Daming: From the end of Hongwu

However, Liu Yi did not answer Zhen Wu's words. Instead, he said in a cold voice: "No matter what tricks you use, I advise you to give up your heart. I will not hide it from you today. , I once ran away from my friends on the battlefield and committed injustice. Later, I became a Jin Yiwei to supervise the officials for the late emperor. I also killed innocent people unkindly for credit. With a sigh of relief, I will be loyal to the late emperor, and I will also be loyal to the new emperor identified by the late emperor, and I will never lose this word of loyalty again, so that I can meet the late emperor in a dignified manner after death."

Liu Yi paused, and said firmly: "So, you don't have to think about how to use me. It's useless. I can't help you and King Yan."

Zhen Wu was speechless, he really had no intention of taking advantage of Liu Yi.

He said worriedly: "By the way, you have come to Peiping for 20 years, don't you regret it?"

Liu Yi shook his head firmly.

Zhen Wu then asked: "You should be from a thousand households, right? You have fought all your life, you have given up your family in a deep house, kept your name in incognito, and lived alone in the sun like this, and you don't regret it."

Liu Yi didn't understand why Zhen Wu asked this suddenly, but he still said with vigilance: "Although I envied others, but the late emperor needed me like this, so I was willing."

hiss.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath.

Willingly, this word is a bit heavy.

He suddenly felt a little emotional. No matter how cruelly Zhu Yuanzhang killed loyal ministers, it cannot be denied that Zhu Yuanzhang has always had a group of loyal people, and he doesn't know how Zhu Yuanzhang brainwashed him. No, maybe he can't say brainwashing. It should be what happened to Zhu Yuanzhang. The charm of Liu Yi made people like Liu Yi willing to follow him to the death after so many years without fame and fortune.

Not for fame and fortune, which is kind of scary.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Zhen Wu, if Zhen Wu can't give others fame and fortune, how many people are willing to give their lives to Zhen Wu?

I'm afraid not many.

Maybe Zhen Wu needs a great pursuit, and this goal can attract the same group of fanatical believers.

Zhen Wu shook his head, temporarily put aside these idle thoughts, and said to Liu Yi seriously: "Old man, believe it or not, I never thought of using you for anything, taking care of you for so many years, it's just how much you treat our mother This one has helped, in fact, I heard from my mother that you have helped everyone in our alley. To the neighbors, you are a good person, and I have the same temper as you, so you can use it I treat you as a year-end friend, so you don't have to worry about losing your loyalty because of me."

"This is the best." Liu Yi snorted coldly.

Zhen Wu didn't care, instead he smiled and said: "You Jin Yiwei are too sensitive, after all, you Jin Yiwei seldom have friends."

The sadness in Liu Yi's eyes flashed away, he said "Jinyiwei" twice, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "Do you know why I told you clearly? Because I am no longer Jinyiwei, and the new emperor gave me my position. Take it back, I just want to help you, but there is nothing I can do."

Ok?

"Why?" Zhen Wu asked.

Liu Yi glanced at Zhen Wu, and said calmly: "Some time ago, the new emperor asked me to search for evidence of King Yan's crimes. However, although King Yan has committed some crimes in these years, they are all trivial matters. Send these things up, and the new emperor will I'm not satisfied, I'm afraid I still feel that I have an affair with the King of Yan, otherwise why did Zhang Bing and Xie Gui come to Peiping?"

It turned out to be the case.

Only then did Zhen Wu understand why Zhu Yunqi did not use Jin Yiwei to target King Yan.

You must know that Jin Yiwei handles more affairs than Zhang Bing and Xie Guimeng.

It turned out that Zhu Yunqi might have thought that Jin Yiwei had an affair with the King of Yan, which is really a great cleverness.

However, Zhen Wu thought of another point at the next moment. Once the emperor and the courtiers, Zhu Yunqi took the opportunity to get rid of Liu Yi, and replace the people he trusted with mastering the secret agents of the Jinyiwei. Want to be scary.

Zhen Wu wondered who would be in charge of Beiping Jinyiwei's spies now?

It's hard to guess.

Liu Yi glanced at Zhen Wu at this time, curled his lips and said, "I'm wondering who is in charge of Jin Yiwei now?"

Zhen Wu was not embarrassed when he was guessed, and he admitted it openly.

But he didn't expect that Liu Yichang sighed and said: "Don't guess, there won't be any more spies in the future, because the new emperor intends to abolish Jinyiwei."

