Chapter 190: King Yan visits

In October of the 25th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang formally issued an order to move 100,000 Han households in Shandong to settle down in Liaodong.

In early winter in November, in Lushun Port, with a dull cannon sound, dozens of large ships sailed into Tieshan Pass in an orderly manner. This was the first batch of immigrants from Shandong. They helped the elderly and young, and took their meager family property to take military ships to sea from Penglai Port. After three days of sailing, they finally arrived in Liaodong.

Although the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibits people from going to sea, this is an immigration and is riding on an official boat, so it is not a violation. In addition to taking sea routes, many families with animal powers head north by land and enter Liaodong along the Liaoxi Corridor.

There is no government in Liaodong, and it is a military-political integration. In order to resettle immigrants, the army has been fully mobilized a month ago to measure the land, build simple housing, and make rations. For this immigration, Zhu Yuanzhang also allocated 500,000 stones of grain, which was also transported to Liaodong by sea.

The first big ship slowly landed, and Li Wei was plucking his horse to meet him. These people in the future were his people. He attached importance to this immigration more than anyone else. The ship stopped and the springboard was on the dock. After a while, the first immigrant appeared. This was a young man holding a little boy, carrying a load on his shoulders. The baskets on both sides of the load were filled with pots, pans, and pots, and pans, followed by his wife, holding a little girl in his arms, and carrying a big bag on his shoulders.

The family of four finally set foot on the land of Liaodong. They looked around timidly. Not knowing what to do, Li Wei was just greeting him. He turned over and dismounted, walked to the man and smiled, "Welcome your family to Liaodong, may I ask you your surname."

When the man saw that Li Wei was a high-ranking official, he was a little panicked and said hurriedly: "My name is Wang Zaifu, a native of Qingzhou Prefecture."

‘Wang is rich!’ Li Wei was silently pronounced the name twice. He nodded and smiled, “I remember you. I will come to see you in a year and see how you are doing in Liaodong.”

He waved to an official and ordered him, "This is the first immigrant to Liaodong. I will make good arrangements for me. I will pay attention to him in the future."

The official quickly took the family away and completed the procedures for them. At this time, more and more people got off the boat. Li Weizheng simply rode his horse to them and shouted: "I am the general of Liaodong and the highest official of the Liaodong Dushi. It turns out that I am the commander of Weihaiwei and a fellow villager with everyone. I welcome you to Liaodong. There is fertile land here and the lowest tax. The emperor specifically approved that on the basis of your normal land distribution, each household will add ten acres of Liaodong land. As long as you work hard, you can have enough food and clothing. This is my promise to you. If any soldier dares to harass you, you will tell the Ministry of Military Law and I will punish you severely."

After Li Weizheng finished speaking, he attracted a lot of applause. Since then, the prelude to immigration from Liaodong has officially begun. In Lushun Port, civilian officials in the army have been prepared. They lined up long tables and started to check the household registration for each household, register and give each household a bronze medal. Then they were asked to concentrate separately and prepare to leave in batches. With the bronze medals in their hands, not only can they get free food supply on the road, but also when they arrive at the designated location, they will immediately get the land and houses prepared in advance.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was to send all these immigrants to the Jurchens north of Jianzhou Wei, let them reclaim land and establish settlements for the Han people, Li Weizheng knew that it was not the time. If these Han people were allowed to pass by hasty, it would inevitably arouse strong resistance from the Jurchens and cause serious bloodshed. Therefore, he decided that the first step was to develop the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shenyang Wei and Fushun District. Of the 100,000 immigrants, about 60,000 of the 100,000 immigrants remained on the Liaodong Peninsula, and the remaining 40,000 were placed in the Liaodong City, around the Shenyang Wei and Fushun District.

Just as Li Wei was riding on the horse and watching the busy figures of the immigrants, a personal guard hurriedly reported that the King of Yan arrived and was at the Jinshan Guard.

Li Weizheng was very surprised. If Zhu Di sent someone to come, he could understand, but Zhu Di came in person. What happened? He didn't have time to think about it carefully. Now Zhu Di is still waiting for him in Jinshanwei! He immediately assigned the immigration matter to Du Zhuo, the commander-in-chief, and hurried towards Jinshanwei with more than 100 people.

About forty miles from Lushun Port to Jinshanwei, Li Wei organized civilians to build a road two months ago, which was straight and flat, and it took only more than an hour to arrive. Li Weizheng's home is also in Jinshanwei. Jinshanwei is a defensive city. Not only are the army stationed, but the military families also live in it. The roads in the city are spacious, the forests are lush, and the environment is very elegant. It is impossible for people to imagine that this will be a military city.

Li Weizheng's wife and daughter arrived at Jinshanwei by boat in October. In addition to his father, Mr. Li, his three wives, Qianqian and two daughters all came. The family was reunited and finally got together. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's decree was to allow them to live for one year and go back after having children. This is a juxtaposition that must be met at the same time. In other words, if Li Weizheng has no children yet, they can continue to live here.

However, Li Wei really wanted a son, and he had to work hard to do his best if he wanted him. So he took the three wives and took turns to fight for his offspring every day. Although he was a little tired, the joy of the boudoir and the way of husband and wife are one of the most important goals in life.

Li Wei was coming to Jinshanwei. He did not go home, but went directly to the Weizheng treasure ship parked on an independent pier in Jinshanwei. Zhu Di was waiting for him on the treasure ship.

At this time, Zhu Di was looking at this side with the Qianli Eye arranged on the treasure ship with all his attention. Suddenly, he saw Li Wei coming here with more than a hundred personal guards from afar. But when he put down the Qianli Eye, he only saw a small dot moving, and he didn't know who it was.

Zhu Di looked at Qianliyan and couldn't help but sigh: "This is such a good thing! A treasure for war."

