Bright Spring

Xia Yuanji moved two steps horizontally, bowed and said: "The minister is here."

Zhu Di's anger subsided a lot in an instant, "This year, we will immediately crusade against Annan's rebels. You should make up your mind and include this matter."

Xia Yuanji hesitated for a while, and immediately bowed: "Your servant will take the decree!"

Zhu Di turned his head to look to the other side, and his eyes swept over the faces of Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other generals. Regardless of etiquette, everyone raised their heads with expectant eyes, and even the young Zhang Fu looked eagerly at the superior.

This group of military officials didn't care so much at all, they definitely wanted to fight as soon as possible.What money, food, soldiers and horses, anyway, they have to be given to them to fight.

Zhu Di was furious|jumping like thunder just now, but suddenly he fell silent, and his face darkened.The yelling in the hall completely stopped again, and the monarchs and ministers fell into silence.

"This matter must be done! You all go down to perform your duties and prepare properly." Zhu Di waved his sleeves and left first.

The ministers shouted long live long live behind them.

The imperial court has decided to launch a war of annihilation against Annan. The chief general has not been appointed yet, and the deployment of troops has begun soon.

The first edict was the king of Shu, who asked the king of Shu to select five thousand horses from the guard army and send them to Yunnan for training; he asked the Sichuan capital to select [-] guard troops and transfer them to Yunnan.He also ordered Min Wang of Huguang and Ning Wang of Jiangxi to select five thousand horses each; Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Huguang selected a total of [-] soldiers and transferred them to Guangxi.

Gradually, some people began to whisper in private that the Holy Majesty wanted to take advantage of the conquest of Annan and take the opportunity to weaken the power of the southern kings' guards.

Then the imperial court mobilized Zheng He's naval fleet to go to the waters of Champa to discuss an alliance with Champa, blocking the way for the Hu family to flee south.Afterwards, the naval forces from Fujian and Guangdong gathered together, planning to advance with the army by land and water, and attack Annan in one fell swoop.

The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty mobilized the army many times, with a total of 20 troops on land and water, and an army of 100 million, officially declared war on the Hu family in Annan.

The call-to-action scolded the ancestors of the Hu family for ten|eight generations, and claimed that the Ming army was to help the people of Annan, and it was a righteous king who eradicated tyranny and benefited all people.

Therefore, in the spring of the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di summoned Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Harem, and expressed his plan to make them the chief and deputy generals.And it was decided to let Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, command the soldiers and horses in Yunnan, and the two groups marched from Yunnan and Guangxi at the same time, echoing each other and fighting together.

During the "Battle of Jingnan" that year, Zhu Neng and Zhu Gaoxu cooperated in night raids and cooperated tacitly.Zhu Neng was very satisfied when he heard that it was Zhu Gaoxu who cooperated with him, and did not make any comments.

But Zhang Fu asked, who will be the commander in chief when the two armies join forces in the future?

Zhu Di had no choice but to say that everything should be discussed and coordinated. If there is a difference of opinion, either I will play it to me, or I will listen to Gao Xu's opinion.

As for Mu Sheng from Yunnan, I don't know if the emperor has considered it.But the emperor didn't mention him, and the generals were very knowledgeable and didn't mention Mu Sheng at all.

...Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu came out of the palace, Zhu Neng couldn't help but said: "The King of Han is the prince, of course he is the biggest, why do you ask so much?"

Zhang Fu said: "On the battlefield, there must be one person to make the decision, and there must be no ambiguity in this great power. The Holy One is also a wise master who can fight well, so he has made it clear."

Chapter 3 Fat is not a crime

Zhang Fu came out of the imperial city and told Dazui Zhu Neng that since he was ordered to be the lieutenant general, he dared not take his life, so he was going to do something now.So the two said their goodbyes, Zhu Neng left Hongwumen, Zhang Fu stayed in Qianbulang, and went to the Jinyiwei government office.

It happened that Ji Gang, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, was not in the government office, so Zhang Fu was called to wait in the lobby.

There were two people in the hallway, discussing in low voices, one of them was handsome and short, only reaching the shoulder of another general.The tall voice said: "That person in the hall, even Jin Yiwei can't be neglected, Zongqi Yang, hurry up and ask someone to serve tea."

The short Yang Zongqi asked curiously: "What's the origin?"

The tall one said, "It's a Marquis."

Zongqi Yang let out an "oh"... Zhang Fu also knew that on this Thousand-step Corridor, it is really easy to see any ministries, princes and dignitaries.

