At this time, Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji was not in the capital, but in Xuzhou; the three major battalions had easily captured the city, and he was in the army. Xuzhou was really not a good place, it could be called the "Land of Four Wars", regardless of whether it was in the south or south.
Both the advancing and the Northern Expedition armies were passing through this place. The main force of the "Northern Army" entered Xuzhou, taking the lead in expressing its offensive attitude and showing the world that the imperial court still had the advantage. The British Duke Zhang Fu suggested that Huai'an Prefecture should be captured first, and Zhu Zhan
Ji obeyed his advice.
After the civil war expanded, Zhu Zhanji was actually no longer qualified as a military commander. His ability to command the army was limited and he was self-aware, so he followed Zhang Fu's advice for most military operations. The British Duke almost held the decision-making power of the army. The emperor
Is it unnecessary to come here? Of course not. The "Three Yangs" in the imperial court, Xia Yuanji and other civil servants unanimously requested the emperor to lead the expedition in person. It was not unreasonable. The emperor and his ministers were well aware of the mystery.
It is a place where soldiers live and die, and useful generals cannot be found casually. Emperor Xuande has just ascended the throne, so the best choice is a veteran on the battlefield from the Yongle era. There are not many choices for people who are qualified and capable of leading 200,000 elites.
The British Duke Zhang Fu is the most suitable candidate. The British Duke Zhang Fu and his father Rongguo Duke Zhang Yu died in the "Battle of Jingnan"; the son of a general, Zhang Fu inherited his father's ambition and marched southward for almost the entire Yongle era.
He fought in the Northern War, Mongolia in the north, and Vietnam in the south. He showed extremely high military ability in many wars, which won him prestige in the army and created a generation of famous generals.
At this time, Emperor Xuande needed him very much, and of course he did not believe that Zhang Fu would turn to the side of the Han Dynasty. However, even so, Emperor Xuande would still be afraid if he wanted to completely hand over the three major battalions to Zhang Fu; it was as if someone held a
Pointing a gun at you, you believe he won't shoot, but you will still be afraid... If Zhang Fu leads three battalions to surrender to the King of Han, this battle will really be over. This is Zhu Zhanji's personal expedition
The reason...because Zhang Fu was also a military general, and he had a close friendship with Zhu Gaoxu. There were many military generals in the three camps, and it was the military generals who took refuge with the King of Han the most.
The main reason for the expansion of this civil war was actually that most of the military generals sided with the Han King Zhu Gaoxu, but there were very few civil servants. If the military generals guarding Nanjing did not easily change sides, it would have been difficult for the Han Dynasty to capture Nanjing with only the troops brought from Shandong.
No matter how great a famous general Zhu Gaoxu was, if he wanted to capture the heavily fortified city of Nanjing by force, it would be almost impossible in less than half a year, and even crossing the river would be difficult; if he could not capture Nanjing, there would be nothing to fight in this civil war.
.History has made a big joke. Zhu Gaoxu easily occupied Nanjing, leading to a civil war that gradually expanded and may evolve into the scale of the "Jingnan Campaign"; perhaps it was not a joke, Zhu Gaoxu's reputation in the military
The prestige is unmatched by the young emperor.
...Zhu Zhanji was sitting in the public seat in the lobby of the Yamen of Xuzhou Prefecture. A group of officials below the prefecture were once again kneeling there in fear. This group of people who were officials in Xuzhou this year were really unlucky. First, the King of Han came and might be killed.
; Now the people from the imperial court have come again, so it is obvious that he has been charged with surrendering to the enemy and rebelling against the imperial court.
The prefect fell to the ground and defended in an almost pleading tone: "General Zhou Yuji was ordered to stop the rebels of the King of Han, but they did not hold out for even a day. The whole army collapsed and Xuzhou City had no soldiers to defend. The guilty ministers and others originally wanted to recruit civilians and strong men.
We went up to the city to defend the city, but we were worried that the people in the city would be harmed if the city was broken, so we had to use expediency and pretend to surrender to the king of Han, waiting for the king's army to come and regain the lost territory..."
Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting in the public seat, patiently listened to their excuses. Of course he didn't believe them. Did these officials surrender in order to protect the people? This hypocritical reason is really childish.
After hearing this explanation, Zhu Zhanji became even more angry: These killings are insulting my intelligence.
But he didn't want to punish them immediately. If he killed the surrendered officials now, he would definitely encounter strong resistance when he regained the city that surrendered to the King of Han. The officers and soldiers guarding the city would die if they knew that the imperial troops were coming.
, why not resist desperately?
Zhu Zhanji turned to look at Yang Rong, who was standing in the lobby, and saw that he shook his head slightly, so he interrupted his excuse to plead guilty to the prefect and said: "Although you are guilty, your crime will not lead to death, so for the time being, you are still guilty."
Take charge of Xuzhou affairs and wait for the officials to discuss it before punishing them. Everyone, please go down."
The emperor had already made up his mind, but he still sought Yang Rong's opinion on the details. Just a show? It was not just a show. The relationship between "San Yang" was not close at the beginning. In fact, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi had some conflicts.
Although Yang Shiqi tried to repair the relationship several times...
When the magistrate heard that it was the officials who were responsible for the punishment, he was overjoyed. He definitely didn't need to be beheaded. He might just be demoted or dismissed at the most. In short, it was a hundred times better than being thrown into prison and waiting for the three judicial courts to discuss the crime, and then beheaded and even implicate his family.
.
"Your Majesty is kind and virtuous. I would like to thank you for your kindness in not killing me." All the officials hurriedly kowtowed.
Zhu Zhanji waved his hands and didn't want to say anything to them. He still had a lot of things to worry about. Although he was in the army, he still had to deal with other state affairs; just like his grandfather Yongle Emperor, who often led his troops outside to give memorials.
