Chapter 1593 Yang Gu's Three Strategies, Guo Jing Enters the Capital

"Then according to the Prime Minister's plan, what should I do?"

Zhao Guiqian is now in a state of confusion, but fortunately he doesn't use his brain much, so his incompetence is not apparent.

"I have three strategies: best, medium, and worst!"

Yang Gu did not wait for any questions and directly spoke:

"The best strategy is to 'fortify the city and clear the countryside'..."

Previously, Su Mingzhe had people distribute government property and supplies in the Jiangnan area to the people, causing Zhao Guiqian to make a mess, resulting in an army of 500,000 causing chaos in Jiangnan, and subsequently losing the support of the people in Liangzhe Road.

Now, Yang Gu wants to give the other person a taste of his own medicine.

After hearing this best plan, although Zhao Guiqian was tempted, he felt that this approach was like burning his boats and fighting the opponent to the death, which made him a little unsure.

So he continued to ask:
"Prime Minister, what about the middle and the worst strategies?"

Seeing that Zhao Guiqian had no determination to fight to the death, Yang Gu sighed helplessly:

"The middle strategy is for His Majesty to go to Jiangnan immediately, gather the navy, and go to Southeast Asia..."

The next move is to move south.

However, they did not move to Guangdong or Guangxi, but moved to a longer distance!

Unlike Zhao Guiqian's mindless escape, Yang Gu let Zhao Guiqian run with the army!
It is obvious that Yang Gu deeply understands that only with an army can he control his own life and death.

This made Zhao Guiqian very excited.

Yang Gu continued:

"As for the worst plan, it is for Your Majesty to resign the title of emperor, and then send people to tie me and Wang Ye... up and send us to Emperor Ming's tent, begging for his forgiveness..."

……

"Zhao Guiqian ran away? Where did he go?"

Su Mingzhe led an army of 500,000 and had just arrived in Jingzhou when he was shocked by the news brought by Lu Youjiao.

"Missing!"

Lu Youjiao looked ashamed.

Su Mingzhe asked him to lead the Beggars' Sect, set up an intelligence system in the Jiangnan District, and gather various information for Su Mingzhe.

As a result, Zhao Guiqian disappeared quietly with his 500,000-man army, and there was no news of him at all.

This makes him seem too incompetent.

"Disappear if you want. The most important task for the Beggars' Sect disciples right now is to incite officials from various prefectures and counties in Jiangnan to rebel!"

Although Su Mingzhe couldn't guess the reason for Zhao Guiqian's disappearance, he was not worried.

At worst, I could fly to the place where Zhao Guiqian disappeared at night and search with my spiritual sense.

……

The next few days.

Because Zhao Guiqian led a large army to Southeast Asia, all the general managers in the south and officials from prefectures and counties, large and small, all surrendered when faced with Su Mingzhe's army of hundreds of thousands.

end of September.

The Ming army arrived at the border of Dali Kingdom.

The King of Dali brought the surrender letter and knelt down to ask for surrender.

For the sake of Master Yideng, Su Mingzhe allowed the Dali Duan family to surrender and named the Dali emperor the "Duke of Qian", a hereditary title that allowed him to guard the Dali city.

After destroying Dali.

Su Mingzhe went north back to the capital.

Late November.

Su Mingzhe returned to Dadu.

Compared to Su Mingzhe who swept across the south of the Yangtze River and unified the entire Southern Song Dynasty, the army led by Yang Guo also achieved brilliant results.

Taking advantage of the fact that Mongke was captured and the grassland lost 500,000 troops, Yang Guo led the army westward, not only recovering Guanzhong, Jinzhong, and the areas west of Ganlong, but also forcing U-Tsang ruled by Kuoduan to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

The current Ming Dynasty is comparable in territory to the Han Dynasty in its heyday.

There will be a meeting on the first day of December.

Su Mingzhe issued three orders.

The first order was to the Ministry of Works, instructing it to survey and demarcate the new provincial boundaries as quickly as possible.

The second order was to the Ministry of Rites, asking it to prepare to hold the first imperial examination after the beginning of spring.

The third order was to the Ministry of War, asking it to reward the troops according to their merits and to allow them to return to their garrisons as soon as possible so as not to delay the next year's farming. After the beginning of spring, it was the first year of the founding of the Ming Dynasty designated by Su Mingzhe.

