I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Right now, where there is war in the Ming Dynasty, except for the Penghu Fort occupied by the Dutch who is still besieging the south, Liaodong is the only place left.

In fact, the battle of Penghu had already been completely won. The Dutch were fighting trapped beasts in the fortress, and sooner or later they would open the door and surrender to Ming. At this time, sending Sun Chuanting there would actually do nothing.

Letting Sun Chuanting go to a county in Taiping Prefecture to continue suppressing bandits is obviously a shame.

Therefore, Cui Chengxiu felt that the only place that could satisfy the emperor's wishes and let him show his talents might be Liaodong.

The Shanhaiguan Regiment Training Commander was temporarily added in the second year of Tianqi when the imperial court found that there was a shortage of soldiers in Shanhaiguan.

The training regiment commander-in-chief is different from the official election commander-in-chief. He has the name of the commander-in-chief, but he is actually a leader of the local militia. He recruits and trains troops for the imperial court and has no real power.

The deputy general of the Guangning Zhongqian Association can just give Sun Chuanting a little real power to command the local Shangwei army.

This starting point is neither high nor low, and the emperor, an old man, should be satisfied.

Cui Chengxiu has been in a bad mood recently due to the war in Liaodong. No matter how many people are sent to investigate, there is no news at all. The forts and cities along the Ningjin Road are extremely quiet.

In the Liaoshen area, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting in full swing, but the capital, which is the center, is kept in the dark and there is no news at all.

This is the first time since Wang Huazhen and Zhang Heming colluded with each other and organized a large-scale counterattack in Guangning.

Chapter 284 Zhu Youxiao Tours Xiaoling

"Your Majesty, the Yellow River has burst its embankment..."

Outside Nanjing City, outside the camp of the Yongwei Camp, Zhu Youxiao got up early this morning, and was leading a group of guards including Huang Degong to shoot and hunt in the suburbs.

Zhu Youxiao had just shot an arrow, and before he had time to feel a pity, he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, but it was a messenger from the Yubiao Battalion who ran back and brought an official document from afar.

Wang Chaofu received it in his hand and handed it tremblingly.

After he finished speaking, he just stared at the unmoving Emperor Tianqi in front of him, then at Huang Degong and other personal guards who followed him, and sighed in his heart.

I thought that in the three years since the apocalypse, Daming's predicament would be better.

But I didn't expect that on the first day, several breaches of the Yellow River occurred, flooding prefectures and counties, and refugees everywhere. This is not a good omen.

Zhu Youxiao held the rein with his left hand and the Emperor Sword on his waist. He turned around and handed the longbow to Huang Degong. After hearing the news, he laughed and said freely:

"Ask the accompanying cabinet ministers to come up with a disaster relief method as soon as possible."

"Chaofu, is Fu Ninghou still here?"

When Wang Chaofu heard the words, he nodded first, and then carefully said after a while:

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Fu Ninghou won't come."

"It's a pity, I thought that with his ability, I could guess that I called him this time just for a simple chat..."

Zhu Youxiao shook his head, chuckled again after speaking, and said:

"Whether he comes or not, the hunting will continue. Let's go east."

It is not easy to be the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao has known this for a long time, and he is also prepared for future natural and man-made disasters.

No matter what, nothing can stop the reform and rectification of the Jiangnan area.

"Where is this place?"

Zhu Youxiao stopped his mount and found that there were huge rocks and green trees in front of him, accompanied by three or two houses, and the air was filled with the smell of manure, so he asked with a frown.

Wang Chaofu said: "Return to Your Majesty, this is Zijin Mountain."

"Zijin Mountain..." Zhu Youxiao murmured, "Emperor Taizu and Empress Gao's Xiaoling Mausoleum was built at the southern foot of Zijin Mountain. Come on, let me go in and have a look."

With an order, dozens of cavalry followed Emperor Tianqi and arrived at the Xiaoling Mausoleum at the foot of Zijin Mountain.

Zijin Mountain has a limited radius, there are no eight hundred miles of plains for Zhu Youxiao to gallop, and there are no wild animals that can let him experience the thrill of hunting.

Zhu Youxiao rode his horse forward and saw a stone workshop in the distance.

This is a stone archway with two pillars soaring to the sky. It is four feet high and more than one foot wide. The six characters "Officials of various departments get off their horses" are horizontally engraved on the forehead.

