my days with tyrants

Chapter 50 Welcome to the Northeast, my little princess, this is the place you yearn for

A month later.

On the pontoon bridge of the Daling River in the wind and snow.

After a long journey, Yang Feng, who finally arrived at the destination, was wrapped in a leather robe and looked at the opposite bank with melancholy eyes.

After Her Royal Highness arrived in Peiping, he returned to the team, and after only resting in Peiping for two days, they set off to continue their journey...

Zhu Di was still on the road at this time.

The time it took him to ride back from the capital on horseback was much longer than Zhang Fu who took the boat by sea.

After leaving Chongming, the latter caught up with the last part of the southerly wind in autumn, and then went to Zhigu in only ten days with a smooth wind, but it took Zhu Di a month to ride back to Peiping at the speed of a long-distance march.

Of course, if Zhang Fu hadn’t encountered a favorable wind, it might have taken him several months. He had miscalculated the date of transporting grain by sea before, or it might be that the cold air had moved south ahead of time, and he was blocked halfway until the next year. The fact that it arrived just now is also an important reason why the sea transportation became a canal later. After all, even if there is no wind in the canal, there are trackers to pull the fiber, so that it will not delay the meal of the princes and nobles in the capital.

Compared with the sea freight that depends entirely on the sky, although the speed is slow, it is more stable!
This is the most important.

Everything should serve the princes and nobles in the capital.

Therefore, Yang Feng and his party need to go one step ahead and go to Guangning according to their original mission, and Zhu Di will select at least [-] elite cavalry for his subordinates after returning to Peiping, and he has to train those Franco gunners, and then go to Liaoyang to receive When he came down, all the armies in Liaodong, including the troops of the King of Liao, were under his command.

It will be almost the beginning of next year when his army arrives in Liaoyang.

This kind of large-scale military operation requires adequate preparations in advance, including the Liaodong Capital Division to prepare everything needed.

But these have nothing to do with Yang Feng. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to be a guide in name only. He did bring a location map, but he couldn’t expect the environment to be the same as it is in modern times. The modern plains may have been dense forests at this time.For example, the lower reaches of the Liaohe River are empty in modern times, but at this time it should be a vast forest, and there is also a special name, Changlinzi. The entire lower reaches of the Liaohe River are full of it.

There is no shortage of guides for Zhu Di, and one of his guards is a general of the Yuan Dynasty, who knows the situation north of Liaodong better than he does.

Zhu Yuanzhang's real purpose is still unclear.

But Yang Feng doesn't need to worry about these things, what he needs to do now is to follow the little princess to Guangning, and then enjoy the warm hospitality of Liao King Zhu Zhi.

Prince!
The richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

Picking out any one casually is rich and incomparable!

So what awaits him next will be a beautiful life with rich clothes, fine food, and beauties.

however……

"This Tamar is your palace?"

He pointed to the whiteness in the wind and snow on the other side, and shouted in an almost roaring tone.

Palace?

How can there be any palace? In front of him is a huge barracks surrounded by fences, and there are countless tents in the barracks. Among those tents, there is indeed a big one, like a Shandong giant popping out of Wangzai's small steamed bun. cake.But it’s a big one, and it’s also a tent, and you can watch many children running and playing outside the tent, and women are cooking in iron pots on wooden shelves in the snow, or they may be boiling water, after all. At this time, digging ice to get water is better than melting snow. They were wrapped in ragged cotton jackets, their faces were flushed from the cold, and the snow covered their bodies from time to time in the heavy snow.

What kind of palace is this? It's a refugee camp, and with the cries of those children, it looks even more like it.

"Is it here? It's finally here, but I'm freezing to death. I want to find the warmest room to warm up!"

The little princess in filial piety said that she poked her head out of her sedan chair impatiently, and was dumbfounded when she looked at the refugee camp in front of her.

"Princess, your destination has arrived, choose which tent you like!"

Yang Feng said.

The little princess looked at the boundless tent in front of her in a stupid way, because it was covered by heavy snow, it was not obvious, like countless faint grave mounds.

"I want to go home!"

She said without tears.

"Princess, don't panic, I've lived in this tent before, and it's still quite warm inside."

Miss Zhang, who was dressed in a fur coat, looked like she was billowing, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her in a low voice.

As for why Ms. Zhang followed her, of course the little princess saw that she was attracted to her. After all, Her Royal Highness didn't even have anyone to talk to. After arriving in Peiping, it was rare to meet someone who could be a best friend. Naturally, she was reluctant to leave in such a hurry, so that her sister-in-law Princess Yan also agreed.

Anyway, it's just a visit, and I will go back when the spring begins.

As for why the fate...

Well, in fact, the two of them met a total of two times in Beiping, but fate is hard to say.

Anyway, after Ambassador Yang went to chat with the princess for a while, she suddenly felt that she and Ms. Zhang hit it off.

Of course, since then, the little princess has added a few small bits and pieces.

"Princess, there is no way out. After all, the palace is still under construction. Your Majesty has a decree. His Royal Highness King Liao and his troops are temporarily stationed by the Daling River. They can move in when the palace is repaired. However, it is very cold today, and work is often suspended. It will take next summer to fix it, and at this time even the king will live in the tent together.

