Chapter 535 The End of the Life of a Powerful Emperor!

Zhangbei.

The villa prepared by the Governor's Office of the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area for Zhu Yuanzhang to stay.

After a simple wash.

Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at the study.

Lan Yu hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Yuanzhang pressed his hand to stop Lan Yu, sat down behind the desk, and looked at Lan Yu, "Tell me about the question I asked you just now. There is no one else here now. You can say whatever you think of. If you say it wrong, we will forgive you. But if you keep it to yourself and let us find out, you, Lan Yu, will resign from the military and go home to be Yugong. We will also issue an order to never use you again."

'Your Majesty! '

Lan Yu smiled bitterly and pondered for a while. In fact, the question asked by Your Majesty was long before Your Majesty arrived.

No, as early as the news of Your Majesty's large-scale adjustment of the Beijing Camp came, he had already thought about the intention of Your Majesty's move.

There is no need to think carefully.

But, before Your Majesty said this.

There are some things he dare not say.

After all, he is no longer the outspoken Lan Yu in the early years of Hongwu.

Lan Yu raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang sincerely and solemnly, "I think there are several reasons for your majesty's move.

First, your majesty is worried that the Prince of Yan will not obey your majesty's order in the future and insist on returning to the court. Once the Prince of Yan does this, he is likely to be in danger."

Among the 200,000 new troops in the Beijing camp.

At least more than 100,000 troops are controlled by generals who tend to be conservative, or who have grievances against Zhu Laosi.

Once Zhu Laosi disobeys the secret order left by your majesty after your majesty's death and insists on returning to the court for funeral.

Conservatives and haters.

It is very likely to take risks.

The prince may even take risks surrounded by conservatives!

Therefore, weakening the troops controlled by conservatives in the Beijing camp as much as possible is the greatest effort your majesty can make for the safety of the Prince of Yan.

However, he didn't know how effective it would be.

I'm afraid that even His Majesty couldn't predict it.

After all, after this adjustment, the troops controlled by the conservatives in the Beijing Camp were not wiped out.

Secondly, there is still an elite force in Jinling City.

Your Majesty cannot touch this elite force when adjusting the Beijing Camp.

The Prince's Eastern Palace Guard!

Of course, Your Majesty cannot touch this army.

It's not that this army is now out of Your Majesty's command.

Rather, the Prince's Guard is the personal army that protects the Prince.

If Your Majesty adjusts even this army, it will cause a great and bad impact.

First of all, people all over the world will question whether Your Majesty wants to depose the Prince.

In the case of Your Majesty's deteriorating health.

In the special period when the transfer of imperial power is approaching.

Your Majesty cannot shake the prestige of the Prince.

"Secondly, the interests of the military heroes were greatly damaged by the King of Yan. Over the years, the military system changes of our dynasty have always been aimed at Yanhua, almost following Yanhua step by step."

"On this point, the military heroes are very clear that the prince may be hesitant to copy Yanhua's reform of the civil affairs, but the prince's attitude towards the military system is supportive."

Yanhua's military system.

The constraints on military generals are too strong.

The Yanhua center has set up the Navy Department, the Army Department, the Military Logistics Department, the Military Discipline Department, and the Military Affairs Department.

The Military Affairs Department is somewhat similar to the Ministry of War of the court.

The Minister of the Military Affairs Department also entered the cabinet.

But the Military Affairs Department does not directly participate in military affairs.

The power is much smaller than that of the Ministry of War.

It is more inclined to military and political aspects.

The main responsibility is to be responsible for the liaison between the military departments and the cabinet, and the military departments are a nominal spokesperson in the cabinet.

Responsible for political affairs in the military.

For example, external publicity of the Yanhua army, etc.

The five military departments are responsible to the King of Yan and the cabinet.

Whether to launch a war and appoint and dismiss military generals is decided by the King of Yan and the five military departments.

Once a decision is made.

In the Yanhua army, no matter who it is, they must obey unconditionally.

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In short.

The military system of Yanhua firmly controls the military power of Yanhua.

It is impossible to happen, like the Ming Dynasty, where the central government needs to be wary of strong generals.

Generals control military power and rebel?

The possibility of this happening in Yanhua is very small.

"Over the years, although we have tried to catch up with Yanhua in terms of equipment and training, we have not yet achieved strong control over the generals. This is why the generals of the Fifth Town led by Lu Zhongheng were able to work together to bombard Tuqiao Village."

"Your Majesty's move is to lay the foundation for the prince to fully imitate Yanhua in the future and change the military system. Only if Your Majesty mobilizes and mixes the army on a large scale will there be no chaos. The prince does not have this deterrent."

At least, the prince's prestige cannot be achieved by such a quick and decisive means.

"Finally, Your Majesty hopes to use this move to boost the support for reform in the army and pave the way for the future reform of the prince."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, "Since you have guessed all our intentions, you should know what to do, right?"

Lan Yu nodded.

