Daming: Brother, monks have no future, let’s rebel Chapter 129 Compulsory education! Emperor Liu Futong of the Han Dynasty makes a magnificent appearance!
Chapter 129 Compulsory education! Emperor Liu Futong of the Han Dynasty makes a magnificent appearance!
In fact, it is even more different and weird than the Nan Kong Sage New School that was created before.
What is taught in these schools is all novel knowledge such as mathematics, physics, biochemistry, etc., and all the teaching materials are made up by Zhu Han himself.
Zhu Han said: "What we have taught our children are all good things. From now on, the foundation of the Han family that will remain strong in the world can only rely on these new lessons!"
"Brother, you also know that even if you are as wealthy as the Zhao and Song dynasties, once you face the invasion of foreign enemies, without strong soldiers, no amount of money can buy peace. You can only cultivate both civil and military skills.
, only then can we truly win peace.”
“To achieve both civil and military skills, we must select talents to achieve both civil and military skills!”
"Expecting a group of scholars who only read books from sages to promote the art of war and military affairs is simply a fool's errand." Zhu Han continued, "So, what I promote in the school of our children is a new study of both civil and military arts.
, after completing the course, you will not become a romantic scholar who writes beautiful articles, but you will definitely become a real talent who is useful to the people of the world!"
"The rotten Confucian scholars who write beautiful articles will not get official positions here in the future, and more and more people will rush to learn new things!" Zhu Han said.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Well, that's the truth! Reading too many books by sages will indeed make people a little pedantic."
Zhu Han said, "Brother, my suggestion is that we should set up new schools in each state capital. These schools can recruit students regardless of poverty or wealth. As long as they pass the examination, they can enroll for free."
"Free admission? This is a novelty, but if this kind of school is set up in every state capital, I don't know how much money it will cost." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be confused.
Zhu Han smiled and touched his head, and then said, "In fact, not only are admissions to these new schools free, but as long as they study, the government will also provide each of them with food money, book money, pen and ink money, and even if they study better
If so, you can also get government subsidies and salaries, just like imperial students who receive government rice and grain. This is a good thing to promote education, and the talents they teach are really useful!"
My elder brother, Zhu Yuanzhang, was also a studious person. He read all the textbooks compiled by Zhu Han for his nephew's school.
"This is just the initial stage. When the world is truly peaceful, I will plan to implement compulsory education!" Zhu Han looked forward to the future of being widowed.
"Compulsory education? What is compulsory education?" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand again.
"Compulsory education means that all children of school age, regardless of age, must go to school to study. Otherwise, their parents will be punished, ranging from fines to prison sentences. In this way, all people in the world are included in the school
of education!”
Zhu Yuanzhang took a breath of cold air and said, "What a great feat this is!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was excited just thinking about it if all children in the world could go to school instead of chasing cows behind their butts to pick up cow dung like he did when he was a child.
This is a great achievement that can truly leave a lasting name for the ages.
Zhu Han's goal is naturally ambitious, but now his strength is still insufficient, and he can only temporarily implement his own new schools in various state capitals.
This will pave the way for future reform of the talent selection mechanism.
Just as Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang were discussing how to promote the New Deal in the two provinces south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River, Liu Futong, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty in Yingzhou, already felt that he was in a huge crisis.
Yingzhou, the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Ever since Liu Futong abandoned the city in Kaifeng and escaped all the way back to Yingzhou, he felt that the situation around him had suddenly become worse. Especially the various Red Turban Army generals in Henan Province no longer followed him, and began to work against him secretly.
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Liu Futong felt that his authority had been challenged.
Although Liu Futong no longer has an emperor to rely on, he is still the prime minister of the Song Dynasty and has a large number of troops. He is one of the top figures in the entire Henan Province. But now that he is so ignored, Liu Futong's mood will naturally not be the same.
How much better.
This made him very angry.
"Sir, do you think we should mobilize manpower to teach those dog Tatars a lesson?" Liu Futong's right-hand man Guan Duo asked tentatively when he saw Liu Futong's expression was not good.
