Chapter 23 Preparation (Part 1) "No time." Zhu Chongjiu was sitting in the command cabin of a northbound battleship. There was a huge map in front of him, including Gunzhou, Jining, Zhending, Yizhou, and Dadu. , Feihu Pass, Jingxing Pass, the major cities and strategic places in Zhongshu Province are clearly visible. If divided according to the time and space of later Zhu Ba11, the map in front of us basically includes the municipality of Beijing, the two provinces of Hebei and Shanxi, and even part of the southeastern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Only Tianjin is temporarily ignored, and Zhigu City in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty Bosi had just been established not long ago, and both its city size and military strength were too weak to be worth mentioning. According to his original prediction, it would take at least three years for the Huaiyang General Manager's Office to take such a large area under its control, and it would also be divided into several stages, with the area compressed and nibbled away step by step, rather than in one go. To this end, he even spent a lot of money to seduce the northern princes and nobles to raise sheep and replace farmland with vast tracts of pasture, only to give the Mongolian Yuan a fatal blow in terms of food supply when he launched the Northern Expedition. However, they never imagined that they had no conditions for the Northern Expedition, but Tuohuan Timur and his son scrambled to create conditions for themselves. The son teamed up with his mother to force the palace, and after the failure, he led his troops away to Jining, and the father After killing all the Houdang and Imperial figures who had no time to escape, and then handed over the government affairs to Dingzhu, Wang Jianu, Sangge Shili and Li Siqi continued to hide in the deep palace to practice the secret method of "acting as a butterfly". After Dingzhu came to power, he did not think about stabilizing the political situation. The first thing he did was to bring peace to Tuotuo, and then ordered the brothers Hama and Xuexue who "persecuted" Tuotuo to be traced to the end. As a result, Xuexue was desperate and simply took him with him. A group of greedy soldiers and generals fled directly to Jiaozhou, while Hama, after sailing from Zhigu, went to Liaodong and was appointed as the left prime minister by Aruhui Timur, who had just proclaimed himself emperor. Yelu Zhao, the Minister of Household Affairs, was responsible for the smooth communication with Huaiyang (Note 1, Note 2) "God has given great opportunities to Wu, and if people don't take them, God will abandon them." Faced with the Meng Dynasty that was quickly divided into three In the Yuan Dynasty, officials and scholars under the Huaiyang General Manager's Office immediately became excited. Even some worldly experts who had always refused to cooperate with the General Manager's Office have come forward in recent days and loudly appealed to Duke Wu. Immediately launch the Northern Expedition. In their view, the killing of father and son in the Meng Yuan royal family is definitely a sign of the end of the world. At present, Huaiyang is closest to Dadu and has the most strength to replace it. The views of both the government and the opposition have never been so unified since the establishment of the Huaiyang General Manager. They were united and forced Lu Zeng, Su Mingzhe, Luo Ben and others who stayed in Yangzhou to send memorials to Fujian one after another using clippers and carrier pigeons. He asked the general manager to make a clear decision quickly, but Zhu Chongjiu, who had always dared to take risks, completely hesitated at this moment. He didn't know whether what God gave him was an opportunity or a huge trap. What he wants to do now is to establish a completely different regime than before, rather than go to Dadu to get a vote and leave. In his limited historical knowledge, in the history of another time and space, the rebels captured the capital but ended up with tragedy. There is more than one example of an ending. After Huang Chao captured Chang'an, he established Daqi, which turned into a meteor in just two years. Li Zicheng entered Beijing in an even shorter time, forcing Chongzhen to death in mid-March, and was defeated and withdrew on April 26. There is only one month to go to zero. If the south is not stable and there are still tigers sleeping soundly next to the couch, the Huai'an army will rush to the north. Zhu Chongjiu is really not sure that he can stay in the capital city for a few more days than Li Zicheng. "What was going on during Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition?" After counting the failed examples, Zhu Chongjiu searched for successful cases in the memory of another time and space. It was a pity that his history teacher "died" at the wrong time. About Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition can only be remembered after he defeated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng. While the Red Scarf Army in the south was fighting fiercely, the Meng Yuan Dynasty in the north seemed to be busy killing father and son, and had no time to go south to reap the benefits. In other words, in another time and space, God gave