Zhu Qizhen sighed and felt that his son's adventure had a good result.
Fortunately, the emperor didn't send anyone to question his father directly. Otherwise, they might not have been treated as mere prisoners.
You know, since Yongle, the Ming emperors didn't care much about the royal family. As long as they obeyed the court rules, the royal family's family affairs were not much of a concern.
In other words, if the old Tang King was directly questioned, he could just make up an excuse and evade it. He could just say that his children and grandchildren were unfilial and offended him. What could the court do?
"Long live the wise emperor." Although Zhu Youjian was still a little young and impetuous, he was extremely grateful and admired the emperor's measures.
He rescued the father and son from the cage without breaking off relations with his grandfather.
But Zhu Youjian was also a little confused. He didn't know whether the emperor was so attentive because he was really moved by the question he submitted, or whether there was some other deeper meaning.
Looking up and out of the car, the sun was shining brightly and the scenery was very different. Zhu Youjian temporarily put aside his doubts and enjoyed the comfort and pleasure that he had not felt for the past eight years.
………………Dividing line………………
Although the strategic contraction implemented by the imperial court was criticized for losing territory, it did stabilize the situation in Liaodong.
If they continued to defend Guangning, facing off across the Liao River, they would inevitably receive frequent alerts. Furthermore, the cost and pressure of transporting food and supplies to Guangning would be enormous.
The news of the successful sea transportation of grain by Shen Tingyang, a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, was published in the newspaper. The emperor praised him highly and promoted Shen Tingyang to be the head of the Ministry of Revenue and the ambassador of maritime transport, responsible for transporting grain and salaries to Liao by sea.
The transportation route was also adjusted, with food and wages first transported to Dengzhou, then to Ningyuan and Dongjiang. In other words, it was no longer transferred through Tianjin, saving even more costs.
This would be equivalent to diluting the grain transport, which was in line with Zhu Youxiao's overall strategy of promoting sea transport and gradually abolishing grain transport.
More than two months of peace have passed since Xu Hongru's rebellion was suppressed.
During this period, there was little sensational news published in the official gazette and the Daming Forum, except for the shocking news that the Prince of Qin was escorted to the capital.
But in this seemingly peaceful atmosphere, the Dongjiang Army suddenly launched a series of offensives against the Later Jin.
On the sixth day of the ninth month of the second year of the Tianqi reign, Chen Jisheng, deputy general of the Dongjiang Army, led his troops to attack and capture Yingtaowo and Wozhan of the Later Jin.
On the tenth day of the ninth month, Dengzhen sent a group of troops to suddenly land on Changsheng Island and threaten Fuzhou.
On September 12, a part of the Liaozhen troops sailed out from Juehua Island, occupied Lianyun Island, and threatened Gaizhou.
On September 14, with the support of troops from Deng and Liao garrisons, the Left Brigade of the Dongjiang Army, led by Zhang Pan, landed and occupied the abandoned Lushun Fort of the Later Jin Dynasty, and immediately dug and constructed fortifications.
On September 16, Mao Chenglu, the front commander of the Dongjiang Army, and Kong Youde, the right commander, under the personal command of Mao Wenlong, successively captured Manpu and Changcheng, and successfully ambushed the reinforcements of the Later Jin.
Obviously, the Later Jin was caught off guard by the sudden launch of the Dongjiang Army and its rapid increase in strength, and had no clear judgment.
Moreover, turning a dozen miles of coastal area into an uninhabited area in order to increase the warning time is obviously not enough for the stronger Dongjiang Army.
Therefore, when the Dongjiang Army launched its attack, the Later Jin Army was caught off guard.
The Dongjiang Army successively occupied Yingtaowo, Wozhan, Lushun, Changcheng, and Manpu. There were not many Later Jin troops stationed there, and Lushun was an abandoned empty fortress.
But in the ambush, the musketeers of Mao Chenglu and Kong Youde, plus the grenade carts, took advantage of the terrain and pre-set fortifications and demonstrated great power, killing and wounding thousands of enemies and almost completely wiping out this enemy force that foolishly came to reinforce.
Except for Jinzhen, this was the first joint action of the three towns of Liao, Deng and Dongjiang. The combination of support, feint, containment, virtual and real, and attack immediately plunged the Later Jin into an emergency state with alarm on all sides.
I'm afraid even the Later Jin Dynasty did not expect that the strategic contraction of western Liaoning did not mean that the Ming army was afraid of the enemy and cowardly, but instead opened up a new battlefield.
Moreover, after more than half a year, the Ming army's transition from defense to offense was so vast, its strength was beyond expectations, and its tactical style had also undergone new changes.
But the Jiannu suffered relatively minor losses despite the alarm from all sides. The old slaves quickly responded by dividing their forces to resist the Ming army's attack.
Daishan, the great prince, led the Red Banner and the Bordered Red Banner, along with generals such as Yuetuo and Sahalian, and attacked Manpu and Changcheng.
The second prince, Amin, led the blue banner, accompanied by generals such as Zaisanggu and Jirgalang, and rushed to Jinzhou and Lushun.
The Third Beile Manggurtai led the Zhenglan Banner and part of the Mongolian vassal army to reinforce Gaizhou and Fuzhou.
The Eighth Prince Huang Taiji led the Plain White Banner and moved his troops to Xiuyan to support the other armies.
The old slave was stationed in Shenyang with three flags of troops, directing the actions of various units.
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