Mo Xu (three)

It was early in early summer. When the prince-in-law Li Qi walked out of the palace gate, the sky had turned white. The cool breeze in the morning blew his clothes, and the coolness came from his back. It was the cold sweat that he had scared last night.

No dynasty has a hard time working as an official than the Ming Dynasty. Not only is the low salary, but his personality is always humiliated. It is common for him to be dragged out in the court to take off his pants and spank. There are officials who have lost their heads every few days. An official with a good relationship with him complained so much after drinking, "For the sake of ordinary people, I really don't know who governs the country with him."

"The king asked his ministers to die, but the ministers had to die. Under this system, ministers were all slaves of the emperor. If they were unhappy, they would be killed. Of course, there was no need to consider the reasons." Wu'anguo's evaluation of the relationship between the king and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty was more direct, and it was straightforward. But he was also the most loyal to the Zhu family dynasty, so loyal that he did not consider personal gains and losses, honor and disgrace, so loyal that he was abandoned in Chuzhou and wanted to give advice on Zhu Yuanzhang to solve the death situation that was difficult to solve for the ages. What was he doing this for?

"I was fooled." The moment I stepped onto my own carriage, the prince-in-law Li Qi suddenly woke up. The morning breeze made him feel tired all night and a clear vein slowly appeared in his mind as the carriage bumped.

As a minister of the Hongwu Dynasty, it was normal to be frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's royal majesty. Li Qi did not feel that she was out of character last night. Besides, even if she was not afraid at the time, she had to pretend to be afraid on the surface, so that her father-in-law would feel fulfilled. One of the reasons why Wu'anguo did so many good things that benefit the country and the people but was not liked by the emperor was that he could not act or pretend to be fearful.

However, this stupid brother-in-law deceived himself. This stupid boy who learned how to be an official under his guidance dug a hole and trapped the teacher. What's ridiculous is that he was still happy in the trap and thought he had entered the blessed cave. The more he thought, the more he felt that his views were reasonable. The strategy of decentralization and checks and balances should have been something Wu Anguo had already thought of. The heated discussions with him in Chuzhou were just to induce himself to come up with his pre-arranged answers in order to use his identity to propose "checks and balances" to the current emperor. The strategy of using the people's ranks to supervise officials is just a partial change in the current strategy of "people can sue officials at will". In the deeper sense,

It covered up too many powers. Wu Xiaozi must have been prepared to do this a long time ago. At least since he suggested that his father establish a system of separation of titles and taxes and a six-level title, it has laid the groundwork for today. The "selling titles" policy passed before the New Year was even more a key link in order to get closer to this goal. Looking at the Ming Dynasty today, how many of those with titles bought it were bought with money? Who are these people who bought the titles? At least in the four northern provinces, 80% of those who could afford to buy titles were doing business or opened factories. That is, from then on, the emerging class had the rightful power to participate in politics and discuss the government, and no longer had to secretly rely on bribing officials to achieve their goals.

This game was too big, so big that it was beyond people's imagination. Is this my stupid brother-in-law? Ask yourself, the prince-consor Li Qi would rather believe that Wu'anguo is still the straight heart that does not understand the accident. Thinking of my father's evaluation of Wu'anguo back then, he was "foresighted and talented", and he felt that there was a possibility that Wu'anguo had manipulated everything behind the scenes. Guo Pu vigorously established schools in the local area and encouraged local children to participate in this year's examination. Zhou Wuyou, who was very literary, did not fight for anything.

This time, he turned his head to find the position of deputy chief examiner. After several twists and turns, the candidate's choice finally fell on Shao Zhi, a Grand Secretary who tends to support the new policy. Aren't these all the actions of fighting for the world's authority? It can be expected that among the talents selected this year, those who support the new policy will account for the majority. In addition, the system of the people who have the title proposed last night, the situation of the new policy inside and outside was unknowingly taking the initiative. Is such a big situation really the one that Wu'an Guo has deployed?

If we follow this idea, Wu Anguo will clearly withdraw from the power center, but in fact, it is very likely to retreat to advance to avoid leaving the officials with the impression of being ruthless. Anyway, he looks down on those corrupt officials, so he can clean up the officials in the court, and then he will find an opportunity to return and deploy his own personnel. With a clean and effective executor as a guarantee, are you still worried about the disadvantage of promoting the new policy?

"This is unlikely," the prince-in-law Li Qi shook her head and said to herself. But he also hoped that Wu'anguo would have such a scheming. If this could be true, his father could fall asleep peacefully under the wine spring.

