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Chapter 5 Elk (2)

The autumn of the 13th year of Hongwu was the warmest autumn since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It was already November, and there was no sign of coldness in the capital. In the long and windless autumn days, the trees were all turned into gold. People in the capital love trees, and the one with prosperous trees at home is auspicious. Moreover, the leaves are still gold and are a symbol of prosperity in the family.

There are endless tourists in Qixia, cow heads, and these scenic places every day. Scholars love this tone. They brew a cup of tea, put a few games in the temples on the mountain, talk about literature and poetry, which is very elegant. There are indeed many events that can be included in poetry or painting this autumn. For example, the warships that came to moor in those days went upstream like floating cities, with sails flowing like clouds. The things unloaded from the ship are even more amazing. According to those who have the opportunity to approach, the ships are all gold, silver, pearls and jade, and other priceless things were compensated by Goryeo to the Ming Dynasty. If the aliens ceded land and paid compensation, it seemed that they had not encountered any incident since the Song Dynasty. Seeing boxes of silver being carried onto a four-wheeled carriage and pulled into the national treasury, the joy of the onlookers shook the sky.

"With the emperor's silver money, the tax will not be so tight next year, right?" The shop owner on the side of the street thought wishfully.

Scholars always have different views from those of the people. Those who are mature and polite will shake their heads, "This behavior of tying people and emptying people's treasury is contrary to the way of a gentleman, but it is a bit like a kidnapped robber."

Those who are younger think that the Marquis of Jinghai are too kind to the woman. He captured the King of Goryeo and then threatened the emperor to order the princes. How could Li Chenggui and the rebels who were serving the king go? Besides, the veteran Tang He is still behind him to look at Dandan.

Although the conspicuous places in the teahouses in the capital are covered with "Don't talk about national affairs, don't talk about people's faults" and "vegetables come from the mouth, and disasters come from the mouth", everyone still has to communicate in private, especially when they go to mountains and forests and temples, where there are few people, they will argue and fight, and it is even more lively. If it weren't for the face of scholars, they would have to fight several times.

Since spring, almost the entire capital has been paying attention to this war. Various news and opinions are talking about the random flying. The main sources of news and opinions are still "Peking Spring and Autumn" and "Beiping Xinbao". One of these two newspapers is good at analyzing, and the other is timely information, which almost sells paper in Luoyang. The merchants in the capital are not idle either. Although they are not as well-informed as Peking, they will not spend money without making money. Whenever the newspapers in Peking are published, there will be a fast horse relay to travel south at the first time. In less than three days, the calligraphy and painting stalls in the capital are filled with the same versions emitting the fragrance of ink, and the printing technology and paper are impeccable.

The capital is not as good as Peking, and the emperor still makes less trouble under his nose. These black and white things will be ginsenged by people one day, or they will find some trouble by the perverted ones. It is different. The money is earned by themselves, and the responsibility is from those people in Peking, and there is no need to pay the money for those who write articles. Anyway, the government has always opened its eyes and closed its eyes on the matter there.

The most pleasant thing for scholars is to buy a new newspaper every now and then, take a four-wheeled carriage to attend a friend's chat. The four-wheeled carriage is faster than a sedan, and this thing is a symbol of identity. Although this carriage almost got a problem on the road outside the city, it is better than walking. This carriage is not as good as newspapers, but you have to buy goods from the Beijing area. The imitations in the capital are not real. One day, as you walk, the axle broke and fell into pieces, not to mention the dust, but you have to move back to the city step by step. The eyes were wide open. "Is this our steel? Isn't that hard? Those guys have ruined the emperor's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but they can't make good steel. They are so stupid that they are so stupid that they are dragged to serve as soldiers." Those who have suffered losses from the broken car mentioned the smelting farm near the capital, and they are all indignant.

But being exiled may not be a bad thing. Although it is said that "there is a good iron and no matter how napped you", the people who followed the prince to fight, made some money, no matter how high and low. I heard that the gold in Goryeo was cheap, and General Li Yao was not a fuel-efficient master. The nobles of the Goryeo royal capital secretly stuffed gold into their arms when they saw the Ming soldiers, fearing that the other party would not accept it. General Cao Zhen could not take care of it, and Mr. Zhu Er intended to indulge it. There was also a general Chang who had never seen him reasoning. Anyway, his pockets were very bulging when he came back with his life. Some soldiers in the capital had not said that they had newly built houses, and the matchmakers broke the threshold.

