Chapter 140.

Zhu Di gazed at Zhang Anshi.

At this point, he wasn’t so sad anymore.

Even Empress Xu, at this time, also a pair of phoenix eyes, with doubt.

Zhang Anshi smiled at this time and said, “I am worried about one thing now.”

Zhu Di raised his eyes to look at him and said, “What is it?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, previously, granted Zhu Gaoxu too many guards, among them, the Han King’s center guard, the Han King’s left guard, as well as the Han King’s right guard, in addition to that, there is also the Tianze guard, this guards, ranging from three thousand to nineteen thousand people, while the Han King’s guards are the most numerous, this Han King’s three guards alone, has been nearly fifty thousand people, together with the previous Tianze guards, there are also seven thousand people, Your Majesty, this is a number of 50,000 to 60,000 men.”

Zhu Di didn’t say anything, he knew that Zhang Anshi had a post.

Zhang Anshi continued: “Now Zhu Gaoxu was convicted, of course, his guards will not be disbanded, including the Tianze Wei, only to remain in the capital, but I was thinking, these people …… how to dispose of it? They were originally the clan king guards, there is always a future, but now it is the sin king’s men and women, even if the court still let them stay, I’m afraid that at this time, it is also the military heart is shaken, the hearts of the people are floating, and a lot of people in the heart of the people to beat the drum of retreat.”

Zhang Anshi points out a real problem.

It’s true, in the army, if the chief collapses, it’s a big deal for all the original military officials in this guard.

Even if the court may not be pursued for a while, it can not be avoided that many people are still worried about settling scores.

Taking a step back, if there is no settling of scores, their future, I’m afraid, will only stop at the moment.

After all, …… people have backing, but you have nothing.

When Zhu Di wanted to pacify the country, the Yan King’s Guards near Beiping rallied to respond, and the fundamental reason is also here.

It is not only that the King of Yan has prestige in the army, but most importantly, everyone understands that with the King of Yan, they still have a backer, and it is good to be under a big tree. But once the King of Yan is really captured by the court, they will not be able to protect themselves anymore.

Zhang Anshi added: “What’s more, Zhu Gaoxu in the army, has always had a not low prestige, so …… I thought that right now to solve this problem, very tricky.”

Zhu Di gazed at Zhang Anshi and said, “This is a matter of military affairs, and you want to ask about it too?”

Zhang Anshi smiled bitterly and said, “The military over the big things, can also do business well, so I thought of a way.”

Zhu didn’t get angry, but said, “Tell me about it.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “What does Your Majesty think of ordering these guards to be stationed in Mubang, Ganya, and other places?”

“This time the court conquered Annam, the army, it is difficult to guarantee that the countries near Annam, there will not be dissension. Mubang and dry cliffs and other places, Tubang forests, many of the Tusi, do not obey the king, and even occasionally attacked my Ming military cantonment. How about letting these four guards and men, stationed in Mubang and other places, to guard against the unexpected.”

When Zhu Di heard it, he frowned and said, “The Burmese country has always been obedient, and that Mubang and other places …… I have not yet set up the Xuanwu Division. Is it inappropriate to canton troops at this time?”

Zhang Anshi said, “In the beginning, the Annamite Kingdom, wasn’t it also obsequious?”

Then, Zhang Anshi lowered his voice: “I heard that …… west of the Burmese country, there is a country, said Delhi country, and this country was appointed by the Timurid country as the governor of Delhi, this Delhi country has a vast area, not far from the proximity of the Burmese country, that Burmese king, I heard that in addition to the tribute they pay to my Daming, but also to the country of Delhi claimed to be a vassal.”

Zhang Anshi pinched his fingers and counted up for Zhu Di in an orderly manner, “The Burmese state pays tribute to the Delhi state, and the Delhi state is a vassal of the Timur state, and his majesty Timur knows, right, that this state is very strong, and it is a descendant of the Yuan dynasty, and it was also a vassal of the Yuan dynasty in the beginning, and I have heard some people say that the Timur swept through the world, and from the Tianzhu to the west of the desert, and then to the land further to the west, and none of them were his rivals, and they claimed themselves to be the orthodoxy of the Great Yuan.”