Now if Liu Futong wants to restore his original reputation, he must win a big victory over the Tartars.
But how to win against the Tartars?
Guan Duo doesn’t know!
Liu Futong was silent for a moment, and then said, "It's not necessary yet, but we have to step up preparations for defense. I heard that the Tatars want to attack Yingzhou, so we must be prepared when the time comes, otherwise we will be in trouble once Yingzhou falls.
.”
Hearing what Liu Futong said, Guan Duo quickly agreed, "I obey, the general understands!"
"Well, go ahead and review the military preparations for war. This matter must be done well, as it is a matter of great importance to Yingzhou's gains and losses." Liu Futong said.
"The general will obey his orders."
Watching Guan Duo leave, Liu Futong's eyes showed a fierce look, "Tatars, if you have the ability, just come and say hello, I won't let you go!"
After Guan Duo retreated, Liu Futong sat on the chair, his eyes narrowed, and he was thinking about some issues.
He was thinking about how to restore his prestige as quickly as possible in a short period of time.
Liu Futong thought for a long time without any thoughts, and finally stood up directly, walked out of the study, and went to the courtyard outside.
In the courtyard, several guards saw Liu Futong going out and quickly bowed and saluted.
Liu Futong waved his hand, "No need to be polite, I will take a walk in the yard, you all can go and do your own business, don't worry about me!"
"Here!"
After seeing the guards leaving, Liu Futong took a deep breath and began to pace back and forth in the yard.
suddenly!
There was a flickering candlelight in his study, and the candle on the desk fell out of nowhere, instantly igniting a large area of paper in the study.
The firelight illuminated the whole room red!
Liu Futong was full of worries, but he didn't notice it at all.
Until Guan Duo, who had just walked not far, saw a red light.
I ran in anxiously to avoid a fire.
"The Prime Minister is working too hard, it's better to be careful with the flames!" Guan Duo said after putting out the flames, "Fortunately, I saw the red light in the Prime Minister's yard, otherwise it would be really dangerous."
Liu Futong was originally worried, but when he heard the four words "red light soaring into the sky", an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.
"Red light rising into the sky?"
"Mr. Guan, do you know what the sign of red light in the sky is?"
A bold idea suddenly sprouted in Liu Futong's mind!
"The red light is soaring into the sky? What does this mean? Could it be that something big is about to happen?" Guan Duo said in surprise.
"The red light soaring into the sky, doesn't it mean that there must be destiny here?" Liu Futong smiled mysteriously.
"Destiny?" Guan Duo was immediately startled. He had already vaguely guessed what Liu Futong was thinking.
Just listen to Liu Futong continue to say: "I heard that since ancient times, whenever an emperor is born, he is always accompanied by visions from the sky. When I was a child, I often heard my mother say that the day I was born, the sky was filled with red light, and the plane trees in the courtyard were filled with red light.
There’s a phoenix alighting!”
When Guan Duo heard this, he was stunned.
Liu Fu said it so clearly on the phone that even a fool would understand it!
Liu Futong plans to become emperor himself!
Now the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Han Lin'er, is dead and has left no descendants, not even uncles or cousins.
If Liu Futong really accepted the destiny and became the emperor, it would really be a way to restore his reputation.
However, I don’t know if it will be counterproductive if it is not done properly.
Guan Duo was very conflicted in his heart, but he did not dare to speak because he was afraid that if he said the wrong thing, Liu Futong would mistakenly think that he was questioning himself.
"Mr. Guan, I know what you are thinking."
When Liu Futong saw Guan Duo's hesitant expression, he knew what Guan Duo was thinking.
Liu Futong continued to speak: "I know that you are worried that after I become the emperor, I will make the people of the Song Dynasty suffer. You don't have to worry about this. I will naturally let the people live well, and I will definitely
I won’t let you old brothers down!”
After hearing this, Guan Duo raised his head, cupped his hands towards Liu Futong, and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness."
Guan Duo's heart was also full of expectations. He also knew very well that once Liu Futong ascended the throne as emperor, he would definitely use the generals under Guan Duo and Liu Futong.
