Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 153
Breaking things.

Zhu Yuan didn't bother to care about it anymore, so he sent Xie Yi to make arrangements, and then began to take a nap.

It was evening when I woke up.

Here, Liu Bai was waiting to get dressed, and Xinyi rushed over, saying that Baihu Wenzao of the Gongwei Division had returned again, and Zhao Xu also followed back to Mingzhou.

Wen Zao and Zhao Xu, who had been waiting for a long time, came to Mingxintang in the garden to meet with guests, and at the same time presented the package of paperwork and letters brought back from Lao Zhu.

Unpacking the package, Zhu Yuan asked Zhao Xu, "Why are you back?"

Zhao continued: "The lord ordered his subordinates to escort you back to Jinling."

"It's not bad for you," Zhu Yuan teased with a smile. At present, there are still military merits to be gained on the front line, and they are sent to his side. If they are done well, they will be hard work.However, since he returned, he had no choice but to ask instead, "How do you feel about this trip?"

"To be able to participate in such a battle, this life is not in vain," Zhao Xu also smiled, and said: "Besides, I took two hundred robes with me, and there are 171 people left. The others have worked hard in this battle and have been reinstated as a thousand households, and the rest of the robes will also be promoted and rewarded."

Because Zhu Yuan was assassinated last time and the guards were weak, Zhao Xu was not only reduced from a thousand households to a hundred households by Lao Zhu, but also received a military stick.

This trip... can be regarded as earning back the title.

Not in vain.

In fact, Zhu Yuan hoped that Zhao Xu and the others would make some unexpected achievements on the front line. Unfortunately, except for Qiao An, none of the subordinates of the various naval departments he knew had outstanding performance.Thinking about it now, it is really difficult for middle and lower-level officers like Zhao Xu to perform well unless they are fierce men like Chang Yuchun who can create their own opportunities for hundreds of thousands of troops.

While talking, Zhu Yuan also opened the package.

It was better to find Lao Zhu's autographed letter first, and as expected, this time he ordered Zhu Yuan to return to Jinling.

and many other things.

In the north, Lao Zhu left Bianliang on the second day of September, and is expected to return to Jinling in half a month, that is, around the [-]th of September. It just so happens that Lao Zhu’s birthday on September [-] will not be missed. It is called Tianshou Festival.

Lao Zhu's request is that Zhu Yuan go back early.

Because of the imperial examination.

Zhu Yuan was appointed as the chief examiner of this imperial examination, and he did not see other appointments in the letter, so he was probably the only chief examiner.

There is also the Ministry of Rites to assist in the arrangement.

Because of the previous correspondence, even though Zhu Yuan had anticipated this in advance, it was still unavoidable to be under pressure.

Not only because of Lao Zhu's trust, but also, at least, because of his apparent age, and the consideration of different forces in the court, such a "beautiful wood" is really eye-catching.

It's hateful.

During this period of time, after receiving the impeachment sent by Lao Zhu, Zhu Yuan has been reflecting on it.

After so much progress in the past six months, it is time to retreat.

After all, right now...

It was still this body, according to his own setting, he had only passed his 14th birthday at the beginning of the year, but he had already done so many things, and even, just like before, he was the first to contribute to the battle of Dadu mentioned by Lao Zhu.

Such an early peak is really not good.

Just like Zhu Wenzheng.

The history of the feud between Lao Zhu and Zhu Wenzheng's uncle and nephew is like a muddled account.

It can be said that the Battle of Poyang Lake confirmed the Zhu family's decision to rule the world. Zhu Wen was holding on to Hongdu for more than [-] days when his troops were absolutely weak, and bought Lao Zhu precious time to gather troops to counterattack Chen Youliang. But after this battle, The relationship between the uncle and nephew took a turn for the worse.

According to historical records, Zhu Wenzheng was dissatisfied because Lao Zhu awarded other generals after the war but missed his own nephew, so he felt resentful, not only did all kinds of mischief, but even took refuge in Zhang Shicheng.In the end, he was imprisoned by Lao Zhu, and even beaten to death with a whip.

What are the facts?

no one knows.

However, it can be inferred from some logic.

After the old Zhu crossed the river, he reorganized the army and established the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Zhu Wenzheng, who had repeatedly made military exploits, was named the Metropolitan Governor at the age of 25, and had the right to control the army.

This year is the 21st year of Zhizheng, 1361 AD.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was too much done in one step. I have to say that Lao Zhu was too kind to his relatives. However, it also caused another result.

Two years later, in the 23rd year of Zhengzheng, the Battle of Poyang Lake broke out.

Zhu Wenzheng was sticking to Hongdu, and made great contributions, and then Lao Zhu would be embarrassed.

To pacify Chen Youliang, the generals continued their achievements, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others each received rewards, but for my own nephew, the official position is already a top-ranking rank, and the military position is already a major governor, what else can I do? ?