"Your Majesty, this is Xiamafang." Wang Chaofu reminded softly.

"The dismounting workshop..."

Zhu Youxiao repeated a sentence, raised his head, looked at the six big characters, and admired them in his heart.

When the stone workshop here was first built, the stone carvers must have paid extra attention. After 300 years, we can vaguely see the majesty and arrogance revealed by these three characters.

"dismount."

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking lightly, he took the lead in getting off his horse.

Huang Degong was dressed in a military uniform with narrow sleeves, a jade belt around his waist, and a bag of eggplants and knives.

He signaled to everyone first, then quickly dismounted, and said with a silly smile:

"Your Majesty, it is enough for the officials to dismount, you don't have to."

Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at him, took the reins of the horse and walked into the Xiamafang, looked around at the surrounding scenery, and said softly: "I am the emperor of Ming Dynasty, but I am the minister of Emperor Taizu."

"When I get off the horse, I should also get off the horse."

Huang Degong suddenly realized, cupped his hands and said:

"What Your Majesty said is that the minister has learned."

"You still have a lot to learn. In the future, you will also have the opportunity to lead troops, so keep calm."

What Zhu Youxiao said was not serious, as if he had no intention of it, but when he heard Huang Degong who was following behind him, he was heartened.

After all, for Huang Degong, this was the first time that Emperor Tianqi had expressed his intention to go out to lead troops. Liu Yuanbin and his peers were now officers of the cavalry team of the Yongwei Battalion, and they had also made contributions in the Great Victory in the Southwest.

Zhou Yuji is also the same, now he is the head of the brave guard battalion, leading the troops under his command. Whenever there is a battle, it is an opportunity to make meritorious service.

He is the only one who has always been by the emperor's side, on the saddle and behind the horse.

Huang Degong had long felt dissatisfied in his heart. After today's words, he no longer had such intentions in his heart, and devoted himself even more to being the emperor's personal guard.

……

"Where's Xiaolingwei?"

Ordinarily, there should be soldiers from Xiaoling Guard stationed in Xiamafang, but after walking for so long, they haven’t even seen a single person. Could it be that after 300 years, Xiaoling Guard has already become like other guards, and its army has been disbanded?

With a little anger, Zhu Youxiao came to a stele pavilion.

The overall plane here is square, and it looks like a small castle from a distance. Because of this, the locals commonly call it "Sifang City".

Zhu Youxiao took a closer look and found a few large characters engraved on the stele, "The Monument of Divine Merit and Virtue of the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, this is the 11th year of Yongle, the stele and stele pavilion written by Emperor Chengzu for Emperor Taizu." Wang Chaofu said softly behind him, his face filled with rare pride.

Yes, what is inscribed on this inscription is Zhu Yuanzhang's great achievements in establishing the Ming Dynasty. Even Zhu Youxiao felt ashamed after reading it.

A commoner rises up in the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and finally cuts out all the heroes and becomes the emperor. This is the kind of plot that only the protagonist of the novel will have!

"I am originally a commoner, so what can the world do to me?"

How domineering is this!

Here, Zhu Youxiao saluted respectfully and respectfully three times, not daring to show any disrespect to the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty.

After ordering Chang Jia to sweep the stele, Zhu Youxiao led a group of people away quietly.

No one was surprised that Emperor Tianqi was so careful, and no one here would be disrespectful to Zhu Yuanzhang.

His experience is too legendary.

After passing the stele and stele pavilion, we entered the main city of Xiaoling, and saw the Guanyin Pavilion from the side, but Zhu Youxiao didn't intend to go in.

A few steps away from the Guanyin Pavilion, there is a huge stone wall, which is said to be polished from a whole block of bluestone, nearly two feet high and wide.

There is a row of six-character Sanskrit characters above the front of the stone wall, under which there is a backlight of a Buddha statue with high relief flame patterns, and there are eight auspicious patterns on the backlight.

The lower part of the stone wall is Xumizuo, and the girdle is carved with mouth flower decorations. The back of the stone wall is engraved with the words "Crystal Screen" and signed "Jiangning Liu Ruisheng".

This large stone wall was built by Emperor Yongle outside the Guanyin Pavilion in Xiaoling to commemorate his birth mother.

The group passed Guanyin Pavilion, passed through Sifang City, Shixiang Road, and Wengzhong Road on the way, and finally arrived at the Mausoleum Palace. The total length was about half a mile.