According to ancient rules, it would be very troublesome to become an emperor.
If a person wants to be an emperor, he cannot simply say that he wants to be an emperor, but must follow a set of standard procedures.
First of all, someone had to come to persuade him to join, that is, the subordinates collectively knelt down to ask Liu Futong to become the emperor, which was a matter of "being ordered by God to live long and prosperous", and it had to win the hearts and minds of the people.
Naturally, the more people, the better. If it were a standard official in ancient times, all his subordinates would unanimously recommend Liu Futong to be the emperor.
However, now that Liu Futong wants to be the emperor, except for Yingzhou's confidants, generals and counselors who will definitely support it, it is not certain who the other marshals will support and who will oppose it.
Regarding this issue, Liu Futong chose to turn a blind eye. As long as he proclaimed himself emperor in Yingzhou, he would have a nominal advantage. By then, he hoped that the marshals of all walks of life would gradually accept him.
Secondly, if you want to be the emperor, you have to follow the standard procedure. After the generals and counselors unanimously invited Liu Futong to be the emperor, Liu Futong had to refuse, saying that his merits were not enough and his moral character was not enough. He then went through this process three times.
, so that he could reluctantly accept being the emperor.
There is a professional term for this, which is called "three requests and three words".
After the three invitations and three speeches, the enthronement ceremony had to be prepared, which required the emperor's robes, crown, chariot, ceremonial guards, etc., and the Seven Temples of the Emperor were also set up, which worshiped Liu Futong's seven generations of ancestors, or more distant ancestors.
In Yingzhou City, Guan Duo successively found Dong Da and other generals, and revealed to them Liu Futong's idea of ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.
As Liu Futong's confidants, these people all unanimously agreed that Liu Futong should be the emperor.
After all, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er has now died in battle.
The entire Red Turban Army is in a situation where there is no nominal leader.
Liu Futong stepped forward to become the emperor at this time, which means that the rebel brothers from all walks of life have a backbone again.
"However, this matter is still too risky!"
Just because most people agree, doesn't mean that no one opposes it.
The old general Zhao Junyong thought this matter was very risky. According to Liu Futong's prestige, if he proclaimed himself emperor before Bianliang City was lost, I am afraid most marshals would not object. After all, at that time, they wanted to conquer the Northern Expedition and destroy the Yuan Dynasty.
posture, but now that Kaifeng Bianliang City has been lost and Emperor Han Lin'er is dead, it would be a bit shameless to claim the throne again at this time.
"What should we do if someone refuses to accept the Prime Minister's proclaimed emperor? Should we send out troops to attack? If we send out troops to attack and win, then that's it. At most, it will be like killing each other."
"But if we lose, or if we don't send troops to attack at all, then the prime minister's authority as emperor will be completely lost, and the gain will outweigh the loss!"
The words Zhao Jun used made Guan Duo and others immediately understand who he was referring to.
"Brother Zhao, you are talking about the two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han," Guan Duo said with a frown.
Zhao Junyong nodded, "That's right, the two of them must be causing trouble, and most of the others will not be peaceful either."
Guan Duo and others lowered their heads and discussed for a while.
Nowadays, no one in the entire Red Scarf Army knows about the fact that the two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han of the Red Scarf Army have strong soldiers and horses.
Once the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers turned against each other, even Yingzhou's armaments, food, grass, and baggage would be in short supply.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Regarding this problem, Guan Duo and others are at a loss.
"I think we should advise the Prime Minister not to rush to become emperor." Zhao Junyong said with a sigh.
Guan Duo and others thought about it for a while, and they all thought it made sense.
After all, brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are not easy to mess with. Once they fall out, they cannot be beaten, or even dared to fight.
Everyone came to find Liu Futong in unison and wanted to dissuade Liu Futong from proclaiming himself emperor.
Unexpectedly, when Liu Futong saw so many people coming to find him, he thought they were here to persuade him to become emperor and take over the world, and he felt very excited in his heart.
However, when Guan Duo, Dong Da, Zhao Junyong and others revealed their intentions, Liu Futong's face fell.