The problem is that Lao Zhu himself was only the King of Wu at that time.

There is no way to confer rewards, so they can only wait and see. With Lao Zhu's attitude towards his own family, when he ascends the throne, Zhu Wenzheng must be a prince.

The same is true.

In the third year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Shouqian, the son of Zhu Wenzheng, was granted the title of royal family. As a grandnephew, he should have been the title of county king. The credit that should have belonged to his nephew was given to his nephew and grandson.

Besides, at that time, Zhu Wenzheng fell out with his uncle before he could wait for the day when he would become king.

In the historical records, the military plunder, the robbing of civilian women, and the sale of private salt, etc., are actually nothing. Lao Zhu’s harshness has always been only for outsiders. Double standards, there are too many historical facts to prove this.

Zhu Wenzheng's biggest mistake was actually only one, and he felt resentful.

According to historical records, after Zhu Wenzheng, who felt that the rewards were unfair and almost complained in public, was reported by the local police, Lao Zhu left Jinling in person and traveled all the way to Hongdu, where "non-flesh and blood ministers cannot guard" to question himself Nephew 'what do you want to do'.Zhu Wenzheng began to talk back, and even a quarrel broke out between the two uncles and nephews. Zhu Wenzheng, who was tearing his face apart, scolded Lao Zhu, using words that "both gods and ghosts can't bear to hear."

Then, Zhu Wenzheng was brought back to Jinling circle by Lao Zhu and imprisoned. During this period, he tried to reuse him several times.

From the perspective of feudal power tactics, Zhu Wenzheng made great achievements and mastered the military power. At that time, Lao Zhu's son Zhu Biao and others were young. Lost Zhu Wenzheng.

Zhu Yuan felt that there might be related factors, but definitely not many.

Because according to Zhu Yuan’s understanding of Lao Zhu after reading many historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was never a monarch who was good at playing with various imperial powers. The 'old farmer' who passed the 'family business' on to his descendants.

As for the dispute between uncle and nephew.

Zhu Wenzheng didn't get the reward, and felt resentful, which is probably true.On the other hand, Lao Zhu wholeheartedly wants to get rid of his nephew, who is the leader of the earthquake. If this is the case, after Zhu Wenzheng is impeached by the police, Lao Zhu must be happy, and then directly strip all the positions of his nephew, and send someone to him Escorted to Jinling and imprisoned.

The fact is, how did Lao Zhu do it?

Putting aside the daily affairs of the country that could not be dealt with every day, he ran all the way from Jinling to Hongdu, asking his nephew, "What do you want to do?"

Is this something a monarch with a standard imperial mind would do?

No.

This was something an uncle who was suddenly disappointed after raising his nephew as a son for so many years was doing it after a fever.

The whole matter, whether it is right or wrong, or that sentence, is a mess.

present.

Thinking of Zhu Wenzheng, what Zhu Yuan reminded himself the most was not to let the relationship between himself and Lao Zhu fall into the embarrassment of the past.

Regarding the matter of Zhu Wenzheng, does Lao Zhu have any reflections?

Have.

Later, when the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was restructured, Lao Zhu took away the title of Metropolitan Governor, but promoted the left and right governors to one level, and they were listed as the first rank.

As for the rest...

Just to mention one, Li Wenzhong, who was also raised as a son, put down Zhang Shicheng last year, and after accumulating meritorious service, he was promoted to Pingzhang of Zhejiang Province.

Li Wenzhong was only 28 years old last year.

It can be said that not much has been changed.

In fact, this also proved from another angle that Lao Zhu's bad behavior towards his nephew. The so-called consolidating the power of the direct line would not be too much thought, otherwise, Lao Zhu should also be on guard against his nephew.

Then there is Zhu Yuan himself.

There are a lot of top three grades all over his body. In the eyes of outsiders who don't know it, it is His Majesty who attaches great importance to a certain "send 500 years of Guozuo" to the outside world, so much so that he appointed a young boy in his teens Various prominent official positions.In fact, the most important point is that Lao Zhu recognized from the bottom of his heart that Zhu Yuan is the 23rd grandson of their Lao Zhu family.

own family.

Otherwise, Lao Zhu will definitely reuse it, but he won't go too far.

Of course, another reason for going too far is that Zhu Yuan himself can say without humility that he is capable enough to hold this series of official positions, and he has proved all this with actual results in the past half a year.

And then is now.

His ancestors were 'unknown' in terms of close relatives, so Zhu Yuan could only let himself know how to advance and retreat as much as possible.

Let's just say that the current chief examiner, no matter what, at least can't do it by himself.

After making up his mind to write back to talk about this matter later, Zhu Yuan continued to read the letter.

Then came another matter, or personnel arrangements.