"Isn't it just that I have a few stinky money? I was squatting with us two years ago and squatting to catch lice." Some idle men curled their lips and said, and patted their butts, cleaned up, found a knife to scratch their faces, and got to see if the navy recruited people this year. I was lucky enough to be picked up. Maybe at this time next year, I would be the one who carried the bride into the door in a sedan chair.

Those who were taken to serve as soldiers in the smelting ground were all officials of all sizes. Maybe they could be awarded a general after the next battle. This is also called "There is no good luck". The children of aristocratic families who took the initiative to join the army last year have been promoted, and some have used their fame to redeem their father's crime of being close to the Hu Party. If you want to make a fortune in life, you still have to join the army. "Please go to Lingyan Pavilion for a while, if you are a scholar, a marquis of Wanhu"?

"Pei Ping Spring and Autumn" and "Bei Ping Xinbao" have been very quarreling since the day the Northern Army came out of seclusion. The lively things made people catch newspapers. The first one to read was not the serialized "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but the spit of the two newspapers. One of the two newspapers focuses on morality and the other focuses on interests, each with their own reasons, and their respective newspapers have positive and negative opinions, and they slapped themselves in the mouth. Take the court's ultimate choice to destroy Goryeo but accept the fact that it once again surrendered to the fact that the headlines of "Bei Ping Spring and Autumn" are that this is in line with the way of the saints and not for themselves. "The ancient benevolent kings do not do it." This strategy is praised as rare in the sky and unparalleled underground. In its second page, it is believed that the court's move was suspected of raising a tiger. Once the Goryeo regained its vitality, Liaodong will still be uneasy.

The positive view of "Beiping Xinbao" is that this matter has nothing to do with morality at all. Cao Zhen had too few soldiers, so it was not easy to transport ammunition to Goryeo. The biggest weakness of the North Army was that it was necessary to have sufficient ammunition supply. If we persisted, once the North Army was exhausted, both sides would inevitably suffer losses. In addition, the King of Goryeo was not very appealing in China, and it would not make much sense to hold him hostage. On the contrary, Li Chenggui used the slogan of national justice and won the hearts of the people of Goryeo. Even if the Ming Dynasty defeated Li Chenggui, it would take decades to extinguish the rebellion in various places, which was too unprofitable. Instead, after taking back his own territory, it would be

, it is more appropriate to extort a compensation. No matter who the King of Goryeo wants to live a peaceful life, he must pay the compensation respectfully on time. Such huge compensation will only make Goryeo weaker and weaker. The opposite view is that in the short term, the benefits of immortal Goryeo are greater than that of destroying it. But from the long-term interest analysis, it should be destroyed. Li Chenggui's ambition will definitely find opportunities to make a comeback. Besides, although it will take some years to quell the rebellion, the people of Goryeo became the people of the Ming Dynasty after a hundred years. Who still remembers that the eternal peace of the world is the benefit of eternal peace.

Cao Zhen, who had just returned to China, had no time to pay attention to what others were talking about. His explanation to Wu'anguo was just the word "strength poverty". Mr. Zhu Er's understanding of this is that after hundreds of years of development, Goryeo has formed its own unique nation, which is different from the tribes outside the Great Wall. Whether those tribes think they are descendants of Xia, Shang or Zhou, they at least think they are from the Central Plains, but Goryeo has never had such legends. It is easy to defeat Li Chenggui and eliminate the difficulty of the Goryeo people's resistance. After Liaodong was occupied by Goryeo for so many years, Su Ceyu still led his tribes to refuse to surrender. From the eyes of the "whip", you can see deep indomitableness and deep hatred. Similarly, even if the Ming Dynasty occupied the entire territory of Goryeo, there will be heroes like Su Ceyu among the Goryeo people. "No one wants our descendants to live in hatred all day long." He said softly to Wu'anguo.

