower and material resources, and strived to build a group of artillery warships that could rival the Jiangnan navy.

However, just a forged cannon put Chen Youliang into a situation of 'difficult to open the door'.

In Hanyang City, a huge workshop.

There was a lot of people in the workshop, and the craftsmen were shirtless and sweaty. The hot copper water and coal made the workshop like a stove. Everyone who walked in it would be burned to the bone It hurts, and the sweat evaporates before it can flow down.

Chen Youliang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, worked tirelessly today to inspect the workshop in Hanyang.

"Your Majesty, this is a new batch of artillery that we have built. We have compared them with those purchased from Jiangnan. From the appearance point of view, there is absolutely no mistake in the slightest, but we still have the copper ratio. Some differences, no matter what, they are not as good as Jiangnan's artillery!" said a craftsman leader.

From the fineness of the two bronze cannons in front of him, Chen Youliang could tell the difference between the cannons made in Hanyang and the cannons made in Jinling.

Although the artillery made in Hanyang is also golden, it is always slightly different from the artillery made by Jiang Jinling.

Chen Youliang didn't know that the difference was because of the addition of metal zinc, metal zinc added to bronze, it can become a standard gun metal!
Gunmetal, also known as brass, has better performance and stronger corrosion resistance, especially for ship-borne artillery for naval warfare, it is the best material.

In order to rebuild his Great Han Yangtze River Navy, Chen Youliang spent a lot of manpower and material resources!
I secretly bought a few cannons made in Jinling from Jiangnan.

These cannons were supposed to be installed on merchant ships, but Chen Youliang spent more than 1000 taels of gold to secretly transport them back.

Chen Youliang looked at the imitated Hanyang cannon, stroked the cannon body, and then asked:
"If the difference is not big, that's acceptable. How powerful is this artillery?"

The head craftsman in charge of casting the cannon immediately said, "Your Majesty, we have already tested the power of the country, please rest assured, your majesty, the difference between the two is not that big at a distance of dozens of steps, but our Hanyang-made artillery seems to be It is easy to cause some copper rust, but as long as it is well maintained, some copper rust is not a problem!"

"Go! Go try the cannon!" Chen Youliang said.

Afterwards, the monarchs and ministers of the Han Dynasty came to a school field outside Hanyang City, which was the artillery test base newly established by Chen Youliang.

With the roaring sound, the artillery made by Hanyang was fired again and again, hitting the target dozens of steps away.

The heavy shells shattered the thick wooden boards on these targets.

Chen Youliang is very satisfied with the result.

According to the power of this kind of cannon, as long as a close shot is fired, no matter what kind of hard wooden warship will reveal a huge hole, naturally it will lose the strength to continue fighting.

boom!
boom!
There was another heavy artillery roar.

Chen Youliang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, held a torch and personally tried firing several bronze cannons.

Chen Youliang expressed great interest in this powerful new artillery.

He nodded in satisfaction, "I must make more of these cannons, at least a thousand!"

"What?! A thousand gates?"

Zou Pusheng, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty who was in charge of casting the cannon, suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.

"Why, one thousand doors, can you do it?" Chen Youliang asked with a frown.

Zou Pusheng nodded seriously and said, "Your Majesty, I really can't do it! These cannons are really too expensive. A cannon can easily cost a thousand catties, and that's not counting the materials, labor and consumables, and all kinds of fire consumption. , the copper used in this cannon alone is worth a lot!"

The copper used in these bronze cannons was originally intended to be minted into copper coins.

That is to say, apart from being a weapon itself, the bronze cannon itself is actually cast from piles of copper coins, so it is naturally expensive.

When Chen Youliang heard this, he immediately frowned.

"If you can't even do a thousand cannons, then how can you flatten the two traitors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers!"

Chen Youliang said indignantly.

The more Chen Youliang thought about the failure of the last sneak attack on Jiangnan, the more he felt that it was not his fault!

It refers to the fact that the brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang were too cunning.

In any case, Chen Youliang needs to complete the goal of 1000 artillery pieces!
With 1000 cannons, according to Chen Youliang's plan, a battleship equipped with 20 cannons is only 50 battleships, and 50 battleships are barely enough for the Jiangnan Zhu brothers to fight.

Because, according to the information that Chen Youliang sent people to inquire about in the south of the Yangtze River, there must be at least more than 100 such artillery warships under Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers, which means that there are more than 2000 artillery pieces!

One thousand doors are against two thousand. Thinking about the gap, Chen Youliang finds it unacceptable.

(End of this chapter)