Chapter 848: A talented general

In February of the fourth year of Wude (1413 AD), Zhu Gaoxu was happy to have a son and a daughter.Concubine Shu gave birth to a prince, named Zhantan; Concubine Xian gave birth to a princess, named Shoulao.

Not long after, Zhang Fu also took prisoners to Beijing.

If the people who came from the south walked through Zhengyang Gate, they would be able to reach the imperial city as soon as possible.

However, the court arranged routes for Zhang Fu along Fengtai Gate, Jubao Gate and Hongwu Gate Avenue, because Jubao Gate was the commercial area of ​​the capital, which was the most densely populated place, and the court's martial arts were just displayed to the common people along the way.

The Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army each sent a civil servant and a nobleman to greet him, and the infantry and cavalry sent from the Beijing camp were responding, setting up a grand show for Zhang Fu.

The city gates specifically sing drums for the captives, and the drums of the dong dong... sounded and the power resounded throughout the southern city of the capital.

Zhang Fu was wearing heavy armor and riding a war horse. The officials and civilians along the way, regardless of their official positions, were all avoiding the road and bowing to him.

Countless people watching along the way were cheering and cheering, just like celebrating the festival.

Behind Zhang Fu was a long line of prison vans, and rebel leaders below Li Li were all displayed along the streets in the team.

The prisoners were not in their current posture on the journey that lasted thousands of miles, otherwise they would have been tortured to death.

They were only made like this when they were about to enter the city, their heads exposed through the hole above the prison car, and they could only stand in the car, and their bodies could not move.

Among the noisy crowds on both sides, many people cursed and shouted at the prisoners passing by, and some people threw rotten vegetables, mud, and various smelly eggs.

As for the Annan rebels who have never influenced the people of the capital and are people they have never known each other, these things are not important.

After all, the person installed in the prison car must be a bad person.

And people always have all kinds of dissatisfaction. At this time, they vent their indignation to the rebel prisoners openly and do not have to bear any legal or moral responsibility.

Just over four years after Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, it is now the third time that the prisoner offering ceremony was held.

The ceremony was very useful for him to consolidate the throne and enhance his authority, although the purpose of the war was not so.

Civil officials do not advocate military force, but they are very supportive of offering prisoners, and people always have some contradictions.

Regarding Li Li and others, Zhu Gaoxu had no intention of deciding them by right or wrong, but just determined that they were enemies and opponents.So after offering prisoners, they were beheaded.

At the celebration banquet, Zhang Fu and others received many rewards, including brocade robes, jade belts, saddles, treasure sheaths, and newly minted silver coins and other items.

Then the emperor issued an order, sending people to Annan Kingdom to commend Li Bin, the Marquis of Fengcheng, and rewarded property; promoted Ma Gan, who captured Li Li alive, and was the commander of Beijiang Guard, and rewarded Ma Gan and his subordinates with a new money of one million yuan.

The next morning, after the Imperial Gate heard the government, Zhang Fu was summoned to meet at Rouyi Hall.

Yesterday's rituals and music and people's noisy congratulations have stopped, and the inside and outside of the Rouyi Hall is very quiet.Zhang Fu also calmed down. In the midst of the noise, he began to think about the details of this big event.

If you eradicate Riley, you will surely be happy to the emperor.

However, there is one thing that is not perfect about this matter, that is, Chen Zhengyuan, the king of Annan, was used as bait; Chen Zhengyuan was very important to the court, and Zhang Fu used him to set up an ambush, which obviously did not look very good.

When Zhang Fu kowtowed at the door, he saw Qi Tai, the Minister of War, also inside.When Zhang Fu entered the hall and kowtowed again, Qi Tai hurriedly stood up and avoided him, for fear that Zhang Fu would kneel together with him.

Zhu Gaoxu waved and said: I'm exempted, I'll come and sit down and talk.

Zhang Fudao: I thank the emperor for giving him a seat.

When he got up from the ground, he saw that the paper in front of Zhu Gaoxu was a little wrinkled, as if it was the confession of Li Li and others.

Zhang Fu then said: The emperor clearly understands that the thief Li Li is very prestigious in Annan Kingdom and is very cunning. I have been guarding for two years but I have no chance.After receiving the news about Ruan Jingyi, he was afraid that Li Li would notice it, so he kept it confidential before sending troops and failed to inform the Annan royal family so that the Annan king would travel south as scheduled.

Zhu Gaoxu looked up at him and said: I know that there are often risks in the battle formation. Those in charge of the army should make a quick decision and should know the consequences.Since the Marquis of Xincheng made such a decision, there must be your reason and you must have weighed the importance of it.Now that he has won a great victory, the decision of Xincheng Hou is a wise move.

After hearing this, Zhang Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists and said: The wise man.He then suddenly said, "I congratulate the emperor on his dear and am happy to win the third prince and the eldest princess."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: If the Marquis of Xincheng lives in the capital mansion for a while, you must work hard too.

After hearing this, Qi Tai also started to laugh.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhang Fu and continued: The Marquis of Xincheng has talents and continues to earn money. There should be no problem with the title that the Zhang family deserves. You don’t care about your family, who will inherit the future Duke of the Kingdom?

When Zhang Fu suddenly heard this, his joy couldn't help but show his face and said hurriedly: I am willing to drive forward to the priest.