"what?"

Zhen Wu was surprised in disbelief.

Liu Yi didn't speak, and turned his head to look out the window, as if there was his whole life outside, but he didn't know if this ups and downs life was worth it.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu couldn't help laughing after confirming Liu Yi's words, Jin Yiwei was abandoned?

Zhu Yunqi, oh Zhu Yunqi, what kind of strange person is this.

Why is it always unexpected.

Playing cards against common sense is really excellent.

Zhen Wu couldn't hold back in the end, and laughed. Anyone with such an opponent would probably be able to laugh.

The laughter awakened Liu Yi, who was stuck in memory, Liu Yi glanced sideways at Zhen Wu, didn't say anything, but changed the subject and said, "May I lend you some silver taels?"

"What are you doing?" Zhen Wu asked.

Liu Yi said indifferently: "I may not be able to last a few more winters. I want to go back to Jiqing to see which old fellows are still alive while I still have my life."

His tone was very light, as if he looked down on life and death.

"Then I'll let someone escort you back to have a look, the road is not safe." Zhen Wu thought for a while and said.

But unexpectedly, Liu Yi shook his head and refused: "No need, just borrow some money. If you really accidentally die on the road, then where you die, you can stay there forever."

Zhen Wu opened his mouth, wanting to persuade him again, but seeing Liu Yi's expression, he finally only asked, "Are you sure?"

"confirmed."

"That's good." Zhen Wu's tone also became calm, and he continued, "I'll see you off when the time comes."

Liu Yi nodded and did not speak again.

Zhen Wu then did not speak again.

He didn't witness Liu Yi's life, so he couldn't empathize with Liu Yi's state of mind. In his opinion, perhaps his fate with Liu Yi had indeed come to an end.

Two days later.

Liu Yi drove a carriage alone, and under Zhen Wu's gaze, he set off from Beiping to the capital. He was not in a hurry on the road, and he was enjoying the last time in his life like watching the scenery and the moon leisurely. a period of time.

Fortunately, it was a safe journey and did not encounter any twists and turns.

But this journey still took two months, and in March, Liu Yi came to Nanjing City.

It's just that this young man joined the army, lived through hundreds of battles, and Liu Yi, who had hidden his name for decades in Beiping for Zhu Yuanzhang, returned to Nanjing again. Among the acquaintances, only an old eunuch came to welcome him.

The old eunuch was already old and ugly, as if he might die at any time, so he had not served in the palace for a long time. After being released from the palace, he lived in a small house for the elderly.

He was accompanied by a little eunuch, who was his adopted son and apprentice, called Xiao Anzi. One thing that pleased the old eunuch was that Xiao Anzi was not a white-eyed wolf. Later, he never forgot him, and often came to visit him when he had free time, so the two handicapped people lived together, and their relationship was no worse than that of a father and son in an ordinary family.

At this time, Xiao Anzi asked the old eunuch curiously: "Father, why do you need to come and pick him up for such an important person?"

The old eunuch looked forward to where he came from, and sighed: "You don't know, when the guards were in charge, Mr. Liu, who generously donated money, was a well-known celebrity, but later he went to Peiping, and he has been there for more than 20 years. , now those old people in those days are dead, scattered, and forgotten, but no matter what, we can't forget. You must know that if it wasn't for Liu Sanye, we would have been beheaded by Emperor Taizu. You said we knew When Mr. Liu came back, how could he not come to pick him up? Speaking of which, I don’t know if Mr. Liu still has the same demeanor after so many years.”

Curious, Xiao Anzi continued to ask the old eunuch about Mr. Liu.

The old eunuch was also interested in talking, so he picked up some old things from the past and told Xiao Anzi to listen to it, which made Xiao Anzi's heart throbbing, and he became more curious about Third Master Liu.

But when Xiao Anzi saw Third Master Liu, he was a little disappointed.

Just like an ordinary old man, he is not at all like the handsome and high-spirited young hero that the old eunuch said.

However, Xiao Anzi is also a servant in the palace, so he doesn't show any expression on his face. Seeing the old eunuch and Liu Yi chatting lively, he looked at the crowd coming and going, stepped forward and suggested: "Father, Mr. Liu, please Don't go back and talk again, this is really not a place to talk."

Only then did the old eunuch come to his senses, and quickly invited Liu Yi to sit at his house.

Looking at the capital, Liu Yi felt touched. Although this was his hometown, there was no place to stay, so he nodded and followed the old eunuch to his house.

