Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 144 Bad News

Bianliang.

The season of frost is approaching, and the autumn harvest is over.

This is the twenty-third day of August.

After the raid on Dadu quickly ended in an almost absurd way at the beginning of the month, the Yuan court clan was escorted to Bianliang on August [-]th.

Although he looked down on Emperor Zhizheng in his heart, Lao Zhu still gave the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty enough respect as usual. He didn't even hold the insulting captive offering ceremony proposed by his subordinates. In addition to strictly restricting behavior, others are ordered to be treated kindly and not to be neglected.

He is already a prisoner, but Emperor Zhizheng is as aware of current affairs as Liu Chan of the Shu Han Dynasty, and he wrote several letters in the name of Marquis Guiming, asking Shanxi's expansion Timur, Shaanxi's Li Siqi, and Liaoyang's Naha Chu to do at least one job. It was the nominal Yuan Ting's old department who surrendered to Daming in compliance with the destiny.

No one expects these letters to be effective, but they are enough to punish one's heart, and more importantly, they also cut off the legitimacy of various feudal towns from a legal point of view.

After sending someone to deliver the letter, most of Lao Zhu's thoughts turned to Shanxi.

After confirming another strategic goal of taking down Kuo Koo Timur, in addition to Feng Sheng's 3 men who were confronting Kuo Koo in Taiyuan, Fu Youde divided [-] troops from Tongguan and arrived outside Taiyuan City on August [-]th. .

It is unrealistic for 5 people to encircle Taiyuan City. After discussing with Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde adopted the strategy of surrounding Taiyuan City from the east, west and south.

Set aside the north and wait for Chang Yuchun and Tang Hesuo.

Both generals received orders from Lao Zhu. This time the battle of Taiyuan was the same as Dadu. The primary strategic target was Wang Baobao, not the city of Taiyuan.

In order to avoid forcing Wang Baobao away in advance, the two generals played very conservatively during the siege battle while waiting for reinforcements.

Whether it's besieging three and missing one, or conservatively attacking the city, there are actually calculations.

The two generals hoped to give Wang Baobao a false impression: We only need Taiyuan City and Shanxi. If you want to run, it's no problem, just keep the city.

Followed by Chang Yuchun and Tang He.

Chang Yuchun came out of Juyongguan, made a big detour, fought thousands of miles, until he arrived at Yanmenguan in Shanxi, he was still fighting fast all the way.

Although the northern part of Shanxi is nominally owned by Kuo Kuo, it was taken by Kuo Koo only in the first half of the year after some internal strife in the Yuan court, and it was not stable.

When the news of the collapse of Dadu City spread, and seeing that Chang Yuchun was calling from the north, he lost all fighting spirit. Except for Datong's short-term resistance, the follow-up towns basically surrendered.

However, although Lao Zhu sent follow-up troops, in order to avoid changes in the rear to the greatest extent, Chang Yuchun surrendered again and slaughtered all the way to Yanmen Pass. The time was only August [-]th.

Lao Zhu, who was in Bianliang, saw the first battle report sent by the fast horse, handed it directly to the candle and burned it to ashes, and sent a letter back, so there is no need to report it later.

How many were killed, no one knows.

Chang Yuchun broke through Yanmen Pass on August 5th, and the [-] men of Tang Hesuo, who brought a large amount of luggage, were hindered by a military stronghold loyal to the Yuan family on the way, so they arrived at Dai County a day late. Chunbu has continued south to Xinzhou in the north of Taiyuan.

Xinzhou is only a hundred miles away from Taiyuan, and it only takes half a day for the cavalry to attack.

However, Chang Yuchunbu was blocked here for a full three days.

Because Yanmen Pass is where the foundation of Kuokuo Timur lies, the guard general of Xinzhou is also a direct descendant of Kuokuo, and [-] troops were stationed to guard him.

Because of the terrain, it is impossible to bypass Xinzhou.

Can only attack by force.

Chang Yuchun used hot air balloons and gunpowder in the same manner outside Xinzhou City, but failed to break through the city in a short time. It was not until Tang He's troops arrived and received internal support that they opened the city gate.

Immediately, they got the news that Feng Sheng and Fu Youde had breached Taiyuan.

bad news!
Expanding profile Timur, even escaped ahead of time.

In the Ming army camp in the east of Bianliang City, Lao Zhu looked at the battle report jointly sent by several generals in Taiyuan City, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he really shouldn't underestimate Timur.

After interrogating the defenders in Taiyuan City, it was learned that it was probably from Dadu Chengpo to Zhengdi and other Yuan court clans who were dead or captured. After the news spread to Shanxi, Wang Kuo Timur changed his strategy of not being able to hold on, and began to mobilize frequently. The troops went out of the city to fight the Ming army.