“Your Majesty …… this rounding up words …… counting up, the Burmese country is also considered a daughter married to two husbands, both my Daming vassal, but also the remnants of the remnants of that Yuan Dynasty.”

When Zhu Di heard this, he wrinkled his brow deeply.

Zhang Anshi also said, “The time of Taizu Gao Emperor, swept away the Northern Yuan, expelled the Tartars, but it is a pity that …… the remnants of the Northern Yuan are still active in all parts of the world, today, Your Majesty do not want to inherit the legacy of the Gao Emperor, will be this Northern Yuan remnants, a sweep?”

Zhu actually felt justified.

But …… he is the emperor, in fact, what to do is justified.

Zhang Anshi continued, “The Han King’s three guards as well as the Tianze guards are now confused in the heart of the army, if they are hastily transferred to Mubang and other places, I am afraid that they are afraid. I thought …… that a good marshal should be elected to stabilize the military’s heart as well as to take advantage of this person’s martial courage ……”

Zhu Di looked deeply at Zhang Anshi and said, “You are not afraid to let the tiger return to the mountain, this rebellious son has always wanted to be Li Shimin, and even wanted to emulate me!”

Zhang Anshi laughed: “I …… not, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I actually have something to consider, the key point here is that he cantonment of troops in Mubang, where the Tusi forests, Han barbarians mixed, not to mention that there are still the remnants of the Northern Yuan Burma and other countries eyeing the tiger.”

“Your Majesty …… This is the key to it ah, Your Majesty will leave the Han King in the capital, the Han King is not willing to live under the people, naturally there will be dissimulation. Even if he is placed in other places in the two capitals and thirteen provinces that have been pacified, he will not be willing to be lonely, and it is reasonable that he will have plans. There is a kind of person in this world, called a chaotic lord, that is born to love tossing and turning, and the day he doesn’t toss and turn, his bones will be strangely itchy and uncomfortable for a day.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi added: “But what if His Majesty will cantonize him in Mubang and other places? At this time, those countless Tusi, as well as foreign enemies in all directions, would be enough for him to toss and turn, not to mention that if he wants to clear and pacify the local remnants of the bandits, he would not be able to supply his army and horses with the district of Mubang and other places alone, at this time, in order to destroy his enemies, he would have to constantly ask for food from the imperial court.”

“He was there, the biggest advantage, is nothing more than two things, one is a personal bravery, the other, is the court’s support, the court if not to support him, his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, to maintain not go on, it is inevitable that it will fall apart, the Han King of this person …… stubborn very strong, naturally refused to concede defeat, but He wants to win, he had to maintain a good relationship with the court, he day he did whatever he did in Mubang, he had to petition the Ministry of the Household, Your Majesty …… now the Ministry of the Household …… is whose duty it is?”

Zhu Di was startled and subconsciously said, “Crown Prince!”

Zhang Anshi hemmed and hawed, “In this way, the contradiction switches, in the capital, King Han has no other enemies, he naturally inevitably has some jealousy towards His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. But in Mubang, His Highness the Crown Prince is his backer, the life, death, honor and disgrace of his tens of thousands of people have to rely on his elder brother to survive there.”

Zhu’s face sank as he brought up a point: “What if he plotted a rebellion there?”

“Rebel with what?” Zhang Anshi said, “At the time of the Jingan disaster, His Majesty sent troops, and the court sent a large army to attack Beiping, and the people and soldiers up and down this Beiping were united in their defense of the city with all their might. And what about that place? If it was in Mubang and other places, and the Han King dared to plot against him, his soldiers would only leave the city in front of him, and the local Tusi would take him out in one fell swoop in the back.”

“King Han is a brave general, and I thought that he is also deeply loved by the generals. And to this point, I thought that it was because His Majesty did not use him in the right place.”

Zhu took a deep breath as he stood up and paced back and forth, his eyes flickering.

And Empress Xu’s eyes seemed to have developed a slight brightness.

After Zhu Di pondered, he suddenly stopped, “This rebellious son, death is not enough to be spared, what he has committed after all is a heinous crime.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “Hasn’t His Majesty already abolished him as a commoner?”