There were already early people walking around on the streets. The vegetable seller drove a four-wheeled carriage and pulled Shixian outside the city into the city while "dew is early". The breakfast guy also blew the fire that was pressed last night, burning boiling water to wait for the first basket of buns from the master under the hall to be put on the shelves. The earliest one was the newspaper boy who went around the streets to sell newspapers. Two heavy pockets filled with hopes of survival and dreams were placed on his shoulders, and he ran along the road barefoot and shouted: "I've sold newspapers, I've sold newspapers, the latest news, the latest news, the front line victory, the Ming army stepped on the Mongolian road on the west road, and directly attacked Juyanhai, and defeated the Tartars for 200,000."

"Stop", the prince-in-law Li Qi shouted loudly to the coachman to brake the carriage. He couldn't believe his ears in his dreams and half awake. It was a well-known fact that the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty conveyed news faster than those of the mansion, especially away from the imperial city. Sometimes the memorial sent to the court in other places had not arrived yet, and the newspapers were already hyped up. In order to compete for the copper in the pockets of the people, several newspapers dug out their minds to find news. The news on the battlefield was the focus of attention of the people, and there were special news dealers in the caravans that followed the army. Newspapers, such as "Beiping Xinbao" and "Jiangnan News", simply hired writers to follow the army and delivered the latest situation to their respective connection points every day.

The carriage was steadily on the side of the road, and the guards followed him to call a newspaper seller and took him to Li Qi. The prince-in-law Li Qi took out a silver coin and threw it to the scared newspaper boy, and asked kindly: "Is the news you just shouted true or was it a scam to buy newspapers?"

"Of course it's true." Although the newspaper boy is timid, no one can doubt his integrity. "I will lie to you and I will become corrupt officials in the future, and someone will peel it and fill it with grass and put it on the yamen."

"Give me a copy of the news from which newspaper?" Li Qi saw that the child was talking interestingly, so she deliberately asked a few more questions.

"Jiangnan News, "Old Things in Sanjiang", I have published some new newspapers, and they printed them last night, and the ink is still very hot." The newspaper boy quickly found his head and delivered the change and newspaper to the nose of his son-in-law Li Qi.

"The rest of you will be rewarded", Li Qi pushed the newspaper boy's hand back.

"I will not be rewarded without any merits, thank you, uncle." He forced the coin into Li Qi's hand and gave a gift. The newspaper boy rushed to the next business without looking back. His thin and small backbone was straight.

"Have backbone", Li Qi opened the newspaper with a smile. The people of Ming Dynasty became more and more confident, and the changes in the mentality of the people could be seen from the peddlers and pawns. Today's newspaper front page was covered with red, and the bright red letters came into his eyes with joy: "The general entered the vast sea at night, and the prince of Yan fought to determine the yellow sand."

So quickly, the prince-in-law Li Qi flipped through all the newspapers in one breath, and she couldn't believe her eyes. The carriage drove to the door of the house, and the guards urged him several times before they asked him to get off the carriage, holding the newspaper and walking in while looking.

"What's wrong with the prince-consort? I'm so fascinated by the pages of newspapers." The servant who was holding the door asked the guards in a low voice.

"What's wrong? The Mongols are finished. My brother is in the Dingxi Army. They have chosen the Mongols' nest." The chief guard straightened his chest and answered with the soldiers' pride.

The Mongols were finished. In the following years, no nation dared to raise troops to cross the desert. Living on the coast, General Lan Yu rode his horse and looked at the golden lake. A few years ago, Chang Yuchun told him in front of Juyong Pass that the best city wall only needs an inch and is built in the hearts of the enemy. Today, he finally did this and built thousands of miles of the pass in the hearts of the Mongols.

Among the six armies established at the same time in the Ming Dynasty, the Dingxi Army received the least support and attention from the court, but these did not prevent Lan Yu from forming a tiger and wolf army. From the 12th year of Hongwu to the present, no enemy has ever been able to cross the Dingxi Army's defense line. The fortresses of all sizes in the northwest front recorded his achievements. Adopting the suggestion of Zhang Zhengwu, the castles on the front line were all mandarin ducks, and the distance between the two castles did not exceed the range of artillery. The Mongol cavalry had no choice but to accept their lives in the crossing area of ​​artillery. In recent years, the enemy chief officers who died under the Dingxi Army were 10,000.