Zhu Chongba a break, allowing him time to calmly unify the south, and then gathered all the troops to move north. If you want to refer to Zhu Yuanzhang's successful method, the Huai'an army should definitely be decisive Refuse the Northern Expedition, immediately kill Zhang Shicheng, Peng Yingyu, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Futong, integrate all the red scarf forces into one place, and then have a showdown with Meng Yuan, but Zhu Chongjiu is not the illegitimate son of God, and he will not be able to marry another Zhu Chongba was treated the same in time and space. After he had finished cleaning up Zhang Shicheng, Liu Futong and others, it is estimated that the turmoil in the north would have subsided long ago, and the Northern Expedition would become an unprecedented gamble. If he wins, China will be rejuvenated. If he loses, China will be rejuvenated. , then you will perish forever. The gamble was so big that Zhu Chongjiu did not dare to place the bet easily. If he did not copy Zhu Yuanzhang's successful model in another time and space, the rest would probably be the red road in northern Shaanxi. Zhu Chongjiu was very familiar with the history of that road. First go to the Northeast, then the Central Plains and Huaihe RiverThe battle of Hai Yi completely eliminated the opponent's strength, and then a million-strong army was deployed to the Yangtze River. However, the opponent was still busy changing the president and fighting for military power, and several major factions were fighting among themselves. But before the red swept through China, northern Shaanxi had trained tens of thousands of cadres through the Anti-Japanese War. Therefore, every time a piece of territory was conquered, the government could directly issue political orders to the highest levels of the entire society, regardless of the existence of the local gentry and official system. At the bottom, his Huaiyang University had just opened, and the talents recruited from several consecutive imperial examinations were only in their early 200s. It was not enough to stay locally, and there were no spare cadres to go north with the army. After thinking about it, the answer is actually very clear. If we rely on reason to judge, no matter from any angle, the time for the Northern Expedition is definitely not ripe at this moment. However, if we voluntarily give up this opportunity, it will definitely severely damage Huaiyang's military morale and people's morale. , after all, the universally recognized righteousness of Huaiyang is "to expel the Tartars". Now that the "Tatars" have turned their backs on themselves, but you are still unwilling to kick me in the back, isn't it true that you have proved your original slogan? Not sincerely. "My lord, Privy Liu wants to see you." Just as he was thinking forward and backward, Guards platoon leader Lian Guoxing opened the door and came closer, reporting in a low voice. "Privy Liu, just let him in." Zhu Chongjiu's train of thought was interrupted and he couldn't help but frown, "When did I say he was not allowed to come in." "He, he seems to be carrying a thorn stick, Lord, would you like to pick him up at the door?" Lian Guoxing thought for a moment and reminded him cautiously. He is the eldest son of Lian Laohei. He graduated from the Martial Arts Hall this year. Because of his reliable identity and excellent graduation results, he was sent to Zhu Chongjiu as a bodyguard. Of course, he is not as afraid of his lord as others, and he dares to say anything. Tell it to your face. "Yes." Zhu Chongjiu was slightly startled by Lian Guoxing's reminder. Immediately, his face was filled with anger. He took a deep breath of the cold sea breeze and ordered in a deep voice, "Xuan, go to the door and say to Huaiyang University." The general manager announced that Liu Bowen had entered and made a speech. "Yes." Lian Guoxing keenly felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere in the command cabin, and immediately raised his hand in a standard military salute and ran out quickly. "Huh." Looking at his hurried away figure, Zhu Chongjiu let out a long breath again, then turned around and walked back to his handsome desk, sitting upright with his face as cold as ice. "The general manager has given an order, and Deputy Privy Councilor Liu Bowen has come in to make a speech." After a while, Lian Guoxing's slightly nervous shout sounded outside the door. Then, there were rapid footsteps on the deck, and the door curtain was moved by the guards. Opening the door, Liu Bowen walked in wearing a long robe and carrying a wide and narrow thorn stick of bamboo on his back. He bowed and bowed, "Your Majesty, Liu Bowen, deputy privy envoy, comes to see my lord. I wish your lord a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years." "Hmph. "As soon as Zhu Chongjiu saw the bamboo strips, his face began to turn dark, and he deliberately raised his head without giving any response to the other party. It was not until Liu Bowen had kowtowed to the king three times in accordance with the standard of a courtier, that he walked down from behind the case. He pulled out the bamboo strips from the opponent's back and folded it into several pieces. "Now, you are satisfied. Zhu has