The city of Nanjing has changed so much that the older Liu Yi couldn't find many familiar faces. The old eunuch saw Liu Yi's strangeness, and smiled and introduced Liu Yi one by one.

While listening, Liu Yi looked around curiously, but looking at it, he didn't know if it was because of his professional habits, he found that the atmosphere in Nanjing City was a bit wrong.

However, Liu Yi didn't ask directly. It wasn't until the three of them arrived at home and sat down to have tea that Liu Yi asked his doubts: "Is there something important happening in the city recently? I think there are often soldiers in a hurry. Come and go, isn't it always like this in the capital?"

The old eunuch was a little puzzled, he wasn't too clear about this, so he turned his head to look at Xiao Anzi who was waiting by his side.

Xiao Anzi was a little confused.

The old eunuch said unhappily: "There is nothing to hide, even if there is something, if Mr. Liu wants to know, there is a way to find out from other sources."

Xiao Anzi smiled apologetically at the old eunuch, and then said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the emperor dispatched troops to prepare for Beiping yesterday."

Beiping Beibian?

Liu Yi was startled, and suddenly realized something, he couldn't help looking to the north, and couldn't help but think in his heart: This is the sword pointed at King Yan, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, his year-end friendship was too deeply involved with King Yan, if he wanted to It will definitely be involved, but I don't know if that kid can get away with it.

Thinking about it, Liu Yi thought of himself again, and he gave a wry smile. He himself was annoying, and he still cared about others.

Liu Yi suddenly lost his mood. Thinking about his life, he couldn't help but whine softly: "This new emperor is really not like the great grandfather, he doesn't like my Jin Yiwei, heh, I have pity on my Jin Yiwei for many years. You have worked so hard to fight, but now you are in such an embarrassing situation."

The old eunuch did not hear.

But Xiao Anzi could hear it clearly, he was a person who served others, he was trained so well that he could hear and see well but he didn't speak. Hearing Liu Yi's words, he felt sympathy for Liu Sanye for the first time.

He also felt that the new emperor was very different from the Taizu. Although the Taizu used to be fair to their eunuchs, he did not deliberately alienate them. He has a mediocre temperament, and has never concealed his disgust towards them, and often punishes them wantonly because of a trivial matter.

Xiao Anzi sighed inwardly, life is not easy for eunuchs.

……

While Liu Yi and the others were chatting, the policy of eliminating Yan discussed by Zhu Yunqi and Fang Xiaoru and the others spread to all parts of Ming Dynasty in a very short time.

In the name of preparing for the frontier, Zhu Yunwen transferred the governor Song Zhong to Kaiping, the governor Xu Kai to station troops in Linqing, and the governor Geng Yu to station troops in Shanhaiguan. The regiments surrounded the city of Beiping and were immobilized. In Shunde, the rest of the guards in Beiping City were either sent to Song Zhong or sent to Geng Yu.

For a time, the whole country was shaken.

Zhu Yunqi's meaning can be said to be known to the world. You must know that Zhu Yunqi was the king of Zhou who asked Li Jinglong to lead the army to Kaifeng in the name of preparing for the frontier, and then took it down with lightning speed.

See you again now.

How can we not surprise the world!

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Chapter 239 - Pretend to be crazy and the eldest son

Peking City.

As for Zhu Yunqi's intention for the layout of Beiping, Zhen Wu and the others hurried to the Yan Palace to discuss countermeasures with Zhu Di after they knew about it immediately.

This decree is tantamount to a plan, and the murderous intentions in it are wanton, which makes Zhen Wu and others have to be shocked.

All of a sudden, the soldiers and horses of Beiping were transferred away, and they were surrounded by the imperial court on three sides. Even though Zhen Wu knew the history and knew that Zhu Di would win, he was a little flustered in the face of this situation.

In Zhu Di's private study.

Zhen Wu, Dao Yan, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Zhang Wu, Jin Zhong and others all gathered together, discussing noisily, the pressure from the imperial court was too great, except Zhen Wu who could maintain a little mentality, The expressions of all the others were a little manic, as if they had turned into explosive kegs that would ignite at the slightest touch.

Qiu Fu slapped the table cursingly and said: "What does the imperial court mean? Needless to say, everyone knows it. They don't give them a way out at all. It's a fart to discuss. Let me say, let's turn against him now. Get in position, and directly call on our guards to turn him upside down."