Zhu Di then said, “If he is abolished as a commoner, how can he be allowed to march and fight?”

Zhang Anshi then said, “These four guards and men, can be given to the emperor’s grandson Zhu Zhanshu, nominally the emperor’s grandson Zhu Zhanshu is the rightful owner, the king of Han is but as a father, on behalf of the capital just.”

Zhu Di gazed at Zhang Anshi and said suspiciously, “Why are you even speaking up for him at this time?”

Zhang Anshi smiled bitterly and said, “I have no way out, only that my brother-in-law still regards the King of Han as his brother, and my brother-in-law values affection the most, and I happen to value affection as well, and I really can’t bear to see my brother-in-law having trouble sleeping and eating, and tossing and turning.”

Zhu Di can not help but feel emotion, red eyes, “Hey …… Prince is really a good brother ah, it is just a pity …… that there is such a rebellious son as Zhu Gaoxu. But Zhu Gao Xu this crime ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “I and a few of my brothers already beat him up, he beat me up, and now that I’ve beaten him up, it’s a two-way street.”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi and said, “After all, I have wronged you.”

“Talk about not being aggravated.” Zhang Anshi smiled and said.

And his heart was thinking, with a mongrel like Zhu Gaoxu, it would be great. The only way for Daming to go down to the Western Ocean and really want to develop a strategy for going down to the sea that can never be reversed is to wedge Daming’s influence deeply into the Western countries.

The court sent any minister to deal with the Westerners, only to use the painless policy of pacification, which had little meaning except to maintain a tribute trade.

But Zhu Gaoxu is not the same, this guy is the king of mongrels ah, is simply the contemporary Lu Bu, there is such a person, but also with the soldiers began to enter the Western hinterland, what will happen?

I’m just afraid that the entire order of the Western Ocean will collapse.

By then ……

For Zhang Anshi, there was nothing more important than going to the West in the immediate future.

Because Zhang Anshi’s concern is that even if the Ming Dynasty can still continue, Zhang Anshi’s children and grandchildren can still follow the Ming Dynasty to eat and wait for death, but once the real maritime colonial empire appeared, if still practicing hundreds of years of prohibition of the sea, then in front of the sharp artillery, everything will be reduced to powder.

Zhu Gaoxu, on the other hand, is the most important pawn that Zhang Anshi has buried for the future.

It is true that part of the reason for letting Zhu Gaoxu live today is for the sake of his Crown Prince brother-in-law, but more of the reason lies in this!

At this time, Zhang Anshi and said: “I am not much aggrieved, I thought, Zhu Gaoxu is a person with great ambition, this great ambition should be used in the right place, placed in the capital, this great ambition will become a fratricide, but if it is placed in the outside of my Daming territory, will not it become a feudal screen to defend my Daming?”

“Your Majesty …… I thought that, instead of sealing the vassal king, it is better to follow the method of the Zhou Dynasty and build a great vassal. This Zhou …… has eight hundred years of the world yet.”

When Zhu Di heard this, he seemed to understand Zhang Anshi’s meaning, he lost his smile and said, “This is not the time to talk about this, it is better to solve Zhu Gaoxu’s rebellious son first.”

After saying that, he looked at Empress Xu, “How is it?”

Empress Xu could not help but look at Zhang Anshi one more time, and her lips again finally had a hint of a smile, “The Crown Prince is a person of the most filial piety, and Zhang Anshi is a person who knows what is right, so your majesty …… might as well be able to give it a try.”

Zhu sighed, “I’m afraid of this brat, the meddler.”

“This is a good idea.” Zhang Anshi said, “Why don’t we escort him to Qixia, after all, I am the chief of the six Confucian scholars in the capital, so if I teach him for some days, he will be able to repent.”

Chu: “……”

Empress Xu said, “This palace only regarded this child …… as gone, other things, this palace does not want to ask, your majesty, according to Zhang Anshi s method, try it.”

Even though she said this, she knew that there was only so much she could do with this rebellious son at the moment.

This is as good as it gets.

Zhu Di nodded, then looked at Zhang Anshi again, “Wasn’t what you said just now a sale?”

