Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

In the early summer of the 14th year of Hongwu, the Ministry of War received an urgent document from Lu Zhongheng, the general of the Liao Dynasty, who had conquered eight hundred miles. Liaodong had already achieved victory across the board, and the army was stationed in Daning County, waiting for the imperial court to order the division.

After seeing the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and immediately conveyed the imperial decree in the form of a court post, ordering Lu Zhongheng and other three generals to return to the court to receive the title.

The army arrived at Deshengmen ten days later. The prince Zhu Biao greeted him on behalf of the emperor, and personally untied Lu Zhongheng's robes. Lu Zhongheng, Zhou Dexing, and Geng Bingwen clean up the dust.

At the banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and drank a few more glasses before he said.

"A few lovers, you are worthy of being our Huaixi children. In just three months, you have conquered the whole of Liaodong. It is considered a great achievement. We have already decreed that on top of the original salary, we will add Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, as the food town. There are 750 households, [-] households in Jiangxia Hou Zhou Dexing Shiyi, and Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen Shiyi [-] households. One son from each Yin went to the Guozijian to study, and after he finished his studies, he was appointed as a fifth-rank doctor."

After the three of them thanked each other, Lu Zhongheng spoke first.

"This expedition to Liao can achieve all the merits. It depends on His Majesty's command, and the officers and men's life. The three of you, the minister, are nothing more than trivial achievements. However, the minister would like to thank His Royal Highness Yan. Liaodong is the main battlefield of the cavalry, and the country The black beans provided by Shangsi are indispensable. The horses eat black beans, which are much better than ordinary fodder, and they are full of energy. I also suggest that black beans be used as special food for cavalry."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, thinking to himself, it seems that Tao'er is going to get more black beans to be planted in his Huaxiang Village experimental field.

After this matter was over, Zhou Dexing reported again: "Your Majesty, I have captured five tribal leaders this time and brought them back. I also ask Your Majesty how to deal with them."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered that when he was talking about bicycle troops with Zhu Tao last time, he also talked about this topic by the way.

In this regard, Zhu Tao, who drank two cups of fresh beer, started his journey of key politics again, he said.

"Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo when he first entered the Nanman. Why didn't he behead him? Instead, he wanted to capture Meng Huo seven times. That is to completely convince Meng Huo. To really win people's hearts, grace and prestige are not enough. Grace is needed. In addition, these tribal leaders cannot be killed, and if they are killed, there will be new leaders and new rebellions."

In this regard, he also put forward a slogan called: use the Liao people to guard the Liao soil, and use the Liao soil to support the Liao people.

Therefore, three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned several tribal leaders headed by Mu Liangha in the Palace of Qinzheng and told them.

"You used to follow Yuan Ting, that was going astray, we will not blame you, nor punish you, but also let you go back to Liaodong, let us guard Liaodong for the world, we will seal you as the governor of Liaodong, and allow you Recruit troops and manage the tribe by yourself, but you must obey the management of the imperial guards and yamen, as long as you obey with peace of mind, you will share weal and woe with Daming, if you still disagree, Daming has millions of cavalry!"

These leaders naturally knew what was good and what was wrong, and they all shouted long live, and began to express their loyalty.

In the gazebo on Jingxin Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang was chatting with Zhu Biao and Zhu Tao, talking about the victory in Liaodong and the court's handling of these leaders.

Zhu Tao laughed.

"Father is the Duke of Fuguo, and I will receive a residence newspaper in my village, and I often subscribe to the Ming Evening News. I know all these things, but I think the emperor's handling is good, but there are still some omissions. .”

Neither of them knew what Zhu Tao was referring to, so they listened carefully to what he said, and Zhu Tao continued.

"This time, the Ming Evening News has a detailed description of the Zheng Liao, that is, in the process of conquering the Liao, some of the remaining troops of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were actually very powerful. These Mongolian soldiers chose [-] main forces, and they belonged to the command of the capital's five armies, and they were a surprise army."

In fact, this is not Zhu Tao's own opinion, but Zhu Di's original idea. After Zhu Di came to the throne in history, he selected [-] soldiers based on the troops surrendered from Mongolia outside the Great Wall, and formed a [-] battalion.

However, as soon as these words were spoken, they were opposed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Tao'er, what are you talking about? Choose cavalry from the Mongolian soldiers and form an army? Isn't that just fighting the fire with salary? You know, the Mongols are our feuds and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Are you a little Fantastic!"

Zhu Tao laughed and said, "Father, wasn't the Yellow Turban Army also Cao Cao's feud at the time, but after Cao Cao defeated the Yellow Turban Army, he selected the best of them to form the Qingzhou Army, and you know the role of the Qingzhou Army later, right? It's over, and Emperor Yuan Shun is wandering around, how can these soldiers not know who has food to follow? Selecting Mongolian cavalry to form a battalion of [-] will definitely have unexpected effects."

For Zhu Tao's words, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally believed very much. He silently kept this suggestion in his heart, and planned to go back and discuss with the three cabinet ministers before promulgating and implementing it.

However, Zhu Tao changed the subject and said: "However, I am eloquent here, and it is just talking on paper. My father's title is the Duke of Fuguo, and the advice to the court should be based on the strategy of enriching the people as much as possible. Although the current emperor He is talented and general, but he is also stubborn and guessing, so he can't always write about military affairs in letters."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in his heart, that is, you bastard, if you dare to say this about your father, if someone else makes such an evaluation, even if you don't move your head, dozens of court sticks will be indispensable.

However, he followed Zhu Tao's words.

"Tao'er's words are not bad. However, today's emperor is still dominated by talents. I heard from friends in the court that after the end of the Liao expedition, the Northern Expedition will be launched soon. This time the Northern Expedition will completely eliminate all the remaining evils of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and create A truly peaceful world, eternal peace.”

Zhu Biao finally found an opportunity to interject, and followed suit.

"What Uncle said is that this time, as long as the Northern Expedition achieves full success, there will be no more wars for at least a few decades, and Daming will be able to free up his hands to persuade farming and mulberry and develop commerce."

Zhu Tao looked at the way his Taiping cousin was dancing, and thought that our family is a bit of a demon. There is a staunch royalist father and a businessman who speaks like the chief minister of the cabinet. .

After thinking about it, my fourth cousin is more serious. Although he also has a sixth-rank crown belt from the National Commercial Department, it is just a cover. He relies on his status as an imperial merchant to make a lot of money. .

Zhu Tao suddenly remembered that the last time he went on a lake tour with the fourth cousin, he felt that he had the true potential of a playboy, and he was much more reliable than his father and the first cousin.