He replied: "I have figured out the basic situation of the several armies transferred to the north. First, the soldiers and horses from several towns transferred were dispersed and mixed with the Northern Border Army. The Northern Border Army has been stationed in the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area for many years. According to the Yanhua Army's military management model, I not only popularized literacy in the army, but also often sent soldiers out of the military camp to help the people. I can confidently say that every soldier in the Northern Army is a top-notch soldier. These good soldiers are by no means ruffians. They have witnessed it with their own eyes and participated in the construction of the demonstration area. Once they are mixed, they will tell their experiences to the veterans in the Beijing camp through word of mouth and change the style of the veterans in the Beijing camp. "

"Secondly, I will assign a large number of Northern Army generals who support the reform to the conservative generals who have been transferred..."

"Ultimately, the New Northern Territory Army's full support for innovation will be achieved."

He was certain.

Inside the capital camp.

Xu Huizu, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and others who presided over the mixed reorganization must have received His Majesty's instructions and were carrying out similar actions.

Once this mixing is complete.

The strength of the military to support innovation will be greatly increased!

You know, the imperial court has two major legions.

One is the Northern Border Army under his command, with a total strength of 150,000!

One is Jingying.

The total strength is 200,000!

Three hundred and fifty thousand troops.

Even if the 20,000 garrison troops in Fujian Province are included, the total is only 370,000.

It seems that there is no advantage in terms of military strength.

But once these two armies are truly realized, support for innovation will become the mainstream.

Two legions can defeat all the remaining soldiers and horses of the imperial court!

Because when these two armies were first formed, the best soldiers in the army were selected and equipped, among the millions of lions of the Ming Dynasty.

The best equipment!

In other armies, most still use matchlock guns and old wooden gun carriages.

These two legions have all been equipped with flintlock muskets and steel cannons on iron artillery carts.

Not only does it have a long range.

Powerful.

The continuous bombardment ability is stronger!

Of course, the feudal king's army must be excluded.

The feudal king's army was, to some extent, more sophisticated than the two legions.

The training of the feudal king's army over the years was all done by Yanhua's external instructors.

Every Yanhua military revolution.

The vassal kings headed by King Qin, after asking His Majesty for instructions and receiving permission, will hire Yanhua instructors to return to the Central Plains to help with training.

The feudal king's army truly inherited the essence of the Yanhua army.

In fact, His Majesty has been waiting for the Crown Prince to take the initiative to ask for instructions and request the recruitment of Yanhua instructors.

There are various reasons that cannot be explained.

So many years.

The prince never brought it up.

"We brothers, monarchs and ministers, have been coming from the world in the late Yuan Dynasty where people could not survive and people cannibalized people." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke and looked at Lan Yu with joy, "You and Mu Ying are the youngest among all the people who came from that era. Outstanding players, in fact, we have had high hopes for you from the very beginning.”

Hearing this, Lan Yu couldn't help but think of what Hongwu did in his early years, which made him feel ashamed. "Your Majesty..." Now, he thought back to Lan Yu in Hongwu's early years.

They can't help but slap themselves a few times.

After the founding of the country, His Majesty was strict with everyone.

But from the perspective of an emperor, the king and father of a country.

If your Majesty indulges them.

That is a crime against the people of the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to stop Lan Yu, "In the early years of Hongwu, your performance really disappointed us. Fortunately, you experienced some setbacks and woke up and changed."

"We have seen every change you make, and we have carefully observed it. If not, we would not have handed over the 150,000 elite members of the Northern Territory Army into your hands."

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"This is a large-scale adjustment in the military. We have not transferred you back to the court. Don't think too much about it."

"If I don't transfer you back, we think it would be more reassuring to hand over the 150,000 Northern Territory Army to anyone else than to give it to you, Blue Jade."

"Secondly, even though you are Biao'er's uncle-in-law, you have been a pioneer in innovation over the years, and you are not in line with Biao'er's ideas. In the future, Biao'er will inherit the throne and Xiongying will be the crown prince. If father and son have different ideas, they will inevitably have disputes. "When you are in court, we know that based on your character, you will definitely protect the heroes."

"Just like last time, you stood in front of Xiongying and blocked the tea cup that was thrown at him."

"So, it can be foreseen that once you return to the DPRK, the conflict between you and Biao'er will definitely intensify after Biao'er ascends the throne. With intentional people sowing discord, the differences will become even greater. Rather than doing so, it is better to stay In the Northern Army, you have 150,000 elite members of the Northern Army, which is the hero’s greatest support!”

"But you can stay away from the center and the source of contradictions."

"The prince must also understand this. Therefore, after he ascends the throne in the future, he will still trust you, but he will not transfer you back to the capital to hold a more important position in the court. He will continue to let you command the northern territory in the north. "Jingjun."

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After Lan Yu heard about all Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements.

Get up.

Pu Tong fell to his knees.

His forehead touched the ground and he choked with sobs: "Senior Lan Yu, thank you for your consideration for me!"

In the early years of Hongwu, he did so many wrong things.

Now, His Majesty has reached the end of his life, but he has still made a thoughtful consideration for Lan Yu.