“This is a good deal.” Zhang Anshi laughed: “Your Majesty can wait and see, in the future …… we will be able to make a lot of money from the Han king.”

Chu: “……”

After confronting Zhu Di, Zhang Anshi led the three guys away.

When Zhu saw Qiu Song’s untamed appearance, he always felt nasty and could not wait to kick him twice on behalf of his father.

As soon as Zhang Anshi left, Zhu Di sighed: “After all, it is still aggrieved Zhang Anshi ……”

Empress Xu nodded and said, “In that case, then Your Majesty should think about how to give some rewards.”

Zhu Di pondered, “I will think about it again.”

…………

Zhu Gaoxu these days, although not tortured, but where has suffered such humiliation and pain?

Just when he was physically and mentally exhausted, there was a prison van that escorted him out.

And standing beside the prison wagon was, after all, Ji Gang.

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu saw Ji Gang, he exclaimed, “Ji Gang, are you treating me so slowly?”

Ji Gang didn’t respond, and even kept his eyes looking ahead, his eyes not falling on Zhu Gaoxu for a single glance.

Feeling neglected Zhu Gaoxu, angry swooshing, said, “Ji Gang …… in the past this king treats you not thin, today in this imperial prison, you will be this king under the water prison, good, good very, you are very righteous.”

Kizuna remained aloof.

It seemed clear to him that King Han, Zhu Gaoxu, was completely finished.

Even if he still survives, he will never have anything to do with the Great Seat again in this life.

He acted surprisingly cold, still not even looking at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu cursed endlessly and was directly pulled away by the prison cart.

Ji Gang’s face remained expressionless, and he finally led the people away.

Zhu Gaoxu was then put into a mansion, and someone put shackles on his hands and feet.

The mansion was small, brick on all sides, with high courtyard walls and guards all around.

There’s only one small hall here, one bedroom.

It’s pretty sketchy.

The only thing that stands out.

Instead, it’s a huge opinion map.

There is a lot of labeling on the top of this map.

Prefer it not only Guannai, even from the desert, to the Western Ocean and even farther Timur, also have marked.

Zhu Gaoxu was so bored that he could only end up gawking at the opinion map.

He had, after all, fought in many wars for many years, and soon realized that the opinion map actually bore some resemblance to a military opinion map.

And he actually found that Daming in this opinion map, is not encompassing the whole world, but …… seems a little ‘small’.

He searched for the city of Nanjing and Beiping in this small Ming territory, and so he sat in a withered daze every day.

No one paid any attention to him, and the daily food was simple.

Of course, he is occasionally visited.

For example, the one who came today is Wang Ning, the emperor’s son-in-law.

Wang Ning is Zhu Gaoxu’s good brother.

However, at this time he is not willing to come, fools know that Zhu Gaoxu has completely lost his power, and there is already no slightest possibility of overturning the situation at all.

Wang Ning wasn’t stupid, he only had to go and see which way the wind was blowing in Ji Gang’s direction to know what might have happened in the palace.

That Ji Gang this taboo, and has been completely and Zhu Gaoxu clear relationship, and even when several Zhu Gaoxu recommended to go to the Jin Yiwei people, and now also find a reason, directly dismissed out.

Wang Ning immediately realized …… that all the people who are close to Zhu Gaoxu, I am afraid that there may be a killing in the future.

So …… just in the middle of the apprehension, the East Palace side but invited Wang Ning to Qixia, and wanted Wang Ning to visit Zhu Gaoxu.

This Wang Ning’s face changed, wasn’t this a deliberate attempt to fix him?

But the meaning of the East Palace, he had to from, had to fearfully follow the leader, into the mansion.

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu saw Wang Ning, he rushed forward and then cried.

“Wang Ning, this king knows that you will surely try your best to visit me, our friendship for so many years has not been in vain!”

When Wang Ning saw that Zhu Gaoxu was pulling on his sleeve and not letting go, he immediately chilled his face and immediately said, “Zhu Gaoxu, you are no longer a clan prince, how can you refer to yourself as this king? Do you know how taboo this is?”

Looking at a cold face and listening to words without the slightest emotion, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Wang Ning incredulously.