"Is this why you came here?" Liu Futong said coldly.
"Prime Minister, please think twice before you act. Don't make too many enemies. The most important thing is to destroy the Tatars first!" Zhao Junyong, the most upright person, immediately advised loudly.
Liu Futong's face became even more ugly. He pointed at Zhao Jun's nose and scolded him sternly.
"Fart! Now the Tatars have become rampant, and King Ming has unfortunately been martyred. We are leaderless. Who else but me can shoulder this responsibility!"
Liu Futong became angrier as he spoke, "If it were like what you said, I was afraid of this and that, I wouldn't have raised troops to kill the Tatars back then!"
"Stop thinking nonsense, and hurry up and take action on this matter for me. If anyone dares to stop it, he will be dealt with immediately as a result of delaying the military plane!"
Liu Futong's tough attitude immediately frightened everyone so much that they dared not try to dissuade him any more.
Although he has been the prime minister for so many years, Liu Futong has always been quite magnanimous in his conduct, but after all, he is a fierce man who dares to raise an army for justice. If he really gets angry, it is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Liu Futong was very disgusted with Zhao Junyong's attitude. Seeing that everyone was obedient, only Zhao Junyong still had a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, which made him even more angry.
"Zhao Junyong! I appointed you as the vanguard of military grain. You will go to the south of the Yangtze River and ask Zhu Yuanzhang to send another batch of grain and grass to Yingzhou. By the way, I will inquire about the attitude of the two brothers. I will give them a good advice. Don't do it.
I feel that when I become the emperor, I want to enjoy my own happiness, and I want to tell them that I am only thinking about the great cause of anti-Yuan in the world!" Liu Futong said in a deep voice.
As a veteran of the Red Scarf Army, Zhao Junyong's prestige has always been good. Even if he opposed Liu Futong's proclaimed emperor, Liu Futong could not do anything to him. He could only send Zhao Junyong far away and not interfere with him.
"I obey my orders!" Zhao Junyong responded with a frown. He was also a smart man and knew that Liu Futong could no longer tolerate him, so he saved some face by going to Jiangnan.
As Liu Futong's confidants, if brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are dissatisfied with Liu Futong's proclaimed emperor, they will definitely have a bad look at Zhao Junyong. After all, Zhao Junyong is Liu Futong's general.
Zhao Junyong will be trapped in a situation where he is no longer human inside and out.
After getting rid of Zhao Junyong, Liu Futong directly instructed Guan Duo and others to prepare the process of proclaiming the emperor without any secret.
First, the miraculous origins of Liu Futong were exaggerated both inside and outside Yingzhou City. For example, when Liu Futong was born, the red light that filled the sky when Liu Futong gave birth to a child signified a vision from heaven.
Either Liu Futong once killed a black snake, and then it turned into a ball of black smoke and floated to the north, indicating that Meng Yuan was a black snake monster, and Liu Futong was naturally the demon slayer ordered by heaven.
After many visions appeared, various rare and exotic animals were offered from various places, such as three or four ears of wheat, a white elk, or a turtle with writing on its shell, etc.
Everything was because Liu Futong was summoned by Heaven, and then Guan Duo and others wrote to Liu Futong, asking him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
After a complete process of three applications and three resignations, Liu Futong reluctantly agreed to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. However, in order to show Liu Futong's loyalty to the late emperor Han Lin'er, he would not change to another reign title, but would continue to use the Dragon and Phoenix reign title.
In other words, as soon as Liu Futong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, his reign was directly changed to the "Three Years of Dragon and Phoenix"!
This may seem a bit outrageous, but there are actually examples from the previous dynasties that we can learn from. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, was born under Shi Jingtang, the emperor of the former dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty. After replacing the Later Jin Dynasty in ruling the Central Plains, the Later Han Dynasty continued to use
Taking the "Tianfu" reign title of the previous dynasty, it can be regarded as gathering the hearts of a wave of old generals and ministers of the previous dynasty.
As for the country's name, Liu Futong simply chose the country's name of "Han" for himself.