The military strength in Shanxi is about 6 in Taiyuan City, 2 in Xinzhou, and 5000 in Dai County.

Further north, outside Yanmen Pass...

Well, no one knows.

In short, the expansion must have more than [-] troops.

Through frequent mobilization, many people left the city and few people returned to the city. After ten days in a row, when the remaining defenders in Taiyuan found that their coach had disappeared, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde took the opportunity to break through the city. The original 5 elite defenders were left with nearly [-] people.

The other 1 people, considering the previous battle losses, have a high probability of less than [-]. According to the after-the-fact detection, they escaped westward into the vast Luliang Mountains under the eyes of the Ming army, and went quietly.

When Lao Zhu saw this battle report, what he was most moved by was the decisiveness of the expanded profile Timur.

Think differently.

Putting it on himself, at least on the surface, it is not considered a desperate situation, Lao Zhu has to admit that there is a high probability that he will not be able to make such a decision to cut his tail to survive.After all, it is impossible for most people to give up more than [-]% of their belongings and leave quietly with less than [-]% of their arrangements.

Because of this, Lao Zhu didn't blame Feng Sheng and Fu Youde for their oversight. Even if he was there by himself, it would be hard to imagine that the extension would be so straightforward.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers, just don't want it, just leave as soon as you say.

While feeling a little admirable, Lao Zhu did not hesitate at all when he wrote the imperial edict, demanding that the story of the hasty escape of the expanded Timur who had unjustly abandoned tens of thousands of deployments be spread widely.

Who dares to follow a commander who gives up his subordinates at any time like this!
Still punishing.

As for whether it is useful or not, it can only be so for the time being.

Consecutively conquering Dadu and raiding Shanxi, the results of the battle were rich enough, but all the ministries were also exhausted and needed a good rest.The land that has just been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty also needs time to digest.

It was rare for Lao Zhu to be radical, but he did not lose his mind.

The remaining enemies, Li Siqi in Guanzhong, Nahachu in Liaoyang, Ming Xia in central Shu, Liang Wang in Yunnan and the Duan family in Dali, and so on, according to the "Book of Heaven", did not cause too much trouble for Ming Dynasty.

Then stop for a while, there must be no problems in your own house.

Moreover, after leaving Jinling for a long time, it should be time to go back.

After dealing with military affairs, Lao Zhu turned to political affairs.

My baby's 23rd grandson was impeached again, this time three times.

The first one is that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, someone wasted money on the Mid-Autumn Festival, arbitrarily distributed tens of thousands of rewards to the Mingzhou Yinghai Division and the Navy Commander's Mansion, and celebrated the victory of Dadu in name, but in fact he was suspected of overstepping.

It's okay for local officials to celebrate the great victory on the front line, but it's too much to reward the soldiers and civilians without authorization.

Lao Zhu already knew about this in advance.

Zhu Yuan mentioned it in his diary, and even persuaded his old ancestor by beating around the bush, "Zigong redeems people" or something, and he even looked up that allusion specially for this reason.

I didn't think of it at the time.

At this time, seeing this impeachment, Lao Zhu couldn't help frowning.

Not for Zhu Yuan.

Rather, behind this impeachment, the intention to provoke is too obvious.

After thinking about it for a while, Lao Zhu felt that he couldn't let it go, so he gave some direct instructions and sent this fifth-rank Zhedong local inspector to Qiongzhou Prefecture, which had just won the southern line, and was downgraded two levels in a row, to serve as a supervisor under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou Prefecture. Danzhou Zheng Liupin General Judgment.

The second impeachment is to say that Zhu Yuan harmed the public and enriched himself.

The thing is about burning glass.

A censor in Mingzhou accused Zhu Yuan of using the manpower and material resources of Yinghai Division's subordinates for his own personal gain. He also said that the glass was equivalent to gold, and he was frantic in amassing money.

Lao Zhu already knew about this in advance.

Zhu Yuan said in detail in a previous communication that he also sent a thermometer that surprised Lao Zhu again, and various utensils planned to be used for chemical and medical research.

As for the high value of glass, Zhu Yuan did not hide it.

He also mentioned that the current firing of glass is an industry that is 'heavy manpower' and 'high energy consumption'. Because it needs the manpower and material resources of Yinghai Division, Zhu Yuan only plans to keep [-]% of the shares, and six of them The points are still given to the specific person in charge.

The other [-]% and [-]% will go to Ying Haisi, and the other [-]% will be given to Lao Zhu directly by Zhu Yuan.

A series of schemes were derived together.