Wang Ning unemotionally continued, “Look at what you have done, His Majesty has already been extraordinarily kind to you by not killing your head now. I was never expecting you to be such a person, if I had known earlier, I would never have gotten close to someone like you in the first place.”

Zhu Gaoxu is an irritable nature, immediately said: “Wang Ning, when you how to say, you said that all the prince, only the king is the most talented, the future will be the master.”

Wang Ning was startled, he was afraid that there were ears on the wall, and immediately cursed, “Bullshit, when did I ever say such a thing, now that the matter is at hand and death is at hand, how dare you say such a thing? You mayfly shaking a tree, mantis blocking a car, don’t you think it’s ridiculous?”

Zhu Gaoxu’s body trembled as he stared at Wang Ning with wide eyes, disbelief overflowing in his eyes.

He had many good brothers, many of whom had followed him out on the battlefield to fight and suffer together.

It’s just the ones like Churchford who have since turned their backs on him because of what happened to Chuson.

And Ji Gang, the Commander of the Jinyiwei, began to deliberately keep his distance.

But what he least expected was that Wang Ning, who was closest to him, actually showed the most obvious.

Zhu Gaoxu said in shame and indignation, “Heh …… so you are here to humiliate this king, get out, get out for me.”

“Did you think that I would be willing to stay here much longer? It’s just to see if you’re dead yet.” Wang Ning said that, and without saying anything more, he directly whisked his sleeves away.

Zhu Gaoxu was only so angry that his liver hurt, he couldn’t imagine that those who surrounded him in the beginning, who praised him as a saintly Ming all day long, who everyone said he was Li Shimin, and whom he regarded as his own ”Fang Xuanling”, ”Changsun Wuji”, and ” Yuchigong’, but now they all seemed to have gone up in smoke.

There’s just alienation and disgust.

Zhu Gaoxu was muddled and stayed for a few more days.

One set after another of his old brothers, his old men, and even the eunuchs who served him in the Han King’s House at the beginning, also came.

But almost everyone was numb, as if they could only be relieved if they humiliated him.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was high-minded and proud in the past, seems to be suffering from psychological trauma again and again.

It was just as well that Zhang Anshi hung him up.

Even the people who used to tout him the most in the past are now all treating him like shit.

He was muddled in this small cave, tossing and turning daily.

Either that, or you’re just staring at a map.

Finally ……

Even Zhu Gaoxu didn’t know how many days had passed.

Instead, four familiar people appeared in front of him.

Zhang Anshi is at the head, followed by the three murderers in the capital.

Zhu Gaoxu took one look at Zhang Anshi and immediately growled in anger, “Zhang Anshi you dog thief.”

Zhang Anshi laughed, “Haha, Zhu Gaoxu, you still dare to be arrogant and domineering in front of me? In my opinion, you are forgetting the pain after getting better.”

As soon as he said scars, Zhu Gaoxu remembered the last time he was blasted and hammered, and suddenly his anger rose from his heart, and he stared at Zhang Anshi dead in the face and said, “If you teach me to raise my spirits, not to mention you alone, even if you all come together, this king will also crush you into mush.”

Zhang Anshi laughed, “What’s this, a slap from the Xu family’s girl would break the table, you’re just showing off.”

Zhu Yong said at the right time, “The Xu family girl is our sister-in-law.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “It’s not over yet, so don’t talk nonsense.”

Zhu Gaoxu naturally know this said Xu family girl is who, listen to Zhang Anshi take a little girl to humiliate himself, this Xu Jingyi counting, is considered to be his cousin, so even more angry: “Come on, have the ability to ……”

Zhang Anshi then waved his hand, “Brothers, to deal with this dog thief, don’t talk about the morality of the jianghu…all of you give me on.”

Zhu Gaoxu: “……”

He had shackles on his hands and feet.

The three had darted in.

And an unmerciful thrashing followed.

Zhu Gaoxu cried.

He couldn’t stand the humiliation.

The opponent was not martial and cursed after the fight.

Zhu Gaoxu howled, “I am a tiger …… today, and the tiger has been bullied by the dog …… You guys remember …… that he must return tenfold on the day. ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Still want to fight? I can give you another chance to go one-on-one with our three murderers of the capital.”