This is not a favor.

There is no need for His Majesty to show favor to him.

After all, even without mercy.

Doesn't he support his nephew Xiongying?

As for whether he will rebel if he takes over military power, should we win over him for this?

It's not necessary either.

Xiongying's biggest supporter is not him at all.

But King Yan!

This one is here.

Except for those conservatives who are unwilling to fail and may take desperate measures.

Others will never do it, and they will never dare!

Zhu Laosi's navy and army are not for nothing.

Don't tell me, Lan Yu has never thought of learning from Yang Jian.

Even if he wants to learn from Yang Jian.

Today he rebelled.

The day Zhu Laosi heard the news, Yanhua would mobilize and the war machine would start running.

Make a sound of war.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lan Yu who was kneeling on the ground, and waved his hand, "Okay, you Lan Yu are not a mother-in-law, so stop acting like a little girl. This may be the last time we have such a long talk with you. ”

Lan Yu listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's tired voice.

For a moment, my heart felt very uncomfortable.

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The next day.

Zhangbei Woolen Mill.

Amidst the roar of steam engines.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Xi and others, accompanied by Lan Yu, were walking beside a steam production line in a large factory building.

After watching the carding, the clean pure white wool was rolled into a high-speed rotating silk thread in the hands of the workers.

Soon the slender silk thread turned into a uniform wool thread.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very curious.

Lian Zining introduced with a smile: "Your Majesty, after the Grand Cross Railway Agreement was reached, our demonstration area took this opportunity to reach an introduction agreement with Yanhua. Our demonstration area funded and hired Yanhua's research team to help develop This steam wool spinning production line, Yanhua owns 10% of the shares based on technology. "

"In the past five years, we have built a total of fifteen production lines. From cleaning, carding, and spinning, all of these production lines have been steamed."

“Now, this government-run joint-stock factory has a total of 10,000 workers. With sufficient raw materials, it can produce 20,000 rolls of wool every day. Last year, the factory reached full production capacity and produced a total of 7 million rolls of wool. "

"Now, we have been able to fully digest the wool in the demonstration area, and wool has become a business card of our Mongolian-Han demonstration area."

"Sweaters are gradually becoming fashionable clothes to keep out the cold. The value generated by this industrial chain can bring nearly five million taels of silver to the demonstration area every year!"

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"We are ready to continue to expand production capacity. The price of wool is still very expensive. Moreover, north of Yinshan Mountain, there are still a lot of wool raw materials that are almost wasted. Once production capacity is expanded and the cost is reduced, not only ordinary people can wear sweaters knitted with wool. , we can also make wool into something similar to our silk and traffic it to the far west. "

"It is said that King Yan said at the beginning that the textile and wool industry has the hope to become an industry worth at least 10 million taels, or even 30 million taels. We will work hard towards this goal."

"Perhaps, when His Majesty comes next time, we will see that Zhangbeicheng has become a wool textile industry base!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang listened with interest.

The smile on his lips never disappeared.

Wait until you come out of the factory.

The loud noise subsided for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the chimneys emitting black smoke. After a long time, he looked at Lian Zining and others: "We hope that no matter what happens to the Central Center and Yanhua in the future, your Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone, as well as Fujian, can be on the same page as Yanhua." China maintains this good relationship.”

"This woolen mill is the best proof!"

"I obey the order!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang stayed in the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area to rest and visit for more than a month.

Set off on your journey.

After returning to Peiping.

Met with Yanhua's construction aid project team coming to the Central Plains.

We commend the engineering team for their efforts, and hope that the construction assistance engineering team can continue their efforts to connect the east-west line as soon as possible.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang went south.

Passed by Jinling and stopped briefly.

From Jinfu Line, visit southward, the southern end of the vertical line.

Arrive in Fujian and spend two months visiting various construction achievements in Fujian.

Once again, I would like to affirm and praise the cooperation between Fujian and Yanhua.

During the whole process, Zhu Yuanzhang's conversations were also sent to various government offices in the Ming Dynasty in the form of a newspaper.

Everyone knows Zhu Yuanzhang's speeches, praises, and affirmations along the way.

In fact, they are all showing strong support for the cooperation between Ming Dynasty and Yanhua and for innovation.

Many people also realized that Zhu Yuanzhang expressed such high-profile and frequent support for innovation and cooperation with Yanhua in the Ming Dynasty.

It undoubtedly shows that this strongman emperor seems to realize that his life is coming to an end.

Lay as much foundation as possible for the future.

Although conservatives gnashed their teeth in hatred.

But he also silently waited for the moment when the final news came.

Sure enough, at the end of the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu.

On his return journey, Zhu Yuanzhang passed through Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The news was first reported that Ma Xiuying fell ill.

Immediately afterwards, it was reported that Zhu Yuanzhang was too worried and fell ill.

For a time, as Zhu Yuanzhang spoke all the way, the already restless Ming Dynasty suddenly had an undercurrent.

The news also spread to Yanhua and all the vassal states surrounding the Ming Dynasty at an extremely fast speed.

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