The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin knew that the emperor and the other officials would be suspicious.

These days, he was drawing a mind map in the tent. He Neng walked in to report that Chengguogong Zhu Hui had arrived.

"Sir Yan, according to Ming law, Zhu Chenhao must be escorted back to the capital for interrogation. Only with the emperor's order can he be exiled to the sea."

Zhu Hui secretly guessed Yan Chengjin's intention, but didn't know why he wanted to release Prince Ning.

The first capture, killing Prince Ning would make the rebels leaderless, so it was understandable not to kill him.

Now that the rebels have left Nanchang City, whether they are killed or released, it is better than letting him go to sea.

The major generals and thousand households in the Beijing camp are waiting to make military achievements, and they stay outside the tent for a long time.

Wang Shouren lowered his head in thought, and Brother Gao withdrew his troops and released Prince Ning overseas.

I don't know what the plan is.

"I will report to the emperor, count the casualties, make up for the shortfalls, and set off for Beijing in a month."

Before sending troops to Nanchang, he promised the emperor that the Beijing camp would not lose a single person.

It took several days for the two armies to fight and deploy troops. The time of exchange of weapons was not long, and the main weapons were long-range weapons such as steel spears and bows and arrows.

Yan Chengjin estimated that the casualties were less than 5,000.

If these shortfalls were made up to the Beijing camp, it would be considered a return of the original number. It was inevitable that the emperor and the officials would be angry.

But coming from the capital, he planned to send King Ning's army overseas.

However, Chengguogong Zhu Hui and Xia Zhong and others did not know his intentions, so they would naturally feel confused.

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Songjiang Prefecture, port.

Zhu Gongyu stood at the bow of the ship and looked back at the territory. This time he went to sea and could not come back.

The counselors were in tears, as wealthy gentry.

Becoming a pirate, you have to spend the rest of your life overseas, and your descendants will no longer be Ming people. It is unfilial to turn away from your ancestors.

Tang Yin took out a letter from his arms and set off: "Prince, that adult asked me to pass it to you."

"So Brother Tang is the one who secretly worked for him."

"Not really, I just worked for Concubine Lou and exposed Prince Ning's rebellion." Tang Yin knew that Concubine Lou and Yan Chengjin exchanged letters.

But he never wrote to Yan Chengjin.

Zhu Gongluo walked onto the deck and unwrapped the wax on the letter.

Tang Yin watched, and saw that Zhu Gongluo's face changed and gradually became puzzled: "Could it be that the adult wants to regret it?"

The counselors' hearts trembled, they had already left their homes.

What else did the court want?

Zhu Gongluo crumpled the paper into a ball and watched it sink to the bottom of the sea: "Go to the Delhi Sultanate."

...

Nanchang City.

Yan Chengjin ordered people to recruit soldiers.

In the counties and towns around Nanchang City, the fields were severely trampled by the army. When they heard that the soldiers of the Beijing Camp were recruiting, they lined up in a long line with eight cents of silver a day.

Zhu Houzhao moved into the Ning Wang Mansion and suddenly found many calligraphy and paintings in a wing room, as if he had discovered a treasure.

"Lao Gao, this person's calligraphy and painting are better than the painting champion!"

He held two paintings in his hand, one called "Riding a Donkey and Thinking of Returning" and the other called "Mountain Road Pine Sound".

Yan Chengjin took a quick look and knew who it was: "The new emperor made a mistake. It was not a master, but a work of the idle scholar raised by the Ning Wang. I asked someone to collect it and bring it back to the capital."

In this wing room, there was also an unfinished painting of Wang Shu Palace prostitutes.

Zhu Houzhao did not believe Yan Chengjin, "This is what I found. I will give you one, and the rest are mine."

"I was ordered to search the Ning Wang's mansion, and these properties should be added to the national treasury."

A month passed in a flash, and 10,000 soldiers were recruited, and the Beijing Camp army broke camp and returned to the capital.

If the marching speed is fast, it will take half a month to reach the capital.

But Zhu Houzhao always wanted to sneak out to play along the way, which delayed the marching speed for nearly half a month.

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Forbidden City, Fengtian Hall.