Zhu Gaoxu burst into fury: “Dog thief ……”

This time, there was no longer any need for Zhang Anshi to greet him.

Zhu Yong rushed forward all at once and delivered another violent beating.

Just this Zhu Gaoxu how hard-hearted, think of their own so insulted, and then think of these days of encounter, then wiped the tears, haha maniacal laughter, said: “Good, good fight, in the future this king will you broken into pieces.”

Zhang Anshi waved his hand, signaling Zhu Yong’s few not to be reckless.

He sat down and sighed, “Counting, you are also my sister’s younger uncle, and you are originally a family member. You can’t beat me.”

“The four of you ……” Zhu Gaoxu showed his teeth and roared angrily.

Zhang Anshi sighed: “The four of us are as close as one person, anyway, it is a meaning, whether you serve or not or …… the facts are in front of you.”

Saying this, Zhang Anshi looked up at the map of the public opinion, and saw that there were traces of gouging in the direction of Desert North on that map, and Zhang Anshi said, “What have you done to the map of the public opinion, my God, are you still not a human being, this map of the public opinion is newly made by me, and you have done such a thing to it?”

Zhu Gaoxu was furious and was about to sneer back.

But he is sad through the top, they say that men have tears, but this time really sad through. This stout guy, body a twitch, the world’s aggression, seems to have suffered the general.

Zhang Anshi frowned and continued to point at the public opinion map, “You said, this Burma country has 100,000 mountains, but the place near the sea is flat. This place, on the contrary, is a natural precaution against my Daming in general, no wonder that throughout the dynasties, the boundaries of the Celestial Dynasty, but had to stop here, these mountains and rivers in the Tusi must be very powerful.”

He muttered a bunch.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn’t help it and scolded, “What Tusi, you know a bird, this is just a rabble, if you want to use the army, to deal with them, just like cutting melons and cutting vegetables.”

Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, “No, there are too many mountains and rivers here, everywhere is a pass, the local natives encountered an attack, I’m afraid that they will immediately hide in the deep mountains, and after that, they will keep on attacking and hijacking the grain routes, and in a matter of a few days, they will be trapped to death.”

Zhu Gaoxu stopped crying and looked at him with a cold smile and said: ”Having said that, if it is a mediocre person, of course they will be taken advantage of, but a truly great general, is it not easy to deal with them? These rabble, as long as there are enough people to divide them and trap them, and then specialize in picking those unruly, the other tribes can slow attack, that refuses to be convinced, as long as the soldiers are willing to use, to ten surrounded by one, direct strong attack, will be this intransigent up and down to kill a clean, the other walled villages will certainly be choleric, not half a year, there will be people have begged to surrender.”

“Marching and fighting, relying on not you this despicable and shameless means, by virtue of who is more courageous, as long as you give up the capital, specializing in one place, the rest of the people, see that recalcitrant downfall, inevitably windy, routed, scared out of their wits.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Is that so? In that case, how many men and horses are needed for that?”

Zhu Gaoxu thoughtlessly said, “More than 100,000, less than 20,000 to 30,000, the soldiers and horses are different, the fighting method is not the same, although the mountains and rivers are the moat, but different enemies, there are always different ways to fight.”

Zhang Anshi said, “What if there are 50,000 men?”

Zhu Gaoxu coldly smiled, “50,000 people, can be careful to guard the various key roads, so that the various mountains and rivers can not be connected to each other, to find out these Tusi, who is the strongest, the hardest bones, then set up one to two million elites, directly attacking his walled city, even if the sacrifice of 2,000, or even 5,000 people, as long as the walled city is stepped on, but it is also certainly worth it.”

“As for the other fortresses, as soon as they see that the upper and lower parts of that fortress have been slaughtered cleanly, they will be afraid that their turn will come next, and as they are divided from each other and unable to unite effectively, the convenience of this mountain and river will be manipulated in our hands.”

Zhang Anshi frowned, “Sacrificing thousands of elites? Will this be too ruthless.”

“Mercy doesn’t control soldiers.” Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhang Anshi contemptuously, “The person who holds the troops and horses, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people are pawns in your hands, if you can’t even give up a few thousand people, you might as well go home and hold a doll.”