Fang Guozhen didn't know whether he should celebrate his compliance with the people's wishes, or lament his loss... Anyway, each of his subordinates had a small amount of honors. If the delay continued, who knows if they would kill him as Prime Minister Dong?
"Tell me, is my brother really that bad?"
Fang Guozhang hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother, what are you talking about? Even the King of Wu respects you and regards you as a senior rebel. This is such a favor. Everyone in our Fang family is honored by it."
Yea!"
Fang Guozhen thought for a while and realized that this was really the case, but he was still a little unconvinced, "Do we have to rely on Zhu Yuanzhang for the rest of our lives and can't we do something ourselves?"
Fang Guozhang paused for a moment, as if thinking about something, and then gritted his teeth, "Brother, I have to say these few words from my heart... Zhu Jiajun is a hero, but most of them are men on land. The heroes in the water, but
Not many. Look at the current navy of Zhu Jiajun, Yu Tonghai, Liao Yongzhong, Zhang Desheng... These people are running rampant in Chaohu, and they can barely enter the Yangtze River. There is also that barbarian Hague, a general who is often defeated.
Let’s put it this way, there is no one who can fight. It’s just a good time for us to take refuge there.”
"I'm going to be blunt. The former King of Wu was willing to make his brother King of Yue because he wanted to win over him. Now that my brother has gone to the past and obeyed the people, the King of Wu still doesn't regard his brother as a confidant? When the time comes, he will all the naval forces.
It is natural to leave it to my brother. As long as my brother makes great achievements, a hereditary and irreplaceable Duke of Yue will be right in front of us!"
Hereditary neglect?
Also the Duke of Yue?
Fang Guozhen was a little uneasy, "Is everything you said true?"
Fang Guozhang became even more enthusiastic, "Brother, to be honest, I also heard that the former King of Wu once promised Ou Puxiang to let him establish his country overseas."
"What? He agreed?"
"What!" Fang Guozhang laughed contemptuously, "Ou Puxiang is a short-sighted person. He only dares to bully Yuanzhou in his lair and let King Wu take away all his men. He is all alone and at the mercy of King Wu. He
I found this myself. Brother, we are different. Traveling on the sea is our brother's job. Among other things, go to the north, there is the Japanese country, and to the south there is Champa. Our fleet has all been there.
The place cannot be said to be a good one, but it would be good to be able to separate one side and become an overseas emperor."
"Is there anything else?"
Fang Guozhen's heart was surging, and he felt that the road had already been paved for him. By surrendering to the King of Wu, he would have his status and future, and his descendants would not have to worry about it. It was not impossible to build a country overseas if he wanted to.
It's simply a win.
No more doubts, this must be done!
Fang Guozhen made up his mind, "Immediately prepare a book of maps and submit a letter to surrender! By the way..." Fang Guozhen suddenly remembered something again. He stared at Fang Guozhang with his beard raised, biting his back teeth and asked:
"Tell me! I don't know these things, so how do you know about them? Have you already inquired about them?"
Fang Guozhen's eyes popped out.
Not only are all my subordinates Xiao Fengxian, but my own sons and brothers are also like this. Why am I so unlucky?
Fang Guozhen wanted to cry but had no tears, but there was nothing she could do.
He sent his son Fang Guan to Yingtian with an atlas of armored soldiers to accept the surrender. He also ordered Fang Guozhang to rectify the land and water armies, take stock of his family assets, and prepare a record of the troops honestly and present them together when he was ready to surrender.
Fang Guozhen also reminded his brother, "Listen carefully. The Zhu Jiajun is not confused when doing things. He can't hide anything from his empty pay and soldiers' blood. Since he is going to surrender this time, he must be honest and get the numbers right. Don't go there."
Sometimes people will grab your pigtails, but don’t expect me to protect you!"
Fang Guozhang was stunned for a long time and hurriedly agreed.
When saying goodbye, he always trots.
Now that you have become the Zhu Jiajun, you can’t neglect it!
Fang Guozhen accepts Tu Tu and surrenders. Although this is unexpected, it is also reasonable.
A few years ago, Fang Guozhen had contacts with Zhu Yuanzhang, exchanging salt for grain, and the business was very prosperous.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang granted the title of three princes, among which Fang Guozhen, the king of Yue, was the most successful.
During this period, Fang Guozhen also sent fleets several times to assist Zhu Jiajun's operations.
Yu Tonghai's success in conquering Lingnan this time was inseparable from Fang Guozhen's help.
All in all, these two families are very close, from top to bottom, especially the bottom, there is no need to say more.
Fang Guozhen told his brothers to get the data more accurate and not let Zhu Jiajun take advantage of it. This was indeed true. After all, the statistics from the Guards Department might be clearer than them.
In Fang Guozhen's place, Zhu Jiajun's infiltration was almost like a sieve. It was as good as Dai Ying's, and it was one-way transparent.
This person knew the inside story, but it is undeniable that as one of the heroes competing in the Central Plains, Fang Guozhen did not fight until the last moment, but actually surrendered so smoothly, which still greatly shocked the world.
The first and most frightened person is Chen Youding from Fuzhou. He has no choice but to be afraid.
Lao Zhu went down to Lingnan, forced He Zhen to surrender, and subdued Fang Guozhen. The eight counties in Fujian under his command were suddenly surrounded by Zhu's army on three sides.
If Fang Guozhen's navy was taken into consideration, he would not even have a way out, and would be completely surrounded by Zhu's army.