Half a mile after entering the building of the main city, it has completely changed its appearance.

The roads in the city are paved with big green slabs, and the overall buildings are made of granite of various grades. Lifelike stone statues of civil servants and generals stand on both sides, working hard for a hundred years.

Following Emperor Tianqi, Huang Degong and his personal guards all opened their eyes, and their steps became more cautious, for fear that a mistake would disturb the Chinese Dragon Soul here.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Youxiao looked at the entrance of the mausoleum in front of him, and took a deep breath.

Wang Chaofu personally draped a cloud-shoulder-knee-dragon pattern behind Emperor Tianqi, while Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and walked in while pressing the emperor's sword on his waist.

Chapter 285 Killing the Lineage of Funing Hou

Entering the Xiaoling Hall, the fragrance from the incense burners on both sides blows to the face, just like a fairyland.

Zhu Youxiao Dingqing took a look and found two gods enshrined in the middle of the main hall more than twenty steps forward. Don't think too much, they belong to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was really nervous when he came here.

There is no other reason, I have traveled through time, not their real descendants, and there are even such things as time travel, who knows if there is a distinction between gods and ghosts.

If Zhu Yuanzhang has a spirit in the sky, I hope that what he has done in the past three years after time travel can make him forgive the sin of taking away his descendants.

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma can really recognize themselves...

With such a complicated mood, Zhu Youxiao came to the gods, but he suddenly found that the offerings in front of the two gods had fallen to dust, and there were spider webs on Empress Ma's god.

Zhu Youxiao gently pushed aside the cobwebs on the five characters of Empress Ma's "Empress Xiaoci Gao", stretched out his fingers, and wiped off the dust on the side of Zhu Yuanzhang's "Emperor Taizu Gao" bit by bit.

As the dust was wiped away, Zhu Yuanzhang's seat suddenly became shining, and every word was shining with golden light.

Zhu Youxiao took a step forward and was about to offer incense, but felt something under his feet. He looked down and found a wooden stick.

This is a top sign.

Zhu Youxiao picked up the stick, looked around, and found no place to put the stick around. How did this stick come from?

By coincidence, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang's seat.

If the sign on this root represents the real Zhu Yuanzhang's recognition of his false descendant, then this trip to Nanjing Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum will not be in vain.

Zhu Youxiao sighed lightly, squeezed the stick tightly in his hand, collected his mind, stood on the spot with his hands behind his back, and asked faintly behind him:

"How long has it been since the people from Shengong Supervisor and Xiaoling Guard came to clean up?"

Wang Chaofu, who was following Emperor Tianqi far away, didn't have such a complicated mood, and just replied respectfully:

"Your Majesty, it seems that no one has been in Xiaoling Hall for half a year."

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of hurried footsteps.

It was Zheng Xiu, the eunuch with palm prints of the Jingu Supervisor, who heard the emperor was coming, and rushed over in panic. As for the Xiaoling Guards, there was still no sign of him.

"You did a good job with this palm print!"

Zhu Youxiao didn't turn his head back, he just stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma's altar, his voice already sullen, this kind of scene shocked Zheng Xiu even more.

He hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, the people of Xiaolingwei are planning to rebel!"

"What did you say?"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly turned his head and squinted his eyes: "Wei Xiaoling has guarded the mausoleum for the emperor's ancestors for generations, and they are all descendants of Huaixi nobles, how could they rebel!"

"I think you are afraid that I will punish you, so you made up such a story?"

"It's true, Your Majesty—!"

Zheng Xiu kowtowed continuously, crying:

"Your Majesty, please leave Xiaoling Guard as soon as possible. The servants escaped. People from the Funing Hou Mansion came to plot something yesterday. All the people in the palace prison were arrested and imprisoned!"

"You shouldn't have come alone..."

It doesn't look like he is lying, plus Xiaolingwei's current military power is indeed in Zhu Guobi's hands, and all the way to Xiaoling Palace, he did not see Xiaolingwei and Shengong Supervisor.

These anomalies are now combined into an astonishing coincidence, even Wang Chaofu feels terrified when he thinks about it, and dare not believe it.

After all, only Huang Degong and dozens of guards are following Emperor Tianqi now. No matter how powerful these guards of the Yongwei Battalion are, they can't beat the Xiaoling Guards with thousands of troops!

Right now the situation in Daming is still very unstable, everything is on the emperor, if something happens to him, it will be over.