Although he may not agree with Zhu Er's opinion, Wu Anguo still admires this independent thinking person. He smiled and ate the candied osmanthus made by Liu Ling, as if he was intoxicated by the sweetness in it, and then commented for a long time: "How to deal with Goryeo, that's your business. You thought it was appropriate at the time, it was appropriate. Anyway, the emperor authorized you. As for the younger generation, they will have their own judgment and choices. We can just take care of ourselves for the rest of our lives, so why bother to think so much? Maybe one day the Goryeo people will join forces with us to deal with the common enemy"? He thought about the war on the Korean Peninsula that made the world re-understand China in his time and space, and gradually became thrilled.

"It makes sense, the descendants will naturally have their own actions." Cao Zhen took over the topic and joked, "I am happy here, I don't miss Liao, Brother Wu, you won't live like this for the rest of your life." Deep down, he was still worried about his close friend. Staying in the capital with your pursuit and character of Wu'anguo, staying in the capital will not know when he will anger Zhu Yuanzhang one day. He no longer has the military power in hand. Zhu Yuanzhang wants to get rid of you easily. Therefore, after handing over the affairs of Goryeo after the precautions in the past few days, he rushed over, hoping to find a suitable way to get Wu'anguo out of the capital. Before Zhu Er arrived, the two were talking about this.

Wu'anguo was obviously optimistic than Cao Zhen's thoughts about everyone's safety. He believed that after the Liaodong War, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the benefits of strong ships and powerful cannons, and would definitely promote firearms vigorously in the army. No one knew more about these strange tricks and tricks than himself. Zhu Yuanzhang would still have a certain tolerance for those who were useful to the court.

In addition, although the King of Yan wrote to his father several times after he arrived in Liaodong, asking for the arrangement of Wu'anguo to serve as a civilian position in the army, this requirement was mainly for the security of Wu'anguo. As a young and promising prince, deep down, he hoped to rely on his own strength. This can be seen from Wu'anguo's excitement when Zhu Di said goodbye to him. Wu'anguo did not complain about Zhu Di, and he would have liked it if he had changed himself. As long as he did not change the system established in the Zhenbei Army, Zhu Di's behavior would not be too outrageous. Through his words and deeds, he had basically changed Zhu Di's original violent personality. Moreover, if the people around him were not cruel people, Zhu Di might not be as cruel as he knew.

"I am not happy about Shu. The place where I can do things is not just Liaodong," Wu Anguo looked at Zhu Er and said a little ambiguously. In front of outsiders, he could not speak too clearly with Cao Zhen. There is Guo Pu in Beijing, Cao Zhen in the navy, and several students and merchants who have developed from Peking to various places. Each of them will more or less carry the mark of Peking's new thinking. The fire has spread across the country, waiting for the right opportunity to sprout. He does not think that it may quickly make the entire society develop in his ideal direction. In recent years, everything he has done is to explore with one goal. No matter where he goes, he will not give up a demand and equality. He hopes that one day, he will hear the active demands of the people about his own rights, rather than relying on himself or other leaders of the times to give alms.

After a conflict with Zhu Yuanzhang, Wu'an Kingdom matured a lot. In order not to let the nation shed too much blood, he criticized the rebel scales and prepared to burn both jade and stone. However, he never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang's power and strategy was so high that he could plot him step by step, and even though he knew it was a trap, he had to get into it. Before marriage, he could not give up military power, and Zhu Yuanzhang could not do anything to him. However, this broke the principle that everyone proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang that everyone must abide by the law, and the law cannot be changed at will due to the special nature of the person. Zhu Yuanzhang killed innocent people in a non-compliance with the law, and that he had the reason to follow the power. In addition to the law, Zhu Yuanzhang specially approved him to continue to lead troops and abide by the existing laws.

Before the road, he could only choose the latter. However, few civil servants rescued by him, except for the peerless wise men like Song Lian and Li Shanchang, thanked him. On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang cleverly added the contribution of saving everyone's lives to the prince. Now, the prince Zhu Biao has gained a kind reputation, and Cao Zhen has made the military achievements to attack Huanglong, but he has not only lost military power, but also lost his connections. Tomorrow, following the habits of this era, he also has to do something that he has to do, and personally avenge his father-in-law. Revenge for his elders, the thinking of this era is natural. Zhu Yuanzhang gave him this great "grace". After doing this, he has stood on the opposite side of the entire civil servant group, and the heights are too cold.