This is also the last bit of respect for the Song court.

This year is still the reign of the Great Song Dynasty, and next year will be the first year of Su Mingzhe's Hongwu reign!
……

After the new year.

On this day, just after the grand court meeting, Su Mingzhe learned that Guo Jing and his wife had arrived, and quickly sent someone to invite them to the imperial study.

"Master, Master's Wife, you are finally here?"

Su Mingzhe did not wait for Guo Jing and Huang Rong to salute him. He quickly took two steps forward, clasped his fists and bowed to the two of them.

The guards, eunuchs, and palace maids who did not recognize Guo Jing and his wife were all dumbfounded.

Who are this couple that they even deserved the greetings of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?

Seeing that their eldest disciple had become the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and was still so respectful to them and their spouses, Guo Jing and Huang Rong blushed slightly and there was a hint of relief in their eyes.

After the ceremony.

Su Mingzhe invited Guo Jing and Huang Rong to sit in the inner hall.

After taking a sip of tea, Guo Jing told the purpose of his visit.

This time, Su Mingzhe ordered the Ministry of War to reward people according to their merits.

Guo Jing once led a large army to sweep across the border and conquered a vast territory, so he should be at least a duke.

Su Mingzhe personally decided the title of "Duke of Chu".

As a result, after the eunuch who announced the decree arrived at Peach Blossom Island, Guo Jing refused to accept it.

When Su Mingzhe learned that Guo Jing came for the purpose of conferring a title, he quietly relaxed a little.

At first he thought that his master and his mistress came here for Guo Fu.

I don’t know if Guo Fu will say bad things about me in front of her parents when she meets the two of them.

After all, in the past six months, he had taken Guo Fu on expeditions all over the place and bullied her a lot.

After being bullied by herself, Guo Fu had no one to complain to and could only wipe her tears quietly until dawn.

The three chatted for a while.

Su Mingzhe did not express his opinion on Guo Jing's refusal of the title, but smiled and said:

"Master, Master's Wife, you probably haven't met Junior Sister yet, right?"

"Is Fu'er in Dadu?"

Guo Jing was surprised. He hadn't seen his eldest daughter for more than a year. He thought his daughter was traveling around the world, but he never expected that her experience was so rough and uneasy.

Huang Rong looked at Su Mingzhe with a complicated expression. Guo Fu asked the Beggar Gang disciples to pass a message to Peach Blossom Island, telling them about her experience of following Su Mingzhe.

Therefore, Huang Rong knew that Guo Fu was bullied by Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe noticed the details of the two people's expressions and guessed the reason. He didn't dare to say anything more and quickly ordered the eunuch beside him:

"Old Dong, go and ask Concubine Li to come over!"

"I will go and invite you right away!"

Dong Chengfeng was the chief eunuch of the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty. After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, he accompanied Wanyan Ping to hide his whereabouts and avoid being hunted down.

Later, when Su Mingzhe became Prince of Lu, Wanyan Ping invited Dong Chengfeng to serve as the chief eunuch of the Prince of Lu's palace.

Guo Jing noticed that Su Mingzhe said "invite Concubine Li", so this "Concubine Li"... couldn't it be his own daughter?
When he turned around to look at his wife, he saw that she, Huang Rong, was resting with her eyes closed.

……

Not long after.

Guo Fu walked into the imperial study carefully with lotus steps. When she saw Guo Jing and Huang Rong, she immediately bowed to Su Mingzhe:

"Concubine Li pays respects to His Majesty!"

"Junior sister, master, and master's wife are all here!"

Su Mingzhe saw that Guo Fu ignored her parents and bowed to him first. He guessed that this girl was resentful and was deliberately trying to put on trouble in front of her parents.

Su Mingzhe thought this way and felt that Guo Fu was really being wronged.

After all, Guo Fu doesn't have so many cunning ideas!
She bowed to Su Mingzhe first, completely "educated" by the palace rules.

Living in the palace, everyone respected the emperor. Even relatives and elders in the school had to rank after the emperor.

What's more, Guo Fu has been bullied by Su Mingzhe for half a year. Even for her future happy life, she dare not cause trouble for the man.