Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

With Guo An's return, the entire Guo Mansion suddenly became lively.

Especially Liu Baiwei, Yuelan and others, their faces were full of joy.

In the evening, after waiting for Guo An to wash up comfortably, he let Guo An work hard all night.

The next day.

It was three o'clock in the day before Guo An got up.

Not long after Guo An got up, Guo's father and Liu Huiyuan's family also rushed over.

A few people caught Guo An and exchanged pleasantries.

However, perhaps because Guo An had already been granted the title of Marquis, Father Guo's words were much more polite this time.

This allowed Guo An to enjoy a rare moment of tenderness between father and son.

Next, several more gentry and merchants from Beiping Prefecture came to visit Guo An.

Guo An met with them briefly, exchanged a few words, and then sent these gentry and merchants away.

Guo An spent half a day playing with the three little boys at home.

Zhu Di then sent someone to summon Guo An back.

When Guo An said goodbye to Liu Baiwei, Liu Baiwei said: "Since the master has returned home victoriously, I will take all the children back to the capital!"

"Sisters too..."

Guo An was stunned for a moment, then realized how much worry he caused to Liu Baiwei by following Zhu Di on the expedition!

"I'm sorry, sister. When I go back to the capital this time, I can also invite my father, father-in-law and others to go to the capital together!"

Liu Baiwei nodded slightly.

"it is good!"

……

When Guo An arrived at the palace where Zhu Di was staying, Zhu Gaoxu, Song Sheng, Tang Yun, Zhou Xing, Qiu Pei and other generals were already waiting in the palace.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Guo An hurriedly saluted.

"Guo Qing is finally here!"

For some reason, Zhu Di was in a good mood. He didn't tease Guo An this time. Instead, he waved his hand and asked Guo An to stand up and join the queue.

Then he said: "This time, not only did the Tatar Khan Guilichi beheaded, but almost all Guilichi's men were killed, and all the Tatar tribes were frightened by the news...

More importantly, it sent a locust plague to the grassland people... The scouts reported that the Tatar locust plague had doubled in size in the past few days.

Moreover, those locust plagues actually went all the way north or west..."

As he said that, Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Guo An with gentle eyes.

Zhu Gaoxu, Song Sheng, Qiu Pei and other generals were full of fear when they looked at Guo An.

Can he actually direct the direction of the locust plague?
Guo An had a wry smile on his face. He just made a few suggestions, and then asked Zhu Di to send scouts to monitor the movement of the locust plague at any time!

As for controlling the movements of locusts, how could he control them?
If he had that ability, why would he need to let hundreds of carriages filled with locust eggs travel hundreds of miles deep into the grassland?

Just find a few locust plagues in Daming and control them to fly to the grassland!

"Your Majesty, locusts are ignorant and rely on instinct to eat. In order to prevent the locusts from changing direction midway and endangering our Ming Dynasty, your Majesty please continue to send scouts and observe closely!"

"Can!"

Zhu Di's expression condensed and he nodded slowly.

Immediately, after assigning Song Sheng to take charge of the matter, he solemnly said: "I have been on the military expedition for nearly half a year, and now that I have returned with a great victory, I can no longer stay in Peiping. I will return to the court with my troops today!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Guo An, Tang Yun and others nodded quickly.

An hour later.

The army set off, took large ships, and sailed all the way down the canal.

More than [-] troops had already returned to their respective positions as early as yesterday.

This time, the total number of soldiers who followed Zhu Di, Guo An and others back to the capital was only more than 2.

But despite this, the fleet is also very large.

a few days later.

Yingtiancheng Pier.Prince Zhu Gaochi, together with all the civil and military officials of the court, stood on the dock and looked into the distance.

It didn't take long for a huge fleet to appear in front of everyone.

At the head is the ship flying the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty.

The whole pier was filled with music.

When the ship docked, Zhu Di disembarked with Guo An, Qiu Pei and other generals.

"My son, I respectfully welcome my father back home after a great victory!"

"I sincerely welcome your majesty's return after a great victory. Your majesty is so brave and mighty that our country, the Ming Dynasty, will be passed down for generations to come!"

Zhu Gaochi led a group of officials and greeted them respectfully.

Now, the biggest enemies in the north of the Ming Dynasty are the Tatars and Waci, as well as the Eastern Chagatai.

In Zhu Di's first personal expedition, he was able to kill the Tatar Khan, kill tens of thousands of enemies, and capture countless prisoners!

The Ming soldiers suffered nearly a thousand casualties!
This is a great victory.

With such a brilliant record, no military commander in hundreds of years can achieve such a record!

In this way, during the Hong Ding period, the Ming Dynasty could really destroy the Tatars, Wasi, and the Eastern Chagatai?
At this time, there were still more loyal ministers than treacherous ministers in the Ming Dynasty.

Each of these courtiers was full of expectations for the expansion of territory and the elimination of foreign races.

Even some ministers with ulterior motives could only congratulate sincerely under the pressure of the general situation.

With Zhu Di's return to the court, the news of the great victory in the Northern Expedition against Tartars spread even more in the capital and to the surrounding areas.

Zhu Di also generously rewarded all the soldiers in the Northern Expedition.

There was great joy throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Just, a few days later.

A piece of news suddenly spread, plunging the entire capital into a strange atmosphere.

After this great victory, His Majesty even ordered hundreds of carts filled with locust eggs to be buried in the land of the Tatar tribe.

and.

Now, a locust plague has begun to break out in the prairie where the Tatars live.

Locust plague!

The entire capital was shaken!

"Your Majesty actually brought a locust plague to the Tatars?"

"The locust plague was actually brought from the Ming Dynasty?"

"How is this possible? How can a locust plague be controlled by humans?"

"This matter is absolutely true. A distant relative of my family is one of the hundreds of families who accompanied His Majesty on his northern expedition this time. He saw it with his own eyes...

When the army returned to the court, tens of thousands of locusts had appeared on the Tatar prairie, covering the ground and leaving no grass growing..."

"Hiss! Your Majesty is actually like this..."

"How did I hear that this matter was the idea of ​​Marquis Dinghai?"

"What, such a vicious method was actually thought up by Marquis Dinghai?"

"How can I, the Ming Dynasty, use such inhumane methods?"

"My Ming Dynasty has always been kind to those Mongolian aliens, how can I be so cruel?"

"Hmph, I will definitely impeach Marquis Dinghai!"

"We also want to impeach Marquis Dinghai..."

……

"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, a state of etiquette, and we have always used kindness to make those foreign countries surrender.

Nowadays, a treacherous minister appears in the court. He actually deceived Your Majesty and created a locust plague artificially, causing the Tatars to be poisoned by locusts. How could such an unkind, vicious and vicious thing be done by our Ming Dynasty... …

Your Majesty, I am impeaching Guo An, Marquis of Dinghai! "

"Your Majesty, I have also impeached Marquis Dinghai, who is the most treacherous official in the Ming Dynasty..."

... (end of this chapter)