Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 37

"Your Highness, keep your back straight!"

In the imperial horse farm, Zhu Xiongying rode a docile pony that came as a tribute from Korea. He was led by the founding father Chang Mao, and Li Jinglong supported him on the side. He walked carefully around the circle.

Zhu Xiongying straightened his back as much as possible, relaxed his muscles, and followed the pace of the pony.These Koryo tribute horses had undergone rigorous training before they arrived at the capital of the Ming Dynasty. They would not be frightened at will, let alone run wild. They were most suitable for the royal children of the Ming Dynasty to learn how to ride horses.

"Korea is rich in good horses?" Perhaps the pony under his crotch is too quiet and docile, and Zhu Xiongying has little interest.Thinking about something else, he asked.

Chang Mao smiled and said, "What Your Highness said is that in the previous dynasty, Goryeo was the racecourse of Meng Yuan!"

During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, Goryeo was not only Dayuan's racecourse, but even his back garden.The sons of the kings of Goryeo in all dynasties have to go to Beijing as protons to show the door to Meng Yuan Dahan.

In addition to war horses, there are also a large number of beauties and eunuchs dedicated to Meng Yuan every year.The king of Koryo was also afraid of being disrespectful, so he gave himself a Mongolian name, such as Boyan Timur, the previous king of Koryo.

There is a saying that goes well, a slave can't stand up after being a slave for a long time.The Ming Dynasty drove Meng Yuan out of the Central Plains, and the first person who was upset was the humble and small country of Koryo.Although they also pay tribute to Daming now, they do it face to face and behind their backs, not very respectful, and even have the ambition to occupy the unclaimed land of Liaodong.

Today is the 15th year of Hongwu, and there are still border troubles in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and they don't care about wielding a big stick to clean up the wild dog of the prairie in Koryo.

"Later, the royal family of Koryo should have been usurped by Li Chenggui!" Zhu Xiongying thought immediately, "Historically, Koryo wanted to take advantage of Daming, but Xu Da led the army to fight, and Koryo's general Li Chenggui was defeated by Daming soldiers. Shock and awe. So simply, kill the carbine directly, kill your own king, and make yourself king!"

"Later, I wrote to Daming to request canonization, and then Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed the name North Korea!"

Zhu Xiongying doesn't have the slightest affection for this country. He knows that this country is not as obedient as it has been shown in history. Whenever the Central Plains is weak due to wars, he will jump out and take a bite.

This was the case at this time, taking advantage of the confrontation between Ming Dynasty and Bei Yuan, not only at the two ends of the first mouse, but also secretly expanded the border, occupying a lot of land belonging to the Central Plains, and extending their border to the Tumen River.

Originally, the land on both sides of the Tumen River was the homeland of China.

During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the border between Koryo and China was in Korea, at the foot of a mountain called Tieling in Gangwon Province.It is located in the middle of Koryo, almost parallel to Pyongyang geographically.It can be seen from this that at the turn of Yuan and Ming Dynasties, how much advantage he took in Goryeo.

This matter is clearly recorded in Li Chao and Joseon Dynasty, "New Dongguo Yudi Shenglan".

Moreover, Goryeo was still in the Liaodong area, wantonly recruiting or strangling the Jurchen ministries, and even secretly killed the envoy who recruited the Jurchen in Ming Dynasty.When Goryeo annexed the land of Liaodong, it encountered strong resistance from the Jurchens.

The Jurchens are not soft persimmons. They have been infested in Korea all the year round, burning, killing and looting.The most famous of them was Nurhaci's sixth ancestor, Mengge Timur.

This person was a feud with Goryeo and later Lee's Korea, and he led his tribe to plunder along the border of Goryeo all the year round.During the later Yongle period, Mengge Timur was recruited by Ming Dynasty and became a courtier of Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Lee's Joseon refused to give up. First, they trapped and killed the leader of the Balson Jurchens, and then began to strangle the Jurchens on a large scale.

But the Jurchens on the border of North Korea, under the leadership of Mengge Timur, assembled various armies and began to attack the cities of North Korea.

However, after all, it is a barbaric tribe fighting against the country, and in the end, more defeats and fewer victories.Mengge Timur had no choice but to lead the remnant troops to migrate from Amu River to Fengzhou to meet Huligai Jurchen (today's Meihekou, Jilin).These two tribes are both tribes that multiplied at the mouth of the Mudanjiang River, and they have been relatives for generations.

Later, after Meng Ge Timur died in battle, his descendants inherited the official position of Jianzhou Left Guard Commander, and joined forces with Jianzhou Guard Li Manzhu to retaliate against North Korea again.