There were no less than ten men above the commander, but none of them could break through Yumen Pass. The three northwest troops who were invaded by the Mongols, who had been injured in the northwest, never got a little cheaper from Lan Yu. As long as they were negligent, they would definitely be attacked by the Dingxi Army. With Lan Yu here, it was a guarantee of peace in the Western Frontier. Other armies could let go of the north without considering being attacked from behind. The reputation of the Dingxi Army was spreading as the war spread, and the Turpan tribes attacked thousands of miles a year ago. When they arrived at the Yumen Pass, they saw Lan Yu's big flag and lamented: "General Lan is still there", and they turned around and returned.

Compared to defense, Lan Yu prefers attack. The best defense is attack. Only attack can show the ability of a head coach. A month ago, he received the order of the King of Yan and led his troops out of Yumen Pass. General Lan enjoyed resentment from defending the pass for many years. He captured more than 20 cities of all sizes and big roads along the way. He rushed into Juyanhai. He went for forty miles to see the enemy. The soldiers were exhausted. The generals wanted to camp to wait for the Northern Army to shake off. Yu said, "We have raised 50,000 people and went deep into the desert. He has nothing to gain. He is greedy for others to gain me. How can he stand in the world?" So he ordered the soldiers to crawl and cook without seeing fireworks. He went to the sea at night and knew that the enemy's rear camp was more than 80 miles northeast of the sea. He sent a quick horse to tell the King of Yan that Zhang Zhengwu held the central army slowly and Yu was the vanquished.

It was early summer, and the ground was strong, and the sky was blizzard, and the lake water was like a roar. The enemy said that the Ming army had a lot of baggage, and the march was slow, and they wanted to wait for the snow to stop and fight, so they did not set up defenses. At dawn, Lan Yu's army arrived, but the enemy had no idea. When they arrived in front, they were in chaos and defeated. They killed more than 50 generals from the commander and commander, robbed more than 150,000 horses, camels, cattle and sheep. The armor and guards were burned. The rear army was defeated. At dawn, the Mongols wanted to reorganize the army and fight again. Yu led the army and livestock to fight and leave. The two sides were entangled for more than half a day. Suddenly, a city was seen on the snow. It turned out that Zhang Zhengwu's army arrived and joined the chariots and headed to the end. Zhang Zhengwu took Lan Yu into the interior, and bombed the enemy with a cannon, shocked his horse, and led the army to kill, defeated the enemy, and chased for more than 40 miles. The people and horses trampled on each other, and blood flowed into a river.

The three Mongolian tribes on the West Road had accumulated a large amount of food and supplies, and wanted to use the unpredictable weather on the grassland and the dangerous terrain on the Juyan beach to defend and wait for assistance. Even if the defense line was broken by the Ming army, they could quickly break out of contact with the Ming army with their abundant reserves of war horses and fight guerrillas with the Ming army on the Gobi Desert. This time, they were accidentally robbed by Lan Yu and lost the capital for stalemate. They were unwilling to admit defeat. They bullied Lan Yu and Zhang Zhengwu, and the few people brought by Zhang Zhengwu. The next day they gathered all their troops to fight. From dawn to sunset, the long arrows fell in front of the Ming army's positions were as dense as reeds on the river beach, and the blood of the Mongolians also gathered into the sea. When both sides were exhausted, the vanguard of the Weibei Army arrived. The four generals Xiao Yong, Yang Chun, Zhang Zheng and Zhu Zhe led the cavalry to break into the Mongolian central army, and killed the generals and seized the flag. The Mongolian army was in chaos and collapsed again.

Chang Mao, the commander of the Weibei Army, was originally a powerful general. His favorite thing was to lead the team to rush forward. How could he miss the opportunity to break the enemy? That night, the Weibei Dingxi Army marched westward, heading into the camp, chasing the enemy for 80 miles, and then stopped. The troops and horses from the Mongolian tribes on the west side had already gone to six stops. There was no food and grass supply, and the defeat was decided, but he was just greedy for his hometown and tried his best to support him by living in some hills along the coast.

At noon the next day, the King of Yan led the Northern Army to arrive, and the firepower of the army was strong and unparalleled in the world. There were soldiers with strange gunshots in the army holding fine muskets provided by Beiping, specializing in killing generals and assistants, and they shot with ammunition within 300 steps. The combat power of Chijin, Shazhou and Hami was not as strong as the east, and the two routes were in the middle, and the ammunition and food were exhausted. The reinforcements were still thousands of miles away, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers were willing to leave. Seeing such artillery fire that covered the sky and the sun, they roared and abandoned the camp and left. The commander could not stop them, so he had to run west with the riots. In half a day, the soldiers dispersed. The leaders of the three divisions were all lost among the riots, and their heads were cut off by the soldiers for credit.
Chapter completed!