First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 45 Detour Tactics

At the beginning of May, the army of the Northern Expedition successively captured Anding, Huizhou, Jingning, and Longde, and went to Pingliang through Xiaoguan. .

  As early as when the Ming army captured Lintao, Zhang Sidao left his younger brother Zhang Liangchen and his general Yao Jun to guard Qingyang, while he himself fled to Ningxia, but was captured by Kuku.

  Zhang Huan sent people to recruit Zhang Liangchen. Zhang Liangchen learned that his brother had been convicted by Kuku and decided to surrender, but he rebelled immediately. Xu Da ordered Qingyang City to be surrounded on all sides. Zhang Liangchen resisted stubbornly and asked Kuku outside the Great Wall for help.

   In order to save Qingyang, Kuku divided his troops into three groups to restrain the Ming army, attacking Datong all the way to Taiyuan, attacking Fengxiang all the way, and attacking Jingzhou all the way. In mid-July, the Kuku Department sent Hanan to attack Yuanzhou, which changed the battle situation drastically. Xu Da saw that Kuku's soldiers were very strong, so he temporarily took the defensive position, and ordered Xu Li to guard Yimaguan, Ye Shizhen to guard Pengyuan, Wei Zheng to guard Qizhou, Fu Youde and Xue Xian to guard Lingzhou to control the vital points.

  Seeing that the situation has been settled, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting in Bianliang, set off to rush back to the capital. The emperor was established at the beginning of the country, and he, the emperor, could not leave for too long, otherwise he would have to take Dadu with his own hands!

   Zhu Biao in the palace was also relieved to hear the news that Comrade Zhu had finally returned. He is the prince of Jian Guo now, but he is too young and has no direct descendants. He is more of a symbol in the court.

  Zhu Yuanzhang’s news that Dinghaishenzhen was coming back immediately inspired many people. Zhu Biao felt that the operation of the entire imperial court seemed to be smeared with lubricating oil, and everything became more efficient.

   Zhu Biao did not contact any ministers during this period, and he was even more cautious than when Zhu Yuanzhang was there. No one could find him except the court.

  When Zhu Yuanzhang came back, Zhu Biao led the ministers to welcome the emperor back to the capital outside the city.

   After returning to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang took over the government affairs directly, and directly dealt with several ministers without asking anyone.

Zhu Biao can finally go back to his leisurely daily life. Those younger brothers who have been to the front line have also made great progress. The whole person looks a lot more stable. Although it is impossible to really let them fight, but I have seen it. Even if it is growing up!

Zhu Biao has started to sort out the history of the Hongwu period in the past few days. The most urgent thing is that Chang Yuchun will die suddenly next year. for Nanjing).

  Looking at the current situation, it won't be a problem to win Da Da in August, so after the completion, it will be a class teacher Ying Tianfu.

   Zhu Biao thought for a while and got up to go to his mother's queen. Liu Jin hurriedly went to report that there were more and more women in the harem, so it was not good for Zhu Biao to go directly.

  When Liu Jin came back, Zhu Biao arrived at the gate of the Imperial Garden. There were indeed many concubines on the road, but thinking about it, it was a good time to go out for a walk when the weather turned warmer in May, not to mention what else could these women do if they didn’t visit the Imperial Garden?

  On the way, he only saw Zhu Biao, the mother and concubine of a few princes, stop and salute. After all, he is the mother and concubine of his younger brothers, so he should also show some respect.

  Of course, these concubines also rushed to return the gift. Zhu Biao is the prince and heir.

  At present, there are very few people who have just established the harem as noble concubines, that is, women who have given birth to two princes will be named noble concubines, and the rest are concubines.

   Those who went down were not qualified to stop Zhu Biao. They all kept out of the way and folded their hands and bowed their knees to salute on both sides of the road.

  Zhu Biao suddenly understood why the emperors in those TV dramas never cared about their harem concubines competing for favor.

   All the way to the Queen's Kunning Palace, Zhu Biao waited for the maids to pass on before entering. Once inside, Zhu Biao saw that besides his mother, there were several small concubines.

   Those few had already stood up and waited, and bowed their knees beautifully: "The concubine waits to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

  Zhu Biao raised his hand with a polite smile, then straightened his face and respectfully saluted Empress Ma who was sitting: "My son pays homage to his mother."

   Empress Ma asked her son to get up with a smile, and the concubines cleverly came up to talk about how His Highness is so obedient and knows how to respect his mother.

   Empress Ma said a few words of courtesy, and the others resigned in a sensible manner.

   Zhu Biao walked aside and sat down on his own. Empress Ma ignored him, and started to work again after picking up the needle and thread.

  Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "Mother, all the sons and ministers have come to see you, why don't you ask your son if his food is good recently?"

  Empress Ma glanced at him: "What can be wrong with you, Yunjin can't take care of you well?"

  Zhu Biao laughed: "No matter how well Yun Jin takes care of him, his son needs his mother's care!"

  Empress Ma shook her head and smiled and said: "Okay, you must go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so tell me! What's the matter with finding your mother, let's talk about it first, your father just emphasized to me yesterday that the harem is not allowed to participate in politics."

  Zhu Biao said: "Father has been emphasizing with you for more than ten years, and when encountering difficulties, I have to discuss with you in the end."

  Empress Ma didn't speak, Zhu Biao asked cautiously: "Mother, did you two discuss the matter of being knighted?"

   Empress Ma raised her head and swept away, and everyone retreated respectfully, then stood up and pinched Zhu Biao's ears.

   "Boy, what do you want to know about these?"

  Zhu Biao hurriedly begged for mercy, and Empress Ma let go and said, "Biaoer! You don't need to think about these things. Your father thinks you can do it, so he will naturally tell you, but if he doesn't tell you, you are not allowed to inquire about it!

  Zhu Biao said: "Mother, I don't want to know who has been knighted, but can you tell me when?"

  Queen Ma shook her head: "Your father hasn't made up his mind yet, so you're not allowed to inquire about it. I don't know what you're doing, Biaoer, you are your father's most beloved son, don't do stupid things!"

  Zhu Biao felt a little helpless. Empress Ma saw what he wanted her to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang, and now he directly characterized it as a stupid thing, and Zhu Biao didn't have the strength to refute it, just like your mother thinks you are cold, resistance is useless.

  Zhu Biao was scolded again before he was kicked out of Kunning Palace.

After thinking about it, Zhu Biao decided to go directly to Zhu Yuanzhang's place. In fact, he knew that it was the best way to go directly to his father, but he didn't dare to face him directly. He wanted his mother to pave the way for him. You still have to do it yourself.

  Zhu Biao glanced at the sky. At this time, the morning court should be over, and government affairs should be handled in the imperial study. Zhu Biao walked directly to the imperial dining room, and there must be gifts directly.

  It was almost time for lunch, Zhu Biao was thinking about his father's favorite dishes.

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  (end of this chapter)