In this conflict, he won tens of thousands of lives, but lost the entire situation. He did not want to influence Peking or the development of Liaodong because of himself. He needed to explore a new way, a new way to promote social change. On this white paper of the Ming Dynasty, he had already drawn a hazy world, a hope to break through the dawn, and the remaining picturesque country was no longer something that he, Guo Pu, Cao Zhen and others could accomplish. It needed more awakened people, more wisdom, and more passion.

"Ziyou, what we can do is only what we can. As long as we do not give up our ultimate goal, we might as well find a few more ways, haste will not be achieved." After choosing a few suitable words, Wu'anguo hints to Cao Zhen.

"Is Wu Hou asking for the truth? Why do I sound so confused?" Mr. Zhu Er looked puzzled.

"Go and go, you can tell, it's very good." Cao Zhen wanted to lift Zhu Er, an uninvited guest, up and throw it out of the wall. "Of course you don't understand. I have been dating Wu Hou for so many years, and I have understood a little bit. You kid is not counting money at home, and you have something to do with Wu Hou. Isn't you planning to plot against Wu Hou?"

Zhu Er heard the ridicule in Cao Zhen's speech and pretended to be aggrieved: "How dare I play in front of Wuhou, how dare I play in front of Wuhou? The Wu Da God of Wealth is a waste of time! This time I came here by Feng Ziming, and brought a letter. He was busy going to Tianjin to pick up the new ship, and went directly from the sea. The Tiedan Scholar came forward to summon the merchant group from Peking to sponsor his ship and a sum of silver, and entrusted him to go overseas to find the scarce things of our Ming Dynasty. The "Peking Xinbao" paid and entrusted him to find the location and the anecdotes of the countries that Yuyou arrived overseas. He urgently wrote a letter to Wuhou, resigned from his immediate superior, and ran away. Fortunately, everyone saw that he was young, and no one was rude to him."

Cao Zhen knew about Feng Ziming's resignation, and Fang Mingqian had screamed in front of him. One-armed general Shao Yunfei was also resigning with Feng Ziming. After the wound was healed, he thought he could no longer go into battle and was unwilling to stay in the navy and kept leaving. This time he simply went to work with Feng Ziming to find the rare treasures in the sea.

"Zi Ming is a child who can be made of materials. When you go there, you may be able to find the legendary Maritime Silk Road. At that time, Western goods, fine wine, and horses may come directly from the sea without passing through the desert." Cao Zhen is very optimistic about Feng Ziming's future.

"Maybe there may be books, and scholars will follow. The Qin State relied on the Internet to unify the six countries. Our Ming Dynasty might be fine. Brother Wu, I have never seen the arithmetic books translated from Peking before, and I have benefited a lot after reading them. If we learn all the people who are good at, it will be easier to defeat them." Zhu Er, who came from a tea merchant family, was not as closed as ordinary scholars, and showed a strong interest in the academics of the unknown Western world. Although the purpose of this interest was to conquer, it was always better than those who looked at the sky in a well who regarded Chinese culture as superior to everything. Cao Zhen traveled around the world and learned a variety of things, not to mention the miscellaneous learning of Wu'an Kingdom. In addition, Zhu Er, who "studyed randomly", the three of them did not lack topics. They talked until the lamp was very scattered.

In the autumn of the 13th year of Hongwu, Gao Liping. Zhu Yuanzhang held a banquet for the Zhonghua Gate and received congratulations from all officials. The prince requested a general amnesty for the whole world. Yuanzhang agreed to release all those suspected of Hu rebellion and released them from prison. His family was demoted to Liaodong and taught the King of Yan to select virtuous people and use them. All officials thanked him, and all the princes were grateful for his benevolence.

In November, when talking about Tu Jie's crimes, although Jie made the contribution to his success, all the ministers regarded him as Weiyong's best friend and abandoned the market according to the law. The family sent him to Suiye as slaves. If Weiyong's evidence was conclusive, more than 200 officials from all over the country were either snatched or killed, and their relatives were demoted to Hainan. Chen Ning's crimes were not obvious, but he had been in politics for many years and was unable to escape the connection. He pardoned his death sentence and sent him to Lingnan to capture elephants.
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