completely become a demon butcher. His name can stop a child from crying at night." "Weichen was negligent for a moment and actually arranged it. Chen Youding went to take over Quanzhou, and he is indeed to blame. Please punish him according to the law." Liu Bowen was honest for once. He neither refuted nor begged for mercy, but bowed down and let him be dealt with. "Bullshit, according to the law, of course you are not wrong at all according to the law. Who to dispatch to occupy Quanzhou and who to occupy the port are all matters within the scope of your powers as a deputy privy envoy, and Zhu is also dispatching troops and generals. The seal was used on the order, but the trap was revealed later. How can I put all the blame on you? Liu, okay, you are ruthless. You have calculated everything. You are not afraid of leaving the name of the butcher in the history of history. ,." Zhu Chongjiu was furious and broke the bamboo sticks in his hand again and again. If he didn't have enough advisers at his disposal, he would have ordered people to pin Liu Bowen on the deck and beat him severely first. This guy would dare to try his best to trick him now, and he would really be in charge of the cabinet in the future. I don¡¯t know what bold things I will do yet. "The name of the butcher, my lord, is wrong." Liu Bowen took half a step back, avoiding the spit and anger coming towards him, and responded very calmly, "The person who massacred Quanzhou, Chen Youding, has nothing to do with Liu. What does it have to do with the lord? Moreover, the Pu family in Quanzhou massacred the Zhao royal family and more than 3,000 wounded soldiers in Lianghuai. The lord faked Chen Youding's hand to avenge Zhao and Song Dynasties. This is a matter of course. When mentioned by historians, they can only praise the lord for his unparalleled loyalty. How could he accuse his lord of being murderous? " What he said was so righteous that Zhu Chongjiu turned pale with anger, but couldn't find any flaws to refute. He gritted his teeth for a while before throwing down the broken bamboo strips. Turning to Liu Bowen, he scolded loudly, "You, you, I'm talking about you. I understand. You really did it on purpose. You, you, since you have done this kind of thing, how can I, Huaiyang, still do it in the future?" How to win the hearts and minds of Quanzhou people?If the service of these maritime merchants loses all the people's support, what's the use of Zhu going all the way to win a dead port? " In desperation, he uttered all the curse words and cracked his knuckles to Liu Bowen. It was yesterday that the Pu family in Quanzhou City and several other big families attached to the Pu family were massacred by Chen Youding. In the evening, the Navy sent a special speedboat to catch up from the sea. According to Zhu Qiang, the commander of the Navy who stayed in Quanzhou Port to receive the Pu family's fleet, he reported in the memorial that when Chen Youding's troops came to the city, all the families staying in Quanzhou had already arrived. He took the initiative to go out and surrender, but Chen Youding immediately detained several leaders and lecturers of Tianfang Sect who came to plead guilty. Then he rushed into the city with his troops and ordered the four gates to be closed tightly. In one night, Pu, Huang, Xia, You waited for the several big families who had betrayed the Song Dynasty to be uprooted, and all the temples of the Tianfang Sect in the city were also burned to the ground. The next morning, Zhu Qiang and Fu Youde heard the tragic news and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it. At this moment, there was already a river of blood inside. The adult men of Pu, Huang, Xia, You and other families, no matter the main branches or side branches, died unexpectedly. All the lecturers and fanatic followers of Tianfang Sect in Quanzhou City, as well as more than 40 households Hu merchants, who had close ties with the Pu family, were also suppressed by Chen Youding overnight because they tried to start a rebellion. From the mastermind to the coercers, they were all killed in the streets. Because they were dissatisfied with Chen Youding's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, Zhu Qiang and Fu Youde immediately joined forces to blockade them. Arriving at the Quanzhou port, he protected the remaining maritime merchants and did not allow the Chen family's army to enter and do anything wrong. At the same time, he sent a clipper to chase his lord's ship and presented a memorial to impeach Chen Youding for his indiscriminate killing. Zhu Chongjiu received Zhu's order last night. When Qiang and Fu Youde signed a joint memorial, they discovered that Liu Bowen had accidentally taken advantage of him. He kept his head down and roared in the command cabin for a long time. In the end, he found that he had nothing to do with Liu Bowen and sent Chen Youding. Taking over Quanzhou was a proposal from the General Staff. The reason Liu Bowen, the chief of staff, gave to Zhu Chongjiu was that Chen Youding was familiar with the local situation and the Chen family had strong local influence and could help the Huai'an army quickly stabilize Quanzhou. Zhu Chongjiu thought he was right. It made sense, so he simply put the seal on