Emperor Liu Futong of the Han Dynasty made such a gorgeous appearance!
Later, Liu Futong made Yingzhou his capital, and named it Longfeng for the third year of his reign. He named his wife, children, and others as queens, princes, etc., and honored seven generations of his ancestors as emperors.
In order to win over the internal and external marshals, Liu Futong conferred kingships and prime ministerships on the internal generals. He named more than ten generals, prime ministers, privy envoys, etc. in one go. For the external marshals, he bestowed the Emperor's Banner Festival on them.
rod, giving them greater autonomy.
After a series of extremely fast processes, before many rebel leaders outside could react, Liu Futong was transformed into the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!
The news that Liu Futong founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor and became the Emperor of the Han Dynasty reached Jinling, which immediately surprised everyone.
After Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang received the information, they immediately fell into suspicion.
They felt that the information they heard was false information.
However, this news was confirmed when Liu Futong from Yingzhou sent the emperor's envoy.
Regarding the news of Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was very dismissive. He said to Zhu Han, "People only choose to proclaim themselves emperor after they have won a great victory or made great achievements. Liu Futong is better. Not only did he win a great victory just now,
He was defeated, lost Bianliang, and even killed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He actually proclaimed himself emperor at this time. What was going on in his mind?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Han was also extremely surprised by the news that Liu Futong became emperor!
According to the trajectory of history, Liu Futong never made any move to proclaim himself emperor.
However, it may be because Han Lin'er has been living a good life, otherwise, Liu Futong really has the intention to become emperor.
"Since Han Lin'er is dead, it seems reasonable for Liu Futong to proclaim himself emperor." Zhu Han said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor is a really bad move, but he must have considered it.
"
Zhu Han had also guessed that Liu Futong must have lost his land and prestige due to a great defeat, and wanted to use becoming emperor to regroup the morale of the rebel armies.
However, this method is not of much use.
In Zhu Han's view, if the internal stability is relatively stable, it would not be unacceptable to experience a big defeat and directly usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor. However, now that the Red Army is fighting on its own, many marshals' support for Liu Futong has declined.
Quite a few.
Now that he has rashly proclaimed himself emperor, only Liu Futong's confidants in Yingzhou, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, Peng Da and other peripheral generals, will benefit. There is not much benefit.
Zhu Han felt that Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor had no impact on himself and his brother, but had some benefits.
"Now that Han Lin'er is dead, we also occupy the south and north of the Yangtze River."
"Since Liu Futong wants this title, let's give it to him. The strategy we set at the beginning was to build walls high, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king. Now with Liu Futong at the front, we can develop better.
The internal strength of Jiangnan and Jiangbei!" Zhu Han said.
"This is what happened, but if we bow down to Liu Futong, we will not be able to stand up straight and take charge of the country in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor.
When Han Lin'er proclaimed himself emperor, it can be said that the leaders of the various Red Scarf Army were not strong enough, so they had to introduce a common leader of the world to command the heroes of the world.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is now far from what it used to be. Having Liu Futong, the Han emperor, above him is something Zhu Yuanzhang cannot accept no matter what.
"Since we can't accept it, then we might as well not accept it at all."
"If you don't admit it, I'm afraid we will start a war with Liu Futong."
Zhu Han smiled and said to himself, "Brother, don't forget, Liu Futong still relies on us for food and grass supplies from Jiangnan, but they are all supplies that are in short supply in his army. Without our support, Yingzhou can only
I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long, so what if I don't acknowledge him?"
Liu Futong was indeed counting on brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han to live his life.
"Qiwu, tell me how to deal with Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor. I don't want to be his minister." Zhu Yuanzhang said quickly.
Zhu Han then smiled and said: "We can send a letter to Liu Futong first, continue to address him as the Prime Minister, saying that the world is not yet settled, and we ask the Prime Minister to take the overall situation of the world first and not to rashly proclaim himself emperor, so as not to attract the Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty.