This is also His Majesty's will. "

Said the palace chief Shi who greeted them.

"Can't we live in Jinzhou City? It's just a few dozen miles away. I don't think there is a shortage of places in Jinzhou City."

Yang Feng said.

"Ambassador, the King of Liao has already established himself in Guangning. If there is no imperial decree, he is not allowed to leave the fiefdom. Although Jinzhou has a place to live, it is not a fief of the king. The Daling River is the boundary. If there is no decree, the King of Liao is not allowed to step across the Daling River. Therefore, even if Jinzhou City is not far away, you can’t go there without His Majesty’s will. Even if you live in a tent in Guangning, you must be in Guangning. It is also indispensable to send troops to the expedition. If you can't even bear this hardship, how can you lead troops?

This is also what His Majesty wants to hone the Liao King.

If this is not the case, then the Guangning Acropolis also has residences.

But the princess has no restrictions. Let's go back to Jinzhou after seeing the king of Liao, and come back after the snow stops to read out the imperial decree and award winter clothes and banknotes. "

Xie Gui said.

In this situation, it is indeed impossible to call all the troops to read the imperial decree.

"If the enemy suddenly came here at this time, can't he cross the Daling River without authorization?"

"Yes, even if the enemy army came suddenly at this time, King Liao could only take all his troops to fight. Before he received the imperial edict ordering him to retreat across the Daling River, as long as he crossed this line, he would abandon his domain.

capital offense. "

"What about the local officials in Guangning and the guards in charge of military affairs?"

"Trapping a feudal clan is a capital crime. Everyone is a capital crime, and the three clans are implicated."

Xie Gui said.

So Zhu Yuanzhang's trick is really ruthless!

The vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without an imperial decree. Even if he is besieged by the enemy, he must stick to the fiefdom. Even if he dies, he must die in his own fiefdom. If the vassal king does not withdraw, he must fight to the death, otherwise it will be the same as falling into the vassal. It is also a capital offense, so as long as the vassal king does not leave, it is death, and he must follow, otherwise he will kill the whole family if he escapes.

A vassal is a nail, nailing the entire military and political system to the defense zone.

Even if the enemy is strong, it is true that they cannot be defeated. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang refuses to withdraw, he must fight to the death together. However, Zhu Yuanzhang is in Nanjing, and it takes half a month to return from here, so no matter whether he is allowed to withdraw or not, it will take half a month. It is also necessary to stick to it.But in fact, with the siege ability of those nomadic cavalry and the reaction speed of the garrisons in other surrounding defense areas, as long as they defended for half a month, they would basically have survived, but this system is indeed effective.

So after Zhang Xianzhong killed the whole family of King Chu, Yang Sichang had no choice but to commit suicide.

Trapped Fan ah!
He didn't commit suicide, and his political enemies could also kill him for this crime.

This system can be said to put everyone in the frontier in a desperate situation. No matter what the reason is, as long as there is no imperial edict, they must stick to it.

"Let's go, welcome to the Northeast, my little princess, this is the place you have been looking forward to all the way."

Yang Feng made a gesture of invitation, and said to the little princess who was still about to cry.

Then a gust of wind swept the snowflakes and instantly poured them into the sedan chair.

And at the same time, a large number of cavalry figures appeared in the wind and snow on the opposite side, and one of them was a young man in filial piety...

It can only be a teenager, after all, Zhu Zhi is only a freshman in high school at this time.

"Throwing your son into this kind of place, your majesty the emperor is indeed very courageous. I counted the kings of Shu and the kings of Chu, who got good lands. There are no good places in the north, even the kings of Yan and Jin It can only be said to make do."

Yang Feng sighed with emotion.

"The ambassador thinks that the King of Shu is not considered a frontier fortress? Chengdu is nomadic within two hundred miles to the west of the Western Fan. Does the ambassador think that the Western Fan has paid tribute and has no desire to spy on Sichuan?"

Xie Gui said.

"But the king of Chu can't be counted?"

"Who originally occupied the fief of the King of Chu? Did the ambassador think that such a place does not need to be suppressed? In the mountains and forests to the south of Wuchang, there are still many old minions of Chen Youliang who refused to surrender to Ming Dynasty. The king of Chu just conquered the western barbarians last year, and everywhere in western Hunan is still ready to move. The Ming Dynasty has only ruled the world for only 20 years. No matter which vassal king entrusts the land, it is not for them to enjoy the blessings. The kings of the north are in charge of military supplies, and the kings are either north or south, either as a vanguard or as a support, protecting the heart and heart like brothers and sisters, so as to protect the great Ming Dynasty for thousands of years."

"There is no country that lasts ten thousand years. The empire will always perish, without exception."

Yang Feng said.

Then those cavalrymen also arrived at the bridge, the boy hurriedly got off his horse and walked over quickly, and the little princess's sedan chair fell down, she rushed out happily, screaming and pounced on her own brother...

It is indeed my brother,

The others were not born by the same mother, so there is no real brother-sister relationship.

(End of this chapter)