the order. Now, all the unstable factors in Quanzhou City have been killed by Chen Youding. Of course, it cannot be more stable. It is just such a Quanzhou, what is the use of Zhu Chongjiu? How can the Huai'an Army gain a foothold there for a long time after losing the support of the local people? "The business school run by the Huaiyang Company has also trained a lot of people in the past two years. As long as the lord gives an order, the company can immediately take over Quanzhou, including all the maritime areas. trading. "Having already prepared how to deal with Zhu Chongjiu's anger, Liu Bowen looked up at his lord's eyes and added unhurriedly, "As for the people's hearts, lord, there is no need to worry too much. General Fu Youde is brave and good at fighting<spanc 9141 lass='character' style='background-image:url(/img/1446116226241/32846786/4913933150935485572.png)'>He has always been kind and kind, and he can just enter the city to clean up the mess. As long as he quickly restores order in the city and drives away Chen Youding, the murderer, the local people will definitely He will be regarded as the Buddha of all families. " "What about Chen Youding? Do you want me to kill him or capture him and hand him over to Yousi for trial? If I really captured him, how could the rest of the surrendered Zhejiang troops not die in grief? "Zhu Chongjiu was stunned again when he heard this. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that this method might be feasible, but he still couldn't vent the anger in his heart. He looked into Liu Bowen's eyes and continued to question loudly. The troops went to recover the Zhang and Ting roads. Liu Bowen smiled slightly and quickly gave an answer. "Ask him to make meritorious deeds and recover various parts of southern Fujian. Do you think he killed too few people?" "When Zhu Chongjiu heard this, the anger in his heart that had just subsided a little grew again. He took a step forward, looked down at Liu Bowen and asked. "There are many clans all over southern Fujian. How can my lord have time to waste time with them?" Liu Bowen smiled again, with an indifferent expression on his face, as if he was talking about the weather outside the cabin rather than tens of thousands of lives. "Kill them all, and the place will naturally be peaceful. My lord will send some kind-hearted civil servants down, and the local area will be peaceful." Within three years, there will be great rule. As for Chen Youding, even if the lord orders him not to kill indiscriminately, he will not show mercy. He is a local and how can he win the trust of the lord if he does not offend all the local wealthy families. " "this. "Zhu Chongjiu's body shook, and there was lightning and thunder in his mind. Chen You must be a surrendered general with a heavy army, and his family has deep roots in southern Fujian. Leaving this person there was originally a helpless move for him. Who could There is no guarantee that when the main force of the Huai'an army withdraws north, Chen Youding will become the next Pu Shougeng. After being used by Liu Bowen to carry out massacres in the local area, Chen Youding will completely cut off his own foundation among the people and never again. It was impossible to support the troops and respect themselves, and the General Manager's Office got what it wanted and stabilized Bamin at the fastest speed. It was a perfect killing of two birds with one stone. Facing Liu Bowen's confident smile, Zhu Chongjiu instantly realized his anger. so difficultThere is no time to continue, and what Huaiyang lacks most now is time. Compared with the losses that may be caused by the delay of fighter planes in the northern battlefield, the massacre in Quanzhou immediately seems insignificant. However, this clever plan was so dark and bloody that Zhu Chongjiu's eyes turned red when he thought about it, and his breath was as heavy as a mountain. He was unwilling to kill, not even the captured Meng Yuan soldiers. But as time went by, he discovered that He killed more and more people and became more and more cold-blooded. Maybe, this is the road to the emperor. After clenching his fist for a long time, he slowly loosened his fingers and sighed, "Well, you have the ability and make sense. Zhu can't defeat you, let alone punish you. But if this continues, what difference will there be between Zhu and the founding emperor of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty? " "At least, after the killing, my lord brought a peaceful and prosperous era." Liu Bowen glanced at him and responded quietly, "My lord. I firmly believe that this will be the case, and so must my lord. After all, the history of the previous dynasty will be written by the new dynasty. " Note 1: Jining Road, today's Taiyuan area. Note 2: After Aluhui Timur and Ogedai's younger son were killed, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Aluhui Timur rebelled and wrote to Tuohuan Timur: Your ancestors gave you the world, why did you lose it? Most likely, why not give me the imperial seal and let me be the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Although he was defeated and killed in the end, his rebellion in the north created a long opportunity for the Red Turban Army in the south to develop.