They launched a crazy counterattack, all in the name of doing good for Liu Futong, and then opposed him proclaiming himself emperor. Let's see what he will do. If Liu Futong was not crazy, he would definitely hold his nose and explain, and then just talk nonsense.
By that time, everyone in the world will know that, brother, you are against Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor, and Liu Futong will not turn against us directly because of his three points of dissatisfaction. In this way, we can still join forces to resist the Tatars, and everyone in the world will also know that.
I understand, you don’t agree with Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor. If we have our own plan to build a country from now on, it can be said to be completely justified!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently. He felt that Zhu Han's suggestion was indeed a good idea.
As long as they make their attitude clear, they will become stronger in the future and if they set up a new branch of their own, they will not be accused of betrayal by many people.
Facts have proved that not only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers disapproved, Liu Futong became emperor when he founded the country, but other Red Army generals in Haozhou, Ruzhou and Xuzhou also adopted the same strategy as Zhu Yuanzhang.
On the one hand, they greatly praised and supported Liu Futong's achievements and status.
However, everyone expressed their opposition very politely to Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor.
This was also their clear attitude. Liu Futong chose to ignore all the soft-but-hard objections from these people.
Because, in Liu Futong's view, as long as they had no real objections to him becoming emperor, everything could be discussed.
In this way, the Han Emperor Liu Futong of Yingzhou and the various Red Army generals outside actually reached a tacit understanding.
This is a strange tacit understanding. The Red Army generals from all walks of life have never recognized or supported Liu Futong's throne in Yingzhou.
In this way, Liu Futong's emperor became a small court in Yingzhou that played behind closed doors.
Regarding the fact that Liu Futong proclaimed himself emperor and became the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the reaction of the various Red Army generals could be said to be minimal.
But the biggest reaction to this incident came from the old rival - the Mongolian and Yuan armies.
Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao, Li Siqi and others who had just captured Bianliang were furious when they heard that Liu Futong, the prime minister of the Yingzhou Red Scarf Army, had become the Han emperor.
After finally wiping out the Song Emperor Han Lin'er, another Han Emperor Liu Futong emerged.
This is simply a provocation to their victory.
In order to eliminate Liu Futong, the leader of the rebels, and combat such arrogant provocations, Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others immediately wrote to the Yuan Dynasty's imperial court, asking the imperial court to allocate another batch of food and military pay as soon as possible, and then support them to go south to destroy Yingzhou.
Liu Futong, leader of the Red Scarf Army.
Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and others said in the letter that as long as the Red Scarf Army Liu Futong in Yingzhou is wiped out, the Red Scarf Army in the world will basically have no foothold in the Central Plains. By then, the Yuan Dynasty will occupy the core area of the Central Plains.
, we can attack from the north and attack the south, and gradually eliminate the rebels from all walks of life, including Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Han brothers, Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang, Ming Yuzhen and so on.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Yuan Dynasty, which had just won a great victory, was naturally looking forward to this grand wish of wiping out the rebels in the world.
Therefore, for this batch of military supplies requested by Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and other generals, the Empress Dowager Qi, the regent of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, and others immediately raised their spirits to bring Hebei under their rule.
Shanxi, Liaoyang, Shandong and Shaanxi were searched again, and even the land was thinned by three feet. Then they managed to scrape together a batch of grain and grass and began to transport it to the headquarters of the bandit suppression army in Bianliang, Henan.
And just when the Mongolian and Yuan court was preparing for war with great fanfare and preparing to go south to destroy the Han Emperor Liu Futong, to the south of Yingzhou, another Han Empire was about to emerge in Hanyang, Hubei!
Hubei, Hanyang City.
Since Chen Youliang's last failed sneak attack in Jiangnan, the headquarters of Tianwan's Red Turban Army has moved back to Hanyang, Hubei from Jiangxi.
After a major defeat, Chen Youliang returned to Hubei and immediately killed a group of generals and ministers loyal to Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui to warn the generals within the rule not to have any dissent because of his defeat. But he, Chen Youliang, still had
The ability to kill.
However, just killing people was far from enough to make up for the loss of prestige caused by Chen Youliang's defeat in Jiangnan.