Behind Zhu Di, several of his confidants, Zhang Yu, chief counselor Yao Guangxiao, eunuch who served him, and one of them was Ji Gang, the newly promoted secret agent of Zhu Di.

Zhu Di was mobilized this time, and he brought a thousand troops. Of course, he left the vassal state to report to the court. His reason was also very grand. He came to Liaodong to discuss the plan against the Mongolians with Liao King Zhu Zhi, and then came to the treasure ship to see the long-awaited Daming clairvoyance to see if it could be promoted in the army.

This was just his reason for the court, but his real purpose was very simple. He pulled Li Wei to his own camp. The reason why he was so urgent was that he got a top-secret information. His father Zhu Yuanzhang vomited blood and fainted when he got up in the morning. Only four people knew the top-secret information. One of the concubines who served him that night was a eunuch and a palace maid, and the other was the imperial doctor who treated Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Di bought this huge amount of information at a high price from the imperial doctor.

He immediately realized that his father might not be too long, and the crown prince Zhu Yunwen had just entered the Eastern Palace for half a year, and Zhu Di keenly saw an opportunity gradually forming.

He had to start to make arrangements in advance. First, he carefully analyzed the distribution of the Ming army, and concentrated the most elite 500,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty on the northern front line, with the commanders of the kings such as Yan, Qin, Jin, Ning, Liao, etc., followed by the capital and Fengyang area, with hundreds of thousands of troops guarding them. Secondly, there were some small-scale forces, such as Guangdong, Yunnan, Huguang, Sichuan, Shandong, etc. These troops belong to the second-tier army and have weak combat power. Except for the Yunnan army being controlled by the Shu family, the other troops in other places were absolutely controlled by the court, and Zhu Di could not intervene. Zhu Di felt that the only army that had hope to be taken over by him was two, one was the 40,000 vassal army of the King of Qi in Shandong, and he had successfully won over the King of Qi.

The second is Li Weizheng's 60,000 Liaodong Army. Zhu Di also knew that it was because of Zhu Yunwen that his father sent Li Weizheng to Liaodong. Li Weizheng was the prince of Zhu Yunwen, which is known to everyone in the world, but Zhu Di did not believe it. He had dealt with Li Weizheng countless times. He had already understood Li Weizheng very deeply. He and Zhu Yunwen were not the same type of people at all. Li Weizheng believed in domineeringness, while Zhu Yunwen believed in benevolence. Even if Zhu Yunwen forced to use him, his masters Huang, Qi, Fang and others would sooner or later kill Li Weizheng. They said differently.

He could see this clearly even by Zhu Di. He didn't believe that Li Weizheng would not be able to see it. After Zhu Di observed it for a year, he finally understood one thing. Zhu Yunwen was just a springboard for Li Weizheng to control Liaodong, right? His step-by-step strategy was arranged very cleverly, and no one could see it at that time. He also realized it suddenly after Li Weizheng defeated Goryeo and won the general of Liaodong that this was something that Li Weizheng had planned long ago.

Since he planned it quietly like this, it means that he is not optimistic about Zhu Yunwen. He has other intentions. Zhu Di cannot see what this plan is for the time being, but one thing is certain that he will not rebel. He does not have the qualifications. He is very likely to want to be the King of Goryeo. If Li Weizheng is willing to surrender to him and finally help him get a high position, he may be able to achieve this wish for Li Weizheng in the future.

Just when Zhu Di was amazed at Qianliyan, Li Wei had already arrived under the treasure ship. He stood on the hanging ladder and the soldiers pulled him onto the big ship. Li Wei was on the ship. Zhu Di smiled and greeted him, "General Li, congratulations on his promotion."

Li Weizheng quickly bowed and said, "See Your Highness, King Yan."

"Okay! Okay! Don't be so polite between us, come! Take me to see your official cabin, the general working on the bed, this is the first time I heard about it." Zhu Di was not polite, and pulled Li Weizheng to the cabin. Li Weizheng smiled bitterly and nodded to Yao Guangxiao and others.

After entering the cabin, Zhu Di looked around with his hands behind his back, and praised him: "Not bad! Not bad! It really tastes a little."

Li Wei was pouring him a cup of tea and put it on the table and laughing: "Your Highness came to me, aren't you afraid that the court will talk too much?"

Li Weizheng had already vaguely guessed that Zhu Di came to recruit him, but he did not say it directly, just tempted it little by little.

"I told the court that I heard that there is a powerful military weapon on the Liaodong treasure ship called Qianliyan. After discussing military affairs with the King of Liao, I rushed to you and wanted to pay a visit. It was indeed a good thing. Do you have any extras? Give me a pair."

Li Wei was quickly asked someone to bring Qianliyan, and he put it in front of Zhu Di and said, "I made a total of six pairs of this Qianliyan, one accidentally fell into the sea, one dedicated to the emperor, one in Penglai Water City, one on Danluo Island, one on my treasure boat, and another on Lushun Port. Danluo Island was taken back by the Koreans, and the one on Danluo Island was finally returned to me. If Your Highness really wants it, I will give this pair of Danluo Island to Your Highness."

Zhu Di refused to answer, and he suddenly blinked and smiled ambiguously: "Don't you want to use it when you retake it on Danluo Island?"

Li Weizheng was shocked, and he smiled blankly and said, "I don't understand what Your Highness is talking about."

Zhu Di laughed to the sky, "General Li, don't pretend to be in front of me. Do I still don't know you? It's your pain to lose the rebirth of Danluo Island. It would be strange if you don't want to take it back."

Li Wei shrugged and asked in confusion: "What should I do to take back Danluo Island?"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes, and he stared at Li Weizheng and said word by word: "Because you want to be the King of Goryeo."
Chapter completed!