Father can be an enemy to the country

Although Nanjing is thousands of miles away from the northern border, the nerves of the court have been all affected by the Northern Expedition over the past year.

In order to ensure unity and fight this crucial final battle, Boss Zhu even suspended the investigation of the Guo Huan case, giving all officials a chance to redeem themselves.

As mentioned earlier, the biggest problem with the Guo Huan case is that it exposed all the bad practices and habits in the officialdom. If it is investigated, almost no one from top to bottom will be spared.

Therefore, all the officials and clerks across the country, without exception, hope that this battle can be won.

And not only must it be won, but it must be a great victory.

For this reason, all those who can contribute have gone all out, and those who cannot contribute are also very conscious, and do not say anything that is not conducive to the front-line war, and do not do anything that is not conducive to the front-line war.

It can be said that since the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty has never been like this, with one mind and one strength.

That kind of unity, harmony, and vibrant scene really made Boss Zhu calm down a lot.

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As for Boss Zhu, of course he also attached great importance to this national war. But to be honest, he was not as nervous as the expedition to Yunnan at the beginning.

After all, that time was the first time for a young lady to get married, and he did not know the situation in Yunnan. Naturally, he was very worried that the army would follow the footsteps of the predecessors and be swallowed up by the hot weather, the rampant miasma, the terrifying jungle, and the continuous mountains.

This time, the Northern Expedition was like a "widow remarrying - familiar with the road". Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has always regarded the Mongols as the top enemy and has never stopped the Northern Expedition. The whole army knew the situation in the grassland very well, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty was beaten into a frightened bird.

Moreover, this time he also sent out the king bomb combination of Zhu Zhen, Fu Youde and Lan Yu, and Xu Da was in charge of the rear for them. Zhu Yuanzhang was lenient with the enemy, and he didn't know what he should be nervous about.

The development of the war was as he expected at first. After the Ming army went out of the border, it captured Qingzhou at lightning speed, and won a great victory in Tongliao, successfully blocking Nahachu in the foothills of Qingyun Mountain.

Then the Ming army followed his instructions, surrounded Nahachu but did not attack, and actively persuaded him to surrender, successfully persuading Nahachu to waver in the army, and finally had to lead the army to surrender and confess the location of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!

Then Lan Yu led the army to the expedition to Buyuerhai and defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Hailar. Although the process of this battle was full of dangers, when Boss Zhu received the report in the capital, Lan Yu had already won a great victory, so there was nothing to worry about.

Boss Zhu pretended to be Boyi that day...

When the victory report of Buyuerhai came that day, the ministers were boiling, and the civil and military officials hugged each other excitedly, tears in their eyes, thanking God and ancestors, and fortunately that their lives were finally saved.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not as excited as the ministers. He sat quietly on the dragon throne and took a long breath.

Nineteen years ago, when Xu Da drove Emperor Shun of Yuan back to the grassland, he never expected that the war would continue to this day.

Thirty-two years of hard work and thirty-two years of war. It was so long that he once doubted that he would never see the end of this war in his life.

Fortunately, today, everything is finally over, and his greatest mission is completed. This damn war finally ended with his great victory!

After the excitement of the ministers, they looked at their emperor and waited for Boss Zhu to give a victory speech.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil and military officials in the court and said lightly: "It's a pity that Bo Ren, Boyan, and Baoer didn't see this day."

Bo Ren is Chang Yuchun's name, Boyan is Deng Yu's name, and Baoer is Li Wenzhong's nickname...

The ministers didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

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Unfortunately, after leaving the court, Boss Zhu broke his work.

He had just returned to Wuying Hall and sat down, preparing to write a cheesy imperial edict to praise Lan Yu. Boss Zhu had even thought of the words, ready to compare Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law to his "Zhongqing, Yaoshi".

Zhongqing is Wei Qing's pen name, and as for Yaoshi, as everyone knows, it is Li Jing's pen name.

Boss Zhu praised Lan Yu to such a high level, it can be seen that his inner joy far exceeded his external performance - the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, and from then on the world completely belonged to his Ming Dynasty! How could Boss Zhu not be extremely happy?

Just as he racked his brains and used all kinds of words he could think of to praise Lan Yu and this victory, he heard the footsteps of the prince at the door of the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and asked with a smile: "What's good..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the prince's face was very ugly.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart suddenly sank. Over the years, the prince has also practiced the skill of "not changing color even when Mount Tai collapses in front of him". I don't know what kind of bad news will break his skill.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang changed his words and asked.

Zhu Biao walked to Zhu Yuanzhang, calmed down a little, and reported in a low voice: "Father, Lan Yu reported that Toghon Temur did not go north to join Duoer and Kharajang, but went straight west."

"This coward completely ignored his subordinates." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and asked again: "Did Lan Yu arrange troops in the west?"

"Yes, but not many, only two guards and horses." Zhu Biao said with a complicated expression: "So only Toghon Temur's queen and second son Dibaonu and others were stopped, and the Northern Yuan emperor and crown prince Tianbaonu escaped."

"Alas..." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed with regret when he heard this, but soon accepted the reality and said: "If you can catch up, catch up, if you can't catch up, forget it."

He has been fighting all his life and knows that it is better to seek perfection than to blame. It is really difficult to capture the other side's emperor in a battle.

Besides, an emperor alone cannot make a country. He must also have a court, hundreds of officials, and an army. In the past, the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty retreated from Dadu to Shangdu, from Yingchang to Helin, and then to Yuerhai. No matter how bad the place is, the officials and the army are still there. Therefore, his regime will not be destroyed and he can still make a comeback.

Now Emperor Beiyuan is just a mere commander, unable to achieve success.

"Yes. The two guards followed Emperor Beiyuan and chased him out." The prince nodded and said with a sudden heart: "But it was the fourth child who led them in pursuit."

"What?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "The fourth child, the fourth child in our family?"

"Whose family's fourth child could it be?" the prince said with a bitter face.

"How is it possible?! We personally ordered him to stay in Daning and not interfere with Lan Yu's command!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his voice and said: "Why did he run to the front line? Why didn't Lao Liu stop him?!"

"Because he hid it from Lao Liu and everyone, pretending to be an ordinary sergeant of the Yanshan Left Guard, and mingled with the expeditionary force." The prince said helplessly: "By the time Lao Liu found out, he was already far away in the desert and could not be contacted. I can wait for news from the front line to report back. The first one is a good news, and the second one is the news that the fourth child is chasing the Yuan Master..."