Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Lee Seong-gye is still alive?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xin asked.

She vaguely remembered that Lee Seong-gye died in the seventh or eighth year of the Yongle reign. If the Jingnan Rebellion ended two years earlier, he should have died by now.

"He's alive and looking good, but he's not very energetic. I guess he's almost dead."

Zhu Zhanji finally met this old man. Perhaps because he didn't have to worry about anything, he looked in good spirits and didn't look like an eighty-year-old man at all, but his old age was still very obvious.

"Does he still have soldiers?"

Zhang Xin was not surprised that Lee Seong-gye was still alive and well, but was curious about whether he could still play a role in Zhu Zhanji's matter.

"Yes. A centipede is still alive even after death. He is a powerful person, and he has connections with the Ming family. Does mother know Ming Yuzhen from the Ming family?"

Zhu Zhanji went out this time with the intention of going to war, but in the end he didn't really do anything serious.

It’s because of Ming Sheng, the son of Ming Yuzhen from the Ming family.

"I don't have much impression. It seems that Ming Yuzhen was a member of the army during the conquest of the empire by the late emperor?"

Zhang Xin tried hard to recall for a long time, but couldn't think of any specific events.

The span of several decades between them was not someone she cared about, so she really had no impression of him.

"They are my great-grandfather's rivals, not my great-grandfather's people."

Zhu Zhanji laughed.

“Oh, they were driven to North Korea?”

Zhang Xin understood.

"Yeah, they went to Korea. The Ming family is doing pretty well."

Zhu Zhanji didn't know much about the Ming family. When the chief minister talked about who his great-grandfather had killed, he would usually just gloss over it.

It was only during his trip to North Korea that he got to know this person more accurately.

I have to say that the Zhu family is really lucky.

Otherwise, the world might have belonged to the Ming family and become the true Ming Dynasty.

"Still keeping me in suspense, tell me the story!"

Zhang Xin heard Zhu Zhanji's half-answer words and kept him in suspense, so she patted Zhu Zhanji.

"I'll tell you all about it when the three little ones come. Dad said that we need to let the second, third and fourth fat men know about what happened back then and what's happening now, so that they can understand that it's not easy to get this world, and it's not easy to manage it either."

Zhu Zhanji smiled and offered his shoulder to Zhang Xin, and was slapped by Zhang Xin before he responded.

"It's almost time for get out of class to end. Go pick up your brothers and sisters."

Zhang Xin’s eyesight is not good, but her ears are sharper than before.

Just when Zhu Zhanji came in with his two brothers-in-law, the crystal clepsydra made a sound.

From the noise, I knew it was time for the get out of class to end.

"Okay, I'll go pick it up."

Zhu Zhanji was very happy.

He left in a hurry, and not long after, he came back into the house with a string of little tails.

Suddenly the room was bustling with activity.

After everyone changed their clothes and had some snacks.

Zhu Zhanji then began to answer Zhang Xin's questions and tell stories to the younger ones.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, people were living in dire straits. Han Shantong, Liu Futong and Peng Shou rose up in rebellion. The anti-Yuan wave raised by the Red Turban Army swept across the country.

For a time, many heroes emerged and many regimes existed.

At that time, the ancestor of the Ming family, Ming Yuzhen, who was eight feet tall and had double pupils, a typical emperor, gathered more than a thousand local soldiers in Qingshan and built a fence to protect himself.

This team of only a thousand people was noticed and recruited by Xu Shouhui after fighting a few battles.

After being recruited, because Ming Yuzhen fought bravely, in just one year he was promoted to the rank of marshal of the expeditionary army, and commanded his troops to garrison the important military town of Mianyang.

The following year, in order to solve the problem of food and fodder, Xu Shouhui sent Ming Yuzhen to Sichuan to "collect food and fodder".

This official business trip marked the beginning of Ming Yuzhen's quest for supremacy in the world.

In the spring of that year, Ming Yuzhen led more than 10,000 soldiers and 50 warships to Kuizhou Prefecture to purchase food and fodder.