The tall one went on to say: "He was just named Marquis of Xincheng. His father was posthumously named Duke Rong, who died on the battlefield for the Holy Lord, and his sister was just named Concubine Zhang!"

At this time, Yang Zongqi walked quickly to the lobby, he did not serve tea, but said: "Master Zhang, wait a moment, the general will go to the commander and come back immediately."

But Zhang Fu didn't put on airs, cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry."

Sure enough, the people in the government office can do things very quickly as long as they put their heart into it.After a while, Ji Gang walked in with a smile on his face, and Yang Zongqi was very close to him.

Ji Gang clasped his fists as a salute, and said with a smile, "It turns out that it's the Marquis Zhang of Xincheng, a rare visitor. There will be a long way to go to welcome you!"

Zhang Fu had already heard of Ji Gang's name, and this guy's reputation was getting worse and worse, it was already rotten.Zhang Fu didn't say much, and said politely and coldly: "I've bothered Commander Ji, I came here today to ask Commander Ji for someone."

Ji Gang hurriedly asked: "Who is it? Tell me!"

Zhang Fu said: "Huang Zhong."

Ji Gang looked puzzled, and muttered: "That Huang Zhong's carelessness damaged the face of the Holy One, and Long Yan was furious, this..."

"Convicted?" Zhang Fu asked.

Ji Gang frowned and shook his head, "Not yet."

Zhang Fudao: "I have just been appointed as Zheng Annan's deputy general. This person is of great use. If there is a way to get him out, I don't have to bother the Holy One for this trivial matter."

"There is a way!" Ji Gang nodded immediately.He seemed to have suddenly realized that Zhang Fu was a person who could speak in front of the Holy Majesty, and his attitude immediately changed.

Zhang Fu asked curiously: "What method?"

Ji Gang said: "I asked Yang Yong to go and release Huang Zhong from the imperial prison."

Zhang Fu: "..."

Zhang Fu thought in his heart, it was nothing more than pretending to be a piece of garlic in front of Lao Tzu!Although they are all military officers, Zhang Fu looks down on this person from the bottom of his heart, and he has the same thoughts as the civil servants on this matter.

...The news spread quickly, and the candidates for the general who conquered Annan quickly spread throughout the imperial city.

When Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince of the East Palace, heard the news, he was coming out of the Wenhua Palace, and was about to take a car back to the Spring Palace for lunch.He was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and immediately repelled the car, and asked someone to help him walk back to the palace.

Poor Zhu Gaochi was already so hungry that his eyes glowed golden, and he walked over with difficulty, squatting, and soon he was sweating profusely, and his legs felt|weakened.

"Father has high hopes for my son, and my son can't let him down, and he can lose weight by walking more." Zhu Gaochi was panting, while still muttering.

The group finally arrived at Chunhua Gate, when they suddenly heard a maid's voice saying: "I'm starving to death, when will I eat?"

Another voice said: "There is only vegetable porridge for dinner."

At this moment, the eunuch at the door said: "I greet the crown prince."

Zhu Gaochi walked into the Chunhua Gate, and saw that the faces of the two maids were pale, and they were already kneeling on the ground, both of them couldn't stop begging for mercy: "This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die!"

"Get up, I will ask someone to think of a way." Zhu Gaochi was very gentle, and then he sighed softly.

Although he didn't like eunuchs, he was very kind to the court ladies, of course he didn't mean to starve them.Just because he can't do anything, the East Palace really has no food!Last month, a court lady was starved to death... Father Emperor Zhu Di was just the opposite, Zhu Di didn't like court ladies, but trusted eunuchs.

In the majestic East Palace of the Ming Dynasty, people would starve to death?If Zhu Gaochi hadn't experienced it himself, he would not be willing to believe such a thing.

Since the beginning of this year, the imperial court has been doing several major things, including repairing the palace city of Beijing and planning to move the capital; Zheng He is going to sail to the West, building more than 200 ships and bringing [-] people with him; It's a waste of money.But these are not the reasons for the starvation of the maids of the East Palace, and the court is not short of this money.

The reason seemed ridiculous to Zhu Gaochi: His father forced him to lose weight!

The way to lose weight is also very rude|crude and ridiculous, that is, to reduce the money and food in the Eastern Palace, and only give a small amount of money and food.Zhu Di was kind to his two grandsons, he was taken to the harem every day, and he ate big fish and meat, but he was harsh on other people in the east palace.

Of course it didn't work in the end, with so many eunuchs and maids in the East Palace, the crown prince would not be able to eat alone.For several months, Zhu Gaochi didn't lose even a catty of meat, only the eunuchs and maids lost weight, and one of them starved to death.