Chapter 235: Could it be that Your Majesty was deceived by a traitor? !
At noon, Wuying Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang served some wine and food here.
It’s not big fish or meat, it’s all home-cooked side dishes.
Sesame cakes are indispensable among them.
now.
Tang He hasn’t arrived yet.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat alone and looked at the memorial as usual. He was not impatient, but looked at the food on the table from time to time, seeming a little absent-minded, but he held on and did not let himself show it.
It didn’t take long.
Tang He strode in.
As soon as he saw Tang He, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately put down the memorial in his hand and said with a smile: "Tang He, you are finally here. If you don't come, the food we sent people to prepare will be cold. Hurry, hurry, serve." Come, let us have a good drink today."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tang He with a smile.
Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very close to this old brother.
Tang He didn't show any pretense, he sat down carelessly, sniffed it with great enjoyment, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty still understands me. He knows that I am just like these few mouthfuls from my hometown. This taste is... The more it smells, the more fragrant it becomes.”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.
He got up and walked over, took the initiative to open a jar of wine, poured a full bowl for Tang He, and then filled it for himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We know you are good at this, so I sent someone to get it for you."
"Eat."
"Our brothers will do it today. Eat to your heart's content."
Tang He smiled happily and showed no sign of anger.
It seems that he only regards Zhu Yuanzhang as his elder brother.
The two enjoyed the rare silence.
After eating and drinking, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the wine bowl in his hand and suddenly said: "Tang He, we called you here today just to ask you something. We want to go to the Northern Expedition. What do you think of our idea? "Is it right or wrong?"
"We are a little undecided for a moment, please tell me."
Tang He frowned.
He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang suspiciously, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
When a message came from the palace and asked him to come over, he already knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was looking for him because he wanted to get advice from him. Although his advice was nothing to Lao Zhu, Zhu Yuanzhang did not I’m not really here to ask for advice.
But until now, he had always thought it was about today's court meeting. He never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask about the salt policy, but about the Northern Expedition.
Tang He’s expression condensed slightly.
He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang closely for a few times, thought quickly in his mind, and tentatively replied: "Northern Expedition?"
"How could the Northern Expedition be wrong?"
"As the saying goes, how can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed?"
"Now that the old Yuan has been destroyed, the fleeing Beiyuan is left alone. In order to survive, as the orthodoxy of the world, your majesty will do your duty to destroy the rebels."
"What's more, after your majesty's nearly twenty years of governance, the world has become peaceful."
"It's just that. The Northern Yuan Dynasty is still here, and it has always been eyeing the Ming Dynasty. Many people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty are still ambitious and try to regain control of the Central Plains. The northern border has always been harassed by these Northern Yuan tribes. The chief ministers in the north have taken great pains. Over the years, He sent troops to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty."
"Now that the imperial army has strong soldiers and horses, and plenty of food and grass, it is indeed time to overthrow the Northern Yuan Dynasty and put it on the agenda."
"I think it is okay."
Tang He nodded seriously.
He knew Zhu Yuanzhang, and knew Zhu Yuanzhang's fear and dislike of Bei Yuan, and the Northern Expedition had always been the goal of the generals in the army. Since the end of the last Northern Expedition, whether it was veteran generals, middle-aged generals, or The vassal kings stationed in the north also had high fighting spirit and frequently requested orders from the court.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
He reached out and grabbed the jug, filled a cup for himself, poured another cup for Tang He, and said: "Bei Yuan is indeed a big worry for us. We have dreamed of destroying Bei Yuan, but since Xu Da died of illness, , but we have to think carefully about the matter of leading the army."
"Tang He, you know a lot about the generals in the army, please tell us."
" Who should be in charge of the Northern Expedition?"
The words fell.
Wuying Palace suddenly became quiet.
Tang He's pupils shrank, but soon returned to normal, and said with a smile: "In terms of understanding military generals, who in the world can be better than Your Majesty? Me? I have always been a housekeeper for Your Majesty, and I have done a good job. Not very good.”
“Let’s talk about it.”
“Your Majesty asked me, isn’t this going to put me on fire? It’s all a joke. Didn’t His Majesty always discuss it with Xu Da before? Then Chang Yuchun led the troops, and I followed behind.” A smile of remembrance.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, rolled his eyes at Tang He, and said angrily: "You think we want to discuss it with you, but we really can't find anyone, right?"
"We brothers, who have climbed through the piles of dead people all the way, know everything about it. Chatting with you makes us feel at ease, and we dare to believe that if you ask us to talk to Li Shanchang, Zhou Dexing, and Fu Youde, we won't be able to piss a single person with them. "In the pot."
"There are fewer and fewer people around us who can talk."
"You have to help us more."
" Alas."