Because Ming Yuzhen was very strict with his subordinates, the more than 10,000 people under his command maintained strict discipline and did not harm the local people, so the purchase of food and fodder went smoothly.

But when Ming Yuzhen wanted to return to Mianyang.

Clang, the gears of fate began to turn.

Local Yuan Dynasty officials in Chongqing clashed with Yang Han, a local landlord and militia leader, and Yang Han was killed.

Many of his volunteers ran into Ming Yuzhen while fleeing.

They hoped Ming Yuzhen would avenge them and offered a strategy to capture Chongqing.

Because wars were raging all over the country at that time and the Yuan Dynasty soldiers were exhausted, there were actually not many Yuan soldiers guarding Chongqing.

Ming Yuzhen felt that the opportunity was rare and could not be missed.

He then led his army out of Wu Gorge, captured Kuizhou and Wanzhou, and finally arrived at the city of Chongqing.

Ming Yuzhen captured Chongqing with almost no decent resistance.

Chongqing at that time was suffering from the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty and was very welcoming to Ming Yuzhen's arrival.

Because the troops led by Ming Yuzhen always prohibited invasions and looting, and both the military and civilians were safe, the local people spontaneously helped Ming Yuzhen spread the word.

Luzhou and Xunan, which are adjacent to Chongqing, were also soon taken over by Ming Yuzhen.

Next, Chengdu and Jiading were easily taken.

Further places like Xingyuan in Shaanxi and Gongchang in Gansu are also about to be taken into his hands under Ming Yuzhen's planning.

Ming Yuzhen told Xu Shouhui the good news.

Xu Shouhui, who was extremely happy, successively appointed him as the envoy of Guangxi Liangjiang Road, the councilor of Longshu Sichuan Province, and finally he was promoted to the rank of General and Marshal of Fengguo.

With everything going for her, Ming Yuzhen is making rapid progress.

However, a big chaos broke out in Xu Shouhui's rear area.

Xu Shouhui's prime minister Ni Wenjun saw that the Red Turban Army was in a very good situation, and wanted to assassinate Xu Shouhui and take over the Xu Song regime.

After the incident was exposed, Ni Wenjun fled to Chen Youliang.

As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Chen Youliang, a greedy and petty man, attacked and killed Ni Wenjun, and then brought people to beat Xu Shouhui to death with a hammer.

What followed was that he changed the country's name to Han, proclaimed himself King of Han, and openly usurped the Xu Song regime.

Ming Yuzhen was heartbroken when she learned of Xu Shouhui's death.

He ordered all the troops in Sichuan to wear mourning clothes and hold a grand funeral for Xu Shouhui. He also built a temple for Xu Shouhui in the south of Chongqing, where he was worshipped in spring and autumn. Then he sent proclamations to all directions, gathered troops in the Three Gorges, and denounced Chen Youliang.

This was a preliminary step in winning over the hearts of those who were originally loyal to Xu Shouhui.

Even more amazing moves are coming.

The following year, when Ming Yuzhen proclaimed himself king in Chongqing, he did not change his original intention and still followed the country name and reign title of the Song regime.

During the campaign against Chen Youliang, after repeated requests from his subordinates.

It was only in the third year that Ming Yuzhen officially established the Great Xia Kingdom and made Chongqing its capital.

At that time, the territory of the Great Xia Kingdom included large areas such as Chongqing, eastern and northern Sichuan, southern Shaanxi, western Hubei, and northern Guizhou.

Ming Yuzhen was a man of some ability. He was also able to respect wise men and make use of capable officials. In a short period of time, he managed to make the Great Xia Kingdom flourish.

It can be said that the Great Xia Kingdom was founded earlier than the Ming Dynasty and its territory was larger than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Ming Yuzhen is still quite popular and has sufficient troops.

The Great Xia Kingdom has a great chance of conquering the Central Plains.

But, God doesn't give us longevity.

Only six years after the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, Ming Yuzhen died of illness at the age of 38.

Only his ten-year-old son Mingsheng and the gentle Empress Dowager Peng were left behind.