They were all sent to the army.
The main events were wars. In addition to the biggest war of the Han Dynasty's rebellion, there were also the Songfan rebellion and the Miao rebellion in the southwest... The war against the Vietnamese in the south also did not go well, and they were unable to withdraw their troops for a while; the situation in Wuliangha in the north was not good either.
Stablize.
When Zhu Zhanji first sat on the throne in the Forbidden City, he thought that he should be a conservative king. It was the position given to him by the general trend and he had no choice. But soon his empire was in chaos, and it seemed that he could not be regarded as such for the time being.
The King of Shou Cheng.
In fact, Zhu Zhanji was influenced by Grandpa Yongle, and he regarded Zhu Di as a great hero he admired since he was a child. He always dreamed that he could become a wise emperor like his grandfather and establish immortal achievements. This formed his character of being overjoyed with success, but later he discovered that he
The era he lived in would not give him a chance... But now that he has a place to use it, he wonders whether this is luck? Or misfortune?
Zhu Zhanji put down the ink pen he was using to review the memorial, and was deep in thought, thinking about something. The court officials standing by him became quiet and did not dare to disturb him.
This war has its inevitability. In the final analysis, it is the continuation of the problems left by Taizu's mistakes. At that time, Taizu attacked the heroes and nobles, but he was unwilling to face the ambitions of his sons rationally, and gave the prince's sons
Too much power, and military power. The problem broke out just after Taizu's death. The "Battle of Jingnan" lasted for four years. Taizu's descendants killed each other, and hundreds of thousands of people fought to the death within the empire;
More than 20 years have passed since the "Battle of Jingnan", and the problem has still not been completely solved. Now 200,000 Beijing troops have entered Xuzhou, and the bloodshed continues.
"If Zhang Ning hadn't come to Le'an, what would have happened next?" Zhu Zhanji said in a soliloquy tone.
The officials below all turned their heads slightly to look at Yang Shiqi. Yang Shiqi was silent and embarrassed... What does Zhang Ning do have anything to do with me? Is it because he once wanted to marry his adopted daughter to that person? This relationship is too far-fetched.
, besides the engagement has been cancelled.
There are no ifs in history. Just like historians will never say, what would have happened if An Lushan was blocked at Tongguan in the Tang Dynasty. These are meaningless. Bureaucrats, politicians and emperors of all dynasties are all reading from history books.
Summing up experience and lessons, they would rather believe that everything has deep-seated reasons, and try to find the laws and concepts for conquering the world and governing the country; talking about ifs is too meaningless.
Therefore, none of the court ministers under Zhu Zhanji spoke, and no one was willing to answer the strange questions raised by the emperor. There is a power in the dark that controls the rules and determines the fate of small people and the fate of the country.
Zhu Zhanji came to his senses and did not ask the ministers to answer the questions he had just asked. He began to face more practical problems.
Although the Songpan rebellion was serious, Zhu Zhanji immediately judged that there was no need to pay too much attention to it, let alone be nervous. The Tibetans were mainly causing trouble in Songpan, and the Tibetans could threaten the central government during the Tang Dynasty.
No, it's impossible for them to become a serious threat to the Central Plains. Solving it earlier or later does not hinder the outcome. Zhu Zhanji threw Songfan's memorial aside and could pass it back to the capital and ask the Ministry of War to send a general soldier there.
Just be responsible.
Next came the rebellion in the Miao territory of Huguang. The Miao people there had raised troops more than once since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Of course, they failed every time because the terrain was complex. Some of the rebellions lasted for several years, and some were resolved quickly... and Songfan
Even if the Tibetans are the same, the Miao people cannot change the world. For thousands of years, the Han people have continued to occupy the living space on the mainland, and the development of other races on the land of Kyushu has fallen far behind. It is not possible to change the general trend with just a few rebellions.
Zhu Zhanji picked up the folder and was about to throw it into the previous one when he suddenly put it down again. He remembered another report from the Ministry of War that Shimen County in Huguang was captured by the rebels; there was also a secret report from Jin Yiwei.
, the rebels who attacked the city were members of the evil cult, in order to rescue their captured comrades.
Although the news in the Tang newspaper was only a small-scale rebellion, it did not prevent Zhu Zhanji from paying attention to it. The anti-evil cult was found to be related to the remnants of Jianwen... Not only that, the rebellious party colluded with Zhang Ning may also be the anti-evil cult. Zhu
Zhanji didn't think there was a chance for Jianwen's remnants to rise again, but that didn't affect his desire to kill those people in the early stages.
He thought for a while, raised his head and asked, "Zhu Yong is in northern Xinjiang now?"
A minister from the Ministry of War came out to pay homage and said: "If I go back to the emperor, he is indeed leading the troops at the place of Duoyan Sanwei."
Zhu Zhanji immediately made a decision: "Let the Ministry of War recommend someone to replace Zhu Yong and let him be appointed as the chief military officer of Wuling..." He was about to ask Zhu Yong to come to see the saint, but then he thought it would be too difficult. He could find someone.
It would be fine if the eunuch gave him a secret order.
Zhu Yong, the son of Zhu Neng. Zhu Neng, Duke of Chengguo, was a famous general in the Battle of Jingnan: in the Battle of Zhending, he defeated Geng Bingwen; in the Battle of Zhengcunba, he defeated Li Jinglong; in the Battle of Baigouhe, he defeated Ping An; he saved
Emperor Yongle...conquered Dong'a, Dongping, and Feishui; defeated more than 100,000 troops in the battle of Feishui; in the battle of Lingbi, he captured 100,000 people including Ping'an...
Although Zhu Yong does not have as many famous military exploits as his fathers, as a famous general, his knowledge of military warfare is far beyond what ordinary people can achieve.