People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 390

"He doesn't want to go down the mountain..."

Chang Yuchun left Longhu Mountain and headed towards Zhejiang.

But the news they came into contact with quickly returned to the capital.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this secret performance, and wondered what he was thinking?

I saw him slowly put down the melody and just let out a sigh of relief.

Zhu Biao smiled, but he didn't point out the emperor's embarrassment. He just turned the matter to another matter:
"Father, the craftsmen we call are currently rushing to work on all the current ships of the Xuanwu Army, and there is basically no problem in equipping them with Xuanwu cannons!

At present, we still have some production capacity of Xuanwu cannons. Now, over in Yunnan...General Fu Youde seems to be interested in hiring a few Xuanwu cannons..."

The Xuanwu Cannon was born out of nowhere, and its greatest achievement is to make great contributions at sea.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang made the Xuanwu cannon public, many generals were also jealous.

Although this cannon is weak in conquest, it is very useful in attacking and defending the city.

Although Fu Youde's march into Yunnan was overwhelming, Daming's strategy was not limited to Yunnan, but also to Guizhou...

"Your uncle Lan Yu asked you, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang joked.

Fu Youde knew that if he wanted to make a request, he should just ask him.

Why take a detour to find Zhu Biao?
Sapphire is one of Zhu Yuanzhang's most promising embryos of famous generals in the Mesozoic of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that he still lacks polish now.

The northern battlefield is full of stars, and Sapphire still performs well.

But his qualifications are too low, and he can't make any military achievements in the north.

So Zhu Yuanzhang simply transferred Lan Yu to Yunnan to give him military merits.

Since Lan Yu asked Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang would naturally not give him face.

"Your natal uncle took the basalt cannon, but it was useless!
I am ready to transfer him to the northern battlefield! "

After finishing his military merit, it was natural to throw Lan Jade to the northern battlefield for training.

Zhu Biao remembered a memorial made a while ago, and asked:
"Father, is General Xu preparing for a battle this time?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"That's right, Uncle Xu proposed this time to make another Northern Expedition. If we win this battle, at least I, Ming, can be distracted!"

After the First World War in the East China Sea, the matter of taking Japan has been determined by Lao Zhu as a strategy to implement.

Mu Ying trained troops, Chang Yuchun took charge of Zhejiang, and military affairs in several provinces in southern Zhili. This was the process of Zhu Yuanzhang shifting his strategic focus to the East.

But the Ming Dynasty's national strength simply could not withstand two simultaneous wars.

Therefore, this battle in the fifth year of Hongwu was a battle that settled the situation in the north and allowed Ming Dynasty to spare its energy.

"In this battle, if Wang Baobao loses again, his spirit should be gone!

When the time comes, if I try to persuade him to surrender, I should be able to capture him! "

Zhu Yuanzhang still missed Wang Baobao, and Zhu Biao was speechless.

Although he also admitted that the other party was indeed a peerless hero, he was not very fancy.

From the moment they met Chang Yuchun and Xu Da, the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army was almost a history of chasing after this famous Northern Yuan general.

In his opinion, this famous general is not worthy of his father's concern except that he is better at escaping.

However, the emperor liked him, and Zhu Biao was not disappointed.

Zhu Yuanzhang read a few words from Wang Baobao, but the topic still turned to Zhu Biao:
"Your uncle is your future support, an emperor without military power is very dangerous!
You have to learn to subdue the veterans I left behind for you!

But for you, sapphire is a natural ally.

You have Chang Yuchun as your father-in-law, and my old brothers will not give him face, but Lanyue is someone who can grow up with you!
For his request, you have to meet!
However, you must also learn to handle him and make him convinced of you!

Prince, you must learn to grasp the sense of propriety in this! "

Zhu Biao nodded when he heard the words. If Lan Yu went to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang might not accept it.

But Zhu Biao asked, but Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to sell face.

Lao Zhu is the emperor and his father.

From now on, he will pave the way for his future and establish his own authority.

Chang is his wife, and his father-in-law Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu are his biggest supporters.

Zhu Biao was very moved when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang holding him up so much.

"Father, if you want to expand the production capacity of Xuanwu Cannon, it seems that it is not enough. The production process of Xuanwu Cannon is relatively complicated!

The skilled workers in our hands have been slowly accumulated over the years. If we mobilize craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, I am afraid...

Some people can't help but want to..."

"You can just say that Li Shanchang is good, why bother to cover up, this Mr. Li, he likes to take care of more and more things..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said something casually, but Zhu Biao could hear the difference.

The father seems to be more and more dissatisfied with Li Shanchang.