"Look, this is the most poisonous red crane crown. I'm ready. If Zhu Yuanzhang really can't tolerate me, he can only fight to the end. I, Chen Youding, are different from Fang Guozhen. I would rather die than surrender!"
What the men could say, they could only pat their chests to express that they would fight to the bitter end and never surrender.
Anyway, from then on, Chen Youding carried the bottle of Crane Crown Red all day long, telling everyone to live up to justice and be benevolent, and to rather die than surrender. The people below also agreed. As for what he was thinking, only God knows.
As for Zhang Shicheng, who was also a prince in the south of the Yangtze River, he was furious!
"Zhu Chongba! You have no conscience! I was the one who carried down the million-strong Tuotuo army in Gaoyou City. The red scarf heroes in the world, no matter what, will count me, Lao Zhang! You throw me out of the sky, I will follow you.
You’re not done yet!”
Zhang Shicheng jumped to his feet and cursed.
After thinking about it, he found several literati and continued to help him write novels and plays, publicizing the Battle of Gaoyou and telling how he was wise and powerful.
But the problem is that Zhang Shicheng's repeated leaps have completely destroyed his character. He lost several publicity battles and even lost his pants.
That's it, and we still have to fight a propaganda war. It can only be said that people are addicted to food.
Just close the door and entertain yourself. Obviously, Zhang Shicheng also had a posture of closing his eyes and waiting for the blow, and it was difficult for him to do anything else.
However, some people are still unconvinced when faced with this situation.
This person is Liu Futong!
"Zhu Yuanzhang, you have gone too far!"
In his memorial speech, Lao Zhu gave Liu Futong a lot of face, but for a period of time, the tone of Zhu Jiajun's propaganda was to deny the Song Dynasty.
Unfortunately, Liu Futong's national title was Song Dynasty, and his banner was to reopen the Song Dynasty.
What does Zhu Yuanzhang mean when he scolds the Song Dynasty?
Why don't you embarrass us!
And your surname is Zhu, you are too unauthentic. You went to Yashan to read the sacrificial inscriptions, you swore to restore China and expel the Huru...you damn have the ability to go on the Northern Expedition!
We are fighting life and death here, with blood flowing like rivers. It would be better for you to do nothing, just expand your strength, and then just open your mouth and take all the credit of the Northern Expedition on yourself. You are only dreaming!
Also, I don’t acknowledge the bullshit memorial you wrote!
I don’t recognize a word of what you said about Da Song.
The Song Dynasty is very good, we must restore the Song Dynasty and reopen the world of the Song Dynasty.
Liu Fu was furious and planned to challenge Lao Zhu.
But to be honest, there was no talent like Zhang Ximeng around him. Let alone Zhang Ximeng, even Zhu Sheng and Song Lian couldn't catch up... Facing the article that Zhu Yuanzhang kindly sent, they couldn't study anything.
There is no way to understand this set of propositions from a strategic perspective.
Anyway, they are right to oppose whatever Zhu Jiajun stands for.
Liu Futong seems to have forgotten that Zhu Jiajun always rebelled against Song Dynasty. Now he wants to rebel against Zhu Jiajun every time. Isn't that following the old path of Zhao and Song Dynasty?
Sorry, Liu Futong doesn't care about this.
He also found Zhao Jizu, one of the original leaders of the Red Turban in Haozhou, who had followed Guo Zixing in the uprising and was much older than Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Zhu Chongba cursed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and made the king kneel down. This is simply treason. I think we should pay homage to Emperor Gaozong."
This guy made a big move as soon as he came up.
Liu Futong frowned. Although his political level is not high, how can you be worthy of Grandpa Yue when you offer sacrifices to Wanyan Gou?
This doesn't seem to work.
"Any other ideas?"
Zhao Jizu thought for a while and suddenly came up with an idea, "I saw above that Zhu Yuanzhang not only cursed the emperor Zhao and Song, but also cursed the scholars and blamed the scholar-officials! How can this be done? Scholars are literate, capable, and capable.
With his knowledge, he can be called a dragon or a phoenix among people. What is most lacking now is talent. If Zhu Chongba is willing to drive away the talent himself, we should open the door wide and accept scholar-bureaucrats!"
As soon as this idea came out, Liu Futong was stunned. Would he accept the scholar-bureaucrat?
It seems to be a good idea, after all, the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty lies!
He presides over the Northern Expedition, and there is indeed a lack of talents around him. In this way, he can weaken Zhu Yuanzhang and strengthen himself, so why not!
It seems like you can try it!
…
Since he issued the decree to send the article to all parties, Zhu Yuanzhang simply dealt with the Lingnan matter and prepared to return to Yingtian. Now that he has sent the gifts, it depends on the follow-up reaction.
If there is no movement at all, wouldn't all the work be in vain?
"My lord, Fang Guozhen is ready to accept the soil and surrender. One article, not a single soldier, my lord's action can be passed down as a legend for the ages."
Zhu Yuanzhang tried hard to control it, but he still laughed, "This Fang Guozhen is quite sensible. It's just that Liu Futong is hateful! He yelled about treating scholars favorably and respecting Song Dynasty orthodoxy. He is clearly against us."
Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but smile, "My lord, Liu Futong is solving a problem for us."
"Trouble? What trouble?"
"Of course there are so many talented and famous people in our prison, and the scholars set an example...if Liu Futong wants it, just give it to him!" Zhang Ximeng squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox, very happy.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "There are not many scholars in our prison, but there are thieves and gangsters..." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized it, couldn't help but nodded, and looked at Zhang Ximeng meaningfully, we almost forgot, what's in your kid's belly