In order to strengthen his prestige, he removed the burden of Emperor Tianwan Xu Shouhui above his head.
Chen Youliang did not hesitate to make a plan to kill Xu Shouhui and then proclaim himself emperor and found the country.
As soon as this plan was proposed, many ministers opposed it.
They all felt defeated and returned. They should have kept their tails between their legs. Not to mention killing a group of generals and counselors of the Tianwan Red Scarf Army, they now wanted to kill Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, which was simply shocking.
Zou Pusheng and other generals and counselors expressed their opposition.
However, it was obvious that Chen Youliang already had an idea in mind.
He did not take the objections of Zou Pusheng and others seriously at all, and secretly arranged for his confidants to ambush in the temple outside Hanyang City.
Then, he took the opportunity to invite Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui to go to the temple to worship the Holy Ancestor Bailian, and tricked Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui into Bailian Temple outside Hanyang City.
Poor Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui suddenly felt a dark wind coming from behind after entering Bailian Temple!
"Look at the hammer!"
With just an angry shout, a pumpkin hammer weighing several kilograms smashed the head of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui!
Blood and brain matter spurted into the main hall of Bailian Temple! The whole area of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui ended in such a hasty manner!
Subsequently, Chen Youliang announced to everyone that Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui had been assassinated by the traitor Zhu Yuanzhang brothers!
In the face of such a vicious opponent, in order to stabilize the Tianwan Red Scarf Army, the Prime Minister and Marshal Chen Youliang chose to ascend the throne and found the country under the unanimous recommendation of everyone!
Chen Youliang claimed to be the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, established his capital in Hanyang, changed his reign name to Longwu, and claimed to be the Emperor Longwu.
He made his wife and newborn son the queen and prince, and then enfeoffed the generals wantonly, ordering them to build warships and train the army, and prepare to attack Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers again!
Of course, this time it was definitely not a sneaky attack.
Prepare for an honorable Eastern March!
Moreover, Chen Youliang shamelessly used the name of revenge for Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui.
The news has spread, and people all over the world suddenly feel very magical. Two Han empires, one in the south and one in the north, have made such a gorgeous appearance.
Their territories are closely connected, but they can do their own thing, which is really amazing.
Chen Youliang ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and had no interest in the Han emperor Liu Futong in the north.
Chen Youliang only wanted to capture the prosperous Jiangnan area, and then wait for an opportunity to move north and seize the Central Plains.
So for the poor Yingzhou Red Turban Army.
Chen Youliang only sent people to take precautions along the border and had no plans to attack.
Chen Youliang devoted all his energy, financial resources, and manpower to rebuilding the Han Dynasty Yangtze River Navy.
After all, if you want to attack Jiangnan, you must have a powerful navy.
Chen Youliang learned a painful lesson!
After leading a group of generals to carefully recall the experience of the last failed sneak attack, they came to a crucial conclusion.
That is why brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were able to successfully ambush themselves. In addition to underestimating the enemy and falling into the enemy's encirclement, there is another important reason, that is, the Jiangnan Red Turban Army has very powerful artillery!
After this kind of artillery is installed on a warship, it can deal a devastating blow to enemy warships it encounters. The flame-breathing cannon can smash the hardwood on all wooden warships.
No matter how powerful the sailors are, there is no way they can get close to joining gangs to fight, so in preparation for this war, Chen Youliang has new regulations for the reconstruction of the navy.
Chen Youliang invested more manpower and material resources, striving to build a group of artillery warships that could rival the Jiangnan Navy.
However, just a cast cannon put Chen Youliang into a situation where it was difficult to open the door.
In Hanyang City, there is a huge workshop.
The workshop was buzzing with people. The craftsmen were shirtless and sweating profusely. The hot copper water and coal made the workshop like a furnace. Everyone who walked in was burned to the skin.
It hurts, and the sweat evaporates completely before it has time to flow down.
The Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Chen Youliang, went to great lengths to inspect the Hanyang workshop today.