He came to his senses after he said that, and he felt that the emperor was really thoughtful. He didn't say when he was granted a title to the Duke, but only said that it should be no problem. He got a carrot and hung it on a stick.

There is no way, who told Zhang Fu to show that he is talented and the emperor wants to use it?

However, Zhang Fu, a person who has been a general of Pinghan, is quite satisfied with his current future.For a moment, he felt that the spring scenery outside the hall was very bright, just like the future today.

Zhu Gaoxu's voice said: According to the confession of Ruan Jian and others, did Chen Zhengyuan go south learn from the envoys of Chameng?

Zhang Fu immediately replied: That's true.I have met Ruan Jingyi in the Annan Governor's Office and confirmed this.According to Nguyen Jingyi's report, Le Li also sent people to Hue and met with the ministers of Chameng.

Qi Tai said: Chameng Kingdom and Annan Kingdom have had grudges.It is reasonable for our dynasty to support the Annan royal family and even Champa to interfere.

Zhu Gaoxu said coldly: I have said a long time ago that when the Ming Dynasty conquered the Hu family in Annan, the city was sent to attack, but it was just for his own benefit and wanted to take advantage of the situation.Now that they affect the interests of Chameng Kingdom, they are unwilling to let the Ming Dynasty arbitrate, but will immediately form an alliance with our enemy!The original tribute vassal relationship was so fragile.

Qi Tai echoed: What the emperor said is that many small foreign countries pay tribute to the court is nothing more than adding to our tribute. Those countries are not the same as those of North Korea.The imperial edict was passed by foreign vassals, only North Korea and Annan.

Zhang Fudao: I look at it. The soldiers and generals of the southern countries are weak in battle.The Annan Army obtained the ordnance and tactics of our dynasty. This time, the attack on Chameng Kingdom has a great chance of victory. It will definitely be severely punished for Chameng Kingdom's crime of betrayal and teach its monarch and ministers to respect the power of the saint and heaven.

...As expected, as Zhang Fu expected, the capital received news that the Annan Army had captured the Hue area within a few days.

The news came from the sea, and a fleet of several sea ships arrived at Longjiang Port.On the ship were Zhang Shun, a civil servant stationed in Annan, the North Department of the Defense Department, and Luo Pan, the envoy of Chameng Kingdom.

Zhang Shun was a Jinshi of the third-class Jinshi in the Wude period and Ji Chou, and was also a new official for a few years.

In the early years of Wude, Zhu Gaoxu did not conduct a large-scale liquidation after entering Beijing, so there were few vacancies for positions with a little power; if the more than 80 Jinshis in Enke were not wanted to be local officials, most of them could only be small officials in some Qingshui yamen.

Some of the people were arranged to serve as officials in new yamen such as the Shou Yusi, and Zhang Shun was one of them.

At first they were not very satisfied with the position of the new yamen, but soon Liu Ming's rise to prominence inspired everyone; the new Jinshi seemed to have a better chance of doing something practical than getting promoted.

The people who came to Chameng were not kings, but envoys, because the emperor did not need to receive them, but only officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Governor's Office of the Five Army were welcomed.

After the power of the Governor's Office of the Five Army was weakened, one of the official duties of the nobles was to receive foreign envoys.

So Zhu Gaoxu summoned Zhang Shun first in Rouyi Hall.

Unexpectedly, after Zhang Shun met, he immediately began to report the crimes of Annan Army.

It is said that after the Annan Army entered the Hue area, it burned, killed, robbed and committed all evil deeds along the way. Most of the corpses on the road were civilians, and almost all the women who could be found were insulted by soldiers.

The King's Army of Annan is like a bandit.

Zhang Shun said with pain: Ruan Jingyi, who was named the Ming Dynasty official, led his troops to the city of Shunhua and publicly promoted it in the army that as long as he attacked the city, the soldiers could do whatever they wanted within ten days!Some people say that the Chameng army had slaughtered in Shenglong and other places, and this time the Annan people were fighting for trouble. However, I heard that there were many people in Shunhua City, not the Chameng people, but the Annan people.I kindly dissuaded Ruan Jingyi, but he actually said that the Annan Army had no military pay, and that only in this way could the soldiers be motivated...

Zhu Gaoxu didn't think there was any problem at all, but he still listened carefully. He suddenly asked: Which province are you from?

Zhang Shun paused and bowed: My hometown is Guangdong Provincial Administration Commissioner.

No wonder.Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

The two civil wars of the Ming Dynasty almost failed to affect Guangdong.

When Zhu Gaoxu was fighting in the south, he tried every means to pay military salaries to the soldiers and restrain the soldiers, so he did not do much bad things to the common people.

Therefore, scholars like Zhang Shun seem to lack knowledge of the barbarity of war. After all, books rarely describe the detailed process of opening up the territory.

At this time, the young Zhang Shun looked confused.

Zhu Gaoxu said: When you see that our official army has good military discipline in Annan Kingdom, you think the official army is like this?Jingshi Zhang may have some misunderstandings that the military of most countries is not like this.The military discipline, combat effectiveness and treatment of our government troops in Beijing at this time are by no means comparable to other countries, so the generals can easily restrain the soldiers.

Zhang Shun bowed and said, "I am stupid."

Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: I have always been cautious about war.

When Zhang Shun was speaking just now, the ministers and nobles standing next to him did not respond at all.Zhang Shun turned around and took a look, and sighed quietly.