At this time, there were silent in the Ganqing Palace, and the vassal kings did not expect that things would develop like this. Since entering the capital to attend the funeral, strange things have emerged one after another. I heard that people wanted to assassinate the little emperor with the power of ghosts and gods, and someone wanted to kill the emperor afterwards. As a result, Zhu Yunwen is still sitting on the dragon throne now, but there are fewer vassal kings coming to attend the funeral.

King Jin died on the road, and King Zhao died last night was unclear. In addition, King Ying, who had just reaped his own consequences, seemed to have no need to wait until the matter of reducing the vassal states was discussed, and there were only a few people left.

Looking at the kings' fearful look, the little emperor smiled slightly and said to Zhu Di, who was closest to him, again: "King Yan, you are the oldest here. You should say a few words first, then."

Before the little emperor could finish his words, Yang Jun, who had just pulled King Ying away, returned to the Ganqing Palace again. Yang Qianhu was still holding a small brocade box in his hand. Most of the vassal kings who were working were fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang, so he was naturally familiar with this brocade box. What Yang Jun was holding was the order box that conveyed messages on the battlefield.

Just as the eyes of the people on both sides were still in the brocade box in Yang Jun's hand, no one noticed that a strange smile appeared on the face of King Yan Zhu Di. It seemed that something he had calculated was finally happening.

After Yang Jun brought the brocade box to Zhu Yunwen's hand, he lay in the ear of the little emperor and whispered a few words. After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen's face became a little ugly. Before opening the brocade box, he looked up and looked at Zhu Di. At this time, the King of Yan had changed his expression like other vassal kings, waiting for the little emperor to open the brocade box and see what was going on.

After taking a deep breath, Zhu Yunwen opened the brocade box, took out the letters inside and read them, and said to the vassal kings sitting below: "This is the military information sent from the battlefield. The Mongols have left the Mobei and started to attack Li Jinglong of the Ming Dynasty in three directions. Come and read the military information to the vassal kings."

A young military officer hurried to the little emperor and took over the military information respectfully. Then he read to the kings that the general meaning was that the Mongolians had assembled 150,000 troops and divided into three routes to attack Beiping, Ningcheng and Guangning. Now they have reached the foot of Ningcheng City and near Beiping. The military power of the garrisons in the three places is in the hands of King Yan Zhu Di, King Ning Zhu Quan and King Liao Zhu Zhi. The subordinate generals have no right to dispatch the army, and now they can only fight to the death. Wait for the three vassal kings to come back to dispatch the army and fight to the death with the Mongolian army.

When Li Jinglong read out the military situation, Zhu Yunwen kept staring at King Yan Zhu Di. However, he waited until the training was over, and he did not see any abnormal expressions in Zhu Di.

After Li Jinglong finished reading, King Ning Zhu Quan stood up first and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent now. Once the Mongolian army breaks through Beiping, Ningcheng and Guangning, the bandits will march straight into the heart of the Central Plains. At that time, it is inevitable that the Southern Song Dynasty's court may be destroyed and the matter of reducing the vassals should be temporarily released. After the Mongolians are beaten away, we will come to the capital again to discuss with Your Majesty the matter of reducing the vassals."

After Zhu Quan finished speaking, the other vassal kings stood up one after another and suggested that the emperor temporarily put the matter of reducing the vassals. His Majesty's war is coming, and reducing the vassals may affect military information at this time.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was worried that Zhu Yunwen would not be able to control his old subordinates who followed him to fight against the country after his death. He found various reasons to kill the old ministers. Those who were either royal relatives or civil servants who could not reach military power were left behind.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that his sons could fight well, and even if something happened to the border, he didn't have to rely on those old ministers. He waited until he was about to die, and felt that these sons were not easy to save money, so he immediately cut off the vassal after he wanted Zhu Yunwen to ascend the throne before he died.

Now, as things are moving towards their expected goals step by step, I didn't expect that when I was just one last time, I was disrupted by the Mongols' military newspaper. Why did the Mongols not fight early or late? They just summoned all the vassal kings to attack the Ming Dynasty when they were preparing to reduce the vassal states. There was nothing wrong with it, and no two fools like Bai Wuqiu would believe it.

But if these vassal kings were not put back, once the Mongols broke Beijing, Ningcheng and Guangning, they would penetrate into the heartland of the Central Plains as if they had entered a no-man's land. The scene of the Song Dynasty's destruction of the country was not done well, and Zhu Yunwen weighed the pros and cons and said to the vassal kings below: "Since the Mongols have arrived at their doorstep, I would like to ask the uncles to fight back these evil guests. The matter of reducing the vassal kings has ended here. Since God is so will, then let it go."

After hearing this, the vassal kings breathed a sigh of relief. Then they thanked Zhu Yunwen, hurriedly left the palace, returned to their palace to clean up, and were about to leave the capital and return to their fiefdom.

After all the vassal kings were withdrawn, Li Jinglong, who had just read the military newspaper, said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, the Mongols only surrounded Beiping, Ningcheng and Guangning. You can only send the King of Yan, Liao and Ning back to defend the border. The remaining vassal kings will continue to stay. After the Mongols in the three places defeated, the three vassal kings will return to the capital and restart the matter of reducing the vassal states."

Li Jinglong was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, the son of Cao Duke Li Wenzhong, and Zhu Yunwen's playmate when he was a child. In the 15th year of Hongwu, Li Wenzhong died of illness. According to the rules, Li Jinglong was demoted to the inheritance title, and the duke became a marquis. This made Li Jinglong, who was still young, feel a little angry.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he raised Li Jinglong's title a higher level and restored his Li family's Duke Cao. After this incident, Li Jinglong was loyal to Zhu Yunwen. In the heart of the little emperor, among the people he trusted most, Li Jinglong was second only to Yang Jun, who had experienced life and death together.

After hearing the Duke of Cao, Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "Will the three vassal kings come back? Originally, they had a great chance to return to the capital to attend the funeral, so I could force them to give up the fiefdoms and their men bit by bit. I didn't expect that the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was disturbed by the Mongols, so don't think about it anymore in the future. Let's find other ways to reduce the vassal."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen sighed heavily again.

Then he murmured to himself: "Emperor Taiji explained two things before his death, and Yan I did not do anything well in reducing the vassals and peaceful peace."

When talking about Pingyan, Li Jinglong's face changed. After hesitating for a moment, he still spoke: "Your Majesty, if it was Pingyan, Jinglong had an idea since these vassal kings have intervened in the palace, why can't we learn from them? How do they do what they are right? Your Majesty, we will deal with them."

After looking at Li Jinglong, Zhu Yunwen said, "Do you want me to be charged with a crime of killing my uncle? King Ying has real evidence to plot against rebellion. What does King Yan have? Jinglong, if you can find evidence of King Yan's plot against rebellion, you can do as you said without evidence. I will just pretend that you have never said anything."

Li Jinglong immediately understood what Zhu Yunwen meant, nodded immediately, and said, "Then Jinglong will understand, Your Majesty, Jinglong will go find evidence of the King of Yan's rebellion." After that, he saluted the little emperor and then hurriedly left the palace.

After Li Jinglong left the Ganqing Palace, Gui Bugui's old voice rang in Zhu Yunwen's ears: "Your Majesty, you should be more careful, Li Jinglong, I really can't see any filial piety in my eyes when I see his face."

"I have no choice." Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly and continued, "The founding heroes brought out by the late emperor have almost withered. Most of the military power is in the hands of these uncles. Li Jinglong is still familiar with the art of war. I know his foundation. Who else can I use without him?"
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