All this seems to have originated from Liu Ji's departure and Li Shanchang's loss of checks and balances.

Zhu Yuanzhang still recognized Li Shanchang's ability very much.

Although he had a reputation of being jealous of the virtuous in the past, he was not as overbearing as Yang Xian.

He also suppressed dissidents, but he understood the emperor's bottom line, so everything he did was within the emperor's tolerance.

Recently, Zhu Yuanzhang has shown his dissatisfaction with Li Shanchang in public several times. This is actually a very dangerous signal.

I just don't know what Li Xiang is thinking?

"Father, Mr. Li..."

"Don't speak for your teacher, I understand Li Shanchang better than you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted what Zhu Biao was about to say, and said:

"He knows me, and I know him!
It's just that everyone's position has changed, and everyone has to fight for something.

He is the Prime Minister and I am the King!
Different positions have different arguments!
I also know that my establishment of the Imperial Guard has caused dissatisfaction among many officials.
But if I don't stand up, how many things will I become blind?

Just like Li's case, if there is no Jin Yiwei, you know she was wronged, but you have the means to save her? "

Zhu Biao took it for granted. Under the circumstances at that time, he was emptied by Li Shanchang.

Even if Zhu Di and Zhu Ping came to disrupt the situation later, it was only because of Jin Yiwei's special power that Zhang Yi had a chance to speak.

But if there is no Jin Yiwei, all the officials will let Zhang Yi die, and Zhu Biao will personally supervise the trial of the case, so what?

Zhu Biao was startled, and suddenly realized when Li Shanchang was feared by his father.

He looked up at his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang probably started to distrust Li Shanchang from that time when he was ostracized.

After all, it's about him.

His father had already begun to pave the way for him.

"Father, since you are afraid of Li Xiang's power, why did you let Uncle Chengyi go?"

This is what Zhu Biao doesn't understand the most. His father has granted 28 marquises, but only two earls.

The Ming Dynasty didn't mind having one more marquis, but Zhu Yuanzhang just wouldn't give it to Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen resigned from his old age and returned to his hometown, not necessarily all because of this.

However, this matter accounted for at least a large part of the factor.

"Civilian officials are not named marquises, Liu Ji and Li Shanchang are just special cases!
The prestige of Li Shanchang's contribution is really too great, and although he is in charge of logistics, what he has achieved is also a proper military achievement!
If I don't make him a public, I can't convince the public!
But if I give Liu Bowen the title of marquis again, it will cause some people to have thoughts that they shouldn't have!

If Liu Ji was granted the title of Marquis, do you think Wang Guangyang would have any ideas? "

Zhu Yuanzhang's earnest teaching is to let Zhu Biao understand the trade-offs of pros and cons.

It is a very important principle that civil servants are not knighted.

Whether Liu Ji is worthy of being a marquis is not important to Zhu Yuanzhang. It is more important to sacrifice him so that others can understand the emperor's mind.

"It's just that the father called out the sincerity of uncle's heart, which also made Mr. Li lose his balance..."

When Zhu Biao said this, he thought of another thing. He raised his head in horror and stared at Zhu Yuanzhang. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had deep eyes.

He probably understood, what is the emperor going to do next?
Now that Liu Ji has withdrawn from the political arena of Ming Dynasty, why can't Li Shanchang?

In fact, last year, the royal father probably hesitated once.

Four years later, Li Shanchang, the left chancellor of Zhongshu Province, was seriously ill and resigned.

The emperor thought for a long time, and finally gave him allicin to save him. About last year, Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to give Li Shanchang a chance.

I just don't know if that Li Xiang can continue to be decent this year.

"After the north is decided, let's talk!"

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Xu Da asked the emperor for an order to attack Mobei and completely settled the situation in the north.

Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to this war.

If this Northern Expedition can win a big victory, his plan to move the capital may be two years ahead of schedule.

After this victory, if Li Shanchang still doesn't know how to advance or retreat, let him retire.

Does this count as giving that boy an explanation?
Zhu Biao didn't know that the emperor's complicated thoughts were just father and son, and they had no doubts about the victory of the Northern Expedition.

Although Wang Baobao was called a strange man by Zhu Yuanzhang, he dreamed of it.

But compared with Xu Da, he is still inferior.

Xu Da and Wang Baobao have never lost a match, and this time will be no exception.

"Father, brother reported the day before yesterday that he is going to Longhu Mountain..."

"go Go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not have much confidence in letting Zhang Yi go down the mountain, so he was not interested in this matter.

Zhu Biao nodded, turned around and left the imperial study.

In the imperial study room, only Zhu Yuanzhang stayed alone.

……

In the second year of Hongwu, March [-]th.