Zhang Yu frowned and said, "How do you call? Xie Gui's [-] troops are guarding the city, and now they are guarding us tightly. The three guards are all stationed outside the city. I'm afraid they haven't been called yet. Let Xie Gui have an excuse to enter. Palace."

Zhen Wu nodded in agreement and said, "It's really not right. It's not counted as a garrison army. There are only a few thousand soldiers in the three guards. What's more, our right and left guard camps are outside the city. Xie Gui will definitely find out if there is any change. The current situation is obvious, if Xie Gui's 3 people can't solve it, we have no chance to call the army."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Qiu Fu said violently, "Don't tell me we have to wait for the three-way army to be in place. Even if we don't say thank you for the [-] army, if there is a slight change in us, the encirclement of Song Zhonggeng's three-way army alone will be enough." Let's accept it, let alone Beiping City, even if you are given the most fortified city in the world, I will ask everyone here, who dares to say that it can be defended."

All the people present fell into silence.

Zhu Di stood up at this time, when he confirmed that Zhu Yunqi was indeed going to attack him, and when he no longer expected to coexist, all the weakness and hesitation in Zhu Di disappeared.

Zhu Di, who has led the army to fight several times and has won many battles in the enemy's territory, said in a deep voice: "Why panic, you can't hold it, but I can hold it. With your mentality, even if you are given 50 troops, how can you win any battle? Discuss things as they are discussed, and don’t fucking yell at me.”

Everyone was said to have no temper.

Zhu Di swept his eyes across the crowd, and suddenly clicked on Zhen Wu: "What are you thinking, tell me well, this time you can't say one, two, three, I will definitely beat you."

The people present were suddenly a little puzzled, not understanding why Zhu Di suddenly said that to Zhen Wu.

But Monk Daoyan was not surprised.

Many people have always only paid attention to Zhen Wu's fierceness and bravery, often as a vanguard general, unstoppable, but he and Zhu Di know that Zhen Wu has his own universe and other wisdom.

From the earliest methods of Zhen Wu's military training, it can be seen that Zhen Wu is not just a reckless general who only knows how to charge and kill, and then Hong Wu supported Zhu Di's surprise attack in the snow in the 23rd year of Hong Wu, offered advice to ambush Heishanling in the 24th year of Hong Wu, and was repeatedly used as a vanguard general in the following years. Every time he finds the opponent's life gate and rushes to kill, it can be concluded that Zhen Wu is intelligent and flexible, a natural genius on the battlefield.

What's more, at this moment, other people's faces were anxious and flustered, but Zhen Wu's face was still calm. If Zhen Wu had no thoughts in his mind, Zhu Di would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

But Zhen Wu's indifferent face is the biggest reliance on knowing that Zhu Di will win in the end, how could he have thought that Zhu Di would point to him.

However, Zhen Wu was not flustered either. It is not in vain to have spent so many years in the army, and it is not in vain to read military books. Everyone was confident, so after thinking about it, he got up and came to the map.

Zhen Wu pointed at the location on the map, and reported the name of the place: "Look, everyone, Kaiping, Shanhaiguan, and Linqing, although these three locations besiege Beiping, they are not at the same distance from Beiping. It is enough for us to deal with it. Let’s talk about Kaiping and Shanhaiguan first. As long as we can control Beiping City and rely on His Highness’s prestige, we can definitely take over Miyun and Yongping within three days. In this way, there are Miyun soldiers blocking Kaiping and Yongping soldiers blocking Shanhaiguan. To put it bluntly, give Miyun [-] soldiers and horses, and dare to defeat Song Zhong and his [-] army. As long as Song Zhong and Geng Yu are forced to retreat, we will be able to subdue the entire Beiping guards in a short period of time. By then, we will integrate the supplies and troops around Beiping, and then face Linqing's northward troops. They will not be enough For fear, even if the imperial court sends another large army to attack, we still have the foundation to fight against the imperial court..."

As Zhen Wu said more and more, the people who were listening attentively nodded slowly and calmed down. They had to admit that what Zhen Wu said made sense. They themselves were exceptionally good generals, and they had only heard about the court's policies before. , the pressure was so great that they didn't think carefully, and now listening to Zhen Wu helping them sort it out, all of them have regained their self-confidence.

As long as they have soldiers, they dare to break through thousands.

"But..." Zhen Wu said here, and suddenly stopped.

Zhu Neng asked, "But what?"