It is said that an asset management group is to be established, and it will be called Daming Royal Assets Management Group if it is more publicized. If you don’t want to be publicized, you can call it Jinling Dongcheng Assets Management Group.

the latter……

Because the imperial palace is in the east of Jinling City, in fact, it still means royal.

With the shell of the asset management company, the shares of many commercial companies will be managed in the future. For example, the Maritime Trade Company in the hands of Lao Zhu can be divided into this shell, and then the glass distribution company, and even various other companies in the future. .

In the future, the royal family will be supported through the profits generated by this business management group that holds a large number of assets.

Zhu Yuan first affirmed that the huge profits will be unimaginable.

The second is to free the royal family from their dependence on land.

Over the past dynasties, restraining land annexation has been a must. However, to do this, the upper layers of the pyramid, especially the royal family, first need to lead by example.

If the royal family can't do it themselves, it is conceivable that if the court wants to do certain things, it will lack a bit of legitimacy.

Lao Zhu is very satisfied with the proposal of the asset management company.

Very dissatisfied with Zhu Yuan's equity distribution.

The main point of dissatisfaction is that the child...doesn't regard himself as his own family, but keeps [-]% for himself and gives him [-]%, not to mention the percentage, is this a separation?
However, thinking about it at that time, in the future, my children will not be able to rely entirely on this asset management company, but also have their own family background.

If you think about it that way, it's okay.

Looking at the glass again, Zhu Yuan mentioned in the letter that he had already negotiated the first glass transaction of 3000 catties, and the price was 3300 catties of gold, which is... more than 5 taels.

More than 50 guan!
Lao Zhu was a little uneasy at that time.

I personally redistributed the equity plan.

Those in charge, Lao Zhu knew that Zhiyongzhai had three points, and he felt that it was too much. This time, how could he return three points for such a huge profit, so he directly reduced it to one point, one percent. Shares, for those servants... think about this time more than 50 yuan, what is there to be dissatisfied with?
For the rest, Zhu Yuan took [-]%, um, [-]% to be precise.

The other [-]% is the Royal Asset Management Company. After thinking about it, Lao Zhu didn’t choose the restrained one. Instead, he chose Daming Royal Asset Management Group, which is very powerful. In short, [-]% of this group .

The last [-]% was reserved for Ying Haisi.

Lao Zhu didn't think there was any problem with this.

This glass was originally made by his own children. It is selfless enough to keep some for the public, but of course the family should take more.

As for the others.

Just like the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group, Lao Zhu soon thought of it, and there are other things in the future. Lao Zhu felt that the Royal Asset Management Group also needs to take some shares, but this is not suitable for taking too much. A few points of shares, just a little bit of meaning, just show the royal presence.

Involving people's livelihood, it is inappropriate to account for too much.

In short, after returning to Jinling, these things still need to wait for the child to go back together, talk more face to face, and arrange them properly.

Mainly for the next century and millennium considerations.

As for the present.

This impeachment, compared to the previous one, Lao Zhu didn't feel anything.

This is standard gossip.

Therefore, Lao Zhu just criticized it casually.

He has no intention of punishing that censor, and of course he has no intention of pursuing the 23rd grandson of his own treasure.

Next, the third impeachment made Lao Zhu blow his beard a little.

that kid...

They even blatantly asked the shipping companies in various places to help them buy Hu girls from the sea merchants.

Recklessly.

Old Zhu doesn't think lust is a big shortcoming, otherwise, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to reward that child with a bunch of beauties.

What made him angry was, can you bear that physique of yours?

How can you be so indulgent?

Immediately wanted to intervene.

However, after thinking about it, this... doesn't seem to be a big deal.

Not to mention Qiubu, his arrogant soldiers, whether it was before or now, whenever he went to a place, he could hear cocoons in his ears about kidnapping women for no reason.

At least the kid behaved.

No mess.

Ok.

This is messing around.

In any case, it cannot be let go.

However, you can't go to war just because of a small matter.

Lao Zhu thought about it, and the first thing he thought of was to tell his precious 23rd grandson a daughter-in-law when he returned to Jinling.

Ming Media is getting married.

After all, if you mess up like this, if you get a bastard... He doesn't really mind it because he came from the bottom, but he is always not very good-looking in terms of his status.

future……

Why can't a bastard inherit the title?
It is best to marry a wife quickly.

As for the present...

Lao Zhu thought about it again, and thought of the little eunuchs who had been sent to Mingzhou earlier.

Lao Zhu doesn't know the specific situation there, but just look at how many things that child has done in the past few months, and he doesn't have much thought about being obsessed with women on weekdays. As for the night...

Ok.

This is the night... we must let those little eunuchs watch closely.

Can't let it go.

(End of this chapter)