"After Xu Da's death, none of our generals are pleasing to the eye. Although they all have noses and eyes, none of them have the peace of mind of Xu Da. This is also true of Xu Da. , we are not dead, why did he leave first? If it is not possible, please help us deal with this mess in Beiyuan before leaving."
"Xu Da was so generous in the past, why is he not so particular now?" Zhu Yuanzhang cursed.
It just looked a little sad.
There are fewer and fewer brothers who have followed us along the way.
There are fewer and fewer people he can trust.
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low mood: "Let's go."
"Everyone is gone."
"They all walked in front of us."
"Chang Yuchun Let’s go, our eldest grandson is gone, my sister is gone, Bao’er is gone, and that bitch Xu Da is also gone ahead of us, leaving all this mess to us alone, and sometimes we are there too I think we might as well leave.”
“But if we all leave like this, wouldn’t it be in vain for the country that our brothers have worked so hard to build?”
"Tang He."
"You have to give us more life."
"We won't allow you to die."
"We are the emperor, as long as we don't let If you die, you are not allowed to die.”
“Did you hear that?”
Tang He bowed with a smile and said: "Your Majesty has an order, how dare I disobey it? I must work hard to live a longer life, but over the years, I feel more and more weak in my body. I am afraid that I will have to ask for an order from Your Majesty before long. He retired and returned home to cultivate himself. "
"Your Majesty must agree then."
Looking at Tang He's smiling face, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment.
He raised his head and looked at Tang He. The high-spirited Tang He in his memory now had wrinkles on his face, giving him a sense of twilight. When he talked about retiring from old age and returning home, he had a look on his face. of relaxation and relief.
Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent for a moment.
He took a sip of wine and became bored.
The wine burned his throat, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to notice and poured himself another glass.
When Tang He saw this, he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? I, Tang He, am not young anymore, and my grandson is already several years old. Sooner or later, I will retire, but Your Majesty We should really hurry up and get rid of this mustard disease in Beiyuan."
"Otherwise, Northern Xinjiang will remain unstable, which will be a big hidden danger after all."
"Now I am in the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers and horses are strong, and the vassal kings stationed in the northern border are also outstanding and heroic. In my opinion, they are no worse than your Majesty before. Now the veteran generals in the army include Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Wang Bi, etc., as well as Zhao Yong and Hu Hai. Furthermore, There are also generals such as Lan Yu and Guo Ying.”
"Let me tell you."
"Your Majesty actually thinks highly of Bei Yuan."
"The imperial court has already carried out five Northern Expeditions, and has long since wiped out all the elites of Bei Yuan."
“Now Beiyuan is just hanging on for dear life.”
“Forget about sending people like Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, even if you send Lan Yu and Guo Ying, or directly let the King of Qin and the King of Jin , King Yan leads the troops, and can easily wipe out Beiyuan and wipe out Beiyuan completely. ”
"My Ming Dynasty has long been different from what it used to be."
"Bei Yuan has long been no match for my Ming Dynasty."
Tang He boasted with a proud look on his face.
It seems that he really doesn’t take Bei Yuan seriously.
Zhu Yuanzhang recovered his thoughts, shook his head and said: "It is indeed not difficult to defeat Bei Yuan now, but what is difficult is to eliminate future troubles."
"The current Bei Yuan spans the north and is always a threat to our Ming Dynasty."
"What we want is not to defeat the Great Yuan and then have a Bei Yuan. After defeating the Bei Yuan, another one will come. Now I am thinking about whether we can completely pacify the North so that it will no longer suffer from foreign aggression. We want to completely solve the problems in the North for our descendants while we are still alive. "
Tang. He gave a bitter smile and said: "Your Majesty, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"
"Since ancient times, the north has been occupied by nomads. Before that, it seemed like the Huns, Rouran, Xianbei, and so on. The Turks, and some others, were defeated, dispersed, and even fled in all directions, but the north was still the same north, just with a different group of people."
"It would be nice to gain decades of peace for future generations."
Tang He looked very realistic.
It is simply impossible to completely solve the North.
No one has ever done it.
Throughout the dynasties, many famous ministers and generals have succeeded one after another, but what is the result? It's just that you finish singing and I go on stage, you advance and I retreat, you retreat and I advance, this repeated entanglement has a history of at least several thousand years in this land in the north.
The Ming Dynasty was indeed powerful, but its strength was actually limited.
Suppress those who are unyielding and ambitious.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "We thought the same way before, but recently we have become a little looser, because we can vaguely see the future, and also vaguely see the way to completely solve the problem in the north."
Tang He was stunned.
He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang suspiciously and said attentively: "Why did your Majesty say this?"
"Why can't I understand it?"
"Could your Majesty have been deceived by traitors? It is impossible for this world to solve the border troubles once and for all."
"Your Majesty, please do not believe some slanders easily."
Tang and reminded with a serious look.
(End of this chapter)