Although the weather was still cold, the iron-making workshop was full of heat.

"Is it really made?"

Zhang Yi took the craftsman out of the pillow and played with it carefully.

"Does this count as stainless steel? I guess it doesn't count too much, does it?
However, we have been able to make such thin needles for hundreds of years..."

Zhang Yi said something that others couldn't understand, but everyone was still very happy.

The people in the workshop are actually Taoist priests, or Zhang Normal's disciples.

From the demon star and evil star at the beginning, to the little real person who has attracted everyone's heart in Longhu Mountain, Zhang Yi's sense of presence on Longhu Mountain has long surpassed that of Zhang Yuchu, the heir to the celestial master.

Despite his young age, these people really admire him.

"Junior brother, I have to say that the machine you invented is really easy to use. If it is done by hand, our technology can't do it..."

The person who spoke was Wu Baohe, one of Zhang Normal's favorite disciples, and the future host of Chaotian Palace.

It was only because of Zhang Yi's appearance that his fate was slightly deflected.

Zhang Yi taught the way of chemistry in Longhu Mountain, but not many people could accept it.

But Zhang Normal's disciples who are famous in history are probably not bad.

Wu Bao was not good at chemistry, but Zhang Yi accidentally discovered that this guy was good at handicrafts.

If the props on the mountain are broken, he will repair them.

So in order to study the materials for making needles, Zhang Yi began to tinker with the machine tool that appeared in the [-]th century. Of course, it was not easy, and he failed many times.

But in the end, Zhang Yi managed to produce a usable machine tool under the banknote ability and Uncle Huang's perverted resource collection ability.

Although the quality is not good, the performance is poor.

But in this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an artifact.

Having a simple machine tool means that Zhang Yi can process many things that may not be possible by hand...

"The needle is solved, the problem with the catheter, we can only wait for the rubber to appear..."

"Junior Brother, Master told you to go there, there are guests coming!"

While Zhang Yizheng was talking to himself, Zhang Normal called someone to come to him again.

"Okay, I'll change clothes!"

Zhang Yi ran away, leaving behind the Taoist priests in the iron workshop, shaking their heads and laughing.

"There have been a lot of people coming to see Junior Brother recently. I'm afraid this Longhu Mountain can't accommodate Junior Brother!"

Wu Baohe looked at Zhang Yi's back and talked to himself.

"That's right, since Master didn't change the decision to be the heir, and Junior Brother Yuchu is still appointed as the next Celestial Master, Junior Brother won't be able to stay..."

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and Taoist priests also have their own little thoughts.

They lowered their heads and talked among themselves.

Zhang Yi didn't put too much thought into this small power struggle in Longhushan.

When he went to change clothes, he also met Zhang Yuchu who was studying the "Electrician's Handbook" in Zhang Jiaxin in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Having no time to talk to his elder brother, Zhang Yi went forward after changing his clothes.

"You mean, His Majesty has already decided to make a northern expedition..."

He vaguely heard his father chatting with someone, and Zhang Yi rushed in:

"Brother Huang!"

After not seeing Huang Ying for two years, Zhang Yi was a little surprised and a little disappointed.

When Mu Ying saw Zhang Yi, she was also very pleasantly surprised:
"Little real person!"

His relationship with Zhang Yi was not yet close to that of brothers.

"When did you come back?"

"Last year, but I had to be busy with some things. My father told me to wait for the beginning of spring, and then come to find you, little real person..."

"Are Uncle Huang and my brother okay?"

Zhang Yi asked, and Mu Ying said:
"Thanks to the little real person, they are all fine, the young master has been replaced by an official, in Shanxi...

The master is now in Beiping more..."

Because they couldn't meet each other for the time being, Mu Ying had already discussed with the emperor to give them a status to leave Yingtian.

Zhang Yi heard that the Huang family and his son were both in the north, and looked thoughtful.

"The north and the south are separated, and I don't know if there is still a chance to meet?"

Zhang Yi said to himself, Mu Ying said:

"The master has always said that he owes you a lot. Originally, when I came back from the sea, I should have come to you as soon as possible..."

"Brother Huang, don't say anything!"

Zhang Yi interrupted Mu Ying's polite words and asked:

"Brother Zhang is in Shanxi?"

"Ok!"

"I heard from you just now that His Majesty is in the Northern Expedition, and now it is the fifth year of Hongwu, I will go, how can I forget this matter?
Be careful this Northern Expedition! "

As soon as Zhang Yi spoke, the faces of Lao Zhang and Mu Ying turned dark at the same time.

The crow's mouth of the Zhang family's young master was once famous in the capital.

Now, what is he going to say?
(End of this chapter)