Father can be an enemy to the country

Following Boss Zhu's order, the Fifth Army Governor's Office worked together to transport the participating troops distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River to Huguang.

Before the soldiers and horses were moved, food and grass went first. A few years ago, Boss Zhu began to continuously transfer food from various provinces to Huguang in the name of supplying immigrants. He had already stocked up enough food in Changde Mansion to feed an army of 200,000 for a year.

Various weapons and armor used to attack Yunnan were also continuously transported to Yuanzhou via the Yangtze River, Xiangjiang River, and Yuanjiang water transportation systems.

When the Ming Dynasty's most advanced war machine is truly in operation, it won't take such a long preparation time to launch a war with hundreds of thousands of troops!

God likes to add difficulty to people at the last moment. Just when everything was moving forward in a hurry, an urgent report from Guizhou suddenly broke the guard of Boss Zhu, who had always been wise.

When the prince came after hearing the news, he saw that his father had thrown everything on the table to the ground.

"Dad, what happened?" the prince asked softly.

"I don't know how to read it myself!" Zhu Yuanzhang lost his temper with the prince.

Zhu Biao looked at the mess on the ground and thought to himself, "What am I looking at?"

Eunuch Wu on the side quickly found the urgent report that had been crushed by the emperor from the ground.

Zhu Biao looked at the cover and saw that it was from Guizhou Xuanwei Envoy. When he opened it, he saw two women, one named Shexiang and one named Liu.

These two women are Aicui, the envoy of Xuanwei in Guizhou, and the wife of Song Qin, who was also an acquaintance. But now, it should be called widow.

They reported an incident and their husbands died.

"How could this happen?!" Zhu Biao's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly took a closer look. According to the two of them, their husbands began to discuss it after receiving the imperial court's order to attack King Liang and ordering them to pass through to store up food. How to run errands well.

The first is to ensure that the channel from Guizhou to Qujing is opened. Elsewhere, the southwest of Wumeng Mountain and the last section leading to Qujing was controlled by Shi'er, the female steward of Puding Road who was loyal to the Yuan Dynasty.

Considering that Pudinglu was not weak in strength and did not want to kill each other, the two decided to persuade Shi'er to join them and submit to the Ming Dynasty.

The envoy sent replied that Shi'er was very moved, but the incident happened suddenly, and he was unsure. He wanted to invite the two of them to Puding to make a blood alliance and agree to live and die together before agreeing.

The two of them did not doubt that it existed, so they went happily, and the alliance ceremony went smoothly. However, they fell ill one after another after returning. According to experienced doctors, they should have been poisoned by Miao poison.

The two families sent people to Pudingxingshi to question the crime, but Shi'er firmly denied it. Soon, the two of them died of illness one after another, and their death conditions were both horrific.

Because the two died suddenly and had no time to appoint heirs, and their sons were still in their infancy, the situation between the two chieftains of Shuidong and Shuixi was now very confusing, and they were at a loss.

As for the errand of accumulating food for the imperial passage, it has now stopped. The two of them are unable to change and can only write to the imperial court for help.

After Zhu Biao read the urgent report, he flattened it and put it back on the imperial desk. He sighed softly and said, "The King of Liang is really not simple."

"We also think he did it." Zhu Yuanzhang grunted and said, "He is indeed the old fox who has carried us for more than ten years."

As he spoke, he sighed dejectedly and said: "We repeatedly told Ai Cui and Song Qin to keep their secrets secret, so as not to incur a blow from Prince Liang. But the two chicks refused to listen and insisted on contacting Puding Road... ...They didn’t even think about it, it’s close to Qujing, how could King Liang sleep well if he didn’t hold Puding Road in his hands?”

"Indeed, they are too wishful thinking." Zhu Biao lamented: "But they are also eager to make contributions, which is sad."

"If they die, they will die. What will happen to our army?" Boss Zhu just worried: "The prefect of Chenzhou who is responsible for contacting them also reported that the leaders of the various ministries in Guizhou now have their own agendas, and some people are unwilling to submit to the imperial court. , just want to live behind closed doors. There are also those who are afraid of King Liang and want to join Yunnan again. In short, now they are leaderless and in a mess. "

"This is inevitable." Zhu Biao nodded, imagining it.

"No, we have taken off our pants, and we must not let them change their minds! We have to send people to express condolences, calm those chieftains, and make them obediently clear the way for the army!"

"Yes, if you can turn the tide, of course it would be better." Zhu Biao nodded and said: "But the chieftains of Shuidong and Shuixi are not barbarians who have never seen the world. They were canonized during the Three Kingdoms and have been passed down for sixty or seventy years. Come on, it won’t be easy to send someone out for a while.”

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with deep approval and said: "This person must be heavy enough to make them feel in awe; he must also be able to adapt to changes and cope with complex situations; he must be relaxed and elegant to win their favor. Alas. , It’s really hard to find such a person..."

"There is someone who is absolutely qualified..." After the prince finished speaking, he denied it: "But letting him go would be killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, which is inappropriate."

"Now we must ensure that this chicken is killed. Even the knife used to chop an elephant must be used when it is necessary!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his voice and suddenly realized: "Are you talking about Lao Liu?"

"Yes, in a hurry, I thought that he is the most suitable." The prince smiled bitterly: "I am also too dependent on him, and I think of him first in everything."

"To tell you the truth, he was also the candidate we were thinking of just now..." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh. "Send a chief envoy and an envoy to command, but those chieftains may not take it seriously. If the prince goes to express his condolences in person, they will definitely be flattered."

"Lao Liu is still clearing his land in Guangdong." The prince said sheepishly, "We are going to transfer him to Guizhou again. How dare you say this?"

"Then what's there to be embarrassed about? Those who can do more work! He can marry three wives at the same time, so he has to be the boss of three people." Zhu Yuanzhang said without any shame:

"Besides, this is the trouble he caused, shouldn't he be allowed to wipe his own ass?"

"Why did he cause it again?" The prince didn't understand the old thief's thinking for a moment.

"It wasn't that he had to go to Guangdong to interfere. How could we kill Zhu Liangzu? If Zhu Liangzu was still the general who conquered the south, our army would have already marched into Dali City. There would be no need to worry about Baal's crossing over to Wumeng. Mountain?"

"Father, didn't you say that you decided early on that the Guangxi side was just a feint attack?" Zhu Biao couldn't laugh or cry.

"Did we say that?" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be stupid and said blankly: "I didn't say that."

"I said it." Zhu Biao said with certainty, "I definitely said it."

"Haha... I said that deliberately to relieve him of the pressure." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "We are so good to him, and it is right for him to run more errands for me."

After saying that, he said loudly: "That's it, let's pass on the decree quickly!"

"..." Zhu Biao was speechless. He had never seen such a rogue father.

No wonder Lao Liu scolded him as an old thief in private. He deserved to be scolded...