After the war, the Jurchens were forced to migrate again, to the Xinbin area of ​​Liaoning in later generations, which is the land of Longxing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, Xingjing.

Later, Li Fangyuan, Emperor Taizong of Korea, shamelessly wrote a memorial to Zhu Di, saying that his family was born in the Northeast, please be buried in the Northeast, and asked Zhu Di to return the land of ten virgins in the Northeast.

Therefore, some Korean scholars in later generations pointed out that the Li family was from the Jurchens.

"Bah!" Thinking of this, Zhu Xiongying cursed inwardly, "The country of shameless villains."

Seeing that Zhu Xiongying was deep in thought without speaking, Li Jinglong said, "Your Highness is tired, do you want to rest?"

Zhu Xiongying ignored it, and then said to Chang Mao, "Since Goryeo produced horses, and our Ming Dynasty lacked war horses, why not just destroy Goryeo and let them raise horses for us?" Because the grooms of the Great Ming have flattered them!"

Suddenly, a hearty voice came from behind, "What Your Highness said is absolutely true! It really touched my heart!"

Zhu Xiongying turned his head fiercely, five steps away, Zhu Biao was looking at him with a frown, and beside Zhu Biao, a tall and strong man with a bushy beard was looking at him with a smile.

"Yes?"

Zhu Xiongying rubbed his eyes and shouted happily, "Marquis Yongchang, when did you return to Beijing!"

Standing beside Zhu Di was Daming Yongchang Hou, the uncle of Zhu Xiongying's mother, his uncle, Lan Yu.

Saying that, Zhu Xiongying jumped off the horse and ran quickly.

"Chen, I have met His Royal Highness Grandson!" Lan Yu saluted and said with a smile, "I returned to Beijing yesterday, so I missed the Queen's birthday in a hurry!" Saying that, she looked at Zhu Xiongying, her eyes were full of love, "I'm in Yunnan. I heard that His Highness is no longer weak and sick. I'm very happy. Seeing you today, His Highness has grown taller and stronger!"

Speaking of this, he laughed again, "I originally caught a few baby elephants in Yunnan, and wanted to bring them back to the capital to play for His Highness. Who knew that they were unlucky, and died on the way!"

"I heard that you made another military exploit in Yunnan?" Zhu Xiongying laughed loudly, "Tell me about it!"

"Yelling, what's the proper way?" Before Lan Yu could speak, Zhu Biao frowned and scolded, "I just heard you say that you want to send troops to fight who? At a young age, I don't know how to improve my studies all day long, so I just want to use weapons recklessly. expedition!"

Hearing Zhu Biao's harsh tone, Zhu Xiongying had no choice but to obey the training obediently.

"Your Highness, calm down!" Lan Yu smiled, "Actually, what His Highness Taisun said is not bad, the Koreans are cheap, and I and other warriors have long wanted to destroy them. Back then when I followed the emperor in Huaixi, Meng Yuan transferred the Koreans People are coming to attack us. Those bastards are like dogs in war, but they are as fierce as tigers when they harm the people. Several cities have been slaughtered by them!"

"A few years ago, I led troops to fight in Liaodong, and those Koreans even helped Meng Yuan to wave their flags and stand up to cheer! If it weren't for the emperor's order, I would have sent troops to kill those barbarians long ago! If we challenge our Ming Dynasty, we will also Don't look at how much he weighs."

He was talking happily, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhu Biao's unfriendly eyes, so he shut up quickly.

"You also know that a country is so big that it will die if it is warlike!" Zhu Biao said to Zhu Xiongying again, "Is it a child's play for a country to launch a large army in a bitter cold place thousands of miles away?"

Zhu Xiongying said unconvinced, "I know that it's not easy to fight over there, but you don't have to go to war on land! You can train sailors to go to sea and attack Koryo harbor from the sea."

"How dare you talk nonsense!" Zhu Biao said furiously, looking at Chang Mao and Li Jinglong, and continued, "Your imperial grandmother gave you a few days off for her birthday, and you are just messing around. Tomorrow, go back to study for me!" "

Zhu Xiongying was trained to bow his head. At the moment, the old man and the old lady are not around, but no one is protecting him.

At this moment, a guard suddenly came to report that Yan Wang Zhu Di had come to the racecourse.

"Fourth brother is coming too!" Zhu Biao smiled and said to Lan Yu, "King Yan is here, you will learn some rules later!"

"I understand!" Lan Yu bowed slightly, "I don't dare to make trouble in front of King Yan!" Then, looking around, she said into Zhu Biao's ear, "It's not that I'm talking nonsense, Your Highness, you have to be on guard." Order Yan Wang!"

(End of this chapter)