He had confirmed before that he would definitely go back to Jinling. In the last letter, Zhu Yuan took the initiative to mention to Lao Zhu, such as the candidate for the next Yinghai Envoy, and some personnel related to the existing Yinghai Division Yamen.

Zhu Yuan wants to step down.

This is also the result of recent quiet reflection.

To retreat a little, to retreat a little.

Anyway, the framework of Ying Hai Division has basically been set up. If someone else does it, as long as they don't mess around, they will definitely achieve results.Even if they mess around, after all, there will be a long time to come, and there is no chance to make up for it.

All Zhu Yuan wanted was to retreat by himself.

Speaking of which, going back to this era, apart from the initial period, Zhu Yuan racked his brains for the "Book from Heaven" and for Lao Zhu's approval.

Lao Zhu read "The Book of Heaven" in advance, the matter was revealed, and he passed the biggest threshold after crossing. If it weren't for the business of managing the ocean that followed, Zhu Yuan would have almost fallen into confusion.

and then?
Being a human being in two lives, I have already experienced what I should have enjoyed and what I should have enjoyed. I have no regrets, and I don't have much thought.

As for the meritorious deeds of the traditional time traveler, changing history, even living in seclusion and farming with no ambitions, and occasionally pretending to be an outsider, Zhu Yuan never thought about it.

I didn't think about anything.

This is largely due to the influence of Zhu Yuan's world outlook, outlook on life, and values ​​formed in his previous life.

Zhu Yuan has always liked the poem written by Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty, especially the line "Success or failure turns around, the green hills are still there, and the sunset is red for a few times".

All will be empty.

Zhu Yuan's personality has been mentioned by more than one person close to him in his previous life. It sounds better, called thoroughness, and worse, called cool and thin.

Without this time travel experience, Zhu Yuan, who was once a successful person in the worldly sense, would have followed the original path step by step.

Back in this era, the hundreds of years of time and space have greatly magnified some of Zhu Yuan's personality, so that he is indifferent to the people and things around him.It's like the beginning of the beginning, the first time I wake up, I instinctively try to survive, but, on the other hand, it doesn't matter if I don't survive.

Now, it doesn't matter that much either.

Everything I have done in the past half a year is just my previous life experience, pushing myself forward.If you want to retreat now, it is also a choice after you have accumulated experience.

Power.

Zhu Yuan's title, for ordinary people on the street, may only be regarded as a title, a high official if they don't know it.However, the closer people are to Zhu Yuan, the more they understand what this series of titles represent.

Life or death.

Just like the incident before the nap, Zhu Yuan just ordered casually, and the people below can double the work.

Also, like the saber that Lao Zhu brought with him when he came to Mingzhou, it could really kill people.

In the past few months, because of Zhu Yuan, directly or indirectly, he knew very well that many people had actually died. However, he had never used that saber, but he also knew that no one had ever dared to underestimate that saber. A saber, and some boy who can wield that saber.

The feeling of power is very good, but if you indulge in it, you will encounter backlash sooner or later.

Inside Mingxin Hall.

In the latest letter, the result is that Lao Zhu once again 'doesn't know how to advance or retreat', and the reply he gave was to let Zhu Yuan continue to retain the title of Yinghai envoy, except that the yamen of the Yinghai Division was moved to Jinling, and everything else remained as usual .

As usual, it was also Zhu Yuan's suggestion.

Zhu Yuan roughly talked about the situation of Liu Lian, Yao Feng, and Fang Li, the three doctors who followed when he came here, and pointed out their advantages and disadvantages. The conclusion is that the three of them are not suitable for leading the overall situation for the time being, and Lao Zhu needs to send another courtier to replace him. In this regard, Zhu Yuan did not deny that it is best to be a minister who can "Xiao Gui Cao Sui".

Zhu Yuan is not afraid that the situation of Yinghai Division will be messed up, but if it can not be messed up, of course it is the best.

Lao Zhu's answer is, I don't choose!
My dear 23rd generation grandson, you will continue to do it.

Ok.

After a little deliberation, I will not let go of this for the time being.

In addition, what Zhu Yuan wants to let go of is the battalion sea guard commander adapted from Mingzhou Wei, as well as the southeast transshipment envoy and the southeast inspector envoy.

Lao Zhu only said one sentence about this and went back to talk about it.

Not only failed to put it down, but even added one.It is still the third grade, the governor of the navy's governor's mansion.

That is to say, in addition to a bunch of civilian jobs, Zhu Yuan's military position has changed from the former commander of the third-rank battalion of the sea guards to the commander of the third-rank navy governor's mansion and the commander of the sea guards.

This……

Zhu Yuan understood that this was Lao Zhu's desire to allow himself to intervene more comprehensively in the affairs of the Naval Commander's Mansion after returning to Jinling. The goal was of course to build a stronger navy.

But... Ancestor, don't you think this is really too much?
(End of this chapter)