"Your Majesty, this is a batch of newly made artillery pieces that we have made. We have compared them with the shapes of the artillery pieces we bought from Jiangnan. In terms of appearance, there is absolutely no error at all. However, we still have some problems with the proportion of copper.
Some differences, in any case, are that they are not as good as Jiangnan's artillery!" said a craftsman leader.
From the quality of the two bronze cannons in front of him, Chen Youliang could tell the difference between the cannons made in Hanyang and those made in Jinling.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although the artillery made by Hanyang is also golden, there is always a slight difference from the artillery made by Jiang Jinling.
Chen Youliang didn't know that the difference was precisely due to the addition of metallic zinc. When metallic zinc is added to bronze, it can become standard gun metal!
Gunmetal, also known as brass, has better performance and stronger corrosion resistance. It is the best material especially for ship-based artillery used by naval forces.
In order to rebuild his Han Yangtze River Navy, Chen Youliang spent a lot of manpower and material resources!
I secretly bought several artillery pieces made in Jinling from Jiangnan.
These artillery were supposed to be installed on merchant ships, but Chen Youliang spent more than 1,000 taels of gold before sending someone to secretly transport them back.
Chen Youliang looked at the imitation Hanyang artillery, stroked the body, and then asked:
"If the difference is not big, then it is acceptable. How powerful is this artillery?"
The head craftsman in charge of casting the artillery immediately said, "Your Majesty, we have already tested the power of the country. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, at a distance of dozens of steps, the difference between the two is not that big. It's just that our Hanyang-made artillery seems to be
It’s easy to attract some patina, but as long as you maintain it well, some patina is not a problem!”
"Let's go! Go try the cannon!" Chen Youliang said.
Later, the Han monarchs and ministers came to a school field outside Hanyang City, which was Chen Youliang's newly established artillery testing base.
With roars one after another, the Hanyang-made artillery fire was like a devastating burst, hitting the target dozens of steps away.
The heavy cannonballs shattered the thick wooden boards on these targets.
Chen Youliang is very satisfied with this result.
According to the power of this kind of cannon, as long as one shot is fired at close range, no matter what kind of hard wooden warship is, a huge hole will be exposed, and naturally there will be no strength to continue fighting.
boom!
boom!
There was another heavy roar of artillery.
Emperor Chen Youliang of the Han Dynasty held a torch and personally fired several bronze cannons.
Chen Youliang expressed great interest in this powerful new artillery.
He nodded with satisfaction, "You must make more of these artillery pieces for me, at least a thousand!"
"What?! A thousand doors?"
The Han Dynasty Prime Minister Zou Pusheng, who was in charge of casting the artillery, suddenly showed a troubled expression.
"What, one thousand doors, can you do it?" Chen Youliang asked with a frown.
Zou Pusheng nodded seriously and said, "Your Majesty, we really can't do it! These artillery are really too expensive. One artillery can easily weigh a thousand kilograms. This does not include the materials, labor and consumables, as well as various fire costs.
, the copper used in this artillery alone is worth a lot of money!"
The copper used in these bronze cannons was originally intended to be cast into copper coins.
In other words, in addition to being a weapon in itself, the bronze cannon itself was actually cast from piles of copper coins, so it was naturally expensive.
When Chen Youliang heard this, he immediately frowned.
"If you can't even build a thousand artillery pieces, how can you defeat the two traitors, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers?"
Chen Youliang said angrily.
The more Chen Youliang thought about the failure of his last sneak attack on Jiangnan, the more he realized that it was not his fault!
Rather, it refers to the fact that brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang were too cunning.
No matter what, Chen Youliang needs to complete the goal of 1,000 artillery pieces!
According to Chen Youliang's plan, 1,000 artillery pieces were equipped with 20 artillery pieces on a warship, which was only 50 warships, and 50 warships were barely enough for the Jiangnan Zhu brothers to fight.
Because, according to the information that Chen Youliang sent people to inquire about in Jiangnan, the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers must have at least more than a hundred artillery warships, which means there are more than 2,000 artillery pieces!
Thinking about the difference between one thousand doors and two thousand, Chen Youliang found it difficult to accept.