In the morning, the retired emperor Hongzhi sent the factory guards and the Tongzhengsi to track down Zhu Houzhao's whereabouts.

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao brought the emperor's grandson to Nanchang, he was restless.

"Ministry of War, is there a memorial sent back from Nanchang?"

"Reporting to the retired emperor, after receiving Xia Zhong's memorial fifteen days ago, there has been no memorial sent back."

It is only said that the new emperor has arrived in Nanchang, and it is still unknown how the war situation is.

Li Dongyang looked worried.

Yan Chengjin and Zhu Houzhao are in collusion, so don't let him mess around.

After the court, Zhang Fuhua walked back to the duty room with a solemn face, walked out of the Youye Gate, and saw the clerk of the Ministry of War walking towards him in a hurry.

"But the memorial from Nanchang?"

The clerk nodded and handed over the urgent memorial.

Zhang Fuhua hurriedly unfolded the letter and read it. His pupils gradually dilated. Finally, his eyes were like dead fish, staring at the words on the letter.

"Did Yan Chengjin release the rebels to the sea?"

This boy was too bold. The King of Ning would take him back to the capital for interrogation, and the rebels would be sent to the frontier to serve as labor.

Without the order of the Grand Emperor, Yan Chengjin let him go.

He raised his foot and hurriedly walked towards the Fengtian Hall, but after a few steps, he turned back and went to the cabinet.

At this time, Liu Jian was holding the memorial of Zhu Hui, the Duke of Chengguo.

"This boy actually released the King of Ning's army overseas."

The faces of the officials were shocked and puzzled.

Yan Chengjin has always been thoughtful and could expect that the Grand Emperor and the ministers would ask for punishment.

At this time, Zhang Fuhua walked in from outside the door and asked anxiously: "Have you seen the memorial? Yan Chengjin released the rebels to the sea."

Liu Jian took a deep breath: "Let's go to the Fengtian Hall first."

A moment later, the Fengtian Hall.

Just as the emperor was about to move to the West Warm Pavilion, the cabinet and the Ministry of War came to the main hall together and handed in a memorial.

Li Dongyang was nervous.

The officials waited in silence for the emperor to finish reading the memorial.

After closing the memorial, the emperor Hongzhi asked with a stern face: "Where is Yan Chengjin?"

"The capital, we can reach the capital within a day."

Wuqing County, the capital.

On the official road, Yan Chengjin rode a black horse, and in front of him was the prince of Xing, Zhu Houcong.

Zhu Houzhao rode up and said, "Father and the others will definitely ask you for punishment. If you keep the calligraphy and painting secret, I will not ask you for punishment."

"The new emperor escaped from the palace privately, and think about how to face the emperor and the others."

Before receiving the order from the emperor to come to Nanchang to quell the rebellion, Yan Chengjin wrote a letter to Yan Song.

After passing through Yunnan and a small country, it is the Delhi Sultanate.

It has been nearly five months. No matter how slow the caravan is, Yan Song should have received the letter.

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Arag, the ruined Fancheng.

Yan Song and Liu Jin led their troops to hide here. Outside the city are dense forests and dangerous mountains, and it is not easy for the Turkic cavalry to capture it.

However, the Delhi Sultanate fought with the French first, and then with the princes, and was shrouded in war for many years.

Food was even more scarce than silver.

Fortunately, Yan Song knew that sweet potatoes could feed people.

In the wild, the mountains were planted with sweet potatoes and other grains. Sweet potatoes and potato leaves were used to feed tens of thousands of soldiers.

Liu Jin came over excitedly with a letter: "Lord Yan has sent a letter. Come and see when reinforcements will be sent?"

The Turks were too powerful. A head-on confrontation would cause people to fall and horses to fall.

If the court could send cavalry, there would be a chance of winning.

Yan Song looked at it for a few times and shook his head: "Lord Yan is not sure yet. Let me wait. If there are reinforcements in three months, then there will be.

However, the name of the country can be confirmed."

Liu Jin blinked: "What is it called?"

"Tang and Song."

Liu Jin smiled widely, showing a few white teeth. He was a founding hero.

However, this place is extremely poor now, far less than the prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, and is only the size of a palm. All the foreign lands are occupied by the Turks.