Father can be an enemy to the country

"What's wrong with the sixth child?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the prince strangely.

"Oh, he has a plan." The prince said deliberately: "After the world is calmed down, he will continue to go south to expand the territory, create a territory for the Ming Dynasty larger than that of the Yuan Dynasty, and also give the arrogant soldiers and generals who have nothing to do, a place to use their weapons. land."

"It's such a big deal, why have I never heard you fart?!" Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was diverted as expected, he puffed his beard and glared: "I'm not even dead yet, so you treat us as a decoration!?"

"Why are you so anxious, father?" The prince said helplessly, "I didn't let him tell Xie. Firstly, such a big plan cannot be thought through and considered over and over again. How can it be possible to come up with it all at once? Secondly, Yunnan has not been settled, the Northern Yuan has not been destroyed, and there is still Naha coming out of the northeast. Within ten years, the father's army will still have important responsibilities, and it is impossible to go south with him, so the son-in-law asked him to make preparations first and wait until the plan is mature. Now, let’s tell the truth to my father.”

"Then why did he tell you?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "He is still closer to you."

"Dad, what kind of jealousy are you doing?" The prince said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "I am his brother and you are his father. Please discuss it with me first before telling you. This is normal, okay?"

"No, no matter you or the sixth child, you have to tell me everything immediately. You are not allowed to hide it." Zhu Yuanzhang cared about this very much.

"He has an idea every day. He thinks of this today and that tomorrow. He tells his father all the time, and he gets tired of it within a few days." The prince said with a wry smile.

"It's our business to be annoyed or not, and it's his business to say it or not. We can annoy him, but he has to say it." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "When we come back, we will punish him well and teach him a lesson! "

"Isn't that possible? Isn't it possible that my son-in-law betrayed him?" The prince hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "If you do this, he won't tell me anymore."

"Hmph, that brat's wings are hard!" Zhu Yuanzhang spat, feeling a little pleased but also a little sad. But at least he was freed from the whirlpool of pain.

He thought about it and said to the prince: "Previously, we felt that overseas places such as Korea, Japan, Annan, and Siam were not worth attacking because the land was not enough to supply them and the people were not enough to command. It was a waste of national power and it was really not worth attacking. Otherwise, he might end up like Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty."

"But Lao Liu made a lot of money by attacking Japan," Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and said: "He also got some gold and silver mountains, turning Japan into a chicken that laid golden eggs for him. It can be seen that Things cannot be generalized. If it can be like fighting Japan, we would like to come back a few more times."

The prince couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Before Lao Liu left for the expedition, he said that after he finished conquering Japan, his father's attitude would change drastically. In the end, the kid really got what he said. His father was like a wealthy landlord who was jealous of money. As expected, he no longer resisted and became addicted.

"Not every country is as rich in gold and silver as Japan." The prince had to pour cold water on him: "But Lao Liu will carefully select the targets for war. So he wants to go to Nanyang, where the land is fertile and crops can be grown three times a year. It’s ripe and the products are abundant, so people don’t need to work much to avoid hunger. And it’s located on the shipping route of Shibo, so transportation and trade are very convenient, even more convenient than going to Liaodong and Shaanxi.”

"Well, how smart is he? He won't do a losing business." On this point, Zhu Yuanzhang still trusted Lao Liu.

"But it's really early. Let's wait until he comes back." The prince stopped the topic and asked about the imminent matter.

"Let's talk about it first, what should we do in Yunnan?"

The prince frowned and said: "This time it is not as simple as changing the commander before the battle. The entire army of Guangdong and Guangxi needs to be reorganized. The army marching south can only stay in bed for half a year."

"There is no other way, this is the only way." Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled and said: "We have been contradictory for a long time, and finally figured it out. The problem in Guangdong has reached a point where it must be solved. If we pinch our noses and let Zhu Liangzu defeat Yunnan When it comes down, Guangdong’s problems will no longer be solved.”

"Yes, victory will cover up a lot of things." The prince nodded and agreed: "Zhu Liangzu and many people in Guangdong are waiting for this victory to wipe off their bad debts."

"Yes, if we let them get away with it this time, it will be impossible to solve the problem in Guangdong." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "After weighing it, we feel that we cannot let them get what they want. While Lao Liu is here, we can completely rectify Guangdong. That’s the right thing to do!”

After a pause, he reminded the prince again: "Besides, Lan Yu is cruel and evil, and Wang Bi can't control him. We don't trust him to lead troops to attack Yunnan."

"Yes, the people of Yunnan are also the people of the Ming Dynasty. Lan Yu kills too much and will have endless troubles." The prince did not protect his shortcomings.

"So he is not suitable to be the general who conquers the south. My father will have to choose someone else."

After speaking, he sighed and said: "Well, if this happens, we won't be able to go on an expedition this year. These 100,000 soldiers will have to deplete Guangdong and Guangxi."

"No, I said this year is this year, we can't delay it any longer." Zhu Yuanzhang slowly shook his head and said, "It's just that we have to go out one month late, that's all. It doesn't matter."

"One month is far from enough." The prince couldn't help frowning and said: "It will take a while for the new general to conquer the south. He also needs to get familiar with the army, understand the enemy's situation, and re-formulate the battle plan. This will take a lot of time."

"It's okay. Let's do it slowly in Guangdong and Guangxi. We don't plan to send troops from Guangxi this time." But my father said leisurely.

"Ah?" The prince opened his mouth in surprise. In the past two years, the imperial court had been making preparations to invade Yunnan from Guangxi via the Guangxi-Dian Ancient Road. However, his father refused to attack from Guangxi.

"In fact, marching from Guangxi is not a good choice, because according to reliable intelligence, the troops responsible for the defense in this direction are the troops of the Duan family of Dali. Once our army attacks, it may also attract reinforcements from the King of Liang and fall into a one-on-two situation."

"Yes." The prince nodded. Although he has never fought in many wars, he still knows soldiers. He has a clear understanding of the situation in Yunnan in the past two years, so he understands it as soon as his father tells it.

The situation in Yunnan has always been very complicated, and Meng Yuan did not have the ability to manage it as a monolith, so there have been three major forces coexisting for a long time.

One is the power of the Liang King who occupied the provincial capital Kunming. After the Yuan Dynasty conquered the Dali Kingdom, Kublai Khan established the territory of Dali as the province of Yunnan.

The fifth son, Hu Gechi, was granted the title of King of Yunnan. From then on, this lineage guarded Yunnan for generations. The current King of Liang is the descendant of the original King of Yunnan, but his title has changed.

But neither the original King of Yunnan nor the current King of Liang was able to control Yunnan alone. They had to cooperate with the descendants of the Dali royal family and named the descendants of the Duan family as the general manager of Yunnan in order to barely maintain the system.

As a result, two major forces, Kunming and Dali, were formed in Yunnan. The two sides cooperated, but also had frictions, and even fought from time to time. Although they were all loyal to Yuan Ting, they could never be united.